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i 3 if 111 LiI LJliM LEADING NEWSPAPER AND BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. II. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C,, THURSDAY, MARCII 4, 1909. NO. 43. iff Li- . VLkU BRIEF (MINGS Of NORTH STATE NEWS News of Interest Gleaned From All Sections of the State and v Arranged For Busy Headers EDITOR VASNER'S EXCURSION. Takes Train Load of Farmer From Davidson County to see Mecklen- nnrg Roads. Charlotte, Special. A solid train of prosperous farmers, some of them aocompanied by their ' wives and children, arrived at the Southern de pot Friday morning from various part -, of Davidson county, and pent the day taking in the lights of the city and having such a time as many of them have never exper ienced before. It is the only time in the history of the .town in all probability, when the farmers have taken it by storm The party traveling on a special train, furnished for their private use, ! and knowing that they were the guests of honor and the centre of in terest wherever they went, could not but feel jubilant and as they began to pour out from the cars upon their arrival here it looked as if they were going to cover the whole face of the earth , around the Southern depot. A large number of the . people, of the city were on hand to Bee the novel flight of a train load of well-to-do farmers, some of them coming to spend their first holiday in a city, and to take note of the farmers in the lime-light, where they had been placed through the efforts of Mr. H. B. Varner, editor of The Lexington Dispatch, who had each member of his party earfeully tagged with a blue ribbon, so that the pub lic might be positive ?n its identifi cation of the members of the agri cultural" excursion. ; The plan of bringing as many of his fellow-farmers,, as he styles his -party, to Mecklenburg, was conceiv ed by Mr. Varner several months ago, and the selection of fifty or sixty special guests . was accomplished through ' a - newspaper contest. Th idea ' to bring , the fanners 'here at . once became very popular with the '. farmers of Davidson and the trip for jmeny week baa been held in keenest v anticipation- by many of thra. - ' !Che idea, as planned by Mr. Var ner,' to bring the' fanners to ? the county' and give them a first-hand view of the roads of this county, is considered the best method yet by : which td increase interest in .good roads nnd to-arouse enthusiasm for better road facilities. The party numbered more V than 100. ' Mow than half of them were dcfignrfteJ. by the blue ribbon as Mr; Varner 'a prize guests, the others taking an equally deep interest took advantage, of the time and occasion to see Mecklenburg good roads.. After riding ovr the city in trolley ears j ; i - i : . UHn buggies, etc., and viewing the coun try around from the top of ' the Realty building, where they ' could view, the Blue Ridge and other inter esting scenes, they repaired to the Sel w.vn hotel where speech making was jn order besides a luncheon at : 18 and dinner at 6 o'clock. The party left for borne at 9 p. m. . Ready to Develop Power. " Hickory, . Special. Col. M.- E. , Thornton, president of , the ; Water Power Electric Company, of Hickory, N. C, has at last arranged for his company to acquire the shoals above his, and : having j, options on ;the riparian rights above it can now pro ceed with the construction ' of the dam across the. Catawba .river at Hickory for the development . of his proposed nydro-eiectne plant, xne initial installation will be for 96,500 horse power. Col. Thornton has gone to New York to complete arrange ments for construction and equip ment .to commence at once. . , -; . ' Cotton Gin is Burned. Spenear, Special. A eottpn. gin be longing to KlutU and Linn, near Spencer, was destroved by fire short ly before daylight Tuesday morning, entailing a loss of $2,500, with no insurance, - The owners believe the fire to have been of incendiary origin aa the plant has not been operated ior ten nays. j.nere is evidence inav night riders have gotten in their work in Rowan county Durham j Have Paid Firemen Durham, Special. Pinal prepara tions were made by the board Wed nesday night for the paid and par tially .paid fire department,' when a combination . hose and . chemical wa gon 'and another 1,000 feet of hose were ordere. The orders were sent off Wednesday. This made a total : of 2,500 feet of hose ordered since the beginning of the new year. , The new paid firemen will go on duty on Mon day. Four at each- station and seven runners to a company, who will be partially paid. SETTLEMENT WITH SEMINOLE. Southern. Life Insurance Company Returns 0109,785 and Complicated Matter is Ajusted. Fayetteville, Special. Consider able interest has been felt in a com plete transaction by which to the Seminole Securities Company, for South Carolina has contemplated the transfer of a block of stock of the Southern Life Insurance Company of this city. On account of misunder standings in the details of the trade the transaction was canceled an , de clared "off." The Southern Life In surance Company has now settled witjj the Seminole Company for the amount of money received from that corporation, by returning to the re ceivers of the securities company $109,785. This leaves only the re maining details to be closed up in order to complete the final settle ment and cancel the entire matter. The members of the agency force of the Southern Lifo are congratulat ing themselves on a satisfactory set tlement of this somewhat delayed transaction as it enables them to re sume the successful execution of the business which was temporarily in terrupted by this unfortunate compli cation. Two Fatal Accidents. Selma, Ppecial. Selma and vicin ity was the scene of two horrible accidents Monday. Arthur Hare, the son of Mayor Hare, and a youug man of bright promise, accidently shot himself with No. 22 rifle. The doc tors say .bis bowels were perforated in" six places, and very little hope is entertained for his recovery. Abra ham Batten, an uncle of the man charged with the - murder of Charlie Brown, was found dead Tuesday .afternoon, shot through the head. His gun -was fojind on the opposite side of the fence, and it is supposed that in rossrn(r the fence the gun went off : it falling, on one aide and . the body on. the other. . . , f '''': '".-. - Cotton MOT Floors Settler? Concord, Special. With a , creak and a slow downward movement, the three floors of the north end of the big Oibson Mills, located in the north western part of this city, sank to a depth of probably six feet Saturday afternoon, caused by the crumbling of a pillar which ; subsequently cansed the giving away of the beams underneath , the building, probably affecting the foundation. There were four hundred hands at work in the immense structure and ' When they realized what , was taking place., a mild panic ensued, although not one sustained the slightest injury, though two or three young women fainted. Woman Was Blacklisted. Wadesboro, Special. Suit for damages in the sum of $50,000 has been brought by Mrs. Emma L. Rich ardson against P. T. Rhyne. Mrs. Richardson claims that she has been blacklisted by the Retail Merchants' Association wrongfully ' and asks damages from Mr.' Rhyne, a meat dealer, because of libel resulting. The suit is a novel one, the first of the kind brought here. The Retail Mer chants' Association is a new organi sation for the protection of local merchants and their rule is to refuse credit to those whose names appear on the blacklist. The standing of the - association will largely depend on the result of the suit. '" Dunn lawyer Killed by Train. tDunn, Special. On. Broad . street crossing at 7s30 Saturday freight trains, shifting and backing, ran over Hon; W. A. Stewart, a prominent at torney, crashing him to pieces. . ' Twenty Pound Baby. . Wadesboro,; Special. Wadesboro has the. biggest baby yet reported in the State. This baby is the child of Walter Little and wife, well known colored people living here and weigh ed 20 pounda when, born last Mon day. -The child is appearently doing well. The parents are the produest couple in the town. , Pot of Gold Found. v, Washington, - Special. A jar of eoins, aggregating $1525, ( which is alleged to be part of the money stolen from the Forsyth Bank and Trust company of Kernersville, N. C, was dug op from bneath a dwell ing 'Wednesday where it had been buried in that city by the robber, according to advices received by the detective -bureau here. Deputy Sheriff Robert Flint of Kernersville left here for North Carolina Wed nesday with Gaither Bodenhamer, a voung man who was arrested by the Washington police charsred with hav ing stolen more than $2,000. DOINGS OF THE LAWMAKERS Doings of the Stats Legislature Con densedInteresting