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MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1913.
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Directory'.
Madison County. .. , , '
Established by tba Legislature Sea
-don 1860-'6L ' '
Poulatlon, 20,132. ' .
. County Seat, Marshall. .
1646 feet above sea level. ;
' New and modern Court House, cost
33,00M0.
New and modern Jail, .cost $15,000.00,
New and modern County Home, coat
110.000.00,
' " ' Offloere. '
Hon C. B. Masbburn, Senator 36th
District Marshall, N. C.
. Hon. James E. Rector, Representa
tive, Hot Springs, N. C.
N. B. McDevltt, Clerk Superior
, Court. Marshall, N. C. v
W. M. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall.N. C.
Zade G. Sprinkle, Heglster of Deeds,
Marshall, N. C.
C. F. Runlon, Treasurer, Marshall,
N. C. R. F. D. No. 4. '
R. L. Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock,
N. C H ..'-
Dr. Chaa. N. Sprinkle, .Coroner,
Marshall. N. C.
Mrs. Eliza Henderson, Jailor, Mar
shall, N. C. .' -
" John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall
N. C. "'
Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
Marshall. N, C.
James Haynle, Supt County Home,
Marshall, N. C.
Home located about two miles south
west of Marshall. '
. Courts. '
Criminal and Civil, First Monday be
fore First Monday in March, Com
mencing Feb. z6th. 1S12.
Civil 11th. Monday after First Mon
day in March, commences May 20,
1912. '
Criminal and Civil, First Monday
after First Monday in Sept Com
mences Sept 9th, 1912.
Civil 6th Monday after First Mon-
say in September. . Commences Oct
ber 14. 1912.
' 'BOARDS.
Couaty Commissioners. '' '
W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall,
N .C.
R. A. Edward Member, Marshall.
N. C. R. F. D. No. 2.
Reubln A. Tweed, - Member, Big
Laurel. N. C .
3. Coleman Ramsey, Atty. Marshall,
N. C- -; - t . ' - -.' -
Board, meets first Monday In every
month. ' '
, Road Commissioners. '
V A. E. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall,
N. CU R. .F. D. No. t. -
J. A. Ramsey, Secretary. Mara Hill,
N. C R. P. D. Noi 2. -;
Sam Cox, Member, Mars HUL N. C,
R, F. D. No. 2.
Q. W. Wild. Big Pine, N. C.
Dudley Chlpley, Road Engineer.
Marshall, N.-C;
George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marsh
all, N. C ". " '
Board meets first Monday in Janu
ary, April, July and October each
year.
' Board of Education.
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek, N. C. .
Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall;
N. C. R. F. D. No. 8.
W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C R- F.
D. NO. 2. ' '' ,-' ' A .
Prof. M. C. Bupkner, Supt of
Schools, Mara Hill, N. C, R. F. D.
: No. 2. -
Board Meets first Monday in Janu
ary, April, July and October each
year.
Colleges and High Schools.
Mars Hill College, Prof.R. I Moore,
President Mars Hill, N. C Fall Term
begins August 17, 1911. Spring Verm
begins January 2, 1912.
Spring Creek High School. Prof.
H. A. Wallln, Principal, Spring Creek,
N. C, 8 Mo. School opened August
I, 1911. ; - - '-A
Madison Seminary High School.
Prof. J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar
halt, N. C, R. F. D. No. 2.' 7 Mo.
School began Octber 2, 1911.
Bell Institute. Miss Margaret E.
Griffith, Principal, Walnut N. C, 8 Mo
School began September 9, 1911.
Marshall Academy. Prof. R. G.
Anders, Principal, Marshall, N. C, 8
MSL School began Sept 4, 1911.
Notary Publics. ' . .''
J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, Term
expires Jan'. 1,1914. i
- J. H. Hunter, Marshall, N. C, R. F
D. No. S. Term expires April 1,' 1913.
J. F. Tilson, Marshall, N. C, R. F!
D. No. 2. , Term expires April 3, 1913.
C. J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C, Term
expires April 21, 1913. '
J. W, Nelson, Marshall, N, C. Term
expires April 25, 1913. , !
