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
HA VE EVERYTHING TO
OFFER IN THE WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL AND
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE
JOB A N D NEWSPAPER
PLANT.
ri»
WE HAVE A CIRCULA
TION OF TWELVE HUN>
DRED AMONG THE BEST.
PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN
PART OF NORTH CARO-
LINA AND INVITE THOSE
WHO WISH TO GKT BET
TER ACQUAINTED WITH
THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN
4 BUSINESS WAY TO TAKE
4 FEW INCHES SPACE AND
TELL THEM WHAT YOU
UAVE TO BRING TO THEIR
ATTENTION.
O UR AD V E R TI S I N G
•iATES ARE LOW AND rA\
BE HAD UPON APPLICA
TION.
Aifrlrulturt Is the Ceeful, tlie Most Hcalthfuh the .Most Xoole Kiiipl'iyiiu'iit .)f Xhd.—Oeorire >1 HMhlnifton.
VOLl’ME XXXIV.
M >ii!i i:
Torreon News Greatly
Encouraged The Otticials
At Washington Yesterday
of
Repofts Come Ihat Ditlerences In
ConstilutioRalist Hanks Hear
Completion
VIllA eDrA
riic (<iiu'«'r4'ii(‘(‘ Was I’ro-
fin'ssiiitt Satisi'au'toril}: That lh<*
nifi<‘n‘iiccs Hoiild s(i(iii br
Settled.
u 10 iM rxiKs oi r
Ki:i{itv iMtt
WASl 1 INi: TON’, July 7—Reports to-j
iiiKlit from Torri'oii that IIk' Villa-C’ar- i
riinza poaci’ conrereiue I'lult'd last
DiKlif aiuj that diiTcri'iUL'S in the Coii- oi iii)aiili-
stitulioiialisits' ranks had been a<ljust- to i lc.ir tlu> jiuichiin* as it rose to tli'j
‘ surl'are ami Wi rt' rescucii tiy the eolo-
Misslfiilli (iiiard, ni' Coiii.iock. >.
Drowned. Hut Her Katiier and
Others in Thi" Maehiiie Are
Kesfiied.
i;lizai!i:Til crrv, v., juiy ~—
Miss liiith (’itiard, of Coinjock was
drowiU'd in I’ascinotaiik river at
l^ainU's F't'rry this iiioriiinn at III o'-
ilock, when ln-r I'atlu r s aiitoiiiohilt'
ran oil the fi rry boat into tliu river
in twenty feet of watir.
Mr, .1. T. tiiiard was (■oiiiin;^ t.i
i;iizal» lli City with iiis daiipliter and
•Messrs A. 1!. .Mi(ii;<'(!e and V. H. OriKKS
in tiis ear. Wlu n h<‘ ran tlie ear on
the liari;e thi‘ lirakes failed to work,
and it pliiiiKid overboard with its
'Ihi' three men tuanaped
red fi'rryman.
I'd was eiicouraKinK to Washington of
ficials and coiistilutioiialist agents ■ ,
caii.Klit II
hei-i‘ who say mediation of the Mexi-j
can imhronlio soon may h.' siieeess- Her body ha.-
') 111' yoiitiK lady was
the ear and
fully eoneluded.
Whilf iio oKicial dispalehes )iad lii't ii
rei i ived by Cieiieral Caranza's ageiit i
relative to the settlement of the eon-
stitutionalists interneeine affairs, a
mi ssage last night from (!fneral Villa
Uililressed to his Ameriean agent. F''-
lix Soinmerfeld, dei lared the Torreon
<()nfereiKc was progressing satisfae-
torily and Ihat the diffrrenees would
be s.; tied, 'ihat terms of sett lemon i
had been n aelied was credited her*'
geiier illy.
It was belii. ved a decision by the con
stitiitionalists will be iiametl to med
tioii for (heir represeiifalives to meet
with Huerta delegates to discuss Mex
ico's internal affairs soon would fol
low.
