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REIDSV1LLE, N. CgAH.'ZS, 1912.
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
WASHINGTON LETTER
Timely Topics Discussed by
Tavenner.
Tee Rsview's Washington Corres
pendent Sends in Batch of Matter
That Will Interest All Rsaders of
This Paper.
Washington, Jan. 25. Driven
from pillar to post for explanations to
Justify the Payne-Aldrieh tariff tax,
stand-pat protectionists long ago
waived the theory that the foreigner
pay? the tariff and now stand ou
the assurance to the people that a
prohibitive tariff is for the protection
of "American" workingmen.
When Schedule K which places a
heavy tax ou every article of woolen
clothing worn by every man, woman
ami child in the nation, was up for
discussion, Aldrich, Lodge, Smoot
and ether special privilege servers of
the House and Senate declared their
principal motive in levying t tax on
these articles was to "protect" the
"American" workingmen in the
wotlen industry.
Schedule K became a law, the
prices of all kinds of clothing, made
wholly of wool, or partly, have ad
vanced, and the combinations of
manufacturers who contributed heav
ly to tne Republican, party to have
Schedule K framed and passed, have
made millions. But how have the
"American" workiugmen been "pro
tected?" The strike of 15,000 textile workers
at Lawrence, Mass., one of many
sii.jilar iilustraitions which night be
given, .throws some light on the sub
ject. It puts the lio to the state
ment that Schedule K protects the
"American" workman, because the in
formation shows there are scarcely
any "American" workers left in the
woolen manufacturing industry to pro
tect. The mill owners have "protect
ed" the "American" workingnien by
driving them from their employment
with low wages and unbearable work
ing conditions, and by filling their
places with contract laborers from
the South of Europe. Fifty -two dif
ferent nationalities are, represented
by the striKers at Lawrence, and for-ty-ifire
languages are spoken there.
Bayonets and decreased wages for
the men, women and children work
ers, instead of the workman's para
dise pictured by Aldrich, Lodge and
Smoot, is the definition, of Schedule
K that the mill workers at Lawrence
are learning by actual experience.
(In view of the strike of textile
workers at Lawrence, Mass., it is in
teresting to know how' the woolen
mill owners attract cheap labor to
their mills. Congressman A. P. Gard
ner, of Massachusetts, while speak
ing one day In the House on the
subject of immigration, contributed
some valuable information to the
subject, Mr. Gardner is a standpat
protectionist of the Aldrich school.
"For example," said Mr. Gardner,
"suppose I am a Syrian conducting a
Syrian boarding house in the city of
Lowell, Mass. Perhaps some mill
sends down to me for hands. I fur
nish them at a somewhat lower rate
of wages than is expected by ordi
nary citizen help. I advance the
money for Syrian emigrants to come
over... I tell them that if they do not
pay me back the money I advanced I
w'U have them arrested; that they
must hard over the full wages that
they yet in the .mill.- They are held
in terror of che j Mice. Meanwhile I
take all their wugeE while I feed
J 05)
The people who are fortunate enough to patronize
this laundry establishment are always well pleased
with our work. -The same opportunity is offered you.
Everybody seems to be interested in the qualiiy of the
work we turn outjudging by the number of people
who entrust their laundry work to us. If you are de
termined to get high grade laundry work you want to
patronize this modern laundry.
HENRY HUBBARD. Agent
Phone 26.
tli-j-ai and keep t'.vni alive just as I
wou'.d feed and keep a horse- alive
.uit I ' had imported, for use in a
livt ry stable
INTEREST IN ROADS.
Convention For Federal Aid in Roaf
Building Widely Attended.
CM. V nsttory, who returned
from Washington last week, where he
attended the first National Good
Road; federal Aid Convention, came
back to Greensboro even a stronger
enUius.asi; about roads than when he
left, if that were possible.
Of the proposed build
ing of national highways all over the
country and of the aid that is asktd
of the national government he was
readily conversant and now believes
that the question of roads is one of
the biggest and most important ques
tions in the nation. While he has
always been a hearty supporter of
good roads he is even more so now
and expressed his belief as being
that Guilford county will be affected
and benefitted greatly if the plans
that were discussed at the convention
carry through.
