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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
MEllbERsnlP INCREASED
Reappointnent Bill Passes
Senate Adding Ferty-Twe
Members 20 House
Inltkative and H~f~~~ndnm f~@xarw
Adza~vi to I'LL 90 ssnard AgakEss
ss~rTymans~T4nx rs Ans state
VIII Take Ea~xf Marxh q. 1919

Washington. n. e. Aax- Bear,
ms - initiative and rsferva9am feat
IRE 20 safeguard against x~rrymaz.
deviug IN a Number % states. The
Congressional re-apo.atm.nt bill pas,
I'd the senate to-day. IL nxex the
future House membership g. sSs--
~gth more when Arizona ana New
Mexico attain siatehood-Insseaa o.
the formality % u roll cali or the
hual vote. Two amendments. both
offered By Senator Burton. OF OhIo,
gere attached TO the House measure
AM on these a conference with The
House will be held-~all that stand in
the way OF President Taft's approval
OF the bill. which Is 20 take effect
March I. 1919
Under this decennIal re-appolnt-
ment there Is TO be no reduction in
the membership from any State. The
average Congressional District will
contain over 1900 greater popula-
ton over 1900 greater population
than at present. the average district
comprising 211.s77 under the new
plan.
The Initiative and referendum pro-
vision was tackled on 10 the bill just
before its passage to-day. II was one
vides that in case OF an increase in
the representation OF any State. the
re-districting, instead OF being done
by the State Legislature, as provided
by the House bill. should be in the
manner provided by the laws" OF the
State, thus leaving the re-districting
subject 10 the initiative and referen-
dunn laws wherever they have been
placed on a States statue books.
These States have adopted the in
itiatiye ard referendum in the form
of constitutional amendments: Ore
goD. Oklahoma, Nevada, Missouri,
Montana, South Dakota, Colorado.
Arkansas, and Maine. Utah has
adopted a similar amendment. but
the provision is imperative because of
failure Of the Legislature to enact the
necessary accompanying legislation.
Besides these in the following States
such an amendment has been sub
mitted by the Legislatures but has
not yet been voted upon California,
Wyoming, North Dakota,
Nebraska, Florida, and Idaho
This amendment was agreed to by
a strict party vote, SO to %, the Rel
publican Senators voting for it and
the Democrats against it.
The other amendments adopted
that Candidates for Rep
shall be nomi-l
mated in the same manner as candi-l
dates for Governor unless otherwise
provided by the laws of such State."l
In some States the representation
s increased by this bill, but through
limitation or other
cause their Legislatures cannot dill
vide the State into districts. The
House bill provided for an election
n such case, but not for a nomina-
ion and the second Burton amend
nent is designed to meet that emer-
sency.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
THE KNIT MILLS PROTEST.
Claim That Underwood Bill Would
Close Down Every Mill in United
States and Throw Labor Out of
Endowment

( Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 3, 1911.
/ To the Hosiery, Underwear and Kni'
Goods Manufacturers OF the L. S
Gentlemen:-You doubtless have
been notified of the rates that have
been put into effect in the new cot
ton schedule just presented to the
House and passed by them. The
| rates on hosiery and underwear are
simply destructive and | venture to
predict the close-down of every mill
in the United States just as quick as
the German manufacturer can make
enough goods to ship in here, which
will be but very short time. This
throws our mills at the mercy of the
pauper labor of Germany. 1t destroys
our industry and it destroys our
property.
We have a possible chance of Civ
ing these facts to the memb ers of the
Senate and let them reflect a little
bit before passing this bill The
chances are that the insurgent Re-
publicans and the Democratic mem
bers OF. the Senate have formed a
coalition for putting through these
tariff bills. Politics il being played
at the expense Of business and the
prosperity of the country and We
manufacturers are the goat!
We Jared better in the cotton
schedule than in any other line of
goods, but even at that the rates that
were inaugurated would absolutely
annihilate our business A reduction
from S5c. dozen to 4Oc. dozen is
so out of the question that you can
readily understand where we would
be under this sort of a tariff ruling
inside of a few months.
Therefore, I will kindly ask you
Immediately upon receipt of this let
ter to wire the two Senators from
your State and any other Senators
whom you know and especially the
Democratic Senators, informing them
that the present rates in the Under
wood bill would absolutely destroy
the hosiery and underwear industry
These kilograms want to get into the
hands of the Senators by Friday, if
possible or as soon thereafter as you
can possibly do so.
The appeal is especially made to
our Southern knitters and underwear
manufacturers as, of course, the ma
jority of the Democratic Senators
come from the South. Don't delay
and don't leave this for somebody
else to do. but send as long a tele-
gram as you possibly can to your
Senator'S and make it as forcible, and
follow it with letters.
Get your stockholders to write let
tiers and send kilograms urging them
not to pass such a schedule as the
present Underwood bill carries. Get
busy. Yours very truly,
GARRETT ANDREWS,
President
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
WILL HOLD INTERSTATE MEET.
ING.

