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VOL.VXL
PLYMOUTH. N;.'C FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1911
NO.vi5.
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I0RTH 'CAROLINA LAWS
PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVES AT
RALEIGH AT WORK ON
IMPORTAN MEASURES
MAKING DIVORCE EASIER
'Core Clerks For Governor Torrens
Land Title Bill Makes Some Pro
gress Bill to Abolish Social Clubs.
Near-Beer to Be Abolished.
Raleigh. A bill passed to transfer
the powers of the state board of edu
cation in the development of Matta
ir.uskeet Lake drainage scheme to
the Southern Land & Reclamation
Co., that has purchased the state's
interest. - - '
Representative Marshall introduc
ed a bill to pension all Confederate
soldiers and their widows at $5 a
month.
A bill by Carr of Duplin would
establish uniform hours of labor.
In the senate Sykes of Wake in
troduced a bill to increase the coun
ty tax for schools the state over from
18 to 25 cents on the $100 valuation,
estimated to increase the school fund
under present valuation over $400,
000. The senate made the Boyden bill
for a million dollar fire-proof ad
ministration building a special order
The house and senate both passed
under suspended rules a joint reso
lution protesting - against the propos
ed closing of the United States mint
at Charlotte.
Senator Pharr introduced a -bill, to
allow mutual fire insurance compan
ies to be formed by parties engaged
in the same kind of business with
twenty-five risks, also a bill to in
corporate the Industrial Reform and
Manual Training School for Colored
Youths, a negro reformatory, carry
ing a $5,000 appropriation.
The senate committee on salaries
and fees voted to increase the salary
of the adjutantgeneral from $1,600
to $2,000 a year. ' Governor Kitchin,
in a message, had recommended an
increase in the salary of the adjutant
general. Senator Hobgood's bill and the bills
of Representatives Turlington and
McGill relative to the salaries - of
judges were discussed at a joint meet
ing of the senate and house commit
tees on salaries find fees this week.
A substantial raise in salary was
urged by C. W. Tillett, of Charlotte;
Ex-Governor T. J. Jarvis, ex-Judge
R, W. Winston, ex-Judge O. II. Guion,
J. W. Bailey, Attorney General T. W.
Bickett and Senator Hobgcod and
Johnson. .
The senate committee . tcok no act
ion, but the house committee decided
on substitute to pay . the supreme
court justices $4,500 per 'year - and
superior, court judges .3,250 -.Salary
and allowance of $1,000 expense.
,Senator Cctten's bill to provide the
Tcrrens land title system was re
ported favorably by the committee on
agriculture and sent to the commit
tee cn judiciary. . ...
; Senator Martin.' of Washington in
troduced a bill to establish, a -State
fisheries commission and protect the
fisheries of .the $tate, being .a -duplicate,
of commission bill pending in
- the house. ..
; Senator Gardner introduced a bill
to 'provide-medal's -after fifteenyears'
. "service in state. jrilitia and exempting
: military tseri frdm -civil "cr criminal
liability for . acts committed ender
i orders.
' Senator-Boyden,. Introduced a bill
to . provide forredieal" inspection of
school - children in towns having a
population, cf 4,000 or over.
A joint resolution was passed ask
ing congressmen to support a par
cels post bill. (
The senate and house finance
committees are devoting much time
to hearings to ;.. various corporate in
, terests on questions of taxation,
i The Dillard bill to create a state
game commission to succeed the state
Audubon society is having a hard
road to travel, v The house, committee
on game, after a hearing lasting sev
eral hour3, decided to report it fav
orably with eight members of the
committee exempting their counties.
Secretary T. Gilbert Pearson of the
Audubon society advocated tho bill
before the committee. , It provides
February 22 "Bill Nye Day."
The letter of Dr. J. Y. Joyner,
state superintendent -of public ins
truction, officially designating Wed
nesday, February 22, as ''Bill Nye
Day" in the public schools and Ins
tructing the county and city super
intendents of the state to set aside an
ihour on that day for the program ar
ranged by the Bill Nye memorial com
mittee, is an eloquent appeal for the
worthy object for which the committee
is striving a handsome memorial
building at the Stonewall Jackon
Training school.
three game and freah water fish com
missioners and retains the $10 non
resident, license.
