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VOL. XXXVI
PITTSBOKO; CHATHAM COUNTY, N ..G.. SEPTEMBLR 3. 1913.
NO. 4.
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. "
The appearance of the boll weevil
in Georgia has been reported by Wal
ter Green and F. M. Gay, Quitman
county farmers, who have big planta
tions across the river from Eufaula,
Ala. The weevil has been found in dif
ferent spots and is said to be spread
ing fast.
How two Mecklenburg county girls
cleared $233 on one-fifth of an acre
by raising and selling tomatoes was
told by Miss Margaret Brown, aged 15
years, to 1,500 farmers and more than
300 housewives at Raleign, N. C, in
annual convention. Miss Brown said
she donned overalls and tended her
crop.
James Comeaux, a negro, was lynch
ed by a mob at Jennings, La. He
was taken from his cell in the jail
sometime after midnight, shot to death
and his body left lying at the jail
door where it was found later by a
night watchman. Comeaux had been
arrested for assaulting A. W. Joseph,
an Italian merchant, who had acci
dentally swept dirt on the negro's
shoes while he was passing the Ital
ian's store.
Twenty-one people were . injured in
a wreck of a mixed train on the Buck
ingham branch of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, near Breno. The train
was derailed by spreading rails and
the passenger coach and three freight
car loadsd with lumber rolled over a
20-foot embankment. Miss Helen
Page of Lynchburg, Va., near where
the accident occurred, who had a mi
raculous escape, was a heroine in the
rescue work, for she worked faithfully
with the male passengers in their ef
forts to rescue those under the de
bris. General.
Viscount Haldane, the first lord
high chancellor of Great Britain to
leave that country since Cardinal Wol
sey went to France four hundred
years ago, arrived in New York City
on the steamship Lusitania for a fly
ing visit to this country and Canada.
The lord high chancellor, whose posi
tion in England corersponds to that of
chief justice of the Supreme court of
the United States, is here as a guest
of the American Bar Association, be
fore which he will deliver an address
at its annual, meeting in Montreal. He
was entertained at a dinner given in
behalf of the association by C. A.
Severance of St. Paul. His itinerary
includes visits to West Point and Al
bany. The fourth international congress
on school hygiene has adopted reso
lutions recommending a thorough
medical inspection in all public schools
and the use of discarded battleships
as open air schools. The congress
states it is convinced that the open
air school is one of the most powerful
agents in ' the prevention and cure of
tuberculosis in childhood.
J. I. Scheneck, editor of the Sul
phur Democrat, Sulphur, Okla., was
shot and killed, and John Lindsay, the
former treasurer of Murray county is
charged with the killing. Murray was
hurried from the Sulphur jail to the
more secure prison at the nearby
town of Norman, when mob violence
was threatened. Lindsay opened fire
on Scheneck with a shot gun when
the editor refused to "eat" a copy of
his paper which contained adverse
editorial comment concerning Lind
say. Joseph D. Hulladay, editor of the
Japan Advertiser of Tokio, who has
arrived in Boston, Mass., says that the
poor and uneducated classes of Japan
are eager for war with the United
States, but that the educated and aris
tocratic Japanese want to wait for
ten years before declaring war against
Uncle Sam.
Picking up loose money has grown
to be such a hardship for the over
worked rural free delivery carrier
that the postoffice department has Is
sued an order warning reckless citi
zens against leaving loose coins lying
around. Hereafter coins must be tied
in bundles or enclosed in 'envelopes
whenever the patron of a rural route
wants stamps from a carrier and
leaves the necessary amount in the
wayside box. '
Michael Maybrick, English compos
er, who, under the name of "Stephen
Adams," wrote some of the most
popular songs in the English language,
among them the celebrated "Holy
City," died at Buxton, England, aged
sixty-nine.
Bankers from many states are in
Kansas City, Mo., to attend the an
nual meeting of the committee on ag
ricultural development and education
of the American Bankers' association.
