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POLITICAL REFORM AND TH2 CI-Ji UtrUPDUILDINQ OF MADI30N COUNTY.
MARSHALL; F "0$V.1& AYi JANUARY 15, 1909
NO. 2.
ii n .u . iy in if
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QTILWSREPLY
Gives President Few a Prods
' of the Pitchfork.
1.1 DEMANDS AN INVESTIGATION
VTutad to Bar Xndr-Laiid Held Ua
lwf nlly Xxposed ib .Wrong and
the 2nd It Vet Gufltr f Oris.
In addressing the" Senate Monday
' Sir.; Tillman- arose to rn question of
: persona privilege declaring that for
.Tne. am time in the history of this
governments eo fa?. he bad been able
to learn, member of the Senate had
e'en Aronght.to (he bar of publie
opinion before -the Senate Itself to be
)udgedunder indietmehTvy no less a
gienon-thsn-rfbe- President of : the
Jlhiled "$trftaa.Th,manner of dome
at, he "wSd.taifth tbo aftimous and xeal
displayed by. the Chief Executive were
, "worthy of consideration.
The "6ona tor limited . his scathing of
tho President being .warned by his
jphywoimn ugainst overexertion. He
:. y v ". " . to '
'Owe ef the truest and best senti
ments in English literature : is this
from Tennyson ? Soiling . another
'will never make one's self clean. v
.'fLater on in this session it is my
purpose to devote sOme time to bring
ing Theodore Roosevelt face, to faee
with his true self and let the people
' oi uniiea Diaies see wnat enarae
ter of man they have been so bowed
, down to. , For . the present I content
myself with applying to him this quo
tation from Spencer 's ' Fair Queen : i
X ' 'He rages ' throughout the whole
V world, neither is there any- that can
restrain him. J Of late he has grown
- especially presumptuous arid pestilent,
- ? forking at 'and biting all alike wheth
: -er they be' blameworthy or innocent
None are free from his attacks.- He
: ... -spares' -eiiii
the tie
. C ,w,Jt reg
-spares 'either the . learned wit nor
post, but rends and tears
igard of person, reason- or
perBC
public
said
- Senator ..Tillman, "I havetiotwhesi-
-41 tated to criticise and comment o the
'rfflcial actions and ntteraneea of Pres-4
t ' c given him good' cause to seek revenge.
- JLwaa not ''aware that those 'darts ,of
: ,' 'mine had quivered in the Executive
- Iiide and atung him so, but the eager-
V- vnesa and intensity with which, he has
. '' presented hig case against me, his
making a precedent, when none has
xjsted before, his taking from ' the
Committee to which he has forwarded
them the papers and giving them to
the press . before ..that committee had
--oaBidered them, indicates that- Theo-
- -dote Roosevelt enjoys to the limit the
feeling of getting even with Ben Till-
' man and Jays on the "Big Stick' with
' the keenest Telish, doubtless: bejiev-,-
ing that the 'Pitchfork' has gone, out
tf business." ' -: ; ;'. - -'
He declared that the. President
' was was an adept at advertising aud
had t used the press', with smore skill
.-. than' any man in American politics.
-'Another probable reason for bis
- great haste,'4, said the South Carolina
; Senator, "wag that he sought to dis
tract attention from the action of the
, House of Representatives on Friday
v in laying part of his message on the
table, by the sensational ; accusation
vhgainst a man who has.' had long ser
; vice in theenate.--"'';'V::;-i'-:-' '''
i--" First, he promotes me to member
ship in the Ananias Club, and charges
;;- id effect that I have deliberately lied
-" to the SenatsV; -'.Vu-zl.
v.v1 "Second, he charges that I. have
exerted my official influence and work
' as a Senator for my personal benefit
alone to secure the passage of ' reso
lution and to press the Department
- r Justice to bring suit against the
corporation which " holds o much of
the public domain-' iri" the' ; West-' and.
will not . sell it to settlers under the
terms of their grants from the gov-'-
niment. ' ' ' 'I ' ' f,-:-j--..riSrw?.
