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folk ThreeCents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XIV. COLTJMFUS, N. C, THURSDAY MAY 14, 1908. NO. 2. fpje starts! mm. NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS tc News of Old North State Gathered and Put in Condensed Form. SIM I Railroad Laid By Night. jjIj point, bpecial Word from ' iic nf much excitement in Irov 11 " hitherto quiet town, lhe Dur aml Charleston railroad, which construction since the took on new life Tues- nt mm as been in nrlv sixties. night and jjut on an extra torce 1 ..... 1 . . . J mb a w Vin M nin- 1 4" O Several nuuuieu uicu uuiuuig w ... vf road alongside that ot the ;jc i " " berdecn & Asheboro, on the latter 's t-of-way, and when the people woke Tuesday morning a new rail- ad had been born and was right up town near the Aberdeen & Ashe- CIV'S ttKMV"u BWlWHl boiettghly aroused this road and by 0 o'clock this morning the road had trilll lOilU 11. lawn. " MM.tamM .t rt Trov to tear up the tracKs oi me arham & C harieston roaa, wmcn had inf ringed on its nght-ot-way. nntber special nam soon leit Kisete 1 r , n f 1 ft ft. n Vice President rage, oi ine a- rdeTi & Asheboro road, and John Tull. of the Durham & Charleston ..1... Im.l tn ri fifPYIP '. . TT . ft TV. - 0 resident nenr a. rug, ui mc Aberdeen & Asheboro road, is m di at ion with Trov and Was Drowned in Georgia. Winston-Salem, Special. Mr. Lu ther B. Meyers, division salesman for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com pany, with headquarters at Macon, Ga., was drowned in a lake near Ma con while he and three others, were in swimming. It seems from the ad vices received here that Mr. Meyers went with a party of friends on a picnie expendition near Macon. About noon he and Mr. Robert Wil- lingham and two others, whose names were not secured, decided to go in. swimming in a small lake near the picnic grounds. Soon after going into the water, Mr. Meyers, complain ed of the water being too cold and said he nvist get out, at the same time moving toward the bank. Mr. Wil lingham looked up and noticed that Mr. Meyers had gone under the wa ter. He hastened to the rescue of his friend, but was too late to be of any service. In attempting to rescue his friend, Mr. Willingham came near losing his own life and for some time it was feared that he would not re cover. A search for the bodv of Mr. Discussed in Connection With Compulsory Education MANY FORCEFUL OPINIONS GIVEN Three Speakers From the South Champion the Cause of Compulsory Education and Attack the Employ ment of Children in the Cotton Mills. CONGRESS AT WORK Doings of Our National Law-Makers Day by Day. Expense Bill Increased. A lively debate was kept up all Meyers was begun immediately and interesting developments are awaited. ! in atoat two hours it was brought to I the surface. It was turned over Jo an undertaker and prepared for burial Negro Boy Meets KoTrlble Death. Charlotte. Special. Death in its Itnosr fearsome form befell Kex Mc Cree. a colored boy about 14 years of aire, who works on Mr. Mot Bussell 's farm. 6 miles north of the city Wed nesday afternoon. ' The boy had been working in the field and had started Ihome, riding his mule. At some point along1 the way, Orphanage Site Selected Wraston-'Salem, Special. The or phanage -committee of the Western "Norfh Carolina 'Conference of the Metliodist Church met here last week to select a site for the institution the animal "became j and to outline plans for the ereetion frightened, threw the ooy, whose I af "buildings at the earliest pos ies caught in a dangling trace chain. 1 sible moment. The George F. Dwire a.d then lushed down the road in the j farrn iust west of the city, contain- direction of Mr. Hnsseirs. When the j acres, was accepted over the mule pulled up m the yard, the "boy j Mickey and R. J. Reynolds farms, was still haneing on, although life ! whirTi were considered. The orice was fast ebbing ajvay. He lived but ' Rcrod upon is $100 an acre. The a few minutes after the "house was fract cf land is a beautiful one and reached. the selection is considered a good Ixme. The main building will cost be- Fatal Accident in TJurham. tween $18,000 and $25,000. This and Durham. Sneeial.