It is expected forty states will be rep
resented by about two hundred and
fifty delegates. The program calls
for discussions of all matters affect
ing the raising and marketing of the
crops, good roads, better farming
methods and vocational education.
George Woodruff of Joliet, 111., is to
report the result of an Investigation of
the farm credit system in Germany,
France and other European countries.
MAN
The Republican congressional com'
mittee organized and outlined its gen
eral plans for the coming . campaigns.
Representative F. P. Woods of Iowa
was elected chairman. He announc
ed that the committee's work from
now on would be in furnishing infor
mation to the voters of the country.
Mrs. Frank Storck retains posses
sion of her husband's home in the
fashionable residential section of Red
bank, New Jersey, after a fight made
to dispossess her, in which three per
sons were shot, four injured by blows,
an eighth broke his ankle and Mrs.
Storck herself was thrown' through a.
window and rendered unconscious
when she fell on her head on the
sidewalk. Storck, a piano dealer, di
vorced his wife last month. She has
since frustrated his efforts to force
her to leave his residence here'. He
organized a raiding party.
Thousands of curios that had been
gathered in many lands and stacked
high in the apartments of . Hipolito
Uriate, for fifty years a Spanish con
sul, fed a fire kindled , in lighting a
cigar, and blocked the way of the
aged diplomatist and his wife to safe
ty in New York City. - Uriarte was
found dead leaning across a window
sill, his wife, Marie Louise, mistook a
window leading to an air shaft for
one opening on a fire escape and then
plunged four stories to her death. Mr.
Uriarte was 82 years old. For four
teen years he was Spanish consul in
New York City.
Miss Jessie Wilson, daughter of
President Wilson, while riding near
Plainfield, N. H., was thrown from
her horse and lay unconscious for
more than half an hour on the road
side. She is not hurt seriously.
Lieut. Gov. Martin H. Glynn was
formally recognized as acting gover
nor of New York by the assembly af
ter a bitter debate. The vote of such
recognition stood 48 for to 29 against.
This recognition came in the form
of official acceptance of messages
sent by Mr. Glynn as acting governor
to the legislature. Messages also were
received by the senate, but with the
express understanding that objection
could be made later to their official
action as though no action had been
taken. The senate session was brief
and colorless, but the house remain
ed in session long after midnight.
The farmers of the United States
must speedily come to an understand '
ing of the organization and union o
.forces in producing and selling far;
crops and in the financing of agricu'
tural operations in this country, to
keep pace with the developments of
European nations, was the message
from the American commission on ru
ral credits in a report given by Sen
ator Duncan Fletcher of Florida, read
before the annual conference of. gov
ernors in session at Colorado Silusr
CoL
Washington.
Congressional leaders declare tiial
President Wilson's vigorous assertion
of a definite policy toward Mexico
would have the effect of staying in
congress for a time at least, open criti
cism of the administration. Those who
discussed the message agreed in the
general statement that it presented a
frank and full statement as to the
recent negotiations with the Huerta
government, and, at the same time,
definitely outlined the American pol
icy for the future. Republicans joined
with Democrats in the endorsement
of the president's utterances.
Without comment Frederico Gam
boa, the Mexican minister of foreign
affairs, presented to the standing
committee of the Mexican congress
all the facts in the controversy be
tween Mexico and the United States.
Senator Gamboa insists that the nego
tiations are not entirely cqncluded,
but should they be, it Is probable that
soon the entire affair will be regarded
as a closed incident. The congress
men in discussing the notes freely
commended the action of the Mexican
government, and that small por
tion of the public which is cognizant
of the character of that action was
loud in its praise of what is charac
terized as the patriotic and dignified
attitude of the Mexican administra
tion. Secretary McAdoo has announced
the apportionment as far as it had
been completed of the $50,000,000 to
be deposited by the government in na
tional banks of the West and South
to facilitate the movement and mar
keting of crops. The total amount al
lotted to date is $46,500,000, of whih
$21,800,000 goes to banks in the thir
teen Southern states and the District
of Columbia, and $24,700,000 to the
fourteen Western states. The South
ern banks have asked that their share
of the funds be deposited in August
and September
Attempts to increase the limit of
the proposed income tax on the larger
incomes, failed in the senate, when
Senators Borah, Bristow and Cum
mins led an effort to amend the in
come tax section of the Democratic
tariff bill. Senator Borah offered an
amendment increasing the graduated
tax on larger incomes until it would
have reached 5 per cent, on those
above $100,000 a year. The Demo
crats, aided by the Republicans, de-'
feated the amendment 47 to 17.