Items from Day to Say. The following are some of the new bills offered in the Senate Monday: Ormond: Amend article 8 of the constitution relating to corporations other than municipal. Ormond : Amend Chapter 100, Re visal, relative to domestic insurance companies. v Starbuck: Permit' judgments on appeal bonds where bankrupts are defendant. - Dough ton: Amend 4097 Revisal re lative to the annual appropriation for education. i ; Fry: Incorporate Southern Assem bly, r President Kluttz announced to the Senate that the Attorney General bad furnished a ruling that the power and authority of the President Pro Tern, to ratify bills in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor was ample and sufficient. A resolution was sent forward by Mr. Scott that when the Senate ad journ it do so in honor of George Washington. This was put upon its immediate passage. The following new bills of general interest were introduced in the House Monday: Gaston: Amend Revisal 450 rela tive to the prosecution and defense bonds in cities and counties. Graham: Regulate the distribution of samples of proprietary and patent medicines from house to house. . Dowd: Amend Revisal 2870 in re gard to building and loan associations so as to limit their authority io bor row money to an aggregate equal to one-third of the capital stock. ; - McNeely : Make all roads now traversed by rural mail delivery routes public roads. The revenue bill was, on motion of Chairman Dowd,, taken up, the House going into committee of the whole for this purpose. Representative Eoonce was called- to the chair, i? r , When;. Section 32, real estate egeuta was reached, there was a discussion over persons not attorneys being tax ed for drawing deeds and contracts for pay, but it was decided io adopt the section as it is now in the law, several ." amendments being ' Vote down:"' "' A 'T:.; At 12:30 o'clock the committee the whole arose and reported progress through Section 32. Mr. Hayes offered the resolution that when' the House adjourn it do so ha honor of George Washington. On motion of Mr. Dowd the reve nue and machinery acts were made the special order again for Tuesday. At 2 :30 the House took recess till 3 at night. ; The night session of the House was enlivened with spicy debates on local fish: and liquor questions,: with the result that the bill to regulate the placing of stationery nets in Neuse nd Trent rivers, Pamlico county, was sent back to the committee; and the Buncombe bill of Mr. Weaver, tightening the prohibition law in that ;ounty with the purpose of prevent ing the near-beer establishments of Asheville from selling intoxicating liquors under cover of their legiti mate business,' was tabled amid ap plause. : The Buncombe bill called forth a vigorous protest' from Mr. Morton on account of the provision allowing search of premises. " Tue Burke county bill had passed prohibiting illegal sale of liquor after Mr. Sigmon had removed the section allowing search of premises for pos session of more than two and a half gallons, c. Mr. Weaver offered an amendment to his bill that made regular search warrant necessary in order to examine premises after com plaint made, but still the' opponents were not satisfied and after long De bate killed the bill. c The Senate discussion of anti-trust legislation, "teeth" and no'teeth," or rather what character of "teeth" shall be given the present anti-trust' act, began Tuesday, continued . for two, hours and then went over until Wednesday, when it was resumed ad infinitum. ' There were two speeches Senator Lockhart "for his ' original substitution "A" bill, and Senator Bassett, of the "Blow-Bassett sub stitute,' which superseded the Lock hart bill id taking favorable report at the hands, of, the judiciary com mittee, ;:. , --r ; . . : ' .-'.., ... ; . - ' Among the bills introduced in the Senate was one by Sonator Lockhart, authorizing the Corporation Commis sion to regulate hydro-electrie com panies. : . ' .