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Ifff y0 Ai m IN il 11 WW a Yww, la Atfranc. FOR OOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." ttiCtff fCelv VOL. XXII. . PLYMOUTH, N, C.. FRIDAY JULY 14, 1911 ( NO. L . .. 1 1 1 CAROLINA ' BANK RESOURCES r- INCREASE DURING THE CURRENT YEAR IS GIVEN AT $6,856,930.15 GOOD BANK SHOWING. TRUST DEPOSITS ARE LESS -The Corporation Commission Gave : Out a Report Several Days Ago Only State, Private and "Savings Banks Included. Raleigh. The Corporation Commis sion's report issued concerning the condition of state, private and savings hanks in North Carolina on June 7, shows total resources on that date of $63,210,803.32. The increase of re sources in the period elapsing between June 30, 1910, and June 7, 1911, is $6,856,930.15. This of course, does not include the National banks in North Carolina, as these are under -National supervision. s. Some features of the report are an increase in loans and discounts amounting to $4,974,033.72; an in crease in the item "due from banks and bankers" amounting to $1,104, 14.06; and a decrease by $1,358, 776.22 in trust deposits. The banks had on June 7 .this year, less gold coin by $78,355.77 than on June 30, 1910, hut $52,201.75 more in silver coin and ull minor coin currency. . NORTH Believed Travis Will be Appointed. A development in the contest for the appointment- at the hands of Governor Kitchin to the Corporation Commissionership to succeed the lamented H. C. Brown is the an nouncement by President Edgar E. Broughton of the North Carolina Re tail Merchants' Association that the officers and directors of the ' associa SxiSiiave pledged their support to E. : L. Harris, secretary of the state as : -Tsociation, Raleigh, and that the local associations in every part of the state will be urged to take action in the in terest of Mr. Harris on the ground . that he will represent the shipping interests of the merchants and is well ' qualified for the place. He was notified that the Salisbury associa tion endorsed Mr. Harris. With the ' . backing of the Retail Merchants' asso- - elation, Mr. Harris will be a formid able candidate. .Many believe that the Governor will appoint his life-long friend E. L. .: Travis of Halifax, who is known to be .an active ca'fedidate. Mr. Travis has been in Raleigh at frequent intervals for several weeks past and seems to be steadily recuperating from the " -wound he received in Scotland Neck when , he and Governor Kitchin's brother and the chief of police were hot down by an insane man. At the Governor's office the only response to inquiries as to candidates is,, that there are "many." With the return of Governor Kitchin to the city delegations will begin to arrive and , evidences as to who the active, candidates' are will begin to multiply. Reward of $500 ForMurderer. 7 As the result of a gunshot wouncl -f sustained Monday morning at the hands of a mSgro known as John Huff, whom . the officer had under .arrest and while returning to the city in an automobile, Patrolman E. Ct McConnel, one of the most daring and efficient ' officers of the Asheville police force died. Connell was conscious up to the last and made a brave fight for life, but the odds were greatly against "him and he met the grim reaper as fearlessly as he had met his duty. At the regular weekly session of the -city council and as the result of strong pleas for. rewards, tempting enough to bring the murderer to jus tice, the board of aldermen decided to offer a reward of $500. Many prl ', Tate -citizens, have- attested - their v willingness to raise the reward to a - .atill larger amount and it is believed It will soon be raised to $1,000.' Commissioner Causes Arrest. Insurance Commissioner James R. ' ' Young said that he. had procured the arrest, of E. E.. Whitehead at High Point, who was representing without, license the Standard Home Company, - of .Birmingham, Alabama, an invest ment company somewhat . like . the building and loan associations in this ' -state.' A license, required by section -4S05 of the State Insurance Laws, had been refused1 and the agent got what he might have expected. Whitehead , was tried and bound, over to the Superior Court.' " A SELECTION Or OFFICERS Sanitary Inspector Allowed Two As sistants Other Matters of Impor tance Also Came Up. Raleigh. At the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Aldermen the city officers recently nominated at a caucus were formally elected, these being: City electrician W. J. Car ter; chief sanitary inspector, T. W. Davis; assistant, Wiley . J. Peebles; city veterinarian, W.' C.' McMackin; weighmistress, Mrs. M. P. Betts; city