Boiling H. Jones was nominated by
President Wilson for Atlanta's post
master. Exactly whefi Mr. Jones will
take charge of the office relieving
Hugh L. McKee, incumbent, is not
known. After Mr. Jones' nomination
has been confirmed, it will be up . to
him to make the bond required by the
department, that bond now being one
hundred and thirty-five thousand dol
lars, and which he will have no trou
ble in supplying. His commission will
be sent him from the postoffice de
partment at Washington, after w,a
his next step will be to take eh
of the Atlanta office. ' -
TRAIN PUPILS TOR
LIFE, NOT COLLEGE
.
rARM ERS UNION DEMANDS THAT
THE SCHOOLS TEACH PRAC
TICAL PROBLEMS.
NEW BOOKS ARE WANTED
It Is Asserted That Knowledge of
Fertilizer Values Means More To
the Rural School Than Does Eng
lish Money.
Raleigh. The North Carolina Far
mers' Union held important sessions
in connection with the annual State
Farmers' convention In progress here,
one of the most notable features be
ing the report of the committee on
education, which was adopted by the
union. The report declares that the
union has won its fight for six-months
minimum school term and compulsory
attendance and that the next great
forward work in education is that of
making the country schools train
for farm life, every farmer being urg
ed to see that the boys and girls
study the text-book on agriculture.
. It is urged that every school wher
ever possible introduce domestic sci
ence for the girls. Demand is made
that text-books adopted for use in
the country schools shall be adapted
to farm life instead of being "saturat
ed from cover to cover with the spirit
of the city," and. that especially
never again shall country children be
forced to study an arithmetic packed
with problems on banking, insurance,
English money and latitude, and
longitude, but having no . adequate
training in farm-life problems, such
as mixing fertilizers, calculating
fertilizer values, compounding feeds,
rations and such like.
The report asks that each county
superintendent of schools publish
each year the number of pupils study
ing agriculture in each country school
and give annually a comparative
statement showing how the county
stands as compared with two, five or
10 years before in docrjl taxation,
length of term, value of schcool prop
erty enrollment, attendance, schhool
libraries and other matte'rs.
Insistence is made that the state
Normal and Industrial College and
other schools for training teacchers
shall give more attention to agricul
ture and domestic science and that
every pupil receiving free tuition as a
prospective teacher shall be required
to take these courses.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
The secretary of state issued the
following charters: Realty Improve
ment Company, of Charlotte, author
ized capital $75,000, with $7,500 paid in
by J. F.y Flowers, J. Lawrence Jones
and others; Quaker Laboratory Com
pany, of Wilmington, to manufacture
and sell family medicine, authorized
capital $10,000, with $1,000 subscribed
for by W. P. Edmondson, Robert Rose
borough, G. A. Wilbur, C. H. Zihhn,
Austin McCormick and G. S. McDan
iel. The Smith Manufacturing Com
pany of Durham increases its capital
stock to $50,000. E. L. Smith is presi
dent. Good Roads Association to Meet.
October 22 and 23 have been nam
ed as Jhe dates for holding the an
nual convention of the Southern Ap
palachian Good Roads Association, ac
cording to information which has been
received by good road enthusiasts.
The convention is to be held at Ashe
ville and preparations are being made
for the entertainment of between 300
and 400 visitors from the states of
the South during the time , of the an
nual meeting.
