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J t .V-' N St , v THE WEATHER; - . : .- , I -A . -s Rain Sunday; "Monday probably fair, somewhat colder; moderate variable winds, mostly south and southwest. r r r 1 6 Pages To-Day ' Two Sections T, ' -4 - it VOI. XGDI-KO. 66; WTLMIKGTON, K. C, SUNDAY tOKNXCTG; DECEMBER T, 1913. -WHOIiE - NTJMBEB .13,501 WW! E FOLLOWS Cripple-Creek Mining Camp in Desperate Circumstances. HOUSES DESTROYED BY WIND Trains Are Seriously Delayed in Kan sas Food Sent tor People n:. Snow Bound JTrftin in the .. ' Rocky "Mountains. ' Denver,' Colo., - Dec. 6. Drags car rying sleighs filled with milk cans and wagons laden - with provisions drawn By four and.1 five ' spans ; of horses to night were breaking what had -begun, to be a serious . coal and ; provision famine : becaisirolhQ'.-.dfd'' than three feet of -snow which covered the city and blocked tranic for -more, than three days . -f"! -7.' .e.; . Street cars were manned for a short distance "on one line 'and " many ; men and some . women returned - to I their homes for. the ; first ' time since: the storm began. ' : . ' " Reports from " the State tonight in dicate that Cripple Creek, high in the mountains, is in . a critical condition due to the blizzard which struck that gold mining: town last night and : this morning. , The power plant has burn-: ed and the town is in darkness save the light from : candles and coal- oil lamps. Fifteen ;feet ,of snow, covers the district. Six: business houses were destroyed by' the -wind and scores of other dwellings, and business houses were damaged.. . ' . Train Snow-bound. A train which left ; Cripple Creek for Colorado Springs - oik Thursday is snow bound jit? Suminiltr one ? of the highest; points in the 'traversable -section of the 'Rocky. Mountains; A : re lief party left ColQra4o Springs today cn snow shoes and skids carrying pro visions and it is hoped that they .will be able to1-reach the' tram and get enough food "to." the crew and nassen- gers to - maintain J life until they can1 De rescueo. . - v-c.- - . x - ' - - Many reports of missing men were received: in Colorado Springs today if ront: mountalhipointslind rescue- par ties led sinsf: Railroaa traffic - ws the State i was much better today, and by tomorrow it is believed" the . schedules '"will be? come much -hearer; normal Jn all di rections.--.".'"tNf . ::T.jU-t - Snow- in-Kansas.- Topeka, Kas. Dec 6. -A-'-.- heavy snow storm today blanketed North western Kansas and drifts were piled high by a stiff-northwest wind V Only local trains were operating on several roads. - .v : ' ' .v-":- -.- ' . . Utah Snew-boiind. Salt Lake City, . Utah, Dec. 6. Trains due here -yesterday "from -the East did not arrive until today. Sev erad West-bound' trains are stalled on Sherman HillvWyo. ; : v ' AT GOLDSBORO DECEMBER 11TH. University Glee! Club and Orchestra to Appear. (Special Star Correspondence.) Goldsboro, N.-' C, f Dec. 6. Golds boro people consider it fortunate to be on the list for a visit from the Uni versity Glee - Club, and Orchestra, a combination of 25 exceptionally gifted young men in Bongs and musical ren ditions, which will appear in the Mes senger opera house in V rty Thurs day evening, December 11th. y . DEBATE IS CLOSED fc.3 - ,"-5. . On HenIey National Holiday Resolution. Congress Will Probably Vote- on jQue. tion MondayOnty Few Voices ? Raised Against It During .Argument. Wtashington'Dec.. With only . one or two voices raised v against j the Hensley National : Holiday resoration,' which would authorize the President to accept the-suggestion of Winston Churchill, first lord of the British, ad miralty, for a :Vwdrld-wide abandon; ment of naval - construction' for one year,; the - debate oh-i. the resolution was brought to a 'close today in- the House. A vote will be taken Monday. Most of the speakers advocated, the passage of the resolution because warships belonged - to-Jf?