Year, In Adraoc. "FOR COD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH.' VOL. XXII. PLYMOUTH, N, C.. iRIDAY NOVEMBER 3, 1911 CAROL! FORESTRYMEETING AN ORGANIZATION TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION OF OUR FORESTS FROM FIRE. SOME IMPORTANT MATTERS "Constitution Was Approved and Rec ommended To Next Annual Meet ing For Adoption Who the Mem bership of Association Shall Be Raleigh. At a meeting o the offi cers and executive committee of the North Carolina Forestry Association held in Raleigh, recently, two impor tant matters were discussed, I. e., the adoption of a constitution for the as sociation and the lines of work to which the association should devote itself for the present. At this meet ing the following gentlemen were present: Dr. D. H. Hill, Raleigh, president of the association; J. S. Holmes, Chapel Hill, secretary; E. B. Wright, boardman, and Clarence Poe, Raleigh; all members of the executive committee; and Prof. J. F. Webb, Oxford, and W. J. Peele, Ral - eigh, vice-presidents of the associa tion. The constitution, which was ap proved and recommended to the next annual meeting for adoption, con tains the following salient points: "The object of this association is to promote the protection of the for ests of North Carolina from Are and from destructive insects, and to pro mote their perpetuation by wise use and by the reforestration of cut-over and abandoned lands. "The membership of this associa tion shall be composed of all per sons, firms and corporations who have registered with the secretary and all those who may hereafter ap pl to the secretary and have their names enrolled aa members. vThe officers of this association shall consist of a president, a maxi mum of thirty-nine vice-presidents, one from each senatorial district of the state, and a secretary-treasurer, who shall hold their respective offices for one year, or until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified." Destroy Four Illicit Distilleries. Revenue officers at Winston-Salem reported that they destroyed four big illicit distilleries on "Runnet Bag" creek in Franklin county, Virginia. They arrested one man, John B. Sneed, but he claimed that he was only at the distillery to get some beer and had nothing to do with its operation. Sneed was released. One of the stills was practically new, a 225-gallon copper one, and one officer stated that he did not remember ever having cut up a better equipped plant. No whiskey was found, but almost 2,000 gallons of beer went to waste. Mr. Hendricks reported that seven teen blockade plants have been de stroyed in the same section within the past few weeks. False Rumors At High Point. "It appears that many of the coun try people around High Point have recently "Been greatly stirred up and dissatisfied by certain unfounded ru mors that have been maliciously cir lated by certain parties to the. effect that, the city authorities would pre vent the farmers from disposing of their produce in this city unless a heavy tax would be paid by them. Others had it that the people from the country would not be allowed to sell their products in High Point at all Mayor Tate has found it neces sary to nail these falsehoods. Board of Examiners Pass Nurses. Dr. Oscar McMullan of Elizabeth City and Misses Ferguson, Hobbs and Allen, constituting, with Dr. C. A. Julian, of Thomasville, the state board of examiners for the nurses of the state, passed eighteen can didates for registration after a two days' session at the Watts hospital. The examinations were the first of the semi-annuals held at Durham. Turnersburg Road Improved. The Turnersburg road, which is one of the principal roads in the county and a portion of which has been very bad have been improved and now there is a good road all the -way from Statesville to Turnersburg, a distance of 12 miles. The trip 13 now a pleasant one, saving on teams, harness and vehicles, as well as sav ing time. All of the road except the las "'s Is macadam. 'The chain gs v the work and is still v 'j-r rsburg, j'A bridge 63 TV .' y creek. 'CHANGE OF FREIGHT RATES Corporation Commission Orders Re ductions and Changes in the Reg ulations of Classes. Raleigh. Orders issued by the North Carolina Corporation Commis sion make important changes and re ductions in the freight rates and reg ulations in a number of classes of freight, the changes to be effective December 1. It is ordered that the rates on rattan, reed and willow chairs be changed on the furniture schedule from a rate three times first class to double first class in less than car load lots, and in carload lots at third clas3, 8,000-pound minimum. The rate on tobacco baskets, nested or in bun dles, is changed from first to second class, and in timber shipments of dogwood, hickory, persimmon, gum wood, in carloads of 40,000 pounds minimum, poplar is added, and the application of the rates now in force ranging from $5 for 14 miles to $i4 for 100 miles is extended to 300 miles at $27. The Seaboard Air Line Railway Company notifies fthe Corporation Commission from its Norfolk offices that the Seaboard freight rate on cottonseed from Wagram to Char lotte, so as to make the rate in a .Laurinburg corporation, Is $1.63 a ton. North Carolina New Enterprises. The Standard Turpentine CompanJ of Wilmington is chartered with $125,000 capital, subscribed