Fatal Shooting Scrape at Canton.
H. F. Smathers, 35 years old, a well
known farmer and large land owner at
Canton, near Asheville, was shot nd
instantly killed iby John Waldroup, a
tenant on one of Mr. Smathers' farms.
The shooting occurred over some tri
vial argument, Waldroup using a
shot gun and blowing off part of
Smathers' head.
Stokes County Fair Association.
The directors of the Stokes coun
ty Fair Association met recently. The
following gentlemen and ladies were
appointed managers of the different
departments : Agricultural depart
ment, Mr. J. W. Mickey; live stock,
Mr. J. T. Johnson; poultry, Mr. J. E.
Miller; ladies department, Mrs. H.
W. Sizemore and Miss D'. C. Green.
The management decided to put on
a steer race. This promises to be
a great fun producer. The fair, which
takes place October 23, will be the
seventh annual fair.
Cleveland Dental Association.
The semi-annual meeting of the
Cleveland Dental Association assem
bled at Marion. The meeting was
called to order by President Osborne.
The minutes of the last meeting and
ome routine matters were followed
ty an address of welcome by Attor
ney W. T. Morgan. The presiednt fol
lowed with his address and an essay,
"Impression and Impression Material"
was read by Dr. W. H. Ramsey, This
completed this part of the program
which was followed by a meeting of
the Oral Hygiene Society.
SIXTY-SEVEN NEW LAWYERS
Supreme Court Has Announced List
of Successful Applicants For
. License in the State.
Raleigh. The supreme court an
nounces 67 successive ; applicants for
licenses to practict law in North Car
olina out of the class of 77 that un
dertook the examination of the open
ing of the court for the fall term.
The new lawyers from Mceklenburg
county are Frank Graham, Hunter
Marshall, Jr., Jesse C. Stancill and
Carl D. Moore. A complete list of
those receiving license follows:
Connor M. Allen, Lenoir county;
Frederick W. Ashcraft, Union ; . Mont
T Bobbitt, Robeson; Albert T. Bear,
Ashe; Junius C. Brown, Wake; Virgil
G. Beckham, Alexander; William D.
Boone, Hertford; John B. Craver, For
syth; William B. Cox, Currituck;
Claude C. Cashwell, New Hanover;
Bartie C. Chandler, Sumter, S. C; Al
bert O. Dickens, Nash county; James
S. Edwards, Madison; William L. Ed
dinger, Davidson; John B. Glover, Ire
dell; John F. Goodman, Virginia;
Charles L. Guy, Harnett county;
Charles C. Lee, Jolnston; John T.
Bland, Jr., Pender; Charles M. Oliver,
Wayne; Eph. P. Stillwell, Jackson;
Peyton H. Stringfield, Pender; Wm.
H. Tyler; Chatham; Walter R. Voiles,
Cherokee; Fleet G. Whitaker, Hender
son; Ephraim T. Watson, Johnston;
Elmer J. Wellons, Johnston; Henry
P. Whitehurst, Craven; Luther C. Wil
liams, Orange; Martin B. Simpson.
Pasquotank; Hunter Marshall, Jr,
Mecklenburg; William H. Smathers,
Haywood; Jesse C. Stancill, Mecklen
burg; James R. Branch, New Han
over; Carl D. Moore, Mecklenburg;
Bascom L. Lunsford, Burke; Robert
B. King, Jr., Guilford; Harry E. Rog
ers, New Hanover; Alexander H. Gra
ham, Orange; Zebulon V. Babbitt,
Pamlico; Karl B. Bailey, Wilson;
Robert G. Kittrell, Vance; James F.
Ireland, Nash; Walter R. Jones, Rich
mond; Lloyd T. Gravely, Nash; John
H. Boushall, Wake; William S. Beam,
Cleveland; Thomas B. Woody, Person;
Gordan A. Carver, Maryland; Clinton
T. Graydon, South Carolina; Julian T.
Homey, Guilford county; Eugene C.
