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?rPfQ illiJlJ SECOiiD CESSAGE President Tells of Treasury and Army Affairs. PHILIPPINES ARE INCLUDED III for Nstlves Independence De nounced m Premature Progress of Panama Canal. Waehlnston, Vc I Congress today re ceived from Pruldent Tart the Mcond of hi iMiniw to tlw short (anion. 1 oeaia with fiscal, military, lmular and Judicial attain and In part la aa follows: The condition of ths country with ret ' arsnoo to business could hardly be better. While the four years of the administra tion now drawing- to a close have not de veloped treat speculative expansion or a wide Held of new Investment, the recoV' ery and progress made from the depress ing" conditions following the panic of 1907 nave been steady and the Improvement baa been clear and easily traoed In the statistics. The business of the country Is now on a solid basis. Credits are not unduly extended and every phase of the situation seems In a state of prepared' aess for a period of unexampled prosper ity. Manufacturing concerns are running at their full capacity and the demand for labor was never so constant and orowlng. The foreign trade of the country for this year will exceed X.000,000,000, while the balr-e In our favor that of the excess of exports over imports will exceed $500. 000,000. More than half our exports are manufacture or partly manufactured material, while our exports of farm pro ducts do not show the same Increase of domestlo consumption. It Is a year of bumper crops; the total money value of (arm products will exceed t9.HO.000.000. It la a year when the bushel or unit price of agricultural products hsa gradually (alien, and yet the total value of the en tire crop la greater by over tl.000,000,000 than we have known In our history. Condition of the Treasury, The condition of the treasury Is very satisfactory. The total interest-bearing debt is 1961.777.770. of which 1134,631.980 con. ttuta the Panama canal loan. The non- Intereat-bearlnsj debt Is 1378.301.24.90. In eluding 346,671,016 of greenbacks. We have In the treasury $160,000,000 In gold coin aa a reserve against the outstanding green backs: and In addition we have a cash balance In the treasury aa a general fund of $167,152,478.99, or an Increase of $26,978. KI over the general fund last year. Reeelpta and Expenditures. For three years the expenditures of the government have decreased under the In' fluence of an effort to economise. This year presents an apparent exception. The estimate by the secretary of the treasury of the ordinary reeelpta, exclusive of pos tal revenues, for the year ending June 30. 1914. Indicates that they will amount to $170,000,000. The sum of the estimates of the expenditures for that same year, exclusive of Panama canal disbursements and postal disbursements payable from postal revenues Is $783,000,000, Indicating a deficit of $21,000,000. For the year ending June SO, 191$, similarly estimated receipts were $667,000,000, while the total corre- apondlng estimate of expenditures for that rear, submitted through the secretary of the treasury to congress, amounted to SfW.OOO.OOO. Thla shows an Increase of 176,000,000 In the estimates for 1914 over the total estimates of 1913. This Is due to an Increase of $35,000,000 in the estimate (or livers and harbors for ths next year on projects and surveys authorised by congress; to an Increase under the new pension bill of $31500.000; and to an In crease In the estimates for expenses of the navy department of $24,000,000. The estimate for the navy department for the year 191$ Included two battleships. Con gress made provision for only one battle ahlp, and therefore the, navy department Jias deemed It necessary and proper to make an estimate which Includes the first year's expenditure for three battleships 1n addition to the amount required for work on the uncompleted ships now under construction. In addition to the natural Increase In the expenditures for the un completed ships, and the additional bat tleship estimated for, the other increases are due to the pay required for 4,000 or more additional enlisted men In the navy, and to this must be added the additional cost of construction Imposed by the change in the eight-hour law which makes it applicable to ships built in pri vet shipyards. With the exceptions of these three Items, the estimates show a reduction this year below the total estimates for 191$ of more than $5,000,000. The estimates for Panama canal con struction for 1914 are $17,000,000 less than (or 191$. The president -then explained at some length the national reserve association ystem recommended by the monetary commission and urged congress to ex amine the plan Impartially from all standpoints and then to adopt some plan which will secure the benefits de sired. Concerning the tariff he had little to ay in view of the fact that a new con gress has been elected on a platform of tariff for revenue only. Army Reorganization. Our small army now consists of 83,809 men, excluding the 5,000 Philippine scouts. Leaving out of consideration the coast artillery force, whose position is fixed in our various seacoast defenses, and the present garrisons of our various Insular possessions, we have today within the continental United States a mobile army of only about 85,000 men. This little force must be still further drawn upon to sup ply the new garrisons for the great naval base which Is being established at Pearl Harbor, la the Hawaiian Islands, and to protect the locks now rapidly approaching completion at Panama. The forces re maining In