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VOL: XXXV.
PITTSBORCX CHATHAM QOUNTY, N. C, APRIL 2, 1913.
NO. 34.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest From All
Parts of World.
Southern.
Every Southern state and practical
ly every Southern city will help At
lanta make the Metropolitan opera
season in the South a big success this
year. The return of Caruso, the com
ing of Toseanini, the presentation
of the new opera "Cyrano," are all
causes contributing to the intense ar
tistic interest of the occasion, and
season reservations are being made
from many cities.
A committee of the Mobile, Ala.,
chamber of commerce and business
league raised among the merchants
of Mobile $1,800 for the sufferers of
Lower Peachtree who survived the
storm. In addition to this dry goods,
groceries and drugs were supplies.
One druggist sent $400 worth of med
icine. The chamber of commerce
wired $500 to Lower Peachtree. The
town of Camden, in the same county
as Lower Peachtree, has sent $300 for
relief.
More than one hundred persons are
reported killed and hundreds were in
jured, some mortally, by a storm of
tornado intensity which raged over
central western, southern and parts
of the eastern states. Property, dam-;
age will run well into the millions
Definite advices account for at least
seventy persons dead, with reports
from points temporarily cut off from
wire communication by the storm add
ing to the list. Reports from Alaba
ma show that the loss of life was
heaviest in that sixty, being placed at
sixty, with additional fatalities report
ed but not confirmed.
General
For the first time since the dias
trous tornado of Easter Sunday, the
people of Omaha, Neb., began to count
the cost in lives and dollars. When
a resume was made it was apparent
ly more appalling than those who had
studied the result were willing to ad
mit. Not less than 200 lives were
snuffed out within the vicinity of the
city proper, and not less than fifty
persons in surrounding towns lost
their lives.
The big state reservoir south of
Akron, Ohio, has broken. Men on
horseback spread the warning. Resi
dents of the nearby section are flee
ing for their lives.
Springfield, Ohio, Is in the midst of
the worst flood in its .history.. The
lowlands are under water. Several
hundred houses in the eastern section
of the city have been flooded. Many
factories have been compelled to
close.
A terrific cloudburst at Middletown,
Ohio, practically marooned Middle
town. Railway and in terurban tracks
are under water. A portion of the
state dam in the great Miami river
washed away. It was reported that a
wall of water, six feet high, was on
its way to Middletown from Dayton.
Two hundred houses were submerg
ed in Middletown.
Ten solid miles of Pullman and oth
er trains, including an eighteen-hour
Chicago to New York train on the
Pennsylvania railroad, extended from
here to LaFayette, held up -by a wash
out at Middle Point.
Twelve persons are known to have
been drowned, while it is believed
over a score more ' are dead at Ham-.
ilton, Ohio, as a result of the flood
of the Miami river . that swept Ham
ilton from one end to the other.
Fully 25,000 workmen employed in
various industries of , Youngstown,
Ohio, are temporarily thrown out oi
employment as' a result of the flood.
It was reported that a Pennsylva
nia wrecking train on its way to Wesi
Liberty, Ohio, to clear up the Penn
sylvania passenger train wreck there,
vent through bridge ..o. 91 near Ur
bana, Ohio. ' '
In response to a tender of assist
ance to flood sufferers, Governor Cos
of Ohio telegraphed the American Red
Cross that the condition in the flood
area seemed to be critical and thai
aid would be welcome.. The Red
Cross at once instructed two of its
agents to proceed to Dayton and pro
vide sach doctors, nurses and medical
supplies as the situation demanded..
The British steamship' Dehbigshire,
bund from London for Bahia Blah'
ca, Argentine republic, went ashore
ff Cape Roca, in a gale, and is lying
jn a perilous position. A lifeboat oi
'ihe ship arrived at Cascades with word
of the accident and help was sent.
Tennessee's biennial bolt of legis
lators is due to take place. Enough
members of the general assembly to
irum are expected to leava
vithin the next 48 hours
pending legislation.
rey and Sam Langford
enty-round draw. In their
eeting Langford jvon.
:e passengers of the steam
j of the Norway-Mexico Gulf
rescuer! at kp 1 89r milac
tnbrose channel, while the
was drifting helplessly,
t all her propeller blades.
