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VOL. XXXVIII.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N, 0., NOVEMBER 24, 1915.
NO. 16.
IMPORTANT
NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Are
Given.
THE NEWS JTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South
land Will Be Found in
Brief Paragraphs.
Foreign
When the recent Japanese-Chinese
negotiations were in progress, Japan
fe;t compelled to hold her munition
supply for developments, and this ac
tion embarrassed Russia considerably,
and probably precipitated the recent
general retreat of the Russian army,
but it is announced that since there is
a probability of China joining the al
lies large Russian orders have been
placed in Japan, which are being filled
promptly.
The British government has issued
an order that no Greek vessel, except
those loaded or loading, may proceed
to its destination, and a French dis
patch says the French will take the
same action.
The Austrian admiralty says that
the Ancona, which was sunk recently,
fled at full speed when a warning shot
was fired across her bow, and states
that the vessel was not shelled after
she had come to a standstill. The ad
miralty says further that no shots
were fired at lifeboats nor at persons
swimming in the sea.
Anti-dynatic outbreaks are reported
to have occurred in Greece. It is
stated that the an allied fleet in the
harbor of Saloniki has made some im
pression on King Constantine. The al
lies will demand a positive demand
from the Greeks that French, British
and Serbian troops will bef permitted
to retire into Grecian territory with
out molestation by the Greek army
if such action becomes necessary due
to reverses in Serbia.
Lord Rosebery, speaking at the
University of London, took occasion
to warn the United States that the
building of a large navy meanf that
other nations would .do the same thing
and that it would only mean a con
tinued expense and would be no incen
tive to preserve peace.
Premier Asquith of Englan be
lie yes that it will not be necessary
for the United Kingdom to resort to
coercive measure to get young men
to enlist for military and naval serv
ice. He believes the appeal to the
patriotism of citizens of the British
empire is all that is necessary.
The Italian government has forward
ed a cablegram to the United States
state department denouncing the sink
ing of the Ancona, "stating that not
even "blank shot of warning" A was
fired.
Domestic
As an aftermath to the execution -of
Joseph Hillstrom, who killed two peo
ple in Salt Lake City, whose trial at
tracted nation-wide interest, and for
whose life President "Wilson made two
appeals, Governor Spry has anonunced
his intention to clear the state of Utah
of the lawless element, and says he
will see to it that inflammatory street
speaking is stopped. .
The first formal, steps in a campaign
for the creation of a world supreme
court for judicial settlement of all in
ternational disputes has been taken
in New York City.
Dr. H. J. Haiselden, who permitted
a Chicago infant to die rather, than
perform an operation that would prob
ably have saved him to a life of in
sanity and invalidity, has been declar
ed justified in his action by a coro
ner's jury.
Black Diamond, the aged buffalo
whose likeness is printed on $10 treas
ury notes and is stamped on the latest
five-cent pieces, was put to death in
New York because of old age. He
was more than twenty years old and
the largest, bison in captivity. ' .
Thirty-four men were imprisoned in
the Northwestern. Improvement com
pany's coal mine at Ravensdale, 35
miles southeast of .Seattle, Wash., by
an explosion of coal dust. Four were
removed, one of whom was dead, but
the other three were revived. The
remaining thirty are still unaccounted
for.
Moonshiners are active in the moun
tains of West Virginia. The United
States marshal for the southern dis
trict of that state recently raided two
illicit stills, which resulted in the
moonshiners declaring war on him.
The department of justice has grant
ed permission to increase his force
of deputies to a, number adequate to
capture them.
Fifteen long-term white convicts es
caped from a convict camp at Sandy
Mush, N. C, about fifteen miles west
of Asheville. Two of the convicts
were recaptured, but the others are
still at large.
Searchers for Malachi Smith, farm
er, found the body of the man buried
at his own doorstep at Pompano, Fla.
He had been shot. His partner on the
farm has been arrested and charged
with having committed the crime. Feel
ing is strongly against him. -
Robert Fay, self-styled lieutenant in
the German army and by his own
confession head of a gang of bomb
makirrs that' sought to disable or de
stroy munition-laden ships sailing from
New- York to the entente allies, has
confessed to United States 7 District
Attorney Knox in New York City. His
confession has not been made public.
