"FOR (lOD, FOK COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH'
Siesta 097 t Cwt
VOL?: XXI.
PLYMOUTH, N; C FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1911
NO, 34.
Year, In Adraoca.
S
GONVENTIONJS KILLED
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
BILL BY MR. STUBBS !S
DEFEATED 69 TO 22.
A SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS.
Dill to Eestablish Training School
".For Teachers in West Will Pass
Legislators Want More Pary
Trust Law With Teeth.
Raleigh.-The House passed the
Quickel Xi to amend the hour of the
labor faw of 1910, making hoth rail
road companies and . employes guilty
of- a misdemeanor, for employes
working over 16 hours, .the amend
ment being to relieve the employer
of the misdemeanor charge so that
Its employes injured while . working
over time can have standing in court
for damage suits the ruling of the
Supreme Court in Lloyd vs. Southern
Railroad. Opposition to the bill was
on the ground that the double "check
of misdemeanor for railroad and em
ploye conserved protection of the
travelling public from mistakes by
overworked trainmen-.
A bill for an annex for wives and
widows of Confederate veterans at
the soldiers' home came from the
House pensions committee with fa
vorable report and was referred to the
appropriations committee since it car
. ries $5,000 appropriation and $2,500
maintenance.
The Battle bill to allow cities and
towns to amend their charters at will
for commission or other form of gov
ernment came from the judiciary
i ' committee with favorable ' report and
!" five hundred copies were ordered
printed.
j Senator Coiten introduced a bill to
prohibit the use of coupons in cigar
ettes and tobacco packages sold in
North Carolina. There was also a
ivftSbJ?XJ Senator Thorne.to encourage
j the use of goods made by independ
; ent concerns and handicap sale of
; trust goods;
''ti A resolution by Senator Starbuck,
conveys an iiiviiauuu num iue usu-
eral Assembly for residents of the
ji Northwest to visit this State during
i every October.
The committee on propositions and
j' grievances reported favorably EwfTrt's
!! remarkable bill "To tax dogs, justices
j; cf the peace and bachelors in Hen
jj derscn county." He insists . that Hen
; derson county .has too many of all
i three cf these clashes. -
I The Stubb3 bill -to call a constitu
tional convention for ' the revision of.
the North Carolina constitution was
defeated in : the house by a vote of
C3 to 22 : '
i A .bill' by Kellum, of New. Hanover,
seeks . to allow Wilmington to vote
local option on petition of citizens to
city council. This bill is drawn with
Sttfte:.wide macjiineryj" but ' a final
clause limits it to New -Hanover coun-
i!:ty. rt allows vote cn .saloons if
thirty per cent, of 'the voters peti
tion. '.Strict . saloon regulations are
prescribed and the license tax is
Sn.CyC' each; for city -and State, any
.violation of regulations to forfeit - li
cense and bond.
By. a" vote .;.?! 24, to 31 the Turling
ton Dili tot protect insurers in lire in
surance ccmpan'ies not licensed, to do
.business in this State, by enabling
'them,' to serve summons in case of
disagreement as to losses, and requir
ing that policies. for such companies
shall be reported to the State Com
missioner of -Insurance and a .tax of
five per cent, paid qn premiums was
defeated. .. This .was'' car, (tlie ;! ground
that .the State- law already makes it
a misdemeanor for jany. agent- to rep
resent ah unlicensed company in thi3
I - The Senate voted 20. ta8 for pas
FsaKe of the bl'd creating. Jloke coun-
jity out. of portions of Cumberland and
Robeson and it was ordered sent to
Hthe House without engrossment. An
amendment providing for a change
of Robeson had been voted down, the
amendment providing for a change
of boundary of Hoke so as to include
Lumber Bridge and . Red Springs
townships.
Rprtntnr Martin, of Buncombe, of-
tifffered-a- joiht resolution thanking the
mState of Nevada lor refusing to ac-
SIS.. - n i . r- a . I I
tumque ucoaie oeiween ounuuis.
Something uniaue for this section
'of the country in the realm oflebate
jhas ju3t been arranged between the
bore and Raleigfi.
