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VOL. XXXVIII.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, APRIL 26, 1916.
NO. 38.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OYER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Art
Given.
THE NEWS J)FTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs.
Mexican News
No decision as to the withdrawal of
United States troops from Mexico is
expected for some time.
The administration's final action on
Carranza's suggestion that the expe
dition be recalled, or reduced to 1,000
men, will be based largely on what
is shown in the report of Major Gen
eral Scott, who has left Washington
to confer with General Funston, who
is in supreme command of the troops
operating against the bandits.
The state department is already
considering the nature of the reply it
will make to General Carranza's recent
uote urging the withdrawal of the
United States soldiers.
General Scott, in his conference
with General Funston, will probably
not cross the border, but his instruc
tions permit him to do so if he deems
it expedient.
A Columbus, N. M., dispatch an
nounces that a speedy motor train
carrying Gen. J. J. Pershing, com
mander of the expeditionary forces,
together with his escort, was fired up
on during a drive made at night from
Satevo to the wireless station at Nam-
iquipa.
From San Antonio, Texas, comes
the announcement that Gen. Antonio
I Villareal is attempting to start a
new revolution against the Carranza
government.
General Villareal is said to have
asked Gen. Renaldo Garza, commander
of the Carranza garrison at Nuevo La
redo, to join the movement to oust
General Carranza. General Garza re
mained loyal to the de facto govern
ment and warned Villareal against en
tering Mexico.
Army officers state that Maj. Frank
Tompkins received a written threat
from General Lozano, commander of
the Carranza garrison, at Parral, that
the American troops would be attack
ed if they advanced to the city.
According to officers of the army,
the fight at Parral was the result of
treachery, Major Tompkins' men be
ing ambushed by soldiers of the Par
ral garrison.
It is now positively known that it
was a force of Carranza soldiers who
engaged the little detachment of the
American cavalry at Parral in a reg
ularly organized action. Forty Mexi
can soldiers were killed, including an
officer and a civilian.
European War
The arrival in France of a large
number of Russian troops to reinforce
the western battle line has brought
great joy to the entente allied coun
tries, and was the occasion of much
jollification in Marseilles, France, at
which port the Russian landed.
How many Russians have been sent
across the seas to France by Emperor
Nicholas is not known. Officers of
the Russian troops received rounds
of congratulatory telegrams from
many allied quarters.
The coming of the Rusisan troops
to the western zone of fighting haa
been talked about for many months.
It is stated that the reason is that it
is easier for Russia to arm and equip
soldiers on the western front than it
is on the eastern.
Russia still has many hundred thou
sands of men under training that she
cannot use on the eastern front, and
will likely send them to the west.
At least a quarter of a million men
will be sent into France.
Baron Kolmar con der Golzt, field
marshal of the Turkish army, is dead
in Berlin, having succumbed to spot
ted fever. He was 72 years old, and
was regarded as German's greatest
strategist.
The French government has grant
ed authority for the shipment of two
thousand carloads of corn for Switz
trland which had been shipped from
The United States, but had been de
layed many weeks in Marseilles.
The proposal to create a Swiss mer
chant marine under the Swiss flag has
een declined by the entente powers
because Switzerland has no navy to
protect same.
The Germans near Haudremont, to
the northeast of Verdun, in a bayonet
attack, in which heavy casualties
Aere inflicted on the French, captur
"d a stone quarry, it is announced in
Paris.
The British, following up recent
successes in Mesopotamia, are plan
ning to isolate the Turkish army, and,
in the opinion of expert of the entente
allies, nothing short of a miracle can
save the Turkish army from surren
der or annihilation.
Artillery duels are still in progress
on the Russian front; no important
changes in positions.
There has been considerable artil
lery activity west of the Meuse on
Hill 304, with the honors even.
The Russians are pursuing their
drive against the Turks in the region
of Baiburt, the capture of which would
resuH in the coalition of the forces
which recently captured Erzerum ana
those now at Trebizond, and give the
Russians a solid line of advance east
ward. This is said to be part of the
Plan for the isolation of the Turkish
forces in Mesopotamia.
