North Carolina Newspapers

RSTKET,,, GALLED t CfflP ENTIRE FIRST BATTALION MOBI LIZED AT CAMP GLEEN SATURDAY. U.SiOLpSSp III FIERCE BATTLE GENERAL FUN3TON OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. -L....... LESSONS IN CARE AUu Jl lllcLZS ALL COMPANIES ARE READY 10th CAVALRY MEETS ENEMY Other Two Regiments Will Mobilize ' Detachment of Negro Regiment En- Just As Soon as Camp Can Be Made Ready. Raleigh. The First Regiment of the North Carolina National Guard mobo Mzed at Camp Glenn, Morehead City. Saturday. The two other regiments will be ordered there just as soon as the camp can be put in readiness to receive them. Companies and officers of the first battalion are as follows: First Infantry Field and Staff- Colonel J. T. Gardner, Colonel, Shelby. J. C. Beesent, Lieut. Col., Winston Salem. R. Li. Flaniean. Major, Statesville. D. D. Parks, Major, Mt. Airy. J. E. Dietz, Major, Statesville. L. W. Swoop. Captain. Shelby. W. R. Robertson. Adjutant, Char lotte. J. F. Roberts, Commissary, Shelby. J. F. Jenkins, Quartermaster, Shelby. R. R. Morrison, Inspector S. A. P., Mooresville. 1st Lieutenant A. W. Freeman, Bat. Adjutant, Concord. 1st Lieut. C. H. Turner, Bat. Adju tant, Statesville. 2d Lieut. W. A. Jackson, Bat. Q. M. Con., Mt. Airy. 2d Lieut. W. C. Jackson. Bat. Q. M. and Com., Mt. Airy. 2d Lieut R. H. Morrison, Bat. Q. M. and Com., Salisbury. Companies. A Hickory Rifles, Hickory R. L. Lylerly, Captain; G. L. Huffman, 1st Lieut.; F. L. Cline. 2d Lieut. B Gastonia A. L. Bulwinkle, Cap tain; C. C. Craig. 1st Lieut.; J. P. Reinhardt, 2d Lieut. C Forsyth Riflemen, Winston J. G. Wooten, Captain; Hampton S. Beck, 1st Lieut.; W. A. Holder, 2d Lieut. D Hornet's Nest Riflemen, Char lotte J. A. Parker, Captain; W. S. Charles. 1st Lieut.; R. M. Johnston, 2d Lieut. E Iredell Blues, Statesville Wm. M. Westmoreland, Captain; Oscar R. Mills, 1st Lieut.; Walter E. Sherrill, 2d Lieut. F Blue Ridge Rifles, Statesville C. H. Felmet, Captain; E. F. Jones, 1st Lieut.; Russell C. Woody, 2d Lieut. G Cleveland Guards, Shelby J Kelly DePriest, Captain; H. A. Lo gan, 1st. Leiut.; C. P. Roberts, 2d Lieut. i ' '" H Richland Rifles, Waynesville J. H. Howell. Captain; J. B. Hoyle, 1st Lieut.; G. F. Plott, 2d Lieut. I Blue Ridge Guards, Mt. Airy Frank V.. Walker, Captain; R. A. Bliz zard, 1st Lieut. K Asheville Light Infantry, Ashe ville C. I. Bard. Captain; D. E. Pen 2a.nd, 1st Lieut.; J. H. Koon, 2d Lieut. L Cabarrus Black Boys, Concord L. A. Brown, Captain; E. C. Barnhardt, Jr., 1st Lieut.; R. C. Thompson, 2d Lieut. M High Point Rifles, High Point Dallas Zollicoffer, Captain; Jas. W. Welch, 1st Lieut. All speculation as to change in the place of mobilization was silenced by an order from Major-General Wood, commandant of the eastern division. General Wood said that no change from Camp Glenn had been contem plated, and that work of preparing the camp to accommodate North Carolina's full quota of troops must be pushed forward as rapidly -as possible. By the middle of last week every one of the 36 companies of infantry of the North Carolina Guard was in feadiness for the order for the gen eral mobilization and all were recruit ed up to their required strength. This quick readiness on the part of the North Carolina Guard is, a great compliment to officers and personnel of the militia and to General Young In the conduct of the adjutant gen eral's office. counters Enemy. Near. Anumaaa. General Gomez, Commanding Force of Mexicans, Shot Dead. San Antonio, Texas American sol diers of General Pershing's command and a force of Carranza troops com manded by General Felix Gomez, fought at Carrizal, nine miles south west of Ahumada. the Mexican field base, and 70 miles east of General Pershing's line of communication. General Pershing had been unable to get to General Funston any report of the engagement but there appeared no reason to doubt the report from Mexican sources that a serious en gagement had taken place and there was little doubt that the Americans, a detachment of the Tenth Cavalry, a negro organization, had suffered heavily. f x . it P 1 or lATIOHAL MM , SIED FOR DUTY NEW ORDERS CAST ASIDE "RED TAPE" MILITIMEN RUSH TO BORDER. WASHINGTON IS STIRRED U. S. Hovers on Brink of Hostilities. Grim EvTdences Appear That Ten sion Has Been Greatly Increased. Report of Battle of Carrizal. TO PENSION OLD VETS El Paso, Texas. American and Car ranza troops fought a sanguinary