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VOL. XXI.
PLYMOUTH, N, 0.. RID AY MARCH 24, 1-911 ,
NO. 40.
1910 COTTON CHOP
AMOUNTED TO 11,041,563 DALEO
OVER A MILLION AND A
HALF INCREASE.
THE CENSUS BUREAU'S REPOR
Texas' Leads as Usual Tennesee
Smallest Cotton Producing Stato
Average Gros3 Weight of Dalei is
501.2, Compared With 496.6 For 19C9
Washington. The census bureau's
reports show the cotto ncrop of 1910
to bo 11.941,563 bales, counting round
as half bales and including linters
compared with 10,33(5,209 for 1909
Including in the statistics for 1910
are:
Linter3 297,592 bales; Sea Island
cotton 90,363 bales; round 112,887
bales.
The average gross weight of the
bales is 501.2 pounds for 1910 com
pared with 496.6 1909.
Expressed in equivalent 500 pound
bales the 1910 crop is 11,969,757 com
pared with 10,315,382 for 1909
Cotton estimates by ginners and de
linters as remaining to be ginned and
included in the statistics for 1910
amounting to 70,169 bales.
The 1910 crop, by states is report
ed as follows:
Running 500 pounds
State Bales. Bales
Alabama " ...1.217,399 1,220,507
Arkansas 821,235
Florida.. .. .. .. 68,235
Georgia .-.1,865,896
Louisiana.. .. ... 256,987
Mississippi.. .. ..1,250,479
North Carolina... 771,185
Oklahoma 954,433
South Carolina., . .1,237,036
Tennessee 336,203
Texas 3,071,263
All other states... 91,143
844,850
59,916
1,818,582
256,333
1,303,379
. 723,467
957,004
1,166,187
348,139
3,170,098
91,235
- New Panama Canal Bonds.
. Washington. Bonds of the new
Panama canal loan,- which will' bo
floated before June 1, will be of three
denominations $100, $500, $1,000, ac
cording to present plans of the treas
ury. There will be no $20, a deiiom
inatlon issued in some of the previous
so-called popular loans.
Designs for the new issue have
been approved. The engravings on
the faces of the bonds will show
scenes on the canal and epoch-
making incidents in American history
Methodist Missionary Dead.
Atlanta, Ga. News vrm received by
relatives here of the death of Rev.
David L. Anderson, head of the Soo
Chow (Methodist) university at Soo
Chow, China, on March 16, of pnotr
monla. Dr. Anderson formerly lived
at Augusta, Ga., and was well-known
throughout the South.
Mail Boxes in Street Cars.
Washington. The postoffice depart
ment is to experiment with the in
stallation of mail boxes in street cars.
When they are installed there will be
no excuse for street car travelers
who bring home at night the letters
, which they were commissioned to
mail. The department will have mail
boxes installed in Washington street
cars for a test authorized in' the last
postoffice appropriation bill.. ,
Supposedly Extinct Indian ' Tribe.
San Francisco. An anthropological
expedition from the University oi
California under Prof. Kroeber, has
reported the discovery of remnants
of a supposedly extinct tribe of .' Cali
fornia Indians near the head waters
of the Sacramento river. The main
body of the tribe, the Kombo's" were
exterminated in a raid in 1870-
Boys "Pig Clubs" Formed.
New Orleans. Encouraged , by the
success that attended the boys' corn
clubs throughout the South last sea
son, "pig clubs" have been organiz
ed by boys in several parishes. Sev
eral hundred dollars in prize money
has already been subscribed in each
of several parishes and hog shows are
to be held by the boys early in De
cember, in some of the parishes the
boys are required to raise pure bred
pigs, registered or" subject to regis
' tration, while in others they will
show what they can do with "scrubs"
and razor backs.
Old Methodist Custom Revived. ,
- Philadelphia. The Rev. Dr. John F.
Crouch, pastor of Mount Airy Mtho
dist Episcopal dhurch, asked. - 3,000
persons in the Church to stand and
each shake hands with the adjacent
person. Then he gave, the audience
bis blessing .'and proceeded with his
sormcn. "That is the manner in
which a Methodist minister 50 years
ago startf. his sermon," Dr. Crcucb
explainef "Vhen John Wesley was
. prearhinf -cr how Methodist
i nif v- toiI." No stran-
TIMELY TAR HEEL TALK
NEWS NOTING THE PROGRESS OF
A MIGHTY STATE.
