t - , ' 1 - '- .. - . . - ' . .-. 1 .... . .. r- - : : un W KDOW LAW ftT THESE PUCES TOWNS UNDER W.GOO POPU- ALL lation EXEMPTED BY STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION. . STATESVILLE LED THE LIST cf Stations Omitted From ns of Act Regulating Book Mileage Exchange For Tickets New Bern is Largest City Escaped. HlSF'e , provieto -The list of towns of 2,000 inhalitants exempted by Raleigh; .-a mere Hiiu i i a - corronition commissiuu trum me tcesitv of keeping open two win " at the stations for the service f travellers with mileage books has Lii made public, there being 21 on tie southern,-7 on the Atlantic Coast Line" 11 cn the Norfolk and Southern ord 5 cn the Seaboard Air Line. The " v J j. a i exemptions are budjcci 10 ue revoK ed at any time. town of more than 10,000 popu lation is exempted. New. Bern is the laigest town exempted, it having 9, 561; High Point next with 9,525; towns cf over S.oOO' exempted include Eliza beth City and Concord. Of the towns exempted, Statesvills, with an average of 36 tickets exchanged per day led the list, Gastcnia next with 32.1, Con cord 31.6, New Bern with 28. The list friinws: Atlantic Coast Line: Tar- ton). Greenville, Washington, Ply month, Selma, Dunn, Kinston. Norfolk and Sotuhern: Belhaven, Beaufort. Edenton, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Kinston, Morehead City, Xewbern, Plymouth, Washington, Wilson. Seaboard Lincolnton, Icghaai. Southern Burlington, WORK OF THE ODD FELLOWS Grand Secretary Berrt Report Ready Fr the Grand Lodge Inter- estlng Statistic. grand secretary of the North Carolina Grand Lodge of Odd Ppllnixro v. j . . uaa ruuuaea up nis re Port for the annual . session of the Grand Lodge. He finds that the value of property of the subordinate lodges has increased from $103,725 to $239, 148 during the past decade. In ad dition there is the splendid property of the grand lodge in the orphanage at uoiosDtro, valued at $100,000, and iSl 13 now carinS for 160 homeless children at an annual cost of about ?A5,ovu. The grand secretary says the order, in this state has observed a rigid watch over the standing of members and has eliminated members to ther extent that in spite of the ad aption of 1,646 new members by ini tiation and 266 received, by card and 358 reinstated, the total membership in the state shows a loss of 296. He says, though, that since the new year the gainjs decided,' 480 mem bers having been added the past three months. The nine new lodges instituted the past year were at Raeford, Hoke cbunty ; Paulson, Cleveland county; Rock Creek, Wilkes county; Ola, Haywood county: Saw Mill, Caldwell county; Boone's Ford, xancey county; Oval, Ashe county; Aioxiey, Wilkes county; Broadway. Lee county; White Oak Mills, Greens boro, and Walnut Cove. There have been suspended lodges reinstated at Clayton and Edenton. The order paid out last year for relief $25,696, com pared with $112,954 ten years ago The grand master is Frank Hackett of North Wilkesboro and the grand secretary is B. H. Wooddell and as sistant grand secretary, J. D, Berry Air Line: Laurinburg, Sanford, Shelby, Rock Railway Albemarle, Concord, Gastcnia, Gra ham, Henderson, - Hickory, King's Mountain, Mooresville, Morganton, Mt. Airy, Newton, Oxford, Reidsville, Shelby, Statesville, Thomasville Waynesville, Lexington, Goldsboro, High Point. The Concord exemption- is for thir ty days, to he supported by petitions that-double window service is -"hot seeded. ' Products of County School Farms. Reports from the farms operated in connection with the county schools during the year 1910 shows a total earning of $898.20, or an average of about $i5 per farm. The farms yield ed 5,036 pounds of lint cotton and 725 bushels of seed. The Wakelon High school planted an acre in Irish potatoes which yielded 50 bushels Two farms planted in corn and one in cotton have made no report. This is the second year these farms have been operated in connection with the schools and the results are gratiiy ing. The Bay Leaf High school pro ducts brought $J8S.91, the highest of the farms. There were twelve farms Instructions to Tax Assessors. In response to inquiries from county Science, in annual Officers Academy of -Science. The North- Carolina Academy of session, elected TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SES SION OF STATE SUNDAY . SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. WORKING FUND OF $5,000 New - . New Interesting Statistics Two Thousand In High Point Parade Two Hun dred and Sixty-One Delegates Reg ittered Asheville Next Meeting. Unreport ed Seriate Incident High Point. The twenty-eighth all- nual session of the North Carolina Sunday School association was open ed in this city. Following are the statistics .which He was a man of strong originality, will proy-3 of much interest, especially He was very learned and a profound to every Sunday school and church worker in North Carolina: Denoni- Schools. Officers and Scholars Personal Encounter Narrowly Averted When Ben Butler's Presence En raged Garrett Davis, the Irrit able Kentucky Senator. One of the ablest of the members' ot the United States senate for 10 or 12 years after the close of the Civil war was Garrett Davis of Kentucky. ination Teachers Reformed. .. 