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VOL. XXXVIII.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, MARCH 15, 1916.
NO. 32.
ill u iCv axvv k p f iCV veii
T
THE WORLD OVER
happenings of This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Are
Given.
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs.
Domestic
The mammoth plant of the Yaryan
Rosin and Naval Stores company was
practically destroyed by fire, with a
loss of $750,000, at Brunswick, Ga.
The plant will be rebuilt.
Henry Gassaway Davis, nominee on
the Democratic ticket in 1904 for the
vice presidency, is dead in Washing
ton. He was a great railroad builder,
and was considered an expert in high
way development. He was a delegate
to six Democratic national conventions
and a member of the Pan-American
railway commission.
Two bills passed place the New
Jersey house of assembly on record
in favor of military training in the
public schools.
Atlanta, Ga., experienced its sever
est hailstorm since October, 1910 ;
huge pellets, driven by a high wind,
smashed plate glass windows and sky
lights, practically putting a stop to
all business for the time being.
A petition placing Theodore Roose
velt in nomination for president and
H. W. Johnson of California for vice
president in the primaries to be held
in Montana, April 21, as Progressive
party candidates, has been filed with
the secretary of state at Helena.
Local option won over prohibition
in Vermont by a margin of 13,164
votes.
Six prisoners lost their lives and
about forty others were seriously in
jured by being burned in the city jail
in a fire caused by the exploding of a
large tub containing a solution of gas
oline and kerosene used for extermi
nating germ-carrying vermin, at El
Paso, Texas. Most of the victims
were locked in cells surrounding the
bath quarters, where the fire started.
Roy Scruggs, the seven-year-old son
of an orchard overseer at Cornelia,
Ga., met death in a most unusual
manner by eating snow found on a
barrel containing a spray mixture
used in the orchard. Enough poison
was drawn into the snow to produce
death in less than twenty-four hours.
Washington
Francisco Villa, Mexican bandit,
raided United States territory, with
500 men attacking Columbus, N. M.,
and killing at least sixteen American
and firing many buildings before he
was driven across the border. The
thirteenth United States cavalry fol
lowed the marauders into Mexico.
President Wilson has ordered Amer
ican troops across the border, with the
emphatic instructions to take Villa,
dead or alive. An adequate force will
be sent. The period of "watchful
waiting" is over, and action is now the
watchword. It is stated that the bor
der is honeycombed with Mexican
spies, and the utmost secrecy will be
maintained regarding the movement
of troops.
The state department has been ad
vised that the Russians have landed
a large force on the Black sea coast
of Asiatic Turkey and the occupation
of Trebizond is imminent. The United
States consul has taken over the ar
chives of the German consulate, the
German consulate having fled.
Approximately a billion and a half
dollars for new ships and an annual
upkeep of $760,000,000 is what Admiral
Fletcher estimates it would cost to
carry out the navy general board's
recommendation that the American
navy should equal the most powerful
fleet afloat by not later than 1925.
Unofficials reports have reached
Washington from the west coast ot
Mexico that Mexican de facto govern
ment officials had disposed of five reb
el generals captured in Sonora by
dropping them over the rail of a ship
on which they were being taken to
Manzanillo. It is stated that they
were executed. There are no further
details.
A dispatch from El Paso, Texas,
states that reports reaching there
from Juarez that two Americans,
named Franklin and Wright, were kill
ed by Villa bandits at Pacheco, be
tween Casas Grandes and Janos, Chi
huahua, have been confirmed. It is
stated that the men disregarded warn
ings sent to American citizens north
west of Chihuahua, and as a result
lost their lives.
Joseph H. Shea of Seymour, Ind.,
has been nominated by the president
for ambassador to Chile.
It is announced in Washington that
the three Americans Mrs. Farrell,
Miss Mitchell and Dr. Henry Forbes
reported to have been mistreated and
interned by Bulgarian authorities in
Monastir, have been released.
Germany has made a further ex
planation to the United States of the
position it has taken in regard to arm
ed merchant vessels of the entente
allies. Germany concedes that inter
national law makes no provision for
the use of submarines.
