North Carolina Newspapers

FIRST MESSAGE II WILSON WASTES FEW WORDS IN TELLING CONGRESS WHAT IT SHOULD DO. TARIFF REVISION HIS TOPIC President Say the Schedules Mutt Be Radically Changed to Square With Present Conditions, but Work Re quires Careful Consideration. "Washington, April S. President Wilson's first message to-the Sixty third congress, assembled in extraor dinary session, was read in the senate and house today. It was surprising ly short, being In full as follows: To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives: I have called the congress together In extraordinary session because a duty was laid upon the party now in power at the recent elections which it ought to perform promptly, in order that the burden carried by the people under existing law may be lightened us soon as possible and in order, also, that the business interests of the country may not be kept too long in suspense as to what the fiscal changes are to be to which they will-be re quired to adjust themselves. It i clear to the whole country that the tariff duties must be altered. They must be changed to meet the radical altera t!on in the conditions of our ecnomlc life which ther country has witnessed within the last generation. While the whole face and method of our industrial and commercial life were being changed beyond recogni tion the tariff schedules have re mained what they were before the change began, or. have moved in the direction they were given when no large circumstance of our industrial development was what It i3 today. Our task is to square them with the actual facts. The sooner that is dot3 the sooner we shall escape from suf fering from the facts and the sooner our men of business will be free to thrive by, the law of nature (the na ture of free business) instead of by i the law of legislation and artificial ar rangement. f Business Not Normal. We have seen tariff legislation wander very far afield in our day very far indeed from the field in which our prosperity might have had a nor mal growth and stimulation. No one who looks the facts squarely in the face or knows anything that lies be neath the surface of action can fail to perceive the principles upon which recent tariff legislation has been based. We long ago passed beyond the modest notion of "protecting" the industries of the country and moved boldly forward to the idea that they were entitled to the direct patronage of the government. For a long time a time so long that the men now active in public policy hardly remember the conditions- that preceded it we have sought in our tariff schedules to give each group of manufacturers or pro ducers what they themselves thought that they needed in order to maintain a practically exclusive market as against the rest of the world. Consciously or unconsciously, we have built. up a set of privileges 'and exemptions from competition be hind which it was easy by any, even the crudest, forms of combination to organize monopoly; until at last noth ing is normal, nothing is obliged to stand the "tests of efficiency and econ omy, in our world of big business, but everything 'thrives by concerted ar rangement. Only new principles of action will save us from a final hard crystallization of monopoly and a complete loss of the influences that quicken enterprise and keep inde pendent energy alive. . It is. plain what those principles must be. We must abolish everything that bears even the semblance of priv ilege or of any kind of artificial ad vantage, and put our business men and producers under the stimulation of a constant necessity to be efficient, economical, and enterprising, masters of competitive supremacy, better workers and merchants than any in the world. Aside from the duties laid upon articles which we do not, and probably cannot, produce, therefore, and the duties laid upon luxuries and merely for the sake of the revenues they yield, the object or the tariff du ties henceforth laid must be effective competition, the whetting of Ameri can wits by contest with the wits of '4 he rest of the world. Development, Not Revolution. It would be unwise o move toward this end headlong, with reckless haste, or with strokes that cut at the very roots of what has" grown up amongst us by long process and at our own invitation. It does not alter a thing to upset It and break it and deprive it of a chance to change. It destroys It. We must make changes In our fiscal laws, in our fiscal system, whose object is development, a more ' free and wholesome development, not revclutlon'or upset or confusion. "We " Woman In New Sphere. Oporto, is the only city in Portugal that can boast of having a feminine health inspector, a woman having bt en appointed by the government to a subiEspectorship In the department of public health. Another striking ap pointment by the-government comes ;b the selection of a well-known w..,i..ia scholar