bat tle only a few hours after President Wilson's 6000-word note warning Gen eral Carranza that the "gravest con sequences" would follow an attack upon American forces in Mexico had eone forward. With which side vic tory rested was not known on the bor der as no report from General Per shing had come through. The casualties also were not known but nearly a score of General Persh ing's men are said to have been kill ed and the Mexicans were reported to have lost more than 40. Seventeen Americans were declared by Mexican officials to have been captured and hurried to Chihuahua City under guard. A machine gun used by the Mexicans was said to have done heavy executon. The engagement occurred near the town of Carrizal, nine miles south east of Villa Ahumada, the Mexican field headquarters in northern Chi huahua. The Americans engaged were thought to have been members of a troop from the Tenth Cavalry, a negro regiment, returning from a scouting trip to Guzman. The size of the Mexi can forces, whose commander. Gen eral Feliz Gomez was killed, was not known. t i Our Once Confederate Veteran Co-Worker on the Exchange, Col. J. W. Day, Has Been Active in Looking to the Welfare of His Former Comrades. By a letter received from us from Col. J. W. Day, who was a continu ous worker in the Exchange plant for a number of years, we learn that he is now having it clever and easy in that well-cared-for State "Sanatorium and Home for Confederate Veterans" in Atlanta, Ga. He is rapidly im- n . m ill proving irom the mislortune tnat overtook him while visiting in Sa vannah, Ga., an account of which ap peared in this paper some months ago. He suffered a weakness in one of the blood vessels and tissues of his left arm. But he has been busy during his leisure time from work in printing plants, and has been in communica tion with members of Congress from Georgia regarding the obtaining a pension for the Confederate Veterans from the U. S. Treasury. He has sent us eight or ten of the replies he has Reunion endorses this legislation. Government pensions to the surviv ing Confederate veterans and their widows have been endorsed and recommended by the Grand Army of the Republic. I believe that Congress can well afford to restore the money improperly taken from the South un der the law governing seizure of cot ton and other property during the Civil War. The enforcement by the National Government of the Cotton Tax Act, during the reconstruction period from 1864 to 1868 was clearly unconstitu tional. The money was illegally col lected. It is never too late to right a wrong, and in my opinion Congress j should make appropriation to return it. On account of the fact that it is im possible to find the various parties received from Congressmen, all of throUghout the South entitled to this whom have been, and areow ysrag. tax j jnow of no better way of dis- their best efforts to obtain tnt?c rtbutlng it sions from the Government. EUROPEAN POWERS SEEK TO PREVENT WAR WITH MEXICO Tragic Death of D. A. White. Mebane. David A. White, a pioneer of the present great furniture industry In North Carolina, and one of the gentlest of men, was almost instantly killed near here when his big touring car turned turtle, catching him b neath the heavy frame and crushing out his life's breath before help could be piven. With Mr. White were three friends, McCoy Patton, Miss Mary Hooker, of Durham, and Miss Marga ret Darby, of Maryland. All sustain cd painful injuries, though it is not believed their hurts are serious. Alexander Hat Mountain Resort. Taylorsville. All Healing Springs, Alexander County, located at the foothills of the Brushy Mountains in the western part of the state, is one among several North Carolina moun tain resorts that is coming Into prom innce. A man, plowing in a field here about 30 years ago, turned the sod that gave to the state th all healing spring watsr. It is 1,300 feet above sea level. The water rises from a depth of eight to ten feet in a volume of three and a half gallons a ininute. Exert Pressure Upon Carranza As He Considers American Note. Washington. While General Car ranza and his cabinet had under con sideration the American rejection of the demand for the recall of General Pershing'.s troops from Mexico, Euro pean diplomats were exerting press ure upon the first chief to prevent him from going to war with the Uni ted States, according to advices reach ing here from