North Carolina Newspapers

n n u i m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 mini nitimn mi ih- 66? Medium Through which you reach (he people of Ma-diton County. MADISON COUNTY RJECOXD. E.ILtlahdJun.23. 1901. FRENCH BR.OAD NEWS, E.Ublbhed M.y 16. 1907. Adver.isina Rates on Application Consolidated, Not. 2nd, 1911 M 111 H 1 hH-Hr4rHr4ryi !"1 1 I 14 1 1 1 1 If- MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1912. VOL. XIV T IH ES Ir3 EH 3 . : ' - " ; . . . " -. i m in m i m 1 1 i-i i - " -rue nul V MPW9DAPPR IN MADISON COUNTY. , . , . . . - - . - '. ' ; , ' . Hlfci . wy r-mw - - - - - - , INU. U. Madlsoa Ceunty. '1 DIXIE SCHOOLS ' Established by th UgUlatur Ion IStft-'Bl. Population, 10.111 County Beat. Marshall 1(41 ft v aa N.w and modern Court Homo, eon $31,000.00. New and modsrn jail, coat $15,000.00. Now and odrn County Homo, coat $10,000.00. Offlesrs. Hon. Jaa, Ik Hyatt, Senator;' S3 District Burnsvlll, N. C. Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative MarshalL N. C. W. H. Henderson. Clehk Superior Court. MarthaU. N. C. W. U. Buoknar, Sheriff, Marahall, Jams. Smart, RoglaUr of Daada, Marahall. N. C. I C. F. Runnlon, Treat urer, Marshall N. C, R. F. D. No. 1 R, L, Tweed. Surveyor, Whit Rock. N Dr. J. H, Balrd. Coronor, Mara Hill. Mrs. KlUa Henderson. Jailor, Mar shall N.C John Honeycutt, Janitor, MarthaU. w r. Dr. aN. Sprinkl. County Physician, Marshall N. C. James Haynl. Supt County Homo, Marahall. N. C Homo located about two mUea south west of Marshall. Courts. mwm THE ROCKEFELLER EDUCATION AL BOARD APPROPRIATES MONEY TO COLLEGES. NEGRO SCHOOLS ARE AIDED $25,000 Goes to Peabody College for Establishment of School of Country Life. New York. Nearly $1,000,000 was contributed to the cause of educa tion by the general education board founded by John D. Rockefeller, at its meeting here. Of this sum $700, 000 waa appropriated for distribution among five colleges, the largest con' trlbutlon, of $250,000, going to the George Peabody college for teachers of Nashville, Tenn., for the estab- Ushment of the Seaman A. Knapp school of country life. It is explained that the gifts to the colleges are all conditional upon an equal sum being raised by the respec tlve institutions. The sum of $210,000 was set aside for demonstration work In agriculture Criminal and CItII, First Monday be- in the Southern states, for professors MISS JULIA LATHR0P. at f .ISP Uh.i, r KM ;-.v HALE AIID HEARTY CLYDE LEAVITT. MORSE RETURNS FORMER ICE KING 8AY8 HIS TRIP TO . EUROPE BENEFITED HIM GREATLY. MAY LIVE MANY YEARS Banker Morse's Health Improved Very Rapidly After His Releass From Penitentiary. New York. Charles W. Morse and Mrs. Morse, who sailed for Europe February 14, shortly after Morse's sentence In the Atlanta penitentiary was commuted by President Taft, re turned. Mr. Morse1 talked freely with the newspaper men. As to whether he intended to return to the busi ness world, he said that would de pend on how his health keep up. The former 1 STATE PRIMARIES ARE NOT DECISIVE IN ONLY A FEW COUNTIES WAS A VOTE TAKEN ON PRESIDEN TIAL CHOICE. An Invasion By the Past Is Predicted B Government Officer of Depart ment of Agrloulture. THE CONVENTION WILL ACT The Friends of Underwood and Wilson Are Actlvs In All Parts of the Com monwealth Out of Question to Fore cast 8entlments of Delegates. Raleigh. The returns as far as re ceived from the counties of North Carolina which acted, primarily, to nominate county officers under the provisions of an optlonary and not compulsory law passed by the laBt Mr. Lesvltt, who has been connect ed with the United States forestry arvlea. haa aeeantad the DOaltiOn of banker declared he ; chlf forester for ths Canadian Con- session of the legislature, shows that tral ulj g0uth America. fore First Monday in March. Com mencing Feb. 26th, 1012. -nwti llth. Monday after First Mon- in M.rch. commences May 20, ion. . criminal and Civil. First Monday after First Monday in SepL Com. mencea SepL 9th, 1912. eiii 6th Monday alter First Mon- dav In September. Commenoes Octo ber 14. 1912. BOARDS. County Commissioners. W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall, i n n 9 raaaada. Member. Marshall, m r R IT n. No. 1. 