"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
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VOL. XXI.
PLYMOUTH, N, C. 1 RID AY MARCH 17, 1911
NO. 3 9.
1 Yarv In Adraoca.
MTOf -NliWS - GATtltKD- AT. RALtIGH
?ROVICIONS OF THE HIGHWAY
WILM INGTON-CHARLOTTE
LEGISLATIVE EILL.
5TATE PRISON'S FINE SHOW
Enormous Cost of Fires Work of
Farm Demonstrators Changes in
Social Club System State Fire
mens' Convention.
Residents of the counties along the
:outhem border of the state will be
Interested in the Charlotte-Wilming-n
highway bill passed by the recent
egislature. It provides for the es
iablishment of a public highway ex
tending from Charlotte through the
iounties of Mecklenburg, Unicn, An
ton, Richmond, Scotland, Robeson,
31aden, Columbus, Brunswick and
Sew Hanover to Wilmington, com
posed as nearly as practicable of roads
already existing an dthe North Caro
lina geological and economic survey
is charged with the duty of selecting
md designating the route and requir
ed to report to the. board of trustees
named in the bill and the boards of
commissioners of all of the counties
through which the highways shall
pass, this duty being considered a
part of the official duties of the geo
logical and economic -survey without
additional compensation. The board
of commissioners of each county
touched by the highway is authorized
to appropriate out of the general
funds $50 for each mile of road built
and each city and town $100 out of
the general funds and $25 additional
for each 1,000 people over a popu
lation of 1,000. The commissioners
of the various counties are empower
ed to use the road force, whether
convict or hired. The board of trus
tees is composed of one member from
each County and they are to serve
four years from April 1. 1911, or
until their successors are elected and
qualified. The board will meet April
4 at Maxton to organize and appoint
local committees or boards of direc
tors and will designate .one day in
oach year as "road day," on which
voluntary contributions in labor or
other things of value will be accept
ed. The secretary of state is directed to
have printed as early as possible 2,
000 copies of the till, 25 copies to
be placed in the hands of every reg
ister of deeds in the counties through
which the highway is to pass and the
remainder for public distribution in
the section most interested.
New Feature -irf Rural Schools.
A new feature' in the work of the
.rural high11 schools, is to be inaugurat
ed, . this , being the organization of
declamation, recitation and athletic
contests to be held through the co
operation of the schools in the dif
ferent divisions formed by the coun
ties in each of the six districts of
associations of county superinten
dents of . public schools.
The. first of the contests is to be
held at Greensboro on the seventh of
April, and represented in it will; be
the schools of twenty-cne counties.
Officers Want to Go to the Front.
Adjutant General R. L. Leinster of
the North Carolina national guard is
receiving teiegrams from officers cf
the guard in various sections cf the
state, offering their services in the
event there is a call by the United
States government for any part cf
the North Carolina guard to take
part in the movement to the frontier
of Mexico General Leinster and Gov
ernor Kitchin regard the possibility
of a call on the North Carolina guard
as very remote.
Changes in the Club System.
North Carolina's near-beer salccn3
that have been so much in the lime
light for a long while and that re
ceived "knock-out drops" at the
hands of the recent legislature in the
way of the passage cf the anti-near-beer
bill, have until July to run, thi3
being the date on which the act takes
effect. This future date was on ac
count of the saloon keepers having
licenses to that time. The act to pre
vent clubs and associations from
handling liquors for members cn the
coupon system 13 effective at once.
Enormous Cost of Fire3.
Hon. James R. Young says the peo
ple of North Carolina need to strive
for better building3 and closer in
spection of buildings in the towns
and country, as well for lowering and
keeping down the cost cf insurance
and that it is a significant fact that
the total fire losses fcr the United
States and Canada for February ag
gregated $1C,41G,000 nearly Sl.OjO.GOO
more than for February cf last year.
Furthermore, this is an increase of
mow than $3,003,000 over the 'osscs
for acuary aid February c "811.
Firerren's Convention m Charlotte.
Raleiga.-Firemen cf North Caro
lina are anticipating with a groat
deal' cf pleasure tho approaching
tournament to be held in Charlotte,
beginning May 16 and closing May
20. Tuesday will be convention daj
of the North State Flremens' asso
ciation, and-- the state races will be
held on Church street, Wednesday
and Thursday. The Interstat.3 races
in which firemen from the two Caro
linas and from Virginia and Georgia
will participate wll! be held on Fri
day. Many visiters will attend.
Governor Kitchin announces the ap
pointment of C. S. Vann of Edentou
as fish commissioner to succeed
Theo. S. Meoking of Manteo.
