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COLUMB17S, POLK COUNTY, N. C.i THURSDAY, APRIL 1,1909.
NO. 47.
POT ON SRKf (MINGS 0T NORTH STATE NEWS
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Senator Elkias Says Thai The Bill As
It Now Stands Will Never
Become & Law.
TfishinLn. Special Senator El
0f West Virginia Tuesday
jj what is believed to be the
Wu" , n iL kill
KlU'll I 'J tUV I UUIO IHUtt Ulll
death
in its prese
nt shape, when he declar-
the most emphatic terms that
Ml . L i i i.1
goase for adoption by the ways and
mns committee would pevax Sbe
wme a law. an that if necessary
(he Senate wouia remain in session
until Christmas, if required to do so,
to get a Ml more acceptable to all
sections of the country. This is the
opinion also expressed by many other
Senators. They maintain hat a close
malvsis will show that such a bill
it that now proposed would be most
krmful to the interests of the South
and that, as millions x$t dollars of
money 'belonging to Eastern capital
ists are invested there, such a bill
will never become a Haw.
Objections to the Bill.
Among the objections set out are
that it increases the taxation on the
necessities of life, and that those ar
ticles actually required by the poor
man will come higher to him.
That the maximum and minimum
features of the bill 'are loosely drawn
and. if placed in 'operation, would
be both burdensome to the Ameri
and otherwise be hurtful to Ameri
can Ttade relations.
That the drawback provisions of
the bill will work out injuriously to
the wheat raisers df the great West,
and otherwise be hurtful to Aemri
can industries.
That the inheritance tax provisions
interfere with the State laws bear
ing on the same subject.
That the bili is lacking in any reci-
wards redueing raw materials with
out corresponding reductions in the
duties on manufactured articles, as
in the case of free hides and boots
and shoees.
That the countervailing duty of
petroleum is still retained in the
new measure, as it exists in the Ding
ley bill.
That ten is taxed and beer allowed
to escape without additional taxation.
The storm of opposition to the bill
has already broken in the House,
and, though the Senate will have no
opportunity to consider the measure
for possibly a month, there are al
ready signs indicating that when that
body finishes with it, its best friends
will not be able to recognize it.
Aldrich Opposes BilL
Senator Aldrich objects to the bill
because he does not like the maxi
mum and minimum features, the in
heritance tax, and other equally un
satisfactory parts of it. He especial
ly opposes the inheritance tax clause
because in his 'opinion, it 'would con
flict with any x the State laws bear
ing on the same point. He is also
strongly opposed to a tax' on tea and
coffee.
Senator Aldrieh's opposition came
as surprise to his colleagues in the
Senate and to "President Taft. It is
practically certain that the Senate
finance committee win figure very
largely in Shaping, up 'the measure
when the Senate gets Isold of it, and
as Senator Aldrich is the chairman
of this committee what he says with
respect to ' hiB opposition is taken to
mean that there must be a consider
able amount of rebuilding before the
Major Francis P. Fremont, Fifth
United States Infantry, is to be dis
missed from the army as a result of
bis conviction by court-martial in
Cuba on the charge of insubordina
tion, President Taft having approved
the sentence of the court Wednesday.
Major Fremont is a son of the
"Pathfider," and is now stationed at
Plattsburg Barracks, New York.
An official statement regarding the
reasons for dismissal says:
"Major Fremont was convicted of
jharges of knowingly making false
statements in regard to another of
ficer of the army and of making a
in inspector general in violation of
the 61st Article of War, end of mak
ingerogafeory statements to junior
officers about their senior officer in
violation off the 62d Article of War."
Creek Indians in Oklahoma in
Arms Against Government
taws of Interest Gleaned From AH Sections of the State
Arranged for Busy Readers
CRAZY SNAKE IS THEIR LEADER
New Interest m Good Roads.
Lexington, Special. Discussion of
nod roads, bonds and snecial road
Two Hundred Red Men, Armed to goe8 on ftp&c m Davidson. Since
the Teeth, Rise Against Lawful
Authority sod Announce That
They Will Fight to the Death.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Special.