Domestic
John Haiiison Surratt, last survlT-
or of the corps of alleged conspirators
tried for implication in the plot to
assassinate Abraham Lincoln, but who
was acquitted, is dead in Baltimore,
at the age of 72.
The express safe and mail pouches
on the Louisiana Railway and Navi
gation company's passenger train
were robbed at Mansura, La., about
thirty miles south of Alexandria, by a
lone bandit, who escaped with but
$350. It is stated that the bandit
escaped from the train near Alexan
dria, but left not trace or clue, and
is still at large. .
Prohibition is South Dakota gained
heavily as a result of the municipal
elections, according to the latest re
turns received, fourteen cities and
towns going from the wet to the dry
columns, but no dry towns voted for
the return of saloons.
The Florida state supreme court af
firmed the decision of the circuit court
in the case of John J. Mendenhall,
who was convicted of murdering Miss
Susan Elliott at Clearwater, Fla., and
sentenced to life imprisonment. This
ends the case, and Mendenhall will
begin his sentence immediately.
Meager and scattering returns from
the state election in Louisiana indi
cate that the "regular" Democratic
candidate, Ruffin G. Pleasant, has de
feated John M. Parker, Progressive-Independent-Democratic
candidate, for
governor.
Thirty or more persons were report
ed crushed or burned to death in a
collision of trains on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad at
Bradford, R. L The deaths occurred
in the rear car of a four-coach local
train bound from Boston to New Lon
don, when it was run down by the
Gilt Edge Express, bound from Boston
for New York.
At Wilmington, Del., Ernest Schil
ler, a young German, who forcibly
took possession of the British steam
er Matoppo in American wtters off
Sandy Hook on March 29, terrorized
the crew and compelled the captain
to change the ship's course, was sen
tenced to life imprisonment in the
federal penitentiary located at Atlan
ta, Ga.
Washington
Viscount Chinda, the Japanese am
bassador, who already has left two
memoranda with the state department
on the subject of the proposed immi
gration measure now before congress,
has held a conference with the presi
dent anent same.
The president's long expected final
warning to Germany was delivered in
a note to Berlin and was so announc
ed in an address by the president to
congress in joint session.
The president's address to congress
made it plain that diplomatic relations
with Germany will be sundered un
less Germany submits to the United
States' requests regarding submarine
warfare. However, the president is
willing to discuss the matter with Ger
many, but only after she abandons
her present methods.
Count von Bernstorff, German am
bassador to Washington, said that, in
his opinion, a severance of diplomatic
relations meant nothing short of war.
This is an opinion which official
Washington is said to hold, except the
president himself, who believes Ger
many and the United States will get
together.
Congressmen generally commented
favorably on the president's attitude
in his last note of warning to Ger
many. Count von Bernstorff, it is stated,
has advised his government that the
United States is in earnest in its
last and final note regarding subma
rine warfare, and state that something
would have to be done quickly if war
is to be averted.
Germany is informed by the United
States that the imperial government
failed to appreciate the gravity of the
situation "which has resulted not
alone from the attack on the Sussex,
but from the whole method and char
acter of submarine warfare as dis
closed in the unrestrained practice of
commanders of German undersea
craft."
The reply of Great Britain and
France to the American note concern
ing interference with maritime by the
entente allies has been presented to
the state department by the French
and British ambassadors jointly.
Washington is informed that the
Swiss government has directed its
commercial department to charter a
number of American steamers for
Swiss importations from the United
States and Argentina. Switzerland is
dependent upon America for her food
supply.
The war department announces that
the movement of troops to the mili
tary training camp at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga., is under way.
In addition to the combined .regular
and reserve force of 790,000 men for
the army, the senate passed an amend
ment to create a school and college
youths' reserve corps in time of war
or threatened war which would recruit
a force of trained young men estimat
ed anywhere from 200,000 to 400,000.
