-i. 'V..-, I i , f .. page a.C :- v. ; :thjz moiSq' j-aj bvur-1,1013 'i '1 ''r, '--V pour tnen c generous patronage auxmg tne year 1912- and desire their helb, co-operation arid coTntinued patronage for the incoming year. Uur country truly mm 1 mmm i - v -4 :.. . is pjroperous. No secori than the Carolinas. All lm6s or jn- dusryseem to be on the upward tendency; our factories, our schools and our benevolent institutions are a source of pride to us all. We congratulate our. people for the. rapid strides that have been made in all lines, but above e wish to congratulate our farmer friends on their intelligent method of deep plowing, soil drainage, rotation olero iand a wise and judicious use of applying commercial Fertilizers. ' In the matter of Fertilizers, we wish to congratulate tl)6m9 becpuse they will have nothing but the best. We do notclainj our jgoods to be the best, but we do claim that there are none better; that they are second to none; thztith are made -of the ye materials that money can buy, and that the mechanical condition is perfect. We guarantee them tp be crop producers, soil builders, money makers. Only 2 years old, but our brands stand today trial-tested arid triumphant i, Dw SatisheH customers is one of the secrets of success. Results alone count. To our agents and dealers we wish to say it you waint satisfied customers; if you wish to give thenv a fertilizer that will produce results; tor tne year fflvo ion: r. .' . t. jTOiiina E I J EliTERS THE HEW YEAR 1913 Jhe Good OlcT Year of r1912:' Paed Out at Midrt;ght-Th-Usual Ndise Today .WiH- be Observed a Holiday. ' Amid the chorus of. church, bells, ma - rina and locomotive rhistles; small horns, fire crackers and' the shouts of hundreds of. persons gathered on the streets and attending; night watch par ties in different .parts of. the city, the year of 19l passed "put; at midnight vlas night and .the year 1913 was ush ered in The :noisyr celebration pf an other turn of the cycle of .time began a . few .minutes before the clock struck v 12, and -continued . for.seyeral minutes afteYitar&H .. .?.-?: . T Nigh'-'wateh--delIce8 " were held ' In a number of churches and night watch parties were held at; many homes. The services at 5 Immanuel "Presbyterian church begaa at 8.' o'clock and contin ued until -the birth of the new- year. The service was In charge of Rev. J; SI Crowley,, the pastor, and was of a .most . impressiverjnatureU . , At Sixth . Street - Advent Christian church also, the services began at 8 o'clock and .continued : until - midnight. These services, are .held at this church every year and are always - largely at tended and very interesting. . Tae, Christian JCnoeayor society naa charge ..of tha services at tne irst Presbyterian church, andf there was a large attendance.: Service were held at several ; other. ehurches , and there were any number; of night watth par- ties, at different residences -'-in, the city. - Today is a' legal holiday,' and will ; W pretty .generally1 observed in .Wil mington:. . rner .DanKs ana puouc 01 fices wiH he Closed: and, the postoffice ' wiir observe hoHdajr ''hours .Bnsmese will be pcettjr much aa standstill. CarolYnat Declares OfvkJend.5 . . V. Amdag' the older and more s,trbhgly. '"entrWche&-V"dWilmfac that: enters - UDon c the New Year J en . joying, prosperity, confidence an4 res : pect' is? thevrCarolinat Insurance :i' Co: '. Elsewhere to'.today's.: paper; Secretary V" M. S.Wtnard'glyesr-jiotice that the di--rectors f ecehtly met and s declared the - usual - Semi-annual . dividend., of V 4; per cent on. the capital tock of the compa-; . nj: This; 4s.no!ine-thing"t:rwtth? the "Caroliia b'afciiiic Coiiaectlo wtth-'the j" dawning of therNe-w Year ft. la gratify? ing .to tmowt thai all ot -Wilmington's ' entefprises': have' ltef tL the-; pace 'and .? continue to 'enor? prosperity - - ; , - rr--AvtwhlfMa 'apparently .: about "50 - yearis old alrt6-, besGlt-lIcClary, '.; of LaurinbuTg; Is att pollcd heidquar f tero foatkepljig, itivlnJDBea- talt en thT nponrth arrfval 'Ofrthe belafc ed SeabbaTd'train jearlyrthts' Morningl ' McClary wasr a'passener 6n the train 5: for -'WilmfngtonF and. shortly ' -. before I- V the traht ; refLch&t: the xltyv' he apar antly became violently lnsahei; teodW it .. "v . required . several 'persons 'to fceep; him x from tearing -up things ia thf ca - . XUfLDING AND LOANS I, garding the admission of Americans, j including Hebrews after the termina-Ex- tion at midnight of the formal iiom- mercial Russo- American treat v. ?