On the night 6T Friday, April 14, a
rfldebate will occur in each of the three
(cities, this necessitating two teams of
;!:Jtwo men each for, each school. Each
1school will also have both the afflrm
jfjative and the negative side of the
query, so that the merits of the ques
tion will have a negligible effect in the
final award cf honors.
cept as a gift the repudiated bonds
of North Carolina.
. The Ewart bill designed to impart
"teeth" to the North Carolina anti
trust law gets favorable report from
judiciary committee No. 1 of ' the
House. It makes violations of the
anti-trust act a felony Instead of mis
demeanor, empowers the Attorney
General of his own motioa to bring
suit in any county against violators,
or invoke injunction or quo warranto
proceedings, provides foreiture of
charter to do business in the State
without the right to transfer privi
leges. Senator Brown, of Columbus has
Introduced a bill to prevent social
clubs from handling, intoxicants for
members and to prohibit near-beer.
There was also a notable bill by
Boyden, of Rowan, to protect human
life by forbidding persons from walk
ing on railroad tracks.
The House passed the bill by Rob
erts, of Buncombe, to allow divorce
where there are no children from the
union, after ten years' separation
without the requirement that both
have resided in this Statet for the ten
years.
Dillard, of Cherokee, in making a
fight for the repeal of the 1909 law
allowing sheriffs $20 each for block
ade distilleries' broken up, as it ap
plies to Cherokee county, startled
the legislators with the charge that
deputy sheriffs have "grafted" his
county out . of $1,800 for fees of this
kind when in reality there had not
been more than two distilleries in the
whole county within two years.
The House finance committee re
ported unfavoraby the bill introduced
to provide for the State Instead of
the city of Raleigh to pay costs of
the unsuccessful Indictment of the
Standard Oil Company in the city
court for the alleged violation of the
State anti-trust law.
Thompson introduced a bill to es
tablish a State school for the feeble
minded by providing that the" Gov
ernor appoint directors who shall se
cure bids for location and not less
than one hundred acre3 and that the
State -may issue $100,000 .in bonds.
Senator Graham, of Orange, intro
duced a bill to amend the constitu
tion of North' Carolina by Increasing
compensation of members of the Gen
eral Assembly to $500 from $240, and
if an extra session is held pay them
$100 for it; to pay presiding officers
of each house $10 per day and mile
age and the same rate during extra
sessions.
Senator Graham claims the present
high cost of living makes it impos
sible for a man to serve in the Legis
lature without a personal financial
loss and that the peuple of the State
ought not to expect their lawmakers
to make up the deficit of their
actual necessary expenses.
The muck talked of bill providing
for the establishment of a teachers'
training school In Western North
Carolina was introduced in the Sen
ate by Senator Martin. It author
izes the State board of education to
establish such a school for training
teachers cf both sexes and carries
an appropriation of. $25,00 for build
ings and equipment with the require
ment that the county or community
wherein it is located provide a like
amount. The bill also makes appro
priation of $10,000 annually for main
tenance. There is every indication
that this bill will pass by a safe ma
jority and become a law.
. In the House Representative Spain
hour,, of Burke, offered a resolution
to appoint a committee of Ave mem
bers, to ascertain tjie number of
clerks in the State offices and recom
mend such reduction of salaries a3
may fie deemed advisable in view of
the fact that as the resolution recites
clerks in State offices are receiv
ing ffom $1,500 to. $2,000 while teach
ers are being paid only $20 to $40
a month and many college professors
only from $600 to $1,000. The resolu
tion demands a scaling that puts the
clerks more on a parity with ' the
teachers of whom far greater equip
ment is demanded. The resolution
went tp the committee on salaries
The House passed the joint resolu
tion by Senator Brown to investigate
the Maltamuskeet, Elkin & Alia-,
ghany and Statesville Air Line Rail
roads and the Wilkesboro-Jefferpft
turnpike and other matters unfavor
ably reported by the State board of
internal improvements, ex-Judge
Ewart declaring in discussion that the
State has evidently lost In the Matta
muskeet railroad scheme alone $240,
000. It has heretofore passed the
Senate. '
Want Additional Federal Judge.