An army reorganization bill that
would produce regular army and re
serve military forces in the United
States aggregating a million men was
passed by the senate without a record
Wilson, in speaking before
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution in Washington, declared that
the only excuse for the United States
ever to fight would be in the cause of
Officials in Washington believe that
only a prompt acquiescence by Germa
ny in the position taken by the Unite-
States ca nprevent a break of diplc
matic relations.
EMPEROR HAS
ESCAPE
MJ3TRIANS DROP BOMB AS CZAR
IS REVIEWING RUSSIAN
FORCES.
HURT IN PANIC THAT ENSUES
General is Bitteerly Reprimanded For
Not Having Sufficient Airman to
Guard the Ruler.
Berlin, via wireless. A narrow es
cape for Emperor Nicholas of Russia
from bombs dropped by an Austrian
airman is reported in Stockholm ad
vices i by the Overseas News Agency.
"The Emperor was reviewing the
troops in company with General Brus
siloff (comander of the Russian forces
on the southwestern front) when sud
denly and Austro-Hungarian flier ap
peared and dropped numerous bombs
which landed among the troops, who
fled in wild disorder," says the news
agency statement. "The Emperor, ac
cording to the reports, was hurt and
had a narrow escape, the incident
i a using Him euuieiy iu iubc 111s cii-
possession. In consequence, the re
ports added, General Grussiloff was
bitterly reproached and General Ivan
off was recalled to the southwestern
front headquarters."
AFTER HARMONIOUS WORK
ARE ON VERGE OF CLASH.
Majority Leader Kitchen is Striving
to Reach Working Agreement.
Washington. House Democrats and
Republicans, after having worked to
gether harmoniously for four and a
half months, are on the verge of a
clash over the legislative program for
the remainder of the session.
The majority, because of carrying
out the wishes of the house in push
ing through the Philippine and ship
ping bills as quickly as possible, is
threatening to invoke drastic rules
which will insure the measures right
of way. The minority while making
no threats are conducting what ap
pears to be a mild filibuster on the
agricultural appropriation bill and
urging consideration of the fortifica
tions or appropriation measures in
lieu of the President'3 special meas
ures. Minority Leader Mann says he is
wliling to come to an agreement with
the Democrats but that "the White
House can't tell us what we must do"
and he is waiting for the Democrats
to make the next move. In the mean
time the Democrats are having many
conferences in Majority Leader Kitch
in's office in an endeavor to reach a
working agreement hile on the floor
such problems as poisoning coyotes,
fighting the hessian fly and preserving
the buffalo are being discussed at
lenth.
GERMANS SINK ITALIAN
AND FRENCH STEAMERS.
London. The Italian steamer Jo
seph Agost Tcherzec has been sunk
by a German submarine. The crew
was landed.
Lloyds announces that the French
bark Chanaral, of 2,476 tons gross,
was torpedoed on Saturday morning.
The crew is believed to have been
saved.
The captain and 16 hands of the
British steamer Feliciana, 4,277 tons
gross, have been picked up by a
steamer, according to a Lloys report.
Search is being made for the remain
der of the crew. The Feliciana is a
total loss. Another report says none
of the crew has been saved.
REPORTS THAT VILLA
HAS BEEN LOCATED.
Presidio, Texas. A messenger has
reached Ojinaga, opposite here, with
the report that Villa is at Agua Chili.
100 miles south of Ojinaga in the
Camaro district with 200 followers.
One hundred and fifty Carranza sol
diers are encamped on the Chonchas
River about four miles from Ojinaga.
LOPEZ. ONE OF VILLA'S
LEADERS, IS CAPTURED.
3 Paso, Tex. Pablo Lopez, Villa
lieutenant held responsible for the
murder of 17 Americans at Sante
Ysabel and who was shot through both
legs 'n the raid on Columbus, N. M.,
was captured by Carranza forces near
the scene of his crime, according to
information received by General Ga
vira, commandant at Juarez. Mes
sages from the Mexican Government
operator at Santa Ysabel said that he
himself had seen Lopez.
GERMANS DRIVEN OUT
OF NEWLY-WON TRENCHES.
