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V' : II 1 I I 14 I 111 I I I 1 1 I I II 1 I II H I H-M-HH-M-H MADISON COUNTY RECCED. EatJJishedJun28, 1901. FR.ENCH BX.OAD NEWS, Established Mar 16 1907. Consolidated. : : Nov. 2nd, 1911 &Ae Medium Through whick you reach (he ' people of M&dison County. .n n Advertising Rates on Application 4 - t s s t l .t..t..t..t.. o e f t- t .-t-.t-i-T TIT T IT T I r I 4 " I " I 1 f 1-M- r iM-1 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1111 1 1 1 1 1 THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XIV MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1912. NO. 10. Dirootory, vtyif Mdlo County. 4, Established by tli Legislature Im iloa IMO-'Bl. , , PopulaUoB.10.llt. . County Boat. Marshall feet above hi lovol. .'- . Now and modern Court Houio, con $31,000.00. Now and modern Jail ooot $18,000.00. Now and modern County Homo, coot 110.000.00. "' Offloor. 1 lion. Jas. I Hyatt. Senalor," 13 District, Burnavlllo, N. C. Hon. J. C. Ramiey, Repreientatlro. Marshall, N. C. - W. H. Hnderson, Clehk 8merloi Court, Maraball, N. C. W. 1L Bucknar, . Sheriff, Maraball. N.C. . , ' ' James Smart, Register ot Deeds, Marshall, N. C. . C. F. Runnlon. Treaiuror, Marshall. N. C, R. F. D. No. t R. Li. Tweed. Surveyor, Whit Rock, N Ce Dr. J. HJaBalrd, Coroner. Mar Hill. JJ. C Mr. Ellia Henderson, Jailor, Mar shall, N. C. John Honeycutt Janitor, Marshall. Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician, Marshall. N. C. . James Haynlo. Supt County Homo, Marshall, N. C. Homo located about two miles south west of Marshall. Court. -Criminal and Civil, First Monday b for First Monday In March. Com mencing rb. 16th, 1012. N Civil Hth, Monday alter First Mon day In March, commence May 20, .1911. ' , Criminal and Civil, First Monday . after First Monday In Sept. Com men cps Sept. th. 1912. Civil 6th Monday after First Mon day in September. Commenoe Octo ber 14, 1912. . ,-. BOARDS. ... -' County Commissioner. Wl C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall, H. C. : . , C. F- Cassada. Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 1. Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Bis Laurel. N. C. "J C. B. Mashburn, Atty, Marshall, " ' N. C. Board meets first Monday In every month. ' " ; , Road Commissioner. '.-' A. 1. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall. N. C, R. F. D. 2. . ; . : J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mar Hill. N. C R. F. D. 1. ' ' ' Sam Cos, Member, Mar Hill. N. C B. F. D. No. 1. ' ' O. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C. Dudley Cblpley, . Road Engineer, Manhall, N. C. George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshall, N. C. - "' ) Board meet first Monday In Janu ary, April, July and October each year. Board of Education. Jasper Ebbs, . Chairman, Spring . Creek. N. C u- '"'"".' Tho. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 1. W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C R. F. D. No. I.. r ""i Prof. ". M. C Buckner, Supt of School, Mar Hill, N. C. R. F. D. . No. I. ' - ' , Board Meet first Monday la Janu ary, April, July and October each year. Collage and High 8choole. Mar Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore, President. Mar Hill, N. CV Fall Term begin Augurt IT, 1911. Spring Term begin January 1, 1912. . Spring . Crek High School. Prof. O. C. Brown. Principal, Spring Croek, N. C I Mo. School opened August ;; 1. Mil.' Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar shall. N. C. R- F. D. No. 1. 7 Mo Sohool began October 1, 1911. Bell Institute. . Mis Margaret E. Orifflth, Principal, Walnut, N. C 8 Mo, School began September 9. 1911. : Uinh.n Anademv. Prof. R. O. Anders, Principal, 'Mars'ha'il, N. CH t Mo. School began Sept 4, 1911. Notary Publica. 3. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C. Term spire Jan. II, 1912. A. J. Roberts. Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 6, Term expires May 30, 1912. Jasper Ebb, Spring Creek:, N. C. Term expires August 10, 1911. a C. Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex pire December 0, 1912. J. A. Le.akv Raver. N. C. Term ex pire January 10, 1913. W. T. Davis, Hot Springs. K. C. Term expire January 10, 1913. J. H. Southworth, Stackhouse, N. C. Term expire January li, 1913. -N. W. Anderson. Paint Fork, NC. ' Term expires February (, 1913. , ' J. H. Hunter, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 1. Term expire April 1, 1915 J. F. Tllson, Marshall, N. C. R. F. D, - No. 1. Term expires April 3, 1913v C. J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C: ' Term expires April 21, 1913., ' J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C. Term expire April 25, 1913. - j Roy L. Qudger, Marshall, N. ' C. . Term expires May 1, 1913.,, Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall, N. C. Term expires May 25, 1913. . Dudley Chlpley, Marshall. N. C. Term expires July 29, 1913. ' W. 6. Connor, Mar Hill. N. C. Term expires November 27, 1913. POST. Oeorge W. Oabagan Post, No. 11 O. A. R. ' 8. M, Davti, Commsnder. .J. R Ballard, A'u'ant f'sets at tie Court Kmjg Saturday ! ".re the ". 4 S aay la eath 'h st 11 A. U. I IL BUILDING III JIS STATE REPARATIONS GOING FORWARD AT A GOOD PACE ALL ALONG LINES OF SURVEY. Much enthusiasm shown The Territory That Will B Benefited By the Construction of the New Goldsboro, Seven Spring and 8wansbor Railroad Lin. - Raleigh. A special from Goldsboro states that the prepartlons for the building ot the Goldsboro, Seven Springs and Swansboro Railroad are going forward at a good pace and all alona the line of survey, which Is nearlng completion, unbounded en thusiasm Is manifested of this new line ot road, which will open up a large and rich section ot country, and that means much for the prosperity, not only ot Goldsboro and Wayne county, but of Richlands, Jackson ville. Swansboro and Onslow county. The unusually severe weather for this climate has delayed the work of unrev somewhat but the manage ment ot the road Is very well pleased with the progress made ana are making preparations for the beginning of construction work at an early date. Mr. W. A. Robertsongeneral man ager, with offices of the road In this city, reports that In the work ot se curing the right of way he finds en thusiastic support and co-operation all along the line and tbrpngnout wc territory to be traversed. He left lor Richlands, where be will meet Mr. T. H. Prltchard, of Swansboro, president of the road. Theve are to decide on the station site and attend to matter of the rleht of way through Richland. Mr. Robert ha received a letter trom Mr. N. P. Young, engineer In charge of surveying corps, in wnicn Mr. Young says he expects to com DleSe the survey in Richlands In an other week, having already moved camp to that place. Train of Freight Car Derailed. The Atlantic Coaat Line freight for Wilmington wa derailed about fifty yard north of Upper Little rivet bridge, 7 miles eaat of Sanford. The train consisted of twelve freight cars caboose and engine. A car near the engine was first to leave the track and by the time the bridge wa reach' ed It wa well off the tie. The en gine crossed safely but the ten front cars piled into the river or were thrown down a fifteen-foot embank ment on either side. The steel bridge, which was about one hundred feet long, was completely wrecked and It will take probably several days to re place It. ., : t Man Killed By a Charged Wire. ; : Without a moment's warning, Capt. Matt R. Denmark, son of Chief of Po lice Denmark, of Goldsboro, wa In stantly killed while attending to his duties as yardmaster of the Atlantic Coast Line at that point He was 23 .years old. Young Denmark was en gaged to be married at an early date. He was superintending the shifting of a boxcar loaded with coal into the coal and wood yard of Mr. W. H. Grif fin, adjoining the Atlantic Coast Line yards, and-was standing on top of the car when It passed under an electric wire leading into the office of Mr. Griffin. Committee Holds First Meeting. The committee appointed by Col. Ashley Home to select the design and superintendent the erection of the monument to the .North Carolina Wo men of the Confederacy, which he Is to present to the. state, held its first meeting in tbe office of the secretary of state. The members of the com mittee selected by Mr. Home are: Col. i. A. Long, of Roxboro; MaJ. H. A. London, of Pittsboro; Col, W- H. S. Burgwyn, of Weldon; Hon. J. Bry an Grimes, of Raleigh; Mrs. F. M. Williams, of Newton, aand Mr. R. D. W. Connor, of Raleigh.' ' , ' Blda For Steel Bridge Rejected. The committee from ; the Rowan and Davie boards of county commis sioners, together with Civil Engineer C. M. MUlsr, met