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VOL. 39
N. C. PRESS ASSOCIATION
GREAT .GATHERING .HELD .AT
WRIGHTSVH.LE BEACH IN
TERESTING ADDRESS DELIV
EKED MR. W. C. HAMMER
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
The North Carolina Press Associa
tion nii't at Wrightsville Beach last
week with tho largest attendance in
tho history of tho organization. Tho
association number 140 of the loaJ
inir newspaper men of North Cnrolini.
Tho meeting was hold in tho Oceanic
hotel. It was indeed a cn-at honor to
Wriu'htsville Reach und Wilmington
to have those distinguished guests in
thou midst for .-everal days.
Nearly all the members arrived the
rir-t night. President Clarence Poe
and Secretary J. B. Sherrill were
among the first arrivals. The editors
met at the Beach four years ago and
many of them were pleasantly re
membered by Wilmingtonians.
The convention opened at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning, being called to
gether by President Clarence Poe, ed
itor of "the Progressive Farmer, of
Raleigh, who asked Mr. Willinm Lau
rie Hill, of the Presbyterian Standard
of Charlotte to offe the opening pray
er. py( ii.tont Pop introiuc?d the edi
tors and they were vi loomed by Hon
George Roundtroo, judge of the Eighth
Judicial I 'istrict, who in behalf of the
press of Wilmington and the citizens
generally of the city and beach, ex
tended to the visitors a cordial and
hearty welcome. Major H. A. London,
of Pittsboro. editor of the Chatham
Record, responded to Judge Round
tree's address. Major London respond
ed to the address of welcome when the
editors met at the leach four years
ago. Major I i'ido." wa president o'
the association thirty years ago. Pres
ident Poe paid him a high tribute.
President Poe announced greetings
in a cablegram from Ambassador Wal
ter N. Page, London, a North Caro
lman; also a telegram from Secretary
of the Navy Daniels, stating that he
was sending a special delivery letter
to the convention. President Pee also
read a letter from Pr. T. N. Ivoy, of
Nashville, Tenn., former of this state
and one time president of t'.-.e associa
tion. President Poe delivered the annual
address, taking as his subject, "The
Editor Must be a Crusader." It was an
exceptionally fine address and was lis
tened to wijh interest by all present.
Following (President Poe's address
Mr. Bion II. Butler, of Raeford, read
a paper on the subject, "North Caro
lina Sloppy With Opportunities." One
of the best of the several addresses tf
the convention was one by Dr. Ed
ward K. Graham, the newly elected
president of the University of North
Carolina. Mr. John E. Ray of Ral
eigh, superintendent of the blind in
stitution, made a short address in
which he told of the splendid work
that is being done by the Institution.
Immediately upon adjournment of
the morning session at 12.20 a. m.
the news paper men and members of
their families assembled on the porch
of the Oceanic Hotel, where they had
a group photograph taken.
One of the principal social feature
of the convention was the Dutch sup
per 0iven at the Oceanic Hotel at 9.30
Wednesday night. The attendance in
cluding both men and women, vai
.about .200. Mr. James H. Cowan wa
master of ceremonies. There were on
ly two or three set speeches, and a
;-few impromptu remarks. The Ihrtcn
supper was preceded by a regular ses
sion of the convention, after which Mr.
;R. F. Beasley of Monroe delivered the
.annual address. After Mr. Beatky's
.address, Mr. "William Laurie Hill, of
Charlotte gave the annual poem.
The second day's session opened i
10 J'ckck and vas presided over by
President Poe. A number of interest
ing papers were Mad at this aeseion.
One of -Vie most .interesting papei
read at the entire convention was one
on the subject. "How to Get Mt
.'Money From Legal Notices r
V
' DIST. ATT'VCE MOVED
ASHEBORO (JETS Ol ICE WHICH
I HAS BEEN" LOCATED AT WIN
STONMOVE WILL BE MADE
IN ABOUT A MONTH.
When Mr. Hammer was appointed
United States District Attorney tho
last of February, this year, his official
residence was fixed at Winston, whero
it has been for the past '20 years. Un
der the law the Ai'.oir.c;,' General
fixes the residence of the United
States District Attorney. For several
weeks Mr. Hammer Intended to re
quest his official residence to be mov
ed to Asheboro, but application was
not made until last week for a change.