Berlin, via London. The German
forces were compelled to evacuate
newly-wnn trenches on the Lange
marck-Ypres road on account of high
iloods, which made the consolidation
of the positions impossible, according
to a statement issued by the German
War Office. A hard grenate attack
aiade by the English south of St. Eloi
vvas repulsed. French trenches on the
eft bank of the Meuse east of Haul
.ourt were captured.
NARROW
PARRAL INCIDENT
FAR FROM SETILEO
REPORT THAT MEXICAN OFFI
CIALS WARNED GEN, PERSH
ING TO STOP.
FELIX DIAZ NOW TROUBLES
Starts Revolution Against De Facto
Government. Diaz Movement Has
Money Backing.
Washington. While immediate in
terest naturally centers in the situa
tion as to the troops in Mexico there
were renewed indications about the
State Department that a wholly differ
ent aspect of the Mexican problem was
causing growing concern. That is the
movement supposedly headed by Felix
Diaz, nephew of the former Mexican
dictator, for a new revolution against
the de facto Government. None of
the information upon which the un
easiness rests has been disclosed. It
is known, however, that several Mexi
cans in the United States are being
closely watched and it is possible that
some of the anti-American feeling in
Chihuahua state which has met the
troops pursuing Villa may be attribut
ed to this movement.
It is admitted that official dis
patches had carried as a rumor the
report that Mexican officers had warn
ed General Pershing not to proceed
south of Parral. It was learned at the
State Department that a report to this
effect was transmitted some days be
fore the Parral incident through con
sular agents. Mr. Baker insisted that
the warning had made no change in
the department's orders to the border
forces.
It was indicated that a reply to
General Carranza's telegram regard
ing the clash at Parral and asserting
that the American Government had
violated his orders and the agreement
with the de facto government in enter
ing the town would be dispatched
soon. War Department officials say
the report on the incident from Gen
eral Pershing, Major Tompkins and
other officers is new complete. It has
been withheld from publication be
cause of the flat contradiction it con
tains of the Mexico City advices from
General Carranza as to the part his
troops played in the fighting. With
this report as a basis, the Parral inci
dent will be treated as a matter en
tirely separate from the suggestion of
the de facto government that the
troops be withdrawn.
RUSSIA CLOSES ARTIC
AND WHITE SEA PORTS.
Purely Military Measure For Purpose
of Movement of Troops.
Washington. Russia Embassy dis
patches announcing the closing of
Arctic and White Sea ports offer no
explanation. It was said at the Em
bassy that the suspension of traffic
will be complete except in the case of
vessels carrying government cargoes
and even in that case they can secure
admission to the ports only by special
permit from Petrograd. It is assumed
by officials here that the closure is a
purely military measure incident to
the use of ports for embarkation for
the heavy Russian reinforcements go
ing forward to France. The necessity
of guarding the troops transports has
obliged the Russian government to
regard as enemy vessels all but government-owned
or chartered ships, and
to reduce to a minimum the danger
of destroying neutral vessels the ports
have been closed.
BODY DUG UP NOT
THAT OF GENERAL VILLA.
Field Headquarters of General Per
shing by wireless to Columbus, .N. M.
American military authorities de
tailed to investigate the report that
the body recently disinterred at San
Francisco Borja was that of Francisco
Villa reported that they were unable
to obtain confirmation.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. WILSON
VISIT SAYRE BABY.
Philadelphia. The President and
Mrs. Wilson arrived here and spent
an hour with the President's daught
er, Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, and his
grand-daughter, Eleanor Axson Sayre,
born in Jefferson Hospital, this city,
March 26.
It was anonunced that the grand
child weighed eight and a half pounds.
Mrs. Wilson was given a photograph
of the baby.
ORDERS TO SPEED UP
WORK ON U. S. FLEET.
Washington. Orders to speed up
repair and overhaul work on vessels
of the Atlantic fleet have been sent to
the commandants of the various navy
yards by Secretary Daniels. In case
of labor shortage the commandants
are instructed to expedite the work by
employing the ships' personnel. The
move was explained as a "prepared
ness test," the execution of which
would illustrate how quickly the ves
sels could be restored to normal.