Roy L. Gudger, Marshall, N. C.
Term expires May 3, 1913.
Geo. M. PrUchard, Marshall, N. C.
Term expires May 25, 1913. ' -.. 1 -Dudley
- Chlpley, Marshall, N. C.
Term expiree July 29) 1913.
W. O. Connor, Mars Hill, N. C.
Term expires Nov. 27, 1913.
J. A. Wallln, Big Laurel, N. C. Term
expires Jan. 24. 1914.
D. C. Bullock, Stackhouse, N. C.
Term expires Feb. 22, 1914.
D. P. Miles, Barnard, N. C. Term
expires March 14, 1914. '..
. 3. G. Eamsey, Marshall, N. C, R, 4
Term expires March 16, 1914.
J. E. Gregory, Joe, N. C. Term ex
r'ree Jan. 7, 1914. ' v ,
J r Fits. Spring Creek, N'C
. i s Soot. 24, 1914.
r. I !uff, N. C. Term ex
c. : ,
SIX DAYS WORK
OF LEGISLATORS
THE LOWER BRANCH OP THE
LEGISLATURE PA88ED THE
REVENUE BILL. '
MANY LOCAL BILLS PASSED
Many New Bills Are Introduced In
The House and Senate. 8nate
Passed the Judicial Districts' Meas
ure After Slightly Changing It
8enate Monday.
. Senate bills passed on final reading
were as follows:
Legalizing road bond Issue in Island
Creek Township, Duplin county.
For additional support for Newbern
schools and for bond issue for new
building.
For road bond election In Person
county.
Empowering Belmont to Improve
streets. ' .' ' ;
Rechartering Raleigh and election
on commission government
For road bond election in Edge
combe, outside the road districts.
Amending charter of Snow Hill.
Amending charter of Town of
Mashall.
Authorizing bond issue for Gastonia.
Incorporating Weat : Bladenboro,
Bladen county.
. House Monday.
The bouse passed and then recon
sidered the vote on a Senate resolu
tion by Ward urging Taft to not to
veto the Webb-Kenyon bill. It had
I passed the senate by a vote of 13 to
14 and been rushed across to the
bouse," where there was immediate
passage and very soon thereafter a
successful motion by Devln to recon
sider the vote, this being carried 70
to 25.
, House bills passed final reading
aa follows: .
To regulate pay of jurors and wit
nesses in Brunswick county.' '
Road bill for Iredell county..
Road bond Issue for Granville
county.
. To permit the City of ReldsvUle to
borrow money. ' " .
Bond issue for Monroe.
. Bond' issue by Morning Star dis
trict Mecklenburg county, for schools.
Good roads for Tadkln county. "
., Senate Tuesday.
In the Senate Hobgood introduced
another legalised primary bill. ' It is
the defeated.. Justice House bill over
again, except tht it excepts county
officers from primary nominations,
and even this was Included in the
committee substitute bill that ' the
House killed.
Senate bills v passed "on final read
ing were as follows:
Empowering Pender County to levy
special taxes for bridges and cause
ways. ' .''. ; -: ' ! 'r
- Amending charter of Town of Coun
cils, Bladen county. , V ,
Authorizing electric- light bonds for
Tarboro. v
For . waterworks , and - sewerage
bonds for Tarboro. v
Road issue for Waynes county , to
build court house. '
Amending charter- of Salisbury.
House Tuesday. '
- The House . receh d through Chair
man Williams of te Finance Com
mittee the new revenue bill, ,. which
is to be taken up in committee of the
whole and considered from day to
day until it passes final reading and
is sent over to the Senate for still
further adjustment ' and enactment.
House bills passed on final reading
were as follows: -
Amending charter of Sylva, Jackson
county. .
Authorizing Avery county to borrow
money to build bridge over Toe
River. ;
For road bonds, in Mannings town
ship, Nash county.. .
Amending charter of Burgaw, Pen
der county. ;
Amending charter of Laurinburg.
Authorizing Lillington to issue sew
erage bonds. :t C
: ! Senate Wednesday.'