Immediately upon application the At
torney General granted the request
without hesitation. The change may
not be made for a month or more.
There is practically a car load of fur
niture, books, etc., to be moved. The
packing up and hauling to the rail
road station will be awarded by com
petitive bids after the necessary ad
vertising, which will take some time.
With the office will come the Dis
trict Attorney, two or three clerks.
and at least one assistant United
States Attorney, who will make their
home in Asheboro.
I Objection was filed to the Depart
ment that Asheboro was an inexces
sible place and also other reasons why
the office should not be located here.
An investigation disclosed the fact
that Asheboro was one of the most
accessible towns in the state for the
location of the office, and that its rail
road facilities were unusually good.
After the office is moved here Mr.
Hammer will be at home practically
all the time, except when awav attend
ing courts. Besides attending to the
duties of the office, Mr. Hammer will
attend rV his regular law practice.
The location of this office is quite
an honor to any town ar.d county.
ciatinn on "The Southern Editor's Dig
Job." The address of Mr. Hapgood
was the feature of the entire conven
tion. It was a special treat to the
editors to have this distinguished
brother with them. Following the ad
dress of Mr. Hapgood, Mr. Clarence
Poe presented the new president, Mr.
,W. C. Hammer, saying that he knew
no man who he would rather surrender
the position to than Mr. Hammer. Mr.
Hammer expressed his appreciation
and gratication at the honor conferod
upon him. He said that he considered
this a higher honor than he used tf
have when he was a superintendent of
schools of Randolph county, which po
sition he had always held to be the
most important of any. Mr. Hammer
presided through the remninder of
the session.
Having finished the business part
of the meeting Friday was spent at
Southport. The party left at 8 o'clock
boarding Capt. Harper's steamer,
"Wilmington" for an all day stay on
the historic Cape Fear river. Befoie
going to Soutiport the party whs
taken over to Fort Caswell and saw
all of Uncle Sam's boys and guns.
Reaching Southport at 1..10 they were
met by a committee of ladies and
gentlemen who escorted them to ths
Masonic temple where a course lunch
eon -was served. They -were ifnrther
assured -of their welcome by C. Ed
Taylor, Esq., a former newspaper
nan. After a most cordial welcome
Mr. Taylor asked the co-operation of
all to make better ose of Southport
harbor Instead of depending .on our
ter states. He pointed out how the
Panama Canal will aid us greatly in
making it a rate basing station. The
new president, Mr. Hammer, of Ashe
hora, replied to this appeal with the
suranoe of ttoe editors co-operation
and also suggested that they go to
Washington in full force 'with an ap
peal to our Senators. Another point
of interest is an island just across
from Southport which is called Bald
Head Island. It is eight miles in
length. The Gulf stream touches it
l.rfv on one side causing tropical
"aitus, also the trop-
on it. They did
' it was point
' " onth.
Asheboro, N. C
MITCHELL HOME BURNED
PROPERTY WORTH S.tO.000 DE
STROY ED BV FIRE SINDAV
MORNING SCHOOL HAD BEEN
RUN FOUR YEARS.
The little village of Missor.heimer,
twenty miles from Salisbury on tho
Yadkin road, was the scene of a dis
astrous fire last Sunday mornimr,
which resulted in the complete de
struction of the main building of tho
Elienezer Mitchell Home, an institu
tion under tho auspices of the Wom
an's Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. church, and which ha:: been do
ing, a noble work for the past four
years. The building was of stucco,
three stories high and was !0xl0."
feet. It was modern in every respect,
having steam heat, electric lights,
water plant and other conveniences.
The loss is estimated at between S2.",
(100 and $30,000 with about $13,000
insurance. The buildings cost $17,000
not including the light and heating
systems, the furniture, library and
other equipment, also the water tower
of a capacity of 0.000 gallons which
was destroyed.
The school closed during the latter
part of May and all the students were
gone home or on a visit or the situa
tion would have been worse. Nothing
has been definitely stated about the
future of the school, but it is proba
ble that a new building will replace
the burned structure and that the
work of the school will go on as be
fore. STATE NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
GATHERED FROM Ol'K EX
CHANGES AY1 CONDENSED IN
A KKIEF FORM.
