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WASHINGTON. Who are the main
support of the capital city of our
nation? What class contribute most
lo the general prosperity of Washing
ton? The first city of the United
States, unlike most other cities, has
no Industries that are furnishing a
revenue to its citizens and for this
reason the question of maintenance
naturally arises. Many towns are kept
in a flourishing condition by the in
come which Its citizens derive from
working in mills, factories and vari
ous other forms of manufacturing in
dustries, but Washington has no
source of this nature from which to
draw its support. Our capital de
pends on the government clerk. The
government Itself isthe big mill that
fills the envelopes of Washingtonian3
every week and the ducats that flow
Into the purses cf the grocer, baker,
plumber, lawyer, doctor and clergy
man come from the envelopes of the
40,000 clerks that keep Washington
alive.
The members of the legislature re
ally take more money out of Washing
ILonthan they bring in.. When the
Labor Bureau Investigates Insurance
THE federal bureau of labor, after de
voting a year's study to work
men's insurance and compensation sys
tems in Europe has put out a report in
which it presents a study of the in
rurance and compensation systems for
the benefit of workmen in case of ac
cident, sickness, old age, invalidity and
unemployment in 11 European, coun
tries. Charles P. Neill, commissioner
of labor, believes the report will be
of peculiar interest to working men
in the United States at this time, in
view of the fact that the subject of
workmen's insurance is a live subject
and . one discussed in the legisla-,
ture of nearly every state. He points
out that within recent years eight
states, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachu
setts, Minnesota, New Jersey, ; New
York, Ohio and Wisconsin, as well as
the federal government, have appoint
ed commissions to study methods of
compensating workmen for disability
incurred in the course , of their em
ployment. As a result of these activ
ities one state, New York, has al
ready enacted compensation laws of
general application, while two states,
Montana and Maryland, have nade
provisions for state systems of co
Capital Society Women Hope to Fly
fJIRST of all the women, of fashion
JT to take to aeronautics as a sport,
Washington society leaders, are plan
ning to lead the world a3 "high fliers,"
in the literal sense. The thrill attend
ant on sailing through the air has fas
cinated Washington mondaines, and
in order to indulge In . it to their
hearts' content they ar,e going to es
tablish a school- and obtain instruc
tion in the science of operating ma
chines. The school may become an
actuality seme time this spring andf
after a course of lessons milady con
fidently looks forward to becoming a
F.killod "sky pilot" and taking a three'
or four mile "fly" every morning be
fore breakfast. .
The leaders of the movement are"
Viscountess Benoist d'Azy, wife of the
naval attache of the French embassy,
witty, breezy and enthusiastic as a
schoolgirl; Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
who retains the girlish vivacity and
Senate Shocked
GREAT KOTT
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AND
f 'J Wa precedent
FOR the first time in the history of
the government the expiring gasp
of a short session of congress was pro
longed beyond the "legislative day of
March 3" and into the legislative day
of March 4. The precedent was set in
the senate, and it happened thi3 way:
Inadvertently a motion was adopted
Friday to the effect that the Senate
session of Saturday .was to begin at 8
a. m. The custom had been to take
a recess until the time agreed upon
for the meeting on the calendar day of
March 4, but early Saturday morning
(V fell '
height of the season is on they lend
an atmosphere of hustling prosperity
to the town, but when the warm
months come around they leave town
with filled purses- and spend their
bulky sum at the seashore and moun
tain resorts. The busy clerks stick to
their posts in all kinds of wea'her
and all through the year and when the
gloom settles down after the big guns
are gone the government clerk is the
only hope of -the , merchant and the
amusement managers!1' It may seem
strange, but when, closely figured out
the humble government clerk is the
mainstay of, obr- capital city.
During the "long-.-. months ;when the
congressmen arid senators are enjoy
ing the luxuries of vacation -the clerk
muSt sweat for his daily bread. Those
humid summer months of Washington
are hard on a man's nerves and dis
position and hence the physician and
lawyer are kept from the door of pov
erty. Food, dress and amusement
must be had' and this necessity pro
vides for the well being of still an
other, class. In this way the 40,000
clerks keep things moving during the
dead season. If the clerks were to
foMow.the example, of ,.tjie legislators
and go to summer; Resorts' to rest up
for two or three months the capital
city would take on the appearance of
a' deserted village, the merchants
would be compelled to close up shop
andrass would begin to appear be
tween the cracks of the sidewalk.
operative Insurance against accidents
,to workmen engaged in mining.
