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.. ..-... ,i it, main iiatogw:11J,Tii , . , . X . .-..-T.- -- . . -y; vrrr. Kv -: -T ','.. " " '" mm ME it - . . - - t I 1 1 - . U I ' Tr- ' ' . LEADING NEWSPAPER AND BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. II. 1 MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, K. C., THURSDAY,' JANUARY 21, 1909. . NO. 37. MEETING OF THE LAWMAKERS Doings of tie State Legislature Con densed Interesting Items from Day to Day. When the Senate convened on j Tuesday after the inauguration cere monies, Hon.. Francis D. Winston, the retiring Lieutenant Governor and ex-officio President of the Senate, af- ter an appropriate and able, though short address to that body on his. re tiring, said: "I surrender my office to the chosen representative of the people. I introduce to you Lieuten ant Governor Will C. Newland. In the words of Dickon's purest crea tion, "God blew you one and all.' God bless our State." The Senate Judiciary committee lias decided to report unfavorably a till introduced by Senator Fry de signed to give justices of peace pow er (o issue summons or other legal processes effective in any of the State. The present law confines their jurisdiction to the county in which they hold their appointment. The "bill introduced in the Senate by Sen ator Britt relating to leins and judg ments is designed to give counsel who procure judgments in litigation a lien upon the judgment for the -amount of the fee. Britt introduced a bill ta change Madison county to the tenth congressional district. Haw- Irins introduced a bill for hit proof 'library and history building. In the House on Tuesday the speaker announced a number of com mittees . with chairmen as follows : Petitions and Memorials of Corpora- tions, Morton; Corporation Commis sioner, Weaver; Game, Pitt; Enroll? - d Bills, Hafler; Constitutional Am- ndments. . PrivattV Insane Asylums, Foy; Institutions for the Blind, Bras- : -well. A bill to appoint justices of the yeace in Rowan county passed its fin- si reading and was sent to me Ben The Senate : discussed at great length ' . Wednesday ' the joint ..' resolution .by 8enator Elliott for the Qeneral, Assembly to adjourn sine die "TebruarV 15th.and after a eonsidex- able M airing f Of views, .the .need for - "short aeeaion" and mbo session at all" deferred action until January 20th. when, m ttie langnage of Sen ator Travis, who moved the eontuiu- ance, there will have developed some idea of how long it should really take - to dispose "of -legislation the State is in need of." , .; ., Senate' bills " of general interest were eressnted by Mr. Elliott to amend Section 1606, Revisal, by requiring-judges -of Superior Court to remain in the county seat 'the full term of courts prescribed. ; " By Mr. Barringer, to amend Sec tion 10420,. Revisal, relating to the sale of property under mortgage, President Newland announced ad ditional "committee . assignments as follows: Education. Ray, of Hender son; appropriations, Blow, Ormond, Baseett! insane asylums, Hawes; schools for the deaf. Godwin and Doughton; clerk to the finance com mittee. Lane Brown. Among the bills and resolutions were: Williams, of Dare: Resolution instructing our Senators and Con gressmen to favor pensioning employed at life stations. A bill that will make people gen erally "sit up and take. notice" was introduced in the House Dy Turner, of Mitchell, providing that any per son who creates a debt on promise to pay out' of money of assets due him and fails to pay. on receipt of such specified assets shall be guilty of a . misdemeanor punishable by fine of $10 to $50 or work on roads ten to thirty davs each offense.' Lee: Provide different uniform garb for. persons convicted of mis demeanor from those convicted oi rei onies. :.' - Privileeeii of the House were ex tended to ex-Representative Donald lacRackan, of Columbus. v The following committee appoint ments were, announced by the Speak er: Add to committee on oysters, Wallace. Committee on pensions: ' Henderson (chairman), Pitt, Wilson, Cotton, Parker, Majette, v Cnrrie, Lovelace, Harrison, McLaughlin, Braswell, Davis, MeLeod, Davenport, Hampton, Murphy, Rhodes, Harshaw. Education: Connorr Majette, Dough - ton Davenport, " Mitchell, Bolton, Weaver; Crawford, Shephard, Woot- - en, Hageman, . Smith, of Randolph; Henderson, Martin, Cox .of Pitt; - Oihho. Killian. v In the House announcement by . Speaker Graham that, he . would pre- seni to Mrs.