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JUDGE BRAWLEY HEARS ARGUMENTS VALIDITY OF FARM LABOR CONTRACT ACT UNDER FIRE. Various Questions Involved-Owing to Importance of Case Decision is Not Expected for Several Days. .. 'Tle State. Charleston, April 5.--Arguments were concluded -.lis afterooon in the -ase in the United States district court on the constitutionality of the Sout.h Caiolina not making tire breach of a fanrm labor contriact a misdem enno, w7n(1 tlit case was takoni under advhisemenlt. The hearing resolved itoself into the ri.rh. of the state to penalize the breahel of .a c1abor coin-hract inl the ex eceise of police powers aind -to sup press. fraufdulend priae.iees uinder the c-inslilitim of the United States. U7pon t11ie conlivenin11g of thlice court iblis mloringl. Mr. William Henlry parker c ule is :n-gumeet in .pp firt of the stte statite, spealk er-l" wil timnehl lorcev 4n the right1 of t stit1 to pinisli vii'lators of the 'Hw. wheie elm'a fnal lu.cl been ex preCsseillcy proviidvd itrninst in tlie net, a' pri wen in th .irin i of li peti lihe1n's coripus prc'eed.1in gs. TTe welt with sltl eae fr epni allsis on iie net.iii, of ihiosv acvisel. nlt(] con ( in 1i-l 1.1 t lie coivi(lion of fraid i tle part of tile petitioners, in Iavin violated a it onhaet, made for ite prwevition of f'ralld, Ibid not coitiravcie ill an * % wav ti laW.s of thll llitedl S to:es. District Attorney Cochran. Dis1tr-iet IIIIIe v Cov'hr'all follow eld wili :mo1telitr stron argmtien., spe'tak inic iln lcihlalf fcl t' Unci tedt S at on 11t iler-Nvi ltililn procevedl inPs. lie exl'essVd reat respect an adm,ii1iration for I It state swlpleNIe ocoII rt. hit debI na-4 1111a it was ham peiretd4 hy IvetrIi 1i dvtisionis acid pe vedeits whieh woiilhl pr(eeit I le prS. 1n1ti quetion ._; crNifiirt i lt, e onsid er-a4ion whlich thleir -impolanee dle Sevi d. lt r. ichrn i refI 1ct fthe a t-i i ',I* the( vourit no4t So much10 t o) 1tv (ituest ion )f iiimiouvivii for det,t ns to i'he deveper vonl-4i1u16iona1 iiiestioinso th Ilie rela ions of the state stattite to he Ih iieenli and foit4.1e1ni alivciliit-. and sec 0ion '1990 cI lit I'he le a slatites, relating to peonae. IlIe dwelt withl much fo'(10 uP0tn tie eleenlteI of cla-ss leg & la t i .111(1 tIe pen.age 'feat ures', and laimen:ted tie groving t. decies of the laws for lie con.trol of labor. le deedtiei o ith process ofr involiin irV servitile 14) bo gradiial. saltiing witli just 61el a law .anl ie veie motlv d'vuiecd iihat aill of tihe rarm ers ol t sIl -1o we.re asking t.lie eourt 'to snist;lii such a law. I he de'(iSclare t h: I lcw nol. ill lciwstiltn was ione olf t'h 1 c'. sc'i a clh iv reinIc'izat'i o fn lAttorne Glthnrah Lyon ap .\d iu ' ( 'ct'm a nir i c cf icti' Iri e emud h bet w Ie byc'c ict' edera i t a.:chc rc c. l'itc luanstio ii '~t! uma ft c ou,c' ::c' ics on 1 hc ' . a- . ti arker had'''ji sol r.ti rce fr etitionenrae Mc's. I c h c'', t iicVl'nri e wo de. jt'i'es, male .te cctluingii argu-ii menit ini whcich lit soidi thait fromci the .'land' haci c fc cI col it iral cccc'omyn as tiit'w liiw. th ne'tc' shouldi be and sai~ that it was oncly ani abruidge.t lie: t Ir te igh~'it of' evec'y man to -.ive' hiis Iabor ci as lie ple'asedl. Tecaset was t aken imder advise menti hy thei. 'outii. anid it will prob.d) nbly lhe somiie days beforec a decisiin Ii'rendere'd lby ,Judcge Bi'awley on ac count ofl the implocrtant questiocns in vcolved. PLAN TO DEFEAT ROOSEVELT it is Declared at the White Hous< That the "iHearst-Harriman Rockefeller" Combination to b4 Used to Encompass the President'l Political Undoing in the Next Con -...gross and in the National Conven tion. 'Washington, April 4.