North Carolina Newspapers

Year, In Adranc. FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH. " Slagt Cvpy 5 Csta, Ml I I N I I ! I ! Ill -I I II I I. ' N ! I,! I I I Ml- .1 I I N. . ! . . .1 II , I. I. . I . . II III MM .1.1 ! , !M II I T" f VOL. XX. PLYMOUTH, N, 0.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, i909. NO. 29. , pay recess Congress TeEces Tvo Weeks Fcr Christmas. judge! lurton confirmed. "Tennesssan Beconi03 Associate Jastics of Supreme Court District of Co lumbian'? Bill Passed. Washington, I). C, Special. Both the Senate and the House were in ses sion Monday, but both had concluded their arduous labors by 2 o'clock. "Wednesday an adjournment '"was had for two weeks to enable the, mem bers to properly observe the Christ mas holidays. Some matters consid ered were the confirmation of Horace II. Luston, of Tennessee, to be an. as sociate justice of the Supreme. Court; the District of Columbia appropria tions bill carrying $10,275,000 was 2asscd without opposition. SEVENTY LYNCHINGS IN 1909. "West Virginia' One Lynching, While Virginia, North Carolina and Mary land Have Not a Caso. Washington, 1). C, Special. The Herald says that- during 1909 lyneh ings numbered 70, the h' .best num ber recorded since 1004. . The victims tiumbcerd eleven whites . and fifty nine negroes. The lynchings occured in twelve States and one -Territory, New Mexico. As in previous years, crimes, or al leged crimes,, against white women and murders caused most of these summary executions. One case, oc curring in Cairo, 111., combined both causes and resulted in the placing of the city under military control for several days. The Cairo lynchings were the only eases of the kind that occurred north of the Ohio River during the year. Several double lynchings occurred at various points in the South, and .Okla homa furnished a quadruple lynching, with four cattlemen as the victims. In the following record the word ""lynching" has been held to apply only to the summary punishment in flicted by a mob or by any miraber of citizens on a. person alleged to have committed a crime. By States the sevnty lynching cases here record ed are classified as follows: Georgia, 11; Texas, 10; Florida, 8; Louisiana, 7; Mississippi, 7; Ala bama, (5; Oklahoma, 5; Kentucky, 4; South Carolina, 3; Arkansas, 3; Il linois, 2; New Mexico, 2; Missouri. 1; West. Virginia, 1. Not a case of mob rule is recorded against Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland. Madriz Succeeds Zelaya. Managua, Nicaragua, By Cable. Dr. Jose Madriz, former judge of the Central American court of justice at Cartago and Zelaya's candidate, was Monday elected President of Nicara gua by the . unanimous vote of Con .gress. The session was a stormy one, hut there seemed to be perfect una nimity with regard to the election of Madriz, and when the official an nouncement was made there were voc iferous cheering and cries of "Viva Madriz," "Viva Leon," "Down with monopolies," '"Down with tyranny," '"Long livfi the constitution." Dr. Madriz assumed the prsidency at . 10 o'clock Wednesday. Thaw Denied a Writ of Error. Washington, Special. Justice Mc Kenna .of the Supreme Court of the United States has denied a petition of Harry K. Thaw for a writ of error to the court of appeals of New York, in the case in which Thaw made an effort to obtain please from the Mat ..teawan asylum. In that case a peti tion for a writ of habeas corpus was denied and the effect of Justice Mc Kenna's decision will be to leave the decision of the court of appeals un disturbed. ' Clash Between the Races. Magnolia, Ala., Special. As a re sult -of four white -men being shot by Clinton Montgomery late Satur day night, one faltally, there was a severe clash between the races, re sulting in Montgomery being shot to death in a house in which he bar ricaded himself and bis body consum ed in the burning building. Hew Chief of Police For Panama ' Canal Zone. Washington, D. C, Special. Secre tary Dickinson has decided to appoint J. P. Fyfe of Chattanooga, Tenn., t hief of police of the Panama canal zone at a salary of $4,000 a year to succeed Gilbert Porter. Trinity Students Expelled. Durham, Nr C, Special. President Kilu'o of Trinity College has expelled er-rht students from the college for l::i".ing. They names of tbos? expell ed a iv not mads public. The faculty, is determined 'to rid the school of all rov. d vism. A SONG FROM THE SCRIPTURE. By The Bentztown Bard. THE CHRISTMAS CHILD. And the angel said unto them: Fear not, for, behold, , I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger. St. Luke, ii, 10-12 Laudation to His Holy name, And to His lowly birth Not that. He came in splendor-flame, - Nor like a king of earth; Not that the banners waved on high, r The cymbals clashed His praise; But. that alone the starry sky Led to His humble dais ! Laudation to His purpose mild, Who came not unto men Except as comes a little child . With far, wide-wandering ken; Who came not panoplied in gold, -With sword and shield of might. But in His mother's sweet enfold