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THE CHATHAM RECORD ft A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising On Sqoar, on ma sttisi On Squara, t inwrtom fl-D On Square, osve For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts vAU be made. VOL. XXXVI PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, MARCH 11, 1914. NO. 31. F NEWS NOTES Bit FOR THE BUSY IN MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWSPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From AH Parts of World. Southern. n exciting scene marked the ses sion of the South Carolina house of repreutatives when Governor Blease vent into the hall o reply to certain statements made by W. F. Stevenson, in a speech on the asylum probe and to deliver a message in person. Per sonal encounters, which at one time seemed likely, were prevented by the intervention of members. When the governor charged that N. B. Barnwell, member of the house from Charleston, was acting in a cowardly manner by raising a technical point, Mr. Barnwell advanced to the speaker's stand, but was restrained by members. Governor O'Neal of Al&bama has announced that he will call a special election for May 11 for the election of a United States senator from Ala bania to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator Joseph F. John ston. In a teilegram to R. Tyler Good- vyn, chairman of the state Democratic executive committee, which was in ses ston. In a telegram to R. Tyler Good- gests that a primary be called for April 6 for the nomination of the short- term senator. Two sheds of the Louisiana Rail way and Navigation company, on New Basin canal, between Howard and Robertson streets, containing 4,600 bales of cotton and several freight cars, were destroyed by fire in New Orleans after midnight, causing a loss of $250,000. The amount of in surance is not known. A negro was asleep in the cotton and was rescued badly burned by a night watchman, He is being held by the police. Dogs have been playing havoc with the flocks of sheep in the western part of the Georgia county in which Lyerly is situated, near Menlo, for some time. J. D. Blalock. J. N. Ham mett and J. V. O'Kear report that dogs got into their herds and killed about fifty sheep. This is the first time in years that dogs have made a raid on the herds of sheep. General. The paymaster of the Brown Shoe company was robbed of $10,000 at a factory of the company, according to a report telephoned to the St. Louis police headquarters. The robbery was committed by two men, who jumped from an automobile, ran into the fac tory and held up the paymaster. Laudatory comments on President Wilson's message to congress are pub lished in most of the newspapers of England. One paper says: "It is not always convenient to hail a stateman of another country as a 'just judge' when he advocates your case against a section of his own countrymen." The world-girdling American base ball players came home in a snow storm. While harbor craft tooted and envoys from the Federal League figu ratively waved enticing contracts, the Giant-White Sox combination drew in to quarantine. The Federal League representatives were unable to obtain passes to board the Lusitania to greet the travelers down the bay. Organized baseball was more fortunate in having obtained revenue cutter passes in ad vance and a delegation was able to board the ship before she came to her pier in New York City. Militant suffragettes gave further proof in London that their bitterest animos'ity is reserved for the Labor party, the only political party that has espoused their cause. As soon as the chairman of the Labor party began speaking at a Labor .party rally in Memorial hall, suffragettes, aided by male supporters, started to howl him down. For nearly an hour a fierce struggle raged in the hall. There were frequent free fights between men, Avhile w omen grabbed one another by the hair and scratched faces and tore clothing. Windows were smashed and chairs broken. Though the strictest secrecy had en M'ioped the measures taken, it be ame known in New York City that un usual precaution is being exercised by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to guard against thieves and fire the $50, OOO.OOO Morgan collection now on view in. that institution. It is said that ti e protective arrangements, which are most elaborate, would make vir tualiy impossible a repetition of the Men a Lisa theft in the Louvre mu seam with Raphael's Colonna Madon na the possible subject in this in stance. A broken trolley wire was all that saved a suburban train carrying 250 passengers from striking obstructions Piied on the track between Del Rey and Renondo Beach and rolling down a 12-foot embankment into the ocean. Running from Los Angeles along the ocean front toward Renondo at forty five miles an hour the two-car train slackened