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VOL. XXXVI
PITTSB0R0, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, MAY 6, 1914.
NO. 39.
IEDIATORS WT
TRID DELEGATED
AS FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF
CARRANZA, HUERTA AND
UNITED STATES.
BRYAN CONFERS WITH THEM
They Yet Hold Out Hopes of Settling
the Whole Mexican Problem
Some Day.
Washington. The three South Am
erican envoys who have undertaken
the task of pacifying Mexico by dip
lomacy made another decisive move
in their plan, by requesting the Unit
ed States Government, General Huerta
and General Carranza to appoint rep
resentativies to confer with, them in
Washington.
Ambassador Da Gama of Brazil and
Ministers Naon and Suarez of Argen
tine and Chile, respectively, called on
Secretary Bryan, asking him to de
signate the American representatives.
At the same time they telegraphed
their requests to the head of the Gov
ernment in Mexico City, as well as
the Constitutionalist chief.
No announcements of the subjects
to be considered by representatives of
the three parties to the mediation, or
of the powers or functions of the new
envoys was made except for the fol
lowing brief statement issued through
the State Department on the authority
o fthe three diplomats:
"The mediators have delivered to
this Government and are sending out
to General Huerta and General Car
ranza requests that representatives be
appointed to confer with the media
tors." The proposal to bring together spe
cially designated representatives was
the result of an all-day ses ion of the
South American envoys. The sug
gestion had been made to them from
various quarters that much time would
be saved.
The envoys felt confident the stey
they had taken would meet with fa
vor by all concerned, believing there
could be no objection to a , move cal
culated cheifly to facilitate the pro
gress of the work.
COLORADO STRIKE UNSETTLED.
Efforts in Washington to Bring About
Peace Are Futile.
Washington. Messages telling of
futile efforts thus far at Washington
to bring about a settlement of the
Colorado coal mine strike, including a
telegram from John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., saying mining company officials
in Colorado "were the only ones com
petent to deal with the question'
were made public. Representative
Foster, chairman of the House Mines
Committee, who gave out the tele
graphic correspondence, had been at
tempting to get Mr. Rockefeller, oper
ators and officials of the mines which
the Rockefellers partly control, and
the striking operatives together, fol
lowing a White House conference.
Mr. Foster telegraphed Mr. Rocke
feller recently, saying William Green,
secretary-treasurer of the Internation
al Mine Workers Union, had made
public a statement that mine workers
would waive any recognition of the
union or unionizing camps. He asked
Mr. Rockefeller if he was willing to
enter negotiations for settlement of
the strike on that basis.
Mr. Rockefeller replied that he was
forwarding the telegram to the offi
cers of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.
in Denver, who with the officials of
the mining companies in Colorado, he
said, were the only ones competent to
deal with that question.
Mr. Foster repied to this with a
sharp message to Mr. Rockefeller,
which the latter up to night has not
acknowledged. Mr. Foster telegraph
ed: "Your telegram somewhat a disap
pointment, we were in hopes that you
would deem the situation so grave
and serious that you would give your
personal efforts to prevent the further
killing of men, women and children,
and we renew the hope that you will
reconsider and resolve to use your
personal influence and authority to
this humane end."
.... Think Huerta Will Fail.
El Paso, Texas. Several rebel lead
ers declared Victoriano Huerta was
ready to step down and out under the
pressure of his cientifico supporters,
'ho, they said, already regarded re
bel success as inevitable. The con
stitutionalist leaders said that on ac
count of this belief they would make
no concessions when mediation came
up as a result of the good offices of
diplomats. Rebel leaders in El Paso
said good offices were accepted by
Huerta only as a means of "saving
fcis face."
Rebels Move to Saltille.
Chichuahau, Mexico. Gen. Fran
cisco Villa has gone to Torreon. Gen.
Carranza will remain behind for a
few days and then will follow Villa to
Torreon to review the troops. A ban
quet marked the culmination of the
excellent relations existing among the
leaders of the revolution. In his
speech Gen. Carranza declared the
Present revolution is social rather
than political in its nature, designed
to establish law and order, educate
the masses and solve the agragian
problem.
