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$UDO Year, In Advance , , . -FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH- mntfi Cp Ck VOL. XXIV. V - ' ' . PLYMOUTH, N.. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER-7t 1913 , NO.' 19. WOMEN PLAY PfiRT nil ib MANY OF THEM ARE ACTING AS FORAGERS FOR THEIR . ' : MEN. ACT AS SCOUTS FOR ARMY Many of the Women of Mexico Joined Ranks Rather' Than Stay at Home Alone. "Del Rio,' Texas. Women of Mexico are playing a prominent part in the Avarfare of the southern republic, eith 'er as, "sokladeras," foraging success fully for their men, or occasianally as actual lighters. This is true probably because the present revolution has touched indi viduals and the homes more intimate- times. Nearly every Avoman in north ern Mexico has seen Avarfare, shorn of its theatricality, because it entered the home and left death and want. Many of these women have left their homes rather than to remain alone, -anti : fmv nf tlim liflvfi srone under Tire to get revenge. In the siege in "progress at Monte rey, a valued member of Gen. Pablo Gonzales Constitutional command is '.wealthy Castilian whose brother was .shot by Federal irregulars. 'She gave up the comforts of a luxurious home and begged for permission to-replace her brother. A few months' ago at Monclova a son of Senora Pimental of that city had been sentenced to be shot. The mother got into the Federal jail; by stealth and stabbed two of the guards and "rescued her son, escaping to- the Constitutionalist headquarters, then at Hernianas, 20 mile away. In the Federal ranks there is. told Hia x'fa rf an nffinar who led the Constitutionalists into an am buscade at Puerta Carmen, and, though fired upon by ithe maddened troops, galloped through the lines to her husband's side. ' ' When less than a month' ago the Federal army of General Maas occu pied the Constitutionalists' provisional capital at P'edras Negras, on the American border across from Eagle T .1 If 1 .3 .. 1 .... . ' n1tmA 4m I'ilbS, llie . tuiuiut:i as jjiugu an m- portaat role in the bloodless capture. A sinaH group of them pitched their tents on the overlooking hills two days before their men arrived, acting as lookouts. When tbo army arrived, fully five hundred of these soldier Avomen accompanied it, most of them guarding the wagon trains, which their skill as foragers had stuffed to burst ing. A few hours after the city Avas occupied the women spread supper for the entire army in the open piasa. SENDS MESSAGE TO WILSON General Carranza Tells President How to ueai vvitn Mexico. Nogales,' Sonora. Through Dr. H. A. Tupper of the international peace fo riim, General Venustiano Carranza, head Of the Constitutionalists of Mex ico, transmitted to the United States government an oinciai siaieuiein umi suggests that President W'ilson can solve the Mexican problem by merely according to the Constitutionalists the right to import arms freely from the United States. The struggle in Mexico will continue irntil one side or the other is beaten into helplessness, the statement as serts. ,It further declares that the Con-.s-titutionaiists are confident of wiping out'Huerta and his partisans in a short time if the embargo on arms is lifted. Carranza came here from llerniosil lo, the rebel capital, with Doctor Tup per, who had been with him there for several days. " - viriictui v c ' Avas submitted in a formal letter to Tupper will he communicated by the latter to Secretary Bryan. Tupper telegraphed to Secretary . Bryan asking him if he desired the statement. The secretary replied m the affirmative, adding, however, that it would receive only unofficial at tention. Tupper's recommendations and impressions also were requested. Prank With Gun pauses Death. Tuskegee. Ala.--Sterling Floyd, 23 yeajs old, son of a large turpentine operator, is in jail, charged -with mur dering G. ,T. Poles, aged 30, at Mil siead. Floyd is said to have playfully put his shotgun in the face of each ;f five young men standing in front of a store. A Avh en he returned from hunting. Poles Avarned hfm that he jnight accidentally shoot some one. When Floyd, it is claimed, raised hir gun, knocking-Howies' hat off. This, Poles resented, and Floyd pulled his pistol and shot Boles. GEN. THOMAS J. STEWART C-&;h fit 4 2 1 General Stewart is pres i&nt of the National Guard association, having been re-elected at the meeting of the association! recently held in Chicago. POWERS WILL-NOT OPPOSE UNITED STATES WILL ASK" CO OPERATION OF EUROPE TO ELIMINATE HUERTA. Great Britain, France and Germany Have Agreed to Wait for the American Proposais. Washington. Three European na tkms, Great, Britain, Germany and France have agreed to adopt no new policy toward Mexico until the gov ernment of the United States can sub mit for their consideration a definite plan for the future treatment of the revolution-torn republi6 in Central America. 