An effort is to be made in the Unit
ed States Senate to get a bill through
providing for the appointment of an
additional. Federal judge for the
fourth circuit,' in which are the States
of West Virginia, Virginia, North and
South Caroltnla and Maryland.. This
is the measure that was so persis
tently pushed at the last session of.
Congress and which woud probably
have passed had it not been for the'
efforts of Congressman Webb of
North Carolina, who fought it to
death in the House.
ORE TROOPS SENT !
TO MEXICAN BORDER
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
ADOPTS MEASURES FOR EN
FORCING NEUTRALITY.
FOR NEUTRAL PROTECTION
Federal Troops -Inadequately. Equip
ped to Meet Insurrectionists Gov
ernment of Mexico Pleased. ,
Washington. The acute revolution
ary situation along . the northern bop
der of Mexico has moved the Ameri
can government to ; rush twelve ad
ditional troops, of cavalry to the fron
tier to preserve the neutrality of the
United States, The American mili
tary .forces will -prevent not only the
movement of revolutionary bands from
this .country into Mexico, but also
will prohibit defeated revolutionists
with arms from seeking refuge on
the territory f.6f the United States.
This action was based upon strong
representations from the Mexican gov
ernment to the effect that armed
bands of revolutiaries have been en
tering Mexico at isolated places along
the southern boundary of . the United
States. Furthermore, it was declared,
revolutionists have crossed the Kio
Grande from Mexico, entering the
United States for the purpose of mak
ing their way undisturbed through
American territory and then re-entering
Mexico for the purpose of operat
ing against a strategic point, in re
ply to the protests of Mexico, the
United States government has assured
that country that every measure will
be adopted with a rviw to preventing
any violation of a neutral attitude on
the part of the United States.
Of the twelve companies of cavalry
consisting of about seven hundred and
fifty men, ordered southward, four
will be sent from the Presidio, Cal.;
six from Fort Meade, S. 1).; and two
from' Fort Wingate, N. Mex. This
will maKe the total military represea
tation of the United States aligned
along the frontier twenty-two troops
cf cavalry, or . about fifteen hundred
men. The troops ordered south will
be stationed along the border from hll
Paso, Texas, to Calexicq, Cal.
El Paso, Tex. A messenger from
General Orozco, commanding the in
. surrecto troops, threatened Juarez and
made his way into El Paso. - lie bore
a message from the revolutionary
leader asking that a message be sent
from El Paso to notify the American
consul at Juarez warning him of the
intended assault, and requesting him
to wain non-combatants to seek safe
ty. The general's message '. declared
former messengers sent direct to Jua
rez had been intercepted by the Fed
eral authorities. The messenger de
toured Juarez, crossing the border
north of the city.
HONDURAN WAR ENDED.
American Naval Forces Are Sent to
Stop Useless Fighting in
Puerto Rico.
Washington. The explanation of
the action of the Amenca naval
forces in landing at Puerto Cortez,
in Honduras, and in undertaking to
intervene between the government
forces and the insurrectionists with
a view to bringing about a settle
ment of the difficulty in that country
without further bloodshed was had,
when the state department made pub
lic the text of telegrams exchanged
between President Taft and President
Davila of Honduras, within the last
lew days.
From this telegraphic correspond
ence it appears that in seeking to re
store peace between the warring fac
tions in Honduras, President Taft is
simply conforming to the earnest
wish of President Davila. who tele
graphed him 'as follows:
"The government of Honduras is re
solved to approve the loan conven
tion. For this suspension of hostili
ties is necessary In order to prevent
the useless gheddins of blood, if your
excellency caiiend your valorous in
tervention to the end that the war
may cease, the people and govern
ment of Honduras will have cause to
again thank the United. States and
its worthy president for the . interest
they are taking in the tranquility and
prosperity of the countr'
Colonel Roosevelt in the West.
