Kill I Tw . r ! ;l III il f i I In fr ! ' jap I O 1 1 11 ' 'j . 1 1 1 11 1 , ; ' . 1 " . " ' 'urn ii 'ii'iiiiiiiiji Year, In AdT.nc. ' - " FdR OOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH. " v . t ttiCyCfti VOL. XXI. PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1911 NO. 43. GARTER APPOINTED GOV. W. W. KITCHEN NAMES ASHEVILLE CITIZEN JUDGE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. FIRST COURT AT HERTFORD Succeeds Late Judge J. S. Adams New Appointee Is Forty-Eight Years Old Distinguished Member of Asheville Bar Contest Was Warm. Raleigh. Governor Kltchin has an nounced the appointment of Frank A. Carter, a superior court judge to sue ceed the late Judge J. 8. Adams of the fifteenth district. His commis sion has been issued, and his first court will be at Hertford, April 24. Judge Carter is a prominent lawyer of Asheville, where he has been for some weeks In a hot municipal cam paign as a "law and order" candidate for police justice. He is 48 years old. His active competitors for the appoint ment were J. Sneed Adams, son of the y deceased Judge Adams and ex-Judge Thomas J. Jones, the friend of each of whom put up a strenuous fight for the coveted commission of their re spective candidates. Ignorance In Regard to Militia. Adjutant General R. L. Leinster, of the North Carolina national guard is making the unique recommendation to Governor Kitchin and the state authorities that there be adopted in connection with the general adoption of text books for the public schools to be made this year, a suitable text book for the organization, aims and purposes of the military establish ments of this state and the United States to be taught in the schools. He urged that there is a great lack of in formation on military matters by the general public and believes that such an innovation would accomplish much pood. General ir.st'r'cl roort the last fiscal year shoys the total forces of the militia in this state were previous year. The report shows that for 1911 the North Carolina guard will receive from the national govern ment a total of $77,10S of which up wards of $35,000 will be for arms and other equipment for camp purposes. The state appropriation is $3S,000. Officers for Rifle Shoot Contest. The rifle range officers for the. com petitive meets to be held at Goldsboro April 25 to 27 for the second regi ment and Gastonia May 3 to 5 for first regiment have been announced by Adjutant General R. L. Leinster. Officers for the Goldsboro meet are: Maj. T. S. Pace, Wilson, commander; Lieut. Col. J! B. Bizzell Goldsboro; chief range officer; Capt. H. H. Mur ray post adjutant. For the Gas tonia meet the officers are: Maj. R. L. Flannigan, Statesville, commander; Maj. L. W. Long, Asheville, executive officer; Maj. L. B. Bristol, chief range officer, and Capt. W. R. Robertson, Charlotte, post adjutant. pm2!jd for North Carolina Land. Alexander H. Smith, recently lo cated for trucking and fruit growing near Hendersonville, writes the state department of agriculture that, after a residence there of sufficient time to test conditions and compare with his former New Jersey home, he is convinced that the undoutable ad vantages of North Carolina are very inadequately set forth in the litera ture being circulated as to Old North State advantages. The same mail brought from Carl H. Nagel, former ly of Germany, but now of Newark, N. J., appealing to be put in touch with available farm land properties as he desired to purchase and locate in North Carolina. Soli Maps of all the Counties. It Is learned that within the next two months the soil map of Richmond county will be completed, making 20 counties of the stave to have these valuable exhibits through the joint efforts of the state department of agriculture and the United States de partment under the direction of State Chemist B. W. Kilgcra. When Rich mond 13 completed, Randolph and Johnston will be taken up. The com pletion of a soil map for the entire etato is needed. State Loses a Good Man. J. A. Connover, for several years Bt the head of dairying division of tho state and United States co-opera-tlvo work in this state, has been ap pointed to the management of the dairy of the Naval aendemy at An napolis, and the stats department of agriculture must seek out a succes sor for him hero. He has two as sistants, W. H. Eston and L. S. Higgins, both A. & M. college grad uates in r.nimal industry and dairy ing, and they will carry cn tho work, of the division. CASE UP TO SUPREME COURT Attorney General Blckett Filed Hla Case on Appeal Regarding the Validity of 1911 Tax Act. POLL TAX WORKS AUTOMATIC