Durham. The increase in the value
of Durham real estate has been shown
in a purchaso Inade by Brodie L,
Duke, who, in 1881, just 30 years ago
on the same date, sold a piece of
property of ono and two-fifths acres
at the rate of $10 an acre. Mr. Duke
repurchased .the land and it cost him
just 103 times a3 much as he receiv-
ed for it when he disposed of it be
fore. .
Wilmington. Dr. John M. Faison
oongressman-elect from the third dis
tfict, wired from his home at Faison
that the report sent out from Wa3h
ingtcn that he i3 to wed at the na
tional capital early next month i3
entirely incorrect. There was evi
dently a cenfusien of names with
some others and the announcement
has caused Dr. Faison much embar
ras3mcnt among a host of friends
throughout the district where he is
very popular.
Gastcnia. After being shut down
for 4 years during which time the
prediction Was frequently made that
it would never again be operated the
Vermont mills at Bessemer City, this
county, have passed into new hands
and a portion of the machinery has
been set into operation. The entire
plant will be set in motion just as
fast as the machinery can be put to
running.
Wilson. Mr. T. E. Yelverton, a
progressive Wilson county farmer,
was asked, "I suppose you have sold
all of your 1910 crop cf cotton?"
"Well, yes, sir," was his reply, . "I
think I have disposed of the bulk cf
it; don't think I now have on hand
mere than 135 bags." That's farm
ing 'em some.
Salisbury. Brittain & Campbell is
the first local firm to introduce the
harem skirt in Salisbury. It differs
from the Pari3 style, in that it hangs
loose at the ankles instead of being
tied. This firm has placed this -new
wrinkle in woman's apparel cn sale.
Elizabeth City. Nothing can be
learned from the coroner's jury in the
case of Captain Edward F. Gibbs, who
was found murdered in the sand cf
the river shore, March 8. . "Various
rumors are afloat at all times, but
there seems to be nothing new de
veloping. The cause and the perpe
trator of the horrible crime is sealed
i:i closest mystery. ' ' ,
Wilson. Maxtcn's excellent chief
of police, before leaving Wilson said.
"It is my opinion that the children
of the brave and dauntless George
Mumford who died serving his town,
county and state should have some
of the reward money offered for the
capture of Lewis West. -If it should
ccme my way, I'll sea to it that they
feet a portion."
Salisbury. A proposticn to issue
$75,090 in bends for the purpose of
building a raiiroad from Salisbury to
Monroe was voted upen in Rowan and
Cabarrus counties. In Rowan . the
measure carried by a majority of 199
votes in favor of bonds. Cabarruj
county gave a majority cf 71 for the
issue, the vote being confined to the
townships traversed by the road.
Greensboro. W. V. Moss, the man
who held himself cut as being a rev
enue officer and went through the
Elks club and a number of stores
here on an investigation tour a few
days ago, was given a hearing be
fore Commissioner Collins and held
for the June term of Federal court.
In default of a $500 bond' he went
back to jail.
Concord. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Can
non and Mr. Charles Cannon are on a
month's visit to Porto Rica, Jamaica,
Panama, Cuba and the Bermuda Is
lands. Mr, Cannon is president of the
Cannon chain cf cotton mills, 14 in
number, which have, established an
extensive trade in these countries.
Wadesboro. The Methodists cf
Morven haVe completed p!an3 for the
erection of their new church and
round has been broken for -a build
ing that is to cost $10,000 or more.
Greensboro. Mrs. Sadie Royster, a
recent bride, attempted suicide by
shooting herself in the breast with a
pistol in a hotel here. Her husband
had disappeared.
, Vaynesvi!!e. A very impressive
ceremony took place in the Masonic
ball when the Asheville hive cf Mac
cabees presented to the Wayne'sviile
hive the banner which the latter had
won-for the great per cent, cf in
crease in membership tr.ir.'r.g 1910.
Vbcut a C.C7:
over to t'
Vi?viile la-lies came
the ccreir.cnies.
W IS ORDERED TO
BE READY FOR WAR
TROOPS AT SAN ANTONIO AP.E
PREPARED TO MARCH WITH
IN TWO HOURS.
DJAZ REFUSES TO RESIGN
Leader of Revolutionists . Declares
There Will Be No Peace While
Ciaz Reigns.
San Antonio, Texas. Orders have
been received hero freni Washington
that General Carter's maneuver divis
ion shall hold itself in readiness to
break camp and take the field as if
for actual warfare within two hours.