-W. H. Kitchin, mother of the new Governor, the pen with ' which the formal'declaration of the joint session of the .'Assembly was signed setting out the result of can vass cf votes for her son as Governor, and the IState officers preliminary to tho inauguration, was received with v interest. - ' - . : Among the bills introduced n - Thursday was the bill to amend See. : 8990, Revisal, relating to .-schools and " the admission of persons with negro ; ' blood into the white schools, , came up with unfavorable report from the joinf committee on education and was tamea. ii was aesignnieu 10 inii- the "taint of negro blood" that would bar . children from the white schooft to three generations. Senator Starbuck was permitted to introduce, out of order, a bill to amend the Revisal, Sections 3263 and 32C4, in order to equalize thC per emptory challenges allowed tne State and the deiendant in lorming iuries for capital cases. Senator Manning olleren a resolu tion acepting the invitation of the president of the University of North Carolina for the members of the General Assembly to attend the Lee's birthday, celebration at the Univer citv when President Woodrow Wil son, of Princeton University, will be the orator. A motion by Senator Dawes to this effect was adopted by a unanimous rising vote. Announcement was made by the president of the Senate that Senator Latham hod been relieved at his re fluest from the chairmanship of the -, . - J c . fommiuee on comuieicc mm ocumui Martin assigned in his stead. Deflator Starbuck was granted un animous consent to withdraw bis bill offered Thursday to 'equalize the number of challenges by the State and the defendant in the trial oi capital offenses. Senator Wray presented petition: from citizens of Rockingham county relative to cuild labor law and hours of work. They were eent to the committee on manufacturing. New bills introduced Thursday in eluded : Emple: Regulate the industry el growing truck. (This is a duplicate of the bill introduced in the House Thursday by Morton, of New Han over,' having the sanction of the Truckers' Association and the trans portation companies.) rharr: Kelative to filing of notice of heirs. v Starbuck : ..Relative to peremptory challenges in criminal actions. Barringer: Create the. State Asso ciation of County Commissioners of North Carolina and give it tho sane tion of the State. -k 1 : Bills Passed. '. Bills that passed final reading-are: To "remedy . a : seeming confliet in Soctiorm ,1042 id f ..Psyisnl. re lating to the. sale of real and personal property under mortgage,' the amend ment making bection 1042 apply only to the sale of ersonal property, . - t; House. Bills and .resolution were, in part as follows: ' Murphy: Resolution requiring the various State departments to send re ports, public laws and other State documents to all public libraries in the State. Barnes, of Hertford : Bill- for elee trouction in the penitentiary at Ral eigh of all persons sentenced to pay death penalty: Copy of the Senate bill introduced some days ago. Harshaw: Provide for the election of the county boards of cdneation by the qualified electors of the counties. Harshaw: Provide for election of county superintendents, of instruction for the several counties. Weaver: Amend Section 2021, Re visal, relative to laborers' and me chanics' liens. Morton: Encourage and protect in dustry for growing berries and truck. Morton: Amend Chapter 674 Piiri lic Laws 1907 increasing pensions of ex-Confederate soldiers to $8 a month. Koonce: Provido for an intermedi ate offense between assault with in tent to commit rape and simple as sault.'. Mr. Koonce, tf Onslow, gets the chairmanship of the committee on in surance; Mr. Gotten, of Pitt, on pen al institutions: Mr. Julian, of Rowan, on printing, and Mr. Rod well,' of Warren, on liquor traffic. . Dr. Bolton reported to -the House that with Dr. Gordon, he had-attend- ed the convention of tho North Caro lina Association for the Prevention of tuberculosis.