GREENVILLE IS THE HEART OF EASTERN WORTH CAROLINA. IT HAS A POPULATION OF FOUR THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED iND ONE, AND IS SUR ROUNDED BY THE BEST FARMING COUNTRY. INDUSTRIES OF ALL KINDS ARE INVITED TO LOCATE HERE FOR WE HAVE EVERYTHING TO .FFER IN THE WAY OF LABOR, CAPITAL AND TRIBUTARY FACILITIES. WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE JOB AN D NEWSPAPER PLANT. m I I 1 Agrtculture Ii the Most Usefiili the Most HealthfnL Ibe Most Xoble Employment of M«n.—Georife Wastilii^ton WE HAVE A CIRCULA TION OF TWELVE HUN-^ DRED AMONG THF BEST PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH CARO LINA AND INVITE THOSE WHO WISH TO GET BET TER ACQUAINTED WITH THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN 4 BUSINESS WAY TO TAKE 4 FEW INCHES SPACE AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU HAVE TO BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION. OUR ADVERTISING HATES ARE LOW AND CAN BE HAD UPON APPLICA TION. VOLCME XXXIV. UKEKXVILLE, N. t’., FRIDAY ATKKNOON, FEBRI AKV (!, 1911. MMBEU 33. Will Permit Mexican Rebels to Export Arms From United States With tbt Federate PRtSIOEHl liris [ Only Military Lhlcfs Will be Per- mltted to Slilp ^Vor Munitions Across the Mexican Border. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—The em bargo against exportation of muni tions of war from the United States to Mexico is about to be lifted. Precldent Wilson and the cabinet tcday gnally decided that because the embargo, by practically depriving liie lonstitutionallBts of arms, whiU the Huerta government la free to get them from many sources, really puts the United States In a position of showing partiality rather than neutrality. The embargo Is to be lifted with the idea that rather than contrlbut- hig to bloodsliod, the importation of linns by liastcning an end ol' tlir war will ri'duco blood'shpd. All olficial sfatcnK'nt ouflinins tlif pui-.ixsi's of tlio administration wilt hr isHiK'd I'l'oiu the White Hoiiso. Kori'iKii govi'rninonts havo boon :nl- viscl of tlic ponding action of tlir I'liitcd States tliroiigh the ombassii'- i.nd l''i;atioiiK abroad, and diptumatic rciirosrntativcs in Wasliington liavi' lu'i'ii notified. It was said tliat tho di'voloimifir. W'liili tint al'foft tlio Aniorica iMiilias-iv in Mexico City nor tlio Anicrican li'oopH on tho border. Taft ?urr»Ml Kxi(«rtati«n «f Anns. Prescient Taft Issued tho procla- tlon of arms to all sides on March 14. 1912. Ho did that under author ity of congressional resolution em powering the president to take such action whenever he ehould find that "in any American country conditions t,f domestic violence exist which are promoted by the use of arms and mu nitions of war procured from the United States.” Tho only word that came from th'j White House vka« that an Imporc- ent announcement would be made a‘ 5 p. ni. today. There Is every reason to believe that under authority of the resolu tion of March 14. 1912, President Wil.son will continue to exercise dis cretionary power In issuing permits for exportation of arms so that they may not fall into Irresponsible hands. So far as possible only military chiefs on both sides of Mexico will obtain the munitions. Exactly how that wlU bedone has not yet been worked out The pro«ldenfs decision was reach- ;>(! after many month's of careful study and while in the first instance the belief of the administration was that the denial of arms was a humane act, the conviction has grown upon the Washington government that Its rollcy has operated unequally toward tiie warring factions. Emiiarffo Fostered I’8rO»llty. Partiality instead of neutrality was t!ie result of the policy in the opin ion of tho president and tho members of the cabinet who finally determlneu that the real neutral course would be to put both faction's on an even footing. Tho admlhUittration iaiso believer t!iat to permit the situation to drift tlong would be merely contributing to an incessani struKgle. Although constlutlonallst chiefs have declared they had captured sufficient ammunition from the fed- erals the Washington government, while realizing the Important effect normally throughout Mexico that Its act will produce, is insistent that It-i IKJSitlon as neutral shall be main tained . It'eirard Action of S. as Last Itesort It was understood