The order, when promulgated to the
staff, and gradually gossiped to the
line, caused much comment, for the
particular reason that it did not come
in the general maneuver orders is
sued by General Carter, but from the
seat of government.
Such an order means a blanket, 10
days' rations, shelter tents, 200 rounds
of ammunition, etc. Not a man in the
entire division thinks that he is here
to drill. They await an explanation.
The order to.be in readiness lor op
erations in the field,' while it might
be a legitimate feature of maneuvers,
is not taken in that sense.
El Paso, Texas. That Francisco I.
Madero, leader of the Mexican insur
rectos, and their so-called president,
is concentrating his forces 100 miles
south of El Paso, with a view of
storming and taking a town and es
tablishing in it a'"capital," from which
to carry on his operations throughout
the states of Sonora and Chihuahua,
was given out by the Revolutionary
junta.
Asked if Madero would be willing
to make any concessions in the de
mands of the insurrectos that Presi
dent Bias declare null his election as
a first consideration for peace, Senor
Gonzales Garza, the insurrecto secre
tary of state, replied:
"Absolutely none. It is folly for
Diaz to talk about peace and at the
same time say he intend3 to remain
in power."
Mexico City. If Minister of Fi
nance Limantour is coining to the
capital with the intention of inducing
General Diaz to listen to terms pro
posed by the insurrectos for cessation
of hostilities, it is probable . that his
efforts will prove fruitless. The
known character of General Diaz is
not such as would permit him to lis
ten to terms from Revolutionists.
San Antonio, Texas. The first di
rect news from Chihuahua, Mexico,
since March 1, was received here in
a letter dated March 14, from the
Express correspondent. The corre
spondent gives a diary cf event3 since
the city was bottled . up by the rebels
February. 28.
Since that time the city has had
no news of the outside world. Pro
visions have increased 30 per cent.
Butter sells at $1.25 a pound and
crackers 50 cents a box. There is a
milk famine , in the community. Busi
ness is practically suspended in Chi
huahua and the poor are in sore
strait3. Great fears are entertained
of an uprising.
Washington. "Effective suffrage,
no re-election!"
With this slogan, Francisco I. Ma
dero, provisional president, and Abra
ham Gonzales, secretary of state of
the government, set up by the Mexi
can Revolutionists, issued to the peo
ple of the United Stales a decree
through their agency here guarantee
ing protection to lives and interests
of all foreigners in Mexico.
The decree gives tnc detailed plan
which has been agreed u;?cn for re
imbursing those sustaining losses "as
soon as the triumph ci the provision
al government will have become rec
ognized by the capture of Mexico
City." ,
Lexington, Ky. The 15 Americano
captured with the insurrectos by the
Mexican forces in the recent battle
at Casas Grandes were summarily ex
ecuted. Thi3 is the declaration in a letter
written to friends here by Maj. George
Zimmerman of Madero's Revolution
ary forces. Zimmerman was cue of
the few Americans to escape capture
during the fight.
English Parliament Pleases Taft.
Augusta, Ga. Presiatnt Taft has
followed with keenest interest the dis
cussion of the last few days in the
English parliament on the subject ot
the international arbitration treaty,
proposed by him. He is delighted
with the manner in which the pro
posal has been received in Great Brit
ain, as indicated by tne .speeches or
Sir Edward Grey,' the minister for t'or-t-ign
aaairs, and Mr. Balfour, repre
senting the opposition. The president
is xtremely hoerta that the treaty
mary be adopted.
SIGN OF AN EARLY SPRING j
v ' " ' '
(Copyright. 1911.)
Reports From the South Say That
to Move Northward.
ADVICE OF CHAMP CLARK
NEXT SPEAKER OF HOUSE SAYS
"GO SOUTH, MY BOY;
GO SOUTH."
Clark Thinks South Will Eventually
Be the Richest Part of
United States. -
Chicago. Congressman Champ
Clark of Missouri, the coming speak
er of the national house of representa
tives, amended the famous saying of
Horace Greeley: "Go west, young
man; go west!" and made it read:
"Go south, my boy; go south!"
The Missouri congressman headed
off newspaper men who sought to ask
him questions pertaining to other mat
ters, and insisted that they first 'learn
something about the Southland from
some one who knows and wants every
one else to know."
- Supplementing his amendment, Mr
Clark said:
"The South is the place, and my ad
vice is to go there.- You won't eat as
much as you do here in the North. If
you do. you'll die. Your clothing
must be lighter and therefore-less ex
pensive; you won't have to buy fuel
to speak of and ycu can allovy your
horses and cattle to' graze out of doors
the . year round.