GERMANY OFFERS
15.000 IONS DYES
r
LACK OF DYE HAS SERIOUSLY
AFFECTED AMERICAN TEX
TILE MANUFACTURES.
GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE
Bernstorff Delivers Note to Lansing
Who is Arranging With England
For Safe Transportation.
Washington. The German govern
ment has agreed to permit exportation
to the United States of 15,000 tons of
dyestuffs, lack of which has seriously
affected American textile manufactur
ers. Notification to this effect was
contained in a note delivered by Am
bassador von Bernstorff to Secretary
Lansing.
The communication explains that
while Germany refused at first to per
mit exportation of dyestuffs unless ex
changed for American good now ex
cluded from Germany by the British
blockade, after careful consideration
of the situation it has been seen "that
this blockade has resulted in serious
embarrassment to those American in
dustries which are in need of dye
stuffs," and the Imperial German Gov
ernment now is prepared to make "a
single exception" in permitting expor
tation in this instance. It is required
only that the dyestuffs shall be con
sumed by American manufacturers
and not re-exported to Great Britain
or her Allies.
It is expected the State Department
immediately will make representa
tions to Great Britain to insure the
safe arrival of the dyestuffs in this
country.
CARRANZA ARMY BLOCKS
ArtvAkioc nr 11 c cm nicoc
Mexican Forces Are Moved to Parral
Where Gen. Pershing is Located.
Washington. Have Carranza troops
Clocked further advance of United
States troops near the Parral region?
That the Carranza Administration will
insist upon immediate withdrawal of
our troops is Indicated. That a clash
is within the hounds of reasonable
possibility is conceded.
Reports from Mexico are reaching
the State Department daily. As far
as known, these tell of increased diffi
culties surrounding the expedition. An
instance of this is the report that an
unknown number of Carranza troops
have been moved by their immediate
commander to the Parral region, where
General Persring's most advanced
force now is located.
The observer who reported this add
ed that while the movement, he be
lieved, was not authorized by the de
facto Government heads, it was in
tended as a hint that the Americans
must not move farther southward.
Apparently only a comparatively small
force was involved.
BRYAN AT WASHINGTON
TO HELP KEEP PEACE.
Washington. William Jennings
Bryan, former Secretary of State, has
come to Washington. He said he had
come to render any aid possible to
prevent trouble between the United
States and Germany.
"I was on my way to New Orleans
to deliver an address," he said, "when
the news reached me that a crisis
in the submarine controversy with
Germany had arisen. I cancelled all
engagements and hurried to Wash
ington, not with any definite plan,
but in the hope that I could be of
some assistance in preserving peace.
"Since my arrival I have had several
conferences with prominent Demo
crats. I expect to have more con
ferences within the next two days.
Beyond that time my plans are in
definite. "I am hoping for two things in
this present grave situation first,
that Germany will accede to the po
sition of the United States; second,
that if she does not, diplomatic rela
tions will continue with a view tc
reaching an amicable settlement of
the trouble.
RECORD CLASS WILL ENTER
ANNAPOLIS IN JUNE.
Washington. Estimates made pub
lic by Secretary Daniels show that be
tween 550 .nd 600 midshipmen, the
largest class ever admitted in any
single year, will enter the 1916 class at
Annapolis in June. Examinations for
admission have closed, 1,797 candi
dates having competed for admission.
The extraordinarily large class is the
result of the recent act of Congress
virtually doubling the membership of
the Academy.
WAR RISK INSURANCE
IS GENERALLY REDUCED.
Washington. Reductions' in ocean
insurance rates generally and an in
crease in rates on cargoes to Far East
ern ports routed through the Suez
Canal, were announced by the Govern
ment War Risk Bureau. Rates be
tween United States ports and bellig
erent ports of Western Europe are
lowered from 25 cents on the $100 to
15 cents; between the United States
and belligerent ports in the Western
Hemisphere from 25 cents to 15 cents.
FINAL WARNING
GOES TO GERMANY
AMERICA ANXIOUSLY AWAITS
REPLY FROM IMPERIAL
GOVERNMENT.
