ft. a Year, la Adraaca.
"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
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VOL. XX.
PLYMOUTH, N, C FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1909.
Believes It To Be A Sincere Effort On The Part Of
The Republican Party For A Downward Re
vision Corporation
Washington, Special. President
Taft Thursday gave out a statement
embodying his views of the new tariff
act, which he designates officially as
the "Payne bill," in accordance with
past custom of giving first recogni
tion to the 1'ramer of the measure in
the House of Representatives.
The statement in full follows:
"I have signed the Payne tariff
bill because I believe it to be the re
sult of a sincere effort on the part
of the Republican party to make a
downward revision, and to comply
with the promises of the platform as
they have been generally understood,
and as I interpreted them in the cam
paign before election..
"The bill is not a perfect tariff bill,
or a complete compliance with- the
promises made, strictly interpreted,
but a fulfillment, free "from criticism
in respect to a subject matter in
volving, many schedules and thou
sands of articles, could not be expect
ed. It suffices to say that except
with regard to whiskey, liquors and
wines, anj in regard to silks and as
to some high class cottons all of
which may be treated as luxuries and
proper subjects of a revenue tariff
there have been very few increases
in rates..
"There have been a great number
of real decreases in rates and they
constitute a suffieient amount to jus
tify the statement that his bill is a
substantial downward revision, and a
reduction of excessive rates:
"This is not a free-trade bill. It
was not intended to be. The Repub
lican party did not promise to make a
free-trade bill.
"It promised to make the rates
protective, but to reduce them when
they exceed the difference between
the cost of production abroad and
here, making allowance for the great
er normal profit on active invest
ments here. I believe that while this
excess has not been reduced in a
number of cases, in a great majority,
the rates are such as are necessary to
protect' American industriesbut are
MANN WINS NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA
' Richmond, Ya., Special. With re
turns from the Democratic primary
still incomplete, indications Friday
were that Judge "William Hodges
Mann, of Nottoway, has been nomi
nated for Governor over Harry St.
George Tucker, of Rockbridge, by a
majority of from 3,000 to 5,000.
J. Taylor Ellysin, the present Lieu
tenant Governor, has been renomi
nated without doubt and Samuel Wil
liams is the party's choice for Attor
ney General. Indications Friday
night pointed strongly to the defeat of
G. W. Koiner, the incumbent, for the
nomination for Commissioner of Ag
riculture, by J. T. Brown. The early
returns were favorable to Koiner.
There is no significance in the nomi
nations for the House of Deelgates
on the liquor question as this issue di,
not enter into the contests in the var
SOUTHERN SOFT YARN SPINNERS MEET IN ASHEVILLE
Ashevillc, Special. The Southern
Soft Yarn Spinners' Association,
with representatives from .' Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama and Tennessee, met in
special session Friday afternoon at
the Battery Park-Hotel here for the
consideration of the conditions in the
soft j-arn business. The members
were in executive session for about
four hours. J. P. MeRae, of Laurm
burg, president, presided, and Robert
Chapmaii, acted as secretary.
j V L tliC dill Ul IIJC CACUUUC fli-OJiUll
the members would not give out to
the press what was done in the meet-
$1,000,090 ESSON GRANITE
Salisbury, Special. The Esson
Granite Company, the million dollar
concern recently organized with large
quarries at Granite Quary this coun
ty, and headquarters in this city, is
in the hands of Mr. George R. Collins,
an experienced granite man of this
city, as receiver, he being named at
Ashevillt: Thursday and he gave bond
in the sum of $2.,000 with Charles J.j
COTTON MILLS TAKE UP FIGHT ON THE HOOX WORM
Columbia, S. C, Special. Presi
dent Thomas F. Parser, of the Mona
ghan Mills, Greenville, is prosecut
ing an investigation in to the hook
worm disease among his serveral hun
dred employes through a bright and
capable young physician, the results
of which will doubtless be of great in
terest to mill managers and other
employers of labor that comes largely
from the small farms in this and oth
er Southern States.
