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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance (Chain am THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions $1.50 One Square, one month - 2J6Q Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXIX. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JANUARY 10, 1917. NO. 23. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nation For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS 0FTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs. Washington Approval of President Wilson's ,re-(jue.-t for a statement of peace terms from the European belligerents was i ted by the senate at the conclusion of ihree days of stirring debate. Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, former ly a congressman from the state of Washington, but now a senator from Illinois, who is a native of Augusta, Ga and widely known for his "pink" whiskers, says the country will not for any additional submarine outrages. The "leak" anent the president's peace note is the topic of discussion Washington. Representative Wood of Indiana told The rules committee of the sensational rumors regarding the "leak" to Wall .-tree: in advance of the president's peace note, but prefaced his testimony by saying that he had nothing but hearsay evidence. The president's secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty, says, he has no knowledge of the alleged "leak" under investiga tion R. W. Boiling, Mrs. Wilson's brother, denies any knowledge what ever cf the incident. After the session of the rules com mittee January 5, Joseph P. Tumulty demanded that Representative Wood publicly apologize for involving him in i he "leak" controversy. Garrulous Americus sea captains, talking with each other by wireless, have brought down on their heads the wrath of the Australian government, it is learned in Washington. Com plaint has reached Washington that American ships 2,000 miles apart in the South seas discuss trivial sub jects when the Australian wireless is trying to get messages into the air. A Tokio, Japan, dispatch, says that I three hundred persons were killed and many injured, together with one thousaad" homs destroyed, in a dis astrous earthquake in central For mosa. Eleven sea captains have been rais ed tc the rank of rear admirals. Pres ident Wilson has signified his ap proval. Congress is agitated over charges that there was a "leak" of advance information on President Wilson's peace note. The new Austrian ambassador to the United States will sail from Am sterdam January 13. The Greek minister to Belgium, be cause he is not in harmony with King Constantine's policy, has resigned. The annual postoffice appropriation bill reported to the house carried pro visions to increase rates on newspa pers, magazines and other second class matter by a zone system, establish penny postage on local letters and im pose heavier penalties for sending li quor through the mails. The annual report of the postmaster general asks that an increase be grant ed in the pay of a large number of the employees of that department. A dispatch from Brisbane, Australia, says one hundred persons are believ ed to have been drowned in Clermont, Queensland, by a flood which washed away the main street and all the houses in low-lying places. President Wilson went to the capitol and discussed the country's affairs with Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee. Their talk covered a wide range, but it is un derstood that much of the time was devoted to the situation growing out of the unfavorable entente reply to the peace proposals of the central powers, which the president had been studying during the day. It is known in Washington that the entente allied government 3 insist that no peace is possible so long as they have not secured reparation for violat ed rights and liberties and the free existence of small states and have not brought about a settlement for the fu ture pecurity of the world. H has been officially admitted that arranza refused to sign the protocol agreed upon by the Atlantic City meeting of the joint commissioners. Domestic Laurel, Miss., dispatch announces rhe eight-hour day has been put "ft'ect on the Gulf and Ship Island 'ad. Switching crews have re 1 notice that eight hours will constitute a day's work. Captain Percy M. Cochrane of the quartermaster corps; U. S. A., located hI El. Paso, Texas; who rose from the ranks, a Floridian by birth, is dead in El Paso;. 9 Three young boys were killed at Newport News, Va., by the cave-in of a tunnel they were digging into a bluff on the James river. The boys did not return home in time for the evening meal and a search disclosed he cave-in. Twenty men were em Pioyed more than an hour recovering the bodies. Success in obtaining pledges for $4, 000,000 toward the $5,000,000 church pension fund being raised for Protest ant Episcopal clergymen and their de pendent families were announced in New York City by Bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts. Attorneys for United States Sena tor W. E. Chilton, who was defeated in the recent election by Howard Sutherland (Rep.) have instituted pro ceedings in the circuit court at Hilton, W. Va., to oust Sutherland on the ground that the republican nominee had exceeded the limit of expenditure in the primary. An important step In the agricultural