the United States are now scattered In nearly fifty posts, situated (or a variety of historical reasons In twenty-four states. These posts contain only fractions of regiments, averaging less than 700 men each. In time of peace It has been our historical policy to ad minister these units separately by a geo graphical organisation. In other words, our army In time of peace has never been a united organisation but merely scat tered groups of companies, battalions and regiments, and the first task In time of war has been to create out of these scat tered units aa army fit for effective team work and co-operation. Thne He Went "Ah," remarked Miss Weary, whom Mr. Staylate had been boring with old conundrums, "that last one re minds me of the best thing going "What's that?" he asked, eagerly. "A man whb haa stayed too long." Catholic Standard and Times. . Ambiguous. Maud What kind of a man did Car oline marry? Beatrix The kind who - Mma ' tAm, from lllimns with money in his pocket I efore Houees Were Numbered), Four hundred years ago the idea of ring bouses originated in Paris, it 83 not until 1789 that the n fcpra'r.a f neraL - The first a 1 i of a London street in i t- - v-a cumbered la Free- t f I ? t practice did not nrMnnpcc Te the task ef meeting these patent defects, the war department has been ad dressing Itself during the past year. A comprehensive plan of reorganisation was prepared by the war college division of the general staff. This plan was thor oughly discussed last summer at a series of open conferences hsld by the secretary of war and attended ky representatives from all branches of ths army and from congress. In printed form It has distributed to members of congress and throughout the army and the national guard, and widely through Institutions ef learning and elsewhere In the United States. In It for the first time, we have a tentative chart tor future progress. The National Guard. Under existing law the national guard constitutes, after the regular army, the first line of national defense. Its or ganisation, discipline, training, and equip ment, under recent legislation, bare been assimilated, as far aa possible, to those of the regular army, and its practloal efficiency, under the effect of this train ing, has very greatly Increased. Our cltl sen soldiers under present . conditions have reached a stage of development be yond which they cannot reasonably be asked to go without further direct as sistance In the form of pay from the fed' era! government On the other hand, such pay from ths national treasury would not be justified unless It produced a proper equivalent In additional efficiency on th part of the national guard. The organised mllltla today cannot be ordered outside of the limits of the Unltsd States, and thus cannot lawfully be used for general mill tary purposes. Ths officers and men are ambitious and eager to make themselves thus available and to become an efficient national reserve of cltlsen soldiery. They are the only force of trained men, other than the regular army, upon which we can rely. The so-called military pay bill, In the form agreed on between the au thorities of ths war department and the representatives of the national guard. In my opinion adequately meets tnese con' dltions and offers a proper return for the pay which It Is proposed to glvs to ths national guard. I believe that its enact' ment Into. law would be a very long step toward providing this nation with a first line of cltlsen soldiery, upon which Its main reliance must deptnd In case or any national emergency. Plans for the or ganlsatlon of the national guard Into tac tical divisions, on the same lines as those adopted tor the regular army, are being formulated by the war college division of ths general staff. Porto Rico, Mr. Taft saye. continues to show notable progress and he urges the senate to pass ths bill granting ths Perto Rlcans American cltlsensnip. Philippines. A bill Is pending In congress, eon tlnues the message, which revolution ises the carefully worked out scheme of government under which the Philip pine islands ars now governed and which proposes to render them virtu ally autonomous at once and absolutely Independent in eight years. Such a proposal can only be founded on the assumption that we have now die charged our trusteeship to the Filipino people and our responsibility for them to the world, and that they are now prepared for self-government as well national sovereignty. A thorougn and unbiased knowledge of ths facta clearly shows that thess assumptions are absolutely with Justification. As to this. I believe that there la no sub stantial difference of opinion among any of those who have had ths respon sibility of facing Philippine problems in the administration of the islands, and I believe that no one to whom the future of this people Is a responsible concern can countenance a policy fraught with the direst consequences to those on whose behalf It Is osten sibly urged. In the Philippine Islands we have embarked upon an experiment unprece dented In dealing with dependent peoples. We are developing there condlt'ona exclusively for their own welfare. We found an archipelago containing 14 tribes and races, speak ing a great variety of languages, and with a population over 80 per cent of which could neither read nor write. Through the unifying forces of a common education, of commercial and economic development and of gradual participation In local self-govern ment we are endeavoring to evolve a homogeneous people fit to determine, when the time arrives, their own destiny. We