engineer and street commissioner, R. B. Seawell; city attorney, W. H. Pace; keeper of the town clock, T. W.. Blake; keeper of the market, J. N. McRary; keeper of the city cemetery, M. H. Riggan; city physician, Dr. T. M. Jordan; street foreman, J. M. Teacheyj keeper of Mt. Hope ceme tery, J. D Fowler; city treasurer, B. S. Jedman; member of the Board of Audit and Finance, J. G. Ball; school committeemen, G. Rosenthal and E. L. Harris. Drs. J,. W. McGee and Wm. Moncure were named as mem bers of the Board of Health. The expenses of Dr. T. M. Jordan, who attended the meeting of the health officers in Charlotte .were or dered paid. . It was decided to let the market hours remain just as they, were re cently fixed, but to allow the etall keepers to have an hour each day to fill orders. It was ordered that the sanitary In spector be allowed two assistants dur ing the months of July, August, Sep tember and October at a salary Of $70 per month each. The matter of paying acting police justice W. C. Harris was referred to the Finance Committee and the mayor to report.to the next meeting of the Board. Finest Crop In Twenty Years. Wilson. Mr. John W. Blount, assis tant clerk of Nash Superior' Court, was in Wilson, and' when questioned as to the condition of the crops and the outlook for . the farmers in "Good Old Nash," his reply was: "The crops are the finest I have seen for twenty years and the outlook for a heavy har vest looks" good to me ; that is, of cot ton and corn; ond if there is no set back the farmers truly have something to be thankful for. Tobacco - seems to be a failure, . and my predictions are that the warehouses in Rocky Mount and Wilson, combined, will-not seel more than ten million pounds this season." Mr. Blount also says, "The election of Mr. S. E. Austin as superintendent of public instruction of , Nash county by the board of education which met last Monday in Nashville,, was a wise one. Mr. Austin succeeds Mr. R. E. Ransom, who held the office for two years. Arrested on Charge of .Liquor Selling. Durham. Ike' Bass, black, and George Johnston, white, were given a preliminary hearing before Justice R. A Harris on a charge of retailing liquor. Both were bound over to court. They were brought here from Rougeiiront where Bass ran a press ing club. Johnson had operated a near-beer saloon and had been ac cused of one sale. Their bonds were fixed at $200 and Johnson gave his. Jim Johnson and Jim McNeill, Fayetteville negroes, were sent to the roads on a charge of larceny. Tney came here on the excursion from Fayetteville and while one. of them called for shoe-strings the other stole Hunt Coleman's coat and flew. Hosiery Mill Voluntary Bankrupt. Judge Boyd had three adjudications In bankruptcy, as follows : L. W. Huff man of Marion, a plumber, adjudged bankrupt upon his own petition, in debtedness $1,000; assets nominal. W. H. Hurd, a merchant of Leaksville, Indebtedness $20,000, assets $1,500. W. H. Leak, trading as the Victory Hosiery Mills of Kernersville, ad judged bankrupt upon his own peti tion, assets $14,000, liabilities $18,000. Tar Heel Letter Carriers Meet. At the annual meeting of the North Carolina Letter Carriers' Association and the Postofflce Clerks' Association held in Salisbury the following offi cers were chosen for the ensuing year: President B. J. Summerow, of Charlotte. 'Secretary and Treasurer Paul A. Burns, of Greensboro. No Soft Drinks on Sunday. It was only Mayor Dalton's vote that kept Winston dry so far as soft drinks are concerned on Sunday, for the mayor was confronted with a tie Vote at a meeting of the Winston board of aldermen, three aldermen being on each side of the question, and the mayor cast his vote with those who voted to preserye the law against the selling of soft drinks by drug stores. Mr. Dalton explained that his conviction was that if the drug stores were allowed the priv ilege, other places should be. CLEARING THE WAY FOR RECIPROCITY - THE SENATE WILL PROCEED TO VOTE DOWN ALL AMEND MENTS TO BILL. WILL ATTEMPT TO BLOCK The Bugaboo of a Filibuster Has Been -. Raised, But Measure Wil? Pass Unamended.' 1 Washington. A lively clearing of the ways for the eventual passing of the unamended Canadian reciprocity bill by the voting down of the'Cum mings and Simmons amendments to that mea,usure and continued discus sion and action on other provisions in connection with the bill will keep the senate busy all this week, while the house, which met Wednes day and quickly adjourned until Satur day, will be active through its com mittees. . ' The amendments proposed by Sen ator Cummings of Iowa, Insurgent Re publican, which would add steel, iron, coal, lumber, wool, cotton and vari ous Candaian products to the free list from Canada and the amendments proposed by . Senator Simmons of North Carolina, Democrat, are some what similar in nature.