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VOL. XXI. PLYMOUTH, N. C. FRIDAY. MAY 12, 1911 NO. "47.
LEAVE THEM ALONE
li YOUNG
INSURANCE'COMPANIES WHO DO
NOT BUY A STATE LICENSE.
' : ' ; . MANY INQUIRIES.
THE COMMISSIONER TALKS
Law Regarding License Not Curtail
ment of Rights of People Many
"Underground" Companies do Not
Pretend to Pay Losses, it Is Said.
Raleigh. Inquiries come in with in
creasing frequency to the state de
partment of insurance from people in
all parts of 'the state as to unlicensed
insurance companies, associations and
fraternal orders seeking to do an "un
derground" business in this 6tate
without paying the state licenses and
conforming to the state laws espe
cially designed to protect the inter
ests of the people. In a specially pre
pared statement as to these concerns
in general, Commissioner of Insurance
James R. Young says:
"It is true they are offering cheap
insurance, but it will generally be
found that the cheapness is more In
the quality of the protection offered
than in the rate at which it is sold."
The commissioner points out that
the law requiring the licensing of the
companies and the agents doing busi
ness in this state are not a curtail
ment of the rights of the people of
the state, for it will surely be found
.that any organization that will with
hold from their state the legal license
taxes will, when the opportunity
comes, surely rob them. He says that
in many cases these "underground"
companies do not even pretend to pay
their losses. Citizens insuring in them
are at their mercy in case they have
claims, for under the ..law the , con-,
tracts are illegal and cannot be en
forced in "the state courts. He asks
that all unlicensed companies and
orders be let severely alone.
LUCKY SCHOOL CHILDREN
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Give Prizes for Certain Essays.
Six North Carolina school chil
dren will have glad hearts when
they receive one of the five dollar
prizes- for the best essay on one of
the following subjects: General San
itation, Hookworm disease, and Tuber
culosis. Two prizes were offered Jor
the best; essay on each of the sub
jects, one prize to go for the best
essay by a hild under 15 years of
age, the other for the best essay by
a child over 14 years of age. The
committee awarded the prizes as fol
lows: Under 15 years of age, Augus
Travis, Weldon, age -12. Over 14
years of age, Sarah Richardson, post
offlce address ' not known, age 14.
. Under 15 years of age, Sarah Rich
ardson, postomce address not known,
age 14. Over 14 years of age, Oliver
Jtand, Smithfleld, age 15. Under 15
"years of age, Edith Farmer, . Raleigh,
age 11. Oyer 14 years-of age, Inez
Grace Wilkes, Chadbourri, age 16.
; These prizes , were - offered by the
health department of the State Fed
eration of Women's Clubs through
the activity, of Mrs. W. N. Hutt,
chairman of the health department,
Raleigh. It is hoped to have another
set of prizes offered for similar work
next school term so that the school
children will do well to acquaint
themselves with health matters. The
state board of health sends out free
literature on request.
Baptist Preacher Called to Raleigh.
A call has been extended by the
congregation of Fayetteville Street
Baptist church to Rev. F. O. King, to
become pastor and the expectation is
that he will accept. He is to suc
ceed Rev. L. E. M. Freeman, who re
signed on account of exacting duties
as a member of the faculty of Mere-
dith college. Mr. King is now pastor
of the church at Jonesboro.
Hickory. The . $30,000 municipal
bond issue has been .sold for street im"
-provements.
win Ruiirf intnrhan Car Lines.
The secretary of state has charter
' ed the Piedmont Railway & Electric
company, Burlington. The capital
authorized is $1,000,000 and the
special purpose mentioned In the
charter is the construction and opera
tion of a system of electric lines that
will connect Burlington, Graham,
'Haw River, Hopedale, Carolina and
Glenco with local service, also for
these and any other points within;. 50
miles of Burlington in Guilford and
Alamance 'counties. The company
i. will also,furnish power.
THE RIFLE RANGE tUNTESi
Raleigh Company Wins Grand Prize
Lieut. Ross Best Pistol Shot
Private Brown's Prize.
