VOL XV.
COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY MAY 12,1910.
NO. 52.
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i
Wording to Secretary Wilson, who
continually startling tne world
h the results of his scientific and
inonnc discoveries, rats nave De-
come a common article of
Sins iooa in ue mateis oi me
tts. East and Middle West: It is
not the ordinary variety of
lent to which the Secretary refers,
the muskrat. the meat of which
declares has become a staple arti
of human food. Nor does. Secre
y Wilson deprecate this custom,
the contrary, he apparently re-
tds the consumption of muskrats
food as a highly desirable .method
checking the rapacity of the Beef
list, for he announces that he Is
sparing to issue a bulletin furnish-
information on the best methods
increasing the supply. Members of
committee on- the cost of living
hemently assert that the recent
hsumption as food of two misslon-
es In the South Sea Islands had no
ation to the tariff or the high price
beef, but they will probably find it
re difficult to convince the public
t the consumption of muskrats as
d is not due to these causes. Hence
y have declined to attempt the fu
3 argument and have determined to
:ist Secretary Wilson in the dissem
ition of his conclusions as to the
ft of living.
After a long debate the Senate
sed the House bill providing for
establishment of a Bureau of
nes in me interior Department
The purpose of the bill
lr Bnreau is to provide such scien-
Mines. tlfic inquiries and inves
tigations as ' will , aid in
iking mining less wasteful of life
resources. One of the principal
ties of the new bureau will be to
cover the various causes of each
be of mine accidents and the best
feventive measures, to aid in the de-
Hopment of a uniform code of sig-
s for use In mine operations, etc.
e bureau will also collect data con
ning the best practices for safe and
cient mining . followed in other
Sentries. A number of amendments
re adopted., senator. Root-took a
bmvnent part' it. the debate. r He
d he realized he was in a hopeless
hority in opposing the bill, with
l i b i. m ... V.
e Deneuceat yuryuses jl wu;u uo
s heartily in accord. , He desired.
wever, to register a protest against
s effort toward the usurpation by
e rational liovernment ox iunc
Ins and prerogatives which belong
I the States. Realizing that the bill
puld pass. Mr. Root made; various
Ingestions to perfect its phraseo-
by. and did not ask for a roll calj
. its passage. - " i . ; .
Representative Nicholas Long-
prth is relating to his colleagues in
le House a nathetic tale which he
lis "the sorrows of a son-in-law.
Mr. Longworth declares
Arrows of a 'that ever since the an
bn-in-Law. nouncement or his en
gagement to the daugh
fr of President Roosevelt his every
terance has promptly been assumed
have been inspired by Mr. Roose-
lt. When the colonel went to
rica, however, Mr. Longworth
ers, he expected to get credit lor at
ast a little originality, but he ad
its his hope was baseless. He has
1st received a letter which reads, in
vt: ''Whenever you get off any
ling worth saying, which is mighty
Idom. we all know it is inspired by
kr distinguished f ather:ln-law, and
ost of your constituents congratu-
te you on the colonel's early return.
hen he lands on American soil you
ay expect us to read your speeches,
ft in the meantime yon 4 might as
jell 'save yourself the trouble of mail-
them." Mr. Longworth submits
fat the public life of the son-in-law
a sreat man is hardly worth tne
ing. - . ' ' V ":. '
It is not necessary to say that Col-
pel Roosevelt does not sympathize
fth the Taft-Ballingerfattitude tow-
a the policy of conservation. He nat
urally believes that the
ooseveltand orders he issued with
onservation. drawing from settle
ment considerable
eas of the public domain were legal
a require no ratification by uon-
ess, and that further withdrawals
ay be made bv the Executive with-
!t specific statutory authority. The
)1cy of awaiting legislative author
I ne regards as inimical to the broaa
P'icy of conservation, esnecially as
Pagress is loath to convey the need-
autuority to the Executive. oni
other hand. Mr. Roosevelt is aulte
enonsrh tn 'elva'tn those who
views opposed to his own credit
'rtheir entire sincerity.' He has long
erstood the extreme 'legal views
IUicri Mr. Taft entertained, even as a
ei&ber of the Roosevelt Cabinets He
t)flre harmony with the views of his
J- in t n O nnicA "V t Id nnraninff
moreover, it will not be a sur-
to Colonel Roosevelt if he . be-
pmes
satisfied that Mr. Pinchot,.In
xcess of his zeal, misunderstood
tsllir w iuicnur uuu was
s interpretation of the attitude of
LA .