Five companies of Oklahoma militia
false statement in regard thereto to- marched Sunday against Crazy
proS features, which would enable i Senate will agree to -pass it
the United States to make favorable 1 The outlook is for n hard fight in
trade arrangements. J me House, especially from Southern
That the system of valuation based Representatives, and an equally hard
on fhe American wholsesale market
price is of doubtful wisdom, and will
work "to increase duties.
That too much has been done to-
fight in the Senate from those mem
bers who think the bill, as it now
stands, would not "be acceptable te
the people of the eountry generally. ,
Roosevelt Order Revoked.
Snake's band of Creek Indians, half
breeds and negroes, entrenched in
the Hickory Hills, 7 miles from
Herietta.
A battle is regarded as inevitable,
the heavily-armed troops set out
mi : , a 1 1 l '
lire hbi reununimr vestige oi me -v . l
n I j i . i oil.
the battleships and cruisers of the -rous wmuu iUurB"
United States navy was swept awav 1 'day has caused the death of six men,
Friday when President Taft, after the wounding off many others, . and
me matter had been considered at a brought about a condition of terror
"N"" N" " vr" T .. nu. o k
ler Wfi issued mdnrinir th marine
to eswetly the same duties that they a mile" ftnd enenmbered
performed prior te their being order- with arms end equipment, it was ex
id ashore. After 'Congress had plae- pected the troops could not reach the
a a provision m e navy approra- ? 0,clock
hrxvt Kill t r t ha rrfckf- rVnf o MuMnti I
rrpntncp nf mfn W wnwte'B men numoer aooui
ihould be assigned to ship duty, an
order was issued the day before plentifully supplied with ammunition,
hresident Roosevelt went out of of- tHav hsJ nrnrpT fnr wn months
TSt0rine TriT for this fflnal stand against lawful
vttt placing raem under the orders of , . . ,
tne captains fdf the vessel on which authority. They sent Ut word that
they were to 8erve. Under the old they would fight to the .death.
wder of thmgs the marines were giv- Cray Snake 's band strongly en
wi specific dtities. One of ttrese was trenebed itself early in the day and
10 nsrnt cerxain sxms 01 me seconaary i . , . -.
e recent visit of tne Davidson
fcrmers to Mecklenburg there has
een a remarkable increase in good
bads sentiment. Leading farmers in
arious sections of the county are
ublishing letters weekly in the loca4
re8s advocating bonds for roads. At
o time in the history of Davidson has
kere been such interest manifested in
ke road question. This is partly due
the condition of the highways at
lis time? The roads were never worse
hd indeed are well-nigh impassable
i places. The Davidson farmers seem,
etermined to do sometning and 11
ould not be surprising if under a
V applying to Davidson, a bond
ection is cadled at no distant date
!he Dispatch, which sent the Da
idRon farmers to MeCKlenDursr, is
ow carrying on a popularity contest
I Davie and Yadkin counties for the
Ime purpose of sending 45 farmers
rom those counties on a trip to
Cecklenburg to see the roads there
"battery. The order placing them un-
iler the direction of the ship's cap-
'tain made 'it possible to aosign the
marines to any sort of duty and to
leprive fhem of fighting any -part of
'the ship's battery.
DEPRESSION DOES NOT EFFECT THE DAM.
Washington, Special. Chairman
Crazy Snake Commands.
Crazy Snake is in personal com
mand. This was established by testi
mony "chocked out otf Ibis college-bred
son by means of a nioe new inch rope
Punish 'Kidnapping by leath. Yoemg Harp, strung up by the de-
To define the crime of kidnapping termined deputies until nearly dead
nd provide punisnment tnereior, in out that bk father was in
t .; n ni u: ft ru: I w
the title of a bill that Representative .. ' .
