$125,037,602 VOTED
WITH TWO BATTLESHIPS
33 Democrats For Big Havy, 24
Republicans Oppose. "
TWO FLEET COLLIERS ALSO
On
Fitzgerald's Motion Bill Was
Amended to Make Eight Honrs
Builders Working Day at Ship
Yards!
! Washington, "D. C. By the deci
live rote of 162 to 110, fourteen be
ing present and not voting, the House
authorized the construction ' of two
battleships to cost $6,000,000 each.
Thirty-three Democrats voted for two
battleships and twenty-four Republi
cans against the proposition. -
This action was taken previous to
the passage of tho Naval Appropria
tion bill, carrying $128,037,602. This
amount is about. S3, 000, 000 less than
was recommended by the Navy De
partment. In addition to the battle
ships the bill also provides for the
construction of two fleet colliers and
four submarine boats.
The Committee, on Naval Affairs
had reported in favor of authorizing
two battleships. Tawney (Rep.,
Minn.) , chairman of the Appropria
tions Committee, offered an amend
ment providing for only one battle
ship, while Hobson (Dem., Ala.) pro
posed an amendment providing for
three. Hobson contended that three
battleships would give no increase,
but would provide only for the ordi
nary depreciation in the naval force.
By an almost unanimous vote the
House rejected this proposition. '
Speaking in favor of his one-battleship
plan, Tawney reiterated his state
ment that seventy-two per cent. - of
the revenue of the country was being
expended for wars that - had passed
and for preparation for .wars to come.
He .thought one battleship sufficient
to maintain the proper strength of
the navy. Thomas (Rep., Ohio)
proposed an amendment for four bat
tleships, but the House voted it down
almost . unanimously. . Tawney 8
amendment for one battleship also
was lost by a vote of 104 to 138. At
, least thirty Democrats voted with, the
Republicans agalnstTawney's plan.
Fitzgerald offered an amendment,
which was adopted by a vote of 131
to 15, under which two battleships
and two fleet colliers must be built by
firms working under the eight-hour
law. ' ..
Thirty-three Democrats voted with
the Republicans for two battleships,
while twenty-four Republicans joined
the Democrats in favor of one battle-
shjo. ,
Democrats voting for two battle
ships were Aiken (S.C.), Alexander
(Mo.), Ansberry (Ohio), Bartlett
( Nev. ) . Burleson (Tex. ) , Carlin
(Va.), Chirk (Fla.), Cox (Ohio),
Craig (Ala.), Cravens (Ark.), D. A.
Driscoll (N. Y.), Gill (Md.), Gillespie
(Tex ), Goldfogle (N. Y.). Hamill (N.
JO, Harrison-(N. Y.), Hobson (Ala.),
Hughes (N. J.), Humphries (Mss.),
Jones (Va.), Martin (Col.), Maynard
(Va.K Moon (Tenn.), O'Connell
(Mass.), A. Mitchell Palmer (Pa.),
Pou (N. C), Pujo (La.), Ranch
(Ind.), Robinson (Ark.), Rothermel
(Pa.), Sherley (Ky.), Sulzer (N. Y.)
and Talbott (Md.).
Republicans voting with the Demo
crats for one battleship were Bar-
tholdt (Mo.), Crow (Mo.), Davis
(Minn.), Gardner (Mich.), Goebel
(Ohio). Grenna (N. D.), Hamer
( Idaho),. Henry (Conn.), Howland
( Ohio) , Lawrence (Mass.) , Lenroot
(Wis.), Lindbergh (Minn.), McCall
(Mass.), Morse (Wis.), Murphy
(Mo.). Nelson (Wis.), Norrls (Neb.),
.'Nye (Minn.), Prince (111.), Stafford
(Wis.). Tawney (Minn.), Terrlll
(Mass.), Volstead (Minn.) and '.Wil
ton (111.). ,
TOSS BROTHERS SIT IN HOUSE.
Cay State Democrat Led to Desk by
Republican From Illinois.
