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PLYMOUTH, N; C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1911
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NORTH GARQLINA
DRAINAGE MEETING
STATE ASSOCIATION DECIDES TO
HOLD NEXT CONVENTION IN
RALEIGH.
NEW OFFICERS ARE .ELECTtt)
Feature of Meeting Wat Address By
Cougressman Small Important
Resolutions Asking For Establish
ment of Chair of Drainage.
Raleigh. A special from Elizabeth
City states that the fourth annual con
vention of the North Carolina Drain
age Association has adjourned. Ral
eigh was selected as the meeting place
for the next convention. Dr. Joseph
Hyde Pratt of Chapel Hill was elect
ed president and treasurer, succeed
ing Joseph A. Brown of Columbus
and George R. Boyd of Wilson was
elected secretary to succeed Dr. Pratt
vice presidents were elected, one
from each county which has become
interested in drainage.
Delegates left over the Norfolk
Southern Railroad on a special train
for Moyock, where drainage opera'
tions and results will be , inspected
Prominent Moyock citizens accompa
nied the delegates and officers from
this city.
The feature of the meeting was
strong address by Congressman John
H. Small on difficulties encountered
la preliminary drainage movements
and their remedies. Important reso
lutions were adopted, urging the Gen
eral Assembly to effect appropriate
legislation authorizing the state geo
logical and economic survey to em
ploy one or more competent drainage
engineers and to appropriate a suffi
cient sum for their compensation and
expenses, not less than $60,000; re
questing the trustees, president and
faculty of the University of North Car
olina, and the Agricultural & Mechan
ical College at Raleigh to establish
a chair for instruction in drainage en
gineering; and earnestly requesting
the state department of, agriculture
to establish one, and if possible, sev
eral test or demonstrattion farms.
Trunk Line From Troy To Charlotte.
Unofficial, but what is considered
as reliable information reached Troy
that a deal was affected -in Aberdeen
to which the Seaboard Air Line Rail
road Company becomes the owner of
the entire holdings of the Aberdeen
and Asheboro Railway Company. The
lines of this road extend from Aber
deen to Asheboro, from Pinehurst to
Carthage, from Candor to Ellerbe,
f?om Biscoe to Mount Gilead. The
Durham and Charlotte Railway Com
pany having recently made sale of its
line of railway leading from Colon'
by way of Gulf to Troy, it is now al
most practically certain that a trunk
line will be built by way of Troy To
Charlotte.
Begin Medical Inspection.
By the suggestion of the state board
of health and through the action of
the school directors at their recent
meeting, the physicians of High
Point commenced their medical in
spection of the pupils of the different
grades this week. Upon the examina
tion of each pupil, a slip will be
. filled out, signed by the examiner,
and sent to tbe parents of the child
examined. By this work, which is
carried out systematically and under
the supervision of the hygiene com
mittee, it ia possible to give. to the
parents the physical status of each
child.
Stricken With Heart Failure.
A Wake county farmer brought the
news of the death of Edwin Yates, a
farmer who was found dead near Mor
risville. He had been working for
Walter Surles and was chopping wood.
He was missed and when discovered
was "dead with maul and wedge near
him. There were some slight bruises
about his shoulders, But these did not
indicate that he had been violently
dealt with. He was evidently stricken
with heart failure and this was the
verdict of the coroner.
Inspecting Near Beer Saloons.
The police of Wilmington are busy
now, making inspections of near beer
saloons and other suspicious places
under authority of an ordinance
which became effective in the. sum
mer. The biggest find yet made was
that of Mr. John Wade's place, cor
ner Sixth and Brunswick streets,
which was searched. They found at
his place 149 gallons of whiskey and
about 900 bottles of beer. There
were two barrels of bulk goods, one
containing 45 gallons of corn whis-.
key and the other 45 gallons of gin.
ARE TO HOLD A CONVENTION
Depletion of the Commercial Fish Has
Become So Serious That Some Im
mediate Action Is Necessary.