-s in ' virtue of an informal modus vivendi Wilmington Being' Cited As An ' ample to 'Other Cities iovic , Kn, a i ?i arranged at Washington, and among the leaders a movement " fShS"? fo tne organization of a new one to ically uncnanged so tar as the in- CASTRO WANTS TO: . RETURN TO EUROPE be known, as the Greenville Building Ac Loan. Association, it is a pleasure to note the names of lir,- J: W. Xor v.ood and of Col. Wm. F.. Robertson, formerly of this. city. , Col. Robertson in indorsing the building and loans're fer8 to Wilmington in the following language; "Wilmington, N. C, has eight build ing and loan associations and all the people , believe in. them- Their ,en courasement of . thrift In young men makes them strong moral agencies. I. do not think It an . exaggeration to say that inthe last 15 years the building and loan associations have helped to build four out of every five homes con structed there. Five shares taken out in a. building, and loan association when just, of age resulted in my hav ing a comfortable home In a. few years. ''Get the habit, you will soon have money, but no matter how pros perous one becomes, he, will. -Continue to' carry stock where it pays, so well and payments are so little burden some. - These , associations are great icommnnity builders." . Col. Robertson., had the misfortune to. become a resident of some other city, tnan , Wilmington a year or two ago and he should revise his figures as to the strength of the local asso ciations. "He should keep up," says a . mutual friend, "Wilmington, "now has not. eight, -but 13 building and loan associations."' And., it might be added that their combined, resources would make the combined resources, even of Wilming ton's strong banks, sit up and take notice. terest of the two parties are concerned- The other "existing RussoAmerican treaties were not affected by the American denunciation of the agree ment of 1832. WOMEN ADMITTED. RELATIONS REMAIN THE SAME Treaty1 Between, America and Russia Expired at Midnight. . Vashington, December 31. The ex piration: at midnight of the . treaty of trade and commerce between America and Russia; marking as it does, a com plete failure of : diplomacy to adjust grave' l8Sties between the two : coun tries; throws- upon , the administrative and .Judicial officers ;of the: government the ;.whole burden, of the maintenance of he traditional friendly relations be tween the two countriesas well-as the COpservation .of . a rapidly. expanding trade already, amounting to more than $50,000,000 annually.: The treaty which ha'dj been Ai effect slnce',1832, was de nounced by the- United States as a', re sult of popular feeling - against Rus sia's refusal to--recognize passports is sued : to American ' Jewft ia.negotia- tfbos . Hkely to; result in a new treaty are till .progress. The scondltion .that will hereafter.-govem must exist, sole ly ;by virtue?, of: administrative : orders andc throagh therexerclse ? df powers eommoni' to- alU nations;; under i interna tional' Iawt.ft,-i,??4.: 5T.'.-?;ii.f ' St. Petersburg, December: 151 It , Is stated i'heretthatithewptirposefiofthe Russian government to maintain the preseoj; tariffs; anti the; procedure -re-. Suffragettes Receive Word of Encoun agement from The Army League. Washington, December 31. Suffrag ettes received a word of encourage ment from-. the army league of the United States, which has decided that its membirhsip may include "all citi zens of good repute, both men and wo men:" The organization while only re cently -formed, incudes in its member ship such names as Theodora Roose velt, Granville . Dodge, Robert Bacon, Curtis Guild, William C. Endicott, Au gust Belmont, Henry A. DuPont, and the adjutants general and prominent military officers of many of the States. It is non-political. , ' Following an announcement today that a meeting is to be called soon. to. elect permanent officers, a committee representing the league and consisting of Henry White, former ambassador to France; Lieut. Gen. J. C. Batep, U. S. A., retired, and Frederick X- Huideko per, issued a circular letter explaining its aims and objects. The letter says in part:. "We believe we should have a regu lar army strong enough to meet the emergencies of the hour, and that back of it, engaged in their civic-pursuits, should be a sufficient nuniber of trained citizens to augment this army, to a force adequate to meet the re quirements of . war with a first-class power.. ' . " '.'The army league desires to impress upon the people of this country the fact- that all citizens have a certain military as well as civic responsibility hand that they should Drenare them selves to 'discharge this responsibility in an. efficient manher." - - INew. Orleans, Dec . 