-CIinton M. , .B? ll, mT " ',uc ! imam, bpeeial Riggsb.ee, one of the linemen for Tn erected first and then other buildings :n V i. l rm. 1 terstate Telephone and Telegraph ,, -. . ":. .t, . .,- . . r w uL T i the special committee here were Rev. t ompanv. is in the Watts hospital as. tr tw -u n u .i ' , Dr. G. H. Detwilder. of Greensboro, the result of an accident that was . , . T - , a Ti i i 'i . px-otncio chairman S. L. Rogers, or most unusual and will probablv be ... T . , Lf , ' , n, t.' ' v r rankuu : J. A. Glenn, of Charlotte: fatal in its results. Mr. Ricrsbee ., r. . ' t -, . . -x. : V alter Thompson, of Concord, was riding on a wagon loaded with - and with tools. Among the . vas a dfflsri and one Hebrew Convention Adjourns. Richmond, Va., Special. Dealing with the world wide topic of children, their education, their training and the evil of driving them under steam pressure at the wheel when their frail limbs and bodies were too weak to stand the terrible punishment and strain, the general session of the na tional conference of charities and cor rection at St. Paul's church arous ed the public to the importance of more adequate laws to protect them from the evils of factory work. Throe speakers, natives and residents of the South, first championed the cause of compulsory education, und ttien at tacked the employment of children in cotton mils, where they helped to give leisure and comfort to lazy and worthless fathers. The broad state ment was made that illiteracy would disappear from the South if these young people could be dragged from spindle and loom and turned over to the tender care of teachers. Dr. A. J. McKelway, of Atlanta, assistant secretary of the national child labor committee, who discussed "Child Labor and Citizenship," de clared that there was a time when a declaration of independence was nec essary, but that the day had come when a declaration of dependence by the children of America was needed. Prof. W. H. Hand, of the Univer sity of South Carolina, and Miss Jean Gordon, factory inspector of New Orleans, pointed out the imperative demand for compulsorv education. while Miss Jane Addams, of Hull- house, Chicago, urged a modification of the school by which the child should be taught to dony'mrte his ma chine of labor and impressed with the relation of his studies to the work which he would later perform. The interdependence of the-varying themes was so clearlv impressed upon the audience tbat there was a touch of human interest throughout the appeal and with more definite un derstanding of conditions as they exist today. Though deploring the child labor evil, there was a tone of optimism in the addresses, for jt was shown that good and substantial re sults had been accomplished by the enactment of laws to limit the age at which the young might be employed in factory and mine. poi tools w end ot this dropped irom the wagon, Wilmington. Special. District eansmg the end to catch rn the Grand Lodge No. 5. Independent Or eartb and hold it more or less firm, der B'Nal B'Rith adjourned its tbir- wiute the other end came up and ty-fourth annual convention here last canr.'ir Mr kitto-sopp This har ot woalr f,. steel, about one inch in diameter third Mondav in Marrh. inon at Confederate Memorial Day. entered the body of Mr. Riggsn?e which time the grand lodge will go I Charlotte, N. C, Special. Sunday about seven inehe The oar of steH to Atlanta to attend the twentieth j being Confederate Memorial day entered the lower stomach and cam? jrrrrii versa rv exercises of the Hebrew throughout the "South, the occasion rear common thriYiwTi tnp trnTlR of n tile stomaeli the print of the digsrer ed are: President, Henry S. Hat ha r beine losl nnrlpT tW kViti in liis mAm. t;,.u-..1 it, . n..of Xr-.n .- i -a . . , itiiv.v.i v. " I 111 II1IIU1HI, V . , III O L V IVC .M t i- dent.lVTontague Triest. Charleston ; . n j t i tt r- Atlanta. Ga. : secretary, Joseph L. A. Goodman, Baltimore: Sergeant at arms, M. W. Jacobi, Wilmington side. Given Fifteen Years. Winston-Sni colored, who s?; and instant- William Christopher, a yjang white farmer, at Pine Hall on Christmas Day last, will have to serve a term of fifteen years in the 1 r .noon IV bile o - a xt j- Jevv, Kichmond, Va. ; treasurer, Special. Hardin t n- a A. & M. Commencement. was observed by decorating the graves in the cemetery and bv appropriate exercises fitting to the day. From all Southern centers of population came reports of befitting ceremonies in honor of both Confederate and Fed eral dead. MH ... i ---v, iuuti 1UI 11 ID Villus. 