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A: r -- " - i - 4 My 1 'til' IK rhrae Cents ttfo Copy. hv,' INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price. $1.00 Per Year In Atftfcscx VOL X VI. COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1910. NO. 6. . ." v" i ' 1p iSID RENOWNED TO 3rdial Reception Given to first Gtizen of America SPEECH OF A PATRIOT Lnssnds of Friends and Admirers fWMV of the Ex-President Demonstrate Xheir' J3y When He Comes Back Home-Gladness of., the Mighty Man Expressed Just Like a Boy. Summary of Tour Made by Roosevelt. March 2, 1909 Sailed from New York on the S. S. Hamburg accompanied by his son Kermit and members of the Smithsonian Institution expedition.- April 4, 1909 Arrived at Naples. April 5, 1909 Embarked on S. Admiral for Mombassa. April 21, 1909 Arrived at Mombassa, terminus of Vganan- da railway, where they started for Nairobi. April 24, 1909 Spent first night undsr canvas at Kupiti Plains. April . 26, 1909 Established f cainp at Nairobo . and plunged into jungle. December 18, 1909 LeftNairobi on the second stage for journay into interior of Africa by cara- van. February 17, 1910 Arrived at , Gondokoro, after completing hunt i in Belsiian Congo. February 26, 1910 Hunting , expedition practically over. Party. March 11, ,1910 Arrived at Renk, Vaere the; ,partyJboardsJ. ler for voyage down i to Khartoum. ir,u oi mi ft ri "D velt meets his wife and daughter w in'ivDartoum. - Ma i eh 24, 1910 Reaches Cario, where he stayed one' week and w-r,,J 4.1 "KT i. I 1 .- A March 30, 1910 Sailed from Alexandria,- Egypt. April 2, 1910 Arrived at Naples. April 3, 1910 Makes public correspondence in which he re- fused audience at the Vatican. Arrives in Rome. April 12. 1910 Meets Gifford Piachot in Italy. April 14, 1910 Entertained by la;peror Franz Josef. . April 23, 1910 Delivers lee- ture at Sorbonne in Paris May 4, 1910 Delivers Nobel prize at Christiania. May 20, 1910 rReceives degree of . 'doctor - of philosophy.' - May 10. 1910 Meets Emoeror WilLelm of Gprmanv. - May 12 Delivers lecture at Berlin universitv. Receives de- ?ree of doctor of philosophy. May 2D Acts as special am- bassallor- of the U. S. to the funeral r.f TCin V.Axvara VTT. May 20 TJeceii-es desree of - o Qoc'tor . of laws from Cambridge university. , May 31 Receives freedom of c'ity of London and delivers fa- tttous Guild hall speech. ' June 7. 1910 Delivers last European lecture at Oxford uni- t vers.it y and receives degree of uocior oi civil law. , Jwie 10, 1910 Sailed for liome on Kaiserin Auguste Vic- tori a. - ' .June 18, 1910 Arrived in New York. hundred thousand welcomes. I eo'.ikl weep, -Hi uld laugh! I am light and heavy; welcome; -4 curse begin at every root of his Cat is not 'dad to see thee! . J7 . I-aks.: Coriolanus, act 2 sc. 1. York. Sneftial. "This hnts ili,a and Kurone said Col. Then-- .0re -Rcosevelt-as he stepped briskly UP t h e w.wi.uKi.u.ii tu i lie taigci tut- A 1 rl cncn:. !i 1 "Muowjjm, as u lay ull uuar- ar'lin(... ' bout and a cheA . en-MtaA flie , 1 vo,ue as ne came aboard tne droscrimn anA TOo J 1 -ru-fcci i . .... airman Cornelius Culprit PIU-x tt i . Pel . v luru n. uary, oi ine corporation, -and scores of men anient lnent in the '"world of finanee, Atrial the i pouwes, -wno composed RETURNS I veu, this is just bully," con- ROOSEVELT HIS NATIVE LAND turned the colonel, -who, with his silk hat in hand, was soon engulfed in a swarm of admiring friends and poli tical associates, who hastened him to the after deck of the Androscog- ! gin,ywhere the first reception of the day was held. Chairman Vanderbilt presented Mr. Roosevelt with a wel coming medal on behalf of the city of Neyp York, and Mr. Roosevelt re plied: "I can't tell you hovr deeply I apprecite this welcome. To Captain Crosby, of the Rough Riders, who introduced him to the reception committee as the various members- passed, he said: "This is just the land of thin- I expected. I am so pleased. This is all so fine and niagniiieent," mean while waving his hat at a fleet of steam yachts and , vessels, the rau cous cries of whose steam whistles nearly drowned his words. Gen. George W. Wiaats, who is a distant cousin of the sirdar of Egypt, was warmly we'.cpmed by the returning hunter, who, seizing . Gen eral Wingate by the hand, said: "By, George I The sirdar Wd me to be sure to give you h'.s regards Jacob Rils, one of the colonel's closest friends, was seized by both hands, Roosevelt saying: "Oh, Jake, I'm so mighty glad to see you. I had a delightful revel in Denmark. In fact, I had a delight- iui time all around." v The welcoming committee set up a p'eat shout when Dr. hynmn Ab bott, editor of The Outlook, with which Colonel Roosevelt is now asso ciated, stepped forward and grasped Mr. Roosevelt's hand. Colonel Roose- velt sarted a laugh by saying: " Well, by George, partner, this