While in Greenville a few days
avs I
the I
ago the writer had a talk with
Tax Just Measure,
low enough in case of abnormal in
crease of demand, and raising of
prices, to permit the possibility of the
importation of the foreign article and
thus to prevent excessive prices.
"The power granted to the Execu
tive under the maximum and mini
mum clause may be exercised to se
cure the removal of obstacles which
have been interposed by foreign gov
ernments in the way of undue and
unfair discrimination against Ameri
can merchandise and products.
"The Philippine tariff section I
have struggled to secure for ten years
last past, and it gratifies me exceed
ingly by my signature to give it the
effect of law. I am sure it will great
ly increase the trade between the
two countries, and it will do much to
build up the Philippines in a health
ful prosperity,
"The administrative clauses of the
bill and the custoioa eourt are admir
ably adapted to secure a more uni
form and a more speedy final con
struction. '
"The. authority to the President
to use agents to . assist him in the ap
plication of ; the maximum and min
imum section of the statute, and t
enable officials to administer the law,
gives a wide latitude for the acqui
sition, under circumstances favorable
to its. truth, of information in respect
to the price and cost of production of
goods at home and abroad, which will
throw much light on the' operation
of the present tariff anl be of pri
mary importance as officially collect
ed data upon which future executive
action and executive recommendation
may be based.
"The incorporation tax is a just
and equitable excise- measure, which,
it is hoped, will produce a suffieient
amount to prevent a deficit and-which
incidentally will secure valuable sta
tistics and information concerning
the many corporations of the country
and will constitute an important step
toward that degree of publicity and
regulation, which the tendency in cor
porate enterprises in the last twenty
vears has shown to be necessary
ious districts. It is predicted by
Democratic leaders that if a State
wide prohibition measure is offered
in either branch of the Assembly it
will be defeated although not a dozen
of the Democratic nominees are
pledged either way.- .
Judge Mann had the support of the
anti-saloon league during his cam
paign although both he and his op
ponent went before the voters as fa
voring local option. Judge Mann in
dicated, however, that he would sign
a State-wide prohibition bill if pass
ed by the Legislature, while Mr.
Tucker on the 'other hand had said
that he would veto such a measure.
Mr. Tucker made a strong fight by
reason of a larger personal following,
having scarcely any organization,
while Judge Mann's forces were well
organized.
fng, other than to say the members
feel sure that ia a reason abley short
time the chaotic conditions which
have prevailed in the soft yarn busi
ness for the last year and a half will
soon be a thing of the past. With
the 'tariff question now out of the
way, they look for an increasing de
mand for yarn end that soon the price
of yarn will be in accord with the
price of cotton, instead of on the
low parity, at which it has been sell
ing for some time past.
Some of the members advised a
closing of mills for a while or curtail
ment for tix -resent.
COMPANY TO REORGANIZE
Harris, late Republican candidate for
Governor, as surety. The receivership
resulted owing to the death of Mr.
Herbert C. Hammond, of Canada,
who was largely interested and whose
estate is said to be worth $5,000,000.
That this step will not hinder the op
erations at the -works is good news
kere. It is expected that the receiv
ership will be of short duration.
young physician, who modestly in
sisted that his name be not used as
he had not had enough of expreienee
to warrant his being set up as an ex
pert, and was shown a number of pa
tients being treated for the disease.
The most striking an interesting as
well as encouraging feature of the
work going on at Greenville, as it oc
curred to the interviewer, was the
rapid response of the patients to
treatment anl the assurances from the
medical men that the worst cases
could be entirely freed from the dis
ease within a few weeks.
NEWS BOILED DOWN
A constable at Black Mountain
Saturday at 1:3Q a. m., shot two men,
John Bunting and P. C. Collins.