Present at this convention were
many men of prominence from all
over the nation, including Senators,
Congressmen and representatives of
leading communities. Four Senators
and 16 Congressmen were on the reg
ular program and the speeches touch
ed on nearly every phase of good
roads. The means of securing Fed
eral aid, the need and the value of
it, and the possibilities that might
result from it were taken up and
discussed thoroughly in the two
days' session.
The plan with reference to the
national highways is that the Feder
al government give reciprocal sums in
those counties through which the
highways pass, provided those coun
ties are backed up and aided by the
adjoining county through which the
higway is built connectedly. For in
stance, if Guilford county - wanted
money to build a portion of road
for the national route, Rockingham
county, should the highway come that
way, would have to give the assur
ance that, the Rockingham roads
would be put into shape before Guil
ford could secure aid, and the same
requirement would hold in regard to
counties North of Rockingham and
elsewhere along the route. For every
dollar raised by Guilford a dolar
would .be given by the national gov
ernment with the understanding that
the, money should go to the national
route, In the event that Davidson
county should raise money for Im
proving the national route, the assur
ance would have to be given that
Guilford's roads were connected or
would connect at the Davidson coun
ty line before the national govern
ment would give aid.
The national highway running by
Greensboro to Jacksonville, Fla., is
one of a number that have been
planned-to radiate from Washington
to" all parts of the nation, and the
undertaking of national highway
building has has come to be one of
the most gigantic propositions ever
approached in the country.and should
the plans develop fully the country
would soon have several Appian Ways
leading tv6m America's Rome,
Into these national highways will
run several tributary highways, and
one "of these will be that one from
Greensboro to Pinehurst. The path-
I fined has already been here and the
Pinehurst route has been given nis
attention Mr. Tufts is behind this
anI it is expected will lend his help.
Greensboro News.
A bill to prohibit the sale and man
ufacture of cigarettes in South Caro
lina stands a good chance of passing
the Legislature of that State.
I
THE NATION'S NEWS
Items Taken From a Great
Many Sources.
Condensed News Items Concerning
Matters of Interest Occuring Sine
Our Last Issue. News of the
World at Large.
A contract has been let for three
section of dormitories at the North
Carolina University.
", Prospects look dim for an early
general settlement of the strike of
15.000 textile workers at Lawrence.
Maas. ...
Dr. Henry Lewis Smith,: president
of Davidson College, this State, has
been unanimously chosen president of
Washingto and Lee University.
The spring session of the North
Carolina Supreme Court will convene
t.t. Raleigh February 6, the first day;
tyj be, as usual, devoted to the ex
amination of applicants for licenses
to practice law.i
The Anti-Saloon League meets In
State convention at Raleigh today,
Saturday and Sunday. The presence
of Judge Pritchard and Congressman
Richmond Pearson Hobson will, it Is
thought, draw large crowds.
Headed by the Rev. Dr. Lett G.
Broughton, a party of about 25 prom
inent Geeorgians will go to Wash
ington Monday to appear before the
House Judiciary committe in the in
terest of the anti-liquor bill which
is set for hearing on that date.
' Chardes W. ' Worse still Is at the
post hospital at Fort McPherson, Ga.,
too ill to be moved. Ever since
President Taft commuted his sen
tence last week the ex-banker has
ploaded with his physician to have
him removed to a private hospital.
Publication by the President of ev
ery written or verbal endorsement of
candidates of all Federal judgeships,
from the Supreme Court down, prior
to the appointment of the Judge,
wild. -he required by a bill passed In
he House Wednesday after a llveJy
snrule.- ,'...'' -;
Governor Kitchin will attend the
meeting of the American Civic Fed
eration In Washington in March.
The meeting has for its object the
advancement of industrial peace and
progress. Not only will the interests
of private employers and employes
be, considered, but public utilities,
and Federal, State and municipal
wortq : .
Representative Brantley, Democrat,
of Geirgia, introduces a bill to
for a repel of the law that prohibits
the payment of a government pen
sion to any veteran of the Confeder
ate army, or any relative of one. It
Is said this bill was Introduced be
cause of a failure to grant a Spanish
War soldier, son of a Confederate
veteran, a pension.
Miss Eva Chambers, a young school
teacher, was shot and killed near Sa
lem, Va., Wednesday, by J. Raines.