North Carolina and Virginia Farmers
Unions to Hold Joint Meeting in
Greensboro, August 1926.
The Farmers Union of this State
and the Farmers Union of the State
Of Virginia will hold joint meeting
in Greensboro August 25th and 26th.
1t is stated that the object of this
meeting is to get the farmers of the
two States to pool this years crop of
tobacco. Among members of nation
al reputation in the Union who will
be present and make addresses are
Charles S. Barrett, president of the
national organization, and Hon. Joel
B. Fort, president of the State Union
of Tennessee.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
THE ESKIMO FUNERAL.
The Old Custom of Leaving Bodies
to Prey of Wild Beast May Be
bolished-Deceased Forgotten At
ter Funeral.

(New York Evening Times.)
A pile of bare bones bleaching on
frozen Northern hill which nature
tries her best to conceal, in summer
with a growth of rich-hued Arctic
overs and in winter with a winding
sheet OF snow-this till now has
marked the burial place of the Alas
kan Eskimo. From the Cape of
Prince Wales to the last outpost of
man nearest the pole, virtually every
ridge and head-land In that country
Is Golgotha, a place of skulls. Now
this heartless custom Of preying ami
mals-decreed by nature, too,-is
perhaps soon to pass. Bishop p. T.
Rowe, OF the Episcopal Church. re-
Gently ordered the skulls and bones
OF some 1000 Eskimos, dead long
ago, to be collected>and inferred In
the church's burial ground at Point
Hope, and the white men will try to
teach the natives other practices.
Travellers in the Arctic regions saw
that nothing so impresses them as
these weird ever-present piles of
whitened skulls. Some have lain for
centuries on their beds of moss. their
hollow eyes looking toward the Polar
stars; and they crumble like chalk
into dust at the touch.
When We explained, the Eskimos'
practice in this matter seems reason
able enough. In winter the digging
OF a grave is impossible; and even in
midsummer the ground beneath the
covering of vegetation is frozen hard
Through this the Eskimos' tools can
not cut Moreover, the thought that
a dead comrade might be in lev wa
Ter In his grave is unbearable to a
native. So. in reality, the old social
hinoiness Of North is back of the ems
tom OF this disposition of the dead
The funeral of an Eskimo is a cera-
mony of short MORNINGS and long
ana hilarious jubilation. always in
Guiding a dog race. As with other
primitive peoples, the Eskimos are
in their emotions. and their
srieI is short-lived. Soon after death
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

Lewiston, Maine, Aug. 8.-The
State of Maine lost its senior United
States Senator and an almost life
long faithful servant, when William
Pierce Frye died to-day at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Helen White, in
this city. Although he had been i'll
for long time, death came suddenly.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
CHOKED WIFE TO DEATH.

Still Reuben Combes Was Sentenced
to Only Thirty Years in the Peni-
Tertiary.
Statesville, N. c., Aug. 8.-Reuben
Combes, the young wife murderer,
against whom the jury last night rem
dered a verdict of second degree
murder, was to-day sentenced by
Judge Daniels to thirty years in the
State prison, and Deputy Sheriff Ward
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
WILL GET ADVERSE REPORT
Cotton Bill Will Be Voted On in Sen.
ate To-Day.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 9.-TRe
senate Finance Committee decided to
report adversely the House cotton
tariff revision bill. The bill goes to
the Senate tomorrow.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

But before this government was af-
fiicted with a Democratic House the
people couldn't raise cotton, corn nor
any other farm products enough to
reduce the price, but when the Demo-
Gratis get in their deadly work prices
fall fiat and the country is ruined
Clinton News-Dispatch.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
Thirteen FLOODED Horses Burned to
Death.