Mexico City. Allied diplomajtc representatives in Mexico believe too that German Influence has been working on Car ranza in an effort to create a situation that might embarrass the enemdes of the Central Powers. They have asserted that German agencies have been active in stirring up feeling against the United States not only in Mexico, but throughout South and Cen tral America, to prevent this country from securing trade formerly con trolled by German merchants. It is understood that the diplomats have pointed out to General Carranza that the American note only declines to consider immediately any sugges tion that is troops be withdrawn from Mexico and that it quotes a portion of the agreement between General Scott and General Obregon, providing for the gradual withdrawal of the forces. . A 4 I ing it than tor congress to ap- ! propriate the amount collected, which As a matter of information for all ! Was approximately $78,000,000, in the ex-Confederates in Scotland county, j form of pensions to the Confederate regarding, a little lift that may come j veterans and their widows. in their way, we publish one of thef Since the war the South has paid original letters. Mr. Day has re-1 its share of Federal pensions to the ceived regarding the refunding of Union soldiers, and ud to Januarv 1st. $78,000,000 the benefits to accrue to 1916, the total amount of pensions the Confederate Veterans or their paid to survivors of the Civil War widows. ( Union Soldiers) bv the Government While various bills have been reached the enormous sum of $4,614,- framed, introduced and discussed dur- 643,267. NOGALES, MENACED, ASKS AND GETS AID Nbgales, Ariz. Alarmed by persist ent reports of large bodies of Mexican troops near here and others mobiliz Img at Magdalena, the mayor and the Nogales board of trade sent tele grams to General Funston and Secre tary of State Lansing and finally, when no answers had been received to President Wilson demanding the Im mediate dispatch of more troops to this vicinity. The population of Noga les, Ariz., is 66 per cent Mexican. GERMANS MAKING STRONG EFFORT TO RESUME INITIATIVE London. 'The official communica tions by the German, Austrian and Russian War offices all indicate that as has been anticipated the Germans are making a determined effort to re sume the initiative lost by the Rus sian General BruseiiofTs drive " and create a diversion by a strong attack on General Kuropatkin's armies in the north, especially In Volhynla on the Btyr and Siokhod Rivers, in an effort to prevent reinforcements. methods which make for best suc cess, stocking their large establish ment with the best qualities of every thing which is handled, and dealing honestly, fairly, and liberally with all their customers. One dollars worth is given in return for the dollar, and full weight is al ways measured out. Every precaution is taken to see that all goods are kept in a clean and sanitary manner. Promptness and efficiency are watchwords in their establishment and all orders are given careful at tention and deliveries promptly made. The use of 'phone 43 is invited in making orders. The firm is composed of W. D. Mc Laurin and Dan Shaw. Mr. McLaurin is Scotland county's ever efficient and popular sheriff and a large planter, and Mr. Shaw is the active manager of the business, al ways courteous and hustling. Both of these gentlemen are live enterprising public-spirited men, and they fully deserve the success that they, have attained. Laurinburg" Ma chine Company General machine work and repairing. NEW ORDERS BEAR CALL FOR HASTE Washington. National Guard organizations throughout the country were straining every nerve to prepare for active ser vice oh the 'Mexican border. New orders flashed over the wires by Secretary Baker bore a call for haste. Red tape was cast aside and authorization giv en under which the state sol diers will be pushed to rein force the border guards at the earliest possible moment. The entire army of 100,000 men summoned by President Wil son's call was placed directly at General Funston's disposal. ing the past three months by different members (one allowine $50 ner month, without any cash gift) the one we publish below was introduced, and referred to the Committee on Pen sions, by Hon. John N. Tillman, of the Third District of Arkansas, and is now under consideration and the one which Veterans hope will pass. It will be noted that the