After a spirited discussion, the bill
to create Piedmont county out of
portions of Guilford, Randolph and
Davidson, with High Point as county
seat, was defeated in the hourSe by
a vote cf 54 to 42. .
Among the bill3 introduced was one
by Sikes to provide additional clerical
help for the Governor.
General Carr's bill to appropriate
$10,050 towards a monument to Wo
men of the Southern Confederacy
came from pensions committee with a
favorable report. General Carr made
an eloquent address that stirred the
representatives greatly and at his re
quest the bill then went to the com
mittee on appropriations.
In the senate Hobgood of Guilford
introduced a bill providing an annual
appropriation of $100,000 for the
maintenance of the State Normal and
Industrial.- College, $100,000 to en
large the dormitory capacity and for
other permanent improvements, and
'$150,000 for a fireproof building a
state building commission and mu
seum, hall of history and state records
At his request this was referred to
the committee cn appropriations to
be considered in connection with the
Boyden bill appointing a state build
ing commission and authorizing a mil
lion dollar bond issue for a state ad
ministration building.
The senate committee on education
reported favorably the bill to establish
farm-life schools by providing $2,500
state aid to every county raising a
like amount for building and equip
ment and providing for maintenance.
Thehouse passed the joint resolu
tion for tho ratification of the amend
ment to the Federal, constitution for
the income tax by a large majority.
The Ross bill to require insurers
in unlicensed companies to pay the
five per cent state tax on premiums
was passed on final reading after
long argument, but it was found that
the amendment had not been put to
vote and the whole matter had to be
reopened with the result that the
house adjourned before the final vote
was taken. .
In the house Alspaugh introduced
a bill to charter the Forsyth & Yad
kin Railroad Company to traverse For
syth, Yadkin, Davidson, Guilford and
other counties, tapping the proposed
Elkin & Alleghany road.
Dr. Kent's house bill, to prohibit
the sale of near-beer, beerine or other
like drinks in North Carolina received
favorable report from the senate
committee on propositions and griev
ances with an amendment defining
more jblearly the character of prepar
ations druggists will be permitted to
sell.
Senator Brown's bill prohibiting
the handling of liquors by -clubs has
been considered . and awaits a vote
by the committee, which seems like
ly to report It favorably. This is the
bill resigned to abolish the club
locker system.
There was unafvorable report from
the committee on public service cor
porations for the bill to limit pas
senger fares to two cents on railroads
where the companies refuse to allow
mileage to be pulled on trains. Al
so for the bill by Ewart to reduce
the charges for sleeping car service.
Mr. Ewart gave notice for a minority
repori, to be filed on his bill.
There also came from the commit
tee on counties, cities and town3
favorable report on the bill to era
power cities and towns to own and
operate their water works, light "and
gas plants and other public utilities
without special legislative enact
meut. The Doughton bill authorizing an
issue of $550,000 to take care of state
bonds falling due in 1913 and for the
$350,000 deficit in the State Treasury
came up and was passed on second
reading by roll-call the vote being
82 for and one against the bill. The
opposition was Crumpler of Sampson.
An hour was spent arguing the bill
to amend the revisal as to divorce
so as to allow divorce after five years
separation instead of ten years,
where there are no children. It pass
ed second reading 47 to 27 and went
back to the calendar on successful
objection to final reading.
Raleigh. The county business
agent of the Farmers' union from
every organized county in the state
were here and held a meeting, the
purpose of which was to make a gen
oral contract for fertilizers for Mie
members all over the state. A num
ber of representatives of fertilizer
concerns were here endeavoring to
land this big order.
Lewis West Makes Confession.
In a confession made to the officers,
only a part of which they will make
public - Lewis West admits that he
was in the house and taking part in
the resistance to the Wilson officers
that resulted in the death of Mr.
Mumford, and serious shooting of
Chief Glover.
He says there were five other ne
groes in the house shooting, any one
of whom may have done the killing.
He aays he is a member of an or
ganized band for thieving and general
laTvlesary,
ALABAMA HOUSE PASSES
BILL FOR LOCAL OPTION
LEGISLATURE TURNS FROM THE
STATE-WIDE LAW AND VOTES
TO RETURN THE SALOONS.
PROHIBITIONISTS DEFEATED
House Paeses Parks Bill and Senate
and Governor are Strong
for Measure.