The Senate discussed at great length
the fertilizer Dill .requiring that bags
be tagged as to sources of ntirogen
and potash, and finally referred it to
committee. , r ' V s ' :
The senate passed on final reading
bills to amend the recorder's court
act for Thomas vllle;' to incorporate
the. Citizens League' of Mecklenburg,
requiring county boards of education
to publish annual itemized statements
of receipts and disbursements; allow
ing parole of prisoners working on
roads of Guilford and Forsyth coun
ties and on streets of towns, for sick
ness.
The following Senate bills passed
final reading:- ,
Authorizing special tax levy, in
Watauga county.
Establishing farm life school in
Chowan county. . ." .
Permitting Apex Graded School dis
trict to vote bonds.
r Food rortla in render connty.
support and a committee amendment
requiring that all derogatory publish
ed statementa be signed by . the
author.
The House passed a modified Tor
rens land title bill that leaves adop
tion optional with' counties and the
machinery for application in Superior
Courts.
The Gold bill to provide a State
Board of Accountancy to license pub
lic accountants passed final reading
and was sent to the senate. (
, - Senate Thursday.
Torrena land title bill, similar to
the one that baa already passed the
House, went through the senate to
day, and as soon as the differences in
amendments by the house and senate
can be adjusted the measure will be
ready for enrollment and ratification.
. The house Joint resolution for a
committee of three senators and five
representatives with the Governor as
ex-offlclo chairman to Investigate and
report to the l. .xt Legislature the ad
visability of selling the A. ft M. C
Railroad was called upsby Senator
Barnes and passed on second reading,
House Thureday. '
The house passed on final reading
by roll-call the six-months school term
bill as amended by the Senate and it
is ordered enrolled for ratification.
The bill to amend and consolidate
the military laws of the state and
carrying 350,000 appropriation 15,000
Increase passed second reading and
went over for final reading on objec
tion by Stewart of Mecklenburg to
the increase appropriation.
Bills providing salaries for Iredell
county officers, a bond issue for Ca
barrus county, charters for the Ral
eigh, Atlantic ft Western Railroad Co.,
and Dunn ft Clinton Railroad Co., an
increase in Itinerant merchant tax in
Greensboro, revision of the charter of
Charlotte, road bonds for Randolph
county, commission government , for
Charlotte, railroad commission for
Gaston county, good roads for Pender
county, revising the charter of Gas
tonia, bond issue for Burlington, bond
Issue for Mecklenburg, support ,of
Newbern Graded Schools and school
bond Issue for Rocky Mount were
passed.
Senate Friday.
The house search and seizure bill
passed the senate by a vote of 38 to
9, with an amendment making it op
erative April 1, 1913, after a spirited
debate that resulted in the adoption
of the committee amendments pro
posed. . ;. v..:.j;:.....r.:";Vj.. -..
v The senate passed the Joint resolu
tion for the appointment of a special
legislative commission to investigate
aa to the status of the state's stock
in the Atlantic ft North Carolina Rail
road, in the light of the proposition
of E. C. Duncan to buy at $75 a share.
The following senate bills passed
For better working roads in Bladen
county.
Bond issue for waterworks in Dur
ham. ' v
Municipal improvement bonds for
Fayette vllle. .
To allow Raleigh to Issue bonds for
street Improvement. , v
Road bond election and road Jill
for Halifax county.
House Friday.
The house spent moBt of the day
in Committee, of the Whole, passing
on , sections of the revenue bill in
preparation for final passage, making
a number of important changes. Es
pecially notable is a new. section 72
Imposing a 3500 license tax on ev
ery automobile manufacturer, with 35
duplicate licenses to agents.
The Judiciary Committee reported
without prejudice the bill providing
for examination of building and loan
associations and favorable report for
the bill to register partnerships. The
Pensions Committee reported favor
ably the bill to authorize the commis
sioners of any county to appropriate
as much as 31,600 for a Confederate
monument.
