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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD,' KINGS MOUNTAIN1. N. 0 MISTAKEN POLICY ONLY MONOPOLY WOULD BE BENEFITED, WRITES MR. WILSON. STATEMENT MADE IN LETTER Thlnki Nation's Honor li at Stakt In Regard to Panama Canal Toll. Baltimore, Mil. President Wood row Wilson, In a letter to William L. Marbury of this city, says the ex emption of American coastwise ship ping from Panama canal tolls "con stitutes a vere ymlataken policy from overey point of view," and "benefits, for the present, at any rate, only a monopoly." The president also pays a hlKh tribute to Secretary of State llryun, who, he says, deserves "not only our confldenece, but our affection ale admiration." "With regard to the question of ca nal tolls," says the letter, "my opinion is very clear. The exemption constl atilutes 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 violatlo.i of the terms ot the llay-Pauncefote treaty. "Thero la, of course, ' much honest difference of opinion as lo the lust point, as there In, no doubt, as to the others: but It Is at least debatable, and If the promises we make In such matters are debatable, I, for one, do nit care to debute them. I tlrlnk the country would prefer to let no iue- RUBBER BATTLESHIPS NEXT? 'uaM.. t mum V y"v SO SWlMOt tttt owm'ty -y ' tm iw wo W'"t 1 CMtCAOo TRISUM1 RAVAGES OBOLL WEEVIL BOLL WEEVIL CAUSE OF FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR LOSS. Figures Show Damage Wrought by Cotton Peat Total Staggering 8um. Washington. Owing to the ravages of Uie boll weevil a loss in the pro duction of cotton to this country of PRESIDENT RAISES EMBARGO MEXICAN FACTIONS PUT ON Ani EQUAL BASIS BY PRESIDENT WILSON'S ORDER. President Believee That Hie Action la the Best Course to End the Trouble. Washlngton.-Presldent Wilson, by an executive order, made public at the white house, removed all restrictions against the exportation of munitions ot potte u rt'Uufiu il iM-u.uiM'tt iu im- llglit 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, hla sincerity, his transparent Integrity, his Christian principle, made a deep Impression up on all with whom he has dealt; but hla tact In dealing with men of many sorts, hla capacity for business, his mastery of the principles of each mat ter he lias been called upon to deal with ,have cleared away many a diffl Culty and have given to the policy of the state department a deflnlteness and dignity that are very admirable. U.S. MARINES LAND IN HAYTI Rioting and Pillaging to an Altrming Extent Breaks Out Washington. Rioting and pillaging broke out In Cape Haitien to such an extent that Commander Bostwick of the gunboat Nashville landed eighty men to protect Uvea and property of foreign residents. Commander Bostwick took action at the request of foreign consuls. In structions to his landing force were to protect Americans, all foreigners and theler property.. Davllmar Theoedore, who had pro claimed himself provisional president before his defeat at Oonalves at the hands of the Zamor brothers, Is trying to set up a government at Cape Hai tien, where he retreated after the bat tle. He has appointed a cabinet, but, according to Commander Bostwlclt'a report, appears to be losing control of his forces. ' Latest reports from Captain Russell of the battleship South Carolina at Port-au-Prince, expressed appreben. slon for the safety of the city. How- ever, he reports no organised effort to expel foreign naval forces policing the city, though his earlier reports In dicated dissatisfaction by natives gen- erally at the presence of the sailors and marines ashore. f 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 rlson being held In quarters or plac ed on guard In the neighborhood of the artillery barracks. Soldiers were on top of some of the buildings, from which a few families had been advised to move. The guard at the palace was Increased and BOldlers slept In the court yard. . - I Man Kills Woman and Self. . Atlanta.-7-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 ot a young woman who passed in Atlanta as his wife, then drilled a hole through bis 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 Buoy. Norfolk. Va. Over a ea too rough for lifeboats, life-saveres took off by means ot breeches yuoyg the crew of the three-masted schooner Helen H. Benedict, ashore south ot Cape Hen ry. k The Benedict la leaking, but 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 ot Cape Henry. ", The revenue cutter On ondaga, wenet to. her assistance, and will endeavor to float the schooner when, the waves subside. value of only 160 a bale, represents u financial loss of $504,000,000. Interesting facta regurdlug the dc structlve work of the boll weevil throughout Die South are given In a little pockete pamphlet Just Issued by Director of the Census W. i. Harris. The damage to crops, by the boll weevil in the states ot the South, Is estimated as follows: In seven selected counties of Missis sippi the