& past- era" Representative Hullngs 6f Pennsyl vania, favored it merely as an expres sion of changing sentiment. Resolutions 'will hot urtng : peace, said Representative Jlunngs. "Peace societies will not stop war. Disarma ment is a chimera that will only- be come real after, peace has been estab. lished. The Hague tribunal has brok en down because. it lacks, power. We will have Var ; until the day comes when inventions, make war impossi ble.' i : , ; ' ' ' Representative : Mann, of Illinois, supported the ; resolution, declaring 1 tnat it would not be to tne discredit of any individual to offer a proposi tion that spoke for peace nor to -the discredit of any country to propose such a plan regardless, of whether it should succeed --or - fall. - Representa tives Heflin, of Alabama, and Slay den, of Texas, lso endorsed the reso lution as - did ; Representative Saun ders, of Virginia, whd declared no na tion in the world eould so well afford to suspend naval construction as the United States, '-rtiii Sil'J Hi DENVER Jy United, tstatea. Jorest Tang- tiaifcolitei? mTSfearh'ofTJie mis- kebes AWAIT Fear Huerta Government is Prepeuing Some Sinister Surprises . in Connection With the Projected Advance on Mexico City by the Constitutionalist Forces Plan More Concert- ed Defense of the Southern States of Republic Juarez,' Mexico,, Dec 6 . The feel ing spread among rebel leaders today that the Huerta government was pre paring, spme similar surprises in con feection with the projected march; of General Francisco Villa's army toward Mexico City. . ' Some; belief was expressed that the Federals had- an object in evacuating Chihuahua and other isolated Federal garrisons where, it' was. impossible for thern to .. do much nlore " than " defend themselves, and; that this object was td permit a. more concerted and ener getic, defense in the central arid south ern'; States,, where ' forts are f more numerous and communication among them is easier. . : General -Villa's intention to augment his present ; army by scattered bands about Torreon and Sacalecas - and ' to mass a, solid, force xf 20,000 or more on the march to Mexico City, would place,.the rebel in a unique position." ; Heretofore, they have been scatter ed while the strength of the Federals was also divided by their having to garrison the northern cities. Reverse Positions. As the rebels gain territory the rela tive positions of the" Federals and rebels will be reversed, the latter hav ing to protect what they have J won While the Federals will be more at lib erty for. aggressive fighting. Further south: ' too, the' comparatively, undis ciplined rebels forces;-will . probably have: to contend with greater numbers and superior, fighting, machinery; - i-moon tomorrow nas oeen. nxea dv General Villa f Or his entry into Chi huahua, ' the ' State capital evacuated by; the Federals a week ago. Villa .'to-, night, was encamped about 30 miles north of the, city. v . - worg came trom t tne vicinity or OiinagaJ on the Texas border, - that General Mercado and the other Fed; eral officers and troops who fled, from .Chanuahua were moving slowly and that many of-the civilians accompany ing: themiowere5oh foofc h -plureebM.tbei.poir ple r across ..the-.desertihas1, attracted thousands o -persons I; to Presidio, Texas, opposite Ojinaga. Somewhere behind' the.jrefugees- a bullion train is straggling-across the desert with '$2, 500,000 worth of metal : from the sil ver mines at Parral. ' v ' K ; Rebels Are Checked. Washington- Dec 6. In the ab sence of any changes in the political situation in Mexico,, ofllcial interest in Washington centered today upon the military - operations. Confidential re ports indicate that the victorious sweep southwest of the Constitutioual alist armies has received a check, the extent of which is not yet known. That rebel Ieadera have taken alarm, and are preparing to modify their plans to meet the. threatened aspect of the Federal forces was, however, posi tively affirmed, . Telegraphic reports are meagre and officials here are reluctant to divulge a-nv nf tVio TTinvempnts of the contend ing armies which by any chance might aid one, or the other factions. . - It is understood, however, that the Federal leaders , in the north, who were believed to be fleeing northward in an effort to find refuge acrossthe border, actually have abandoned that purpose. Instead, it is reported, they nrmied their forces and be gun a flanking movement on the army which the . rebel general Villa, thas rushed; from Juarez- towards Chihua hua, riViUa'sdine is very much extend ed and. his. communications would be seriously, jeopardized by a sudden in cursion f rom the formidable force of 1,500 Federals - unaer urozco, wmuu 1. ,Viiiw odffUTirinf' toward him ap- parenUy with, the . purpose of driving him into- Chihuahua. ; ' . At least two other Federal generals with fragments of the .