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FOR THE BUS?-
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.
Mrs. Anna B. Moses, wife of W.
Moultrie Moses, a prominent business
me nand banker of Girard, Ala., was
accidentally killed in the morning at
seven o'clock at the family residence
near Girard. Mrs. Moses' watch was
under the pillow, and as she reached
for it to see the time the watch chain
became entangled in some way with
her husband's pistol, which was also
under the pillow. The pitsol was dis
charged, the bullet striking her
squarely in the temple. Death ensued
an hour and a half later.
Ten thousand miners in the Kana
wha coal fields quit work in the face
of an order from John P. White, pres
ident of the United Mine Workers of
America. Thomas Cairnes, president
of district No. 17, urged the men to
remain at work until negotiations were
officially broken off with the opera
tors, but they refused to obey.
Long distance telephone information
from Willis, to Houston, Texas, said
a lone bandit walked into a bank at
Willis, and at the point of a gun forc
ed the officials to turn over to him
over four thousand dollars, with which
he escaped.
Robbers effected entrance to the
State Bank at Apopka, Fla., and with
nitroglycerin blew the vault open
They got away with $4,500 in curren
cy, overlooking about $200 in small
change. The robbers used some tools
they took from the railroad section
house to effect entrance to the bank
Between one and three o'clock five
muffled explosions were heard. The
robbery was discovered at daylight.
There is no clue.
More than a thousand American ref
ugees stepped foot on their home
shores when the quarantine was lifted
on the convoy Dixie, the collier Cy
clops and the steamship Esperanza,
which brought the refugees into the
port of Galveston, Texas.
Four miners are known to be dead,
fifty-nine were rescued, many of them
severely burned, and 203 others were
entombed in two burning mines, and
are believed to have but a small chance
for their lives, as the result of an ex
plosion of gas in mines Nos. 5 and 6 of
the New River Collieries company at
Eccles, W. Va. The dead and rescued
men were taken from mine No. 6. One
hundred and ninety of the entombed
men were in shaft No. 5, not a man
having escaped from this operation
since the explosion. The mine burned
fiercely, and the most desperate ef
forts were made to subdue the flames,
General.
The Pacific mail steamer Siberia has
arirved at Manila. Her captain reports
an uneventful voyage from Nagasaki
to Manila. He said that reports that
his vessel was in distress arose over
some misunderstanding.
It is reported in Mexico City that
an aereement to an armistice was sign
ed by representatives of the United"
Startes. the federals and rebels. Jose
Manuel Cardozo de Olieveira, the Bra
zilian minister, confirmed the report
except as to the actual signing of the
agreement.
Colorado's seven months' industrial
conflict has claimed a toll of at least
nine lives. This was the verified rec
ord, divided as follows: At Forbes,
seven mine guards and one striker
dead, with two other strikers believed
to have been killed. At Walsenburg,
one officer of the militia hospital corps
killed, one officer and two enlisted
men wounded. The Forbes camp was
a scene of desolation; virtually all the
mine buildings having been destroyed
by fire. '
Unless the New York cotton ex
change "can be so regulated by action
of congress as to compel the perform
ance of its proper functions," it should
be abolished, in the judgment of the
American Cotton Manufacturers' As
sociation. In the closing hours of the
association's annual convention in New
York City speakers attacked the meth
ods of the local exchange. The abolish
ment of the mart unless regulated by
federal legislation was urged in a res
olution adopted unanimously at the
suggestion of Lewis W. Parker, chair
man of the committee on cotton ex
changes.
An official announcedment issued by
the Japanese government says it has
been definitely decided that Japan will
participate in the Panama-Pacific ex-
Dosition in San Francisco.
A crowd of visitors estimated at fifty
thousand swarmed through the Phil
adelphia navy yard and viewed the act
ive preparations 'being made for the
sailins of a number of the war vessels
stationed. Workmen were busy pre
paring the engines of the fast scout
cruiser Salem for her trip to Mexican
waters. Something went wrong with
one of the bearings and mechanics
took the machinery apart. There was
a pretty ceremony at the yard when
the gunboat Sacramento was placed
in commission. Commandant Benson
running up the American flag placed
her crew of 150 aboard.