-" . ' . These are expected - to . be bowled over. After the voting on these amendments the senate will proceed with the consideration of the' reciproc ity bill and amendments by Senator LaFollette and others wiirbe acted upon. ' . The proceedings will begin with a set speech by Senator Simmons in support of his own and Senator Cum mins amendments, followed by1 roll calls on the amendments. The buga boo of a filibuster practically has been raised, and friends of reciprocity will watch for attempts to intersperse the voting with speech-making, which they will interpret as the institution of a filibuster. Dilatory tactics will be met with such acts of coercion as the majority might decide would expedite business. Mr. Cummins has indicated that he will ask for separate votes on all his amendments, and has said that he would demand at least a dozen roll calls. Mr. Simmons will not be so insistent. s Senator LaFolette said i that he would probably present his -amendment early in the week, and he prob ably will speak for the greater part of several days in explanation and advocacy of them. His speech is re garded as the most formidable obsta cle in the way of a vote on the bill, and senators generally say " that with it out of the way, predictions regard ing a final YOte will be more reliable. In addition to Mr. LaFollette and Mr. Simmons, Senators Bailey, Stone, Jones, Clapp and others are still to be heard. The prevailing opinion still is that with the reciprocity bill out of the way final adjournment will soon fol low. The Democrats generally will demand votes on one or two of their tariff bills, but will not debate them at length. The Insurgent Republi cans are divided on this item of pol icy, but most of them are inclined to demand further time for legislation, and they may take such a course as will delay getting .away. -The gen eral sentiment, however, is that the extra session of congress will end early in August. . f ' The , Democratic members of the ,ways and means committee of the house will resume the work of fram ing revision of the cotton schedule early in the week. The leaders con template a reduction in cotton duties of from 30 to 50 per cent., all duties to be ad valorem, as in the wool bill. Chairman Underwood and his col leagues believe that the bill drawn on a revenue basis can be so framed as to cause no reduction in the revenues. The cotton revenue now is about $38, 000,000. ' By lowering the duties, they ihave statistics to indicate that the amount of goods to come into this country will equal, if not exceed, the 'old revenue. i Laces are not be included in the revised schedule. Will Meet at St. Louis. Portland," Ore. At a meeting the managers of the International Mission ary convention of the Christian church selected Louisville for the con vention ,to , be held in 1912. Address es included' an arraignment of Mormon ism by President H. D. Smith, and an address by R. N. McCash, in which he declared that New York City is the "Sodom of modern times," and Wall street a "school where men are taught to steal," among other menaces to our country's morals- ' F BLACKBERRY TIME 1MV 0-OOONE3 V 1 COMt OF au- ).CiVfM our fAW$ ' ' ' , (Copyright. 1911.) - . POPE PIUS JPRAISES TAFT FOR HIS GREAT EFFORTS IN BE HALF OF WOLLD'S PEACE MOVEMENT. "To Our Venerable Brother, Dfo medes, Titular Archbishop of Larlssa, Apostolic Delegate to the United States of America Venerable Broth er: Health and apostolic benediction. We are happy to learn from you that in the United States of America un der the leadership of men enjoying the highest authority with the people, the more judicious members of the community are fervently desirous of maintaining the advantages of inter national peace. To compose differ ences, to restrain the outbreak of hos tilities, to prevent the dangers of war, to remove even the anxieties of so-called armed peace, i3 indeed most praiseworthy and any effort in this cause, even although it may not im mediately or wholly ' accomplish its purpose, manifests, nevertheless, a zeal which cannot but redound to the credit of its authors and be of ben efit to the state. This is especially true at the present, day when vast armies, instrumentalities most de structive to human life, and the ad vanced state of military science por tend wars which must be a source of fear even to the most powerful rulers. "Wherefore, we most heartily com mend the work already begun which should be approved