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VOL. Xx7l PLYMOUTH,! CRID-AY, JULY 28,"t911 NO.
Ill IHE TEXT-BOOKS
MUCH ANXIETY AS TO INFORMA
TION REGARDING THE STATE
OF NORTfH CAROLINA.
A SNEAK BLG.V IN HISTORIES
Jn a Set of Georgraphles That May
b Adopted There Is a Series of 350
Pictures and Not One Credited
North Carolina.
in
Raliegh. The keenest sort of inter
est is developing on the part of pa
rents as well as educa? rs in the j5
pendir $ adorion of the iex-booj ;hat
are to be required to be used in the
public schools of the state during the
next flve years, the examination of
books for adoption bf ng now in p S
gress by the sib-textbv X commissi J
with the actuar worv ?. al adoptiovlhard ihower all of the water either
iess than, two weeks oV Possibly thi
greate,; anxiety is being manifested
aa to thehare of prominence that
given t.Y"arate ir ormation refeart
ing Nc h Carolina in the readers, the
aisionesjif 'Kindred books that are
finally adWi p by the commission
Ihls state?, (suffered so much from
lack of representation and from mis
leading information that there is a
deep-seated anxiety In this regard.
In a notable and animated discus
sion of thipiqr.eitipp( it was asserted
that there' is iing exploited in
North Carolina 'aset of geographies
that may be involved in the work
of adoption that have in the elment-
ary volume over three hundred and
fifty pictures without a single one of
them being; credited in North Caro
llna, while the advanced book has
nearly six hundred illustrations and
only one of these Dearing a North
Carolina name.
It is also declared that in historic
treatment of the United States in the
'formation of the Union it contains
a sneak blow at North Carolina and
the south that would have the ulti
mate effect of imbuing the children
with the idea that their fathers who
fought in the Confederate army were
rebels.
To Take up the Work of Inspection.
Insurance Commissioner Jares R.
Young says that the special agents
of the fire insurance companies to
whom he made an address in Ashe
;ville have agreed to take up the
work of inspection and make recom
mendations to the various cities and
towns in. the state. The plan is for
a committee of the special agents to
visit a town, . go over the risks in
force, and inform policy-holders how
they can reduce their rates and pro
tect property against . fire. This in
spection work will supplement that
which is being done by the State In
surance Department and by town or
city officers.
Normal Institute Work Ended.
The three-day normal institute at
the High School Building, held for
the benefit of the North Carolina in
stitute workers, concluded. The at
tendance remained almost perfect,
and a great deal of work was done.
Mrs. Henrietta W Calvin, of Pur-
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women s meetings, expressed herself
as delighted with the institute work
ers who were here. Mrs., Calvin said
that she was not accustomed to throw
bouquets, but that she could not re
frain from expressing her admiration
for the women who are to take part
in the North Carolina women's insti
tutes. Speaking of her own state,
Indiana, Mrs. Calvin said that in
stitute work in North Carolina, in
spite of a late start, had forged its
way right up with that in Indiana.
Mrs. Calvin said that Indiana would
be tempted to come and steal some
of the North Carolina workers. The
conductor of the men's meetings,
Prof. S. B. Heiges, of Virginia, said
that while he had attended conven
tions in Pennsylvania, had held in
stitutes in New Jersey, Maryland and
Virginia, and had spent a month- in
North Carolina two years ago, he con
sidered this meeting one of the best.
Teachers Institute Hold Meeting.
-1 At the session of the teachers' in
stitute, which is being conducted for
the benefit of the education of Pas
quotank, Camden and Currituck
counties, Prof. J. A. Bivins, the for
mer headmaster of Trinity . Park
School at Durham, now head of the
teacher's training department of the
state, lectured upon the "True Char
acter of Teaching." The address was
strong and elopuent and the differ
ence between hearing lessons and the
true meaning of teachheing was
brought out.
GOOD WORK AT SANITORIUM
Has Only Been In Operation Two
Years Bdlow Are Some Tubercu-
losis
Patlents Treated.