1 That a-request of the powers 'to await a proposal regarding Mexico from this government had been made and that the three great European nation's had yielded to the request was announced by Secretary Bryan. , Mexico City. 'In the event that the Iluerta-Blaiiquet ticket is shoAVn to have polled a majority sufficient to he declared elected, as now seems probable, congress will declare the lluerta votes void and Blanquet will take the oath as vice president and assu-ne office .as president pending the calling of further elections. A DEADLOCK THREATENED Advocates of Central Bank and Friends of Regional Bank May Not Agree. Washington. A threatened deadlock in the senate banking and currency committee over the proposal to sub stitute a government-owned bank for the regional reserve bank plan in the administration currency bill became apparent when the committee began executive consideration. of the meas ure. Discussion was confined to the central reserve . bank scheme, and while no Vote was taken the debate disclosed six senators for the govern ment controlled bank and six for the administration regional system. The five Republicans on the com mittee, Senators Weeks, McLean, Nel son, Crawford and Bristow, argued for the central bank scheme. They Avere joined by Senator Hitchcock, one of the Democrats, who has opposed the administration bill in many of its pro visions. Senators Reed and O'Gorman, wlio had expressed themselves in fa vor of the central bank plan, swung into line with the other Democrats . The wte was delayed, and Chairman Owen at the close of the session said that he believed that the administra tion plan would be finally adopted. Hester's Monthly Cotton Figures. New Orleans Secretary Hester's New Orleans cotton exchange state ment issued covers the monthly move ment to October 31. Compared with last year it shows a decrease lor the month in round figures of 16,000, an in crease compared with ycr before last of 129,000 and with 1910-11 an increase of 456,000. The total for October was 2,917.422, against 2,933,813 last year, 2,788,324 year before last and 2,461, 016 for the same time in 1910. Troops. Ordered to Strike Region. Denver, CoL Mobilized in approxi mately six hours, the commands of the Colorado National Guard began moAr ing toward, 4he south Colorado coal fields, where martial laAV has been es tablished in compliance with the gov ernor's proclamation. While the or dering of troops to the coal fields fol loAved the failure of Governor Am nion's efforts to arrange a settlement, an addition reason for the action was found iu the list of casualties and property damage that have marked the thMy-ft days of the strike. I A v-: 5-;: THE COTTON CHOP SHOWS A OEGL DROP OF-FIVE POINTS IN COTTON CONDITION KILLING FROST THE CAUSE. . . MANY ESTIMATE 3. ARE MADE Georgia Crop Declined 4.3 Points. Average Estimate of the Out put 13,747,000 Bales. New York According to 1,614 re ports of the special correspondents of the Journal of Commerce bearing an average date of October 23, cotton sIioavs a deterioration of 5 points in condition was 67.1. Killing frosts and excessive rain Avere the chief causes of damage. A year, ago at this time condition lost 1.5 points, in 1911 it lost l.f, points, in 1910 it lost nothing, in 1909 it lost 3.9 points, and in 1908 it lost 3.6 points. Declines occurred in all states except Tennessee and Florida, which improved 2 po.nts and 3 points, respectively. Important de clines were:' Louisiana,, 15 points; Mississippi, S.G points;. Texas, .6.3 points: North Carolina, ' 6.S points; Georgia 4.3 points, Arkansas 4.4 points, and South Carolina,. 4 points. Condition changes for' the past four years together with percentage con dition lqst month, are given in the ac companying table: ' Condition Condition States. N. Carolina. . S. Carolina . Georgia . . , Florida. . . . Alabama . . . Mississippi . Louisina. . 