Bunting is dead and Collins is severe
ly wounded. The men disturbed the
other guests in the Gladstone hotel
and the shooting followed the officers
appearance on the scene. i
One man was killed and four were
injured in Philadelphia, Saturday,
by the giving away of one wheel of
their automobile which caused it to
overturn. ;
President Taft began his vacation
at Beverly by engaging in his fav
orite game of golf.
By an erroneous throw of a switch
one train ran into another which was
still on the siding near Memphis,
Sunday morning, and Joe Lewis, an
engineer of thirty years experience,
was killed and several others of the
crews were badly hurt.
R. E. Dinnington, of Augusta, Ga.,
was released from the insanse asylum
some months ago but is again insane
and is barricaded in his home and
shoots when anyone approaches. He
once fasted 41 days and it is feared
he may repeat the feat while defy
ing all comers.
P. C. Butts, an aged farmer near
Douglass, Ga., -was attacked b.yhbi
neighbor's two bloodhounds Sunday
and was so badly bitten before help
arrived thai; his life is dispared of.
The Columbia State announces thati;
$10,000 contributed to the Woman,''?
Monument Fund and calls for just
.$1,000 more to complete the necessary
amount.
Cablegrams from Morocco say that,
the Moores have tortured to death
35 officers and 15,000 troops captured
in the engagements. with Spain.
Sweeden is in -no little trouble'.
Two regiments that were sent to the
northern districts 4to keep down any
disturbance among -the striking lum
bermen, have mutinied and seem to
be in sympathy with the strikers.
It is said that King Edward,
through a tip by J. P. Morgan, has
within ' three months, gathered. $1,
000,000 trading on-steel stock. .
Turkey and Greece are now assum
ing hostile attitudes, the island of
Crete being the bone of contention.
Roger Sommer, a Frenchman, has
surpassed the Wrights in an aero-1
plane endurance trial, staying in the
air two hours 27 minutes and 15 sec
onds. ALABAMA A DRY STATE.
Governor- Comer Signs Carmichael
Prohibition Bill, Which Makes the
State a Regular Sahara Desert.
Montgomery, Ala., Special. Gov
ernor Corner on Monday afternoon
signed the Carmichael prohibition
bill
Under this act it is unlawful to sell
or to store any liquids containing
more than one-half of one per cent
alcohol. The locker clubs are illegal
and the possession of a United States
internal revenue license shall be con
sidered prima facie evidence of guilt.
Truly, Alabama is a dry state.
The Fuller bill, and the Ballard bill
are still pending in the House. They
are more radical than the Carmichael
bill and are designed to aid in the
enforcement of the latter. The Fuller
bill prohibits any sort of liquor ad
vertising and throws every safeguard
around thev law. The Ballard bill
provides forMhe impeachment of of
ficers who fail to put the law into
effect. Both of these bills will be
passed.
The contest over the bill submit
ting to the people in November an
amendment to the constitution ex
cluding liquors from Alabama for
ever is under consideration. Both
sides to the contest claim victory.
Georgia Senate Opposes Income Tax.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. The Senate
on Monday for the third time refused
to consider a resolution favoring an
income tax amendment to the Federal
constitution. As there are but two
more days in the present session of
the Legislature, it is improbable that
the income tax will receive further
consideration.
New Aeroplane Record.
Mourmelon-le-Grand, France, By
Cable. The world's record for pro
longed flight in an aeroplane was
broken Saturday by Roger Sommer,
a French aviator, who remained in
the air two hours, 27 minutes, and 15
seconds., breaking thereby the record
madej'y Wilbur Wright at Leinans,.
Franco, last Pec-ember, when he stay
ed aloft two hours. 20 minutes and 57
seconds. It was announced, however,
that Summer's time was not regard
ed as official.
OFFICER SHOOTS TWO MEN
One Died Sunday Morning Other
May Recover Officer's Story Jus
tifies Shooting Negro Employes
Implicate Officer.
