North Carolina Newspapers

IN SIKLLS ■i m v COMMIBBONER M. L. BHIPMAN RE PORTS ON STATE'S COTTON MANUFACTURES. > .' /- rrZ" r DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH I ' - Do'ngs snd Happenings That Mark 'he Progress of North Carolina Pso- 1 pie Gathered Around - the State Capitol. Raleigh. Reports from two hundred and , eighty-seven cotton mills in North , Carolina made to Commissioner of Labor nnd Printing M. L. Shipman, show that more than flfty-two mil lion dollars are now invested in th» cotton manufacturing industry in this state. The figures do not indicate the increase in the capital stock the year, if there was an increase, , though it is supposed that a compari son with the report for 1913 would show a gain. The advanced data given Out re cently by Commissioner Shipman con stitutes Chapter V in the forthcoming report which he will make trls year, and which will soon be issued from , the press. The information as given , out follows; , "The number of cotton mills report ing is two hundred and, eighty-seven. Of this number two hundred and sixty-five show an authorized capital of $52,361,800. The number of spin dles reported Is 3,515,822; looms, 63, ( 122> cards, 8,704, employing 138,586 horsepower. The approximate amount of raw material used, 372,907,046 pounds; estimated value of yearly out- ' put, $71,306,223. The total number of employees reported is 56,332. Ot these 27,tj96 are males, 18,361 are fe- ' males; 5,591 crlldren; twenty-ono mills, employing 4,484, do not classify employees. The estimated number dependent on these mills and on the 66,332 employees for a livelihood Is 150,993. The per cent of operatives who read and write is given us eighty, four and two-tenths. "The high uverage wages for males is $2.82; low average, 94 rents. High average for females, $1.47; low aver age, 80 cents. "One hundred and fifty-three mills pay wages weekly; one hundred and thirteen pay twice a month; nine pay monthly; eight mills doniot give this information. "The average number of hours con stituting a day's work is ten hours and four*,minutes. The average hours i for the mills doing night work is ten hours and twfcnty>»mlnutcs. Bond Issue for State Fair. • A bond Issue of $50,000 Is decided upon by the executive committee of the North Carolina State Fair, In an nual session at Raleigh, for the erec tion of a modern exhibit building to take the place of the old agricultural building erected in 1884, and a new and molern grandstand. There also Is to be another extension of the grounds eastward. The financial statement of the treas urer showed $45,000 receipts for the last state fair, netting a profit of $3,411. The assets of the fair were shown to be $112,812. Historical Commission Add Letters... The North Carolina Historical com mission has just added the letters and papers pf Chief Justice Thomas Ruf fln to its rich store of papers in the new fire-proof archives. The collec tion includes over 2,000 letters from leading men of the state and the na tion, the period covered being from about IS2O to 1860. The colectlon is being edited for publication by the commission hy Professor Hamilton of' the University of North Carolina. New State Charters. ~ The Southeacstern Lumber Com pany, Monroe, capital $50,000 author ized, and $6,000 subscribed by C. N. Simpson and others. The Long Drug and Mercantile Company, Glen Alpine, capital $15,000 authorized and $2,500 subscribed by D. B. Long and others. f For Agricultural Advancement. Under the auspices of the state board of agriculture there Is under way preparation for a conference in this city to Include leaders in all lines of endeavor in the state, the pur pose being the promotion of co-opera tion of all agencies in the state for advancement of rural upbuilding. Governor Craig, Commissioner of Agri culture Graham and the members of the board of agriculture will take in active part in the conference which is " to be. held soon. In the conference will be the lead ers of all the North Carolina Institu tions, including the Farmers' Union Farmers' Alliance, Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of educa tion, Bradford Knapp and Dr. E. C. Branson of Athens, Ga. The subjects to be considered are: "How Can the foepartment of Agriculture Here Represented Co operate to Better Advantage for Rural Development in North Car©. Una?" "How Can the Department of Agri culture and Each Other Agency Here