What is probably the greatest move
ment of grain in the United States
the world has ever witnessed is now
in progress. United States and Can
adian farmers have raised unprece
dented crops, which are being rushed
across the ocean to the warring na
tions. Philadelphia elevators are fill
ed to their utmost capacity, but there
are more than a thousand cars of
grain on the railroad tracks there
waiting to get into the elevators.
A Denver, Colo., girl who contract
ed a marriage by proxy with a citizen
of Java, refused to confirm the mar
riage when she went to the bride
groom's tropical home, because she
was not at all pleased with its fur
nishings and general setting. She
immediately returned to her home in
Denver, and it is likely will seek an
annullment of the marriage.
Washington
What is regarded in, Washington as
the biggest move since the European
war began is the effort of the triple
entente to add China to the alliance.
The allies now embrace Great Britain,
France, Russia, Italy, Japan and Ser-'
bia.
A dispateh from Nogales, Ariz., an
nounces that a battle for the posses
sion of Hermosillo, capital of Sonora,
Mexico, has been fought, and that the
Villa troops were victorious. It is also
reported that General Obregon was de
feated in a battle near Cananea, and
that three hundred of the Carranza
soldiers were left dead on the battle
field. The department of justice is making
further investigation into the activities
of Austrian Consul General . von Nu
ber, and it is regarded likely that in
dictments will be issued against many
others In the charge that the Teutonic
representatives in this country have
directed a propaganda to foment
strikes at United States industrial
plants.
Friends of Germany and Austria
Hungary who have been forwarding
supplies to those countries by parcel
post will be forced .by the postoffice
department to discontinue the use of
the mails for this purpose. All such
parcels will be returned to the send
ers. Ambassador Penfield at Vienna has
been instructed to ask the Austro-Hun-garian
foreign office for details of
the torpedoing of the Italian liner An
cona in the Mediterranean with the
loss of several American lives. ,
President Wilson is writing his an
nual message on the typewriter him
self. National defense will be the
f rincipal topic discussed. He has dis
cussed the message at great length
with his cabinet, and hopes to . have
completed it by Thanksgiving.
Three United States citizens are re
ported to have been killed in the in
terior of Mexico recently. They are
Maurice Free and Charles Goldsbor
ough, slain on November 4, at Bateve,
W. Swindham killed at Quinichis,
Tepic.
Washington authorities consider it
possible that the submarine which
sent the Ancona to the bottom may
have been officered by Germans, but
until the facts are established an in
quiry will be made of Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin. It is understood
that Germany disclaims any connec
tion whatever with the incident.
European War
Two English gunboats and an Eng
lish cruiser are reported by the Ger
man admiralty as having been sunk
by submarines off the Egyptian coast.
In the west the Anglo-French forces
seem practically idle but for artillery
duels at intermittent periods..
The English hospital ship, Anglia,
with 300 men aboard, struck a mine in
the English channel and went down,
about one hundred of whom were se
riously wounded, being drowned.
In the Russian zone of fighting the
Russians continue successful, and von
Hindenburg ' is still asking for rein
forcements as he falls back.
Both the military and diplomatic
situation of the allies in the Balkans
is disquieting, if not critical, and
prominent British officials held a con
ference with the French cabinet anent
same.. - :
The 'Italians . report the repulse of
violent attacks by the Austrians near
Monte van Nichole, and it seems cer
tain that unless the Austrians are re
inforced in the south the Italians will
soon launch soon a drive against the
Teutonic allies as will neutralize suc
cesses at other points.
Thirty persons are dead in Verona,
Italy; as a result of three Austrian
aeroplanes dropping bombs in that
city. This is the second time Verona
has been raided since . Italy entered
the war.
The Russians continue their offen
sive west of Riga, and are making
an effort to get control of the railway
that connects Mitau with Windau.