Rodenburg (111.) introduced Tne. TC!LTS&S
j Ti , A j . 1 1 t I uuw IU noil tuc uauu ouu -' ' J
lay . xi v a uggc9iu Try tue iitir-
rowing -experience of little Willie
Whitla, of Sharon, Pa,
Goetrrafe. -of the isthmian canal com
mission, who is about to return to
Parmnra. said Friday that the three
inuidrel feet 'Of embankment of the
rebuilt Panama Railroad line which
Thursday's dispatches from Colon re
port had settled about thirty feet,
was a mile and - a 'half 'from the Gatun
dam, smd therefore, has no direct
bearing in connection with the con
struction of that portion of the ca
nal waterways. The settling occur
red at a place where the re-located
road is being constructed over a
swamp. The road is 'being raised
from a "height -of '6 feet to 95 feet
above sea level.
"Unless there is some unforeseen
difficulty such as labor trouble or an
cqidemic I of some kind, I feel confi
dent that the canal will be opened by
January 1. 1915,' sard Colonel Goe
laais i naay. -was ongmany an
aavocate or a sea level canal at rana
ma. That was at a time when !
formed my judgment upon what
seemed to be the demand of com
merce and from general information
concerning conditions that wouM be
encountered. Going to the isthmus
about two years ago, observation and,
eaTefdl study convinced me that the
construction of a ea level canal
worJld involve expense so great as te
make it impracticable and at the
same time would result less satisf ac-
toririry because of idifficulties connec
ted with its maintenance.
"Since that time everything that
has come to mv attention has
srengthened my belief in the advan- J
tage of a lock canal. i
Cdlonel Goethals declared that re-
ports of engineering difficulties that
would be met on the isthmus have
been greatly exaggerated.
"There is not a single' thing in con
nection -with the lock canal," he said,
"that can "be called unusual beyond
the question 'df the magnitude. En
gineers have performed similar work
elsewhere. There are -no doubtful
poblems. Tf 1 knew of anvthing that
might jeopardise the stability of this
work after its completion, or make
doubtftfl its successful eonstruction,
I would promptly make -a report on
it, but mere is nothing of that kind."
President Taft Friday again told
Colonel Goethals that if the great wa
terway ean be completed by the close
of 1913, be wanted to see that feat
accomplished. Colonel Goethals, al
though not thinking it likely of ac
complishment, told the President he
would put every force to wore to ex
pedite matters to carry out the Presi
dent's orders. Colonel Goethals left
Washington and will sail from New
York for Panama Saturday.
thing which a 6tarieal Red Man is
supposed not to do.
This first real Indian uprising ot
years has held this region on edge for
three davs. It broke out last Thurs-
Burned With a House.
Weldon. Special. Fire Saturdav
ight completely destroyed the hand
me country dwelling known as the
Whitehead place, near Weldon, and
wned bv Mr. W. B. Drewry. The
ooupants of the house, Mr. and Mrs.
7ill Carroll, and their four-weeks-
id baby, barely escaped with their
hres, and a colored boy, who slept
li the barn was burned to death.
7nen Mr. Carroll awoke the bed was
n fire and his wife's hair was burn-
ag. Clasping the sleeping infant to
er breast, Mrs. Carroll fled from the
oom in her night robes, followed by
ier husband. The night was cold and
br several hours thev were exposed
t the night winds before help could
trrive. Mrs. Carroll is prostrated,
he body of the eolored boy was en
irely consumed only his heart being
ft in a charred condition. The build
ttg was a splendid two story barn,
tewly remodeled, with metal roof and
ras valued at $2,500. It was insured
br $1,500.
Y .M. 0. A. Convention.
The sixth annual convention of
Y. M. f' A 'a of North and
Carolina, held in Charlotte,
and one of the most successful of
entire series, came to a close
night at a meeting held for the
ial benefit of the delegates. A merit
ing was held for these in the
ing and in addition there were
usual special services for men m
bovs at other hours. At the meelu
Sunday night talks were made wtP
Messrs. R. H. King, of Cfearlestesv
S. C, Julian M. Smith, fieM seenev
tary; James E. Johnson, secretary eft?
students' and boys' work; J. HL
Kluttz, office secretary of the inl
state executive committee; D. lu
bert, secretary of the Charlotte
M. C. A.: P. M. Colbert, seen
of the Y. M. C. A. at Winston-Saleea.