Raleigh. The State Sanitorium for
the Treatment of Tuberculosis might
be termed In its infancy. It has been
in operation only , two years and In
that short time has been the means
of restoring many to their normal
health. 1
The. sanatorium is situated on the
picturesque sand hills of Hoke coun
ty what used to be a part of Cum
berland on the Aberdeen and Rock
fish Railroad, midway between Hope
Mills and Aberdeen. It is naturally
one of the most healthy locations in
thv.ocate; the beautiful and enchant
ing scenery is a great diversion for
the patients and the whispering "Long
Leaf Pines"' Mll them to sleep. It is
surprising to some North Carolinians
that there are such high hills in this
low section of the state, but there is
positive " ience of these having been
built up ages ago by volcanic action
The natural drainage is so nearly per
feet that in a few minutes after
Jns off or sof -jri the earth. This
sof - lit the
revf aptetl to
causes the
very dry and
all the moreVl
the tuber
cular treatment
Naturally so young an institution
would not have reached perfection but
there are ten complete, up-to-date
buildings. Now we want to note how
these buildings are constructed to
meet the special needs of the tuber
cular patient. Each building has
large interior room in which the pa
tients keep their trunks and make
their toilet. Large porches extend en
tirely around this room. There is a
solid window inclosure of the porches,
these windows beingi kept raised all
of the time except - .during terrific
storms, thus the patients are kept in
the open air all of the time while
resting and sleeping.
Many do not know of the simple
treatment of tuberculosis, which con
gists-of nourishing food, fresh air
and absolute rest. This can be had
at the State Sanitorium. Do not be
deceived one moment though by
thinking that a tubercular patient at
any and all stages can come to the
sanitorium and be cured. It is a dis
ease that can be successfully treated
in the early stage only. The insti
tution proposes to take patients in
the first stage and it has cured many
of that type even in this short time
So many people make them mistake of
coming to the institution expecting
to be cured in a few days. This can-
not be done.
v.
Assessments in Franklin County.
The real estate assessment for
Louisburg township for 1911 is ap
proximately $898000 and the personal
property assessment is approximately
$453,000. The figures have not yet
been totaled for the county and it
is therefore impossible as yet to ob
tain any accurate information as to
the increase, but the county tax as
sessor states that the aiverage in
crease in the country as compared
with last year will be about 20 per
cent. The percentage in this town
ship is not as large as that. The
above figures do not Include that
portion of the Seaboard Air Line rail
way which lies in this township.
Doing Good Work at Camp Glenn.
The dress parades of the Second
Regiment attracted bng crowds from
Morehead City and the Atlantic Hotel,
and the sight is one well worth see
ing, the companies making a most
creditable appearance in regimental
formation. It is an inspiring occa
sion, when, as part of the spectacular
event, the band renders "The Star
Spangled Banner," the sunset gun is
fired and the great flag of the Union
is lowered from its lofty place on the
flag pole.
These have been days of work for
the. boys in khaki, and they have gone
at it with a will, there being drill
work and rifle practice that' keep the
boys moving. There is rest time,
however, with plenty of opportanity
for swimming in Bogue Sound and
fishing, and then at night there are
the vists to the Atlantic Hotel, where
there is the dancing that always de
lights, while out on the waters of
Bogue Sound there is sailing and sing
ing and happiness.
Assessors Have Completed Work.
The tax assessors for this county
have just completed their work and
the total valuation of taxable property
real and personal, in Caldwell county,
has been assessed at $3,858,918, an
increase over the assessment for 1910
of 18 per cent. With the increased
assessment, it is hoped by the county
commissioners that the tax levy for
the county can be reduced this year.
The county is about out of debt, as
there is an indebtedness of about $,
000 outstanding at present.
DEMOCRATIC I
PASSED THE BILL
PRESIDENT TAFT THANKFUL TO
DEMOCRATS FOR NECESSARY
HELP TO RECIPROCITY.
A HIGH STAND WAS TAKEN
Admits That But for the High Stand
Taken bi the Democrats, Bill
Would Have, Failed.
Beverly, Mass. In the first state
ment he has made since the passage
of the reciprocity bill by the senate
President Taft at the summer white
house freely acknowledged that his
long, hard campaign in behalf of that
measure would have proved unavail
ing if the Democrats had not helped
him. Without such aid, the president
declared, reciprocity would have been
"impossible."