--I. w'as sai< en authority at the White Houise to day~ that thiere is amplei evidece a hand for -the claim sthe president hold1 tliat there is 'a movement oni foo to defeat his -policies in 'the next Cor gress and ini the National Conven tll.i1im-llekeVfblA c'' lolbinationl 1s allreadY a ftin.d of $5,000,000 with whichi -lo carry on its camipaign in opposition to the President. It was further authorit-ative.ly said: "'They are gathering up tihe loose eids, but the movement will flatten out. It is apparent to Ohio and Piennsylvaniiii; in fact it extends aoross the entire continent. The scheme wee thoroughly divulged at -a recont dinner and reached the White House thmogh a friend of the Priesident. The scheme of tihe peo ple behind the movement is to buy newspapers, public met and others wh'o may asist 'the opponents of the Prosident in their work." It was also stlated .authoritatively i. (he WIi-te House to-day that part of tMe plain to encompaiss the defeat f the President's policy .is the clec tion of state delegations to -the Na ti(onal Convent,ioi from .hose states kiiown to ftvor the president., these deleates to be instructed for Presi dod. Roosevelt, notwithstanding knowledg'.e in advance flat tle Pres-i deIt would not be a candidate for reom14 Mliniiat ion. Thien, according to thev S1titmen.t. madmle, 1ponl the Presi tleit decliiiii,g to be a candid-ate for I'-0n1imiikt ion, as lie said lie would de1l(Iine. the dele.'ates are to colisider 01h'1iselves free, and are to be switch I'll lover. to S()111m% Opponefilts of the Pn sitlent aid of the po(l)icies for which lie is staiiln.in1. The secret of dwli alleedi obllnation, it, was stat (,41 al tle VIiile oise, first leaked 1ut11 at fl dahier in (his ciy, attend ed hv a 1mbtitiber of airti-Roosevelt Re puiblicnis a few weeks ago. A friend ilf' Presideit Roosevelt, wlo was r0ent Iat tlhe liinner, carried tle nes to tle White Iouse. HIGH SCHOOL REGULATIONS. Information as to Their Establish Ment and Operation-State Board of Education Tells How They are to be Instituted and Supported. News and Courier. ()11ol1hia. A pril S.-The follow ini ari tlhi- re illationis of tie state bosar(Id (41 education for the establish mtl(l1 ol Ili.-l sehlools under tle aet 4if 1907:. 1. Ii a high school district where (here lare no special school distirets live trustees shall be appointed b.N tle county boar(d of education at thc re-ular time provie(d by the law foi (lie appointment of common schoo trustees. When a high school is or -anized anld niew trustees appointc( Ileir term shall be arran,-ged to ex. pire at the regular time for the ap poitilmieit. of the trustees. 2. School trustess after they hav appolltioned stifficieit funds for tho proper maeienanee of tle sevenl Com mon 41 schoo ( grad~t' tes may tranusfrci an ' nin s, or partt thereof 4, by wa rirIi n1 t 'oun t y t r'easm-'er in f'avor' ol he hi'2h schlool tiustecs, which son appor4~~4ti4oned shall be1 considered'.'( n' artitf the' hi' ih:] schocol inicomtie. hn all boardi'ts of hiwh -school tr'us -1:n pay wat'rans when athortiizet by a mna.joity of thie bonh'd in iregulai ith sc'hoo4l nonst he submtitt1ed to th( se'rtar of t1 he state hoand oIf edu. tendlents of edlucat ion. Applicat ion: mn ist ,he fi led 111ior to1 October t 1st 'itt fort t his vear' (1907) the statt hiTh "chool bieand may' extend the tiln- iifl( he conditions1 present sull ijnit retasons5 Itor doig so. 1. A f er' thie aplplicat ion has heet r'e'eived and( itnspect ion and examina 11i1n shall bje made of each high schoo distr ict by a hig~h school iinspector i' sa id high schl0 intspec'to0'rakcs I f'avorable repot the school may bi t'eiv'ed lby the chirmttan and scere ary of thle hiighi school board, sub .ieet a the approv'al of the said board1 and (lie aid shall then lbe disburser ats provide'd in (lie high school Ac and (lie I'reglations1 of the state big] school1 board. 5. Th'le high school inspector or ini spec(tor's shall also make an anu inspect itn of each school, and an; school may be dro'(pped from the lis ttf those r'eciv'inig stiate aid whreneve such school falls below the requirc 'nents of the hig'h school law and th regulations based upon the samt State aid may be withheld from an; hieh schiool whlenever it becomes evi .