Raleigh. Company B, Third infan
try, Captain W. F. Moody, Raleigh,
wins the.DuPont loving cup trophy,
the grand prize for the best rifle range
score in team contests for the past
three weeks by regiments at Raleigh,
Goldsboro and Gastonia. The win
ning 'score of the Raleigh team waa
1,090. The next highest was Company
L, Second regiment, Lumber Bridge,
1,080. The third is Company D,
Third infantry, Goldsboro, 1,071, and
Fourth Company K, First infantry,
Asheville, 1,066. The Royster gold
medal for the highest individual
score in all three shoots was won bj
Private J. H. Brown, Company K.
First regiment, Asheville, his scor
was 127 out of a possible 150. Th
McGhee medal for the second high
est individual score went to Corpora
Wade, Company D, Second infantry,
Goldsboro, his score being 125. In
the Gastonia range shoot for the firsl
regiment teams '. Company K, Ashe
ville, won first prize; Company D,
Charlotte, second; Company F, Ashe
ville, third. In the officers' pistol
practice, Lieut. C. B. Ross, of the
Fifth Coast Artillery company, oi
Charlotte, won the prize.
Text Book Commission Unknown.
There is to be no announcement ol
the names of the six educators of th
state who are to serve as members oi
the sub-text-book commission until
these gentlemen actually come tc
Raleigh to begin their work of ex
amining the text-books offered bj
the book concern in competition foi
state adoption by the state text-booh
commission. They will not begix
their work, either, until around June
1, as they are all now busily engag
ed with their regular school work
The sub-commission is selected bj
the superintendent of publicity in
struction and , other members oi
the state text-book commission, whc
are the state officers constituting th
council of state. The sub-commis
sicn, under the amended law, is tc
have equal voting power with th(
state officers in book adoption. It'll
expected that the final adoption
which is for five years, will tak
place before July 1 and Superinten'
dent Joyner has to go thereafter tc
the session of the National Educa
tional association to meet this tim
in California. And he wants to have
this adoption out of the way before
he leaves.
District Director Hookworm Fight. -Dr.
F. W. Covington, of Rocking
ham, has given up his private prac
tice to assume the duties of district
director of the campaign agains,.
hookworm disease. -
The three physicians already hold
ing positions as district directors ar
Doctors, B. W. Page, C. F, Strosnidei
and C. L. Pridgen. These, with Dr
John A. Ferrell, the state director oi
the campaign, make four physicians
giving their entire time to the- hook
worm campaign. Besides the physi
clans there are six microscopists ii
the laboratory of hygiene at Raleigl
devoting their. entire time to makinj
the examinations or hookworm in
f ection. .
Since the beginning of the cam
paign more than 20,000 people in tin
state have availed themselves of th
opportunity for having free examina
tions made for the disease. Approxi
mately one-third of them have shown
infection. The rapid progress mad
In .educating the people on the eradi
cation of the disease and general san
itation and their splendid" response
point to the ultimate eradication oi
this and allied diseases.
Damages Given for Injury to Stock.
The jury in Wake superior coun
which sat in the case of George M
Harden and Col. Barrlnger, the lattei
of Greensboro, against the Southern
and the C. & O. Railroad companiei
for damage to a car of horses through
a stallion having gotten loose among
them and kicked and bit several ol
them badly, returned a verdict foi
$710. The suit was for $1,160.
Raleigh. Friends of Frank Hackett.
who is grand master of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, are urging
upon the governor ' his appointment
to succeed Mr. Hendren as trustee of
the school for feeble-minded.
College Building to Cost $30,000.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the A. & M. college plans
were accepted for the animal husban
dry building, authorized by the legis
lature of 1911. The building is to
cost $30,000.
Bishop Reese Will Make Address.
. TJie .commencement at St. Mary's
his' year ' will occur May 21 to 25
and-the baccalaureate sermon will be
preached Sunday morning, May 21, in
the -chapel by Rt. Rev. Frederick F.
Reese, Bishop of Georgia.
Z WILL FESIBH
HEN PEACE W
MEXICAN PRESIDENT ISSUES A
MANIFESTO ACCEDING TO
DEMAND OF REBELS.
PROMISE MADE TO PEOPLE
President Diaz Does Not Propose to
Quit While the Country
Is at War.
Mexico City. Gen. Porfirio Diaz is
sued a manifesto to the people of
Mexico, declaring his intention to re
sign the presidency as soon as peace
Is restored.