4 . Texas . . . . Arkansas . . Tennessee . . Missouri . . Oklahoma . . Oct. Nov. '12' '.11 7.43 5S .7 .74.0 .75:8 .77.9 .63.2 .68.0 .62.4 .64.6 .67.0 .68.0 .52.0 t .50.5 4.0 3.3 3.3 2.6 5.3 2.0 8.4 3.0 4.0 .6 4.3 3.0 1.0 8.6 2.0 1.5 '.2 .6 1.8 5.0 3.0 3.4 6.0 1.3 1.2 4.2 6.5 15.0 6.3 4.4 2.0 1.0 ' 2.0 Totals '. . . .67 5.00 1.5 1.5 From the above table it will.be seen that condition on .October 23 was 61.1, against 68.8 a year ago, 69.3 in 1911. The Journal of Commerce has no opinion of its own to offer regarding the yield of this season's crop; but in order to gather the cohceusus of Southern opinion its correspondents Avere specially requested to give their individual estimates of the crop, with these results. Thirty-two replies ranged tAvelve million to thirteen mil lion five hundred thousand; 97 replies ranged thirteen million to thirteen mil lion five hundred thousand; 226 repl;es ranged thirteen million to fourteen mil lion; 121 replies ranged fourteen mil lion to fourteen million and five hun dred; 71 replies ranged fifteen million to sixteen' million. The average of all replies received is thirteen "million seven hundred and forty-seven thousand bales,' Avhich closely approximates the estimates made by several good authorities out side of the growing districts, .where the tendency is usually to underesti mate the crop. Out of the 547 estimates received, 347 ranged between thirteen million five hundred thousand and fifteeu mil lion five hundred thousand bales. U. S. WANT. FAIR ELECTION Believed the United States Is Planning to Take ActivcPart. x Washington. Reticence Avliich has enveloped the plans of the Washing ton on the Mexican problem continues. In Avhatever is attempted, due con sideration of the Constitutionalists as an important factor in the situation will, probably be given. It Avas in ferred in many quarters that the car dinal features of flie administration's plan Avill be a comprehensive scheme to bring about a fair and free elec tion, efforts to be made by the Amer ican government to use its good office to secure the participation of the Con stitutionalists. , In some quarters the suggestion Avas advanced that the' Washington gov ernment contemplated assisting mate rially in the conduct of the proposed elections to insure certain safeguards. It is admitted that no action Avill be taken until an announcement of an official character is made in Mexico as to the result of the elections. Woman Found Guilty of Murder New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Bess'e J. Wakefiehi of Pristol, mother of the three little children, Avas found guilty of murder in the first degree for her part in the killing ov her husband. Evi dence in the trial showed that Mrs. Wakefield conspired to get rid of Wakefield. While Mrs. Wakefield took her children out for a walk, James Plew partly drugged her husband and then shot him to death. A knife Avas driven in the body and a rope placed around the neck to give the appear ance of suicide. ANTHONY C0MST0CK A Mr. Comstock is the ever active foe of vice and Indecency in New Yor. FLETCHER ELECftD AGAIN FLORIDA SENATOR RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT AT MOBILE ' CONyENTION. I Seventh Convention of Southern Com mercial Congress Comes to a Close at Mobile. Mobile, Ala. The seventh conven tion 6f the Southern Commercial con gress was brought toa close after a directorate competed of many new members Avas elected and resolutions upon important subjects discussed had been passed. Soon after-the election those directors present met and heard arguments of representatives of Okla ma City and Houston in favor of their cities for the next convention, and elected officers. The" directors will select, the next meeting place at some future date. Only the two cites men tioned put in a formal invitation for the 1914 convention. These officers were elected: , President, Senator Duncan U. Fletch er; first vice president, T. S. South gate; second vice president, Albert P. Bush; managing director-, Dr. Clar ence 'J. Owens; treasurer and resident director, W. H. Sanders. 1 Chief among resolutions adopted was one instructing the directors of the "congress to at once begin a sys tematized propaganda aiming at di verting trade made possible by open ing the Panama canal to southern ,portsv Officials of the congress are ordered to do this as quickly as po.- sible. Another important resolution urges upon the United States con gress to put into effect as soon as practicable a system of rural cred its. This resolution vas adopted unan moiisly after It had been pointed ouS in several speeches how the Southern farmer is handicapped by lack of a sound system of credit and how much is lost to the South'each year because of the absence of system in groAving and handling crops. The Federal government is called on in'Snother resolution furnished early in each year the cotton spindle capac ity of the country so that the- pro ducer may have an equal adyantage witli the consumer in this respect. The congress also urged that cotton be graded at the gin under Federal su pervision in order to save the geat total loss caused by taking samples from bales and that bonded Avarehous es receipts be given certifying the -correct weight and grade of the prod uct. - BUSCH LEAVES MILLIONS Only $210,000 of the Brewer's Es tate for Charitablq Purposes. St. Louis. The. Avill 'of "Adolpinu Dusch, fild for probate,' makes char itable bequests