North Carolina Newspapers

THE NEWSrHERALD. T. G. COBB, Editor and Owner. The Burke County News n ,., , , XT The Morganton Herald J Consohdated November 29, 1901. Subscription Price $1 Per Year in Advance. VOL. XXXII. MORGANTON, N. C., JUNE 1, 1916. NO. 2. America Must Come First" President Declares He Has No Harshness in His Heart For Foreign-born Americans, But They Must Place America First if They Desire to Re main in the Confidence of the People of the United States. Washington Dispatch, May 30th. President Wilson delivered a Me morial day address here today in vfcich he defined the spirit of Amer- i -P -c : tea, WiUllfcU ciuaciib vi luicigu uix uii lot to set themselves against the pur poses of the nation, called upon young taien to perform voluntary military service and defended his recent sug gestion for an alliance of nations, to preserve peace. He spoke at Arling ton National cemetery before an au dience made up largely of civil war veterans, who applauded him vigor ously. While he declared he had no harsh ness in his heart for Americans of foreign birth and expected them still to love the sources oi their origin, the president said "America must ome first in every purpose we enter tain and every man must count upon being cast out of our confidence, cast out even of our tolerance, who does not submit to that great ruling prin- iple." Ready to Fight. Speaking of America, made up of all the peoples of the world, as the champion of the rights of mankind he said: "We are not only ready to co-operate but we are ready to fight against any aggression, whether from within cr without. But we must i guard ourselves against any sort of aggression which would be unworthy of America. We are ready to fight for our rights when those rights are coincident with the rights of man and humanity." The president reiterated his sug gestion before the league to enforce peace last week that the United States was ready to come a partner in any alliance of the nations "which would guarantee public right against selfish aggression." Of published criticisms reminding him that George Washington warned the nation against "entangling alliances," he said: "I shall never myself consent to an entangling alliance, but would gladly assent to a disentangling alliance, an alliance which would disentangle the peoples of the world from those combinations in which they seek their own separate and nrivate in- terests, and unite the people of the world to preserve the peace of the world -upon a basis of common right and justice." Universal training and prepared ness were possible, Mr. Wilson de clared only if the men of suitable strength and age will volunteer. He said the "acid test" was about to be applied to business men to see whether they would allow their em ployes to volunteer. He said the army re-organization bill now before him bristled with that interrogation point, which he warned all the .busi ness men of the country was staring him m the face. The president said he was for "uni versal voluntary training," but that America does not wish anything but the comnnlsinn nf tlio cnii-if -.f America." He added that the people of the nation were watching each othe r and that a great manv men. even when they did not want to, were ! roing to stand up and say "here." Only One Ground For Divorce Recognized. The General Conference of the Northern Methodist church has de-! cided that a minister nf tW fauu who officiates at the marriage of a di. , thropists publicists and leaders in in voiced person in violation of th ! dePendent. thouvht, , announce that rules of the church is itv nf an act of mal-administration, and may " ' be compelled to answer charges be fore his conference. The church has always recognized only one ground for divorce and has permitted remar- nage only of the innocent party, but no penalty has attached to ministers vho officiated at the marriage of per sons divorced on grounds other than thosp. v;i u.r IHerppftoi. u n a 1 eatter ministers may be called to account for that MiSSpR RaAia nf m jand Evelyn Estes, of Rutherford Col pege, who were the nipsts Hnrincr thp " pvav unco, ui vj is ii week of Miss Augusta Bristol, have returned to their homes. RAILROAD MEN HOLDING CONFERENCE. Representatives of 325 Systems and Employes to Discuss Men's Demands. New York Dispatch, May 31. Representatives of the 325 railroad systems of the United States and of their conductors, trainment, and en gineers will begin here tomorrow a se ries of conferences to settle, if pos sible, questions relating to