by such well-known business men as H. C. McQueen, Alexander Sprunt & Son, Walker Taylor and M. J. Corbitt. The purpose is distilling of turpentine and other wood and vegetable products and dealing in crossties and other timber products. Another charter is for the Hoke Hill Real Estate & Development Co. of Tryon, Polk coun ty. The capital is $50,000 by H. M. Hoke, Greenville, S. C, A. L. Hill and others of Tryon for real estate development. Also there is a char ter for the Granite Company of Ral eigh, having for its purpose the de velopment of extensive granite quar ries in the eastern section of this county. The Incorporators include Joseph G. Brown, B. S. Jerman, W. A. Cooper, P. D. Gold, Jr., John C. Drewry and others prominent in Raleigh business circles. They sub scribe $100,0000 capital. State Geologist In Great Demand. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, the state geologist of North Carolina, is in Chicago attending the meetings of the National Mining Congress as .a delegate from North Carolina, and in connection with this also a meeting of the Association of state geologists and the National Association of Min ing Schools (representing the Uni versity of North Carolina). Dr. Pratt has a special invitation to attend the Mines Demonstration Exhibit of the United States Bureau of Mines at Pittsburg. He will make an ad dress at Asheboro, North Carolina, in the interest of good roads and a bond issue, and he is to address a good roads meeting at Concord. He has been Invited by Mr. Logan Waller Page, president of the American As sociation for Highway Improvement, to preside on Association Day, Nov ember 23, at the Goods Roads Con gress to be held at Richmond, Vir ginia. Liquor Seller Is Pardoned. Buck Rollins, of Anson county, con victed at the April term, 1910, of the crime of selling liquor, and sentenced to 12 months on the roads, pardon ed conditionally by the governor, the reasons for pardon assigned by him being:. "A strong application for the pardon of this prisoner last March was presented. Since then those in charge of the prosecution and who opposed pardon have with drawn their opposition and now join in the application for clemency. The trial judge and the solicitor ask that the sentence be reduced by a pardon. A majority of the jury and a great many good citizens join in the re quest for clemency. I therefore par don prisoner on condition that he re main law-abiding and of good be havior." Washington. Asheboro and Slier City were designated as depositories for postal savings funds, effective November 23. J. Y. Joyner Spoke at Gastonia. State Superintendent of Education J. Y. Joyner spoke at the court house at Gastonia in favor of the estab lishment of a farm-life school in Gas ton county. He was followed by Mr. O. F. Mason of Gastonia, who spoke briefly but strongly and enthusiasti cally in favor of the preposition. Dr. H. G. Alexander, president of the state farmers' union, was a'so scheduled to speak but was called' to New Or leans on business. The crowd was a sma'J one but was t ;1-?My in terested and listened w' attentively. 1,072 DELEGATES INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE THAT WILL NAME G. O. P. CANDIDATE. REAPPORTIONMENT IS CAUSE There Were Only 980 Delegates In the Last National Convention Held in Chicago. Washington. The call for the Re publican national convention, to be isued by the national committee when it meets in Washington, December 12, will provide for 1,064 delegates, to be iacreased to 1,072 if Arizona and New Mexico become states before the con vention is held. The Increase from 980 delegates, which comprised the Chicago conven tion of 1908, is the result of the re apportionment by congress which in creases the size of the house of rep resentatives from 391 to 433 members or 435 with the two new states. A table showing the apportionment of th delegates to the 1912 convention has been prepared by Francis Curtis, in charge here of the combined pub licity headquarters of the Republican national committee and the Republi can congressional committee. This arrangement is expected to be adopt ed without change by the committee. The distribution follows: Alabama 24, Arkansas 18, Califor nia 26, Colorado 12, Connecticut 14, Delaware 6, Florida 12, Georgia 28, Idaho 8, Illinois 58, Indiana 30, Iowa 26, Kansas 20, Kentucky 26, Louisi ana 20, Maine 12, Maryland 16, Mas sachusetts 36, Michigan 30, Minnesota 24, Mississippi 20, Missouri 36, Mon tana 8, Nebraska 16, Nevada 6, New Hampshire 8, New Jersey 28, New York 90, North Carolina 24, North Dakota 10, Ohio 48, Oklahoma 20, Oregon 10, Pennsylvania 76, Rhode Island 10, South Carolina 18, South Dakota 10, Tennessee 24, Texas 40, Utah 8, Vermont 8, Virginia 24, Wash ington 14, West Virginia 16, Wiscon sin 26, Wyoming 6. Territories (2 each) Alaska, Ari zona, District of Columbia Hawaii, New Mexico, Philippines, Porto Rico. The basis of delegates for the Re publican convention is four at large in each state and two for each congres sional district. JOSEPH PULITZER IS DEAD Proprietor of New York World Passes Away at Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the New York World and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and one of the most commanding figures in modern journalism, died aboard his yacht, the Liberty, in