Montgomery, Ala. The Parks local
option bill, which virtually end3 pro
hibition in this state, passed the low
er house of the Alabama legislature
by a vote of 58 to 45. The fight on
the bill marked one of the most spec
tacular struggles that has ever been
witnessed at the state capitol, con
tinuing uninterruptedly for more than
five hours.
The bill provides that on applica
tion of 45 per cent, of the qualified
voters in any county in the state an
election may be held for the purpose
of determining whether or not liquor
may be sold and under what condi
tions. The fight against the bill was led
by Speaker, Almon, who introduced
his dispensary bill as a substitute to
the Parks measure, and H. P. Mer
ritt of Macon county, one of the lead
ers in the recent amendment fight to
incorporate the prohibition laws in
the state constitution.
The bill, as passed, carries with it
no regulation. Bills providing for reg
ulation are in the hands of the tem
perance committee and will be report
ed within a few days.
HIGHER MAGAZINE POSTAGE.
Four Cents a Pound for Advertising
in Periodicals. ,
Washington. Magazine publishers
will have to pay a rate of 4 cents
a pound cn the advertising sections
cf periodicals carried as second class
mail if an amendment to the postof
fice appropriation bill adopted by the
senate committee on postofflces and
post roads is accepted by both of the
branches of congress.
The action of the committee was
not accomplished without a spirited
contest, although the amendment was
adopted by a vote of 8 to 2.
The increase in the rate for carry
ing the advertising sections of maga
zines will apply only to the large pub
lications, as an exception is provided
for such periodicals of less than 4,000
pounds weight per issue. The privi
lege of carrying advertising matter
will be accorded by the amendment
to fraternal, patriotic, scientific and
educational publications, which privi
lege heretofore has been denied to
such publications when entered as
second class matter.
It is estimated by Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock, who framed the
amendment as it was adopted, that its
operation would reduce the annual
postofflce deficit $5,000,000 to $6,000,
000. 433 CONGRESSMEN,
House Passes the Crumpacker Re
Apportionment Bill.
Washington. The Democrats of the
house combined with the Republican
representatives from those states
whose representatives in congress
would have been reduced by holding
the house to its present membership
and passed the Crumpacker reappor
tionment bill providing for a house
membership of 433.
If Arizona and New Mexico should
be admitted to statehood they will be
given one representative each, bring
ing the total to 435.
This action of the house must be
ratified by the senate. The house
leaders believe the senate will follow
the "wis hes of the lower branch.
Under the new reapportionment
plan, no state loses a member. The
following states gain the number in
dicated: Alabama 1, California 3, Colorado
1, Florida 1, Georgia 1, Idaho 1, Illi
nois 1, Louisiana 1, Massachusetts
2, Michigan 1, Minnesota 1, Montana
1, New Jersey 2, New York 6, North
Dakota 1, Ohio 1, Oklahoma 3, Oregon
1, Pennsylvania 4, Rhode Island 1,
South Dakota 1, Texas 2, Utah 1,
Washington 2, West Virginia 1.
Half Billion Cotton Exports.
Washington. Cotton exports reach
ed high-water mark last year. While
the number of bales exported was not
so high as in some past years, the
returns were very much more satisfy
ing, $531,000,000 being the value of
the raw product sent to foreign lands.
This was $02,000,000 better than the
total price received in 1909. Our best
customer for cotton is the United
Kingdom, which took $243,000,000, and
next comes Germany whose purchases
aggregated $140,000,000; Japan took
39,500,000. ,
ESPYING A COURTSHIP f s
(Copyright, 1911.)
TAFT URGES RECIPROCITY.
President Shows the Farmer He Has
Naught to Fear and Much
to Gain.
Columbus, Ohio. Carrying forward
his campaign for Canadian reciproc
ity, President Taft made a direct ap
peal to the American farmer on that
issue. He asserted that the impres
sion which had gone -abroad that rec
iprocity with the Dominion would in
jure the farmer was entirely without
foundation, and by statistics and ar
gument he sought to lend actual proof
to his assertions.
Mr. Taft said without reservation
that the reciprocity agreement with
Canada would be a benefit rather than
a detriment to the agricultural inter
ests of this coutnry. He said he stat
ed this in answer to criticism which
had been directed against the meas
ure presumably on the part of the
farmer.
