CHAMBEirOMlMERCE
HI IK MAYOR'S OFFICE *0 KDAT
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A MoM KathanlaiiUc aad Coageilaf
Gathering In Major1* Office.
In accordance with the call of the
secretary, the Loulsburg Chamber of
Commerce met In the mayor's office
on Monday night. The meeting was
called to order by First Vice-Presi
dent P. S. Allen, who made a most
excellent presiding officer. The secre
tary read the minutes ol the previous
meeting and business was taken up.
Mayor James A. Turner In behalf
of the entertainment committee, re
ported the collection of $56 for the
funds donated to the County Com
mencement and the I^ulsburg Oraded
School, stating that he would raise
the remaining $4.00. Upon tils re
quest for instructions as to what to
do with the remainder of the fund
he was directed to turn it over to
Mr. Wm. H. Ruffin, treasurer of the
graded schools.
The committee on constitution and
by-laws, through Mr. S, A. Newell,
reported their effort? *8^1* gtven be
low which were adopted by sections
and afterwards as a whole aa amend
-e*. Only slight r-bsnf being made
we ocly give then as amended. They
follow:
? CeailH?Mia " ,*/
Article L The nsavt of this organi
sation shall be the Chamber of Com
?mere? of Loatsborg.
Article 2. The purpose of this ar
ganlsation shall be to encourage, pro
mote and otherwise benefit the mer
cantile, commercial, manufacturing,
tednstrial. educational and all bnsl
-aees interests of the' town of Louis
bnrg and the county of Franklin and
to advertise the advantage of this lo
cality for trade. Industries, agricul
ture, education and as a place of resi
dence, and to Improve, adorn and
beutlfv this town.
Article 3. All white citizens of the
town of boulsburg or the county of
Franklin shall be ellgable to member
ship, subject to the action of the
Chamber.
Article 4. The officers of this or
ganization shall be a President, a
First, Second and Third Vice-Presl
dent, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
All officers of the Chaipber shall
"hold office for one year and until their
-successors are elected and qualified.
Article 5. Ten members of the
Chamber of Commerce shall con
stitute a quorum, at either a regular
or special meeting.
Article 6. The constitution 'may be
amended by the Chamber at any regu
lar meeting by a two-thirds vote of
those present; but all amendments
must be submitted in writing at one
meeting and carried over until the
next regular meeting before coming
up for final vote. The proposed
amendment shall be open for discus
sion at both meetings.
By-Laws.
Sec 1. The president shall preside
' at all meetings of the Chamber, both
regular and special, shall approv? all
payments of money, pppolnt all com-,
mittees and have executive control of
Sec. 2. The first vice-president
-shall perform the duflSs and exerj
else the powers of the president dur
ing hfs absence or disability, the se
cond vice-president in the absence of
disability of hlg two superiors and
the third vice-president n like man
ner in the absence or disabilities of
the others. .. '
Sec. 3. The ? treasurei^hall receive
and safely keep all funtih belonging
-to this organization and shall dls
"bursenhem onr upon ' order?or ap
proval of the preaiflent, and shall
make suclt reports as the Chamber
V>r its president shall require of him
'from time to time.
Sec. ?. Tlie secretary shall keep the
records, conduct the correspondence,
?'?Act as secretary at all meetings or
special meetings as may be ofdered
by the president from time to time.
?'Sec. 6. All vacancies among the of
ficers Rhall bo filled, election ?at Die,
trent -regular mactlklg'; suoli appoiptees
'Aiall hold'office aiftfTihe Ittt regular
WtmaTAMslion. * ?:"
6. Th? annua) does for mem
ship in thjta driinltMlpp shall be
orte'dollar. to bd p8.ld.tn advance,
??'tftc. T. The" 'follow?* commltteei
*tnay be appointed i>y the president or
??Vfcted by the ChamBer at his dl?
'?retlon, to hold office during tU?" fiscal
year ot this Chimb?*:'
? ? fa') Committee on Membership.