-army, are. re ported to be concentrating on Chihua hua -with; the purpose of intercepting Vilfthe Federal troops adhere to their T.ion mniriner their way Into the United States instead of surrend- erinr to tne v uonstiiuiiontuioto .nwAahlvwill not be permitted to fig ure further in the war. . . . Secretary Garrison today said these refugees might eross the toe, but they must do so-without ; any undertaking. SSthepart of- the United States offi cials tc? permit them to return into Mexico. ' . . Burn Currency. Laredo Texas, December 5 .To Wniy.nntAA nut of the hands f rebels who are menacmg the city the Banco Mercantile of Monterey, of Mexico, the. last remaining hank in the place, yesterday Earned the entire issue vieu m n y .uito doors, according 10 iwugpco i.i rived here today. The refugees had no iniormation as to the tavalueof the destroyed currency. The bank was capitalized ati 2.500,000 pesos and had a surplus of. 500,000 pesos. Cruiser to Tuxparrt. ,v Vera CruXvMex., Dec. 6. The. Brit ish; flagshipTsuff oik left here today for The transport Progreso Sfefrom Progreso with 200 infan try nd 300 conscripts to' reinforce General Maas, .operating against Gen eral Aguilar in the oil region. T Rumors of Rebel Successes. I Mexico City December 6. The In creasing crop of rumors pf rebel suc psesis Indicative of the expectant aStude of residents of the Mexican capital Almost eveir report current on the street today when investigated firoved'to be groundless, but as they fnchided L the Ivacuation of Monterey knd Saltillo? the.revolt thepgarri sons at Guadalajara and San Potosl, and hard fighting at Cuernavaca they were sufllcient to -arouse the liveliest interest. - All these reports w;ere de nied at the War Department. , a I The first? passenger train-that has okr? AiTtxat from Monterey In several months arrived r here today ; bringing l .1 hundreds of refugees including a num ber of Americana. The passengers re ported that conditions - In Monterey were, desperate, "that food was . run ning short and th.e rebels threatened attack daily. 8ASNI6HT IS Newbern Postmaster is Sum marily Discharged. : A. Nunn, Representative of; Bas night's Bondsmen, Is Placed in Charge Consummation of . , Long Controversyi (Special Star Telegram.) - Newbern, N. C, Dec 6. As a cul mination of the postoffice wrangle which has been in progress in ' New bern fOr the past eight or nine weeks,: Postmaster Jesse S. Basnight : who was placed in charge of the office in June, 1910," was this afternoon, dis missed by the Postmaster General for Insubordination and R. A. Nunn, rep5 resenting the American Bonding? Co., of Baltimore, who were bn Mr. Bis night's -bond, was placed in charge, of the office. ; . " . ; -; ; .The action Is tne culmination ' ox v a long controversy between the post master," who 1st a Republican, -. ; and Night ' Clerk R. E. Smith, a Etemocrat Which : has brought to the department counter charges' filed by Basnlght and Smith against each other.' It , was al leged by Smith that the postmaster .ig nored the civuservice ruies ny ap- age,- to a vacancy im me posiomce. Smith claimed he- was entitled to the place,; which' was . a promotion; be cause of his long service in the post office.! When the postmaster learned that .these charges had- been;- filed against him and before a postoffice inspector- could reach Newbern to in vestigate the case, it is alleged, Bas nlght - discharged . Smith. v Subsequently the Postoffice Depart ment: sent a., telegram to Basnight or dering him to restore the clerk to his position, i This telegram was ignored entirely , by Basnight, according - to Senator; Simmons, , who took up the case - in -behalf of Smith. A second telegram was. sent to the postmaster demanding an explanation, whereup on Basnight replied that he had acted within his rights under the law which he claimed gave him the privilege of choosing .his assistants as he saw fit. . Then the Postoffice Department sent a ' peremptory demand to Basnight that he reinstate Smith and gave him until-, today- to do so. Basnight, ac cording to Senator Simmons, paid no attention to this demand, and Post master General Burleson ordered that the postmaster be summarily remov ed. - - su ;.:c;'- ; .y - Charged1 With Insubordination. r (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Dec. 6. Third Assistant Postmaster -General. Roper said late tonight that: the department had issued orders dismissing Postmas ter Basnight, of -Newbern. Basnight, in addition to charges : , preferred against him 1 by B. .E. Smith, a clerk In the office, Is charged with subor dination in that he has I positively re fused to re-instate Clerk Smith when ordered to do ao by the department. The, letter carrying the 1 formal dis missal will reach . Newbern Monday morning. . RALEIGH GETS CHAMPIONSHI P. Score )n Game at Chapel Hill is , V 29 to 6. (Special Star Telegram.) Chapel Hill, N. C, Dec. 6. The football game between the Raleigh and Wilmington high schools for the State championship was played at the University today before an aggregate attendance of 1,000. The result was 29 to 6. in Raleigh's favor. ? From the first it was seen that Ra leigh had the stronger team. . In the first few minutes of play Bowen, of Raleigh,' took the ball over and be fore the ; first quarter was over ; Cham- Sion of : Raleigh, scored the second; owen -followed with a kick' goal and with a, drop kick by Bowen a few mo-. ments later, the1 quarter was - called off, score 16; to 0. , t .