'n.,.hn A. Tweed. Member, Big T aural M. C r n. Mashburn. Atty.. Marshall, N. f!. - . Board meets first Monday In every month. Raad Commissioners. A. K Bryan, Chairman, Marshall, N C,B.r.U.2. , , . . - . , J. A. Ramsey. Secretary, Mars Hill, N. C. R. F. D. 2. ' Bam Cox, Member, Mars Hill N. C R. F. D. No. 2. n w. Wild. Big Pine, N. C liiirilsv ChiDley. Road Engineer, Marahall. N. C. George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshall, m r. , " Board meets first Monday in Janu ary, April, July and October eacn year, Beard of Education. , T.anor Ebbs. Chairman. Spring , r,uk M C. Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 8. W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C R. F, n Kn. I. r.f m n. Ruckner. Supt of Schools, Mars Hill N. C. R- F. D. No. I. x ;'' , Board Meets first Monday in Janu ary, April, July and October each year Colleaes and High Schoola. Mars Hill College, Prof. R. U Moore, President, Mara Hill, N. C. Fall Term bMlns August 17. 1911. Spring Term hlna Tannarv 2. 1912. Spring Creek High School. Prof. a. c. Brown. Principal Spring Creek, N C. 8 Mo. School opened August 1. 1911. of secondary education in state uni versities of the South, and to aid the work of Negro education In the South. The demonstration work appropriation is $133,000. The miscellaneous appropriations were: For professors of secondary educa tion in the several state universities of the Southern states, $33,100; tor supervision of Negro rural schools in Kentucky, North Carolina and Vir ginia, $9,000. To three negro schools Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; Tuskegee In stitute, Tuskegee, Ala., and the S pel- man seminary of Atlanta, Ga. the sum of $35,000. Mlas Lathrop, who has been ap- - .hiiHra ri.nartm.nt. has mg the- bajhs. A physician there told been associatsd with Miss Jans Ad- him that, with careful attention to dams In the management of Hull bis diet, he would live "quite a while. House, Chicago, and Is ons of the best "He ma not say wnai quite wuiw i ...i.i u,i, in h. country. I meant." said Mr. Morse. It might mean years, or it migni mean muuiuu, I do not know. I have only tried to iiiritiT m iiipc ruuipcn i8et we wnlle 1 nave been ln Eurpe- 1 Mill I.! U I AT lillrllllll U I have paid no attention ln the bust "-a vaM.waa , .i, v , , , ness OI course, now x uiu wan buoui easily without a cane and I feel great- lv benefited by the sojourn in Eu rope.' When he was told that the citizens of his native town, Bath, Maine, had gained a great deal by his rest In : aarvatlon association and also will be Europe, and his looks confirmed his 1 ehlf Iron Inspector for the Canadian statement. He spent the latter four ; railway commission. weeks of his trip at Wiesbaden, tak- SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS FA VOR AMENDMENT TO THE CONFESSION, OF FAITH. General Conferense of Southern Pres byterian Church Adopts Radioal Program. ELECTION CLOSE IN OHIO HARMON LEADS WILSON ROOSEVELT LEADS TAFT BUCKEYE 8TATE. Roosevelt and Taft Give Out mistio Statements on the Result. AND IN Optl- only a very small number took even a "straw vote" oh presidential pref erence the act not providing for the legal holding of a presidential pref erence primary. It is therefore out of the question for any one to accurately forecast what the sentiment of the delegates to the Democratic state convention next month will be. The great majority not being In structed or enlightened in any way ex cept their own local observations will generally be guided by the latter Impulse. The Wilson promoters in the state Louisville, Ky. Atlanta, Ga., was selected as host tor the 1913 general asesmbly of the North- em Presbyterian church. Roch- ester and Atlantlo City, which were contenders, withdrew. At- lanta Plana to entertain thou- BLACK REBELLION SPREADS Negro Revolutionist Destroying Valu- . .. able Property In Cuba. Havana, Cuba. Reports received from Oriente province and emanating from other than governmental sources leave no room for doubt that the in surrectionary movement ln the east ern end of the island, the main thea ter of the Insurgents, Is growing at alarming rapidity. Those reports apparently " receive confirmation in the extraordinary ret icence of the government in