r-v rw.w ,.r-., r
cannot be questioned
on recent private com
fictions.
OUSTED
TENNESSEE
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds State
Antitrust Law.
FIGHT STARTED IN YEAR 1907
Every Contention Made by the Oil
Company is Decided Against It
Merchants Were Bribed to Coun.
termand Orders.
"' -'
Washington, D. C The decree of
the Supreme Court of Tennessee oust
ing the Standard Oil Company of Ken
tucky from doing business in the
State of Tennessee was affirmed by
the Supreme " Court of the United
States.
"The proceedings were begun in
1907 under the Tennessee Anti-Trust
act. The charges against, the Stand
ard originated, from a transaction in
Gallatin, Tenn. - The Standard of
Kentucky had oil stored in tanks in
Tennessee, from which It obtained a
supply to serve merchants throughout
various sections of the State. The
EvansVille Oil Company, of Evans
ville, Ind., sent a salesman to Gallatin
to sell oil. He obtained orders,
whereupon the agent of the Standard
Oil offered to give the merchants ten
gallons of oil to a barrel to counter
mand their purchase orders from the
Evansville Oil Company. Four of
them accepted. .
The Standard and two of its agents
were indicted under the Anti-Trust
act. One of the agents was convicted,
but the Standard escaped punishment
on the ground that it could, not be
fined under the act, but could only be
ousted.. :V n
Ouster, proceedings were then be
gun against it, the charges being
based on the. Gallatin transaction.
The State courts issued an ousting
decree from which an apnea! was ta
ken to the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States.
This appeal was 'based on the argu
ment that the alleged criminal agree
ment, it it were an offense, was an of
fense, against the Federal law, the
Sherman Anti-Trust law; and not an
offense against the law? of Tennes
see; that the statute was unconstitu
tional, because it violated the equal
protectlofc and due-process clauses of
the ' Constitution; and because Che
statute of limitations was effective.
Justice Holmes announced the opin
ion of the court. All the contentions
of the company were disposed of fav
orably to the State.
In discussing the argument that the
Anti-Trust law as applied to this case
Interfered with interstate commerce.
Justice Holmes said:
"The present statute (the act of
Tennessee) deals with the conduct of
thirds persons, strangers to the busi
ness." It does not regulate the busi
ness. It is not even directed against
interference with that business spe-.
daily, but against acts of a certain
kind' that' the State disapproves in
whatever connection. The mere fact
that it may happen to remove an in
terference with commerce among the
States as well with the rest does not:
invalidate it. ; It hardly would be an
answer to an ; indictment of forgery
that the instrument forged was a for
eign bill of lading, or for assault and
battery that the person assaulted.was
engaged in peddling goods from an
other State."
HEIKE MUST STAND TRIAL.
Supreme Court Disallows Sugar Man's
- Immunity Plea at This Stage.
Washington, D. C. Charles R.
Heike, former secretary of the Ameri
can Sugar Company, will be compelled,
to stand trial on an indictment of
conspiracy to defraud the Government
out. of sugar customs. The Supreme
Court of the United States so decided.
Helke's trial was set for MajClO,
and upon request of Solicitor-General
Bowers the mandate of the court was
directed to be issued at once. This
will insure Helke's hearing on the
merits of his case. ; , ; , i
Heike claimed immunity from trial
because ho testified before a Grand
Jury at an anti-trust inquiry.