speed and stopped when the wire snapped and the current was in terrupted. A few yards ahead lay six ties across the track. A short distance farther on a hydraulic jack was chain ed to the rails. An investigation is be ing made. Several hundred men, who, under the leadership of Industrial Workers of the World, have been marching on church edifices in New York City re cently, were arrested in St. Alphonsus' Roman aCtholic church. As the men neared the church, detectives informed Frank Tannenbaum, who has headed the demonstrations made, that if the men .entered the building they would do so at their peril. Tannenbaum, in stead of heeding the advice, called on the men to follow him. Disputed points between house and senate on the postal appropriation bill were compromised. The measures were accepted by the senate and went to the house for final passage The postmaster general would be empow ered to fix the time for delivery of par cel post shipments in congested zones. The pay of substitute"clerks and car riers was compromised at 35 cents an hour and' the $1,200 a year maximum for rural carriers was agreed upon. The life of several point postal com missions was extended to December 1. An "army of the unemployed" broke camp on a vacant lot at San Francisco and have started on a march to Wash ington, D. C. There are 24 companies of 90 men each, and the men have all the officers of a military regiment, except a paymaster. They were led by biiglers and drummers. "General" C. T. Kelly is the commanding officer. Asserting that there is no warrant of international law or treaty under which the 5,000 Mexicans who fled to the United States after the battle of Ojinaga, and who are interned at Fort Bliss, can be held, representatives of the Huerta government at El Paso, Texas, are preparing to institute ha beas . corpus proceedings to obtain their liberation. Harris Walthall and H. R. Gamble are acting for the Huer ta government, under the immediate direction of Miguel E. Diebold, the Mexican consul general at large. The right of express companies to refuse to deliver C. O. D. shipments of liquor into Texas was upheld by the Missouri supreme court. The de cision of the court was based on the Texas law prohibiting such shipments Washington. President Wilson went to congress and pleaded for repeal of the provi sion of the Panama canal act which exempts American coastwise shipping from tolls. He .tersely asserted that his reason for asking the repeal was because everywhere execpt in the Unit ed States the tolls of the exemption wrere regarded as violation of the Hay Pannfpfote treaty, and he further ask ed it in support oi the anm'mstra- tion's general policy. In i there was a quick response to the pres ident's address, the committee voting 13 to 3 to favorably report the Sims repeal bill. . John Bassett Moore, counselor of the state department and the recog nized authority on international ques tions, conciuaea nis service witn me government, when President Wilson accepted the resignation Mr. Moore had submitted a month ago. Coming when international affairs occupy the forefront of official and public atten tion, the departure of Mr. Moore from a position second only to that of Mr, Bryan, attracted wide-spread attention and comment. It is stated that he will return to the Columbia university as head, of the international law depart ment. Washington paid tribute to Col. G W. Goethals, builder of the Panama canal. The occasion was the annual banquet of the National Georgraph Society, with Colonel Goetha's present as the guest of honor, and to receive from them and the president a special gold medal awarded him oy the soci etey in recognition of his wonderful achievement. Secretary Bryan was toastmaster. The banquet presented a striking scene. At one end, raised high above the table, the words, "Atlantic-Gnethals-Pacific." blazed in brilliant electric letters as all other lights were extinguished. The United States army forces in Hawaii are to be increased from 8,000 men to 14,000 or 15,000 as soon as the troops can be transferred from the states, according to Maj. Gen, William H. Carter, who is to sail for Honolulu to assume command of the division of Hawaii. With General Car ter will go about one thousand men to augment the present garrison on Oahu. The remainder of the proposed in crease, he said, will be transferred as soon as the men can be spared from the Texas border. A monument to commemorate the victory of Andrew Jackson over the Creek Indians at Horse Shoe Bend on the Tallapoosa river in 1814 in Ala bama, was provided by a bill passed by the house. Majority Leader Un derwood made a speech vigorously sup porting the bill. It carried an ap propriation of $25,000 for the monu ment. Preliminary figures made public by director of the census, W. J. Harris, shows the total indebtedness of the 48 states of the