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IMIMMIIIIIIinillllHII tiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimii 1 flfLyi TATESR Tub t SL lUhmi in 1h9 County The Medium THnraffc whicK y aeach 0m pcopl V Madison Covafy .-y.s ADVERTISING RATES OH AFFUCIfta I lIHHt IIHHIIIIIIHitllll IHIIIIIIIIIIIIHMIIHM POUTICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL U FBUILDINQ OF MADISON COUNTY. -7- TOL: XI. MARSHALL, N C.i FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1909. NO, 10. 7 V:'.' President Tafi Takes Oath of Office in Senate Chamber Because of Blinding Snow Siorm Raging Without. Washington, Special. With ' aH the homage that assembled thousands, representative of every State, almost very hamlet, of the' nation could pay, the accompaniment of martial jnusio, the rythmic tramp of soldiers' feet, tie echo of saluting guns, the un checked enthusiasm privileged only to a free people , of a great republic, iWfluam 'v HowardT Taft, 'of Ohio, Thursday became the twenty-seventh President of the United States. And not without its influence upon the day and the epoch-making event was the exit of Theodore Roosevelt heralded by countless admirers for seven years past as the most pictur esque, the most virile, and one of the greatest figures ever upon the stage of American public life. Panoramic Decorations. . The inspiring medley of .national airs, of folk songs, of blood-stirring marches, floats over a kaleidscopic panorama of red, white and blue; fluttering flags, wind-flapping ' bunt ing, every form and manner of dec oration ; that could be devised in honor of the nation's chief pays its silent tribute to. the day. By dusk the pageant passing in con stant review before the Court bf itonor nad its end; the light of day yielded the scepter to the most gor geous and brilliant illumiriation of the Capitol ever attempted ; the hiss ..- of skyrocket, the jubilant crack and boom of .every form of pyrotechnic ' device was heard ; the rumble of car riages, the shouted command ' of .of - fleers, the beginning of the inaugual ''"ball, came in for. their own. r The escort from the Whit' House to the Capitol consisted"? memhfent of the G. A. R., United Spanish, WarJ , veterans, ana toe Army and.Nayy Union. ; ( "i-2 . ..Senate, chamber just before-: noon, ana in. a speech tilled with emotion expressed his regret at parting with that body. The scene was an affect- ,-ing one. - . "i-''X'"-:!.",l-,;jc Vice President Sherman. . - Vice-President Fairbanks, in his most impressive manner, then admin istered the oath to his successor. This ' impressive, feature-over, Mr. JVir- banks - handed the gavel to vice . President Sherman, the retiring Vice President taking a seat near Speaker n ' Cannon. : Mr. Sherman then began his short inangiiral address. v;V At its conclusion he administered the oath of the new Senators, some of them, re-elected, and then-formal ly adjourned the Senate. ! Gradually the procession began t6 move to the , . Senate - Chamber where - President- eleot Taft was inducted into office. - Takei the Oath. " In all the "day replete with history, making events the one grec supreme moment was that when the sHuting thonsands ceased their acclaim,' a solemn hush fell over the multitude, n and the President-elect with hand I p- roil lifted, unfalteringly uttered the oatl of office, "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of Pres ident of the United States, and will to tnp best of my ability preserve, pro tect, and defend the Constitution of the United States," kissed an open Bible in the hands of Chief Justice Melville W..Fvuller, and stood erect President of the greatest -nation on earth.' , v - After his inaugural address hundreds pressed about to grasp his hand, until at last he supped away to the. President's room in' the Senate, where he rested a few min utes before beginning the return to the White House. Eoosevelt Withdraws. The retiring President loath to di vide the honor with his successor. quietly began the journey to the Union Station, where he took a spec ial tram for Oyster Bay. The new President and Mrs. Taft were alone in the first carriage, and the drive from the Capitol to the White House down Pennsylvania avenue consumed only about fifteen minutes. Immediately after a hasty lunch eon the Presidential party proceeded down the curved walk at the western side of the White House grounds and took' their- position in the reviewing stand in the Court of Honor. Tho parade, was several miles in length, and was more than three hours in passing the re vie win? point It formed in streets surrounding the oapjtoi. v - Who Made Up the ' Parade! ' The greatest event in the life, of William Howard Taft.nowPresident of the United States, was now practi cally over. More than 22,000 soldier and sailors, regular and volunteer. and - mores than 9,000 members ol civic organizations were in the great parade, a total of nearly 32,0Q0 per sons. - ". : ' ; - ' Pyrofechoics. 