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$1,3'00,000 FACTORY FIRE.
3000 Men Thrown Out of Employ
ment in Pennsylvania Town. . -
Ford City, Pa. The "factory of the
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company? lo
cated here was destroyed by fire. .The
loss is estimated at $1,500,000. Out
of a population of 5000 in the com
munity 3000.men are thrown out of
employment, ; - ; ..
4The; fire . started in a; poiisning pn.
Q no men on'the 'night turn fled
for their lives. FirerfighUng neip
summonea ironi uwB"js 7T
nltles savea ine resiuunai uwuitw
from destruction.
HOOKWOMI DEATH IN VIRGINIA.
A 15-Year-Old Boy Reported as the
J First Victim in That State. -i
Newport News, Va. The first death
In Virginia reported to have been
caused by the hookworm disease was
f Tamps R. SheDDard, a fifteen-
vAar-old boy.- He had been suffering C
for many, months and showed all the
symptoms of ,,r being afflicted with
' hookworm. '.y- -'s " . -i
Health authorities and citizens are
being fitirred.to more action in-pent-'ing
the mysterious malady, and the
SUte Board will begin ' systematic
work against it; ' .- - ' , -
ST
AfiDARD
FROM
E TAX MEASURE LOST
New York Assembly Fails to In
l dorse fay One Vote. , o
Perkins Changes Front FriencJ of
" Hughes, Previously Against Reso-'.
lution, Acts In Its Favor. .
Albany, "N. Y. The Murray reso
lution pledging the Empire State, the
incomes of .whose citizens equal the
aggregate of .those of all, the other
States combined, to the Federal in
come tax amendment, died in the As
sembly, receiving; seventy-five votes,
one less than the required majority,
to sixty-seven in the negative.
H The vote was upon & motion to re
consider the vote of two weeks ago,
when the measure failed of passage
by seventy-four to sixty-eight. While
parliamentary procedure would per.
xnlt the resolution to be brought up
again, its most ardent advocates con
cede that it has not a shadow of hope
ot passing in this session.
Assemblymen Delano and E. Young,
Republicans, and Friend, Democrat,
who voted aye when the resolution
first was considered, changed to the
negative. Assemblymen Perkins and
Roberts, Republicans, changed from
negative to afflrtnative. Assembly
men Hearn, Rozan, Wendo,, A. J.
Levy and Graubard, all Democrats, -
voted aye. They were absent at the
first roll call. Absentees were CF.
Brown, Gar fein, MacDonald, Parker
and W. G. Miller, Republicans; Ger
hardt and Herrick; Democrats. For
mer Lieutenant-Governor Chanler,
Shortt and Friend were the only Dem
ocrats recorded in the negative.
' One of the striking Incidents of the
debate on the proposition was a
speech by Assemblyman Perkins, of
Broome, who fathered the anti-oral
bookmaking bill in the House and
was counted i as one of Governor
Hughes' stanchest supporters. '
"When this resolution was consid
ered on this floor a fortnight ago,"
Perkins explained, "I voted against it.
But deeper consideration of the ques
tion In all its aspects, general and le
gal; has convinced me that apart from
all considerations of party it is my
duty as an American to give it my
hearty support. : I am proud of the
privilege of changing my vote from
the negative to the affirmative."
Stung by: the taunts of Minority
Leader iFrisbie and other Democrats
that tbtJfsdership of the Assembly
is out "of tune with the policies of
President, Taft, Republican 'Leader
Merritt said:
"It makes no difference to me what
the President advocates. We are not
here to legislate for the Federal Gov
ernments We are here in the service
of the great State 'ot New York, and
for one I refuse absolutely and em
phatically to do anything that in my
judgment threatens to violate the
rights of its citizens and the integrity
of its institutions. They call it an
emergency measure. That emergen
cy is the opportunity it gives the Na
tional Government to fatten at the ex
pense of New Yojk State." .
