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VOL. XXXV.
PITTSBOnO, CHATHAM COUNTY, NG , JULY 2, 1913.
NO. 47.
IRIEF 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.
A..O. Blalock of Fayette was noil
inated by President Wilson as collec
torner of interl revenue of Georgia.
The nomination was later confirmed
by the senate.
Negotiations looking to a settlement
of the proposed New River coal field,
West Virginia, July 1, where 15,000
miners are employed, were called off
and the call for a general strike was
issued and mailed throughout the field
by the officials of the United Mine
Workers of America. Conferences had
been under way to prevent the strike.
An official call for a strike of miners
in the New River, W. Va., coal field
was issued from the Charleston head-;
quarters of the United Mine Workers
of America. Fifteen thousand men are
employed in that field. The strike or
der is effective July 1. Miners are
also expected to strike in the Cabin
Creek field, while conditions in the
Paint Creek district are very uncer
tain. A carload of war munitions, on its
way from New York, to the camp of
Venustiano Carranza, in northern Mex
ico, are held in Ne wOrleans pend
ing, decision by the United States de
partment of justice, whether to allow
it to proceed across the Mexican bor
der. The consignment, which includes
128 rapid fire guns, several hundred
cases of ammunition, and a quantity
of side arms, is said to be a part of
a large contribution of war munitions.
Judge G. B. Randolph, United
Statese revenue commissioner at An
niston, Ala., has returned from a trip
with the deputy revenue officers who
have been scouring this country for
alleged illicit distillers and retail li
quor dealers, this being the first time
in Judge Randolph's history that he
has taken an active part in the ap
prehension of offenders. Several stills
were destroyed in Calhoun county in
the raid participated in by Judge
Randolph.
J. H. Maxwell, Jr., the two-year-old
son of J. H. Maxwell of Belleview,
Fla., is alive and playing just as
usual, despite the fact that he had
as a playmate for several minutes a
ground rattlesnake, which he picked
up in the yard of his father's home.
The little fellow came running into
the house with the snake in his hands,
laughing in great glee at his find.
The snake was wriggling and at
tempting to strike him when his fa
ther seized and killed it.
A terrific hail storm swept over the
Macedonia section of Newton county,
Georgia, known as northern Newton.
John Camp, a prosperous farmer,
about 40 years old, was killed by light
ning. The hail did considerable dam
age to the corn and cotton crops,
which were already some three
weeks behind the season on account
of the cold weather.
General
That the stars and bars as well as
the stars and stripes will appear at
the big camp of veterans during the
anniversary celebration was indicated
by an announcement from the office
of the anniversary committee at Get
tysburg, Pa., that "there is nothing
to prevent the wearers of the gray
from bringing along their battleflags."
Two hundred tons of fuel on board
the steel tank steamer Mohawk, own
ed by the Standard Oil company, ex
ploded with a terrific roar and a burst
of flame in New York City while the
vessel was at anchor off Tompkins
ville, Staten Island, in New York bay,
killing five persons and injuring six
others. A dozen more are unaccount
ed for, but are believed to have been
rescued. Two bodies wree seen float
ing in the hold while the fire boats
l own uui lug on trcLUAis ui waici
into the "wrecked steamer.
Word has gone out to veterans of
both armies all over the country not
to take their tat'tered battle flags to
to Gettysburg for the celebration of
the fiftieth aniversary of the battle,
for they cannot be flown to the breeze
in the encampment. Every precaution
v. ill be taken to prevent the stirring
up of animosities and feeling on the
part of the old soldiers, and , this is
one of the precautions considered
necessary.
To his visitors President Wilson has
made it clear that he will not consider
the name of former Gov. John A. Dix
of New York for the office of govern
or of the Philippines or for any other
Post.
At Memphis, Tenn., nine oi a party
f fourteen United States engineers
and other government employees were
drowned near New Madrid, when the
United States survey boat Beaver,
which the party was aboard, capsized
during a windstorm.
The senate has confirmed the nom
inations of Cato D. Glover as registrar
ol the land office.
The whipping of 10-year-old Marvin
Willford. by W. F. Arimor, farm over
seer, at the Georgia Industrial Home,
ill be probed at a special meeting
of the trustees.
MAN
Sixty Mongolians were burned to
death in a pagoda at Kwei Hwacheng,
China, according to a dispatch receiv
ed at St. Petersburg, Russia.