working hours and wages. Enghteen general managers compose the committee act ing for the railroads, and they will meet four representatives from each of the employes' organizations the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers and Firemen, the Brotherhood of Trainmen and the Order of Rail road Conductors.' More than a thousand delegates have been sent here by the employes and between conferences with the railroad managers the representatives of the four brotherhoods will consult their fellow delegates. It is estimated that the conferences will cost the brotherhoods $50,000 a week. It was said today that a majority of the employes' representatives favor a strike only as a last resort. MANAGER FOR BICKETT CLAIMS BIG MAJORITY. R. B. White Says That Bickett Will Carry Every Congres sional District Will Have 30, 000 Majority. Franklinton Dispatch, May 30th. R. B. White, State manager for T W. Bickett in the race between Mr Bickett and Mr. Daughtridge for the i Democrati cnomination for governor, tonight gave out the following state ment: "After a careful consideration of re ports received from every county, my forecast of the result of the race for the governorship in the primary is as follows: I predict that Bickett will carry every congressional district in the State, and that with good weath er and a reasonably full vote his ma jority will be over 30,000. "In the first district Gates and Per quimans will be close. The others will go to Bickett and his majority will be 2,000. ( ' "In the second Bickett will carry Bertie, Greene, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton and Warren. Daught ridge will carry Edgecombe and Wil son. Bickett's majority in the dis trict will be about 500. "Bickett will sweep the third car- trying every county, with a total ma jority of 3,500. "In the fourth Nash will be close and the others will go for Bickett, giving him a majority of 3,500. "The fifth will be all for Bickett by a majority of 4,000. "In the sixth Daughtridge will probably carry Cumberland, the others will give Bickett a net majority of 1,500 in the district. "In the seventh Hoke will probably go for Daughtridge, the others will go heavily for Bickett and his net ma jority in the district will be 5,000. . "Bickett will carry every county in the eighth except Rowan which is close and his majority in the district will be 4,000. "In the ninth Burke is close; the others go to Bickett and his majority will be 3,500. "The tenth goes Bickett by ma ijonty of 3,900. Total majority for i Bickett by districts, 30,900 ; Independents to Work For Wil son's Re-plpctinn. I m A ... iwen. OI nation s loremost 1 . ng capitalists, pnnan- !they Wlli launcn an dependent i wi swmwi v -f- I X' I 1 uiuvciiiciiu iui tne ic-cicciiuii ui rres ident WTilson. The initiative has been taken by a group of men who exercise a great deal of influence in public affairs, who are leaders of . independent sentiment rather than thick-and-thin adherents of any party. j T . i William Jennings Bryan says he I W1" attend both the Republican con- . , . . f. , T . vjmw8u e t. j-iouis i convention, Democratic, in the capac- jy oi a newspaper correspondent, The boot and shoe association give . . -a a warning tnat shoes will cost $2.00 pair more this winter than last. a 1 ?-- Gov. Craig Here Makes Splendid Address at Clos ing Exercises of North Caro lina School for Deaf Presents Certificates. Hon. Locke Craig, Governor of North Carolina, was at his best in an address which he delivered at the Deaf School yesterday morning. The large auditorium was filled with the teachers and older pupils of the school and numbers of admiring friends from the town. The governor was introduced in a most pleasing and eloquent manner by Rev. J. O. Atkinson, of Elon Col lege, president of the board of trus tees of the school. This occasion, Gov. Craig stated, was his first visit to the school since he became governor. He has been very much impressed with the won derful results that are being accom plished in the work of educating the deaf. He said that Morganton, al ready renowned for the high type of her citizenship had been placed on the map by the location of two of the State's splendid institutions here. With warm words of praise for the fine bearing and military precision of the Deaf cadets from Morganton in the parade in Charlotte on May 20th, Mr. Craig said that he had been proud on that day to tell the wife of the President who the boys were. The governor grew eloquent as he spoke on the objects of humor en