Los Angeles, Ca.'. f heodore Roose
velt's next montfr. will'Vbear directly
upon his work as a naturalist.- Ac
cording to a telegram received by
Dr. J. A. E. Scherer, president of the
Thrcp university, the colonel, says he
will arrive in Pasadena the morning
of March 21. In the afternoon tie ex
pects to pass seme time with "John
Burrouga and John Muir, wpo .have
devoted years to scientific reser.rci
in the west. In the evening' Colonel
Roosevelt will deliver an address on
"Zoology cf Africa." .
OIL TRUST TURNS
STANDARD ASKS $250,000 DAM
AGES FROM MAGAZINE FOR
ALLEGED LIBEL.
'POISON" FEATURE IS BASIS
Article in Hampton.'s by Cleveland
Moffett Wounds and Redress
in Court Is Sought First
Time Company Carried
Troubles to Court.
New York. The Standard Oil com
pany has had a lot of unpleasant
things said about it one time or .an
other, as John D. Archbold once point
ed out in a magazine article, but It
has never taken its troubles to court
until now, and when summonses have
been obtained in the United States
circuit court in the suits for damages
brought by the Standard Oil company
against the Broadway Magazine com
pany, publishers of Hampton's Maga
zine, and Cleveland Moffett, author of
the alleged libelous article, which
caused the company to turn.
Mr. Moffett pointed out that glucose
is used in candy-making and added
that the agents of Standard Oil in
eastern Pennsylvania and lower New
Jersey "had been arrested, brought
into court, branded as deliberate poi
soners of little children."
"That sentence about the poisoning
of little children hurt and the smart
ing of the wound wasn't soothed any
by the stream of clippings from the ar
ticle, which began to come in every
mail to the Standard Oil office at 26
Broadway. It is said that copies of
the article were also received by many
of the officers cf the corporation.
The result was that the corporation
broke its rule and began suit for $250,
000 against Hampton's and for $100,
000 against. Moffett.
Before starting v the suit Martin
Carey, attorney for the company, and
J. I. C. Clark, its press representative,
called upon Hampton's to retract
They denied that Standard Oil is in
terested in glucose or that the men
referred to in Mr. Moffett's article as
having been "branded as deliberate
poisoners of little children" were rep
resentatives of Standard Oil. Mr. Mof
fett was present when the Standard
Oil representatives made the demand,
and, after consulting with him, Benja
min B. Hampton, editor of the maga
zine, decided to stand pat.
The article called "Cassidy and the
Food Poisoners'' deals with the cam
paign for the enforcement of tae pure
food laws made by Harry P. Cassidy,
a food inspector in Philadelphia.
In the papers upon which the sum
monses were obtained by Shearman
and Sterling of 53 Wall street, attor
neys fcr the Standard Oil company in
this case,, it is set forth that 'on or
about January 19, 1911, the defendant
recklessly and maliciously published
in the February issue of the magazine
the false, unfair, libelous and defama
tory matter following." .
At this point there is inserted in the
papers the portion cf Mr. Moffett's ar
ticle referring to the Standard Oil
under the subhead of "The Standard
Oil and Poisoned Candy."
OVER-SEA FLIGHT FAILS.
McCurdy Dropped Into Sea on Key
West-Havana Flight.
Havana, Cuba J. A. D. McCurdy,
a Canadian by birth, but nowfc affiliat
ed with American aviators, set a new
record in ' cver-the-water flights, cov
ering a distance of close to a hundred
miles from Key West, to within ten
miles of Havana, when, from a slight
accident, he was compelled to drop
into the sea. There he remained, his
biplane floated by pontoons, until the
lifeboat of the torpedo boat destroyer
Terry picked him up.
The flight was for $8,000, of which
$5,000 was offered by, the Havana
Post and $3,000 by the Havana city
council.
Safe Blowers Rob Illinois Bank.
Davenport, Iowa. Three masked
men blew open the vault in the Farm
ers', Bank at Sherrard, 111., worked
the combination on the silver chest
and obtained $100. A woman in a
hotel nearby heard the explosion and
gave the alarm, but the thieves es
caped in a buggy they had stolen
and drove to Rock Island.
River-Harbor Bill Passed.
Washington. After three hours of
consideration the senate passed the
iver and harbor bill carrying appro
priations aggregating about $36,000,
300. Noted Southern Educator Dead.
Charlottesville. Va. Dr. James A.