Union, less sinking fund assets, on June 30, 1913, was $342,251, 000, an increase of $107,342,000, or nearly 50 per cent., over the total ten years ago. President Wilson revealed to those who discussed Mexican affairs with him that he fully realized the gravity of the situation resulting from the kill ing of William S. Benton, a British subject, the reported murdtr of Gus tav Bauch and Clemente Vergara, American citizens, and General Car ranza's denial of the right of the Unit ed States to look after the interests of foreigners generally in Mexico. The president spoke deploringly of armed intervention,' but said the power and size of the United States warranted a calm and patient course and did not . favor rash action. . DOINGS OE STATE SUPREME COURT EIGHT .MORE APPEALS ARE DIS POSED OF BY THE SUPREME COURT. LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS Review of the Latest News Gathered Around the State Capitol That Will Be of Interest to Our Readers Over North Carolina. Raleigh. Eight appeals were disposed by the supreme court recently in the delivery of opinions. In the case of State vs. Lewis Allen, Vance county, a new trial is granted in a remarkable case. Allen was driving through the coun try in a buggy when Will Royster, who is not an officer, and had no war rant for Allen's arrest, "took him in custody" as having whiskey for sale, and conveyed him to the county jail. He was convicted of assault and bat tery on Royster in that he fought and cut Royster while the latter was tak ing him to jail. The court holds that the jury must say whether the resist ance was in his own justifiable de fense or not. The other opinions de delivered follow: Trust Company vs. Whitehead, Hal ifax, no error; Kennedy vs. S. A. L. Railway, Bertie, partial new trial as to damages and contributory negli gence; State vs. Allen, Vance, error; Newsome vs. Bank of Ahoskie, Hert ford, reversed; Bowden vs. English, Wayne, no error; Eley vs. Atlantic Coast Line, Hertford, affirmed; State vs. Harris, Vance, new trial; Ipock vs Gaskins, docketed and dismissed un der Rule 17. Some State Charters Granted. The Merchants' and Farmers' Bank of Mocksville, Davie county, capital $50,000 authorized, and $10,000 sub scribed by J. L. Armfield of Thomas ville and others for general and sav ings banking business. The Biltmore Livery Company, Bilt more, capital $10,000 authorized, and 5,400 subscribed by J. G. Stike leather and others. The Graham Land Company, Gra ham, capital $25,000, subscribed by A. L. Hlomes and others. The Caraleigh Phosphate and Fer tilizer Works of Raleigh amends its charter so that the capital is increas ed to $400,000 of which $200,000 shall be six per cent preferred stock. There is an amendment for the charter of the Siler City Light & Telephone Co., Siler City, providing for an increase of capital to $25,000. C. M. Bray is president of the corpor ation. The City Metal Roofing and Supply Co., Winston-Salem, capital $10,0000 authorized, and $1,000 subscribed by T. A. Butner, T. F. Holcomb and others. W. H. Winstead, Inc., Goldsboro, capital $50,000 authorized, and $1,000 subscribed by W. H. Winstead and others for a leaf tobacco business. The Universal Film & Supply Co., Charlotte, capital $125,000 authoriz ed, and $5,000 subscribed by A. P. Moses and others. The Crowell Woodenware Company Fayetteville, capital $10,000, subscrib ed by J. C. Crowell and others. Last of Bonds Are Sold. The state has finally sold the last of the $1,142,800 improvement bond issue authorized at the last regular session of the general assembly to be issued as of date July 1, 1913, to run to 193 and bear2 four per cent inter est. When the bids were first open ed there were offers for less than half of the bonds, owing to the depressed condition of the bond market at that time. Since then the state, treasurer has been gradually selling the re mainder in small blocks. There was a remainder of $300,000' on hand yet to be sold, and C. C. McDonald, the well known Raleigh stock and bond broker bought the remaining bonds at a sub stantial premium and accumulated in terest. This means that the. state treasury now has in hand all the bal ance of this $1,142,500 fund that was provided by the legislature. Will Aid Any Good Cause. Mr. Poe says the Farmers' Union members may be depended on to sup port the measures it has officially en dorsed, such as tax reform and the increase of the inheritance tax and income tax, local option, land segre gation between the races, allowing white communities, an industrialized system of education, the initiative and referendum. While the State Social Service Conference is in earnest about its demand for better child labor law and other announceed policies of state government but are non-political. Buy Valuable Vance Papers. Recently at an auction sale of im portant documents and manuscripts in