North Carolina Newspapers

t:ce- A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPEit DEVOTKD TO L*Pi?UILilJiN i OF A'-iiiiti \N mO»iL a.V ^iliicilo HN INDUSTRIES* VI. hukungtun. -., J 'N i; 33 THE PRESIDENT TO WASHING TON. TriutB and Rural Credits Considered the Paramount Issues Which Call for Legislation. On Board President Wilson’s Spe«- tal Train, Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 12. '—Anti-trust and mral credit legisla tion are considered of paramou.it and icimediate importance by President Wilson. Though the influence ot the Executive would be exerted in behalf of other measures as -well during the present session of Congress, he indi cated in 8 conversation -with the cor respondents aboard his train today that in the immediate future these two subjects would occupy the foru-n of public attention. The Presiden showed clearly that '' ose reforms in particular had been or. his mind during hie vacation at Pass Christian, Hiss. Besides sketch ing his trust meage, which will be characteritically brief, the Prusident ccrefully 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 commission, and said that he had just written the Florida senator asking Mm 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. 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 mral credits into the discuB- sion of the currency bili and to pro hibit interlocking directorates und ether trust evils by provisions in both the currency and tariff bills. It was only after the agreement among the Democratic l^ders that all phases of tlie trust and rural credit problems would be handled separately that they were then eliminated from considera tion. While conferences on these ques tions have not all lieeii arranged, the President is planning txi 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- tjon . The President had pointed out previously tl>at, when Mr, Lind vis ited him, tiie 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 back platfocm 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. mittee, which presented the invita tion. President Wilson told the delega tion that he had always thought thiit the President of the United .States should hot make speeches just to be speaking, -and it had been a policy of his, privately agre^ upon by him self, because he did not wish to seem to criticize his predecessors in office; that he would not at X’resident mike 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 mere weight than a mere re quest to be present at a holiday occu- sion and that their request would re ceive careful consideration. Ke ^id not commit himself, but said he would reply to the invitation soon. The President had another jol-.e at the expense of Dr. C. T. Grayson, his -laval aide, today. The letter re.:civ- ed a telegram from his fellow towns man, Cooney Hansborough, telU;!',' 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 gre.it the Presidential party, except Hansborough, an old ftharaeter whose iVequently broker: limbs and recuixent bruises Dr. fJr.ny- son has for many years attended. Th“ President’s aide regretfully telegraph ed his friend that che train would pass through Culpeper at five o'clock to morrow morriing, therefore, could not stop. Woman nt Hillsboro Mysteriously Missins. 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, I'ri day about 3 o’clock. She has not bx 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 S5 years of age and was living at the home of Mrs. Malone in the cajjacity 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 ami a bed quilt. It is thought that she is trying to make Jier way back to Yanceyville, Caswell county, near where she was raised. Death ot Mrs. Cornelia M. Ranffy Mrs. Cor-elia M. Roney died iii the home of her son, Mr. C. H. Roney hear McCray, N, C., January 9th 1914, at the age of 89 years, 8 months and 12 days. Mrs. Roney was mar ried to Be-.jarnin F. Roney, Marcb ■27th, 1849, and to thein were bor eight children, four of whom are yet iiviag, namely: C. H. Roney, a mem ber of the board of county commis sioners; Mrs. Nannie O. Albright, of Greensboro, N. C.; Julius G. Roney of Wilson, N. e,; and Mrs. Virginia D. Holt, of Richmond^ Va. These vei'e al! present at th« burial of ihoiv mother which took place in the city cemetery of Burlington, N. C- Mother Roney had been a menibe: of the M. E. Church for a number of years, and expressed a desire ar.c! readiness to depart from this Ufa She was a. representative of one of the leading families that lived in thi.- ■eetion tl'.; ee-c,uai-ters cf a .ce",lu:-j- igo. She was a woman of more tha 'rdinary infiuor.ce duvl-.'.g her long Ui'. f noUe sei vice. Th« funeral tir’d burial service w;:r •onducted by Rev. J. W. Holt. Clurlotte, N. C., Jan. 12.~Acting •eeording to arrangement previosisly msde with the President before he left Pass Christian, a delegation head ed bjr Dr. John L. Caldwell, president of Queens College, mst the special here toaight «t 8:26, extending tc Mr. Wilson a written invitation on behalf of *13 the citizens of Charlotte tc at tend the 1914 celebration of tha sign ing of ths Hceklenbusii^eclarstion ot Inde^ndenee H«y 20. A eordon at poliu^lwil been dnwn •boot tlie enr end no. one w«s aUowtii «s boK^ «xe*x>t metaban •at lluiema- Grand Lodge to Con»ene ToniBbt- Raleigh, Jan. 13.;—Masons from ev- i ;ry section cf .y->rth C;.roIi.;a will ar- ■ ive here today to be in attendanct \t the o-e hundred ri=;d twenty-sev- anth annual session of the State Grand ' 1 if'- C’ub cf Alamance . .! ■ in the Court House at Graham, Saturday. January 10th. At this meetii'.g t!ie constitu tion of- the Club was revised and GEN. VILLA TAKES OJINAGA IN FIVE HOURS. Greensboro Men Resent Richmond's Rate Fight. Greensboro business men Friday ev ening passed resolutions endorsing Richmond as the place for one of tlie Federal Reserve Banks, under the new currency