Represented Increases Its Usefulness." & Jmk, • ask Forty-B«ven Paee Law Examinations. The North Carolina Supreme Court announces the granting of licenses to practice law to 47 of the 53 applicants for license who undertook the exami nation Tecently at the opening of the court for ths spring term. The names of the new lawyers follow: Edwin T. Burton, Pender county; Oudger W. Edwards, Madison; Harry E. Hannah, Chatham; Donald H. Jackson, Pitt; Luther M. kitchen, Halifax; Dan B. King, Lee; N L*mnie E. Klutt, Catawba; William L. Mor ris, Forsyth; Gordon B. Rowland, Wake; Hoyt P. Taylor, Hertford; Jesse F. Wilson, Harnett; Ralph V. Kidd, Mecklenburg; Roy Webster, South Carolina; Ernest R. Taylor, Berte; Fitzhugh E. Wallace, Duplin; William B. Campbell, Beaufort; Wal ter F. Taylor, Duplin; Alexander B. Otulaw, Pasquotank; John H. Ken yon, Catawba; Charles B. Olick, Macon; William C. West, Macon; Ezra Parker, Johnston; William C. Davis, Mecklenburg; Lowry Axley, Cherokee; Robert E. Hamlet, Mont gomery; Joseph C.~ Leaiherwood, Haywood; Ernest C. RulTin, . Edge combe; Julius A. Rousseau, Wllkps; Edward L. Tilly, Durham; Orville T. Davis, Haywood; Samuel F. Teague, Wayne; William H. Oates, Hender son; Marvin L. Rttch, Mecklenburg; William A.. Eflrd, Buncombe; Claude C. Cannaday, Johnston; Purvis C. Smith, Buncombe; Joseph R. Lee, Buncombe; Walter W. Cook, Cumber land; William H. Cowles, Iredell; James M. Alexander, Buncombe; John L. Woodland, Haywood; Joseph P. Johnston, Mecklenburg; Warren 11. Wllllnms, Lee; William B. Coulter, Catawba; Edgar O. Achorn, Massa chusetts; Dayld A. Houston, Union; Joseph A. Lyon, Blalen. Anti-Saloon League Opens Campaign. Declaring' that while It looks like North Carolina cannot be the very first to take steps to plit ah end to all importations of liquors for beverage purposes, ho does believe It entirely posible nnd probable that tills state can be second in s/ch a movement, Su perintendent It. of the North Carolina Anti-Salon League, formally opened his campaign here looking to legislation by the 1915 legislature to pass an act that, In conjunction with the Webb act will make the state abso lutely dry. Superintendent Davis was introduc ing Rev. E. C. Dinwiddle, national su perintendent of the Anti-Saloon Lea gue for an address. The reason Superintendent Davis thinks it impossible for North Caro lina to bo at the head of the table of this movement is that Mississippi is now passing nrt act to this end that prohibits shipments of liquors for bev erage purposes, and allows delivery of liquors only in cases where headß of families make affidavit that intoxi cants are necessary for sickness in the family and this is backed up by prescriptions by the physician. Then the carrier can deliver the shipment up to one gallon, colect an extra 25 cents and haye the shipment and de livery registered, paying the 25 cents for this registration. Mr. Davis de clared that North Carolina would have a slmllnr bill, or one that will be some sort of improvement over the present one. Mill Inspector Rtturns. Secretary W. H. Swift, of the North Carolina Child Labor committee, 1» back from a trip to South Carolina, where he visited all the cotton mih centers nnd investigated conditions as to the working of children in the mills. In addition to being secretary of the North Carolina committee he is con nected with the South Carolina work. He was told in South Carolina that (he law Is being pretty well enforced, in fact, so well enforced that people are leaving South Carolina and com ing to North Carolina. Enrolling Big Corn Club. There are already 2,500 boys in this state enrolled for the 1914 corn clubs in this state, more already than enrolled lust year, and there are sev eral weeks yet during which the en rollments will continue with increas ing volume. Governor Honors Requisition. Governor Craig recently honored a requisition fro nit he governor of Vir ginia for Jim Hayes, who Is now hela in the Richmond county Jail for the Richmond authorities, charged with asaault iwth deadly weapon. Ten Accredited High Schools. Prof. N. W. Walker, state inspec tor of high Bchols, makes public the number of accredited high schools in North Carolina as approved by the Ac credited Schools of the Southern States, which organization held its convention in Knoxville, Tenn., some time ago. In the accredited list of tiie 11 Southern States there were Included 153 schools, and North