Poll Must be Three Times Property Tax Judge Daniels' Ruling. Raleigh. In the supreme court At torney General T. W. Blckett filed, his case on appeal in the litigation of Governor Kittfhin vs. State Auditor Wood In which Superior Court Judge Daniels, ruled in the hearing below that the 1911 revenue act as to state property and poll tax is void because of failure to observe the constitutional equaslon between the two and that, therefore, the levies of the 1909 act must apply. The attorney general is insisting that the action of the legislature in raising the school tax from 18 to 20 cents, and making the property tax, thereby $1.45, had the automatic ef fect under the constitution of ad vancing the poll tax to the proper parity, which in this case would Ije $1.35 instead of $1.29, at which it was inadvertedly left out. B. F. Dox on, as counsel for the state auditor, representing the other side of the issue, will file his statement of the case at once, setting out the contrary contentions that Judge Daniels h.as sustained under guidance of the 1897 precedent of the supreme court, in which Chief Justice Clark, in a dissenting opinion, held that the act was valid and the defect automatical ly remedied through the fixing of the property tax. The constitution requires that the poll must be three times the proper ty tax, rather than that the property must be one-third of the poll. Blockadors Baffle Revenue Men. Raleigh is headquarters for the In ternal revenue district embaced in eastern and central . Carolina and offi cers say they realize that blockad ing whiskey is going on in very many sections and probaly decidedely cn the increase, but that the blockaders seem to have worked out a system of mutual protection that the officers are at least for the present unable to outwit. One officer expressed the view that the blockaders have work ed out a co-operation with the use of telephones and allied watchers as to the movements of officers, so that they always get out still3 before raid ers arrive. Time and 'again recently stills have been reported and. officers gone for them only to find that equip ment is gone, leaving only the evi dences of recent service. The stills are now installed, they say, in a port able manner, the stills having handles and being merely set on an impro vised flue so that at a minute's notice they can be lifted and hurried into the bushes. Statistics of Baptist Denomination. Some notable figures as to the stat us of the Baptist denomination in the state have been worked out by Sec retary E. L. Middleton of the state convention. He finds that there were 569 churches with 45,292 members that had no baptisms during 1910 and that 1,304 churches with 167, OGO members had an average of one baptism for every 14 members. Furthermore, the denomination in this state showed an increase of 21 per cent in contributions for all purposes and that there was a loss of 7 per cent in the acquisition of new members through baptism. Where Will General Conference Go? Mr. Joseph G. Brown has returned from Nashville, Tenn., where he at tended a meeting of the committee appointed by the general conference of the M. E. Church, South, at its last session in Asheville, to fix the place for holding , the next session of the general conference May. 1914. Asked about the action of the committee and the Invitations, Mr. Brown said: "The final decision of the commit tee will probably be reached within the next two or three months." Legislators Resign for New Offices. J. B. Livingston, of Polk county and H. T. Norman, of Mitchell county, have sent their resignations 33 mem bers of the general assembly to Gov ernor Kltchin on account of new of fices they have accepted, Norman be coming treasurer of the new county of Avery, organized April 1, and Liv ingston becoming treasurer of Folk county. Dairy Industry is Growing. Commissioner of Agriculture Gra ham says there is a steady quicken ing of interest in improved dairying in all parts of the state, the most marked advances, especially in the volume of the industry, being in Catawba, Lincoln and other coun ties of that western section of the state. It is the advancement of these dairy enterprises that the dairy ing division is especially designed to advance through giving c::pfrt rrd vicp . ,lft-w ljp of Cl,aie CONGRESS IS FACING A STORMY SESSION FACT THAT BOTH POLITICAL PAR TIES ARE DIVIDED IS NO LONGER DENIED. VIRTUALLY FOUR PARTIES William Jennings Bryan Has Caused a Division of the Democrats. Washington. It is daily becoming manifest that congress is facing a stcrmy session, and that there can be made no forecast