111 , wv ix iw1'"" ae was disposed of in Stokes Su-; mencement of the North Carolina Pn u (Om t at Danbury Thursday j College of Agriculture & Mechanical afternoon, counsel for the defendant Arts May 24th to 27th. The bacca agreeing to a verdict of guilty of laureate sermon will be preached by murder in the Richmond. Va.: the alumni address Monument to Pocahontas. Washington, Special A monument to Pocahontas is to be erected at I T i TT j; i. T " 11 Raleigh, Special. Invitations have) "amlw" Hceorui"f LO a DUl lcpuueu iruiu nic cuuiiumcc uu cum- merce by Senator Daniel and passed !'f epted by the counsel for the otate. T)e prosiding judge then sentenced the nooTn tn trr f 4tf. teen years, the jury. The ease did not reaeh will be delivered bv Mr. A. E. Escott. of the class of 1906, and the annuaH address will be made bv Dr. Paul B IBarringer, of Blacksburg, Va. Verdict Set Aside. Raleigh, Special. On the ground j that it was aonintt ZsJl m,.'! Purchased Goldsboro School Bonds at 110. as against the weie-ht of the I Goldsboro. Special At 12 o'clock evidence and excessive, Judge Biggs j Thursday sealed bids for the pur has S(t aside 'the verdict of $3,000 1 chase of the Goldsboro High School awarded Mrs. Virginia G. Eatman, j bonds were opened. The bonds were IOr tm death of her husband. The I for $20,000 and were for 20 years. was alleged to he due to negli-j bearing 6 per cent. They were award 011 the part of the Southern ed to Seasong & Mayor of Cincinnati, cleat and X bv the Senate. The measure appro priates $50,000 for the memorial pro vided an equal amount is supplied by the Pocahontas Memorial Associa tion. ; The monument is to comme morate the first permanent settle ment of English speaking people in the Western hemisphere through the intervention of the Indian maid. .. day Tuesday in the House on the sup dry civil appropriation Jbill. Repeat ed efforts were made by Messers. Gaines, of Tennessee, a4d Chaney, of Indiana, supported by ? many other members, to procure an appropriation for an investigation looking to in creased safety in mining and they had about gotten Chapman Tawney tt the point where he would consent to an appropriation of j$50,000, when Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, object ed and the preposition j for the time, at least, was defeated.! A provision in the bill for the pur chase of over 6,000 acres of land as an addition to Fort McKinley, Phil- lippine Islands, based ob a recommen da'tion by General Leonard Wood elicited severe critism fof that officer by Messers. Fitzgerald, of New York and Mr. Butler of Pennsylvania, tho former continually referring to him as "Dr. Wood." The 'Provision, on motion of Mr. Hay, of Virginia, was strieken out by an unanimous vote. The additions to the bill were $100,000 for the miliary prison at Fort Leavenworth, as., and $16, 500 for an addition to Fort Ogle thrope, Georgia, or a; total increase to date of $141.000j. The three remaining hours of the session were taken up almost entire ly by a succession of rolls calls, caused by a refusal off the House to take a recess at 5 o'clock, as a result of a joke on the partjj of some of tho Republicans to hold j the Democrats in the House until the time the Re publican caucus was ischeduled to be held. No Danger of Timber Famine An extended speech in opposition to the forestry service ? was made by Senator Heyburn, of! Idaho, in the Senate Tuesday while the agricultur al appropriation bill was uader con sideration. Mr. Heyburn ridiculed the charts of the forestry service, one of which he exhibited on the wall of I the Senate chamber marked with suen legenas as "aDOui zv years sup ply left" and deelaried that the chief forester had undertaken to prophesy concerning the life of the forests in a way that would require more wisdota than was possessed! by the sages of old. He said such j men forget that forests grow, and added that there is as much forest growth to-day as there ever has been in tbe history of the world. He criticised the practice of speak ing of "anv man'j policv," saying that the only policies of the