WESTON ENDS LONG TRAMP.
Welcomed by Mayor Amid Cheering
Throng That Packs City Hall Park.
New York City.- Edward Payson
Weston ended his 3500-mile ocean-to-ocean
tramp here. Twelve days
ahead of his schedule of ninety days
for the transcontinental jaunt Weston
shook hands with Mayor Gaynor, who
smilingly greeted the seventy-one-year-old
pedestrian in the City Hall
vestibule, and received from him - a
letter addressed to the Mayor by
Mayor George Alexander, of LogA.n
geles. - ;.
"You left there at 4 o'clock on
February 1," . said Mayor Gaynor,
"and you reached us at 3.10 o'clock
to-day; that's marvellous. , You are a
benefactor of the human race, teach
ing people the good of the open air
and the common sense of taking plen
ty of exercise. J Xf - people generally
would ' imitate your good example
they'd live to be a hundred years
old . 1,
STAND ARb OIL FINE STANDS.
Court of Appeals Sustains View, That
Company Acepted Rebates. :
New York City. The Standard
Oil Company of New York lost on ap
peal in the Government's suit against
it for violation of the Elkins law.
The case was tried by jury at Buffalo.
The jury found against .the company
'and a fine of $20,000, with costs,-was
imposed. That verdict was afiirmed
by the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals here . in an opinion written
by Judge Noyes. j ; "
The' indictment of. forty counts
charged the, acceptance of a conces
sion or rebate from .the published
tariffs on shipments between Olean,
N. Y., and places in" Vermont. The
allegations involved the Pennsylvania
. Railroad and the New York Central,
which, it is charged, unlawfully trans
ported oil at a rate under the pub
lished rate. ' The defendant company
knowingly accepted the rebate.
JUDGE BARTLETT IS DEAD.
Stricken Witii Apoplexy at Club, He
'VyU ;?tsank:-Steadily. ; - u
Albany, N. Y. Judge Edward T,
Bartlett, of the Court of Appeals,
died at the Albany: Hospital after an
illness of three days. , Judge Bartlett
suffered a stroke of apoplexy while
dining in the' Albany Club; and failed
gradually until the end.'
Judge Bartlett came or New Eng
land ancestry, his father having been
a physician in New Hampsnire. .
CO
U; S. STEEL GO. SETS ASIDE
80ipifi:PEHS!iS
Carnegie's $4,000,000 Combined
15 With It to Aid Employes.
TWELVE TRUSTEES ARE
NAMED
New Plan Follows, Increase of Wages
1 by Corporation and Liability In
snrance The Officials j Oppose
. Closed Shop taxd Fear Gompers.
y--- - .-'-.!?-.-'v., - -
New York xCity. Another step by
the United States Steel Corporation to.
care for its employes wa3 announced
here. The big copipany has estab
lished a pension fund of 58,000,000,
which will be consolidated with a sim
ilar fund of $ 4,0 Q 0,0 00 established
by Andrew - Carnegie several years
ago. The pensions are to i be dis
tributed among pemanently disabled
and superannuated employes of the
corporation. if f "
E. H. Gary, chairman of the Steel
Corporation, gave, out the follbwing
statement concerning the pension
fund: i , ,' ;;lir . "
"The United States Steel Corpora
tion has established a-fund of $8,
000,000 for pension purposes,; which,
by agreement Withi'Andrew Carnegie,
will-be consolidated wih the $4,000,
000 fund heretofore created by him.
The aggregate amount will be known
ts 'The United States Steel and Car
negie Pension Fund ' and the net pro
ceeds will be administered by a board
of twelve trustees for the benefit of
employes of all subsidiary companies
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion. Eight of the trustees have been
appointed by the corporation and four
by Mr. Carnegie." i
, The eight trustee appointed by the
Steel Corporation are E. H. ( Gary,
George Wv Perkins J. H. Reed, An
drew Squire, J. H. Hoyt, K. K. Knapp,
R. C. Boiling and Frank D. Adams.
Those - appointed by Carnegie are
Charles L. Taylorj W. B. Dickson,
Robert A. Franks arid H. E. Tener, Jr.