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NOTES
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General Murgla, with about twelve
hundred Constitutionalist soldiers,
marched into Piedras Negras, and took
formal possession of the town. Table3
were erected on the plaza and the sol
diers were feasted by the women of
the town.
Forty-eight Mexican prisoners in the
army detention camp at Fort Rose
crans, San Diego, Cal., escaped at
night by digigng a seventy-yard tun
nel under fences and barbed wire en
tanglements. Fourteen of them have
been recaptured.
Reports from the life-saving crew at
the head of the lakes makes it practi
cally certain that the steamer Benja
min Noble, with her officers and a
crew of twenty men, was sunk in Lake
Superior, off Minnesota Point, in a
violent storm. Life belt, hatches,
spars, oars and other wreckage were
picked up afterwards. Great anxiety
is felt here for five vessels headed for
this port. All of them are overdue.
No word has been received of these
vessels. Meanwhile the storm has
turned into a blizzard.
Rock and dirt are still moving down
the Curacha slide into the Culebra cut
of the Panama canal, but the engi
neers who have been fighting the
treacherous slides in this vicinity are
at last gaining upon nature. Fears
that the opening of the canal, set
for January, 1915, would have to be
postponed indefinitely have been grow
ing less each day, for the dredges and
steam shovels have been taking out
the dirt and rock much faster than it
slid into the canal.)
Carranza and Villa have reached an
agreement according to a Mexican
newspaper man who arrived in El Paso
from Chihuahua, that the rebels will
remain mere, spectators so long as
there is no invasion of rebel territory.
It had been stated that the relations
between Villa and Carranza had be
come strained, but this is now posi
tively denied as having no foundatioi
in fact.
Washington.
Brig. Gen. Robert K. Evans, com.
manding the eastern division, left
Washington for Atlanta to look into
the condition of that part of the coun
try's militia which would be included
in the first army corps and located iD
the Southern states.
Cotton planting is late and incom
plete and it is yet impossible to fore
cast final acreage. Returns thus far
available indicate that an increase
of about 1.5 per cent., which is sure
to be exceeded when final returns
are obtained a month hence, Nearlj
all states show fair increases except
Oklahoma and North Carolina.
The administration interstate trade
commission bill, as framed by a sub
committee of the senate Interstate
commerce committee for report to the
full committee, was made public. Rail
road representatives will be heard on
the bill by the committee May 11 and
12, and others interested as oppor
tunity offers. The bill would provide
for a commission of five, not more
than three of one political party, at
$10,000 a year. Each commission
would be allowed $5,000 for a secre
tary. President Huerta ordered the imme
diate release of Dr. Edward Ryan, an
American Red Cross official, who was
threatened with execution as a spy in
Zacetecas. The release was ordered
after urgent persnal representations to
President Huerta by William W. Can
ada, U. S. consul at Vera Cruz. Huer
ta telegraphed to Mr. Canada that he
did not know that Doctor Ryan was to
be put to death, but that he had order
ed the federal commander at Zacetecas
to release him immediately and give
him transportation to Mexico City.
The Japanese government, it has de
veloped, was asked and declined to
act for the Huerta administration
through its diplomatic representatives
in Washington and its consuls in the
United States prior to Mexico's appli
cation to Spain to perform this mis
sion, which was accepted. While the
Japanese embassy declines to confirm
the report, it is known to be well
founded and to have given great sat
isfaction to President Wilson's admin
istration as a significant expression of
Japan s friendliness towards the Unit
ed States.
Tentative plans for the handling ot
the National Guard of the states with
in the jurisdiction of the department
of the east of the United States army
if they should be called into the federal
service were made public at Governor's
Island. '
President Wilson extended the pro
tecting arm of the federal government
to the state of Colorado, where, be
cause of riots and pitched battles be
tween mine guards and striking min
ers, Governor Ammons had found the
state militia unable to cope with the
situation and asked for help. The
Colorado delegation in congress, mine
owners and miners themselves joined
in the request. It was one of the
rare occurrences in American history
when a state found itself impotent to
assert its authority, but the- president
expressly stipulates . that the soldiers
shall only maintain order.