Harrison, for 15 years professor of
English and romance languages In the
University of Virginia, and one of the
best known authors of the South, died
aere. He produced many books wi
contributed to many journals.
SAN FRANCISCO CHOSEN
OPENING OF WATERWAY ACROSS
PANAMA TO BE CELEBRATED
AT GOLDEN GATE.
National House of Representatives
Favors Western City for the
V
Great Show in 1915. , j
San Francisco, Cal. With the
bursting of bombs, the shrieking
of steam whistles, and the ring-
ing of bells, the news that San
Francisco had won the first vie-
tory in the Panama exposition
contest, was announced to the
people of this city.
Washington. The house of repre
sentatives by a vote of 188 to 159,
decided in favor of San Francisco,
and against New Orleans, as the city
in which an exposition to ce!ebrat6
the opening of the Panama canal in
1915 shall be, held.
This vote was taken on a roll call
to determine whether San Francisco
resolution or the New Orleans bill
should have consideration in the
house. On a final vote the San Fran
cisco resolution was passed by a vote
cf 259 to 43.
San Francisco won by capturing the
Republican vote in the house. New
Orleans support came from the Dem
ocrats. Only thirty Republican voted
ror New Orleans. Thirty-six Demo-,
crats voted for San Francisco. The
San Francisco resolution does not ask
for government aid in any form. It
simply authorizes the president of the
United States to invite foreign na
tions to participate in the fair.
An effort to amend the resolution
to include provisions for an interna
tional naval from Hampton Roads
through the Panama canal and up the
west coast to San Francisco was de
feated on a parliamentary point of
order.
The New Orleans bill called for an
appropriation cf $1,000,090; for a gov
ernment exhibit and the creation of a
government commission.
BANK DEPOSITS DECREASE.
Greatest Decrease in Deposits Is Now
Shewn in New York City, Where
$158,000,000 Was Withdrawn.
Washington. Deposits of individu
als in the 7,200 national banks of the
United States' decreased $191,566,488
between November 10 and January 1,
a situation probably unprecedented in
the reports made to the comptroller
of the currency.
Of that sum, more than $158,000,000
was withdrawn from the tbirty-nine
national banks of New York City. No
two officials of the treasury agree as
to where the money went. Some are ot
the opinion that part of it might Save
gone to strengthen the New York
state banks and trust companies dur
ing the flurry caused by the so-called
Robin failure early in the month. All
of the treasury officials, however, ex
pressed great interest i what expla
nations the New York bankers might
give.
A comparison with the national
banks of Chicago shows that the drop
was confined almost entirely to New
York City. The eleven Chicago banks
reported a loss of $9,000,000 on indi
vidual deposits. The reserve banks ot
the Western and Pacific states and
the New England states all show
losses, but comparatively small ones.
One peculiar aspect of the drop was
that the New York banks alone lost
as much as the combined banks of
the country had gained in November.
Another feature of the situation
which greatly puzzles the treasury
experts in that in spite of the enor
mous slump in deposits the banks
are still holding a higher percentage
of reserve than they were in Novem
ber, and the total loss in loans and
discounts of the whole country has
been only $48,000,000, while there has
been a gain in cash of more than $20,
000,000. The banks of the South are about
the only ones showing gains of de
posits. That is said to be because
they are now being paid for cotton.
Reductions of loans is the rule, how
ever, all over the country, and this
is said necessarily to follow such a
sharp reduction of deposits. .
All Ship Subsidy Graft.
Washington. John W. Dodsworth,
editor of the New York Journal of
Commerce; Charles A. Conant of New
York, formerly correspondent of that
publication, and F. C. Donald of Chi
cago, commissioner of the Central
Passenger association, were witnesses
before the house committee on inves
tigation of ship subsidy charges. Mr.
Dodsworth said he regarded all ship
subsidy as graft, but finally conceded
that there were men honestly support
ing that cause. The committie ad
journed for two weeks.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION '
SHAKES NEW YORK
KILLS THIRTY-TWO PEOPLE AND
FOUR HUNDRED KNOWN TO j
BE INJURED. , , ,
HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED
Manhattan Rocked as If by Earth
quake Much Damage to" Prop- j
erty for Miles Around. .jL
New York. A cargo of dynamite. la
transit from a freight car to the hold,
of a lighter moored at pier No. . 7,.