Smithfleld is to liave a new
$?5,00u bank.
Mrs. C. A. Sears, mcthen of Mr.
Heuiian D. Sears of High Point,
.died aft her home in Appomattox,
Ya., after several weeks' illness.
Nine coaJ icars tuisied over on
the Western division of the iSouth
ern Railway aloU 3 miles from
Asheville lat Sunday.
Mi R. P. Williams, who Ms
Creensboio Y. M. C. A. for tW
tpatt year, will shortly resign his
'position. I
On Monday night tho Durham
and Southern depct at Duun was
brpken opent the safe brcken into
and about $500 In mou-y and
checks stolen.
' Rev. Dr. Leu G. Broughton, one
of North Carolina's distinguished
Preacher Sons," has been called
again to the Baptist Tabernacle i'l
Atlanta from his charge in London.
The Waughtown road between
Hi tilt Point und Winstoa-Sultm is
being; worked this week. The road
is to be tarviattd and made of
the best material. J
The 16th annual session of the
State Bail Asscciatkn opened at
the Seashore Hotel la Wilmington
last Monday nigtit with President
Thomas, S. RoIlj3 in the Chair.
Mr. Bruno KoeOiler of Louisville,
K., lias arrived in High Point
and win be assist: manager of
that branch of the Southern Veneer
Manufacturing Company.
MJm Nannie LtlMaa Boone was
married to Mr, Chas. O. PIckard
of Greensboro Vf dnefday of last
week, Re. W. E. Swain, officiat
ing.
Iho annual meeting of the Wo
men's MteeVonaiy Societies of the
Greensboro distiict M. E. church
was held in the Centenary! M. E.
churcti, Greensboro.la.'t week.
Th Califom'a papers say that
HonJ E. J.. Jut!ce It making;: a
great national success as spetlal
"el fori the government.
" ' 'le. aged about 1"
ii Instant
PAGE HISSING
Thursday, July 2, 1914
FOR MAJORITY VERDICT
PRi'l j NT HOI. LP. S OF STATE
BAR ASSOCIATION WANTS
J FRY LAW AMENDED FIVE
SIXTHS OR THREE-FOURTHS
WILL DO.
rhe North Carolina Par Association
met at Wrigiitsv il'.e Roach this weeK
with over It'll lawyers in attendance.
The mooting was presided over by
the president, Thomas S. Rollins, of
the Asheville bar. He introduced
(ieorge B. Elliott of the Winlmington
ar, who in a short, wittv address wel
comed the visitors to Wilmington and
the beach.
President Rollins spoke on "The
Past, Present and Future of Our Bar
Association." He said: "The jury
system is as permanent and enduring
as the Rock of Gibraltar. For centu
ries it has been the medium through
which justice has been meted out in
civilized and enlightened nations of
the globe. The system everywhere
has been substantially the same, but
there has been some diversity in its
application. Some countries and most
of the States of the Union require an
unanimous verdict of the jury while
a different rule prevails in some jur
isdictions. The law of this State re
quiring an unanimous verdict fre
quently results in great hardships.
miscarriages of justice, unnecessary
delays and heavy costs. Hardly a
dozen important criminal and civil
cases can be tried without a hang
jury. I recall within the past few
months of a number of instances
where civil cases have consumed from
one to three weeks and resulted in a
mistrial, notably, Gilbert vs. Hopkins,
n the federal court at Raleigh, and
Railway vs. Power company, in th
Superior court of Henderson county.
and many cases of less importance.
the names of which it is unnecessary
to mention."
Mr. Rollins wants the present law-
amended so as to only require a three-
quarter verdict or a five-sixths rer
dict in civil actions.
Dynamite Explosion
Fire Chief Wallace and
Foreman Glenn of Char
lotte were killed jester
day morning by dynamite
exploding in a storage
house on Cedar street
where they were fighting
a fire.
The health department cf Greens
boro is poeiaring for a rigid en
forcement of the ordinance requir
ing all stables to be cleared once
li week to prevent the spread of
flies.