Asheville, N. C, Special. Mr. John
Bunting of Wilmington, a traveling
salesman of the Chattanooga Medi
cine Company, died in tne Mission
Hospital -here Sunday morning, soon
after midnight as a result of a shoot
ing scrape at the Gladstone Hotel,
Blaek Mountain, Saturday morning
at 1:30 o'clock, while Mr.' P. C. Col
lins, a prominent banker of Hillsboro,
is also at the hospital in an adjoining
ward with a bad wound in the right
side. The two men received their
hurts at the hands of F. C. . Watkins,
town constable of Black Mountain, in
a room at the Gladstone Hotel Satur
day morning about 1:30 o'clock. Tha
men were brought to Asheville Satur
day morning several hours after the
shooting occurred and taken to the
hospital for treatment. It was found
that Mr. Bunting was suffering from
internal hemorrhage. Mr. Collins,
while dangerously hurt, will proba
bly recover.
r, -The. p.fficer. tells the following story.:
A'.-5'I.'wfeaf-up to the room," said the'
constable, "where the men were and
entered. The room was in darkness
and as I entered I struck a match to
see toy way and lighted a lamp. One
'of ' t'h& -men,. I don't know vhifh one,
asked who I was and I said a police
officer the town constable. One of
the men with an oath said in effect,
'Well,-we take care of all police
here.' At about that time one of them
kicked the door shut and then the
light was snuffed out. One of the
men jumped at me and grabbed me
.about the neck, the other at the time
also closing in and clinching. The
men were, both of strong build; one
of them had something in his hand
but I don 't know what it was. When
they closed in on me and grabbed me,
one reached for my pistol pocket. I
drew my' revolver, a 32-ealibre Smith
& Wesson and in the darkness fired
two shots and the men staggered
back ; one of them fell. When I went
in there was a third person in the
room, but whether he got out before
the shooting I don't knew. I called
for the door to be opened and it was
opened. I don't know whether from
the inside or outside. - A light was
secured and the manager came in. I
assisted one of the men to a bed; the
other one went out into the hall. A
physician was summoned, and in com
pany with the physician the men were
brought to Asheville for medical
treatment.'
At the inques pver Bunting how
ever, two negro men, employes in the
hotel, give a story to the effect that
the officer was not" justified in the
shooting, that the men showed no dis
position to resist. The officer gae
bond in the sum of $5,000.
He said that when he reached the
hotel women were running around in
their night clothing, barefooted and
frightened.
Various guests of the bote?, men
and women, testified as to the dis
turbance created by Bunting and Col
line in their room about midnight.
Several of them stated that the two
men were shouting and using profane
language, and that on complaint to
the proprietor of the hotel the latter
sent for the village constable to quiet
the disturbers.
Sunday Merrymakers Drown.
Toledo, O., Special. Two men and
one woman were drowned and seven
men were rescued with difficulty
when a launch containing a gay par
ty of merrymakers capsized in Mau
mee bay 500 feet off of the Casino, a
summer theatre, at 4 o'clock Sunday
morning. All were residents of To
ledo. Dill, one of the drowned, was
the owner of the boat and took out
the party of ten men id one woman
over the earnest protests of his wife.
Dry as the Hot Sahara.
Mobile, Ala.'T Special. Mofiile,
some times called the oasis in the pro
hibition desert of Alabama, will be
as dry as the hot Sahara. Saturday
the proprietors of near-beer places
began moving their stocks' to their
homes and warehouses for storage.
The Carmichael prohibition bill pass
ed by the Senate Friday was the
cause.
Three Negroes Drown When Launch
y Takes Fire.
Alexandria, Special. Ernest
Grady, Robert McKenney and Char
les Ilardy, ncsroes, were drowned
from a launch in the Potomac below
this citv Monday night. Two other
occupants were rescued. Lucas struck
a match to ascertain .the cause of the
engine stopping, and as he did so
there was a solid mass of flame from
the gasolene' tank. The i'riphtened!
negroes jumped to the port side, "a'nf
as they did so the boat careened and
in a few moments all were in thirty
feet rA water.