-. v. Johnson scored the third touchdown for Raleigh; Bowen scored the fourth. Both goals were kicked by Bowen. Although it - was evident all through the game that Wilmington' was out classed,: Wilmington boys played hard;; Raleigh's team outweighed WiP mington'S by an average of 10 pounds to the man and they were older? and more experienced - men, Wilmington had eight new men All ; through the game, t Thomas, Thompson, Grant and Hicks starred for Wilmington. In the last i quarter Thompson took ad vantage of a fumble ana got away for 40-yard run- for the only touchdown. No goal kicked. Score 29 to 6. ' Bowen and Johnson were pre-emi-4 nent stars for, Raleigh. RALEIGH. . ' WILMINGTON Bowen. -Thompson Mills (c) 1 , Champion ... Wagner ... Hashagen .'. . Hall . . : -Rhodes Thomas (c) Hicks . . . .Johnson Johnson, Tyree.u Whittier. Weathers. . Parham. ;..V Crinkley.S.17 i; :.. . Hardy f McDonald .-; . . . . r .LEt . . . Crinkley Jxv: .; RE . 4. . syloan .Syloan FRED i -4 IjH . It a 'f V- RT.-. . . , , , . Ij'X . . . . . . . . IRiCr . . . at . . LT. WALTER &: KECrJ AN HAS STRUCK KALE His Gold Mine at Gold Hill Running Rich $1,000: TO $2,000 TO THE TON Formal Applications rf rom ; Winston, Dortch, Webb and Hammer Filed, "the Latter With iMany ' , , Endocsement . i (Special,Staf Teiegrani) Washington. C.v Dec 6.-The Walter Georget Newman gold mines at Gold Hill, N-v tty are -producing -old ore that runs frpm ; $1,000 to $2,000 per; ton ahd nngsets of sold which have " been- assayed in" New; Tork at from 1700 to J370,: each 4& the state ment made byMr.-Newman: at the Ra leigh Hotel tonight; " , "I have -sunk shafts SGieet deeper than any one-Jias ever attempted, to go before," said -Mr. Newman. "I have found veins: of gold unequalled in tnis- country. . 1 tola Assistant Sec retary of the Treasury r. Williams that 1 wouia guarantee to mine over a . noil lion dollars worth, of . gold, by Novem ber ,15th, of next year, and-J w4H do even better than that.f . ; -., "jno. 1-am -noE - seumz- stock.'' con tinued the man who has made millions, lost it all and again chmDed to the-top of the financial ..circle's. V .'There.is not a. dollar's worth of .stock for sale. I am gomg to. work the,iiine nay self afld T positively refuse to "allow any one elsetoiget icontrol "of the propertyf The property is . opea for Inspection and I wilt gladly- demonstrate toi - any oni wno comes to Uoia uuitnaxrnat I say is true.-1 f-:;.:-ww;--(B.4." .v i :, Edwin Gregory; briSaJisbury; son-in-f law ;or senator uyenaani tne attorney- and one of the beard -of 'directors of -the- Gold Hill property:-? Mf creg ory has been in New york for several davs and- returned .to ;Waslihlsrtoh to day ana was m conference with: Mr; n ewman ana several -New? ork finan ciers. )--'i.iwr ,Ws!1:'-'?'V After a visit to? the 2"reasafy Depart raent where he- onferred-:iwith 'Direc tOrCof. the Mint-Pj3beilan'I-.ssistaHt tne , government ax nis request were sending a mineralogist td"Gold Hill to look into the. ctemarkablei : discovery which Newman claims he has. made. Re-establish Charlotte Assay Office. - Mr. Roberts ' assured Newman that if. the gold continued to runyeven half as - well, as Mr.- Newman- says it - has produced an the past three weeks, the .. ; : (Continued on Page-Eight.) ; Unique Method,. ; Oi Raising Cash STEAL COTTON FROM PLATFORM AND RESELL IT TO ORI GINAL OWNERS. .Gastonia, N C, Dec. . 