production of cotton In 190" amounted to 191,790 bales, valued at nearly $11,000,000. The boll weevil re duced this proportion to 89,577 bales In 1909; to 81,432 bales In 1910; to 37,816 bales In 1911. and to 30,809' bales in 1912. The aggregate production for the four years amounted to 219,634 bales, valued at approximately $14,600,000. Had the crop of 1907 been produced for each of these years the aggregate would have exceeded 767,000 bales, valued at about $48,600,000. The boll weevil now covers the southern portion ot Alabama. Selecting six counties in the eastern part of the state, which are in the direct path of Uie weevil, the production during live years has amounted to 772,325 bales, which sold for about $45,000,080. If the ravages of the weevil in these counties should result in reducing the production in the selected counties in Mississippi, the cotton produced dur ing the four seasons following the spread of the weevil throughout these counties would amount to 440,000 bales, and the financial loss, computed at $50 per bale would be more than $22,000,000. Selecting five important cotton-producing counties In western Georgia, which are also in the path of the weevil, the loss in the production dur ing tour seasons following the inva sion ot the insects would range from 200,000 bales, based on the experience ot the counties in Texas, to 350,000 and 390,000,000 bales, based on the production in the selected counties in Mississippi and the parishes In Louis iana, respectively. The resulting finan cial loss in these counties would be, therefore, from $10,000,000 to $19, 500,000. ... The production of cotton during the last five years in the five most import ant cotton-growing counties In South Carolina was 1,478.728 bales, a value ot approximately $87,500,000. Should the boll weevil infest these counties, with a resulting loss In cotton produc tion such as occurred in the selected counties in Mississippi, the reduction In the crop during the four seasons following the dispersion ot the in sects would be 840,000 bales, valued at $42,000,000. PERUVIAN REBELS SEIZE GOVERNMENT PRE8IDENT OILLINQHURST OF PERU CAPTURED; WILL BE EXILED. AUGUST0 DURAND IN CHARGE Effort to Reform Finance Caused tht Revolution In the Republlo of Peru. Lima, Peru. The president of the republic of Peru, (juillermo Billing hurst, was taken prisoner by the mil itary revolutionists. President Bllllnghurst 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 presidential palace under the leader ship of Colonel Benavldes. Cen. En rique Varela, premier and minister of war, was killed in the fight which en sued. Dr. 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 tie palace began at 4:20 a. in. Thousands of Inhabitants of Lima dashed into the streets alarm ed by the firing. Squads ot soldiers were ordered to fire volleys Into the air In order to prevent the formation of crowds In the GUILLERM0 BILLINGHURST Child's Death Charged to Negroes. Jonesvllle, Va. Charged with Burn ing the four-year-old child of a de ceased relative, Will Calolway and his wife are under arrest in the local jail. . According to sheriff's officers, the negroes confessed to the crime upon being taken to the scene. Callo way, the officers state. In his confes sion. Is alleged to have admitted strip ping the child of its clothing and burn ing it, while alive, on a camp fire. The reason given for the act, according to the alleged confession, was that the man and his wife tired of the child. States, placing the contending Mexi can elements on a basis ot equality with respect to the purchase of arms and supplies In this country. The ex ecutlve order emphasised that It was the desire of the United States to be In the same position of neutrality to ward the contending factions in Mexico as were the other powers. The text of the proclamation fol- Iowa: "Whereas, by a proclamation ot 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 ormunitlons ot war pro cured from the 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, L Wood row Wil son, president of the United States of America, do hereby declare and pro claim that, aa 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 ot arms or munitions of war to Mexico, in the same position as other powers, the said proclama tion Is hereby revoked." Expressions of warm approval came from both ends of the capltol when the news spread of the president's de cision to lift the embargo. To mem bers of the senate foreign relations committee It was no surprise. Mexico City. Many of the Ameri cans resident here, on learning ' of 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 Wins. Washington. The fight which has been waged In the senate over the plan of distributing the agricultural ex tension work fund of the Smith-Lever bill ended in victory for Senator Hoke Smith. The amendment of Senator Cummins of Iowa 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 ot Iowa two and a half times as much as Georgia, although Georgia hag a larger population than Iowa. '. U. S. Warships for Haitian Waters. Washington. Reports to the stats department Indicated that the real cri sis in Haiti may be expected soon. The American naval commanders and the minister at Port-Au-Prince will con tinue, however, to act' under the gen eral instructions to - protect Ameri can and other foreign interests. The disposition among the officials in the capital U to retrain from lending even moral support to any ot the individual leader in the turbulent island until they have, tested their own relative strength. Women State Age to Register. 