There is general gratification at the
action cf. the general assembly in
making the offense of rocking trains
a felony insteal cf a misdemeanor,
so that mere severe punishment may
bo imposed on miscreants who com
mit a crime of this kind.
Governor Kitchin is being impor
tuned to grant a pardon to Thomas
Worley of Lencir county, who in 1905
was sentenced to '15 years in tho pen
itentiary for murder in the second
degree.
The complaint filed with the clerk
of the superior court in the case cf
Phil G. Kelly Co., Inc., of Richmond,
Va., vs: J. N. Strcnach of Raleigh,
alleges that the defendant ewes the
plaintiff a balance of 484.50 fcr liq
uors," beers and wine3 bought at
wholesale while engaged in business
within the last few months, interest
ing developments are expected at tho
trial.
Marvelous Engine Invented.
Out at the power hour? of the
A. & M. ccllge there is. a marvelous
little engine being demonstrated fcr
the first time, tho invention of- a
well-known North Carolinian, Layfay
ette Kolt cf Burlington. It i3 com
pact and powerful to a degree, it has
only five moving parts and is scarce
ly one-fifth of the size cf tha aver
age engine cf corresponding power.
It ls known as the "Holt Rotary"
engine. There is one lubricator fcr
the entire machine no dead center.
It is dust prccf and runs with one
pound of steam above normal atmos
phere. It is capable of compound
or direct drive and is pronounced at
the college especially adapted fcr
rural wcrsr, including sawmills, road
rollers, traction engines and general
barnyard utility. It gives good ser
vice' setting at any angle and seems
to operate with far less steam con-
sumpticn than engines generally put
to this service.
State Prison's Fine Showing.
The state's prison has in two re
cent payments turned into the state
treasury to the general fund nearly
$10j,CO.. That is a fruit cf capable
management.
Tho exact figures of the two de
posits are $95,533.02, Mr. T. W. Fenner
the chief clerk having r Id in cn Feb
bruary 25, the sum of 30,091.90 and
cr. March 10, $34,541.12.
- These amounts came from the sale
of cotton and peanuts raised cn the
Halifax state prison farm. Of the
crop there has been scld 960 bale3 cf
rotten at 14 1-4 cents a pound, about
$70 a bale, and the picking is not ail
completed. There are more sales cl
cotton and peanuts yet to be made.
State Enterprises incorporated.
Certificates of incorporation .have
been flted with the secretary cf state
as fellows:
Fcgleman and Turner ccmprny, cf
Oxford, general contracting and con
structing. Authorised capital, $25,
paid in $SCv.
The Mcney-Hanner company, ci
Winston-Salem, real estate. Author
ized capital, 550,00 :; paid in. $2,100
Tho China Grove Telephone com
pany of China Grove i3 chartered by
the secretary cf stats to operate a
telephone company in that town and
surrounding country. The capita'
stock i3 $3,000.
Yv'instcn-Salem. Forty-eight beys
from Forsyth farms have -joined the
corn club. Thero will be a meeting
of the club March 25 here at the
court house and it is expected that
a largo number will be cn hand. The
Forsyth beys are determined to get
away with seme prizes before the
year is cut.
Work of Farm Demonstrators. .
Forty farmers, representing prac
tically all of the counties east oi
Greensboro, held a conference in Ral
eigb discussing fnrm demonstration
work. Mr. C. R. Hudson, who has
charge of the farm demonstration
work in North Carolina for tht? Un'tec"
States Department cf AgricuUur
was present giving instruction t3 th(
farmers who are in charge cf thu
work in their respective cor titles, be
ing engaged in i eight ir.cnths in t;v
year. Numbers cf Genu nr-rr.iio
plants have bean rtaritsd cr. f.-.rsu,.
THE CIVIL SERVICE
27TH ANNUAL REPORT MADE CY'J
COVERNMENT CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION.
EFFECTIVENESS INCREASING
Over 0,GC0 Persons Were Appointed
Through Examinations During
the Year.
Washington. President Taft ha3
made public the twenty-seventh an
nual repcrt of tho civil service com
mission. The report states that the
increasing effectiveness of the merit
system ha3 strengthened the public
oenvictien that It is indispensable to
economy and efficiency in governmen
tal affairs. It Is shown that tne ex
amination system tends to lessen ' the
number of employees required un
der similar conditions by raising the
standard of efficiency f.nd at the same
time facilitates tho extension of gov
ernmental activities to new fields by
furnishing the Lest practicable means
cf testing qualifications- for scientific,
technical and professional work.