6. Skilful thieves have re-sold at least, ten bales of cotton here in the last "week, steal ing the. staple in Tdaylighti from the city; platform. .At least, this is the only tenable ; theory, Bince the cotton could be carried off. The '-way" the trick is worked is, the thief, comes at a , time when the 'weigher- is operating the scales at one end of the platform; drives to . the other end, takes tags1 from bales aireatty weighed and soldw loads them on a wagon, drives around to tne scales, has the bales weighed and tagged agalni; samples them and makes the sales up town to a broker. wno r pays once-' more for cotton al ready his. '. . . Two ' brokerage 'firms are short about $700 on account of the thefts, to wmcn tnere is no clue. Secretary of State ftrvan in, an ad dress yrr'terday advocated a more di rect go.T.rnment by the people. Direct election or united states Senators is the first move toward a freer and eas ier way 01 amending the constitution, ne saia. - tsunragettes at tne close of his address wanted to know how he stood on that question but he?eluded them. . f -The' Henlev National ttolidav reso ration -will probably be passed by Con gress . Monday. : :! An engine, attached to a. uasseneer train on the Norfolk WestenErexplod ed yesterday morning. : ; - i .it Fifty-three deaths is the sum total of human toll taken by the storms in Texas so far. -.The. property damage Will amount to millions of dollars. - The Inter-State - Commerce Commis sion agreedto -the -nroDosedVehanffes in the rates and -weights of parcel post packages as suggested by Postmaster ueneral Burleson. --' r r . v y Court adjourned until ; Monday -be fore the finish of the trial of Dr. Craig for the murder of a lady doctor in Indianapolis last July. ; : " The inocuiatmg or women in picture shows by the use of a poisoned needle s being investigated by: Federal au- thorities. in - connection ; with white slave matters in Newark, N." J. The Constitutionalists in Mexico have evidently: smelled a mouse ? in the movements of the Federal 'troops; They are advancing toward Mexico City m a cautious manner. -, v.,..- New York markets: - spot- cotton quiet;-middling uplands 13.50; 'gulf 13.75. - Money on call nominal, no oans. Wheat easy no 2 red 1.00 to 1.01: No 1 ' Northern .Dulutnv 97 1-2 Corn steady 85. ..Turpentine ( quiet. I OUTLINES I Rosin .-quiet. ;. METHODISTS S TAND ON Conference Takes Position for for State Law to Prohibit Delivery of Liquor in North Car- olina Busy Day at Oxford Rumors of 'Changes. No Change, However, Expected in Wilmington. . (By Mamie Bays.) 1 Oxford, . N. C.; Dec. 6. The report of the committee x on temperance adopted by the North Carolina 'Meth odist Conference today expressed the opinion , that , the sentiBaent' for law enforcefferent and Nation-wide' prohi bition is : growing throughout - - the bounds of the North Carolina. Confer ence and that the officers of the law,, State and' Federal, are - becoming more active infithe enforcement of 'prohibi tion laws.' . - ' The f report recommended.; as the next- necessary step, to ibe -taken, that, which? would : prohibit railroads, ex press companies and . other, v- carriers trom shipping" intoxicating beverages intoa this State and delivering the same. It called attention to the fact that Macon, - Burke,' Rutherford,. Aye ry and Mitchell counties have such laws,'ahd -recommended that the next General". Assembly be petitioned -v.to make such flaw , State-wide, and. ex pressed the, further opinion that the time has come to fight for Nation wide prohibition, especially in view of the fact that 70 per cent of the Unit ed States 'is jiow dry territory, - nine States are prohibition States, and that 53 per ent of the population is living In the dry territory. v , - - The- report endorsed the extension of the American Anti-Saloon League in declaring for an amendment, to tne Federal , constitution prohibiting . the manuf acture, sale, exportation ana transmission pf intoxicants and urged that : congressmen be called upon to support; the same. ; The ' report re joiced over the passage of the Webb .bill and the enactment, of the Search and Seizure law by the General As sembly of North Carolina. :. The work of the Anti-Saloon Lieague of North Carolina and of the Woman's Christian Temperance t Union was highly eommended and it was recom mended that Rev. R; Li. Davis ' be ap pointed '- superintendent 1 of ', the : Anti-? Saloon League of Nortn Carolina, - Another report 01- the committee on Emended that preacbe.Tr.be urged: tqcrerl train from the- use of tobacco ror pru dential . reasons, and., because that, its use hinders rather than helps their Influence for good.. - - . , ; :; Growth for the Year. ; When the statistical questions , are answered during the session of the North Carolina - Conference of : the Methodist Episcopal Church.; South; on . Monday, it will be shown that the number of local preachers in the Con ference : at this time is 96, a total church membership of 84,149, the to tal net increase in membership during the past' year having been 2,026." Dur ing tne past year i,u4 infants ana 2.424 adults have been' baptized.