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REIDSVILLE, N. C, DEC 81911.
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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REVIEW.
TRUST HAS TROUBLES
.Supreme Court Will Consider
Independent's Petition.
Decision as to Reviewing the PIW
of Reorganization of the American,
Tobacco Company is Expected an,
Monday of Next Week.
A special from Washington says:
The Supreme- Court of the United
States today took under considera
tion! the application of the Leaf To
bacco Board of Trade of New York
to have that tribunal review the re
organizaion plan of the American To
bacco Company. A decision is ex
pected next Monday. The govern
ment ouposed the motion.
The application for the petition
was made by Felix H. Levy, repre
senting the Leaf Tobacco Board of
Trade of New York, which is com
posed of about seventy-five concerns
engaged in the business of celling
leaf tobacco to tobacco 'manufactur
ers In the petition. It was stated
, that the attorneys-general of Vir
ginia, North and South Carolina join
ed in the request for a consideration
by the Supreme Court of the re-organization,
iplan.
The petition asked that the United
States Circuit Court for Southern
New York be required to vacate its
recent decree approving the re-organization
of the American Tobacco
Company which had been directed by
the Supreme Court in its opinion last
May, to disintegrate. Another prayer
was that the Circuit court be direct
ed to send the case to the Supreme
Oourt for review, and to allow the
board to Intervene as a party to the
suit which resulted in the dissolution
decree of the Supreme Court lust
May.
In support of the petition, a brief
had been prepared for submission to
the court. In this brief, Mr. Levy
and his associate, Benjamin N. Car
dore, argued that the decree of the
Circuit court was not in conformity
with the Suprmee Court's mandate In
the tobacco case. The court was told
In the brief that the attorney general
: of the United States had announced
that he would not appeal from the
Circuit court decree.
"The repugnancy between the de
cree and the mandate must, therefore
remain uncorrected," the attorneys
said, ""the decision of this court, de
signed to remedy a great public
wrong must be frustrated, and the
benefieient results that should have
followed from it be forfeited, unless
at the instance of a citizen, whose
Interests are vitally affected, this
court shall sed to it that its com
mands are made effective."
v The foremost objection urged to
tlie reorganization plan was that It
resulted In the division of the stock
of the several corporations, into
which the combination was divided,
anion? the common stockholders of
the American Tobacco Company,
"with the result that the very men
who have been, adjudged , by this
court to be illegal consipirators are
maintained and confirmed in their
ownership and control." It was con
tended that the common stockhold
ers should be prohibited from ob
taining or retaining control over the
business."
"We do not ask that the defend
ants be deprived of anything which
they now own," the brief continued.
"Wa do not ask that a single share
now belonging to them be surrender
ed. We merely ask that when the
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There is nothing very wonderful why we are do
ing the laundry work for most of the young men of the
city. They know their colors are laundered in an ab
solute perfect manner.
It takes particular skill to do this and we have
that talent. If you want real color satisfaction in laun
work send your next bundle to us.
HENRYHUBBARDAgent
Phone
Tobacco Company parts with the
shares which it owns, it will be re
quired to do so In such a way as to
prevent the conspiracy from being pe
petuated. If the court may compel
the chief corporate defendant to
break up the combination by ridding
Itself of its shares, It may compel
the Individual defendants to break
up the combination by refraining
from buying these shares."
The attorneys-general of Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina
are quoted as saying that the re-organization
proposed, In substance,
would effect a change In the method
of bookkeeping, and nothing more.
MISSION HAS CLOSED.
All Agree That Much Good
Has'
' Been Accomplished.
The mission conducted at the Epis
copal church during the past several
days came to a close on Wednesday
night, and the nilssioner, .Rev. John
R. Matthews, and the rector, Rev.
George M. Tolson, have gone to
High Point, where they will conduct
a mission for a week. ,
Rev. Mr. 'Matthews' sermons have
been greatly enjoyed by all who
have heard him. No minister who
has ever visited Reidsville held the
attention of his congregation more
closely than he. His familiarity with
the Bible was something wonderful.