A rose-bloom of the night! Laudation to His deathless soul,. . Not that He ruled, as king ; But that God's arm around him stole As soft as angel' 3 wing. Not that the thunder of His tread Shook cities to their doom, But that beneath His feet the dead Were touched to deathless Bloom! Not for the conqueror's mail-clad hand Nor for the victor's sword; Not for the chieftain of a band, A wild, world-sundering horde; Lift the hosanna of the years, Utter the golden song, For this, the foeman of our tears And for all human wrong! Aye, for a life that came to lead All Ufa toward the sun; And for a heart that came to bleed For tasks that love had done; A life that gave that gifts might bless All sweets of life; to be This brothor of the brotherless Dear friend to you and me! Laudation to His holy name! Through all the ages cry The exaltation of Hi3 fame Unto the Christmas sky Not that He, rose as princes rise, Unto life's fleeting power; But that beneath warm mother-eyes He bloomed as blooms a flower! Baltimore Sun. Census Supervisors Meet. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Census su pervisors of Georgia, Alabama, Flor ida, South Carolina and Tennessee met in conference here with E. Dana Durand, director of census, and Wil liam C. Hunt, statistician of popula tion. Between thitry-five and forty supervisors attended. Details of the work of gathering the census were discussed. Case Will Take Its Turn. Washington, D. C, Special. The United States Supreme Court declin ed to advance the case of the Red C Oil Company against the Board of Agriculture of North Carolina, hand ing down the decision Monday. This means, of course, that the case will take its turn, coining up when reached in the due course of business. In the meantime, however, the State law will be enforced. The plaintiff had asked for an injunction before Judge Connor of the district, court, but the request was refused. Standard Oil Files Appeal. St. Louis Special. The appeal' -of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, its subsidiaries and the seven individuals, against whom the govern ment recently won its dissolution suit in the United States circuit court, was filed here. Sixty-five instances in which the circuit court is. alleged to have erred are cited as reasons for taking the case to 'the supreme court of the United States. 9,429,000 Bales Ginned. Memphis, Tenn., Special. The re port of the National Ginners' Associ ation issued last Friday shows that 9,429,000 bales, of cotto had been ginned to December 13, 1909. The re port bv States follows: Alabama, 994.000;" Arkansas, 052,000; Florida, 58.000; Georgia. 1,778,000; Louisiana, 240,000; Mississippi, 980.000; Mis souri and Virginia. 52.000; North Carolina 590.000; Oklahoma 521.000; South Carolina, '1,074.000; Tennes see. 221.C00; Texas, 2,271,000; Total 9,429,000. NEARLY OVER. "You seem to be (Sticking prettj close to business these days." ; "Well, I need the relaxation. The baseball' season is a terrible strain pa a man."- Washington Star. MEET SN CHARLOTTE Southern Educational Associa tion to Gather This Month. MANY SUBJECTS ON PROGRAM. The Associations is Almost as Exten sive as That of the National Edu cational Association. Charlotte, N. C, Special. The next meeting of the Southern Educa tional Association will he held here on the. 28, 29 and M of this month. This will be una of the . largest, most important and notable educa tional gatherings that ever assembled in the South. The last meeting at Atlanta was the largest in its his tory. The association has been large ly reconstructed and has now de veloped an organization almost as extensive as that of the National Ed ucational Association. 5 Among the subjects that will be discussed in the general session are the following: Educational ideals and problems of the New South as com pared with the Old' South; the indus trial development of the South the development of Southern rural life and public schools in relation to it; the movement for the improvement of school houses and grounds; the call for educational citizenship; nat ional aid to Southern schools; educa tional legislation and progress during the year; the trend of state admin istration to public schools; present status of illiteracy in the Southern States ; methods of state and local taxation for public schools ; present conception of negro education in the South; methods of educational cam paigns; the service of the state uni versity; present status of college ed ucation ; higher education of women ; the movement for the education of adults; the supervision of rural schools; the improvement of teachers; Southern summer schools; develop ment of rural high schools; second ary agricultural education in the South; secondary education in Eu rope; European and American trade schools, etc. The most progressive Southern uni versity, colleges and normal schools will make exhibits of their equip ments, special facilities, etc., bear ing especially upon the professional preparation of teachers in secondary and elementary schools. Some of