Ward, Haywood; Jesse L. Roberts,
Rockingham; Thos. C. Carper, Ala
mance; Eugene Trivett, Iredell; Hen
ry G. Hedrick, Davidson; Price H.
G wynne Rockingham; John H. Man
ning, Durham; Richard G. Stockton,
Forsyth; William H. L. Mann, Stan
ley; Caleb K. Burgess, - Camden;
Frank - P. Graham, Mecklenburg;
Floyd G. Whitney, Gaston; Julian P.
Kitchin, Buncombe; Allen R. Dupree
Washington; Dossey D. Teague,
Harnstt; William A. Dees, Wayne.
Six Educational Rallies Planned.
A series of six educational rallies
for the benefit of the patrons of the
Buncombe county rural schools has
been arranged by W. H. Hipps, super
intendent of county education. An
nouncement is made that the meetings
have been arranged with the end in
view of arousing more interest in
education. farming and sanitation
and among the speakers who will be
heard at each of the gatherings are:
Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. Y. Joyner; L. C. Bergden, supervi
sor of rural schcools in North Caro
lina; Dr. W. S. Rankin, the secretary
of the state board of health; Dr. L
B. McBrayer, city health officer" of
Asheville; E. S. Millsaps and E. D.
Weaver, farm demonstrators.
Only Three Towns Make Bids.
Wake county has three localities
that are anxious for the farm life
school and if Wake wants two, ,the
bidders are ready to take them. At
the meeting of the board of education
the ' school committeemen of Cary.
Wakelon and Wendell offered good
bids for the farm life school. The bid
of Cary was elaborate. It offers six
teen inducements in its bill of par
ticulars and beginning with ?5 acres
of land not more than 400 yards
from the school.
Requisition Made On Governor.
Requisition was made on Governo
Craig by the governor of Arkansas,
for L. F. Long, a . lawyer, wanted in
that state for embezzlement. Governor
Craig honored the requisition, but a
telegram received from Long, who is
in Charlotte, stated that he would
return without being extradited.
People Want Passenger Train.
The corporation commission re
ceived the petition of Wilkesboro, El
kin and other points along the South
ern's line for two daily passenger
trains. The road now runs a morn
ing passenger train from Greensboro
to Wilkesboro. It goes to the Wilkes
county end and returns in the after
noon. There is another mixed train
that runs out from Winston-Salem in
afternoon. It is this train ,that the
Winston-Salem people wish changed
into a passenger service and the
schedules likewise changed.
Are Expecting A Big Fair.
The directors of the Mecklenburg
Fair Association are expecting a big
fair this year and are preparing to
meet the extra demands which they
believe will be made uponN the
grounds. Several officers went to the
fair grounds and staked off lots for
the erection of extra stables for the
horses and another poultry building.
They are intending to have an expert
road builder look at the Midway with
a view to having this worked thor
ougly with sand-clay so that in case
of. rain they will have a firm Midway.
GOAL NEARLY
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AUMAN AND SNIPES ARE NOMI
NATED AFTER TWO MONTHS
, ... i
DELAY.
THE REASON FOR THE DELAY
Stuart W. Kramer, Jr., of Charlotte,
Recent West Point Graduate, Is
Now in the Cavalry and is Station
ed at Fort Myer. ,
' Ralaigh.A special from Washing
ton states that the two appointments
which have been hanging fire and
causing considerable embarrassment
for two months were considerably ad
vanced with the nomination of Ernest
L. Auman', as postmaster at Asheboro
and O. A. Snipes at Rocky Mount.
Following Representative Kitch
in's recommendation of Mr. Snipes
about two months ago, charges were
filed with fche postoffice department
an'd a copy forwarded to . Senator
Simmons charging Snipes with drink
ing and gambling. The department
made an investigation which showed
that although Mr. Snipes had on
holiday ocoasions indulged in liquor
and played cards with his friends, un
der ordinary circumstances his con
duct was circumspect. As the report
of the inspectors showed he was the
choice of the patrons of the office, the
department approved him.