by all good men and especially by us holding, as we do, the supreme pontificate of the church, and representing him who is both the God and the Prince of Peace. "For we do not doubt that the same distinguished men who possess so much ability and such wisdom In af fairs of state will construct in behalf of a struggling age a royal road, for nations leading to peace and concilia tion in accordance with the laws of justice and charity, which should sa credly be observed by all. ' ,"For inasmuch as peace consists in order, who will vainly think that it can be established unless he strives with all the force within him that due respect be everywhere given to those virtues which are the principles of order and its, firmest foundation? "As for the remaining aspects of the matter, we recall to mind the exam ple of so many of our illustrious predecessors who, when the condition of .the times permitted, rendered, in this very matter also.'the most signal service to the cause of humanity and to the stability of governments; but since the present age allows us to aid in- this cause only by pious prayers to God, we, therefore, most earnestly pray God, who " knows the hearts of men and inclines them as he wills, that he may grant . to the , nations which, with united purpose, are labor ing to this end, that tfee destruction of war and its disasters being avert ed," they may at length find repose in the beauty of peace. "As a. pledge of divine favor and a proof of our benevolence, we must lovingly grant you, venerable brother, the apostolic benediction. (Signed) "PIUS X." Direct .Vote for Senators. Washington. The house sent to conference the resolution providing for the direct election of United States senators. The speaker named Representative Rucker of Missouri ; Representative Conroy of New York, and Representaive Olmstead of Penn sylvania, as house conferees. The senate conferees are Clark of Wyo ming, Nelson of Minnesota and Ba con of Georgia. The dispute 13 over the senate amendment for Federal control of the elections. ADVOCATES "SANE" FOURTH President Assets That Both Blaine and McKinley Advocated Reciprocity. Indianapolis, Ind. President Taft put the parting touch on his part in the celebration of this city's "safe and sane" fourth in a speech on Canadian reciprocity at the Marion club ban quet. The president made nis an swer to the argument of other Repub licans that reciprocity, as he has pro posed it, is not good Republican doc trine, but Democratic doctrine. He showed that reciprocity, as pre sented to congress by him differed, if at all, only ' slightly from reciprocity as advocated by James G. Blaine and former President McKinley. He de clared that the contention of the oppo nents of his reciprocity plan that the doctrine is un-Republican because it affects articles that are - competitive and not merely non-competitive arti cles as not sound. "The sound Republican doctrine," said the president, "has become the imposition of duties only where the conditions are naturally uuequal, and where duties are necessary iiy order to enable our manufacturers add oth er producers to meet on a level the competition of foreign producers. The Canadian reciprocity agreement which has been made, squares exactly with this doctrine." Replying to the contention that rec iprocity would be made wholly at the expense of the farmer and in the in terest of the wage-earner of the large cities, Mr. Taft declared that in his judgment "the reciprocity agreement will not greatly reduce the cost of liv ing, if at all. It will," continued Ihe president, "steady prices by enlarging the reservoir of supplies for those things that are raised in both coun tries, and it will make more remote the possibility of cornering commod ities, and extorting excessive prices for them from the public. , The complaint that the farmers would suffer by the agreement, the president said, when analyzed, would be found to be an argument that the admission of Canadian wheat free of duty would lower the price of wheat raised in the United States 10 cents a bushel. "The answer to this argument," the president said, "is that this cannot be, for the present price of wheat in the United States and Canada both is ulti mately fixed by the price of wheat in the world, and the world's price is ad justed and made at Liverpool by the relation of the supply and demand of the exported wheat to the demand for it by countries " which 'do not raise enough to supply their demand." Although the sun was not consulted by those in charge of the celebration of the fourth,. and hovered up around 110 on the streets most .of the day, the president enjoyed