development of the South is the es tablishment in Atlanta, Ga., of the Farmers' Service Organization, which will extend throughout the South, and will be in close harmony with the state experiment stations, colleges of agri culture and federal department of ag riculture. Their work will include lectures before agricultural societies, demonstration agents, etc., the prepa ration aftd distribution of bulletins and direct correspondence with any farmers who desires to make any in quiry in regard to any agricultural problem. Everything will be free to the farmer. The arrest in New York City of Juan T. Burns, consul general at New York for the de facto government of Mexico, discloses an alleged conspir acy in which five Mexicans, including the consul general, are charged in three indictments, with shipping arms into Mexico in violation of the presi dent's embargo proclamation. Establishment of uniform standards of classification for cotton by the sec retary of agriculture of the United States, is a movement that is holding the interest of the Southern farmer. The primary purpose of a bill now before the house is to enforce uniform application of official standards in spot transaction. An ideal American fowl in which will be centered all the good points of all the good breeds of hens, is the object of experiments being conducted in New York City by the United States government. It is stated that the new hen will have white plumage, yellow legs, red ear lobes and a mod erate sized comb. At the request of the governor of South Carolina, Governor Felder of New Jersey, has directed the prosecu tor of Union county to investigate the deaths of two South Carolina officials Davis, a sheriff, and Foster, a pris on supervisor. It is stated that the families of the men suspected foul play. Mexican All the threads of the tangled situa on between the United States and Mexico are held by President Wilson. The American members of the;, Mexi--can-American joint commission have made to him a late personal report of their negotiations, which reached a deadlock, and whether the confer ences of the commission shall continue is a question the president has added to those already under consideration. It seems certain that some radical change in the policy of the United States toward Mexico will be adopted. In anticipation that orders will be issued soon for the recall of the Unit ed States troops in Mexico under Gen eral Pershing, the war department has prepared a tentative plan of with drawal. The president has requested a re port from the war department as to what effect the withdrawal of the United States troops in Mexico will have upon the existing conditions be yond the bcrder. European War The Roumanian province of Dobrud ja is now in the hands of the cen tral" powers. Braila, in Great Walachia, and on the west bank of the Danube below Galatz, has been captured by German and Bulgarian troops. A dispatch from Milan reports that the French battleship Verte has been torpedoed by a German submarine near Malta Further progress has been made fajt the. British on the Tigris front. In spite of adverse conditions prog ress has been made on the right bank of the Tigris, east and northeast ot Kut-el-Amara (ancient Garden of Eden) by the British. Two Zeppelins wee destroyed at Tondern, Schleswig, by a fire due to defective wiring, says a London dis patch to American correspondents.. During the course of last year, 78, 500 Germans were captured on the French front by the French and 40,000 by the British. In Serbia and Macedonia the en tente armies took 11,173 Bulgarians and Turks prisoners during 1916. The German impression of the en tente's reply to the peace proposals of the central powers is reflected i a statement made by Doctor Hahy mann, who until the turn of the year was director of the intelligence de partment of the foreign office. He states that consideration by Germany and her allies of a peace offer dates back as far as October. "If I were tp express an opinion in a few words, it is this: Instead of taking place around a peace table, the entente's de liberations took place on a judge's chair. Apparently the entente forgqt nothing that could possibly influence neutrals against us." is fji An Edinburgh, Scotland dispatch re cites that eleven persons were killdfl and forty injured with persons return ing to Edinburgh after a New Year celebration in a collision with a s witch" engine ten miles outside of that city. Count Julius Andrassy, formerly the premier of Hungary, says: "If the en tente rejects our peace offer only be cause they maintain that cur offer; is not honestly meant, but is a maneuv er, and that they cannot enter inW negotiations before knowing our con ditions, they can ask President Wil son of the United States, to whom they have been communicated." GOOD I EXISTS WITH U. S. GERMANY IMPRESSES CORDIAL ITY OF RELATIONS BETWEEN U. S. AND GERMANY. GERARD GUEST AT DINNER American Ambassador is Entertained at Dinner in Berlin and Likened to the Dove of Peaoe That Was Sest Out From Noah's Ark. Berlin, via Cayville. A large num ber of the leading personages of Ger many, says the Overseas News Agency, were present at the dinner given in honor of James W. Gerard, the Ameri can Ambassador to Germany, by the American Association of Trade and Commerce of Berlin. The diners were addressed by Ambassador Gerard, by Vice