49 Christian. .. 7 Episco . . . . 275 Presby. .. .. 356 Met. Proa't.. 208 Meth. Epis. ..1498 Mis. Bap. .. ..1809 407 631 1164 2315 856 11219 6137 6400 15033 29898 tax assessors under the new state rachinery act as to the methods of assessing personal property in North Carolina for taxation the corporation craimitticn instructs the assessors that the assessments must, be at money value and that the assessment be that made personally by the asses sor, or, if the valuation of the owner is taken, -it must be entered as the owner's assessment Also advises the assessors that there should be the officers as follows: President Dr. H. V. Wilson, professor of zoology. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Vice President Dr. W. A. Withers, professor of chemistry, A. &. M. college, Raleigh. Secretary Treasurer Dr. E. W. Gudger, pro fessor of biology and geology, State Normal college, Greensboro. Execu tive Committee Dr. J. J. Wolfe, of Trinity college; Franklin Sherman, Jr., entomologist, Raleigh; Prof. N. neatest care as -to getting in the as- H. Patterson, of Chapel Hill. North sessments.of income. That this lis a Carolina Branch, American Chemical lair and general law and that ai far j society, re-elected all old officers o possioie it snouia De seen to mat people with incomes over $1,000 are Rich Chinaman Remains In U. S. A. gotten on the books for this tax. Cor- Washington. The Ohinaman, Lee ect assessments of farming lands is Thung, .who has been figuring before also another purpose of the act. the department of commerce and labor recently because the immigra- Salaries of Bantit Preacher. tlon officials held him ud UDon his The salaries of the Baptist minis- return from a trip to China and ters in North Carolina is made the threatened to send him back home, subject -of some interesting calcula- will not be deported tions by Statistical Secretary E. L. On the contrarv. he will be al Middleton of the North Carolina Bap- lowed to proceed to Wilmington to tist. State convention. He finds that i accumulate more bank stock, steam laundries, truck patches, etc., with which he is said to be well supplied. Thung owns stock in one of the strongest banks in Wilmington and there are 113 churches that main- I has other property worth in all about tain preachinc pvpht Riinrtav. fifi far i2S 0(10 i . - ' j r , - I , - - nalf the timfi and 1 511 phnwhpa that G. totals... 4202 16592 198515 It is estimated that over two thou sand were in line of the grand pa rade. The state association will have $5, 000 with which to carry on its work the coming year, which is the largest budget It has ever had at command. The enrollment of delegates show ed that 261 were registered, repre senting 14 denominations and 40 coun ties. Many others were present, who were not registered and a large num ber of visitors were here also. The following officers were elected: President W. R. Odell, Concord; Vice President A. M. Scales, of Greens boro; John T. Pullen, Raleigh; Lewis Collins, Ashevllle; Treasurer E. B. Crow, Raleigh; Superintendents of departments elementary, Mrs. E. R. Michaux, of Greensboro. Home to be supplied by the executive committee. Teacher Training J. C. Wooten, of Wilmington: Organized adult class, T. B. Eldridge. Raleigh. Visiting, Miss Dora Redding, Randleman; mis sionary, Mrs. Dr. Whitsett, Greens boro. Member of International Com mittee, N. B. Broughton,' Raleigh, vice- president of International com mittee from North Carolina, George W. Watts, Durham. The executive committee re-elected for the coming year J. Van Carter, general secretary and Miss Maud Reid, office secre The constitution of the State Sun day School association was amended so as to require the appointment of 30 members on the executive commit tee, instead of 22, as formerly. Asheville was the unanimous choice for the next meeting place of the body. Jn the latest cnmnletp rennrfs frnm lurches there are 1,590 