Charleston harbor. The immediate cause of Mr. Pulit zer's death was heart failure. He had been in ill health for several days, but until a few hours before the end, none of those around him had any suspicion of the gravity of his condi tion. For more than a quarter of a cen tury Joseph Pulitzer had been one of the leading figures in American jour nalism. Born in Hungary in 1847, and educated there, ho came to this coun try in 1863, enlisted in the Union army and served as a cavalryman un til the end of the war, when he set tled in St. Louis, which was for many years the scene of his journalistic ac tivities. His early newspaper train ing was as a reporter and afterwards city editor, managing editor and part proprietor of the Westliche Post, ed ited by Carl Schurz. He bought the St. Louis Dispatch in 1878 and united it with the Post as the Post-Dispatch, which, under the management, became in a few years, one of the best-known and most widely circulated journals of the sec tion. Mr. Pulitzer's entry into New York journalism occurred in 1883, when he bought The World, then a paper of small circulation. Its circulation and prestige grew rapidly under his gener al direction. Mr. Pulitzer's sight began to fail in in the late eighties, and after a time he became blind. Ever since he had been a partial invalid, Panic Among Manchus. Pekin, China. The situation in Pe kin Is becoming worfce. A veritable panic prevails among the Manchus and the Manchu women are adopting Chined dress. Some of them are at tempting to make their feet appear small by peculiarly constructed shoes. Most of t" e trains leaving the capital are drawn ly two engines, so heavily are they k . led, the people sitting on top of theirj household belonging. O' ficlala are , Peking asylum wives r ' M,.!rea w- THE MORNING AFTER rCopyrleht. HID REBELLIONS JNJWO LANDS CHINESE AND MEXICAN REBELS SUCCESSFUL IN DEFEATING GOVERNMENT TROOPS. Chinese Royal Family Is Preparing to Flee From Pekin Mexic Cap ital Threatened. Pekin, China. Further .defection to the rebels, including Nan Chang, cap ital of the province of Giang-Si, and Kwei-Lin, capital of Kwang-Si, have served to increase the tension here of the revoluton. It is commonly reported in Pekin that the imperial family is ready for flight. The road to Jehol, 115 miles northeast of Pekin, is studded with troops. Other rumors designate the foreign settlements in Tien Tsin 'as the possible refuge. To add to the seriousness of the situation, the Tsu-Cheng-Yuan, China's first national assembly, gave to the Manchus what the legations consider an ultimatum. The assembly im peached Sheng-Hsuan-Hua, president of the ministry of posts and commu nications, and demanded hi3 dismis sal, with severe punishment. Mexico City. Shocked by the reali zation that the forces of Emiliano Zapatista had entered the Federal dis trict, sacked a town and then stood off a detachment of the Federal army, the chamber of deputies demanded that the acting minister of war and the minister of the interior appear before that body and render full re ports regarding the insurrection and the measures being taken for its sup pression. It was agreed to remain in session until the ministers appeared, and that should the head of the war department fail to report before an early time, to go to his house in puD lic protest. TOBACCO TRUST DISSOLVING Plan Is Opposed and Supported in the Hearing. New York. Opponents and support ers of the plan which the American Tobacco company has mapped out for disintegration both had their innings in the United States circuit court here. Counsel for the so-called inde pendent tobacco manufacturers and producers had filed their brief of ob jections but a few hours, when a law yer for a committee of the preferred stockholders of the trust petitioned the court to be heard in support of the plan. The attorney declared that he repre sented owners of 458,000 shares of the trusts preferred stock. The plan, he oaiH not. onlv would fairly and honest ly dissolve the corporations, but would safeguard the interests or siockuoiu ers. Should the court grant his peti tion, he will submit his "conditions at the 'public hearing October 30, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Counsel for the objectors in their brief opposing the proposed dissolu tion plan, after declaring that it does not, in reality, dissolve the trust so as to make competition among its segments possible point out that the plan contemplates leaving intact the United Cigar Stores company. Cattle Ahead of Human Beings. New York. Cattle vrecelved more attention than human beings in the appropriations' by the last New York state legislature according to a com plaint of the state sanitary officers associ latlon embodied in a v - passed at its annual convf' The r-"HA'"Mriii deplores r, v -are in THE NIGHT BEFORE REBELS FIGHT WITH FIRE Milpa Alta Completely Destroyed by Zapatista's Followers Thirty Mites From Capital. Mexico City. The town of Milpa Alta, in the federal district, and with in thirty miles of the capital, was al most totally destroyed by fire and dy namite by Zapatistas, who fought what appears to have been a drawn battle with Federal troops lasting for more than five hours on a mountain road, a short distance from the ruined town. Che insurrectos returned the fire of the government troops shot for