"The Democrats did not 'play poli
tics' in the colloquial sense in which
these words are used," said the presi
dent, "but they followed the dictates
of a higher policy." or Secretary
Knox and his assistants In the state
department, who conducted the nego
tiations and framed the act, the pres
ident said more than a word of praise.
"Those -Republicans," he said, "who
fought for reciprocity, and some of
those votes were necessary to the
passage of the bill, may properly en
joy mutual felicitations on a work well
done.
In his own judgment, the president
declared, the agreement would mark
an epoch in the relations between the
United States and Canada, and those
who opposed the bill in congress would
find their prophecies disproved and
their fears allayed by its actual oper
ation. Its passage by the Canadian parlia
ment, the last step before it becomes
a bond between the two countries, he
hopes and believes, would be forth
coming.
"The satisfaction that actual experi
ence in its working will give," he said,
"we confidently hope will secure Its
permanence, m a aecaae its Denents
will contribute much to a greater
United States and a greater Canada."
"That I am very much pleased with
the passage of the Canadian reciproci
ty bill through both houses of con
gress goes without saying. I believe
and hope it will be followed by simi
lar action by the Dominion parliament.
In my judgment the going into effect
of the agreement will mark a new
epoch in the relations between the
United States and Canada, and it will
tend to a marked increase in the trade
between the two countries which will
be in every way beneficial to both.
TEXAS IS FOR PROHIBITION
Lone Star State Enters the Dry
Column.
Dallas. Texas. All returns from
the state-wide prohibition election in
Texas received by the Galveston-Dallas
News thus far, after being subject
ed to the most careful revision, give:
For prohibition, 225,533; against
prohibition 228,933. Anti majority.
,400.
No returns have been received from
five counties, but these perhaps have
cast no more than 1,000 votes. Forty-
seven counties have made only par
tial returns, but in most of these only
few small boxes are missing.
The total unreyorted vote probably
will not exceed 22,000, it being Indi
cated that the total vote polled was
about 475.000. which is the largest
rote ever polled in Texas, except in
1896, when 554,000 votes were cast.
A survey of. the territory not yet
norted. which Is" well scattered over
re
the state, indicates that the returns
yet to come hold about as much prom
ise for one side as the other, and the
result may be put dowsi as doubtful.
but slightly more in favor of the antis
than the pros.
At anti-prohibition headquarters a
aicrity of 8,000 is claimed. The pro
hibition leaders are quite a semphatic
in asserting that they have gained a
victory in the election, and moreover
they assert that frauds have been com
mitted.
Increase for Postal Clerks.
Washington. Postmaster General
Hitchcock ordered promotions for post
office clerks and city letter carriers,
which carry increase in salaries ap
proximating $2,000,000 a year. Orderr
also were issued for promotions ia the
railroad mail service, which will to
al $115,000 a year. These increases
are in addition to the increase for ru
ral mail carriers, totaling $4,000,000 a
year, which became effective July 1.
Total increases of $600,000 for fiscal
year.
"THE VILLAIN $TILL PURSUES HER"
CorjrjKh
HEYBURN ATTACKS SOUTH
IDAHO SENATOR IS SCORED BY
HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE
SENATE.
Heyburn Objects to Memorial to Con
federate Heroes in
Vicksburg.
Washington. The civil war is re -
ceiving almost as much attention in
the senate these days as though it
was a present live political issue. The
senate again turned its attention to
that historic struggle and afforded
Mr. Heyburn another opportunity to
vent his spleen on the South, its he
roes and its memories. The latter
varied his usual speech by roundly
abusing the newspapers of the coun
try. The discussion was precipitated by,
a Din or senator wnnams ot missis -
sippi, to appropriate ifau.uuu irom me position of the old crop, and an ex
Federal treasury toward the erection j pectation that drouth in the South-
or a monument costing ia,uuu tome
men constituting the naval forces ot
the Confederacy, who fought on the
Mississippi river.
The Vicksburg Park commission
and the senate committee on military
affairs having approved the measure,
Mr. Williams said it was desired toSupplies juring the summer, it is sup-
have the monument completed for
the semi-centennial "Blue and Gray"
reunion at Vicksburg in 1913.