of the probable legislative results. The fact that both of the great political parties are badly divided is no longer denied, and the leaders appear to have little hope of restoring anything more than sur face harmony.. There are virtually four parties, each with a large representation, working at odds in the present ses sion. The Republican minority in the house is . divided between Regulars and Insurgents, as was evidenced by the vote in the speakership contest. The breach between these two fac tions is even wider in the Republican majority of the senate. A sharp line has been drawn be tween the Conservative Democrats of the senate, who are opposed -to any attempt at dictation on the part of William Jennings Bryan, and the Pro gressive Democrats, including practi cally all of the new members and senatorial veterans like Senator Stone of Missouri, who are Bryan adherents. The house Democratic majority seems thus far to have escaped, a break, but the leaders fear that the party contest in the senate may, at any time, spread to the other branch. The real cause of the anxiety, how ever, is believed to be due to the prox imity of the party conventions which will select the standard bearers for 1912 and the knowledge that a slip by either during the extraordinary session or the regular session to fol low may very easily determine the re sult of the next national campaign. BUILDING UP THE SOUTH. Deserved Tribute to the Southern Railway 'and President Finley. Philadelphia, Pa. The Railway World, in commenting editorially on the work done by the railways of the United States to aid in the develop ment of the territory traversed by their lines, in referring to this work In the South, says: "In no section of the coutnry, more than in the South, have these efforts to awaken the people to a realization of the great wealth which lies dor mant through a lack of proper devel opment, been more persistently car ried on. The prime mover in that section of the country has been the Southern Railway, and, . perhaps, no single man in the history of railway development has performed so effect ive work along these lines as has the president of that great system. For years - Mr. Finleys' faith and enthusi asm in the ability of the South to take advantage of its vast resources, has never wavered. Through his un tiring efforts he has been responsible for no small part of that enthusiasm and condflence which is now prevail ing in that section of the country and which means so much for future de velopment and prosperity. "The enthusiasm with which nine thousand delegates to the Southern Commercial Congress held recently In Atlanta and who represented ev ery important trade organization in tho Southern states, greeted every ex pression of confidence in the South's future was a revelation to the big men of business and state who, from all sections of the country, went to Atlanta to participate In the activities of tho congress. While not- presum ing to trace the 'influence of this movement unduly to. the railroads of the South, well-informed men in that section M'ill not. deny that the effect Ive educational work of .the railroads has proved no small factor in bring ing about the present highly encour aging conditions. If the value of such work was more fully recognized and appreciated by the public much of the ucreascning antagonism of the pres ent day would be replaced by a feel ing of gratitude." $250,000 Fire in Daltort, Ga. Datlon, Ga. Nearly two blocks of the finest business buildings in this city lie a smouldering mass of ruins as a result of a $250,000 fire. The Hotel Dalton, in which the fire origi nated, is a total loss, as well as tho opera house and the mammoth plant of the Showalter Printing company and a half dozen large business hous es. A detachment from Chattanooga's fire department came to Daltcn-cii a special train, but the names had done their worst work when the help ar rived. ' HATCHED I-- -- tCopyrijjfat. JfllM PROTEST OF TEXAS HEEDED NO NEGRO TROOPS WILL BE SENT TO PATROL THE MEX ICAN BORDER. The President Did Not .Care to Chance Another Brownsville Washington. ike order transfer ring the Ninth cavalry, the negro reg iment of the maneuver division, from San Antonio, Texas, to the Mexican border for patrol duty, wa3 rescinded by the war department. This action followed a conference at the white house, in which Presi dent Taft, Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, and Repre sentative Garner of Texas partici pated. Officials here, it Is generally assum ed, were unwilling to un the risk of a repetition of the Brownsville inci dent of