churches reporting salaries to pastors, the to iai being; $278,400. He finds' that uave preaching only once each onth. His estimate is that this ould give an averaee of 474 Dastors fcr full time and that their average Important Dediston on Tax Question. -The supreme court affirms the low er court in the case of Corporation Commission vs. Morrison, from Ire- salary is $CS7 a year. He thinks that dell county, involving the right of a there are mission funds naid to Das- corporation to deduct from the tax crS in TTlisfiirm fields Tin innlitAoA n i KCPPomprt rf it r.fl.nitn.1 fitock hold Ce salaries reported that would ings of the corporation in the stock Dnng up the averaefl salaries to of another comoration that pays its 5500. I tQYoo Tho onmnrnflon mmmisslnn ruled that this could not be done and Mocresville. No stone will be left t the supreme court affirms this ruling. turned to secure the interurban line The opinion ' is written by Justice Ircm Charlotte to Salisbury. Brown Lts cf Foreign Capital oming. "e American Agricultural and ecn Ccnn tal d amcai society of New London, 'f-Mcut; having $50,000,000 capi- Two Big Events at Hendersonvllle. The North Carolina Bankers' asso ciatlon and the . North Carolina Mer chant's association will both be in domesticates in this state with session at Hendersonvllle during the incipal Carolina uHminirton fertil headquarters at week of June 20. Ample accommo- f or the manufacture of dations will be provided. 'ztrs and chemicals with -by-pro- iLls U. E. Warren, Jr., is to be in Seaboard Hit for $2,500. 'ree of the enterprise. . A verdict for $2,500 has been award' another rntoWA An.-rnt I A xtr tp TXfvott In Vila trnit nminat LiiVlti Dvntl . m rt I .L . n 1 j, A f . T f n T)nlfAn A ivcaiij; company oi juinne- i tne iseauoaru Air uu ftomuou wm- ria- capital $250,000 and principal pany for $5,000 through the burning Carolina headquarters at Clar- of the old Vyatt tannery near Ral tn Columbus county. eigh. The case consumed two days. Resto Big Corporation Still Growing. The Carolina Power & Light com rCS the Vt.rn'. DIUI. v.n Hl I WlUlbl came to Adjutant General 'H&ter. of the North Carolina Na- pany of Raleigh, now the parent cor- g al Gliard, a letter from Charles poration of an aggregate of around '' r,rand to the effect that he ha? twelve millionH dollars capital, has inan pocket Bible that was picked purchased the Standard Gas & Elec u ine civil war battlefield around Uric company, for many years Ral- nsn, n Tt has on the fly-leaf, the I elgh's source of gas. . 1 lieutenant C. A. Boon. Com CarL ' Thirty-fifth Regiment, North bl. and there ls Inscribed: Lieut7 by Mrs.. C. Caldwell.'; lcin ?nt Bccn is now living at Doctors' Commissions Renewed. Governor Kitchin has ..recommsy sioned Dr.. J. Howell Way, Waynes yille, and Dr. .W.. Spencer. Winston Sajem as members of th xtate boar The Durham Blind Tiger Cases. Durham. The last of the blind tiger cases has been heard. Judge Sykes noting fifty-odd appeals and giving combined sentences of 27 years. The date or the hearing in these cases has been set for May 15. It is expected that there will be a lot of compromises, plenty of run aways, dozens of convictions and many acquittals. The school fund will be helped by some of it. lawyer, but he was also irascible, al though when approached In the right y he was one of the most kindly and considerate of men. Senator Davis never failed having hearers, both upon the floor of the senate and In the galleries, when it was announced that he was to sDeak. 13356 Sometimes there was suspicion that 127691 Bome OI tnose who visited the senate cnamber did so In the expectation that Mr. Davis would yield to Irritation and interject into his -formal speech some very peppejry remarks. It was one of the senator's peculi arities that he never would speak un less his surroundings were entirely congenial. Sometimes a misplaced chair annoyed him. Frequently he turned and cast upon the lobby at the J rear of the senate fierce and angry glances, so that he might thereby put an end to conversation that was dis turbing him. Senator Davis was announced to make an important speech at the ses sion of congress for the year 1872. Among those who heard him at that time was John W. Wilson, then clerk of the commerce committee of the senate of which Roscoe Conkling was the chairman. Mr. Wilson, as private secretary of Senator Conkling and clerk of the latter's committee, met with many very interesting and some times dramatic experiences. But the one which he remembers as vividly as any relates to the speech In ques tion by