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Vii, XXII PLYMOUTH. N. C RfDAY JUNE 30, 1911 NO. 2.
DR. H. Q. ALEXANDER
;es II SPEECH
ADDRESS BODY OF UNION MEN
FROM ALL PARTS OF
COUNTRY.
PRINCIPLES ARE OUTLINED
Gives Brief Sketch of the Plans
of the Union In Conclusion He
Touched on a Subject That Had
Caused Much Talk.
Lexington. Dr. H. Q. Alexander, of
Mecklenburg county, president of the
North Carolina Division of the Farm
ers' Education" ind Co-operative
Union of America, made a notable
speech In the county court house, ad
dressing a body of union men assem
bled from all parts of the county. The
attendance, considering, the busy sea
son, was unusually large, and Dr.
Aelxander made a fine impression.
Dr. Alexander outlined the princi
ples of the union in a masterly way.
He called special attention to the fact'
that the union stresses the educational
feature and stands for better rural
schools, more efficient courses of in
struction in the schools, better teach
ers and the enforcement of the state
law relative to the teaching of agri
culture in the schools. He told the
farmers assembled that the union had
been directly responsible for the farm
life school plan. He showed that ag
ricultural training that would reach
the children is necessary because 82
per cent of our population is rural
and 95. per cent of our boys and girls
never go higher than the fifth grade.
If agriculture is not taught in the
elementary schools It will not be
taught at all..: He said that the union
favors liberal appropriations for the
A. & M. College and the State Uni
versity, but it also favors larger ap
propriations for the elementary
schools. , .
He then sketched briefly the high
aims and purposes of the union, tell
ing something of its plans and of the
dreams of the leaders. The . union
hopes to see the day when the farm
ers of the land will be self-supporting
and President Alexander says the time
is coming.
In conclusion he touched on a sub
ject that has caused no little talk
and some resentment among the mer
chants of Lexington. The union in
this county has been considering the
question of establishing a store for the
better handling of merchandise of
various kinds, and this has not "set
well" with the local merchants. Presi
dent Alexander said that no member
of the union had any desire for the
union to "turn merchant" or to en
gage in the distribution of meanufac
tured products. He. . said that the
union saw the absolute necessity of a
less expensive system of distribution,
and instead of going into competition
with the merchant the union appealed
to the merchant to help in cutting off
the numerous non-producing middle
men, who are responsible for high
prices. The union objected, not to the
merchants and their . reasonable prof
its, but to the middle men. Mr. Alex
ander gave figures showing that sixty
cents out of every dollar goes, not to
the - merchant ' and manufacturer, but
to the middle man.
St. John's Day at Oxford Orphanage.
The celebration at the asylum was
a big success. From early dawn the
rrowd commenced to pour in from
everywhere. The four large excur
sion trains from Weldon, Raleigh,
Dunn and Durham, brought immense
crowds. In all the attendance was
estimated' at ten thousand. The pro
gram was prefectly carried out. The
address of welcome by Mr. B. K.
Lassiter was very greatly appreciat
ed and gracefully spoken. Response
by Dr. "W. C. Wicker, of Elon College.
The address of Gen. B. S. Royster
was remarkably good and delivered
in forcible and attractive style the
subject being on character building.
The large audience listened with great
pleasure to the splendid speech.
Convention Holds Session.
At Central Methodist church, at
Mt. Airy the Surry county laymen's
missionary convention held is first
session, with one hundred and fifty
delegates from the various churches
of the county present. This conven
tion is the result of a month's effort.
It is the first county convention to
be held in the world under the direc
tion of the World's Laymen's Move
ment and lays a foundation for tht,
evangelization of the globe, for this
Is the purpose of this great move
ment. '
1
THE CONFEDERATE REUNION
A General Order is Issued From
Headquarters of North Carolina -Division
of U. C. V.'s.
Durham. Paragraph 1. The com
mander of the North Carolina Di
vision of the United Confederate Vet
trans has the pleasure of announcing
that the next annual reunion of this
division will be held in the city of
Wilmington on the 2nd and 3rd day
of August, 1911. in accordance with
the invitation extended and accepted
at our last reunion. Our comrades
and other public spirited and hospi
table citizens of our "City by the
Sea," are determined to make this
reunion one of the pleasantest ever
held in this state, and they will give
a warm and hearty welcome to all
veterans who may attend.