31 .Represent tative' Pu jo, of Louisiana, chairman, of the House Committee on Banking and currency, which is : investigating the mpney trust,; Js in New Orleans en route to Washington. ' Mr . Pu jo said today that the committee, expected to elbse the investigation by January 15th and at once begin the analysis of the testimony and .preparation of the .com mittee's report so that it will be presented- to Congress not later than F.ebj ruary 1st. ' . . 7 . . ' .New York, Dec? 31: Meetings ia front of Jhe,': homes., of .each of , the 7.4 New . York City members of the new State. Leglsmture-:vtonight,"on-''th'e"': eye of- the New, Year and. of the legislative session, is -the programme which, wo men suffragists; propose to Scarry 'out' Many of i the , women have . foregone dinner parties and holidays to partici pate in the city-wide campaign,'- s ; - s - - . " , (Continued from Page One.) was an uprising in Caracas and Gomez declared himself President. Castro protested frpm Berlin, but took no ac tive step until March, 1909, when he sailed from France bound for Trini dad. The British government told him he would not be allowed to land in Trinidad, so he disembarked at Marti nique. France promptlydecided to ex pel him from this island7, and the local authorities one day broke into his room, In spite of. his angry protests that he was a sick man and carried him on board' a' steamer for France. Since this experience Castro has been living in Spain . and other parts of Eu rope in seclusion. A few weeks ago he appeared In Paris and 10 days ago he sailed for New York. Previous to 190S Castro had never traveled' beyond the I confines of northern South America. He was born in the Venezuelan Andes about 1844. He secured the Presiden cy of Venezuela by a successful revo lution in 1899. He is credited with having a considerable fortune. U. S. Will Let General Leave Washington, Dec. 31. -The United States government wil gladly waive all impediments to GenCiprianoiCas- tros leaving America quickly for Eu rope in. any manner he pleases." ac cording to a statement tonight by Sec retary rsagel, of the Department of commerce and Labor, ""I have given Gen. Castro permission lO De interviewed nnri nprm as nn tn have his photograph taken and I will ueriamiy: ao anything in my power to facilitate his departure by any steam er." said the-secretary. Castro's decision to sail for Europe nas soivea. in trie itidcment nf tha tri. cials here, the perplexing problem as to what to do with him. Secretary Nagel has before him a reciting the spectacular, career, of this- UUUe , UOWenUl tSntlth Arri'oi ran tirVin has been biiffetted from shore to shore n ms enoris again to find a home on the Western hemisphere. The infor mation gathered by the State Depart ment was for consideration in case vastro persisted in his efforts to enter seldoin has .an aliin knocking at the doors of the, United States , attracted f much attention. Secretary Nagel today .granted the request k)f a motion picture concern to take a moving pic ture of the picturesque Venezuelan, provided he is welling. ; ' - KILLED BY A SHOTGUN. . ; j.'" - '.' Charles Miller, Winston-Salem, Fatally 'i fou"ded by Accidental Discharge. Winston-Salem, ,v N; C, Dec. 31 Charles Miller; aged 15, was shot and fatally wounded late yesterday by his fusin, . Ralph Johnson,ged 15, when the latter s shotgun ) was v accidentally trom a hunting trip near Mount Airy. Miller was bnly a few' feet away from Johnson, . the entire charge from the shotgun entering the AhdnnTn V tt BANQUETS FOR THORPE. World's Best Athlete With His Friends Hunting in Oklahoma. . . (From the Baltimore Sun.) James Thorpe" the Sac and .Fox m dlan famous as the world's champion all-round athlete and Carlisle School football player, is spending the holi days with Oklahoma friends." . His. re ception by the Indian tribesmen and the white citizens of the - State has been .one continuous series : of ban quets and civic welcomes. The entire State Is extremely proud of Thorpe, and there is no limit to the; enthusi asm The leading bankers andi mer chants have organized hunting parties and dinners , for the winner- of the Olympic pentathlon and decathlon un-. til Thorpe is reported to have , asked for a relief from the round of festivi ties. The Indians themselves, while not so demonstrative, are very ?4 proud of the record made by their kinsman, but, like Thorpe, they t are stoical and their pride in him is shown more. in their actions than in words. All the bucks were glad 'to get a chance to accompany him on his hunting, trips, and they had picked out in advance the secret places of the deer, wild tur keys