Newton D. Baker, 44 years old, for
mer mayor of Cleveland, has been se
lected by President Wilson for sec
retary of war. He is a leading lawyer
of Ohio, and was born in West Vir
ginia. He is understood to be in thor
ough accord with the president on the
preparedness program and foreign
Questions.
MPORTAN
NEWS
President Wilson completely and
decisively won his long and sensa
tional fight to compel congress to ac
knowledge that it stands behind him
in the submarine negotiations with
Germany. From the very outset of the
fight, the president's supporters, with
out regard to party, swept over the
opposition.
Administration officials are concern
ed over the reports that Henry Mor-
genthau, American ambassador to
Turkey, might resign. It was under
stood some of the ambassador's
friends are urging him to remain in
this country to assist in the next pres
idential campaign.
Ira Nelson Morris, present United
States minister to Sweden, is being
mentioned as ambassador to Turkey,
in the event Ambassador Morgenthau
resgins and returns home.
Foreign
Serious rioting has occurred in Co
logne, Germany, as a result of the
heavy losses of the German troops
in the battle of Verdun. Artillery had
to be placed in the streets to ovrawe
the crowds.
General Carranza, head of the de
facto government of Mexico, will not
make a statement yet in regard to
the situation resulting from the raid
on Columbus, N. M. The public haa
not been advised of the raid.
Winston Spencer Churchill, former
first lord of the admiralty, now a
colonel and fresh from the trenches,
sprang back into the parliamentary
arena in a daring speech, answering
First Lord of the Admiralty Balfour,
in the English house of commons, who
had just presented the naval esti
mates. Churhcill declared that the ad
miralty lacked driving force, and that
it must be revitalized before it was
too late, by bringing back Lord Fish
er, the former first sea lord, to head
the admiralty administration.
The Spanish steamship Principe de
Asturias has been sunk by striking
a rock off the coast of Brazil, near
Santos. Three hundred and thirty
eight passengers and 107 members of
the crew are reported missing. It is
stated that 87 members of the crew
and 57 passengers were taken to San
tos. European War
Russia is making preparations to
use the recently captured harbor of
Riza as a naval base for the advance
on Trebizond, from which it is 35
miles distance.
The Turks on the Asiatic coast are
terribly handicapped by incredibly bad
land communications.
According to official German casu
alty list, Germany has lost 2,67,372
men in the war.
The Germans have retaken a part
of the Corbeaux wood around Verdun
from which the French had previously
ejected them.
The enitre region of Verdun contin
ues the scene of intense operations.
West of Douaumont and the sector em
bracing Vaux have been points against
which the Germans have launched vi
cious infantry attacks.
Fighting of great violence between
the French and German infantry has
been in progress from Bethincourt
northwest of Verdun, to the Meuse,
and east of the Meuse from the south
ern slopes of the Cote de Talou to the
Douaumont region battle fronts ag
gregating about ten miles in length.
A continuation of the German drive
northwest of Verdun is declared by
Berlin to have netted the Germans
French positions over a fornt of near
ly four miles, and virtually two miles
in depth, and enabled them to capture
58 officers and 3,277 men.
In the Corbeaux woods, which was
occupied recently by the Germans, the
French launched a heavy counter at
tack and drove the Germans out of
the greater part of the position.
In the Woevre district southeast of
Verdun the Germans have forced the
French to surrender their hold on out
lying positions they held in the vil
lage of Fresnes. Here the Germans
assert they captured 700 prisoners.
Russians warships are particularly
active in the Black sea, bombarding
the coast towns, and the continued
progress of the Russian forces is evi
denced by the capture of the town of
Riza, which lies about 35 miles east
of Trebizond, one of the important
objectives of the Russian army.
Major General von Lot ?r, com
manding the German artilleiy division
at Verdun, is reported to have been
killed in action.
Driving hard against the French line
northwest and southeast of Verdun,
the Germans have been enabled to
make additional gains toward Ver
dun, but with extreme heavy casual
ties. The occupation of a portion of the
Corbeaux wood near Verdun would in
dicate that the Germans have advanc
ed over three miles since they took
the town of Forges.