are seeking to arouse a national spir it and not, as under ths older colonial theory, to suppress such a spirit. Ths character of the work we have been do ing Is keenly recognised In the Orient and our success thus far followed with not a little envy by those who. Initiating the same policy, find themselves hamp ered by conditions grown up in earlier days and under different theories of ad ministration. But our work Is far from done. Our duty , to the Filipinos Is far from discharged. Over half a million Fili pino students are now in the Philippine schools helping to mold the men of the future Jnto a homogeneous people, but there still remain more than a million Filipino children of school age yet to be reached. Freed from American control the Integrating forces of a common edu cation and a common language will ceass and the eucatlonal system now well start ed will slip back into Inefficiency and dis order. An enormous Increase In the commer cial development of the Islands has been made since they were virtually granted full access to our markets three years ago, with every prospect of Increasing development and diversified Industries. Freed from American control such devel opment is bound to decline. Every ob server speaks of the great progress In public works for the benefit of the Fili pinos, of harcor Improvements, of, road and railways, of Irrigation and artesian wells, public buildings, and better means of communication. But large parts of the Islands are still unreached, still even unexplored, roads and railways ars need ed In many parts. Irrigation systems ars still to be Installed and wells to be driven. Whole villages and towns are still with out means of communication other than almost Impassible roads and trails. Even the great progress In sanitation, which has successfully suppressed smallpox, the bubonic plague, and Asiatic cholera, has found the cause of and a cure for beri beri, has segregated the lepers, has help ed to make Manila the most healthful city in the Orient and to free life throughout the whole archipelago from its former dread diseases. Is nevertheless Incom plete In many essentials of permanence in sanitary policy. Even more remains to be accomplished. If freed from Ameri can control sanitary progress Is bound to be arrested and all that has been achiev ed likely to be lost 1 1 If the task we have undertaken Is high er than that assumed by other nations Its accomplishment must demand even more patience. We must not forget that we The Real Boss. "Well, which one of the newly mar ried pair is boss?" "No one can tell." ' "Why not?" "Her mother ia visiting them at present" .v.-. ' The Topic "What la being most discussed in the homes of the nations Just nowT The tarlffr "No; I think fall honsedeanlng la Just now on the carpet". ; Finance. Marks "I have some money, but I don't know whether to buy a home or an automobile." Parks Take my advice; buy a home and mortgage it to get the machine. .Then you'll have both." Boston Transcript Suitable Play. In? to FiAa my f.wwflll i. T. Li.t 1 tB ? ' . --Lir - i f rewL.l tour, I t '." - "I i'J I :zt i ..t a'." i. "1 am r r I i ; i r f . found the Filipinos wholly untrained government Up to our Advent all other experience sought to repress rather than encourage political power. It takes long time and much experience to Ingrain po litical habits of steadiness and efficiency. Popular self-government ultimately must rest upon common habits of thought and upon a reasonably developed publlo opln. Ion, No such foundations for self-gov eminent let alone independence, are now present In ths Philippine Islands. Dlsre gardlng even their racial heterogeneity and the lack of ability to think aa a na tion. It Is sufficient to point out that un der liberal franchise privileges only about I per cent of the Filipinos vote and only I per cent of the people are said to read the publlo press. To confer Independenoe upon the Filipinos now Is, therefore, to subject the great mass of thslr people to the dominance of an oligarchical and, probably, exploiting minority. Buoh course will be aa cruel to those people aa It would be shameful to us. Our true oourse Is to pursue steadily and courageously the path we have thus far followed; to guide ths Filipinos Into self-sustaining pursuits; to contlnus the cultivation of sound political habits through education and political Dractlos to encourage the diversification of Indus tries, and to realise the advantages of their - Industrial education by conserve tlvely approved co-operative methods, at ones checking the dangers of concentrate ed wealth and building up a sturdy. Inde pendent dttsenshlp. , Regulation of Water Power. There are pending before congress large number of bills proposing to grant privileges of erecting dama for the pur pose of creating water power In our navl gable rivers. The pendency of these bills has brought out an Important defect In the existing general dam act That act does not In my opinion, grant sufficient power to the federal government In deal Ing with the construction of such dams to exact protective conditions In ths Interest of navigation. It does not permit the federal government as a condition of Its permit to require that a part of the value thus created shall be applied to the further general Improvement and protec tion of the stream. I believe this to be one of ths most Important matters of Internal Improvement now confronting the government Most of ths navigable rivers of this country are comparatively long and shallow. In order that they may be made fully useful for