Operation of tflie main plant of
the Enterprise Lumber? ComnnM'j
plant at Mt. Olive hn Wen. sus
fended for about ten days and the
company's large fore of employees
-las teen kept busy making re
pairs, putting in ;.ew madhlnery.ete
Miss Bessie Hoffman of Lincoln-
ton and Mr. Edward Kale 'of Max-
ton were niartilfd ln the parlors of
the Virginia Shipp Hotel at New
ton one day la week. President
Craven -of Davsnj-rifl College pr-
fo ruling the ceremony.
Judge Jeter C. Prltchard of
Asheville ill speak at the Chil
dren. Home at High Point this
afternoon at 2 p. m. The occa
sion is the annlveisnry of the home
A wlcnic dinner will le served on
the grounds at 1 o'clock.
Miss Amanda Rirhnrdsnn. rlauirh-
tr of Mrs Snni FMnlinrlsnn.
lives about two miles from High
point, and .Mr. Clarence B. Mat
tocks, a successful merchant of
High Point, were married Wednti
nesday of las week.
Will Stevens, col., shct Sarab
Wlker, also colored, five times
with a pistol and then hacked her
io Tvith an axe, In Charlotte,
murder.er fld be-
SECRET BUSINESS OUTS
MEMBERS OF FOREIGN REI.A-
ip.. ui.M.iiiiir.r. imisumi
ir m.1,1, i:ui.n i. I..-1 mix
tion ( ORIIESPONDENTS TO
HE EXAMINED.
Members of the Foreign Relation
Committee of the Senate in Washing
ton have become greatly stilted u;
over the fact that secret business
which has been transacted by the
committee has by some means been
boon made public. Several senators
have greed on n resolution asking fo.
authority to subpoena senators and
Washington correspondents to an in
quiry to determine how proceedings
of the committee leaked out.
The resolution was referred to a
standing committee which descided on
the expenses involved in such an in
vestigation. It is expected the Sen
ate will pass it. Chairman Stone of
the Foreign Relations Committee read
into the Congressional Record this
statement:
"All newspaper reports of what ha?
occurred in the Committee on Foreign
Relations in its proceedings regarJ-
rn theNicaraguan and Colombian trea
ties are unauthorized and inaccurate,
and moreover are unworthy of belief,
because whoever gave out the alleged
information betrayed the confidence of
the Committee and the Government
and deliberately violated his word of
honor.
"No man upon that committee," de
clared the Senator to his colleagues,
"can give out the confidential busi
ness of the committee except he has
upon him the brands of absolutely dis
honesty and betrayal." lie lidded that
he regarded the disclosures of what
had taken place behind closed doo.-s
a disgraceful performance.
CHAUTAUQUA WEEK OPENS
Music and Lectures of the First Days
Are Marvelous Everything Is of
an Educational Nature and Highly
Entertaining.
Chautauqua Week with its wealth
of entertaining features and educa
tional surprises began Monday and
large audiences have attended evtr
performance since the first. This is
Asheboro's first taste of Chautauqua
and nothing in recent years has
smacked so well of the enjoyable as
ha5 every program rendered this
week.
The series of addresses by Dr. Har
mon are a wonderful drawing card for
the afternoon sessions. He takes up
the church and the problems which
confront it and his discussUn is prac
tical and to the point. The McKinnnie
Operatic Company delighted the lar&t
audiences both Monday tnorninn and
night with their musical perform
ances. Very few town- c'he size of
Asneboro have ever hail the privilege
of hearing such high class entertain
ment. Elsworth Vlumstead, imper
sonator, held th vei y closest atten
tion of his at'.Aience Mundav afternoon
wit.b. a V.Te of entertuinment which
was immensely enjoyed by all present.
The lecture Monday evening by A.
Roy Fred Carter on the "Panama Ca
nal and the Panama-Pacirlc Exposi
tion, was very interesting and edu
cating from start to finish. The lec
ture was illustrated by steroptican
views.
One of the most enjoyable features
presented so far is the appearance of
tne Chautauqua lno (violinists, pi
anist ana contralto.) Their appear
ance on the platform is alwavs greet
ed by loud cheering from the audi
ence.
The lecture by Frank Dixon Tues
day night on "A Social Survey or Tak
ing Stock of Your Town," was
interesting, entertaining and instruc
tive from the start. He set forth
some very plain and prnctical advice
which. if carried out. will make wond
erful improvement on any town. Dr.
