North Carolina Newspapers

J1 v. WEATHER - FAIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR RESULTS. Vae the POST Penny Column. VOL. 9. NO. 141. SAUSBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1913. PRICE TWO CENTS E ARE SUSPENDED . Special Employes of the AshevJIle District Relieved ef Duty Recog . nized as a Plan to Reorganize the . - ' Internal Revenue Service in Which Collector Brown Js Co-operating With Commissioner Osborn. Asheville, June 21. Special Em ployes W. A. Polly, , H. C. Weaver, Frank West and G. 0. Alexander, of the Asheville district, internal reve- j nue service, have been relieved from duty, effective June 30. It is under stood that this relief is permanent, '' ' but the men have been worknig under civil service and may be transferred to some other district. The' reason assigned for the reliev ing of the four men from duty is the Supposed congestion in the Asheville division, but it is understood that the ' suspension of the men means the be ginning of a complete re-organization of the internal revenue service, ac cording to the ideas of Internal Rev enue Commissioner Osborne. Within the past few weeks, seven deputy col lectors have been appointed and most of them have been assigned to this district All of them were- dem ocrats and all were appointed by Col lector George. H. Brown, who it is f declared, is co-operating in every way possible with Mr. Osborne for the re organization of the internal revenue service. All internal revenue men are now under civil service, the special em ployes going under the civil service last October, and to obtain a position in this service,' it is necessary to pass an examination. A list of eligibles is kept and appointments are made from this list, but in case the com mission has veason to believe that . the men eligible for the position will not make good officials, he can is sue temporary appointments to oth ers, who must, however, take the ex amination later. , If they stand the ' examinations, their appointments are made permanent The plart 'for the re-organization of the revenue service appears to con template the keeping of a number of T Ihe older men, in order that the "hew appointees may have the benefit of their experience in learning to track the . moonshiner to his lair, and the older men are accepting the situation philosophically, on the principle that "to the victor belong the' spoils," and - will aid in every way possible, to keep up the standard of the revenue service. Commissions of revenue men, al though they are under ttte civil ser vice, are not indefinite, but expire with the experiation of the commis sion of the commissioner. WOMEN ARE SENT HOME , TO CHANGE THEIR GOWNS Refusal tq Go Would Have Meant Ar restPolice Ban on Slashed Skirts Rochester, Pa., June ' 20. -"1 am very sorry madam, but I am 'com pelled, under the recent ordinance enacted" sf a result of recommenda tions of the Morals Efficiency Com mittee of. Council, to place you un der' arre: unless you will agree to return to your home and change your mode of dress." .. f "Sir, -what have-. I 'done? What is wrong .with my costume?" . v "You are hok.properly dressed." f This conversation took place sev eral times" today between fair pedes trians and ..policemen. , Oni several occasions the women grew defiant, but finally were' persuaded to obey the law. ' :,-v . . The Morals Efficiency Committee was authorized at a meeting of Coun- , cil last night to act in conjunction Vrith: Burgess Crago .in determining jwhatiebhstitutes a modestly dressed woman;;- Especially were slashed and form-draping skirts, gauze hose and peek-a-boo waists condemned. . The committee, through the Bur gess, is expected to issue a proclama tion defining the limitations to the 1 length of skirts, thickness of cloth ) and proper number to wear at one 'time. Hosiery, waists and other fe - male -apparel will also be classified under, the .head of "permissible' 'or 'undesirable." . Many -a man's color scheme in life is based en 'a belief that red liquor is an antidote for the blues. j v : Hoax "It takes influence to sue- ceed nowadays." Joax "Yes, even the ,' dentist must have a pull", For everv man who succeeds in bottling his wrath there's another fel low, with a corkscrew. ' MIKADO FALLS SICK AMID RUMORS OF WAR v , 4- 1 rf - t Emperor Yoshihito, in the midst of rumors of war in Japan, has been taken suddenly ill with inflammation of the lungs, the physicians in at tendance said. At once eight doctors were called in. Four years ago he suffered from lung trouble and at that time the attack was believed to be serious. IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE Federal Government After the South em Wholesale Grocers Concern is Charged With Violation of the Sherman Law and Witneses Are Cited to Appear at Birmingham. Raleigh June 21. United. States Marshall Claudius Dockery, who re turned early yesterday morning from New Bern