Chancellor Selfferich, by Foreign Secretary Zimmerman and by Arthur von Gwinner, the director of the Deutsche Bank, and in all the speeches the cordial relationships ex isting; between the governmeuts of the United States and Germany were emphasized. Ambassador Gerard, who was liken ed by Director van Gwinner to the "peace dove of Noah's Ark," is quot ed by the Overseas News Agency as saying that "never since the begin ning of the war have relations be tween Germany and the United States been so cordial" and that he 'had "brought back an olive branch from President Wilson. Vice Chancellor Helfferich said he was pleased to know that Ambassador Gerard, had visited the United States "where he had an opportunity of de scribing the real state of affairs in Germany," and Foreign Minister Zim merman declared he "felt sure the friendly and truest future relations between both countries as enunciated by Mr. Gerard will continue." A telegram expressing the "sin cerest wishes" of the association "in this crucial time" was sent to Pres ident Wilson, and another message was forwarded to Emperor William. Doctor Heifferich, in his speech as quoted by the Overseas News Agency, called attention to the increase in commerce between Germany and the United States. CARRANZISTA SAYS EARLY ADJUSTMENT WILL BE HAD Personal Representative of Mexico's First Chief is Confident of Eearly Settlement. New York. Nicifero Zambrano, treasurer of the de facto government of Mexico recently sent to Washing ton by General Carranza as his person al representative, and who came here issued a statement in which he pre dicted an early settlement of the bor der difficulties. He based his belief, he declared, on the fact that the Amer ican government is considering seri ously lifting at an early date, for the benefit of the Carranza government, the embargo on the shipment of arms into Mexico, the recall of Gen. Per shing's expedition and the sending to Mexico of Ambassador Fletcher. Mr. Zambrano said he had called on Secretary Lane and Judge George Gray of the American commission, with whom he discussed the American situation. He let it be understood also that he was received by President vVilson and Secretary of State Lans ing: As the result of his visit to Washington, Mr. Zambrano said he had reported to General Carranza that prospects for an early adjustment of ihe existing difficulties are very bright. TAUSSIG ACCEPTS PLACE ON .TARIFF COMMISSION Washington. Prof. Frank W. Taus sig of Harvard accepted a place on the tariff commission and probably will be made chairman. The other four mem bers will be announced later. Professor Taussig is a teacher of political economy and has written ex tensively on the tariff. It is under stood the administration had difficulty in persuading him to accept. HONOLULU EXEMPTED FROM COAL EMBARGO Honolulu. That the British admir alty has exempted Honolulu from the recent coal shipment embargo was in dicated when notification was given that the motorship City of Portland was on its way here from Australia with 2000 tons of coal. Representa tions to he British government that British trans-Pacific shipping would suffer if the supply of bunker coal here failed, were believed to be responsible for its modification. WANTS TO ENLARGE PROJECTILE PLANTS Washington Because of high prices quoted by American shell makers, Secretary Daniels intends to ask Con gress to increase the capacity of pro jectile plants for which it already had appropriated. H; dfields , Ltd., an English concern, his underbid Ameri can manufacturers whose prices the government considers exorbitant. The navy projectile plant will be placed with the armor plant will be placed appointed some time fgo will locate. SENATE APPROVES REQUEST FOR PEACE INDORSE PRESIDENT WILSON'S REQUEST FOR A STATEMENT OF PEACE TERMS- THREE DAYS' DEBATE ENDS Senator Jones Resolution Indorses Only a Portion of the President's Peace Note Sent Recently to the .Foreign Warring Powers. Washington. Approval 'of President Wilson's request for a statement of peace terms from the European bellig erents was voted by the senate at the conclusion of three days' of stirring debate. Action came with dramatic suddenness when Democratic leaders decided to accept a form of resolution that would not commit the senate to endorsement of the whole of the Pres ident's note, and 10 Republicans of the Progressive group joined the ma pority in making the vote 48 to 17. Senator Martine of New York was the only Democrat to vote in the negative. Discussion of-the subject had reach ed a climax during the day with a sensational declaration by Senator Lewis, chief spokesman for the Demo crats replying to Republican criticism of the President's course. Without referring directly to the submarine controversy the Senator said the Unit ed States could not keep out of the war if it continued and that America would not again accept misconception of orders or zeal of an officer as an excuse for an injury to a citizen or property. The chief objection urged against the original resolution offered by Sen ator Hitchcock was that it would en dorse the President's offer to join in a movement to guarantee world peace and his declaration of the interest of the United States in small Nations. The resolution adopted was pro posed by Senator Jones, Republican of Washington, and was accepted by Senator Hitchcock as