On the western front the enemy ar
tillery, according to Russian reports,
carried out an intense cannonade in
the district southeast of the Island
of Dalen, using balloon in the can
nonading. On the Caucasian front the Rus
sian troops continue pressing the
Turks from Mapavia,
On the Persian front the Russians
occupied Cola, 26 miles west of Ker
manshah. The Russian Black sea fleet, is ex
tending its operations far to the west
ward of Trebizond, and has bombard
ed the mouth of the Terma river,
where a fleet of sailing vessels had
taken refuge. Thirty miles east of the
Terma the fire of the warships de
stroyed barricades and depots and
many Turkish ships.
Along the coast line the Russians
during the last few days have sunk
more than thirty sailing vessels laden
v-.th war supplies.
CARRANZA ISSUES
MANIFESTO TO U. S.
AMERICANS MUST STAY OUT UN
LESS THSY GRANT HIM SIMI
LAR RIGHTS.
MUST E A MUTUAL AFFAIR
United States Must Not Send Armed
Force After Villa Without Recip
rocal Privilege.
. Mexico City. General Carranza is
sued a manifesto to the Nation declar
ing that under no circumstances
would the Mexican Government grant
the right to the United States to vio
late the Mexican territory by sending
in an armed force in pursuit of Villa
without consent and the reciprocal
privilege being first obtained and ad
mitted. "I am sure that I interpret in this
matter the national sentiment and
that the Mexican people will comply
in a dignified manner with their duty
bo the sacrifice what they may, to
sustain their rights and sovereignty
if, unfortunately, this drags us into
a war a war which the United States
can never justify. We will not be
responsible for the disastrous conse
quences. Upon the heads of the
traitorous Mexicans who within and
without this country have labored to
produce this result, will fall the inex
orable justice of the people.
"Because of the assault which Fran
cisco Villa and the bandits who oc
companied him made on the town of
Columbus, in Aemrican territory,
burning houses and killing some of
the inhabitants, soldiers as well as
civilians, the international situation
in these moments is very delicate as
the North American press have ex
cited their people against Mexico and
the government of that country has
discussed the situation in the Ameri
can Congress, members of which
have advised intervention.
"The constitutional government
which I have the honor to represent
is also occupied diligently in an ef
fort to solve this delicate situation,
trying at all costs to maintain the dig
nity and sovereignty of Mexico.
Historical Precendents Cited.
"I have addressed the Government
of the United States through the for
eign office, stating that the invasion
of Villa has historical precendents,
as in the years 1880 and 1886 two par
ties of Indians coming from the Unit
ed States invaded Sonora and Chihua
hau, committing crimes and depreda
tions on the lives and properties of
Mexicans.-
"It was then agreed between the
governments of the two countries to
permit the respective passage of arm
ed forces, resulting in the extermina
tion of the Indians. I have asked the
American Government to pursue a
like course in order to solve future
difficulties, should they arise, noting
that Villa and his companions are a
group of bandits, whose acts the
Mexican Government or people would
not be responsible for, and that his
reproachable conduct is due to insti
gations of the reactionary element,
that, lacking patriotism and convinc
ed of its defeat, is trying by all means
to bring on armed intervention.
"I ' have not yet received the
answer of the American Govern
ment and from the reports of my
chiefs along the frontier I learn that
the American forces are mobilizing to
pursue and capture and deliver him
to the Mexican authorities; that the
expedition is in the nature of a puni
tive campaign, and that the sover
eignty of Mexico will be respected.
"The constitutional government has
given instructions to its confidential
agent at Washington immediately to
make representations that under no
circumstances will any motive, be the
reasons or explanations of the United
States what they may, justify the
armed invasion of Mexican terrttory
without reciprocal rights being grant
ed to the Mexicans and that not for
an instant will the invasion of Mexican
territory or an outrage to its dignity
be tolerated.
"I am sure that in this I interpret
the national sentiment and that the
Mexican people will worthily comply
with their duty, be the sacrifices what
they may, to sustain their rights and
sovereignty. If, unfortunately, we are
dragged into a war, which the United
States can never justify, we will not
be responsible for the disastrous con
sequences, but will serve as instru
ments for Mexican traitors within and
without our country who 'have long
labored to produce this result and
upon their heads will fall the inexor
able justice of the Mexican people."
Three Regiments Get Orders.