MAN
The English house of commons
was astonished when informed by
Francis Dyke Ackland, parliamentary
under ' secretary for foreign affairs,
that the British government had been
left to glean from the newspapers
its only knowledge of the change in
the American government's attitude
toward, the Chinese loan. Mr. Acland
said that as late as March, the Amer
ican minister at Pekin, acting on the
instructions of his government, joined
the ministers of other powers in pre
senting to China proposals regarding
the loan. The government has since
no intimation from the United States.
The New York City police authori
ties are jubilantover the arrest vof
eleven men, who; they declare , aVe
members of the band of taxicab rob
bers which has been working success
fully for a long time.
One hundred and fourteen warrants
for thirty-one alleged members of the
"arson ring" were issued in Chicago
at the instance of Assistant State's
Attorney Johnston.
Karl Hooper, who came over from
Amsterdam, Holland, some time ago,
has sailed for home after a decided
ly unpleasant experience in New York.
He wanted to get rich quick and
bought the Brooklyn bridge for $500,
and then became engaged to an' heir
ess who "stung" him for $250. Karl
decided then to return to Amsterdam.
Washington
"If our worst fears are confirmed,
it will be necessary to call on the
outside world for tents and supplies
in order to' make provision for the
worst calamity that has ever befallen
this state.," Gov. James M. Cox of
Ohio telegraphed a New York paper.
At the suggestion of the governor a
bill has been drawn and is to be pre
sented to the legislature appropriat
ing $250,000 for relief of the flood
sufferers of Ohio.
Uncle Sam's activities as an ex
pressman for hire will be largely in
creased after July 1. Already the use
whic hthe public is making of the
new parcel post service has surpass
ed all expectations. During February
50,000,000 parcels were handled, an
increase of 25 per "cent, over the pre
vious month.
William F.McCombs, chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
has issued a statement announcing
his declination to become ambassador
to France.
Eighty ships, mainly small craft,
were sunk off Hamburg, Germany, in
a southwesterly hurricane. Twelve
deaths have been reported, and it is
thought that the death list may yet
reach fifty persons.
The United States census bureau
has issued the annual cotton report.
The final estimate of the cotton crop
of 1912 is 14,076,430 bales. The crop
for 1911 was 16,109,349 bales, and for
1910 it was 11,965,862 bales. Express
ed in 500-pound bales, the 1912 crop
is 14,295,500 bales as compared with
16,250,276 bales for 1911 and ,12,005,
688 for 1910. Cotton not yet ginned
is included In the total estimate, and
is placed by ginners and delinters at
129,172 bales.
The greatest count of money -and
securities in the history of the world
will begin at the treasury department
on April 1, when John Burke, the for
mer governor of North Dakota, takes
the oath of office as treasurer of the
Unild States, succeeding Carml A.
Thompson. To safeguard the nation's
wealth, Uncle Sam requires that the
retiring treasurer's record of the
transfer of funds be verified by a
count of the notes, coin and securi
ties in the treasury.
Official announcement 'has been
made at the white house that former
President Eliot of Harvard has de
clined President Wilson's offer to ,be
ambassador .to Great Britain. Mr.
Eliot wired his thanks, but said he
thought he could be of greater service
to the country at home. So far the
president has selected no one for
London. It is understood, however,
that before the end of the week he
will make choice as to that post and
other important embassies.
Postmaster General Burleson has
defeated the plans . of a former post
office department official, who, then
leaving the service recently, took
with him official information relating
to the bonding of the postmaster here
tofore helrj to be private, expecting to
realize upon it financially. There is
no law under which the former offi
cial can be punished. The postmas
ter general issued orders that will
place all bonding companies on the
same level with respect to this infor
mation. A tornado forming near Greenwood,
Neb., swept over the eastern part of
the state, resulting in 'the death of at
least twenty persons, while ten oi
more are missing, and over a hun
dred are injured. Mayor Dahlman oi
Omaha has asked the governor to call
out the militia to prevent looting. Half
of Omaha was swept by the tornado,
according to information gained so
far. All railroad and commercial tel
egraph lines into Omaha are out of
commission. Berlin, a small town
near Omaha, damaged by the storm,
caught fire.
Despite every effort to make it ap
pear that the president and the mem
bers of the new ways and means
committee ot the house . are working
in accord, the cold, unvarnished fact
is that the tariff harmony' plan so
carefully wrought out has already
gone to smash. Democratic senators
have protested to the president that
the tariff that will be submitted to
the house caucus on April 5, is noth
ing short, of a "protection grab." Mr.