4 ;The fireworks programme,, whicl began at 8:30 o'clock contained fifty numbers, and embraced 1,000 rocket bombs 500 , batteries, 600 ' colored lights, 2 tons of colored fire, 50 bal loons, 10,000 Roman candles, and 75C sky rockets. -One of the unique fea tures was a pillar of light 100 feet high, which -was seen for milet around.- Th Star.-Spangled iBannei was unfurled. 1,000 feet in the air and the word, : ' ' Taft " appeared in let ters of fire in the sky,; This featun was accompanied, by. an aerial 4alut of twenty-one guns. ' The most spec tacular piece was a "battle in tht skies." - ':rxf.':-:i . President Taft Leads the Dance. President Taft and Vice President Sherman arrived at the ball at 9:3C p. m.j when the grand march began which was led by Mr. Taft, who alsc danced in the first ' waltz,: The bril liant uniforms of the army and navjl the gorgeous dress of the diplomatic corps, and the expensive costumes ol the women, all went te make a seem that will long linger in the memorial of . the .beholders; . - ; - . ' - WITHN-GJAVrtlAKEES Dolas of the State Legislature W dend I&terestfng ZUma ttm Day to Day. The revenue bill was complete Friday in the Senate and passed final reading with aome few sections re served for adjustment through coo. ferenee committees on differences be tween the Seaat and the House on their provisions. Tor instance, the sections fixing taxation on express, telegraph and telephone companies were reserved' because the Senate will not agree to the increase made against these corporations by the House, which also added a provision that towns be allowed to require lo cal license taxes. The section taxing manufacturers and dealers in cigar ettes is also held up because the Sep&'te excepts to the tax of $1,500 on makers of 500,000,000 and more as compared "with the low present law tax against those handling less quan tities, It is feared ' that this dis crepancy would have the effect of knocking out the entire section as discriminatory. A bill passed final reading in the Senate to make April 12th legal holi day on account of Halifax resolu tions. The bill to appropriate $2,500 to ward a statute to Henry L. Wyatt. came up as a special order. The bill provides that this appropriation shall be available when a like amount ' shall have been raised from other sources, the monument to be in Cap itol Square. It developd that $2,000 is already in hand from popular con tributions through the Selmn Chap ter, Daughters of the Confederacy. There were only three votes against it on second reading and the passage en final reading was unanimous. :.' The adoption of Ashe's Hostory for North Carolina schools was at tended with protest. Speakr Gra ham spoke for Mr. Dowd's motion, Saying that the act would necessitate the changing of the State flap; and he would say to the patriots, of Mecklenburg that they declared their independence on May 20th, 1775. He spoke with -feeling against disturbing the best historical traditions, Thc motion to reconsider - the vote carried. Mr. Doughton's bill heretofore passed in the Senate to make the pensions appropriation $450,000 and the school appropriation $125,000 passed without a dissenting vote. Among the bills passed), on final reading were: . S. B., amend Revisal as to uttering forged papers; S. B., requiring clerks of courts to make reports to Attor ney General: S. B.. amend Revisal as to advertising property for public sale; S. B., amend the Revisal as to docketing judgments, "requiring de scription of land, if given-in-pleadings to be written in the judgment; S. B., amend Revisal relating to mar riage ceremony; S. B., amend the Revisal as to holding inquests; S. B., provide suitable sanitary surround ings for State institutions; S. B., ex tend the time for settling the State debt; S. B., relative to the settlement of certain outstanding western North Carolina railroad construction bonds of the South Dakota suit class; sub stitute Senate bill amend the Revisal relative to the State laboratory of hygiene graduates' tax for license fee for analysis of water sold for drinking purposes now $50, bill pro vides graduated tax $15 to $o0; b. B., allow 'registers of deeds to appoint deputies; 8. B., provide fire escapes and protect human life; S. B., auth orize the purchase of 'Ashe's History of North Carolina in rural schools ; S. B., make the giving of worthless checks or drafts -prima facie evidence of Men t to defraud; S. B., authorize county- commissioners to offer re wards in eertain cases ; .S. B., forbid the sale of narcotic drugs to certain habitues : , "authoribe -' furnishing of Confederate uniform's; to the inmates of the Soldiers VHomeT provide dor mitory for Colored Orphan Asylum, Oxford.' . : ' Fast and furious is the pace of the North Carolina General Assmbly in the- rush to clear the calendars so that there can be final adjournment at the earliest , possible y minute morning, afternoon and evening ses sions being the order Saturday. The evening sssion was continued to nearly midnight in order that ad journment for the session may be possible Monday. 