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Three Cents the Copy. uwurunn ,n hll i ninua. aupscription Price, 51.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XII. COLUMBUS, N. C., TH tTRSD AY, JULY 5, 1906. NO. 10. in I i Past Session Has Been One of Unusual Activity and Public Importance THE PRESIDENT PLEASED Closing Session Crowded With Hard Work. Tile President Visited the Legislature Chambers, AVasIii;i;to:i, Special.-: Both H" i.ses nt Confess adjourned at 10 o'clock Salurday night. For the first time in the history of the govern ment Congress adjourned on the day which closed the fiscal year. Other sessions had adjourned before anil some alter Juno 30, but the Fifty liinth '('impress ended its hist session on the day. when the government strikes its balances and closes its books. -There were, some .interesting fea tures t mark" the end, which fiinally came when there was lossthan a quo rum in 'either House, as many senators and representatives relying1 on the be lief! hat the adjournment would ebine early in the. day, made their arrange ments .to ' In" theafternoon and they li.'t not remain for the closing scenes. An error in the enrollment of the sundry civil appropriation bill caused quite a flurry about the capitol. It v :s found by Secretary Root, in look - itii: over the bill after it had been signed by the President, that it con tained an appropriation of $3,000,000 for a site for a public building in Washington, a provision which had Wn eliminated from two different bills. After some perplexity the error was corrected by a joint resolution. Roosevelt at the Capitol. President Roosevelt t-ame to the tny'vA about 1 o'clock in anticipation i'f an early ; adjournment, and when ht found that there would be a de lay in order to. secure the enrollment of the bills, which had to be passed, lie took lunch in the capitol and in the afternoon visited the Congression al library. Speaker Cannon rigidly carried out Ins intention of keeping back the .'ad journment resolution until the bills vere all passed and, signed, and the hour for the end was not known un til a short time before the sravel fell with the announcement by YicevPres Ment 'Fairbanks in the senate and the sneaker in Hie Hnnsp. that tlie first session of he Fifty-ninth Con- gress siood adjohrned without day. Roth Senate arnd House met early but a long recess was necessary in the afternoon to enable the enrolling fleiks to catch up to the bills that Ii.mI b enefiassed. The closing secenes in the" Senate were formal and without interest. In the TTouse there were the usual hila rious performances consisting of amusing speeches and songs, which oc cupied" the time during the long wa'its, anu members made the best of the hottest day of the season with mer- TTfH'ttt. ' No Imperfect Business.. Xo business of importance aside from completing the pending legisla tion was transacted in eiflier House i':"'i ig the day. . Tiie work accomplished by the Con $ivss that terminated today is told hy Speaker Cannon to the Associated Press. Ho said: "In my judgment the work done Shot Negro Intruder, Released. Danville Special. In the -Mayor's 'court here Robert E. Morris, who shot and instantly killed' an unknown ne srro'who attempted to enter the bed room where his wife and daughter "were sleeping Monday night, was ex onerated of all blame. The negro was buried Thursday. - His identity was not established. , Freight Wreck ur Florida. Oeala, Fla., Special. At 10 o'clock Saturday night while a heavy freight train with two engines was trying to mount a steep grade on the ; Atlantic Coast Line at Martin, nine miles Brth of Ocala, the train broke in Vf' ai1(l the'i-ear cars were telescop e,h hy the pushing engine. The con ductor, cary Smoak, and a negro flag man, name unknown, were killed. Sev en loaded cars were burned and the bodies of the conductor and flagmaa were almost entirely cremated. 1 : : ' m and the legislation enacted in the ses sion just closed, exceeds in impor tance for the best interests of all peo ple o tbe republic, the work of any session during mv 30 vears of public life. "L have not lime to make a com plete review of all the legislation. Suf fice it to say that the legislation cov ering the appropriations and author izing of public expenditures" has been most carefully considered and wisely enaetou. "The legislation, commonly referr ed to as the rate legislation, the pure food biiis, the inspection feature of the agricultural bill, are all measures that '.affect the interests of all the people ami while nothing perfect can be enacted, I am satisfied thaht the operations of these laws will demon strate their wisdom. - 'Ami I believe if nothing else had been accomplished than the "enact ment! of these three measures, they r.lone would be sufficient to make the first session of the Fifty-ninth Con gress a memorable one in the history of the republic.' ' President Roosevelt on Work of Congress. Washington, Special. President Roosevelt on the adjournment of Con gress, dictated a statement concern ing the work accomplished during the session just concluded. He says that the present Congress has done more substantive work along the lines of "real constructive statesmanship" than has been accomplished at any session of ' Congress with which the President is familiar. He says that men of genuine patriotism have a light to feel "a profound satisfac tion in the entire course of this Cor.