Underwood has issued a. statement
that reports concerning the work
done by committee are based on
scant information
PRESENT FREIGHT
RATE PETITION
MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTU
RERS ASK CORPORATION
COMMISSION TO ACT.
SIGNED BY 75 SHIPPERS
Are Not Only Asking For Relief as
To Future Shipments But Also For
Rebates on Overcharges in The,
Past.
Raleigh. A petition by 75 big ship
pers of central and western Carolina
is filed with the coporation commis
sion that involves many thousands of
dollars of the freight revenue of the
Southern Railway Company, especial
ly from the Murphy and Old Fort di
visions on which the Southern has al
ways been allowed to charge a higher
divisional freight rate than the nor
mal intra-state rates for other divi
sions. The charge is thdt the Southern has
been applying the higher divisional
rate to all freight that comes from
other divisions and passes over any
part of the Murphy, Old Fort and
Asheville divisions. The contention
of the petitioners is that under s
strict interpretation of the order al
lowing the higher rates on the divi
sions specified because of greater
expense of construction, maintenance
and operation, there could only be the
application of the higher rate tc
shipments entirely within the higher
rate divisions.
The petitioners are asking not only
for relief as to future shipments, but
also for rebates on overcharges In the
past. These rebates would amount tc
considerably over $1,000 for ope 0
the 75 petitioners and many other?
can be made parties to the proceed
ings. Rebates involved alone may
reach more than $100,000. Attorney
of Washington have worked up the
case and represent the 75 shippers
They are Wade H. Ellis, A. E. Lockie
and Lockie, Cox & Krats; Ellis S
Donaldson and J. A. Krats, Jr.
. i
English Surrenders to Sheriff. -
Lert English, who recently sho4
and fatally wounded John Arm
strong at Archdale, surrendered tc
the sheriff of Davidson county. Posse?
had been on his trail since the shoot
ing when English called Armstrong
from a group of friends and opened
fire. Armstrong died shortly aftei
English surrendered. English is r
professional dog trainer and hunter
and it is said the shooting followed a
recent disagreement with Armstrong
about hunting privileges. The victim
is a native of England, but for sev
eral years has managed the hunting
lodge and preserves of George Gould
in this country.
Fish Laws Being Observed.
Fish Commissioner J. H. LeRoy har
just returned from Elizabeth City
from a cruise in the down-sound coun
try, where he had been inspecting the
fishing to see if the fish law was beinr
obeyed. The fish laws are being ob
served better this year than ever be
fore, so he stated, but three were found
quite a number of fishermen whe
were setting their nets out of thr
boundary. Their nets were removed
from the water and confiscated.
Preparing For Convention.
Salisbury Is making preparations
to entertain the Tri State Convention
of United Commercial Travelers in
June. The convention will be one of
the largest ever held in the State and
ample provisions are in making to
give the visitors full charge of the
city. And invitations are being sent C.
T. Daniels, Supreme Secretary and
treasurer of the Grand Council, to at
tend the meeting there.
Raleigh. Judge Frank Carter'?
charge to the grand jury recently a?
he opened Wake county court for a
term' of two weeks was more an ap
peal to the heart of the community
than a suggestion as to how trie body
should proceed to be regular.
MeckFenburg Commissioners Meet.
The board of county commissioner'
met in special session to take prelim
inary steJps toward the issuing of
$325,000 in bonds for use in the coun
ty and for considering other county
affairs. Owing to' the inability o
Commissioner W. B. Bradford to reach
the city before noon, the business rel
ative to" the bond issue was deferred
until the afternoon session. The mem
bers of the board present," however ,
took the opportunity to talk over ir
an informal way several matters o
policy relatfve to county affairs.
Caldwell County Commencement.
The county superintendent " of. pub
lie instruction, Prof. Y. D. Moore, has
arranged to have a" Caldwell county
commencement in Lenoir April 4. Al)
the schools of the county will be rep
resented and will take part in the ex
ercises. Many . prizes have been
awarded for those who excel in the
different feats undertaken. The
speaker of the day willbe Dr. J. Y.
Joyner. To each pupil who can pass
a satisf astory examination will be
awarded a. diploma by the board of
education. . t
ATHLETES TO HAVE MEET
First Annual State Championship In
terscholastic Track and Field
Meet at Chapel Hill.