The president said the greatest
reason for the adoption of the agree
ment is the fact that it Is going to
unite two countries with kindred peo
ple, and lying together across a wide
continent, in a commercial and social
union to the great advantage of both.
"Such a result," added the presi
dent, "does not need to be justified
by a nice balancing of a pecuniary
profit to each."
Mr. Taft's address was delivered
at the National Corn exposition in
the auditorium at the state fair
grounds.
BITTER SECTIONAL DEBATE;
Disfranchisement Laws of South At
tacked by Senator Root.
Washington. A bitter sectional de
bate occurred in the senate between
Senator Root of New, York and Sen
ator Bacon of Georgia, growing out of
the popular election of senators' reso
lution, in which Mr. Root attacked
the South for its disfranchisement
laws and crimes of lawlessness, peon
age and lynching that have occurred
within its borders and threatened
that should the time come when the
negro needed protection the Federal
government would intervene to en
force the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments.
Senator Bacon came to the defense
of the South in a spirit of passionate
loyalty.
Senators crowded into the chamber
and spectators in the gallery leaned
forward in tense expectancy.
The charges of the senator from
New York were met with the counter
charge by the senator from Georgia
that more lawlessness and crime was
committed in New York's east side
than in the entire South and that one
of the most horrible lynchings that
ever occurred was perpetrated in the
state of Now York.
The specific case which became the
casus belli between the two distin
guished representatives of New York
and Georgia was the Sutherland
amendment, which gives to congress
control over the time, place and man
ner of choosing United States sena
tors. To Reorganize Consular Service.
Washington. The senate bill pro
viding for the reorganization of the
consular service was passed by the
senate. The bill creates ten consular
offices and abolishes eighteen.
Women Oust Seattle Mayor.
Seattle, Wash Hiram C. Gill, elect
ed mayor of Seattle a year ago, was
ousted from office by the voters par
ticipating in the recall election, and
George W. Dilling, Public Welfare
league candidate, was chosen, by a
plurality of 6,000 votes, to serve as
mayor during the remainder of the
term of Mayor Gill. Eight months
after he was elected the women of
the state were enfranchised, and to
this fact is due the decisive, victory.
Gill was charged with protecting immorality.
A
WORKING FOR GOOD ROADS
CAMPAIGN FOR SYSTEMATIC IM
PROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS
HAS STARTED.
"Good Roads and More of Them,"
Slogan of New National
Association.
Washington. Good roads and more
of them. That is the slogan of the
new national association to further
the cause of highway Improvement,
which was organized recently in
Washington and has begun work in a
Systematic way . to correlate ' And co
ordinate, the efforts of all existing
agencies for highway improvement.
With the view to giving the widest
publicity to the extensive work now
being undertaken by various good
roads' agencies, the national associa
tion, recently organized in Washing
ton, has opened permanent headquar
ters in this city. .
The plans and purposes of the new
national organization may be brief
ly set forth;
To correlate and harmonize the ef
forts of all othgr bodies working for
road improvement. .. .
To strive for wise, uniform and
equitable road legislation in every
state.
To prevent loss through incorrect
and inadequate methods of construc
tion, maintenance and administration
of good roads.
To aid in bringing about skilled su
pervision of road work in each state,
and the elimination of politics In the
management of public roads to tho
end of bringing about the most effi
cient road administration.
To secure the adoption of such a
uniform plan of road construction
that the important roads of each coun
ty shall connect with those of adjoin
ing counties and those of each state
with the roads of adjoining states.
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT OPENS
King George Had Little to Say About
Great Issues.
London,' England. The formal open
ing of the new parliament was mark
ed by gorgeous ceremony, and;. was
attended by King George and Queen
Mary and their suites.
The speech from the throne was
brief and formal and made small ref
erence to the great Issues that under
lie the assembling of the members
for the present session.
Both Lord Lansdowne, in the house
of lords, and A. J. Balfour, in the
house of commons, the respective
leaders of the opposition, took occa
sion to denounce the reciprocity
agreement between the United States
and Canada
Tents ior the Veterans. .
Washington. A resolution granting
the use of tents to the Confederate
Veterans' reunion to be held in Lit
tle Rock, Ark., next May was adopted
by the senate. The resolution was
introduced by Senator Clarke, and
was unopposed except by the vote
of Senator Heyburn.
RSiprocity or Extra Session.
