North Carolina Newspapers

Uhe Twice -A EEK MR A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPbUILDIN i OF AuEiii aN HOviE aN, .WlEcilCJAN INDUS TRIES. SUKL1NGTON. n.- L, J.M;, 3 33 VI. -WW JLP THE PRESIDENT Td WASHING TON. Trusts and Rural Credits Considered the Paramount Issues Which Call for Legislation. On Board President Wilson's Spec ial Train, Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 12. Anti-trust and rural credit legisla tion are considered of paramount and immediate importance by President Wilson. Though the influence of the Executive would be exerted in behalf of other measures as well during the present session of Congress, he indi cated in a conversation with the cor respondents aboard his train today that in the immediate future these two subjects would occupy the forum of public attention. The Presiden showed clearly that "ose reforms in particular' had been or. his mind during his vacation at Pass Christian, Miss. Besides sketch ing his trust meage, which will be characteritically brief, the President carefully studied the report of the commission that went abroad to study rural credits. He examined also a bill on the sub ject prepared by Senator Fletcher, chairman of the commissionand said that he had just written the Florida senator asking him to confer with him about it at the White House when he got back. The Prseident remarked that the bill seemed sound in main though he though some ad ditions ought to be made. 'V In giving his attention now to the trust and rural credit questions, the President feels that he is carrying out not only the promises made in the party platform but is fulfilling at the same time an informal understanding with members of the Senate and the House who sought to bring the sub ject of rural credits into the discus sion of the currency bill and to pro. hibit interlocking directorates and other trust evils by provisions in both the currency and tariff bills. : It was only after the agreement among the Democratic leaders that all phase of the ' trust and rural credit problems would be handled separately that they were then eliminated from considera tion. ... : ' V:v,:". While conferences on these ques tions have not all been arranged, the President is planning to devote the remainder of the week to consulta tion with members of his Cabinet and leaders in Congress, and will read his trust message to a joint session next Monday or Tuesday. The President said he was unad vised on any late developments in the Mexican situation and seemed some what annoyed that Charge O'Shaugh nessy should have been drawn into the limelight recently in press reports that he was not in harmony with John Lind and the Washington Administra tion . The President had pointed out previously that, when Mr. Lind vis ited him, the wcrk of Charge O'Shaughnessy was mentioned only in the most favorable terms. The train ride during the day was a restful one for the President and his family. Few stops were made, but at many of the towns and cities the special was run through slowly while the President stood on ue back platform and waved his hat in re sponse to the cheers. At Calhoun, S. C, the old home stead of John C. Calhoun, eight hun dred cadets of Clemson Military Col lege swarmed around the end of the train and gave Mr. Wilson a noisy demonstration. The President will arrive in Wash ington early tomrrow, looking better than he has in several months. His complexion: has a ruddy, healthful glow, and his step is brisk and springy and he goes back to his du ties at the White House in much bet ter physical condition than he was when the strain of pre-inauguration activities in New Jersey brought him to Washington last March somewhat fatigued. ..: "I have had a real vacation," he told members of his party today with an air of keen satisfaction. Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 12. Acting according to arrangement previously made with the President before he left Pass Christian, a delegation head ed by Dr. John L. Caldwell, president of Queens College, met the special here tonight at 8:25, extending to Mr. Wilson a written invitation on behalf of all the citizens of Charlotte to at tend the 1914 celebration of the sign ing of the MecklenbwtDeclaration of Independence May 20. A cordon of pollca-had been drawn bout the car and no, one was 'allowed Oo board except members of the com mittee, which presented the invitation. President Wilson told the delega tion that he had always thought that the President of the United States should not make speeches just to be speaking, and it had been a policy of his, privately agreed upon by him self, because he did not wish to seem to criticize his predecessors in office; that he would not at President make addresses upon questions in which the entire nation was not interested. However, he assured the commit aee that the historical interest in the local celebration gave the present in vitation more weight than