Tho report shows 384,038 persons :n
the executive civil service, 222,273 of
yh.om are in the competitive classi
;icg'' service.
Including transfers, promotions and
reinstatements, there were, according
to the report, 43.3S5 persons appointed
through . examination in the Federal
sepice during the year, while trans
fers and reinstatements without ex
amination to the Federal iservice and
appointments through examination to
the Philippine service and to unskilled
labor positions brings the number up
to- 4G.202.
It is shown tha the large number
of clerks in Washington required for
tho recent 'census wore readily sup
plied through the examination sys
tern.
CHILD LABOR CONFERENCE
Planned to Prohibit Children Appear
ing on Stage.
EirminTham. Ala. The seventh an
nual section of the National Chile,
Labor Conlorence was ended with a
nicotic at which the principal speak
crs were Dr. Felix Adler of New York
and Miss Jane Addams of Chicago
This session of tho conference was
votod the greatest in tho history - ot
tlio movement.
The work of the conference, in
which Col. Theodore Roosevelt and
ether men and women of national
prominence assisted. was directed
mainly towards securing uniform child
later laws. A vigorous plan was pro
posed also for prohibiting child labor
cn the" stage.
The sessions of the conference have
attracted vast numbers of the people
of Alabama, among whom the nation
al child labor movement originated,
and a widespread interest has been
revived.
rilHS. HAYJESACQU1TTED.
North Carolina Womsn Freed After
a Dramatic Trial.
Wilmington, C As the finale to
a sensational trial in the superior
court at White ville, N. C, the jury re
turned a verdict of net guilty both as
to Mrs. Rosa Hayc3, charged with be
ing the principal in the killing of Rob
ert M. Floyd, a medical student of
Charleston, S. C, on the night of Fed
ruary 4, and as to her husband Neil!
M. Hayes, charged with being an ac
cessory before the fact.
Lloyd flayes, a younger brother of
Neill Hayes, also charged with being
an accessory, was discharged earlier
in the week on a nolle prosse. Mrs.
Haves admitted the killing of Floyd,
but pleaded tlat she shot in deiense
cf her honor.
Working for Currency Reform.
Washington. Plans for the reform
of the currency laws will be prose- J
cuted with a groat deal of vigor by
tbe members cf the national monetary
commission during the summer and
fall. A campaign cf education will be
started within a few weeks, in the
hope of creating sentiment in favor
cf a bill which probably will be in
troduced in both branches cf congress
when the regular session i3 convened
next December,
Avalanche Buries Thirty N!$n.
Virginia, Minn. Five hundred thou
sand tons cf iron ore, rock, earth, ice
and snow slid down upon and buried
thirty track layers working in the
Norman Open Pit mine. Only four
escaped the avalanche, and three uf
these are in a hospital suffering t-I
Injuries that may prcve fatal. The
place that was an open pit is new "al
most a plain of rock, ore and earth,
with here and there parts of a tody
in siht. An army of men with shov
els wor"' desperately to recover the
bodies.'
I HOW THE 17-YEAR
(Copyright, 1911.)
STATISTICS ON DISEASE
Census Eureau's Bulletin on Mortal
ity Statistics for 1909
Issued.
Washington. There were 569
deaths from acute anterior poliomye
litis, or infantile paralysis, 116 from
pellagra. 55 from rabies or hydropno
bia, and nine from leprosy in 1909
in the death registration area of con
tinental United ; States; which com
prises over 55 percent. cf the total
population, according , to the census
bureau's bulletin on mortality statis
tics for 1909.
Of the 569 deaths from infantile pa
ralysis, 562 were white and only i'i
colored. There was a somewhat great
er number of cases among males and
an increased mortality in August, Sep
tember and October.
The bulletin states that no statist!
S cal segregation cf infantile para'ysis
as a cause of death nas Deen maue
heretofore, but the increasing import
ance of the disease and its wide prev
alence throughout the country in the
form of local epidemics render a state
ment of the mortality important. U
chiefly affects children in the first five
years of life, and while not infrequent
ly fatal, is of even more' serious con
sequence as the cause of more or less
permanent paralysis and atrophy of
muscles.