After the nomination had gone to
the White House affidavits were re
ceived here charging Mr. Snipes with
.being hilariously drunk." These may
be filed with the senate, and another
inquiry made,
As soon as Representative Page
recommended Mr. Auman for appoint
ment, charges of improper conduct
were filed gainst him. He came here
a week ago and filed a complete de
nial, accompanied by affidavits of all
the parties concerned. It is improb
able that , any effort will be made to'
defeat his confirmation."
Stuart W. Cramer, Jr., of Charlotte,
recently graduated from West Point,
has been assigned to t he Fitzgerald
has ' been assigned to the Fifteenth
fiPeff tr,zzzzb.wb ow floas
Cavalry, Troop B, stationed at Fort
Myer, near Washington.
Farmers' Institute? Has Closed.
Mebane. The farmers' institute
closed its meeting at Hawfield school
near Mebane. The large building was
filled with people from many sections
of the county, the day being an ideal
one, Hon. J. E. Rives of Sanford made
a splendid address, his subject be
ing upon co-operation of the farmers.
Mr. Rives is an able speaker, and he
has ' done a great deal to help our
farmers in North Carolina. Col John
S. Cunningham spoke upon soil im
provement and the importance of our
farmers, having farm life schools. He
said that agriculture should be taught
in the public schools of- our state.-
Motorman Is Exonerated .
Wilmington. Lucien D.. Bishop,
the motorman on the freight car 'that
ran over and killed Miss Ethel Bostick
on a suburban lihewas exonerated of
all blame by the coroner's jury which
-reported that responsibility lay with
Tidewater Power Company in that
their equipment was defective, the
car "having neither air-brake nor
whistle and only one-hand brake,
which was at rear end of front car;
also that there was no fender in front
except two boards, which were of no
practical use."
Wound Proves Fatal to Simpson.
Newbern. After lingering between
life and death for several days, Crales
Simpson, the special policeman at the
Atlantic Hotel of Morehead City, who
was shot iby Julius Parker, the hotel
electrician, early on the morning of
August 13. died at a hospital at
Morehead City. It was found that the
bullet, which entered the left breast
just above the heart, had ranged
downward through the left lung and
had plowed against the backbone.
Proposed Bond Issue Purchased.
Charlotte. That the proposed bond
issue of $110,000' by Mecklenburg
county has been purchased by the
firm of Beilonby & Whaley of Balti
more is the claim of Mr. A. L. Bellon
by, who came to the city from oYrk
ville, S. C. He said that commission
ers had accepted his company's bid
and that arrangements had been
made to handle the bonds. He is
interested in the architectural firm
that has submitted plans and specifi
cations and offered to dispose of the
bonds.
Guilford Asked to Use Convicts.
Greensboro. Guilford county has
been asked by Davie county to use
convicts sentenced in the latter ter
ritory, paying the court costs for
their labor. This county is quite will
ing to make the trade, as the road
force of . Guilford has suffered for
want of numbers - since Greensboro
has been putting prisoners of the city
court on the streets. During the year
the new tax lists show that Guilford
will have between $50,000 and $6e,000
to spend in road worlc, just from the
new, regular levy.
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Latest News of General1 Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties.
Goldsboro. James Smith, the negro
who murdered Elizabeth Hoffman,
also colored, in this city. Was found
guilty of second degree murder and
given thirty years at hard labor in
I
the state penitentiary.
Wilson. A bloody tragedy was
enacted between two and three o'clock
one mile out from Sharpsburg, just
across .the Wilson county, line in
Edgecombe the victim being Mrs.
Bryant W. Vict, who was shot to
death by her son-in-law, Mr. Redding
Jones. '"'.," '
Newton. The work Is progressing
rapidly on the Newton-to-Maiden road.