Par. 2. Wilmington has long beeir
famous for its generous and refined
hospitality, and that one city in the
South is the memory of the Confeder
ate soldier more tenderly and fondly
cherished. An interesting programme
is being prepared for the occasion and
everything possible will be done foi
the comfort and pleasure of all vet
erans who attend, veterans who are
unable to pay for their meals and
lodging willbe cared for free, if they
will, no later than two weeks before
the reunion, notify Adjutant L. Leon
at Wilmington, so that' accommoda
tions may be provided for them
This is important and must not be
neglected by any veteran who wishes
free accommodations.
Par. 3. Application has been made
to the railroads for the usual low
rate of one-cent a mile, and the exact
fare from any station may be learned
by inquiring of -the local agent.
Par, 4. The annual election of the
division." and brigade commanders will
be held on the first day of the reun
ion,, as heretofore, and only those
camps will be allowed to vote which
have been reported by Gen. Mickle
as having paid their dues.
By order of
. MAJOR GENERAL J. S. CARR,
II. A. LONDON, t,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
Savings Bank Opens at Rocky Mount.
There will be opened at the local
postoffice a postal savings bank and
in accordance with the ruling of the
authorities at Washington Rocky
Mount will be added to the several
such stations that are now being con
ducted as an experiment all over the
nation. Postmaster Robbins has just
returned from Salisbury, where he was
ordered by the department to receive
instructions as to , the operating of
such a depository and he states that
in addition to the instructions he re
ceived that at the starting of the ser
vice in this city Mr. E. L. Osborne
of Goldsboro, an expert in this work,
will be sent at an early date to get
things in readiness for the opening
and that he will .remain until the
bank's opening. Literature descrip
tive of the operating of a postal sav
ings bank has been received at the
local office and has been distributed.
With the excellent banking facilities,
and the strong institutions that this
city enjoys, the measure of success
that may be secured by this institu
tion of the government will be watch
ed with interest.
Hendersonville Well Advertised.
. One of the best advertised towns
in the state is Hendersonville. The
stories of strange and uncanny hap
penings from the fall of Caesar's Head
to the startling discovery of a sub
terranean river, have gone the rounds
and have fund their way into news
papers in all sections of the country.
And it happened thusly. In a mo
ment of inspiration a number of
Hendersonville's enterprising business
men conceived the idea of establish1
ing a press bureau. While the idea
was not exactly a new one, it was
certainly a novel move for North Car
olina cities to have a regularly estab
lished and paid press bureau. Sev
eral cities had talked about having
such an institution, but the movements
generally ended there. But Hender
sonville went to work. The bureau
was established, in charge of a train
ed newspaper man, Mr. T. R. Harrows,
and soon the good people of the South
Bat up and "took notice." They were
daily impressed' with the fact that
Hendersonville was on the map, find
that there were several live wires
sojourning there.
County Superintendent Elected.
Rocky Mount. Monday, July 3, the
count board of education for Nash
county ' meets in Nashville for JJie
purpose of electing a county super
intendent of schools, and while as
yet there is only one candidate for
the position, Mr. Robert E. Ranson,
the incumbent, it is understood that
there is some opposition, due in all
probability to some personal dislikes
to Mr. Ranson. However, there has
never been a person who has worked
more assiduously or done greater
things for the cause of education
'S
SUPPLY SHORT
INTERESTING FACTS SHOWN IN
THE REPORT OF THE CEN
SUS BUREAU.
NINE BILLION POUNDS IN 1910
World's Production of Cotton in 1310
Was Worth a Billion and
Quarter Dollars-
Washington. According to the len
sus bureau's forthcoj.ain3 bulletin. Ill,
on cotton production lor 1910, the
worlds crop last y;ar was short of
the quantity needed Jor the annual
' consumption.