'Ever jand anon bills or Statavinterest,i'Or ' in? fhich local fights developed, have clogged the wheels of legislation in the rapid grist of bills passed. v The bill that got through the Sen ate with the "plumage - badly ruf fled," in that it had provided that county boards pf education be auth orized 'and directed to purchase sets otjhel 'History of -North Carolina" by Capt1S.rAt,Ashe for the rural schools, and was passed merely to authorize the purchase, came up in the .House and afforded the biggest fight of the day, meeting its Water loo in the end by a rote of 39 to 66, the fight against it bein led by Rep resentative. Dowd, of ' Mecklenburg, and Speaker Graham. They argued thai history is not orthodox in its position as to the Mecklenburg Decla ration of Independence, in that it favors May 31st as the correct date instead of May 20th, 1776. . The House "passed the Senate bill assuring a $5,000 statue of Wyatt, of Edgeeomb, first to fall in the civil war, this statue to be in the Capitol Square, Raleigh. The Senate passed the following: Allow J. Bis Rya to use the index of the 1905 Revisal in hisdiyest of de cisions of . the Supreme Court. Regulate, the packing and sale of fiish. Increase the salary of the assis tant librarian of the Supreme Court to $30 per month. rrovide registration of deaths in towns of 1,000 and more inhabitants, f Provide additional dormitory at the, colored Orphan Asylum,"J5xford Establish a colored refGnaatory for youthful criminals at Greensboro, carrying no appropriation but merely giving the institution State sanction. The vote was 10 to 6. ine senate declined to -concur in the ouse amendment to the bill en larging the powers of the State labor atory of hygiene, and Senators Pharr and Manning were named as a con ference committee. The House concurred in Senate amendments to the . appropriations bill. The bill to increase the ap propriation to the State board of health, putting a secretary in the field for all his time, was taken up as a special order, the appropriation being changed in committee from $10,000 to $6,000, the present appro priation being $2,000. ' The bill pass ed and was sent to the Senate. Some of the bills passed were: To provide for building the Statesville Air L,ine uauroad; senate bill pro vide tor examination and checking of Dooks and accounts of State depart ments and State institutions by per sons appointed by the Governor whenever deemed advisable; S. B., amend Revisal as to dissolution of corpo rations. Expressions of appreciation of Speaker Graham as a presiding of- f flees, and like tributes to others were passed and fittingly responded to Murphy, of Guilford, was recogniz ed and proceeded in fitting words to present to Speaker Graham a hand some silver service as a token of af fectipn from the members and clerks for the services of Mr. Graham as Speaker and for his sterling personal worth. Mr. Henderson, after a glowing tribute to the Confederate soldier and the women of the Confederacy, secured the passage of his bill admit ting to pensions those widows mar ried to veterans between 1865 and 1368. f SPECIAL SESSION CALLED. President Taft Issues Call For Spec ial Session of Congress Tor March 16th. Washington, Special. President Taft Saturday issued a call for special session of the Sixty-first Congress to convene March 15th. The following is the text of the call: By the President of the United States of America A Proclama tion. Whereas, - public interests require that the Congress of the United States should be convened . in extra session at 12 o'clock noon the 15th day of March, 1909, to receive such communication as may be made by the Executive. Now, therefore, I. William Howard Taft President . of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occa sion requires the Congress of' the United States to convene in extra session at the Capitol in the City of Washington on the, 15th day of March, 1909, at 12, o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act vs members thereof -are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States