' , 'Senate Saturday. ;
The senate passed the judicial dis
tricts bill reported by the committee
with slight' change ' as to numbering
the dlstricta. The military bill, carry
ing $50,000 'appropriations instead of
$35,000 appropriated two years ago,
passed the final reading as it came
from the house, and then the senate
refused to reconsider on motion of
Senator Jones, in order that the ap
propriation Committee could pass on
the amount Senator -Jones explained
that he did not know of the Increase
w.hen he voted for the bill. It was or
dered enrolled for ratification.
, House Saturday. ,
The revenue bill passed final read
ing in the house and was ordered en
rolled and sent to the senate, after an
hour had been spent in committee of
the whole In passing on various sec
tions. The corporation franchise tax
vis reduced from one-tenth of one
per cent -to one-fifteenth of one per
cent on capital stock paid In, no cor
poi.tlon to pay less than $7.50.
The house passed a great number of
public local bills, including:
To regulate primary elections In
Beaufort county. ' '
For Insurance of public buildings in
Madison county. , :
To fix salaries of Camden county of
ficials. " .
To fix the pay of commissioners of
New Hanover county. -
To regulate salaries of officers of
Forsyth county.
To exempt members of National
Cimrd from road and Jury duty.
To' anpml the corppuiaory school
To ' a I '' t r-'T;i-y f,r
v.
LIES PROPOSAL
ARBITRATION
REJOINDER OF BRITI8H GOVERN
MENT TO THE LAST XMER.
ICAN NOTE.
ENGLAND REPLIES TO U. S.
8uch Is the Gist Df England's
joinder, to tfje American
Note.
Re
Washington. The rejoinder of the
British' government' to the last Amer
ican note regarding the Panama ca
nal zone tolls question was delivered
to Secretary Knox)' by Ambassador
Bryce. Though naturally of great In
terest to Secretary Knox, he will make
no effort to consider, it, bnt will al
low the negotiations on the American
side to be continued by his successor
in office. " ' :
It Is understood' that the British
note, after a repetition of former ar
guments In support of its original con
tention, contains a flat proposal for ar
bitration of the issue between the two
countries, according to the provisions
of the existing special arbitration
treaty between the two countries,
which will expire in June.
President-elect Wilson has made
known to Democratic senate leaders
most closely In bis confidence that he
favors the passage of Senator Root's
amendment to the Panama canal bill
to repeal the provision exempting all
American coastwis? ships from pay
ment of tolls. -.. )
It was said that (the new president
had made his position plain lately to
several democratic senators. '
London. Dispatches from ' Wash
ington Indicating' President-elect
Woodrow Wllson's f attitude toward
the Panama tolls ' controversy have
given rise to considerable comment In
the English newspapers. AH the pa
pers voice their gratification over his
alleged attitude. The Westminster
Gazette, a leading organ of the Brlt
lshlsh government says:
"We all very much regretted " to
find ourselves in conflict with, the
United States government on a point
of this kind. We believe that public
opinion In the United State will wel
come this Aiangod attitude leading to
the avoidance of further controversy.'
The Pall Mall Gazette says:
"Doctor Wilson Is to be congratulat
ed on striking a true and high note
In this matter upon the eve of ac
cession. We think repeal of the ex
emption clause would.be far the best
solution of a tangle created by the
short-sightedness of over-reaching
politicians."
MANY ARE BURIED IN RUINS
Bodies Recovered of Score Who Lost
Lives In Omaha Fire.
Omaha, Neb. Fire destroyed the
Dewey hotel at Thirteenth and Far
nam streets, at least a score and pos
sibly more persons losing their lives.
The register of the little hostelry was
burned, and the names of many of
those who died In the flames probably
never will be known. Only four bod
ies had been recovered. These were
of persona who either jumped from
windows or who died from injuries. '
The fire occurred at an hour when
few persons were in the vicinity, and
the Interior of the old building was a
mass of flames before the firemen ar
rived.' Not less than fifty , persons
were sleeping In the building, and es
timates of the number run as high
as seventy-five.