- which met in Char lotte Tuesday and Wednesday. They had been asked by the association to express its appreciation of the notice taken of it by the Ildusc. The Speak er assured Dr. Bolton that the Honse was deeply appreciative of the at tendance of the gentlemen upon tne meeting and asked him to reduce his remarks to writing in-order that they might be spread upon the journal. ' Dr. Knapp, of the United States Department of Agriculture, was in vited to address the House on agri cultural subjects.'" Bills were-introduced in the House Fridav'as follows: , :!i Connor Amend See. 4993 Revisal for relief of widows, of Confederate soldiers. Admits those married prior tn Jannarv 1st. 1S70. instead ;of April 1st, 1866. ' , - - - ' WeaverAmend See. 6313 Revisal in Tefpi-Anrfl to State boundaries. Al- lnnra flnmmni' in nrosecute suits in Smoky mountain directly in iho Su- nrama Court of the Urutea fciates. v Martin 'Amend Revisal, SecN13S0, in reeard to finance committee. Cmrapler For relief of prisoners . m jail awaiting trial. '" Hanes Amend feec. ,2721 Revisal. Koonce Create the State Associa tion of County Commissioners. Grant Exempt from taxation per sonal property to the value of $200. Want Exposition Appropriation. , The North Carolina commissioners. ) to the Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc Exposi-,'. tion, to open in'Seatle June 1st, con - ferred with Governor Kitchin and ); will recommend to the Legislature an ZrfSZS the State. The amount the bill will call for is $25,000. The commissioners are hoping for a hndsome appropria tion by the General Assembly. To perfect the organization of the Stat Association of County Commis sioners and give it State sanction is the object of a bill by Mr. koonce. . The expected byi embodying the Republican platform declaration ra favor of a $200 exemption from Ux on personal property instead of $30 was introduced by Mr. Grant, the young Republican member irom Davi'e. . - muni Prohibition Carries in State of Tennessee. PATTERSON FOR LOCAL OPTION House Follows Senate in Passing Throughout Bffl For Prohibition the State. - Nashville, Special. The very atmosphere about the capital has ' been pierced and riven by ital has been pierced and riven by the various advocates for State-wide prohibition, while a cross or oppos ing current has been., apparently - as strong . The opposers ot the measure are of course, divided between"-local option and legal - license. Governor Patterson has declared; himself,". n favoring local option. - At 5 o'clock nd 2 minutes Tues day afternoon, -Senate Bill No. 1, providing for -the prohibition . of the sale of liquor within - four miles of any sohoolhouse jn the State of Ten nessee passed third and final reading in the Senate. The vote came after five and a half hours of argument, in which almost every senator on the floor participated. The final vote was 20 to 13, Senator J. T. Basker ville, of Sumner, and Senator Daniel Cooper Swab, of Claiborne, voting with the eighteen Senators compris ing the membership of the Grand Alliance. Immediately after the vote was announced the wildest disorer prevailed, and as soon as a motion to adjourn could be put, a wild erowd surrounded Messrs. . Holladay and Mansfield, the leaders of the Allies, and the celebration took on the form of a love feast. The debate was replete with sensa tional incidents, the most remarkable of all being Ex-Gov. John I. Cox's speech in defense of his past, record and his present attitude toward tem perance legislation, and the charges of attempted intimidation made by Senator Dancey Fort, ot Montgom ery, against Dr. E. E. Folk, whom he termed the "high mogul" or tne Anti-Saloon League. . On Wednesday the House voted 62 to 36 for the bill. The measure passed is the one favorably apted upon, by the Senate and now. goes to Governor Patterson. He is expected to veto it, but under the constitution his veto only opera- IBB. . a ouggeonvu, uv, no , and a bare majority may pass the bill over the Executive s unfavor able, action. The Governor is. allow ed to hold a bill five days. ' If at the expiration of this time it ' has not been returned to the Assembly it be comes a law without his signature. The hill provides that prohibition shall Jbecome effective July 1st, 1909. The- battle attending the passage of the prohibition bill was probably the .fiercest ever known ..in the Ten nessee. House of Representatives. For almost seven hours it was waged, the local . option," or,,,, aomimsiraiion, forees contesting 'every . jnch of the ground.':'' Amendment after amend ment was presented,, and promptly voted down by: . about , th aame ma jority as that given the bill on- final