Senator Cummins of Iowa and Sen
ator Works of California urged its
passage as proper recognition of men
who exhibited great bravery In a
cause they believed right.
FIGHTING THE PINE BEETLE
Southern Railway Is Showing Timber
Owner Necessity of Action.
Spartanburg, S. C To fight the
threatened outbreak of the Southern
pine beetle, a bark boring insect
which caused enormous damage to
healthy living limber in the Virginias
in the early nineties, and which has
recently been reported in different
sections of the South, a forest insect
field station has been established
here by the bureau of eentomology
of the United States department of
agriculture.
It i3 feared that unless measures
are taken for the control of this in
sect it will cause the loss of millions
of dollars' worth of pine, and the
station has been established here for
the purpose of securing first hand in
formation and for giving direct free
instructions to timber owners on the
most economical and effectual meth
ods of controlling the beetle. The
bureau's experts have discovered the
methods by which the beetel can be
controlled in some cases by the prof
itable utilization of the infected tim
ber and in all cases at a moderate di
rect expense. Timber owners should
communicate either with the station
here or the bureau at Washington.
Recognizing the importance of con
certed action and that the danger is
cctnmon to all timber owners, the
Southern railway is endeavoring to
rail thp attention of timber owners
throughout the South to the activity
of the bureau In this matter, in the
belief that its interests are identical
with theirs.
Bullet Balks Train Robber.
Belleplaine. Iowa. A lone bandit
who attempted to hold up the occu
pants of a Pullman on eastbound
Northwestern passenger train No. 8
lies in a local hospital with a bul
let wound in hfs side. He gave his
name to the police as William Morris
of Plainfleld, N. J. While the sur
prised passengers were hurrying to
comply with the train robber's or
ders to surrender their valuables, Ar
thur Morri3, the brakeman, slipped
into the car and got the drop on him.
10 CENT COTTON PREDICTED
Bulfs Are Hoping Weevil or Drought
Will Cause Partial Failure of
Cotton Crop.
New York. A renewal of the heavy
selling movement in the cotton mar
ket seemed calculated to remove what
ever doubt may have existed follow
ing the big decline that at last lead'
ing bull interests, including Eugene
, Scaleg Colonel Thompson, the New
Orleans operators, and others who
have figured so prominently in the
market reports of the last two years
as having taken fortunes out of cot
ton, had largely thrown over their
holdings. Various estimates were ven-
tured as to the probable losses of the
bulls and their friends.
The impression, appears to be that
the bulls, emboldened by the sue
cesses of the last two years, have
mamtained their position in the mar-
, ket owing to the strong statistical
west or the boll weevit in thfl rentral
belt would cause another partial fail
ure of the crop. With trade reports
unfavorable, the drouth in Texas re
lieved, new crop cotton already be
ginning to move and promising an
unusually . heavy adldtion to old crop
posed the bulls found . themselves
practically the . only support of the
market
In spite of a feeling that rallies
were to be expected after such drastic
liquidation as that of several days
past, local sentiment still seemed of
a very bearish average after the close
of business here, and there was talk
in some quarters of 11 and even 10
cents cotton.
WEATHER REPORTS BYPH0NE
U. S. Weather Bureau and Southern
Bell Telephone Co. Co-Operate.
Atlanta. Through an arrangement
perfected between the United States
weather bureau and the Southern Bell
Telephone company, more than 25,000
Southern farmers began receiving the
daily weather reports by telephone on
July 1.
The daily reports are furnished the
telephone company by the weather bu
reau, and the report is read to the
farmers by telephone operators. At a
given hour each day a general alarm
is sounded, calling every farmer to
the telephone. When they are all as
sembled the report will be read. Any
farmer who is not able to answer the
signal and hear the report has the
privilege of calling the operator and
securing the information.
This is the first comprehensive and
systematic effort to furnish this in
formation without cost to the farmers
of the South. The spread of the tele
phone in the rural districts in the
past few years has made it possible
to reach such a large number of farm
ers through the Bell system, and the
dissemination of weather news by the
telephone is one of the many practi
cal uses for the telephone on the
farm.
The territory of the Southern Bell
company covers the. states of North
and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Virginia and the southern
half of West Virginia.
Fighting Watermelon Rates.