NORTH STATE
Items of Siate Interest Gathered from Here and Ti
To!f Briefly
Annual Veterans' Meeting.
Cornelius, Special. The - annual
meeting of Confederate Veterans was
attended Thursday by a drenching
rain in the morning, but the rains
ceased and all entered upon the joys
that always attend these meetings.
There was a richly spread table for
feasting the wearers of the gray and
all went off in the best of spirits.
The special event of the days from
the veterans' point of view was the
inspection of the beautiful granite
monument recently erected. The
work was executed by Webb and Van
Pelt, representing the Mooresville
Marble and Granite Company. With
out the figure or statute that is yet
to be added the monument stands
20 1-2 feet complete it will be 28 feet.
As constructed there are four bases
or steps, three of granite in addition
to the cement foundation and ground
elevation, upon these a capital, then
a die upon whose square on the east
side are figures of crossed swords, on
the south side the figures "1S61
1865," on the west side, the figure
of a mounted cannon; again a cap
ital, then a die of blue pearl mar
ble, with the inscrpition upon its left
side :
"Though men deserve, they may not
win success;
TTie brave will honor the brave, van
quished, none the, less."
On the opposite sides are the
words :
i' First at Bethel, Fartl&rest at
Gettysburg, Last at Appomattox.'"'
' The spire or column, with a capi
tal at base and top present the figure
of crossed guns on the east side, and
on the opposite side a Confederate
flag. . .
Mr. Chase Brenizer, of Char
lotte, was orator of the day and most
handsomely did he touch the chords
that give new pulsation to the glory
and the pride of every Confederate
and inspire in the minds of the young
new emotions of reverence for those
who shared in the trials, privations,
triumphs and glories of that terrible
war. .
Market Glutted With Melons.
Rockv Mount, Special. That the
markets of New .York and Jersey
Citv are stocked with watermelons
is evidenced bv a notice that was
Wernesdaj; served on all of the Penn
rylvania connecting roads statics
that watermelons will not be received
for either of these cities unless the
freight on them is prepaid. The ship
ments of melons for the past several
weeks have ben very large, and it is
thought from the notice as served
that the company realizes the over
stocked condition of the market and
they refuse the shipments for fear
that freight charges cannot be realiz
ed on them. It is not known for how
long this ruling will .be in force, but
it will undoubtedly have the effect
of lessening the shipments greatly.
State Farmer's Convention.
Ualeiirh, Special. A State farmers'
convention will be held in Raleigh, at
the A. & M. College, commencing
Tuesday, August 24, and continuing
to Fridav, August 27. The four days
will be devoted to "real study in
agriculture, horticulture, dairying,
stock iudsing, etc." A woman' con
vention will be held at the same time
for the discussion by conpetent wo
men of the problems in home mating,
housekeeping, prevention of disease
cookery, etc. A number of experts
have been engaged to deliver special
addresses. President Hill, of the col
lege, has announced that board will
be" offered at 25 cents a meal with
room rent free.
Williamston Market.
Williamston,. Special The tobacco
market opened Tuesday , for another
year for the sale of the weed. The
excessive rains of the past week,
caused the sales' not to amount to as
much as was anticipated, but there
were about twenty thousand pounds
sold. The prices were not as good, at
the opening of -the season last year.
Ralph Huggins Released.
Asheville, Special The habeas cor
pus hearing for the release of Ralph
Iluggins, the 12-year-old boy of Hen
derson county, alleged to. be restrain
ed of his liberty, wilt not be had. The
magistrate who had refused-the lad
b.'iil on appeal, reconsidered and the j
"Uv is now out of jail. Iluggin was
ven a 50 lays' sentence .for a fight
with another boy. The Huggins boy
declares that lie whipped his oppon
ent because the other boy "jumped on
his crippled brother."