He seemed to be able to recall th
chapter and verse of every passage
of scripture In the Holy Book. His
Bible readings each afternoon during
which hundreds of citations were giv
eui without the use of notes, occa
sioned the greatest wonderment
among the people. .
The parishioners of St. Thomas
church have extracted a promise from
the missioner to return next year for
another mission.
The Rev. John R. Matthews was
born in Manchestter. England, about
40 years ago of Irish parentage. He
graduated from Oxford, and took
special readings at Cambridge. He
I served as an officer of the Church
my, an organization In England
similar to the Salvation Army in
this country. After coming to this,
country h studied at Moody's Bible
School, Chicago, and then became a
inissioner of the Episcopal Church.
He later became an archdeacon in
Ohio, where he mot his wife. His
home da on a farm near Barnesville,
where Mrs. Matthhews spends most
oH her time. There have been no
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mat
thews. After .serving as archdeacon
in Ohio for some time he again took
up the work as nilssioner. For a
year he was employed to conduct
missions with the churches of the
East Carolina diocese. Recently he
has been visiting the churches of the
Diocese of North Carolina.
Mrs. Matthews will join Mr. Mat
thews in this State during the next
week or two and will spend the
Christmas holidays with him and his
friends in Eastern North Carolina.
About twenty people from Spray
came over1 Monday night to attend
services at the Episcopal church.
Thq party was composed for the
most part of those people who recent
ly connected themselves with the
Episcopla church there following the
mission conducted by the Rev. Mr.
Matthews. Their coming to Reids
ville through the bitter cold to hear
him again is the compliment of which
the minister might feel proud.
John Temple Graves visited North
Carolina this week. Since leaving
Atlanta several years ago he lias
been doing splendid work on Wm.
R. Hearst's New York Amreican.
There will be an entertainment
and box party at the Bethany High
School on the night of Dec. 16.
26.
Reidsville's Postoffice to
Be Remodeled-Work to
Be Started at Early Date
Recommendations hare been made
to Congress by the Postoffice De
partment to appropriate the sum of
$3,500 for rental expenses of a build
ing to be used temporarily as a post
office during the progress of the work
of remodelling and enlarging the
Reidsville postoffice. This seems to
settle the fact that the office has to
be moved during the time the work
Is under way.
During August Mr. Lix, represent
ing the office of the supervising
architect, visited the Reidsville post
office to secure data for the comple
tion of the plans for the addition to
the building, and It was his Impres
sion at that time that everything
aoulxl be put In readiness for the
advertising for bidders for the work
by September 15. Assuming that
this would be possible, Mr. Lix an
ticipated that the work could be
started on the addition by the first
of this month.
Sometime during the fall 200 clerks
in the office of the supervising arch
itect were thrown out of employment
because of the fact that the extra
session of Congress had failed to
make an appropriation for their
pay. This, It Is though by Postmas
ter Joyce, had to do with the delay
in getting the work well under way.
He is not posted as to when the work
of adding to the building here will
be taken up, but. says that the rec
ommendations to Congress to approp
riate money for renting a building
for a temporary office undoubtedly
shows that the supervising architect
has reached the conclusion that the
office could not be conducted in the
present postoffice building while the
addition are being made. Mr. Joyce
thinks the work of making the im
provements to the building will be
started at an early date.
The appropriation for the Reids
ville building is $35,000; and $25,000
of this Is already available and the
remaining $1.0,000 will be forthcom
ing at this session of Congress.
The present building is to be com
pletely remodeled. There will be an
MEETING OF BAPTISTS.
I Annual State Convention In Session
I in Winston-iSalem.
With more than 500 delegates and
visitors present for the greatest oc
casion of the year for the Baptists of
North Carolina, the first session of
the eighty-first annual meeting of the
Baptist State Convened in the. hand
some new auditorium of Brown Me-
1 mortal church In Winston-Salmen. on
Tuesday night. '
The opening feature of the session
was a sermon by Rev. W. A. L.