its in crease of the severity of the telegraph censorship, its activity in enrolling volunteers and the determination to dispatch Ma. Gen. Monteagudo to take supreme command of the troops operating In Oriente. The government professes ignor- rance of the destruction by insurgents of the railways between San Luis and Guantanamo and the latter place and Ronueron. on Guantanamo bay. It also says nothing is known of (he wires on these roads having been cut, but admits there Is some Interruption in telegraphic communication. It is impossible to communicate with the American naval station at Guantana mo from Havana, . . Throughout th province of Orient panic reigns. The white people of the Columbus, Ohio. According to re turns in hand, Colonel Theodore O nnDovul t'a HoloD-atoa tn thA Tin f inn n 1 B,Mnlv Malm that a. AmC.idmA malor- planned a demonstration of welcome Repuhlicall conVention carried in the lty 0f the people want Wilson and for him, he expressed pleasure, but OWo prlmary by a plurallty 0f about tnat, the real power being ln the peo- said that he had made no plans to go I . nnn u , ararrnlv noaalble i. .i.- rnnvantlnn oueht and that final results from the primary probably will send a delegation that at poll will change the number of district eagt will be friendly to Wilson as delegates from either side by more flrgt choice. or two. The best figures From the Underwood promoters show that Roosevelt has 32 of the 42 tnere j8 a loud claim because of district delegates selected and that strength displayed in some counties President Taft has 10. j where organized fight was made. But Governor Harmon, however, is as- the territory covered by all the prl sured a complete delegation of 48 marie. was infinitesimal in comparl- there soon. Morse walked down the steamers Kancplank briskly, but with a limp, in.l. An hta wlfp'a arm Tha rnnnle '""""s ....... . :iZZ .- than one took a laxicao to ineir iodiucuot m West Fifty eighth street. CARING FOR FLOOD VICTIMS sands of members of each branch United 8tates Government Is Feeding delegates to the Baltimore convention. t0 tne ftrea ot the state. of the Presbyterian church in Homeless People Daily, 1913. The Southern Presbyter!- New Orleans. With the 'Mississippi an general assembly at Bristol, river and tributaries steadily falling Tenn., voted to meet next year and no further ,disaBt)us crevasses in Atlanta with the partial un- in the levees anticipated, interest in derstanding that the Northern the devastating flood that swept mil Presbyterians would also select Hons of acres of Louisiana's lowlands the Georgia city. and stretches ot fertile fields in Mis giasiBippi and otuheastern Arkansas, Bristol. Tenn. The adoption ot a now centers ln the gigantic task of resolution to appoint an ad interim caring for the tens of thousands of committee to prepare a brief popular people who have been made homeless. tolomont nt tha dontrines of the Mnre than 11.000.000 in cash ana a church, which was adopted by a nar- still His lead gives him control of the state Democratic coinventlon, which will se Dairymen Refuse To Sell Milk, lect six delegates-at-largev , Also, It ij.ne ggt of the Buncombe County Is said that the convention will pro-1 Dairyman's Association to have the vide for the unite rule, which will tax on each cow which furnishes torce the wnson aeiegaies smeuieu mllk t0 tne peopie reduced or rescmo by districts to vote for the Ohio ex d naa Deen reopened and the asso- ecutive. elation threw down the gauntlet, de- The .delegates-at-large situation In ciarng to the Joint health board, that the Republican party will not be unjegB they get the relief which they known or settled until June i, wnen dpmand the members of the associa- the state Republican convention meets tlon which Includes practically all here. Taft leaders claim they will th. Hatrvmen of the county, will re- larger amount in clothing and j control the state convention and des fuge t0 BeU mlik ln Aghevllle and dis- Ralelgh. A special from Washing ton states that an Invasion of the cot ton belt by the cotton worm or cater pillar, incorrectly called the army worm, may be expected this season In the opinion of W. D. Hunter, ln charge ot the Southern Held crop In vestigations