Later he shot and wounded Charles
Day, one of his neighbors. Raines
thai surrendered himself to the po
lice. The murder is the direct re
sult of a suit for slander instituted
by her against Mrs. Raines, who had
attempted to oust Miss Chambers as
teacher.
Supporters of State Chairman John
Motley Morehead throughout the
State are receiving through Gilliam
Grissom, of Spr.y, invitations to at
tend a banquet to be given by Mr.
Morehead in the Yarboro Hotel, Ral
eigh, as a preliminary to the meet
ing of the Republican State commit
tee in that city February 28. The
Invitation states that the banquet is
given by Mr. Morehead cimplimen
tary to the State committee.
American ships - would use - the j
Panama Canal free of cost, while for
eign vessels would iay a charge not
exceeding $1.25 a tori under the
terms of a bill Introduced Tuesday by
Senator Bradley, of Kentucky. If
an American ship, however, Is owned
by a railroad company and Is opera
ated to offset the expected reducion
In cost of freight transportation, it
will pay double the foreign rate.
It' is probable that the famous!
suit of Ware-Kramer Company vs.
American Tobacco Company will- he
settled out of court ajid without the
termination of the appeal that the
American Tobacco Company took
from the verdict rendered against
the company in the United States
District court at Raleigh before Judge
v onnor. The verdict was for $60,000
ad counsel fees for the plaintiffs.
In? damage sustained was in injury
to t1..! cigarette business of the plain
tiffs in Wilson, and later In Norfolk.
It is a noticeable fact that in the
item of costs in the case the bill for
printing amounts to $2,000 and court
REGRETS DEPARTURE
Atlanta People Want Brough
v - ton to Remain.
Prominent Citizens, irrespective of
Denomination, Are Trying to Per
, suade Him Not to Accept Call to
the London Church.,
Whether Atlanta will consent to
Jose Dr. Len G. Broughton, pastor of
the Baptist Tabernacle and known
the nation over as the mightiest
working spiritual force of that city,
is to be determined at a great mass
meeting in that city. The Georgian
has this to say regarding the resig
nation which will be read, with inter
est by The Review's readers:
Ji" Forces are at work among the
leading members of the congregation,
and tha most prominent citizen "of
Atlanta, Irrespective of denomina
tion, to persuade him tOTectmsider
hla resignation, plan more progres
sive work for the Tabernacle's Insti
tutions and take a long vacation,
(for possibly six months or a year)
so that his health can be fully re
stored, and thu,t Atlanta Bhall not
lose him.
The resignation of Dr. Broughton
has not been officially accepted by
the board of deacons of the church,
and he has not formally accepted the
call to Christ church, London. Wed
nesday la the day set apart for Dr.
Brougton officially to communicate
bis final response to the call of the
English church.
Meantime several things may hap
pen! Atlanta may rise u and keep
Dr. Broughton here. He has resign
ed because of ill health and personal
sacrifices made during his pastorate
in building the big Tabernacle and Us
Institutional work hospital, nurses'
honie, Bible conference and other
helpful features he has worked for
the good of others and neglected his
personal and private affairs. He has
given the hest in him for the service
of humanity, spent much of his sal
ary for , the church work and the
pooCi tdectined $20,000 annually for
lecture tours, only to find himself at
the end of. a fifteen-year pastorate
shattered In health and personal for
tune. ,
Dr. Broughton has given so much
from bis own Income to help others
that ha finds he must sacrifice his
home. Enemies. those who feared
the moral lash of a man of righteous
ness have said he had accumulated
a fortune and was a man of wealth
with a big bank account.
"When H have sold my residence
and some of my things here to pay
my debts. I will be starting again In
the world," said1 the distinguished
minister.
All the work that Dr. Broughton
has done here for fifteen years has
been a drain upon his heatlh and pri
vate purse. . . . .
Beginning at a salary of only $2,
000, which was increased to $3,000,
and a few years ago to $4,200, he
has given much of It to the various
good -causes In which his heart and
soul were centered.
It is1 believed by strong admirers of
Dr. Broughton's great work here that
Atlanta is going to rise up as one
man and clear away any possible wor
ry he may have as to his personal
affairs or his health, and that by
Wednesday the pressure will be so
great upon him to stay that he will
reconsider.