Chapel. Hill. Engaging" the atten
tion of the high school pupils of the
sate and' of particular interest to
budding young athletes In all of the
schools for the next three weeks Js
the first annual state championship
interscholastic track and field ' meet
at Chapel Hill on April 11th. Defi
nite plans have been outlined by the
greater council of the university, the
Athletic Association and the alumni
of the institution for the gathering to
gether of the young athletes from all
sections of the state on"1 the above
mentioned date. Entry blanks and
letters of information bearing on the
meet have been mailed the principals
of the high schools and preparatory
schools of the state Inviting their en
listment in this, the first- athletic
meet of statewide significance and
scope to high school lads.
The puport of the meet is to add
stimulus to the training of young
athletes in North Carolina and give
additional stress to the importance of
the development of the physicque of
the future citizens of the state:
The events will be 10 in number:
100 yds. dash, 220 yd. run, 880 yd. run,
mile; 120 yd. low hurdle, high jump,
broad jump, pole vault, 12-pound shot
put, 12-pound hammer throw.
Individual as well as school prizes
will be awarded for the best exhibi
cions in this meet. The state champ
ionship will be decided in an open
relay race, And the team winning will
be awarded an engraved cup. The
visiting athletes during their sojourn
in Chapel Hill will be entertained by
ihe Greater University Council.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
. A charter is issued for the Thrift.
Manufacturing Company, Charlotte,
-apital $500,000 authorized, and $3,000
subscribed by T. C. Guthrie, C. W.
Tillett, Jr., and T. C. Guthrie, Jr., for
operating cotton mills in or near Char
"otte. Another charter is' for the St.
Paul's Light & Power Co., St. Paul's,
iobesoa county, capital $50,000 auth
orized, and $1,500 subscribed by Ople
Odom and others. The Durham Bifg
y Company increases its capital to
$160,000, S. W. Minor is president of
Lhe corporation. There is a charter
"or the Hanna's Creek Mining Com
pany, Randolph cojunt, capital $50,000
authorized, and $2,600 subscribed by
H. -H. Green and others.
Struck By A. C. ! Train.
Two white men were struck by the
V. C. L. train that runs between Golds
soro and Smithfield. The acccident
ccurred at a point on the main line
about one mile south of the union pas
senger station. One of the men,
'ames Moring, from Greene County,
was killed instantly; the other, Char
ie Deans, a farmer living a short dis
ance from Goldsboro, was, only
lightly injured and was carried to the
Goldsboro Hospital for. treatment.
Moring's body was taken in charge by
fhe coroner, but it was later decided
hat an inquest was unnecessary.
Wife Murderer Surrenders.
Walter Shelton, who shot and killed
his wife at the home of , her prother,
Thomas Black, at Reidsville -recently,
?ave himself up to the authorities. His
brother, John Shelton, who had help
id him to escape was arrested by off
icers, who thought he was intending
o leave the city. The first qustion
asked by Shelton when he came back
o town was if his wife were dead
Being told that such was the case, he
said that he killed her through love
:or her, and neither he nor she was
to blame for their separation, which
took place esveral months ago.
Captures Quantity of Beer.
Sheriff Honeycutt, of Cabarrus coun
ty, captaured fifteen barrels of bee?
lear Mount Pleasant, together with
two good teams driven by C. O. Earn
'iardt and H. A. Goodman who were
;ited to trail before Squire Pitts in
"Concord. The officers had "wind" of
he fact that the beer was being haul
ed and set out at once for the capture
of the operators who were easily
;aught.
Lincoln County Commencement.
The greatest affair of its kind ever
staged in this county was the County
Commencement. The commencement
was to take place the 14th, but was
postponed because of the bad weather,
bounty Superintendent Heafner an
nounced that regardless of the weath
3r the contests would be held. , Again
the weather was unfavorable, but sev
eral thousand school children were
present regardless of bad roads. State
Superintendent Joyner, who was pres
ent on the previous Friday, was pres
ent again. .
Wiley Black Again in Trouble.
Wiley P. Black, who has appeared
in the courts at Asheville on several
occasions charged with various of
fenses and who recently served a sen
tence on the county roads, was sen
tenced to a term of two years on the
chaingang. The defendant gave no
tice of an appeal to the - Supreme
Court and bond " was , named in the
sum of $4,000. Black, it was charged
had received large shipments of whis
key through the Biltmore office and i'
was alleged that he moved the intox
icants from that place to Asheville.