of America tho 6th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of the independence of the' United States the one hundred and thirty-third. : v WILLIAM H. TAFT. By the President: P. C. Knox, Sec retary of State. , y'j.ijfV ,:. :"y : ; General -. Items. . Serviahas withdrawn her demand for territory, from Austria-Hungary and will be good in the future. ' The man who tried 'td get $10,000 in jewels in LondonV and ' cut his throat when caught an not been identified. ' - Some 75,000 visitofs wjV in Wash ington to attend tfaunaugflrjtioft.of William HrTaft as PrVsidenV-v ; The Marylaad and VWiniaVpital loan claims were stricken cut c the General Deficiency bill, wii -e was nassed Thursday. . V . V CLOSING OflEClSLATURE Lawmakers Hfctiag Gifts and Happy Speeches Aloaf With Calendar Chutist Contrary to expectations the Legis lature did not - adjourn sine die at noon Monday the House having too much business, important and other wise, to penaft it to quit when the Senate was ready, at 4-o'clock in the afternoon. It was a strenuous day altogether, the rush of grinding local bills through the hopper keeping up with the same force and persistency that characterized the proceedings tho concluding days of the past week. The features of the day were the bril liant and sucessful effort of Senator Whitehead Klutz to get in his high way commission scheme, and the fight between Governor Kitchin's forces and the Representatives from New Hanover over a purely local matter, which ended in the route of the lat ter. Owing to the fact that so many biljs passed by the House Monday re quired concurrence by the Senate and then enrollment for ratification it was found impossible for the General As sembly to adjourn sine die Monday night. So this took place Tuesday. The House continued in session until nearly 2 o 'clock f Tuesday morning and took recess to 10 o'clock with a clear calendar. The Senate still had some House bills to concur in. Senator Dockery, for the members of the Senate presented, with an elo quent speech, a handsome silver tea service to Lieutenant Governor New land, as president of the Senate. Lieutenant Governor Nawland re sponded in an earnest and forcible Speech of acceptance, thanking the Senators for sympathetic eo-opera-tion in promoting the dispatch of business. He regarded the Legisla ture not as made up of Democats and Republicans but as a body of patrio tic North Carolinians co-operating for the common good. Had he the power to select the Senators he would not send a'single member home. Senator Mills presented resolw tion of "thanks to Senator Klutz, tho able young member from Rowan, for the able manner in which he has dis' charged the puties of president pro tern. Also to Chief Clerk Maxwell and his assistants. These were adopted by a rising vote. A gold headed cane was presented to Mr. Maxwell through Senator Kluttz. There was a further resolution of the Senate for the dignity, impar tiality and ability with which Presi dent .Pro Tem Kluttz has perform;:? the duties of presiding officer in tha absence of Lieutenant Governor New land. The presentation of gifts and con sequent speech-making continued foi some time. There were a number - of othet tokens of commendation. In the House Monday night Mr. Underwood got the floor and pro ceeded in a happy speech to present to Representative Morton, of New Hanover, a handsome gold-headed cane as a token of appreciation from the members of the House for the able manner in which Mr. Morton had served as Speaker pro tem and for his sterling personal worth. The House was convulsed' with merriment at the happy speech and response. The House passed a number of bills on final reading, viz : ' County having no r newspaper to adopt one for legal advertisements; protect rainbow and mountain trout; establish State conservation commis sion of natural resources ; for State aid in the erection of a memorial to the womep of the Confederacy; allow foreign executors to convey lane without giving bond ; ' amend Revisal as. to the; trial -of civil cases ;: regulate distribution, ; of samples of medicines from house to house; amend Cameron road law; amend. Revisal as to build-' ing and loan associations, preventing them from taking loans for more than six months ;' require foreign fire in surance companies to file securities with the Insurance Commissioner to protect poicy holders in the State; amend Revisal relative to escapes; compell express companies to make prompt settlements of C O. D. ship ments ; amend .Revisal as to banks so they shall not commence business un til $5,000. capital is paid in and the directors have collected all notes giv en for stock; authorize board of in