.' lie has perparcd 7- his indictment
rwith consummate ability and . skill.
He is even cunning in the apparently
innocent pretense , that in making a
search through the" secret service for
- one kind of. malefactor he has 4nn
down another "arid the scae of that
. one, of such 'serious importance, that
; his sense of official obligation com
pelled him' to protnpk, action. . Mark
you, he has been in the possession of
all the facts in this case since July
' last, and men will be curious to know
- - why, if his seal was honest, he did not
, make them known then."
; As to the Oregon land affair the
Senator, says: . "It will be noted that
Ijaecused Dorr in the Senate of being
H swindler, and asked the Postoffice
Department to issue a . fraud order
arainst him. Dorr declared in -hii
Circular:, 'So sure is Senator Tillman
' of our success that he has subscribed
and "paid the necessary fees- for a
fiarter section fof himself and ten
r qifsrter section for ten of his
r urcbt relatives.' Dorr's declaration
'- that I had paid the fees is an abso
lute falsehood and the postoT.ee in
spectors, while they searched the re
cords for entiriea at Coquille and not
ed that Reederr Watkins had filed
'several hundred - applications' no
where mentioned that any had been
filed .in my name or for me. There
fore, the falsehood is proven on Dorr,
and yet the President declared, 'the
assault which Senator Tillman made
upon Mr. Dorr was, according to the
report of the inspector, a wanton as-
sauit maaeyio cover up oenaior iiu
man's wn transactions.'
"Now about the lying: My lettet
of February 15th, f which the Presi-
dnt secured a photographic copy,
antedates by four days my( statement
in the Senate that I had ot bought
any land or undertaken to buy; any,
and "the President considers this posi
tive proof of falsehoods-1 did riot say
I hid not eonsidered the purchase cf
land; I did not say I had not con
templated the purchase of land, be
cause T had done both. In my con
versation with the Attorney General
to the KMlutjeewhich 1
and whicb he Jhimself pre-
we bad rtalkecVfrver'
whole situation, I distinctly remembei
telling bim that my interest inthe
matter, had been first aroused by" my
desire to purchase some of the timber
land and that my, coming to him was
due to (be fact that I discovered, up
on investigation, that I could not buy
Hr (hrough any' agency whatsoever;
that I could not buy, it "even by law
suit, because . I was advised by very
able lawyers in the ftest, among them
the Hon. George Turner, of Washing
ton that in attacking the holders of
those land grants no one would have
any standing in. court except the
grantor, the government itself. I was
perhaps disingenuous, but a moment's
thought.. will convince any honest
minded man that as I had not signed
any papers, had not paid any money,
had taken nobody's receipt, the usual
processes by which 'one 'undertakes'
to bay land; I was speaking accurate
ly and not falsely. Everything hinges
on the meaning of the word 'under
taken' and ony use of it. Did I man
to conceil tie fact that I was anxious
to buy some of the land t "Not at all.
Did I "mean 'fonrftaekJorr as. a swin-dler-rhtn
I myself-was engaged-in a
dishonest - and dishonorable transac
tion f -That- ig what 7the ' President
wemld.herevpeople.heTifeve. Can. I be
Justly charged with falsehood when if
bad told the Senate of the Entire
transaction it Would have made "no
difference whatever while I would
have been charged with' intruding my
private affairs into a publie discus
sion t. Just what law did I break f
What wrong did I do or contemplate)
I never expected, and ' could not un
der the terms of the Jaw, as I con
strued it, get more than seven quar
ter sections for myself and . family,
one for my private secretary and one
for Mr. Lee, making nine-in all. This,
in the aggregate, would mean that I
would obtain through my activity
here,, as. the' President 's 5 charge is,
oinc quarter sections, of 1 1,440 acres
at a cost of $4,500. 'Will the Presi
dent undertake to say that I have lost
my right, to buy land because I am a
Senator f ; Can the President deny
that my activity secured the passage
of the resolution instructing the At
torney General to bring suit for the.