to a professorship in o','.!,.ary at the Universities of Colm s'sl r.nd Lisbon. The lady professor :, (t f stion has been appointed to fill V r clia!r la Germanic philosophy. must build up trde, especially for eign trade. We need the outlet nd the enlarged field of energy mor than we ever did before. We nsuat build up Industry as well and must adopt freedom In the place or arti ficial stimulation only so far as It wIU build, not pull down. . In dealing with the tariff the method by-which thJ may be done will be a matter of judg ment, exercised Item by Item. To some not accustomed to the ex citements and responsibilities of greater freedom our methods may la some respects and at some points seem heroic, but remedies may be heroic and yet be remedies. It is our business to make sure that they are genuine remedies. Our object Is clear. If our motive is above just challenge and only an occasional error of judg ment is chargeable against us, we shall be. fortunate. We are called upon to render th country a great service in more mat ters than one. Our responsibility should be met and our methods should be thorough, as thorough as moderate and well considered, based upon the facts as they are, and not worked out as if we were beginners. We are to deal with the facts of our own day, with the facts of no other, and to make la ws. which Bquare with those facts. . It is best, indeed it Is neces sary, to begin witli the tariff. I will urge nothing upon you now at the opening of your session which can ob scure that first object or divert our energies from that clearly defined duty. At a later time I may take the liberty of calling your attention to re forms which should press close upon the heels of the tariff changes, if not accompany them, of which the chief is the reform of our banking and cur rency laws; but just now I refrain. For the present, I put, these matters on one side and think only of this one thing of the changes in our fiscal system which may best serve to open once more the free channels of pros perity to a great people whom we would serve to the utmost and throughout both rank and file. , , WOODROW WILSON. The White House, April 8, 1913. FAMILY NAMES OF ROYALTY Royat Personages Descended Mostly From Counts, Existing Long Be fore Surnames Came Into Use. The royal families of Europe bTs not generally a ' surname because mostly (unlike the English houses of Stuart and Tudor, which were the re spective surnames of the first king of each house before he ascended the throne) they are descended In the male line from- some territorial counts existing long previous to the period in which the somewhat mod ern custom of surnames prevailed. King Georoge V derives in the mala line from the ancients counts of "Wet- tin (flourishing in the tenth century), afterwards electors of Saxony, dukea of Saxe. Coburg, Gotha, etc. Ilia an cestors in the male line were of the house of Este, on'e of whom, Azo oi Este, married early in the tenth cen tury the daughter and heiress ol Guelph, duke of Bavaria, from which match , sprang in the male line- the dukes of Brunswick-Lunenburg, after wards electors of Hanover,- and kings of Great Britain. The members of the royal family are described by their princely titles in proceedings in the house of lords, and no allusion is made to any surname for In stance, they sign the test roll merely by their personal or Christian name, and we know nothing of any surname which appertained by right or by usage, to her late majesty, Queen Vic toria, or to his majesty King George V. Bermuda Fish. At the market during a recent week many handsome fish were to be seen, several of them taken by American tourists, and afterward presented to the fisherman who "took them out. Large amber-jacks and bonitoes, splen did game fish and chubs, as plucky and "fighty" a fish as ever took bait, were well represented. Among the others seen on the mar ket hooks and elsewhere were blue fish, yellowtails, red snappers, gray snappers, butterflsh, gags, hamlets, "hines," salmon and black rockSsh, porgies and red rockfiBh. "Nigger fish," the long ago despised -finny midget, has been metamorphosed to the now much sought after "choicest of the choice" of sea delicacies, the "butter fish." Bermuda Colonists. "Soft" Job for Constable. Pension are not the only things com- manded and forgotten. An lnquisitivo member of the British house of com mons was struck one day by the pres ence of a policeman in one of tho lob bies. He wondered why this particu lar lobby should always have a gear- dian strolling up and down, and made inquiries. The records of the house were searched and it was found tbat 50 years previously, when the lobby was being decorated, a policeman bad been stationed there to keep members from soiling their clothes. The order never having been countermanded, the constable had kept his beat for half a century. , Keeping