?!,^'members.
Comnrfttt^ito rtnafl??, am
(e) Committee on New Industrie?, j
three members.
(d) Committee 0? Freight, Tel?-1
graphs ml Telephone Rates, three j
members.
(e) Commlttflfl on ffuhllrity, thrm |
members.
(f) Committee on Entertainment,
three membere.
(g) Committee on, Resolution. |
three members. ?
Sec. 8. All resolutions carrying ap
propriations of money-'shall be sub
mitted to the committee on finance
before coming up for final action.
Sec. 9. These by-laws may be
amended, added*to or altered at any
regular meeting of the Chamber,
quorum being present and two-thirds |
of those'pesent voting for said amend
ment or alteration.
This being done a most congenial
discussion In the best of feelings pre
vailed for some little time after which
the following resolution In regard to'
the new Ice plant was adopted":
"That the Chamber notes with pride
the activities on the pat? of the Louis'
burg Coal and Ice Co,,, to erect an
Ice plant tor the .town pt Loulsburg
and expresses Its appreciation and
encouragement of this movement1*.
Upon motion the secretary was in
structed to learn at what <lme Ltiie
poUtlott.ln regard to the Loulsburg
railroad would be 'presented to the
Corporation CoinrhlMkm and he waa.
appointed the chairman of a commit
tee to be *tth Attorney-General Biok
ett at that time. The remainder of
the committee tp be the regular rail
road committee appointed by the
president under the by-laws If satd
appointment can be made In time,
otherwise the vice-president will |
name the other members.
A motion prevailed making the
regular meetings tor the Chamber
every second and fourth Friday nights
and the place, the dourthouse, unless
it waa otherwise emptoyed when an
nouncement would be made.
- No other business presenting Itself |
adjournment was taken.
t To Build Besldemee.
Mr. H. C. Taylpr has purchased
the Furman cornet lot on Nash and
Cedar Streets and we learn will build
a handsome residence thereon In the
near future. This Will be quite an
addition to that porttifik of the city.
Too Moch Booie.
On Monday morning John JoneB,
colored, was tried beToffe Squire S. P.
Boddle, for violation of the search and
seizure law and bound ovei^to court
under a $100 00 bond. The papers
were served by .Constable R. W.""Hud
son, who found two one gallon glass
bottles In his possession In the home
of Daisy Ruffin, in about twenty min
utes after they had been^ carried In.
Both bottles were full with the ex- |
ceptlon of about a pint.
Picnics at Lovers Leap.'
A number Of Loulsburg's gallant
youftg men treated the college girls
to a most enjoyable picnic at the
old historic Lovers' Leap about three
miles out from town on last Monday.
The day was fine and added greatly
to the pleasures always available at
this beautiful place., ~
New PoHtofflce Fixtures.
The new postoftlce fixtures that ar
rived last week hare been_ingtaJii
and-weserrt-HTt"abearance equal to
a city office. The rearrangement adds
greatly to the convenience of the of
fice and gives much more roonl for
the lobby. Mr. Ford Is having the
office revarnjshed - and trefited to a
how coat of paint. " ? '
? Meeting of F. D. 0.
A called meeting of the Joseph
J. Davis. Chapter D. D C. was held
on Tuesday at which the matters of
discussion was thfi arrangements for
thq unveiling.' As a result. It was de'
elded to have four little girls to pull
the ribbons and little Misses Mary
Turner, Francis Barrow, Bertha
Pearce, Pattie Oee Hill were selected
'Bon. T. W. Beckttt, attorney-gen
eral, was made matter of ceremonies,
apd iir. J. M. Alleti was selected as
chfi^puHrshall.
Four floats were agreed upon and
yore to represent, the War of
18<K; second, Tenting Tonight; third,'
Wounded Soldier; fourth, Home
Scene. Following this will be the old
teldlers In line' led by a brasa band.
If you want to xrote in the
fQjgMBlGR
Thij means you.