is the real thing," whereupon some one in the rear cried : "Don't talk circulation," and Mr. Roosevelt quickly taking advantage of the point, cried aloud: "Well, may be you think we are getting up a pink sheet sporting supple ment. ' ' To former Secretary of the Treas ury the colonel said : "Oh, George, this is just fine of you to come out here and meet me." A young student of the University of California stepped up to the ex hunter, who greeted him, saying: "You ought to be here to welcome me. I have given an elephant to youi university and all I can say is it ii not white. Congressman William S. Bennet, of Brooklyn, as he stepped up to grasp the hands of Colonel Roosevelt, was drawn close while the hunter said: "I got something to say to you. but I can't say it before these news paper men . k "Oh, this is just fine,' V said Col onel Roosevelt as he edged his waj through the crowded companionwaj to the deck, where he was escorted tc the grand stand at the battery, where Mayor Gaynor officially welcome 1 him. - When Roosevelt' met the Rough Riders at the battery he arose in his , carriage and called out to. them : "I certainly . love all my boys. " Roosevelt's Responsive Speech. Replying to iMayor Gaynor 's speech of welcome, Colonel Roose velt said: "I thank you, Mayw Gaynor. Thrpugh you I thank youi committee and through them I wis! to thank the American people foi their greeting. I need hardly say 1 am most deeply moved by the recep tion given T me. No man could re-, ceive such a greeting without being made to feel both very porud anc very' humble. , '. - "I have been away a year ands quarter from America and : I : have seen strange and , interesting thingf alike in the heart of, the frowning wilderness and in the capitals of tht mightiest and most highly polishec of civilized nations. I have through ly enjoyed myself and now I ami mort glad than I can say to get home to be back in my own country, back among people I loye. And I tan ready and eager to do my part s( far as I am able in helping solvt problems which must be solved if we oi this, the greatest democratic re public upon which the sun has evei shone, are to see its - destinies ris to the high level of our hopes anc its opportunities. - . ! "This is the duty of every citizen but it is peculiarly my duty, for ani man who has ever -been honored by being made president of the Unitec States is thereby forever after ren dered the debtor of the Americai people and is bound throughout hi: life to remember, this as his primi obligation, and in private life at much as in public life so to conduc himself that the American peoph may never have cause to feel regrei that once they placed him at theii head." WILL FIGHT IN NEVADA Jeffries and Johnson Decide to Leave California San Francisco, Special. Promoter! Rickard definitely announces that tht Jeffries and Johnson fight will b held in Nevada, July 4. RickarVi said that a , number of "big men" had been working hard to help him secure the battle for San Francisco, but Sunday. night they de finitely informed him that there was no chance. Lightning Follows Gov. Ansel. , Louisville, Ky., Special. Governors of four States had narrow escapes Sunday while riding from Versailles to Frankfort in an automobile when lightning tvriee struck near them Those who were in ths party includ ing Governor Hadley of Missour. and 'wife;-Governor Stone of Arizona Governor Ansel of South Carolina and Governor Willson of Kentucky and his wife. At one point the light-, ning struck a railroad rail and sparks were thrown over them. Square Deal for Shipper and R. R, Washington, Special. In , talking with a delegation of shippers repre senting the entire country, who call ed to congratulate him upon ,his course in the recent railroad negotia tions and in preventing increase in freight rates, president Taft again expounded the doctrine of the square deal. He told the (shippers that unless the railroads were given a fair profit it would affect the ship ping interests. He declared that tht prosperity of the shippers and tht carriers must' be mutual and thai neither could move ahead without the other. Foht Hundred Religious Workers. Montreat, NT C, Special. The leaders in the religious life of tat colleges of the South gathered Fri day 400 strong at Montreat for a ten days' conference upon the re ligious problems of college men. Prac tically every Y. M. C. A. in ever Southern college was represented b? a strong delegation. Dr. Henry N. Snyder, president oi Vofford College at Spartanburg, S. C, lectured upon ' ' The Appeal of the Bible.". " Cannot Block Legislation Now. Washington, Special. The Hous has adopted a new rule by which 8 majority of its membership may al any time recall from a committee any bill or resolution referred to ii and place the measure upon the cal endar for consideration. " Advocates of the