-: yress The ext of the President 's state ment follows':, t In the session that just closed, the Congress has done more substantive work for good than any Congress has done at any session since I became familiar with public affairs. The leg islation has been along the lines of real constructive statesmanship of the most practical and efficient type, and bill after bill has been enacted into law which was of an importance so great that it is fair to say that the enactment of any one of them alone would have made the session memor able; such, for instance, as the rail road rate bill, the meat inspection measure, the pure food bill, the bill for free alcohol in. the arts, the con sular reform bill, Panama canal leg islation, the joint statehood bill, and the naturalization bill. 1 certainly have no disposition to blink what there is of evil in our social, indus trial or political life of today, but it seems to me that the men of gen uine patriotism who genuinely wish well to their country have the right to feel a profound satisfaction in the entire course of this Congress. I would not be afraid to compare its record with that of any previous Con gress in our history, not alone . for the wisdom but for the disinterested highmindedness which has controlled its action. '.It is noteworthk that not a single measure whunh the closest scrutiny could warrant us in calling of doubtful propriety has been enact ed; and on the other hand, no in fluence of any" kind', has availed to prevent the enactment of the laws most vitally necessary to the nation at this time." Meat Inspector's Bill. .'Washington, Special. When the conferences on the agricultural appro priation bill took a recess they pro fessed that it appeared to be an im possible task to reach au agreement on the meat inspection amendment. Another attempt to reach an agree ment will be made. Dead and Injured in Wreck on Eng lish Railroad. Salisbury, Eng., By Cable. Driv ing at a mad pace over the London Southwestern Railway the American Express- carrying 43 of the steamer New "-York's, passengers frbm Ply mouth to London, plunged from track just after passing the station here at 1:57 o'clock' Monday morning and mangled to death in its wreckage 23 passengers who sailed from New York June 23, and four of the trainmen. Besides those to whom death come speedily, a dozen persons were injur ed some of them seriously. NORTH CAROLINA CROPS General Summary of Condition of North Carolina Crops for Week Ending Monday, July 2, 1906. The temperatures during the past week were very high dn every part of the State, averaging about 4 de grees above the normal. The highest was 100 degrees on the 29th in Hali fax county ; and the lowest, was 60 degrees on the 2Sth in Henderson county. The hottest days were the 29th and '30th, and the coolest, were the 26th and 27th. The rainfall averaged about one-half the normal .. .. i amount. During the first portion of the week there were frequent thunder storms Avith showers which were v for the most part light. Some heavy rain occurred, but were local in char acter. On Monday night, June 25th, a severe thunderstorm with hail was experienced in Harm, Harnett and Johnston counties doing considerable damage. The latter part of the week was generally, fair. A Serious Crime. Greensboro, Special. Will Glass, a negro boy 17 years old, was given a. hearing before Justice of the Peace DH. Collins on a warrant charging him with attempted criminal assault upon Hazel Whittington, the 13-year- old daughter of Mr. John Whittr.g ton, who lives three miles from town. Glass was bound over to Superior L'ourt and in default of a $.500 bond went to jail. The girl said that one afternoon this week, while hex father was in the city, the negro came into her room and attempted to drag her an the bed. An old negro woman, who was there at the time, drove the negro away. The nep-ro woman corroborated the story told ,hy the girl. Glass has been in -trouble be fore and it surprises no one that he is under this charge. Crushed Between Boilers. Spencer, Special. Fred Glosson, aged 25 years, -a boiler maker at the Southern sfibps here, was seriously injured by being caught between two ange boilers. He was frightfully mashed in the body aud it is feared ais injuries will prove ftal. He was rescued by fellow workmen. At the time of the accident Mr. Glosson was working between the boilers which were propped up by the use of tim bers.. These fell, causing a collapse and .catching ;the workman undci' leath. , . Killed in Union County. Wadesboro, Special. Early Mon day morning" just across the line in