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.C00 to 200,000. Polling places were made clean and attractive, flow ers were not wanting. The requirement that women registering must 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. Rockefeller to Pay $12,000,000 Taxes. Cleveland,' Onto. John D. Fackler and William Agnew, deputy state tax ation officers for Cuyahoga county, went to the home of John R. Rocke feller in Forrest 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 ot this county. , The claim that under the Wanes tax law Rockefeller, by residing in the county for the greater part ot the preceding twelve months, has made himself lia ble to taxation here. v i mumm e-sjwsj Mi tnjamassssii ""L 4 A r" ' ' ' HOW TO DOUBLE YOUR COTTON YIELD PER ACRE The Knapp Method of Growing Cotton By H. E. Savely'and W. B. Mercier of the United States Department of Agriculture What the "Knapp Method" does President of the Republlo of Peru, who wis taken prisoner and will be ex iled by military revolutionists. 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 Billing. hurst's efforts to place the finances ot this country on a sound basis. His plans tor doing this involved the most strict economies, which proved 'unpop ular, particularly among officeholders whose salaries and estimates were re duced. FRANK GLASS LOSES SEAT Senate Decides, 32 to 31, Not to Seat Alabamian. Washington. By a majority 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. Glass was not entitled to be seated because his ap pointmeht by Governor O'Neal to suc ceed the late Senator Joseph F. John. Bton was made after the seventeenth constitutional amendment directing the election ot senators by the people had been proclaimed in full effect. In the face of determined opposition from the majority members of the committee, headed by Senator Kern, the champion of the Alabamian, 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. . Literacy Test for Immigrant. Washington. The Burnett Immigra tion bill, prescribing a literacy test for applicants for admission to the United States, was passed by the house, by s vote of 241 to 126. As the bill passed, it provides that every Immigrant ad mltted 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 tail ty and forty words. Red Cross to Stop China Floods. New York. Plans for the preventiot of floods In the Hwai river valley of China, probably the greatest humani tarian project every undertaken by tht American Red Cross, are under way. A telegram from Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman ot the executive committee of the Red Cross, authorised the En gineering Corporation of New York tc announce that it had been designated not only to do the work, but to raise the $30,000 necessary to finance it A commissioner from the Chinese gov ernment is on the way here. ' " - Doubles the average yield per acre. Cuts down the expense. . ,' Reduces the hoe work one half. Saves a lost of from $5.00 to $15.00 per acre due to poor seed-selection. Saves enormous losses due to disease and pests. Cotton is the most susceptiblo crop in the South and the : ravages of insects often reduce production to less than 10 per cent of normal in some sections. Helps to solve the problem of the cost production. The book explains in a short way the "ICnapp Meth ed" now generally accepted as thp standard process in producing the world's greatest fibre crop. The book tells the farmer exactly what he should know u::d what he should do in order to be a oractical and successful cotton grower. It is the last word in practical cotton-raising. Fifteen extensive chapters with forty six accompanying photographs from typical plantations treat thoroughly each phase of actual operation: Equipment, seed-selection, planting, fertilizers their use and abuse, diseases and pests and what to do about them, Harvesting, mar keting for the kiiiiiU ce'li! farmer as well ns for the plantation owner, by-products, supply and distribution, analysis and relative value of the various groups, out look for the cotton industry, i Annual cotton production has grown from 4,KX),000 bales to 14,01X1, 000 bales in the lust thirty years and the de mand is still exeeedinir the simnlv. Tlv tisimr th Knnnr The price of thiy book fs 81.10 ostpaii from the publishers, Messrs. Doublcday, l'ago& Co., Garden City, N. Y. .-.. - .:.:-:. 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