I In this manner the president has
virtually acceded to the demands of
.Francisco I. Madero that he make an
nouncement of such intention,
j As to when peace is actually re
stored, General Diaz reserves the
right to be the judge. In the words
of the manifesto, it will be "when,
according to the dictates of my con
science, I am sure that my resigna
tion will not be followed by anarchy."
The president declared that his de
termination not to relinquish the pres
idency at this time was not due to
vanity or love of power, because, as
he pointed out, power at this time
had no attraction, accompanied, as it
Is, by tremendous responsibilities and
worries. He said he was prompted
solely by a desire to conserve the
best interests of his country.
The president made It clear that he
does not propose to abandon the pres
idency while his country is at war, and
that he would not do so at any time
under compulsion.
The promise of the president is
made to the people of Mexico and its
receipt by the Revolutionists will be
identical.
That it will be sent to them immedi
ately, however, by private individuals,
and that it will be regarded as entire
ly satisfactory -by them, is taken for
granted.
It was at a cabinet meeting that
General Diaz announced to his minis
ters hi3 decision. For two hours and
a half they discussed the terms of the
manifesto, and at the conclusion of
the meeting there remained nothing to
do but to secure its official promulga
tion. Only in a general way does the man
ifesto refer to the Revolution.
The government's position is that
General Diaz could not have made a
public statement at an earlier mo
ment, end it is indicated that the Rev
olutionists failed to observe the amen
ities of the peace negotiations by mak
ing them public.
Officially, it was stated that Ma
dero and his advisers were guilty of
betraying an agreement by injecting
into, the conference, either secretly or
openly, the, question of the president's
resignation.
Washington. President Taft and of
ficial Washington generally quickly
learned of the sudden shift in the
Mexican situation, the announcement
of President Diaz that he would re
sigh when peace 'is restored, and the
order of Francisco I. Madero for the
trekking of the insurrecto forces to
the south from the border and on to
ward the capital.
The news of the withdrawal of in
surrectionary forces from a position
so close to the American towns as to
constitute a constant source of fric
tion and a menace to the good feeling
between the two peoples, was viewed
here with relief, and the latter an
noucement from Mexico of the presi
dent's promised self-effacement was
in line with the Washington adminis
tration's hope for peace and Mexican
Ambassador "Zamazona's recent predic
tion that peace soon would be re
stored. Bill to Regulate Baseball.
Washington. On the ground that
baeebal lis about the only thing un
der the sun that has not been made
a subject of investigation by the Dem
ocratic house. Representative Roden
burg of Illinois, a 'Republican, intro
duced a resolution providing for an
immediate inquiry into the national
game. Fouls, pop flies and two-baggers
are specified among the subjects
needing special inquiry.
Only One Colorado Senator.
Washington. The Colorado legisla
ture, after a bitter fight over the sen
atorship, has adjourned without mak
ing a choice, and the state In which
the Democrats are in control of the
legislature will continue to be repre
sented in the United States senate by
Simon Guggenheim, a Republican,
throughout the Sixty-second congress.
The new primary law goes into effect
In Colorado this fall. Had it been on
the statute books now the existing,
state of affairs would not have been
possible. ..
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COMING EVENTS CAST
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CHINA WORRIES POWERS
COMPLICATIONS ARE THREATEN
ED FROM ATTACKS ON FOR
EIGNERS NEAR CANTON.
Rebels Are Sweeping Southeastern
China With Fire and Sword. '
Death in Wake.
Hong Kong, China. International
complications are threatened from the
attacks on foreigners and foreign in
terests and the apparent inability of
the imperial troops to curb the revo
lutionaries about Canton. fl
Reports show that the present up
rising is probably the most serious
that has ever been known in south
eastern China, e.hich for years has
been violence-ridden from the secret
Chinese societies and political organ
isations. With fire and sword the
rebel? areswecping the country, leav
ing a trail of death and outrage in
their wake.
The rebels- have burned four gov
ernment buildings at Fatshan.
Two Chinese gunboats are shelling
Samchui, which is held by the rebels,
and scores are reported to have been
killed by the fire.
The French missionaries are report
ed to have been killed when the mis
sion at Shinting was sacked.
Europeans employed upon new rail
road construction north of Canton and
their families are in danger of death.
The fate of many of them in interior
districts Is unknown.