recovery of this land for the use of
actual settlers f 'If Harriman and
others -like him are-made to disgorge
by reason of these auits shall the fact
that Pwas endeavoring tpbuy a little
pittance of the land be used as' the
basis of a charge of "Being a liar and
corrupt Senator to be disgraced t"
After relating a long drawn, out
consideration of certain men connect
ed with, the situation through which
he abandoned the hope of obtaining
the' land he said:" $t'?',T-'
'Dorr, of whom I had never1 heard
before," rhe said, . - "was . evidently
pushing his scheme Of getting suckers
to invest land using my name, aa I
have indicated, without authority ;
because I had not paid any fees to
him or written to him of filed any ap-
plicitions. ' I, therefore, felt it incum
bent Jan meio expose the swindle in
the Senate, which I did on February
19th, and asked the postoffice author
ities to issue's fraud ordef. I press-
red the passage' 6f the joint resolution
in ine senate ana on Apm ouio n iw
came a law. March 18th I was taken
ill and on May 16th, after a partial
recuperation, I. sailed for Europe, re
turning October 21st.; i - - i ;
VI -have .not1 attempted to deceive
anybody: I. -have not told any false
hoods;. I have not broken any-law;
I have not been guilty of any immoral
conduct.'.-' I had the v right . to pur-
ehase the land if" I: could, but my
judgment told me it was unsafe as an
investment, .1 would like-to get some
of it yet , . . 1
"In conclusion, Mr. -President, I
eourt the most searching investiga
tion. Nay, I demand, it I declare
most emphatically I have- never
sought to conceal my-euorts to buy
C EOW TT, 0A1QS AXOTJT.:;
To bring this whole matter before
the pnblie eye at once let it be noted
that Senator Tillman some time a?o
in reeardi.
introduce
oared alter
Oiegon had been forfeited by lack of
compliance : with .terms of the grant
and urge that they be sold, before
looking into the matter he concluded
to make an investment himself. When
certain .investigations - were -:' being
made by the secret service men this
was discovered. . In the late troubles
between the President -and Congress
about ; the secret service; appropria
tions which the President wanted re
stored to former sufficiency and the
charges by Congress that the secret
service department was becoming of
fensively active, the President . used
strong language v which , Congress
looked upon as reflections on that
body" and demanded of the President
instances : to justify . his language.
While disavowing any intention of
discourtesy he complied so' far as to
give names that furnished the basis
of his language. Thus the east of
Senator .-Tillman - became : a part of
the justfieation of the President. "
It seems that the Senator's ; ease
was stumbled uoon While makine rU
talnWhte investigations. It is also
Metated. that certain parties who were
offended -with. Senator Tillman 'a
uiging the, sale of this Oregon" land
resorted to this method of revenge to
put the President in possession of the
facts' of Senator Tillman 's purpose to
acquire some of this land. . ' -',o.
" To add to the complication Post
master Barns has sent Senator Till
man a bill of $16.00 for postage for
a typewriter that the Senator had
franked from Trenton, S. C, to Wash
ington, it being claimed that he had
no right to send it under the -frank
ing privilege. The Senator refuses
to pay the bill on the ground that it
is the government's typewriter, tbt
he was using in the interesf of the
public and that it was the custom so
. . . - v . i m .
O ao,. ne .naying never nearu i any
rule promulgated against it
Had it . been his own private affair!
he woujd have expressed or freighted
it Senator puman. naseen accredit
ed with rigid honesty as is President
Roosevelt, the former fiery to the term
of "pitchfork" and the latter impul
sive to an unusual degree. Withal
the public will most probably pass nq
iudawent until further developments jl
Jndrs Sneer's Decision Reversed.