Carolina has 10 schools thus recognized of the first-grade variety as meeting all the requirements of this commission. Looking For Worthy Speaker. , Having failed to induce President jjvilson to come to Raleigh this spring to deliver the address for the unveil ing of the monument to the women of the Confederacy given to the state by the late Ashley Horne, the committee on program is arranging to secure an other speaker for this occasion. The address Is to be that of presenting the monument to the state and the ad dress that is wanted la one that will present in concrete form and so make a real contribution to history, the self* sacrificing service rendered. th* WWTV.PPRTfiK. WILLIAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA. TRAIN IS WRECKED AND II KILLED CHARRED BONES GREET RESCU ERS WHO PENETRATED TUNNEL. NO ONE KNOWN TO BE ALIVE All People on Train Which Mexican Bandit Tolled Into Oeath Trap, Perished. * Cumbre, Chihuahua, Mexico!— Not hing but charred bones and buttons were found by the rescuing party which, with the aid of oxygen helmets and pulmotoi'g, penetrated the Cumbre tunnel from the south portal as far as the locomotive and first two cars of the passenger train which entered the burning cavern. These are supposed to be the re mains of the engineer and fireman of the HfflSted passenger train. They were probably killed when their en gine crashed into the burning freight train, which had been pushed into the tunnel by Castillo's bandits several hours before, It Is said. Now, It is believed that every one of the fifty or more passengers, including the crew, aboard the train when It dashed Into the tunnel are dead, but whether the train was hurried Into the tunnel to escape beieng captured by Castillo's bandits or sent headlong to its de struction by the bandits may never be known. The wreckage is covered by from 5 ; to 10 feet of earth, and the only hope of finding any bodies is that they may have been covered with earth before having been reached by the flames, which is not probable. In the whole distance traversed not a parti-, of the woodwork of all the cars burned wbh found. Tho only recog nizable body thus far recovered Ib that of Juan Fernandez, rear brakeman of the passenger train, who had escaped, to with In 200 feet of the north portal, when he finally succumbed, dying In a sitting posture, with a handkerchief tle'd about his nose and mouth, in a vain endeavor to save himself from be ing smothered by the smoke and gas. It Is believed that all others in the train, who were not maimed or killed,' when the passenger train hit the wreckage of tho freight, attempted to escape as did Fernandea, but were overcome. Washington.—All those aboard the 111-fated passenger train which collid ed with seven burning freight cars in Cumbre tunnel appear to have perish ed. They Included at least eight Americans and thirty Mexicans ac cording to a dispatch from American consul Letcher, at Chihuahua. PERKINS WINS LONG FIGHT Georgian Who Wat Removed by a Military Cabal to Be Reinstated. Washington—Secretary of the Navy. Daniels bus definitely udvised Geor gia friends of Lieut. Col. "Constantino Marrast Perkins that he will send to congress within a few days a letter upprovlng that officer's reinstatement to femedy the injury inflicted by a military cabal. in conversattion with Senator Hoke Smith and Representative William Wil liam Schley Howard, who have act ively Interested themselves In behalf of tardy justice for this brave offi cer, the secretary declared that he was convinced that Lieutenant Colo nel Perkins was unjustly treated. He likened his case to that of Dreyfus in France. * Of course In this persecution racial prejudice did not enter. Lieutenant Colonel Perkins was appointed to the naval academy from Romje, Ga., by President Grant. His father had served in the Mexican war. His two sisters are now living in Georgia—Mrs. \jV. L. Hunt at Rome, and Mrs. Richard W. Cubbedge at Maeoty Two brothers are prominent business men in West Virginia. For six years Lieutenant Colonel Per kins has waged his fight, being many times In sight of his goal, only to have his hopes dashed to pieces. Senator Clay and Colonel Livingston both sought to have him reinstated, but could not convince the officers of the navy department of what they felt was rank injustice. Husband Sh«t Down by Wife. Gainesville, Ga. —In a desperate duel enacted before the frantic gaze of their four young children, Mrs. Fence Carter, the pretty young wife of a wealthy planter of the upper section of Hall county shot down her hus band as he advanced upon her with a Bharp-bladed ax. Reeling to a bed, upon which he toppled •in an uncon scious -state, the wounded man lay prostrate while the woman, sobbing hysterically, unclothed him and dress ed his Injury with the tender care of a wife. . Purchase of Canal Favored. Washington.