Pressure Is being exerted- by the
British government to compel the
sending of soldiers to protect these
engineers. It is possible that British
marines and sailors from other for
eign warships will be landed within
48 hours, to engage the rebels in a
battle.
There are few American interests
in the area of pillage, but there are
a number of American and English
men and women missionaries.
A foreign mission near Samchui is
said to have been burned and the
inmate either taken captive or killed.
CONGRESS ib AFTER TRUSTS
Steel Combine, Woolen Trust, Sugar
Trust and Shoe Industry Probed.
Washington. The investigating
trend of congress took a wide range
for inquiries into the affairs of the
United States Steel Corporation, the
American Sugar Refining company
and the American' Woolen company
were placed on the program of the
Democratic house. The shoe indus
try interests were under fire and a
senate committee on expenses opened
the way for a decision as to a rein
vestigation of the charges against Sen
ator Lorimer.
Resolutions directing that special
committees . probe the records to de
termine whether any of the first three
named big corporations mentioned are
operating in violation of the anti-trust,
interstate commerce or national bank
ing laws have been started on the leg
islative ways.
Washington. Consul Bergholz at
Canton, China, in a dispatch to the
state department, urged that Amerl
can warships be hurried to Canton im
mediately Taft open Peace Congress.
Baltimore, Md. President Taft, in
his speech at the opening of the
Third National Peace Congress here,
declared that the United States would
keep hands off and not seek to extend
its domain or to acquire foreign ter
ritory. The president made no men
tion specifically of Mexico, but to those
who heard him It was evident that the
troubled situation there and the sus
picion in the South American republics
las. to the Intention of this nation in
regard to us soutaern neignoor naa
I Inspired him.
THEIR SHADOW BEFORE
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ENGLISH-AMERICAN TREATY
Makes United States and Great Brit
ain International Allies Before
the World.
Washington. The Anglo-American
arbitration treaty, several of whose
provisions, as now agreed upon by
both nations, became public property,
is not merely a peace pact; it is a
closely drawn bond between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain through
which diplomats declare the two English-speaking
naions will be bound to
present a united defensive front to
the world.
The new treaty makes the United
States and Great Britain international
brothers, which can act together in all
disputes, whether such disputes In
clude other nations or not. It is an
agreement through which neither na
tion shall enter into any new alliances
with a third nation whatever.
This peace pact makes the existing
alliance between Great Britain and Ja
pan a subsidiary matter and any pos
sible dispute between the United
States and Japan will, upon the sign
ing bf the new Anglo-American treaty,
virtually force Japan to submit to ar
bitration. This was the interpreta
tion put upon the provisions of the
pact by eminent authorities on inter
national law. The clauses of the trea
ty, as revealed, provide as follows:
That America and Great Britain
agree to consider and enforce the set
tlement of all questions involving the
vital interests, the independence and
honor of the two contracting parties
by means of arbitration and peace un
der such conditions and for such a
period of time as shall hereinafter be
fixed.
Differences which would be impossi
ble to settle by diplomacy shall be re
ferred to the international court of ar
bitration at The Hague. That high
commissioners shall be appointed by
the two governments for the settle
ment of disputes involving vital ques
tions. In cases involving a third in
terest, if the third interest is an ally
of one of the contracting nations, the
difference shall not be considered
without the consent of the third party.
In cases involving a third interest,
where the third interest is not an ally
of one of the two contracting parties,
the dispute shall be arbitrated accord
ing to existing peace treaties. That
neither America nor England shall en
ter into a treaty without mutual con
sent. High commissioners for internation
al arbitration shall be appointed by
the king of England to represent
Great Britain and by the president of
the United States to represent Amer
ica. That the treaty shall be in force
for an Indefinite term, although it
may be terminated at the end of any
fifth year of its existence upon proper
notice.
Medal uuxva upon Carnegie.
.Washington. Andrew Carnegie re
ceived what he called his greatest
mark of honor when 21 American re
publics bestowed upon him a gold
medal bearing on one side the words,
"Benefactor of Humanity," and on the
other, "The American Republics to
Andrew Carnegie." According to
John Barrett, director general of the
Pan-American Union, it was the first
time that such a tribute had been paid
to an individual. Senor de Zamacona,
the Mexican ambassador, made the.
speech of presentation.