- The number of Epworth Leagues is 126, the number of Epworth League mem bers 4,991; the number of Sunday Schools : 699, , the numDer of : ssunaay the number of Sunday school scholar 66,556. The amount contributed by the Con ference for foreign missions was, ?19,-:. 642.24; for home and conference -missions $19,304.40;- for church exten sion $9,846.47: for the American Bi ble Society $810.24; for the support of presiding elders $19,642.24; for the support of preachers in charge $174,-1 334.65;, for the support of bishops $3, 323.55. . . : . - : .'(.: i- J;: ! Statistics for the :Year. "There are in this Conference. 75 societies and 739' houses tof -worship. The value of the houses-of iworshfo is $2,241,225.25. - Amount of indebted ness $137,832.45 : the nuinherv of pastoral charges 193 ; the - number of parsonages 175 1-2.;. The value-of par sonaees is $411,91371. 'The indebted ness on parsonages is : $26 64.91. The number of districts in tne conference is nine and the number of district parsonages nine. :.. V: : ;:: ' The number of cnurcnes damaged the past year was 17 and the amount nf. damaee S5.994.25. The insurance carried on church property is $T97J 174 ; premiums paid $3,416.07 ;? losses sustained $5,594.25 ; collections : on osses 11,236.75.-: r -itf&W' Important Resolution.'!.? Ri" Rev. J. M. Culbreth Presented, the following resolution which Was adopt ed by the Conference and will be senir! to the General-conference as a, me morial from the North Carolina:. Con ference, this action having been tak en by the Conference without the ref erence of the resolution to the oom mittee -on memorials to the General Conference: ; . r :- Resolved.: That the North Carolina Conference hereby., memorializes the General l Conference to taKe the ne cessary steps v to require candidates for - admission, on trial the;- satisfac tory completion of a course of Instruc tion equivalent to that requiredrby the commission on education : ror 'aamis sion to the . freshman; class . of an A grade college,";- . -k :..c-.:.:.'j The Days Hroceeoings. -r- The Conference convened v at 9:30" o'clock, with Bishop: James H. Mc Coy- in tne . cnair. B.isnop Mccoy .con ducted the devotional service with which, the conference opened. Rev Ri F.. Buinpass leading vthe prayer, i The I minutes of the session of . Friday, were read and approved. .. ' ; - .Prof Hobgood Speaks. .; ProTtT F. P. Hobgood, president of Oxford College, was introduced f and spoke to. the Conference. ; During the session - of the . Conference -several members have been visitors : at the college, and the student .body , has en joyed also selections by the Confer ence, quartette. ; - The result of tne second ballot- for ay delegates to the General Confer ence: was announced and showed that J. G. ' Brown, of Raleigh,: , had been elected., ::;iW;:;,'::s': ::;r:s iJ-'fJ;' There was no election on. the third ballot,; bu$ on the fourth ballot DrT, E. White, of Oxford, was elected, thus completing - the . election of - lay dele gates Later in the day the following. ADVANCE TEMPERANCE Nation-Wide Prohibition and named were elected alternate lay dele gates: Dr. D. B. ZoUicoffer.' of Wei don; H A. Page, of Aberdeen; J. C. Bruton, of Wilson, and J.. D. Gibson, of Gii?son. The first ballot for the election of clerical delegates to the General Con ference was announced and showed that Dr. T. N. Ivey was elected. The other -four clerical . delegates were elected during the day as follows Revs. M. T. Plyler, M. BradshaWj J. E. Underwood and N. E. Coltrane. Only -one alternate clerical delegate was elected, Rev. H- M. North.. The three other alternate, clerical dele gates will be elected on Monday. The call of Minute Question 22 was continued and concluded, .the charac ters of the preachers in the Rocking ham, Warrenton. Washington, and Wilmington districts: being passed and their-reports being submitted. The answer to the question 22 in every in stance was Nothing against him." V Resolution by Rev. J. D. Bundy. A resolution was offered by Rev. J. D. Bundy, recommending that all of collections Tor missions 'be raised ear ly in the year and thus save all em' barrassment to the board of missions. : Minute Question l.was called again, "Who are admitted, on trial?" and Frederick W. Lupton, from the Wil mington district, having passed the committee on examination and the committee' on admission, - and having been represented and recommended by the presidmg, elder of tne .Warning ton district, was admitted on trial in tne