Miss Delia Farley Dana, daughter of
Richard Henry Dana of Cambridge,
Mass., and a granddaughterof Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, the poet, was
married at Manchester, Mass., to Rob
ert E. Hutchinson of Philadelphia.
The marriage ceremony was performed
by the town clerk', and the Socialistic
ritual was used, because of the inter
est of the bride and groom in Social'
ism.
A strong force of Bulgarian troops
attacked the Servian position at Zle
tovo and Ratkovitz, in Macedonia. The
attack, according to oflcial informa
tion, was unprovoked. Later reports
from the battle scene said the Bul
garian artillery had gone into action
and a fierce fight was in progress in
which both sides had suffered consid
erable losses. The Bulgarian attack
on the Servians has created a dan
gerous state of excitement
The record flight of a homing pig
eon from Rio Janeiro, Brazil, is re
ported by Stephen Krupa, a Jean
nette, Pa:, fancier Last April he
shipped "Sunny Jim" and two other,
racing pigeons to a Rio Janeiro fan
cier, who liberated them on May 8.
"Sunny Jim" put in an appearance
after forty-eight days', flight. Krupa
declares that a pigeon never before
"homed" from a point below the equa
tor. The air line distance from Rio
Janeiro to this city is about 4,200
miles, nearly half of the distance be
ing over water.
A thousand members of the crew
of the giant liner Imperator in port
at Hoboken, N. J., had a mass meet
ing and adopted resolutions denounc
ing working conditions on the vessel,
demanding better food, better, sleep
ing accommodations and a nine hour
day. The resolutions were presented
to the Imperator's commander.
Hundreds of section hands and men
employed in construction camps have
quit to accommodate more lucrative
jobs in the harvest fields of Kansas
and Oklahoma, it was learned in Chi
cago, at the offices of Western rail
roads. MStny contractors had antici
pated tlfe stampede of their men to
the fields and had placed electric pia
nos and dancing floors in camps, but
the scheme failed.
Four men are known to be dead,
sixty were injured, some fatally, and
four are unaccounted for, as the re
sult of an explosion in the elevator
and grain storehouse of the Husted
Milling company at Buffalo, N. Y.
Firemen in searching the ruins of
the elevator discovered the body of
a man. It was burned so that identi
fication is not considered probable.
The finding of the body led to the
belief that several others failed to
escape, and that their bodies are still
in the debris.
Washington
An attack upon the "swivel-chaired
admiralty" of the navy by Representa
tive Howard of Georgia, in a running
fire debate that preceded the passage
in the house of the senate bill to in
crease the number of midshipmen at
the naval academy. He said he saw
no necessity for difficult examinations
for entrance at Annapolis.
House Democrats, in caucus, have
agreed upon the abolition of the com
merce court as a party policy and,
turning deaf ears to pleas from their
leaders, rejected a plan for the, cre
ation of a budget committee to con
trol all appropriations.
Free sugar in 1916 and free raw
wool are established in the tariff re
vision bill, having been approved by
the Democratic caucus of the senate.
The sugar schedule as reported by
the majority members of the finance
committee and practically as it pass
ed the house was approved by a vote
of 40 to 6. Free raw fool as submit
ted by the majority and just as it
passed the house swept the senate
caucus by a vote of 41 to 6. This rati
fication of President Wilson's ' tariff
policy came after a long series of de
velopments. The United States army is now
short at least 1,000 horses a great
er shortage than ever before has ex
isted. The war department already
has expended 1100,000 allowed by con
gress March 4 last, and while another
appropriation of $175,000 will be avail
able July 1, at present prices not
nearly enough horses can be had to
meet the need. Fortunately, however,
prices are somewhat lower than last
year. Most of the horses purchased
are from the Missouri markets, al
though efforts are being made to gath
er some horses at Winchester, Va.,
Legislation looking to better meth
ods of baling and of packing cotton
for shipment in interstate commerce,
to prohibit wasteful methods of sam
pling, and unfair deductions for cot
ton tare, as well as regulations for
deductions for "country damage," was
taken ,up by the house-committee on
interstate and foreign commerce. Rep
resentaitve Adams of Georgia is chair
man of the committee. Innumerable
complaints have been made by farm
ers that the arbitrary 6 per cent, tare
deduction is, unjust. This is denied
by the cotton merchants and export
ers, who say that thirty pounds of
bagging and ties is the average.