Rafael /Cuharan, l.,uis Cabrera, Fer
nando Iglesias Calderon and Leopoldo
Hurtada JCspinosa, constitutionaiidt
agents conferred today with Cliarles
A. l»oiiglas, legal representative of
general Caranza in Washington, after
Douglas liad talked with Scjcretary
Uryan regarding future mediation
plans. None would discuss details of
this conferem e, but Mr. Douglas made
this stateiuenl;
•'I have every reason to bdieve after
the trouble tietween Villa and Carran
za are settled delegates from th<‘ Con
stitutionalists will be named to nieeet
with Huerta delegates to discuss tht>
formation of a provisional govern-
inent in Mexico.”
Mutiny among Mexican federal sol
diers near American outposts at Vera
Cruz was a subject of interest in
American official quarters. Several
messages from General Funston re
ported that tighting between the fede-
rals and .mutineers was in progress.
The Mexican federal commander pre
viously had warned Ciencral Funston
(hat the niutinoers had thri'atcned to
attack till' American lines.
An element humor was inje<-ted
into the situation wlien a representa
tive of the revolutionary junta at Vera
Cruz asked (ieneral Funstoti for per
mission to go out and direct the mu
(in. Offcials here sec danger for Gen
eral Huerta should tlie mutiny cut of
the top of
not yet b“en recover
ed.
his exit from Mexico City. His early
departure is assumed in ollieial cir
cles, but if the inutiiieers triumph U
is ])oinU'(i out Ihat Ihierta .■^earcely
could expi'ct safe eonduet to the gulf
coast.
A ni wcoiner joined ihi' ranks of Ih '
constituiionalists in Washington to-
lliglit. lie is Vito Aressias Robles, a
Villa adherent, who came direct from
'I'oreoii (o look after tlu' intersts of
the lighting general in the American
capital. He conlerri'd with members
of the constitutionalist junta but
would say nothing concerning his
mission.
.Inan Velasro Exe«Mi(**d.
X’I'.'U.V <'HVZ, ,/uly 7—l>elay in the
payment of a ransom of one million
pesos has resulted in the execution by
Zapatistas of .Juan Velasco, manager
of a cotton manufacturing concern wh'>
was taken prisoner near Atlixco, stale
of I’uebla, according to Velasco's bro
ther who left Vera Cruz yesterday i<»
obtain his release but returned to
night from his unsuccessful mis;Mo'i.
The prisoner Velasco was compelled
to semi to the oflicials of the company
in I’uebla the demand for the ransom
and his brother started out immediat,>
ly to aid him. He pro<'eeded as far
as Apizai o near I’eubla, where he was
going to get in touch with the Zapa
tistas when he was informed the cap
tive already had been killed. The cir
cumstances have been placed at the
French consulate together with the
ehiirii (hat A'elasco was a Frenchniaii,
not a Spaniard, as previously thought.
.Marriarge l.icoiisos.
Register of Heeds Urascoe Hell has
issued the following licenses since
last report:
WIHTK
Alston Grimes and Anna l,jiurenc.'.
X. K. Winslow atiil Hattie A White-
■nirst.
Alfred Alford and Venie Taylor.
W. L. Pollard and Hattie r.ulller.
COUOHKD
Frank .Mercer and Mattie Hardee.
I’rinia Corey and Alice Heniby.
Tiirner Lucas and Luoil Graham.
Hay Moye and Lillie Jenkins.
Cliarlolle Ruineil by
Hail Storm
CH ARI.OTTi;, .V. ('., .luly 7—Reports
coming today from the country dis
tricts show last night's storm to have
been sever ill many places.
The territory extending along the
Seabo.ird Air Line Railway west of
I'harlotie was the hardest hit and in
many places cotton and other grow
ing crops is iiraticaHy ruined by the
haij.
The path of the storm seems to have
bieii most M'Vi're Clurryville, Iron
.station and Stanley Cri ( !•;, where the
dam.'ige to crops will run into thou
sands of dollars.