Fighting in Serbia proceeds with
out, abatement.. The Serbians have
reached the mountain fastnesses, and
the Teutons are making slow prog
ress. The invaders have so much dif
ficulty in bringing up artillery, that
that part of the army is practically
helpless. ,
There has been a revival of hard
fighting in the western zone of the
European war. The Germans claim
to have captured 300 meters of, a
trench near Ecurie, while the French
report the repulse' of German attacks
in Artois and Tahure in Champagne.
The main Serbian army operating
in the north is practically surrounded,
and it is experiencing much difficulty
in getting supplies. In the south the
Serbian position is almost as bad.
The Bulgarians have been operating
a flanking movement against the Anglo-French
forces, which has been suc
cessful so far.
ON HIS MESSAGE
DEVOTING ENTIRE TIME THIS
WEEK TO PREPARATION OF
DOCUMENT.
PLANS TO READ IT HIMSELF
Chairman Fitzgerald Wants Outline
. of Methods For Raising Revenue
Inoluded.
Washington. President Wilson wili
devote his entire time this week to
completing his third annual message
to Congress, which he plans to read
personally at a joint meeting of the
senate and house on December 7. He
has given instructions that none but
very imortpant engagements be made
for him.
The President is working hard to
have the message in the hands of the
public printer before Thanksgiving
Day. He has decided on the chief
features after ' careful consultation
with advisers, and is now writing it
out on his typewriter. No attempt
is being made to deal with all the
questions pressing for solution, for
the President plans to read special
messages to Congress as occasions
arise.
Chairman Fitzgerald of the house
appropriations committee, conferred
with the President. Mr. Fitzgerald
urged , him to include in the message
an outline of methods considered best
for raising revenues to meet the ap
propriations, for the administration
national defense plans.
Mr. Fitzgerald directed attention to
an amendment to the sundry civil
bill of. 1909 which provides that in
case the estimated appropriations ex
ceed the estimated revenues in any
year, the President may:
"Advise the congress how in his
judgment the estimated appropria
tions could with least injury to the
public service be reduced so as to
bring the appropriations within the
estimated revenues, or, If such re
duction be not in his judgment prac
ticable without undue injury to the
public service, that he may recom
mend to congress such loans or new
taxes as may be necessary to cover
the deficiency."
The view was taken by Mr. Fitz
gerald that the President should at
least indicate generally how he
thought the needed money might be
raised and it was considered prob
able that this would be done. Other
advisers of the President, nowever,
have told him that since revenue
measures must originate in the house
he ought not to appear to try to usurp
that power.
Mr. Fitzgerald, Senator Underwood,
and a number of other Democratic
leaders of congress are known to be
opposed to a bond issue to pay for the
arym and navy increases.
GAY WINTER AT WHITE HOUSE.
Program of Official Dinners and Re
ception Announced.
Washington. The program of offi
cial entertainments at White House
which will be resumed this winter af
ter a lapse of a year has been an
nounced. The program shows several
changes from that of previous years
due mostly to the European war. The
series of dinners and receptions will
not begin until January 7, after the
marriage of President Wilson to Mrs.
Norman Gait, and the new mistress of
the White House will take her place
at all of them.
The;, principal changes in the pro
gram this year will be the cancelling
of the diplomatic reception, and the
substitution of two dpilomatic dinners
for the one usually held. This depart
ure was decided on because of the im
possibility of inviting diplomats rep
resenting the opposing nations in the
war to the same dinner.
J. J. Jusserand, the' French ambassa
dor, dean of the diplomatic corps, will
head the list of guests at the dinner
attended by representatives of the Al
lies and -Count von Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, will be entitled
to the seat of honor at the other din
ner. Commercial Blockade of Greece.
London. A commercial blockade of
Greece has been declared by the
Entente Powers, according to a news
agency dispatch which quotes a note
issued by the British legation in Ath
ens saying that the step was taken
because of the attitude of the Hellenic
government "in regard to certain
questions touching closely the security
and liberty of action to which the
Allied troops have the right under the
conditions of their disembarkment on
Greek territory"
- Carranza Seeks Co-operation.