E. E. Bamett, secretary at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chapel!
Hill; L. P. Hollis, of Greenville,, flL
C; G. C. Huntington, of Charlotte,
and Dr. George J. Fisher, of Nee?
York. Unanimous was the sentiment
expressed that the meeting had bK?
far more than worth while. "It has
more than fulfilled oar expecte
tions," said many. General regret;
was expressed that the meeting whSdl
had been so fruitful in results andT
so pleasant had, like everything; elae
to come to an end at last. Befewe
adjournment, suitable resolution
were passed expressing much gratis
ficatioa at the cordial reeapiion and
splendid entertainment of the bodjr
by the citizens of Charlotte.
Wants Finish Canal in July, 1913.
1 dav when several deputy sheriffs
tng a -recent conversation between . " . 1L " F . J
President Taft and Chairman Goe-
Parents Desert Child.
Asheville, Special. An interesting
ase of desertion has come to the at-
ention of the police of the city. The
Es-Pclice in JailL.
Durham, Special. Alberto: V. Sotc.'
rell, the ex-policeman, wher is bene;
sued by Henry F. Edwards for $10-
000 damages for allicnating the af
fections of his wife and destroy
the happiness of his home, is now
jail. He was arrested on a ws
for bond and bail to sustain the ee -tion
and being unable or unwiUuqt
to give bond in the sum of $5,000 ner
was committed to jail: late Tuesday '
night. There he has remained since
then. This combines a civil and mf
criminal action and the $5,000 FioaeV
required is not an appearance
but is one to sustain the-action
is now brought by Edwards On 11
went to Herietta torarrest negro cat
tle thieves. They were fired on by
negro half-breed friends and forced
i. X i. 1- .. ". - ,r.; l, nAAl
sire that the canal be completed bj TT 1 a IZ
t,4u ao. ioiq Vtu-i: tional forces they were fired on by
thals df the Isthmian Candl Commis
sion the President expressed his de-
JUly 4lh, 1913. Colonel Goethals,
however, is not at all sanguine of ac
complishing any such results, holding
the band, then augmented by some
of Crazy Snake e Indians. Three
1 1 a J
to his heretofore expressed opinion nroes ailKt w"u""
that Jnatiary 1, 1915, will see the e?;,
canal open to navigation. Colonel
Goetha"h? will leave New TTork foi
fPanama next Saturday.
more Indians were wounded. This
clash resulted in 41 arrests.
Marshal Edward Baum and Depu
since his person is attached', in
later action he cannot get to Ms prop
erty to secure his bond. He and ins
advisers are unwilling that ' bs -friends
should take up responsibility
of probably having to settle the damn
age suit and he went to jaiL,
In order te expedite discussion of J? '0dom Were the
be tariff bill in the Hoese, unani- dees
ous consent Saturday was given that ox- nesro Aiues.
the sessions hereafter shaH begin at A Stidman special says an engage-
SO instead Of 11 o'clock a. m.; that a meetween officers and Indians oc-
recess shodld be taken at 6 :and thai curn? unear tne unday morning,
resuming at 8 o'clock the mSlJm'wT Tf"
should continue until 10 :30 e. m. each ed' Boh he , Mians and negroes,
day. The request for unanimous con- JWJ0' i"" alldh ,the
sent was made by Mr. Payne, who "efcs' ?ok thel unded je
said that there already were 40 or 50 :VIilct! FZ Tj-n?
mftkm a mif vi, a. definitely the casualties. The
-.7 . . - , j , ,
eserted is a baby girl two or three r , JTLFZ
tekR anH tbP vietim of t.hft evi- .orre" 18 worin 311 01 1UW
lent plot at desertion is an old ne
to woman named Lillie Jackson. It
ras just dusk when the man, having
very appearance of a high-bred
'entleman, told the old negro that he
ind his wife had been suddenly call
d away for a few days and giving
ther plausible excuses requested that
he woman keep the child until their
eturn. The man gave the woman $3
n money, a quantity of clothing for
he babe and also some prepared baby
!ood. He left and since that time
las never been heard from. The wo
aan took good care of the child and
s deeply attached to it. It will be
-urncd over to one of the charitable
nstitutions till a home can be found
i lor it.