--S V- V . The House was in committee of the whole again most of Tuesday on the revenue bill, and the first going-over is not finished yet. The most impor tant results wire taxing automobile dealers $25 privilege tax; including marine railway in the section taxing ship brokers ; putting the $25 tax pa liverymen who sell more than five horses in six months; increasing the tax on sewing machine manufactur ers and dealers from $350 to $4oU and ; raising the 50-cent fee for each agent S to $2 applying the peddlers' tax to all those having free or paid shows to flraw business, and exempting blind peddlers from the tax; reducing the ( tax on lighting-rod agents from $50. to $25; reducing the slot machine tax from $2.50 to $1.50 and exempt ing? those where drinking water is sold at a cent a glass; including un der packing house tax of $100 all wholesale dealers in meat packing house products who own and operate cold storage plants in the State and exempting all not handling, over 25, 000 pounds a year; putting on deal ers in beerine, near-beer and all drinks containing as much as one half of one per cent alcohol a tax of $20. : rMr. Hayes' bill for the division of the acts of the Legislature into pub lie, private and public-looal was pass ed on final reading. It is understood that it will save from $2,000 to $4,000 to the State in binding. vThe Senate on Wednesday passed many local measures, received a &reat number of new local bills and spent two hours discussing the anti-trust legislation before recess was taken to 8 p. m., when the anti-trust bills were under discussion again. Senator Or mond, for the Lockhart bill, and Sen ator Travis, for the Bassett-Blow substitute, were the speakers. Sen ator Lockhart stole a march on the opponents of his sub-section "A" bill by offering it as an amendment for all but the enacting clause of the Bassett-Blow substitute. , Among the bills largely of local nature was one to incorporate Caro lina Railway and Power Company. The House, after a spirited discus sion, voted 52 to 48,0 table the Em pie bill that had already assed the Senate to fohibit selling quail in the State, etc. The consideration of the rvenue bill in, committee of the whole for second reading was completed and fhe bill put through ready for the final grind of third reading. The graduated tax on cigarette dealers and manufacturers was raised so that ifef. will be $250 for 250,000,000 cigar ettes and range up to $1,500 for 500, 000,000 iigarettes output. This was a most important change. The;Hou8e committee on public buildings and grounds decided by un animous vote to recommend the en- aent.pf the Capitol building at net to exeeed $500,000 and the erection of a new aericultral build ing' to cost $150,000, the total bond issue to be $650,000. ; J A greaf number of petitions were introduced in printed form from numerous counties of the State ask ing for an election on amendment to the constitution as to the homestead exemption. : . With the unlucky number of 13 votes' east in its favor to 33 against it, sub-section "A," of the proposed anti-trust legislation, went down in defeat Thursday afternoon in the State Senate after the biggest argu mentative contest that has character ised this session of the Assembly and not inferior to that of the famous contest in the 1907 Legislature when, under the leadership of Hon. Renben Reid,. of Rockingham, sub-section "A" was expunged from the anti trust legislation on the narrow mar gin of one vote. The Senate passed on final reading the genral educational bill, carrying machinery for special tax in all coun ties, with increased State appropria tion, for.,, maintaining four-mouths school in every, school district in the State. The House on Thursday cleared the calendar of a goodly number of local bills on third reading. The two fol lowing are of public interest : . ' The House Thursday night passed the firemen's relief fund bill on final reading, after discussion. ; ' The bill to issue bonds in the sum of $500,000 for carrying out the pur poses of theaBickett act of 1907 to enlarge and equip the State hospitals for the insane was laid before ' the House. ' Several members of the mi nority began to ask questions about it and Dr. Gordon for the committee explained that it would include $250, 000 obligation already incurred in en larging the .hospitals at Morganton and Raleigh, and leave enough for some appropriations to the other in stitutions for permanent improve ments ; then . no further sums would be needed for improvements for the next ten years. ?- -,;:' ' ; .. v;,-.