Philadelphia the North Carolina Historical commission purchased a number of important and historical manuscripts, but failed to acquire the ownership of a , very valuable Vance letter. The letter sold for $130 and is said to be the highest price ever paid for a North Carolina document. The commission's agent reported that the person who bought the letter had un limited resource and it was folly to bid 'against him. Governor Craig and Criticisms. Governor Craig a few days ago went over the petitions in the Walter Shel ton case and in searching for opposi tion to his course in commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment, found but one letter and that an un signed one. 1 I have been criticised by some of the papers for commuting Shelton's sentence," Govtrnor Craig said, "and I wanted to make certain that there was no real opposition to my course, which I think was just and merciful and one that I should unhesitatingly repeat in similar circumstances. Here you see these petitions, . letters and by whom many of them are signed, numbers of them being affidavits to the effect that Shelton is of doubtful, if not of unsound mind. The notice of application for pardon was put In the Reidsville papers. It had to be put there according to law. Ample announcement that such a course was contemplated and every chance was given for opposition to Shelton's commutation. If I under stand the situation, the condition of Shelton prior to the murder was not brought out in court. I considered the absence of opposition to the clemency shown him evidence at least of wil lingness to let me examine the case and decide it on its merits as they appeared to me. "There was just one letter in oppo sition. It came from a man who did not sign his name and I have no idea who he was. Hundreds of names of good men, apparently, accompanied the petitions. Many letters were writ ten. I acted with these before me. "I have just this to say of the crit icisms: They would appear to me to be far more just and certainly ' more generous, if those making them had spoken to me before I acted. My critics mean well I. known and want to see me do right, but why one wishing the best thing for the community, should wait until I had done what he regards the wrong thing before he gave me the benefit of his knowledge or his advice when he knew I was about to act. "One of these criticisms I appre ciate. It said I made a mistake but censured the people for petitioning me to commute Shelton's sentence. That was at least dividing the blame. But even then, I think it would have looked better had the writer of this rebuke spoken ot the people and to me before either had acted finally." Confederate Veterans Meet June 10. The North Carolina Confederate Veterans Reunion this year will be held in Raleigh and the date is June 10 when the monument to the Women of the Confederacy will be unveiled on Capitol Square. President John C. Drewry in behalf of the chamber of Commerce and city of Raleigh ex tended the invitation for the reunion in this city and the acceptance from Maj. Henry A. London was received a few days ago. In accepting the invitation Maj. London states that on account of the occasion the largest crowd of Con federates who ever attended an an nual gathering will be present in Ral- eign on June lu. Preparations are now under way to make the reunion one of the best of the past several years. Letters Going Out to Editors. Literature is going out from the headquarters of the State Press Asso ciation calling upon the editors to ask their congressmen to vote for a change in the law that will give edi tors the right to change their con tracts with the railroads to make pos sible interstate mileage arrange ments. While there is plenty of sen timent for it, there is a lot against it, Reward For Lyerly's Slayer. Governor tjraig recently offered a reward for the capture of the man or men who killed Preston Lyerly at Barber's Junction and set fire to the store in which he worked. Rowan county has offered a reward of $100 and citizens are expected to contrib ute. Solicitor Hayden Clement is in vestigating the case now. Issues Pardon For1 Two. Governor Craig recently pardoned Dixie Johnson, of Durham county, who was convicted four years ago of in fanticide in Durham county and sen fenced to a term or rive years, and Green Oliver, an old man, of Caldwell county, a retailer. Cobb Pays Death Penalty. After writing a lengthy confession, R. W. Cobb paid the death penalty at 10:30 a. m. recently in the electric chair for the murder of Thomas Shaw in Halifax county last May. The con fession, addressed to Governor Craig was in effect that he did not intend to murder when he hid on the porch of Shaw's house to await his coming from the store on the Saturday night, Shaw was taking home about $400. He also claimed when he ordered Shaw to hold up his hands