and quail, fn order, that Thorpe might have the best hunting thatthe former Territories now afford.. Honors are. being thrust . upon Thorpe from every, side. It is. hoped that he will be one of the" features at the Denver Indian festival in 1915. Efforts to secure Thorpe to handle the athletic events of the exposition, in' which redskins of 30 tribes will par. ticlpatei are already being made.' Get ting Thorpe's signature tQ a Denver contract, for 1915 will be one of the first efforts of .the, executive commit tee of the Colorado Publicity League when that, organization is perfected. J uniformity of classification' and te. pre serve the present level of rates. -' !" - The commission says that "the two really momentous questions" involved in. this proceeding are the questions of minimum' weights and of mixtures of carload shipments, the latter includ-' Ing especially a great variety of pon plaints of people interested in agricui tural -implements and machinery ! - " . STRIKERS IN RIOT. - ; Garment Workers Storm Factory-' Number of Arrests Made; New York, Dec. 31. Several lively riots and a number of arrests :loday marked the strike of the Garment Workers. The most ; serious trouble was at the factory of Smith, Gray & Company, in Williamsburg where the police reserves had to be called out 'to drive away five or six hundred men and women who tried to storm v the building . .,v- . - ; The strikers attempted to climb the fire- escapes to reach the 350 employes' working on the top floor and-' for near ly an hour the fight continued. Strik ers and their sympathizers attacked several, other factories : and- at one plaee 10 were arrested. .' Clothing manufacturers, after -a con-: fetence this afternoon, declared that 5 '.per cent, of the employes of non- mon shops wiere still at work; lhe trikerSbn, the other hand, maintain at -their forejes number about 8 ,000 en and 15,009 women. The strikers -had several conferencas dkring-the day! and, declared that they uld accept A no ; compromise. . They threaten to extends the strike to other ies if ; their (jemands for higher wag- and bettet iworking conditions are satisfied, 1 : T ' lew York, December 31 . Supremo Cbhrt - Justice -Bijur today signed an Interlocutory decree of - absolute di- vonce in favor of Mrs, Nellie H. Chase f rbju;. Hal . Chase, first baseman .of thelNew York baseball team, American League. Mrs . Chase - is awarded the Custody of: their sonr Harold, Jr., ana 1,200 a year alimony. -i . . . T . i . . .- ; . I ,i . esburg, S, C Dec. 31, y, Pick- ullem, 70 years old, and.,a veter- rchant, bommitted suicide .this a il -ie" : : Let ens an atteriioon at' Ms home . this afternoon bf ci ting his throat, with a knife. He was a veteran of the war between the. servingin:jthe .Confederate ar- NEW RATE CLASSIFICATION. WsterriNOi 62" Remafns Under Sua- pension., by Commission. "'y 4 Washingtonv Dec. 31. The 'proposed neVfreight -classifieatiotti knowh as "Western classification No ea'airect ly affecting rates aiid regulations 6n railroads: not bhl v west and i;soutlt! of Chicago, but tthroughouts the country, remains nnder sUspension; by the Mter S tate " Commerce Commission'. . accord ing to the terms of a report of Its in vestigation ? announced ' today ;by " the commlsslbh : -" a -i-, "ti The ; uspehslott' will , cohtihue' until Februarys bruhtiJf the; intei-ested carriers shall: have complied wlth the suggestions made by the commission. The construction; bf "classification- No; 51 was i an - effort on,, the part of the Western railroads to Comply with the commission's vdesireS ' for "15 yetfrs to secure -uniformity - of freight classifi cation.' "' v-V.; "' ' iAr d--7 x -::v i The - commission's Mnauiry vdisclosed the fact that j the new classification. while it reduced rates hi about one- half of the , instances, ' where - changes were made, increased' them, in" the oth er half, the resultant level; of; rates being' somewhat higher "than at pres ent, v Hundred " of changes tn the classification5 are suggested i by ? the cammissionvilesiiined5. to secure more oiaies mf tot iour years, v ;i . . r "CHATT-A-NObiG 1 know which Plow the intelligent; Farmer selects, to suit his soil, as well as his employes, and when tyou; satisfy the one who: is to use the Plow, you satisfy" your Corn, Cotton, TobScco, or what ever -your crop;niightb XM - '- : Write for our prices on the iaurnbers betow: 43, 62, 63, 70, ) 4i RaURQHlSOM & CO. P very . ccmpleie? and gobd will ;be - $old at (Greatly Reduced Prices reduce i, stc:k;befweinYertto A Great Opportunity forpeqpi hduse- . . THE WILMINGTON F!URNITORE CO K A ems ' 4 .v. : 4 Km i 1 ' . s V