. The forms of old age insurance now
in operation in the European countries
are classified by the commissioner of
labor as voluntary insurance not sub
sidised by the government, voluntary
insurance receiving government subsi
dies,' compulsory insurance, and non
contributory insurance. The investi
gation revealed that in a number of
European ' countries funds are found
which provide old age pensions for em
ployees, on, the ..basis ,crf ntribytions
from' both enlgloyers'-and workmen.
Usually the" employer requires , the
workman to join the fund, so that a
far as the employe is concerned the
system may be regarded as compul
sory. The three European countries having
a national system of compulsory old
age insurance are Austria, France and
Germany. In each case the law enu
merates the classes of persons subject
to the law. In Austria, the law in
cludes salaried persons only, though
the government is now engaged in
formulating a plan for a national sys
tem of insurance for workmen. In
France and Germany the law cover3
nearly all the population gainfully em
ployed who are receiving wages or sal
aries, though many independent per
sons of small means are included. The
expense of the pension in each of the
three countries i3 .met by payments
from the insured persons and from the
employers.
daring of her "Princess Alice" days,
and Miss Gladys Hinckley, by many
considered the handsomest unmarried
girl in society, who is "in" for all that
which mates for good," thrilling sport,
be it hunting or careening around the
Washington monument in an airship.
Many others are interested in the
movement, and the school promises to
be a genuine success. .
Even now the question of proper
dress for aerp.nautics is engaging the
minds of maids' and matrons who plan
to. take the 'course cf instruction. Each
woman 'will be a law unto herself, for
a time at least, until fashion pre
scribes a costume which all will adopt.
Nona of the sponsors of the new
school is yet prepared to answer what
the -xiress will be; they prefer in
stead to dilate on the pleasure in store
for those who learn to operate their
own machines.
Far more serious, even to women
kind, "than dress, is the style of ma
chine, to be used. No definite plans
have yet been made in this regard.
Next in order comes the question of
a corps of instructors, a sort of fac
ulty of tlie new school. Men instruc
tors will be eng'aged at first. Yet
when women become thoroughly profi
cient who knows what may happen?
in Closing Session
the Senate adjourned the legislative
day of March 3. When the senate re
covered therefrom it was for both
the legislative and calendar day oi
March 4.
As soon as it became noised about
that a custom had been violated, sena
tors began a hasty ' examination ol
precedents. Senator Gallinger was in
the chair. He referred the question
to Henry H. Gilfry, the senate parlia
mentarian. After a long search it was
discovered that while the senate never
had a legislative day of March 4 for
the purpose of winding up a session of
congress, there was no reason, except
custom, fcr that fact
For the first time, therefore, leaders
of the s:iate learned that the calendar
day ia curricr to the legislstivo day
i'-in dcU:'taIai;ig parliamentary cltua
! tions.
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ORED by the loveliness of Nor
way's fiords and grown weary
of the soft beauty of the Italian
and the rugged grandeur of
the Swiss lakes, the blase
globe trotter turns, in search of some
new enchanted spot where the realiza
tion that it is seen for the first time
lends again some zest to life.
The world is fast grasping tho fact
that in the comparatively small space
between Mexico and the Isthmus of
Panama lies, as it were, a Land of
Promise a promise of wealth incal
culable to the realm of commerce,
through the cultivation and develop
ment of marvelously rich and fertile
countries which are being opened up
with wonderful rapidity by the net
work of railroads that are spreading
throughout the five beautiful republics
of Central America. More than a land
cf promise to the archaeologist, who
has here a vast field for research
wherein to unravel the mystery which
surrounds the history of the ancient
American civilization and throw some
light upon the origin of the people
whose wonderful works are evidenced
in flie ruins of prehistoric cities found
hidden in dense tropical forests. A
land of beautiful realities to even the
ordinary tourist, who finds easily ac
cessible a wealth of scenic beauty un
surpassed and a perfection of cli
mate rarely equaled. This is particu
larly true of Guatemala, the most
northern of the Central American re
publics and our nearest neighbor after
Mexico. It is reached by a three days'
delightful sail on the Gulf of Mexico
and along the coast of British Hon
duras. Upon our arrival in Puerto Barrios
we concluded to visit Lake Yzabal be
fore going up to the city of Guate
mala. Lake Yzabal lies about fifty
miles inland and a regular line of
steamers ply between Livingston and
Panzos, in the interior on the Polo
chic river. Entering the lake proper,
a beautiful picture is before us the
lovely expanse of water with its wood
ed shcre3 rising gradually to the rug-
Terr.ple on Shore of Amatitlan.
ged Sierras de la3 Mina3, to the south,
and the Santacruz mountains, to the
north. Here stand the picturesque
ruins of the old Spanish fort of San
Felipe, built in 1525 by Hernando Cor
tez during his march from Mexico to
Honduras and erected to protect the
approach to the town of Yzabal, which
at that time was the principal port of
entry. Large brass cannon, bearing
the date 1496, have been found scat
tered amcng the ruin3 of this old for
tification. Neither pen nor brush can
do justice to the wild beauty of the
Pclochic river, and those in search of
new sensations can enjoy the unique
experience of traveling in perfect
eafety through a tropical wilderness,
where gayly colored parrots and In
quisitive monkeys chatter at the in
truder from overhanging branches and
crocodiles, with wide open mouths,
lie basking in the sun.