he thought he saw the gleam of a revolver. Little Road Work for February. On account of the bad weather and a short month, less road work was, done in Wake in February than in any month during the past twelve, but ac cording to Supervisor Wiggs, the rest has been good for both mules and men. About 35 miles of roads were graded, repaired and otherwise work ed during the month. In his report made to the commis sioners, Mr. Wiggs advocates the pur chase of six more mules to help in the bridge and repair work and small jobs that do not require a large force. TEXAS RANGERS SET NVADE HIDALGO, EXHUME THE REMAINS BULLET WOUND8 IN HEAD. v RPI IFVFS HP WAS TORTURED Ranchman's &on wno ci.u...i VERGARA'S BODY the Party Identified Corpse as ma COunty at the conference. It was Te of His Father Governor Colquitt cently announced from Raleigh that 5 RAardthe Matter. a vtuiv ... r J rpV Tbtsu TtaneerS. Wno jecretrly' crossed into Mexico in the light brought to American side tne nutilated body of Clemente Vergara, rexas ranchman and established the act of his execution after he was seiz- sd by the Mexican Federals Vereara was shot twice through . - i i . l- I ;he head ana once imuuBu . .. i from ais skuu crusneu as ujr , u rifle butt and the charred findings jf the left hand indicated that he naa been tortured before being put to eath. - Identification was made by tne lead man's- son and by numerous friends. many of whom were in tne party of nine, led by the state border which made the grim journey to the Hidalgo cemetery diring the early morning hours. The body was brought into the Uni- ed States at a point 45 miles north- west of Laredo, opposite Hidalgo, and I near the Vereara ranch. American Consul Garrett of Neuve Leredo, dep uty sheriffs and other authorities were waiting to receive it and pending the irrival of an undertaker from Laredo, in armed force stood guard over the body. Recovery of the body was made by a force of Texans, including friends of the dead man. acting with the fi-nnn nt ToTfl a T?THrOT imflpr Cflrt. . . . . Saunders, wno nave Deen investigating for Onvornnr Cnlmiitt the circum- 7 v. - . . can Federals. A secret investigation in which many Mexicans had been questioned, is understood to have pre ceded the trip into Mexico. Leading the force was a man who claimed to have been a witness to both the exe cution and burial of Vergara. The force gathered near the Ver gara ranch, not far from the spot where Vergara crossed the river to meet the Mexican Federals who prom ised remuneration for stolen horses, Moving silently they began the over land march to Hidalgo, a distance of about five miles. They avoided the town, it was said, under the cover of night and met no one to question their journey. Location of the grave where Ver- gara was supposed to lie proved an vasy idLii, iui it iids. ueeu a center ot Ann "1 1 A. M speculation ana wonaer since it ap- yeareu aner a swinging Doay naa oeen cut aown irom tne place oi exe- UL1,JU 11 ue uver TT J J . . , veigtuas uisappearance startea an investigation. The body had been rudely interred, with little effort to protect it from the earth. With their . wv. oy six 01 tne aeaa man s rnenas, tne procession startea uncnailenged on the return journey which brought C mente vergara. home again to the Unt ted States. 11 is unaerstooa a tnorougn ex amination of the body has been order ed by the state authorities. No Comment In Washington. Washington. No ocial advices had reached either the State or War De partments about, the recovery of the body of Clemente Vergara. While offi cial oemment on the incident was lacking, the fact that premission had been given by the Mexican Federal authorities for recovery of the body was believed to remove the possibili ties of international complications. Explosion Kills Twenty-Four. Skaterinoslav, Russia. Twenty-foui men were killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine here. The explosion was caused bv a miner onenins: his safety lamp in a sas filled chamber to lieht a cigarette. Battle Reported Near Tampioco. Vera Cruz. A wireless despatch re ceived here from the cruiser Des Moines at Tampico says a battle was fought near Altamira. A force of 5,000 neoeis overwneimea tne t eaerai ad- vance columns which retreated to- ward Tampico. Active preparations are being made to defend the Tarn- pico garrison, which numbers only 1,- 500 men. On receipt of the message from the Des Moines, Rear Admiral Flecher ordered the hospital ship So- lacfi and the battleships Minnesota . . and Connecticutt to Tampico. Will Not Kill Terranzas. ( x El Paso. Failure to pay the ran- som demanded for Luis Terrazas, Jr., will not result m the prisoner s exe- cution according to a telegram re- ecived here from General Villa at Chihuahua. News of the telegram came from rebel agents. The agents declared ihowever .that General Villa certainly wouia expose lerrazas to Edgar Fletcher, of the Fletcher see the enemy's fire at Torreon unless the tion has purchased the interests of J. prisoner's father, uenerai x,uis ler- razas, refrains from poltical activity but in spite of further, failure to pay ransom he is now safe. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. Selects Central Highway Foute. A meeting to perfect plans and select a route for the Central High way through Forsyth, Davie and Ire dell counties was held at tbfe court house in this city- recently by repres entatives of the three counties. C. A. Hartman and Attorneys Grant and Bailey represented Davie county; J. B. Roach, W. L. Mathison and R. F wanner represented ireueii county. and the highway commission with P, tftreRtA1 nt,ans. renresented Forsvth $20,000 had been allotted to these .. , , . J tnree counties ior..: we inguwijr auu iu ttmuuiii, mm uc mucaocu w 000 by the counties interested. Cornerstone Is Laid. While hundreds stood with barred heads bathed in the mellow sunlight that streamed downwards through a rift in tne March-day clouds, after sol- emn music naa Dreatnea iorcn a , . . splrit tnat maae remotest anuquuy one with the T)resent and with all time to come the cornerstone of charlotte's Masonic Temple was low- ered into its place. That instant the ream Df half a century entered into tlie beginning of its realization. Exer- Cjses Df singular beauty and felicity. lasting from 3 o'clock until 4:35 and conducted by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, marked the occasion. Addresses by Past Grand Master Francis D. Winston of Windsor and jU(jee William F. Harding of this cfty were conspicuous 'features. Inspect Statesville's Streets. Aldermen A. A. Cook, S. L. Bost, H. B. Wilkinson, J. A. Walker and W L. Rohbins of Concord were here recently to inspect Statesville's paved RtreP.- null Mrr.rMsvi themaeips 99 well pleased. Few towns in the state have done as much street improve ment work during the past three vears as Statesville. and other towns - . . . ., - utciuiiiatt. uui nruin. oixuuivi investigate what has been doue here in order to Drofit b thls town 8 exD&- nence. Operating Package Cars. ur interest to business men gen erally in this state is the fact that the Pennsylvania Railroad and the N. Y. & P. railroads are now operating daily package cars between Pittsburg-Buf falo territory and Norfolk, Va., at which point they connect with Norfolk Southern daily package cars, Norfolk to Charlotte. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS NOTES. The Junior Order of American Me chanics has decided to erect a mod era hospital at Mount Airy and steps have already been taken to that end. 1 .-ml por s0me time a committee from tne local COUnfcil has had the matter In hand and nave taken an option on a spiendid and beautiful site. The second exhaustive campaign I . -train st. the hookw'orm in Edge- combe county has been under way for three weeks and Dr. D. C. Absher, who has had the -work in charge, is mil on encouragea over me mieiesi being taken Ymi can sav for the Mecklenburg Declaration Society that the celebra- nf Mav 9n is trnimr to be carried out without a hitch and it is going to be a great and pronounced success," dfiriared a hieh official of the Society t The buildings now occupied by the nMrt National Rank and the Dostof- c sn 00 Ti aa tvia W XXX UC IU1U c v a J oau ck? viv nrPSAnt lease of the Hickory cost- office expires some time in April, and ho stnr.khoirlers nf the bank will erect . a 1 v vnr,r Oi U1UUC1U UOllIL . The first school garden to be estab- lished in this state west of the Blue Wirtirfi Mountains ia that of the Sand Hill High school which was planted mwntw ..nHpr tho direction of R. D. Weaver. Buncombe county farm demonstrator. With Col. John S. Henderson as president and W. J. Swink as treasu rer, the Rowan County Farm Life school has erntteh down to business. Tho trustees were named by leeisla- h art and the first meeting was held in Salisbury recently. W. A, Bennet, representing the J. B. McCrary Company, of Atlanta, Ga., is now making the survey of Forest City for the purpose of preparing a Diat in order that an estimate of the cost of a sewerage system Height be determined The contract has the erection of a modern iron bridge which will span thp waters of the Yadkin river and imk Forsyth and Davie counties more Mostly toother incidentally eivins Winston-Salem, a direct route to VAVUVAl VVnv w w ' 1 charlotte was awarded recently to i it-It,,,,- Ttriricra rvmrnnnv nf Indiana for $21,000. : The war department has decided to establish one of its five-weeks' sum mer training schools .at Asheville These schools have about 500 boys an4i are nrovine popular, For the promotion of a feeling of fellowship and charity among the visitors to Asheville who are here for their health, an association is