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V8LUME III LEI01R, I0RTH CAROUIA, FR1SAY, JURE 24, 1910 RO. S3
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Presideat Sijas Statehood BilL
Washington, D. C, J one 20.
President Tail signed the State
hood bill at 1:40 o'clock this after
noon in the presence of Postmaster
General Hitchcock, Senator Bev-
eridge, and Representative Hamil
ton, chad men respectively of the
Senate aod House Committee on
Territories: Delegate Cameron, of
Arizona; Delegate Andrews, of
New Mexico; James. T. Williams,
Jr., editor of the Tucson Citizen,
and several other.
Two pens were used in affixing
the signature. "Approved, Wm.
H.," was signed with a solid gold
pen, made to order by Postmaster-
General Hitchcock, who has done
much hard work in putting the
bill through. "Talt," was written
with a big eagle feather pen, pre
sen ted by Delegate Andrews, and
"June 20, 1910" was written with
the golden pen. The eagle feather
wascarrige to the Whits House in
a big leather case.
After the President had affixed
signature, Secretary Norton used a
blotter and gave it to Delegate
Andrews who wanted it for a souv
enir. Both men have been friends
for yean. As he handed the blot
ting paper to the delegate, Secre
tary Norton remarked that he took
that occasion to reward the dele
gate for saving bis life niten years
ago.
The story was told to President
Taft. One night fifteen years ago
while traveling along in the grand
canon of Arizona, Mr. Norton be
came ill. When he could crawl no
farther, he sank down expecting to
die. A miner discovered bim and
hurried to Mr. Andrews' home for
help. Mr. Norton was taken to
the Andrews home where he recovered.
Expr Cmpniw Afaiast Parcel Port.
Baltimore Sua.
Teachers of Forsrtk To
Work.
B Aided in I
Big Ncfro Baptizing.
Wilson, N. C., Juue 20. Sunday
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Mr. 8ulzer. ofNew York.hasin- cuuuiy wcufn win morning ail roads leading to lg
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troduceda bill in the House of a" unnn8 in" WH1,n8 wiwi "'i gus mm poni were mrougeawiin
Representatives reduciu tne assistance of a representative of the! great crowds of colored peopl
charge for carrying parcels, so that
Michanx of Greensboro, who is re
garded as oue of the best primary
teachers of the state.
Miss Michaox's salary will lie
citizens of the Uniteds States will
be charged no more for the service
of the United States mails than
citizens of Germany, Austria, Italy
and other foreign countries sre
charged for the use of the United Pa,d b? this ,,oard who is P,acinS
States mails. If an Italian wants Jusl " represemauve m .win
to send parcel weighing eleven this year, rather as an
r t.i., , r experiment, aiisn Mlcbaux was
the Uuited 8tates, the United '"'""J" .w.u.
:,, j College, and Prsideut J. I. Foust
oittiro win i nri c iiiu ucntn v. i
if i :.,., . tn gave to rorsyth county the eppor
If an American citizen wanu to J J
rniilri lt tiiitn rinn nut uariA rt ri t
a nackat?e weirhiner eleven 6
i r 4 tM lng the coming session. A special
office to another, the mails will not
receive it at any price. The larg
est package which will be received
at a postoffice in thiscountry. uu
less it is to be sent abroad, is four
pounds, and the rate is 1 cent an
Southern Education Board in the and manv white ones, too all
person of Miss Annie Meade heading for Contentnea creek to
witness the big baptizing of many
ouuee, or 64 cents. The rate on a
package of that size from Venice to
Seattle would be less than 30 cents,
meeting of the school board, at
which President Foust was present,
was held yesterday, and of course
the members ot the lioaid
eager in their acceptance.
With a teacher of Miss
Michaux's ability and experience
spending her time visiting the
negroes, as the result of a protract
ed meeting, which was brought
to a close Saturday night last in
Wilson.