the leading Southern industrial high and elementary schools, also several kin dergarten schools, will exhibit the work they have done. The railroads have granted half rates and hotels will also give special rates. Charlotte is a large com mercial and industrial center, and an excellent place for meeting. Madriz Will Accept Office. Managua, Nicaragua, Special. Jose Madriz, judge of the Central American court of justice, at Carta go, who has been put forward as can didate for the presidency to succeed Zelaya, received an enthusiastim re ception on his arival here. Long be fore he reached the capital Madriz was the objeci, of cheering crowds. He was met by delegations from var ious departments, and acclaimed all along the way from Corinto to Mana gua. I shall accept the honor which has been offered me. I am not the candidate of Leon, but of the entire republic. My chief concern will be to appease the an:int sectionalism which has divided certain localities." To Meet in Charlotte. Charlotte, N. C, Special. There is to be held in Charlotte Tuesday, Jan uary 4, a meeting of all the cotton yarn spinners of the South and rep resentatives of the leading commis sion houses &4he North, for the pur pose of considering conditions in the cotton yarn trade with the view to securing a better price of yarns. ' Superintendent and Guard Indicted. Atlanta, Special, -After a rigid in spection of conditions in the city prison a grand jury indicted Super intendent D. M. Vining and Guard P. Corner, and pronounced the con ditions "mi. mm, inercdiable and vrlc." The jury's .eport told of overpowering stenches, infectious filth, torture Machines and other al leged horrors seen in the men's and the women's quarters, white Paid Homage to Leopold. Brussels, By Cable. The body of King Leopold lay in state in the roy al palace Sunday, while thousands who had patiently waited their turn to be admitted, filed silently before the catafalqua and paid homage to their late sovereign. In the pres ence of Prince Albert and the officers and dignitaries of the court and gov ernment, the coffin had been borne to the mortuary chamber, while priests chanted the Miserere and a proces sion of nuns, with bonded heads, told the rosery for the dead. The ceermocies were elaborate. li WASHINGTON NflTFS ! The House Thursday devoted near ly five hours time to consideration of the District of Columbia appropri ation bill. The measure carries an appropriation of $10,140,473 for the expenses of the District for 1911. General debate was concluded but the reading of the measure, para graph by paragraph proceeded slow iy. Several members made points of order against certain sections in the interest of economy and the reading had not concluded when the House adjourned Thursday. Mr. . Macon of Arkansas had the paragraph ap propriating $2,400 for an automobile for the engineer commissioner of H'e District st,,'1--,n o"t i nn'" nf the protests of Representative Taw uey of Minnesota, chairman of the appropriations eonmniiee and uepiu sent alive Gardner of Michigan, in charge of the bill. Democratic applause greeted an attack Thursday made by Representa tive Hitchcock on the oiiiciai conduct of Secretary of the Interior Ballinger in connection with the so-called Cun ningham coal land cases, in a speech demanding a congressional investiga tion of-the General Land Office, Rep resentative Shepard of Texas ad dressed the House during general de bate on the bill urging the House to revive the moribund commissions on expenditures for the various depart ments in order that sweeping envesti gatibn of the departments might be made. Representative Burgess, of Texas, Wednesday introduced in the House a joint resolution declaring that the United States shall cease to exercise sovereignty over the Philippine L lands, and by treaty with foreign na tions set up and maintain there a free and independent government. The resolution requests the President of the United States to consider the expediency of opening negotiations with Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Spain and Japan for a joint treaty providing for the recog nition and preservation of such a government. Diplomas of merit Tuesday were presented by Secretary Wilson in his office at the Department of Agricul ture to Bascomb Usher, of South Carolina; Dewitt Lundy, of Missis sippi; Elmer Halter, of Arkansas and Ralph Bellwbod, of Virginia all boys under 18 years for special pro ficiency in agricultural pursuits. The recipients of the awards are among the 12,500 in the boys' demonstration work in the South. Each planted one acre of corn and , cultivated it under instructions from, the Depart ment of Agriculture. The effort of the present Congress u t ,u: tu auppicoa tuc wuiiG otavo ticui.v has caused a materialization of the specter of "State's rights," and that House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce before which the Mann bill is pending, is at logger heads over the question. Such strong objection by Democrats has been manifested that Chairman Mann and his Republican