navigation there haa come into vogue a method of Improvement known as canalisation, or ths slack-water method, which consists In building a series of dams and locks. each of which will create a long pool of deep navigable water. At each of these dams there Is usually created a long pool of deep navigable water. At each of these dsms there Is usually created also water power of commercial value. If the water power thus created rn be mads available for the further Improvement of naviga tion In the stream. It Is manifest that the Improvement will be much more quickly e fleeted on the one hand, and on the other, that the burden on the general tax payers of the country will be very much reduced. Private Interests seeking per mits to building waterpower dams In navigable streams usually urge that they thus Improve navigation, and that If they do not impair navigation they should be allowed to take for themselves the en tire profits of the water-power develop ment Whatever they may do by way of relieving the government of the expense of Improving navigation should be given due consideration, but It must be apparent that there may be a profit beyond a rea sonably liberal return upon the private Investment which Is a potential asset of the government In carrying out a com prehensive policy of waterway develop ment. It Is no objection to ths retention and use of such an asset by the govern ment that a comprehensive waterway policy will Include the protection and de velopment of the other public uses of water, which cannot and should not be Ignored In making and executing plans for the - protection and development of navigation. It Is also equally clear that Inasmuch as the water power thus cre ated la or may be an Incident of a gen eral scheme of wsterway Improvement within the constitutional jurisdiction of the federal government, the regulation of such water power lies also within that jurisdiction. In my opinion constructive ststesmanshtp requires that legislation should be enacted which will permit ths development of navigation In these great rivers to go hand In hand with the util ization of thla by-product of water pow er, created in the course of the same Im provement, and that the general dam act should be so amended aa to make this pos sible. I deem It highly Important that the nation should adopt a consistent and harmonious treatment of these water power projects, which will preserve for this purpose their value to the govern ment whose right it Is to grant the per mit Any other policy la equivalent to throwing away a most valuable national asset The Panama Canal. During the past year the work of con struction upon the canal has progressed most satisfactorily. About 87 per cent of the exeravatlon work has been completed, and more than 9$ per cent of the con crete for all the locks Is in place. In view of the great Interest which has been manifested as to some slides In the Cule bra Cut I am glad to say that the report of Col. Goethals should allay any ap prehension on this point It Is gratifying to note that none of the slides which oc curred during this year would have In terfered with the passage of the ships had the canal. In fact, been In operation, and when the slope pressures will have been finally adjusted and the growth of vegetation will minimise erosion In the banks of the cut the slide problem will be practically solved and an ample sta bility assured for the Culebra Cut Although the official date of the open ing baa been set for January I, 1915, the canal will, in fact, from present indica tions, be opened for shipping during the latter half of 1918. No fixed date can as yet be set, but shipping interests will be advised as soon as assurances can be given that vessels can pass through with out unnecessary delay. Recognising the administrative sroblera m the management - of the canal, con gress In the act of August H. 1911, haa made admirable provision, for executive responsibility In the control of the canal and the government of the Canal Zone. The problem of most efficient organisa tion la receiving careful consideration, so that a scheme of organisation and con trol best adapted to the conditions of the canal may be formulated and put' la op eration as expeditiously as possible. Act ing under the authority conferred on me by congress, I have, by executive procla mation, promulgated the following sched uel of tolls for ships pasalng through the canal, based upon the thorough report of Emory R, Johnson, special commts-. sioner on traffic and tolls: L On merchant vessels carrying pas- Both Alike, "A dentist who wishes to change his business ought to be a good real estate agent." "Why sor "Because he haa had experience In making money out of ache-rs." : - Tact She (sternly) I have a rod in pic kle for you. He (genially) If the pickle la one of those Jars you fill so appetixlngly, I shall welcome It my dear. ;. Argumentum ad "John, why don't, women have the right to vote, anyhow?" "Maria, do you really want women to have the right to vote?" ; Not on my own account of course, but" , ' "Welt that's the reason, Maria." No Danger. "I am afraid that young writer will ski; a ever the surface of t's subject get reft go dopply Into it" "lac t. Tl i " ' -..t la t' bor-ir-f cf ft-j." sengera ar cargo, $J.M per net vessel Itr. , t, Oa vessels la ballast without pas sengers or cargo, 40 per cent less than the rate of tolls for vessels with passen gers or cargo. I Upon naval vessel other than trans port!, colliers, hospital ships, and supply ships, to cents per displacement ton. 4. Upon army and navy transports, col liers, hospital ships, snd supply ships, tl.tO per net ton, the vessels to be meas ured by the same rules as ars employed In determining the net tonnage of mer chant vessels. Rules for ths determination of the ton nage upon which toll charges are based are now In course of preparation and will be promulgated In due season. Panama Canal Treaty. The proclamation which I have Issued In respect to the Panama Canal tolls Is In accord with the Panama Canal act passed by this congress August $4. 