1 Smith, of 'Chapel Hill. Following
the sermon was the election of of
ficers of the convention.
i Mr. W. C. Dowd, of Charlottte, is
I president of the State convention and
j has been for the past two years,
j Mr. N. B. Broughton, of Raleigh, has
I been recording secretary since 1882,
Rev. Livingston Johnson, secre
tary of the State Mission Board,
submitted his report to the conven
tion. The report shows that the Bap
tists during the last fiscal year con-
tributed $4S,!t!)0 for State missions,
or $5,744 more than during the pre
vious year. The Baptists raised for
all purposes $217,245, of which $109,
285 were for missions of all kinds,
$4,209 for ministerial relief, and $52,-
802 for the orphanage. During the
year 10,119 sermons were preached;
1,92.1 persons were baptized, and
there were 2,'i'i'l professions of faith.
Fifty-five new churches were built, 14
others finished and 10 organized. For
missionary ' ministers' salaries" $25,
432 were raised. The North Carolina
Baptists have undertaken to raise
$26,000 of the $100,000 pledged to be
raised by the Southern Baptist Con
vention to extend the work of home
missions. There are 1.200 Baptist
organizations of women in the State
with 36,000 members and they raise J
one-third of the total amount raised
by: the denomination for missions.
The report shows that In Sunday
school work there are 96 per cent, as
many Sunday-schools as churches In
the State, while the average in the
Southern Baptist Convention is C3
per cent. The Sunday-school enroll
ment exceeds that of Texas by 15,
000. Rev. W.' L. Melllchampe, of High
Point, a former rector of St. Thomas
Episcopal church here, has moved his
family to Monroe, where he has ac
cepted the rectorship of St. Paul'.s
church, which was under the pastor
ate' of the late Reverend Frederick
A. Fetter at the time of his death.
j Dr. Oook, who claimed to have
discovered the North Poley has en
tered suit against the New York
Times for $100,000 for elaader.
addition of thirty feet at the North
of the building extending the width
of the present building. This addi
tion will have a basement, a first
and second floor, thus making a
considerable addition to the floor
space,'. -
The present vaults will be torn
out and replaced with more modern
ones. All the lock boxes and draw
ers will give way to new and later
patents, and two new sections of
boxes will be added. AH the screen
work will "be torn away and new
screens substituted.
The lobby will be greatly enlarged
and all across the front there will
be windows and no lock boxes or
drawers, as at present. From South
to North going back to the postmas
ter's office, which will be in the
Northeast corner, as at present, there
will be the lock boxes and drawers.
The little building to the North
wesit of the postoffice, in which Is
located the gas plant, will be torn
away, and the light plant and toilet
anS bath rooms will be placed
in the new basement. The
building will be wired for electric
lights to be used in case of an emer
gency. .The third floor of the building
will have a hall running from South
to North and three offices on either
side. On the Went side of the hall
will be located the offices of the
United States Coiuailssioner and dep
uty collector. On the West side of
he hall will be the office of Hie
division deputy collector and a room
fitted up with desks and seats will
be provided lor toe civil service de
parmteut, where all civil service
examinations will be held.
The present building cast $X000.
The additions 10 be made, accord
lug .to the plans of the supervising
architect, will provide a building ad
equate to the needs of the town, and
will furnish space sufficient for the
organization and accommodation of a
for.? .of carriers which will make it
possible for city delivery to be es
tablished. -
CASWELL MAN CONVICTED.
For Concealing Blockade Whiskey in
His Barn.
Greensboro Dec. 7. I. Y. Wilson,
of Caswell county, was caught by of
ficers of the U. S. government
with 170 gallons of pure corn whisky
in the loft of his barn a few weeks
ago, and there were other suspicious
circumstances to connect him with a
scheme to defraud his Uncle Samuel
of his due in the matter of revenue.
About miles from the barn was
discovered a still which showed signs
of recent operation and Mr. Wilson
was Indict d for illicit distillng.