Parkersburg, w. Va, Aug. T.
Thirteen young race horses belong
ing to Judge Reese Blizzard and the
c. H. Shattuck estate were burned
here to-day when a stable at the
Shattuck track was destroyed by fire.
The loss is $4,000.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
STATEHOOD BILL PASSES.
New Mexico and Arizona Admitted tl
Statehood With Certain Proyisos.

Washington, D. c., Aug. S.-The
New Mexico-Arizona Statehood bill
was passed by the Senate to-day SO to
Is. 1t provides for the automatic ad-
mission of Arizona after its citizens
vote on the recall Of judges provision
of it's constitution and Of New Mexico
after its people vote on the PROPOSE
ton to make its constitution easier
of amendment
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
Yearly Meeting of Friends at Guilford
College.

The Yearly Meeting of North Caro-
lima Friends is being held at Guilford
College this week. The meeting be-
gan Tuesday and will continue
through Sunday.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

John ". Gates. prominent AEsri-
ean nnanclsE. died Tuestay - Eazs#
The population CO Greater S~w
York has passed tie avs Ellllen
mark.
Clarence Drggerx and Ksers
Brown we're drowned Monday after
noon In a lake near Columbia. : c.
4 party OF berry picksrs consisting
Of Ave persons we're drowned. near
Crystal Falls. Michigan. when their
launch vas capsized.
II was only a few degrees above
the freezing point al Denver, Colo.
last week II vas the coolest August
weather known IN that State in TWEEN
ty-six years
Stephen Shields. chief-of-police of
North View. West Virginia, was kill
ed BY a negro Sunday night His
head was almost torn of by the shot
from the negro's gun. The murderer
was arrested.
A cir! was killed and nine other
persons seriously hurt, when an au-
tomobile containing six children and
two men crashed into an electric car
at New Bedford, Mass, Saturday
night.
Miss Mabel Carpenter, superinten
dent OF the Anderson, S. c., hospital,
was burned TO death Monday after
noon when a kerosene lamp exploded.
Others were painfully injured while
trying to extinguisn the flames.
Miss Margaret Kelly,~,for many
years connected with the United
States Mint Bureau, has been APP
pointed examiner of the minis of the
United States at a salary Of $4,000
year, making her the highest paid
woman on the Government payroll.
Lieut.. Chas. E. Brilliant, of the
United Staes Navy, was found dead
from a bullet wound in his room in
the Hotel Aston, in New York, a few
days ago. There were no circum-
stances to indicate suicide and the
officials think it probable that he
was murdered.
Dynamite placed under the house
of two Italians laborers at Slab Fork,
near Berkeley, w. Va, Monday morn
ing, wrecked the house, killing the
two men and throwing the little min
ing town into panic, The shock was
felt for miles. 1t is believed to be a
Black Hand outrage
who started pushing a wheelbarrow
from Atlanta, Ca, to New York on
June 23rd, arrived in New York Sat-
urday and delivered a letter to the
mayor of New York from the mayor |
of Charlotte and then boarded a
train for Atlanta. Orr won a wager
of $500 for his part of his freak
trip.
Joseph Summers, of Harrisonburg,
Va, cripple from birth, Friday
threw away his crutches and, crazed
with fright after accidentally shoot
ing small girl, ran in his bare feet !
inc the country. He fed so rapidly
that he could not be overtaken. The
child, Ruth Enswiler, five years old,
may die. The shooting occurred while
Summers was cleaning a revolver
Statesville Landmark.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