Dr. Elliot at Greensboro.
Greensboro, Special. In
an
members who had indicated their de
sire to speak.
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, the minori
ty leader, asked how long general de
bate would continue. He said 'be was
muck embarrassed by his lack of in
formation. When his Democratic col
on.
hills, -which made it impossible to !ress before the students of Guilford
Mlege Wednesday Dr. Charles W.
iliot, retiring president of Harvard
number of the dead since Thursday
is placed unofficially at six.
The bodies of Marshal Baum and
Herman Odom were taken to Eufau
la. There was evidence that Crazy
Snake and his family "bad left hur-
A CRISIS NOW REACHED IN THE BALKANS
ficulty acceptable to Baron von
Aehrenthal, the Austro-Hungarian
minister of foreign affairs, having
failed, Austro-Hungary is expecting
forthwith to deliver an titimatuim at
Belgrade. After this, if Servia re
fuses to make eomplote surrender,
no doubt exists in Paris that Austria-Hungary
will dispatch an army
the Servian crown prince.
KIDNAPER BOYLE IS LANDED BEHIND THE JAIL BARS
Paris. By Cable. It is beld in oft
cal circles that the Balkan situation
on account of the irreconcilable atti
tude; of the Austro-Hungarian gov
ernment, has now reached a most
acute stage and that the next few
lys will decide between peace and
The efforts of Great Britain,
Irance and Russia to present a for
mula for the settlement of the dif-
leagues asked for time in whien tol?! m?!- w
speak be found it difficult to mak
After Chitti Harjo, Crazy Snake's
allotments. Mr. Payne replied thai fSJT JJS.n
he was suffering under a similar em- C ,, iL J 7 , I 7 T
barrament, but did not supplj th ' s loesed and he
information desired. a complete list of Indians who
Without any intimation havmp participated in the fight of the : previ-
been given as to when the general ous night and confessed that his fath-
debate on tbe measure shall cease tbl Ci' T?F ,Vi .
bill was laid before the House.
miversity, denied that competition
between endowed and State educa
ional institutions is hurtful. He
aid competition everywhere helps
ind promotes growth, adding 'that
s why protection to American in
lustries is harmful to these very in
lustries." Dr. Eliot's subject was
'Public Spirit the Virtue of Free
tfenv"
i
Family Ha3 Narrow Escape. '
Fayetteville, Special. The fai
of Oliver Thratt, a trucker and
ventor, living on the outskirts,
day morning narrowly escaped a
rowing death, when between I
2 o'clock the father was awal
by a burning shingle falling on
hand. The household was aroi
and made their escape just in time,
for as they fled from the building the
roof came crushing in. They weee-
housed and clothed bv kindly nei
bors. It was afterwards learned tl
the $600 insurance polioy, which
burned with the house, expired
neon of the same day.
Death Due to Drink.
State Boundary Question.
Washington, Special. The
preme Court of the United States
granted the petition of the State efT
North Carolina for leave to- file? n
original bill in that court for ar e
limitation of the boundary betweesi
that State and Tennessee at t&ea
I crossing of the Tennessee river.
Gets Good Lift.
' rcer, Pa., Special. Heavily ma-
"acied to Sheriff Chess, and guarded
by veral detectives, James Boyle,
m of the kidnapers of little BiHy
a,
was brought here Friday
JJi Pittsburg and lodged in the
Meer county jaiL His wife, it is
a,rl. will be brought here from Pitts
"Ul':r and the couple will be formally
arais-ned on a charge of kidnaping in
a 1 1 w days. Boyle feared violence
ins arrival in Mercer, and on the
Jn !8 if he thought the crowd would
arn him. ThA
The prisoner looked
greatly relieved when he saw only a
scattering of people at the Mercer
station. Boyle was hurried into .a
waiting bus and taken to the jail
where he was locked in a cell on the
seeond tier. An armed guard was
placed in front of Boyle's cell, and a
patrolman will be stationed outside
the jail all night. Sheriff Chess said
that the jail would be guarded until
the trial of the Boyles was over.