The Democratic congressional com
mittee elected Representative Dore
mus of Michigan chairman, and agreed
to co-operate with the Democratic na
tional committee in the coming mid
presidential campaign. Mr. Doremus
is understood to have been "President
Wilson's - choice to head the party's
congressional campaign organization.
He was elected by a vote of 30 to 24
after several months of lively skir
mishing for the post. Mr. Lloyd an
nounced some time ago that he would
relinquish the chairmanship. The new
chairman is serving his second term
.n congress. ,
EXECUTIVES TAKE
UP RATE MATTER
THE FREIGHT RATE COMMISSION
LEAVES IMPORTANT PROPO
SITION TO THEM.
RESULT OF THE CONFERENCE
Question Sent Back To Jts Source by
The Traffic Managers Send It Up
To The Men Who Hold Bigger
Positions,
Raleigh. From traffic managers to
executive heads of the railroads the
rate controversy went several days ago
and the presidents of the systems that
do business through North Carolina
now have the proposition.
This wa3 the net result of the con
ference recently of tne North Caro
lina corporation commission with the
systems that have conferred without
visible approach to an agreement sev
eral times before. The state commis
sion and the traffic managers held a
session in Old Point Comfort and
adjourned to meet the presidents at a
date within two weeks.
The corporation commission re
turned to the city, Mr. Travis, chair
man, stopping over home on hi3 way
back. The object of the conference
was to try again to get together. What
concessions were made are not given.
The traffic managers, however, prefer
red to put the proposition of the com
mission before the executives.
. That sends it back to the beginning.
When the railway systems were here
in February, their presidents spoke.
The attorneys representing the roads
talked so agreeably that the state was
never quite so happy as it was in the
prospect of a settlement of the rate
row. The presidents have not' been
back and the traffic managers have
appeared to be mystified at the con
struction put upon the words of Gen
eral Counsel A. P. Thom, of the
Southern,, who spoke for the roads.
Finding it impossible to get an
agreement between traffic men anc"
the state, the hearings were called
oii. But another was held several
weeks ago. The traffic men now have
what the state wants. They send it
up to the men who hold still bigger
positions.
Whether the executive heads will
talk as they did in February, or not,
will interest everybody in the whole
country. There is hope from every
source that the last conference will
Result in somathing and that the
men highest up will make good the
hope that their agreement at the first
meeting inspired.
Want Special Session Called.
At a special meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Richmond
County Just Freight Rate Association
called by former Mayor W. N. Ever
ett, chairman, resolutions were adopt
ed, and a petition drawn, urging Gov.
Craig to call a special session of the
legislature at whatever early date
should seem most practicable. At tlu
meeting $100 was subscribed for thi
incidental expense fund of the state
committee, and will be forwarded to
its treasurer promptly. ,
Haywood Horse Thief Pardoned.
Governor Craig grants a pardon for
Lyle Morris, who is serving a five-year
sentence in Haywood county for horse
stealing, for which he was sentenced
in 1910. The prisoner was only 17
years old at the time. The trial judge
advises the goveror that he gave
him the minimum sentence and would
have given him much less if it had
been possible. The horse was re
covered and there were a number of
circumstances in favor of accused.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
Charters .were issued for the Bogue
Sound Lumber Company, Morehead
LCity, capital $10,000 authorized, and
$3,000 subscribed by G. A. Simmons,
T. Wellington and others; the Wexler
Land Company, High Point, capital
$50,000 authorized and $3,000 subscrib
ed by T. V. Edmunds, H. W. Kron
heinier and others.
Fogleman Has Not Arranged Bond.
John Fogleman, under sentenoe of
30 years following his conviction of the
murder of W. H. Tucker and allowed
bail in the sum of $5,000 pending the
result of an appeal to the supreme
court, had not arranged bond at last
report. He is still in jail, though rel
atives have indicated that the bail will
be made. It is necessary to provide
$7,500 bond, as Fogleman was under
sentence of two years for retailing
and was out on $2,500 bond pending
appeal of this case at the time of
the Tucker killing.
Lenoir Gets Time by Wireless.
For some time Lenoir has been her
alded as the greatest wireless cen
ter of the state, having many . ama
tur stations, but now she further en
joys the unique' distinction of beine
perhaps the only town in the United
States, certainly in the state, that re
ceives the time by wireless, from the
Arlington station at Washington, and
having it announced to its citizens bv
a bell that can be heard all over town
This construction is the product or
Eugene C. Ivey, manager of the Citi
zens' Light and Power Company.