-. V .'" There were some questions by way of objections asked that brought out a most forceful defense of the bill by Senator Doughton. The bill pas sed its second reading. , In both, branches of the Legisla ture Friday ' was read the report of the select committee appointed to consider the sensational report of the auditing committee of the last Legis lature that investigated the offices of State Treasurer, Auditor and Insur ance Commissioner. The report is signed by all the members of the j" nt committee, including the Repub lic . and ' is of great length. It fi ' i that all the Auditor's warrants criticized by the auditing committee were fully authorized by law, and as to the voucher for the Goldsboro Hos pital for money to repair building, it states that no such warrant and. no such voucher number can be found on the Treasurer's and Auditor's books, that the hospital owes nothing for furniture or repairs, but does owe for supplies authorized by the Governor and Council of State. In the matter of Fish Commissioner Meekins noth ing secret dishonest or disadvantag es to the State was done. As to the Insurance Commissioner the report finds as a fact the state ment of the auditing committee that no evidence of any character of dis honesty is disclosed on the part of any one handling the funds or securi ties, and that there is no suggestion of any such. The statement of the expert ac countant that he eould not make an absolutely correct statement of this account without going back and checking up the entire business since the establishment of the office is er roneous in its belief; that the state ment of the expert that no cash book had been kept showing accurate re ceipts and disbursements of funds is very misleading, as the commissioner does keep a day book in which is a record of all receipts in detail while his bank book as Insurance Commis sioner shows all disbursements nd a separate ledger account shows dis bursements of the fund for the inves tigation of fires. The Senate consumed some time on a bill to change the county seat of Mitchell and on the Blow educational bill and passed a number of bills of local interest. The House, in committee of the whole, on the revenue act, decided to increase the pension ad. valorem tax from 4 to 5 cents, and the poll tax from $1.29 to $1.32 so as to be able to increase the appropriation for pen sions. The special order was the bond is sue bill for an issue of $500,000 for carrying out the purposes of the Bickett act of 1907 for enlargement of the State Hospitals for the Insane. With an amendment by Speaker Gra ham the hill passed its final reading. Columbus Eaa a $600,000 Blue. Columbus, Ohio, Special Fire, which started with : two explosions just before 3 o'clock Friday morn ing, destroyed ar fowsatoty buHdrng here and spread almost ins'tantly to a five-story brick building adjoining, extending from the point to Front street and destroyed . that and its contents, causing a 'total loss conser vatively estimated at $500,000. Tillman Astonishes the Senate. Washington, Special Senator Till man Friday astonished the Senate by the introduction of a resolution in structing the committee on postofflces and post roads to inquire whether messages and reports recently sent to Congress by the President should not be excluded from the mails as obscene literature unfit for circulation. The resolution was on motion of Mr. Till man, referred to the committee on postofflces and post roads, its reading in the Senate and reference causing no discussion. PROMINENT PEOPLE. VraaMant-AlRRt Taft was made ft Mason "at sight" by tbe Grand Lodge ot Ohio, at Cincinnati. 8ven Hedln. the 8wedlsh explorer, no. hicriiiv hnnnrflrl hv Ktne and neo-- pie upon his return to Stockholm. The King of Spain recently Be came an honorary member of the Roval Automobile Club of Great Britain. - Speaker .Toe Cannon's favorite at titude in the chair at Washington. D. C. is to sit with his left foot curled nnder him. K r Professor Charles A. Strong, son tn.ioar nf .Tnhn T Rockefeller, was bitten by a madman while a passen ger on the Baroarossa. . . .. u nnnnn-vrllla waa amused that mra in ha made In the weight of the Gatun Dam aa announced tn a despatch from Washington, u. George J. Gould, denounced as false a published report that he had rellngntshed control of the Gould railway system to B. H. Harrlman. Charles F. McKlm declined to serve on the commission" provided for tn the McCall bill to report on a site In Washington. D. C for a Lincoln memorial. Tha rirhaif farmer in ConsTess Is Frank Orren Lowden. of. the Illinois delegation Mr. Hitt's successor. Be fore her marriage Mrs. Lowden was Miss Florence Pullman, of Chicago. George