govern ment that are not factitious are those that are written inj the laws of the land. I Mr. Heyburn spoklj upon his amend ment to the bill excepting the forest reserves of Idaho Jfrom those from which timber may b cut by permit of the 'Secretary of Agriculture and ex ported from the State, Senator Warner, of Missouri, con- tinned his speech oh the Brownsville affray but did not Jeonclude. Galinger Bill Passes. The Senate passed a bill Wednes day prohibiting the lemployment with in certain hours of fchildren under 14 vears of age in the district of Colum bia in any factory work shop, tele graph offices, restaujrant, hotel, 'apart ment house, saloon, pool or billiard room, bowling alley? or threatre, or in the distribution or transmission of merchandise or messages. No such child is permitted to work at any employment for wges during school hours nor before 6) a. m., or after 7 p. m. The Senate also ' adopted a resolu tion offered by Mr,, Foraker, of Ohio, directing the intet-State commerce commission to inform the Senate whether the commodity clause of the cans from outside the town, assisted bv the lawless class within Browns ville. Mr. Bulkeley spoke over four hours, his remarks including a re view of all testimony that has been taken in the case. The Senate Moqday passed the House resolution appropriating $250, 000 to relieve the recent cyclone suf ferers m Alabama, Georgia, Mississ ippi and Louisiana. Sundry Civil Bill in the House. The House completely overrode the committee on appropriations in con nection with several items in the sundry civil appropriation bill. When the measure was laid aside for the day $250,000 had been added to the sum recommended by the committee, which included $11,000 for gauging the streams and determining the wa ter supply of the United "States; an increase of $50,000 in the appropri ation for testing structual materials and $100,000 for testing coals, lig nites and other fuel substances. These changes were not accomplished, how ever, without a prolonged debate in which the committee found itself practically abne. Uncut Orchids. Even when orchid flowers are fully developed they may remain uncut up on the plants for two or three weeks without apparent deterioration. This gives them a manifest advantage over most flowers that have to be cut immediately upon or even in advance of reaching full maturity. Country Life in America. 1 The Crop Report. Washington, Spccial.-The crop reporting breau of the Department of Agriculture in a statement places the total area of wheat standing May 1, at twenty-nine milions and a half. This is a million acres less than last year. The average condition of win ter wheat is 89 per cent, of normal, and of thaU of rice 90.3 per cent. On sixty per cent of the total acreage the contemplated soring plowing is reported done. Soldier Burglars Arrested. Tampa, Fla., Special. Privates George Roberts and Jospeh Henry, ol the 11th company coast artillery. stationed at Fort Dade, were brought to this city and lodged in jail. The men broke into the postofficc and post exchange at the fort and took the cash register and contents and numerous other articles, then escaped in a boat belonging to the govern ment. They were run down and arrested-near Bradentown. Boy of Sixteen Murders Four. New York, Special. An Italian boy. named Nieolli, whose last name is unknown to the police, 16 years old, cut the throat of a woman and three men and then backed the bodies to pieces in a barbershop near the Brooklyn Bridge Terminal. The boy ran av.cy with the bloody razor and c 'II r. i Five Men Drowned. Newburyport, Mass., Special. Caught by a big wave as they wer crossing the bar off Plunf Island, al the mouth of the Merrimac river nine men of this city, who were, on s pleasure cruise in a naphtha launch Sunday were capsized and five oi them were drowned. Captain George E. .Bailey, the owner of the launch and three other men were picked uj by passing; boats. After Matrimonial Agents. Chicago, Special. Revelations in connection with the ' House of Hor rors," operated at LaPorte by Mrs. Guiness caused United State District Attorney Sims to issue orders for the arrest of every manager of any mat rimonial Inr. sau operating in the Chi cago district. Isaac A. Warn, said to be a wealthy proprietor of an "af finity bureau," was the first to' bo ar rested. He Was taken on the charge of using the mails to defraud in the oparation of the bureau under the name of Kate "Warn, his wife. I Excitement at Hamilton. Hamilton, Special. Tobacco grow ers are in a heat of excitement. A band of men, declared by the growers to be night-riders,- visited this county during the night. Following their visit a big tobacco shed and six thous and pounds of tobacco were destroy ed on the farm of Barney Harburn. The invasion of the strangers and the subsequent fire have caused the grow ers to place their crops under an arm ed guard. mW mum Kill re a Necessity Short in His Accounts. Greenville, S. C, Special. the grand jury in the General Sessions Court refunded true bills in two eases against Mr. J. S.. Richardson, Jr., r young man who was until several months ago Southern express agent in this city. Mr. Richardson is charg ed with a shortage in his accounts of several thousand dollars. He is now out of the city, but it is understood that he will come here and give bond. The case will not come up at this term. Are a Necessity in the Country Home. The farther you are removed from town to railroad station, the more the telephone will save in time and horse flesh. No man has a right to compel-one of the family to lie in agony for hours while he drives to town for the doctor. Tel ephone and save half the suffering. Our Free Book tells how to or ganize, build and operate tele phone lines and systems. Instruments sold on thirty days' trial to responsible parties. THE CADIZ ELECTRIC CO., 201 CCC Building, Cadiz, Ohio. "'.i Carolina Railroads. rt ft r- . llirav in Wiratnrj-SalP-m seven severe and at the point of Cuttin Winston-Salem, Special. As a re nlt of a fight in a Greek restaurant ere, Carlos Papas, a young Greek, " a hospital with "e wounds . - ' rn . j.aiu- the assault was made by a(' Envin, colored, who is under arrest a j o y A crowd of negroes became iwrclerly hi the restaurant and the a fTK UireW them out This led to - and Papas, while acting as a Peacemaker, was stabbed. - The ieeks closed the restaurant out of orrow for Papas for ' fraction over 110. Incorporation. Raleigh, Special. The Goose Grease Company, of Greensboro, with $100, 000 total authorized and $5,000 sub- ! scribed capital stock, was chartered last week. The incorporators are: R. F. Rice, W. R. Land and B. H. Merrimon. State Board of Examiners. Raleigh, Special. The State Board of Examiners met in the office of the State Superintendent and graded the papers of the teachers who stood the examination in April for high school certificates. Life Had Lost its Charms. Richmond, Special. Justus Flav el Wright Gatch, a salesman for the American Seating Company, of Chi cago, committed suicide in his apart ments on West Franklin street, as a result of despondency due to business reverses. The man, who was 53 years of age, fired a bullet into his own temple while sitting upright in s chair with a blanket wrapped around him. The lifeless body of the mar was discovered by his young daught er Ida, who heard the report of the revolver. Big Fire in Detroit. Detroit, Mich.., Special. Fire Sun day damaged the three upper floors of the six-story department store of Goldberg Bros., on Woodward avenue causing a loss of $150,000, on Which there, was $100,000 insurance. The lower floors, which were not burned, were flooded with ,water, causing heavy damage there. inter-State commence act had been complied with sinpe May 1st 190S, and if not whether the non-compliance by the railroads has been due to any agreement, arrangement, or un derstanding between the railroad companies and th authorities. An amendment by Mr, Culberson agreed to also call on tHe commission to state its reasons for -recommending an extension of two years in the time given the railroads to comply with the commodity clause, f The conference report on the army appropriation bill carrying an aggre gate of $95,377,2136.. was adopted. This amount was 3,463,000 less than the bill carried when first passed by the Senate. Says Soldiers' are Innocent. Senator Bulkeley, of Connecticut, a member of the Icommittee on mila tary affairs, spoke at length in the Senate Monday vn the Brownsville affray. 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