New- Orleans, La., SpeciafA. 'deil
tision of Vast importance to the South
and Southwest because it affects fcj.
question of "an increase in freight
rates on practically, all the railroads
in these sections was handed .down
here Wednesday by the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing
the decree of Judge Emory Speer, of
the Southern district- of Ueorgia,
which restrained the defendant rail
roads from putting the, proposed in
creased freight tariffs into effect.
1 Shaft as Fort Mahone.
Petersburg, Va., special. Pennsyl
vania is having erected on the site of
Fort Mahone, In Prince Geprge coun
tr Tnnite shaft in honor of the
. t o
members of the Third Division, Ninth
Annv Corps,, who were killed in bat
tle in front of Petersburg during the
Civil War. The shaft is 60 feet
high and is of Barre granite. It will
be unveiled in May "next, at which
time an address will be made by the
President of the United States.
The Pope Grateful to America.
Rome, Specialr-Pope Pius Sunday
received Archbishop Ireland in pn
vate farewell audience. vHis Holiness
expressed tO the archbishop his ad
miration of and gratitude to the Am
erican people for the prompt part
they are taking in aiding the earth
quake: sufferers, paying 'Amreican
always is first"- jr
The Anti-Saloon element is beseig
ing the Tennessee Legislature for a
State wide prohibition law.
" , r-; Potir States Go Dry.
State-wide prohibition ' laws went
into effect; Friday in three Southern
States, .North , Carolina,. Mississippi
and Alabama. Georgia is " the only
other State wherein statutory prohib
ition exists, the law having been in
operation one year. . ..": ; v
' Burton Named fit Senator.
Columbus,' 0..' Special' - Theodore
Burton of Cleveland was named as tht
next senator from Ohio by the Repub
lican senatorial caucus Saturday. '
, $10,000 Distributed. . (
Raleigh, Speeiaj. Th apportion
ment of :the first $Wj,0f0 among the
ibunties for, publie schools is ' just
n'ade in the Department of Education,
the basis- being. a.bout J4 . eents per
capita; .i-J v .';;
The North. Carolina Sjtate Reformar
lory . located near Coneord, is ready
low for criminals under 18 years of
They are new nuXinc buttons of
,eur sour milk. At last the holes in
Swiss cheese - ere :. accounted for,
thinla the' Agricultural Epltomlst
GtroCfia Uwmakcn
Now in Session v
JUDGE dRAHAM MADE SPEAKER
Legislators Asaembla and brgsjilie-
Got. Glenn's Mcasaga Bead lm Per-
t Raleigh, Special The General As-
iembly met on Wednesday noon, when
ins nomiuatissia made in caucus Tuest
lay night wen confirmed by election.
iVaneis D.-Winston presided, in the
ing principal felerk, presided in the
House. Chief Justice Walter dark
administered the oath of office..
'iWit the completion ef the organi-
ation uovernor Ulenn was notinea
f the readiness of the Assembly to
receive his messaga'and on Thurs
day morning when he appeared be
fore the joint session of the asseu
bly and read the message in. person.
, On the third ballot and by a vote
of 43 to 36 the Democratic caucus oi
the House Tuesday night selecteddex
Judge Augustus W. Graham, of Gran
ville, Speaker of the House, over Mr.
W. C. Dowd, of Mecklenburg. On
motion Judge Graham's nomination
was also made unanimous.
'Just forty-nine years ago Judge
Graham's father was elected Speaker
f the House by the first caucus held
in the new hall of the new Capitol.
The nomination of other officers for
the House resulted as. follows: Prin
cipal clerk, T. G. Cobb, of Morgan-
ton; reading clerk, R. M. Phillips, of
Lee county; Engrossing clerk, M D.
Kinsland, - Waynesville ; sergeant-at-
arms, George L. Kil pat rick, Lenoir.