of the Department of Ag rloulture expressing himself by way ot. warning rather than prediction. Ho advises planters to make the neces sary preparations for fighting th worm and begin operations at th earliest possible moment. The Inva sion last season extended as far North as Canada and did considerable damage not only to cotton but to fruits in the North. Investigation has developed that all the cotton worm moths ln the United States were de stroyed by the abnormal cold laat winter. "Our conclusion," saya Dr. Hunter, "is that the only fear of an outbreak la in a reinvasion from Cen- There is one fact which seems to indicate that there may possibly be such a rein vasion. The chronology ot the out break down that a distinct tendency towards th recurrence of a series of two or three seasons of abundance. Apparently, the species reaches great numbers ln South America and re mains abundant for several years, thua giving rise to the consecutive swarms which hav Invaded th United States." For the control ot th cotton worm Mr. Hunter advises the use of pow dered arsenate of lead, mixed with any other material, at tne rate oi a pounds per acre. Polltlce In Northampton County. With only on precinct casting about 25 votes to report me resuii, ln Northampton county in the Demo cratic primary is: Lieutenant-Governor W. E. Daniel 1,030 no one in opposition. Corporation commission er, long term Pell 642; Maxwell 354. Short (term, Daniel 640; Travis saw. The nominees are: House of repre sentatives, J. B. Stephenson; treasu rer, E. J. Ray; register of deeds, Sam uel J. Calvert; sheriff, Hlnton J. Joy ner; county commissioners, J. G. Stan cell, J. T. Bolton, J. H. Fitzhugh; road commissioners, C. B. Vlck, John E. Moore. Locke Craig for governor and the unencumbered state officers, re ceived a large number of votes. C. Q. Peebles waa endorsed for the Senate ln the Third district by 1.049 votes. row majority and after a lively de- supplies have been devoted to thejignate the delegates-at-large. bate, the passage of a resolution to refugees and there is almost $500,000 annnlnt a committee to confer with in slKht for their urgent neens. the United Presbyterian church on . From some sections of the flooded th aiihiect of a union with that or- districts have come stories of dls ganlzation, the report of the commit- tresslng conditions, but the United tee on church societies, recommend- states army relief corps and local re w th atmolntment of a woman Bee- lief committees have been prompt in retary, the consideration of a propos- every intsance in dispatching food ed amendment to the elect infant and medical supplies, and the various clause of the Confession of Faith, to refugee camps are declared to be in be submitted to the presbyteries and fair to good condition. Only a few the adoption of the minority report deaths have occurred, nf th committee on marriage and ' ' ji.n,. rafiurino- tn submit to the Kaiser Attacked by Socialists. ....wUlo. tha mattar nt A revision Rerlin. The final session Of the pose of it in other ways. They would Madison 8em nary " a,J?uuMV. :,, takine refUKe In the cit- - I f " ' . Prof J. M. Weatberly. Principal h.ii NCR. F. D. No. I. T Mo. Rnhnnl bacan October 2. 1911. Rail Institute. Miss Margaret E, Griffith, Principal WalnuL N. C 8 Mo. Rahnoi beaan September , mi. Marshall Academy. Prof. R. G. Anders. Principal. "Marshall, N. C f Mo. School began Sept 4, 1911,' Notary Publics. x n. Ramsey. Marshall, N. O. Term eiDlres Jan. 11. 1912. A. J. Roberts. Marshall N. C. R. F. D. No. 5, Term expires May 30, 1912, Jaaner Ebbs. String Creek, N. C Term expires August 10, 1912. r. ft rirown. Bluff. N. O. Term ex- nlres December 6, 1912. I. A. Leak. Revere. N. a Term nlres January 10. 113. W. T. Davis. Hot Springs. H. C, Term expires January 10. 1913. . J. H. Southworth,'Stackhouse, N, O. Term expires January 18, 1913. ' N. W. Anderson. Paint Fork, N. O. Term expires February 6, 1913. J. H. Hunter. Marshall N. C R. F, D. No. 2. -Term expire April 1, 191 J. F. Tilson. Marshall N. C, R. F. D. , No. 1 Term expires April 2, 1918 C J. Ebbs, Marshall N. C. , Term xplrea April 21. 1913. - 3. W. Nelson, Mah4J, N. C. ' Term . expires April 36. iis. Roy Ik Gudger. Marshall N.