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to Mextcan Waters
LA Rti K ST KlfiHTINti FOBCE SINCE
WAB WITH SPAIN.
President Wilson Demands That fed
eral Sulute Stars and Stripes asd
Secretary Daniel* Motifles Warships
to Mobilize.
Washington, April 14.?President
Wilson today ordered virtually tbe
entire Atlantic fleet to Mexican wa
ters to force a public salute to tlie
Stars and Stripes from the Huerta
government as an apology for the ar
rest of American marines at Tampico
last Thursday.
No ultimatum has been issued, that
Is, no specified time has been set with
in which the Huerta government must
comply, but the naval demonstration
has been ordered as a concrete evi
dence of the fixed determination of
the United States to back up Rear
Admiral Mayo's demand tor a salute
Up to tonight Gen. Huerta had not
made satisfactory response (p that
demand.
AH Bepetids oa nam la
JFHtur? development? depend oa
nw|< llHmlf," was. the waj s hlgb
admlnistiMbto official eloa* to the
President summarised the sitaalloa.
The decision to send the fleet wad
reached after the President and Sec
retray Bryan- had conferred for aa
hoar wRh John Lind, personal repre
sentative of the President in Mexico
and after a two-hour cabinet meet
ing, during which despatches from ]
Charge 0*Shaughneasy revealed thai
[ the Huerta government disputed the
right of American marines to be
ashore at Tampico, and contended
that its recent public statement of
apology was ample.
Immediately after the cabinet
meeting adjourned Secretary Daniels
issued his order to the Atlantic fleet,
and wireless message flashed up
and down the Atlantic coast to put
the fleet under steam for Tampico.
? -Great Fighting Force. " J
It will be the largest fighting force
the American government has as
sembled for possible action' since the
Spanish-American war. Eleven great
battleships with auxiliaries carrying
in all about 15,000 men will com
prise the force off Tampico. Every
where, at the White House the State
Department and the Navy Depart
ment, the hope was expressed that
the dispatch of the fleet would no.t
lead to serious consequences, and
there was a confident prediction
among administration officials that
Ggn. Huerta would satisfy the Ameri
can demand and close the incident.
Officials were careful to point out'
that negotiations with the Huerta
feovernment had not ended, and that
the way was still open to Gen. Huerta
to make amends.
Admiral Badger fiets Instructions.
- Meanwhile the Navy Department
sent complete Instructions to Rear
Admiral -Badger, commander-in-chief
battleship Arkansas at Hampton
Roads. Rear Admiral Flake, Chief
of the Bureauf of Operation, left here
tor the Roads tonight to oersonalloi.
, etnlsln lo -Adinlrm badger the dip
lomatic side of the situation and dis
patches froth Rear Admiral Mayo. In
dicating tho exact ships which will
accompany Admiral Badger, the Naw
Department Issued the following
The Ships Tliat Will Oo.
"Admiral Badg.er will take with him
the battleships Arkansas, Louisiana.
New Hampshire. Michigan, Vermont.'
New Jersey, and South?Carolina,
which last ship has been intercepted
on her wy from Haiti to Hampton
Roads. _j
"The gunboat Tacoma now at Boa
ton, yass., also has been ordered to
Tampico by way of 'Newport, R. I.,
and will start today or tomorrow.
"The gunboat Nashville, now at
Monte Christ!, San Domingo, has been
ordered to Guantanamo to coal, anil
thence to Tampico.
glnia, and Georgia are now docking;
11 has not been .decided yet whether
they will join Admiral Badger's
forces.
"Tbe transport Hancock w|Il leave
(New Orleans for Tampico today with
? the fiftt regiment of the expeditionary
foroe of marines."
The foregotag ships are in addition
.to the Utah, Connecticut, Minnesota,
Dea Moines, Chester, Doiphla, and
"Baa Francisco at Tamp loo, and the
Florida an* Prairie, at Tera Orw.