The caucus of the Democratic mem
bers of the Senate resulted in the se
lection of Whitehead Kluttz, of Salis
bury, for president pro tem. He had
10 opposition. Other officers chosen
were: Principal clerk, A. J. Maxwell,
of Craven -county; reading clerk,
Mark Squires, of Lenoir; engrossing
clerk, W. E. Hooks, of Greenville; ser-geant-at-arm8,
R. E. Staley. of iWilk
esboro: assistant Nick Dobey, of Ral
igh. Senator J. A. Long, of Person,
. . i ' p 1 1 n l .
wqs maae cnairman oi me cenau
caucus and J. L. Barham, of Wayne
eounty, secretarv.
A Joint resolution was offered in
the House by Perry, of Vance, ex
tending profound sympathy to tht
King and Queen of Italy and theii
subjects and appropriating $5,000 foi
the relief of the sufferers of the earth
quake. This was referred to the com
mittee on finance to be approved.
The Senate on Friday pass
ed , two separate bills increas
ing the . salarg of the governor
from' $4,000 to. $6,000 and the Com
missioner of Labor and Printing to
$2,500. There was no opposition to
the bills along party lines. Senatoi
Emple of New Hanover, favored
$7:500 for the Governor's salary.
Representative Morton of New
Hanover, had his protest filed on the
journal in opposition to the Gover
nor's reading his message in person,
v Speaker Graham is remarkable foi
the number of old Confederate, chieflj
from the Home, that he employs at
laborers about the Senate chanjber.
He is himself a veteran.. '
The Lerfslative committee fixed up
on 1 p. mXnext Tuesday for inaugu
rating Governor Kitchen. The Wood
men of the World band, of Concord.
has been selected for 'the occasion.
The -cadets of the A. and M. College
are named to participate. .' ' '
The day was largely consnmed,
committee work, after a short sessios
in which committees were named. - r
No Increase Jn Governor's Salary
'- In the Senate a bill was introduced
relating to supernumerary judge, pro
viding tTne Who. shall be. available foi
special terms and to supply for an j
Superior Court judge who is sick. '
' The bill that passed the Senate in
creasing the Governor's salary from
$4,000 to $6,000 came over on Satnr
day and in the regular order of pro-
eeedure was reierred ny tne b pea ice i
to the committee on salaries and fees
Both the Speaker and the chairman
of the committee on rules, Mr. Dowd
seemed inclined to look with disfavoi
upon the practice of suspending rule
and considering bills before they hav
been to1 committees. ' .''v.:-.:-'-'" ,
In the Senate Monday morning Mr
Whitehead Klutta, of Rowan, intro
duced a bill providing for the crea
tion of a -State highway commission
the object end purpose of which shal
be "to instruct, assist and eo-operati
in the building and improvement oi
the publie roads of the State." Tht
plan followed and outlined in the bil'
is that which has been so successful
ly c&rried out in various States, those
drafting the measure having investi
gated the situation al great length
Copies of the bill have been sent t
practically -all of the heads of th
country roadbnilding forces and en
North
gineers ' throughout tne state anc
others 'and nothing but approval anr
commendation has been expressed
with regard, to it The sentiment of
those members of the Assembly whr
have investigated its, provisions is al
together favorable, tne only issue
problematical as to its ratification in
full is that relating to the amount U.
be appropriated by, the State,
. Section 22 reads. as follows: "Thi
sum of $150,000 annually is hereb
appropriated out of any moneys far
the Treasury, not otherwise appro
priated, for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of this act."
A session Monday of fifteen minutei
for the Senate and less than an houi
for the House was characterized most
ly by the 'merest . routine. In - thi
House Representatives "sat up anc
took ; notice!.' ' when -f Representative
Underwood moved the withdrawal oi
the Senate bill for the increasing the
Governor's salary from the committee
on salaries and fees, where it was tied
up, in order that it might be put upot
us reaaings wiuioat wuuuk wi uuh
committee action. The vote on re
calling the bill waa taken and the
Speaker declared that "the noes
seemed to have it." Thereupon - a
division was called and straurtwav
fifty-nine members stood up as against
recall to thirty-nine for recall. Later
tne committee reported . unfavorably
upon tne DHL The force of the argu
ment waa that even if it passed now
it could not be available for this term
of office, being after the first of Janu
ary, which seems to be implied by the
constitution as the Governor's legiti
mate beginning of official term.