New Bern. In view of the con
tinued depletion of the commercial
fishes of North Carolina and the in
adequate laws now on our statute
books to meet the per cent of condi
tlon; and in view of the general in
difference of one county toward an
i vther 6r the state as a whole, it has
been decided by the North Carolina
Geological and Economic Survey, the
North Carolina Fish Commission and
the North Carolina Oyster Commis
sion to hold a convention of the
fishermen and others interested in
the fishing industry of North Caro
lina. This convention is to be held
in New Bern on December 13 and 14,
and it is hoped to have men as dele
gates representing the commercial
fisheries on the sea-coast and tide
water North Carolina, and that the
convention will result in harmonizing
the various individual interests along
the coast so that the good of the
state as a whole will be served ra
ther than some particular section.
The main purpose of the convention
is to discuss the report submitted by
the Fish committee appointed by the
Legislature of 1909. This report,
which was made to the Legislature
of 1911 in the form of a bill, was
discussed by the joint Fish Commit
tee of the House and the Senate for
nearly thirty days; and finally a
substitute bill was reported by these
committees and from the appropria
tion committee, which was approved
by the legislative Fish Committee of
1909, passed by the House, but de
feated in the Senate on account of
Senatorial courtesy. This action of
the Senate show that the Senators
had not considered the question from
the standing of the state at large
and too many of them believed it to
be purely a local question.
Cumberland Commissioners Enjoined.
The last legislature passed an ac
transferring a part . of Black River
township, Cumberland county, to
Harnett county. Citizens of the ter
ritory proposed to be annexed ob
jected to such proceeding, so the mat
ter was carried by the county com
missioners before Judge H. W. Whed
bee at the October term of superior
court. Cumberland county was rep
resented by Q. K. Nimocks-) county
attorney, and V. C. BuHard and New
ton, Herring & Oates appeared for
citizens of Black River township.
while J. C. Clifford of Dunn, appeared
for Harnett. Judge Wrhedbee's order
in part follows: "It is hereby or
dered, adjudegd and decreed by the
court that the Commissioners of
Cumberland county be, and tbo,y are
hereby permanently restrained and
enjoined from collecting the taxes at
tempted to be levied by said board
and from exercising any authority or
jurisdiction over the persons and
property of said .territory so added
to the county of Harnett by said
Act."
A Very Mysterious Accident. :
A mysterious tragedy, in which
Mr. James Irvin is dead, occurred
near his home at Polkville. Mr. Irvin
was a progressive farmer and was in
the wocds with his wagon, hauling
leaves for the stable. He came home
riding on the wagon in an uncon
scious condition his skull being
crushed. For some time it was'
thought thta he had been brutally at
tacked and murdered, but after an
examination of the wagon tracks it is
now thought that the hub of the wheel
lodged against a tree and .he got down
to press the small tree out. When he
did the mules jerked and caught his
head between the sapling and the
wheel.
Room At State Hospital Increased...
The room for women at the state
hospital has been increased. Thirty
have been taken from the main build
ing and placed In the three buildings
at the colony that were erected for
the working patients, as these build
ings were not put to this use. During
the past season there were raised on
the hospital farm 993 bushels, of
wheat, besides many other things.
Conditions are very good.
Caroleen. The high school term In
Caroleen will be two months longer
than last year, and the educational
spirit is icnger than ever befcro.
Authorities After A Fraud.
Wake county authorities are look
ing for a man who represented him
self to be Marcus Martin of Wendell
and attempted to put through a land
fraud that was unique and designed
to procure $1,500 fraudulently. He
came to Raleigh and had a fraudulent
deed recorded for 104 acres of land
belonging to John W. Vlck and wife,
conveying it to Marcus Martin, and
then went about trying to borrow
$1,500 on the bogus deed. When in
vestigation threatened to bring to
light this fraud lie disappear, fl.
ERED
TO
BORDER
THE UNITED STATES .GOVERN
MENT IS RESOLVED TO EN
FORCE NEUTRALITY.
REVOLUTIONISTS EXPELLED
Gen. Bernardo Reyes, Arrested at San
Antonio on Charge of Conspiracy
Against Madero.
San Antonio, Texas. Because of
the activity of alleged revolutionists
along the Texas-Mexican border, es
pecially in the vicinity of Laredo,
Troop I, Third United States cavalry,
under Capt. G. B. Conly, has been or
dered to that point for patrol duty.
The 'troop is now at Leon Springs.
Other troops may follow.
Gen. Bernardo Reyes, arrested upon
a Federal ; grand jury indictment,
charging conspiracy against a ,frlend
ly nation, appeared before United
States Commissioner Edwards and
make another bond for his appearance
at the next term of Federal court.