In the northern part of the country
lies the great lake, of Peten, or San
Andres, of which comparatively little
Is known, except to antiquarians. Sit
uated in a wild, almost uninhabited
part cf the country, perhaps the rich
est in all Guatemala, it is difficult of
access. This immense body of fresh
water, 27 miles long and having a
chore line of 70 miles, is dotted with
nun: cross islands. On the largest of
these is fho town of Flores, with
cbcut 13.C00 inhabitants. Near Florea
are'tke ruins of a buried city, with
-stride iia??3 sr.d monoliths covered
with hieroglyphics, showing the un
11 ' 1 ""' M " " " ' tf-Sfel5j.,
read history of a people which awelt
in the midst of this primeval forest
ages ago.
At Lake Amatitlan we find our
selves on a much visited lake. The
borders of this lovely body of water,
lying only 18 miles to the eouth of
Guatemala City, are the playgrounds
of ' the capital. Situated at an alti
tude of nearly 2,000 feet above the
level of the sea, 12 miles long and 3
miles wide, it is very deep and gives
rise to a river, the Guastoya, which
has its outlet in the Pacific ocean, 12
miles south of the port of San Jose,
where it is 12 miles wide."
A curious phenonenon, which Is a
yearly occurrence, generally during
the month of March, is an eruption
which takes place at the bottom of
the lake, and great quantities of sul
phur rise to the surface of the water.
This, for a time, is the death knell
of the fish.
In the boiling springs which abound
is done the laundry work of the city,
tho women taking advantage of this
water heated by nature and ever
ready for use. Groups of dark-skinned
Indian women, in their gayly colored
native costumes, kneeling by the deep
blue waters amidst the piles of snowy
linen, present a most attractive and
fascinating picture. There is also a
novelty about a picnic, when eggs can
be cooked without trouble by merely
dropping them into one of Mother Na
ture's ever-boiling pots.
It has been my good fortune to see
many lakes in different parts of the
world, but never have I seen one more
exquisitely beautiful than the curious
crater lake of Atitlan, incomparable
for grandeur of scenery and perfec
tion of climate. ,In the very heart of
tho mountains we find this lake, 30
miles in length and 10. miles in
breadth. Although many streams emp
ty their waters into it, there is no
visible outlet and its depth is un
known, no soundings having been
made with a line of more than 300
fathoms. No fish live in its icy wa
ters, and here and there upon its sur
face mineral springs bubble up from
its unfathomable depths.
It is impossible to describe the
charm and witchery cf this country,
bathed in moonlight, the scenery at
each step becoming more impressive.
We forded rushing, tumbling moun
tain streams, looking like cascades of
silver, and we rode through silent In
dian villages, where the inhabitants
were sleeping in front of their strange
little bamboo huts. The only sound
to break the silence was the plaintive
call of the whippoorwill. Words are
inadequate to portray the scene which
was before us. The great expanse of
water lay like molten silver in the
moonlight, the mountains, solemn and
awe-inspiring, standing in serried
ranks like giant sentinels to guard
this treasure. A soft, pearly mist
hung over all, but not so, dense as to
hide the perfect outline of the three
great volcanoes the two Atitlans and
San Pedro. These stupendous giants
rise to the height of nearly 12,000 feet
arid fall in one unbroken sweep to the
water's edge.
The fllay veil of mist which la
characteristic of this region during
the greater part of the year occasion
ally melts away, and as we stood on
this spot, speechless before the won
der of thl3 panorama, it seemed for
our benefit alone to have crept silent
ly away in the night and earth and
sky and water were perfectly revealed,
outvying each other in deepest tones
of blue. But even a3 we gazed soft
clouds formed in the valleys below
and crept stealthily up, writhing and
twisting like great white snakes, un
til once more they had encircled the
mountains like giant serpents whose
power even the great hills could not
withstand. Nature seemed to say that
we had looked already too long upon
her secret treasures, and softly but
swiftly she again drew around them
the gauzy mantle in which, except at
rare intervals, she keep3 them
wrapped.