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The torpedo beat flotilla at Pen
sacola. Florida, lias been ordered to
stand by for- orders.
While the Navy moved on. the At
lantic coast, Secretary Daniels to
night was giving his aUentlon to the
situation In the Pacific. Most of the
American war craft in the Pacific al
ready are in Mexican waters.
>?> Militant In \rmy.
While the navy was active there
was no army movement. Two expla
nations tor this were advanced?the
that the Constitutionalists, In
Northern Mexico, should
terpret the action, and the
t the United State* already
big fighting force within strlk
distance of Mexico. Twelve thou
troops are at Texas City, where
(our army transports are at anchor,
an? thousands of cavalry and infan
try axe spread along the border wbare
-tfcdy can be moved quickly.
High admlnstratlon officials 40
sot expect critical developments bat
t?cjr are prepared M any emergency
Secretary Bryan, wbo la HI, had in
tended t* leave toaigfct for
<T1** He -canoelled hia
tod annonnoed that he would
Washington Indefinitely. Baa.
?ctiag chairman of the Senata fete
relation* committee eqelawW with
Mr? Bryan and called at the . yhlte
ffotuie.aa well. He said that at tha
rregalar meeting of tha committee to
morrow be woald transmit all the In
formation he bad obtained today.
Arrest af the lfsilnia
The status of the case as summed
?P *7 Cabinet officers and other of
ficials was described as. follows:
"Assistant Paymaster. Charles C.
Copp and a boat load of marines land
ed at Tamplco last Thursday to obfaln
supplies. They were arrested, but la
tar discharged. In accordance with
regulations in all navies of the world.
Bear Admiral Mayo on considering
thai an unwarranted arrest had been
made,- and that the uniform of the
American navy had been disregarded,
demanded reparation In the form of a
salute of twenty-one guns.
"The Amerlran flag, while not fatt
en ashore, was flying at the stern of
the whale, boat and all the marines
I were In uniform. Rear Admiral Mayo
I allowed the Huerta commander until
J 6 o'clock that evening to fire a salute
j but later extended the time to afford
the local commander an opportunity
to communicate with his superior of
ficers In Mexico City.
Nothing Short of "Salute.
"A statement of apology waa issued
in Mexico City by General Huerta,
and the officer who arrested the ma
rines was ordered punished. This,
does not satisfy' the United. States
tiQvernment and the salute was in
sisted on. General Huerta himself at
no time agreed to comply, but an un
der-secretary In the Mexican foreign
office did Inquire <if.Charge O'Shaugh
nessy If a salute fired to the gunboat
Dolphin and responded tu?by?the"
American ship would be acceptable.
This was emphatically rejected by the
United States and word was sent tUat
iiutlilug gllBri of a-public salute to the
American flag would be satisfactory."
Prompt Action Necessary.
This was the situation laid before
the Cabinet^ today by the President.
Some administration officials were in
clined to wait for more facts, and do
nothing' until an Investgatlrfa had
been Completed. Others suggested
thait Huerta woufd evade the issue
and delay, and that prompt and vigor
ous action was necessdry.
Iilnd Counseled Move.
John Llnd, It Is understood In his
Conference t with the President and
Secretary Bry?n, had counseled a
forceful move. For two hocri the
Cabinet discussed the pros an<l cons
and the possible C0Hge<}U4ilC63 5T
drastic action, and the plan of send
ing the fleet as a warning to Huerta
of the lengths to which the Washing
ton Government waa prepared to go
to enforce Its policy, was unanimous
ly adapted. There waa no previous
Intimation that the naval demonstra
tion would be ordered, but that as
w?ll. aa other moves had been dls
cusafld an many aa occasion In the
Mat,.Cabinet officers and others were
insistent that no change In the gen
eral policy toward Mexico waa immi
nent tint so far as possible, the
factions would be left to. fight their
battles us hampered by American ln
terfaffnoe. Officials declared with
??DfcMi* t&MrMXher phaaes of th?