The general maintained his innocence
of the charge and expresses confi
dence in the outcome. His son, Ro
dolfe Reyes, left for Laredo to look
after his father's interests there.
Laredo, Tex. A fifth of a series
of arrests of prominent Mexicans
charging conspiracy against a friend
ly government was made when Juan
Meriga, formerly a captain in the
Mexican davalry, was taken into cus
tody by the United States marshals.
It is stated by United States Mar
shal Brewster that important develop
ments are expected to take place with
in the next few days,
Captain Meriga
and two Mexicans who were with him
were arrested and placed in the mil
itary guard house at Fort Mcintosh
near here.
Washington. The arrest of Gen.
Bernardo Reyes by United States au
thorities at San Antonio for violation
of the neurtality laws is exactly in
line with the policy of this govern
ment to stamp out revolutionary ac
tivities against Mexico in United
States territory, according to Secre
tary of State Knox.
"The arrest of General Reyes was
not requested by the Mexican govern
ment," said Secretary Knox. "The pol
icy of this government has not chang
ed one iota since the inauguration of
Madero. So far a.s the United States
is concerned, the situation Is identi-
?A with that existing last spring when
Madero's agents were being arrested
for violating the neutrality laws."
Austin, Texas. All revolutionists
In the vicinity of Laredo must leave
Texas within forty-eight hours, read
the specific orders of Gov. O. B. Coir
quitt of Texas to Adj. Gen. Henry
Hutchins, who is at Laredo to cope
with the situation there,
. Taft Has a Cold.
Washington. President Taft is con
fined to the white house on account
of a severe cold and has canceled all
speaking engagements for the week.
The president contracted a bad cold
shortly after his return from hia long
trip. Against the advice of his physi
cian, Major Dulaney, he filled an en
gagement at Frederick, Md., last
week, where he addressed a big
crowd. In view of his condition, Doc
tor Dulaney gave Imperative orders
that Mr. Taft must remain Indoors
for the time being.
Probing Docking Facilities.
Mobile, Ala. The beginning 'of
what is expected, to be a general in
quiry into the control by railroad com
panies of .docking, wharf ing and pier
facilities at ports on the Gullf of
Mexico and the Mississippi river was
started here by Special Examiner G.
P. Boyles for the interstate commerce
commission. Witnesses will be heard
in the case of the Mobile chamber of
commerce against the Southern and
Mobile and Ohio railroads, charging
discrimination against shippers.
Two New Battleships.
Washington. Rough plans for two
huge battleships will be laid before
congress when it convenes. The pro
jected ships are to be of 30,000 tons
displacement;-armed with ten 14-inch
rifles, each nearly 70 feet long, with
broad belts of the highest type
Central Methodist Church.
Washington. One of the handsom
est church edifices in the country is
to be erected here by the Southern
Methodiits, according to plans made
known. Work will cost $500,000,
which is to be raised by subscription.
Almost half of this $217,00-already
has been raised by Rev. George S.
Sexton, secretary of the representative
Southern church commission, who has
made a campaign through the Soutli
to raise funds. -
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U.S. SOLDIER FOR CHINA
REGIMENT WILL LEAVE MANILA
FOR PORT IN STRIKING DIS
TANCE OF PEKIN.
Line
Between Pekin and the
Will Be Kept Open by
U. S. Troops.
Sea
Washington. The statel department
has practicaly decided to jsend a reg
iment of troops from Manila to Chin-
wingtao, a seaport-iiChina, about 250
miles from Pekin on the Gulf of Pe
chili. The purpose is to perform an
international duty under the Boxer
treaty in keeping open the line of
communication between Pekin and
the sea.
It was said at the state department
that request for the troops has not
yet been made on the war department,
but it was momentarily expected. The
officials were careful to make it ap
pear that the dispatch of these troops
to China would be absolutely without
any political meaning and the move
ment was not to be construed as in
tervention.
Under the treaty which terminated
the Boxer troubles the United States,
with other powers, was accorded the
privilege of maintaining a military
force along the line of railway be
tween Pekin and the sea in order to
guard against such an event as the
siege of the legations during the Box
er uprising.