WILL NOT PURCHASE PIZGAH
National Forest Commission Decides
Unfavorably. Will Not Discuss
. Their Reasons.
Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton states that the National Forest
Commission after having made a trip
of several days to the 'Land of the
Sky" to investigate the 86 thousand
acres of land offered for sale by the
Vanderbilt3, decided against the pur
chase. Neither the members of the
commission nor officials of .the forest
service would discuss the reasons why
the sale was not consummated. They
merely stated that the land itself,
the price and other conditions of the
offer to the government were consid
ered with the result that the commis
sion acted unfavorably on the propo
sition. -
The government .through the for
est service, has for six months held
an option on the Vanderbilt property.
Neither the price of the land nor the
price of the option has been made
public. The only definite drawback
to the purchase that has been given
out is the fact that there is a con
tract for timber rights on the im
men3e estate which will allow the
cutting of timber under prior arrange,
ments and the government would have
to honor this contract made by the
owners of the state.
It is admitted by memers of the
commission who made a trip into
this state that 'the government would
have one of the most beautiful re
serves imaginable if it should buy
the property.
Institutes for Fifty Counties.
Fifty counties in: North Carolina
are to have farmers and women's in
stitutes this summer and Director T.
J. Parker is making public the places
and dates for all. They run through
July and August and run through
half the counties of the common
wealth. North Carolina leads the
world in the attendance upon the wo
men's institutes and there is no phase
of the agricultural revival in North
Carolina that is more notable than
this. At these institutes another fea
ture will be introduced. Heretofore
farmers and dairymen who make but
ter, have not been able to receive
such information as will the more
quickly tell them what sort of feed
they should give to their cows for
beef and milk. Often a dairyman
feeding his milk cows for milk, puts
on fat, while the farmer doing his
best to put on flesh for the market
makes a milk cow in the undertak
ing. The institutes will have some
body who can analyze milk and tell
men on the ground just -what their
cows need. Those wishing such in
struction can deceive it by bringing
samples of milk to the institutes.
Duncan's Offer Is Considered..
Representatives E. F. Young, E. A.
Stevens and W. H. Weatherspoon,
ebulon Wearer and W. L. Parson
appointed by the senate Senator Gil
liam is detained at iome appointed
by the last general assembly to lnves
tigate the proposition made by Mr. E
C. Duncan to purchase the state'r
stock' in the Atlantic & North Caro
lina Railroad, met at Morehead City
recently. A permanent organization
of the committee was effected and
Mr. E. F. Young of Dunn was elected
chairman and Mr. W. H. Weather,
spoon of Laurinburg was elected sec
retary.
Amendment Commission Meets.
The constitutional amendment com
mission met at Morehead City recent
ly, all members being present except
Messrs. Alexander and Doughton who
were absent on account of sickness.
Lieutenant Governor Daughtridge who
is in Europe, and Messrs. Ivie and
Stubbs. The first amendment con
sidered, that to increase the pay of
the members of the legislature, was
reported unfavorably, a substitute be
ing offered that members be paid $6
a day and presiding officers $10.
Destroy Seven Illicit Stills.
Reports of the seizure and destruc
tion of seven illicit distilleries were
received by Internal Revenue Agent
R. B. Sams. The report came from
his men in various sections of the di
vision and one of the reports, from
Special Employee Lee Sams, told of
the seizure of a very large plant in
McDowell county.
Find Farmer Dead in Woods.
Will McClure, a farmer age 50, was
found dead in the edge of the woods
by the roadside on Delwood road witt
in half a mile of his daughter's, Mrs.
Doc Gaddis, whom he was on his way
to see. He was found by M. S. Fer
guson and others half way between his
store and his daughter's. He leaver
a wife and several small children. Dr
J. R. McCracken, county physician,
examined him. He deemed an inquest
unnecessary. His remains were taken
to his hpme, four miles west of
Waynesville.
Is Urged to Consider Watts. j
Senator Wilson received an urgent
request from the North Carolina sena
tors to make a decision in the applica
tion of A. D. Watts for collector of
internal revenue for the western dis
trict of North Carolina. The presi
dent's reply was substantially Vie
same as has been made another times,
namely that he will take the matter
up as soon as he can. He showed xf
disposition to send the 'two senator?
to Secretary McAdoo in whose depart
ment the job of internal revenue col
lector is.