Senator Davis. "I had Just taken my place in the reporters' gallery of the senate," said Mr. Wilson, "to which I had access, when I saw Ben Butler, then a mem ber of the house, enter the senate chamber. He looked around the body with that peculiar twist of the head so characteristic of him, and then, with his queer little mincing step went to the Democratic side, took a seat directly behinI Senator Davis and instantly became much interested in Senator Davis speech, paying him the courtesy of very close attention. Suddenly Senator Davis, who was a little man, turned around as though to address some of the senators in the seats behind him, and discovered Ben Butler sitting almost within arm's reach of him. Butler looked up at the senator, and there may have been something in Butler's manner, or pos sibly some recollection of Butler's- career In the Civil war, which brought out all of the latent irritation that was in Senator Davis. At any rate, he stopped speaking and glared fiercely at poor Butler, who evidently did not know why Davis, had become thus angry. In fact, ft looked for a mo ment as though Davis, who had lost control of himself almost completely, was about to go to Butler and attempt to eject him from that seat. "Instantly the tension in the senate was Intense. Still, Butler did not real ize that he was the cause of the trouble; but he returned the fierce glance of Gannett Davis as 'though saying: ii you can iook ugly, so Lean I. "Just as Senator Davis seemed about to advance upon Butler, one of the senators upon the Republican side, Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, stepped hastily ,to Butler and whis pered to him. Then holding Butler gent ly by the sleeve of his coat, Mr. Wil son drew him from .the Democratic seat and escorted him to the Repub lican side of the chamber. As Butler was crossing the center of the aisle, he turned and looked at Davis, who was almost beside himself with anger. When Butler was seated in the chair of one of the Republican senators, he calmly turned around and looked again at Senator Davis. "Davis was completely mastered by his Irritation. Still glaring at Ben Butler, he abruptly terminated his speech and took his seat. Nor did he seem- to be himself again until But ler had retired from the senate cham ber. "The incident was not reported at the tkne. since I was the only person in 'the correspondent's gallery. And after it was all over I remember hear ing a senator say that the senate had narrowly-escaped a personal encoun ter that would have been sensational and humiliating." (Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. AD Right Reserved.) Georgia Defeated in Debate. Chapel Hill. Carolina won the de cision over Georgia m the debate here. I. C. Moser and D. A. Lynch battled out a victory for the Old North State on the affirmative side of the question, "Resolved, That a Federal Income Tax, Constitutionally Grant ed, Would Be a Desirable Part of Our Scheme of Taxation." Millard Lewis and E. V. Heath upheld the negative for Georgia. Virginia Wins Victory in Debate. Charlottesville, Va. The University of Virginia debating team scored a victory over the team of the Univer sity of North Carolina In a debate on the income tax amendment to the Federal constitution. W. T. . Joyner and W. A. Deea, composed the Caro lina "team, while Lewis Lyree and M. L. Levy represented Virginia. Rev. A. C. Qixon Called to London. Ashevllle. The Rev. A. C. Dixon, pastor of Moody church, Chicago; and former pastor of the First Baptist church, this city, has accepted a call recently extended to him in London, England to take the pulpit of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in that city. .The board of, Moody church accept ed Mr. pixon's resignation, to be come effective Junel. " The Rev. A." C. Dixon Is a brother of Thomas Dixon, Jrw the North Can Una author and fo.rmer 'Baptist min ister. ' Mysterious Letters Can be , Known. New Bern. These" mysterious let ters, A. A. O. H. M. S., are known to the Initiated, and may be known to all Knight Templars and Scottish Rite Masons of the 32 degree, for a reasonable consideration. - V i Oasis Temple Nobles of the Mystic Fnrine will meet in New Bern May 12, 1911, and the gladhand will be ex- tfnde$to all who desire the Esoteric knowledge to be communicated by Oasis. The roll of bills, in your rest ptfeket- you majf. use as a; pillowy as- Old-Time Apple Pie. A guest at an old-fashioned home dinner was eulogizing apple pie and her hostess when another guest, who had been a California pioneer, re called the "apple" pie given