Washington. Complaints agalrfst
existing freight rates on watermelons
and cantaloupes shipped from South
ern points to Northern and Eastern
destinations were made to the inter
state commerce commission by more
than one httn-lrsd commission mer
chants cf New York. Recently the
railroads made slight reductions in the
rates on melons, but refused to deliver
them ill New York City, the deliveries,
according to the tariffs, being made
in Jersey City.
BLUE MID GRAY
VETERANS 1ST
HEROES OF SOUTH AND NORTH
CLASP HANDS ON HISTORIC
BULL RUN BATTLEFIELD.
TAFT PREDICTS VVOF.LD PEACE
In Address to Veterans President Taft
Talked of New Arbitration
Treaty.
Manassas, Va. Mud-bespattered af-'
ter a strenuous trip from Washington -by
automobile over flooded roads and '
swollen creeks, President Taft faced
an audience made up in part of vet
erans who wore the blue and the gray,
within a few miles of the scene of
the first great conflict of the Civil war,
and was applauded and cheered when
he made a plea for' international
peace.
The president declared a general
arbitration treaty both with Great
Britain and with France probably
would be signed within the next ten
days. He added that he hoped within
the next few days to announce that
the three other great powers would
enter into similar agreements with' the
United States. He did not go so, far
as to . indicate the nations he had in
mind, but ItTls generally believed that
he referred to Germany, Italy and the
Netherlands. Japan ultimately may
come into the far-reaching paqt, but
the negotiations with that empire : as
yet are said to be merely tentative.
President Taft reached -Manassas
after a tempestuous trip. It was so
strenuous that the presidential party
abandoned their motors here and re
turned to the capital by train. Mr. Taft
laughingly likened his troubles in get
ting to Bull Run to those that some
folks fifty years ago had in getting
away.
"I brought some senators and rep
resentatives down with me ' from
Washington," he said, "and because
of the exigencies of the road and the.
storm and strife of the elements, we
came far more slowly than some sen
ators and representatives who came
down here half a century ago went
back." ,
Thin lines of veterans of the blue
and the gray, with halting steps, slow
ly advanced toward each" other and.
meeting, clasped hands in fraternal
greeting on the historic battlefield,
where, fifty years ago, they were en
gaged in the battle of Bull .Run, the
first great conflict of the Civil war.
This, one of the crowning events
of the Manassas peace jubilee, was .
witnessed by 6,000 people, including
many prominent persons.
It was on July 21, 1861, just fifty
years ago, that Bull Run, or the first
battle of Manassas, was fought. The
Confederates, under Johnston, were
accredited with a decisive victory over
the Union forces, under McDowell, the
retreat of the Federals leaving practi
cally a clear road to Washington for
the Confederates, it is said, had they
chosen to continue their advance on
the capital. This was the first real
battle of the war, and its result awak-
ened the North, for the first time,-to a
realization of what the secession of
the Southern states meant. It was
here that "Stonewall" Jackson gained
the name which will be associated
with his memory for all time.
In August, 1862, Manassas was again .
the scene of a bloody battle. Lee and
Longstreet and Sykes, Reno and Rey
nolds fought to a draw, the battle
lines being exactly the reverse of what
they were the year before.
The jubilee reunion was planned by
committees of the Grand Army of the
Republic and the United Confederate
Veterans.
De La Barra May Resign.
Mexico City. Reports were persist
ently in circulation in official circles
that President De La Barra is prepar
ing to tender his resignation to the.
government and retire. He Is said to
have been moved to this determina
tion by the lawlessness prevailing
throughout the republic and by the
failure of Francisco I. Madero to quell
the disorders. It is hinted the im
peachment charges filed against De La
Barra by Senor Gambour have been a
factor in causing the executive to de
sire to qquit.
Smith Attacks Crop Reports. ..
Washington. Charging an illegal
action against the crop reporting bu
reau of the department of agriculture,
that they had, made a prediction
July 3, as to what would be the
size of the cotton crop for the sea
son of 1911-1912, Senator Smith of
outh Carolina warmly protested
zainst such action in a speech in the
senate, and said the effect had been
to injuriously affect the cotton mar
ket. Senator Smith claimed the es
timate was a mere guess. '