Mexican situation beyond the affront
V tm'ttts at Tampico Ware Involved
la the 41a patch of tne fleet, though
officials admitted the strategic value
of having so big a fighting force Id
proximity to a. country In which
emergencies might arise at any time.
Act Instead of Talk.
No direct statement of explanation |
of the developments of today was I
Issued either by the White House or I
thy State Departmenti the announce
ments from the Navy Department of
naval orders alone furnishing the key
to the situation
"Action, not words," was the way
the Cabinet officers described the an
swer of the United States to Huerta's
unwillingness to (Jre a salute when
demanded by the American Govern
ment. ,
Incidentally a copy of the naval or
ders issued by Secretary Daniels fa
understood to have heen transmitted
to Charge O'Shaughnessy so that the
Huerta government might be inform
ed of the course which the Uunited
States had adopted. It was said that
there was no necessity" of informing
other. foreign governments unless a
state of blockade was declared.
Congress Applauds Act lea.
News of (be dispatch tjt the fleet to
Mexican Vatern Was received in Con
greea with general satistabtlon. ? In
tMi House, RepreaentaUt^'^Murdock,
at Kansas, publicly proclaimed the
'm&tn of Secretary Daniels' order, and
tt*N was a wild demonstration of ap
proval. No public announcement
in the Senate, hot the news
quickly spread.
Tomorrow the eltuation will occupy
the attention of the Senate foreign re
lations committee. Members of the j
House foreign affairs committee to
day also manifested keen interest In
developments and Representative
Flood, chairman, conferred with his
colleagues about preparation for any
emergency that might arise. Beyond
asserting tha tthe situation seemed to
be a serious one, Acting Chalrman*
Shlvely, of the Senate foreign rela
tions committee, made no comment.
Many Senators and Representatives
expressed themselves In sympathy
with the action of the administration
In ordering more ships to Tamplio,
but declined to be quoted ia view ol
the uncertainty as to what migji;
eyentuate. r" ' <t
Keporters (Jo With Fleet.
The dispatch of the fleet created
only mild excitement in the National
Capital generally. Newspaper or
dered their .representatives to Hamp
ton Roads, and tonight the Navy -de
partment had granted permissionfto
twenty reporters and photographers
to accompany the fl?et on Its cruise.
It will be fully a week before the
Atlantic fleet Is assembled at Tam
pico, though the ships are expected to
be steaming away tomorrow. Rear
Admiral Badger will rank both Rear
Admiral Fletcher ana Rear Admiral
Mayo and will take complete charge
of the situation.
Hnertu Has Week's Grace.
While the ships are under way,
Gen. Huerta will have about a week
in which to answer tne American de
expected to come if G^p. Huerta de
clines to yield by the time the At
'"itl" "i"*1111 Hillllllil umi m il
ing steps were being discussed ampng
naval officers today, and those fa
miliar with precedent said there was
no -exact parrellel In international
law.
It was pointed out by some that the
United States might land marines and
seize Tamplco, to aobtaln satisfaction
for the incident, but this raised the
queslon of whether of not an act.of
war would be involved. Tile "Wash
irfgton administration nas pronounced
itself on the subject of landing ma
rines or marching armsd forces into
Mexico, as regarding such acts in the.
nature of war unless permission Is
given by the government in control
bf the territory Invaded.
Marine* May Be Landed. -
Inasmuch as' no government Is rec
ognized in Mexico, but_a state of an
archy exists, the American govern
ment may establish its own prece
dent in the case. It is not consider
ed likely that, if marines actually
were landed and the American flag
taken ashore in satisfaction for the
affront occasioned by the arrest of
the marines and further measures
would be insisted on. Some officers
pointed out that the Huerta com
mander might not resist the landtag
of American marines inasmuch aa h?
ta hemmed in on land by the Consti
tutionalist force*. Should he
(Contlnaedto Pace Eight >
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WINS CASK TO BE VtLEASZD OR
HABEAS CORPUS. ? , "
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M tar o! Liberty Brighter for Harry
Thaw?Court Hold? That Petition
>er*s Actions Hare Convinced It.