the chil dren of 1852 to appease their homesick crawlngs when apples-were a dollar a pound. It was made by breaking four soda crackers into an earthen bowl and pouring over them a pint of cold water rendered very tart by citric acid. v When soft the crackers were laid on a pie plate on the under crust. Over them were sifted two tablespoon fuls of light brown sugar and a little allspice and cinnamon. A pretty per forated top crust was added and im a few minutes a perfect apple pie was; taken from the oven to delight young; and, old. Bait. Crawford Your hair doesn't seem to look as pretty as It did before we were married. Mrs. Crawford Of course not dear, I used to pay a dollar then to have it marcelled every time you called. Puck. Senator Was a Philosopher Horace A. W. Tabor's Own Explana tion of the Story That He Wore Nightshirts With Frills of ' Finest Lace. The story of the beginning of the unique and sensational career of Sen ator Horace A. W. Tabor of Colorado is one of the most fascinating of the romances of American mining devel opment. It was a familiar story some 30 years ago, but the later excitement and romances of sudden wealth follow ing the discovery of gold or silver have caused it to be somewhat ob scured. Tabor was a rough and ready sort of fellow who kept a grocery store and- sort of tavern In the vi cinity of what Is now JLieadville, Colo. The. prospectors esteemed him not only as a friend, but as a benefactor. He never permitted any man to go away hungry. He always entertained a miner or prospector, whether he saw the color of a man's money or not. He was confident that every man would pay his score when he had money; and if he didn't it would be because he Saved Fame By Not Speaking Col. Walter Harriman, Noted Soldier and Campaigner, Feared One Speech Would Destroy Rep utation and Declined. "When an orator has gained a great reputation he should stop speaking," James A. Garfield, himself no mean orator, once said to a friend. And this is an anecdote of another famous orator who agreed fully with Garfield. One of the fighters of the Union army -who gained distinction for his bravery was Walter Harriman, colonel of a New Hampshire regiment. He was wounded several times, and was once taken prisoner. He was sent to Charleston, S. C, where he found a large company ,of Union officers. A few days after Colonel Harriman's ar rival at Charleston it became known that the Union forces had established a battery with one great gun, called the "Swamp Angel," upon an island In the harbor about four miles distant from the city, the Confederate author ities in Charleston having been in: formed by the Union commander that it was. his intention to shell the city. This warning was given in order that non-belligerents, especially the women and children, could be removed to a place of safety before firing began. Thereupon the Confederate officers de cided to select some fifty federal offi- fcers and place, them day and night in a most exposed position, and the com manding officer of the Union "army was Informed of that purpose. Among the fifty selected was Colonel Harriman. The fuelling of the city began, but It caused comparatively lit tle damage and did no harm to any of the Union Officers, although Colonel Harriman afterwards declared his en forced exposure to the fire of the great guns .caused far greater apprehension than any that he had experienced while in battle. However, none of Colonel Harriman's fellow officers saw the slightest indication of timidity on his part. He, was entirely composed, saying to his companions: "This is one, of the chances of war." At the close of the Civil war Colonel Harriman returned . to New Hamp shire. He speedily gained. great repu tation as a political orator. He was s very slender, tall and thin featured, but his voice was clear and ringing. his gestures graceful, and he was in great demand by Republicans all over the United States -when campaigning was in progress. His record as a sol dier and his prominence as a political speaker caused him to be unanimous ly nominated for governor of New Hampshire and he was elected by a great plurality in the late sixties. In 1875 there was to be a great meeting of the Grand Army of the Re public at Boston. The expectation was that General Grant would attend, and "Phil" Sheridan had promised to be there without fail and to march on foot at the head of his soldiers. The committee of arrangements asked Gov ernor Harriman to deliver the chief address of this occasion. He held that to be about the most distin guished honor that had-come to