NOT ASKING HELP
IF THE STATE JEWELRS FIND
TRUST THEY WILL REFUSE
TO BUY FROM IT.
HAVE ELECTION OF OFFICERS
W. J. Frasier Is Again President.
Will Hold The Next Meeting In
Asheville. Had A Very Profitable
Session at Wilmington.
Wilmington. The annual conven
vention of the North Carolina Retail
Jewelers' Association, which had been
in session for. two days, closed with
the election of officers and the selec
tion of Asheville as the next meeting
place. Officers were elected as fol
lows: President: William G. Frasier,
Durham; vice president, J. T. Burke,
Wilmington; secretary and treasurer,
W. B. Morris, Gastonia; memners of
executive committee, William G. Fra
sier, Durham; J. T. Burke, Wilming
ton; R. L. Bowman, Wadesboro.
Delegates to the national conven
tion in Chicago were elected as. fol
lows: F. M. Jolly of Raleigh and W.
B. Morris of Gastonia with R. C.
Bernus of Greensboro and' Rev. Fred
N. Day of Winston-Salem as alter
nates. There is talk that the North
Carolina delegation will urge the
election of Mr. Jolly as national sec
retary. '
The session opened with an address
by Mr. Robert F. Nattan, of the Jew
elry Circular of New York on "The
Power of Organization." He was fol
lowed by Mr. F. F. Miscally of Char
leston, S. C, who made a practical
talk on "Co-Operation."
A resolution was auo'pted asking
that the so-called crystal watch trust
be investigated by a committee with
a view to seeing that it cease to
charge exorbitant prices;' else the
jewelers will quit buying from them
and will import these goods from for
eign .markets. This committee is to
have nothing to do with the govern
ment investigation of trust, but fs
simply to be a trade investigation.
Cink Is Postmaster At Hickory.
'Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton states that Representative Webr
has solved a puzzling patronage prob
lem by naming A. C. Link as postmas
ter at Hickory. There were six appli
cants for the' place and all were
strongly endorsed by the patrons of
the office. But Mr. Webb finally de
termined to name 'Mr. Link, who is a
Confederate veteran and chairman of
the board of education of Catawba
county. While the oldest of the six
applicants, he is active and the peo
ple advised Mr. Webb that he would
be satisfactory to them. The nomina
tion of C. L. Harris to be postmaster
at Thomasville, Vance Scott at San
ford and F. T. Croom at Burgaw, havr
been forwarded to the White House
from the postoffice department, after
being held up for a long time. ,
Applicants Write to Secretary.
Charlotte. Lawyers resident in this
state who have never affiliated them
selves with the NortbCarolina Bar
Association and who wish their appli
cations to be considered at the annual
convention In Asheville should write
to Thomas W. Davis, secretary-treasurer,
at Wilmington and obtain blanks
which should be filled out'and return
ed to him. The committee on mem
bership will meet on the opening
night of the convention, Wednesday,
July 2, at the Battery Park Hotel in
Asheville, and will examine the appli
cations there submitted.
Organize Rate Association in Lenoir.
Kinston. The Lenoir county branch
of the North Oaroliaa Just Freight As
sociation was organized here recent
ly. Mayor Fred I. Sutton, H. E. Mase
ley president of the Kinston Mer
chants' Association and Hubert Ram
seur, of Fayettevllle took the leading
part in the spirited meeting at which
representatives of the chamber of
commerce, the Merchants' Association,
Farmers' Union and other bodies
were present in strong delegations.
Not to Have Extra Term at Present.
Asheville. Because of the .inability
of the state to furnish a judge to pre
side at the special term of court which
has. been asked for by the county com
missioners, the special term needed to
clear the docket will not be held un
til during the coming fall. , The solic
itor has urged an extra Term of court
for this county for the past several
weeks, and was greatly disappointed
to learn that none can be held for sev
eral months. Over 100 cases are on
the docket at the present, time ready
for trial.
Little Is Still in Jail.
Statesville. Ben Little, , the man
who created a panic on passenger
train No. 35 by firing a number of
shots in one of the coaches, is still in
jail and probably will be until the
next term of court. Little, whose
home is in Catawba county," had been
engaged in railroad work in Virginia
and was on his way home. He was
drinking and other passengers on the
train noticed that he was getting
"pretty full." After the train passed
hrough Cleveland, Rowan county, he
irew a pistol and began firing.