S tf-In the last month the Steel Cor
poration has maddj three important
announcements concerning plans for
th benefit of its employes. On April
14 last Gary told of steps taken to
provide increased tages for the em-
pioyes w men wouidj call lor an added
expenditure ; of -about $ 9,0 0 0i0 Q 0 a
yearfor" tne corporation. Practically
all those increases in wages went into
Operation at the beginning of this
month. . . ;
! On April 15 the corporation an
nounced the adoption of a plan for
the' relief of employes injured and
the families of men killed in work
accidents. . . i f '-, ,. .. l
i Other methods hive been used-by
the corporation to yvin loyalty from
its employes. Each rear the company
provides bonuses tpr employes, be
sides giving them the privilege ot in
vesting in its stock! ,lt is generally
expected in-financial circles that the
effect of the steps taken to aid the
employes will be anhmportant: factor
in defeating the fight of Samuel Gom
pers to establish unions in the Steel
Corporation's shops - !
; The officials of the -corporation have
been opposed to closed shops consist
ently ;and are doing ill In their, power
to build up a faithful following of
employes wlo will not listen to offers
from the trade unioa men. i
WRECK OF MAINE 0 BE RAISED.
Senate Passes the Bill Directing Bur
ial of Bodies in! Arlington.
Washington, D. G. After twelve
years the ill-fated battleship Maine is
to be removed from ihe Havana har
bor, and the bodies which went down
with the vessel will be buried in the
National Cemetery in Arlington.
! A bill providing for such removal
and burial, which had passed the
House, .was passed by" the Senate. '
The bill' directs, th raising of the
vessel by the Secretary of War and
the Board of Engineers with "all con
venient speed." 7 The bodies In the
ship are to be buried Ip. Atlington and
the mast lifted above. their graves as
a monument. .'ii-.' ! - --
PUT. DRESSES ON CONACTS.
Prisoners in Georgia garbed in Moth
er Hnbbards to Prevent Escapes.
Rome; Ga.- All th0. male convicts
of Floyd County have been garbed in
Mother Hubbards by order of ;.the
county commissioners! j
This action was taken because of
the numerous escapes! recently. The
convicts bitterly opposed -the change,
but authorities found; jmeans to ; make
them don .the Mother Hubbards, and
so clothed they were put to work on
the streets: ; V '
SENATETPASSES PENSION BILL.
v-Sfla.--
Senator Scott, inXharge, Says 31,000
. - Veterans Died inthe Year, 'l
Washington; D. C.4-In- less than
fifteen minutes' time - the Senate con
sidered and passed the. Pension Ap
propriation bill, carrying about $155,
000,000. -.
1- Senator Scott,1 who was in charge
of the bill; stated that henceforth
there would be a rapid falling off in
the amount required for the payment,
of pensions. - He said $1,000 pension
era had died last year.? . i ;
. Sunday Ball Permitted. i
. The bill permitting Sunday" base
ball where no admission ' fee' Is
I charged, was passed by the Assembly,
at Aipany, in. x, - a .
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
News Notes Gathered From AH
Parts of the oid North State.
Monument to Confederate Dead.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
ef Rockingham county have recently
succeeded in raising $2,000 for the
erection of a Confederate monument
in the town of Reidsville to be dedi
cated to the Confederate soldiers who
went from that county. A very hand
some and attractive monument has
been purchased and is now in Rich
mond, Va. It has been donated to
the town and is iiow its property, and
the town, through the mayor and
board or iaidermen, has provided a
suitable place for its erection at the
interesection of two oi the principal
streets.