Dr. Broughton Is Just at the thres
hold of more progressive work, the
erection of a workingglrls home.the
building of an eight-story hospit ,1 and
permanent organization of the Taber
nacle's night schools. If he goes to
England, these plans niay never be
carrfed' out.
At 11:20 o'clock Monday morning a
committee of the Tabernacle met Dr.
Broughton and conferred with him as
to a possible reconsideration of , the
resignation.
When seen by a Georgian reporter
Dr. Broughton spoke of his health as
the primary consideration in his de
termination to accept the London call.
"My trouble Is Just this for fifteen
years I have been running on over
time: that Is, I have used forced en
ergy. Everybody who knows me
knows this. This may have been right
or wrong. There is no use to discuss
that. During the last few years this
has been specially true.and I need not
stop to argue it. Now the time has
come for rebuilding my lost vitality,
and under existing circumstances 1
an) not able to do it.
"When I left here last October to
spend , a while .as the guest and under
the care of one of London'..; greatest
phys-icians.I weighed only 1:8 pounds
and in six weeks I gained 8 pounds
over there, I came back and have lost
'his weight. I find I cannot regain
my health in n few weeks. My con-
I need, nor am I personallv able to
,dr .it.- .
"The call of the London church af
fords me the opportunity of a three
months' vacation in summer to go to
the mountains of Switzerland, and a
month In March every year to atteud
the Bible conference in Atlanta.
"At Christ's church, Londou.the po
sition is that of a preacher and a gen
eral In one. I am to be given a suffi
cient force of workers in all depart
ments. The call comes at an oppor
tune time for I can there direct my
work and conserve my strength."
At a mass-meeting of the members
of the Tabernacle Baptist church in
Atlanta Wednesday night, the resig
nation of the Rev. Len G. Broughton
waa accepted and a call Issued to
the Rev. R. F. McArthur. former pas
tor of Calvary Baptist church. New
York, but now president of the
World's Baptist Alliance. Dr. Mc
Arthur Is at St. Petersburg, Russia,
and a cablegram carrying the call
was sent to him Immediately.
THE DEEPEST SNOW.
But This is -ths -Coldest Winter Sine
"18S0nd 1881.
A writer in the Balttimore Sun
givefif some facte about one of the
old time winters. He says this is
the coldest winter since that of 18S0
"81, He says that on December 20th.
1880. snow fell 16 Inches on a level
and was followed by a cold. high.
Northwest wind that drifted the snow
25 to 40 feet deep la places, blocking
the trains for several days and drift
ting up, the county roads so they
could not be traveled until spring.
People had to travel through the
fields. That storm of snow extended
from the Lake region to the Gulf of
Mexico. This writer, who is Mr. Wil
liam Beverly, of , Broad Run. Va..
continues:
Aiore snow fell on December 28
and 29 of that year, and on Decem
ber 30, 1880, the thermometer regis
tered all through this section 28 and
3i degrees below ero. All of Jan
uary of that winter was extremely
cold and a great part of February.
The snow drifts could be seen ' in
('laces In April. January of 1856 was
i severe month, with a heavy snow
about the 6th and severe cold, I re
member It, but was quite young, la
the winter of 1895. from February 2
to February 15 there .was a blizzard
and zero weather." and the winter of
1895,from February 8 to February 16,
we had a blizzard and extreme cold,
thermometers registering 16 degrees
to 20 degree below zero on the 9th.
10th and 11th. but the winter of 1880
'81 was the most severe in this sec
tion. Spray Creditors Meet.'
At the first meeting of the credi
tors of the American Warehouse Co.
and the Lily Mills, both in, the Uni
ted States bankruptcy courts, J. S.
McAUster was appointed trustee of
the Lily MilUa and the master of ap
pointment of trustee of the American
Warehouse Company postponed until
February 2. The .meeting was pre
sided over 'by Referee in Bankruptcy
G. S. Ferguson and was attended by
a large number of counsel represent
ing the creditors and the receivers,
J. Elwood Cox. E. D. Pitcher and J.
6. McAUster.
Referee Ferguson appointed A. 11.
Washburn, of Charlotte; James F.
Williamson, of WorUiville, and Ju
lius W, Cone, of Greensboro, as ap
praisers of the property, ordering
thorn to make report February 2.