E. F. T1SDEL.
His Impending Fate.
"I see they've got a machine for
sewing on buttons, now," said the hu
morist's wife.
"That's just my luck," said the hu
morist; "the first thing j'ou know
somebody will invent a machine for
finding lost collar buttons, and my
j business will be ruined." Ycnkerj
I Statesman.
STATE CAPITAL STORIES ,
OF GENERAL INTEREST
R'GHTS OF MARRIED, WOMEN
BROUGHT BEFORE THE
SUPREME COURT.
ROCKEFELLER - GIVES $20,000
Oil Magnate Donates Sum Toward Y.
M. C. A. Building Cotton Mill Pro
perty to be Sold Clever Trick
Worked by Prisoner to Escape.
Raleigh. An interesting ce was
argued in the supreme cMrt. Jn this
the matter was that a ihaiihad mar
ried a lady of considerable property,
real and personal. The charges in the
case were that the man treated his
wife brutally, got drunk, beat her
black and blue with a stick, ran her
off the premises, took possession of
the house and had "high jinks," using
all her property of every kind, in
cluding her crop and supplies.
The wife brought suit against her
husband for damages for the physical
injuries done her and to compel him
to account for her property, and to
prevent him from continuing to waste
It. His counsel appealed upon the
ground that a wife could not sue her
husband because at common law they
were one and that to permit an action
at law by her against him would de
stroy the common Jaw cordiality of
the marriage relation.
In the supreme court the chief
justice suggested to counsel that the
"cordiality of the marriage relation"
seemed to have been disturbed by the
husband's club and that the fear of a
suit by the wife would conduce to
maintain friendly relations. The coun
sel replied that at common law such
actions were not permitted. The
chief justice remarked that the com
mon law was merely the utterances of
judges where there was no statute
and that the decisions of the English
judges, four or five centuries ago,
were probably correct presentations
of the views of the semi-barbarous
people of that day, among whom the
wife was esteemed as a chattel of
her husband, that her property was
his and that he could beat her when
he saw fit, but that the judges of the
present day, representing the civili
zation of this age were justified in
over-ruling suuch expressions since
they had over-ruled decisions of
judges of their own day.
The counsel subsequently withdrew
hi3 appeal but the chief justice was
areful to say that in hia remarks he
did not assume to speak for any others
of the court. It is, of course, not
known what the position of the vari
ous lawyers of the court would be,
whether unanimous or not, and if the
case had gone on the opinions of the
judges would doubtless have been ex
tremely interesting reading to the
married women of the 'state, and to
those who are contemplating matri
mony. Charters for New Enterprises!
Charters are issued by the secre
tary cf state to the Marion Enter
prise Manufacturing- company of
Marion to do" a general lumber busi
ness, authorized capital $50,000, paid
in $2,000; the Farmers' Bank of Gates
at Hobbsville, authorized capital $10,
003, paid in $5,200; the Windsor Man
ufacturing company of Windsor to en
gage in the lumber business, authoriz
ed capital $25,000.
Days to be Observed for Good Cause.
"The Man and Religious ,s Forward
Movement," asks that Sunday, Sep
tember 24, 1911, be observed as
"Rally Day for Men and Boys." It
also asks that Sunday, April 28,
1912, be set apart as "Conservation
Day," on which to gather up the
achievements of the year preceding,
in connection with the movement.
Two Special Term3 of Court.
Governor Kitchin has issued in-1
structions for two special terms cf
court as follows:
Rowan county to begin on April
10th. One week civil term with Judge
C. C. Lyon presiding.
Alamance county to begin on April
24th. One week criminal term with
Judge B. F. Long presiding.
Governor Kitchin to Waynesville.
Governor Kitchin has accepted an
invitation to address the students and
faculty of the Waynesville graded
schools on Friday morning, the fifth
of May.
Printer Gets Government Job.
Mr. Edward F. Scarborough, a popu
lar printer of Raleigh, who stood a
civil service examination last Septem
ber, has received an appointment in
the government printing office at
Washington, D. C, as Monotype ma
chine operator.
Pardon Granted to Prisoner.
Governor Kitchin granted a pardon
to Joe Banner, sentenced to Bix
months on the Surry county roads for
an assault with a deadly weapon.
Fruit C
rop Greatly Damaged.
State
HoTticultruist Hutt said that
;;h cro;' In North Carolina was
the pea
greatly
wave.
ported
dsumed by the recent cold
The less at cne pcint is re
vi cr:ing equivalent to $40,
".3 rpplo crop is uninjured, as
?os were not cut. The danger
the ! '":
"t frettlaj" a .8 passsd.
Cotton Mill Company in Distres3.