and Beaufort on govern ment business issued a subpoenea for a government witness to go to Bir mingham, Ala., July '7, to render testimony against the Southern Gro cery Association, under indictment for violation of the Sherman anti trust laws. "..' . This organization is Southern wide, and grocery firms throughout the Southern States are members of the corporation. Two grocery firms in Beaufort have been allied with the Association and since indictment has been returned against the combina tion the corporate members from many states will be subpoenaed to appear before the United States tribunal in Birmingham, Alabama. The witness subpoenaed by Mr. Doc kery will go to Birmingham to ren der testimony as to the operations of the local grocery firms belonging, to the combination. It is another charge of a combination doing business in restraint of, trade, f , - MEXICAN RECOGNITION , IS OPPOSED BY BACON Georgia SenatorHaa Conference with President and Holds Huerta Gov ernment Not Yet Stable. Washington, June 21. Following his conference with President Wilson today, Senator Bacon, of, Georgia, emphatically opposed any action look ing toward the. recognition of the Huerta government in Mexico or any steps by this government toward the legalizing o fthe present Mexican re gime. . ' ; ' 'The Huerta goyernment'.said the Senator f roirj Georgia,."cannpt be con sidered the "legitimate successor of the Maderoi regime. 5 It 'is a ixevblu" tionarv accident -It has little real power fend canriot enforce obedience" even from dts own states. It cannot protect foreigners, and therefore should -not be recognized by foreign governments,- . . : "The" elections in October may le galize this administration, but I doubt if they will, because they will prob ably be conducted by agents of the Huerta faction. I aire utterly opposed to recognition until the Mexican gov eminent has proven itself capable of good and peaceful administration. Intervention by the United States be ing Impossible at this time, Americana in Mexico must take their medicine as best they can." . . - ' " -v Chicago, June 20. W. D. Boyce, wealthy publisher and traveler, re married his first wife, Mary J. Boyce, tn Ottawa, III. .They are here on the way to a honeymoon in Alaska, Boyce was divorced in 1908. He married Miss Virginia Lee, of Oak Park, 111., and went to South Amen ca. A year ago Mrs. Boyce got a di vorce with 100,000. ' . ' OF 1ST REACH CAPITAL Eight Young Women of Pacinc Coast Come East to Plead fgr Liberty Bell Several of Them are Voters. Washington, June 21. For the purpose of arousing enthusiasm enthusiasm throughout the East in the project of having the Liberty Bell sent to the Pacific Coast for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, eight young women arrived in Washington last night, after a trip across the con tinent, and are stopping at the Eb bitt. The young women, who were se lected because they had shown special skill in different pursuits of life, are taking the trip at the expense of Philip S. Bates, publisher of the Great Northwest, one of the largest farm papers in the West Many of them have interesting experiences to relate of life in their part of the country. The majority of them are over twenty one, and enjoy the privilege of voting in Oregon, which it a woman suf frage State. The fair delegates left Philadel phia yesterday, where where they laid their proposition before Mayor Bland 3nburg. He (Blandenburg) expressed himsel fas being in accord with the movement, and remarked that he would do all in his power to have the bell sent West, acording to Mr. Bates. The city council, in whose hands the final decision lies, was also appealed to at a meeting yesterday afternoon. Mr. Bates stated last night that before he and the girls appeared be fore that body there were but few members who would cherish the thought of having the historic bell removed from its resting place in Philadelphia. After their plea had been presented, it Was stuped, there were feW who opposed the project. However, it is not the present council which will pass judgment n the case, but the one 'which is to be elected next November. The girls left Portland, Ore., on Sunday, June 8, for Chicago. From there Battle Creek, . Mich., Detroit, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia were visited in turn. Before reaching Chicago on the return trip, to Pittsburg and South Bend will have the party as their quests. They will reach Portland on July 29. While n this eity it is planned that the , young ladies call on President Wilson. AVIATOR WINS DAMAGES FOR COLLISION IN AIR. Paris, June 21. An action brought by Captains Dickson and Thomas, airmen, to determine who was .res ponsible for an aviation accident in Milan in 1910, when two aeroplanes were in collision ended with a verdict in favor of Thomas yesterday. The judge decided that Dickson was to blame, and ordered him to pay f 1,000 damages to