A message was received from the
Governor transmitting the complete
list of pardons and commutations
granted by him during the past two
years. "
Amang various bills in the house
were: . ,
Harshaw (by . request) Prevent
persona from hiring horses on false
representations.
Green Amend See. 2040 Revisal,
making tugboats and other vessels
liable for supplies furnished them In
borne ports.
A resolution by Mr. Underwood to
send two delegates from the House to
the meeting of the North Carolina As
sociation for the Prevention of Tuber-
5ulo8is at Charlotte January 12th and
3th was adopted, tl was requested
that" Drv -Gordon-be one. . ' -
Two Run Over by Train.
Spencer, Special. Being run over
by a freight train on the Southern
Railway yards at Spencer Saturday
afternoon, Oscar Eart and Wade Wor-
tey, each aged 22 years, employes of
i section force from Fnoceton, John
ston county, were carried to a hos
pital in Salisbury in a serious condi
tion. At an unguarded woment they
were caught under the rear of a shift
ing train.
r i
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Governor Warner is filling his third
term as executive of Michigan.
William H. Taft, at Augusta. Ga.,
has accepted several Invitations to
speak In the South.
New York's celebration on New
Year's Eve was severely criticised by
Rabbi Silverman in a aermon in Tem
ple Emanu-El.
. Governor Hughes In his inaugural
address at Albany, N. Y urged no
division of responsibility in the ap
pointment of public officials.
- Champ Clark, who succeeds John
Sharp Williams as leader of the Dem
crata In the House of Representatives,
is fifty-eight yoara old and waa born
In Kentucky.
Yuan-Shi-Kat, .Grand Councillor
and commander-in-chief of the Chi
nese after, was deposed by an edict
Issued at Pe'kln, Na-tung being ap
pointed to succeed nim.
Senator Raines announced In Al-
banyt N. Y-. that he would Introduce
at tne .coming session oi tne legisla
ture hla 8tata Police bill, which waa
defeated eight years ago.
Count de Kublo, who In 1858 waa
one of the men who threw bombs at
the carriage Of . Emperor Napoleon
HI., 1n Paris, was tendered adlnner
by 100 prominent Italians at Los An
geles, Cal.v . ' : -: H .
The Rev. Dr. Charles A. Eaton,
whose Cleveland congregation in
cluded John D., Rockefeller, preached
hla first sermon as paster of the Mad
ison Avenue Baptist Church. New
Tork City. v-v;
Sir - H. H. Cotens-Hardv " master
ot the rolls In England, recently said
that In his belief classical teaching
did more to cultivate true gentleman
ly manners and to improve tne wnole
condition ot the man than any other
branch of study. '
President Eliot for the secoad
time in forty years, delivered a regu
lar lecture in a classroom at Ha,nraid.
.-. RUSTT SHEARS."' ,
A. good pair ot aaearav enreleaalr
left out of doors tor some tkne,
d aopelese rusty until at thi
gestlon of a friend they were scour
ed wtUi salt moistened in noaldlng
vinegar, soaked , lor a day a In kero
sene oil. then dried, sharpened end
vigorously rubbed with a fianne! etotn
dipped in sweet oil. The result was
they were, restored te their orlginei
Me and brightness. Boston Post
REVENDERAIDERS
Biz Thousand GaUens si Beer Xestroy
ed Near Hickory, v
Hickory, Special Six illicit distil .
leries and 6,000 gallons of beer were
captured and destroyed in a remote
sectiBn of South Mountains, thirty r
miles south ef here, by a perry el ;
raiders organised by Special Govern
ment Agent C, F. Blaloek, of Hickery '
The efficers report r the bloekaderr'
comfortably housed in the yards. J
their hemes. Although taken una
wares, no arrest were made, - One
man was engaged in raising begs, fat
tening them on still slop. He lid sev
eral hands in the set of killing a bog
weighing 500 pounds. The settlement
in which the seizures were made it
known as Tork settlement, and at en
time was dangerous for ofileers of the
law; but the younger generation sees .
to prefer showing their heels ratbet "
than standing their .ground and fight
ing. Mr. Blaloek said: ' "We bare -warrants
for eight or nine and then
arrests will follow. All are old resi
dents of that community, so you see
the rexenue officers are not out of
commission and have plenty of work
to do." ' .