—Purchase of the Ches apeake and Delaware canal from the Chesapeake bay to the Delaware river, as a part of the intracoastal waterway from Boston; Mass., to Beaufort, N. S C., has been tentatively agreed upon by the /house rivers and harbors sub committee. Final action in the com mittee probably▼ will be taken soon. The plan will be incorporated in the rivers and harbors-bill, which Is to [aggregate $40,000,000, or so, and to be reported, to the.house very shortly. The details of the bill are withheld. JOHNNY'S "STUDY HOUR" PERUVIAN REBELS REVOLT PRESIDENT BILLINGHURST OF PERU CAPTURED; WILL BE EXILED. i . '* ________ Effort to Reform Finances Caused the Revolution In the Republic of Peru. Lima, Peru.—-ThO president of the republic of hurst, was taken prisoner by the mil itary revolutionists. President was later taken by the rebels as a prisoner to Callac, from which port he will be sent Into exile in a foreign country. The rebels suddenly attacked the 'pi s tMjldentlal palace under the leader ship of Colonel Benavldes. Gen. En rique Varela, premier and minister of war, was killed In tho fight which en sued r l)r. Augusto Durand, a former revo lutionary leader whose arrest was sought by the .police, took possession of the palace. It Is generally believed that he will at once organize a new government. The attack on the palace began at 4:30 a. m.> Thousands of Inhabitants of Lima dashed Into the streets alarm ed by the firing. Squads of soldiers were ordered to fire volleys Into the air in order to prevent the formation of crowds in the streets and by this method they kept the panic-stricken people moving from place to place. In the vicinity of San Pedro church, a civilian bystander was killed by a bullet. Peru's sudden revolutionary trouble is due principally to President Bllling liurtat's efforts to place the finances of this country on a Bound basis. His plans for doing this involved the moat strict economies, which proved unpop ular, particularly among officeholders whose salaries and estimates were re duced. FRANK GLASS LOSES SEAT Senate Decides, 32 fo 31, Not to Seat Alabamlan.^, Washington.—lly a nuHpity,of one vote, 32 to 31, Frank P. Glass of Ala bama, lost his fight for a seat In the United States senate. The senate sus tained the recommendation of the com mittee on privileges and elections, which held that Mr. G) asß was not entitled to be seated because his ap pointment by Governor O'Neal to suc ceed the late Senator Joseph F. John ston was made after the seventeenth constitutional amendment directing the election of senators by the people had been proclaimed in full effect. In tho face of determined opposition from the majority members of the committee, lieadod by Senator Kern, the champion of the Alabamlan, pro ceeding from a forlorn hope, made re markable progress in gaining votes and the narrow margin by which they lost the fight created great surprise. Frozen Under Auto. LexintgonJJ^y.—Leslie Edwards, 21 years old, frozen to death,' and Buford Terhune, lujed 22, probably will die from exposure as a result of being caught under an automobile that turned turtle in a creek near here night, when the steering gear failed to work. Literacy Test for Immigrants. Washington.—The Burnett immigra tion bill, prescribing a literacy test for applicants for admission to the United States, was passed by the house, by a vote of 241 to 126. As the bill passed, it provides that every immigrant ad mitted to the United States must be able to read "the English language or some other language or dialect, in cluding Hebrew or Yiddish" It pre scribes the method of testing immi grants, providing that each applicant for admission must read between thir ty and forty words. Red Cross" to Stop China Floods. New York. —Plans for the prevention of floods in the Hwai river valley of China, probably the greatest humani tarian project every undertaken by the American Red Cross, are under way. A telegram from Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman of the* executive committee of the Red Cross, authorized the En gineering Corporation of New York to announce that it had been designated not only to do the work, but to raise the $30,000 necessary to finance 1L A commissioner from the Chinese gov eroment is on the way here. _ PRESIDENT RAISES EMBARGO MEXICAN FACTIONS PUT ON AN EQUAL BASIS BY PRESIDENT WILSON'S ORDER. President Believes That His Action Is the Best Course to End the Trouble. Washington.