New York's Chamberlain Quits..
New York City. Charles H. Hyde
will resign as city chamberlain at
once. Under indictment and under
the fire of practically every newspa
per in New York, he announced that,
although he is the victim of "one of
the most wicked conspiracies of the
history of the city," he will relinquish
his position in order not to embar
rass the Gaynor administration. In
dicted secretly on two counts, one
charging bribery, the other with tak
ing an unlawful fee, Hyde pleaded not
guilty.
FOR WORLD PEACE
CONGRESS PLEADS
GENERAL ARBITRATION TREATY"
STRONGLY URGED AT BAL
TIMORE CONGRESS.
A PERMANENT INSTITUTION
Resolutions Crystallizing Sentiments
Which Inspired Sessions Are
Adopted.
Baltimore, Md. Resolutions crystal
lizing the sentiments which have io
spired the sessions of the Third Peaca
Congress, and marking the develop
ment of the peace movement through
out the country, were adopted by tha
delegates to the congress. . They con
tain a hearty endorsement of the Fed
eral administration for its efforts in
behalf of world-wide peace through
the treaty of arbitration with Great
Britain and for the establishment of
the international prize court and of
the International court of arbitral jus
tice. The suggestion made by James
Speyer, the New York banker, that
nations should prevent, as far as pos
sible, loans being raised by their sub
jects or citizens in order to enable
foreign nations to carry on wars is
favored and the United States govern-,
meat is requested to include this
matter in the proposed program of the
third Hague conference.
The resolutions urge this govern
ment to enter upon negotiations with
other powers looking . towards the for
mation of a league of peace planned
simply to settle by amicable means all
questions cf whatever nature, which
may arise between the contracting
powers.
A general arbitration treaty on the
lines of the proposed treaty with
Great Britain is favored, as is also a
continuous study of armaments by of
ficial commissions of the various gov
ernments Interested. The proposed
celebrations of one hundred years of
peace between the English-speaking
nations is approved and the congress
pledges its support to the movement.
Another resolution asks that congress
pass such acts as will "make the gov
ernment hold each state responsible
for any outrage committed upon the
person or property of foreign subjects
within the state. The gratitude of the
congress is expressed to Andrew Car
negie and Edwin Ginn of Boston for
their munificent' contributions to the
cause of peace.
Under the name of the American
Peace Congress, the present body be
comes a permanent institution meet
ing once in two years. This action,
was taken to meet the need for a
central representative body whicbi
shall serve to co-ordinate the efforts
of alV the societies in America devoted)
to the settlement of international dis-s
putes by methods other than war.
WILL PRUBfc COTTON CORNER
Supreme Court vviii Pass on Cotton
Bulls' Indictment.
Washington. Another puzzling
question about the Sherman anti-trust
law made its appearance in the Su
preme court of the United States to
plague that tribuunal.
It was this; Does a conspiracy to
fix the price of a commodity by pro
curing a "corner" constitute a viola
tion of the Sherman anti-trust law?
The government ranks the importance
of the question alongside that of the
Standard Oil and Tobacco cases now
awaiting decision by the Supreme
court. This latest member of the
"trust" problem family came to the
court in a writ of error obtained by
the government from the recent de
cision of Judge Noyes of the New
York Federal courts In regard to the
anti-trust law indictment against
James A. Patten, Eugene C Scales.
Frank B. Hayne and William P.
Brown. The New York court dismiss
ed the counts in the indictment which
charged a conspiracy to "corner" the
cctton 'market.
The indictment arose out of the
'bull" campaign in cotton in 1910 on
the New York cotton exchange. It
was estimated that the alleged lead
ers of the campaign, Patten, Scales,
Hayne and Brown made between $10
000,000 and $12,000,000
Tyrua wobb, Politician.
Washington. Tyrus Raymond Cobb,
the "Georgia Peach," and the Detroit
team's wonderful batsman, has devel
oped into a political factor. Judge
William M. Dunbar of Augusta owes
several votes which helped to elect
him postmaster of the house to the
influence of Ty Cobb. Representative
Doremus of Michigan (Dem.) told of
the activity of the Georgia ball player
Id inducing members of congress
whom he had met to support his old
friend and fellow-Georgian, Judge Dus
bar.