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COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1906.
NO.. 3,
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Mill
;0f Tillman Brings Out
His Evidence
S PRESIDENT HAS CHANGED
jmpshire Ex-Senator 's Written
f,unt of His Conferences With
ident as Intermediary Between
Ltive and the Senator.'
:ston. Special. -Senator, Till--
li( made a statement in the
Saturday covering the details
aml Senator Bailey 's negotia-
hrouJrh ex-Senator Chandler,
resident Roosevelt regarding:
bill, made public a portion of
h'u statement to him br. Chand-
the last-named 's various, con-
f, with the President on this
The portion given out by
lmaa is largely a repetition of
,t part of his statement in the
It covers, however, that por
uere. Mr. Tillman had quoted
M iller as saying that the Pres-
iiad siaieu inai lie iiau cuuie iu
liete disagreement with the sen-
kuvyers who were trying to de
injure the bill, naming Messrs.
Siwoner and Foraker, regard-
hich statement Senator Lodge
K'ntly said he was authorized
from the White House that it
iniqi-a lifted falsehood. On this
i .Mr. Chandler, referring to the
our said in his written state-
He said that he had been
troubled by. the advocacy of an
ted court review bv some of the
s of the Senate, naming Sena-
iiox, Spooner and Foraker as
to injure or. defeat the bill by
: constitutional arguments, but
..?luid c me to a complete, dis
He made this
nip lip iu: oy l epeuuou. iue
-iit- fiixvu out by Mr, Tillman
le-.iator Tillman said that on Sat
V fnv !. li inictpfl on bavin"-
ci-Seuator Chandler a written
w'iit dl the various . conferences
latter in connection with the
t' the President to control the
:id rate legislation bv alliance
l'?Ei'.erat3 of the Senate, and
handler; gave him such a stae
!2;acle -prior to Saturday, May
:1 si;:,".! by Mr. Chadler. Mr.
r, said t hat he would - give out
iHi of that. statement relating to
itorvi?v of Mr. Chandler with
resident on March 31, which
cam-..' a subject matter, of dis
u;t ivou'd retain the remainder
? in cas' of anv of his state-
in the Hehare Saturday should
lied." . . .
following' is' the portion of Mr
ler's statement given' out by
' 1 1 i
uiman : '
Saturday afternoon, March 31,
friend of mine came into my
and told me of the White House
rence of that day in which an
standing as to a limited court
had been reached with Sena
i!j and others, and he told me
he L'fesident wished to get into
luii-atiou with the Democrats
vou'.d shortly ask ne to come
ee him. While he was talking
senger boy arrived with a letter
i'rjxn Mr. Loeb as follows:
" White House, Washington,
uvh loot). .... . - :
Dear Senator Chandler:
resident requests me.to say that
i be Iad to have vou come to
White House -at S.30 o'clock to-
Will you please let the bearer
whether you can come?
' ' ' Very trul v vours,
"'WILLIAM LOEB, JR.,
" S'Seeretarv to the President.'
n. vV. ; E. Chandler;., 1421- 1
told thij messenger I would be
the time atid place appointed
''iul-nt said to me that "he
1. through' me, to get into com
nt wn v-ith Mr. Tillman, . Mr.
i' -lid other Democratic Senatoi-s
&1 his purpose slowly and
y, and in exact substance Ins
w-tr. Was tli is r That he had
;;i tli conclusion that the best.
; "r railroad rate legislation was
:s;dv irrant a court review, but
aiu,iy limit it to two points;
u;i i'l-niiry whether.;-the inter-
uraen'o commission had ex
's authority, and second, an
whether the constitutional
H ''d that he had been, much
-a uy fie advocacy of aiiMin-
1 "-itt review bv some o'f the
)-' the Senate naming Sena-
iVll:, S)ooner and Foraker as
" injure or defeat the bill bv
h had come to a complete
;'?nt with them. He made
II
t n n ni urn in r n
V I'IJII'II'LI1 MIL. I'
dWUUIUtUI
tills point emphatic by repetition;
said that he Avould go thus! far and
no further and that his decision
would be unalterable. He said that
he wished to ascertain whether there
could be united action in the Senate
among the friends of the bill, so that
it could be surely passed without in
jurious amendments, and he named
various Republican Senators who he
thought were the friends of, the bill,
but said that it .would take nearly all
the Democrats to carry the limitation
and defeat all obnoxious provisions.