passage. A great outpour oi oratory came irom both sides. " ' : Throughout the discussion the; gal leries were packed and several times the Speaker, at the request or local optionists, askeeH the ' ' sergeant-atr arm to .exclude .visitor, ? from ' the floor of the House. When thew final vote was announced the cheers from the galleries Were: deaf erfhg, the de monstration on. 43m .floor , and In the crallerie8 lasting several minntes. - -Tnei JJtatfr-widera are jubilantly as serting that the, bill will be , passed over- the Governor's veto by. about the same .vote originally received in each house... , 4. . v ( ,v " ' " vmi mm ii Jhis Southern City Entertains . . " weal Style. , cftn..cr, cr.r(nTn nllTnn,,c ALL FORMER EFFORTS OUTDONE jW "Taikin Through Georgia " MaMw ?,alAD,ozeJ? sbea- e President-Elect is Greeted at the Georgia Capital in True Atlanta atyle.- Atlanta, (ia., Special. President-'jlf-ct William II. Teft was Friday in i lie -cordial and hospitablo embrace of Geonria. , Recognizing the climax of the varied and continuous demonstra tions in the brilliant and imposing scene presented at the banquet here ho exclaimed with evidences if great feeling: '"1 had not hoped to win the South, but (lie South has won me." The banquet was the most am bitious event of its kind the city lias ever undertaken. Though partici pated in by more than 500 of the city's representative men, it was gloried in by the entire population. It, and the preceding eloquence of welcome extended to Mr. Taft in his reception at the Capitol and at the Piedmont Hotel, where he was sought by thousands, constitute a brilliant chapter in his record of achievements south of Mason and Dixon's line. -Talks Along the Way. "Talking through Georgia" is a literal description of his trip from Augusta to Atlanta. And whereover the special train, which Atlanta pro vicVd;"came to a halt there were cheering' crowds evidencing their oor dia'ity by floral tributes, by cheers, bards and speeches in which the EtejJ$itaK.t.Ua '0,- H",t he ;, respeeted, admired, loved. A . little bunch of violets plucked from the grave of Alexander Steph ens and presented by a grandniece of the distinguished Georgian, touched a tendereord and brought forth a warm 'tribute to the memory of Stephens at . Crawfordsville. The young men of Emory College were cheered on their way at Coving ton and the girl students of Agnes Scott Institute at Decatur were ad dressed as "My Girl Friends" and talked to pleasantly. When Mayor Butler" of 1 Madison, predicted "a term'ef eight years for Taft" the big Ohioan" responded by saying he hoped the mayor was a true prophet. Atlanta's welcome to Mr. Taft be gan in the railroad yards where all locomotives tied, open their whistles and eeased only when he had retired for the night at his hotel. Thousands were at sthe station, thousands fol lowed him through the streets as he was 'drawn by four cream-colored horsegi: to "the Capitol. Governor Smith, and a committee oi seventy gave him a formal reception, after which the Governor presented him to tbov, tremendous crowd and Mr. Taft once- more .voiced his reciprocity of cordality and. good feeling at his re ception.;" He was at once escorted by a squad of mounted police to the Piedmont Hotels "where he was ten dered, a reception by the chamber of cummerce, tub yna isocaeiy ana iaie alnmnifciV; ; :i. Governor-elect Brown ' came with Mr.?; Taft,' governor Smith received him and the ofllcials'of the city and State generally participated in : his welcome. - 5; The features of the banquet includ ed not onlyi the, striking" appearance of Jhi 'high,'' pillared room, .with 'its whiie walls, and flag scheme of dec orations, but a quaint programme of old-time, negro eohgs, illustrating the days, Bun as .solos by preachers, doc tors and ! 3 udmsV:; :; :- ''" .