1lt. Ws have been advised that the British government has prepared a protest against the act and Its enforcement In so far as It relieves from the payment of tolls American ships engaged In the Amer ican coastwise trade en th ground tnai It violates British rights under the Hay Pauncefnte treaty concerning ths Psnama Canal. When the protest Is presented. It rill be nromDtlv considered and an ef fort made to reach a satisfactory adlust. ment of any differences there may be be tween the two governments Workmen'! Compensation Act The nmmulantlnn of an efficient work men's compensation act. adapted to the particular conditions of the Bone, la awaiting adequate appropriation by con- e for the payment of claims ansmv. thereunder. I urge Inst speedy provision be made In order that we mav install up on the tone a system of settling claims for Iniurlea in beet a cord with modern humane, social, and Industrial theories. Promotion for Col. Goethale. li the enmnlettnn of the canal grows nearer, and as the wonderful executive work of Pol Onethals becomes mors eon. splcuous In the eves of the country and of the world. It seems to ms Wse and nrcnee to make nrov'slon hy law for such regard to him as mav h commensurate with the service that he has rendered to his country. I uest thit this reward take the form of sn apoolntment or I oi. Ooethals aa a malor general In the army of the United States, and that the law authorislnr such aonointment ne accom panied with a provision permitting bis designation as chief of engineers upon the retirement of ths present Incumbent of that office. Navy Department The navy of the T'n'ted State is In. greater state f efficiency snd Is more nnwerful than It has been Be fore, but In the emulation which e Ists between different countries in re- neet to the Increase or ni"i ann military armaments this condition Is not a permanent one. In view of the manv Imnrovements and increases hy forelrn governments the slightest halt on our part In respect to new construc tion throws us hack and reduces ns from a naval power of the first rank and places us among the nations of the second renk. A vear ago congress refused to no- nroprlate for more than one hattleshlo. In this I think - a great mlstaks of policy was made, and I iirsrentlv rec ommend that this conrress make up for the mistake of the laat session by appropriations authorleln the con struction of three hatHeahlna. In ad dition to destroyers, fuel ships, and the other auxiliary vessels aa shown n the bn'ldlng program of the general board. We are confronted by a condi tion In respect to the navies of - the world which requires us. If we would maintain our navy as an Insurance of pesce. to augment our naval force by at least two battleships a year and by battle cruisers, g'inhoats. torpedo de stroyers, snd submarine boats In a nroper protlnn. We have no desire for war. Ws go as far ss any nation the world to avoid war nut we are worlO power. Our population, our wealth, our definite policies, our re- snonalbtlltles the Pacific and the At lantic our defense of the Panama ca nal, together with our enormous wona trade and our missionary outposts on the frontiers of civilisation, requlrs a to recognise our position ns one or the foremost In the family of nations, nd to c'othe ouraelvea with sufficient naval power to give force to our rea sonable demands, and to stive weight to or Influence In those directions of progress that a powerful Christian na tion should advocate. ' . Department ef Justice. This denartment has been very active in the enforcement of the law. It has been better organised and with a larger force than ever before In the history of the government The prose cutions which have been successfully concluded and which are now pending testify to the effectiveness of the de partment work. The prosecution or trusts unuer im Shermsn anti-trust law has gone on thout restraint or diminution, and decrees similar to those entered In the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases nave been entered In other suits, like the suits against the powder trust and the bath tuh trust. I am very atrongly con vinced that a steady, consistent course this regard, with a continuing of Supreme court decisions upon the new phases of the trust question not already : finally decided, la going to offer a solution of this much-discussed and troublesome Issue rh a quiet calm and i judicial way, without any radical leg- tlon changing- the governmental policy In regard to combinations now denounced by the Sherman anti-trust law. . I have already recommended as an aid In this matter legislation which would declare unlawful . certain well known phases of unfair competition In interstate trade, and I have also advo cated voluntary national Incorporation for the larger Industrial enterprises, with provision for a closer supervision by the bureau ef corporations, or a board appointed for the purpose, so as mske certain compliance wltn the anti-trust law on the one hand and to ve greater security to the stock holders against possible prosecutions on the other. I believe, however, that the orderly course of litigation In the courts and the regular prosecution of trusts charged with the violation of the anti-trust law Is producing among business men a clearer and clearer perception of the line of distinction be tween business that la to be encour aged and business that Is to be con demned, and that In thla quiet way the question of trusts can be settled snd competition retained aa an economic force to secure reasonableness In prices and freedom and Independence trade. WILLIAM H. TAFT. ' Two of 'Em. "Tea, I waa a great player In my day," aaid Jones. "Made a goal from the klckoff.