a substitute for his own. It resolves: "That the senate approves and strongly endorses the request by the President in the diplomatic notes of December 18 to the nations now en gaged in war, that these nations state Uie terms upon which peace might be discussed." OFFICIALS OF PROMINENCE MENTIONED IN LEAKE PROBE. Wood Tells Information Implicating Secretary Tumulty ns Benefactor in Stock Mart Washington. Sensational rumors of a "leak" to Wall Street in advance of President Wilson's peace note were related to the House Rules Committee by Representative Wood of Indiana in support of his resolution for an in quiry. He prefaced his testimony with the statement that he had noth ing but hearsay evidence to offer and vainly protested against an open ses sion of the committee. Names and rumored details of the alleged "leak" came thick and fast when Mr. Wood began his story. He mentioned Joseph P. Tumulty, Secre tary to President Wilson; R. W. Boil ing, a brother-in-law of the President; Bernard Baruch of New York, various brokerage houses, crediting most of his information to a letter received from "A. Curtis" of New York. This letter, produced later, was written on plain paper, without the writer's ad dress. Kenneth Romney, deputy ser-geant-at-arms of the house, is in New York searching for A. Curtis, but has been unable to find any trace of him. Statements were issued after the committee meeting by Secretary Tum ulty and Mr. Boiling flatly denying the reports regarding them, and Mr Tumulty demanded that Representa tive Wood publicly apologize for men tioning his name. Mr. Wood followed with a statement pointing out that he had desired to testify in private, but that those whose names were the subject of rumor should court the fullest investigation. The committee probably will hear Representative Gardner, who declared on the floor of the house recently that he knew there was a 'leak." BANDIT CHIEF LOSES 1,500 IN BATTLE WITH FEDERALISTS. Chihuahua City, Mexico. Villa was defeated at Jimenez by Gen. Francis co Murguia with a loss of 1,500 rebel dead, wounded and cart? red. Martin Lopez, a rebel leader, and another Villa general were among the slain ac cording to an official report from the Carranza commander. Villa as sa'.d to be fleeing toward El Vil!. General Murguia stated that his command pushed back Villa's tro.-ps five miles after coming into contact. 11 NAVAL CAPTAINS PROMOTED TO RANK OF REAR ADMIRALS. Washington. The first Navy promo tions under the new selecting systoia of advancement were announced when President Wilson approved recom mendations of the selection board that 11 captains be made rear admirals as follows: Captains Hem S Knapp, William L. Rogers, Har McL. P Huse, George W. McElroy, Robert S Griffin, George E. Burd, James H. Oliver, John Hood, William S. Sims, Hugh Rodman and Henry B. Wilson 0. S. TO DETERMINE HIGH PAPER COSTS ATTORNEY GENERAY GREGORY WILL BEGIN INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THERE IS TRUST. CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ACTION For Several Weeks Department of Jus tice Has Been In Frequent Consulta tion With the Trade Commission A Mass of Complaints. Washington. Attorney General Gregory took over the yield of the Federal Trade Commission's inquiry into the print paper market with a view to determining whether there is a paper trust, and to institute civil and criminal proceedings against manufacturers or others who may have violated the anti-trust laws. President Wilson is actively inter ested in recent disclosures of prac tices pursued in the production and distribution of print paper and is un derstood to be following the inquiry closely. A mass of complaints and testimony and a large number of sec ret leports from the commission's in vestigators have been placed in the Attorney General's hands. For several weeks department of justice officials have been in frequent consultation with the trade commis sion and are understood to have un der serious consideration the early in stitution of grand jury proceedings at which indictments charging violation of the criminal section of the law will be asked. The formal taking over of the in quiry by the department was in re sponse to the following leter sent the Attorney General by Secretary Brack en, of the commission. "As you know the Federal Trade Commission pursuant to resolutions if the Senate 'have been conducting an inquiry into conditions of the print paper market. "The commission is of the opinion that the inquiry has now reached a stage where the further co-operation of the Department of Justice would be advantageous " The Attorney General replied: "The department will at once take up the matter, and to that end I will have attorneys of the department meet with the commission or with attorneys of the commission, as may be desired, and go over the data al ready collected as a basis for deter mining what further steps to take. "I know,' of course, from what has already been brought out, that a se rious condition exists in this trade, and that any remedy which the law may afford should be applied at once." DOBRUDJA TAKEN BY TEUTONS AFTER A BITTER STRUGGLE. Except for a narrow strip of land projecting into the Oanube marshes toward the Moldavian town of Galatz, all of Dobrudja has been cleared by the Teutonic Allies of Russian and Rumanian troops. After the fall of Matchin