Communipaw, N. J., let go, 150 yards
south of the Jersey City terminal oC
the Central Railroad of New .Jersey,:
and in the ; widespread ruin that fol
lowed seven men are known to have,
been killed, seven more are missing
hundreds were wounded and varying'
reports leave from fifteen to twenty;
more unaccounted for.
Thirty-two seems to be a conserva
tive estimate of the dead, and prop-:
erty damage will hardly fall below;
$750,000. It fs known, that nearly four
hundred persons- were treated at va
rious hospitals for injuries. ,
The cause of the explosion Is vari
ously attributed to the., dropping ot
a case of dynamite-and'to a boiler ex
plosion on a boat;L ;Jirst-what was the -direct
cause probably, never will be,
known.
How many "were injured never will,
be known in.fu)LV.but the count oC'
those treated.in the. New York iospi-i
tals alone was 'lOO, and in those otj
Jersey City, Hoboten, Union Hill and'
surrounding towns, more than double
that number. Five bodies of the 33,
estimated as k'lled, have been recov
ered. ' . " " j
BRYAN FLORIDA'S SENATOR.'
Brother of Former U. S. Senator Wina
His Seat. i
Jacksonville, Fla. N. P. Bryan and.:
W. A. Blount, the two candidates for,
the senatorial . nomination ran neck;
and neck with N. P. Bryan only a
tew hundred votes ahead. The re
maining counties to be heard from,1
will materially increase Bryan's lead
and he will be elected. '"' ,
The vote was nearly one-half largec
than that cast in the first primary-!
Bryan is a brother of the late Unit
ed States Senator Bryan, who died
shortly after taking his seat, and wa
succeeded by Senator ' Fletcher. " The
primary was made necessary by the
death of ex-Gov. N. B. Broward, who
had been nominated to succeed Sena
tor Taliaferro. Bryan belongs to the
Progressive wing of the Democracy.
HOOPER'S FIRST MESSAGE.' j
New Governor of Tennessee Criticizes
Previous Administration.
Nashville, Tenn. In his first mes
sage to the Tennessee general assem-.
bly, Governor Hooper censured tha
Patterson administration for the non-
enforcement of prohibition laws. Gov
ernor Patterson, his immediate prede
cessor, was himself partially respon
sible for such an, abuse, declared Gov
ernor Hooper, by exercising too great
an executive clemency.
Prohibition was but one of the many
subjects which received considerable;
attention in Governor Hooper's mes
sage. Recommendations extending all
the way from changes in the agricul
tural department to amendments la
the divorce law are outlined by him.
$2,000,000 For Aged Ministers. 1
Chicago. Two million dollars for,
the support of superannuated minist
ers of the Methodist Episcopal church
was decided on by the board of con
ference claimants of the national body
which met here. One million dollars
will be for worn-out ministers, the'
widows of deceased pastors and for
dependent children; $1,000,000 is for a
permanent fund. Bishop Joseph Berry
presided. The report of Secretary Jo
seph B. Hingel showed there are 5,
S08 dependent upon the church for
support, 2,598 being superannuated
ministers, 2,869 widows of ministers
and 33 dependent children.
Felt Mills Destroyed. i
Amsterdam, N. Y. The plant of the
Consolidated Vo61en Felt miilsMn
this city was destroyed by tire, with,
a loss of $125,000.
Socialist Editor's Sentence Commuted.
Washington. President Taft com
muted the sentence of Fred R. War
ren, the Socialist editor, who was re
cently sentenced to six months' Im
prisonment and $1,500. fine, by strik
ing out the imprisonment, and reduo
ing the fine to $100.
Puerto Cortez Captured by Rebels.
Puerto Cortez. Honduras. With h
evacuation of Puerto Cortez by" the
government troops, the followers ot
Manual Bontlla, leader of the evolu
tionists, gain control of the entire Af
lantic coast of Honduras