Financial plans of Proposed Orphan
age Making Good Headway.
Wipston-Salem, Special The build- ,
ing committee of the Methodist ..or
phanage, which is to ,be built ' this
spring on the 1J wire farm to the west
of this city was in session here List
week. The committee is- composed of
Rev. Dr. George H. Detwiler, ef Chsr
lotte; Walter Thompson, of Concord;.
C. H. Ireland, of Greensboro ; P. 11
Hanes, O. B. Eaton and James K.
Norfleet, of Winston-Salem. The re- .
port of Rev.. J, P.Rodgers, field agent,
showed in gratifying degree that this j
?hase of the project was going weli
n Leaksville t and 8pray alone Mr.
Rogers secured $1,000 for the orphan '
age.
Electric Suburban Railway.
Salisbury, Special The Piedmonl
Carolina Railway company has enlist
ed the good wishes of the Salisbury
Merchants' Association and at a lata
meeting the association passed resolu
tions asking the eounty commissioners
to meet in special session and grant
f ranphiiH fa tho rail WAV '. iwmnlPT.
The first Unk of-fhe car line' will be "
built from Main street to the fail
grounds, and rails and ties are now
being distributed along that road. The
company proposes as soon as fran
chises are secured and the work can be
inaugurated to extend its lines to the
Piedmont toll bridge by way of East
Spencer, to South River, to Granit '
Quarry and Faith and through Chine
Grove to Kannapolis on the Cabar- -rus
eounty line. Power for the eat
line wili be furnished by the Southern
Power company.
Lee's Birthday. s-
The birthday of General Robert & . '
Lee will be appropriately celebrated -by
the University of North Carolina
on the 19th of January. President -Woodrbw
Wilson, of Princeton Uni
sity, will deliver the address. Prai
dent Wilson' is one of the foremost
thinkers of the world today, and
scholar who apprecites the virtues ..
the services and the life of Lee. It is .
probable that many "State officers a "'
well as other distinguished citizens -
from all parts of the State will at.
tend the eelbration. President Yen- -able
has extended an invitation te
the General Assembly. That, how
ever is the day set apart for the eee
tion ef a United States Senator, which
will be Hon. Lee Overman. '
Lawyers .Wn! Twenty Districts.?
Clinton.' Special. The several . bai
associations composing the Fifth dis
trict have asked the" other bar aaso- '
ciations of the State to join in asking
the Legislature to form twenty judi
cial districts in the State instead ot
Lsixteen as now exist . , '.
Judge Linney Seriously Sick.
Tavlorsville, Special The- many
friends of Hon. R. Z. Iinneyin this
eounty will be sorry to learn
that he is ' seriously ill at jus
home in Taylorsville. He suffered a
collapse while making a . speech in
Mitchell Court about a month ago. H .
rallied from the attack, but be is now
quite feeble and his condition is con
sidered serious.
Boutk Dekota Regrets It
Raleigh, Special South ' Debar?
now regreta that she sued North Car
olina on bonds made (in reconstrne- ;
tion days and repudiated sinee) and ..
eolleeted $10,000. n She is' seeking al
honorable way to return the mony.
These bonds, were given to South Da
kota by holders of. large blocks of the
bends, who could not themselves sue .
andeollect from -the vState.. ' They. -hoped
to get the' State to compromise
on the whole.. An intimation eomee
that if the Governor of North taro
Una will ask for it he can get it
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urd that certain land grants in