his part in it just the same, in spite of the crowded pro gram and the fact that his collars would not stand for more than ten minutes at a time. The president was the guest here of former Vice President Fairbanks, tie had breakfast at the Fairbanks home and later reviewed a parade of floats from a stand at the base of the In diana soldiers and sailors' monument Clever Ruse Used. Norcross, Ga. A lynching was nar rowly averted here when Harry Rog ers, the negro slayer of Cleve Wof cord, a white farmer, was rushed from this place to Atlanta for safekeeping. A big touring car containing the ne gro covered up and lying down in the tonneau, drove swiftly through a mob of 100 incensed citizens of Norcross and the surrounding vicinity, who were never aware that their intended victim was being carried away. When It was authentically learned that the black was 19 miles from Norcross TARIFF REVISION WlTHOUT-OELfiV ONLY FIVE PROGRESSIVE REPUB LICAN VOTES NEEDED PRAC , TICALLY ASSURED. PROSPECTS OF AGREEING Democrats Determined to Complete Their Tariff Record Before Going Home. .. Washington. Prospects of . an agreement in the senate over general tariff revision continually brightens. Only, five progressive Republican, votes are needed, and practically that many senators have pledged them selves to assist-in securing thorough going revision. Senator Gronna of South Dakota, in the course of a speech in opposi tion to reciprocity, declared for full revision. Senator Cummins of Iowa has expressed himself in similar terms,, as have Senators Bristow of Kansas, Dixon of Montana, Poindex ter of Washington; Works of Califor nia and Clapp of Minnesota. The Democratic members of , the ways and means committee of the house are strongly of the opinion that the whole range of tariff schedules should be covered in house bills, and these measures sent to the senate. Representative Brantley of Georgia, in an interview given to the New York World and published, says: "The Democrats should stay here until they have completed their tariff record for this congress. They should report bills revising the tariff affect ing every one of the well "known trusts of the country. This would in clude steel, sugar, rubber, chemicals and other schedules. "We ought,, if possible, secure some positive legislation. All tariff laws represent compromises. I Imagine that the house, in order to secure the pass age of bills by the senate, would not have to make any more concessions to the Insurgent senators than the aver-, age house and senate makes to each other with the same ! party is in con trol of both. "If we delay tariff revision until next session, the result will be, with the appropriation and other bills that stand-pat Republicans can delay ac tual consideration of tariff measures until the campaign of 1912 is in prog ress, and it is too late to accomplish anything." The house .will probably continue to grind away until reductions In rates in every schedule are agreed upon in that body. Then In the senate does not show a disposition to act, and either pass the house bills or make such minor changes as will be accept able to the Democratic senators and put the measure up to the president, the house will be ready to quit and go home. BILL TO AID THE HIGHWAYS Senator Swanson Advocates Highway. Appropriation. Washington.-The annual" appropri ation of $20,000,000 for five, years to improve the post road and rural de li very.' routes of the government was urged- in the senate-by Mr., Swanson of Virginia. He contended that de spite the amazing achievements in many directions by this country, it is notorious that the United States has the poorest public roads and highways of any civilized nation. Mr. Swanson explained that his plan would open more than 1,000,000 miles of roads to government . aid ; that the states and local authorities would furnish an amount equal to that appropriated by the Federal gov ernment and that the total would ba' divided among the states, according to population. The bill would create a road department consisting of engi neers and capable officials, to carry out the project. The measure, he ex plained, was modeled somewhat' after the Virginia state law. Japs Want Share of Cotton. Houston, Texas.- What is regarded here as the most aggressive move et made by Orientals to (Obtain a share in the South's cotton busings - was put into full swing by the char tering at Austin of a fl00,0ao com pany by K. Fukushirna, a Jajanew He is manager for the Mitsu baskisiit bouse of Japan and has opened cff.re'j here. The purpose is to export foe;r v Asiatic countries through asn131' be established tb.rourh.n.t -- . "" i