{. Z. Bell Land Company, OF Cnag-
lotte: capital. $1,000.
The commissioners Of Catawba
County have appropriated $50 mile
for the Central High @sy through that
county.
The Enfield Tobacco Warehouse a.
Enfield. y. c. vas destroyed By fire
Monday The ioss amounted TO aDou;
$4,000.
The postmasters' Association Of
this State will hold their annual
meeting In AshevlIle September 18th
20 2ist.
Thieves broke into the Office OF the
Norfolk Southern freight depot at
Kinston Friday night and rified the
cash drawer.
Lewis Newer. coIored. shot and
killed George McDuny. coiored. three
miles from Fremont Saturday night.
McIver escaped.
Less than one hundred voters OF
Durham have registered 10 vote on
the Farm Life School for that county
on August 18th.
Little Richard Taylor, OF New Or
leans, who was injured in the wreck
near Salisbury last week, died Sunday
L.
- Roseborough, the fourteen-year-old
son Of Mr.. NJ. G.. Cloer, OF Lenoir,
met instant death while trying to
jump of of a moving train Saturday
night.
A Norfolk Southern passenger train
was wrecked Saturday afternoon
about two miles east of Wilson. About
one hundred yards Of track was torn
up, but no cars overturned.
w II. Lowery, section foreman on
railroad in Moore County, was shot
to death a few days ago four miles
from Carthage by Jno. Coins, colored,
lren.
Attorneys G. o. McMichael and P.
W. GlidWell engaged in fight during
the noon recess of court at Went
worth last Friday. That is becoming
a common argument for some of the
lawyers in the State.
The commissioners of Cumberland
County have ordered an election on
100000 bond issue for improving
the highways in that county. The
election will be held on the second
Tuesday in November.
Robert Mattheson, the eighteen
year-old son of Mrs. D. s. Mattheson,
of Chicago, ILL.,, was drowned Sunday
in Lake Toxaway. He and his moth
er and two small sisters had been
spending the summer near the lake.
While returning from work to the
camps, one OF the negro convicts
working on the Elkin and Allegheny
Railroad, named Stackhouse, at
tempted to escape through a corn
field, and was shot and killed by one
of the guards.
Engineer John Mccarthy, of the
Clinchfeld and Ohio Railroad, was
killed in a wreck on his road near
Penland, N. c., Monday. McCarthy's
body was pinned under his wrecked
engine. The fireman was hurled into |
stream, but was able to wade out. |
Marion Harrell and Oscar Hill, |
both colored, became involved in |
quarrel while on Norfolk Southern
train, near Chocowinity, Tuesday, |
when Harrell drew a pistol and shot
Hill, killing him instantly. Harrell
then jumped from the train and make
his escape.
All the property and franchises of
the Toxaway, including about 27,OO0i
acres OF land, the Toxaway, Fairfield
and Sapphire Hotels, has been sold
under decree Of the Circuit Court
OF the United States for the Western
District of North Carolina to satisfy
first mortgage for bonds te the
amount Of $4,000. The property
was sold for 100000.
WILL HOLD INTERSTATE MEET
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
State Farmers Alliance i'm Session al
HilIsboro.

The annual meeting of the North
Carolina State Farmers Alliance is
in session at Hillsboro this week. The
Alliance Headquarters are one mile
from the town.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

Dynamite placed under the house
of two Italians laborers at Slab Fork,
near Berkeley, w. Va, Monday morn
ing, wrecked the house, killing the
two men and throwing the little min
ing town into panic, The shock was
felt for miles. 1t is believed to be a
Black Hand outrage.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

ALI the property and franchises of
the Toxaway, including about $4,000
acres Of land. the Toxaway, Fairfield
and Sapphire Hotels, has been sold
under decree of the Circuit Court
of the United States for the Western
District of North Carolina to satisfy
a first mortgage for bonds to the
amount Of $272,0OO. The property
was sold for 100000.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10
State News.

A charter has been issued for the
c. Z. Bell Land Company. OF Char
lotte: capital. $1,000.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

y. B.-The following scAeaa..
ures published as Information cs,,
and are not guaranteed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

John ". Gates. : prominent AEsTi-
e2n nnsncleT. died Tuesc.y ~ Eazs#
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

The commissioners Of Catawba
County have appropriated $50 q mile
for the Central High ~ay through that
county.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

Clareaee Drggera and kser
Brown we're drowned Monday after
noon in a lake near Columbia. :. {
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-10

IL was only 4 few degrees above
the freezing point al Denver. Colo
last week. II vas the coolest Angus
weather known In that State in TWEEN.
ty-six years.
Newport daily independent., 1911-10-13
Will Stuckey Be A
 5. New Richmond.