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Latest News of General Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties.
Winston-Salem. A severe hail
storm in the northern part of the coun
ty 'recently did much damage,to grow
ing crops especially tobacco. One
farmer reports his entire crop de
stroyed. Raleigh. An order has been made
by Judge C. C.yon to hold the supe
rior court for Robeson county two
weeks beginning June 30, Judge Lyon
to serve instead of Judge G. S. Fer
guson, Maxton. A terrific electric and
rain storm passed over Maxton and
vicinity and lasted nearly three hours.
No damage has been reported beyond
the , fact that the town was in daric
ness for two or three hours.
Asheville. Deputy Sheriff E. M
Mitchell arrested Jim Roberts of the
Turkey Creek section on the charge
of being Implicated In the robbery of
Robinson's store near Riverside park
about ten days ago.
Lumberton. After considering the
claims of the different applicants for
the position, Judge Lyon appointed
J. M. McCollum, bookkeeper of the
Bank of Red Springs, to succeed Coun
ty Auditor A. T. Parmele, who died.
Wllliamston. An institute for the
teachers of Martin county is being
held in the graded school here. The
meetings are largely attended by the
teachers from all parts of the coun
ty. The lectures are given by Prof.
Barthman, of Edenton, who has held
similar institutions here before. He
is assisted by Miss Sue Fulghman of
Chapel Hill.
Concord. Acting under the author
ity of the search " and seizure act,
Chief of Police Boger seized three gal
Ions of liquor each, from Mag Pear
son, Octavia Freeman and George
Palmer several days ago. Learning
that they were receiving an unusual
amount of whiskey the chief investiga
ted and arrested them, finding the
nine gallons in their possessio.
Kinston. Leon Jones, a farmer of
this county, was arrested for what is
alleged to have been a brutal attack
upon a sixteen year-old boy. The
charge was madefy A. O. Hight that
Jones threw Herbert Hight, his son,
to the ground and with his knee on
the lad's chest choked him unmerci
fully, leaving him in a bad condition
Greenville. Bids were opened and
contracts awarded for additional Im
provements at the East Carolina
Teachers' Training achool here after
an all day session of the education
committee, composed of Y. T. Or;
mand, of Kinston; J. Y. Joyner, ,of
Raleigh; ex-Gov. Thomas J. Jarvis
and President R. H. Wright, of
Greenville.
Morganton. Much favorable com
ment is being heard in regard to the
city commission, the new. government
Inaugurated a few months ago. The
three commissioners are non-partisar
and are successful business men
They chose a practical man for. town
manager, Who has a thorough knowl
edge of street work and waterworks
and sewerage construction.
Kinston. J. I. Brown, first lieuten
ant, was chosen at an election by the
enlisted men of Company B, Second
N. C. infantry, stationed here, to be
the new company commander, to sue
ceed Capt. A. L. C. Hill, '' recently
appointed tqrthe regimental staff. J
O. H. Taylor, second lieutenant, will
be promoted to first lieutenant and
W. A. Faulkner, asergeant, to second
lieutenant.
Asheville. In view of the fact that
so many inquiries are being made with
reference to a farm financing plar
for the South, a conference will be
held in Asheville under the auspices of
the North Carolina Bankers' Associa
tion with the view of getting together
the farmer bankers of the various
Southern states to consider sugges
tions in regard to a plan for farm fi
nancing.
Asheville With more than 200
white teachers and about 20 colored
teachers in attendance, enrolled for
the two-weeks' course, the Buncombe
county institute for teachers in the
county schools is in progress with
Supt. S. B. Underwooa of Kinston in
charge. Competent teachers com
pose the staff of instructors and every
department of the work is receiving
careful attention.
Asheville. County Superintendent
of Education W. H. Hipps and Judge
J. D. Murphy, of the Buncombe coun
ty school board, purchased 4 1-4 acres
of land from H. W. Gilbert of Leicester
to be used as a site for the new
school house which is to be erected at
Leicester at once.
Henderson. The finance committee
of the Good Roads' Commission, after
negotiating w'th various parties, have
received a satisfactory offer for the
$200,000 of roads bonds, subject to
the approval of the attorneys of thf
buyers, who are now passing on the
validity of the same.