.\t Charlotte the roof of the ollice
building of the Internaiioiial Harves
ter Ctjmpany was ripped off and rec
ords and other valuable papers prac
tically ruiiK'd.
At lUiaring Gap, Allegheny county,
a summer resort on toi) of the ISIue
Kidge Mountains, Worth .\nderson,
aged L'L’, son of Captain William An
derson, former stiperinteiuU’ni of pub
lic schotds for .Meckleiilmrg county
was instantly killed Ity lightening.
^ oung Andreson was a Harvard stu
dent and was at the resort doing .soiw -
landscape work.
At Clierryville, Gaston County, lie'
roofs of three cotton tnills were -^o
badly punctured by the bail that ne.v
roofs will be required Water poured
ill on the machiiiefy, damaging it sev
eral thousands dollars.
KtMtSKVKLT FAKKS KHMH.
( (itlies to \en York I'odaj to See li
He -Must Hull For (ioiernor.
(IVHTKR HAY, V., .luly 7 The.i
(lore Roosevelt tomorrow will cmerg *
from the seclusion of Sagatuore Hill,
where he has been sluil up for a week
by his doctors' orders and again take
up active political work. Karly i.i
the day be VN'ill go to Now York, for a
meeting with the State leaders.
The discussion of a nominee for
Governor will be brought up again in
the hope of deciding wlielher Colonel
lioosevelt will run.
Colonel Roosevelt is expected to teil
his assistants the result of his reeeii.
talk on the political situation wit;i
.■Mayor .Alilchel, of New York, and to
give his views on the feasibility of a
coalition with the independent Demu-
crats in the State campaign.
(il{IMi:sl.AM> MW \AI{HO>VLV
KSCAl'KU DKATH YKSTKI{I»AY
Yesterday afternoon at the plant . f
the I’amlico lirick and 'I’ile Companv.
near tirimesland. Mr. Thad Hoilges, a
young man twenty-live years old nar
rowly averted instant death when hi.;
clothing was caught in the machinerv
and his leg badly mtingled, and it is
feared at the Washington Hospital
where he was taken immediately fol
lowing the accident that an amput.i-
tion will b<' necessary, as the limb 's
crushed from the kneo to the ankle.
Mr. Hodges attempted to repair ,'i
broken part while the machine wus i.i
motion, and his trousers were caught
in th.' shafting resulting as above
stated.
\1eel lomorrow to Sdsin
Ilieir Real Hork
W'liii. rville, ,luly ^—Misses .\lanii''
Carruil r'-d liertlia L. Carroll w. ii! ii.
tir' i nville Tuesday.
''\ I .11 in need of a niowinir iiiaebin '
or I'|iairs tor same consult Harring
ton. liarber iV; Co.
I’auliiK' fz/.ell who has been
visiliiii.' .Mrs. C. T. Cox retune’d to
her Iiome at Seven Springs Sal unlay.
•M' li and women are of a few days
and :ull of trouble, but they will have
less, if they will get an oil cook slove
and a lantern at .-V. W. .-\tige A: Co's.
.'Ii'>-. C. T. Cox left .Monday for Sev--
eii .springs where Kle.' will spend sev-
eial days.
’i'liliacco time is here and you need
a good thermometer and the very best
twii;". a.s that is the only kind H. 1>.
I'orr.'si iVr Co., keeps. You will mak •
no mistake in consulting the before
you purchase.
'I lie Civil' League of Wint'-rville will
mc i Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock
i:i the High Si linol auditorium. They
expei't, to complete the oigani/.atIon
and begin work at once. I.'very mi'in-
lier is urged lo be present and all th.
women and girls of tin' town ;iri' cor
dially invited to atti iid.
Wi’ have a niee li;ie of dry goods and
notions (hat we are selling cheap. S ■■
us before you pureluisi'. Ilarringtim,
liarber iV- Co.