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. In a direct
appeal to the people of Mexico for co
operation in reconstructing Mexico,
General Venustiano Carranza urged
them in an address to have patience
as the period of reconstruction would
be long and difficult. "You must all
have patience and faith," he said, "and
work with the Carranza party in its
arduous task of reconstruction and of
overcoming the mistakes of former
'egimes." He said foreigners were
no longer in danger.
GOVERNOR SPRY
10 DEFEND STATE
BAYS HE INTENDS TO CLEAR THE
STATE OF THE LAWLESS
ELEMENT.
FOUGHT GUARDS FOR LIFE
Hillstrom Said He Never Did Any
thing Wrong and Died With a
Clear Conscience.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Governor
Spry of Utah announced his intentions
to "clear the state of the lawless ele
ment that now infests the state and
see to it that inflammatory street
speaking is stopped."
The governor's statement came as
the aftermath to the execution of
Joseph Hillstrom, a member of the
I. W. W. and a native of Sweden, for
the murder of J .G. Morrison and
Morrison's son on January I, 1914.
Hillstrom was executed byJa firing
squad at 7:42 a. m.
When the officers went to get Hill
strom they found he had tied the door
of his cell with strips torn from his
blankets. He fought the guards
fiercely with the handle of a broom
he had snatched from an attendant in
the corridor, but when he saw the
sheriff he became calm, saying, "You
can't blame a man for fighting for his
life." Accompanied by the officers he
walked to the death chair. After he
was seated they asked him if he had
anything to say. He said:
"Gentlemen, I die with a clear con
science. I never, did anything wrong
in my life. I die fighting, not like a
coward. Well, I'm going, good-bye."
When the officer started to give the
command to fire Hillstrom yelled
"Fire." The squad fired and the bul
lets pierced his heart. He was dead
in one minute and 10 seconds. None
of Hillstrom'.s I. W. W. friends wit
nessed the execution.
In his statement Governor Spry
said:
"Every lawbreaker, every man who
defies law and order, every man who
is opposed to law and order call
themselves what they will will be
driven out of the state. I am going
to see that the work is started at
once. If the city officers and others
whose duty it is do not do so, I will
do it myself. I am going to see that
inflammatory street speaking is stop
per and at once, let them call it
'free speech' or any other name they
wish."
The governor said the militia
would be used if necessary to clear
the state of the men who have been
"writing threatening letters and mak
ing incendiary speeches."
PROTEST TO BELLIGERENTS.
American Note on Contraband is
Nearing Completion.
Washington. America's protest
against the placing of nearly all
articles of commerce on the contra
band lists of European belligerents
will go to Germany and Austria as
well as to Great Britain and her
Allies.
In the last note to Great Britain
regarding interferences with neutral
trade, Secretary Lansing gave notice
of an intention to make contraband
the subject of a later communication
and preparation of this document al
ready is in , progress. It become
known that when it is forwarded to
London, virtually Identical notes will
be despatched to the Teutonic Allies
and to France and Italy.
London Curtails Liquor Trade.
London. The threatened order cur
tailing the sale of intoxicats in Great
er London has been issued. After
November 29, the trade will be con
fined to five and one-half hours on
week days and five hours on Sundays
Found Portrait of Washington.
Baltimore. S. G. Cooper, a New
York artist, discovered in a Baltimore
second-hand shop a portrait of George
Washington painted by Rembrandt
Peale, a famous portrait painter of the
early part of the last century.
Villa Claims a Success.
Nogales, Ariz. The battle for pos
session of Hermosillo, capital of Son
ora, has been in progress for two days
according to advices received at Nog
ales; Sonora, opposite here, by Villa
officials. It was also reported that
General Obregon, the Carranza leader
was repulsed in an igagement near
Canea. Carlos Randall, acting Villa
governor of Sonora, declared that dis
patches received, by him indicated
that General Obregon had been com
pletely routed in the fighting north of
Cananea.
Increase in CoaT Tar Dyes.
Washington. Important increases
in the production of coal tar dyes in
the United States since the beginning
of the European war are reported In
an official statement by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce. Near
ly all the American coke ovens now
are equipped to produce coal tar bases
from which the dyes are manufactur
ed. Meanwhile, the demand for the
same bases for the manufacture of
explosives has kept prices so high that
the dyestuff industry has been hampered.