The Mexican crisis now is centering
on the issue between those who are
seeking through the good offices and
intermediation of-, Latin America to
find some middle ground for pacific
adjustment and those who regard a
resort to arms as an inevitable conse
quence of what has occurred. Two
distinct branches of activity were man
ifest that of the envoys of Argentina,
Brazil and Chile in formulating a plan
of adjustment to be submitted to the
United States and the Huerta regime,
and that of -the, military' and naval
forces of the United States which con
tinue to go forward steadily.
SUPREME COURT
ACTS UN 15 CASES
STATE HIGH COURT TURNS OUT
RECORD AMOUNT OF DE
CISIONS. .ATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS
Review of the Latest News Gathered
Around the State Capitol That
Will Be of Interest to Our Readers
Over North Carolina.
AsJelKh.
Fifteen appeals are decided in
a- batch of opinions delivered by
the North Carolina Supreme Court,
the list including the affirmation of
the first-degree murder conviction of
Grady Lane, Moore county, for kill
ing George McCain for the purpose
of robbery in a swamp close by Aber
deen. The full list opinions delivered
follows :
V. & C. S. Railroad vs. Seaboard
Air Line, Robeson, petition to hear
dismissed; Pinner vs. Brittain, New
Hanover, no error; In re Nigging, For
syth, appeal dismissed; Moore vs.
Southern Railway, Forsyth, no error;
Brown vs. Chemical Company, Dur
ham, no error; Murchison ys. Fogle-
man, Alamance, no error; Boone vs.
Jones, Orange, no error; Creel vs.
High Point, affirmed; State vs. Lane,
Moore, no error; State vs. Gaddy,
Union, no error;. Fashion Company vs.
Grant, Stanly, affirmed; Forbis vs
Piedmont Lumber "Company, Moore,
in plaintiff's appeal recersed, in inter
venor's appeal no error; State vs
Melton, Gaston, no error; State vs
Morris, Gaston, no error; Pruitt vs.
Power Company, Mecklenburg, af
firmed; City of Charlotte vs. Brown,
affirmed.
In State vs. Grady Lane, in which
death sentence is affirmed, George Mc
Cain, the victim, was robbed of $141
after he had been lured from the
depot at Aberdeen into a nearby
swamp ostensibly to gamble with
Lane.
In State vs. Lester Morris from Gas
ton County the Supreme Court re
affirms its ruling in State vs. Nipper
and Johnston from Wake that guards
have no right to whip convicts in the
absence oT rules and regulations by
the county commissioners and finds
that there were no rules allowing it
in Gaston, therefore affirming sen
tence for whipping a convict as
charged.
Governor Names Delegates.
Governor Craig commissioned the
following delegates to the Southern
Sociological Congress at Memphis,
Tenn., May 6 to 10 and the National
Congress of Charities and Corrections
at Memphis May 8 to 15:
Miss Fannie E. S. Heck, Miss Daisy
Denson, Pr. W. S. Rankin and Clar
ence Poe, of Raleigh, commissioned to
attend both; to the Congress of Chari
ties and Corrections, Col. R. Bingham,
Asheville; Dr. Robert S Carroll,
Asheville; Cary J. Hunter, Raleigh;
W. A. Blair, Winston-Salem; R. L.
Brown, Oxford; Dr. John McCampbell,
Mcfrganton; Dr. W. W. Faison, Golds
boro; other delegates to the Southern
Sociological Congress, J. B. Blades,
Newbern; M. L. Kisler, Thomasville;
A. W. McAlister, Greensboro; W. L.
Poteat, Wake Forest; E. K. Graham,
Chapel Hill; W. H. Swift, Greensboro;
G. T. Stephenson, Winston-Salem; M..
S. Willard, Wilmington; Judge
George W. Connor, Wilson; Dr. Char
les Daligny,, Troy.