C. O. D. Added to Parcel Post.
Washington. On July 1. next, the
collect-on-dellvery feature will be add
ed to the parcel post service. An or
der putting this Into effect was sign
ed by Postmaster General Hitchcock.
Under the approved regulations, a par
cel bearing the required amount of
parcel post stamps may be sent any
where In the country and the amount
due from the purchaser collected and
remitted by the postofflce department.
The regulations provide that the par
cels must bear the amount due from
the addressee, and the collection will
be made provided the amount Is not
in excess of $100.
Webb BUI Is Repassed.
Washington. The Webb liquor bill,
prohibiting the shipment of liquor into
dry" states, , was repassed in tne
senate over President : Taft'a veto
within two hours from the time the
president's message of disapproval
had been laid before that body. : A
short debate. In which the advocates
of the bill voted down a motion to
postpone action, and in which they re
affirmed their belief that the measure
is constitutional, ended with the re-
passage of the blli by the large ma
jority of 63 to 21. . .
Mob Lynched Two Negroes.
oi fin John Gibbv. nolice-
man, was shot and killed here by two
negro tramps whom he had put under
arrest, and as the news of the crime
spread through the mountains there
qulcklv gathered more tfian 2,000 peo
ple who y itnessed the grim, vengeance
exBCti-1 l.-.Vr when the r -roes were
rrmit'il f; stui the side of ( ,,,Uh nioun-
a P"1 1, ",ied to a t ' hone pole.
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NO ROSE WITHOUT A THORN!
CHICAOO INTIef
H EXPLORERS PERISHiLXTRA SESSION APRIL 1
EXPEDITION SET OUT FROM AUS
TRALIA IN 1911 AND CONSIST
ED OF ABOUT FIFTY MEN.
Lieutenant Nlnnin and Doctor Men,
Members of Mawson Expedition,
'Lost Their Lives.
Sydney, N. S. W. Another was
added to the list of antarctic trage
dies by the news received here of
the death of two members of the ex
pedition commanded by Dr. Douglas
Mawson. The party left Tasmania
in 1911, accompanied by a large body
of scientific men, to explore thorough
ly the regions, around the southern
magnetic -pole. "
Once again the British army la af
fected by the loss of a brilliant officer,
Lieut D. E. S. Nlnnin of the famous
Royal Fusiliers regiment
' Switzerland also has suffered a se
vere loss by the death of Doctor Merz,
a prominent scientist and sportsman.
Lieutenant Nlnin was the expert of
the expedition of surveying and
sledging.
The expedition started out not with
any Idea of rushing to the South Pole,
but with the Intention of exploring
and naming the unknown lands of the
antarctic and making numerous ob
servations around the magnetic pole.
According to reports received from
Doctor Mawson, the principal objects
of the expedition were attained.
Unfortunately Doctor Mawson and
six of his companions after they had
been picked up by the Aurora -undertook
another expedition and were un
able to rejoin the ship, which was
compelled to leave them to; spend an
other year in the antarctic.
The expedition, headed by Doctor
Mawson, set out from Australia In the
latter part of Mil.' It consisted of
nearlv fifty men. most of them gradu
ates of the universities of Australia
and New Zealand. It was financed by
popular subcsrlptlon. Doctor Mawson
was not seeking the pole, dui propo-
ed- to make a complete geographical
and magnetic survey of the antarctic
region between Cape Adare and Gauss
burg, a distance pf over two thousand
miles.
Plot to Assassinate Suiter.
m vrjnvprnnr Sulzer has
aiuaw;, ...
been Informed of an, alleged plot to
assassinate him. Tne governor remi-
ed that a man with head swathed in
bandages called at the executive
chamber and was referred to Owen
L. Potter, his legal assistant. 10 mr.
Dntt. thQ man whose name the gov
ernor would not divulge, said that
while In an aoanaonea ciaer mm, m
had overheard two men d scusslng a
-i tin th. rnvarnor. When the
jlUb it, IV 1 o- '
conspirators learned of the presence
. I . . ,knw AO.
of ' the governor s iuiuriuui, iucj
saulted and robbed him.
Sneed la Aequitttsd.