-hingtori. D. C. The Demo-
of the House indulged In a de
monstratiori when Eugene N. Foss
(Dem., Mass.) was escorted by his
brother. ReDresentative Foss (Kep.,
W.), to the Speaker's desk in order
"at the oath of office might be ;aa
ministered 'to the new member, who
succeeds the late Mr. Lovering, Re
publican. ' ""-' , "--J
Republicans remained In their
feats quietly as the Democrats rose
fen masse annlauding and cheering.
On the front row of the Speaker's
Pa lery a sweet-faced old woman
joined in the applause.. She was the
mother Pf the two brothers who were
t centre of attraction. Her two
(ia v. sisters-in-law sat on either side of
fcer. and joined in the demonstration.
DESTROYER 3L1KES 36 KNOTS.
Ilcid Establishes a New Record
For Naval Vessels.
ensacola, Fla. Maintaining a
r erd of thirty-six knots an hour for
' r hours the torpedo-boat destroyer
Ii:--
a new world's record for speed
a naval vessel. The vessel was on
Ijp" final speed test and aboard were
l ;-:-esentatives of the Naval Board of
I-ry of Washington, D. C.
-fle Reid is one of the hew type of
jewels .recently completed and more
tnau exceeded the Government re
quirements, v Her record exceeded
Je previous world's record by more
i&an a mile an hour.
IHDIGTfilEtiT OF GLASS TRUST
Pittsburg Concern and 16 Offi
cials Charged With Conspiracy.
Organized to Control Trade ReaV
Ized a Profit of $150,000 in
Less Than a Year. '
Pittsburg, Pa. The Imperial Win
dow Glass Company, a corporation of
West Virginian birth, which t lacks
but one week of being a year old, and
sixteen officials were indicted ;by a
Special Federal. Grand Jury Jiere on
three counts: First, conspiracy in
restraint of. the hand-blown window
glass trade In the United States; sec
ond engigement in illegal competi
tion; third, attempt to monopolize
interstate . trade.
The officials and directors of the
Imperial Window Glass Company, as
named in the indictment, are: Pres
ident, Myron L. Case, of Maumee,
Ohio; vice-president, M. J. Healy,
Bradford, Pa.,7 and treasurer, J. G.
Sayre, Morgantown, W. Va. Directors
-Thomas splliane, New Betnienem,
Pa. ; G. W. Mor enus, Kane, Pa. ;
Thomas Camp president Smithport
Window Glass Company; W. L. Gra
ham, Masontown, Pa.; Felix Stem
berser, Clarksburg, W. Va,; J. H.
Brewster, Weston, W. Va. ; J. G.
Sayre, Morgantown, W. Va.; C. P.
Cole, Lancaster, Ohio; O. C. Teague,
Utlca, N. Y.; Frank Bastin, Vin-
cennes, ind.; ir. k. wear, Kansas
City, MO.; A. Hudson, Chanute, Kan.,
and U C. Baker, Carey, Kan.
The secretary of the company, J.
R. Johnston, of Pittsburg,, was not
named in the indictment. He ap
peared as the principal witness for
the Government, and may receive im
munity from criminal prosecution.
He produced before the jury a mass
of books and papers, letters and other
data. The presentment, however, was
based as well on the testimony of a
number of other witnesses, who had
been summoned from many Western
cities.
The indictment sets forth that the
company, Incorporated In West Vir
ginia, has acted as a selling agency
and has prevented competition "by
persuading and inducing corpora
tions, partnerships and individuals in
the window glass trade to enter into
contract -wlth-the agency-toi seUit&
entire outputs of hand-blown window
glass," and that the defendants were
able "to establish, fix and maintain
arbitrary, unreasonable and non-com
petitive prices for window glass,
greatly in excess of prices which
would prevail if said defendants had J
The Imperial Window Glass Com
pany is capitalized at $250,000, of
which amount $176,000 is paid in.
During the four days' inquisition, tes
timony, it was officially learned, was
to the effect that the company had
cleared $150,000 net over and above
all expenses. ! :
The companies which were .per
mitted by the alleged agreement to
sell only to the Imperial Company
number sixty-six all told, represent
ing a capitalization of between $7,
000,000 and $8,000,000. Of these
companies it .was testified that twelve
were kept closed, the Idleness involv
ing an expense of $137,000 a year.