TAR heel crop bulletin
Condition of Crops For the Week As
Sen By the Department.
The North Carolina Section of the"
Weather and Crop Service of the De
partment of Agriculture issues the
following Bulletin of conditions for
the past week:
The droughty condition extending
approximately from April 16th to Ap
ril 30th was broken by good showers
during the past week.' The rain for
the week was above normal in the
extreme southeast, the west-central
counties, and in the extreme westjand
below normal in the central and in
-the northwest counties. While these
showers were local in character, ev
ery portion of the State was benefit
ted, as it rained somewhere very
nearly every day of Ike 'week. The
mean temperature for the week was
much above normal, the greatest de
parture being . 9' degrees above the
normal at Hatteras, and the least, 1
degree above the normal at Char
lotte. The- highest temperature re
ported was 95 degrees at Lumberton
on the 2nd, and the lowest was 44
degrees at Asheville on tlv; 7th. Some
damage by hail and heavy winds was
reported in Stanly and Anson coun
ties. A. 11: Theissin, Section Direc
tor. i
Shot1 and Killed Son. - , ,
Wilkesboro, Special. In Mulberry
township, seven miles from here, Hi
ram ' Hiffgins .. ' shot' ; and mortally
wounded his son, Silas Higgins. It
seems that some feeling and family
trouble led up to the tragedy. The
father and son were both bound over
by a justice of the peace to the next
term of the Superior Court for an af
fray. Dr. J. M. Turner was called
to dress the unfortunate man's arm,
but he . had bled so -much that he
soon died after the doctor arrived.
The dead son was 50 years old,' and
leaves a wife and large family of
children and the old man is 70 yean
old and is now in pail.
185 Solid Can.
-Wilmington,-' Special. Strawberry
shipments through South llocky
Mount Friday were ISo solid refrig
erator, cars of an average of 400
crates each, making a total movement
of 565 cars during the- past three
days, the heaviest of that period per
haps on s record, , requiring a f reight
train nearly a mile m lengi'h. These
do .notlhchide. heavy shipments by
SotfJierilj Express. The -shipments
were to i,he followiug points.: 70 cars
to New York : 1 cars to Philadelphia;
12 cars to Newark, N. J.; nine cars
to Boston; nine to Baltimore; ! four
each to Washington, .WoiWfer, and
Buffalo, with one and twoto other
Northern! markets, includirig'tontreal
and Toronto, Canada. -
- " .::'"'....
Jacksonville Rosin Waste Plant Hai
$150,000 Fire; -
Jacksonville, Fla., ' Special. Fir
in the storagre vards of the VVernicke
Mariner Chemical Company,, in. the
western suburb of this city, destroyed
15,000 tons of batting draught, a ros
in waste used by the company in jnak
inn- oil, valued at $150,000..; The. ire
torts and buildings of the company
wpre in ereat danger, but were saved
by hard work. 'If was first reported
that the . fire was in he yards, of the
Standard Naval Store Company and
the local officials hastened there to di
rect operations.
Few Failed to Pay Up.
Oxford. Special. The .'books of
RKoriff- v' K. Howard, of Granville
countv. show that only about 'seventy
five white men in the entire, county
failed to pa v their poll tax for 19Co
before Ma v 1st. and disqualify
1 hcmsel ves from voting the next
election. . '
Damask Mills Resold.
xrcUr,-fialfim. Snecial. The mi
site, water-power, factory
V formerlv owned by the
tr i . r fo.tnnnw ComDany , lo-
ijamasK iuauui.ov.io . .
" Z , t Roaring Biver, Wilkes won-
c.Ul bv the trustees i in
t.1 ,i f The rmrchaser was N 15
Mills, of Statesville, the price being
if the former sale.aitew
bid the -property oniorrv. .
FIRST PARLIAMENT
OPENED BY THE CZAR
New Era For Russia Begun in
Perfect Order.
ST. PETERSBURG'S GALA DAY
Nicholas II. Promises That He Will
Uphold the Institutions and Tells
the Representatives That They
Must Assist Him.
.St. Petersburg, Russia. For the first
time in her history Russia saw her
Czar address, even welcome, a convoca
tion of representatives elected by ' her
people to legislate for them.