Thomas and $2,000 damages to the makers of the aero plane in which Thomas was flying at the time of the collision,' in addition to paying eight-tenths of the costs of the litigation. Thomas claimed 116,000 damages, while Dickson claimed $20,000 in juries which he received-as the re sult of the accident and for the des traction of the bi plane. ' THE DEADLY i WORK OF A LUNATIC I Walks Into Catholic School, . Shooti 13 Girls and Teacher, Then Shoots Five Boys in .Yerd. , , Berlin, June 20. A lunatic with revolver in , each hand entered Catholic school today, .killing . three girls and Wounding ten. Grappling with ihe (mad marv ' Herr Holitlttan, a teacher, was fatally wounded. The man then went to a window and ahot five boys in the yard. ' Later he was caught by a mob and almost beaten to death.. ' CANAL MACHINERY IS NOT WORTH MOVING Washington. D. C, June 20. The Panama Canal machinery will not be used to construct the federal rail road to Alaska. r This was decided today by the war department after a conference between Secretary Gar rison and Chief Engineer Goethals of the Canal.' ' - 1 ; Goethals thinks the machinery will not be worth moving. He left for, Panama today. About the only fruit some people seem to like ia the' apple of discord. AEROPLAri E FALLS E ENSIGN B1LL1NGSLEY WAS KILLED AND LIEUT. TOWERS SERIOUSLY HURT. UPSET THE CRAFT Naval Academy Adds Ita First Vic tim to the Death Roll of the Air Fell From a Heighta of One Thous and Six Hundred Feet Into the Wa ter. Annapolis, Md., June 20. The Na val academy added its first victim to the death roll -of the air yesterday ! wheii Ensign William D. Billingsley was hurledt from a disabled biplane, 1,600 feet in the air and fell, straight as a plummet, into the depxhs of Chesapeake bay. Lieutenant John A. Towers, ch'if of the navy aviators, clung to tht Hurtling wreck that fol lowed his comrade's course from the sky to watters and escaped deathj almost miraculously. Ensign Billingsley, in a biplane that had been converted into a hydro aeroplane by the addition of pontoons, with Lieutenant Towers as a passen ger, left the aviation grounds at the Naval academy, some 18 miles across Naval academy here yesterday morn ing to fly to Claiborne, some 18 miles across the bay. About 10 miles down the bay a gust of wind struck them. Ensign Billingsley was thrown for ward across the steering gear, which was disabled. The front planes, of the craft fell and it dropped like a dead bird toward the water. As it fell the pilot was catapulted out, and turning over and over, his body out sped the disabled machine toward the water. Deep in the bay the body sank and late last night all the avail able boats in the neighborhood were out seeking it When the aeroplane started on its dive for the bay. Lieutenant Towers between clung desperately to one of the uprights between the planes. Al though at times his body swung clear of the rapidly falling airship he maintained his hold with hand and arm almost wrenched apart After falling about 900 feet, the biplane1 turned a complete somersault and for a moment the force of the fall wasbroken. Striking the bay, it car ried Lieutenant Towers, beneath the water, but rose to the surface almost immediately. The aviator, suffering excruciating pain, feared that he would lose con sciousness before he could be rescued, and tearing loose the lastings of one of the plans, bound himself fast to a pontoon. Within a few minutes, how ever, he was taken off by B. L. Bran son and S. Keller, who had watched the aeroplane's movements from a motor boat, kept on the bay for use in just such accidents. Mr. Walter M. Cook Sells to the Peo ples and the Smith Drag Store- Change Made This Afternoon ahd Mr. Smith Announces That the Store Will be Equipped With U "Dandy Stock" of Gooda. The Peoples , Drug Store and the Smith Drug Store this afternoon bought ihe Cook drug store on Main street corner of Fisher street This trade was consumated this afternoon just after the POST, went F. F. Smith the popular and hust ling drug store manager who adds another one to his list in the pur chase of the Cook Store. to press, so that not much more than the bare fact that a change has been IN CHESAPEAK A 1 i EXPRESS COMPANY IS r INDICTED ALSO j Winslen-Salm Showing That the Express Company la Not Keeping the Records Required in Case of Whiskey Shipments. Warrants were issued a few days ago against the Southern Railroad for failure to keep proper records, of whiskey shipments at the Winston office. Now the authorities find the same to be true of the Southern Ex press Company. The Sentinel thus tells the story: The Southern Express Company was this morning indicted for alleged ili to keep proper records of ship- ments received of malt and spiritu ous liquors. The warrant was served on the lo cal agent The case will probably.be heard in the municipal court within the next few days. It appears that the only records kept by