deavor. He said that the mn Inner nf money is all right, but should not be ! & . the aim of our efforts. It is not so much the attainment of power that i counts (and money represents power) as what we are going to do with that power. Even libertv and instiVp ;t, , . --WW- uauaiBiucdi.u,8reomymeansto -f S, A - s HIS Ji.AiL.ijL.ijNDY, GOVERNOR LOCKE CRAIG. an end and that end is to lift up every human being, and to give all equal opportunities. That government is the finest government, that State the best State which comes nearest to ac complishing this end; that flag means the most which waves over the land Where the fortunate and unfortunate are alike given the opportunity to de velop the highest and noblest in stincts with which the Creator has en dowed them. It is North Carolina's privilege and opportunity to enable all her sons and daughters to have an equal chance. The governor stated that environ ment and training play a much great er part in the individual life than in heritance. The difference between us physically is not so great. The State reaches its highest attainment when it gives to all alike the opportunity to attain to their highest possibilities. He said that when in one of the class rooms in the school he saw just before his address a girl reproduce from memory on the black board a long narrative her teacher had just finished telling, he thought that she had gained more in intellect than she had lost in hearing. The loss of hear ing or of any of the senses has been demonstrated not to be an impassable barrier of all knowledge. There is the same difference in na ture between neglect and cultivation as there is between the untrained and trained human being. The State and society are responsible for ugliness of character which grows out of en vironment. Such a school as the Deaf School is absolutely necessary, consid ering the obligation of the State. The governor took occasion to say that the tax rate in North Carolina is y v i rt PROF. RIDDICK CHOSEN NEW HEAD OF A. & M Succeeds Dr. D. H. Hill, Who Will Write History of N. C. Veterans. Raleigh Dispatch, May 30. W. C. Riddick is the new president of the North Carolina College of Ag riculture and Mechanics Arts, suc ceeding Dr. D. H. Hill, who retires af ter eight years of the presidency to write the history of North Carolina's part in the war between the States, for the North Carolina division Con federate veterans under a special com mission from the State historic com mission. Prof. Riddick was elected after morning and afternoon sessions of the board of trustees that sand wiched the commencement exercises. At the same time Dr. W. A. Withers was made vice president in the stead (Jf Prof. Riddick. Dr. Hill's term as president closes July 1, and the terms of the new officers begin at that time. Prof. Riddick, who has been at the head of the department of civil engi neering at the college for twenty-four years is fifty-two years old, and is a native of Wake county. He was educated at Washington and Lee and the University of North Carolina. Dr. Withers, the new vice president, has been with the college as professor of chemistry for the past twenty-four years. Death of Miss Melissa Laxton. On Wednesday night of last week Miss Melissa Laxton, whose critical illness was mentioned in last week's News-Herald, passed away about mid- night at the home of Mr. A. J. Wal- ker. For about 40 years Miss Melissa was one of the best known school teachers the work OI the cormrv. rphnmnchin(i nW n te only a few vears ej?o on nf - count of her health. She was a mem- r - r" WA prominent iurKe iamiiy, a I sister of the late Dr. J. L. Laxton, of (Morganton. Messrs. Ralph and Fred Laxton, and Miss Kitty Laxton, of Charlotte, were here for the funeral of their aunt. The services were held in the Methodist church, of which she was long a consistent member, and in terment made in the town cemetery. the lowest except one, and yet we have one of the finest school systems in the country. He advocated vocational training, but said he did not agree with what Roosevelt said in a speech Tuesday that every man should have military training. We should be adequatelv prepared to protect the rights of hu- ! manity but e governor said he-iioped , he d never see our country turned into a military camp. He was warmly ap - lauded when he praised Woodrow Wil- ' n 4-1, A. V A 1.1 oyju us me great man wno sits at tne i head of the government and has kept , wx wiinc tne worm is oeing Ills TVAW nrnn nrkiln 4-"U 1 ,3 1 ! consumed in horrible warfare New ' laeais nave oeen tormulated those of! justice and consideration of rights, as e&taunsnea Dy wnscn. ine gov ciiiui siaicu uiai, ine wiison uoc - trine" would long outlive the "Mon-? roe Doctrine." "The wealth of the world is ours;jment F"iday The proceeds from this'Elkin. to transform it into moral and intel- amount: win be used in the purchase , lectual womanhood and manhood is our opnortunitv. North Carolina's highest obligation is to protect her helpless ones in the period of their helplessness. By thus doing we shall be living up to our destiny of high and noble life." The address was interpreted to the deaf pupils present by Supt. Goodwin. After the address certificates for work finished in certain lines were ". i - the presentation made by the govern or. . In the normal training department Misses Belle Corpening, Mary Bow man, Lillian Wakefield and Penlope Brothers received certificates. The school board of Hoboken, New Jersey, have decided not to buy any school geographies this year. They say the books will have to be thrown in the scrap heap next year, as the German Kaiser will stamp about all Europe as belonging to Germany when the war closes. The New York World is raising! York City, and Miss Isabella Currie.jto camp at the close of the day's $30,000 by popular subscriptions to j of Monbeat. Iwork. Both men it is stated, re purchase a plant for lighting the ! J fused orders to halt, and as a final Statue of Liberty in New York har-1 Ur. waite, the young dentist who j resort, Guards Riggs and Gann, in bor. The United States will provide j poisoned his father-in-law and moth-; charge of the gang, opened fire the for the running expense in the river i er-in-law, - was convicted in New j convicts falling at the first shot. Cot and harbor appropriations. York Saturday of murder in the first ; ton was dead when picked up, and Mr. Leith Shuping returned Sat urday night from Raleigh, where he has been in school at A. & M. ! : wilmw DISCUSSES CAMPAIGN PLANS, President Considers With Doremus, Taggart and! Hapgood. Washington Dispatch, May 31. Plans for the Democratic convention at St. Louis and the ensuing campaign were discussed by President Wilson today with Representative Doremus, of Michigan, chairman of the Demo cratic congressional committee, Nor man Hapgood, an organizer of the Wilson ron-Partisan league, and Sen ator Taggart of Indiana. Between now and convention time the president is expected to devote much attention to politics. Selection of a permanent convention chairman was discussed. Speaker Champ Clark was the first choice of the president, but it now seems that Mr. Clark may not go to St. Louis. Senator James of Kentucky and Sen ator Kem of Indiana are among those suggested for place in case the sperk er finally declines. GRADED SCHOOL CLOSES SUCCESSFUL YEAR. Splendid Address Made By Hon. W. A. Erwin, of Durham Diplomas Received by 14 Pleasing Entertainment By Primary Grades. The commencement exercises of the graded school came to a close on Fri day night .with a most delightful en tertainment, consisting of folk dances, games and songs, by the pri mary grades. On Friday morning after an insnir- i ing address by Hon. W. A. Erwin of . Durham diplomas to 14 graduates of . . f0.1 am honor certificates for : bcnoiarsmp ana attendance were nre- a . A . T . , "kv.u kij mil u uiniu. v:iiiii mull of the board of trustees. In the oration and essay contests! Thursday morning Miss Hetty Mc Galliard, with the subject "Home and Its Queen," and Earl Spencer with "Pan Americanism," won the medals , . - . 1-1 . . both of which were erven this vear , ,, ....... by Mr. Ernest Erwin. All the essays and orations were exceptionally good. The class exercises on Thursday night were very much enjoyed by a crowd which taxed the capacity of the auditorium. Mr. W. A. Erwin, who delivered the commencement address on Friday morning is an "old" Burke county bov. and his fripnst nnr? noi rrViKriT-c L.ere AhteA to fci home. He handled his hit. Ha1a in a masterly way, giving his hearers ; much food for uplifting thought. The K11c1 wh,, h0 ee,u, i,;eoif w I ! Qtfoino,t ; Ke;oc .mia ,uu UbbUAHWVC 111 Wilt UUJIIIECO nUlIU) Willi, his life as an example of what can he aPPOmnl sheH hv thp man who tn'pc the words vrhich he uttered carried with them to his youthful hearers as i well asi to the older ones of his dience all the more weight and inspira - ; jon Over $87 was realized from the sale ! nf tifkftc fnr tho rvrim r rr ntotrin : of scenorv for the stmre. . I " The school year just closing