The road is being graded and the
sand-clay put on. This gives a finished
road as far as worked. Sixteen new
men from Wilkes county have been
added to the convict force. Seven new
mules have been bought and also
added to the convict force. - -
Rockingham. The condition of Miss
Ruth Liles, who was accidentally shot
by her father several days ago, it
having -been thought at the time fa
tally, continues slowly to improve.
However, the attending physicians
have not yet attempted an operation
owing to the fact that (the full load
of shot lodged so near the base of
the brain.
Catawba. Ball's CreeK meeting has
just closed, the attendance ; having
been fully as large as on former oc
casions, while the visitors were much
pleased' with the success of this an
nual event. A census showed that
there were 1,300. people in about 175
tents on the grounds and 500 gathered
in close proximity to or on the
grounds.
Asheville. Illicit distilleries are be
ing seized at the rate of four" a day
by officers working in North and
South Carolina, in the territory cov
ered by the Asheville office of the
Internal revenue department. Last
month, seventy-eight Illicit distiller
ies were seized in the two states by
local officers and the record this
month promises to exceed that.
Winston-Salem. A Washington cor
respondent wired a state paper that
Presiednt Wilson had tendered For
mer Governor R. B. Glenn a good job
with the federal government and that
he would accept. In response to a
query Governor Glenn who is in Mis
souri on a lecturing tour, wires The
Sentinel that "no place has been ten
dered me by President Wilson."
Asheville. The ' department . of ag
riculture at Washington has written
to the local Board of Trade seeking
photographs of the cnampion corn
growers of Buncombe county, which
pictures are to be transformed into
lantern or steropticon slides, for fur
thering the interest or corn growers,
by means of letters by ocials of the
department throughout the United,
States.
Charlotte. The timerous mob which
lynched Joe McNeely chose an inop
portune time for such an act, for a
grand jury is in session and urged to
its work by Judge Thomas J. Shaw,
whose feeling towards lynching is too
well known to need comment, some
thing is expected to develop because
the personnel of the mob is not be
lieved to be of the sort that can main
tain the present secrecy.
Asheville. With a modern crema
tory for the disposition of this city's
garbage practically assured, it has
been suggested that the members of
the Board of Aldermen, in giving the
contract for the erection of the incin
erator, make an appropriation for the
construction of a building which will
be used as the city stables, on the
lot on Williams street, which will be
the site for. the crematory. .
Greensboro. The Woman's Clubs
of Gren bosednrao I Yr y jaboutc
of Greensboro and Guilford county
are working together for a big baby
show to be held in Greensboro next
month. The babies are being entered
and classified t now: Prizes will be
given and contrary to the. usual cos
tom of baby contests, the winner must
have good health, a sturdy frame and
other such qualification, instead of
curly locks and pretty dimples.
Charlotte. A reward of $1,000 for
information leading to the conviction
of one or more of the Joe McNeely
lynchers was offered by Mayor Bland,
with the sanction of the Board of Al
dermen, which was called into extra
ordinary session.
Newton. The first annual harvest
home service for Catawba county was
held at the Killian school house. Ad
dresses on "Rural Life" and "Rural
Church Work" were made by Rev.
W. W. Rowe and Rev. B. L. Stroup.
A large crowd was present. It was
an occasion of much interest to the
farmers.
Fayette ville. Former Mayor James
D. McNeill was placed on trial in the
Superior Court under an indictment
for criminal libel of State Senator Q.
K. Nimocks during the campaign be
tween the two for the senatorial nom
inatoin in 1912.
Rutherford College. Rutherford
College opend with the largest en
rollment for a number of years. A
large number of old students are back
to enter upon advanced work and
many new students from every sec
tion of the state are coming in daily.
The enrollment will very likely reach
200.
AMERICAN COLONY
RESENTS WARNING
THEN CONTENTS OF PROTEST 8AY
THE PRESIDENTS ACTION
IS UNWARRANTED.
VERY FEW INTEND TO LEAVE
The Various Denominations Advise
Their Missionaries Who Are Sta
tioned in -Mexico To Simply 8eek
Places of Safety.