- The tables were ibi Jstreamerg. of two nuge flng8,,th neld of each being formed by Jhe speakers ', MbU set be- wre a rorest or paima anus lerns. jyi reotty behind thb' guesi of bonpr was an electrie-, flaa which hot bnlv wavisd but :flashed.. forth. likeness of Mr. Taft when the President-elect .. arose to speafc-tv''" : --;;:''- , : v A VB1U : JPbssuliu, ; " v After (the ; 'possum, "Staters and 'slmmon bear had been served, and the, many other courses of the feast, the guests, led-by tne orchestra'broke into song. Judge T ft joined 'heartily in the merriment. He was presented with a- Mbilly ;'possum' .consirncted. arter the- manner of tht 1 "teddy bear" to be the emblem of his admin istration. He was-also made the recipient, of the cont of aims of Georgia, the gift of Mrs. James Lontreet. What was taken as the most lasting and satisfactory feature f Mr. faft s speecli was liis expressed de sire to appoint to Federal positions in tho South only such men as si and high as citizens in the localities in which thev live. Mr. Taft said with feelinc that he wrs proud tn have lieen the first Re publican candidate for Hie presidency who had earned his canvass south of Mason and Dixon's line. In coin-lulling Mr. Taft said: "I beg those of mv hearers who differ with 1110 politically not to sup pose that their cordiality and courteous reception nre misunder stood by me. 1 know that they spring from an earnest and patriotic desire to pay proper respect to the great office to which I have been elected, and that they grow out of a sincere wish and proper assumption that having been elected to the chief magistracy, I shall become the Presi dent, not of a party but of a whole united people." THE WORK OF CONGRESS Summary of Important Preceedings Enacted From Day to Day. Senate. The Ananias Club was discussed in :he Senate Thursday by Senator Till man, who declared that statements nado by Attorney General Bonaparte wd Postmaster General Meyer in re ply to his reply to charges made igainst him by tho President in rela tion to his contemplated purchase of Dregon timber lands made them eli gible to membership in that organiza tion. He again defended his action nd said in fighting the "unscrupu lous men" Who are determined "to lestroy" him he was "prepared for anything, even assassination." The legislative, executive and ju dicial appropriation hill was report- to the Seni Jte by Senptor Oil'"- from the Luiuiitwfe" on V.jpropri ions. The bill includes provisions for the increasing of the salaries of the President to $100,000 annually inclusive of traveling expenses; of the Vice President to $20,000 and of the Speaker of the House to $20,000 Provision is made also for increases in the salaries of Federal judges as follows: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $18,000; associate justiees, 517,500; circuit judges, $10,000; dis trict judges $9,000: chief justice of the Court of Appeals of the District 31 Columbia, $10,000; chief juatiee and associate judge of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, $9,000; chief justice of the C'onrt of Claims, $7,500; associate judges of the Court of Claims $7,000. The pro vision of the bill increasing the sal ary of Federal judges also includes readjustment of the salaries of oth er court officials. House. For a titno in the House of Repres- ntatives it looked as though that body would further resent the Presi dent s statements affecting members f Congress and the secret service, by ordering the printing of two million copies of the proceedings of last Fri day tabling his remarks. A resolu tion to that end was presented by Mr. Lanctis, ot Indiana, but so strong was the sentiment against it that it was tabled. The District of Columbia appro priation bill was passed, minus the major part of the appropriation of $15,000 for ' play grounds and the House at 3:25 p. m. adjourned. An amendment' in the ' legislative, executive and-judicial oppropriation bill increasing the salary of the Pres ident to $100,000, of the Vice Presi dent and Speaker of the House to L000, With $5,000 additional allow ance 'for carriages and coachman for the Vice President and Speaker and increases for the judiciary aggregat ing $328,000, precipitated a lively dis cussion in the Senate Friday. Senator Borah, of Idaho, made point of order against these increases on the legislation, which according to the rules of the Senate . cannot 06 placed, on an " appropriation - bill in face of a single objection. The de bate centered ,npon the, first ; of : the amendments objected to which was to increase the salary of the Speaker, of the House of Representatives and vm-inim, criticisms -were called forth against sueh . extensive ' advances : of salaries.' although many Senators without opposing some increase , in sisted; that it should Do considered in a separate bill-and not on one of the great supply nieasurea. of the govern ment; " v :..M :: - - Without 'cdaoluding the debate fur ther, consideration 6f the amepdmenti was postponed nntil next Monday and t ftinfi the Senate adjourned.. Private bills Bad their innings In the jlewe of Representatives Friday almost the whole session, being given ur ' their-.'' ednsideration." Many vara nassed.