ROOSEVELT'S MAIL ALL FREE
Franking Privilege For All Formef
Presidents and Their Widows.
Washington, D. C Former Presl
dent Roosevelt and all other former
Presidents of the United States or
their widows will have the, franking
privilege under the terms of a bill
passed by. the House by a vote of 120
to 76.
Mr. Sisson, of Mississippi, offered
an amendment excluding from the
franking privilege all political corre
spondence. It was voted ddwn, 44 to
86.
"Knowing the former President as
well as we do," shouted Rucker, of
Colorado, "we should provide an ad
ditional appropriation for the post
office service ! " '
Sisson then -. moved the t recommit
ment of the bill, with instructions to
the Committee on Postoffices and Post
Roads to report it with an amendment
excluding political correspondence
from the franking privileges granted
by the bill. - j , -r : . -
The motion was defeated on a roll
call, 91 to 166, many Democrats vot
ing in the negative with tthe regular
Republicans and "insurgents.''
SPENCER CONFESSES MURDER
In Residence
Killed
of Mrs. Dow When Ha
Miss Blackstone. .
,; Springfield, Mass. -- Bertram G.
Spencer, whu was arrested at Handy's
meat packing house in Hampden
street, confessed: to Captain John H.
Boyle, of the ' Detective Bureau, that
he is the murderer of Miss Martha B.
Blackstone, whom he shot and kiuea
in the home of Mrs. Sarah J. Dow cn
Round Hill, at the same time shoot
ing Miss Harriet Dow in the head.
He declared that he fired on im
pulse 1 and without wishing to inj ure
either woman. The many burglaries,
however, to' which .he also confessed
were committed, he said, partly to
procure money, but principally to
eratify a desire for excitement.
Spencer's confession clears, un a
long list of burglaries in Springfield
Grelnfleld, : Brattleboro and ta?r
near-by cities; wnicn iuts i"vB
been unable to solve;
Fit HOFFSTOT IS , ;l
INDICTED AS BRIBE GIVER
I 1 ; . 1
Accused of Paying $52,500 to
i Pittsburg Councilman.
CONSPIRACY
TO DEFRAUD CITY
Transaction Occurred in New York to
Prevent Indictment Emir Win
ter, Bank! President, Acknowl
edges in Court His Guilt.
Pittsburg, Pa. The promised sen
sation in the graft crusade came, and
even Pittsburg, accustomed as it lis
to revelations pf moral turpitude on
the part of its leading citizens,' was
astonished. The Grand Jury indicted
the following:) j.
. Frank N. Hoffstot, president of tjie
German National Bank of Allegheny,
.and president
of the Pressed Steel
Car Company.
Emil Winter,
president of tne
Workingmen's
Savings Bank and
Trust Companjr, of Allegheny. I
Another sensation followed. In
open court President Winter acknowl
edged the truth of the charge that (he
had given $20,000 to bribe former
Councilman Morris Einstein, by say
ing that he had no defense to offer.
Sentence was postponed.
The indictments against Hoffstot
Include two counts of bribery and one
nf conspiracy to defraud .the city.
presentment reads that Hoffstot shall
be ordered to appear as witness, "and
in case he r'oes not do so immediately
that the District Attorney of Alle
gheny Count proceed forthwith to
extradite him." ;
The more startling findings of the
Grand Jury's presentment, made pub-!
lie, are: " . . j '..f
1. That Frank N. Hoffstot paid to
Charles Stewart, a former , Select
Councilman, $52,500. '
2. That the money was a bribe
used in infiuejacing the vot of Coun
cilmen .to pass en ordinance naming
three banks in which Hoffstot jivas
interested as official depositories of
the jcity's millions. .