- O. Term expires May 8. 1913. Geo. M. Prltchard. Marshall N. C. Term expires May 25, 1918. Dudley Chlpley. Marshall N. C Term expires July 29, 1913, les and all mills have suspended op erations, which will Involve great loss to the sugar Industry. s To Prevent Waste In Shipping Cotton. Washington. An effort to organize cotton growers ln the South to rem edy the present wasteful conditions and marketing of cotton has been be gun by the bureau ot manufacturers, according to a report issued. Com mercial Agent John M. Carson has been assigned to visit the principal points for the concentration of cotton in the South and confer with the men I engaged In authority with a view to I ascertaining whether a plan for the more economical preparation of cot ton for the market could be devlBed. Betting on Presidential Race. New York. Prospects of a thrilling race, a wide latitude-in betting, and promise ot th best "flekT that has been entered In a "presidential han dicap" for many years, have finally awakened New York's betting spirit, and It is reported that money is be ing freely offered in Wagers as to whether Taft or Roosevelt or a aara horse will galn-the Republican nomi nation. Another betting chance Is th contest on th Democratic side, with the finals between the two parties as a climax. " . .- : -' " There is no question but that the A thlB waa gtated. while the mat- Taft-Roosevelt fight will be carried on . ter vag belng thrashed out In the to the floor of the state convention. t,iw nnnrts. attorneys having been Oyster Bay, N. Y. "The result In emt,ioyed already for the purpose. Evl- Mirur ' rtpnlnr. I . .. . . . . i .1 j ... iA, dently the noara nas ueciueu w i the dairymen take their course for it took no steps to accede to the demands. Ohio has settled the contest," declar ed Theodore Roosevelt. "I can only repeat what I have al ready said, I Infinitely prefer the de liberate Judgment of the people to their impulsive Judgment and in Ohio we got their deliberate Judgment ; and, as I have said, If I had to make a choice, I would choose the lmpul slve judgmelnt of the people rathei than the deliberate Judgment of ths bosses. Washington. Claiming 570 dele gates to the Chicago convention ot of the confeslon in this respect, were relchstag trior to adjournment to No the principal doings of the general vember 29 was a stormy one. The ki nf tha snntharn Presbvte- SnHnl Democratic leader, George rlan churcn. Ledebour, in referring to the emper- thirty more than enough to assure Seated in the chair, he was asked a or's recent threat at a Danquei mav.mm tne nomiuauuu, nvmwi series of questions by the Rev. Her- he would Incorporate Alsace-Lorraine in a statement declared he was going bert S Johnson, his spiritual adviser, into Prussia, declared: "A people like into New Jersey to "make assurance the English would in a paranei cugo aouDiy sure. - RICHES0N PAY 5 Baptist Minister Die for th Murder of Avia kinnen. Boston. Clarence JV. T. Rlcheson was electrocuted. The current was turned on at 12:10:02, and the prison er was declared dead at iz:i7. PENALTY either have smashed the throne to fragments or ivb arch making such remarks in some castle in the same way as had been done to the mad king ot Bavaria." 8ewanee Plans Butt Memorial. Nashville. Tenn. At a meeting The president's statement was Is sued after a day ot activity at the white house. Political conferences with his managers and appointments with members of the cabinet were followed by a meeting of the full cab inet It was stated later that this meeting was devoted to "routine busl confessed poisoning Avis Llnnell of University of the soutn, u i "ZL "a ,n.irfrahla rf tt hi. auraathnart was out- that two memorial" "" f i - ' .".. ' . a . .,.. tha memorv at Sewanee , tall. wardly caim nw in mwiw m. irraireiu. - - death' chamber and he maintained of .TSmSSSi his, composure while the straps ano Ma . Arcn.e ".7 - , . . .1 .... . tiainir afiiiiRran aa ne i nraniD or mun-swi n... ... eieciruuca -o 7. . . . -1 1 .1,11. tha Haifa aa in the electric chair. nsneo Dy me iU"". -""-""-; Senator Crane to Retire. Washington. Senator W. Murray Crane of Massachusetts voluntarily jwddo. C ' " - " - eyes ----- 0im t hla mem- down. Then he closed nis eyes