nearly five years ago, when that town was "shot up" by some of the men of tho Twenty-seventh, negro regiment. But the assignment of the Ninth regiment to the frontier met with disfavor from other towns, and it is said that, the Eleventh cavalry at San Antonio will probably be sent to the border later to relieve the Third. B0UTELL GOES TO LISBON. Former Illinois Congressman Now Minister .to Portugal. Washington. Henry. H. Boutell of Chicago, former representative in con gress 'of the Ninth Illinois district, and recently appointed -United States minister to Portugal, called upon Sec- NEW MINISTER TO PORTUGAL. HENRY 3. BOUTELL. retary of State Knox to receive his credentials and instructions in con nection with his diplomatic post. Mr. Boutell has been instructed to conduct business with the officials of the new republic as representing the de facto government of the country. His appointment does not mean the recognition of the republic. Thi3 ac tion will be deferred until there has been some expression of the popular will. Sixty Men Die In Mine Horror. Scranton, Pa. One of the most se rious mine disasters cf this section of mining country occurred at the little village of Throop, a short dis tance from this city, when tho lives of sixty men and boys were snuffed out. The fire started In an engine house at the opening of a slope of 730 feet from the surface. There were 400 men in the mine when the firs started, about sixty of them in the workings into which the sloe led. Those sixty wereat work in 'the end of the slope and were killed. MARTIN LEADS DEMOCRATS Virginia Senator Chosen to Lead the Minority in the Senate. Washington. The election of Sena tor Thomas S. Martin of Virginia, as chairman of the . Democratic caucus, carrying with it the senate Democrat ic leadership, was a victory for the conservative wing in the senate and for Senator Bailey as opposed to the progressive wing and William Jen nings Bryan. Martin secured 21 votes to 16 for Senator Benjamin F. Shlveley of In diana. The latter was later made vice chairman and Sen-tor William E. Chilton of West Virginia made secre tary. The peerless leader has been in Washington almost continuously for the past week and is understood to have strongly exerted himself to pre vent Martin being elected. Southern ' Democrats, with the ex ception of Mr. Smith of South Caro lina, voted for Martin. Senator Cul berson of Texas, who was leader two year3 ago and was also mentioned In this connection, also voted for Mar tin. The general impression that Culber son and Bailey are not the best of friends made this something cf a sur prise. Another was the vote of Sena tor James O'Gorman of New York for Shiveley, the progressive candidate. The new senator leaders will ap point a patronage committee cf nine members. Senator Bav,on, after twelve years cf service on this committee, de clined to serve longer. The latter in making this announcement uttered a plea for harmony that had good ef fect. He said the committee should take care of all sections and all mem bers so far as could possibly be done, while maintaining the custom In re gard to seniority of service. The state ment of this veteran had good effect and the caucus broke up. in the best of good humor and amicable feeling was manifest all around. The first formal conference of Re publican house leaders, including rep resentatives of the Insurgent portion of the party, was hela. DATES FOR SOUTHERN FAIRS Directors of State Fairs Held Import ant Meeting in Nashville. Nashville, Tenn. At the annual meeting of the members of the South ern fair circuit, under whose auspices state fairs are given throughout the South, held here officers were elected for the coming year, the dates for the fair arranged, and many other ruatters of importance taken up. J. H. Holcombe of Birmingham was elected president of the association. The other officers elected were: Fred D. Fuller, Memphis, first vice presi dent; A. J. 