State Will Get Big Sum.
Application has been made to Clerk
of the Coiirt Marcus Erwin of Bun
combe county for the appointment of
an assessor to appraise the estate of
the late George W. Vanderbilt, in or
der that it may be determined what
amount' shall be paid to the state as
an inheritance tax. While it is esti
mated that the inheritance tax of the
late multi-millionaire master of Bilt
more estate, will reach $100,000, the
exact figure will not be known until
the assessor submits his report,
which will be early as possible.
The Vanderbilt will has been filed
with the clerk of court of Buncombe
county.
James S. Lucas Dead.
News was received by Secretary of
State Grimes and State Auditor Wood
of the death in Orange county of Jas.
S. Lucas, who is well known in many
parts of the state.- He was a member
of Company I, First North Carolina
Cavalry, C. S. A., and was a graduate
of the University of North Carolina
and the University of Virginia, a lin
guist of remarkable gift. In the
earlier years of his life he wrote con
siderable poetry and had a most re
markable memory. He was about 70
years old.
May 20, 1915, North Carolina Day.
Commissioner of Agriculture Wil
liam A. Graham is in receipt of
a letter from the chief of the division
of special events of the Panama-Pacific
Exposition to the effect that May
20, 1915, has been designated as
North Carolina day at the great ex
position. Major Graham had been
appealed to by the exposition man
agement to suggest a suitable day for
North Carolina day at the exposition
and he suggested May 20 as suit
able both as to the season and espe
cially in its historical significance.
Richmond Serves 100 N. C. Banks.
A special from Washington says
he Comptroller of the Currency ap
proved banks in Richmond, Va., as
reserve agents for several hundred
banks in the Richmond Federal re
serve zone. Nearly 100 of the banks
ire in. North Carolina.. The Comp
troller is preparing for the new Fed
eral reserve system. The Merchants
National, Planters Natipnal, Ameri
can National and the National State
and City Bank, all of Richmond, are
designed as the reserve agents for
he following. North Carolina banks:
National and American Exchange,
Greensboro; First National, Durham;
First National, Gastonia; First Na
tional, Lexington ; Peoples National,
Winston-Salem ; Peoples Natiohial,
Salisbury; First National and Com.
mercial National, Statesville; First
National, Thomas ville; First National
Wadesboro; Murchison and American
National, Wilmington; Merchants Na
tional, Winston-Salem; First National,
Asheboro; American National, Ashe-
ville; Commercial and Union Nation
al, Charlotte; First National, Dunn;
First National, Elizabeth City; Elkin
National, Elkin; National, Greenville;
First National, Hickory; National,
Kinston; Farmers National, Louis
burg; First National, Moores ville;
First National, Morganton; First Na
tional, Mount Airy; Shuford National,
Newton; National Bank, Granville,
and First National, Oxford; Mer
chants National, Raleigh; First Na
tional, Rbanoke Rapids; First Na
tional, Roanoke Rapids; First Nation
al, Rocky Mount.
Recent Charters Issued.
The following charters were issued
by the Secretary of State:
The Algonouin Club of GoldsborO,
chartered without capital, for social
purposes by T. A. Dewey, Thomas
O'Berry, P. Boney, F. K. Borden, Jr.,
J. F. Beaman and M. L. Michaeux.
The Petrie Printing Company, High
Point, capital $25,000 authorized, and
$300 subscribed by L. C. Petrie, John
Leonard and D. S. Gurley for general
printing, stationery' and punblishing
business.
The Lake View Amusement Com
pany, Charlotte, capital $25,000 au
thorized, and $300 subscribed by R.
L. Womack, W. S. Orr and Charles
Gibson for considering a park and
other places of amusement.
The Royal Feed & Grocery Co.,
Littleton, capital $50,000 authorized.
and $10,000 subscribed by V. F. Har
rison and others.
The Allison Drug Company, Ashe
ville, capital $25,000 authorized and
$5,000 subscribed by T. B. Allison,
and S. A. Lynch.