new rule claim that it wili effectually prevent the pigen-holding of any proposed legislation whicl has the approval of a majority oj the House. The adoption of the -new rule was by a unanimous vote. Exposition Contestants Disappointed Washington, Special. San Fran cisco and New Orleans, which have been engaged in a spirited contest before congress'for the honor of hold ing the ihter-national celebration oi the opening of the Panama canal in 1915, are doomed to disappoint ment as far as legislation at - this session is concerned. At least thai is the almost unanimous opinion oi those who have knowledge of tht subject. A. C. L. Working, for South. Wilmington, N. C, . Special. Th Atlantic Coast Line Railroad com pany announces the testablishment of an agricultural and immigration department for the States of North and South Carolina and Virginia. The agent will have his headquarters! in Wilmington. E. N. Clark of A1-. bany, Ga., .who has been connected with the Coast line for the past 31 years - has been named as agent in charge of the bureau and wi!l: as sume his duties Monday. " ; 7 '; VARNER ON GOOD ROADS One of the most striking and help ful addresses deliverd- at the Wrightsvi lie p3each session of the North Carolina Good Roads Associa tion and the - North Carolina Press Association, on June 9th) was that of Mr. H. B. Varner, editor of Southern Good Roads! Lexington; j- N. C, in which he told how the press may help in the good roads movement, which is now well nigh universal, j Mr. Varner said in part: Mr. President, Brethren of the Press ' and Good Roads Enthusiasts: Giving an illustration -of the truth of his obesrvation by citing a num ber 0f articles of local! interest and importance contained in 'an issue of a country weekly, editor Clarence H. Poe, of Thp Progressive Farmer, re cently wrote very aptly, I think as follows:. i ' There is hardly any more grati fying-development in the South today than the tendency of our newspapers to give less attention to faraway is sues and theories and more attention to the big, vital, throbbing problems of building up the counties and towns m which they are located that God riven task to which they are called." This is indeed gratifying, and the tendency, apparent to jail who review the scores of newspapers, of the State, is making itself more and more mani fest The papers, weekly and daily, are giving more space td homo topics, a discussion of which I makes for im provement and progress, than ever before. This is; especially true of the weekly, which has too often wasted space on subjects of no immediate concern to its readers.' Jvery live weekly today carries editorial com ment and news stories , on such sub jects as more corn ancLwheat to the acre, crop rotation results some far mers have obtained. ' . Macadam cannot be secured in all counties -at the present, and there re mains then-the graveLjroad and the san d-elay;Toad,.bot h. s ervic &able types and inexpensive. ; And finally, where; H. B. VARIiTEE, Eclitcr North Carolina Good Roads . Magazine, Lexington. ; - 5-t i . . there ! is no immediate' opening for any .considerable road improvement, j we think that one of the most attrac tive, direct opportunities of the press to aid th'e good roadst movement in North; Carolina todaylas to educate the people to the value of an ab surdly simple ,yet wonderfully effec tive invention, known as the split log drag. I Few communities can afford to build permanent stone roads, and for years I to come . dirt roads must be used in most of Carolina territory. This being so, the problem of good roads in the majority of our counties resolves itself into the proposition of making dirt roads as good as possible,-at the smallest expanse. Here is where; the drag comes ! in. It is ex tensively used in the? West, where miserably bod roads have been trans formed into boulevards at practically no expenditure of money. In the South; strange to say, the people have not taken hold of the idea. North Carolina papers have published quite '3 T 4 lP 1 i. Al : a good deal about -it j.v but there is much more to be said of it, and con stant hammering on the subject, is bound! to bring the drag into general use. There is an abundance of liter ature ion the theme, meaty and con vincing, and it should be used liber ally by the press. ; .The Saturday Evening Post carried an article, May 7th, that ought to be J reproduced in every weekly newspaper in the State, and, I am glad to say,:; was in several. The government office of public roads gladly; furnishes special articles about the drag, as it does about road mak ing inl general. I am 'convinced that when the farmers of the State once take hold of this method of road im. provement, they will be astonished at the power it possesses for perform ing miracles, and wjH wonder why they endured bad roads so many years when