The area of the world in which cot
ton can be successfully grown is vast,
but, owing to the varying conditions
in the sections where it will grow, its
production is found nuprofitable ex
cept in well-defined areas. Because ot
the Insufficiency of the ssupply of this
fiber to meet fully the demands of the
trade and because of the desire of Eu
ropean manufacturers to be independ
ent of. the influences due to the pre
ponderance of the American crop,
many efforts have been made in recent
years to extend the cultivation of cct
ton to new fields. While failure has
often resulted, success has attended
these efforts in a number of countries,
among which may be mentioned Rus
sian Turkestan, Peru, British India
and Persia. In these countries, es
pecially the first two,-its extension has
been taken up in a more serious man
ner irrigation works have been built
and improved machinery installed tor
treating the fiber. Eifoits have been
made to foster the cultivation of cot
ton in a number of other countries,
but the United States still produces
about two-thirds of the entire mm
supply of .the world. British India,
Egypt, Russia and China follow
The world's production in 1910
amounted to 9,585,500,000 pounds, with
an estimated value of about $1,250,
000,000. In 1910 the United" States contribut
ed 59.9 per cent, of the total quantity
of commercial cotton; British India 18.3
per cent.; Egypt 8 per cent., and Rus
sia 4.7 per cent. Of the countries
that were prominent in the produc
tion of cotton in 1790 Brazil and Asi
atic Turkey alone have retained any
importance.
The greatest cotton growing section
in the world, both in area and produc
tion, is located in the southeastern
part of the United States. It includes
small portions of Virginia, Kentucky,
Missouri, Kansas and New Mexico, as
well as the states lying to. the south
ward. This . cotton-producing area is
about fifteen hundred miles long from
east to west and about five hundred
miles in width. Within the past few
years the cultivation of cotton has
been undertaken in Arizona and Cali
fornia, and consideraDle success has
attained its growth in the latter state.
The total area of the counties in
which cotton was gined from the crop
of 1910 is approximately io.OOO square
miles, or about 400,000,000 acres. Oi
this, only about one acre in every thir.
teen was devoted to cotton.
A GREAT WAVE OF ECONOMY
Americans Are Not Spending Money
Too Lavishly.
Washington. A wavb of economy is
sweeping the country, according to
figures of the bureau of statistics of
the department of commerce and la
bor, which disclose the tact that the
Americans cut their imported cham
pagne bill in two and adorned them
selves with 17,000,000 . worth" of dia
monds fewer during the last eleven
months than in the same period last
year. At the same time the United
States managed to increase its imports
over the corresponding period of 1910
by more than $145,000,000.
Diamonds valued at $37,250,000 were
brought into the country during the
eleven months ending with May, 1910,
while the total for the similar period
just ended was only ?30,50O,O00. Cham
pagned diopped from $6,000,000 to $3,
500,000; silJs laces from $o,000,000 to
$3,500,000, and dressed furs froth $10,
000,000 to $7,000,000. Works of art
vere the only articles under this class
howing an increase, the total advanc
ng trom $20,333,333 to $21,500,000.
Secret of Maine Remains Hidden.
Tampa, Fla. "The secret of the de
struction of the battleship Maine will
never be known," said Gen. W. H.
Bixby, chief of engineers in charge of
the work of raising the Maine on his
arrival here. The destruction to the
vessel was' such, say General Bixby,
and the deterioration has been so
great that "it will be imposible to tell
whether the ship was blown up from
a force from the outside or inside. The
greatest force, however, was from the
Inside, indacting that the forward
magazine had exploded.
WORLD
CHERRIES ARE RIPE
(CofcyrlKht, 1911.
GUARDING C0TT0N BILLS
REPRESENTATIVES OF COTTON
INTERESTS MEET IN NEW
YORK CITY.
Bankers Want More Light on Liver
pool Central Office Plan Issue
t
Statement
New York. Bankers from the South
and Southwest and representatives ot
other cotton interests decided at- a
conference here that further elucida
tion of doubtful points in the Liver
pool "central office" plan for verifica
tion of cotton bills of lading is nec
essary before the plan can be given
prompt consideration.
Definite approval was given the
methods of safeguarding bill3 of lading
embodied in the agreement now being
signed by the railroads.
The concensus of opinion of those
at . the conference was expressed in
the following resolution, embodied in
a statement given, out at the close ot
the session . .