shot and are said to be now occupying the village of Nativas, only two miles from Xochimilco. Fearing an attack, the residents of the latter town, the source of the capital's water supply, are in a state of terror. The Zapatistas, who entered Milpa Alta were a detachment of the insur rectionary army which threatened to attack Chalto, in the state of Mexico. Finding this town better guarded than it had been for some days, they made a detour .wreaking their vengeance upon the little town in the Federal, district, numbering some 7,000 inhabi tants. Guarded by only eight police men, absolutely no resistance was made. Frightened by the attack, the little municipal guard led the flight which was joined in by a large num ber of the residents. A considerable portion of the peo ple of Milpa Alta, however, as though by previous agreement, took part in the looting and burning. Throughout the night the raides, whose number is Is estimated variously from 200 to 500, continued their work of destruction, applying the torch to the thatched huts, hurling dynamite bombs into the adobe buildings. GRAIN CASES ARE DECIDED Commerce Court Makes Ruling Fa vorable to Southern Cities. Washington. The commerce court granted the petition of the railroads in the Nashville grain cases by is suing a temporary injunction against the decision of the interstate com merce commission, wherein it ordered the roads not to grant reshipment privileges on grain and hay at Nash ville until similar privileges are grant ed to Atlanta, Montgomery and other Southern cities. The commerce court's injunction was on the ground that the Nashville commercial interests would sustain greater injury by the sudden taking away of the privilege of re-billing and re-shipping of grain and hay than the shippers at Atlanta, Columbus, Rome, Athens, Macon, Albany and other Georgia points would sustain by the continuance of tne iasnvue pnvi- ' f lege. The commission had order?' y all railroads operating in the S. JF east to desist for two years ber'i November 1 from giving the shippers these privileges if the Georgia shippers. Thy taken to the commerce Nashville grain exchar of trade and by the, Nashville and Nash'' and St. Louis raiV will hear argur final action. Renorty Vienna. Charles, Joseph. rankV of' e THE STEEL If DISSOLUTION OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION DEMAND- ' t ED BY GOVERNMENT. GREAT FINANCIERS NAMED Steel Corporation Will Make No Offer to Readjust Its Intricate Organization. Trenton. N. J The government's long planned suit t ?r no the SO- called "steel tniSt vjb-teegun here is the most sweeping anti-trusts action ever brought by the departmentoj justice.-4- -w1 ; Tife government asks not only for the dissolution of the United. States Steel 'Corporation, but for the disso lution of all constituent or subsidiary & combined in violation of the' Sher combine din violation of the Sher man law to "maintain or attempt to maJMain a monopoly of the steel busi no: There- are thirty-six subside iary corporations named as defend ants. J. Pierpont iMorgan, John D. Rocke feller, Andrew ' Carnegie, Charles ML Schwab, George W. Perkins, E. H. Gary, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Henry C. Frick, Charles Steele, James Gay- ; ley, William H. Moore, J.. II. Moore, Edmund C. Converse, Percival Rob erts, Jr., Daniel G. Reid, Norman B, Ream, P. A. B. Widener and wuuam P. Palmer are namediictlTvMually as defendants. The tyrCX States Steel Corpora tior,'carnegi Steel company, Came- 4 Company of New Jersey, Federal Steel company, National Steel compa ny, American Steel and Wire Com pany of New Jersey, National Tube company, Shelby. Eteel Tube compa ny, American; Sheet and Tin Plate company, American Sheet Steel com pany, American Steel Hoop company, American Bridge company, Lake Sa perior Consolidated Iron Mines, aU of which were organized under the New Jersey laws, and the H. C. Frick; Coke company, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company and the Great Western Mining company are named as corporate defendants. Louis W. HiHrIames J. Hill, Walter J. Hill, E. T. Nichols and J. H. Gru ber are named ast trustees in connec tion with ore companies. The steel corporation's lease of the Great Northern railway's ore proper ties is alleged to be' illegal. New York. Steel corporation secur ities slumped, badly on the stock ex change as a result of the Federal suit to dissolve the ' "billion dollar", steel combine; There was an outpouring of ; steel stocks, throughout the day, and the commonsold down to 50, a new record point 'for several, years. The preferred was also weak, selling down to 103, a loss' of '5 3-8. Other stocks were weak in sympathy. The entire force of deputies under United States Marshal Henkel was put at the disposal of the government to finish the task of serving copies of the bill of equity in the Federal suit to dissolve the United States Steel corporation ' upon officers and directors of the alleged trust, resid ing here. J. P. Morgan 'and E. H. Cary receiv ed service, -but 'thirteen others re mained to be served In this neigh borhood. According to a statement given outs at the office of the United St aciVv shal in Trenton, y -'tJ ""l1. this service followed defenda Trontrt r -ia wahe Stee ,rJ GdBEIST 7

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