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.
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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
commen<!od my letter and tliinkiiif;
it will be news to some of yoiir
readers 1 concluded to let It be.
Our neighborhood is dra^fi'd in
•nourning and sadness today.
Th" death angel came this morn
ing about 4 o'clock and took from
Mr. and Mrs. U. K. Privitt their
d'.riing little son (Mr. and Mrs. E.
U. Mayo’s grand son). He was two
Months and eight days old last night.
He was a sweet baby, thought he seem
cd to suffer nearly all of his life. We
sympathize greatly with all the be
reaved ones. The burial will take
place at 5 p. m. today.
We hear of a sad tragedy in tho
jnorthwes,tern part of Wilson this
morning up Nash street. Mr. Rutlln
Watson went to the barn to feed his
l)or«e and a nmrderer shot his face
nearly all off and his gun was l.viu';
by him. They asked him if he shot
himself and he motioned no. and
they iisked him if someone shot him
and he motioned yes. It seems as
if thfy failed thlw morning to fin.l
out who it was that done the shoot
ing. 1 heard about one o'clock that
he was dead. 1 did not learn bin
fige. He was a good citizen and a
\ery nice man. 1 did not learn lio>v
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<tically complet
(d for the oin'iiinK of the sixth N:i-
tional Corn Show in this city next
week, '^riie exhibits alread> 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<t-
ed large iiaiti“S succesiifnlly to man>
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 <urrc'iil ,^ear.
it will be possible to give early «-on-
slden.tion to the o.stiiblisbment of
the service in Ort'envllle. otherwise
:iction I'annot be taken until Jul> 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<lr''r.-; Association. 1 take
this iiK’thod of notifying all t< achcrs
t!iat tho regular monthly meeting of
I le Assix-iatlon will be held in Greon-
•.ille Saturday. February tho 14tli.
’rill' second Saturday. Reports from
ihe luad of all departments indicate
that this will be an unusually intf'rst-
i’.ig met'ting, and 1 urge all teachers
to attend.
H. H. McLEAN.
Pr*«~ident I'itt Co. Teacher^ Ass’n.
Ohio State lloMline: Toiirne.v.
TOLEDO, Feb. 4.—Beginning today
find continuing for a period of two
! iid possibly three weeks Tcledo Is
to entertain the annual meet’Bg and
tournament of tho Ohio Stat<) Bowl-
Iiig Association. Individual and team
bowlers are already here from num-
crou« points and many more are ex
pected when the tournament geta
finally under way.
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