Nothing occurred to mar the day
which must become historic as the one
on whic,h Nicholas II. opened the
Duma.
It was a half-holiday, the weather
was perfect, the city was gayly deco
rated, flags flew everywhere, church
bells rang.
The array of troops was tremendous.
Outside the Winter Palace the people
could not see the Czar through -walls of
uniforms.
The Czar came from , Peterhof and
with his wife and mother went to the
cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, where
the dustr of the Romanoffs lies. Be
fore his ancestors' tombs the family
knelt and prayed.
No more brilliant, theatric scene was
ever presented probably than that in
St. George's Hall, 'when the Czar
mounted the throne to read his speech
to the Duma. The hall was crowded
with an assemblage glittering with
gold lace and sparkling with orders.
The workingraen and peasant members
of the House of Representatives
tormed the only sombre group.
The Czar, in a firm, steady voice,
read a speceh.
He said: The Supreme Providence
moved me to call to my assistance in
legislative work elected representatives
of the people. In the expectation of a
brilliant future for Russia, I greet in
YjtKar "persons th ---feast mejifrm : the
Empire, whom my beloved subjects
rhose from among themselves. " A dif
ficult work lies before you. I trust that
love for your Fatherland and your
earnest desire to serve it will inspire
and unite you. I rhall keep inviolate
the institutions which I have granted.
After the speech 'the silence was
broken by a loud cheer, which was
drowned in the strains of the national
anthem, "God Save the Czar."
Many of the people's chosen repre
sentatives were sullen and silent. For
the Czar had uttered no word of am
nesty for political prisoners.
The Czar and his family at once re
turned to Peterhof.
Members of the House of Represen
tatives boarded a steamer and went to
their own chamber in the Tauride Pal
ace, wnere tuey reamrmea, witu
enthusiastic cheers, their determina
tion, as expressed by Professor Mou-
romtzeff. in returning thanks for his
election to the Presidency of the House,
to support their work tor the well be
ing: of the people on two bases,, name
ly; respect for the prerogative of the
constitution, and the necessity for com
pleting the rights of the Duma."
In this assemblage there were noble
men and other men of high station in
evening dress sitting beside simple
peasants or workinginen in the cos
tumes of shops or villages, turbaned
Mussulmans and- Buddhists from Bok
hara, idolators from the Kirghiz
steppes, orthodox priests in black cas
socks. Catholic bishops m purple cas
socks. Circassians, Armenians and Tar
tars from the Caucasus. Jews from the
Pale, Buriauts- from Central Asia,
Lithuanians f and-Esthonians from the
Baltic Pr6vinees;Tmosf of them in their
national dressy
To this motley assemblage Baron
Frisch read an imperial ukase convok
ing the Duma and asking the Represen-J
tatives to step -forward and sign toe
oath. '.-..';,'.'
Professor Mouromtzeff candidate of-
the i. -Constitutional '. Democrats,-, ,wai
elected Presidejitfoiii'e' Htfuse by 42C
votes to 7, amid tremendous cheering.
Ivan Petrunkevitch. whom the Czar
told twelve years ago that a "national
assembly' was an impossibility,"
aroused the House to frenzy by' declar
ing that the first words pronounced In
an assembly of representatives of the
Russian neonle should be freedom and
a demand for amnesty for those who
have foiiffht for the cause.
The enthusiasm was renewed when
the President practically told the minor
rrnvemmeht ; officials who - lined the
walls that they had no business there;
and ordered them to leave. The cheer
lug continued while the crest-fallen in
truders walked out of the hall.
After a session of an hour and a half
the House adjourned.
The Dumas bpeniuVa'selebrated
nil over Russia. But in Warsaw, the
men in many factories quit work as a
protest, against the limited powers of
the Duma. " -
STATE COMMISSIONER BRIBED.
' 1
W. F, Bechtel Says He Paid $5CO0 to
- . O'Shaughnessy in Marked Bills.
Miuneanolis. Minn. Sensational tes-
timonv w-as given by,W. F. Bechtel in
his trial on accusation of having mis
appropriated ?350p of thev Northwest
ern National Life Insurance Company's
funds. " He told of paying $5000 in
marked bills to former State Insurance
Commissioner O'Shaughnessy, charg
ing, that the Commissioner said, 'Tm
not in the business for my health."
WNaT.CONGRESS IS DOING
What is Being Done Day by Day By
the National House and Senate.