NOT HURT
WESTERN CAROLINA GROWERS
ARE LOOKING FOR BANNER
CROP THIS YEAR.
ESCAPE INJURY FROM COLD
Apple Raising Has Become The Big
gest Source of Revenue Which the
Farmers of This Section of the
State Have.
Canton, The fruit growers of Hay
wood county and western North Caro
lina are highly elated over the pros
pects for a banner crop in apples and
peaches this year, since the fruit trees
have escaped injury in the annual
Easter cold snap. Within the past
week this section has been visited by
the coldest weather since Christmas,
but those who are in a position to
know, state that none of the apple or
other fruit trees have been injured
and it is thought that the industry is
safe from danger.
Owing to the co-operation of the
state and national departments of Ag
riculture and the land and industrial
department of the Southern Railway
with the fruit growers of this section,
the apple raising and shipping busi
ness has grown to be probably the lar
gest source of revenue which the far
mers of this section hace. Last year
an organization was formed whereby
the shippers of apples adopted a uni
form grading and shipping standard.
It is estimated that over a million
barrels of high-grade apples were
sent from western North Carolina to
Northern and Eastern markets last
fall. Boosters of this section -will be
pleased to learn of the fact that the
crop of 1913 has not suffered from
freezing or frost.
Will Enforce Mad Dog Laws.
Greensboro. Dr. W. M. Jones,
county health officer, has ordained
that the laws of North Carolina re
garding mad dogs shall be enforced
in Guilford county. He says that in
the county numbers of mad animals
have been allowed to go at large
while others have been chained. This
is in violation of the law and strict
orders have been given the county of
ficers to slay all dogs known to' be
afflicted with the rabies and any ani
mals that they may have bitten. Dr.
Jones takes the position that per
sons and innocent children shall be
protected insofar as - possible in Guil
ford and that the life of a dog must
not stand in the way of protection to
uman beings.
Forest Men Hold Meeting.
Asheville. The directors of the
American Foresty Association which
is composed of 10,000 members in
every state of the union, every prov
ince of Canada and every civilized
country on the globe, recently held
their spring meeting at this city. The
visitors went over the famous forests
of George W. Vanderbilt, at Biltmore,
and then left for Pisgah Forest, where
they went over his mountain timber
ed lands. A public meeting was held
at which a number of matters of na
tional importance were discussed. -
Creamery Industry in Catawba.
Newton. G. W. Humphries, one
of the Southern Railway!s assistant
dairy secretaries, was in the county
recently co-operating with the coun
ty commissioner of agriculture, H. K.
Foster, in the promotion of the cream
ery industry in the county. A new
cream route has been established
In the southern part of the county
and an effort is being made to inter
est the farmers along the route in
keeping more cows and furnishing
cream to the Hickory creamery.
Officers on a Salary Basis.
Salisbury. -Rowan officials accord
ing to an act of the recent legislature
go on a salary basis the first of De
cember, 1914. The salaries are to be
fixed by the county commissioners
and to enable them to arrive at a just
figure each official affected will be
required to keep a record of all fees
coming into his hands for a year, be
ginning the first of next December,,
Convicts to Build Highway. v
Raleigh. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
State Geologist, finds, that the recent
Legislature made provision for the
construction by convict labor under the
supervision of his department of the
important section of the Central High
way in the Mars Hill section. The
state Is to furnish not less than 25
convicts by June 1, and the State Geo
logical Board is to lay out the road
and direct the construction. The sec
tion of road to be ( constructed' is in
Madison county, from Mars Hill to
the Tennessee line. . '
Attends Three Commencements.
Raleigh. Dr. J. Y. Joyner, state. su
perintendent of pubile instruction, at
tended three commencement seasons
for public schools participated in by
entire counties, this practice of coun
ty commencements becoming more
popular all the time. The commence
ments were Lincolnton, Monroe and
Yadkinville. There were thousands
of children at each of these and the
exercises were most creditable. There
were over three thousand school chil
dren in line at 'Monroe.
FRUIT S
FROM THE TAR HEEL STATE
Latest News of General Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties.