Thi're are ideiity o: berries and iiov
is ilie tinii' lo store away your supplv
lor the winter. To do ihis you nee.,1
111',' old reliabli' mason fruit jar. 11.
!‘. Forrest iV Co.. have just receive,I
a large shipment of fruit jars and riib-
bi'rs.
.Miss Kvjiey .'^treet. of Kinston, i;
visiting Miss I'ora 1.'. <.'ox here this
w lek.
They are yet selling those ni.e
jpants cheap at A. W. .-\nge iV: Co.
.Mr. H. L. Scott left Tuesday for his
home in Kureka to spend a few days.
■Misses Dora K. Cox and l-^vney
.''iri'et and Mr. Leo Hatsell went lo
(Ireetiville Tuesday afternoon.
SMITIIIOWX ni MS
To Tlu‘ Ciiiididutes For Otti<’<*
Theie are some candidates among
the long list that we are running in
<uir columns, that seem to have for
gotten tliat these cards must be paid
for in advance, and iinU'ss we receive
a remittance from those that arc in
arrears by next Friday, .Tuly llth.
their cards will be dropped from our
columns.
S.MITHTOW.V, X. C.. .hily 7—•Mi.'is
!:tta .Nunn of .New Hern made a very
interesting talk on C. W. H. M. work
in the Christian Church at Arthur
Tliitrsilay night.
Mr. T. K. Little of Wilson cam«'
down on tlii' train Saturda.v morning
lo be pri'seiit at the iiuarterly meeting
;;t the Free Will liaptist church and
returued Sunday afternoon.
Little Christian Smith who has been
allending a lunise party at .Mrs. Kl-
liert ryson's has returned home.
Mrs. Ivy Smith .Misses ,\gnes Trilby
and .Mr. .Mark Smilli. Air. R. i:. Wil
loughby, Mr. ,1. K. Smith and Miss I.ow
Crawford went to Mon liead Sunday
.Mrs. I’atlii' Siiiilh is visling her
daughter Mrs. Lizzie Flanagan.
Mr, Leon Tyson and Miss .-\lma
Speight of Heiision was visiting Mrs.
R. Willoughby's Sunday.
Some of our church going folks ar.’
still i-njoying th'- series of meeting
that art' bi'iiig held in Farmville at the
Christian church.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to expr-'ss our heart fi ll
thanks and deep apiireciat'on for tin
many kindnesses shown tis during th,'
illness and death of our husband and
father.
Mrs. W. H. Rives and , hildren.
7-7-ltd. -tw.
is Reing^lUlarljn Coynty Woman Is
iSoifateiiiliiionglyiariyol , Held For lusbaiifl's
Ilie lyden C tizens Beatti
■Miss Ke;'l who taught I’cri in tli''| l-yi!;>H;<i, .July , — II' luiiti!f
Cradeil Si'liool a fi’W years ago is i Tliotiias. ol this phu ,-, liiis al'i'riioou
visiting Mrs. Lena Brown. j arresfd .Mrs. .los'ph ,Ji.'h;.snn i!i
: Siii eil, m ar lii-ri', on a warrant eharg-
Have an eye on the bank state
ments now being published and not'-
the Ro.i I showing our tiuamiul in
stitutions of the county are making.
.Mr. S. I'id. liarringlon, has boiiL;’:’.i
hiinsi'li a handsiMiie touring car. a
I’aiue, and also seeuri’d th" agency
for same.
Horn to Mr. aiul .Mrs. Dump Trip;)
,1 (iaimliti-r.
Mr. S. \V. .Newton, who is Siiperin-
lending the .reetion of the Crade'l
Sehoid has niov.'d his family lo town
and occupies a portion iii tie' l!oy:-i
liomltory, on Lee street.
I'licK' .Tack Hart, as soon as he I'a.i
liarvi st his growing crop, h.' will ex
tend Lei' street through his propertv
to the county road on tin' .North, an 1
Hlouni street running the sanu- direi’-
tion, and this will give ampl.' oppor
tunity for home seekers lo pilch thei'-
lent, this will be a long look'd for
prize, as il is valuable buihling sites.