and Jijila, the defenders be gan a retreat across the Danube to ward Braila, and according to Berlin, a force of Russian rear guards on the peninsula projecting toward Galatz comprises the only Entente troops now in Rumania between the Danube River and the Black Sea. In Moldavia the Teutonic Allies, notwithstanding the heavy snows, are continuing their invasion of the country from the south and west. ELEVEN DEAD AS TORNADO WRECKS SCHOOL BUILDING Muskogee, Okla. Eleven school children were killed, four probably fa tally injured and eight seriously injur ed when a tornado wrecked the Vire ton rural school house, known as the Lee-Baldwin school, near Blocker, Ala. The school building, a Baptist In dian Mission a quarter of a mile away and four farm houses are in ruins and a half dozen other farm houses were lifted from their foundations by the storm, which swept a narrow path for a distance of six miles. The storm struck first at Rich ville, seven miles southwest of Vire ville, but did not further damage until within a quarter of a mile of the school building. Tearing up the valley for nearly a mile the storm then ripped the school building from its foundation and hurl ed the children down the hillside and across the ravine, some of them being picked up a hundred yards from the site of the building. Only two children of the 28 in the building escaped uninjured. VILLA IN BATTLE SOUTH OF CHIHUAHUA, SAYS REPORT El Paso, Tex. Fighting between Villa forces and Gen. Francisco Mur guia's commands south of Chihuahua City was reported by governmen agents. No details were given, al though the engagement was character ized as "severe." It was also reported from same source that two of Mur guia's advance guard troop trains had been captured by Villa troops and two others attacked at some point south of Bachimba Pass. HELD FOR SHIPPING ARMS TO MEXICO TO CARRANZA IN VIOLATION OF PRESIDENT'S EMBARGO PROCLAMATION. FIVE MEXICANS ARRESTED U. S. Sleuths Allege Conspiracy Head ed by Juan T. Burns, Consul General at' New York, Forwarded Arms Into Mexico. New York. The arrest here by Fed eral officers of Juan T. Burns, consul general at New York for the de facto government of Mexico, disclosed an alleged conspiracy in which five Mex icans, including Burns, are charged in three indictments with shipping arms into Mexico in violation of President Wilson's embargo proclamation of October, 1915, and with evasion of customs regulations. According to Assistant United States Attorney John C. Knox, Fed eral agents first became acquainted with the alleged plat last November when a packing case shipped from New York and manifested as con taining "building material" fell on the dock at Vera Cruz and broke open revealing cartridges as its con tents. Investigation by Federal agents disclosed that the box had been for warded from this port by a firm known as the Adic Company, compos ed of Louis Gotting and WeLceslao Mont. The manifest was signed by John Gelpi, who proved to be Jose de la Paz, an employe of the firm. Further investigation revealed ac cording to Mr. Knox, that other shipments of cartridges had been made from New York under the guise of various kinds of merchan dise. Three weeks ago Gotting, Mont and de la Paz were placed under ar rest here by Federal agents and Mier, identified as Reuben Mier was arrest ed at Houston, Texas. The implication of Consul General Burns came, Mr. Knox said, when in vestigations revealed that the money to pay for ammunition had come from him. One of the counts in the indict ments in this connection is the ad vancing by Burns of $5,200. A con siderable quantity of the ammunition found here and at Galveston is held as evidencB. Burns was arrested as he was leav ing his apartment to go to his office. He protested his innocence and when arraigned before Federal Judge Hand entered a plea of not guilty. He was placed under a bond of $10,000, which he furnished and was released. ENTENTE REPLY TO WILSON UNDERGOING CHANGES London. Reuter's Telegram Com pany publishes the following concern ing the reply of the Entente Allies to President Wilson's recent note sug gesting that the belligerents state their terms of peace: "The document is still undergoing slight modification of the draft and will not be published until a day or two after it is in the hands of the president. The note will be more positive than the reply to Ger many and is expected to indicate in more precise fashion jthe only prelimi naries upon which the Allies are pre pared to negotiate. On again going over the ground of the responsibility for the war it is likely that the Allies will emphasize the only possible terms for peace, thus contrasting sharply the German note, which purposely was of a negative character." UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR COTTON SOUGHT IN CONGRESS Washington. Establishment of uni form standards of classification for cotton by the secretary of agriculture and the enforcement of such standards would be provided for by the Lever bill passed without opposition by the House. The primary purpose of the bill as to enforce uniform application of official standards in many markets now leads to confusion und loss to pro ducers, Representative Lever told the House. SEEKS PLAN TO AR- , RANGE BORDER RULE. Washington. All the threads of the tangled situation between the United States and Mexico are