It is said that when about half
of the converted ones had bad their
"sins washed away" when the
parson was leading a big black
brother down for the "dip" and
while in passing by the base of a
big gum tree the soon to be new
made man of a sudden shied to
one side. The parson thinking that
bis new charge was about to "!ack
slide," admonished the timid oue:
were "Come along brother, cast Satan
behind you; soon your soul will b
made as white as snow come."
Da's all right, parson, Ah'ra
er comin ana uoan you think
Ah'm eber let dedebbil git behiu
schools and teachers' meetings,
of which the United State. wouid giving practical suggestions to the meergin; nosar -ree. Ahtrus'Ah's
teachers, Saperinteiuleut Speas is er changed man, wha's aggertatin'
confident that great good will re- mah min' now is, if sombody doan
suit. He expressed himself last kill dat big moccasin quiled up by
evening as being delighted at the dat gum tree h ; gwine ter bite
opportunity of securing Miss some dem uiggers jes as shore as
Michaux's services.
get only a portion. The people in
Italy and Norway or other count
ries cauoot be forced to use the ex
press companies, aud so the ex
press companies graciously permit
the United States mails to carry
their packages at reasonable rates.
But the people living in the
United States are lawful prey of
the express monopoly, and the ex
Oklahoma Capital Caao in tha Court.
Wuthrle, Okla., Dinpatoh, 16th.
Judge A. H. Huston, iu the
Couutv District Court here today,
over ruled the demurrer of Gover
nor Haskell to the petition of
County Attorney Hepburn for an
injunction preventing removal of
the capital from Guthrie to Okla
homa City. The temporary injunc
tion issued last ;Monday was con
tin lied in force until further or
ders.
The court held that the enabling
act was valid in imposing the con
dition that the capital should re
main in Guthrie ontjl 1913 that
the court had jurisdiction over the
person of the Governor iu matters
where he had n discretion, aud
that the county attorney had the
power to file application tor an In
junction. The attempt to remove
the capital to Oklahoma City il)
now come squarely before the
State Buoreme Court. Governor
Haskell iu his demurrer took th
position that, as Chief Executive,
' he was not amenable to the State
courts.
Marriage f Young Rootovett
New York, June 20. Weather
typical of the month of brides aud
roses attended the wedding day of
Miss Eleanor Bugler Alexander and
Theodora Roosevelt, Jr., whose
nnntialaat the f ffth Avenue Pres
byterian chareh to-day promised
to furnish one of the most notable
society evenW of the season. The
promised attendance 01 tbegroom'j
distinguished father, whose wl
come from abroad stirred New
York on Saturday, so stimulated
interest in the function that there
was every promise of record throngs
in the Ticiuity of the church edifice
long before 4 o'clock, the boor set
fot the ceremony.
and give it trouble.
Mule Wubtd Down the Croek.
Landmark
The State Democratic Con von
tion will meet in Charlotte July
14th.
Ah gwine toer Kingdom cum when
Ah shuffle off dis mortal quile
you des mark mah word on dat'
parson."
The snake was dispatched, the
Saarwl by WatorSpout
Millville, N. J., June 20.
hue many oyster sloops were
1 i v i -k l tt- ft hu aroo "ill rrt41 ' uf Tor txrhlsth
nrai. mnnnnnlv will nnt ri mit I working in ueieware uay laie
Congress to establish a oaroels Dost yWWay alternoon a huge water- 5
nnhli,. ronvpniPnr spout such as has not been seen the crowd returned to tow..