Mind In Condition. No mind 13 first class that fssnot continually reading books and con versing with men that require an ef fort to be understood. The novel- soaked intellect, gormandizing upon easy reading, grows flabby. Of the "Bacchae" of Euripides. A thing never to be done again, scarcely to be understood, recognised as the last witness to a beauty of which the secret was lost and the an cient mold broken. Gilbert Murray. DESIGN CHOSEN FOfiJOJifll COLONEL HORNE'S GIFT TO THE CONFEDERATE WOMEN OF WORTH CAROLINA. TO COST MORE THAN $10,000 The Committee and the Donor Agree ort Design Which Is Something New in Art. Is the Work of a Great ' -Artist. Italeigh. Tho design for the monu ment to the Confederate women, giv en by Colonel Ashley Home, at a cost of more than $10,000 has been accepted. This was done recently when the monument committee met with Colo nel florae, the desiguer. A story of this meeting was written that night but an accident befell it in the tube transit. The design is known . as the one- third size and is the work of Augustus Lukeman, the famous New York sculptor, it represents a woman of the Confederacy, whom Colonel -Home regards the bravest of all who were touched by war, sitting , with a book in her lap and reading to her grand son the . heroic story of, that tragic four years. Its story will be com plete, as reliefs will show the sol diers leaving for battle fcnd their return in starved condition, garments torn, government gone and hope al most dead. It is to be the work of a great ar tist. Mr. Lukeman is one of the most noted of sculptors. And the story of the heroism of Confederate women appeals greatiy to his artistic mind. He will write in stone the inspiration that the children will find in the re telling of the history of Confederate day. Colonel Home's personal gift is the first monument to the women of the Confederacy. If everything goes well it will be placed on the capital lawn within another year. It will be situ ated near the main entrance of the new state bouse, and will adorn the southwest section of the square. On the committee atending the meeting here were Maj. 11. A. Loudon, Pitts- boro. Senator J. A. Long, of Roxboro,. chairman of the committee; Col. J Bryan Grimes and R. D. W. Connor, of Italeigh. Mrs. F. M. Williams, of Newton, president of the U. I). C, of North Carolina, is on the committee ?ut could not be here. Durham To Coast Railroad Project. Traversing the state, entering at a point north of Durham and using the Norfolk and Western branch line be tween Lynchburg and Durham, it is expected that within the coming eigh teen months North Carolina will see the greatest activity in railroad build ing in many years, when that com pany will build from Durham through to a coast terminal, probably at Capo Lookout or Swansboro, though it is thought from the direction that the company is purchasing right of way that the road will probably ter minate at Swansboro. Stopped Sale of Lawn' Seed. The state department of agrieul ture sent an Inspector to the Five and Ten Cent Store at Raleigh to stop the sale of "Standard Lawn Seed" on sale. Not only had the seed company not paid its annual license tax for the sale of needs in the state, hut the quality of the seed, according to the department fcotani3t, Miss I. O. Till man, is very much below the stand ard fixed by the North Carolina pure seed law. John C. Stanard Convicted. The state, department of insurance has procured the conviction of John (;. Stanard for solictiug business for the Empire Security. Co., of .Birming ham and Richmond without a North Carolina license and after the com missioner of insurance in this state had refused to. license the company: He was arrested and convicted at High Point, sentence of six months in jail being imposed. Small Damage Done By Frost. Ileports received by The Carolina Fruit & Truckers' Journal of Wilming ton from a large number of truck shipping points in this section of the Rtate indicate that the frost and the cold wave several days ago did not do more than five per , cent damage at any point to strawberries. As t mater of fact the damage was so slight as to practically amount to nothing. A few beans were nipped, and such other vegetables as were up were hurt more or less, but upon the whole the damage was insignificant. Charged. With Box Car Breaking. Charged with breaking into a bor car of the Southern Railway at Spen cer Easter Monday night. John M. Freeman was given a hearing before Justice C. E, Feaperman and W. L. Ray of Spencer. He was bound over to court, and In default of . bond was held by Sheriff McKenzie. Four bar rels of whiskey taken from the car were recovered near the home of Freeman. John Kerns, colored, in whose barn two of the barrels were found, was bound over on a charge if concealing the goods. THE HOOKWORM CAMPAIGN Makes Much Progress For Three Months