3. That the late James W. Friend,
at that time an official of the Pressed
Steel Car Company, was an associate
tUjiuo .1.1 ausabuuu. . i
f 4: That the original plan which
Friend had was to obtain the services
of William . A. Blakeley, . now graft
prosecutor, as a stakeholder of fthe
bribe money; but Blakeley declined,
and warned ill parties of the crim
inality of the; proposition. j
5. That the '. .ansaction took place"
in New York City in June, 1908, in
order, :'f possible, to avoid criminal
liability in Allegheny County. j
Mr. Hoffstot, who lives at No. 145
West Fifty-eighth street, New York
City, and has a summer home! at
Sands Point, L. I., when asked what
he had to say in reference to his! in
dictment, said : I
"I always leave business behind me
at the office.'
The office of the Pressed Steel
Car
Company is at No. 24 Broad street
District Attorney Whitman wpuld
not deny that indictments were, in
preparation Against Mr. Hoffstot in
New York Cpunty,'but said anything
on the subjejet must come from Dis
trict Attorney Blakeley, of Pittsburg.
Special Prayers For Pittsburg.
i Pittsburg, Pa. Bishop Cor.tiand
Whitehead, of the Pittsburg DIoJcese
of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
appointed a day to be observed by
Episcopalians throughout ; Allegheny
County "with special prayers and ser
mons on civic righteousness, cor
porate repentance and confession, In
temperance land political chicanery,
graft and fraud on any; topicj in
deed, which jlpears on the present de
plorable situation in Pittsburg.")
The Bishop sent long notices tb all
the- clergy of the diocese, and sug
gested the use of a series of special
prayers which he sent.
SOCIAL
DEIOCRATS WIN;
Milwaukee
Carried by the Largest
j Plurality on Record, j .
Milwaukee, Wis. Social Demo
crats, led bjy Emil Seidel, candidate
for .Mayor, swept Milwaukee in the
municipal election, by approximately
8000 votes,) the largest plurality of
any party ii a similar contest ip. tho
history of the city. ;;," f-A V
The Social Democrats will control
the Common Council, having elected
all six Aldermenat-Large and carried
fourteen wards out of twenty-three.
V. J. Schoenecker, Jr., Democrat who
ran second, was about 800O ahead of
Dr. Jv M. Boffel, Republican. j
The platforms of all three parties
were similar. Thdy advocated borne
rule, initiative and referendum1 and
regulation of the liquor traffic.
WILL OF JUSTICE BREWER.
dome Left i to Widow and Provision
' Made For Daughters. J
Washington, D. C No estimate of
the. value of the estate of the late Jus
tice Brewer of the United States Su
preme Court, was given in his will,
with a codicil, which was filed for
probate here.
" . His home in this city, with most of
his personal property, is bequeathed
to his widow. His cottage at Thomp
son's Point, with its contents,? and
also $30,000 life insurance, are left
to his three' daughters. His watch he
left to one of his grandsons and his
ring to another. Each of his grand
children is ' to vselect some keepsake
v; from his personal property.
BANDITS KILL TWO- BANKERS
Gallop Through McKees Rocks,
: Pa, After Getting $5000.
tVoman Shot While Trying to Pro
t tect , Teller of Looted Bank
1 Towns in State of Terror. . .
Pittsburg, Pa. Four masked men
robbed the Victor Banking Company,
at McKees Rocks, a suburb six miles
below Pittsburg, axid got away with
$5000, after shooting down and bill
ing the manager and the j cashier of
the bank and wounding three other
people, one a woman, j The men
stepped from the shadows outside the
bank as those inside were about to
close it f ojw the night, and while two
of the men stopped outside with
drawn revolvers and warned away all
passing pedestrians, the others en
tered the building and began to shoot.
The men killedpere: J
Samuel Friedman, the manager, hit
by three bullets while he i was trying
to protect $5000,' which lay on the
counters of the bank. ! "
- Ignatz Schwartz, the cashier, died
an hour or so later in the McKees
Rocks Hospital. 1j .
The injured were:
Mary 1 Enco, employe I of bank;
slightly injured trying to save Fried
man and Schwartz. ..