In official circles ihat announcement of the president’s determination to life the embargo had gone forward to Charge O’Shaugh- nessy in Mexico City, probably with inst.'uctions to advise the Huerta government. Fi)r many weeks senators of the forel;n relations committee have been urging President Wilson to permit free Importation of arms to the bat- the fields In the hope that the war pc.on might be ended and peace re stored. Those cl')SA to th« president said ho would take such action as only one oi the last resorts In his Mexican pol icy. preferring to depend for the time being on tho "moral pressure’ and the “financial blockade” which has so far estopped the Huerta gov ( i nnient from obtaining credit abroad. Kehels at IMsndviintngo. (•'licials hero who liave been in consJanl toucli witli the Mexican (•ainpai(-'ns say tlu? constitutlonali.st iDries have bo<'ii at :i gi'eater dis- ailvaiitage because of tlie superior •iitillery of the Huerta a''niy. 'I'he c,Mislitiiionali»-it«, wliile plentifully will) siiiall ann aiiuiiiliiitii)!- Jaiid materials for their rapid fir- gUHK have lieen almost I'Utiroly wilU- (itit heavy artillery. Superior artillery has enabled tin iInert!’, forces to hold th<> largo cltle i;l' tlu! south. Torroon, ’I'aniplco, Mon terey, Saltillo, San Luis Poto'si and others against which Villa and a rebel armv estimated at 15,000 men now is preparing to move as the first step in a campaign against Mexico City. Act Only to (Jivo Itebols S(|uare Deal Every administration official who was let Into the confidence of the fev/ let Into the confidence of the few who knew of the impending step, took pains to emphasize that tho Wash Ington government was not raising t'.e embargo to aid the constitution alists nor as any evidence of syniptthy v.'ith their cause, but merely to cor- 1 ect an Inequality In tho warfan: which has been brought about by tho operation of the proclamation of 191i? Merciiants to (So to Scliooi, MINNIOAPOLIS, Minn.. Feb. 4.— What is believed to be the firsl school for merchants ever conducted in this country was opened under the auspft'es of the extension depart ment of the University of Minnesota The course is modeled after the short courses conducted in the varioun states for the farmers. The instruc tion will be carried over a period of I've days and will embrace lectures by experts on Important questions connccted with the buying, selling nnd displaying of goods. Salesman ship, store management, prlclnl, ad- \fcrtislng, window trimming, store ac counting and methods of meeting mail order competition are some o" the subject'.^ that will be dealt with :n the lectures. The International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America may not hold its next convention in IndlaTiapolis becatwo of the alleged hostile attitude of the business men of that city toward organized lagor. Sells 59 Lots in Forly-Flye Minutes Breahlng Any Previous Recoril One of the most successful auction sales of real estate ever held in thl^ pectlon was that conducted by tho At lantic Coaet Realty Company at Stokes yesterday. In order to prove, to those In attendance that they are at all times on the job and know how to dispose of real estate in a hurry tney on yesterday broke all previous iccords made by the company, when in forty-five minutes they sold fifty- nine Ideal building lots at satisfactory prices. In fact every lot sold higher than was expected, which goes to show that the people in and around Stokes realize that the little town is wide-awake and is compelled to go forward. On next Saturday, February 7th the company will hold two sales a^ Dethel of city lots. At 10:30 in tlie morning a sale will be held for the whlj(! people, and foj; the colored at 2:30' Mr. H. S. Choppard Is the re presentative on this sale and it la safe to Siiy that it will be a success under his personal supervision. W1LS(» ITEMS. WILSON, X. C.. Feb. 2,—Dear Re flector: As 1 have not writti'n tc y<;u in some time will attempt to .sci;d !i lew items. Mr. Haywood Hi’st wlio liad bei'ii paralyzed for four or )i\<‘ years, not l.ein^ ai>le to walk nor liiil lie ciiied ciieerlul until lie dii'd a I'ev, ('•.y.: ago at the age of t'l'.i years. l!i' ^va^ taken to Snow Hill for burial, lie was the father of Dr. Henry lii'st. vlio was taking care of liim and live;- •ju Park avonui'. 