Senator Daniel Concludes.
In the Senate Senator Daniel con
cluded his speech on the railroad rate
bill. Taking up the question of the
sxtent of the review to be had 1 j the
courts in rate cases and reneatim?
briefly his objections to Mr. Bailey V
proviso for, the nOn-suspicion by the
courts of the orders of th
Stato commerce commission, he said
he did not agree with those who con-
ienaea mat there was no other wav of
protecting the interests, of the-ship-per.
In cases where the courts have sus
pended the rates of the commission,
jur. Daniel suggested that a substan
tial bond be required of the railroads
He took issue with statements that
a review would mean re-trial so far
as the taking of testimony was con
cerned, for he declared that the in-
ter-btate commerce commission was
the most competent tribunal to takri
such testimony: Admitting that thd
oiu was tar Irom complete, he said
it would provide f or a swift hear-
ing beiore such a tribunal and thai?
was positive, verifiable progress ini
the right direction.
Defining the terms "just compensa
tion" a'Jd " reasonable rates." Mr.
Daniel adopted the former expression
as broadly covering what a rate
should be. 1
Second Section Completed.
, The ; Senate completed' the con
sideration of the seco'nd section of the
railroad rate bill and just before the
adjournment listened to reading of
sections 3 and 4. without considering
any amendments offered to them. The.
purpose of this reading was to bring1
the consideration, of the bill up to
the point of taking up the Allison
compromise amendments. . ' ; -
A number of very important
changes were ma$n the second sec
tion, -inclndingViav provision restoring,
the, inbrisonnient -pehaltv of the act
it&z 7f and an wiindment'siigcl,.
oy senator MeCumber' imposing a
penalty of fine and' imprisonment
against the shippers wfio-'secure re
bates from transportatiofi; companies.
Tbe latter amendment s was : incoipd
rated for the avowed purpose , of hit
ting the trusts. Anothef amendment
adopted was offered by Senator
Warren. It gives the government
business a preference over all other
traffic in time of war. A long series
ci changes also were made at the in
stance of the Inter-State commerce
commission. Many of these were
verbal, and all were intended to im-
prove the administrative features of
the law. '
Six Propositions Agreed On.
Conferences in the Senate s which
resulted in positive agreements on
six propositions to be incorporated in
.the Allison amendment to the railroad
bill were ratified by additional con
ferences of Senate leaders represent
ing Republican factions. That there
could be ' no further misunderstand
ing this data for the basis,-of the
agreement was prepared and exchang
ed: ' . :
' ' The Allison amendment' s to com
prise six propositions : 'l
First The words ' fairly remun
erative' in section 4of the bill, are to
be stricken out; '
"Second The words jn its judge
ment ' in the same section; to be re
tained: -; " - -
"Third Jurisdiction is vested in
the United States circuit court to hear
and determine' suits against the com-
'uission ; . - '
, ' Fourth No . preliminary injunc
tion or' interlocutory order is to be
granted without a, hearing, and notice :
"Fifth-r-The application' for "pre
liminary injunction or interlocutory
decree is to be heard by three judges:
" Sixth A direct appeal from the,
interlocutory order or decree to he
cnlv to . the supreme courts of the
United: States.". .
Buyin of Sheels Made Open. 1
; Shells and projectiles for the Navy
pepartment will, after Jure 20, 1906,
be purchased by the Bureau! or Ordin
jance in the open market instead of,
to is now the practice, in secret mark
ets from' firms engaged in the manu
acture of the articles. ,This change
in existing conditions was brought
about through the efforts of the chair
man'' of the appropriation committee
Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, who offer
ed an amendment to the naval appro
priation bill, which the House ; had
under, consideration, directing that
the Secretary of the" Navy should ad
vertise for proposals for shells and
projectiles so that all firms engaged
in the business of their manufacture
may have an opportunity- to compete.
Much time was spent in consider
ing.! lie question of ; enlistments an the
navy and tie failure of recruiting of
ficers i to properly enforce the law as
to minors. ' ' ; - ' . -
The debate on this amendment ex-;
-tended over, much of the seesion and
at timS grew- decidely animated , -
STANDARD OIL SECRETS
REVEALED H COURT
Witnesses at Chicago Investiga
tion Tell Startling Stories.