eiia erect ej"-"; bnt them shut until the end. ory. lieutenants of former Senator Aldrich Heroism Wins Pardon for Convict Jackson, Miss. Heroism displayed In the fight against the Mississippi .... .. .. . . v 1. Louisiana Governor Sworn In. She Says: "No vo, Raton Rouge. La. Gov. Luther is. unicago. -- . a 1 a, - a - "in . vmn rv 11 1 taja Hall took the oath : oinc to mi out a personal floods ha. brought to Harry Mills, . executiv of th stat of LttUu ""' vartll, instead, she ! state convict, a pardon from Govern here, former Governor j. x. oanaer. pro7 " " blank space and or Brewer. Mills was convicted ol retlrinig to privat life. The inaugu- wrote thl. 1! ,n VIcksburg six year, age ration ceremony was attended by malle d it to the assessor . n m ced t0 twenty year8 state bouse officers, member, of the JtlJJimUZiLlAmmmmV-. When convicts we Commlsslsn Vacates Freight Order. Washington. Orders Issued by the interstate commerce commission sus-tmndlna- advances In class freight W". 0. Connor. Mara Hill. K. C, Tn rates from New Orleans to Mobil. xplrs November 27, 1913. POST. Oeorge'W. Gahagan Post, No. 88 G. A. R. '; 8. M. Davis, Commander. J. H. Ballard. AdJuUnt Meets at th Court Hons Batmrday before thi soond Sunday la ' JDonta mllAlC Selma and Prattvllle. Ala., and Pen sacoia. Fla.. were vacated by the com mission. This action Is taken not be cause the commission doubts that It had authority to enter th orders, but because It wishes to avoid compli cating th questions Involved tn th rase of th TMilsvlll and Nashvljl Railroad company against th commis sion. .'' ' .-.j- state house omcera, .... . ... - - , schedule on the 1 imprisonment. When convicts wert general assembly, officers of the bat- Cook hands me a ,JSSut to bold back the swollen Mis tieshlp Nebraska, in he harbor .and ground ha I 'JJ M1s attracted attention by , j aitUona tmm AVAnr nart I BTIti must DftT aDT orth. state. There was no aUempi mon expenses, and then refuses me a of !he .v. ":ia. a,a .im. kaiiat on the KTonni that I am a worn- at display; u.e will T rafuea to be Lieutenant oovernor uarreti an. jnn ,.' voiiuntaruy " Die. was also swora in. . 1 1 1. a,,. a in. ihh. 1 uin Ir nc' J"":. ' .PHnc. naarM W.shlnrton.-In one of th most STiesaca, 0 1 - . .. 1 ,v ,,., omn. tha eldest son of the duke remartaDie p"" or Cumberland, and hi. .chamberlain. ....Ion TtJZllT.TZ Greve. were instancy - raiaa .n u,e. ot .--. ; Z..teT Von ...tnmobil accident They left mer President. " .. . . .... I. A larrort in ajmnaT nil. nariln to attend the runerai 01 tn tenua " ... Drtnc'. nnc! th lata King Freder- ter fashion to th. leaders of his own ffvn". Th Princ. who wa. at th party. IneM tag Speak er Clark and steerini wheels.-, probably failed to Governor Wilson. Mr. Die. foisaw steering wnee . 1. ' crumbling ot the republic, the ttTwg'hwar waT "big paSd. d eventual rule ot th. mob and ."to- Sov! tnr.chln at full sped Into d a. the cause, -. growth of dema- aIrt ol t th. roadway which wa. bb- ogu.ry and lnfl" rf0' tortnac.daml.ed. 8rwU from aouther. Europ. his reckless disregard of peril H volunteered, even pleaded, for every task which offered danger, but al way. escaped unscathed. Ccnurees Talks of ' Adjournment Washington. Congress gossip now centers largely upon adjournment The Progressive Republican senators insist that after so many months ol discussion at this session there should b important legislative achievements on the tariff and oher thing. Regu lar Republican .enator. are brlngini the tariff bill, out of the finance com mlttee, but are considering abeentlni themselves upon the tariff bill votes so that the president may have ths advantage of vetoing gtraight Demo cratio measures. Good Roads For Davie County. P. O. Tatum of South River was ln Spencer and brought an account of a big good roads meeting held at Jerus alem. A large crowd was present and the meeting was presided over by T. J. Byerly of Mocksvllle, while E. D. Williams of the same place was made secretary. The road conditions ln Davie was discussed after which it was decided to build a sand-clay road from Jerusalem to Cooleemee. For this purpose the Erwirt Cotton Mill Company offered one-half of the $3,000 which it was estimated the road will