aggregating n70,';0(.' to a number of St. Louis institutions, and places the bulk of the estate ii: trust. Mrs. Billie Bnscfi, Charges Na gel and August A. Busch are named trustees. ' In addition to the charitable be quests in the Avrtl, Mr. Busch left a private memorandum requesting mem bers of his family to make certain other donations, most of which are pri vate in their nature. The attorneys, however, made public the names of eight St. Louis institutions, which are to receive, under the memorandum, a total of $40,000. making the total be quests fpr charitable, purposes $21,000. Big Rail Bond Issue Fought. Boston. Fornier Governor Morgan G. Bulkley of Hartford, Conn., and Charles S. Ensign, of 'Newton, brought a bill in equity in the supreme court asking that the New York, New Ha ven -and Hartford railroad company be enjoined from issuing bonds, to the amount of $C7,552,000 and 675, 520 additional shares of stock author ized at the meeting of stockholders August 22. The complainants, who stockholders, say it is contemplated that the rdditional shares of stock shall fc dL.rributed RATE ASSOCIATION MADE PEHftHEMT OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATION AND ADVISORY BOARD TO EFrECT CLOSE ORGANIZATION. ADJUSTMENT BADLY NEEDED Governor Craig Praises Corporation Commission's Work and Outlines Plan to Supplement it for Better Results in the Near Future. Raleigh. The Just Freight Rate Association of North Carolina in Spe cial session here a few days ago in the office of Governor Craig adopted resolutions offered by T. J. Forester of Greensboro providiug that the per manent organization of the associa tion 'be delegated' to the present offi cers and advisory board with power to adopt constitution and by-laws, fix dues and , all membership and otlfer regulations that shall govern the as sociation. Under the resolutions there must be an annual meeting of the as sociation not later than ..May 15 for the election of officers and getting ready for the summer and fall cam paign. , A clause Avas .added to the resolu tions by Col. J. L. Ludlow of Winston Salem to the effect that one of the reasons for the putting the associa tion on permanent footing- is that Governor Craig especially insisted that this course be taken. On motion of A. A. Thompson of Raleigh the number of the members of the advisory board was Increased from seven to ten. This Avas in order to allow President Tate to name new and more active members for certain I sections without actually dropping any of the members now on the list. Mr. Forester insisted that there is a great dealof work still to be done by the association. He thought the association should have some compe tent and active persons to give special attention to the pending adjustment of the intrastate act. He insisted that the rates named in r the Justice act are purely suggestive and that the whole scale f-.ra4.es must be adjusted. Indeed, he predicted that two years hence, when the special commission has completed its adjustment of rates, there will still be much to be done for this adjustment and that the retirement of Mr. Craig as governor will see this rate fight still far from settled. , - The Forester resolutions were a substitute for motions by A. A. Thompson of llaleigh and E. R. Pres ton of Charlotte looking, to perma nent organization. .Mr. Preston had remarked something about being in "Winter o.r.arters" until May '15 and Mr. Forester and Secretary Leake Carraway, more especially, excepted to the term "'Winter quarters" and insisted -that there should be steady and continued activities. , Contest for Stamp Collector. The -contest for the position of dep uty stamp collector at Durham has been yoing on quietly, for the past month, and it seems at the present time that there is no surer indication of who will be appointed to succeed Mr. W. F. Cheek, the Republican in cumbent, tharij there was at the time J.. Y. Bailey was appointed head of thi-i district. The candidates and oth ers who claim to know something of the intentions of the federal officers say that there is no doubt of the fact that a democrat will be appointed to succeed Mr. Cheek. When Mr. Bailey took charge of this district he sent Mr. Cheek his appointment for only 90 days and this time has about ex pired. Solicitor Johnson Resigns. Solicitor A. Hail Johnson of the 12th district has tendered his resig nation to. Governor Craig and will form a partnership with City Attorney Silas Bernard of Asheviile for. the I practice of law. in that city. It is un derstood that Mr. Johnson will move I from Marion to AsheAille. To Build New Power Line. Southern Power Company engineers are here to locato a route for a'.trans mission lino from States ville to Salis bury. The new line will connect with the line already built from the substation, Statesville, to the property of the Southern Power Co., on the Catawba river at Lookout Shoals and w"hen ;the company's new plant Is erected at Lookout Shoals the line will be used to transmit power from the new plant to Salisbury, Greens fooro, Durham and other points served bf the company. CHARL0TIE HAS BIG FAIR Best In History, of MeckJenburg County.