Robert -King, citizen; shot down in
street by robbers j as they1 ran with
the plunder; at McKees Hospital; will
live.-.' li
Andrew Milko, mill workman ;N hit
by stray bullet. - j '
McKees Rocks and Schoenville, an
adjoining town, were kept in a state
of terror for nearly half an hour dur
ing and after the bank robbery, for,
once on their horses, the four robbers
rode up and downf through the town,
shooting right and left. It was then
that King was shot down and Milko
wounded. They leach tried to stop
the wild ride of the bank; robbers.
The Victor Bank Is situated in a
place lonesome after nightfall. It is
on the dividing line between Schoen
ville and McKees 'Rocks, and has done
a heavy trade with workmen from the
plants of each town. It is a bank for
foreigners, and also has: conducted a
steamship agencyii Pay day. at' most
of the works had occurred, and there
was about $25,O00 intbe banki )nlsH
$ouuu oi it appearea on tne counters,
however, the rest being locked in the
big safes. It was; customary to' keep
the bank open until 10 o'clock for
several evenings after pay day, but
business being slow it appears that
the manager, who also acted as teller,
and his cashier, decided to close 1 for
the night about 8430. I
The two who entered the bank ap
pear to have walked right up to the
cashier's window and shot Schwartz
down in his tracks, then grabbed the
piles of money, : which they stuffed
into bags slung over their shoulders.
Friedman, who was evidently In the
back part of the bank tending to the
big safes, was seen to come rushing
out' of the bank after the four men,
and as he pausedon the steps of the
bank he was shot dead. , Three of the
attacking party appear to have shot
him at once, as he fell dead in his
tracks. " There evidently had been" a
struggle with Friedman inside the
bank before thel robbers got away
with the money, fpr tightly grasped In
his hand was a bunch pf bills which
he appeared to have torn from one of
the robbers,
Mary Enco, "who had been em
ployed as a domestio about the bank
in the day time, - was in the neighbor
hood and she came running and threw
herself on one of the robbers as he
was about to shoot- Into the body of
Mr. Friedman as he lay on the ground.
The robber tossed her to one side and
ran on. v ,: . . I ."
DEMOCRATS SWEEP CHICAGO
Mayor Basse Condemned Because ol
Various Scandals. j
ii ! -Chicago,
111. m. In the Aldermanlc
elections the Democrats returned
twenty-one - out of thirty-five mem
bers, giving them' a majority of six in
a body of seventy members.
It is repudiation of the Mayor
Busse administration, which has be
come involved in all kinds of graft
scandals. It is-a' rebuke also to Gov
ernor Deneen, who lost three of his
four wards, all of which were former
ly Republican, f -!
T: In addition to local issues Colonel
James Hamilton Lewis and former
Mayor Edward F. Dunne injected na
tional issues into' the campaign. Both
assailed the tariff; and the high cost of
living, and told the voters that even
in a municipal election they could re
buke the Republican Administration.
'KILLED FRIEND, SLEW HIMSELF.
Connolly Turned On nimself Weapon
, Which Tooljl Fracclla's Life.
Trenton, N. J. As John Connolly,
ft. watchman; Frank Fracella, a cab-,
man, and Roy Accord, a detective,
were chatting together at 'the Trenton
Junction railway station, Accord ex
hibited his revolver. Connolly took
the weapon, pointed it at Fracella,
and said: I" . "
. . "How would you like to get a load
from this?" '
As he spoke the weapon was dis
charged and Fracella,! shot through
the heart,' fell dead. Connolly In a
iright ran around the end of the sta
tion and shot himself dead. .
; - The killing of iFracella was clearly
unintentional, as : he . and' Connolly
jeere friends. l
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TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
News Notes - Gathered From AU
Farts of the Old Nortt St&te.
N. 0. Chief Dismissed in Missouri
The entire nooulation of St. Louis
is aroused over " the dismissal,
State is aroused 'over the dismissal
of this city 's scholarly chief of police,
Edmond P.I Creecy, a native of Eden-
ton, N. C, whose father, the late
Robert P. )reecv. was owner' and Diib-
lisher of The Elizabeth City Observer.
Many call
Creecy 's dismissal outra- !
, ; v ; ;
geous
fft; '
play for him. The Times says At 1
th Tnnp.t. nothing ha bpn nmTPn
against , t lie suspended chief except
that he appears to have lacked judg
ment and penetration."