held by Presi dent Wilson. The American members of the Mexican-American Joint Com mission made to him a personal re port of their negotiations which have reached a deadlock and whether the conferences of the commission shall continue is a qestion the President has added to those already under con sideration. RAIL LEGISLATION SOUGHT BY WILSON TO BE RUSHED. Washington. Railroad legislation desired by President Wilson to sup plement the Adamson law is to be pressed in the He use. After a con ference Represent; iti re Adamson aD nounced that he would introduce the bills designed to p:eveut railroad em ployes from striking without giving 60 days notive, and to empower the President to place tied-up roads in the hands of military authorities in case of necessity. PLAINTIFF REVOKES CUBAN BOND SUIT WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO SUE NORTH CAROLINA IN SU PREME COURT. MESSAGE COMES FROM CUBA Senator Overman's Resolution Asking Information as to Where Nation Purchased Bonds Caused Action. Washington, D. C. The Cuban Min ister here received a copy of a decree made by the President of Cuba recok ing the action of Cuba in attempting to sue North Carolina in the Supreme Court. The message came by cable and was the result of representations made to his government by the min ister after reading the congressional record of the debate on Senator Over man's resolution asking the Secretary of State to inquire of Cuba where she got the bonds. The decree stops the endeavor to sue the state. The results were contemplated by Senator Overman when he introduce the resolution and hip action was a subject of much comment for its shrewdness. The morning after the debate the Cuban minister read the record and at once cabled to his coun try the feeling in the senate. Later Senator Overman called on him and learned that what he had most desir ed had already been accomplished. The senator had been planning his move before the senate for several weeks and the debate that occurred was exactly what he had wished, for he knew the diplomat would read it. It is understood that the bonds had been given to a charitable institution in Cuba. "My purpose in introducing th'.s resolution," said Senator Overman, "was to inform not only Cuba, but all South American countries the character of these bonds through the public record, believing that Cuba would then withdraw her case. I also know the character of the bonds so that bond-holders could not repeat their action and so other countries would not receive the bonds as Cuba has. Not only North Carolina, but ever Southern state in which these carpetbag bonds were issued, is in terested in their true characte be coming known. "The debate in the senate resulted in this action by Cuba. "What I have been fearing is that these bondB may be given to Mexico or some other warring nation, which might endeavor to use them in any settlement of any matter wit'i the United States." Senator Overman will present a statement from the Cuban minister in a day or two. It is said that much indignation was expressed when the character of the bonds was learned. It was understood from a reliable authority that the North Carolina leg islature will be asked to pass a resolu tion setting forth the fraudulent char acter of the Reconstruction bond., and the state's repudiation of these, to be transmitted to the Secretary of State to communicate to . foreign govern ments to put them on guard against accepting the bonds. Mill Men Meet Soon. Charlotte. Much interest centers in the winter meeting of the Cotton Manufacturers' Association of North Carolina that is to be held in Raleigh, January 18, according to an announce ment issued from the office of the As sociation in this city. W- G. Ruffin of Mayodan is president ot the organ ization; John L. Patterson, of Roanoke Rapids, first vice-preBident; Arthur J. Draper of Charlotte, second vice pres ident; T. C. Leak of Rockingham, third vice president, and Hudson C. Millar of Charlotte, secretary and treasurer. Reidsville Factory Busy. Reidsville. J. P. Connell, manager of the new cigarette factory, sent his first requisition for revenue stamps to the local stamp office, amounting to $1,260. These are the first cigar ette stamps ever issued from the Reidsville stamp office. Fayetteville Sends Box. Fayetteville. A big box of good things to eat was sent to Company F, Second Infantry. North Carolina Na tional Guard, the Fayetteville com pany at El Paso, by the local Daught ers of the Confederacy. The box con tained such things as cakes, candy, nuts, raisins, cigars, tobacco, cigaret tes, oranges, grape fruft and other things which can stand the long trip to the border. The people of the town generally were given an opportunity to co-operate and contributions were plentiful. Was Plowing on Sunday. Statesville. John Hartness, a white man of North Iredell, was arrested on his farm in Bethany township, where it is asserted he was breaking the Sabbath day by plowing in his Geld. Mr. Hartness, who declares he is a be liever in the faith of the Seventh Day Adventists, it is alleged, desired that his sons work on Sunday, he and hi 3 boys going about their farm wori on the Sabbath day as others do oa week days. Mr. Hartness was given a hearing before Justice W. C. Moors and fined $1 and the costs in the case.
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