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1912- and desire their helb, co-operation arid coTntinued patronage for the incoming year. Uur country truly
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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 !
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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
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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.
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ullem, 70 years old, and.,a veter-
rchant, bommitted suicide .this
a il -ie" : : Let
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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
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