-.. - Under a resolution offered by Mr. Gaines, of Tennesee. the judiciary committee was directed to report within ten days upon the question jof the ritrht of George L. Lilly, Governor of Connecticut, to retaiii his seat as a member of the House. The subject occasioned a good deal of debate, which attirc.es waxed warm. At 5:flS p. m. (he House adjourned. In discussing the increase of (he salaries. Senator Clay said: "If the President were called npon fo pav all these expenses," said Mr. Clay,'"$-.'()0,000 a year would not be too much." The President, he said, should have enough salary to live in dignity, but he was convinced that sumptuous living would not redound to the bene fit of the country. "The simple life," lie said, "plain living and high thinking, brings tha best results." Senator Culberson stated that he proposed at the proper time to offer an amendment making the Speaker's salary $18,000, which would make it equal to that of the Chief Justice of tho Supreme Court of the United States, and he added it had never been greater. Senator Hemenway declared that whether right or wrong a custom had grown up for the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Repres entatives to entertain, but no pro vision is mado for paying any of their expenses, as is the case with tha President, who is given a house, ser- ants, decorations, etc. Mr. McLaunn, of Mississippi, said these salaries are paid for public service and not for private entertain ment. Jeff Moody Acquitted. Bolivar, Special. Jeff Moody was on Tuesday acquitted of the charge of murdering Dr. E. A. Cottongim at Teague. The jury was given the case this morning and the verdiet of not guilty was returned this afteiv noon. Dr. Cottongim was shot and killed several months ago during an altercation '-Vh, iollMrdUWM'i r his"" store,., th 7 trnojfciiocctfrtng V short distance from te store on the railroad right of way. Haias Acquitted. Flushing, Special. The Thornton Hains jury, after deliberating since Thursday evening, nearly 24 hours, Friday afternoon returned a verdict of not guilty and Thornton Jenkins Hains is now a free man. Hains was barged with the murder of William E. Annis, August 15th, at Baystde Yacht Club. A great crowd around the court house cheered as the jury, fired out, filed in. Shoots His Wife, Then EjUs Himself. Alliance, O., Special. Albert Lazinwood, 50 years of age, a farmer living near Bergesolz, shot and kill ed his wife, 55 years old, and then himself on the road near Annapolis Friday night. Jealousy is supposed to have been the cause. Lazinwood and his wife had been estranged and liv ing apart for several months. President is Considering Several Nantes For the Judgeship. , Washington, Special. At the White . House it wag stated that the President is considering the names of several men which have been pre sented to him before sending to the Senate the nomination for Federal judge of the eastern district oi North Carolina. No action will be taken on the matter until Monday or Tuesday. It was expeeted the Pres ident would send the nomination or H. F. Seawell, of Carthage, N. C, to the Senate on Thursday. Charter Granted. Raleigh, Special. The State ha! issued a charter to the Goldsborc Traction Company, the capital stock being $150,000 and E. T. Oliver, o! Raleigh, the chief stockholder. This is the company which is building the street railway at Goldsboro, this be ing a very important development for that town.-. - v 5 O. P. King Sentenced - Boston, Special. Cardenio Flavu King,' former financial ogent rand broker, who maintained palatial of fices in Boston and jncw York, and who for a short time was publisher of daily paper here, was sentenced by Judge Schofleld irr the Snperiot Criminal Court to serve a term of not lees than 10 and not more- than 14 years at hard labor in the State pris On" at Cnarlestown. On December 9, King was convicted on 27 counts of an indictment charging , him with larceny and embezlcment. . " . ,f 1 The Bi-eat Lick telescope will plex eat a atar sq imntl that It wonia , mm Chi' a lilvcr pocket' water flask, bearing ; '. '"" - '-'