The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-03

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cations In Washington TO oppose
the Appointment of Hancock "a,
Postmaster at New Bern.
Especial to The Caucasian
: Washington, ID. c., March /, 1910.
THE first year OF President Taft's
administration has elapsed and the
most important achievements during
this year may be summarized as fol
lows:
Tariff has been revised.
| Corporation tax law passed.
Sugar trust directors indicted.
Provision made for the Customs
Court.
Beef trust prosecutions have be-
gun.
Customs frauds unearthed in New
York
Maximum and minimum tarifI
worked out.
Tobacco trust prosecutions pur-
sued
Investigation into cost OF living
started.
Legal action against Standard Oil
followed up.
Law is passed limiting appropria-
tians for Porto Rico.
Tariff board appointed to investi-
gate cost of production.
In addition to the above, 1t now
appears that three other reforms
measures advocated by this admins
tration have been added to the list.
namely, a law to strengthen the in
terstate commerce act, provision to
amend and strengthen the laws cov-
ering injunctions. and also provis-
ion for establishing postal savings
banks, will be enacted into law at
this session of Congress.
Recent North Carolina Appoint
| ments.
The following appointments for
North Carolina have been made for
the past week:
w. E. Logan. Marshal Western
District.
Claudius Dockery, Marshal Eastern
District.
| Herbert F. seawell, District Attor-
ney Eastern District.
Postmasters: Wallace w. Rollins,
Asheville; Byron J. Luther, Bilt-
more; Miss Mary E. Jones, FairView
o. D. Wallace, Carthage; D. Luther
Yount, Lincolnton; Mary W. Var
borough, Louisburg; Lindsay NJ
Russell, Troy; A. w. Davis, Walnut
Cove; Albert Miller, LAGRANGE; AL
vim 8. Willis. Morehead City; Eliza
N. Hill. Scotland Neck; Benjamin T.
Person, Wilson.
i The President has announced that
he will re-appoint HeZekiah Gudger,
of Asheville, Judge in the Panama
Canal zone.
!. Opposition to Hancock.
A delegation of Democrats and Re-
publicans from New Bern arrived in
the city to-day and will go TO the
White House tomorrow with Repre-
sentatives Morehead and Thomas tc
protest against the appointment OF
Robert Hancock for postmaster al
New Bern. The Democrats will ask
for the appointment of some good
representative man, while the Repub
lican delegation will ask for the ap
pointment Of Mr.. ]. S. Basnight.
The Reclamation of Southern SWAMP
| lands
CONGRESSMAN Morehead, on yester
> day, introduced a bill providing fol
the reclamation of Southern swami
: lands by the drainage Of the sam'
West for the reclamation Of semi
> arid lands by irrigation. The bill
mot only includes the public LAM
States which have swamp lands. blu
Q also all other Southern States, In
( cluding North Carolina, even wher
9 they have no public lands.
: There Is a provision that State
e like North Carolina can borro'
]. money from the reclamation fund @
y the Government for the purposes G
draining swamp lands. The none
can be borrowed either by the Stat
II or by counties or municipalities, c
+ by private corporations under certai
.. rules and regulations guaranteein
If the repayment OF the same out OF th
n proceeds of such reclaimed land.
n II this bin becomes law 1t NEAR
b a great deal for the South. Thel
T. IL to-day more swamp land capab
OF being drained than there ss lar
In the West capable OF being irr
m gated, and the same can be drains
OF at a less cost than land can be fri
a, gated In the West. and when on
In done. IL will be much more valuabl
t. not only on account OF the great fe
as tility OF the land. but on account
b. there being no future cost necessa
Of to maintain the same.
Two New Batfleships.
rs The House Committee on Nay
sn Affairs to-day voted for the constru
ton OF two new battleships, one !