Washington. President Taft has
decided to call an extra session in
the event action Is not secured at
Mia nresent session on the adminis
tration measures which "he is urging
upon congress, chiefly the bill for a
Dermanent tariff board and the Cana
dian reciprocity pact. The president
feels that he has struck a popular
chord in the Canadian agreement, and
since popular hits have been rare
during the present administration, he
proposes to make the most of it. Most
members oppose an extra session.
SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS
BILL PASSED BY HOUSE
CLAIMS FOR $10,000,000 FOR PROP
ERTY CAPTURED DURING THE
CIVIL WAR MAY BE PAID. ,
W0RD"REBELLI0N"STRlCKEN
Cotton Tax of $68,000,000 Collected
During War May Bo . . i
Repaid. ' jV
Washington. The house adopted aa
amendment to the .codification bill,
which, if ratified by the senate, and
approved by the president, will ex
tend the provisions of "the captured
and abandoned property act of March
12, 1863, and permit- claims to be
brought for some $10,000,000 collect
ed under that act which , still re
mains in the Federal treasury.
Not only are the provisions of the
act of 1863, formerly limited ia its
operations to two years, made to ap
ply to suits which may hereafter be
brought in the court of claims, but
the former requirement that be claim
ant must prove "loyalty" is stricken.
Representative Bartlett in hi3 state
ment to the house said1 that proceeds
from the sale of captured cotton,
amounting to $4,695,00"0 and from oth
er property to the value of $5,000,
000 converted into the treasury. 'un
der this act, remain on deposit. He
argued that this money should be dis
bursed to the original claimants oi .
their descendants.
Under thtact of 15C3, Known as the
capture,-' Y abandoned property acts
and ottl Stockts amendatory thereof,
the secretary of the treasury was au
thorized to appoint special agents to
collect captured and abandoned prop
erty In the Southern states. The pro
ceeds from the sale of this property,
amounting to some $30,000,000 was
turned into the treasury and treated
as a trust fund. Subsequently there
was paid into the treasury under a
joint resolution of similar import ap
proved March 30, 1868, the, sum of
$20,971.90. There have been paid out
of this latter sum $10,943,439, leaving
rtill in the treasury and undisposed
of $10,028,351.
Congress has never authorized pay
ment for any property destroyed dur
ing the Civil war. The act in question
provided for the collection of property
that had been abandoned by its own
ers who were 'loyal to the government
or captured by Federal soldiers.
During the consideration of this
gested that the Democrats of the
house might just as well bring in an
amendment, Mr. Mann of Illinois sug
gested that the Democrat sof the
bous emight just as well bring in an
amendment to the amendment provid
ing for the repayment of the cotton
tax, amounting to something like $68,
000,000. Mr. Clark of Florida declared
be proposed to offer such an amend
ment at the proper time.
Having succeeded last week in strik
ing the words, "war of the rebellion,"
from one section of the Mann bill for
the codification of laws relating to the
judiciary and substituting the word,
"Civil war," Southern members of the
house of representatives amplified ,
that work by striking out the objec
tionable w6rd, "rebellion," in several
other chapters, and changing the lan
guage either to "Civil war" or "to the
forces and government of the Confed- '
crate states," as proper reading of the
measure required.-
WILL HOUSE DIPLOMATS.
In the Future U. S. Government Will
Buy Homes for Diplomats.
Washington. After a ten-yeai
struggle, the house passed a bill pro
viding for the purchase and construc
tion of American embassies, legations
and consular buildings abroad. The
measure was put through under- a
suspension of the rules by a standing
vote of 141 to 39, the announcement
of the. result by the speaker being
greeted with applause.
The bil limits the cost of buildings
to $150,000. -
"Daylight"' Saloon Law.
Pierre, S. D. Governor Vessey sign
ed the daylight saloon bill, which
fixes the closing hour at 9 p. m. The
bill goes Into effect at once.
Two French Aviators Killed.
Douai, France. Two more names:
were added to the death roll of th
aeroplane. The aviators INoel and
Deletorre were killed while conduct
icg a trial of a military aeroplane
before the experts from the war 4r
partment, previous to its delivery , tc
the army. Noel was the pilot and
Deletorre a passenger. The aviators
were planing down .from a height oi
about 250 feet when suddenly the
wings folded up and the machine fell
headlong to the earth. Two men
were taken out dead.