Dixon is one of North Carolina's own
sons, being born in Cleveland countv
and is a brother of the author. Tom
mxon ana the Kev. Mr. Dixon, who is
pastor of the late C. H. Snureeon's
church in London. North Carolina is
justly proud of these great men.
SEVERE ELECTRIC STORM
Much Damage Is Done in Several
Sections of the County Barns
No. 26
KILLED, HOBOING TRAIN
jj v YT i TENN
meet-;
ST A I IS M.f.F.
DEATH N E It
WilIN l'i;i'K;i:r iiiW.N i-
Will ( I.I HIS COMPANION
ill
A .. fright wrick which -curred
- mile.- east of Statesviile
last M. ! .y afternoon resulted in th
death . .;' ihoir.as Brown, a young
man Dayton. Tenn.. tr.A tlu-
prob-i U- ratal" ii.jury of Fred Toa--ley,
.-.!-.. from Dayton. Both wore
beatii g their rides on the train. No.'.e
of tho trail, men wore hurt. The tram
was an iast-lioun.1 freight in char-e
of Conductor Md large and Engineer
Hishop nl A-lievillo, and was runninj:
at good speed when a coal car, a lih4'-"
distance f mi" the o .'. .- ler.';. i
the -ai!.-. ;' ..owed i'.v c oven ai
loadi ! witl; oml. The vine a ! '
few t i-s tan : a short ill tance (;
fore i .i g s "pped and :t dozer,
more !- ren .iined on th- vails.
Tin ok or ined near the resi
dence ot L. O. and W. L. Chester. Im
mediately after the cars left the track
a man emerged from the wreckage
and made his way toward the home
of W.L.Chester, sinking to the ground
before he reached the house. The
Chester family made him comforta
ble and sent for a doctor. It is
thought that he is fatally wounded.
In the meantime members of the fam
ily of L. O. Chester, on the other side
of the train, approached tthe wrecked
cars and found a man hanging on the
end of one of them. He was immedi
ately taken down but died in a few
minutes.
Derricks and wrecking crews soon
arrived on the scene and the wreck
was cleared in a little while. Mean
time the passenger trains were
sent via Mooresville to Barber Ju.v
tion.
RULER SLAIN SUNDAY
HEIR TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN
THRONE AND WIFE SHOT
WHILE PASSING THROUGH
STREETS TRAGEDY ENDS
SAD LIFE.
Ar.ihduke Francis Ferdinand, heir
to t.ii Austrian-Hungarian throne,
and the Duchess of Hohenburg. his
mnrcVmMHc wife, were shot dead last
Sundjay by a student in the main
stret- of the Bosnian capital, a short
time after they had escaped death
fronu a bomb hurled at the royal au
tomc biles. The two were slain aa they
were passing through ,-b city-nr .their
.unnwY --'' 'j (he annexed provin
ces of Bosnia nr ,1 tierzegovinia. The
Archduke was ruck full in the face
ar.d the princess was hot through the
throat. They both died a few minutes
after reaching the palace to which
they were hurried. There were two as
saliants, the tirst armed with a bomb
and the second with a revolver. The
bomb was thrown at the royal auto
moble as it sped to the town hall,
where a reception was to be held. The
Archduke saw the missile hurling
through the air and warded it off with
his hand, but on the return, an eighth
grade student, Gravrio Pranzip
sprang out of the crowd and poured
a deadly fusillade of bullets from
an automaic pistol. Prinzip and a
fellow conspirator, a compositor from
Treb;nge, named Gabrinovich, barely
escaped being lynched by the infuriat
ed mob. They were both seized by
the police.
The assassins were interogated by
police and both seemed to glory in
their exploit. Prinzip declared ha
had intended for sometime to kill some
eminent person from National mo
tives. He was awaiting the archduke
at a point where he knew the auto
mobile would slacken speed. The
presence of the duchess in the car
caused him to hesitate but only for a
moment. His nerve soon returned an I
he emptied his pistol at the imperial
pair. This final tragedy is the culmi
nation of the personnl sorrows that
have overshadowed the life of tho
Emperor ever since the begi'.nn.g of
his reign.
PLAV AT FARMER
The Farmer Betterment Association
will give a play at Farmer on the
night of July 11. 11H4. The play.
nnu Co., is an amus
n given with grout,
schools in tho
will