Will'll Thomas ,lel'ferson, was draft-
lieclaration of .-\ni"rican ln-;ing and witli th
'linked < i ntu»’ies a-j j-,
ihe fiiUillnii'iit of ’t
iiig li'-r with 111'- muril'.-r nf her hus-
batid, .los' pli .loiiiison, a pro.'-pi-rnu'-
fariiier in .Maniii eoiii.t;,, wiio was
shot to il.'ath Saiurday nitrlii m ,ir
Holy (ihost chiir'ii.
.•\i'eordlng to repor:.-' ri'e'-i\"d lii’T'-
.Mr. .lohnson ."^ai unlay night tm'k Ir.s
wifi' riding, .-iliiirtly afterwards lln-
runaway liorsi' was siopp. d at tie
churi h; CIosi ly folli.Wfd by Mrs.
.lohnson, who .-^aiii li'-r !ul^ba;,d Lail
bfi'ii shot from th'' roadsidi' not ;'ai‘
oil. Invi'siigation r'V'-al' d C" d'.el
body of .Mr, .loMiisoii i:.ing in l!:e road
about yurds dislaiil. Subsiquent-
Iv the eoroinr invi'stiL’-ai'-d ll’.i kill
ing 111' Declaration of .-\ni"rican In-jinsr and witli tli,‘ r'sulL tiiat Mrs'
dep"ndemi II
head, and we s"i' me iiuiuo.M'H, o,
each dav. Wie n it comes to the pro-
, . , jithi' trii-'i'ih’ w.is taa
motion ot doiiiesiie happiness and;
coinl'o!'!, till re is no better wa.v 'oja ji’siid niiinil li"sii
di'inoiistrale it than buyiiii.^ tie,' family !jijstid w;l^ new and I’.ad oiil',' on
ration ol
howi'Vi r. and
111' d'ad t:'.an
an oil cook siove from .1. !!. Smith ,v |
l;ro., lo use in 111'' good old siimni r |
lime. I
.Mr.'. Li wis Mi'i;loho:i sp"nt th''j
W(".|i iiid '.viMi In r jiari tils .Mr. !'."b '
.Ni'lson, near Kinston. j
The Curfew Law is a inatti r tn'in-r j
a-.iiaied in our town. ;
Mr. l-.'noeli Ludford is in Mnvn, ;'n I
business. He is tie' champion of a’l';
timber buyers, when ii .•oni"s lo
botany, he is on the job,
A'oii can never tell the fortune of
a siiiulty kitten, loii-^y calf or a re 1
lieailed I)0>', thi y ofle:i tinus make
till' most successful Cats, c,,ws and
Men.
Mr. Will H. .Mexand.'r has bought
I'.im a Henry Ford and seems to have
taken a new lease on life.
■Miss Velma Harrington, id' Kinston,
is visiting relatives in Aydi ii.
Ciood rains and good crops makes 'j--
all rejoice
I’earlitie Gurganus says tlnit his
oil cook stove is all that its clainii .1
to be. Will cook pound caki' an 1
then fry white side m'at, .1. R
Smith 1.V Hro.
.Mr. Wilbur i;. Tingle ri iurr.ed Mon
day to his work in Hiehinoie.i, afti'r
a brief illness.
Fruit jars, ruldn rs and caiis at .1. R
Smith Hro.
.Messrs 11. A White, ,1. A L.uis:. F
D Foxhall. W. 1!, Wilson, .1, A, An-I
drcHs, Richard Williams and Ii. A,j
Tyson wi're here Thursday at the In- |
stiillation id' th" Masonic otliceis c-:
.-\yden Lodge.