being promoted which will be nation-wide. c Morrow and P. F. Patton in the Bine Ridge Creamery of Henderson- ville of thls city and has taken active rhare-e of th business. ' PRESIDENT WILSON ON CANAL TOLLS DELIVERS ADDRESS AT JOINT SESSION OF TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS. IS BRIEF BUT IMPORTANT In Brief Address President Wilson Asks That Panama "Canal Act Be Repealed . Makes Request in All Earnestness. Gentlemen of the Congress : I have come to you upon an errand which can be very briefly preformed. but I beg that-you will not measure its importance by the number of sen tences In which I state it. No com munication I have addressed to the Congress carried with it graver or more far-reaching implications to the . . 1U anA t mm i-n-cicoi, .u. v,v, , . nw to ak UT)on a ma,tter with re ear d to which I am charged in a peculiar degree, by the Constitution itself, with personal responsibility. I have come to ask for the repeal of that provision of the Panama Canal Act of August 24, 1912, which exempts vessels engaged in the coast wise trade of the United States from payment of tolls, and to urge upon you the justice, the wisdom, and the large policy of such a repeal with the utmost earnestness of which I am capable. In my own judgment, very fully considered and maturely formed, that exemption constitutes a mistaken economic policy from every point of view, and is, moreover, in plain con travention of the treaty with Great Britain oencerning the canal conclua- ed on November is, lym. uui i nave not come to you to urge my personal views. I have come to state to you a fact and a situation. Whatever may be our own differences of opinion -nnrr,1nr tv,l much debated meas .... ure, Its meaning is not aeuaieu uut- side the United States. Everywhere else the language of the treaty is given but one interpretation, and that in terpretation precludes the exemption I am asking you to repeal. We con sented to the treaty;. its language we accepted, if we did not originate it; and we are too big, too powerful, too self-respecting a nation to interpret with too strained or refined a read ing the words of our own promises just because we have power enough to give us leave to read them as we please. The large thing to do is the only thing we can afford to do, a vol untary withdrawal from a position everywhere questioned and misunder stood. We ought to reverse our act ion without raising the question vhthir wp were reht or wrong, and so once mere deserve our reputation 0r generosity and the redemption of eyery obligation w'thout quibble or hesitation. x ask this of you in support of the ft iw nf th nrim'nistra.tinn. I J-VAV-A&A V t ,oii r,t tr.nw hnw ,tn rtpal with matters of even greater delicacy an(i nearer consequence if yu do not grant it to me in ungrudging measure. State Counselor Resigns., Washington. John Bassett Moore, counselor of the state department and recognized authority on international questions, concluded his service with the government, when President Wil- son accepted the resignation Mr. Moore naa suDmittea a montn ago Coming-when international affairs oc cudv the forefront of offical and 1 " " puDllc attention tne aeparture 01 jvir, Moore attraciea wiaespreau uuuixueut. Although the resignation had been in the president's hands since Feb- - ..... ruary Z, this lact naa not Deen gen erany Known. mere naa Deen re Ports some months ago that the coun selor of the state department did not find his labors entirely congenial and was about to resign, but these reports were promptly denied. It was ex plained that Mr. Moore had come into the administration , with a definie un derstanding that his tenure was pro visional for a year, so that he could return to his duties as head of the department of international law at Columbia university. Plans For Student Camps. Washington. The war department plans were announced for holding stu- dent military camps next summeh at Ludington, Mich., for the central sec tion of the country, and at Monterey, Cal., for the west. Burlington, Vt., and Asheville, N. C, already have been selected for the northeastern and southeastern camps, and a fifth camp may be located at Spokane, Wash AU of the camps except that at Mon I A . 1 T.1 1 lerey win open juiy o ana ciose August 7 Soon to Present Report. Washington. Favorable reports probably will be submitted in a few days by the senate interstate com merce commission on the nominations of Winthrop M. Daniels of New Jer- sev and Henry c. Hall of Colorado, who were named by President Wilson January 31 as members of the inter state commerce commission. The names were referred to com mittee more than a month ago and upon request of Senators LaFollette and Cummins were later submitted to a subcommittee, '
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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