The police board spread upon its
records the statement that ' 'Creecy
had no guilty knowledge or connec
tion in any shape or form with; the
Police Kelief Association shortage. ' '
Society of the Cincinnati ;
At the annual meeting of the North
Carolina. Society of the Cincinnati
at Raleigh the old officers were all
re-elected, j a number of new members
admitted and the convention brought
to a close with an elaborate banquet.
The officers are: President, Hon.
Wilson Gi Lamb, Williamston; vice
president, Hon. John C. Davis, Balti
more; secretary, Marshall DeLancey
Haywood,) Raleigh; assistant secre
tary, John Bradley Lord, Brooklyn,
N. Y.jtreasurer, Walter D. Carstar
pen, Plymouth ; assistant treasurer,
Col. Benahan Cameron, Raleigh;
chaplain, j Rev. Joseph Blount Ches
hire, bishop of the Diocese of North
Carolina. ! J
Sold Diseased Cow.
Mr. J. j M. Cross of Charlottej who
has taken many shipments of cattle
to Fayetteville from Mecklenburg
county, was tried before 'Squire
Overby, Charged with false represen
tations in the sale! of a cow. j. Mr.
J. W. J ohnson testified that ' he pur
chased a cow from , Mr. Cross, wiicb
the latter guaranteed : to be sound,
-a4- frecirS'f rinidkaseihaivfe
weeks latter the cow died from, dis
ease. Mr. Cross was bound oyer to
court inj the sum of $60 which he
gave.
North Carolina Postmasters.
The following North Carolina
Presidential postmaster appointments
were, confirmed by (the Senate : j
Mary W. Yarborough to succeed
Rufus R, Harris at Louisburgi
O. . D. Wallace, to succeed (Carlos
McLead at Carthage. j
Albert Miller, -to succeed himself
at La Grange.
j Charter Granted.
A charter is issued for the Carolina
Banding Machine Company, Winston
Salem, capital $125,000 - authorized
and $24,000 subscribed, by E. G. Hes
ter, F. H. Fries, W. F. Shaffner, W.
C. Briggs, William O'Brien1 and
others.
Size of an Editor's Fish.
Editor; Boylin of The Wadesboro
Messenger and Intelligencer, is . au
thority for the capture of a German
carp in the Pee Dee, river by Sam
Davis, and the fish is reported to
weigh 27 pounds. Davis claims to
have caught it with a hook and line.
The Army of Census Takers.
The army of, census takers will
move upon the country next Friday,
April 15, and for fifteen days they
will be engaged in rounding up. the
population of the cities, 30 days to be
given to other' areas.
Wade
Wade
Coble Gets Twelve Years.
Coble of Julian, tried in
Guilford superior court for the mur
der of John M. Staley, was found
guilty of manslaughter and sentenc
ed to the 'penitentiary for 12 years.
Guilford Commissioner Found Guilty.
The attorneys in the case of John
L. King, chairman of the Guilford
highway commission, indicted for
selling the county road-building ma
terial, agreed on the facts and asked
the court for a verdict, v dispensing
with the formality of a jury trial.
Juidge Adams found the defendant
guilty and imposed a' fine of $5 and
costs,, from which verdict an appeal
was taken to the Supreme Court.
Deaf and Dumb School.
There was a special session! of the
Council I of State, with Governor
Kitchin! Saturday to hear representa
tives of the North . Carolina State
School for the Deaf Dumb, Morgan
ton, , on a number of matters . per
taining to the school, particularly its
finances. The new primary building
is just being completed that was pro
vided for by the last Legislature.