Concord, Apiftl 14.?Harry Thaw's
petition for, a Writ of habeas corpus
was granted by Judge Aldrich of the
United Stated, district court here to
day. The court said, nowever, that no
order would be issued for Thaw's
discharge from custody until arrange
ments had been completed to takei the
case to the United States supreme
ecourt on appeal. ,
Thaw's petition for ? admission to
ball, the court left undetermined,
tailing the ground that it would be
more appropriate for this to be pass
ed upon by the. supreme court. The
result of thed ceision is that Thaw's
guardianship condition will be un
changed for the present, but that his
petition tor writ of habeas corpus
will go to the highest court In the
land with the decision of the lower
court In his favor.
The decision Sled with ^ the clerk
of the court here makes more than
10,000 Words and dMcnisn. exhaust- .
ireiy the rations'phases ?( the earn
at present in the United States court,
concluding:'
"My conclusion is that the consti
tutional right of extradition for
crime doe* hot reasonably apply to
such a Situation as this, where tfca
right of control by the demanding
state resides In the degree of cus
tody based in the degree of cus
tody based on insanity and where
Its papers upon their face present the
negative side of personal or crimi
nal responsibility. ft is further
thought that It would involve forced
or fictional reasoning to make a fight
.of the character of- one In question,
the kind of a fight contemplated by
the constitution as a basis for extra
dition."-^
The court says that thewreport .of
the commission supplemeiKed by his
owjf observation at several hearings
satisfied him that any supposed dan
ger to the community through
Thaw's liberty was so remote as not
to warrant Jiis being deprived of ball
upon that ground. "I am not at all
certain that I am not denying a plain
right and doing the prisoner an In
justice by leaving .this question un
decded."
Putt lift? in New Fixtures. - '
Tlie Hill Live Stock^Co. have re
ceived and are putting in place the
new furniture and fixtures for their
store on Slain Street. This com
prises showcase counters, clothing
cases, etc., and when completed will
be one of the prettiest and most hand
some places of business of its kind
in the State. Mr. K. P. Hill, its pru
dent, is ahustler and has a store tnat
will always be a monument to his
energy and progresslvonesST
Ejister Picnic.
The young folks of the town had a
-?ery enjoyable picnic at Mt. Misery
The crowd left on wagons and
gies from Miss Lynn Hall's about
11 a. m. Fisfllng was the chief amuse
ment and Mr. Elliott Egerton broke
the record with a ten pound catch.
A number of interesting pictures
were taken tut the crowning event
was the big picnic dinner.
After dinner a le'tter wn?,.written,
placed iu?a bottle and sent down-?
stream.. The letter was glgned hr
each member present witlj^a request
for post cards from the receiver.
Those attending we're, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Ricks as chaperons. Dr. and Mrs.
D. TT Smlthwick. Misses Lynn Hall,
Julia Barrow, Margaret Hicks, Susie
Meadows, Grace Hall, Sadie -Weaar
ante, Ethed Early, Ina Harris, Lonnle
Meadows, Sallle Taylor, Mary Stuart
Egerton, Sallle Louise Macon, Mattie
Alien, Alia Allen, Una Mae Hayes,
Mamie Jones, Helen Smlthwick, Beau
lali Tucker, and Messrs. Henry Paa
chall, J. D. Lee, William Barrow, Will
Collie, William Neal, William Btckett,
Tom Ruffin, William Ruffln, George
Walker, Elliott Egerton, Daniel Pt>u
Smlthwick, Sam Turner and Mr. Cobb
Burned by Lightening.
-Mr. Dob Wright, of Dunns town
ship lost h la stables on Wednesday
by lire caused from lightening. At
tbs Mae time hla pair of moj**
were killed by tb? strok*. --- ...
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