'I'hougli it lias heeii a week sinc(‘ I commenv much family he left. 1 heard some few days ago that a lady somewhere in town left her babv to attend to something and when she went back In the house ■-he found her baby burned to death I did not learn the name. We are having some beautifel v.-eather just now but it is most too cool to plant gardens. T. E. L. RuHlnesN Conferenire Toniffht. The regular annual business con ference of the Baptist church will be held tonight after the regular mid week prayer meeting service A large rttendance is desired. Commissioners Oraw Up Jury Lists For March Term Superior Court During their sessions on Monday and Tuesday the County Commission ers drew up the lists of jurors to serve fir the first and second week of the ilarch term of Pitt superloi court which begins on March 16. First Week. W. s. Fulford, F. S. Prown, J. E Brown, W. G. Stokes, J. H. Briley J. A. Moore, C. L. Joyner, J. H Lewis, D. W. Hardee, C. A. Tuck-1 er, George Gornto, Richard Hardee | J. H. House, W. S. Belcher, W. H. ^ Crawford, h. B. Fleming, J. S. Pitt man, J. W. Burney. Second Week. J. W. Crawford, J. D. Rollins, W. T. Barnhill, J. D. Andrews, J. J. Martin, C. G. Little, W. H. Con- gleton, W. J. Little, R. A. Gaskins, J. B. Carroll, J. H. Edwards, Da vid Brock, A. W. Flake, Peter Flem ing, W. J. Fleming, J. J. Satterth- waite, J. T. Moore, L. C. Burney. Favorable Report Made By Inspector For Free Delivery Of the Mails XATKOAL rOK\ SHOW READY FOR OPEM>‘; DALLAS, Texas. Feb. 4.—-All ar rangements are iir:i in plaei» give asHiiranee that the exhibitimi | 'vill !n> till! largi'st and mo«t rtipT''-, sent'itive nf it.; kind that has evirj been held in tlu' I'nited States. I 'I hou'.:li corn and covii products wlb j I'lirin the liiilk oi' the e.\hi!iits l will lie interesting di'fi)la\s of man. iillu'r varietii'K of farm pnniiuts. nia.iorit\ of the st:ites have re- spondi d to the invitation to make exhi'iitw at tin' slioiv. Practically j T.'KT.v state of (he soiifli and niiddl'* wcot will have displays. Many of the states of the far west will be represented for the first time. Idaho will be represented with a wool dis play. and Wyoming will show some methods of dry farming that werf- origlnatcd in that state. California will exhibit some of her choicest pro ducts of the garden, orchard and vineyard, and Arizona, Nevada and I'tall will show the wonderful results- aci onuilished by irrigation. .Mnine I’rogres*ives Active. POHTLAXD, Me.. Feb. 4.—The members of the Progressive state com mittee of Maine are roinuling up here for a nieeting tomorrow, when a date will be fixed for the state convention and other plans discuss ed for tho coming state campaign Tly getting into the tieUl early and waging a vigorous campaign the leaders believe that their party will make an even better showing at the polls this year than it did in the election in November, 101'J. when .Maine returned 4S.4!i:l votes for Roost- volt as against Uri,.^4.5 for Taft. The party has alreaily decided to nomi- iiate complete '.-:tate, congressional and county tickets this year. Tunipa to Knierfaln Visitors. TAMPA, Pla., Feb. 4.— From many parts of the United States and Can ada delegates are arriving in Tam pa to attend the midwinter sessions of the National Association of Real Kstate Exchanges. Tho gathering will open tomorrow and continue througl; the remainder of the week. The lo cal trade organizations have provltl ■ ed elaborate entertainment for the visiting real estate men, many of whom are accompanied by their wives and fiunllies. AS TOURIST AdENT OF TIIE SEABOARD diaries H. Gattis, Formerly District I’assnger Afrent, Returns to En ter on Tills >ew Work. (The News and Observer.) Raleigh Is soon to have a tourist agency, and from this point there will !>e arranged tours covering all sec- «ions of this country. And it will be pleasant news to the people of Ral eigh and North Car -'.ina that this brings back Mr. Charles H. Gattls formerly district passenger agent of the Seaboard Air Line, who resigned m 1910 to become general passenger agent of tlie Georgia and Florida Railroad at Augusta. Having been appointed tourist agent of the Sea board Air Line Railway, he will es tablish here "The Gattls Tourist Agency,” with offices In the Tucker buildmg. Mr. Gattls will be in charge with Mr. W. A. Swallow as assistant. Mr (Jattis has extensive experience along this line, and prior to severing bis connection with thi' Seaboard worbf'd up and personally condu points of interest in the United State--, Canada ninl Cuba, aiul this .suece.