Washington. General Funston
asked the war department for four
additional regiments of cavalry for
patrol duty on the Mexican border.
General Scott, chief of staff, immedi
ately issued orders for the First Cav
airy at Monterey, Cal.; the Eleventh,
at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and the
Twelfth, at Fort Robinson, Neb., to
proceed at once to the border.
The Fifth Cavalry, at Fort Myer,
Va., was ordered to hold 'tself In
-eadiness to move.
AMERICAN TROOPS
CROSS RORDER
PRESIDENT ORDERS UNITED
STATES TROOPS TO CAPTURE
'OR KILL VILLA.
AID CARRANZA GOVERNMENT
General Funston Will Lead 5,000 Men
on Expedition Into Mexican
Territory.
WILSON GIVES ORDERS
Washington. President Wil
son ordered American troops
over the Mexican border to cap
ture or kill the Villa bandits
who raided Columbus, N. M.
Major-General Scott, chief of
staff of the army, announced
that the expedition would con
sist of not less than 5,000 men
all of whom are available on the
border under Major-General
Funsten.
Washington. American troops were
ordered across the Mexican border by
President Wilson to take Francisco
Villa and his bandits dead or alive.
Under the direction if not actually the
leadership of General Funston, who
ended the Philippine insurrection by
taking Aguinaldo single-handed, Amer
ican columns are moving into Mexico.
They go to meet about 3,000 guerrilla
troops in a mountainous region from
which Carranza troops have fled.
Whether this long-deferred armed
action which begins purely as a puni
tive measure to clear northern Mixi
co of menacing bandit bands over
which General Carranza has no con
trol shall grow into a general armed
intervention or occupation, in Mexico,
depends in a large measure upon Gen
eral Carranza and the Mexican peo
ple. It begins with President Wilson's
declaration that it is entirely in aid
of the Carranza Government and with
out thought of aggression. This state
ment prepared by the President him
self, was given out at the White
House:
"An adequate force will be sent at
once in pursuit of Villa with the sin
gle object ef capturing him and put
ting a stop to his forays.
"This can be done and will be done
In entirely friendly aid of the con
stituted authorities in Mexico and with
scrupulous respect for the sovereignty
of that Republic."
President Wilson's decision to de
part from the policy of watchful wait
ing, hastened by the Columbus massa
cre, was anonunced after it had been
unanimously approved by the Cabinet
and Administration leaders in Con
gress. The President's position was
explained fully to the latter, who
agreed that he would not be embar
rassed at this time by discussions of a
minority which might arouse trouble
in Mexico.
After a brief Cabinet meeting at
which the President was described as
being as determined to eliminate Villa
as he was to eliminate Huerta, Sec
retary Baker hurried to the War De
partment and his first act in office
sent orders to the border troops.
Soon after the Army general staff
assembled and conferred over the
plans, long drawn and perfected since
the Mexican situation loomed up as a
disturbed to the peace of the United
States.
General Funston telegraphed, urg
ing utmost secrecy of the Army's
plans. The border is honeycombed
with Mexican spies, and it was agreed
that the expedition would be pushed
to success by keeping Villa and his
men ignorant of its movements. It is
possible that no correspondents will
be permitted to accompany the col
umns. At any rate a strict censor
ship will be imposed.
American Rancher Killed.
Bisbee, Ariz. An American rancher
was killed when a band of approxi
mately 200 Mexican bandits crossed
the border southeast of Osborne Junc
tion, Ariz., according to reports reach
ing here.
Headed for IV
rmon Colony.
El Paso, Texas.-
-Villa is headed di-
rectly for Casas C
randes, Chihuahua,
in order to attack
the 500 Mormons
settled in that sec
ion, according to a
Juarez by General.
report received at
Gavira, from Genu
:&l Bertaini.
Carranza Troops Near Border.
Columbus, N. M. Twelve hundred
Carranza troops, ! lying a black and
white flag to distinguish them so that
American soldiers would not. mistake
them for bandits, reached Palomas,
six miles south of Columbus.
Villa Contemplated Invasion.