The deaths from infantile paraly
sis in the registration states number
ed as follows: California 12 (1 in San
Francisco) ; Colorado 6 (1 in Denver) ;
Connecticut 6 (1 in New Haven) ;
District of Columbia (city cf Washing
ton),!; Indiana 14; Maine 6; Mary
land 4 (1 in Baltimore); Massachu
setts 62 (21 in Boston and 1 in Wor
cester); Michigan 16 (2 in Detroit);
New Hampshire 11; New Jersey 24 (2
in Jersey City, 6 in Newark); New
York 115 (2 in Buffalo, 64 in Great
er New York, 2 in Rochester, 1 in
Syracuse); Ohio 16 ((1 in Cincinnati,
2 in Cleveland); Pennsylvania 76 (S in
Philadelphia, 8 in Pittsburg, 1 in
Scranton) ; Rhode Island 4 (3 in Prov
idence) ; South Dakota 6; Vermont
2; Washington 5, and Wisconsin oi
(1 in Milwaukee).
The disease does not seem partic
ularly to affect the large cities of
100,000 population and over. For the
none-reeistration states there were.
in the registration cities only, deaths
i follows:
Alabama 2: Illiniois 19 (17 in Chi
cago); Kentucky 2 (1 in Louisville);
Louisiana 1 (New Orleans); Minne
sota 82 (21 in Minuepaolis, 53 in St.
Paul); Missouri 5 (1 in Kansas Cty, 4
in St. Louis); Nebraska 8 (Omaha);
North Carolina 1: Oregon 2 (Port
land); South Carolina 1 (Charleston);
Tennessee 1, Texas 2, Utah 3 and Vir
ginia 3. ,
Pellagra is a new disease in the
mortality statistics. Only 23 deaths
were returned from this cause for
ana no aeains iur any pieviuus
year except one for 1904.
Coti.it M.rcige Heduced.'
Atlanta. "Fifty, yer cent, comes off
the sea island cotton acreage for the
coming season", according to the pledg
es of the growers" said President C.
3. Barrett of the" Farmers union, upon
his return from Waycross, where he
attended a conference of the sea isl
and cotton growers for the states of
Georgia, South Carolina and - Florida.
Race Ktot in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, Pa. In a riot between
white men and Degrees on a street
car at Braddock, a suburb, eleven
men, five women and a baby, sustain
ed injuries, a number of them seri
ous. Several shots were fired, but
none cf them took effect The truu-'
ble started when two negroes were
asked to step into the car from a
rear platform In order that a woman
carrying a baby might board the car.
An insulting remark frcm one cf the
negioes angered the whites and a free-for-all
fight started.
LOCUST NIGHTMARE
TELLS SOUTH HOW-TO FARM
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
GIVES SOUND ADVICE TO
COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.
Boys of South. Are Showing .Their
Elders That Corn Can Be
Profiitably Grown.
Atlanta. The methods and prog
ress of the work of cattle tick eradi
cation consumed much of the discus
sion by Secretary Wilson, when he de
livered his address at the Southern
Commercial Congress on "The Agri
cultural Obligation of the South." He
said:
"The government has recognized the
importance of this work, and this year
the department of agriculture was giv
en $250,000 for the work and counties
and state, have given $175,000, which
will go a long way and do much good
"Your lands are becoming more val
uable each year, he continued, "and
if you keep up your courage your
lands will bring $100 per acre. I say
if you keep up your courage; to tell
the truth, I never knew the time when
ycu were not courageous."
In speaking of the dairy industry,
Secretary Wilson said that less than
two per cent, cf the cheese consumed
in the South was manufactured here
He said that much of the butter and
other dairy products was shipped into
the South.
The subject of peaches and the dis
eases which cost the crop large
amounts occupied its share of the sec
retary's time. He told of the depart
ment's efforts to give instruction to
the peach growers so that they would
know ' how to check the ravages of a
fruit disease and save many dollar?.
When the subject of cotton was
reached Secretary Wilson lingered for
seme time, going into the subject of
the boll weevil, black root and otner
setbacks to the crop.
Mr. Wilson told of how money had
been made from peanuts where the
boll weevil held sway and prevented
the planters from making much on
the cotton crop. He said that the pea
nut oil could be made a profitable
product.
Pasturage was a theme which he
gave a most interesting discourse on.
He told of the various crops of grass
for pasturage and for hay, and cited
the benefits to be derived from such
crops, and the enormous profits to
the grower.
Cereals were given his attention for
a while, after which he took up the
discussion of Florida fruits and told
of the new varieties being made and
how experiments were panning out.
A compliment of vorth was paid
to the boys' corn clues of the South
as the secretary reached the subject
of corn raising. He said that it took
the boys of the South to show their
elders that corn could be grown to a
great profit in tho South. He told of
one lad whose father wouldn't allow
him to have a horse or mule to culti
vate his acre of corn to enter a con
test, so the little fellow took his goat
nd harnessed it to a plow and actu
ally cultivated an acre of corn.