Tuesday . mornng this case came up
for trial in. the Federal court, seem
ingly with a sure conviction In store
for the defendant, lint the case as
sumed peculiar aspects by the time
all the evidence was before the court
and the whole morning session was
consumed in hearing the testimony
and the argument, of counsel. A ne
gro employed on Wilson's place tes
tified in favor of the defense ' and
made a telling stroke for Wilson, his
testimony, being used as the basis of
argument icr the acquittal, of the de
fendant. . The negro swore that, on
the day of the raid of the farm three
negroes had come to th? house with
a wagon loa 1 of so"n"thing and askf-1
to store their goods in the -barn. In
this manner, when the rerrnr. was
granted., the 170 gallons of spirits
was saddled off on Wilson, a .'cording
to the wit mis. .
The evidence, was; at tine-si con-'
flirting .md confusinp. but with
much labor counsel -for the . defense ;
and the pri'S-i-ru' Ion Lot th'? case be
fore the Ju.-y and i.l.t- jury after sev
eral hours deliberation iv; timed with
a verdict of guilty as to concealing.
The prisoner, ivi age.j and prosperous
lookii g fami' r, was plm e I in the
custody of tha marsh ill. .
The right of the States to penalize
Staten fir refusing to receive
goods for shipment in Interstate com
merce wa argued Wednesday before
the Supreme Court of tne United
States. The question presented to
the court concerned particularly the
S:ate of North Carolina, A direct
a'-tack was being made on the consti
tutionality of th statute, enacted
in 1905 in this State,. Imposing a pen
alty of $"() a day on a railroad for
every day it refused to accept goods
tor transportation.
Mr. J. B. Chilton dropped In Wed
uessday to present us with a turnip
!JiaLjueaauriL.2.1JJilicai
ferance. Mr. Chilton says he has
many bushels as large or even larger
than the speclmeen he brought U this
office.
FLAG AND BIBLE PRESENTATION
Lo:al Juniors Will Officiate at the
Sadler School. ,
Carolina Council No. J), Jr. O. U.
A. M., will present a Bible and flag
to Sadler school this (Friday) morn
ing at 11 o'clock, at which time the
following program will be carried
out:
Committee in Charge O. W. --Brit-tain,
Chairman.
Invocation Rev. C. E. If. Raper.
Song, Bless Be the Tie That Binds
By SchooL
Address of Welcome Mr. ..Comm.
Response to the Address of Welcome
VJudga I. R. Humphreys.
Song, Carolina By School.
Address, Public Education Supt, L.
N. Hlckereon.
Adjournment For Dinner.
1:04 P. M., Song, Dixie Land By
School.
Presentation of Flag C. O. McMich
ael.. Song By School.
Presentation of Bible J. R. Joyce.
Song, Nearer My God to Thee By
' School.
Acceptance of Flag and Bible. - .
Raising of Flag; Song, Columbia.
Dancing. ,
Corn-6huckIng and hog-killing times
make "Buzfuz" feel his oats. Here
te a squib recently gotten off by
him: In some of the Orlental coun
tries It is said that the better or up
per class of men have their dancing
dome by proxy; that Is, when they
have to attend fashionable balls or
dances they hire some one to take
the exertion for thorn, 'thereby sav
ing their neckwear from the soil of
such useless sweatdown. Sensible
fellows, so far aa the modern so
called round dance Is concerned. It
Lis been iald it requires no brains
or other qualifications for a good
round dancer save endurance. Be
that as It may, the old fashioned
quileless 'square dances such as
the quadrille reels and lancers when
the fiddles and banjos began to sing
(no violins) the Inspiring strains
makes the young blood surge. "Ole
Dan Tucker," "Ole Mollte Cotton
Hare." "Pretty Bettie Martin," and
"Mississippi Sawyer" pulls powerful
ly strong to cut a few steps. Proxy,
bah!