: It is desired, td have the monument
shipped at once and without cost to
the town. The Southern Railway
Company,i it is understood, has very
kindly consented to transport it free
of chargeJ
Preacher Brings Damage Suit.
Alleging malicious slander hat
was intended to destroy .his influence
as a minister of the Gospel, Rev. Pj
G. Elsom, ; pastor of Evangel Baptist
church, Raleigh, instituted suil
against the Bank of Orange, Hills-
boro, and ! its cashier, Paul Collins.)
asking in each of the two suits $10,-
000 damages.
The. special' grievance is that Cash
ier Collins charged that he drew a
draft on the Bank of Orange fraud
ulently, knowing that he had no
funds there. One of the expressions
that the plaintiff charges Cashier Col-
lms with
having used in def amine
him was, Where is that preachei
wuu preacuea inai -cnicKens v come
? lo ?sl V. coa nav m Put
Boilershop ' at Spencer for Southern.
A huge new boilershop for the
Southern Railway Co. will be built at
Spencer. Bids for the erection of
the building will be ooened in Wash
ington May 10 and it is expected that
thp. rontrnpf. -will h awn Afv
20. Building will be 100x208 feet:
two stories hi??h. constructed of the
hest brick LanH . st.ppl matprial on ' cnn. l
tipH with the -hpat mndPTTi m npi
and appliances
shops.
known to railroad
Artificial Eye Exploded.
An accident peculiar in its nature;
happened to Mr. Jake Isenour, a ma
chinist employed at the Spencer
shops. He has an artificial eye and
had been suffering some in that sidej
of the face and .was in Salisbury toi
see Dr. Brawley, the eye specialist
and as he ascended the stairway lead-jl
vvj iuc o uuuwaii
eye burst with a loud report. ForH
tunately no injury was inflicted and
mr. isennour was given, attention lor
ms previous trouble.
Mr. Newton Institutional Clerk.
A change is to take place in the
office of the State Treasurer on the
oiivccum ui wuo iuuiii.il hucu jxli. .
W. Newman will succeed Mr. Percy
B. Fleming , as institutional clerk.
Mr. Fleming has held the position
for a long number of years and he re
signs it to accept a position in an
insurance office.
Two New Charters.
The Confederation of Red Men, Inc.,
has received a charter without cap-
ital stock for the purpose of promoting
social, literary and fraternal rela
tions between the Croatan Indians of
Robeson county.; Another charter is
for the Industrial Christian College,
located 8 miles out from Kingston,
capital $50,000. , .
AndV Its Conimissioner Brown.
Henry Clay Brown received Friday
alternoon a commission from Govern
nor Kitchin I to succeed the late B.
F. Aycock as corporation 1 commis
sioner.
Police of Fayetteville "Hoodooed."
Chief of -Police 'Monaghan of Fay
etteville', while attempting to arrest
store Sf W. C. Clark, was shot
through the arm and the waist of his
coat but not seriously hurt. One of
the men escaped but the other was
captured. He proved to be Will Me
Milhan, a lineman of the Western
Union Telegraph Co.
T. P. A. 's rioTrrishing.
Mr. James J. Norman of 'Winston-
Salem was unanimously elected presi-
dent of the Travelers' Protective AjU
sociation of North CaroUna at. the
State meeting, at Winston-Salem.
The next State convention will be
held : in Raleigh. ; The organization
is in a flourishing condition.
Whiskey Tax Lowered. :
Raleigh aldermen changed back to
$125 a year from $500 the license tax
on drug stores for filling prescriptions
containing alcphol or whiskey, stipuat-
ing that the prescription records of
drug I stores having such license must
be subject to inspection by the chief
NORTH STATE MS
Itemj of State Interest Gathered
and Told in Brief.
Patriotic Women at Work. .