"Lucky" Baldwin's Will Unbroken.
Los Angeel3, Cal. The Jury In the
case of Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turn
bull, the 17-year-old Boston girl seek
ing a one-sixth share of the $11,000.
000 estate of -"Lucky" Baldwin under
instructions from the court, reached
a verdict adverse to the claimant. The
attorneys for the contestant noted an
exception to the instructed verdict and
answered that they would take an ap
peal direct to the supreme court. The
Baldwin estate was appraised at $11,-
000,000, but is &ald to be worth twice
ihat sum.
20,000 U S. SOLDIERS '
SENT TO MEXICAN BORDEH
A FOURTH OF THE U. S. ARMV
HAS BEEN MOBILIZED IN
TEXAS. . , V
A WAR OF EXTERMINATION
Diaz Will Put Down Insurrections by
Showing No Quarter ta t
, ' Rebels. p ..,
.Washington. The most extensive
movement of troops and war vessels
ever executed in this country In time
of peace la now under way by order
of the president aa commander-in
ehiefpf the army and navy, the ob
jective being the' country norta ol
the Mexican boundary and the water
of . the two .'oceans at either end of It
- Twenty , thousand soldiers mors
than ohe-f uorth , of the army of the
United' States--of all arms of the service-are
moving toward the Mexican
boundary; four armored cruisers com
prising the fifthdivision .of the At
lantic fleet, have been ordered from
northern waters to the naval station .
at Guantanamo, Cuba, and most of thfl
Pacific fleet Is or shortly will be on
its way to assemble at San Pedro and
San Diego, California,
El Paso, Texas. Conditions bor
dering on panic reign almost through
out northern Mexico. - , ,
Stirred by the belief that the rero
lutionary movement has reached a f
critical stage, the insurrectos in the? '
states of Chihuahua and Sonora are
reported to nave resumed activity in'
tearing up railroads and telegraph'
Numerous town, according b" )
ports, are under siege by, the ini fK.
tos, and thousands of wcmeA w"t.'Ai
children cut off from food supplie
are rendered helpless.
News reached, here of a fight at '
Aeua Prleta on the border across the
river from Douglas, Ariz. Five hun
dred insurrectos attacked 300 Federal
troops, but were repulsed with a total
of thirty-five dead and wounded,, o j
both sides. . .
The fighting was short and tho; in
surrectos, armed only with i4nes,soon
scattered under the fire orfMachine
un- - 'v '
. Wha is believed tf VTi
report'of WQlt -MJ 1
des say that nlteen Americans ' wv. ,
killed and seventeen Americans evvS'
taken prisoners.
Thomasville, Ga. A letter has ja -been
received by Mr. R. W. Whiduo -
of this-city from his daughter, Mr:;.
Max Wright, who,' with her husban I,
a Georgian, is now in Mexico City
Mrs. Wright states that her brother.
Mr. Henry Whiddon, had been tryii:
to return to the United States, he i
ing al3o a resident of Mexico, but t.
was stopped before reaching the bin
der and ordered to return to Mex.
Mrs. Wright would, of course, be gl .'
to leave, but can find no way of p
ting across the border.
Mexico City. Thoroughly arou?
by the spread of brigandage and
dalism incident to the revolution J
byby Francisco I. Madero, and de
mined to protect propertyfi the 1
government will begin to wage agaL
the lawless element a pitiless war ;
extermination. ,
Resurrecting a provision ' of . '
Mexican Constitution not used for
years, and acting under its 'authos
the government will set aside for
months certain- personal guarant
Then those detected in the sir'
highway robbery, of raiding and
form of train wrecking, of cuttir, r
egraph or telephone wires cr i?v;
removing a spike from the rail;
track or throwing a stone at a t:
will be summarily shot by tho v r
ing the arrest.
Washington. Gen. Robert K.
ans, in charge of the militia :m
of the war department, rer; i
number of telegrams from tv
adjutants general indicating
ery state and territory wi 7
be adequately represented is V
erations of the army in Te
positively denied at the v
ment that the. question of i
requesting the enlisted- nu- . '
militia to participate in the v
or to hold themselves in
for such participation, is
sideration. -
No Leadership tor L
Columbians. C. Senau
says the Democratic leadv:
senate ought to be confe: -ley,
for whose ability he
erable admiration, but th-1
t'erie in the upper house wl
ous of the Tejcar, and it ;
ly that the vhoi! .will jr
may be that QulbeVson v
the Democratic leadVr.
man says there Is no!1
tarifl fight,1 and as his
attention, he may not -,
inrton for the extra :