Beyond the maintenance of a ma
rine guar! of one hundred men (only
recently and temporarily increased
s two hundred), the United States
has never availed itself of this permis
sion and it has fallen to the lot of
other nations, principally Great Brit
ain, France and Japan, to maintain
small garrisons along the line of the
road from Tien Tsin to Pekin. It is
felt that it is now incumbent upon the
United States to perform its part of
this duty, henco the decision to em
ploy some troops to supplement the
marine guard.
JAIL FOR HEADS OF TRUST
Law Will Imprison Big Industrial
Offenders.
Washington. "Felons' stripes" as a
punishment for "trust criminals" in
the United States, to end "commercial
piracy under benevolent 'rules of rea
son,' " are proposed in a bill amend
ing the Sherman anti-trust law draft
ed by Representative Henry of Tex
as, to be introduced in the house upon
the opening of congress next month.
Its introduction probably will mean
its passage in the house.
The bill specifically defines Just
what constitutes a trust, legislates
from the present statute the "rule of
reason" as interpreted by the Supreme
court in the Standard Oil and Tobacco
decisions and provides as punishment
for violation of the law imprisonment
from two to ten years. It will be re
ferred to the judiciary committee for
deliberation.
Representaive Henry, who has
been conferring with Representative
Clayton of Alabama, chairman of the
judiciary committee, and other Demo
cratic leaders, completed the draft of
the proposed changes in the much-discussed
statute.
"Aerial Somnlpathy," New Disease.
Pasadena, Cal. "Etherial asphyia,
or aerial somnlpathy," is what Cal
braith P. Rodgers, trans-continental av
iator, declares attacked him when he
fell near Compton, Cal., on the last
flight of his cross country trip. Fur
thermore, Rodgers asserts this is what
caused the deaths of many other avi
ators. "It lurks in the pockets of the
upper air strata," he said, "and creeps
irresistibly upon the sense of the avi-
J ator, lulling him into
iness."
unconscious-
THE BANKERS
SOUTH LEADS IN GOOD ROADS
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Gives
Out Statement About Good
Roads Work.
Washington. Speaking of the ad
vantages of good roads and of what
is being done in that direction, Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson declar
ed that nearly forty-four million dol
lars was expended during the pres
ent year for good roads in the South
ern states alone.
"Through its bureau of good roads,"
the secretary continued, "the depart
ment of agriculture has been atimu
lating the nation-wide movement for
better highways, sending out experi
enced engineers to conduct demon
stration work and a force of trained
men to give illustrated lectures.
"Reports to the department show
that the $44,000,000 spent during the
first ten months of this calendar year
was divided as follows:
"Alabama $3,484,000, Arkansas $2,
450,000, Delaware $430,000, Florida
$1,505,000, Georgia $2,500,000, Ken
tucky $2,500,000, Mississippi $3,130,
000, North Carolina, $4,505,000, Okla
homa $1,505,000, South Carolina $1,-'
100,000, Tennessee $3,900,000 Texas
$7,600,000, Virginia $4,004,000, West
Virginia $1,625,000.
"The department is co-operating
with state or local authorities in
practically every state and reports
show that over 200,000 miles of road
were built during the last twelve
months.
"Since 1904 the annual expenditures
of money for road construction in the
nation has doubled and in the South
It has more than doubled. The move
ment for good roads Is going to bene
fit the farmer in getting his products
to market expeditiously in all kinds of
weather at a reduced cost; is going to
increase the value of his lands, and
will give his children better school
facilities. Good roads will particular
ly prove beneficial to the farmer of
the South, where, apart from the sta
ple crops, the soils will produce al
most every known crop and especial
ly late winter and early spring varie
ties when transportation from farm
to railroad is rendered difficult owing
to the cut-up and rough condition of
unimproved roads.
ADVISES PROBING COTTON
U. S. Judge Charges Federal Grand
Judy to Investigate.
Savannah, Ga. r Judge Speer's
charge to the United States grand
jury was featured by his presenta
tion to that body of the present low
price of cotton and the probable
forces that are at work holding the
price down. During the course of
his charge he read an interview with
the attorney general of the United
States touching on the probable pros
ecution by the government of the cot
ton "bears" for holding the price of
cotton so low.
The judge charged that it would be
the duty of the grand jury to investi
gate such conditions, if any existed,
in the southern districts of Georgia,,
and frame thrir bills accordingly.