WILSON TALKS TO CONGRESS
President Tells Congress Germany
Must Accede to Demands to Pre
vent Breaking of Relationship.
Washington. President Wilson's
long-expected final warning to Ger
many that the United States will break
off diplomatic relations unless she
abandons her present methods of sub
marine warfare, and immediately de
clares her intention to do so, was de
livered in a note to Berlin and was an
nounced by the President in an ad
dress to a joint session of Congress.
The President demands nothing less
than the abandonment of submarine
warfare against commerce.
Both the President's address and
the American note declare in unequi
vocal terms that only by Germany ac
ceding to the demand can the breaking
off of relations be prevented.
The President considers that the
next step depends solely upon Ger
many and that three or four days
constitute a reasonable time for a
reply. He is willing to discuss how
submarine warfare may be conducted
within the limits of international law
and humanity after Germany aban
dons hex present methods.
Diplomatic history records but one
instance as yet where a breaking of
relations between two first-class Pow
ers has not eventually brought war
that which now exists between Ger
many and Italy.
UNITED STATES MARINES
GUARD WIRELESS STATION
If a Break Occurs With Germany Sta
tions Will Be Seized at Once.
Philadelphia, Pa. Three hours af
ter President Wilson had read his ulti
matum to Germany before Congress
a detachment of marines from the
Philadelphia Navy Yard left for Tuck
erton. N. J. and Sayville, L. I, where
are located the powerful trans-Atlantic
wireless stations. The detachment
of 26 marines from the local yard will
be joined by a much larger detach
ment from the Broklyn navy yard It
was stated. The marines have been
ordered to the point which would be
the first to be attacked by the enemies
of the United States in the event of j
an open break with Germany.
GENERAL HUGH SCOTT
GOES TO MEXICAN BORDER
Washington. No decision as to
withdrawal of American troops for
10 days unless there are new out
breaks against the forces in Mexico
to compel immediate action. This was
made clear when Secretary Baker dis
patched Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief
of staff to the border as his personal
representative to make a complete re
port on the military problems con
fronting General Funston.
The administration's final action on
General Carranza's suggestion that
the expedition be recalled probably
will be based largely on his report.
General Scott, who left Washington
tonight will hardly De able to com
plete his observations in less than 10
days.
Secretary Baker described General
Scott's mission as being to assemble
complete information on the border
situation for the use of the depart
ment. FORCEFUL ADDRESS OF
WILSON TO CONGRESS.
Washington. President Wilson told
Congress, assembled in joint session
shortly after 1 o'clock, he had given
Germany a final irrevocable notifica
tion that the United States will break
off diplomatic relations if her illegal
submarine campaign is continued.
A note, America's' last word, prac
tically an ultimatum, and demanding
an immediate reply, presumably was
in the Berlin foreign office as the
President was speaking.
It was declared in accordance with
the President's plan to have it before
the German government at the same
moment he was addressing the Ameri
can Congress.
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF
Washington. William M. Ingraham,
rormer mayor of Portland, Maine, has
been selected by President Wilson for
Assistant Secretary of War. The nom
ination has been signed. Later it was
sent to the senate.
Repeal Sugar Bill.
Washington. Senate Democrats in
conference decided to enact into law
the house bill repealing the provision
in the Underwood-Simmons tariff law
which would have placed sugar on the
free list May, 1915.
Germans Gain From French.
London. The Germans near Haud
remont ; northeast of Verdun, in a bay
onet attack in which heavy casualties
were inflicted on the French, have
captured a stone quary, around which
they gained a footing.
MEDICAL SOCIETY
iGOES TO ASHEVILLE
CHARLES O. LAUGH ING HOUSE
ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT
OF THE SOCIETY.
LIST OF ALL THE OFFICERS
Next Meeting Will be Held on Third
Tuesday in April Delegates to
Other Meetings Named.
Durham. Asheville was chosen as
the meeting place for the sixty-fourth
annual session of the North Carolina
Medical Society, the third Tuesday in
April, 1917. The convention adjourned
here, after electiong the following
officials:
President. Dr. Charles O. H. Laugh
inghouse, Greenville; vice-president.