"Believe me, the South is the poor
man's land and you'll live to see tne
day when the -South is going to be
the richest part cf the United States.
"Why, say, I know a man who made
$15,000 in one year on three acres of
lettuce. Sounds fishy, doesn't it? True,
though, for I took the pains to find
out. It's a great country, boys, and
if you want a tip. follow my advice.
STEAM EK LiNE FOUND GUILTY
Merchants and Miners' Transporta
tion Rebated on Gram Shipments.
Savannah, Ga. Guilty of violating
the Elkins act was the verdict return.
ed against the Merchants and Miners'
Transportation company, in the Fed
eral circuit court by a jury which has
been hearing evidence in the first of
a series of cases which involved also
the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard
Air Line railroad and L. F. Miller
& Eons, grain merchants of Phila
delphia. Immediately following the
verdict, the two railroad companies
entered pleas of guilty cn one of the
counts in the indictment against them
and were fined $2,000 each.
The conviction cf the transporta
tion company is for participating in
the carriage of grain 'In carload lots
from Philadelphia to Jacksonville
through Savannah at the rate of 10
cents a hundred pounds, when the
tariff filed with the interstate com
merce commission called for a rate
of 15 cents. The conviction was on
all fourteen count3 found in the in
dictment, and the penalty is net less
than 1,000 or more than $20,000 on
each cent.
England Our Ally.
London, England. The newspapers
welcome with enthusiasm the coidial
support of President Taft's known
wish for a general Anglo-American ar
bitration treaty, given in the house
of commons by Sir Edward Grey. It
is assumed that the American execu
tive cberishe3 the hope that an
amendment to the existing arbitration
treaty will remove the present prohi
hibition in Article I against the sub
mission to arbitration of questions of
vital interest t tho two parties or
involving thej.? honor. . .
Flocks of Ball Players Have Beflun
CORPORATION TAX IS VALID
United States Supreme Court Hands
Down Decision Upholding the
Taft Measure.
Washington. The Supreme court
handed down a decision upholding the
constitutionality of the corporation
tax law. The decision was read by
Justice Day. '
The decision establishing the con
stitutionality of the corporation tax
measure will add $25,000,000 annually
to the revenues of the United States.
The corporation tax has been in force
ever since it was enacted as an ad
junct of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law,
and the United States treasury depart
ment has been allowed to retain its
collections made under the measure
subject to the decision of the Supreme
court upon the bill's validity.
The decision was sweeping in every
detail every objection being overruled.
The decision as handed down by Jus
tice Day ruled that the corporation tax
is not a direct tax on personal or real
property of corporations, but that it is
purely an excise tax, levied by author
ity cf congress, on the corporations
for the right of doing business, the
same as a revenue tax is levied on
liquor dealers.
The tax is held not to be an income
tax, but an excise tax, and, the opin
ion states, failed clearly within the
province, and authority of congress.
The opinion was also that the tax 13
net a direct tax on shareholders, thus
overthrowing the chief claims of its
foes. The decision holds, as regards
corporations doing an interstate busi
ness, that the United States has a
right to- levy the 1 per cent, tax on
these, as, well as on interstate corpo
rations and can tax all business in a
state excepting internal functions of
a state government itself.
REDUCING QUARANTINE AREA
Cattle Tick Territory, Reduced by 11,-
3C0 Square Miles.
Washington. Nearly 11,000 square
miles of additional territory were re
leased from the Federal quarantine
for Texas fever or tick fever of cat
tle by an order of th secretary cf
agriculture.
This action is taken as a result of
good progress made during the past
year in the extermination cf cattle
ticks which spread the disease. The
total area released from quarantine
since the eradication of the ticks was
systematically undertaken in the sum
mer of 190G by co-operation between
Federal, stato and local authorities
now amounts to nearly 140,000 square
miles, and includes territory in the
states of Virginia, North Carolina
South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia,
Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tex
as and , California. The released ter
ritory exceeds in extent the combin
ed area of South Carolina Georgia and
Alabama.
The order prescribes regulations for
the territory, remaining in quarantine,
which includes the entire states of
Alabama, Florida and Louisiana and
parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Missis
sippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and
California.
No Mules for War.
Kansas City, Mo. Horse and mule
men are watching the military move
ments with the closest interest for
commercial interests. Prices are "war
high," and have been for three years.