within their, reach there was such an inexpensive, .yet thoroughly effective means for making their, com - xnon dirt roads veritable boulevards. , , - -.. , ' A weekly paper in any county can start a gord roads revolution by htading an effort to have a number of such drags built. Get the merchants of the town to contribute. The drags cost about, two dollars each. Select a road leading into town for experi ment. Get the farmers living on it to agree to drag, say, a mile leach. In a short time a good road, properly shaped, crowned and drained, results, and the whole county has been edu cated and rvmced. Sometimes I think that the drag and this little ptjm of o-opcration have not been tken hold of m our State ; just be cause the whole thing is so simple and inexpensive. The press ought to begin a livety campaign for the plan, because it is the only possible way for road improvement in some coun ties for years to come. It stands midway between the unimproved road and macadam, and serves its purpose well. There are various ways of; creating road sentiment and in bringing about road improvements without; money, one simple expedient being j to have the county commissioners set apart certain days for road work by all hands, designating such days; as good roads days. This.was tried in David son county last summer with most excellent results. The commissioners named three days in July and called on the people to turn out and work the roads. Fifteen hundred! citizens answered the call and gave tho public roads such a thorough working that it was said that more was done dur ing those three days than had been done on the roads in ten years. The Davidson county commissioners think so well of the idea that they have set apart July 28th, 29th arid 30tb, as good roads days in Davidson coun ty, and the roads will again receive a much needed working. Proposed highways connecting dis tant towns should receive instant and hearty encouragement at the hands of the press, for the time is coming when JSorth Carolina will be trayers ed in every direction by such roads, and they will prove a tremendous fac tor in the development of the com monwealth. They will not only ac complish what a good road always does for those who live -along its course, but" these hKrhwavsTwill at tract tourists from abroad,' and that. means a largely increased money cir culation. It is said that in one small resort in New England last summer as much as $6,000 a day was spent by automobile tourists drawn thither from many States by alluring roads which penetrated a territory rich in scenic attractions. And the country weekly in taking the lead in the improvement of the farm and the roads connecting it with the market becomes a force for the upbuilding of the whole country with all its diversified interests, be cause the farm is the foundation of the republic and it is through agricul tural evolution . that real, lasting prosperity and greatness will come. If the farmers, are in good shape, so is the country as a whole, and the reverse is likewise true. The condi tion of the highways is of vital inter est to the farmers and has a far reaching influence on their business. Community after community; has shown that good roads contribute to the prosperity of the farmer and to his wealth, and in aiding the I good roads movement, the press is thereby adding to the assets of the country. In arguing the road question, it seems to me that it wo'uld be wise to urge the construction of high-class roads for the main highways, j Like the amiesite road, a costly but en during type of construction that will bear any sort of traffic from automo biles down. Next to that stands the ordinary macadajm, and while it too is expensive, yet. the press in urging good roads should not fail to hold up always the ideal of the best roads p6sible. I have yet to see a newspaper fail that labored for the people. You may undertake a movement that is prompted by selfishness, by a desire to extend your circulation and make you money, and yet if you are at the same time doing something for tne j uplift of your country, you are doing much more than; laboring for your- self, and the results will justify! any. ( . i 1 . Ti ining you may ao. ai you -wage a strenuous campaign for good roads in your county you j are working! foT yourself. The man who does good in this world is sure to be rewarded. I know of a certain gentleman who) began life with a contract written out with God Almigty as party .of the second part, in which it was agreed that if the efforts of the party of the first part prospered, he would j help the poor and do all he could for the material betterment of the people about him. That man today, is! rich. He has kept hisj word and his tract, he has done "inestimable con good in the world j he has carried newideas and education to many, . alleviating human