MONSTER SKIPS
N FIRST YEAR'S PART OF THE
FIVE-YEAR BUILDING PRO
' GRAM.
TO BE LARGEST IN WORLD
36,000-Ton Craft of the California
Class. Cannot Begin Until Next
Summer For Lack of Steel.
Washington. Tentative .plans are
being considered .Secretary Daniels
said, for two 36,000-ton battleships to
be included in the first year's part of
the five-year building program Con
gress will be asked to approve. There
are no warships so large afloat any
where in the world. The biggest ever
designed for the American Navy are
the 32,000-ton craft of the California
class, bids for two of which were re
ceived. Part of the increased displacement
in the newest ships will be due to
Changed hull construction to provide
additional torpedo defense bulkheads.
While the ship's general charactris
tics have not been disclosed, they
probably will have increased arma
ment and speed. The navy has de
veloped a 16-inch rifle, and the new
ships may carry 10 or more of these
If developments of the European war
indicate the wisdom , of mounting
them, The largest guns now afloat
are the 15-inch weapons of European
navies, which the American 14-inch
rifle is said to equ.l for all practical
purposes.
Maximum speed of American bat
tleship now built or authorized is
21 knots, although European first line
ehips go considerably above that. It
is considered probable that a speed
of perhaps 25 knots will be sought.
Secretary Daniels has received no
report on the examination of private
bids received for battleships 43 and
44, all of which appeared to be above
the limit fixed by Congress. It is un
derstood, however, a careful analysis
of the exceptions to advertised speci
fications bears out the indication that
private builders will not attempt to
construct the hulls and machinery of
the ships within the $7,800,000 limit.
Neither ship can be laid down be
fore the next summer, it is said, for
lack of structural steel, the war hav
ing swept the American steel market
clean. Secretary Daniels showed con
siderable concern over this fact. He
intimated that unless some arrange
ments could be made with steel plants
to insure preference for government
orders Congress might be asked to
act. An embargo on exportation of
steel until the government's wants are
supplied has been suggested.
PLENTY OF COTTON.
Uermany Has All the Cotton She
Needs For Military Purposes.
Berlin, by wireless to Sayville. Ger
many not only has all the cotton she
needs for military purposes for sever
al years, but new fields of supply are
now open to her, says the Overseas
News Agency. Prevention of cotton
shipments to Switzerland on the con
tention that the material would find
Its way to Germany and be used for
making explosives will hurt the neu
tral nation, but will not injure Ger
many, it declares, in commenting on
Swiss reports that the Entente Pow
ers have stopped cotton shipments for
Swiss mills.
"Competent German authorities
state that the German army, is satis
factorily provided with cotton for sev
eral years," this agency says. "In
addition huge quantities can be ob
tained from Turkey by way of the
Danube, and even if all shipments
were stopped Germany . is provided
with the material for an indefinite
time."
Liberty Bell in Texas.
Dallas, Tex. The Liberty Bell has
left Dallas for Lake Charles, La., on
the last lap of its tour through Texas,
four hours and 50 minutes behind
schedule. Large crowds viewed the
bell in Texas.
Illegal Traffic in Munitions.
London. A case having to do with
alleged illegal traffic in war material
and involving the name of the Duke
of Manchester, was heard in the Bow
Street Court. Victor Sly was the de
fendant in the case, charged with
dealing in war materials without a
license. The prosecutor said that
Sly's office had been searched and
that a secret code with the Duke of
Manchester, now in I'aris, was found.
"She code covered various war mater
lals and many cablegrams had passed
between Sly and persons in New York.
Evidence Against Austrian Consul
Washington. Furtt er investigation
of the activities of Austrian Consul
General von Nuber and his associates
will be made by the Department of
Justice as a result of the conference
In New York between A. Bruce Bie-
iaski, Chief of the Bureau of Investi
gations, and Dr. Joseph Goricar, for
mer Austrian Consul. A department
statement announcing this also said
that information had been obtained
which, probably would lead to further
indictments for passport frauds.