associates have aban doned temporarily , their efforts to ob tain early action on the measure. The Pee Dee river, in Chesterfield county, is to get no more money if the recommendation of the chief of engineers of the army, Gen. Mar shall, is followed and they will be in a communication through the sec retary of war to congress Tuesday. Gen. Marshall savs that the com merce along the Pee Dee does not justify any further appropriation. . Acting, it is understood, upon the suggestion of Secretary Knox, the the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate Wednesday steered clear of the resolution of Senator Raynor of Maryland, authorizing the President to descend upon Nicaragua and punish Zelaya promptly. Some of the members were strongly in fav or of modifying the Rayner resolu tion slightly and authorizing its fav orable report to the Senate. Advocating the adoption of a defin ed waterway policy by the United States Govenment, Representative Richardson, of Alabama, delivered a gpeech in the House Tuesday, while that body was m committee of the whole with the President's message under consideration. Mr. Richardson proposed the expenditure of $50,000, 000 for the iniorovement of the Miss issippi River and its tributaries. Francis E. Bliss, Jr., former mem ber of the Baltimore paper ruling firm of Bliss, Albrccht Co., was Wednesday acquitted of charges of embezzlement by a jury in Criminal Court No. 1. Bliss, who figured in the Kenyon street tarring case something more than a year ago was the Washington representative of the Baltimore con cern. It was charged that while in this capacity he received checks for work done by the firm for the United States Government amounting to about $100. Bliss was placed on trial about a month ago, but the prose cution was withdrawn at that time becaus the indictment was faulty. NFWS RRFVITIFS Condensed from Wide F iefds, Domestic and Foreign. AS THEY ARE HAPPENING DAILY Suited to the Wants of Bus? Pveaders Seeking a Knowledge of What is Going on. The steamer Gov. Ames, found from New York to Brunswick, Ga., went to pieces off Wimble Shoals, 25 miles north of Hatteras, is. C, JHonday. The captain and wife and eleven ol the crew were lost, one of the crew only escaping. George P. Sheldon is indicted for larceny in the shortage of $45,000 or $o0,000 dollars m the Atlanta ol fice of the Phenix Fire insurarice company of Brooklyn, N. Y. Zelaya has resigned the presidency of Nicaragua amid riotous demoixstra' tions in which the populace cry down with the old and up with the new regime. The sugar scandals at the New York custom house are being ferreted oat and the Arbuckl; Brothers have coughed up $695,543 out of which they had wronged the government. The Brokaw divorce suit in New York is now a lives topic. Tt is brought out that the " husband was about to sue for the divorce but he is fighting the suit now as there is $00,000 at stake in alimony. It now develops that Capt. Au gust. W. Loose and his man Dunkle who swore that they made Capt Cook s calculations to help him de ceive the world about his getting to the North "Pole and squealed because he did not pay up were atter selling their fabrications and Loose says Dunkle got most of the money for the fabrication. News has just arived that a mine explosion in Southern Japan recent ly claimed 702 victims. Forty-three others escaped. The mine works 4, 755 hands and has. a monthly output of 44,000 tons of coal. Secretary of War Dickinson will take a trip to inspect Santo Domingo and Porto Rico,' paying special at tention to the revolutionary con ditions m the former islands. It is estimated that 7 to 8 million people visited vConey Island during the late summer making about 20,000 trips besides spending $40,000,000 mostly in nickels and dimes, sums three times as much as the United States paid for Louisiana and six times as much as Alaska cost. Women in high social position members of the Colony Clul) held an enthusiastic meeting Wednesday afternoon in their clubrooms at 122 Madison avenue, in the interest of the striking shirtwaist workers, who will receive substantial financial aid from the organization. The Brownsville court of inquiry is sitting behind closed doors in Wash ington, hearing such applicants of the Negro disbanded regiment as wish to re-enter the army and can show themselves elligible under the Fora ker act. Congressman Kitchin, of North Carolina, introduced a bill in the house Wednesday the object of which is to prevent corporations do ing business in the state from ap pealing cases from the state to the federal courts. King Leopold, the soverign of Belgium, died Friday morning in Brussels. The National Geographic society in Washington City Wednesday night bestowed on Commander Peary the honor of the discovery of the North Pole and awarded a suitable medal. Capt. Bartlett also received a medal for sailing a boat further into the artic regions than any one else. A fire at East St. Louis, III., on Monday, burned 100 car loads of grain. The is estimated at 1100,00 Zelaya who