G. O. P. (the ones who wore the blue) are in accord with wishes that the pension may be granted to those of their once enemies who wore the grey. Congressman Park's Letter. The following letter from Congress man Frank Park of Georgia, was re ceived by Mr. Day: House of Representatives, Washington, D. C, June 7, 1916. My dear Sir: I noticed in the newspapers an ac count of the Confederate Veterans' Reunion at Birmingham, that endorse ment was given to Congressman Till man s bill which provides : "That upon the passage of this act there shall be paid to each soldier who served in the Confederate Army and to the widow of any Confederate soldier the sum of $500, and that in addition to such payment such sol diers and such widows shall be paid quarterly the sum of $30 per month each during the remainder of their lives. That this act shall be adminis tered by the United States Pension Office. That to carry out the provisions of this act the sum of $100,000,000 be appropriated. That this act shall be in force from and after its passage." This bill was referred to the Com mittee on Invalid Pensions and is now awaiting consideration, by that Com mittee. For sometime' past I have been working for legislation along this line, having introduced a bill in the 63rd Congress "To refund amount paid illegally for cotton tax, to be used in pensioning Confederate sol diers and widows of Confederate sol diers' which was reintroduced this session, and is now pending consid eration by the Committee on War Claims. I am glad to know that the Any time that I can serve you in my capacity as your Representative in Congress, I trust you will not hesi tate to call on me. With highest regards and best wishes, I am, Your friend, Frank Park. Among those of national import ance who have written Col. Day about the matter, is Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. The letter is one of personal thanks and acknowledgement of Col. Day's letter regarding the bill. The letter was signed by Col. Roosevelt and was written from his New York office. McLaurin & Shaw PURE FOOD PRODUCTS. Since there has been printed so much concerning pure food and sani tation in the manufacture of food products, buyers have become much more careful in purchasing their food supplies, and it is the store of purity and cleanliness which is gaining the biggest trade. McLaurin & Shaw conduct the "PURE FOOD STORE" of this sec tion and it is a store that will meas ure up to the full requirements of the most discriminating for its purity and cleanliness. They not only carry the largest and most complete line of staple and fancy groceries, produce, vegetables, and fruits, but in addi tion carry a large up-to-date line of high grade shoes for men, women and children. In the shoe department they make leaders of "Queen Quality" and J. J. Grover shoes for ladies, and Selz Royal Blue shoes for men, ail stand ard brands, which for style, comfort land durability are unsurpassed. A specialty is made of buying and selling country produce and paying highest prices for same. McLaurin & Shaw. established their "PURE FOOD STORE" fourteen years ago, and each succeeding year has seen their business grow larger. They attribute their success to those This is essentially the age of me chanical endeavors. In every profes sion or industry, the inventor, machin ist and mechanics have played a prominent part in bringing it its pres ent, modern basis, and twentieth cen tury efficiency. Prominent, both because of the quality and quantity of its work and its place as one of the most success fully managed of the industrial insti tutions of this entire section of the State, is the Laurinburg Machine Company, who are deserving of spec ial mention as a concern that is bring ing this city to the front as a manu facturing town. This company does all kinds of ma chine work and a general line of re pairing. The equipment of the plant is the finest up-to-date type, all the latest and most modern methods in machin ery being in use here. This com bined with the fact that only the most expert and skillful mechanics are employed, gives the assurance that only the highest grade of work is turned out at this plant. The Laurinburg Machine Company has been established for the past 6 years, and in addition to doing a gen eral machine shop business they carry in stock a line of Mill and Electrical and Auto Supplies, also lubricating oils and gasoline. They