Winston-Salem.--Charged with bur
glary with intent to commit a felony,
Walter Spears, a yoilftg man and a
member of one of this county's best
families, is in jail awaiting next term
of court,
Dunn. Congressman Godwin is
having a busy time entertaining the
"delegates from different parts of the
district. The postofiices at Fayette
ville and Wilmington seem to be
causing the most trouble.
Raleigh. R. L. Hayes and W. R.,
Vaughan, of Vaughan, appeared be-'
fore a the corporation commission re
cently . and filed the approved rates
for a new passenger train to be oper
ated betw.een Vaughans and Wood's
store, a distance of20 miles. '
Spencer. Three cars of, a south
bound freight train were derailed at
Lexington recently. Both tracks of
the main line on the Southern railway
were blocked for several hours, and
traffic in : all directions delayed. A
wrecking crew was called from the
Danville division to clear the track.
Winston-Salem. John Sanders a ne
gro, was given a preliminary hearing
in the municipal court here recently
on the charge of murder of John Dula,
also a negro, on the night of March 8.
Probable cause having been found, he
was committed to jail without bail to
await the next criminal term of the
superior court. : '.
Asheville. At the meeting of the
Democratic municipal committee, April
15 was named ias the date of the pri
mary for the nomination of a mayor,
four aldermen, a city tax collector
and a city treasurer. The" chairman
of -the committee, 'Silas G. Bernard,,
was instructed to appoint the regis
trars and managers of the primary.
- King. Jesse Stephens, said to have
been under Che influen- e of liquor,
fell down an embankment several
days ago at Tuttle's school house, at
which place he -was attending an en
tertainment N and struck his head
against a large rock. He never regain
ed cbnsciousness and died soon after.
. Salisbury. Charged with stabbing
and shooting "John Cauble, a farmer
of Mimertown, Rowan county, J. R.
Stradler ,a neighbor, was given a
hearing in Rowan court recently and
paid over to , the county $60 In fines
and costs. Cauble was badly hurt
and his condition was precarious for a
time. .
Dunn. The coming municipal elec
tion promises to be a lively one, as
there- are several applications for the
mayor's toga, which has been worn
by O. Shell for the past year. Mr.
Shell is a candidate for re-election. So
far Capt. J. L. Hines and George P.
McKay have announced themselves in
opposition.
Raleigh. Dr. H. L. Sloan of Clin
ton is added to the fighting forces of
T)r. John A. Ferrell in the hookworm
campaign in this state. He came from
Philadelphia, where he has been serv
ing as hospital interne. He is a Uni
versity of North Carolina 'graduate,
and finished hi3 medical course at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Durham. The condition of Roy
Wilkerson, shot by Joe Jackson, of
Dunn, has been such that the trial of
Jackson and his abettors has not been
called. Wilkerson is in the hospital,
and has been getting along very well.
It is thought that he will recover and
that the only charge against . , the
yo,-,ig men will be assault with intent
to 11.
Greensboro. It has been formally
determined by the Greensboro Mer
chants' Association and chamber of
commerce In joint session that Greens
boro shall have another leaf tobacco
warehouse. At the joint session of the
directors of the . two organizations
practically $18,000 necessary to ere-'t
a new warehouse was subscribed in
stock.
Newton. Ed Lane, a youngman of
North Newton had been to Asheville
and was beating a ride home on a
freight-when he fell under a train
near Marion and was badly mangled,
his leg crushed so that it will have
to be amputated and other injuries
sustained, that may prove fatal. He
was brought to Newton. Medical at
tention was 4given him in Marion .
Charlotte. Register between now
and April 15 if you desire to vote in
the chatrer election April 18; or In
the mayorality election early in May;
or in the four financial propositions
to be voted on in the aforesaid regular
municipal election.
Newton. Arrangements are being
made for the building of a warehouse
by the Farmers' Union of the county.
A meeting will be held In the court
house for the purpose of interesting
the farmers. W. B. Gibson, manager
of the warehouse system of Iredell
county will be , present and address
the meeting. ;
Statesville. It is learned from peo
ple who were on the train that Ticket
Collector Bird of the Southern Rail
way's auditing force was pulled from
passenger train No. 12 ' at Old Fori
and badly beaten by three men with
whom he had had a dispute about
tickets. ; ,.