..New York President Wilson's rec
ommendation that American resident
of Mexico leave the country Is "re
sented" by the American colony In
Mexico City; few Americans intend
to leave; if they do leave their wel
fare and financial Interests "would
be seriously prejudiced"; the presi
dent's action was "unwarranted" and
due to "simple Ignorance of what is
actually t transpiring in Mexico"
this summarizes the contents of va
rious protests received in the city
from Mexico.
Senor Sebastian Camacho, presi
dent of the Mexican senate and one
of Mexico's statesmen, telegraphed
to James A. Scrymser, president of
the Mexican Telegraph Company, say
ing that the American colony is
"satisfied and tranquil,' and request
ing him to call President Wilson's at
tention "to the tremendous damages
which would result from his determi
nation, for which, in all loyalty, I
state that there is no reason.
The Methodist Episcopal Board of
Foreign Missions received advices
from Dr. John W. Butler, superintend
ent of its mission in Mexico City,
saying that the "Washington In
structions for .an Ameriacn exodus''
were "much resented" by the Ameri
can colony; that the reasons given
for it "appear inadequate" and the
missionaries there objected to leav
ing." ,
In view of this protest the Meth
odist board, the Presbyterian board
and those of other denominations
have declined to advise their mission
aries to leave the country,- recom
mending only "that the women and
children be recalled to places of
safety."
Waiting Policy More Emphasized.
Washington. With President Wil
son at the summer capital in Cornish,
N. H Secretary of State Bryan lec
turing In Pennsylvania and Maryland
and the secretary to the president,
Mr. Tumulty, spending the week-end
in New Jersey, the waiting policy of
this government in the Mexican situ
ation became more emphasized. Be
fore Secretary Bryan and Mr. Tumul
tty left Washington messages were
received from John Lind, the special
American envoy at Vera Cruz, which
added assurances to the already con
fident attitude of the administration.
Secretary Bryan asserted nothing had
been received to cause any discour
agement.
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Jerome Is Temporary Victor.
v
Sherbrooke, Que. Harry K. Thaw's
favorite, though ineffective weapon
In the New York courts, the wri(t of
habeas 'corpus, was turned upon him
by his old prosecutor, William Tra
vers Jerome as a means of forcing
Thaw into court here 'next Tuesday,
in order that the immigration author
ities may deport him to Vermont,
in what Mr.-Jerome hopes will be the
first leg of the trip to Matteawan
asylum.
Eight Men Killed in Explosion.
Pittsburg, Pa. Captain Thomas
Flaherty, Pilot Harry Donaldson and
six of the crew of the tow-boat Alice
were killed and six other riveroen
were injured when the boilers of the
Alice exploded. Some of the bodies
were recovered and the injuured were
brought to a hospital by the steamer
Harriet which happened to be near
the scene of the accident in the
Ohio river at Dam No. 2 at Coraopolis,
Pa.
To Name New Battleship.
Washington. Secretary Daniels
will probably name the new big bat
tleship, now known as No. 39, the
"North Carolina" in honor of his na
tive state. Work on it has just , be
gun at the New ' York navy yard.
With the , Pennsylvania, Its sister
ship, recently started at the New
port News shipyards, it is the larg
est battleship yet laid down for any
navy. At present there is a cruiser
North Carolina, but its name will be
changed to one of the cities, Ashe
ville, Charlotte or Winston-Salem.
Diaz Candidate for President.
London. "I am now definitely a
candidate for the office of president of
Mexico," General Felix Diaz, who re
cently arrived here from Canada,
told the Associated Press. "My friends
in Mexico are working in my behalf,"
continued General Diaz. "Unfortun
ately at this distance I myself am un
able to do much, but I am awaiting?
Instructions which may simplify mat
ters. Even if I am ordered to proceed
o Japan it is not certain that I shall
no there. My action will depend up
on developments In Mexico.",