The officials questioned the prison
er about his wife's identity but other
than to say that there was no ques
tion about the fact that he wa mar
ried, he would say nothing-
Declaring that there would be nc
dissension in the Democratic ranks
of the House with regard to the tarifi
and that the Fitzgerald amendment
i to the rules made it possible for the
minority to express its views upon
amendments to the bill by a recore
vote, Representative Harrison, ol
New York, discussed various feature
of the Payne measure.
Silly Canard.
On last Saturday morning it wat
flashed over the wires all along the
line that the U. S. Battleship Missis
sippi had been blown up at Guanta
nama, Cuba. The ill-fated Main
came quickly into miad and the re
sultant war) with Spain and curs wai
a nation on tiptoe of expectation
Message after message said it was s
reported, till finally before noon thi
report was declared only a sillj
conard. The Mississippi is safe anc
the 750 men said to dead are livinj
was at the head of the outlaw bands
scattered among the hills of the for
mer Creek nation.
"Those were your father's tracks
in the yard this morning?" asked
Deputy Jones.
Harjo's Confession.
"Thse were his tracks' said the
Indian, who then told that Charles
Coker, reputed as a dangerous Indian
outlaw, had fired the shots which
Hlled Baum and Odom. His confes-
sicn also revealed for the first time
6 ::io of the real secrets of general
ship Over the Creeks.
"Coker is an expert shot," he said,
"and was fully 300 yards distant
when he made fine targets of the
bodies of the officers. He is scouting
now with the band and will be hard
to catch. "
Burlington, Special. The lifeless Scllsbury, Special. John Kh
ody of Dolph Fancette was found I way. a blacks1 :h by trs'lc. is
Monday morning in a. barn near his ' in Salisbury cclleeting an-pts ."T
lome, about six miles" north of Bur- fating 20 SCO to. whir b h-s
ington. The verdict of the coroner's I hVh c,f ' i!
:ury was that death was due to ex- ccntly in Ahhaair. The tv.o rotlree
iessive drinking. W. M. Beckom ' c?me to AWrlfi fro Tvi hnY in
vas found asleep in the same loom, j 14 - rid Lad been separated! i&
ind near tlie body ot Mr. br.ueeite. that time.
Death by Assassin. 17. C. Ccnh' cr T-i--crt3.it C
Wilmington, Special. Jerry Big- j rrJ.tGc?.
lord, a young white farmer and store' Wsshinon. Special. In tlie
teeper, living near Freeeman's, Col- j committee assigns-ents in the Senafe
jmous county, was muraerea on- Korlfl fcrcs wclL
v. . f ti Uverman is pished upon the
hoie, where he lived alone. The committee to be known as Consrrwe-
iheriff was notified and with bloc;,-. - cn cf Jtstxcnrk Hesourres. This
r.-aev
'aounds traced the supposed assassin an its or'ant co-iirirte.
I to and across Cape Fear river, wheje i Simmcns poes to the Finanee Cxm-
Cleveland Russ and Stilxore Euss.i-.ce .o tul tnc vacancy cn-sy fw
brothers, were arre-ted. one of thel? retirement of the vcneraMe S
Qumber being a rival of vounjr Bit- tcZ fl-r i cornmiLtec? 1
ford for the hand of a Miss Squires ! chaice of rli rr.rttci-s pcrrtaininr to
fight which it was believed. was im-'O an adjoining county, whom thc;cvr.ue and (cx3c.cn as wll as .ft-
XUinent. dead man was to marry Tuesdcy. tnce, c:.i.cc:y a. uims.
W-;th Crazy Snake's whereabouts
almost definitely established, the offi
cers prepared with the aid of the
miltary to crush the Indians in the
. 4
I and happy.