Is there. to be a new guberna- torial Richmond in the field There are persistent rumors of prohibition candidate, Rev Frank Barrett being the most prominently mentioned. Now comes the Newport Independent with the statement that Many requests nave been pouring Ill from all over the state and es- pecially from among the attor- neys, requesting Judge M. M. Stuckey to make the race for governor in the approaching pri- naries."
 Judge Stuckey is well known throughout the state, in legal, fraternal and military circles, and is member of the law firm of Stuckey and Stuckey.-Free Lance.
Newport daily independent., 1911-10-13
Crop Comparisons.

The cereals had an acreage of 2,564,898 acres in 1909, as com pared to 2,98O,684 in 1899, a de- crease of 415,786 acres, or 13.9 per cent. Wheat showed the largest decrease, being equal to more than three-fourths of the decrease of the total cereals. Among the cereals corn ranked first, comprising nearly nine tenths of their total acreage and total value. The remaining tenth was distributed among the other cereals, oats, rough rice and wheat constituting the greater part. The average value per acre of cereals in 1909 was S12.- 20, slightly above that of hay and forage and about one-fourth as great as that of potatoes. 
 Rice showed the highest aver age value per acre; rye the low est. Of the hay and forage crops, "Wild, salt, or prairie grasses" ranked first in acreage and second in value, having an acreage and value, respectively, slightly more than one-fourth and one-sixth as great as the en- tire hay and forage crop. "Grains cut green" was second in acreage and first in value, with an acreage slightly below that of Wild, salt, or prairie grasses" and in value slightly more than one-fourth of the to- tai value of hay and forage. "Timothy and clover mixed stood third. Cotton had an acre age slightly below that or the total cereals and nearly five times as great as that for the to- tai hay and forage crop, While in value it was more than one
 and one-half times and over Il
 times, respectively, as great as
 that of the cereals and that o1
 hay and forage. There were
 few miscellaneous crops, and the most of them were above the
 more usual crops in value pel
 acre.
Newport daily independent., 1911-10-13

cent. From 1878, Wlfell acres were reported, oats rose to 288,332 in 1889, fell to 280,- 115 in 1899, and again to 197,- 449 in 1909. The total yield in 1909 was 3,212,891 bushels; the average yield per acre, 16 bush els; the average value per acre $8.3O.
 Slight Increase In Potatoes.
 During the decade ending 1909 potatoes increased 3,233 acres, or 1922 per cent. From 1 1889, when 14,442 acres were harvested, potatoes rose to 26,- 486 by 1899, and again to 29,- l 719 by 1909. The total yield in ! 1909 was 2,O96,893 bushels; the average yield per acre, Fl bush- els; the average value per acre. $48.45.
 Sweet Potatoes And
 Yams Increase
 Sweet potatoes and yams dur ing the decade between 1899 and 1909 increased 9,117 acres, or 68.7 per cent. From 12,666 acres in 1879 sweet potatoes and vans rose to 19,445 by 1889, fell to 13,271 by 1899, and rose again in 1909 to 22,388. The to- tai yield in 1909 was 1,685,308 bushels; the average yield per acre, 75 bushels; the average value per acre, $60.75.
 Large Increase In Rice.
 During the decade ending 1909 rough rice increased 27,- 394 acres. From 1889, when 9 acres were harvested, rough rice rose to 25 acres in 1899, and 27,- 419 in 1909. The aggregate production in 1909 was 1,27O,- 53O bushels; the average yield per acre, 46 bushels; the aver
Newport daily independent., 1911-10-13

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Newport daily independent., 1911-10-13

With the best of instruments, the best. of material and a life,s experience, Van Hendrix of the Hendrix Studio is prepared to meet all wants in the line of photographs. Call and see his work and receive courteous treatment. Telephone 353.
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Newport daily independent., 1911-10-13

Cut glass for wedding pres ents 25 per cent off at the Pal ace Jewelry Store. 50p1
Newport daily independent., 1911-10-13
To Automobile Owners.

l now have a first class repair man and am in shape to take care or your troubles at reason aSle prices Phone 38. 29dtf ]. l.. Younger.
Newport daily independent., 1911-10-13

The Independent is authoriz- ed to announce the candidacy of William A. Oldfeld of Independ- ence County for reelection as congressman from the Second district, subject to the action of the Democratic primary.