The North Carolina Federation: of
Women 's I Clubs ' in convention ? at
Henderson, after a remarkably ef
fective address by Dr. W.; $. Rankin,
Secretary , of the State Board of
Health, voted to organize a Publio
Health Department, the most import
ant movement taken by the Federation
in its eight vears of patriotic activi-"
ties. Mrs. W. R. Hollowell. of
Goldsboro, president of the , North,
Carolma Woman's. Betterment Asso
ciation, declared in an extemporan
eous speech that "the Question of
public health takes precedent over
every other question in North Caro
lina."
After
Dissolved Corporations.
Strenuous campaign is being wag-
ed by the
Secretary of State, in con
nection with the corporations divis
ion of the department, for compelling
stockholders of corporations an the
State that are not actively in business
to comply with the law as to official
dissolutions. This carries with it
payment into the State , Treasury of
a $5 tax and a $3 fee. The law pro
vides that the State can recover this
.tax and fee from any stockholder in
a defunct corporation.
.1
Charlotte Millitary Co. Disbanded.
Declared I to be below the standard
of efficiency required, the Adjutant
General Thursday issued special or-
der No. 51 1 which disbands and mus
ters out . of service Co. D, First In-i
vr r j .i
This is a result of the recent inspec-
tion.made of the North Carolina Na-
tional Guard.
Near-Beer Tax $2,000 at Spencer.
The board of aldermen of East
Spencer is up in arms against near-
beer and at a recent meeting. placed
the license I tax at ' $2,000' per annum.!
lhis was an increase from $25 and
the step wis taken at the instance of
5- 9' A Holderby, pastor ol
Mast apencer Methoajst church.
I , , i-. New Canning Concern.
I A certificate of -incorporation haff
ueen meu py iue moreueaa ity can
ning Co., to be located at Morehead
City.- The
authorized ; capital stock
is $10,000,
but the company will be
gin the business of canning sea food
and farm products with a paid in
capital of $525.
i if. L i ii w . .
wnence mi am i onr Jt iea.
On Saturday at Carthage Virgil
Jones, an aired neffro'. who was thought
to be dead, was prepared for burial.
uusi as ne was aooui. to ue put into 4i
coffin, he came to and asked for a
drink of water. The large crowd of
i negroes who were present became ter
ribly frightiened and all save four fled.1
Red Men; at Elizabeth City 1911.
Representatives from Edenton and
) Elizabeth City extended an invitation
i iu me oraer ior tne next meetmer on
the Great Council of North Carolina
delegates. (Elizabeth City was chosen
as the place for the next meeting,
which will be held the fourth Wednes
day in Mai, 1911.
Medicine Men's Annnal Meeting.
The North Carolina Pharmaceuti
cal Association meets in the Selwvn
&bJ" . J?
macy meets in the same place on the
6th and 7th for the examination of
applicants for license ; to oractice
rnrnitnre Factory Burned.
The Ramseur- Furniture Factory,
located at Ramseur,1 was r entirely de
stroyed by $re Wednesday, the fire
originated inj the dry kiln. The loss
is about - $80,000 with insurance of.
$25,000. ,
Senator Simmons on -Wickersham.
Attorney General Wickersham . is
not only wrong in his contention that
the present prices of cotton are ex-
fessively high, but he is positively
his position i? wholly untenable," ac-.
cording to Senator Simmons, of North
Carolina, who made a vigorous pro
test against the movement of cotton
downward and of other commodities
upwards, in the United States Senate.
The Scottish Society of America.
The committee having in charge the
annual meeting of "The 'Scottish So-
C1.e f America," which will meet
at Red Springs May . 18th. desirim? to '
have v, as' full attendance as possible, vl
have appointed committees, which are i
requested to meet at their respective .
Places on May lUth, and organize
subordinate societies, and let these
societies attend "en masse" the meet- . '
ing to be held May 18th. Special I
seats will be reserved in the auditor
ium for each society, and each society
is requested to have a banner with
the ; name ' of theip society i inscribed ,
on w. '
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