Among others present were Jones
Fuller, counsel for both the bank
rupts; G. S. Bradshaw, attorney for
the receivers of the American Ware
house Company; T. J. Shaw, attorney
for the receiver of the Lily Mills;
A. M. Scales, W. P. Bynuni, R. C.
StrildwUik, Thomas lieall, Justice and
Broadhurst, David Stern, King and
Kimball. Greensboro News.
A mob of 100 men Monday night
broke Into the Harris rounty j;il at
Hamilton. Ga.. overpowered the j.iiil-
er and took four iuiot8i. three men
and one woman. out and hanged them
to a tree one mile from twn. Then
they ri'ddlod the bodies with 'bullets'.
It, Is estimated -that 300 shots were
fired. The negroes' had' been arrest
ed charged vith murder of Norman
Hadley, a yomiK fanner, last Sunday.
The murces protested their inno
cence to the last.
Absolutely Pure
The only Baking Powder mado
fromRoyalGrapeCreamofTartar
NO ALUM, NO
OVERMAN WAS TOLD
Had Statsmenfs Hade to Him
by Watterson.
Newark Paper Prints Story That thef
Governor's Refusal to Meet Finan
cler Forced the Break. Ryan Fea
ture Mentioned.
A special from Washington to the
Charlotte Observer says:
Copies of The Newark Evening
News, of Newark, N. J., containing
the following item from the Wash
ington correspondent of The News,
were sent to the members of the
North Carolina delegation ia Con
gress today:
' "Colonel Henry Watterson, of
Louisville, told. Senator Lee Over
man, of North Carolina, at Char
lotte last December that Colonel Har
vey asked Governor Wilson to meet
Thomas F. Ryan to discuss the Wil
son candidacy for President. Thia
statement was made by Senator Ov
erman, to Senator Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, and others." Tho
standing Overman had was that it
was the purpose, of the meeting be
tween Ryan and Wilson that Ryan
should assist to finance Wilson's can
didacy after the manner of old-style
politics. The manner of the rejec
tion by Wilson of Harvey's sugges
tion caused Harvey to inquire regard
ing Wilson's idea as to the value of
Harper's Weekly's support, and that
was followed by Wilson's frank aa-
BWW,"
When shown this Item, today."
Senator Overman deoHrfed to affirm
or deny his connection with tho
Ryan story. Senator Smith would
not discuss the matter. Colonel Wat
terson declared that he had said all
that he would say at this time, when
told of the story. For ten days it
has ben said here that Colonel Wat
terson talked freely to one. two or
more people In Charlotte about the
Harvey-Wilson break before the
matter became public.
WHY DO WE NEED A LIBRARY?
What a Public Free Library Docs..
For a Country Town..
I. It keeps boys at home In the
evenings by giving them well written
stories of adventure.
rij It gives teachers and pupils In
teresting books to aid their school
work in history and geography, ana
makes better citizens of them ' by
enlarging their knowledge of their
country and its growth.
III. It provides books on the care
of child rep. and animals, cookery and.
housekeeping, building and garden
ing, and teaches young readers how
to make simple dynamos, telephone
and other machines.
' IV. It helps clubs that are study ing
history, literature or life in oth
er countries and throws light on Suii
dayr School lessons. -
V. It furnishes books of sec
tions for reading aloud, suggestion v
for home amusements, and hints o.i
correct speech and good manners.
VI. It teaches the names and ha;.
its of the plants, birds, and inwe v
of the neighborhood, and the differ
ences in soil and rocks.
VII. It tells the story of tho town
from l's settlement, and keeps a re
cord of all Imporaut events In i
history,
VIII. It offers pleasant and whole
some stories to readers af all ages
The movement to secure better re
gard for law and create In Wilming
ton, a more wholesonio.atmosphertf is
thought to have bei-n given a decided
setback in Superior court there on
Tuesday, when the plea of nolo con
tendere was accc-pted by the solicitor
in tlif largee batch of whiskey cas
00-odd. iii number., and. when.. . :upon.,
the .recommendation of the .solicitor,
the Judgment of the court was that
the dofeiiilants give bonds ranein
from $100. to t'MH), according to their
financial ability, for appearance , t
the January term, UHo. to show f at
they have been of good behavior ; nd
thave not engaged in the sale of
Uiuor.
I!
LIME PHOSPHATE
gregation Is not able to make It pos-
$1,800-
slble for me to take as loiig a rest as