Ending March 31, 25,472 Persons Were Treated. ; Raleigh. -The quarterly report for the state campaign against hookworm diseases shows that for the three months ending ' March 31, state and county dispensaries for the free exam: ination and free treatment of hook worm disease were conducted in 12 counties; that 35,472 persons were microscopically examined for hook worm disease; and that 10,784 persons received free treatment for the disease. Counting the work previously reported there have been examined to date, in the state 216,616 persons, and 122,656 persons treated. Work was conducted during the past three months In the following counties: 1'amilco, Tyrrell, Washington, , Union, Montgomery, Hoke, Moore, Henderson, Camden and Currituck. - . Sixty-five counties have now had the dispensary work, and six addition al counties have provided for it, mak ing a total of 71 counties. Five coun ties have provided for a second round of dispensary work. Campaigns are now opening In Beaufort (second round), Mecklenburg, Perquimans and Forsyth counties. Dr. II. L. Sloan, a native of Samp son County, an A. B. graduate of the University of North Carolina and a medical graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, has entered the services of the State Board of Health as as sistant directors of the hookworm campaign to succeed Dr. C. F. Strosni der, resigned. Says Commission is O. K. The Corporation Commission receiv ed from Hon. Judson C. Clements of the Interstate Commerce Commission a letter in which he Insists that he in no way reflected on the Corporation Commission in any conversation with Secretary Forester of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, as he was re ported to have done in a Washington special, giving a statement by Mr. Forester about his appearance before the Interstate Commission. Judge Clements reviews the incidents and his conversations with Mr. Forester, s'aying that he did tell him, in dispar aging the need Of further argument by Forester, that the North Carolina Commission had attended the argu ments three days and concluded not to participate therein, saying this npt in any criticism of the commission, but as affording an Inference that they, representing the interest of Carolina communities and shippers, had hot, under all the circumstances,' deemed it necessary at the time to participate in these arguments. Plans Catawba County Caravan. The farm demonstration commis sioner for Catawba has an idea in mind that, if put into practice, as he is planning to do this fall,, will mean much for the farmers of the county. His idea now is to start a farm cara van through the county conducted on the same manner as agricultural cars carried over the country on the rail road. A number of prominent speak ers will accompany the outfit, which consists of all the different farm pro ducts grown in the county, several of the best breeds of live stock, the dif ferent kinds of soils and anything that can be used as an illustration to wards better farming. The best ways of breeding and caring for stock, se lecting of seeds and preparing land for their reception,--and studying the diuerent toils will all be discussed in meetings held at the public school houses. Catawba farmers have never been awakened as they have been during the past year. The institution of this new office has done wonders. North Carolina New Enterprises. The A. & B. Moving Picture Supply Company, Raleigh, was chartered with $25,000 capital authorized and $300 Bubscirbed by B. S. Aronson, O. R. Browne and others for originating moving picture films, handling sup plies and conducting "movie" thea ters, park3 and other amusement places. Other charters are to Jones & Gentry Co., Winston-Salem, capital $25,000 authorized," and $5,000 sub scribed by J. A. Jones, J. J. Gentry and others, for a shoe business; the B. F. Carpenter Sons Company, Stan ley, Gaston County, capital $50,000 authorized and $5,600 subscribed. Road Building In Lenoir. The road-building campaign in Le noir county will be started about April 20th, and in twelve months this county promises to have the best sys tem of sand-clay highways in the east. About 125 ihile of the nearly 800 miles of roadways in Lenoir will be improved during the first year, at a cost of about $50,000. The $37,250 recently realized from the sales of the county's holdings in the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad to E. C, Duncan will be utilized for this pur pose. Governor Issues Commission. Governor Craig issued a commis sion to Lieut. Gov. E. L. Daughtridge as a member on the part of North Carolina of the American commission for the investigation of the co-operative (system of agricultural produc tion and distribution in European countries, the rural credits system of Europe. Mr. Daughtridge will sail with the other members of the Ameri can commission. The governor