conference , The report of the. Epworth League ooard was submitted and adopted The report of the 'Sunday school board was submitted an jt adopted. Memorial Service. The order of the day for 11:30 o'clock was the memorial service for the. members of the Conference who have, passed away Since : the last ses sion. : . ..... . ' Bishop McCoy presided: over this service .and memoirs of the five de ceased members of the Conference were read as: follows; The memoir of Rev. W. W v. W. W. Rose t was. .read by. . Rev. J 'niatoi-Key : mnagera: was, read: by Rev. Ri.H. Broomu and that of Rev c.;- anomasfwas. read: by Re.v. R.i Ross. These memoirs constituted the report of the committee on mem oirs and it was adopted. . A resolution was adopted by which tne secretary of the Conference was instructed to -insert in the . published minutes an appreciation: of R. M. Phillips,- a layman of the Conference and -a member of the Conference quar tette, ne naving died since the last session. Verbal -tributes wero also paid to the deceased members of the conference, by several preachers pres ent. - OoDose Chahoe of -Name. A constitutional reauirement of all of the bishops of the church is fpr tnem to asK tne following question of every . annual conference over which they preside this year, "Shall the name of the church be changed from Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to Methodist Episcopal Church in America?" The reauirement also includes that the answer to this ques tion snaii be determined by tne call ing . of the roll of the Conference. Bishop McCoy called the question this morning - and tne answer was given by the roll call of members, 122 mem- bers vbting against and 14 voting in iavor oi tue cnange m name. -; Rev.: N., D. Bethea; a preacher of the Methodist Protestant Church, was in troduced, and, addressed- the Confer-? ence.-' r : :. .: .-. .; - . On motion, it was ordered that an afternoon session of the Conference be held -and Bishop.-McCoy requested Dr, Ivey tQ preside, as It would be ne cessary for him to be with the presid ing elders in the cabinet meeting. The Conference adjourned at 1 o'clock. Bishop ' McCoy pronouncing the bene diction. , , v Afternoon Session. ' The afternoon session began at 3:30 o'clock with Dr. Ivey in the chair. The reports of the several boards and standing committees were submitted and adopted as follows: The report of the committee on district . conference records, the report of the committee oh Sabbath observance, the report of the board of church extension, the re- Sort of the board of education, and He report: of the committee on books and periodicals. Dr. Massey .Speaks. L. S. Massey, editor of the Raleigh Christian Advocate, spoke to the re? port of the committee on books and periodicals. The report recommended that 3,000 new subscribers be added to the Advocate the coming year and Mr. Massey expressed the hope that this would be done, as the paper at present-reaches only about 20 per cent of the ' church membership -of the Con ference. He said he believed the church paper could be used to per form a great mission in the church and - said he hoped the conference would cause it to measure up to its responsibility. . ' . . . - Rev. N. H. D.. Wilson presented the report of the committee on memorials to the General Conference, but when only two, items of the-report had been read: and considered, a. motion was made to adjourn and the motion .was carried. : . . One item of the report of the com mittee on memorials to the General Conference that was adopted was that the General Conference make some provision for support of retired local preachers who have ' served as sup plies in the Conference" for -15 years or longer. The afternoon session ad journed at 5, o'clock, Rev. H. M. North pronouncing- the benediction. ; : : Anniversary Board of Missions. V r , This evening the anniversary of the conference board of missions - was held. - Rev. E. H. Rawllngs, education al: -secretary of the board' of missions of, the- Methodist v Episcopal Church, South, delivered :- the address. He, presented many facts of special inter- (Continued on Page Eight.) t- It!