Union county, .which borders Brus rille township, o this .county, Wat Hill shot and killed Marion Burgess. Burgess and his wife were in a bug gy togther when he was killed and the cause of the killing could not be learned here, but it is supposed to have been the result of bad blood between the parties. , South Carolina Cotton Growers. Asheville, Special. The South Carolina Cotton Growers' Association met in annual convention at Lake Toxaway, about 200 delegates being in attendance. Main' manufacturers from this and adjoining States were present. Topics for the Tar Heels. A charter is granted the Hender son vill.e Auditorium Company, capi tal stock $25,000, more than a hun dred citizens being the stockholders. The company will build an auditorium for general purposes. The Windsor division of naval mil itia has been reorganized and put in shape for service - and the inspector general, Colonel Bain, is directed to muster it in. On the 12th of July, at the. vari ous court houses, aplicants for ad mission to the Agricultural & Mechan ical College are to be examined 'by the. county superintendents of educa tion. Charters were granted to the Rye Ola Bottling Company, Charlotte, with J. M. Ross, T. M. Miller and F. A.- McKnighl as incorporators. The ;?&ed, cal j U?mfrd ,at1 $10,000, of which $1,500 is paid in by; local ' stockholders. The Buckeye Water' Company, West Asheville, has $25,000 capital stock, with $3,000 paid in by L. P. and R. P. Hanynes and Julius C. Martin, all of AsheVille. The company will furnish Xvater, lighting and power. The Durham Parrish Company, - to do a general merchandise business. The incorpora tors are G. A. Durham, S.M. Gattis, and H. L. Parrish, Hilsbpro. EXPLAINS RATE Bill Fact About the Leading Piece of Work By Last Congress ITS STRONG AND WEAK POINTS Salient Features of the Measure Which Became a Law After Lengthy Consideration. 1- .. . - ' . '" ' It is something of .a task to study in detail the "rate bill" as it has become law. It may, therefore, be useful to our readers to make a sum mary of the salient features that work important changes in the inter State commerce law. The definition of common carriers includes for the first time express-companies and pipe lines for the transportation of oil, but not seelping car companies. The definition of a railroad 'covers all the appurtenances connected with tracks anch .terminals, and the term "trans portation" covers all the instumen fauties used in receiving, conveying and - delivering persons or property, including what is necessary "for venti lation, refrigeration, storage, han dling, etc. This brings under the law the so-called private car companies and elevators. The elause restricting the-use of passes or free transporta tion is new, but it is pretty liberal in the exceptions made. The provisions intended to prevent, common carriers from: competing in production and trde in commodities which they carry is limited to railroad companies and: takes effect on the first of May, 1908. The niairi purpose of this, which was one of the Senate amend mtsj:;is to divorce the ownership, control, a lid operation of coal mines from the railroads engaged in trans porting the product, but it applies tOi all other commodities except such as may be for the use of the railroads in their business as common carriers. Railroads are required to make on reasonable terms such connection, at shipping points by means of spurs,sid ingsj'etc, as may be "reasonably practicable," where it will result in 'ffijeatbjinessJ,.' to just ify, the construction" arid" maintenance of the same." Whenever they fail to do this and complaint is made, the com mission after investigation may re quire it to be done, and its orders in the premises may be enforced by the same proceedings as its other orders. The provisions regarding the filing and posting of schedules of rates and i charges are fuller and more explicit than those of the law at present. They must include all through and joint rates, or, where these are not established, all the separate rates and charges" "applied to through trans portation." No change can be made without a notice of thirty days, ex cept that the commission may "in its discretion and for good causes shown," allow changes on shorter notice or modify the requirements of the law "in respect to publishing, posting and filing tariffs." All con tracts, agreements or arrangements between common carriers affecting their rates or charges must be filed with the commission, and it may pi-e-scribe the form of all schedules. Sim ilar requirements are made regarding passenger fares. There is a strin gent anti-rebate provision, which is substantially that of the Elkins Act, but somewhat strengthened. It makes it unlawful for "any person Or persons- or corporation to offer, grant or give, or to solicit, accept or receive anv rebate, concession or dis crimination in respect to the trans portation of any property," Vhereby such property shall "by any dvice whatever be transported at a less rate than