SERBS SITUATION
ALMOST HOPELESS
THE MAIN SERBIAN ARMY IS
ALMOST ENTIRELY SUR
ROUNDED BY ENEMY.
POSITION IN SOUTH IS BAD
Only Two Lines of Retreat For Ser.
bians; One Into Albania and the
Other Across Greek Border.
London. Both the military and dip
lomatic situation of the Allies in the
Balkans are disquieting, if not criti
cal, a fact which doubtless, led to the
Briitsh Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith,
David Lloyd-George and A. J. Balfour
to Paris for a conference with the
French Cabinet and General Joffre,
French commander-in-chief.
The main Serbian army, under
General Putnick, operating in the
north, is encompassed on every side
but one, and being cut off from the
south by the Bulgarian advance be
yond Tetovo, must depend upon the
rough roads through Montenegro and
Albania for any supplies from the
sea.
In the south the Serbian position
is almost as bad. The success of the
Bulgarians flanking attack on Bab
una Pass and their advance from
Veles have prevented the hoped-for
junction of the Serbian-French forces.
This leaves the Serbians only two
lines of retreat, one into Albania,
where they may be harassed by un
friendly tribes, and the other across
the Greek border, where they are in
danger of being disarmed and in
terned. It is to prevent the latter
eventuality that the Entente Allies
are putting forth every effort.
The British Government has taken
further action by the issuance of an
order that no Greek vessel, except
those loaded or unloading may proceed
to their destinations, while Denys
Cochin member of the French Cabi
net, who was given an enthusiastic
reception at Athens by the municipal
authorities and the people, is expect
ed to express very firmly the French
view of what Is considered Greece's
unsatisfactory reply to the Entente
Powers' request for the safe conduct
of both Serbian and Allied forces
should they be compelled to retire
into Greece.
Lord Kitchener, the British War
Secretary, who, it had been stated,
was to back M. Cochin, is now re
ported in Gallipoli, although, accord
ing to rumor, King Constantine ex
pressed a wish to see him.
BID ON BIG SHIPS.
Estimates on New Snips Higher Than
Limit Set by Congress.
Washington. Because of the appa
rent failure of private bidders to keep
their proposals within the $7,800,000
limit of cost set by congress for the
hulls and machinery of battleships
Nos. 43 and 44, bids for which were
wpened at the navy department, con
jstruction of both vessels may be un
dertaken at Government navy yards
Three government plants submitted
estimates within the appropriation
limit, but only one of them, the New
York navy yard, is equipped to build
vessels now.
The lowest private bid was that of
the Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany, Quincy, Mass., which submitted
four alternate proposals. Kacn was
made under stipulated modifications
of the departmeut's specifications
which apparently would bring the to
cost far above the $7,800,000 maxi
mum.
The bids of the other two private
bidders, the Newport News Shipbuild
ing & Drydock Co., and the New York
Shipbuilding Company, also proposed
modifications and a careful study win
be necessary before the exact cost of
the ships can be determined under
each bid.
No More Merchandise for Greece.
Paris. A Havas dispatch from Mar
seilles says the government has order
ed the port authorities to accept no
further shipments of merchandise de
stined for Greece.
Buffalo, Black Diamond, Killed.
New York. Blak Daimond, the
aged buffalo, whosu likeness is print
ed on $10 treasury motes and is stamp
ed on the latest fie-cent pieces, was
put to death here because of old age
He. was more than 20 years old and
the largest bison in captivity. He had
been an intimate of the Central Park
corral for many years. Black Dia
mond's hide, which measured 13 by
13 feet will be made into an automo
bile robe. The bison weighed 1,550
pounds from which 150 pounds of
dressed meat was obtained.
Indicates Directtlon of Fog Signal.
New York. Prof. A. G. Webster of
Clark University, Worcester, Mass.,
told the ational Academy of Sciences
of an instrument he had . perfected
for finding the direction of a fog, sig
nal and which, he expects, will rob sea
travel of one of its gieatest terrors,
For years Professor Webster has ex
perimented with every kind of sound
wave. The instrument for finding the
direction of fog signals., if formed by
means of a tuning -fork, arranged so
as to hum in a resonator by the pas
?age of an electric current.