a mere r e quest to be present at a holiday occu sion and that their request would re ceive careful consideration. He., 'id not commit himself, but said he would reply to the invitation soon. The President had another joke at the expense of Dr. C. T. Grayson, his naval aide, today. The latter receiv ed a telegram from his fellow towns man, Cooney Hansborough, telling him that if the President's train would stop at Culpepper, ' a., "the whole town" would be at the station to meet him. Several weeks ago, when Dr. Qray son did have an ambition of his youth gratified in having a fast train stop at his town of Culpeper, only one was there to gret the Presidential party, except Hansborough, an ola character whose . frequently broken limbs and recurrent bruises Dr. Cray son has for many years attended. Th President's aide regretfully telegraph ed his friend that the train would pass through Culpeper at five o'clock to morrow morning, therefore, could not stop. Woman at Hillsboro Mysteriously . ; Missing. . Hillsboro, Jan. 12. The people of northern Orange county are very much distressed over the mysterious disappearance of Mary Lou Riley. She disappeared from the home of Mrs. Molly Malone, at Cedar Grove, -Friday about 3 o'clock. She has not boc i located as yet, though a search party led by Mr. J. H, ; Tolar, have made diligent search for her. The incident is made more distressing by the fact that the Riley woman is mentally unbalanced. ; : She is a woman of about 35 years of age and was living at the home of Mrs. Malone in the capacity of a ser vant. - She was heard to get up about 3 o'clock Friday morning and has been wandering since. She left hurriedly without taking time to dress herself. The only clothing she took was a pair of stockings and a bed quilt. It is thought that she is trying to make Jier way back to Yanceyville, Caswell county, near where she was raised. Greensboro Men Resent Richmond's Rate Fight. Greensboro business men Friday ev ening passed resolutions endorsing Richmond as the place for one of the Federal Reserve Banks, under the new currency system, but not until after they had expressed in no uncertain terms their disapproval of Richmond's attitude in the recent fight for better rates in North Carolina. Two meetings of direct rs of the Chamber of Commerce and other bus iness men were held. At the first in the afternoon a resolution favoring Richmond was lost by a vote of 6 to 5. ' Later in tho evening another meeting was held and at thi3 Rich mond was endorsed. Mr. E. P. Whar ton led the fight against R' hmond. A number of Richmond bankers were here for the meeting and are touring the State for their city. Opening of Whitteds' Store. The opening of Whitteds' Dry Goods Store Saturday caused quite a stir among the ladies and children of the town. The store was crowded alt day with visitors, and many were the souvenirs given away. The Whitted Brothers have one of the nicest and most up-to-date stores ?n the State, the entire arrangement has been se lected with much taste. The courte ous treatment and honest dealings which tnese gentlemen have given the public has made itp ossible for them to succeed in business and to give their customers this nice building fill ed with goods of equal quality. '' Masonic Notice. There will be a meeting of Bula Lodge ; No. 409, - A. F. & A. Min their ' Hall on next Monday evening, January 19, 1914 at 7:50 o'clock. Work in tfaer Fellow-Craft Degree, s V - 1 C. A. WALKER. W. M.. C. V. SHARPJT, Secy.; Death ot Mrs. Cornelia M. Roney Mrs. Correlia M. Roney died at the home of her son, Mr. C. H. Roney near McCray, N. C, January 9th 1914, at the age of 89 years, 8 months and 1? days. Mrs. Roney was mar ried to Benjamin F. Roney, March 27th, 1849, and to them were bor eight children, four of whom are yet living, namely: C. H. Roney, a mem ber of the board of county commis sioners; Mrs. Nannie 0. Albright, of Greensboro, N. C; Julius G. Roney of Wilson, N. C; and Mrs. Virginia D. Holt, of Richmond, Va. These were all present at the burial of th'oh mother which took place in the city cemetery of Burlington, N. C. Mother Ronev had been a member of the M. E. Church for a number of years, and expressed a desire and readiness to depart from this life She was a representative of one of the leading families that lived in thu: -.ection three-quarters cf a century .go. She was a woman of more tha: irdinary influence during her long life ,f noble service. . v The funeral and burial service wc.r jonducted by Kev. J. W. Holt. Guilford Courthouse Sold; Brought $150,000. Greensboro, Jan. ll.Guilford coun ty's historic temple of justice was sold at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon for the sum of $150,000 by the board of county commissioners meeting in a special session, to the Jefferson Stand ard Life Insurance Co., with home offices in this city. For a period of 30 'ays, which expired yesterday, the commissioners have advertised the