(dent to the board thiat (lie teachin in saidi school is inefleient. The le cal high school board shall reeiv at least twoe months' notice befor such withdrawel of aid. -t6. In tdtteri'ntingu the amount o mlonley raJisedl locally for high schoa support (lie superviising officeer's sal arys sha111llie counted as a part of th highi school fnnids unless Ihe devote - mtanon-third of is, time t teahilg il tle high school. In such "ase the part of his salary couited, shall be inl proportion to his actual teachinig. 7. Funds from regular school iu comes, (such as the three-mill tax and special taxes already voted,)Y set apart for high school support, as provided for in Section 2 of these regulations, may be counted in determining no income of the high school, the extra two-mill tax, or any portion thereof, provided for in the high school Act, shall be given full credit in estimat ing a high school's resources. In no case will aid be given to a high school unless that district makes adequate provision for the grades below the high school. 8. No aid shall be given a high school unless all of the teachers in the high school department hold first grade cert-ificates, except in the case of special teachers for the industrial and commercial departmelts. 9. There must be at least two teach ers in the high school grades. There shall be a total of eight hours work each day by the teachers in the high school department. 'Where there are only two teachers it shall be compet ent for one teacher to teach more than four hours and another less than tour lioturs. in order to make the total o' ei.hlt. 10. H.igh schools receiving aid shall conthlie in session for at least thiii Uy-t%wo weeks in each year, provided the state high school board may -ive aid for a school runining- as mucl as twenty-eight weeks if the cirein stances justify the same. In each and every year's work in any class of a high school at least four separate stidies must be offered. Not fewer tHIanl sixteeln recitations a week, of -not less tlian -10 minutes each, shall be accepted by the board. Studies un der t1his re.ulation may include in dust.-rial and( commercial branches. I i. he coise of st idy adopted by the state boaid of education for Iigh schools, or its equivalent, shall be us ed by 11he school receiving aid indtr the act. li all cases the course if study muiiist be approvwed by the state high .,ehool board. 12. Pupils who hiave completed the regila.r common school course of study adopted by the state board of education or all equivalent couirse, shall be admitted to the high school. Such students may present certifi cates approved by their teachers and countersig'ned by their county super inte(lents and be admitted without an examination. Other students may be admitted to the high school clas ses by standing an examination o'n lie common sellool branches. 13. A careful record siall be kept of the progress of each student in the high school department, and wheii such students have satisfactorily com pleted the entire course they shall receive a certificate of graduation. 141. High school dIistr'iets which have lie r'equisit e nuimber' of stutdent s and ('ea'cers providdi f"orIl inhe Act ald tify the same iinder' Said Act, shall rie atil id('nde thle fol lowrig bas is: An appriov'edl two-year high school shallI rceive $1600; an approi'(vedl three year high school $700; and( anO appr'o ved four'-yeai' high school $800, prto v'ided that. in each case the abovec amiounuts shallI not be moruie tan fifty of' said high sch1ools. Piovided also that schllls which meet thle requirec ments of the Act anId these r'egula tions5 ill regaird to courses of study anid mniiiber of t eachiei's, bitt do not Ihav e annua tl1 inicomels double cit her of lie abhove amounOtiiIs, shall1 ieceive fifty per (cnt of