in Register of Deeds E. H. Miller's office In tbe court house at Salisbury to. open and consider bids for the construction, of a steel bridge over the Yadkiir River at South River to conWct the two coun ties. A number of representatives of bridge building companies met with them. All bids were finally rejected and the committee will hold another meeting to further discuss the matter. Judge Cook Shaved The Verdict Holding that the 12,500 damage yer diet in the trip-hammer case was ex cessive Judge Cook In superior court at Greensboro shaved th amount down to 11,000 and he said, looking toward the counsel for the plaintiff, "If you are not satisfied With that I will fix a price on the entire property and ee If this matter can't be settled m pome manner." It Is understood that the outcome will be the offer to Mr. Moore.-.eld to accept $1,000 from the Macine Co. and continue the oa erti? Of his property. THE CENTRAL WAREHOUSE President Alexander In Durham Per Conference on Subject Durham . Fair Chance to Get It. Durham. A committee from the Commercial Club has been appointed to meet Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president ot the State Farmers' Union tor a conference .In regard to locating the central warehouse la Durham.' Dr. Alexander arrived her and the meet- tngTas held In the rooms of the club. , - ' . "The central warehouse will be a distributing place for fertilizer, farm ing utensils, machinery and other ar ticle for the us ot the farmer. This warehouse will be under tbe direct control ot the state farmers' uuion and the articles will be sold to the farmer for the very lowest price, the middlemen's profits being eliminated. A number ot other towns in the state are making a bid for the ware house, Durham being the last In the race for the million dollar building. Dr. Alexander Is favorably Impressed with the easy acceslbility of Dur ham to other parts of the state, espe cially the farming sections, and It is hoped that the club will be able to get tbla warehouse located in Dur ham. - Th Farmers' Course Close. The special short course for the farmers of this county which has been In progress for three days at States villa closed with a general question box, Mr. T. B. Parker, the state di rector of farmers' Institutes, answer ing numerous questions upon the sev eral subjects which have been under discussion. At the same time Mrs. W. N. Hutt was delivering a lecture to about thirty women in another por tion of the- court house. Tbe course has been very successful, Mr. Parker In closing expressing his gratification at tb large attendance and the keen Interest shown. Altbough the roads are fearfully cut up as a result of heavy rains during the past few weeks and also that the first day was a very rainy one, the court room has had a good sized crowd in It listening to the discussions. . North Carolina New Enterprises. The Racket Store . Company, ot Dunn, with two thousand dollars of stock paid in by Ellis Goldstein, J. C. Bell and A. D. Wilson, all resi dents of Dunn. The company proposei to conduct a racket store for the sale of dry goods and notions Boykln Drug Company, of BalleyT Th.e "au-" thorised capital stock Is 15,000 with 11,300 paid In by R. H. Patterson, W. M. Boykln and J. H. Ltles. A gen eral retail drug business will be con ducted. The Rolln Manufactory, of Ltncolnton, which proposes to operate mill for the manufacture ot cotton and woolen goods. The Incorporators are J. A. Anthony, L. N. Rudislll, R. Costner and others, who have sub scribed for 112,000 of the stock. The authorized capital stock la 150,000. Two Were Killed In Train Wreck. Two are dead and four more or less Injured as a result of a collision oh the Klnston Carolina Railroad which occurred one mile beyond Pink Hill. Engine No. 4 of the Rutledge Lumber Company was coming up out of the woods to Pink Hill and ran head-on Into a string ot box cars attached to engine No. 98, which was backing at about 20 miles an hour towards How ard's siding, two miles beyond Pink Hill. 1 The- dead and Injured were all on engine No. 4 and -were em ployes of the Rutledge Lumber Com pany. The dead are: B. F. Harper, fireman of No. 4 ot Pink Hill; C. P. Morton, section master of Newport. Good Roads Campaign Is On. Newton township's good road cam paign Is on In full blast March 9 the voters will say whether they want to issue $50,000 of bonds to build sand-clay or gravel roads In the town ship. It is estimated that this sum of money . will make permanent all the leading roads as tar as the town ship lines. Various committees are bard at work sending out literature and speakings have been arranged for every part of the township. There Is great opposition to the bond Issue but dally, as the proposition is unfold ed, opponents ,come out In favor of the bonds; and advocates of the Issue are optimistic. ' Doe Not Favor No-Fence Law. Governor Kltchln .y reports of hi address welcoming the State For estry Association to Raleigh made It appear that he declared for state-wide no-fence law and that while he did say that there is Imperative necessity for taking tbe hogs out of the long leaf pine woods and other kinds of forests that the hojs hinder from reproduction he does not ' favor a State law putting on every locality a rigid no-fence law. He believes this is necessarily a local question for all sections of Noith Carolina. Meat Market lasue Dead. By a vote or 653 to 73, a clear ma jority of 590, Greensboro voters de feated the Socialistic proposal to have the city establish; maintain and operate a municipal neat market at which all meats, game, etc., was to be sold to the people at actual cost to tbe city. The voting was light and when the factory vote bad practical ly been registered It was rellzed that the Issue waa deed; that Social ism and Socialistic fancies could not so easily gain a footrold la Oretns- j bnro. HOI m AIID FREE SUGAR BILL DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ENDORSES TWO MEASURES OF WAYS AND MEAN8 COMMITTEE. $60,000,000 A YEAR REVENUE Excise Bill Propose Tax of On Par Cent on Incomes of Over Five Thousand Dollar. Washington. The Democratic cau cus ratitled the sugar bill and the Income tax or excise bill presented by Democratic Leader Underwood with the endorsemunt of the waya and means committee. Both bills will now be presented to tbe house. The excise tax so-called by the ways and means committees. Is In ef fect an Income tai. Tbe bill Is bo drawn that It I expected to comply with the Supreme court decision against the constitutionality of an in come tax. It effect would be to tax everv Derson who earns more than $3,000 a year, or In excess of 15,000 at the rate of one per cent Th estimate of Chairman Under wood and members of the ways and means committee,. Is that Uie propos ed excise tax would bring In a reve nue of between $30,000,000 and 100, 000,000 a year. , , Placing sugar on the free list, the Democratic leaden estimate will re luce the price of sugar to thereon lumar about 1 1-2 cents a pound. The secret that members ot the ways and means committee had been to closely guarding for several days was the provision to extend the cor poration tax. In the caucus that bill was not seriously opposed." The free sugar bill, however, was bitterly assailed by representatives trom Louisiana, the cane sugar state, and representatives from sugar beet growing states, who were absolved fmm th bond of the caucus. No roll call on the ratification of the bills was demanded. MILLION MINERS ON STRIKE All Coal Mlnea In England Are Clo d by th Strlk. , London. Upwards of three quar ters of a million coal miners laid lown their toolsiand went out on itrlker; ' " Meetings were held by the s Coal Minora' Federation and the Coal Own ers' Association, but they apparently anly resulted In a reiteration ot the refusal of the participants to budge from their respective positions. Further meetings are announced, but little Is expected to result rrom them and as a consequence the cabi net completed arrangements to hurry legislation which may prove neces sary In order to compel a resumption ot work. A number of meetings ot railroad employees passed resolutions piedg in thnmaeivea tn abstain from haul Ing troop trains and coal produced by non-unionists. Mr. Asquith Is said to have given n Bi.anrRnc.fi to the miners' aeie gates that means would be tound to compel the minority of the coal, own ers tn fall Into line with the majority on the question of the concession of a minimum wage, it la stated with some show of au thority that there is a prospect ot a break in the deadlock between tne vtai nwnera and the miners. Premier Asquith has submitted a new propos al to the miners, who, it is asserted, h.v nnw signified their willingness to negotiate on the question of safe guards which the owners demand as a corollary to the establisnment oi a minimum wage. nivnn Leads Roosevelt Forces. New York. The Roosevelt cam- noiim eaaumed definite form with the appointment of the men who are Jkfl assume active management, senator nixnn- of Montana Is to be the man at helm. ' His official title Is chair man of the executive committee. Mr. rHTnna first official act was to give out a statement attacking President Taft The appointments were an nounced after conference between Colonel Roosevelt and leading sup porters."'