FARMERS OPPOSE
PREPAREDNESS
8TATE FARMERS' UNION PRO
TESTS AG INST INCREASED
APPROPRIATIONS
WILL ASK FOR LEGISLATION
Repeal of Crop Lien Law Sought
Also Race Segregation, Taxation
Reform, Better Insurance Rates,
Durham The State Farmers' Union
dosed its annual convention with a
trip to Chapel Hill, following a session
that was devoted largely to passing
a large number of resolutions on all
kinds of questions. At Chapel Hill
the farmers were the guests of the
State University at a dinner served in
Swain Hall. President E. K. Gra
ham made a short talk to the farmers,
telling them something of the work
of the University and of its desire to
co-operate with them in their work.
The trip was made from Durham in
automobiles and on the return from
the hill a trip was made to Trinity
College and other points of interest in
the county.
The farmers went squarely on rec
ord as being opposed to spending any
more money for an increase in the
navy and army of the country. They
were vigorous in their opposition to
this policy of the president. That reso
lution follows:
"Whereas It now appears that a
measure will be put on foot at our
National Congress at Its next session
asking for an enormous increase in
its appropriations for the increase in
the number of battleships built and
also in increasing the enrollment in
our standing army, under the plea of
being prepared to protect our coun
try against the invasion of any and all
belligerent countries to make war
against our country, therefore be it
"Resolved, That we, the Farmers'
Union of North Carolina, being a
peaceably inclined people, hereby en
ter our protest against any and all
material increase in appropration for
this purpose."
The resolution further expresses the
wish that the desires of the farmers
shall be placed before the platform
committees of the parties. The fol
lowing elgislation is asked for:
1. Repeal of the merchants' crop
lien law.
2. Provision for race segregation of
land ownership.
3. Reform of taxation system so
that the taxes will be more equitable
distributed along the lines suggested
in the last amendments to the Consti
tution or some other methods.
4. Incorporate rural communities.
5. Initiative and referendum.
6. An anti-usury law regulating
banks and public service corpora
tions. 7. Give some official in North Caro
lina the right to regulate the insur
ance rates promulgated in the state.
8. An adequate rural credits bill
passed by the National Congress at
its forthcoming session.
Among the other things called for
and advocated in special resolutions
were:
Endorsement was given the Boys
Road Patrol and its organization
urged in the counties of the state.
The farmers expressed themselves as
opposed to the legislature interfering
with the judiciary, endorsed the
proposition that the executive com
mittee of this body be authorized to
lease for the use of an industrial
school designed to fit farmers' sons
for college with an idea of keeping
them on the farm to be established on
the property belonging to the North
Carolina Farmers' Alliance located
near Hillsboro, on such terms as they
may approve, provided that the legis
lature at its next session will make
sufficient appropriations to place the
school on a firm basis.
Children Bitten By Cat.
Rockingham. Five children of
Oscar O'Brien and three children of
Mrs. Sanders, all residents of Pee Dee
Mill No. 1 village, were bitten by 9
large yellow cat presumably mad.
Woman's Home Presented.
Fayetteville. The presentation ex
ercises and reception of the Confeder
ate Woman's Home here were attend
ed by many persons of prominence in
the life of the state. Lieut. Gov.
Daughtridge and James I. Meets were
conspicuous among those present. A
president and an ex-persident of the
North Carolina division of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy were among
the visitors, these being Mrs. Eugene
Little, president of Wadesboro, and
Mrs. Martha Williams, of Falson, for
mer president.
Charged With Forgfng Wife's Name.
Fayetteville. On complaint of Col.
W. S. Cook. J. Sprunt Newton, the
central figure In the Newton-McArthur
litigation which for more than a year
has stirred the courts of North Caro
lina, was arrested here on a charge
of forgery. Colonel Cook holds" a
note of Mr. Newtons' for $1,000, en
dorsed by Mrs. Newton, nee McArthur,
which endorsement is clamied to 'be
a forgery. - Mr. Newton gave bond in
the sum of $1,000, which was furnish
ed by J. A. King. The preliminary
hearing is to be held snon.