It is costing $27,000 and is pronounced-
an exceptionally good build
ing for the amount it is costing. There
are now 244 children ' in the ! school
and Dr. Goodwin says this session
-is proving one of the' most - satis
factory they have ever- had., - '
NORTH STATE NEWS
Xtecui of State Interest Gathered ,
i and Told i Briet )
Internal -Revenue Collections. i
The Winston-Salem delegation who
went to w asnmgion to maKe a pun
for the i collector's office marshaled a
fine array: of figures. It was shows
nt the total internal revenue collec-
ted in the State last year was $5,150,
672 and of this sum the western dis-
trct paid $2,739,124 and the eastern
$2,41148. The ( fifth " congressional
district paid at Winston-Salem $2,-
437,560 ; Durham $1,941,065 and
''Beidsville $310,945, making a total ol
$4,689,570. The ! collections for the
entire State, outside of the fifth con
gressional district, amounted to $461,
102. Preacher Gave Bond.
The trial of Rev. R. L. Bane and
M. ; L. : Parker of .' Granite Quarry,
charged with burning the former's
store at that place in February, was
held before Esquire D. M. Miller, at
Salisbury, and both defendants gave
bond of $1,200 for their appearance
at the May term of Rowan superior
court. , ;
! Cave-In Kills Two.
While working in a 12-foot sewer
ditch in Greensboro, two ; negroes,
Sam 1 Gcrrell and Dewitt Johnson, lost
their lives when several tons of dirt
caved in upon them. Another labor
er, Tom Slade, had a narrow escape
but managed to get out of the ditch
after he had been partially buried
by the cave-in.
: Site For Children's Home.
C. G. Proctor, of East Durham,
has given a site of fifteen acres for
the $30,000 Children's Hpme $o h be .
built in that place. The county
offers to build a thirty-foot roadway
to it. ! Mr. Proctor, thoufh without
children, recently gave twenty-five
acres for the Pythian orphanage site,
lost by change from Durham to Clay.
ton.
Bill of $50,000 for Monuments, .
' Representative Morehead has in-
troanc6d"ir ilfjrc
monuments. Twenty-five thousand of
ihis sum is to be put in a statue to
General Nathaniel Greene, and the
remainder in . 1 1 monuments and tab-'
lets to the memory of other partici
pants: in the battle of Guilford Court
House." "
North Carolina's D. A. R. Delegate.
Mrs. F. S. Spruill has been ap
pointed as v the North Carolina ; dele-:
?ate . from the State associations to
the meeting of the National Colonial
Dames of America, which is to hold its
annual session in Washington ! City,
beginning April 27. j
Big Fire Loss at Fayetteville.
A fire swept several thouasnd
acres j near Fayetteville, and gave the
people within the fire swept territory
the fight of their life to save I their
houses from destruction. The ' ap
proximate loss is about $10,000.
Drug Store Tax Increased.
The license tax on drug stores for
whiskey prescriptions is increased
from $i25 a year to $500 by Raleigh
aldermen. Also license tax on i near
beer saloons from $250 to $500. j
Cotton Mill News at Rockingham.
Pee Dee mills No. 1 , and No. 2,
at Rockingham, will operate but four
days in each week in order to curtail
production. These mills manufacture
checks and plaids. v : c ...--. fr'..
'. Roberdel No. 1. will also run on"
short time. This mill manufactures
ginghams. "
Since the Hannah Pickett closed
down work has been commenced on
the new weave room, and it is thought
that it will be finished by fall, f
The new Entwistle mill is going up
rapidly and will be pushed with all
possible speed. - '
North. Carolina National Guard.
The North Carolina National Guard
Association ; closed its business ses
sion at Raleigh Thursday and at night
had the joys of a banquet at ( which
there ; were addresses by Governor
Kitchin, Commander-in-Chief bf the
State Guard ; Capt. M. C. Kerth, of
the United States Army, and Others.
Durham was selcted as the next
place of meeting. v ;v -
Penitentiary Guard 'Not Guilty.'
Not guilty was the verdict of the
jury in the case , of W. M. Dupree,
at Raleigh, tried on the charge of
having caused the death of Convict
George' Murphy, of Rowan county,
while as a guard in the penitentiary
he attempted to carry" out an order
to put Murphy in the dark: cell for
drunknjHss. Kiuston Tsdtt 'Near Beer."
At a meeting of the Kinstou board
of aldermen . an ordinance was pass-'
ed .without a' dissenting ;vote taxin
near-beer saloons $1,C00 a year and
also pyiding a stringent regulation.