.". Tunic r.anal Zone from Colombia. w.Bhlnzton. The senate adopted a resolution calling on President Taft to submit to it all the correspond ence with, Colombia dealing with the acquisition ot the Panama canal zone by the United States. Tne respiu tinn wa soffered by Senator Hitch cock, who urged Ha adoption In a speech In which he charged former President Roosevelt, with participa tion in a conspiracy to foment the revolution by which Panama was lost to Colombia and the canal zone be came the property of this country. ' Suffragettes Ston London. " London. eeanse the coal -miners had been able to gain government recognition of their grievance by threatening .the busines of the coun try, the uffragette also entered upon a policy of menace to trade. It wa a window-breaking expedition solely. Hundreds of windows in many of the most famous shops ot the world and In several government of fices and clubs were wrecked by the suffragettes. ' One hundred and fif teen women were taken to police sta tions by police, "SULPHUR AND (Copyri MAY DELAY CONVENHON SENATOR BACON OF GEORGIA 8AYS DEMOCRATS SHOULD DE LAY BALTIMORE MEETING. MACK DOES NOT AGREE Entrance of Roosevelt Causes Demo cratic Leaders to Consider Post poning Their Convention. Washington. Senator Bacon of Georgia, one of the Democratic lead ers In the senate, declared In favor ot postponing the Democratic conven tion In Baltimore, which has been called tor June 25, until a later date, because, as now arranged, It would be held only a week after the Re publican convention in Chicago. "The entrance of Mr. Roosevelt to the contest for the Republican nomi nation for the presidency," aatd Sen ator Bacon, "has so complicated things that I think the Democratic national committee should take steps to postpone the time for holding the Democratic convention. . ' , "The Republican convention Is call ed for June lb, and the Democratic convention Junpe 23, just a week la ter. At best there cannot be more than three days between the adjourn men-of the -ftepablioafi cevetttlof and the meeting of the Democratic convention. Who knows that there will not be such a conflict of views as to the platform and aspirations of candidate as to prolong the Re publican convention beyond the time of the meeting of the Democratic convention? In tnat event the Dem ocrats would be in bo position to give proper consideration of this situation, and I think the meeting of our con vention should be deferred tor two or three weeks beyond the date now fixed, to insure such an opportunity, tn case It Is presented." New York. "This is the first I have heard ot such a suggestion, and as yet I don't jjee any need of a postponement," said Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, when his atten tion was called to Senator Bacon's declaration in favor ot a later date for the Democratic national conven tion. MOB ATTACKS AMERICANS Tourists Not Spared In Trolley Riots at Kingston, Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica. Americans were not spared In the rioting which has been going on here in connec tion with the street railway trouble, a party ot Americans driving In an automobile were attacked by a mob, and- one of them wa seriously In jured. The party Included Capt and Mrs. Fritz du Juesne of New York and Mr. and Mrs. Wortley of Brook lyn. A group of men attacked their automobile with bricks " and stones. Kingston was given over ' to mob rule, and as a result ot collisions be tween the police and the populace two 'men were killed and more than thirty Injured, some ot tbem severely. The governor. In an Interview, said the car company was trying to get out of an honorable ' undertaking In the absence ot legal demand , Order Jury to Pray. Fort Worth, Texa. "Get down on your knee