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r . . Unthohur fnr var annrnaohnrl aiUKiue usaims ws luej wcnuou
in rural communiuemueeiiiwi ' j j -rr i ... . . . ,
k. mvntk .i.. fm I alone the hot and dustv road.
companies qo notoperate; still tney v, " """" '"i
will not permit the mails to be th direcUoa ot g island with
usedasaconvenienceeveuforthem, violence. The fierce spout Nwl
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because the benefits of a parcels swervea w me soumeasra ana ais- The Southern Iiailway will be
post would become so apparent sappearea neat rierce s roint. gin the operation of Gas-Electrio
that the people mieht rebel against Fortuuatly no boats were in the erg on tbe line between Charlotte
the rule of the express monopoly Pth ofth swiri w4 no dg and Greenville about July 1st.
was done, although many of the
oyster boats hurried iuto Maurice
river immediately. Captains
who saw the phenomenon state
that the spout would measure
Driving home from Statesville more than 150 feet at ita base and
after the storm Sunday afternoon, tht t it nter and narrowe8t
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wr.u.i. Ingram came near losmg it wag not more thatl 20 feet
his mule in the high waters at the in diameter. Litte wind was felt
Watt mill, Cool Spring township. am0 the fleet untll afUir it paSs.
When Mr. Ingram reached the
creek he waited awhile for the
water to subside, and as it was fall
ng rapidly be thought be could
ed.
Got. Gillott I Praised.
Los Angeles, Cal., June 20. A
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cross. He was driving a mule to ma88 meeting called by the Church Society
a one-horse wagon, and when the Federation of this city a week ago
mule reached the current it was to protest againet the Jeffries-John
carried down the creek lor some 8on fight was transformed last
distance, sometimes under the feht into a praise meetiug at
water and sometimes oat. Mr. whieh Governor Gillett was heart
Jngram was $u the wagon and uy commeudied for the effective
finally he and others who were Qnlgtepg he took ,4to prevent this
the Vank out the mule loose from violation of the law."
All the prominent ministers took
part speaking against prize flghtng
and in commendation of Governor
Gillett and Attorney General
Webb.
The Democrats of Ohio are be
einnine to boom Judge Harmon
of that State for Democratic nomi
nation for President in 1912.
The North Carolina Medi
cal nociety has been in
session this week at Hole:
Tarry-Moore, Wrightsville Beach
aud was largely attended. The
State Board of Medical Examiners
licensed about 75 new doctors at
themeettng, which was held just
before the meeting of the Medical
the wagon and got it out.
A Limb of Peaches.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Graham is exhibiting two stems or
small limbs taken from a two
year old peach tree belonging to
W. A. Simpkins, which is loaded
with ripe peaches. Within the
space ot 20 inches there are iv
peaches. Evening Tsme.
Cotton Flour Bread.
Charlotte Chroniclf.
Cotton flour bread is now a com
mercial article in Charlotte. It bis
been added to the regular products
Dt.Ckp Seriously UL
We told last week of the sodded
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Oi 1 ouug oKery, ,.u mere a mnwg q Df j c CUpp 81ncf
Some two or three years ago
the Southern Methodist Church
decided to establish - a Chatauqua
or Assembly grounds somewhere
in Western North Carolina. Com
mittee from the church and Lay
demand for it both by the retail
and wholesale trade. It is made
into loaves that sell at 5 cents each.
It resembles Graham bread in color
but has a richer tone, and with
Jer8v butter it goes fine. This
bread that is made from the cotton
seed is not only palatable, but
nutritious aud the example of the
unarioue uaaeiy, we iwu ure, hl h t THa mind ia nerfeotlv
will soon be loliowed by oanenes d n. count v News.
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all over the South, and cotton nonr
bread will become a staple article
in homes, hotels and restaurants
from a knife, gun tin oau, ruetly
pail, fireworks, or of any other
Laiue shoulder it almost invariably I nature, demands prompt treatment
I tHAikfl sMrfvwvjvn a4- eaaveA n e-VAft t-wl iA
FHdav h hM been irraduallv r""" "w my. w
I tneinaflMArA 4- aV k iraaJAnn t rAD AKaWMwI
growing weaker. There is now 7V"7
little bope for his recovery. Rev. for thia P?1 and locate the
Erneat Clann. Mrs. W. H. ThomD- 8me
on. Mani. Crawford ami Milton wek nd ided in favor of the
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Clann h heen called and are gw ajnwviue a.
with him. Mr. Carrol Clann is ex- w very ae-
ntpd t, rme in from Texas verv sirabl loction for thia P01
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his heart.