is so conspicious be fore the world now has a nephew in New York who is in trouble in love affairs. Miss Juliette Hero, of Gre cian descent, is suing him for $100, 000 dollars on breach of promise. Another severe storm accompanied with snow, ice and s'eet passed over New York, Pennsylvania and the great lakes Monday and Tuesday. Considerable damage was done to wires. Three sisters are in New York jail charged with the murder of Ocey bnead, whose body was found sub merged in a bath tub long after death. The Senate committee on judiciary voted unanimously Wednesday to report favorably the nomination of Judge Horace II. Lurton. of Tennes see, to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Some -members of the committee ex pressed the opinion that it would have been better to have named a younger man, Judgn Lurton. being in his OGth year, but there was no gen eral opposition to him, or any criti cism exppt as to his a:je. . . mm i prion ! U MM mnu LLui u Collapsed Unexpectedly Friday ALL -BELGIUM IN MCUSRIfiQ." Bulletins Thursday Were Altogether Topeful and People Were Ziopeful Began to Sink at 2:35 a. tC Brussels, By Cable. King Lccpolrt died at 2:.'35 o'clock Friday morning, his aged and Masted body being un able to stand "the strain put up,)! it. The collapse occurred suddenly and at a moment when the doctors ssepj ingly had had the greatest hopes for his recovery. It appears that the doctors were totally unprepared for a fatal term ination. It was a nun, acting as a nurse, who first noticed the heavy breathing of the king. She called Dr. Thiriar to the bedside Both doctors resorted to injections of morphine, but these had no efl'ect. The entire Kingdom of Belgium mourus its departed ruler, Leopold II. Courts, schools and theatres'are closed, Parliament and the municipal council have adjourned and flags are at haif-mast in every city, town and, vilage of the kingdom out of respect for the dead-monarch. Under the constitution the affairs of the nation will be in the hands of the Cabinet until Prince Albert takes the oath cf office of succession next Thursday, the day after hh funeral of his uncle, before the joint bouses of Parliament in the Senate chamber. An official decree issued Thursday lauds King Leopold's career and de clares his creation of the Congo In dependent State was an act unique in the annals of history. "Posterity will judge Leopold a great King with a grand reign," it says. COLUMBIA GETS SEMINARY The Theological Seminary of United Synod of the South to Be Located - There.- .,;-. -. ' . Salisbury, N. C, Special. Thei committee to fix upon a location for the Thealogical , Seminary of tha Southern Evangelical Luther church, the body known as the United Synod of the South, met here on Thursday and fixed upon Columbia, S. C, as the place to which that institution is to be removed from its present location at Mt. Pleasant near Charleston. The respective offers were: Colum bia $17,722 and sites; Salisbury $14, 350 and sites; Charlotte $8,000 and sites. Charlotte offered the greatest variety of sites, but all at valuations somewhat strong. Salisbury offered two beautiful sites, and some others. One was of 16 acres, near the eiay and supplied with water from th city. Columbia offerd two sites, de scribed in a letter appended thereta. SALISBURY HAS BAD FIPJ3. One Fireman Loss Life and Another in Critical Condition Loss Esti mated at $60,000 Salisbury, Special. Fire, which broke out in the second floor of th Empire Store Company's building at 10:30 o clock Friday night resulted la property loss of aoproximately $60, 000, the death of Mr. R. II. PendeT, a member of the fire department and the probable fatal injury of Mr. E. EL Keeter, also a fireman. At 12:15 o'clock Saturday morning it was an nounced at the Whitehead-Stokea sanatorium that Mr. Keeter might not survive the night. The flames spread rapidly and soon the entire second floor of the build ing was enveloped and the whole block seemed doomed. The fire wall proved equal, however, and the ad joining buildings Were damaged very little, bo threatending was the situa tion at one time that all of the guests of the Empire hotel were awakened and moved out. Genearl Wood in Command. Washington, I) .C, Speeia!. Major General Leonard Wood, now in command of the Department of the East, will be the next chief of staff of the army. Secretary Dickin son made this announcement Wed nesday. General Wood will succeed Gen. J. Franklin Bell whose" term at the head of the general staff will expire next spring. Two Killed and One Fatally Injured in Railroad Wreck. Macon, Ga., Special. Two persons were killed, one fatally injured and seven more or less sreiously hurt when a Central of Georgia north bound passenger train Friday morn ing at 7:50 o'clock at Harris City, Ga., crashed into the combination second-class, bagcrage and mail car of train No. 42, east bound, of the Macon & Birmingham road. The ac cident occurred at the crossing of the two roads and was due, according to statements from railroad officials, to a frosted track.