—President Wilson, by an executive order, made public at the whlto house, removed all restrictions against the exportation of munitions of war into Mexico from the Unltftd States, placing the contending Mexi can elements on a basis of equality with reßpect to the purchase of arms and suppllea in this country. The ex ecutive order emphasized that It was the desire of the United States to be in tho same position of neutrality to ward the contending factions In Mexico as were the other powers. The text of—the proclamation fol lows: 'Whereas, by a proclamation of the president, issued on March 14, 1912, under a point resolution of congress, approved by the president on the same day, it was declared that there exist ed In Mexico conditions of domestic violence which were promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war pro cured from tho United States; ana. "Whereas, by Joint resolution above mentioned, it whereupon became un lawful to export arms or munitions of war to Mexico except under such limitations and exceptions as the pres ident should prescribe; "Now,' therefore, I, Woodrow Wil son, president of the United States of America, do hereby declare and pro claim that, as the conditions on which the proclamation of March 14, 1912, was based, have essentially changed, and as it is desirable to place the United States, with reference to the exportation of» arms or munitions of war to Mexico, in the same position as other powers, the said proclama tion is hereby revoked." f Mexico City.—Many of the Ameri cans resident here, on learning or President Wilson's decision to raise the embargo on the exportation of arms from the United States to Mexi co, made preparations to leave the capital for the coast. » Farm Extension Bill Win*. Washington.—-The fight which has been waged in the senate over the plan of distributing tlie.agrlcultural ex tension work fund of the Smith-Lever bill ended in victory for Senator Hoke Smith. The amendment of Senatqr Cummins of lowa was defeated by a vote of 40 to 16. The bill as had been reported provided for a distribution on a basis of rural population, and the Cummins amendment provided for a distribution on a basis of acreage un der cultivation, which would have giv en the state of lowa two and a half times as much as Georgia, although Georgia has a larger population than lowa. t Meat From Australia for the U. S. Seattle, Wash. —Two million pounds of frozen beef and mutton, the first direct shipment of this ever sent from Australia to Seattle, arrived on the British ship Waimato. Officers of the company importing the meat say regular shipments from Australia to Seattle will follow. ■ •"--•-J; . _* Women State Ages to Regiater. Chicago.—Women citizens of Chi cago turned out in full strength to take advantage of their first opportun ity to register as voters. Perfect weather conditions favored a large reg istration and estimates vary at from 150,000 to 200,000. Polling places were made clean and attractive, flow ers were not wanting. The requirement that women registering dojust state their ages, expected to be a cause of some awkwardness, proved to have been overrated as a stumbling block. Women gave their ages nonchalantly. , 9 Rockefeller to Pay $12,000,000 Taxes. Cleveland, Ohio. —John D. Fackler and William Agnew, deputy state tax ation officers for Cuyahoga county, went to the home of John R. Rocke feller in Forreßt Hill, East Cleveland, and filed a written demand upon him that he pay taxes on his personal property, estimated at $900,000,000 in to the treasury of this county. The claim that under the Warnes tax law Rockefeller, by residing in the county for the greater part of the preceding twelve months, has made himself lia ble to taxation here. CALLS EXEMPTION inn POLICY ONLY MONOPOLY WOULD BR BENEFITED, WRITES MR WILSON. STATEMENT MADE IN LETTER Think* Nation's Honor Is at Staka In Regard to Panama Canal Tolls. 6 Baltimore, Md.