Raleigh. The committee on city
plans under the department of public
affairs of the Raleigh chamber of
commerce perfected its organization
and mapped out in a general way the
program for the year. Rev. George
W. Lay was chosen president, with
Ernest Cruikshunks as secretary
Winston-Salem. Several days age
James Pratt, who lives . near . Stone
ville, Rockingham county, was sho4
by his son-in-law, Tom Cardwell, with
a pistol, the. ball entering the abdo .
men and perforating the intestines
The attending physician states tb a'
the wound will pre ve fatal.
CAUCUS II ON
TARIFF NEARS EI
CONSIDERATION OF ALL SCHED
ULES HAS BEEN PRACTICAL
LY COMPLETED. "
THE NORMAL INCOME TAX
The Discussion Was Enlivened On
The Amendment Of Ashurst to Put
Clothing on The Free List Show
Disposition to Hasten.
Washington. Impatient at delay In
getting the tariff bill before the sen
aite, administration leaders spurred
the Democrats to action in the tariff
caucus, ' and the consideration of . all
the schedules practically had been,
completed.
The caucus approved the wool man
ufactures, silk, paper and flax, hemp
and jute schedules and took up sun
dries and the free list to be followed
by consideration of the administra
tive features and income tax section.
Surprising to many of the senators,
the caucus passed through the com
mittee amendments without much
friction and no great changes were
made in any of the schedules, al
though a few items of the wool sched
ule were referred back.
The action of the committee In
transferring raw hemp, flax and jute
to the free list was approved by the
caucus without discussion. m
The only enlivening discussion oc
curred upon an amendment by Sena
tor Ashurst to put on the free list all
woolen 'goods in general use, such as
cloth, women's and children's dress
goods, ready made clothing, stockings
and the'like. It was argued that the
Democratic . platform justified placing
all clothing on the free list. Members
of the finance committee strenuous
ly opposed such a wide reduction,
however, and the Ashurst amendment
was voted down by a large majority.
Senator Simmons declared the cau
cus had at last shown a disposition
to hasten its work and he believed
the bill could be 'completed within a
few days, f As amended by the fi
nance committee, reducing the nor
mal income tax exemption from $4,000
to $3,000 for single persong, the reve
nue to be derived is estimated to be
about the same as the estimated rev
enue under the house bill 80,000,000.
Wilson to Visit Gettysburg Field.
Washington. President Wilson de
cided to attend the fiftieth anniver
sary celebration of the Battle of Get
tysburg on the Fourth of July. He
telegraphed Governor Tener that he
had reconsidered his previous decli
nation and would make a brief speech
to the veterans. The president's de
cision followed a conference w.ith
Representative. A. Mitchell Palmer,
of Pennsylvania. The president had
taken the position previously in de
clining to go that he would be
breaking his jule, established months
ago, not to leave Washington while
Congress was in session.
Harriman Merger Appears Settled.
Washington. President Wilson ap
proved the plan negotiated by Attor
ney General McReynolds and the rail
road attorneys for the dissolution of
the Union Pacific merger, under the
Sherman anti-trust law, as directed
by the supreme -court of the United
States, so as to avoid a receivership
for the great combination. G. Carroll
Todd, special assistant to the attorney
general, left for St. Paul to represent
the government and to announce its
approval of the proposal when it Is
presented to the United States court
there.
Street Car Strike in Birmingham..
Birmingham, Ala. The City Com
mission offered a reward of $1,000 for
the arrest and conviction of any one
guilty of placing dynamise on the
street car tracks during the present
strike. The action followed four at
tempts to dynamite cars. No new
cases of violence have been reported
at last report.
Many Collectors Lose Jobs.
Washington. Secretary McAdoo
designated the collectors and deputy
collectors of customs - who will have
charge of ports of the United States
after the reorganization on July 1. One
hunderd and thirteen collectors . lose
their Jobs. Hereafter there will be
only 49 collectors. In most cases the
present collectors will be retained in
charge of the districts. The secre
tary has designated a deputy collector
to take charge of each port and thai
designation was the present special
deputy collector.
Heat Was Cause of Wreck.
Peru, Ind. The intense heat which
caused the rails to spread i3 blamed
for the wreck of Chesapeake & Ohio
passenger train No. 6, known as the
"Fast Flying Virginian," in which 25
persons were injured near Walton.
20 jniles northwest of here. Two
Pullman cars and a diner turned over.
The train was msking about 40 miles
m hour. Among the injured wa3 Gor
don Smith, Charlottesville, Va., collar
bone and arm broken. The injure!
were brought to Peru where it was
"id all wculd recover.