C. This is said to be a
sirable location for this
The main trouble is with uc wvwuf "" Ul tuws
will add much to the town of
Count Zeppelin's Airship.
By Associated Piv-.
1 ussellorf, (ierinany, June '11.-
The tirst regular airship passenjrer
service was inaugurated todav
when Count Zt-ppelin's great craft
Deutschlaud, carrying twenty pas '
seugei-s, success! uly made the hrst ,
schlultl tiip from Fried rkhshaf j
en to this citv. a distance of 3M i
miles in nine hour. i
The weather was perfect ami the
motoi-s worked faultlessly. The
average timS maintained for the
complete course was approximate
ly 33 miles an hour, but beeween
Friedrichshal'en and Stuttgart the
124 miles was covered at an aver
age rate of speed of 41 miles an
hour. The lest speed for a single
hour was 43 1-'-' mile-.
Count Zeppelin was at the helm
when the Deutschlaud arose at
Friedrichs'iafen at three o'clock
this morning and sailed away on
the trip that was to mark an epoch
in aviation. The passengers were
some of th directors of the Ham
burg-American Steamship Compa
ny and the German Slock Coinpa
ny, joint owi.eis of the diiigilile
aud euests. They occupied the
mahogany walled and carpeted
cabin situated lietween the goudol-
as and from the windows of which
they viewed the scenery as the
aerial car swept along.
Count Zeppelin steered for the
grater part of the distance. The
route was via Stuttgart, Mauheim
aud Cologne to Dusseldorf. It had
been carefully marked out iu ad
vance for the guidance of the pilot
and was followed exactly. There
was no air stirring and the Dent
sch land made her way uuhamper
ed through a flood of bright suu-
shiue.
The hour aud minute for the
probable passing of the various
points had been bulletined ahead
so that not only the people of the
cities of the line, who tilled h
streets but the inhabitants of all
the intermediate villages turned
out and cheered enthusiastically as
the immense torpedo-like structure
with its whistling srews drove ov
er their heads at a height between
200 and 300 feet.
The Deutschland swung gently
nto her landing at noon and the
multitude surrounding the landing
rd shouted a welcome. The
citv had been decorated iu honor of
the event. The promoters and
the guests were entertained at a
public dinner.
Regular trips will be made and
many tickets have already been
sold for the first few days at from
$23 to $.10 each. The airship is
equipped with a restaurant, which
will supply the passengers with
bnffet Service such as is afforded
on parlor car railroad trains.
The dimensions of the Deutsch
land are:
Length 485 feet; width 46 feet
Its gas capacity is 24,852 enbic
yards and it carries three motors
having a total of 330 horse-power.
It was designed to maintain a speed
of 35 miles an boar. Its lifting
capacity is 44,000 pounds of which
11,000 pounds cover the crew,
passengers and express. It is ex
pected to be able to accomplish a
continued trip of 700 miles.
CROOKED DEALS IN PHILIPPINES.
Baltimore Sfun.
Dit by bit some facts in regard to
land transactions in the Philip
pine are lieing brought to light.
W bat littie information we have
has lieen literally dragged forth
from the War Department. In
Ffliruary Congressman Martin, of
Colorado, raised the question of
the legality of the leases and sales
of the Friar lands. After consider
able effort he did succeed iu get
ting through a mild resolution of
inquiry. This brought forth an
emphatic reply form the War De
partment, which sought to dismiss
the subject as unworthy of serious
consideration. Bat even this brief
re ily confirmed the suspicion of
Martin that thousand of acres bad
been sold for a nominal sum to in
terests closely allied with the Sugar
Trust. With a few slender clues
Mr. Martin set to work. He has
disclosed the fact that the sale of
these lands to Sugar Trust repre
sentatives was made possible, only
by a special ruling of Attorney
General Wickersham; that the
purchasers were so sure of the rul-
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A Dreadful Wound.