- Can any ot you beat thatr : "I've done the 'tame, yon bloomlo' liar!" replied Brown. Judge, Ita Class. "Unhorsing rival in the old days of chivalry was very much like modern holiday In a busy life." ' "How sor' "It waa taking a knight off." " Precautions. . George She sings nicely, doesn't she? Tom Oh, yea. When the sings they have to close the windows. George My goodness! What for? Tom Her voice Is so sweet that it draws the flies. Pathnader. ROI! h on Cad. "Do you brieve la sight, mother?" "Cf cf dear. Do you ? ried yo:ir fat: -f if 1 5 ! lock." I. II. j . love sf" f rut I f , rj I d 1 ve n ir ili i Iff?! kill IN BOYS' CORN CLUBS OP NORTH CAROLINA, FOR THE PAST YEAR. MANY BOYS MAKE REPORT Average Coat In 112 Waa 47 Cents. While In 1911 It Waa 48 Cents One Girl Competed. Work Waa Is) Charge ef L O. Schaub. Raleigh. Although a large part ot the atate experienced the moat severe drouth la many years, the results of the Boys' Contest ahowi an Increased average yield above- MIL Six hun dred and thirty -Ave boy a have made their report with a total yield ot SV 800 buahela or an average yield of 62.8 buahela per acre. In 1911, four hun dred and thirty-five boya reported with an average yield ot 60.7 buah ela. The average coat in 1912 waa 47o while in 1911 it waa 45c. This in creased coat la due largely to the se vere drouth in the Piedmont section which reduced the yield and thereby Increased the coat per bushel. Two boya made above 17S buahela, five above 150, twenty-one above 124 and aeventy-four above 100. The larg est yield waa made by Richard Brock, in Wayne county, but hla coat ot pro duction waa so large that the cham pionship of tie atate goea to George West, Jr., ot Klnston, with a yield ot 184 buahela. The two boya making the beat rec ord in each district, twenty In all, win free tripa to the National Cora Exposition. These tripa are given by the Southern Fertilizer Association ot Atalnta, Oa. " Many countiea will alao send boya to thia exposition. One girl, Mlaa Ethel Smith, of Stanly county, competed with the boya and won third prize In her dis trict "There were two other girls in the contest in the atate, but their yields were not large enough to win district prizes. The work is In charge of I. O. Schaub, ot the atate department of agriculture. Carolinlana Actively Kicking. Washington. North v Carolina con gressmen wno have arrived in Washington do not hesitate to ex press their disapproval ot the execu tive order of President Taft placing all fourth-class postmasters under the protection of the civil service law. Representative R. N. Page aaid that, considering the circumstances under which the order waa made, he could see no reason for upholding it He said the fact that it was made a short time before the election and at a time when, the president had rail roaded a large number of politicians Into these offices established that it waa nothing more than a partisan po litical move. Few Elected President Raleigh. The State Literary - ana Historical Society elected aa presi dent for the next year Dr. W. P, Few. preaident of Trinity Colelge, and aa vice presidents, Mrs. Margaret Bus bee Shlpp of Raleigh, Mr. O. W. Black nail of Kittrell and Dr. Archibald Hen derson of Chapel Hill; secretary- treaaurer, Mr. R, D. W. Connor. Mr. Clarence Poe declined to serve longer aa secretary-treasurer. -,; . Parcels Poat For Durham. Durham. Postmaster J. A. - Giles, of the local office, has during the past few daya sent out to the Durham merchants many inquiries aa to the probable use that they will make of the parcels post which is to be estab lished here January 1. Replies that have been received from many sources Indicate that the new method of send ing parcels will be used to a consid erable extent A The postmaster Is gathering this Information at the re quest of the postoffloe department, which is making an effort to get some definite Ideas to what extent the new inauguration will be taken advantage of. 8olla ef North Carolina. Washington. The Department ot Agriculture has Issued reports on the soil surveys of Richmond and Gran ville Counties. This work was done by the United States geological ex perts in conjunction with the state. The area covered in Richmond coun ty Is 296,960 acres and in Granville 834,080. A description Is given of the types of soils, agricultural conditions and prospects and what crops may be grown. The Congressmen ot the dis tricts represented will have the re ports for distribution to the farmers. Charlotte Mint Done For, . Washington. The Charlotte Mint Is done for, and will go the way of of other such things. Representative E T. Webb has kept the mint on the appropriation bills two years by sheer doggedness. Last year he won, hut after the battle was over realized that the mint would soon be discontinued. Again this year, the House Commit tee failed to provide for It, and Mr. Webb will not continue his fight as he feela that the people of