ternal improvement to - require . suf ficient bonds for completion of State buildings, also bill to make the burn ing of an unoccupied house or boat the crime of arson. . . . ; " The House passed the Senate bill to provide an Assistant ' Insurance Commissioner at a salary of $1300"; provide contingent fund for the State HospitaL-at Raleiek tCL care for the epileptics ; prevent boards' of direc tors from electing from their number to positions in the institution. TAFT A RIDER TOO His First Sunday in the White House Spent With Simplicity FOLLOWS ROOSmpIE Befuees to flee Any CaOert Wfc 1(m Bmdseu in HandThe Pint Lady of the Land Takes Up Her Dntiea Without Ostentation or Ceremony Already Making the Changes She Desires in "House hold Cabinet." Washington, Special. Democratic simplicity characterized the first Sunday in the White House of the Taft family. President Taft, aceom- , panied by his brother, Charles P. ' Taft, walked to the Unitarian church, for morning. services. The capacity of the edifice .-was taxed to its utmost with worshipers and strangers whose curiosity impelled their presence. He returned to the White House on foot and after luncheon bestrode "Sterrett," his newly-acquited horse, purchased at Hot Springs, Va., and -with Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, his military aide, Capt. Archibald Butt and President Roosevelt's, orderly, McDermott, went for a 12-mile ride over the newly constructed Potomac, speedway. Sees No Callers. President Taft saw no callers who had business to transact during the day, this beginning his administra tion with his heretofore enforced maxim that Sunday should be a day of rest. Mrs. Taft Pits In. Mrs. William Howard Taft, "first lady of the land," has assumed her duties without public ceremony or oath of office, which, in weight of re sponsibility, magnitude of impor tance, delicacy of execution and ab solute lack of compensation, except in love for her husband, the Presi dent, and loyalty to the nation, as, its' first, woman, have no comparison. - Mrs. Taft is charged with admin, isteripghe; social and. .domestic af fairs of the White House in a man ner . consistent ' with allowing that revered and historic pile to be the public property of the nation, and at the same time the official place of entertainment of the representa- ' tives of foreign nations and domestio dignitaries. As the wife of Mr. Taft, she was "first lady of the land" in the Philippine Islands; she was his wife as a Federal judge and as a Cabinet minister. In the latter pos ition Mrs. Taft learned the require ments of Washington society. Removed From Officialdom. That the main entrance of the , White House .Jmay present as nearly as possible the appearance of a pri vate residence,' the uniformed police officers and frock-coated doorkeepers have been eliminated and in their place are negro footmen in livery. V Mrs. Taft has abolished the posi tion of steward and will conduct her domestic arrangements through a Woman housekeeper. Plans Social Functions. While the season of prescribed of ficial dinners is over it may be pre dicted, that the new tenant of the White House will conduct a series of ' informal social functions during the ' special session of Congress, which will bring renewed animation and social life to the sedate and sombre structure during the first few months ' of the Taft regime. r . Mrs. Taft is 46 years of age, al though hei; appearance and natural animation would not indicate that fact. To relieve the President from ; ' domestie'eares and -social adjustments seems to be the platform of her n6V ministration, and her ..first few days of duty indicate that she is as com petent for the rank as is her hus band for the duties to which he has been called by : the nation. ' f" Negro Burned at Stake. ;r . "Rockwell, Tex., Special. After having been identified by Mrs. Ar thur McKinney as the negro who at tempted a criminal assault upon her Friday morning, Anderson Ellis was taken from the Rockwell county jail Sunday night and secured to an iron .stake driven into the earth and was burned to death in the presence or. 1 aoout s itnousand persons. - : : 1 1 ' Baltimore Emerces. Baltimore, Special The isolation from the outside world of which this city has been a complete victim prae- : tically since early Thursday morning, was broken Sunday and the city be-' gan.to see the end of the difficulty. The Associated Press office here man- eged to secure direct wire communi cation with the New York headquar ters -by .the ,ordial . eo-operation of . the' Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-' phone Company at this end and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company at the other.