Because the Neuse River Cottcn
Mills company, 6 miles from Raleigh,
defaulted in an interest installment
of $1,875 due the Trust Company of
America on a $75,000 bond issue orig
inally sold to the Colonial Trust com
pany that was absorbed by the Trust
Company of America, proceedings
were started in the Federal court
here by W. , II. Pace, as counsel for
the . creditor, for foreclosure of the
mortgage securing the bond issue.
The mill has paid the interest reg
ularly since 1901, when the bonds
were issued, until this year. A., A.
Thompson is president of the miW.
He is also president of the Raleigo
and Caraleigh mills, both of which
are understood to be in good condi
tion. Under the proceeding against
the Neuse mill, a commissioner will
be named by the court to sell the
plant.
Two paper mills arid other enter
prises have failed in the same build
ing and with the same waterpowef
in recent years, the cotton mill hav
ing been established a dozen years
ago.
How Whitson Escaped Prison.
T. B. Whitson, who escaped from
the state's prison 16 years ago while
serving 30 years for murder, and who
was captured in Lexington, Ky., wa3
brought back by Warden T. P. Sale.
Whitson states that he escaped with
two other convicts, one of whom was
dressed in citizen's clothes which he
stole from the guards' quarters, and
forged a note to the guard at the
main gate to the effect that he was
to come down from the stockade and
report at the office. The prisoner
then took his place on the stockade
and turned Whitson with another
prisoner, who wore stripes, up the
railroad track to freedom. The other
prisoners were later caught but Whit
son went to Letcher ' county, Ky.,
where he married and bought farm3,
amassing a comfortable fortune. Be
sides his wife, Whitson has seven
children in Kentucky.
Insane Man's Bloody Work.
Henry P. Powell, proprietor of the
Powell house at Sanford, committed
suicide in the crowded depot at
Raleigh by shooting himself after fir
ing wildly. Powell was here as a mem
ber of a delegation asking for better
railroad service and was talking to
two friends, D. E. Mclver and D. R.
Smith of Sanford, when he suddenly
stepped back, pulled two pistols and
began shooting. One bullet struck
Smith in the arm and shoulder and
the other missed Mclver. Powell then
turned the pistol to his head and kill
ed himself. Powell was 60 years old.
Temporary insanity is supposed to
have been the cause of the deed.
Rockefeller Gives $20,000 Y, M. C. A.
It has been announced that John
D. Rockefeller had given $20,000 to
wards the erotion of a Y. M. C. A.
building at the Agricultural & Me
chanical college at Raleigh, provided
the students would raise $20,000. The
sum of $7,000 has already been rais
ed, leaving a balance of $13,000.
Insurance Agent Gets Ten Years.
For the betrayal of Lizzie Palmer,
a pretty orphan girl, J. E. Hampton
who had been prominent in the in
surance business in southwest Vir
ginia, and at Greensboro and Raleigh,
was sentenced to 10 years in the
Virginia piientiary in the corpora
tion ccurt mf Bristol, Va. It ha3 de
veloped since Hampton's ' arrest, in
Raleigh that he is a married man.
Railroad Contracts $4,500,000.
The contract for another link in the
interurban line of the Carclinas, being
constructed by the Southern power
company, was given out at Green
ville, S. C, to W. J. Oliver, of Knox
ville, Tenn. This link will connect
Greenwood and Spartanburg, both1 in
South Carolina. The contract is for
grading only, a distance of 90 miles
and the price was $900,000.,- .KeweTk
is to be completed within 15 months.
The link to be constructed between
Charlotte and King's Mountain, was
the first link to be given out,
To complete these two links ready
for the operation of trains it is esti
mated that it will take an expenditure
of nearly $4,500,000.
Seaboard Freight Depot.
The Seaboard Air Line has begun
work on a $62,000 freight depot. It
will be fire-proof, with automatic fire
protection for freight. It will extend
through one square with a two-story
office building.
Neglected to Pass Highway Bill.
Both the Alexander and the Pratt
bills, making possible the building of
the Salisbury-Asheville highway with
bond money voted by the townships
traversed, failed to pass the recent
legislature.
Military Commissions Issued.
Adjutant General Lcinster issues
commissions to E. M. Edwards as
second lientenant of the Franklinton
military company, and to Francis J.
Clevenger to be captain of the medi
cal corps at Asheville.
In Jail on Embezzlement Charge.
J. F. Guriey is in Wake jail in de
fault of $1,00!) bond on tho charge of
embezzling $450 from the Apes Knit
ting Mills company, of which l-e was
superintendent and general manager.
Ho was arrerlod in Tcunosseo.