NEWS
for Busy Readers.
Madison ' Held Forf
Mooresville, Special. 1
inary trial of Glenn Madli
killing of Terrell Sherrill
morning was held before C.f
Tuesday afternoon before f
room. Henry Wilson, a ne
swore that he heard Madi
Sherill about a week .ago
would kill him about a girY"
going with but th'ougJ
it at the time ast-
young boys. A Fro wo
Bell, who lives near : the J
house where the homicide!
heard Glenn tell his little
tell his mother "nothing
Glenn then went in the set1
and in about ten minutes!
the .shot. Mack Melchor t
he got there about five min
the shot and that he fount
with four cartridges near i
bullet that had been fifired '
rill's cap in anotther roq
the ofregoing testimony M
committed to "jail for i
by the gTand jury., JFeeK:!
though it is rather i again)
' 1 Insurance Men -M,
Wilmington, Special. T
of the North Carolina A
Fire Underwriters eonvtf
day 'at the Seashore Ho
tween fifty and seventy-kin
attendance. President
ray, of Greensboro, prm
Secretary J. M. Harrell,
at his post. Hon. Johtf
delivered the address
the visitors and the re:.
W.-B. Sirachn, of M
annual report of Presf
showing . the associatuf
condition and an inflrj
good to the insurance
State, .was read and)
committee as was aU
secretary and treasui
ternoon session, Pat
Greensboro, extended
invitation tor the &:-u
next year in the ('Kc
will probably be acci,j:ta.w"ft w;
grttted that Hon. J. II. South A
of Durham, could not be present!
discuss the , relation of the ptatrt
sedation and this subject was asf
ed tc Col. Walker la lor. I
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Three Suspected of Murdsqj
Greensboro, Special. John
alias John Leonard, and Jamej
zier, both' of Sumner "Townshipl
Ernest Wade, of High Point, wr
in jail here Monday night, in (
tion with the murder of Miss v
Newman. The officers refuse to di
cuss the men's .connection with acs
case, saying thej' are held on minor
charges, pending preliminary hear
ing. Miss Newman, who was an
eccentric i old woman, living alone
at her home in- Sumner Township,-:
near this place, was found dead
in the woods a short distance from
fher house, about ten days ago, her
skull having been crushed with a club.
Wade has been released since the
abovt) was written. There was a lack
of evidence to implicate him. .
Two Negroes Drowned.
Mt. Gilead, Special. While .at
tempting to cross the Yadkin river at
Blalock's ferry near here Wednesdav
afternoon, two colored men were
drowned. Mr. A. J. Little and his
uncle, Mr. Meyers, came near losing
their lives, but escaped by swimming
to the bank. ,":
Complaint Filed. ,
The citizens of Watauga countj
have filed with the Corporation Com
mission a complaint aga'nst the Valle
Crucis. Shawneehaw and E.k Park
Turnpike Company for reduction and
adjustment of tolls from Elk Park
td Valle Crucis.
Crazy Man Sell3 Cocaine.
Goldsboro, Special. A negro, Ottc
Mitchell, was tried in the -mayor's
court on the serious charge of selling
cocaine. Developments proved thai
even were the accusation true, tha
nrisoner could not be held responsible
Lfor he was found to be an inmate of
the nearby colored asylum, recently
escaped, for whom a search has been
made throughout the past 'week.
Burglar Makes Escape.
Spencer, Bneeial. The store of the
McDaniel-f ttz Drug Company at
Spencer ntcred by an unknown
burglar idnigbt Wednesday
night, who tscaped without a clue to
his identity. 11. I. Grantham, tnrm
ager of the business, ' left the store
at a late hour the 'previous evening
and returned at midnight . for some
medicine. for a customer and upon tit
tering the proscription department
found the ''intruder hidi:r bihind
the counter, lie f!ei! out a back .lour,
which he bad opened, and cscapei!
in the darkr.Ji,vS.
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