and pray to Almighty God for whom wisdom in reaching a yer diet, but send me no more communi cations." Such was the message sent the jury in- the case of J. B Sneed, after Judge Swayne had been inform ed by a court attendant that the Jury wished to come Into court and report finally their disagreement When the jurors received his message they re plied that he could not stop tbem from writing to Judge Swayne. They are voting 7 to 1. Chines War on Dutch. r. Frrnclsoo. r.:nese touWipe: have been ordered to Java under in structions to begin a bombardment ot Batavla, It tbe Dutch government doe not pay an Indemnity demanded for the killing of Chinese said to have been attacked by Dutch soldiers. In an ultimatum sent to th Dutch aovernment Provisional President Sun Yat Sen stated that an attack on Java would be begun by the war ships of hi country It the Indemnity were not paid within a week. MOLASSES" - nt. SLAVERY IN LAWRENCE MILLS Presldet Taft Orders Attorney Gen eral Wickereham to Mak an Investigation Washington. The Lawrence mill strike occunled the attention ot both houses of congress, President Taft and Attorney General Wlckersnam. Two resolutions directing an lnveati gatlon of conditions by Federal au thorities were Introduced, but no ac tion was taken upon tbem. President Taft. however, at the re quest of Representative Berger, ask ed Attorney General Wtckersham to ascertain if any Federal laws had been violated by local authorities, who prevented the removal of chil dren from the strike-ridden district Both houses of congress rang with speeches. Senator Poindexter of Washington, just back from a visit to Lawrence, Introduced a resolution di recting an Inquiry by the United States commissioner ot labor. Senator Lodge objected to any In terference with the affairs of his state in which he was supported by Sen ators Bailey, Williams, Overman and other. . Senator Bailey quoted Senator Till man as saying the Lawrence strike had revealed conditions In Massachu setts similar to those in the slave ItatSg-bBfurc HryravHrar.-"- 'They have substituted white slav ery for black slavery," shouted Sen ator Tillman. 'The condition is no worse than under the Democratic tariff," retorted Senator Gallinger. The questions aroused the Ire of Senator Gallinger, and he- replied with some asperity that the Influence of the tariff on Industrial conditions would be discussed in due time. POSTAL EXPRESS IS URGED Bill for Federal Ownership of All Ex- :r pre Companies. Washington. Senator Gardner of Maine Introduced a bill under which the government would take over the properties ot tbe express companies and operate them as a part of the postal service, extending the service to the rural delivery. . The measure Indicate the probable cost ot taking .over the properties a fololws: Real property $14,930,169, equipment $7,381,405, materials and supplies $138,210, advance ptyments on contract $5,836,666 and franchises and good will, etc.. $10,877,369, a to tal ot $39..165,819. While the balance sheets of the companies show other assets ot near ly $150,000000, Senator Gardner urg ed that these are not devoted to ex press service and that this property might be retained by the corporations without Impairing its value. It is proposed by the authors ot the bill for the establishment ot the postal express," Including members of both branches of congress, that rates charged for express service un der the government shall be based upon weight and length of haul rath er than upon the system In effect tor the carrying of mall. The power to fix rate would rest with the postof- flee department, subject to appeal to tho interstate commerce commission, Arkansas Tornado Killed Ten. Little rock, Ara. uetatus or . a double tornado which devastated por tlons of Lincoln, Jefferson and Ar kansas .counties, particularly the lat ter two, place the list of dead at ten, with at least 25 persons seriously in jured. In addition, the storms caused property loss that, a yet can- only be approximately estimated. Hand some homes.' plantation ' equipment and pumping stations caught in the path ot tbe storm were reduced to wreckage and strewn along In the wake of the storm for mile. . Prepaid Shipments to Csase. Wshinaton. "Demand tor trans portatlon charges on prepaid ship ments must cease. The complaint ot this practice ot express companies is universal, and