The Summer Home Company, Ashe
ville, capital $50,000 authorized, and
$3,000 subscribed by J. D. Murphy, G
A. Thomason and S. G. Bernard, for
real estate - development, esepcially
cottages and summer homes.
The Avery Bobbin Company of Mon
tezuma, Avery County, capital $25,000
authorized, and $10,000 subscribed by
E. M. Hodgin, C. W. Pearson and oth
ers for making bobbins, spools and
wood novelties.
Duffey-Umstead, Greensboro, capital
$25,000 authorized, and $3,000 sub
scribed by L. J. Duffey, J. W. Umstead
and others for insurance and real
estate business.
Charter For Fassifern School.
A charter was issued recently for
Fassifern (Inc.) of Hendersonyille,
this being one of the steps for the re
moval of Miss Busbee's famous school
for girls from Lincolnton to Hender-
sonville. The corporation has $50,000
capital authorized and $30,000 sub
scribed, 146 shares by Miss Kate Bus-
bee; 145 by A. C. McBee and three
shares each by R. M. Oates, S. A.
Smith and E. W. Eubank, all of Hen
dersonville.
Celebrate Road Completion.
A big celebration of the completion
of the Raleigh-Leesville highway on
May 7 at Leesville is being arranged
It is an especially fine piece of roa'd
with concrete bridges and other stan
dard equipment. It is expected that
the Raleigh-Cary road will be com
pleted within 10 days. This is also a
very fine stretch of Wake County road
and will be a part of the Central
Highway.
No Tonics For "Spring Fever."
The State Department of Helath has
issued a special bulletin on "Spring
fever" and its treatment in which peo
pie are urged to abstain from the use
of "tonics" and patent medicines and
have a care as to their general con
dition and diet.
SuoDlvina Libraries With Annual.
Commissioner of Labor and Print
ing L. M. Shpman is supplying to the
school libraries of the state copies of
his last annual report, in compliance
with a general demand for this to be
done. The report is a comprehensive
presentation of the resources and in
dustries of the state. Deputy Com
missioner of Insurance W. R. Scott
has gone to Salisbury to take a hand
in the prosecution of Sydney Finger,
colored, for the alleged murder of the
young man Lyerly at Barber's- June
tion some weeks ago. .
Can Secure Degrees Now.
i In its yearly announcement to
the teachers of the state the Unf-
verisity Summer School carries the
information that hereafter students in
the school successful in required
courses of study can secure degrees
bachelor and master of arts. Twenty
two of the courses offered by the
school will count as credits to stu
dents seeking academic degrees. Un
dergraduates can secure., college cred
its of from three to four hours during
the session-
STATE ITEMS
OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE.
Will Get Big Customs House.
There is a strong likelihood that
work on Wilmington's new customs
house, for which congress some years
ago voted an appropriation of $600,
000, will begin some time in the near
f utur.e. In response to ' request from
the Treasury Department Collector B.
F. Keith wired to Washington the
names of . local architects who could
furnish plans for the ground work of
the proposed new building. This indi
cates that the department plans to be
gin' actual work before a great while.
The collector will be made custodian
of the funds for the erection of the
new customs, house and he will re
ceive one per cent for disbursing! the
same. This will go to the incoming
collector, Col. Walker Taylor, as the
money will no doubt be expended dur
ing his administration. The quarter
ust ended broke, all previous records
for exports and imports, the exports
tripling those of the corresponding
quarter of last year.
Thousands Attend Convention.
Thousands of Durham people watch
ed another thousand of the deleg-
gates to the Baraca and Philathea
convention parade the main streets of
the city during the convention. They
marched for half an hour, the Baracas
in one section and the Philatheas in
another section. Both were led by a
band. The parade stretched for many
blocks and was one of the most spec
tacular features of the convention
in Durham. Every meeting of the
convention was attended by packed
houses. Every church in the city was
thrown open to the Baracas and Phil
atheas. In most of the city churches
the Baracas and Philathea Sunday
classes were taught by some of the
leading workers in the state. In every
church there was a talk by some of
the leaders in the work.