Vernon, Texas. John Beal Sneed,
.ii. .t( Texas ranch owner,
was declared not guilty of the mur-
der
of AI Boyce. jr., at unmuu, m
i.ct Bontember. Sneed shot Boyce
as,
atrAAt In Am-
to oeain n
arlllo at what was said to have heen
to
first meeting of tne two men aer
h.rl eloned with Mrs. Sneed
about a year before the killing. Al
Boyce; Jr., was tne secoua i.
of the Boyce family Sneed had killed
on account of developments following
the elopement . ..'
1 Taft Want $250,000 for Panama.
Washington. In a special message
to congress President Taft urgently
recommended immediate appropria
tion of $250,000 for the first annual
payment to Panama under the terms
of the treaty by which Panama gave
to the United States permission to
build the Panama canal. The treaty
provided that In addition to $10,000,000
paid for the canal rone In .an
nual f - a of f2-n.0D0 was to be paid
?, l-rT as the treaty existed, bf-t'n-,
. , a years R.f?r raUScatii-a cf
r
DATE SELECTED BY WIL80N AF
TER HEARINQ FROM REPRE
SENTATIVE UNDERWOOD.,
Several Tariff Bills Will Be Ready for
the Consideration of
Congress,
Trenton, N. J. President-elect Wil
son announced that the extra session
of congress would be convened on
Tuesday, April 1.
The governor declared he had ar
rived at this decision aa a result of a
letter received from Representative
Underwood.
"I have waited," said Mr. Wilson,
"to learn just what the state of pre
paredness congress waa in for busi
ness of the new session.'
The governor said he had been cor
responding with Mr. Underwood in
this connection atSd-Ukdlcome to the
conclusion that April 1 waa the most
feasible date. He Intimated that the
intervals between March 4 and April
1 might be devoted to caucuses and
conferences.
Washington. Democratic senators
and representatives expressed . satis
faction with the date fixed by President-elect
Wilson for the assembling
of the extra session. The interval
between March 4 and April 1 will al
low for remodeling of the house cham
ber to take care of the fifty members
added through the reapportionment
"That date is satisfactory to me,"
said Democratic Leader Underwood.
"The plans for the extra work In the
house are -well under way. We will
be able to go ahead with the tariff re
vision program. ' What will be done
will depend largely upon views set
forth ,by President-elect Wilson In his
inaugural address and his message
to congress."
WAR OVER POPPY PLANTS
Efforts to Destroy Opium Traffic Re
sistedEngland Involved.
Pekin, China. Hundreds of inhab
itants of the province of Fu Klen
have been killed while offering arm
ed resistance to the government
troops engaged in destroying poppy
plants.- .:
In many districts of China the peo
ple have recognized the government's
stern purpose, and nave tnemseives
rooted up the popples.
An American missionary, Rev. Ar
thur H. Smith, In a letter published
in the newspapers with the object of
stirring the Chinese officials to . do
their best In the matters, says China
has made more progress in the fight
against opium than any country
Government Loses Big Interest,
Washington. The government
might have gained $36,000,000 in the
last 26 years had it collected in
terest on all Its deposits and what It
might have deposited In banka
Ninety-Five 8oldlers Executed.
El Paso,' Texas. Ninety-five Feder
volunteer soldiers were executed
at Sauz, below Juarez. They com
nrt of the garrison which re
volted, angered at the killing of ex-
President Maaero, vneir rormer ieaa
er. Advices received here relate that
nldlera were stood against an adobe
'wall, all at one time. Ninety-five
times the firing squad aimed and
. nrerf. most of the men are said to
have' displayed courage, declining the
execution mask. More tnan nrty of
the garrison escaped.
Monitor to Be Used as Target.
' Charleston, S. C. In accordance
with orders received from Washing
ton, the old monitor Puritan, now at
the Charleston navy yard, will be
stripped of all her. fittings and pre
pared for use as a target The ves
sel was sent here some months ago
to undergo repairs, approximating
$100,000, but a subsequent survey In
dicated that she was not worth this
expenditure. Built in 1S76 the Puri
tan d'.l pood service d-ir';- ' "or
m!."h f . 'n. !;- 'r : el
TAET PLEADS FOR
SYSTEM
DECLARES U. S. IS ONLY GREAT
NATION NOT USING A
BUDGET,
CLAIMS IT IS THE BEST.