Charlotte prefer that the mint porperty be used for something ehw J ' v ' Henderson County Corn Clubs. ' Hendersonvllle. County Superin tendent W. S. Shltle announces that the exhibits ot the corn lub boys of Henderson County will be adjudged and the prizes awarded December 20. Commissioner of Agriculture A. Can non, Jonathan Case and Curtis Fynum have been selected as ju!jr-s for the ocoaHkm. Prof. I. O Schaub of Pal ek;h, who Is connected with V e co r- !::' detno!;- !:u'on work In . .!t V '!,, l.iis UoC.led I r .' s-i-r : t'.iut be will also be prcseot PnOGRESS IS SHO LAND CF THE LCH LEAF PINE Short Paragraphs ef State News That Has Been Condensed For the Peo ple ef the State.' Belhaven. In aa affray between two boatmen of this place Ex Swln tell was cut la the side with a pocket knife by George Williams. Washington. The next North Caro lina Legislature may redlatrtct the Itate so -as to give a more equal popu lation la the next congressional dis tricts. - Hendersonvllle The $2,000 stock of general merchandise belonging to J. M. Lannlng and $800 worth of gro ceries belonging to B, A. Robard were completely destroyed by fire. The cause ot the ore la unknown. . Hendersonvllle. Having taken the oath of office the newly-elected Board of County Commissioners In session recently made John T. Staton chair man, he being, the only member of the new board who had served In the capacity ot commiaaioner. Washington. At the meeting of the North Carolina Congressmen " here Josephua Daniela ot Raleigh will be sndorsed for a Cabinet position. The itate - representatives . in Congress have determined to make a strong fight for Mr. Daniels and it looks as U they would win; s Washington. The annual agricul tural fair at Aurora was held several daya ago. Special trains ran from this city and numbers went over to see the exhibits, which are pronounc ed good. The live stock and farm pro ducts were adjudged exceptionally fine, and : the attractions on the grounds of interest Raleigh. Dra. D. T. and Joahua Tayloe were called to Bear Grass to see Samuel C. Mizelle, a white man who was ahot by Eason Rogers, also white, at the home of the latter. Both the physicians have no hope for the man's recovery and It was impossible to move him to Washington Hospital as he waa too weak. The difficulty took place at the farm of Rogers. Goldsboro: The trustee problem oi the Baptists of North Carolina aeems satisfactorily settled. The resolutions of Rev. W. C. Barrett and Baylui Cade, looking to a recognition of the Convention by the boards which gov ern the Baptist educational Institu tions of the state, were reported on by the commttee appointed to consid er them, and the Convention accepted the solution offered. Durham. The proposition of open ing negotiations with the Durham Wa ter Company, In regard to a hew con tract, same up unexpectedly at the regular meeting ot the hoard ot alder men, when half a doien or more ol the most prominent business men of the city appeared at the meeting and asked that some definite action be taken In regard to the matter without delay. . Raleigh. Clarence H. Poe, aa au thor of "Where Halt the World is 'Waking Up, wlna the Patterson lov ing cup for the year, as having done the best literary work of any North Carolinian. The award was made In connection with the thirteenth annual session of the North Carolina Liter ary and Historical Association. The presentation was by Walter H. Page of New, York, who also delivered the literary address. . v - - Klnston. One of the actions ot the North Carolina conference In recent session in Fayettevllle was the estab lishment of a new charge to be known as "Elm Street and East Kinaton.' Elm Street is a newly organized church in Goldsboro, which, with the church in East Klnston, forma a doa ble station. Rev. J. M. Wright is to have charge of thla work. He comes from Bridgeton, N. C, where he has just finished a four-years' successful pastorate. Wake Forest With damages that amounted to $13,000, the W. C. Brewer & Company, cotton and seed . ware houses burned to the ground hre. The origin of the fire is still a puz zle, but the theory Is that it started from a spark from a passing locomo tive. When first discovered it had gained such headway that very little could be dona In the fire, fighting. Valuable assistance waa rendered by the students of the college In remov ing bales of cotton from me platform to a place of safety. '.-,- , High Point Governor-elect Locke Craig, of AahevUle, delivered the an nual memorial address at the memo rial services of the Elks In the audi torium, where deferential respect was paid to the memory of the only de ceased member during the year. Statesvllle. The new county ad ministration was inaugurated recent ly, and while there are but few changes in the personnel ot the coun ty officers there was no lack of in terest in the proceedings. The prin cipal Incident was the resignation of Mr. N. B. Mills as a member of the board of county commissioners. Statesvllle. John Arey, who re cently declined the position of com missioner of agriculture for Iredell county, provided for by the Chicago Crop Improvement committee, the na tional department of agriculture and the county, has reconsidered the mat ter and will take the place. Durham. Mr, Otis Eases, -who was badly scalded and Internally Injured by falling Into a tub ot boiling gaso line, died at' the Watts Hospital. Mr. Eakea was dry cleaner for the Model Steam Laundry, and while at work waa overcome by the fumes and fell Into the hot tub of gasoline nearby. Boone. Through the efforts of