Waynesville, which is so beauti
fully located in the "Land of the
Sky."
Kept Tke King At Home.
"For the paat year we have kept
the King of all laxativea Dr. King's
oaused by rheumatism of the musolea with Buoklen'a Arnica Balve to pre- New Life Pills In our home and
and yields quickly to the free ap- vent blood poison, or gangrene. It's I they have proved a cleaning to all
plication of Chamberlain Liniment. I the quickest surest healer for all our family," writes Paul Matbulka,
Thia liniment is not only prompt I such wounds m also for Burns, UoUs, I oi wunajo, rt. i, fcaey, Dut sure
and effectual, but in no way dUa-l Sores. Skin Emotions. Eoema, I remedy for all Btomach, Liver and
irreeable to use. Sold, 07 J. E. Shell, Chapped Hands, Corps or Piles. 25c Kidney troubles. Only 25c at J. K
Druarsrlst. Dr. KenU DrasrirUt. at J. E. Shell. Shell.
It is learned that the Southern
Power Company has consummated
a deal, or is just about to close it,
whereby it secures the entire pro
perties of the Greenville Carolina
Compaay, of Greenville, S; C.
These properties include a hydro
electric power plant on the Saluda
river, about six miles from Green
ville, which generates ive or six
thousand horsepower of electric!' ,
with transmission lines, real estate,
ets.
ng that they had taken posessioa
of the lands before the ruling was
made by Mr. Wickersham; that
the firm of which Mr. Wickersham
was the chief member before he be
came Attornev General and of
which the President's own brother,
Henry W. Taft, is now a member
has been attorney for the Sugar
Trust.
The War Department, the Attor
ney Ueneral and the Philippine
government persisted in ignoring
the whole matter. Mr. Martin re
sorted to theetpedient of introduc
ing in the House each day a new
resolution of inquiry into some
phase of the case. Congressman
Covington, of Maryland, also intro
duced a resolution calling for a
comprehensive inquiry into the en
tire subject. These continuous de
mands at last forced further ques
tioning, though the House leaders
positively refused to allow a genu
ine investigation.
The first report received from
the Philippine government disclos
es the fact that United States em
ployes and relatives of officials have
been dealing in these lands. Frank
W. Carpenter, executive secretary
to the Philippine commission, leas
ed for himself 5,000 acres at8 cents
a month an acre, Land Director
Sleeper reports that E. L. Wor
cester, nephew of Dean C. Wor
cester, the Philippine commission
er, leased 3,000 acres for 25 years
at 2d cents an acre a year. . L.
Poole is said to have bought the
San Jose estate for the Sugar Trust
and is buying other lands in Min
doro. A. 1 Thayer, another rep
resentative oi sugar iu terests, ha,i
been Bftykiag extensive purchases.
1e $aUiager investigation has
disclosed the danger of an exten
sive raid on valuable government
lauds in the United States and
Alaska,. The facts already known
in regard to the PhUipine trans
actions are spfticient to warrant a
thorough inquiry into every de
parnientpf the Philippine Land
Office and the bureau of the govern
ment which has control of "Colon
ial affairs." General Edwards,
chief of the insular bureau, owes
it to himslf, Mr. Wickersham owes
it to bis own reputation, Prosideut
Taft owes it to his administration,
to insist upon the disclosure of all
the facts in regard to these ques'N
tionable deals in the Friar lands.
Until this is done a cloud of sus
picion will rest upon all connected
with these transactions. The af
fair has approached too close to
t,.e President's own official circle,
to his own family, to be ignored.
New Series Building & Loan
Stock opens July 1st. . ;
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