"The conference thoroughly discuss
ed the plan submitted for , verification
through a central office proposed to be
established by the Liverpool cotton
conference committee of 1907 and con
cluded that the metnod carried with it
certain vague responsibilities, which
are likely to lead to litigation and
contention in the future, and that
these elements of doubt must be clear
ed up by the Liverpool committee to
the entire satisfaction of the Ameri
can committee before it can be con
sidered."' .;
The statement continues:
"The committee, however, agreed
that greater safeguards should be re
quired of transportation companies in
the issuance of negotiable bills of lad
ing for merchandise of ail kinds and
it approves the methods of safeguard
ing the issuance of bills of lading pro
posed in the agreement being signed
by railroads, and will assist and co
operate with all the various interests
in the passage ami enforcement of
Federal and state laws and railway
commission regulations leading to
greater safety in the handling of ne
gotiable documents for all parties con
cerned." OUTLAW MURDERS FIVE MEN
Hugh Whitney Snoots Five Men In
Making Hi Escape.
Pocatello, Idaho. Vllliam R. Kldd,
railroad conductor, dead.
Samuel Melton, deputy sheriff, se
riously wounded.
The bandifs trail of blood extends
half-way across eastern Idaho. A whole
region has been terrified by his deed.
Posses are out from every town, and
the governor of the state Is consider
ing a plan for calling out a portion of
the Idaho National Uuard.
Bloodhounds have taken up his trail
at times, but a more formidable pur
suit is that begun by a bnd of the
Blackfeet Indians, who unite with the
instinct of the hounds the sagacity
of the scout
Powder Trust Is Illegal.
Wilmington, Del. The United
States circuit court for the district
of Delaware haaded down a decision
declaring that the alleged powder
trust which is dominated by the E. I.
du Pont-de Nemours company, is a
combination in restraint of Interstate
commerce in powder and other explo
sives in violation of Section No. 1 of
the Sherman anti-trust law; that it
attempted to monopolize and has mon
opolized a part of such commerce and
decreeing that the combination shall
be dissolved-
WOOL BILL CAUSES SPLIT
Insurgent Republican Senators Come
to the Aid of the Regular ;
Democrats.
Washington. A new majority is in
control of the senate, composed of
regular Democrats and Progressive
Republicans, and a comprehensive
scheme of tariff revision will now be
put through congress if it takes all
summer and fall. .
The truth of this prediction made
several days ago was proven beyond
furthrr doubt or question when the
senate adopted a resolution offered by
Senator Gore of Oklahoma, directing
the finance committee to report the
Underwood woolen bill to the senate
not later than July 10. The vote on
the resolution was 39 to 18. !
Though the date for tne report Is
delayed three weeks, the action prac
tically amounts to a motion to dis
charge the. committee and bring in the
bill for consideration in the open sen
ate.
There is no predicting at this time
what the wool bill wil be like whi?n
the Democrats and Progressive finish
Notable speeches on reciprocity
were made in both branches of con
gress. Senator Root .announcing that
he favored the agreement, advocated
and explained his amendment to the
wood pulp and paper provision of the
bill, around which amendment the rec
iprocity fight has centered, and which
amendment President Taft oposes on
the ground that it might ejopardize
the whole agreement. Republican
Leader Mann, in the house, atacked
the Root amendment as a violation of
the Canadian reciprocity agreement.
The fight began the instant that the
wool revision bill appeared from the
house; Senator Gore apparently with
the approval of Democratic leaders
moved that the finance committee be
instructed to report the bill back to
the senate on or before July 10. The
admitted purpose of the motion was
to prevent the finance comittee from
holding the bill indefinitely.
The result of the uore motion was
to disrupt so completely the lines that
have formed in the senate that it can
not be foretold now when a vote can
be reached on the reciprocity bill.
TAFT SENDS A MESSAGE
President Scores Manufacturers of
Fake Medicines.
Washington. In a message prepar
ed in New York and transmitted
through the white house to congress,
President Taft scathingly arraigned
the manufacturers of what he de
nounced as "dangerous drug frauds"
and urged congress to amend at this
session the pure food and drug law to
strengthen recently pointed out by de
cisions of the United Statse Supreme
court.
President Taft believes that unless
the law Is amended forthwith the
country will again be flooded by "in
jurious nostrunre and cure-alls," which
weie common before the pure food
law was first enacted.
The message was transmitted both
to the senate and house and it was
said that the latter body probably
would take up the matter at an early
date. Representative Sherley of Ken
tucky already had introduced a bill
bearing on the subject.
Underwood Wool Schedule Adopted.