Recent Postoffice Appointments.
The following were recommended
by Representative Doughton for post
masters recently. Whitley, Joseph E.
Efird; Amantha, Mrs. Sarah Swift;
Oyama, J. W. Welch. By Representa
tive Godwin: Buies, Albert Britt;
Cerro Gordo, Clarence W. Harrelson;
Tabor, W. C. Graham; East Arcadia,
Mrs. Hattie S. Trust; Bladenboro,
Amsey A. Hilburn; Godwin Hector
Mclntyre. The following postoffice
appointments were made: Old Fort,
T. L. Grant: Hillsboro, George C,
Lynch; Murfeesboro, James D. Babb;
Champion, Andrew F. Parsons; Hor
ton, Mary A. Greene; McGrady, Alon
zo M. Handy; Nile, James A. Maines;
Purlar, Claude McNeill; Reese, Stella
Hagman; Trenton, John B. Collins;
Sweetwater, Nancy Farthing House,
James H. Randolph; Rockfish, Mary
H. Boseman; Stagville, William D,
Turrentine.
O'Berry Heads Pine Men.
A telegram received here brought
the news that Mr. Nathan O'Berry,
of Goldsboro, was in Norfolk elected
president of the North Carolina Pine.
Association. Mr. R. J. Camp, of the
Camp Manufacturing Company, of
Franklin, Va., ,was some time ago
elected president, but had been un
able to fill the place owing to ill
health. A meeting of the association
was called to take place to name Mr,
Camp's successor. It was held at the
Monticello Hotel.
Census of N. C. Towns.
By figures prepared by the Census
Bureau the following estimates for
2ity populations in North Carolina are
Charlotte, 37,951; Wilmington 27,781;
Winston-Salem, 29,034; Asheville, 20,
157; Durham, 22,863; Greensboro, 18,
391; Raleigh, -9,833; Rocky Mount,
16,855; High Point, 11,810; Newbern,
10,281; Elizabeth City, 9,282; Concord,
9,050. These are all the North Caro
lina towns over 8,000.
Mayor C. A. Bland, in speaking of
the municipal association convention
in Charlotte May 14 and 15, empha
sized the fact that the association
membership is not only composed of
North Carolina municipal officers, but
Includes all , Carolina officers, botn
North and South Carolina. The con
vention will be attended by practically
the full membership, that is, represen
tatives will be here from nearly all
the municipalities.
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
The Free Press, Kinston's daily
newspaper, ha sbeen sold by D. T.
Edwards and wife, t the owners for
a number of years, to a company of
local business men, it was announced
Woolworth & Co., of New York
City, has leased for a term of years
the building which was occupied by
the J. W. Bullard Company on West
Trade street, Charlotte, and wiil
establish there one of its 5-10-15 cents
stores, of which this concern has a
'chain throughout the country.
Grand Master M.- L. Shipman of the
North Carolina Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows says the observance of the
ninety-fifth anniversary of Odd. Fel
lowship in America was very gener
ally observed by the lodges in all
parts of this state with exceptionally
large attendance and interest.
W; R. Locklear. W. M. Lowry and
A. Chavls, Robeson County Indians
were in Washington to press the pro
position to have their status as Cher-
okees established. ' As a result of
their visit Senator Simmons and Rep
resentative Godwin" introduced in
Congress a resolution.
fJDRTH CAROLINA IS
GETTING IN LEAD
REPRESENTATIVE WEBB 18 BE
ING CONGRATULATED BY
THE HOUSE.
HE MAY SUCCEED CLAYTON
fhis Would Give North Carolina Rep.
resentatlves Numerous Leading
Offices in Washington.
Washington. Immediately after
Aepreeen tative, Henry D. Clayton was
nominated by the president for dis
trict judge of Alabama members (of
the house began to congratulate Rep
resentative E. Y. Webb of the Ninth
North Carolina District, believing that
he will succeed Mr. Clayton as chair
man of the house judiciary commit
tee. There is no doubt in the minds
of any man in the house what will
happen the day Representative Clay
ton goes out.