Dun. The people of the county are
looking forward to April 11, on
which date the new school building
will be dedicated. Hon. T. W. Bick
ett will deliver the address of the oc
casion. . It is really a dedication ol
the large addition which has been
made to the building in the past year
BUS DEFYING
DEMIIOOE POWERS
ALLIES POSITIVELY REFUSE TO
MUZZLE GUNS UNTIL THE
TURKS ACCEPT TERMS.
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MONTENEGRO IS PROTESTING
The Entire Bulgarian Cabinet, With
King Ferdinand, Is Proceeding to'
Adrianople to Celebrate Continue
To Batter at The Tchatalga Lines.
London. Although the great pow
ers have.-commanded that the Balkan
war cease, the fighting continues. The
allies, taking- heart 'by success,-. . re
ceived the ultimatum politely, and're
plied tnat they agree with, 'these int
principle' but cannot accept all the
details. . . " '
The spectacle of the six great pow
ers working in harmony on the dread
ed Eastern question is matched by
the unusually strange spectacle of the
Balkan States defying them. Mean
while the concert of the powers re
mains as strong' only as Its weakest
link, and since Russia cannot be ex
pected to use her army and nary
against hfir Slav brethren to looser
their grip on the Turk, the proceed
ings have been ' reduced to a diplo
matic . debate.
The . allies have accepted the pow
ers' peace terms as "a basis of nego
tiations"' but .cling to their determV
nation to exact indemnity and refuse
to muzzle their guns until the Turks
accept their terms. Their experience
of the last armistice, they declaie,
was that Turkey used It merely, to
gain time.
The Bulgarian army, therefore,
continues to batter at the Echatalja
lines, and according to the last re
ports, stands just where it did wheni
the armistice was arranged on De
cember 3 last. It is entirely possible
that the allies may march into Con
stantinople before peace is signed.
The Montenegrins are protesting
against the powers' decision " to in-
elude Scutari in the new state of Al-
bania. Their argument is:
"Why should Europe deprive Mon
tenegro of a city necessary for its
prosperity, to create a new and artf
ficial state?"
The entire Bulgarian cabinet !
proceedmg to Adrianople with King.
Ferdinand and will celebrate te deum
in the ancient Turkish capital while
the gallant Shukri Pasha and his gen
erals are prisoners of war in Sofia.
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Dayton Conditions Improve.
Dayton, O. The city water works,
which have been out of commission
since Tuesday morning, were restored!
at noon Saturday, relieving what has
been one of the mo?' erious phases
of the situation here. George F. Bur
ba, secretary to Governor Cox, has
telegraphed the chief executive the
following: "The situation is rapidly
improving. Ninety bodies have been
recovered and the work of digging
corpses from the mud and debris is
progressing."
Flood Situation Becomes Graver.
CJncinnati, O. With nearly 15,000
persons in the towns on the Kentucky
side of the Ohio river driven from
their homes by the rising yellow tide,
that is sweeping down the Ohio Val
ley and with more than 3,500 homes
altogether or partly submerged, the
flood situation in this vicinity is as
suming greater proporitions hourly.
Here the water front buildings are all
partly under water and much damage
has been done. .
Confessed to Bomb Outrages.
New York. Harry J. Klotz, the city
clerk injured recently by the explo
sion of a bomb which he was building,
confessed on his deathbed, according
to the police, that he had constructed
and mailed the two bombs which re
sulted in the death of Grace Taylor
last year and Mrs.' Madeline Hurrera,
a few months ago, also . the bomb'
which exploded last March in the li
brary of Judge Otto Rosalsky.
Flood Threatened at Rcohseter.
Rochester, N. Y. With the Genessee
rushing into the city with a greater
volume of water than in 1865, the
time of the greatest flood in its his
tory, merchants are moving their
goods as rapidly as possible and es
tablishing temporary quarters. So far
there has been no loss of life but the
city engineers are paying close at
tention to the streets in the immedi
ate vicinity of the river for fear that
the foundations have been undermin
ed and a. posisbility that the curbs
may sink and the pavements give way.
Preparing For Flood at Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn. While consider
able alarm exists here over the prob
able effect of the anticipated high .
stage of water, local United, States- en.-
ineers say the levees around Mem
his wil hold a rise of 45' feetafit
more. Railroads ccentering in Mem
phis have begun preparations for a.
flood and will lefee their tracks whicb
run through the flooded sectibns of
Arkansas.. With a stage of 39.4 feet at
Helena, Ark.,.' the prediction is made
that fifty feet will be registered t
hat point In z week.