—President Wood row Wilson, in a letter to William L. Marbuiiy of this city, says the ex emption of American coastwise ship ping from Panama canal tolls "con stitutes a vere ymlstaken policy from everey point of view," and "benefits, for the present, at any rate, only a monopoly." The president also pays a high tribute to Secretary of State Bryan. who, be says, deserves "not only our confidenece, but our affection ate admiration." "With regard to the question of ear nal tolls," says the letter, "my opinion is very clear. The exemption .const!-, stitutes a very mistaken policy from every point of view," and "benefits, unjust; as a matter of fact. It bene fits, for the present, at any rate, only a monopoly; and it seems to me In clear violation of the terms of the Hay-F'auncefote treaty. . "There is, of course, much honest difference of opinion as to the last point, as there is, no doubt, as to the others; but it is at least debatable, and If the promises we make In such matters are debatable, 1, for one, do not care to debate them. 1 think the country would prefer to let no ques tion arise as to Its whole-hearted pur pose to redeem its promises in the light of any reasonable construction of them, rather than debate, a point of honor. "Your reference to the secretary of state shows how comprehensively you have looked on during the last few months. Not only have Mr. Bryan's character, his Justice, his sincerity, his transparent Integrity, his Christian principle, made a deep impression up on all with whom he has dealt; but his tSct in dealing with men of many sorts, his capacity for business, his mastery of the principles of each mat ter he has been called upon to dCflj, with ,have cleared away many a~ diffi culty and have given to tfye policy of the state department a definiteness and dignity that are very admirable." U. S. MARINES LAND IN HAYTI . t.-y—qj «-•.; -- Rioting and Pillaging to an Alarming Extent Breaks OuL Waßhintgon.—Rioting and pillaging, broke out in Cape Haltlen to such an extent that Commander Bostwick of the gunboat Nashville landed eighty men to protect lives and property of foreign resident. Commander Bostwick took~action at the request of foreign consuls. In structions to his landing force were to protect Americans, all foreigners and theier property. Davilmar Theoedore, who had pro claimed himself provisional president before his defeat at Gonaives at the hands of the Zamor brothers, is trying to set up a government at Cape Hal tlen, where he retreated after the bat tle. He has appointed a cabinet, but, according to Commander Bostwick's report, appears to be losing control of his forces. Latest reoorts from Captain Russell of the battleship South Carolina at Portau-l J rince, expressed apprehen sion fpr the safety of the city. How ever, he report® no organized effort to expel foreign naval forces policing the city, thopgh his earlier reports in dicated dissatisfaction by natives gen erally at the presence of the sailors and marines ashore. Huerta's Troops Quell* Conspiracy. Mexico City.—Reports that conspir ators were planning a coup d'etat re sulted in the troops of the entire gar rison being held In quarters or plac ed on guard in the neighborhood of the artillery barracks. Soldiers were on top of gome of the buildings, from which a few families had been advised to move. The guard at the palace was Increased and soldiers slept courtyard. . / y> Man Kills Woman and Self. Atlanta. —The curtain of tragedy dropped» upon another mysterious, "eternal triangle" when A\ J. Amer son of New Orleans pumped two bul lets into the body of a young woman Who passed in Atlanta as hlB wife, then drilled a hole through his own heart, in front of No. 62 Trinity ave nue. Both were slain instantly. She toppled into a heap across the curb ing. His body crumpled Cross-wise over hers, the blood from four bul let holes streaming into the muddy flow of the street gutter. Crew Rescued by Breeches Bu&y> Norfolk, Va.—Over a sea too rough for lifeboats, llfe-saveres took off by means of breeches buoys the crew of the three-masted schooner Helen H. Benedict, ashore south of Cape Hen ry. The Benedict is leaking, byt ap parently will be able to, live many hours. She lies one and a half miles south of Nags Head life saving sta tion, and about sixty miles south of Cape Henry. The revenue cutter On ondaga, wenet to her assistance, and will endeavor to float the schooner* when the waves subside.