that named" in the published schedules, or Vhereby "any other ad vantage is given or discrimination practiced. ' ' The penalty is a heavy fine for each offense, but any person or any officer, director or agent of a corporation, who shall be convicted of the offense is maxle also subject to imprisonment. Ample provision is made fqr the enforcement of this clause, and offenders who receive re bates or pecuniary -advantage are made liable to forfeit, three times the value of the consideration 'received in proceedings brought on authority of the Attorney General. The section giving the commission i power to prescribe rates has been made familiar in the long discussion of this measure. It is only necessary to recall that where upon complaint and after full hearing the commission finds that "any of thfe rates or char ges whatsoever demanded, charged or collected," or any regulation or prac tice "effecting such rates or trans portation," are "unjust or unreason able, or unjustly cUscnminatory or unduly preferential or prejudicial or otherwise in violation of any of the. provisions of this Act," it may "de termine and prescribe what will be the .just and reasonable" rates or charges to be observed as the maxt- i - - . mum, and what practice is just, far and reasonable to be thereafter fol lowed, and may issue an order for their observance, which " shall take effect within such reasonable time, not less than thirty days, and shall continue in force for such period not exceeding two years, as shall be pre scribed in the order of the commis sion, unless the same shall be sus pended or jnodified, or set aside by the commission or be suspended, or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction. " The . power to pre scribe rates extends to through and joint rates where the carriers have failed to agree upon them and com plaint is made. Elaborate provision is made for enforcing the orders of the commission, by prosecutions for failure to comply with the require ments of the law and for forfeitures and penalties. Incidentalv in desig nating the venue for suits against the commission to "enjoin, set aside, an nul or suspend any order or require ment of thu commission," jurisdic tion for such suits is specifically vest ed in the Circuit Courts of the Unit ed States. This is a point which pro voked such a ponderous and prolong ed debate in the Senate. The provis ions of the- former Act for expedit ing " the hearing and determination of suit in equity an so forth" is made applicable, with some further specifications, and here the proviso over which so much contention was made is interposed, ' ' that no injunc tion or interiocutory order or decree suspending or restraining the enforce ment of an order of the commission shall be-granted except on . hearing after not less than five days' notice to the commission.' The other important provisions are those relating to annual reports to the commission, the details of which are fully prescribed, giving the commis sion power in its deseretion to pre scribe forms for all "acounts, re cords and memoranda to be kept by the carriers" subject to the Act, in cluding those relating to the move ment of traffic, as well as receipts and expenditures, and enlarging the commission to seven members with seven-year "terms and increasing sal aries to $10,000. a year. There is no doubt that this bill has greatly stren gthened and improved the inter-State commerce law. How. this provision givingjthe eoramm scribe ra tes" will ' work : r.a n only. he determined by experience. Probably the only effect it will have will be to put the carriers on their guard and induce them to take pains with their schedules ' to avoid conflict wTith the' A authority of the commission. The commission may also be' cautions about conflict over' rates, but if there should be serious conflict the cum bersome system would probably break down by its own weight. New Canal Commission. Washington, Special Because of the failure of the Senate to confirm the Isthmian Canal Commission, Pres ident Roosevelt lias named a new commission consisting of Theodore P. Shonts, chairman; John F. Stevens. Governor, Governor Charles E. Ma good, Brigadier General Peter C. Hains, U. S., (retired), Mordecal Endicott, civil engineer, U. S. N. and Benjamin M. Harrod. members. News Notes. Attorney-General Moody had con ference with the special counsel en gaged by the Government to assist in the Standard Oil investigation. -The treaty between the United States and Santo Domingo will prob ably be postponed until next Decem ber. Rpidnls of joints near Fort Mon roe complai.T of rccklecs firing from the big .yuns at the iort. State Auditor Dixon says that reports' from corporations are now pouring into his office. The State now derives a very considerable revenue from cor porations, some coming in from the fees for charters, the license fees, the general taxes and also the taxes on what are known as the excess value, the latter amounting to a good many millions of dollars. 