- Weather Was Excellent and Exhibits" Good.' Charlotte. The Mecklenburg fair and all fts transient equipment are now things of the past, a light-hearted directorate remains behind. The enterprise which' closed its gates re cently Avas one of the most success ful ever held. This ds true with re gard to attendance and gate receipts find also to the number and merit of the exhibition s. . Denizens of the court house will see more )f President C. C. Moore and Secretary-Treasurer Edgar B. Moore will be ' more often found ,in the vicinity of the Selwyn now than for some-days past. These two ener getic citizens, one name expressing unlimited breadth of vision and the other an ambition to extend con stantly, the zone of his achievements, have fairly lived at the grounds of the Charlotte Fair Association for the past 'week. Bearing in mind Poor Richard's maxim, "If you would have a thing done, go If not, send," they have given personal direction, to he manifold details which must be ex ecuted in order to secure success. ' "We liava delivered the goods, and I am liable to haye a case of the big-head," said President C. C. Moore. "Its success exceeded my fondest expectations," said Secretary E. !B. (Moore. For the first time in years, clear weather prevailed from start to finish and the result was shown in the attendance. During the last day and two nigMs- the temperature was too low for (perfect comfort and this fact diminihihed receipts considerably , but did not iiaA-e the deterrent effect which Avould have been exercised by a. depressing rain and clouded sky which too often make their appear ance on such occasions. Twelve thousand people rushed through the turnstiles - Wednesday, Charlotte day. The total paid ad missions for the fair was not quite 20,000, but thousands of school -children were admitted free on Tuesday and others on Friday. The custom of securing Tuesday as a holiday and admitting the children frea tias proven a wise one. Besides adver tising the fair, it results in. the pres ence of many parents who accom pany the children and what in former years was a dull day Is transformed into one of the liveliest of the entire quartet. Tthe paid attendance , this year was more than dqjible that of last year. , . That the importance of the fair to the agriculture of-the county in aroirs arousing enthusiasm for better meth ods is apperceiated was s-hown by the interest taken hy the farmers and their co-operation. A majority of the 200 stockholders are farmers and the largest individual 5tockholder is one. Its president is one of the best known agriculturists in the state. The association does not use . the word agriculture mertlys a cloak, behind which to hide some radically different project. The farming exhibits .are very real and genuine features. The fair proved a magnet Qf ' no mean drawing; power ,in attracting visitors to Charlotte not merely from this but from surrounding counties. Towns and countryside within a ra ddus of 50 or 100 miles sent 'visitors. The principal hotels had all that they could do to accommodate the throng comfortably. It was a stimulus to trade, because men brought theit wives and "children and purchased fall and winter hats and clothing. Extract Co. A Bankrupt. The clerk of the United States Dis trict court lias received a report t( the effect that Judge James E. Boyd a a hearing at Salisbury in the case o KanaAvha Valley Bank and otft-en! against the Cherokee Tanning Ex tract Company, allowed a motion tha the defendant company be adjudge,' bankrupt. This motion was allou ed on the ground that at a recen meeting of the stockholders and l rectors of the company resolution were adopted declaring that the debt could not be paid, and owing to tit fact tihat the superior court of Chf okee county recently appointed . 1 temporary receiver or the corn-pan; New Freight Traffic Manager. The employment of a freight. tra fie manager who will give his entir time to checking freight Mils and fii nishing information relative to ti classification of varous shipments assured, according to Buncom". lumbermen and merchants. Some tlw ago the president of the Ashevi1 Merchants Association and the We- j ern Carolina Lumber and Timber. A, sociation appointed & joint eommittij to recommend the ad viability cf ma tog appropriations for the en: pi., ment of a maoaccr.