A year ago It was predicted that
Representative Claude Kitchin would
succeed Majority Leader Oscar W.
Underwood, if the latter were elect
ed in the senate and that Mr. Webb
would follow Mr. Clayton on the judi
ciary committee. Mr. Webb will get
his promotion first.
Mr. Webb has asked Mr. Clayton
not to quit until the trust bill Is out
of the senate, for his quitting now
would be unfair to the committee and
to Mr. Webb, as he has had charge
of the framing of that important
measure.
The promised promotion of - Mf.
Webb has sent a chill up the backs of
the liquor people and a thrill of joy to
the hearts of the prohibtionists. Every
member of the North Carolina delega
tion desires and expects to see Mr.
Webb chairman of the judiciary com
mitee. They have given out state
ments to that effect.
North Carolina is being highly hon
ored in Washington with Senator Sim
mons chairman of the finance and
Senator Overman of the rules com
mittee of the senate and Representa
tives Webb and Kitchin in eight of
the judiciary and ways and means
chairmanships. No other state will
have so much honor in this congress
LOTS OF POSTOFFICE JOBS.
Numerous North Carolina Applicants
Are Daily Receiving Their
Appointments.
Washington. Repr e se n t a t lv e
Doughton recommended the following
for postofflces: Gosts Mills, Daniel
J. Little; Adams, William C. Coble;
Triplett, Mrs. M. L. Triplett; Watau
ga Falls, John Ward; Bear Poplar,
Thomas H. Knox.
The following postoffice appoint
ments were announced: Brannon,
Mautle Stuart; Greens Creek, C. V.
Aaron, John F. Smith; Abner, H. C.
Lyon; Adley, Mrs. E. A. Church; Al
lanstand, Richard M. Gahagan; Alta
mont, George F. Wold; Alto, ,W. O.
Robinson; Archdale, Jesse W. Blair;
Asbury, Cora M. Comer; Auburn, S.
Watts; Austin, William R. Sheppard;
Avoca, Edgar H. Walker; Cid, Andrew
J. Bock; Darkridge, James H. Walsh,
Fishtop, Thomas F. Pace; Freeman,
Andrew H. Lenon, Jr.; Guide, B. Cox;
Hale, Anna Eller; Harmon, Rufus
Suets; Hughes, H. B. Hughes; Joe,
T. F. Stamp; Lee Wiley Carver; Lil
ly, Alfred Nosay; Labella, John W.
Smith; Luck, Joseph M. Plemmons;
Riddle, James A. Henry; Rock Creek,
Martin F. Culler; Sloan, Mary James;
Terrell; Thomas F. Connor; Valley,
R. T. Lewis.
Govefhor Appeals For Support.
Asheville. Appearing as the prin
cipal speaker at the closing exercises
of the Sand Hill High School recently
Governor Craig took occasion to make
an appeal for support of the taxation
amendments to the constitution of
North Carolina which are to be voted
on by the people of this state at the
next general election. He spoke main
ly of the effect the changes in taxa
tion will have on the schools and oth
er educational institutes of the
state. Every man who has the prog
ress of the commonwealth along edu
cational lines at heart, he declared,
should vote and work for the amend
ments. Church Not Provided For.
Asheville. That All Souls' Episco
pal Church, famous throughout the
country as "George Vanderbilt's
Church" and noted for the most costly
pipe organ and probably the highest
priced choir in the South, was not
provided for by its founder has been
learned since the filing of the will of
the late millionaire. Just what will
become of the church is a question
which Is causing the members of the
parish considerable anxiety and an
announcement from the executors is
awaited with keen Interest here.
Map of Craven County.
. Newbern. R E. Snowden, road en
gineer of Craven County, is engaged
in preparing a map of the county
which, when completed, will be one
of the most accurate maps ever made
-of this section. Craven county is 70
miles or more in length, and it has
been estimated that it would cost &t
least $5,000 to have a reliable map
made, however, the one now being
made by Mr. Snowden will cost the
county nothing. The map in question
is about four feet in length, with th
scale of one mile to the inch.