com missioned John Sprunt Hill of Dftrham as a member of this commission. Both will bear their own expenses. CIRCUIT ARRANGED STATE SECRETARIES MEET AND PLAN FOR HOLDING EXPOSI TIONS THIS fall; OTHER STATES REPRESENTED The Meeting Was Held in Greensboro Several Days Ago. Mr. T. M. Ar rowsmith is Re-elected Secretary of the Carolina-Virginia Circuit. Raleigh. The secretaries of the va rious fair associations -of North Caro lina met in Greensboro, and arranged the. dates and the circuit for this state during the fall of 1913.' . South Carolina sent a repersenta tive, but Georgia did not make her dates. There is a sort of tentative schedule by which thdates'in some of the cities farther South may be kept in mind. Secretaries G. E. Webb, of Winston Salem; Garland Daniels, of Greens boro; Josepn E. Pogue, of Raleigh; Edgard B. Moore, of Charlotte, and Paul V. Moore, of Spartanburg, S. C, were present. They set September 30 to October 3 'for Winston-Salem; . Oc tober 14 to .18 for-Greensboro; Octo ber 20 to 25 for Raleigh; October 28 to 31 for Charlotte, and November 2 to 5 for Spartanburg, Richmond hav ing the advantage ' in supplying the missing link between Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Macon, Ga.," may fol low Spartanburg. T. M. Arrowsmith, who has been the efficient secretary for the Virginia Carolina clrcuk of fairs for several years, was re-elected. He was chosen again for his universally acceptable service. Locally, Col. Pogue declares the outlook most promising. Large purses are soon to be announced. No pros pect has been so good at this distance from the fair. And Fayetteville is to follow Raleigh, as she did last year, with a big exhibition. Two Banks Closed By State. Raleigh. The Banlr of Angier, Hatv nett county, and the Bank of Maccles field. Edgecombe county, were ordered closed by the corporation commission." The bank examiner, S. A. Hubbard. and his assistant, H. D. Bateman, went over the affairs of the two institutions ,nd issued statements to the commis sion upon which it gave the order for the closing. The order had hardly been made before Ecto H. Smith and C. H. Bowalds, president and secretary- treasuerr of the State s Trust company : appeared before the commission per sonally and asked to. be allowed to re habilitate the bank's and open them again. To Entertain Governor Craig. Charlotte. At a special meeting o1 the Board of Directors of the Greater Charlotte Club details of the plans, for the entertainment of Governor Locke Craig and the members of the special Freight Rate Commission appointed by the Governor under the special act of the past General Assembly were ap proved. The board was met by a spe cial committee composed of Mr. W. R. Foreman, Mr. E. R. Preston and Mr. C. O. Kuester representing the Char lotte Shippers and Manufacturers' As sociation. Body of Man Found in Creek. Matthews. Wrillis Ennls was found dead in Four Mile Creek, near here, by L. M. Martin. Mr. Ennis sometimes had attacks of epilepsy, andjt is sup posed that he was sitting on the creek bank fishing when seized with one of these attacks and -fell into the creek. Mr. Ennis left home several days" ago and had not been seen until found by Mr. Martin. He was a young man about 25 years of age and lived with his father, Mr. Joe Ennis. Sucervisor of Elementary Schools. I Washington. At a meeting of the Board of School-Trustees, held in the school building in this city recently, Supt. N. C. Newbold tendered his resignation to the board, the same-tr take effect at the end of his term of office, June 30. Mr. Newbold has ac cepted the office of State Supervisor of Elementary Schools. Thieves In Newland and Vicinity. Newland. From indications it would seem that a band of postoflice robbers are operating in Avery and Mitchell counties. The postoffice at this place was broken open and robbed of $116 in stamps and about $3 in cash. . A small store in the village was alsc entered but nothing was missed but about 30 pennies, taken from the cash drawer. Just a few niints pre vious the store of W. S. Daniels at Vale, in whi"h is located the postoflice was entered, stamps and money be ing taken. Declaimers' Contest a Tie. Oxford. The fourth competitive de claimers' contest between Co. A and Co. B, of Horner School, took place in the barracks. Co. A was represented by Cadet C. A. Holding, of Wake county, and Edward B. Ballou, of Ox ford. Co. B was represented by Areh Cottingfon, of Charlotte, and G. C Dixon, of Aurora. ' There were four judges and the vote was a tie between Coltington and Holding. Col. J. C. Horner decided to have the two speak again before other judges, as the de clamations were very fine. CAR AND DEPOT THIEVES Will Find Operations More Difficult as Result of Bill of Virginia Rep resentative. Washington, D. C Car and depot thieves will find their, operations in the future more difficult than