Columbus, N. M. An invitation to
Gen. Emiliano Zapata to march north
and join in an attack on the United
States was sent by General Villa in
January, according to a copy of a let
ter found among Villa's captured pa
pers, "I shall not expend another shell
on brother Mexicans. ' Villa wrote in
the letter, "but wiU prepare and or
ganize to attack tfle Americans on
their own soil and lit them know that
Mexico is a land r f the free and the
tomb of thornles- crowns and traitors."
0. S. TROOPS KILLED
BY VILLA BANDITS
"
VILLA AND BOO MEN CROSS BOR
DER AND RAID AMERICAN
TOWN.
16 KILLED MANY WOUNDED
U. 3. Troopers Follow Villa Bind
Across Border. Washington Be
hind Co!. Slocum's Action.
Columbus, N. M. Francisco Villa,
outlawed Mexican bandit, raided Uni
ted States territory. With 500 men he
attacked Columbus, killed at least 16
Americans and fired many buildings
before he was driven back across the
international border.
Not less than' 250 troopers of the
Thirteenth United States Cavalry fol
lowed the Villa band into Mexico. Re
ports to Col. H. J. Slocum, command
ing United States troops at this point
stated that Villa had made a stand 15
miles south T the border where spir
ited fighting ensued. In this engage
ment an unnamed private was killed
and Capt. George Willias, adojutantof
the Thirteenth Cavalry was wounded.
" The small detachment of troopers
under Maj. Frank Tompkins and El
mer Linsley, fighting dismounted made
a determined stand against the renew
ed Villa attack and at last reports
were holding their ground.
The raid on American territory
proved costly to the bandit chieftain.
The bodies of 18 bandits, including
Pablo Lopez, second In command, had
been gathered and burned before noon
and troopers reported and undeter
mined number of dead still lying in the
brush. Led to the attack under the
slogan:
"Death to the Americans," Villa's
followers fought with desperation. Just
before dawn they crept along ditches,
skirting the United States cavalry
camp and rushed the sleeping town,
firing heavily.
The first volley brought American
troopers into almost instant action.
While a portion of the raiders engaged
the cavalry, others began applying the
torch and shooting American civilians
who ventured from the buildings.
Lights In homes and public buildings
immediately became targets for sni
pers posted at Villa's direction. Other
bandits creeping close to American
homes, enticed a number of civilians
into the open with English spoken in
vitations. A number of fatalities are
attributed to this ruse.
Stores were looted, oil was poured
upon frame structures, and the match
applyed by still other bandits. The
postoffice was raided, furniture smash
ed, but the looters secured only one
small registered package.
The casualties of the Thirteenth
Cavalry in the fighting at Columbus
were seven killed and six wounded.
Villa's total losses in the day's fight
were estimated in excess of 100 killed
and twice as many wounded.
American soldiers killed:
Frank Kendvall, horse shoer, Troop
K; Sergeant Marg A. Dobbs, machine
gun troop; Corporal Paul Simon;
Sergeant John Nievergelt, band; Cor
poral Harty Wiswail, Troop G; Fred
A. Griffin, private, Troop K.
The wounded: Jesse P. Taylor,
Troop F; Thomas Butler, Troop F;
Theodore Kalzorke, Troop L; Michael
Barmazel, machine gun troop; John
Yarborough, Troop K; James Venner,
Troop M; John Keogh, Troop G;
Lieut. C. C. Benson, Troop G.
The known civilian dead:- A. L.
Ritchie, hotel proprietor; Walter
Walker, customs rider; Milton James,
Mrs. Milton James, J. S. Dean, C. C.
Miller, druggist; W. R. Walker, guest
Central hotel; J. J. Moore, merchant.
British Asked for Information.
Washington. The United States has
asked Great Britain for a copy of the
confidential instructions to command
ers of British merchant vessels, which
Germany claims prove that merchant
men armed ostensibly for defensive
purposes have orders to act offensive
ly against German and Austrian sub
marines. The request is understood
to have been made through Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, the British ambassador.
Squarely Behind Slocum.
Washington. Washington stands
squarely behind Colonel Slocum in
sending cavalry into Mexico in pursuit
of Francisco Villa and his band of
outlaws who raided Columbus, N. M.,
murdering American soldiers, and cit
izens. Secretary Lansing informed
the de facto government of Mexico
through Elisco Arredondo, its Ambas
sador designate here, that he trusted
no objection would be mavde to the
action of the American troops, they
having followed what is known Id
military circles as a "hot trail."