Washington. Upon the passage by
the house of the Underwood bill for
the revision of . the woolen schedule
by a "vote of 221 to 100. Mr. Under
wood of Alabama,1 the Democratic
leader, received a tremendous ovation
and the Democratic side was very ju
bilant over the occurrence. After vot
ing down all amendments the Demo
crats adopted the bill with only one
dissenting voice. Thus the prediction
of Mr. Underwood was verified, and
the recommendation of Mr. Bryan flat
ly ignored.
PRQKfBETlQH STATES
DRINK MUCH LIQUOR
Ill
REPORT OF INTERSTATE COM
MERCE COMMISSION SHOWS
UP STARTLING FACTS.
20,000,000 GALLONS A YEAR
Influence "of Liquor on Negroes el
South Discussed by Interstate
. Commission.
Washington. Approximately twe&
ty million gallons of liquors annually
are shipped by express, principally
from mail order houses, directW con
sumer3 in prohibition states..
This startling fact wai developed In
an inquiry conducted by the Interstate
commerce commission into the propos
ed changes in express classifications,
which resulted In an advance of rate
on packages containing liquors.
Tne commission held that the ex
press requirement that liquor contain
ers should be packed in corrugated
paper cartons was reasonable; bnt
that the charge for transportation bas
ed upon arbitrary weights eighteen
pounas for a gallon of whisky packed
was unreasonable and that the dis
crimination against stone Jugs also
was treasonable.
Commissioner McChord, who con
ducted the inquiry and prepared th
opinion of the commission, points out
that the industry directly concerned
is that of the mail order liquor houses.
"It. was the spread of the prohibi
tion movement," the opinion say, "that
gave vitality to this cnaracter of traf
lie in liquor. With state-wide prohi
bition came' the interstate traffic in
liquor. The decis'ion of the Supreme
court that this traffic was interstaU
an, therefore, superior to interference
industry a tremendous impetus, and
established the express companies a
the carriers ' (V practically tne wool
of this traffic.
"Jacksonville, Fla., probably th
largest shipping point for liquor in the
Soutn, senaa out between : three and
four thousand packages of one or twe
gallons daily, or a total of about on
and one-half million gallons a year.
Chattanooga ships about ,786,000 gal
Ions; Richmond, 546,720 gallons; Pe
tersourg, 263,128; PensaJia, 267,760;
New Orleans, 255,856; Augusta, 215
i rrt .a x7-.ii- r n.uA ill
low, ctiiu inui iuitt., v a., vauu, in., cur
poria, Va., Louisville, Ky., Portsmouth,
Va Rnannke. Va. and Savannah. Ga
each ship more' than one hundred
thousand gallons each annually.
"The movement is much more act
ive in the South than in other sections
of the country, partly because of tha
extent of the prohibition territory 1b
that section, partly because of 4h
large quantities of very cheap whis
ky manufactured and shipped ther
for the consumption of the negro pop
ulation." The opinion concludes with the
statement that although it is not th
function of the commission to dwell
on the moral aspect of the question,
it Is considered that the traffic hat
an evil effect and is, one of the im
portant factors in tha. race problem ol
tne Soutn.
The influence of large shipments ol
cheap liquor to the negro population
of the South is adverted to in au in
teresting way.
GOVERNMENT FARM TRAIN
Congress to Run Farm Train Through
16 States of South.
Washington. Plans nave been foi
mulated to conduct an agricultural
train through the sixteen states com
prised in tne territory of tne Soutn
em Commercial Congress,, acording to .
an announcement made by Dr. Clap
ence J. Owens, commissioner of Ui
bureau of agriculture of the congress.
The railroads of the South and th
United States department of agricul-
ture will co-operate in the effort.
It is sougnt by 'this enterprise to
interpret the agricultural resources ol
the Southern states through papera
prepared by expei ts and to exploit Ui
pie-eminence of the section.
Commissioner ' McCnoi a, in render
Ing the opinion of the commission, ais
cussies the treinthdous in creasts
French Cabinet Resigns.
Paris. The French cabinet has o
cided to resign., , The deputies voted
against the goveiument 23S to 224,
and the cabintt presented their resig
nations to President Fallrer?3. Tha
adverse vote of the chamber was due
to the admission by General Goiran,
minister of war, in the senate that thu
present organization of tne army does
not proviue for a commander-inctnet
in the time of war,-the direction ot
operations in the case of war being it-
the hands of a council of war. -