in 'the past and will -have to face prosecution in the Federal courts -as- wellt as be fore state tribunals as the result of the bill introduced by Repreaentat tive C. C. Carlin, of Alexandria, Vaj( passed by both houses of congress, and approved by he president. This act Imposes a maximum fine of $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than ten years for any person convicted of unlawfully breaking into any rail way car containiHg interstate or for eign shipments of freight or express, or of stealfng or obtaining by fraud or deception from any car, depot, plat form, vessel, or wharf anf freight, express or baggage . which consti tutes or is a part of any interstate or foreign shipment: While the Carlin Act in no way in fringes, on the jurisdiction of the state courts, it puts the whole power, of the Federal Department of Justice behind the detection and prosecution of persons guilty of stealing from cars or depots, since it will be practically impossible for thieve fo distinguish between intrastate" and interstate shipments. It is confidentially , ex pected that this law will have a now-, erful effect in breaking up thefts of this character .which not only in volves a serious loss to the railways anad causes great inconvenience to shippers and travelers but are a con stant menace to railway employees and the traveling public since it is notorious that car thieves do not hes itate to interfere with trains or resort to other expedients to serve their own purposes, regardless of the con sequences. , ; Train Plunged Through Open Switch. Rheumatism Caused by Germ. Chicago. That rheumatism is caus ed by a germ was announced re cently by Dr. Edward C. Rosenow, of Rush Medical College, who also as serted he has discovered the identity of the hitherto unknown bacteria. Dr. Rosenow made known his discovery for the first time to the staff of the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute," to whom he described his research work. He said it had been carried on by ex periments wij;h rabbits into which he injected rheumatic germs taken from human beings. Dr. Rosenow found the tonsils of several patients were inflamed. He injected bacteria from tonsils into rabbits and the identical symptoms developed. There is noth ing to indicate the disease," may be transmitted through air, said Dr. Ros enow, and it . is believed the germs lurk in food and first lodge in the -tonsils. Dr. Rosenow's discoveries will be the basis for experimental work in search' for a cure for rheumatism. Poincare Shows Democracy Too. Paris. Not to be outdone by Presi dent Wilson, President Poincare of France has issued instructions which mark him as the most democratic president France has ever had. When he is making his way through - the streets of Paris, he commands his automobile must take its chances with other vehicles, stopping when the others stop at crossings, going on whenthey go. The only time when he will permit traffic to be interrupted for his benefit will be upon state oc casions, formal parade and the like. During the regime of former presi dents, an armed guard, with balled car tridges in his belt, slept just outside the chief executive's bedroom door. -Poincare has done away with this cus tom. Toledo, O. Baltimore & Ohio pas senger train No. 6 crashed through an open , switch at Hoytville, demolished the station and turned turtle. Fireman Jackson of Garrett was killed, Grant. Mason, of Hoytville, who was in tho station was fatally injured, . and score of passengers were seriously in jured. Five others may die. The train "was, traveling at the rate of sixty miles an hour. Six of the seven coaches were overturned. According to Engi neer Cost there was no ewitch light to give warning. The switch was left open by the crew of a local freight train, it is alleged. "Dinner Pail" Necessitates Duty Free Washington. Raw wool .and sugar must be free of duty because they are "dinner necessities:" This is the dic tum of President Wilson. He out lined Iris views to three senators Thompson of Kansas, Walsh of Colo rado and Myers of Montana, who are against this administration tariff view. The president told the trio that he .will insist that the congress place raw wool on the free list imme diately and sugar within three years. He will veto any tariff bill not in ac cordance with this idea. Reluctant to Recognize China. Washington At least one great pow er has declined to join with the United States in recognizing the new Chinese republic at this stage and there Is no reason to expect some of the other powers to take a similar attitude. No protest has been lodged against the course taken but there exists mo much doubt as to the success that will fol low the attempt of the constituent assembly to organize a complete and stable government that some of the powers deem it prudent to withhold formal recognition for the present.