CHEATING AND FRAUDS EXPOSED
Sweeping Inquiry Into the Business
of the Company Begun by the
Interstate Commerce Commission--Former
Employes Testify
Chicago. Revelations of the intrigue
and trickery by which the Standard
Oil Company is alleged to maintain its
supremacy were laid before the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The charges included corruption of
railroad- employes and agents of inde
pendent companies, giving short meas
ure, selling supposed different kinds of
oil out of the same tank, obtaining
trade through fake companies appar
ently working in opposition' to Stand
ard Oil, driving independent dealers to
the wall through systematic price cut
ting on the part of retail dealers
backed by the Standard. It w&s also
alleged that through special secret
freight rebates, one-half the open rate.
the trust was able to control most of
the trade without price cutting. . ,
E. M. Wilhoit, who is now an inde
pendent oil r operator, testified ..that
while in the employ of the Standard
Oil Company as an agent at Topeka,
Kan., he had in following-out instruc-'
tions of his superior officers bribed
clerks in the offices of railroads and
employes of independent oil concerns
to obtain information of the details of
the business done by the rivals of the
Standard Oil Company.
"Cylinder oil is the most profitable
sold," said the witness; "and the Stand
ard Oil Company dislikes to have anj
independent sell any of this grade.
Our instructions were that if we found
a competitor selling this oil in our terri
tory to cut the price so as to get the
orders, and then substitute an inferior
grade of oil, and guarantee it to be of
superior quality."
Mr. Wilhoit declared that' agents of
thaj-Standard pib jCompany are held
personally" responsible for all oil sold
in their territory by independent com
panies, and thatdrivers of tank wagons
are expected to keep up their stock by
selling 205 to 208 gallons from a wagon
load of 200 gallons.
Continuing his testimony, Mr.; Wil
hoit said: "At Paris, 111.,' the Stand
ard agent left the service because an-
independent got the majority of the
dealers. Under the orders of Charles
T. Collins, Second Vice-President Of
the Kentucky Company, I started out
to get that trade back. I sent a man
to Paris, 111., to arrange to get a deal
toJsel oil for five cents a gallon to the
consumer. This was arranged. The
current price was then ten and one
half cents to the retail trade, but we
made the price to this one dealer five
cents, and he sold it at cost."
"How could he make a living at that
rate?" the witness was asked.
"Well," he replied, "once a.month we
sent a man around who gave the dealer
a retate of one cent a gallon on all the
oil he bought. We paid for his adver
tising, also."
"What happened to the independent
y'Ou were fighting?"
"I finally 'bought his plant, dis
mantled it, and had it shipped to an
bther point."
: "How long did it take you to wreck
him?" .-
"One year."
"Then what happened to the price of
oil?"--'..'.',.--: ' .
"It went back from five cents to the
price it was before the independent
cut in."
Mr. Mason said that the same thing
wok place at Urbana and Vandalia.
It was shown that, the Standard for
years got freight rates about fiftyper
cent, lower than those' given the gen
eral shipper, and that its, employes
were given annual passes over all lines
in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
The Commission heard also of the
connection of ' the Santa - Fe Railroad
with the (trust. President . Ripley.- ad
mitted that H. H. Rogers Is one of the
directors of the Santa Fe Company.
He confessed that the Santa Fe ad
vanced freight rates from the Kansas
oil fields to Kansas City and St. Louis
as soon as the pipe line along the Santa
FeV right of way, to Kansas City had
Desn completed. : , . .. .
The Commission saw a" map of the
"System's" . pipe lines itbvough the
Northeastern States, Ohio New York
and Pennsylvania. The route of those
lines had been one of the companyTs
most closely guarded secrets. The map
was made by W. W. Tarbell, a hrother
of Miss Ida M. Tarbell.
M. Maxon, of Decatur, 111., the last
witness, for twenty-five years in the
employ of Standard Oil. swore that no
competitors were permitted to operate
long at a time in his district (Illinois),
but "as there was a certain class-of
dealers who would not buy from the
Standard on principle, the Republic Oil
Company was permitted to come in and
sell to them as an independent con
cern '': ""J ''; '..""
Automobile Manufacturers Refuse.
A special cable dispatch from Paris.
France, states that the employers In
the automobile industry have unani
mously decided to reject the demands
Of the men.
; Railways Not Dealers.