- mnuL v III PARCEL POST i. -,: -V. New Rates to Take Effect the First of January INCREASE FOOIID LIMIT Inter-State Commerce Commission Gives Postmaster General Per- .;. r . mission to Make Changes ( i i i Proposed by Him. ' " Washington, Dec. ft important - changes in parcel post regulations In j eluding general reduction in ratesand I increase . in maximum .weights,. ; were ( approved today by the - Inter-State I Commerce Commission. The revisions REDUCTION PlAn 1 were made upon recommendations of : , ; . - -; Postmaster General Burleson and la y t '::-p 'fy; I a majority of. cases are effective Jan- y ; f'. uary 1st,' 1914. t ;' '; X.: -.iv; :,.;.:i ' V cooks - are . aamiiieu t w. uit? parue , post; weight' limits are increased in the first and second zones, from 20 to ; 50 pounds, and in all zones beyond the second from 11 to 20 pounds; , and , ;.f rates are reduced in the third, fourth i and sixth zones. , . s iu The changes mrates to be in effect January; 1st, 1914, follow: ; s-t " i To reduce the rates for the third ; zone from seven cents for the first i . pound and five cents for each addi-.-tional pound to six cents for the first rr pound and two cents for each addi tional pound. ; T- : : 'J To reduce the rates for the fourth i--zone from eight cents for the first: , pound and six 'cents for each addi- tional pound to . seven cents for the : -first pound and four cents for each ' additional pound., . . - - i ; To reduce the .rates" for; the fifth.;.; zone from-xjine'cehts'. tor- the first' pound and seven centsfor each . addi-t;: tional pound to eight for the - first ; -pound and six cents for each addi-. tional pound, v :: : ':. -! To . reduce the rates for the sixth? ; zone from ' ten cents for the first nnrmri i nnit TitrnAtitB - for each addi- J. tional : pound to nine cents : for the ment ; by tne. commission, -;tn at. tne, service to the public will be promoted by these changes provided, the revenue"-' from the service is not less tnan tne. cost thereof. Experience seems to. show clearly that the revenue will not be less than the cost of the Ber- . "We can conceive of no' opposition to the increased weights and reduced; . rates except from tne earners tnat transport the mails.- We have heard some: objections from, them on' the ground that - the . increased weight : should not be permitted .until provi- -' . sion for additional compensation to ' 1 the carriers has been made." ; u -! It Is provided by the Postmaster :. General with the' consent of the com- - - : - ; mission, "that, the rate of postage on ' Mj parcels containing ' books weighing ' v 1 eight ounces or less shall be one cent . i . ; . j for each two ounces or fractional part r Z thereof, and on those weighing In ex- ' : - ; ; cess of eight ounces the zone parcel post rates shall apply." ; j . : ! This is to be effective Marcn lbtn, , ' 1914. ..-- ' . :.:.-:':;::---; Consent also was given to admls- .-. v . ; sion of shipments- of - gold, gold . bult r.sv , lion and eold dust in Alaska, and to rn-iiMT ' and 'from, Alaska in packages .weight . (Continued on Page Bight.) Fifty-three Known Deaths in Texas Floods Water So Deep in Some. Places That Boatmen Can Find No Houses, Overflow Scatters Families. Much Damage Done. .: Bryan, Texas, Dec. 6. Fifty-three persons tonight are known to be dead and scores of others aris reported to have lost their lives In the floods of Central and South Central - Texas. Three thousand have been driven to the' upper floors of : their ; Z homes " or been compelled, to seek refuge , in trees,' where they remained for hours before, being rescued, ' Estimates . of f the damage generally , center around r $4,000,000. ,;"': . ;, :,;.. :- .;-.'- f One of the deepest overflows was in : the Brazos bottoms of this section; ' where boatmen , tonight reported no - houses visible. ' ' ' ' ":' The floods tonight were beginning vv to pass out into the gulf through the last : 100 miles of their courses. In" the remaining territory there are few: important k towns, .but ' additional drownings in remote ' settlements are feared.-' v- - - '.r.--.f At Alleyton. a small place on the Lower Colorado, tonight, the water was three feet deep over the highest elevation. Bay City, 25 miles from the mouth of the Colorado,reported the water within 18 inches of the top of the protection levee, f A break, it was said, would overflow: a'consider able portion of the town.".' j , r The worst smgie situation was caus ed by the breaking of the , levee, 30. miles in length, on the Brazos oppo site Bryan. .More than 1,000 persons had' refused to believe it would give way and remained in ; their homes, which were submerged.. . j - The overflow scattered many fami lies, who will not know how many of their members were drowned until the flood subsides. " irosuisuisll .. I -::': i :vAiV'.i.kj . - f u it -:v... or irVi , -. . . : i. . . ... '- . - . :t , .T'.:-'f,r.:. )-y-v. 1 k'
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