The news & observer., 1905-12-14

hundred and three, having duly ten
dered, freely and without cOmpensa-
ton to the United States of America,
all of its property at the Guilford
battle ground, upon which are many
monuments, with the expressed hope
that the United States will properly
care for and preserve the same as a
Revolutionary military park, the Sec
retary of War be, and he is hereby,
authorized and directed for and in
behalf of the United States to re-
ceive from the GuilfOrd Battle Ground
Company a proper deed conveying to
the United States all the real proper
ty belonging to the said Guilford
Battle Ground Company situated
in Guilford county. North Carolina,
four miles north of Greensboro, known
as the Guilford battle ground, contain
ing one hundred acres more or less,
together with the museum and its con-
tents upon said real estate.
Sec. ?. That the President is here
by authorized and directed to appoint
commissioner to be known as Com
missioner of Guilfird Battle Ground
National Military Park, who shall. un-
der the direction of the Secretary of
War have supervision over said park
and its museum, and whose compen-
sation shall be two thousand dollars
per annum."
DR.. McKcIway Enthusiastic.
DIR. S. J. McI<elway is enthus
iastic over the success of the
National Child Labor Commit
tee, which closed it's session here
Saturday night. The reports from
every section of the country all teS-
tilted to the rising tide of public opin-
ion in favor of protecting the child
rem of the nation from premature en-
.ployment. During the year twelve
States of the north and west have
passed child labor laws or have
amended those already in existence,
among them Rhode Island, Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania. The
worst abuses of the system are still
found in the glass industry of the
Middle States and the cotton mills of
the South. DR.. McKelway is giving
his special attention to the latter
abuse and expects to open South
ern office in Atlanta the first of Jan
uary, from which he can more easily
cooperate with the State committees
that are advocating more effective
legislation and law enforcement; but
expects to keep his home in Char
lOtte and continue his editorial work
on the Presbyterian Standard.
Representative Page had an inter
view today with Director North of the
Census Bureau when he took Occa-
sion to urge the adoption of RepreSen-
tative Webb's plan for the publication
of a daily report of the cotton ginners
i'm the cotton producing States. Mr..
North said he thought the daily pub
lcatiOn of these reports, if only for
IA days during a month, would ac-
compliSh the results desired. 1t Is
probable that the publication of these
daily reports will not begin until next
year, as the better part of the present
crop has been ginned. Among 9TH
er things Mr.. Page gave Mr.. North
the name of a new gin in his county,
from which no reports have ever been
made.
Representative Gudger said today
that he had interviewed the members
of the Public Building Committee,
and he had received assurances that
| Asheville would be given Il S65,000
| appropriation for the enlargement of
| the building there, in the event of the
passage of an omnibus public build
ing bill.
Representative w. w. Kitchin has
received notice from Surgeon General
Wyman that E. NJ. Holt, a North
Carolinian. employed in the Marine
Hospital service here, will be trans
! ferred to Wilmington.
An important bill has been intro
| duced by Representative Clayton, of
Alabama, which is designed to cover
| the cases of smart gentry of the type
| of Hyde and Holmes, who used gov
| ernment information to their own ad
vantage, as well as to the advantage
! of others. Mr.. Clayton's bill penal
| izes the offenSe by fine of $4,000 or
| Imprisonment for five years or both.
A Lady i'm she R:ce.
Republican State Chairman Rollins
says he has not endorsed any one for
| the WadesborO poStOffice. He be-
ieves that he will be able to find a
Republican for the job, but if not he
says he is willing to endorse a con-
servative Democrat A young lady.
Miss Howe. has entered the race.
! Mr.. Rollins has received several en-
! dorsements of her candidacy.
| The nomination of stephen a.
/ White. for disappointment as post
| master at Mebane, will be announced
in few days. Mr.. Rollins sent in
the recommendation today
| Representative Webb addressed the
| Virginia Society last evening on the
! occasion of the annual banquet given
at the Riggs. Mr. Webb was the
only speaker, who is not a native of
| Virginia
Representative w. w. Kitchin has
| advanced to the rank of third among
the minority members of the COM
mittee on Naval Affairs. This h;gh-
| er committee rank will result in Mr..
| Kitchins appointment on the sub
| Appropriation Committee, and he will
be one of those to participate in the
| drafting of the naval appropriation
| bill
McCRARY NOT APPLICANT.