Dr. W. L.' Bryan of Boone there has been erected in the town, on Daniel Boone's old camp-site, a monument at a cost of $203.27 contributed by pub lic subscription, the larger part by Mr. Bryan himself. Smitlifleld. The board of county commissioners met In regular session and i-" r transacting routine business U:e cU board turned over the affairs cf V:e county to the new board, com I d of D. B. Oliver and J. W. Woo;!, of tbe old board, and M. G. Cu"oy, J s Watson and Elt S. Tur!!r ; Urn, t v ipenibers. f, 7 (Conducted by the National 1 Woman's Christian Temperance Union.) MUCH DANGER TO FISHERMEN Many Lives Lost at Sea Beoause Cap. tain of the Vesssl nae Taken Tee . A Much Alcohol. . - Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, who baa' lone suoh efficient work among the fishermen off the coast of Labrador, saysi "Why don't I want to see liquor used at sea? Because when I go down for a watch below I want to feel that the man at the wheel sees only one light when there Is only one light to see; -that when the safety of the ship and all It carries depends on the cool head, .the instant resolve - and the steady hand of the helmsman, there Is not standing there In place of the man, the poor debaaed creature that . all the world has seen alcohol create even out of auch gifted men as Burns and Coleridge, And hosts ot others. "I have aeen ships lost through col lision beoause the captain had been taking a little alcohol I have had to tell a woman that ahe was a widow, and that her children were fatherless, because her husband, geutie and lov ing, clean liivng, had been tempted to -take a drop of alcohol at sea, and had fallen over the side drunk, snd had gone into a . drunkard's eternity. I have hadf to clothe children and feed them when reduced to starvation, be cause alcohol had robbed them of a natural protector and ot all the nee- , easltles of life." , ALCOHOL KILLS "Bf INCHES" There Is No Escape From Scientific Fact That Moderate Drinking Is, Slow 8ulcUJ. Whenever alcohol Is spoken of as "a poison," It should be designated as "a slow poison." No doubt many a boy has concluded It Is not a real poison because It doea not make the beer drinker or the whisky drinker fall right down and die. But It kills "by Inches." It takes thlity-one years for moderate drinking to kill a stout young man of twenty, who Is strong enough to pass an Insurance examina tion. It has by that time killed thir teen years out of his life. He had no business to -die till he was sixty-four. British mutual companies that classi fy abstainers and moderate drinkera separately, and rebate to each what ever they fall short of the expected mortality, have for halt a century , given more than twenty-six per cent higher rebates to abstainers than to moderates. There Is no escape from the scientific fact that moderate 1 drinking la slow suicide, ' DECREASE IN BEER DRINKING Fiscal Year Shows Million Barrels Less of Malt Liquid Consumed In This Country. , - The statement haa been made by the Liquor Dealers' association that there haa been an increase In the con sumption of whisky In the United States. The Internal . revenue report does sustain this claim. There has been an Increase in the manufacture of distilled spirits, but a much larger proportion than ever before of dis tilled spirits is going Into different lines of manufacture, and into trade other than for use as a beverage; . Concerning malt liquors, the pre liminary report of the United States Internal revenue commission shows a decrease of over 1,000,000 barrels of beer consumed in this country during the fiscal year ending June 30, 19i2. Give the Children a Chance. Give these bright-eyed little folks a chance. The saving of the boya and girla is more important than the elec tion ot a president It Is more important to save them than it Is to acquire territory. It Is better to keep the smile on their Hps and the twinkle In their eyes than it Is to storm and worry over the tariff. The salvation of the soul of a boy or a girl is more Important than the success of any political party. It is better to keep the sunshine in their" hearts, and it is better to keep the sunshine In the hearts of the mothers, than to win a political victory- Ex. : 3ov. J. Prank Hanly. Worst Evil. It is said that on one occasion an evil genius, meeting a high-minded prince, gave htm the choice of three things, one of which he must do curse his maker, murder his father, or get drunk. - His mind revolted In hor ror from the first two; so he chose the third as the least ot the three sins. But While drunk he committed yoth the others. Changed Hla Order. A father took his little boy to the city one day.; When noon came he and the boy. went to a restaurant where the father often had lunch. The waiter on receiving the order and knowing it was the father's custom to have a bottle of liquor with the lunch, asked the boy what he would take to drink. The boy replied: "I'll take what, father takes.' Quite naturally the father realized the seriousness of the situation and had a glass of v.a"-r at his plate instead of the custom: y bottle. - Caught Once, But Not Again. A working man, who was recently asked by an ex-saloon keeper of bis town to sign a petition to bring ta the saloon, refused emphatically, say ing: "Three years ago, under sau'-i-ns. I had a mortgage upon my home, and you were getting all my money. Now the morti-Hze is paid and I can put my uni oa a t"nch cf money." 9 is r o t t V-'.'. i-i i In the v i. i ranees C
The News-Record (Marshall, N.C.)
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