thleir' annuallll incomes av'ailable for high Ischoltol purposes5C. Pri'Odedl furtbmer that foi' eachl adlditionial fifty high sc5(hool stidents ab)ove the first 100 -of enriolmenlt, a hligh school shall re ceive $100) of add(it ional aid, and 3 thatn approve)ji'~'d high schIool hav ing at least $300 woi'th of eqIuipment - foi' teaching industrial or comimer' ,cial branches shall r'eceive an addi 1 tionlal $100 of aidl each year', priovid t ed that suchl additional aid1 does not i ase the total aid to exceed fifty per cent of the annual ineomle of any - hiigh schlool dlistrict. If t here is aui Iilunexpenlded b)alanlce at the end of i' the yeai' the state high school board t reser'ves thle r'ight, after' having duc t' recog.nitionl to any special matters of - local mer-it as pi'ovided in the Act, to a .appor'tionl such balance upon01 the bas. .is of enr'oliment to the schools wvhiich ~have not reeeived as much as fifty - per cent of their annual income for Shigh school purposes.. $150 PER MONTH Why work for a mere living whlei you can easily clear $7 pr'ofit on eacli dollar. Work in your own locality. Sells at almost every home over and over again. Plan and complete in a struction by return mail foi' 25 cents 3 Address. :r . Cr, ronway Ar.. S. B. JONES RESTAURANT IS THE PLACE TO GET Good Things to Ea ON SHORT NOTICE AND AT MODERATE PRICE Oysters on Half She. Oysters a Style.. Fish, Game, Steak, in fe Everything that the market affori Patronage of Ladies Solicited. Opposite Newberry Hotel Office a: Next Door to Pool Room. LOOK FOR THE SIGN S. B. 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MAYES'BD STHE DAISY SEED CC Columbian l3 ty Seed Corn, il took tbe t)remium at the World's Fai grain and small Cob, weighs 6o P: the Stalk ; grows from 150 to 20o Bu weight in gold. The Seed from -lbrought here from Genoa, Italy. ini EThe price of this valuable Corn is, 1 3oc. One l'ound 5oc, Three Pour fer Bushel $3 50, One Bushel $5-oo, GE $12.00. Every package guarantee< Ze- cheerfully refunded at once. A y iti Watermelon, Tomato und Pumpki t't Corn order- I refer you to Hon. S, Winston-Salem, N. C., or to any reli En today and be ready lo plant when[ th wvays tihe ch.aapest. For a success, THE DAISY SEE RI. F. D. No. 3, Win ALLKIND Of Plumbing t Done on ShrtNotice J. W. WHITE .IZERS sphates. i the Best, URED BY ATE AND OIL CO., n,S.C. J Stations. o Wait On YOu$ ttle savings now mean sub ms of savings make the flood e one which you hide away; [able to turn up missing. A lace in this Bank where it is When left with us there is roperly cared for and your nsideration. A reliable finan by years satisfactory service. iot become one? PROSPERITY, 0y, S. C. J. F. Browne, Cashier. ESSING! t place for you to buy your e line. No matter how fasti *he kind to suit. No matter have a price you won't mind Post Cards in the city. Have lews, among those is a card SK STORE. MPANY,. 1e premiturn corni of thle world. It r. The Corn is snow wvhite, large muds to the Bushel, 3 to 5 Ears to shels to the Acre. It is worth its which th s Corn was grown was 1890, by Col. Geo. Sie wers. The >y mail, p)ostage paid, H-alf Pound ds $1 00, One Peck $2.oo. HaI[lf T wo Bushels $9.oo, Three Bushels to give satisfaction or money ackage of the World's Premium n Seeds go FREE with every F. P. Stanton, ex-register of dleeds able merchant in the city. Order e season conmes. The best is al D COMPANY,. ston-Salem, N. C TEAUHERS EXAMINATION. An examination for teachers will 1 'ield on Friday, April 19th, 1907, irithmetic, algebra, geography, h mubjects such as English, grammi [0 o'clock, a.-mn. Besides the ordinm tor.y, physiology, and hygiene, q tions will be submitted on Hug MIistakes in Teaching, Peterrn Divil Government and current eve I'he examination for white teacd will be held in the offie of the co muperin tendenit of education, for red teachers in the court room. J. S. Wheeler, Co. Supt Edim.ati