property or sale, and the bid of the insurance company was the only one made. Just where Guilford's new iourt house, which will be pretentious structure, modern in every respect, will be erected, has not been decided as yet, and at least a dozen sites have been suggested. In selling the old court house to the insurance company the county has reserved all furniture and fixtures in the old structure, includingtWo large vaults valued at several thousand dol lars each. The fixtures will be used by the county in its new court house Whenever it is built. When Guilford county deeds the courthouse property to the Jefferson Standard Insurance Co., the latter will institute a friendly suit against the county in order to de terminew ho is the lawful owner of a twenty-foot strip of ground running through the county property, fronting on West Market Street, and 50 feet deep. This strip of ground, it is said, is being claimed by certain heirs of the Porter family, formerly large property owners in this city. It has been announced that the Jef ferson Standard Life Insurance Co., which is among the strongest organi zations of its kind in the South, will erect a modern skyscraper probably eight or ten stories high, on its new ly acqcired property to be used as its home office. The site is considered the befit in Greensboro for a modern office building. . X New Church Meeting. v Durham, Jan. 12. At a rally meet ing of the Mangum Street Method ist Church last night plans were made for the erection of a new church build ing on another site. In a short time subscriptions amounting to $3,100 had been pledged, and the new church building is assured. Before the tak ing of the pledges was started the meeting was addressed by Gen. J. S. Carr and Mr. J. H. Southgate. The largest subscription was $500 and they ranged from this on down to ten dollars. The spirit manifested at the church was one of the finest ever shown by a small congregation. General Carr began the donations with a $200 subscription and finally wound up the meeting by giving enough more to make out the- $3,100 In all he will give $300 to this pro ject. This is one of the many churches in Durham county that General Can has helped to erect. ;- Unclaimed Letters. Following is the list "of unclaimeu letters remaining in the postoffice at Burlington January 3, 1913: Gentlemen: Albert Brown, Seth Christmas, Carmine Lombardo, Cephus MeAdams, Charlie Linn, (2), Robert Pool, T. T. Shoffner, A. S. Smith, W. J," Smith. , Ladies:. Miss r Muriel Craven, Miss Maggie. Davis, Mrs.. James Hender son Mrs. Etta Newlin, Etta. Ray, Mrs. Bessie Simpson. , .. . .. ' Persons . calling for any of these tettei.wiUjtpleaae wAUaaffr and pve dsU cf Advertised UsU -: : Grand Lodge to Convene Tonight, i Raleigh, Jan. 13. Masons from ev- j :ry section of N-rth CsiroILia will ar- ! ive here today to be in attendance nt the o-e hundred and twenty-seventh annual session of the State Grand Lodge, which convenes tonight at 8 t'clock. A large number of represen tatives and visitors reached the city yeste-day, most of them coming to e here for preliminary committee meetings or for matters of private usiness or pleasure. It is expected that during the sessions there will be :i many as six or even hundred mem ber of this order here for the big neetuig. All of the sessions will be he!d in he lodge hall on the seventh floor of the Masonic Temple. Preparations for the meeting have been made by lie local lodges, and the visitors will 'e well entertained during their stay in the city. : Many of those who wi.l e here this time have visited Ralciph 'lefore. and are well acquainted with he open-hearted hospitality that al ways awaits them upon their arrival. The corning session is to be one of nuch .importance, as several matters f Statewide interest are to be pass d upon. One of these is the adoption f a new Masonic code which has icen drawn up since the last session f the Grand Lodge met here. ThU iode has been submitted to all of the jubordinate lodges in the jurisdiction if North Carolina and already a ma jority of them have acted favorably jpon it. . It ennot, however, become 'aw unf.il it has received the approval )f the Grand Lodge. It is expected that little trouble will be encounter ed in putting it through during the meeting this week. Officers are to be elected at this session, as at all of the annual gath erings of the Masons, though not a great deal of discussion and gossip has been heard as to who the candi dates for the various offices will be. It is said that for a number of years previous to the session of 1912 it had been customary to give the Grand Master a term of two years, thougli at thaVtfieeting a next executive w;js chosen,' and, now, that the custom has been started, it is believed by some that the representatives here for the Grand Lodge meeting will see fit to continue it. Trunk Believed to Hold Key to Triple Tragedy. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 9. If Jo seph Graves, brother of Mrs. Mary Graves Cox, can prevent it, the police will not open the trunk of the woman sent to Mrs. Florence More, in Yuma, last Tuesday, just a few hours before she killed W. M. Melton, and her daughter, Florence, and then took her own ' lifeJ..- Graves 'also said he would permit no prying into the registered package Mrs. Cox mailed to him, which is now in the San Francisco postoffice,' awaiting his call. The trunk Mrs. Cox sent to Mrs. Moore at Yuma is said to have con tained among other things a number of letters which the police believe might shed light on the woman's rea son for perpetrating the triple trag- The trunk has been seized by Yumo officers. The police here will seek an order permitting them to open it. Suffragists Planning Nation-Wide Campaign. Washington, Jan. 12. Plans for a vigorous nation-wide campaign to ob tain a constitutional amendment giv ing suffrage to women, were outlined Sunday by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. The program includes a schedule of "demonstra tions," that will, according to suff rage leaders "awaken the country as never before to a realization of the issue and if necessary transfer the majority in Congress to a Dartv that will stand for suffrage." "We are perfectly willing to have the Democrats pass the amendment but if by the close of Congress they have not taken action, we will trans fer their votes to a party that will act," said Miss Jessie Hardy Stubbs Sunday night in announcing tho union's plans. Costs Something to Fake Wireless. Washington. Jan. 12.-r-Government investigators have traced ihe fake wireless calls which more than a month ago sent revenue cutters and liners hurrying: to the aid oft he Mal lory liner Rio Grande at S. O. S. messages telling of fire aboard, until they think they have ylaced the re poneibility between two nrivate na tions. Three years', imprisonment and ZlflQO fine la the .. law's penalty for atak wirdaaav- 'Th lavaatlcators expect to: doaa1 b their- case - Tory soon. -" ' ' t1 i - ' ' . '.'iiool News. .' i ; Lif-j Club cf Alamance . . irifi.'ti.'i9: in the Court f House at Graham, Saturday, January 10th. At this meeting the constitu tion of the Club was revised and aj definite line of work planned. The ob- j ect oft he work of this organization can best be explained by the follow ing extracts from the constitution and by-laws: "The objects of this organization shall be: V,-,' 1 To stimulate and encourage the organization of local Country Life Clubs in the various school districts of the county. 2 To arouse interest in education and to insist upon the importance of every child v of school age being it school every day of the school term. 3 To encourage the study of agri culture and domestice science in the schools and to cultivate among the boys and girls a -love for the farm and home. 4 To make' the schools the centers if the communities by furnishing wholesome and instructive amuse ments; in a word, to improve the phy sical, and intellectual and moral en vironment of our citizens. 5 To encourage Community Fairs All county agricultural contests. such as corn growing, tomato grow ing, cooking, sewing, poultry raising road building, etc., shall engage the active interest of this organization ar the opportunity is offered. The Club shall arrange for a series of Country Life Meetings to be held at different points in Alamance County during the first week in September, 1914. The Country Life Club wil confer the honorary degree of "Master Coun tryman" upon any person who shall accomplish any nine of the following achievements: a Win first, second or third honor in the corn, tomato or poultry con tests at the County Fair. b Know by sight and call twelve common birds. c Know by sight and track seven wild animals of the State. d Know in fields fifteen wild flow ers and common weeds. ye Know by leaf and bark and cen eran outline twenty-five common trees and shrubs. f Know elementary rules for pre venting typhoid fever, tuberculosis and malaria. ' g Take first, second or third hon ors in cooking or sewing at the Coun ty Fair. . - h Take first, second or third honor on any farm product at the County Fair. i Donate one day or its equivalent to improving the roads in Alamance County. j Win first honor on any exhibit at a Community Fair. k Know four types of soil and plant life best adapted to each type. 1 Graduate for the seventh grade. Two local Country Life Clubs have been organized already one at Spring and another at Friendship. These Clubs propose to have monthly meetings for the discussion of coun try life topics. Several other schools expect to organize within the next few days. The school at Bethel has lately been supplied with teachers' chairs, water tank and individual drinking cups. Col. II. C. Cowles, of Statesvilie, Par alyzed. Statesvilie, Jan. 12. Col. II. C. Cowles, a prominent citizen of States vilie, and well known throughout the State, suffered a stroke of apoplexy at his home here this morning. Physi cians announce tonight that his con dition is very critical. His entire right side is affected. He has been uncon scious all the afternoon. . Col. Cowles has been clerk of the Federal Court at Statesvilie and Charlotte for forty years. He has been failing in health for a year but continued to discharge his official du ties. He was in his usual health last night, but when he attempted to get up this morning his condition was dis covered. Attorney General of South Carolina Not Guilty. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 12. Thomas H. Peeples, Attorney General of South Carolina, today was found not guilty of murder in the Sessions Court here. The Attorney General was tried for the' killing of Robert Marshall, negro chef at , the Elks' Home in this city on the night of Dec. 6. The testimony of witnesses was to the effect that the1 pistol Mr. Peeples held was accidentally discharged by striking the edge of the' counter. The trial consumed only about two hours. GEN. VILLA TAKES OJINAGA IN FIVE HOURS. This Victory Means Downfall of the Huerta Government in Northern Mexico. Presidio, Tex., Jan. 10. The Mex ican federal army with its nine gen erals evacuated Ojinaga, Mexico, at 10 o'clock tonight. The triumphant rebel forces under General Francisco Villa immediately occupied the vil lage. - The defeat of the federal army loi !owed only a few hours fighting in which the rebels beginning at sun down, started with cannon and rifle fire. Generals Castro and Mercado of the federal regulars, saw that the assault .vas to be nothing less than a mas aere. The federals had left only 50 ounds of ammunition for each man. . enerals Castro and Mercado there--re gave the order to evacuate. All the federal soldiers and their "revs who could scramble to the mciican side did so. The others ran i all directions. General Pascual, iiamunder of federal volunteers, hrcatei'ied with summary execution y Villa, was the first to cross. It .vas believed he had escaped into the .nountains in Texas. About 9 o'clock, when the fighting had been in progress about five hours even wagons loaded with documents belonging to the Huerta government ;ame over and were captured by the United States border patrol. Major McNamee immediately order ed all calvarymen to meet an emer gency. Women, children and wound ad soldiers had been crossing in num bers, but the apparent advance of the rebels gave reason to believe that a greater rush across the border was imminent. For five hours the sharp flashes of the rebel fire had been seen coming closer to the federal retrenchments. The whole scene was bathed in moon light, partly obscured by dust nd powder smoke. - ; - Among the Federals were nine gen erals. : The defeat of the Federal army at this point marks the most import ant rebel victory of the present revo lution. It leaves the 'rebels virtual ly in possession of all the north of Mexico., Mercado, Castro and Landa were the only remaining commanders of the Federal regulars. The other six wer commanders of volunteers and had been threatened by Villa with death should they be captured. The downfall of the Huerta govern ment in this vast section of Mexico was preceded by a series of dramatic incidents. Just six weeks ago tomor row, General Cal vador Mercado, with his 4,000 troops evacuated Chihuahua City. His flight across the desert to Oji naga, where he hoped to replenish his food and ammunition supply required almost a week. He was accompanied by many rich Mexicans, among them Luis Terrazas, one of the most exten sive land holders in the world, who feared violence at the hands of the rebel forces. The flight of Mercado with his army drew forth a belief that ultimately he would be forced across the Rio Grande and seek safety in the United States.;.., How soon the retreat to foreign soil was to follow them hardly could be conjectured, but it . was known Fed eral troops were discouraged, without pay for many months and hopeless of ever defeating the growing revo lutionary movement. They also were short of ammunition. Appeals to Mexico City brought money to pay the troops but they could not over come the impossibility of getting more ammunition through the United States. . On the little hill top of Ojinaga, in an obscure border village,, 67 miles from any railroad and that in the United States, Mercado elected to make a last desperate stand. He said he never would give up unless his men ran short of ammuni tion. He kept his word. For six days ending last Monday, he had fought pluckily against odds. The rebels fir ed more than 1,000,000 rounds into the Federal trenches without avail. It was not until Villa, military head of the revolution, appeared on the scene that the reverse came to the Federals. "You can't fool all the people, .all the time,"., announced the investiga tor, i .0' "I know it," replied the trust mar: fooling half of them half the tima." Cincinnati Enquirer.