--'- is proof of liis equipinent for tlifr work for which there is a large (It Id ill the south. Th(> I’.nrean'.-^ work will he to ni;:’\'‘ (omplete pi,-ins for all kinds of ex pense tDiirs -ouivhont the eonnli v for tlu- eiinvenieni-i' of touri; is at:i' Iih'asnie sf't'kers, willi trip;- for ’'ndi- '.idiials. families and i)ri\:;te iKirties. with all details worked out, " l!u- I'au to have on hand maps, sehi'd- I'.Ies and full information as to toms throughout tho world, wliieli ,11 be Hvailablo to all. Mr. Gat'is p' ns to prTsonally conduct all large tours and these will be chaperoned by Mrs. Gat- tis. the social feature of the tours to hi‘ emphasized. Already Mr. Gattis is arranging to take a party through Florida, and Ciiba in March, one to Washington at' l.aster, through the eastern cltl«s and Canada this summer and to the Pan ama-Pacific Exposition at San Fran cisco next year. We are glad to welcome liini b.u k to Raleigh and wish him niueh suc cess . OPPOSE (OLD STOKAIJF Illi.I.. Says Letter to Mayor J. 0. James From Congressman Small QUICK ACfloTTs PROeneLE It is >ow up to I'outrresi) Hlictlier We Sball Receive Immediat4> At- tontion or lie Held O^er Ull July I. Through the efforts of Mayor J. B James and Congressman John H. rniall the government postal officials 1 ave at last sent out a few encourag ing items relative to the free delivery uf mails in Greenville. Several weeks ago when po«toffice inspector, Hemmelwright was here he, was instructiHl by tlie government officials to go over the situation while l.rre and make his report to the de partment, which he did. Since that time Mayor James has written several letters to Mr. Small asking that he urge the department to make a re port on the inspection of Mr. Hemmel wri.jht. . .On yesterday Mr. James received a cotnnuitiieation from Itei’ieNentative Siiiall confainintr Hie lett('r Iron) t!i<> department in whiih they ad'ised teat a viTv fa>rr.it)|e report had been tiiade l>y the iii-piitor. but tliat the deti^irtnu lit unalde to tak" ac tion in the ni.liter at presi nt owini' 1,1 til■■ fact tl' it t'le :n.p! oprial it n for III'V service dm ins: tl: - iii.iaiit li'-^ieal ,'iar l':id been iira.'ti<’all,s •■\h.>'i'. ted. 'i'he i|e)i:ii tnu Ml hii- t.ikeu up with I'onpress the r iif provjijiiit;' a ietiey Uetii if the hill as il fin- all.v ]iass(‘s i-ontains additional .' inds l.ir new service for tlie 1st. n< xt. It is to be hoped that congress will provide the deficiency item and that it will contain additional funds fc r new vservlce and that Greenville may get the first hand-out. Postmaster D. J. Whiebard. who has t'lso been exerting himself in l,»lialf of early establishment of free delivery, is also at work on some other itnprovement's in the mail ser vice for Creenville which it i> hop ed will be a<'complish«'d in the near future. i’nblic Hearing on the Mchcilar CoM Storiigp Rill, W.\SllIN{lTO.V, D. C„ Feb. 4.— With a view to ascertaining the opinions of thm^e most closely cmi- lerned the House Conimittee on In terstate and Foreijxn Commerce tiv d ly began a series of public hi'ar- ings on the .McKellar cold -itorage Vill, which proposes to limit the time of perishable commodities from two to six months. The C(dd storage in terests and the produce nicrcliant? from (he cooiintry are profe'sting vig orously against the measure. It is claimed that its (Miactment will dis courage production, destroy the col- I.iteral \alut> of peri'shable product-' and bo detrimental to the constiniei n the end, because cold storage ware houses are necessary, to not regulate prices and are used to store goods in times of overproduction to meet *he necessity of the time of a short supply. Norway, Sweden and other foreign countries have also protest- f 1 through the state departnicnr f gainst the provisions of the bill, al leging that it would seriously em barrass their trade with the I’nited States in salt and preserved fish. rOIMY TKAdlFUS ^SSO('H- TION JfKETS FU5. 14 Having rcct ived a number cf In- i{i;ries in regard to the time et hold ing the F’ebruary meeting of tl.o Pitt County ■i'ea