are the only real repairers of automobiles in this entire section and they do a large business in this line of work. The building is a modern structure owned by the proprietors of the machine shops, and was construct ed expressively for this line of busi ness. The proprietors are Mr. W. McN Lytch and Mr. Ed. S. Lytch, two brothers, who are both good mechan ics as well as good business men They come from a good family of peo ple, who are hard working, honest, public-spirited, and successful, and both of the young gentlemen are "Chips off the Old Block." They fully deserve the success that they have acquired. Perhaps, though, those border raids are just neighborly calls from our dear friends on the other side. We haven't a single cuss word left this week suitable to apply to Villa. Even a sickly grin is more to be desired than a snarl. Field Headquarters, Colona Dublan, Chihuahua, via wireless to Columbus, N. M. That Captain Lewis S. Morey of Troop K, Tenth U. S. Cavalry, either is dead or a prisoner was the tonslusion reached when no report had been received from any of the three officers who accompanied the troops of the Tenth engaged in the battle at Carrizal. Mexican reports said that Captain Charles T. Boyd and Lieutenant Henry Adair were among the dead. The only word of the fight has been brought to General Pershing by seven enlisted men, who have straggled into camp. These men all insisted that General Felix Gomez, the Mexican commander and Captain Boyd parley ed, apparently reaching an amicable conclusion and that - immediately afterward the Americans were led into a trap, from which the Mexicans open ed fife upon them with concealed ma chine guns. Ti i i ' None of the stragglers reaching hers were able to give any informa tion as to the fate of the remnant of the 100 or more men composing the command. ' San Antoio. Texas. The two troops of the Tenth Cavalry under Captain rvmrlps T. Bovd. Dractically were wiped out by the attack of the Mexi can forces under General Gomez at Carrizal. June 2, according to indica tions given in a fragmentary report re ceived by General Funston from Gen eral Pershing. General Pershing's message stated that seven survivors in all. have reach ed the main column. All were enlisted men, but the report did not say whether there were non-commissioned officers among them. According to the stories of the sur vivors, as outlined in General Persh-. Ing's report, a mounted force of Mexi cans made a charge from the flank of th American troops at the conclu sion of a parley between Capt. Boyd and General Gomez at the same time that a machine gun opened fire from the front as General Gomez reached his lines. Capt. Boyd had ordered his men to dismount as the machine gun opened fire and the combined effort of the Mexican charge, the machine gun fire and the rifle fire from the Mexican garrison of Carrizal, which almost had surrounded the little Amer ican force under cover of the parley sought by General Gomez to discuss whether Capt. Boyd should be allowed to pass through the town, stampeded the horses. With their mounts gone, caught without means of escape, ringed about on three sides with the fire of an overwhelming force, the fate of the little detachment is believed by offi cers here to have been sealed. It is feared that only the most stupendous luck, backed by desperate valor, could have extricated Capt. Boyd's men from the trap. CONGRESS TAKES VIGOROUS FAR-REACHING ACTION of Approves President Wilson's Use National Guard in Crisis. Washington. Legislative approval of President Wilson's use of the Na tional Guard in the Mexican crisis was voted almost unanimously by Con gress in adopting a resolution declar ing the existence of an emergency and giving the president a free hand to draft as Federal soldiers all guards men wilMng to take the required oath. By the resolution $1,000,000 would be appropriated to aid dependent families of the guardsmen so drafted with the restriction that no family should receive more than $50 a month. Only two representatives, a Socialist and a Democrat voted against the res olution. During the debate preceding Its adoption several Republicans at tacked the administration's policy and liurfBted that President Wilson should have ."informed congress of the emer gency. Instead of, expecting it to act on Its own initiative. Cannon and others declared that in reality a state of war existed.