a remedy for It must be found." . This ultimatum was laid down by Commissioner Lane to the express companies after the rsump tlon of the Investigation of the in terstate commerce commlssslon Into the rates of the companies. "We must Jnd some method, of ascertaining the proper rate and liow properly to col lect It," said Commissioner Lane. KNOX'S MESSAGE TO SOUTH All SECRETARY TALKS AT PANAMA OF BENEFICENCE OF MONROE DOCTRINE. CLOSER RELATIONS URGED Secretary Knox Declares That th Unitsd States Want No Terri tory to th South. Panama. Secretary of State P. C. Knox made In Panama the first of his public addresses on his trip to tbe capitals of Central America and northern South Xmerlca and the West Indies. , This speech, while delivered before the acting president of Panama, 8e nor R. Rodsolfo Cblaria, was In re ality addressed to all tbe countries he will visit and Included an expla nation ot tbe attitude of the United State towards South and Central America. Mr. Knox aald the president be lieved the early completion ot the canal should mark tbe beginning of ' closer relations between the United States and all Latin-America: that the purpose of tbe United States to wards all the American republics wa to live In amity and essential harmo ny; and that the United States deeir ed more peace, more prosperity, more happiness and more security In their national lives. He declared that the United States craved neither sovereignty nor terri tory In Latin-America. , SUSPENDS LOW RATE RULING Commerce Court Annul Order of In terstate Commerce Commission. Washington, An order of the Inter state commerce commission reducing certain class freight rates from New Orleans to Montgomery, Selma and .Mobile, Ala., and to Pensacola, Fla, was annulled by decision of the com merce court , Tbe decision, handed down ' by Judge Archbald, Is certain to add con siderable fuel to the controversy al ready acute between the Interstate commerce' commission and the com-; merce court The court declares that congress never Intended to clothe the commls sion with the wide authority it ha assumed.. It is asserted the court could dis cover nothlne In the record In sup port ot the conclusion of the com mission or to justify the reduction In rates that It ordered. TAFT TO TAKE THE STUMP President Announces. He Wll Begin a Speech-Making Campaign. Washington. President Taft will soon start a vigorous speech-making campaign to explain his position on current questions and further his can didacy for renomlnatlon, : , ; i Before the Republican national con vention meets In June, the president will spend many days on the road, and is expected to deliver scores of speeches. He will travel as far west as Chicago, as far north a New Hampshire and south at least as far as Georgia. Other engagement may be made In the next few weeka. The president's political advisers believ he is their best orator. Madero to Stop Revolution, El Paso, Texas. A brief outline of the general . situation - in Mexico Is contained in the following telegram from President Madero: "President' Palace, City of Mexico. 'It must be understood by every, one I have not the slightest intention - ot resigning the presidency. The government is or ganizing many forces of volunteer under experienced military leaders who will take command In the zone of disturbances and make more rapid and effective their , pacification. -"'FRANCISCO, I. MADERO.' ; Strike Children Go to Congress. . Lawrence, Mass. Arrangements tor sending a party of textile strife era, including children, to Washing ton, to appear before a congressional committee, as suggested by Congress man Victor Berger, were completed. More than fifty men, women and children, representing each of the eighteen : nationalities among . the strikers, will make the trip. Tbe chil dren selected are themselves mill workers on strike. In some Instances they bear scars from Injuries sus tained while at work. : Taft Kind to Confederate Veteran. Washington. Though Confederal veterans generaly are excluded from government hospitals, President Tr "t made an exception of Captain J. V. Myers of Jacksonville, Fla., e ! c dered that he be admitted to ti e t, and navy general hospital st Springs, Ark. Senator In formed the president f t Myers was crippled, v. ' i s and unable to obt.Vn r but at Hot f ;!!: v been prevented f. of the treise. ERICA