Dr. D. J. Hill, Lexingon; Dr. J. L.
Spruill, Columbia and Dr. J. H. Shu
ford, Hickory. Board of councilors,
Drs. J. P. R. Bonner, Morehead City;
W. H. Ward, Plymouth; Ernest 8.
Bullock, Wilmington; M. M. Saliba,
Wilson; Ben Hackney, Bynum; A. C.
Campbell, Raleigh; J. E. S. David
son, Charlotte; J. W. Ring, Elkin;
M. R. Adams, Statesville and C. V.
Reynolds, Asheville.
Delegates to the American Medical
Associaion convention; Drs. J. W.
Long, Greensboro; W. L. Dunn, Ashe
ville, with alternates, Drs. D. Tayloe,
Washington, and D. A. Staunton, High
Point
Delegates to the Virginia Medical
Society convention, Drs. J. W. Mc
Gehew, Reidsville; C. S. Lawrence,
Winston and J. L. Pecofc, Littleton.
Delegates to the South Carolina
Medical Society convention, Drs. P.
R. Harris, Henderson; A. B. Croom,
Maxton and M. H. Biggs, Rutherford
ton. During the session a remark by Dr.
A. E. Abernathy of Chapel Hill to the
effect that the North Carolina Medi
cal Society is degenerating into a sec
tion on the study of surgery brought
a hearty applause.
Dr. Frances Sage Bradley of Wash
ington, D. C, of the Federal children's
board met with the doctors and told
of the campaign being waged
throughout the country for better
babies.
Plumbers Meet Next in Charlotte.
Raleigh. With the election of new
officers and the selection of Charlotte
as the next place of meeting, the
North Carolina Association of Master
Plumbers adjourned after a two-day
convention. Mapping out plans to
greatly extend the scope of the asso
ciation in North Carolina, the dele
gates celebrated the completion of
much good work and the inception of
more with a banquet at the LaFayette
cafe.
J. E. Albright of Greensboro was
elected president, J. H. Hunt of
Greensboro first-vice president, J. M.
Thurman of Rocky Mount second
vice-president, E. B. Grady of Concord
third vice-president, P. M. Pettit of
Greensboro secretary and treasurer.
S. M. Stevens of Asheville and W.
M. Munday of Statesville were chosen
delegates to the national convention,
which meets in Atlantic City June 20.
21 and 22. H. H. Hobbs of Goldsboro
and J. W. Thurman of Rocky Mount
were chosen alternate delegates.
The executive committee elected by
the convention to serve with the offi
cers of the association are S. M. S? v
ens, Asheville; J. W. Stallings, New
Bern; W. R. Doser, Wilmington; John
Smith, Waynesville.
Towel Mill For Salisbury.
Salisbury. Machinery has been
purchased for a new mill for Salis
bury. It will be of 50-loom capacity
for the manufacture of mercerized
towels. No site has yet been secured
for the new brick building that is
to house the plant. The owners are
T. B. Marsh. Sr., T. B. Marsh, Jr..
and F. J. Murdock. The two former
are Salinburians, the latter, a native
of this place, has been living in Tar
boro.
Southern Publisher to Hear Wilson.
Asheville When the Southern
Newspaper Publishers' Association
meets in Asheville sometime this sum
mer, President Wilson will speak to
them, but it will be over the telephone
This was announced by Mr. F. L.
Seely, for a number of years publish
er of a leading Atlanta newspaper,
and now vice-president of the Grove
Park Inn Company. President Wil
son's address is one of the assured
features of the convention, and will
be heard at the annual banquet at the
Grove Park Inn.
$2,000,000 for Forests.
Washington. Congressman Brltt
has prepared an amendment to the
agricultural apropriation bill, now be
fore the House, seeking an apropria
tion of $2,000,000 for the continuation
of National Forest reserve purchases
under the Weeks law. He has planned
to make the strongest fight possible
for its adoption and it is understood
that he already has the promise of
very large support for it. An effort
will he made in the Senate also to
have an apropriation when the meas
ure reaches that body.
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