cost. '. Design for Ashley Home Monument The ten thousand dollar monument to the North Carolina women ot the Confederacy that Col. Ashley Horn Is to erect and present to the state is to be designed by Henry A. Lukman, of New York, a native of Richmond. He was selected to perfect the design by the committee named by Mr. Home to have in hand th erection. of the monument A low massive ae sign is agreed upon, the details to o worked out within the next two weeks, so that it can be finally adopted early ln June. The principal feature win be the figure of an idealized South ern woman that will be on suitable pedestal. Extending J a semi-circular shape from either side of this pe destal will be extensions of the gran ite extending to the side war. Two -Special Terms of Court. Two special terms of court were granted by Governor Kltchln as fol lows: Graham county, one week, be ginning July 1, for civil case, only, with Judge James L. Webb to preside. Alamance county, two weeks, begin ning June 17, for civil and criminal cases. Judge C. C. Lyon ha. been designated to preside. One of Greatest Event. In Hl.tory. Union Primary Vote Very Light f!nl. J. Brvan Grimes who presided I Later returns from the union pn- at the unveiline of the tablet to the marv show that the vote war the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ- lightest ever cast ln the history of th ence in Raleigh, in calling the meet ing to order took occasion to declare that he believed, and indeed knew, the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde pendence to be one of the greatest events in American history. He paid high tribute to the women of the state for the awakening that he de clared they have brought about large ly in Interest in North Carolina his toric matters. county. In 11 out ot 18 precinct, there were only 337 votes cast, this repre senting less than one-fifth the voting strength. The vote for lieutenant gov ernor at these precincts was: Bou shall 36; Shaw, 208; Daniel, 40; Daughtridge, 24; McRae, 106. For cor poration commissioner, long term, Maxwell 132; Justice, 107; ren, . For short term corporation commis sioner: Daniel 132; Travis, 254. Baptist Young People's Union Meet The state convention of the Bap tist Young People's Union will be held at Dunn, June llth and 13th, in clusive. It will be a very interesting meeting, and will attract many young people from all part, of the state. The officers have been fortunate in secur ing a number of prominent speakers for this convention, among them Dr. Edwin M. Poteat, ot Greenville, S. C; Mr. Arthur Flake, ot Baldwin, Miss and Mr. B. W. Spilbnan, of the Sun day School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Iredell County Politics. Final returns ln the precinct meet ing, held throughout the county rod ln Statesvllle do not alter the results as announced. A heavy vote was cast cast ln all the precinct, and the per sonnel of the county board ot commis sioner. 1. not yet determined. R. M. Gray of Statesvllle will succeed L. O Whit as superintendent ot county education. It i. a mistake that the question of salaries for county officers waa declared on aa haa been stated la dispatches to many paper, from Raleigh. Addres. By Major Hemphill. The araduating exercises or reace institute took place with the award of diplomas and the address to the graduates by Major J. C. Hempnui. The theme of Major Hemphill', ad dress was "The Chief End ot Educa tion i. the Making of a Woman." The speaker made a plea for the rights ot women, paying tribute to her lntelU genc. "Women should be trained," he said, "to hav knowledge of them selves. It must be a systematic train ing, fitting them for the crisl ot life as well as dally duties." Filing of Name.' In Wsk Closed. With an addition to the list ot can didates for office in Wake county th filing of names with the register of deeds closed and the winner, will be known after the primary close, on the Art of June. Th on addition to th list of candidates wa. the. nam of Mr. S. Brown Shepherd, who an nounced his candidacy for the state senate. Mr. Shepherd Is a prominent and able attorney ot Raleigh, a son of the late Chief Justice Shepherd, whose ability Is such as to hav given him high plac at th bar. 1