Thi're will come before the ni'.'m-
bi'ts of Ihe Christiiiii chiiri h ii"Xi
Sunday after the morning servic ii
pri>position to sell to the property
owners a ten foot strip on the wcit
side of their ihureh, as an alley wav
lo be k"pt op. n and mantained as
SUI h. The price oiTiTi d is .'f 1 L’7,.‘.a )ier
s(|uare foot, making a total of I7>.'i,i''-i
lor I (iMi fi et. .All (he members are
rei|Uested to be present. This slii'w.’
that lown properly is valuable, Th''
dea’ has been inade. and th" deed wil!
be executed in short.
,lust ri 1 eivi d a car each <d lime,
cement, eenii ni plasler, top dresser
;ind Galvinizi'd roofing. ,1. R. Smith
Hro
I’rospicts :ir«' now very good fi'"
i> full crop of cotton and lorn and all
who succeded in getting thi'ir (idiacc.*
SI t early, so as to get a stand, hav *
nothing to regret. Some have topped
I !iaiii1i"i' lir-' l. Al tie' tit’.i" of tiv’
sliiiol ini-’', il is alli'ii"'!. ituu Mr. ,l"hn-
siin Wits ridinj on th" right slil' of
!h.' liu'-’cy. 11.■ v,a> iiiro-i.-h th '
li'M si'ii- of th. hi'iid li. in.i; i pov,-
il"r nurni'd, Mr>. .loUiisi’ii, at th'
;in; ‘ of li. r arr">t. ri-pori'-vl to have
>aid. "I wouiidn'l I are a bit iibim; ilns
if it '.veri' not for :ny baby." The
only child i- a li;'hy aiif ut s.x liiuiilll-'
old.
.Mrs .Inhtison is '2,' >i-ars oUl aii'l
very pri tly. She slicks to h>'V origiiuil
story thiit hi-r hiisbiin.l wiis ,'hot frofi
th" road:-idi'. Sla- is in jiiil in Wi!-
liiiniston. v.h.'ri' she uas taki n ti'dav
i.t await preliminary Inaring befor,'
.Itlstie'' ol' 111" I’l.il"'. 1!, .1. House ill
O.iK City toinorrow,
'1 h" promiiii tice of th'- people invoiv
ed in the tragi'dy ha? caiisi'd ;i s"!i-
sation in this county at,d tie' .uljoiti-
it;i; county (,l Marlin.
t^uite il i.uiiib', r of out o:' to’.\n . ot.
trai tors w> r" in town toihiy lur the
opi-niiiir of I'i" hills lor ih' ' ri-.'iion
j of th" tii'w Couniy Honi'',
I
ei'.t i''i ir b".'t I ■baeeii. a’ld getting
i'e',1 .1 fi'i’ curii.-'' .Mr ,T,'hn Stox
! I' lls ;is Uiat !ii.-- proirr"'-i\" neighbor
Mr, Wlllian, c,. Sniitii in Fork Swamp
ivill cure a liiirii text W'ck, when 1*.
eo.'iles to farniilig Colilentll'a Kee;'-
liiT tiiil liuht shining bright, not t.<
kii'ii from bi'ing run ovtr, bii! ut
fiiow how lar sh" is in thi' b'ad,
H.'tii y ,loiii's, ajid Lmniii liraxloii
two dilsiy damsels wer" up Iv foro
M.ivor Kittrill Tu -.-.ilay for pullin^;
liiiir on till' .str<'"t'.
Monday while Mr. I’.ill Smiili wa.-i
Iding up a barn with tobacco, on Iho
l-;ast side of ,Aydi n, Mr. lAirenzo Mc-
Glohon was setting out and watering
on the West side. This shows that
Con(en("ii, soil is adiipted to all sea
sons a’ld i rops,
Mr, .liin Hright s:iid Ihat these niglit.-s
are so short by the time be eats sup
per, ri ads the Dail.v Reflector, cht w,-?
a little Apjile Sun cured, lie,=i dowi;.
he ca.a meet himself getting up jiexr
niornine, but if you have an oil cook
stove you don't have to cut no stovo
wood. See J, IL SiuilU ii iiro.
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