has been a very successful one. Friends of the school regretted that Superin - tennent A. f!. KerW w n,9w, fn , attend commencement, as had been i.,.4. .:. x. . hoped, but it is gratifying to the en tire town that he has so far recov- ered from his recent operation as to j be able' to be at home now. i i l Misses Taylor to Entertain House Party. Miss ;Theodosia Haynes, of Spring field, Mass., is the attractive guest of Miss Sarah Taylor. Miss Haynes was a schoolmate of Miss Tasylor's at Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia. On Friday the following young ladies will arrive to attend a house party for ten days or more given by Misses Sarah j iintl Elizabeth Taylor at their lovely home, "The Heights:" Miss Minor xjantt-s, oi nernanuo, uiss., juiss uer- trude Davie, of Chicago, 111., Miss Elizabeth Huttig, of Kansas City, Mo., Miss Catharine Bickley, of Newark, N. J., Miss Elizabeth Fuller, of New degree. His own testimony on the - 1 stand proved that he is the most de- j praved criminal in the history of the courts. (NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. j , Brief Notes of Recent Happen Details! iners in North Cnrnlinn. In Concord last Friday, Dr. Bulla gave typhoid anti-toxin to 1,412 per sons. Fire in Durham Sunday night de stroyed the Brian building, causing a loss of $10,000. George A. Murray, a prominent banker and lumberman of Asheville, died at a Biltmore hospital 4ast Fri day. Prof. Chas. M. Stanley, for nine years superintendent of the Hickory public schools, has been elected su perintendent of the Mt. Airy schools. Robert L. Black, of Cameron, in attempting to board a freight train on the Seaboard Saturday fell under the train and had both feet ground off. G. D. Simmons, a prominent farm er and saw mill man of Cliffside, was instantly killed Friday in a wreck between an automobile and a train. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo made the commencement speech at the University yesterday. At night, he spoke in Raleigh. Mr. McAdoo is a native of Georgia. Ed Shell shot and instantly killed his brother-in-law, Jim Helton, Sun day morning at Granite Falls. The killing occurred at the home of Shell and according to all evidence the kill ing was in self defense. I RalPn F. Younger, of Burlington, was run over and instantly killed by a passenger train at Mount Zion, S. C, Friday morning. He was tele- j p-ranh onerator for the Southern ,1 " - v- umc rrrkin r 4-r fts-Y- iViam tv.q a1oo n;,,. ... r iinuiua xjnti,io.a want ncv. Len G. Broughton, the North Caro linian who left them a few years ago to fill a pulpit ia London. They I t5 ' - ...... M. ....... Will W t- iKH '"I" away irom tne raioxviiie. rean. church. The State convention of the Christian Endeavor Society will hold its annual meeting in Charlotte be ginning Friday night. The sessions will be held in the First Presbyterian church. Several hundred delegates will be in attendance. Gen. Jule Carr reached his Dur ham home Saturday from a six months' trip to the Western States and Hawaii. He went to San Fran cisco last October on the special train with the Daughters of the Confeder acy and is just now getting home. Smith Bracey, said to be connected with a gold mine near Monroe in TTninn rnnntv. wnc nrrpctfl in 'Vow j York Sunday to answer to a charge ; of using the mails to defraud by selling worthless mining stock. i J. H. Ball, a Confederate veteran, '. hns hppn nnnmntpr? nnstmactor at I VhlIe bath,nE in runS "ver Ti . . t- r r T-i I oea"I?ri col ."ev e 1 Episcopal minister, got beyond his !jfe.pthTf1n? aut to drown her i Miss Elsie Swindell went to his aid. j She' to' was overcome and Miss I Blanche Wescott went in and saved "both. The minister was sinking the third time when rescued. ! President Martin of Davidson Col- t 1 ora ownAnMno V r llm AAA Z the col.ege had to raise to obtain the proffered $25,000 from the General ! Education Board, has - been secured, making a total addition to the col lege of $100,000. Of this amount $75,000 will go to the endowment fund and $25,000 will be used to build and equip a new gymnasium. Earl Cotton, 'convicted murderer serving a thirty-year sentence, was shot and instantly killed and Charley j Helton, eighteen, convicted of larceny. j was shot through and through with j buckshot Monday night near the State convict camp at Round Knob, near j Old Fort, when they attempted to escape as the gang was beine returned Helton has eleven buckshot through his liver and lungs, although the physicians say he has a chance for recovery.