suffering and squalor, beauti fied barren places ' an.d has done a I ll 3 J. ! tl.i. Ala A inousanu ;, anu : uue miug?, xiuxiij uio- tributing free flower seed to exploit- xag a country wnere victims qi me great white plague may nnd hox)e. and 1 yet he has made money for himself, I and has what is more than wealth the satisfaction" .'of knowing that he did what he could to make this world better than he found it. The labors of the press are largely performed with this same spirit. Countless acts are, done by the newspaper man, for which he neither gets nor expects to get anything whatever, not even thanks, but he finds pleasure in the work. This good roads question is out ranked in importance by no othei question. In it is bound up the hap piness and progress and , prosperity of the country. The press can lay its hands on nothing that will re dound more to the welfare of the peo ple than the cause of good roads, and it mUst answer to the fullest degree the call that duty makes. With good roads North Carolina will be immeas urably bigger and better and greater, and all other improvements will be added to this improvement. The South with good roads will be a greater South,; and the seers tell us through a Greater South will come , the Greater Nation. THE NEWS MINUTELY TOLD The Heart of Happenings Carvel From the Whole Country. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's engagement ring ii in pawn; she is living in a flat; she can't pay her tailor bills. Secretary Davis , of the National Farmers' Union announces that the next ; convention of the union , would be held at Charlotte, September 16, 1910. j i ! Th latest move to secure more' revenue for the railroads .is a plan to charge an excess fare for all pas sengers riding in Pullman and parlor cars, ' " . I !"''- The German Government ordered an investigation of the flood conditions in the valley of the1 river Ahr, where between 200 and 250 people have been drowned. j Death caused : by a rattlesnake bite ended nearly a week of torture en--dured through religious fanaticism by Oliver Pugh, 60 years! old, of Zion City. IlL j I " " The -first change made in; dressed K. beef prices in ' three weeks by whole sale, of Chicago, went into (effect Friday, and it was a reduction of . half a cent a pound. The official inventory of the estate of the late E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin, filed in the Los Angeles ; probate court, fixes $10,930,801 as .the total value of the estate. . The two lions which jthe late King Menelik of Abysinia presented to the Pope a year ago, died from; the ef fects of poison which, it is believed, some visitor to, the Vatican deliber ately gave to them. A representative of a moving pic ture concern has made an offer of $150,000, it is said, for the Jeffries-, Johnson fight picture privileges. The promoters and principals have the offer under consideration. . Cromwell Dixori's dirigible balloon broke away from its mooring at Chillicothe, Ohio, carrying with it a 10-year-old boy to a. heighth of hall mile. The balloon landed several miles distant. The boy was unin jured. Fremont Johnson, a trusted young clerk in the office of the York, Pa., Carriage Company, was arrested by Chief of Detectives White on charges of taking more than $1,000. Johnson, whose salary was $9 a week, is ac cused of padding the payroll. He was recently married. A concerted movement, looking to the entry of W. J. Bryan in Ne braska Senatorial race, was begun when certain Democratic leaders sent all over the State petitions asking Mr. Bryan to enter the contest. These petitions are to be signed and re turned by the time "Mr. Bryan re turns from Europe. , As a result of having a sore bunioo on his right foot treated &ye weeks ago, Peter Morgan, aged 60, foreman of the machine shop at the Pennsyl vania! South Altoona foundries, is dead.! Following the treatment gan grene and blood poisoning developed, and he suffered great agony until he lapsed into a state of coma prior to death, j Dr. H. L. Bonner, 69 years old, big eater! and ready digester, died at Marion,' Ohio, of diabetes, brought on by his many eating contests, it is said. ! In one contest he ate a double steak! as heavy as-a roast, 12 large potatoes, two dishes of onions, two loaves of bread and a pound of; butter and finished with j three dozen hard boiled eggs. ; . i At the field day meet hefd in con-, ncetion with the graduation exercises of the Ingleside j School ' for i Girls, New Milford, Conn., Carolyn! Hale, of the class of 1911. of New York City, j-broke. the world's record for. girls in the running high jump - by clearing the bar at 4 feet 75-8 inches. She also won Ive; of the' six events", on the program. , I - Th dc3 has 42 testa, 't' .f.i , 1" 'J; , 'I ' 'Mll.il : '-ff f 1 4 '-il - ! "-.Ml j: t : r1 1 ; N1 t r HP ' I 1 ' 1 Li LA T.-J ! 1 I 4' It