Germany Adds Portugal to List.
London. Germany has declared wai
en Portugal. Thus 13 countries now
are engaged in the international strug
gle. Declaration of war was made by
Germany chiefly on account of the re
cent seizure of German merchant
men interned in Portugues ports and
Portugal's refusal to rescind this act
ion and once more place the . ships
under the German Bag. A long series
of alleged breaches of neutrality by
the Portuguese Government also -ifrere
contributing factor
GERMAN EXPLAINS
POSITION TAKEN
SHE WILL RESPECT INTERNA
TIONAL LAW IF GREAT BRIT
AIN WILL.
NEW NOTE TO UNITED STATES
Bernstorff Hands Lansing Formal Re
view. President Wilson is Con
sidering Next Step to Take.
Washington. Germany made a fur
ther explanation to the United States
of the position it has taken in regard
to armed merchant vessels of the
Entente Allies.
Count von Bernstorff handed Sec
retary Lansing a formal memorandum
which, after reviewing the events
leading up to Germany's recent de
cision to treat armed merchant ships
as auxiliary cruisers, conceded that
existing international law does not
regulate the use of submarines, indi
cated a willingness to conduct under
sea warfare In accordance with the
law prevailing at the outbreak of the
war providing Great Britain and her
Allies would regard the same laws,
and expressed the hope that the peo
ple of the United States, remember
ing the long-existing friendly rela
tions between the two nations, would
appreciate the German position. The
memorandum was submitted to Presi
dent Wilson shortly after its receipt.
It will be considered, together with
other documents from the German
Government in determining what
shall be the next step of the United
States in the submarine negotiations.
There was every indication that the
administration would be in no hurry
to announce a stand as to the new
policy of the Central European Pow
er, or to pass finally upon Germany's
latest proposal for a settlement of the
Lusitania case.
Echoes of President Wilson's vic
tory in the fight to end agitation in
Congress over the armed ship ques
tion were heard on both sides of the
Capitol. In the Senate Senator Stone,
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, made a statement, after
a conference with the President, an
nouncing that oecause of the chance
that his remarks might be miscon
strued abroad, he would not make a
spech he had prepared for delivery.
He referred to the difficulties by
which the executive was beset and de
clared that President Wilson's su
preme wish was to avoid the calamity
of war.
Administration officials indicated
that the next move by the United
States might take the form of an in
quiry to Great Britain as to' the au
thenticity of the German copies of
alleged confidential instructions to
British sea captains. Regarding the
apparent discrepancies between the
German and the British versions of the
instructions, officials pointed out that
the date on the German version was
prior to that on the British version.
It was said that future events would
be considered in the light of orders
now In force.
CAN AFFORD PROTECTION.
Notwithstanding Cost United States
Should Have Powerful Navy.
Washington. Approximately a bil
lion and a half dollars for new ships
and an annual upkeep charge of $760,
000,000 is what Admiral Fletcher, com
manding the Atlantic fleet, estimates
it would cost to carry out the navy
general board's recommendation that
the American navy should equal the
most powerful fleet afloat by not later
than 1925.
; The admiral's estimate was given in
testimony before the house naval com
mittee. Representative Callaway call
ed attention to reports that Great
Britain had added nearly a million
tons to her fighting ships since the
war began. He asked if the situation
was not "hopeless." Admiral Fletcher
thought not, adding that judging by its
great wealth, the United States could
well afford to give its Interests the
same protection that other nations
thought necessary.
Brandeis Public Hearings End.
Washington. Public hearings on
the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis
of Boston to Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, were terminated by
the judiciary subcommittee of the sen
ate. The inquiry has been in progress
for a month. The subcommittee gave
no indication as to when it would re
port to the judiciary committee. Tes
timony of 39 witnesses was taken dur
ing the investigation. George R. Nut
ter, of the Brandeis law firm, was
present to be heard but was not called.
Judgs Gary Among Indicted.