the com pany are on sheets used by the de livery wagons and that these are sent away, no book being, in evidence at the local office. v v The company was notified some days ago. that their records were not in keepng with the letter of the law., but the officials, it appears, decided that they were and gave notice that they would prefer to contest the mat ter in the courts rather than change the present form of keeping records of Whiskey and beer shipments, ex plaining that the change asked for would be too expensive. Chief -of -Police Thomas has not checked up the shipments received by the Express Company here for the reason that no book is kept and that the sheets are sent away after a cer tain length of time. The investigation so far made of shipments was of the Southern and Norfolk A Western Railways. AUTOMOBILE TRUCK SMASHED BY TRAIN Big Vehicle, Loaded With Show Cases, Stall . on Crossing, and Trait; ia Unable to Stop. Asheville, June 21. Slayden, raxes ft Co. s big automobile was smashed to "smithereens" yesterday morning near Gudger's crossing and the driver was unable to flag the train in time to save the truck. ,'Only a few scattered fragments of the truck remained when the train came to a stop. ;.c-v The regular driver, Saxton, was in charge of the truck, which was tak ing a cargo of glass show-cases to Black Mountain.; At the crossing the road rises slightly and in slowing up to cross without danger to the glass ware, Saxton killed his engine and the truck stopped. The driver started to crank the truck, and while trying to start it heard a train coming. He ran up the track and tried to flag the train but the engineer evidently dia not under stand the signals, and by the time he saw the truck it was impossible to stop the trains which crashed through the vehicle. - .' . Little save scraps of the truck is left, but the pieces will be brought back to Asheville. LETTER IN BIG BOTTLE FLOATS ,000 MILES. Cheyenne, Wyo., June 2Ln August 21, 1912, Captain S. B. Pear son, of the Ninth u: s. cavalry, was fishing in the North Platte river t a point where it crosses the Wyoming Colorado line; and wrote a note, in closed it in a bottle and threw it into the stream- On June 1, 1913 ten months and teh days later the bot tie, was found in the Atlantic ocean, Off New London, Conn., by R. B. Mills. It had floated more than 6,000 miles by river and sea. Captain Pearson has received a let ter from Mills telling of the recovery of the bottle. made can be given this afternoon. The Cook store has been operated in Salisbury for a number of years, previous to the present management being Cook & Cornelison. Of mors recent years Mr. Walter M. Cook, a most popular citizen and druggist has had charge of the store.. Mr. F. F.' Smith of the two purchas ing stores stated that in a few days a definite announcement will be made relative to the disposition of the store," its further policy made known, but this bare suggestion is given out that a "dandy nice stock of goods? will go into the newly acquired store room. . 8ENATOR LEE S. OVERMAN Wf : '' ' ' i . : . , T snap shot taken a few daya ago while camera men were eagerly get ting all members, singly and , in groups, of the lobby Investigating committee of which Sen. Overman is chairman. It was thought that this I probe would last a week or ten days, new t seems likely to run longer into the hot summer. One good turn may deserve an other, but sometimes it's a mighty long time between turns. CHESTNUT HUE ITEMS Ladles Aid Society of Methodist Church Haa Important Meeting Church to be Pointed and . Other wise Improved Personal . Mention. Miss Nellie Lassiter left last week for August,5 Gan to spend a month visiting friends and relatives. Miss Ruth Booe has been quite sick this week with measles. ' , Mrs. O. T. Lassiter Is spending the week in Advance, with Mrs. J. A. J. Farrington. ' ' ' v, Mrs, J. L. Ford Is spending the week visiting friends and relatives in and below Charlotte. ; Mr. W. J. Leach has' been unable to work this week, but today ia much Improved. SrS :V Mr. E. M. Hislop is having his res idence moved' back, which will be a great improvement on Church street Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Miller have re cently had their residenc on South Church street newly painted, which improves the looks very much. 1:; ' Miss " Helen Strange, of , Old Fort, has accepted a position with Dave Oestreicher in the dry goods' depart ment, and ia staying with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Tarrh, on South Jackson street We are sorry to learn that Mr. W. A. Brandon, who has been sick for several months has not improved very much. The Ladiea Aid Society of South Main street Methodist church,' met last Monday evening with Mrs. W. A. Brandon, having lots of ' important business to transact They invited the stewards to meet with them and it was the largest and best meeting held this year. After song and pray er, several things of importance were discussed. . There was a committee appointed to see what the eost would be to paint and do other work on the church, the work to begin as soon as possible. The Ladies Aid Society is doing noble work in our community: Mr. J. C. Trexler, wiio has been sick for several weeks, is now able to' be up again. ' . Several of Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Stamper's children have been right sick this week with measles. SENATOR CULBERSON ILL. Texan Said to be In Serious Condi tion From Nervousness. " v Washington, June - 21.