'Forbes, Montgomery, sec ond vice president; John E. Cooke, Nashville, secretary. The following are the dates for fairs as arranged : Nashville, September IS to 23. Memphis, September 26 to Octo ber 4. Birmingham October 5 to 14. Montgomery, October 1G to 24. Mobile, October 26 to November 4. Preachers Urged to Advertise. Cambridge, Mass. "Keep in touch with the newspaper men" is the ad vice of the Rev. C. F. Reisner, a New York pastor, who is the chief speaker at the New England conterence of Methodist ehurchas in session here. "It is a great mistake for some cler gymen to keep alocf from newspaper men and refuse to be interviewed," said Doctor Reisner. "Everybody reads the newspapers, and if you want to get yocx interests before th public, you must advertise in this im portant agency." TAFT MAKES PLEA FOR V CANADIAN RECIPROCITY THS PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS OUTLINING .5 HIS WISHES, EARLY ACTION IS WANTED President Taft Says Country Want Reciprocity and. Urges Early Action. Washington. President Taft transV mitted to congress a message urging. '; early action on the reciprocity agree-' ment with Canada. He stated'- that;. ' he based this message upon delejejice;; -i? to popular sentiment and duty tothey -' great masses of the American , people.J The message was heard without, ap plause in both house and senate, and referred to the appropriate commit -j tees. The message follows: - ' " j "To the Senate and House of Rep' resentatives: I transmitted to the! Sixty-first congress on January 26. last, the text of the reciprocity tradai agreement which had been negotiated! under my direction by the secretary, of state with the representatives f the Dominion of Canada. " ' , j "This agreement wa3 tha consum mation of earnest effort, ..extending" over a period of nearly a year, on the part of both governments to ef fect a trade arrangement which, sup plementing as it did the amicable et tlement of various questions of a dip lomatic and political character that had been reached, would mutually promote commerce and would also strengthen the friendly relations now existing. I ' "The agreement in Its intent and ia its terms was purely economic and purely commercial. While the gen eral subject was under discussion by, the commissioners, I felt assured the sentiment of the people of the United States was such that they would wel come a measure which would result in. the increase of trade on both sides of the boundary line, would open up the reserve productive resources of Can ada to the great mass of our consum ers on advantageous conditions and at the same time offer a broader outlet for tl-e excess products of our farms and Luany of our industries. "Details regarding a negotiation of this kind necessarily could not be made public while the conferences t . were pending. When, however r the full text of the agreement, accompa- nying correspondence and. data . ex-, plaining both its purpose and its scope became known to the people through the message transmitted to congress, it wa3 immediately apparent that the ripened fruit3 of the careful , labors of the commissioners met with widespread approval. This approval ha3 been strengthened by further con sideration of the terms of the agree ment in all their particulars. The volume of support which has devel oped shows that its broadly national sccpe is fully appreciated, and is re sponsive to the popular will. . "In my transmitted message of the 26th of January, I fully set forth tho character of the agreement, and em phasized its appropriateness and ne cessity as a response to the mutual reeds of the people of the two coun tries, as well as its common advan tages. I now lay that message and the reciprocity trade agreement, as part of the present message, before the Sixty-seccnd congress and again invite earnest attention to the con siderations therein expressed. ; "I am constrained, in deference to popular sentiment and with a realiz ing sense of my duty to the great mass of our people, whose welfare ia involved, to urge upon your consider ation early action on this agreement; In concluding the negotiations, the representatives of the two countries bound themselves to use their utmost efforts to bring about the, tariff chang es provided for in the agreement by concurrent legislation at Washington and Ottawa. I have felt it my duty, therefore, net to acquiesce in relega tion of action until the opening ot congress in December, but to use my constitutional prerogative and con voke the Sixty-second congress In ex tra session in order that there sha'l be no break of continuity in consid ering and acting upon this most in portant subject. . "WILLIAM H. TAFT." ' ' 4$,000,OCO to Stop Revolution. Mexico City, Mexico. While still in dulging in the hope that other meth ods may yet prevail, Mexico prepared for a vigorous prosecution of the cam paign against the rebels. The cham ber of deputies; acting upon the ini tiative of Minister of Finance Liman tour, voted $4,000,000 gold for th 'pacification of the country." Specifi cally the bill recites that this fund Is to be ufod for the purchase of sup plies, the -transportation of troops aud such other purpose as the war depart; ment may direct, V

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