Youngstown, O. The Mahoning
county grand jury ended tis investiga
tion of strike riots January . 7 in East
Youngstown, by returning ind'"tments
against Elbert H. Gary, and against
six big steel companies. The indict
ments charge Gary, the corporation of
which he is the head, one of its sub
sidiaries and four independent steel
cnocerns, with conspiring to fix the
wages of labor and to fix the price of
iron and steel products in Mahoning
County In violation of the Valentine
antf-trust law.
DEMOCRATS MEET
L27
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD IN RALEIGH
THIS YEAR.
HEARTILY ENDORSE WILSON
Executive Committee Holds Meeting
and Urge Re-election of President
Woodrow Wilson.
Raleigh. The Democratic Execu
tive Committee, in session in the hall
of the House of Representatives, sel
ected Raleigh as the meeting place of
the next state convention and set
Thursday, April 27, as the date for
the Convention. Precinct meetings
will be held on Saturday, April 15,
and county conventions on the Satur
day following, April ZZ.
Forty-seven members of the com
mittee were present in person or rep
resented by proxy when Secretary J.
R. Collie called the roll. The meet
ing was to have been held in the Sen
ate chamber, but there was not room
there for the members- of the commit
tee and the Democrats that had come
to look on and take part in the delib
erations of the body and they moved
over to the large chamber.
Chairman T. D. Warren presided.
After the reading of the formal call
he made a short speech, in which he
explained briefly and succinctly the
workings of the new primary law, ad
vised the members of the committee
to familiarize themselves with every
detail of the law and aid the county
and precinct chairmen to master its
every provision. He praised the mem
bers of the committee and loyal
Democrats all over the state for the
good work done in the last election,
when in the face of the very worst of
conditions they elected 100 out of 120
members of the House of Representa
tives and 43 out of 50 members of the
Senate. He praised the record of the
Democratic Administration, saying
that every state office has been effi
ciently administered,, that there has
not been the slightest intimation of
graft or corruption anywhere, nor
anything that looked . like extrava
gance. He contrasted the fine show
ing of the Democratic officials with
that of former Republican administra
tions, which, he said, were marked
by incompetence, extravagance and
corruption.
Build Road to Rldgecrest,
Asheville. Commissioners of Bun
combe county took two important
steps for the betterment of roads in
this county when they decided to start
work at once on the road to Ridge
crest and appropriated $30,000 for the
improvements of roads in West Ashe
ville. The commissioners had promised to
give the Black Mountain district a
definite statement in regard to the
kind of road to be built to Rldgecrest,
and a committee from that district
appeared before the commission. The
commission was informed that work
would be started practically at once,
that the road would be constructed of
an eight-inch macadam base, surfaced
with asphalt, and that a carload of
machinery for work on the road is
now at Asheville. The stretch of
road to be built is 16 miles in length
and the road is to be 18 feet wide. It
will cost between $75,000 and $100,000,
according to estimates.
School House Burned.
Statesville. The Elpikora school
house of Chambersburg township,
several miles east of Statesville, was
burned with practically all its con
tents. School was in session, but the
fire, which started in the roof, had
gained much headway before being
discovered. In fact it was not known
to the occupants that the building was
afire until a piece of burning timber
fell through the ceiling into one of
the rooms.
The teachers, Misses Callie Adkins
and May Barkley, managed to get all
the pupils out without Injury, but
some had narrow escapes. The school
library and two desks were all the
furnishings saved.
Night School Closes.
Newbern. The night school con
ducted in this city for the past CO days
under the auspices of the Woman's
Club will be closed. About 75 pupils
were enrolled and the majority of
these have been in attendance at every
session. The closing of the school Is
on account of the fact that the teach
ers, the majority of whom are teach
ers in the public schools and who
have been doing this extra work with
out compensation are tired out and
need a brief rest.
Good Road? B-ally.
Wilmington. A big road rally,
which is expected to have a beneficial
effect on the movement to establish
highway between Wilmington and
Fayetteville, was held here, when
3peaking on "National and Estate
Highways." D. M. Winslow, federal
superintendent of road construction,
addressed a large audience of men of
the section interested. It is not un
likely that the construction of the
road will be aided by Federal funds,
if the bill which has been reported
favorably by committees
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