'It would puzzle ,the country to get
mules and horses to carry on a war,"
sald,one of the biggest mule traders.
'The'yEtock is not to be had et any
pnce,v There never nas been a tim
u-b iMnVi
.KOod stuff is as scarce as it is
jfVe could not begin to outfit the
Vfflth remounts iX the present
now.
army
time.'
RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED
IN FIGHT ON HOOKWORM
MILLION DOLLAR FUND BEING
SUCCESSFULLY USED IN THE
SOUTH IN LAZY BUG FIGHT
CREATING PUBLIC SENTIENT
Southern People Are Co-operating
With Rockefeller Commission
in Hookworm Crusade.
Washington. Excellent results are"
being accomplished in the fight being:
waged in the South against the hook-j
worm infection according to two re
ports from the commission establish-)
ed by a donation of $1,000,000 from
John D. Rockefeller for the eradica
tion of the disease. - '";
One of those reports by Dr. C. W.
Stiles, scientific secretary of the com
mission, deals with what has been ac
complished in a sanitary way through-;
out the South toward wiping out the;
infection, and Doctor Stlies is of the,'
opinion that, with the assistance or!
the various state boards of, health, thej
work has been proceeding favorably.!
Scientific treatment,"-he believes; is,
getting the upper hand in the fight
The other report, that of Wicklifle'
Rose, administrative secretary of tba
commission, declared that "the larg
est result achieved during the past
year does not appear in the tables.' .,
shown in the report. This resulVha,'
says, is "the public sentiment '
ated." VwWv "' Jiu
"The people," he adds, "are being'
led to seek examination and treat
ment by the co-operation of, public
spirited, influential citizens. The in
spectors, on going into a new com
munity, frequently have the co-operation
of a group of leading citizens.
In speaking of the way in which'-,
the work is being carried on, .he tell3 '
how. the geographic distribution , of tho
infection and the degree of infection
is determined by personal inspection
by the various state director's of puto-, "
lie health, by reports from local phy
siclans and by laboratory examinar!
tions. In addition to the nine South-, J
era states Alabama, Arkansas, Geor-;
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carj
olina, South Carolina, Tennessee ftad!
Virginia In which the fight has been"
organized, the secretary reports that
"infection has been demonstrated .in'
Florida, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma,'
California and Nevada.
BLEASE FIRES COMMISSION;
Governor of South Carolina SaysDisj
pensary Men Are Incompetent,'
Columbia, S. C "Neglectf.pf dutr
and incapacity" are the reS3on3 as-;
signed by Governor Biease for; an or
der peremptorily removing from : of
fice Dr. W. J. Murray of Columbia, jJ
Steele Brice of Yorkville, A. H,. "Wood
cf Gaffney, Avery Patton cf .Green
ville and John McSween of Tiramons
vllle, composing the commission to
wind up the late South Carolina state
dispensary. ' ,v
The governor, in his proclamation,
severely criticises the commissioners
for contracting with Anderson, Felder,
Rountree and Wilson, an Atlanta law
firm, to assist in recovering from the'
liquor houses money alleged Jo be du
the state.
12 KILLED; MANY ARE HURT
Thirty Workmen Caught by Falling , j,.
Wall at Nashville, Tenn. :
Nashville, Tenn. By the collapse
cf the side walls of the Fall Hard
ware building, which was burned ten ..
days ago, about thirty men ' were
buried under tons of brick, mortar
and timber. Most of those caught
under the walls were negro, laborer,
who were clearing away the debris
and tearing down these walls, " but -there
were a few white men connect
ed with insurance companies in the
building at the time. These latter .
were looking after the salvage. '
The dead number twelve, while the '
injured number seventeen. ..
P&puiatiwti statistics.
Washington. Population statistic
of the thirteenth census announced in
cluded: Place. 1910. 1900.
Jefferson, Ga. . . . . 1,207 72G
Headland, Ala 1,090 602
Abbeville, Ala. .... 1,141 8S3
Commerce, Texas . . 2,8x8 1,800
Flames Destroy Georgia Town.
Kingston, Ga. With a strong nortla
wind famiing the flame3 to fury, "a
fire which brcke out in the Victor
bouse gained such headway that th
entire business portion of this littb-j
city, with ($65,000 worth of property,
was reduced to smoking ruins. Thei r-
are only tv
-lft standing fro;
kof con":
which the 1
i Graw ?UPP
j them- l
originated.
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