'The agricultural department is sending out experts to several points, in the State to collect exhibits which go to New England. Mr. H. F. Ad dicks goes to Blowing Rock to make collections in that part of the State. j Congressman J. H. Small Renominat- , ed. . . - Elizabeth City, Special. Tho-convention for the first " congressional ' district was beld Here and ion. .i. ii. J Small was nominated- without oppo sit ion-to succeed himself. Mr.Small appeared before the' convention and made a lo minute speech, in - which he declared tha t Bryan would be the Nominee for President in 1903 and that his election was a practical certainty. HEAVY APPROPRIATIONS Largest Appropriation rer Made fotf Public Buildings. Washington, Special. Subject t4K changes, the Senate committee out public buildings and grounds, upon v convening made public the amend ments made during: its night session in thev v omnibus public building bill . v . " Among the new items included, are v ' the following: - " , Lynchburg, Va., $80,000; Fernart-' dina, Fa , $100,000; Greenwood, ;S.-C. -$75,000; Clifton v" Forge, Va., $40,- - V . 000; Dalton Ga.t $7,500; Waycross, Ga $7,500. : Reductions in appropriations from: 'v the House bill are as follows: Greenville, S. C, $80,000 to $75-,-000; Florence, Ala., $150,000 to $40,- " ' 000; Tuscaloosa, Ala., $150,000 to " - , $125,000; Ocala, Fla., $80,000 to $65, 000; Portsmouth Va., $98,000 to $90,- -000; Dothan, Ala.. $40,000 to $35, 000; Albany; G a., $125,000, to $100 000. . , The Senate committee made in creases in the House appropriations as follows: . Marietta, Ga., $5,000 to $50,000;. Fayetteville, N. C, $10,000 to $60,- 7 000; Paris, Term., $10,000 to $40,- Hy 000 Chattanooga, Terin., $50,000 to - ' $110,000; Gainesville, Ga., $45,000; - ' to $50,000; Salisbury N. C, $60,000 ' -to $75,000; Washington, N. C, $60,- ' ' 000 to $75,000,; Fredericksbui-g, Va., 1 $30,000 to $40,000; Griffin, Ga., $5,- . 000 to $7,500; Newman, G a., $5000 to $7500. , v ; " To the general legislation of the -' ' House is added a provision for tear ing down and rebuilding the public building at Richmond, Va., and con-' tracts are authorized not to exceed $200,000, with a limit of cost for the building when completed of $800,-000.- '. Leading Sunday School Workers , -Hold Meeting. Knoxville, Special. A meeting was held in Knoxville last week of some v of the leading Sunday school workers of Knoxville preparatory to the meet ing of Sunday schools of East Ten- ' nessee in Knoxville-on September 5, 6 a,nd 7. Secretary Edward Albright of the state organization was--in -the city to (give the matter impetus. ' A ' chairman of the entertainment, pom- , , "X'l "I,lr - LLLLU.X l i CI. selected to secure a place of meeting -and other arrangements made. The program was discussed and the in- .. tention is to have a program of able speakers. In a few weeks, the pro gram will be issued arid the work will begin in earnest to secure a large attendance at the meeting. ' Found Dead in Her Room. . Richmond, Special. Miss Albenia, -Fitzgerald was found dead in her room by a colored woman, Laura Clark, who had gone to the Fitzger ald home to gather the laundry. No, one auswering the eall, she entered the house and went to Miss Fitzger- -aid's room, where she found the body lying directly in front of the grate, the head resting against a trunk. Tha -coroner found nothing to indicate tber cause of death except an affection ; -' : of the brain- Miss Fitzgerald had probably arisen and commenced to dress, and had been stricken while crossing the room. ' Miss Fitzgerald was 33 years old. She had been in ill health for several years. r - , Columbian Minister Named. Washington, Special Enrique Cor te has been named the Colombian minister to the United States to suc ceed Diego Mondaza. - The State De partment has been advised by the American Minister Barrett at Bogota that the appointment of Cortez fol lowed the initiation of preliminary negotations at Botoga looking toward the framing of treaties between the United Stales and Colombia intended to settle all disputes and inaugurate a new era of friendlv relations. Forest Fire Rage. ElPaso, Texas, Special. Forest ' fires burning in the lumber traets near Magdalena, Sonora,'and the town of Magdalena is threatened. It is re- ' " peorted that several 1 mining camps have been destroyed. The region is thickly-, populated with American miners. -. , -. Great , Race Horse Dead. New York, Special. Perhaps the greatest race horse this country has sver: known, and possibly the best of nil timer fellcdesd in his box at Sheapshcad Bay. at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. - Courageous to the cnd, h refused to give up until the last ounce of his strength was expended, and he L died as he had lived a brave-hearted thoroughbred. - James R. Keens, the owner of Sysonby, when an offer ot $200,000 vas made a few months ago I for the animal, merely replied that money would riot buy him. : jr. 3'v-
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