- Senator Charles A. Culberson of Texas, is ill at Atlantic Ulty, sunertng from a nervous - breakdown. The Senator has been absent most of the present session. The attack is a recurrence of an illness which tame upon him a year or more ago and kept him away from Washington most of the session of Congress. At the time he was un der treatment at a sanitarium at Watkins, N. Y. Senator Culberson's friends in the Senate are much concerned over his condition, which has not shown the desired improvement during several weeks devoted to rest and careful niirainor - .' 1 ' . ; Hearts rank higher than diamonds, except in the' game of love. ' TEACHERS ARE CHOSEN City Board Held an Electioi Yester day Afternoon and Named $ Mem bers of Faculty te Fill Several Va-. j Cancies. - . The city public school board held - a meeting yesterday afternoon to get in shape the teachers' roster for next session. 1 ' - Prof. A. T. Allen, seen on his way ' to the meeting with an extra large bundle under his arm, was ased what it was and replied it was 62 applica tions from people who 'wanted to teach in the Salisbury public schools. Evidently there are a number of out siders who believe "Salisbuay's the Place.",- ,. -:V..'-:; ;; -T -T- The board had several vacancies to All and elected four new teachers at yesterday's meeting. These are: Miss ' Allie B.. Ware and Miss Eleanor Ram say for the third grade; Miss Sallie Lee Oakes for the fourth grade, and Miss Emma Erwin for the fifth grade i Miss Claud U instead, t the high school faculty, resigned at yesterday's meeting of the hoard and will not return to Salisbury. V ' The board is arranging the facul ty in the smaller grades so that only half the number of teachers will be necessary.' These will have two shifts, teaching one room full in ihe morning and another in the afternoon. - ' ' MASKED WOMEN HOLD : ; UP POSTMASTER AND ROB OKLAHOMA OFFICE Guthrie," Okla., June 20. Two wo-, men wearing masks entered the post- office at Georgia, Okla., early today, covered Postmaster Holter with au tomatic guns, and lotted his till. , They secured 1 160 In currency, a bag containing 2,000 pennies and two gold watches. The bandits then told the postmaster to sit down.' '"' "Now you- keep quiet until we' beat it from this berg, or we will flog you," said one. s , , - ' -. No attempt at pursuing was made. AUTOMOBILE DRIVER IS ...CONVICTED BY TRIAL' JURY Trenton, N. J, June 20. The au- preme court today affirmed the con viction of Daniel A.. Dugan, Jr., of manslaughter. ; , While driving his automobile on Christmas day, 1911, jDugsn raa down and killed Leo M, McDermott, a boy. ( , - . Dugan's sentence of imprisonment at. hard labor for not more 'than 10 nor lea than five years stands unless there is an appeal to the 'court of errors and appeals. ritKran lb m skn ftf Jl1foA TlAnfUhl A. Dugan, of the Orange district court, a personal friend of President Wil son who appointed him to a judge ship about a year ago, . COOK STOVES PROVE - POOR SAVINGS BANKS Elkins, W. Va., June 21. Thous ands of people of the United States, still Incredulous! bury their savings in the Aground, or hide them in the ovens of Cookstoves for safe-keeping according to, United States Treasurer John Burke. Xji; .VV,'V'. j..y i "Every fall," said Mr; Burke, "the treasurer's office receives many frag-, ments of burned money which have been stored in stoves during 'warm weather." TWENTY-FIVE YEARS FOR . , KIDNAPPING YOUNG GIRL Salem, 111., June 20. Frank ,Sul lens and Ernest Harrison were found guilty here today of kidnapping Doro thy Holt last MarA. c The jury fixed the penalty of each at 25 years In the penitentiary. The State had asked the death penalty. - ; . Important evidence in the case was a confession by Sullens that he had kidnapped the girl and taken her to an abandoned mine where he turned her over to Harrison. For this, he said, Harrison was to give him $5. The girl was found in a critical con dition. Sullens was arrested and a mob demonstration against him re sulted in the calling out of several companies of State troops. : .. ' Miss Mary Carroll has returned from a visit to different points in Eastern Carolina. While away Miss Carroll attended f the meeting of King's Daughters at Wilmington. j The concert by the Salisbury band I tonight will be at the corner of Main land Inniss street. v , r.