Railroads must not deal in coal or
other . commodities carried by them,
under a provision Inserted. In the rate
bill pj the Senate at Washington, D. C.
n
Items of Interest from Marty
Parts of the State
MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS
Happenings of -More or -Less Import
ance Told in ParagraphsThe Cot
ton Markets.
- Charlotte Cotton Market. J r
These prices represent the "prices1
paid to wagons: '
Good middling. ...... . ..
11 3-4
11 3-4,'
11-5-8
11 5-8
Strict middling. ..... , .
Middling. . .............
Good Middling, tinged. . . .
Stains .... .... .9 1-2 to 10 1-4
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, firm ....
New Orleans quiet and
Mobile, firm. ... ....
. 11 1
11 7-1
steady
11 5-16
. 11 1-S
11 3-16
.11 14
Savannah, steady....
Charleston, quiet .... .
Wilmington, steady..,
Norfolk, steady.
Baltimore, nominal . .
New York, steady ;
Boston, quiet ....
Philadelphia, steady..
Houston, steady.... .
Augusta, firm. .. . ....
Memphis, steady". ...
St.; Louis, steady. , . .
Louisville, firm. ...
11 5-S
11 3-4
. 11.95.
.11.93
. 12.20
11 1-21
11 1-2!
11 3-8
11 3-8
11 In
m
state Board of Health.
The annual meeting of the State
Board of Health will be held on tha
eveningof Tuesday, May 29th, ati
Charlotte, both law and" custom re
quiring this body to meet at the same,
time and place as the State Me lical
Society, from which it originated On'
Wednesday at 12 m. the conjoint
session of the Board with the Societjj
will be held.' This is a unique featuref
this formal assembling together. IP
is tt" time when . the views of the pro-i ,
fession generally-.can be obtained, anclj
it is extremely desirable that as mani
as possible, especially country super-
intendents of health and municipal:
health officers, should be present thatt
all may confer together.
Insurance Laws.
The State Insurance Department
hsa issued a pamphlet edition of thet
insurance laws of North Carolina, for
the information and convenience ofj -.the
public.; The insurance lawe are in
the shape in which they appear in thej
fRevisal of 1905, and taken from thej
Insurance Act of 1899, .with all'
amendments, and other acts passed by
the Legislatures of 1901, 1903, and,
1905. There are also included the
laws governing building and loan as
sociations in; North Carolina, as the
Legislature of 1905 placed these as
sociations under the supervision of
the Insurance Commissioner.
Tar Heel Brevities.
After assaulting a colored girl and
beating her unmercifully at the home
of A. W. Hicks, in Spencer, Joe Mil
ler, colored, was chased for several,
miles , through woods near town by!
iseveral hundred citizens bent on cap
turing the assailant of the negress.
Miller was sighted a number of times
.and was once held at bay by Capt.
B. C. Bell, who fired upon him twice?;
as he finally ran to escape capture.
'MilleMs also, wanted for a number of.
offences, having made a murderous as-,
sault upon Engineer Stokes Butner at
Spencer some time agao whom he cut
dangerously with a kife. '
.. Memorial day wa -fittingly ' obscrv-.
ed in all the important towns of the
State on the 10th. At Statesville!
Governor Glenn made the address and:
a splendid monument was unveiled.
Chairman TJ. L. Spencc, of Troy,
has called the Demociatic. convention
of the seventh Congressional district
to be held in Lexington, Monday, July
2, 1906, for the purpose of nominat--'ing
a candidate for congress. .
Thursday on the farm of Mr. John
Bailey, about seven miles from Wil-
on, John King, a negro, shot Charlesfi
Foster, another negro, oyer the divis
ion of some whiskey.
Mr. H.H. "Powell, or Aberdeen,, nas
purchased the Sanford Inn from Mr.
W. T. Buchanan for $6,000: Mr.
Powell will build an. addition of twen
ty rooms to the present structure.
Rev. R. T. N. Stevenson, one of
the oldest ministers of the Western
bTorth Carolina Conference, died at
his home in Polkton and the remains
were buried at Morvan. N. ,
At the closing exercises of the Mt.
Airy graded schools May 29-30, Kev.
Thomas Newlin, of Guilford College,
will preach the annual sermon. Dr.
R. T. Vann, of Raleigh, will deliver,
the annual literary address at 2J
o'clock on the 20th.