In his annual report to the board of
agriculture, read by him today, Com
missioner Graham gives the board to
understand that he will follow out
the law with regard to his duties, as
interpreted by himself and the attorney-general,
without regard to the
opinions of certain members of the
board in the matter. He hints at
Vhe interference on the part of a
faction of the board and says, In ef
fect, that they are endeavoring to
usurp his authority, The issue, It
seems, is- between the commissioner
and the State chemist, Dr. B. W.
Kilgore, the board having attempted
to separate this division from the
authority of the commissioner. An
other matter which the commissioner
Is opposed to Is the taking of a rep-,
resentative of the department from
the finance committee of the board.
Meredith College, located at Ral
eigh, the pride of the Baptist de
nomination, and a leading Institution
for the education of young women, Is
to have an endowment of $150,000,
This is the decision resulting from
the mass-meeting' held In Winston
Wednesday night.,, when the Baptist
State Convention raised nearly $11,
000, which, added to the amount al
ready pledged,, totals nearly $60,000
of the $100,000 necessary to secure
he gift of $50,0HO offered by the.
general education board.
Old papers for sale at this office,
Absolutely Pure
Makes Home Baking Easy
With minimum trouble and cost bis
cuit, cake and pastry are made fresh,
clean and greatly superior to the ready
made, dry, found-in-the-shop variety,
irdangerflum-focxi-ia'-avoided.'-
THE NATION'S NEWS
Items Taken From a Great
Many Sources.
Condensed News Items Oopcemjnej
Matters of Interest Occuring Slnc
Our Last Issue. News of tha
World at Large.
A three-story concrete building
collapsed in Indianapolis Wedmeadav
killing four workmen and injuring 21.
Major W. A. Graham, commiseion
er of agriculture, estimates the. s1a
of fertilizer this year at 711.380 tons.
At present prices It would require
400,000 bales of cotton to nav for thfa
fertilizer.
After eight years devious travel la
the ways of grand Juries and special
pleas, the cases of ten Chicago meat
packers, Indicted for alleged violation
of the criminal provisions of the
Sherman anti-trust law. reached trial
Wednesday.
Harper Hodgin, a well known citi
zen of Guilford county, was Injured
In a runaway Tuesday afternoon and
lived only a few hours after he was
found! 0111 the county road leading
from Greensboro toward his home.
He was 72 years old and a nrosner-
bu's farmer.
The Panama inspection trip of the
House committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce will start Sunday,
when 16 members of the committee
will sail from New York. They will
be away three weeks. The commit
tee purposes to examine the canal
with a view to proposing legislation
for its operation.
With nearly three thousand dele
gates present, Including some 20-odd
from North Carolina, the eighth an
nual convention of the Rivers and
Harbors Congress assembled in Wash
ington Wednesday. The early com
pletion of the Panama Canal and its
probable effect on transportation In
tho United States featured the ad
dresses of nearly every speaker.
L," M. Sandlln. the convicted wife
murderer' of Wilmington, condemned
to die In thu electric chair today, has
been granted a respite by Governor
Kltchln until Dec. 20, by request,
and on the ground that there is some
newly discovered evidence as to the
alleged Insanity in the convicted
man's family. Ills attorney thinks
there is yet some hope that he will
escape the electric chair.
John D. Rockefeller terminated h?s
career as head or the Standard Oil
Company this week. With him there
also retired most of the conspicuous
figures of the early days of the
"oil trust." Not a Rockefeller re
mains among the. officers and direc
tors of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, chief of the oil corpora
tlona. John D. Archbold has become
president of the company and will
control Its destinies. . .
Dissolution of the Sealboard Com
pany, the holding concern of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, Is to
follow Uho recent sale to a banking
syndicate of $6,700,000 Seaiboard Air
Lino adjustment mortgage 5 per
cent boiwls. The Seaboard Com
pany was chartered and organized in
1U05 under the laws of New Jersey
for the specific purpose of reorganiz
ing the then insolvent Sealboard Air
Line road. A special meeting of
the stockholders of the Seaboard
Company to act on the company's' dis
solution, will be held in New York on
January 3. )