He charged that it would not be
necessary for any instructions to be
received from the attorney general
before that body could proceed
Harvester Trust Ousted.
Jefferson City, Mo. The Interna
tional Harvester company of America
was ousted from Missouri and fined
$50,000 by the supreme court. The
court's decision sustained the find
ings of Special Commissioner Theo
dore Brace, who reported to the court
that the company violated the com
mon and anti-trust laws of Missouri.
The effect of the decision is to pre
vent all the companies which -jtnake
up the International ccmpanyj from
conducting further business ip. the
state.
TAR GOING AFTER
THE IVIOriEY TRUST
A FEW MEN ARE ABLE TO SAV
WHERE DEVELOPMENTS MUST
NOT TAKE PLACE.
POWER BEHIND ALL TRUSTS
Bernard N. Baker Tells President How
His Plans Were Frustrated
by Monopoly..
Washington. President Taft ha
started after the scalp of the money
trust. Following a long session of
the cabinet, the president heard per
sonally the story o one man, who has
encountered ; the financial octopus,
made up of a bare handful of men.
which is alleged to exert control over
the industrial development of tha
country and has sufficient power to .
dictate precisely along what lines de
velopment shall run, and to prevent
it whenever it interferes with estab
lished organizations. The "money
trust" is held to be the giant power
behind all the individual trusts.
The president and highest cabinet
officials express deep concern over the
situation. The evidence already in
the hands of the president is expected
to lead to a most thorough investiga
tion, possible criminal prosecutions
and gigantic reforms in the nation's
financial situation.
More important still, it may lead to
the establishment of government
steamship lines.
President Taft heard the story of
how this giant force in the financial
world has frustrated the plans of an
independent steamship company that
was to operate between the two
coasts -upon the completion of tha
Panama canal. The story was. told
by Bernard N. Baker of Baltimore,
formerly president of the Atlantic
Transport company, which sold out
to the International Mercantile Ma
rine company, a Morgan concern.
Mr. Baker has been endeavoring to
finance an Independent company free
from all railroad entanglements to
make practical the cheap rates for
transportation which the Panama ca
nal is in large part Intended to pro
vide. The flotation of the enterprise,
which had the support of President
Roosevelt and of the white house in
cumbent, has been abandoned, -be
cause Mr. Baker found that influences
controlling the banks made it impos
sible to finance a scheme that would
compete with existing trans-continental
transportation agencies.
IS ROOSEVELT A CANDIDATE?
New York World Thinks Ex-President
Wants Republican Nomination.
New York. That Theodore Roose
velt is again a candidate for the pres
idency and that his editorial in The
Outlook declaring that business condi
tions in this country are chaotic as a
result of the present administration's
policy, is bis formal declaration of
that fact, is declared editorially by
The World. Other newspapers maka
strong comment on the editorial.
The World, under the caption, "Is
Roosevelt Morgan's Candidate?" de
clares that Mr. Roosevelt "presents
Wall street's resentment against Mr.
Taft more forcefully and coherently
than Wall street itself has been able
to do," and adds:
"Less than a week ago, when Mr.
Roosevelt gracefully accepted William
Burns, Jr., as boss of the Republican
party in New York, The World asked
if he were not again a candidate for
president. The Outlook article may be
accepted as a full and complete an
swer. Mr. Roosevelt is palpably a can
didate and his extraordinary political
genius has set for itself the task of
bringing about a coalition between the
anti-Taft Progressives in the West
and the anti-Taft plutocrats in Wall
street. Of thi3 coalition he expects to
be the beneficiary. Mr. Roosevelt Is
not given to disinterested political ef
fort." Branding the editorial as "flapdoo
dle," The Herald editorially remarks:'
"The difficulty in which Mr. Roose
velt is Involved and, believe us, It la
a difficulty is that he has been nam
ed as a co-respondent in the governv
ment's suit to divorce the steel corpo
ration and Tennessee Iron,
Cotton Receipts Break Records.
Savannah. The receipts of cotton
at the port of Savannah reached the
1,000,000 mark earliest in the history
of the local cotton exchange, and tlsor
oughly in keeping with the record
breaking y'j-r in the history of the
port. If is also well within the range
of the possibility cf Savannah to nosa
out New Orleans as the second cot
ton port. The fact is now recognized
and the statistics cf the two ports
ia the race for supremacy are betas;
watched with interest.