Budget He Says, Will Show Congress
How Much Gross It Will Have
to Spend,
Washington. President Taft sent
to congress his much-discussed "bud
get" message. He recommended the
adoption of a budget system of relat
ing proposed expenditures to expect
ed revenues and declared that - con
gress would be greatly benefited by
having before It such a statement be
fore It began, the annual grind upon
appropriation bills. The United Slates,
he wrote, was the only great nation
In the world which did not use the
budget system and In consequence it
"may be said to be without plan or
program." He Indicated that owing
to the late day at which he waa able
to transmit his message he expected
little legislation on the toplo from the
present congress.
The president took full responsibil
ity for the message upon himself. Con
Kress in the last sundry civil bill di
rected the secretary of the treasury
to submit estimates hereafter in the
old way. Mr. Taft pointed out how
ever, that he had directed the secre
tary of the treasury to agree with the
directions of congress and also to send
to him information for budget mes
sage. Hf referred congress also to
the portion of the Constitution which
requires him from time to time to rec
ommend such measures as he shafl'
deem expedient and necessary. .
Some of the advantages of the bud
get system as pointed out by the pres
ident were:
A means of locating responsibility
tor estimates In keeping with reve
nues. -
A means of allowing congress to sea
how much gross it will have to spend ,
before it begins appropriating for each,
department or detail, of government
machinery, i , . -
Because it would furnish congress ;
and ithe pubUc, .with jady jef erence
to reports and detailed records or
account.
Because It would produce aa ade
quate organization tor assembling and
classifying information to be used in
telling the country what ha been
done and of the government's need.
To aid in working with a weu-de-
fined purpoae in many bureaus hith
erto organized but directed under an
Inconsistent and ill-defined program.
To cancel the nation s debt tnrougn
a sinking fund and to eliminate the
deficit, which is slowly growlng.l
NEW CABINET PORTFOLIO
House Bill Creating Department of La
bor Passes tne senate.
Washington. The bill to create a
department of labor with a cabinet of
ficer at ita head passed the senate
after less than an hour'a considera
tion. The measure had previously
passed the house, but amendments in
the senate will require Its perfection
The filibuster carried on against the
bill by Senators Guggenheim and Gro
na waa not resumed. . 1
One amendment would put the new
children's bureau under the direction
of the secretary of labor. The divis
ion of immigration and naturalization
would be separated Into two bureaus,
and the present bureau of labor would
be known as -the bureau of labor sta
tlstlca. -The division of information
tha nreaent department of , com
merce and labor also would go into
the new department.
Policeman's Slayer Caught
Chif-nea Robert Webb, automo
bile bandit and slayer of Policeman
Peter Hart, waa captured nere arter
vavnivar hnttle end a desperate hand
to hand struggle. In which the high
wayman was clubbed into submission
by a half dozen policemen. Webb
apparently had been hiding near his.
old haunts on the south side since he
killed Hart when the policeman tried
to arrest him.
He Drove With Corpse.
Salem, Mass. For half an hour af
ter he had killed George E. Marsh, ei
aged manufacturers of Lynn, Will!;;
Dorr drove up and down the Lynn bou
levard with the body propped up be
side " him " in the single seat of h'a
riin.honL This is a Part of the r
markable story Dorr told to a Jury t -
fore whom he is being tried for i
der. The state alleges that r
was murdered so the defendant )
profit indirectly through a trt
which he thought woum go i
aunt ,.
Ex Fire Horse Draqs r,; i 1 1
Talladega, Ala. O. V. t.
Irnrtnrn fa'rmflf Of thifl ViT-
fatally Injured when en ( ;
hors with which he
heard a fire alarm end e
ed away -.in answer to t
drains? the fartr. r f r a
ble dlatnce iKr- ' t r
ro he was j ' '
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