H. Hall, the artist, one ot the oldest members of the National Academy of Design, opposed the plan M.r.t Ann arta huildlnc on the site ot the arsenal In Central Park, New York City. : Sir Walter Hllyer has been ap pointed expert adviser to the Chinese Government.. Sir Walter was born in China of EngUan parents ana i learned linguist. LI Hung Chang M that ha annlra and wrote Chinese as well as the most highly educated manoarm. Last year the TJnltod States pro duced CftO.OOO tons of be ga. 1 TUFFS SPtECfl Makes a Vigorous Protest Against Misrepresentation. REVISION SHOULD NOT DELAY Corrects Newspaper Report Seta Forth His Views on Plan of Mak ing Tariff Schedule. New York, Special. President elect Taft made a vigorous protest Friday night against what he said was an absolute misrepresentation in certain New York afternoon papers as to what he had said during the day in answering questions regarding tariff revision. He had stated, he said, that tha present business depression was un doubtedly due in a large measure te the fact that the tariff is to be revis ed at an extra session of Congress to meet March 15th ; that it was of tha highest importance that this work of revision should not be delayed, bnt executed with all possible diligence. Mr. Taft also said he favored tha idea of a permanent tariff commis sion, the plan for which should bo worked out with delibration, the du ties of such a commission to be to make a careful study of the operation of the proposed new tariff law, to tho end that suggestions might be made in the future which would tend to place the whole question of the tariff; on a more certain and scientific basis. THE NEW CABINET. Unofficial Bnt Reliable Annocement Made. New York, Special. All qauliflea tions of uncertainty in the prediction that Franklin MacVeagh of Chicago has been selected by Mr. Taft as his secretary of the treasury, are hereby removed. Mr. MacVeagh acepted tho place Wednesday and thereby that Taft cabinet . was made complete as heretofore announced by the Asso ciated Press. The cabinet as complete with tho selection of Mr. MacVeati is as fol lows: .'. . Secretary of State Philander Knox of Pennsylvania, j" v oecreiary.oi to Treasm-Mfe-Vranlr iin macvean oi Illinois. . v f Secretary of War Jacob M.' Dick inson of Tennesee. , Attorney General i George W. Wickersbanv of New York. Pastmaster . General Frank H. Hitchcock of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Navy George. Von L. Meyer of MassnchsettsT ' Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Bellinger of Washington. . Secretary . of Agriculture James Wilson of Iowa. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel of Missouri. With his Dostmaster renaml. TVanV w .r . . - j H. Hitchcock, Mr. Taft took a five mile walk through Central park ia the biting wind Wednesday. He saw a number of New York city financier during the day, but said the ealla were tnose to express friendship ana had no other significance. , There was a genuine reunion of tho Taft family at the Henry W. Taft residence. Hntcbins In Sad Condition. Washington, Special. Capt. Ham ilton Hutohins, who was relieved of his command of the battleship Kear sarge by Admiral S perry just befora the fleet left Gibraltar, ia to be ex amined by a special medical board which will look into his mental and! physical condition. His mental eon- aition is said to be most pitiable. It was because of the irraat under which Cantain Hntrhina labor ed that he was, at his own request. raievea or nis eommand. ' Contract Let For Statue of Columhna Washington, Bpecial. The Colum bus Memorial Commission has award ed the contract for making a statu of Columbus to be erected in th plaza of the Union Station in this; city to Lorando Taft. of Cicago, a relative of the President-elect. Con gress has appropriated $100,000 for the Columbus memorial, which, in ad dition to the statue, will comprise a. large architectural fountain. Alabamlaa Shoots Down Daughter's Assailant Birmingham. Ala., Special. While handcuffed and sitting in the sheriff's office at Bessemer Friday morning, Jim Brown, a negro, was shot and in stantly killed by James Robinson, white, father of the girl Brown' had attempted to assault on February 15th. The attack occurred withont warning, Robinson firing four s' ' i into the negro before-deputies s'- 1 ing near vu!d interfere. F 1 surrendered. TLo n -ro '--5 ' taken to Ec3?-cr for trial.