him. He said to the committee: "I appreciate the compliment you have given , me, and I will communi cate with you by letter in the course of a few days." But whep the committee had re ceived the letter and read it they found that Governor Harriman had declined. They were amazed and dis appointed. But he persisted in hold ing to it - The great gathering of the Grand Army took place. -Governor Harriman was present, but did not speak. ' Said a friend to him some time later: "Governor, you have a national rep utation as an orator. The Grand Army has a -high admiration for you. You had a noble opportunity to speak be fore it Why did you decline it?" "For a very "simple reason," replied Governor Harriman. I have learned by my reading and by my experience that It takes about twenty years to make a reputation, and that the next twenty years are occupied In maintain ing it An orator has a peculiar repu tation. He is liable to lose it by rea son cf the failure of a single speech. I. could not afford to take that risk. I declined-to speak before the G. A. R, simply because . I wanted to keep" un impaired the reputation I already have gained jas an orator." r - (Copyright, 1910, by E. . J. Edwards. All Bight Reserved.) ' . - "A couldn't; and in that event the score was forgiven. ' Upon one occasion a prospector asfc: ed Tabor to grub stake him. The request was instantly granted. A short. time later the prospector struck very rich deposits of silver, and Tabor "be came a man of millions. He built an: opera house in Denver, plunged into many-activities, and at last had polit--ical aspirations, becoming lieutenant governor of his state. Then there came a vacancy from Colorado in the-. United States senate. There was an: interim of only a month between the date when the vacancy began and the time when the legislatures would meet, and elect a new senator. Tabor and. his mining friends prevailed with the governor, so that it was announced: that the man who had changed his po sition over night from a grocery store keeper to a capitalist of many mil lions was to serve for four weeks in the United States senate. Before Senator Tabor reached Wash ington to take his seat, there were' published wonderful tales purporting to describe the outfit of clothing which he had provided for himself in his descent upon the capital. There were vivid descriptions of an array of nightshirts of the finest linen, deco rated with real lace frills at the cuff st and at the neck. These tales natu rally added to the interest in the ro mantic senator. i But there was nothing in Tabor's ap pearance when he first took his seat to justify the belief that he had become of a sudden an exquisite dandy. He was modest and unassuming, and ap parently content to sit even though, for no longer period than four weeks,, as a member of the senate. He paid no heed to the reports which pur ported to describe his extraordinary underwear, and after his term In the senate had expired, he returned to Colorado as quietly as he had reached: Washington. I was chatting with the sole repre sentative frdm Colorado in the lower house of congress, James B. Belford, shortly after Tabor's term in the sen ate had expired, and I asked abouf the reports that had told of the al leged personal eccentricities of Ta bor, i "Weil," replied Judge Belford, 1 said to Tabor one day: 'Tabor, what is all this stuff that has been printed about you and real lace nightshirts? Where did It start? Is it true? " 'Jim,' he said In reply, won't say whether If Is true or not, and yon don't need to ask me that; but I will tell you confidentially that I guess I started the story myself. You Bee, my friends are aft among the miners and the prospectors- If I worked the red shirt and overall business In politics with them, they would all see right through it. They are no- fools. They are all of them the kind, of men who count on diamonds, fine raiment and linen, and everything that's splendid, if they make money, and so I said to myself that if they heard I was not playing the cheap political game, but instead was - willing to let the world know that I had money and. was spend ing some of it on myself, they would all say: "That's the boy for me." Tho overall and unlaundered shirt business has been worked to death in politics. I don't think the lace nightshirt has hurt me a bit with the boys.' . . "That was Tabor philosophy," cpn ciuded Judge' Belford, "and I wouldn't wonder if. he was right In It" (Copyright 1910. by E. J. Edwards. AH. Rights Reserved. ; . . 4 3 '1'I uuege. vou will need something soft. ' of health. , -