system, but not until after they had expressed in no uncertain terms their disapproval of Eichmond’s attitude in the recent fight for better rates in North Carolina. Two meetings of direci rs of the Chamber of Commerce and other bus iness men were h-3ld. At the first in the afternoon a resolution favoring Richmond v/as lost by a vote of 6 to 5. Later in the evening another meeting was held and at this Rich- mor.d was endorsed. Mr. E, P. Whar ton led the fight against K' hmond. A number of Richmond bankers were here for tie meeting" and are tcuring the State for their city. Opening of Whitteds* Store. The opening of Whitteds’ Dry Goods Store &turday caused quite a stir among the ladies and children of the town. The store was crowded al! day with visitors, and many were the souvenirs given away. The Whitted Brothers have one of the rdcest and most up-to-date stores in the State, the entire arrangement has bean se lected with much taate. 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. Stasoidc Notice. There'wiil be a meeting of Bula Lodge Ho. ‘W9, A. P. * A. M., in their Hall on nesct Monday ieveningt JastiuT 19, 1914, at H:^ o'clodc. Work in tlto Pellow-Crsift Degree. C. A. WALKEK. W. M, c. V. spASP|i; 8^r Guilford Courthouse Sold; Brought $150,000. Greensboro, Jan. ll.Guilford coun ty’s historic temple of justice v?as sold at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon fcr the sum of 5150,000 by the board of county commissioners meeting in a special session, to the Jefferson Stand ard Life Insurance Co., with homo offices in this city. For a period of yO ’ays, which expired yesterday, the commissioners have advertised tha property or sale, and the bid of the insurance company was the only one made. Just where Guilford’s new jourt house, which will be pretentious structure, modern in every respect, will be «srected, 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 ard fixtures in the old structlire, including'two large vaults vMu«d at several thousand dol- '.ars each. I'he fixtures will be used by the county in its nev/ court house whenever it is built. When Guilfi.T!? L-ounty deeds the courthouse projjerty to the Jefferson Standard Insurance Co., the latter will institute a friendly suit against the county in order to de- terminew ho ia the lawful owner of a Lwenty-foot strip of ground runiiing hrou?h the couiity property, fronting •:>n 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. wliich is among the strongest organi zations of its kind in the South, will erect » modern sky8crape,r probably eight or ten gtories high, ou its new ly acqcired property to be used as its home office.. The site is considered the best in Greensboro for a modem office building. f^odge, which converes tonight at 8^ definite line of work planned. The ob- I’clock. A large number of represen-; oft j,e wor!. of this organization tatives and visitors reached the city best be explained by the follow- l^esterday, most of them coming to | extracts from the constitution and ■>e here for preliminary committee | ijy.iaws: neeting.'i or for matters - of private “The objects of this organization New Church Meeting. Durham, Jan. 12.—.^t a rally meet ing of the Mangum Street Method ist Church last night plans were made for the erection of a new churcli build ing oil another iite. In a short time subscriptions amounting to S3,100 had ’!een pledged, and the new church liuilding is assured. Before the tak ing cf the pledges was started the meeting vms addressei'. by Gon. J. S. Carr and Mr. J. H. Southgate. Tlie 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 smsul 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 $S00 to this pro ject. This is one of the many churches in Durham county that General Carr has helped to erect. -usiaess or pleasure. It is expected Lhat during the sessions there wiU be 1 many as six or even hundred mem- ;er of this order here for the big neetiig. All of the sessions will be he’d in he lodge hall on the seventh floor of :he Masonic Temple. Preparations "or the meeting have been made by /iC local lodges, and the visitors viU ■e v/ell entertained during their stay in the city. Many of those who wi.! ■£: here this time have visited Ralciph jefore. and are well acquainted with he open-hearted hospitality that al- .'ays av;aits them upon their arrival. The. coming session is to be one of nuch importance, as several matters f Statewide interest are to be pass 'd upo". One of these is the adoption f a new Masonic code which bar oen drawn np since the last session f the Grand Lodge met here. This :«de has been submitted to all of the ;ubordinate lodges in the jurisdiction .f North Carolina and already a ma jority of them have acted favorably jpon it. It ennot, however, become 'aw until it has received the approval tl the Grand Lodge. It is expected that little trouble will be encounter- “d in putting it through during the meeting this week. Officers are to be elected at this -ession, as at sK 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- lates for the various offices will be. It is s»id that for a number of ye«rs ^irevious to the session of 1912 it had bfsen customary to give the Grand Master a term of two years, though -at tha'f''iSeeting a next executiv-5 v,'.iy. chosen, and, now, that the custom hu3 been started, it is believed by some lhat the representatives here for the jiand Lodge meeting will see fit to continue it. shall be; 1 To stimulate and encourage the organization, of local Country Life Clubs in the various school districts I of the county. 2 To arouse interest in education and to insjist upon the importance of every child of school age being i' school every day of the school tern. 3 To encourage the study of agri- oultur® and domestice science in the 'chools and to cultivate among the Unclaimed Letters. Following is the list of unclaimeu letters remaining in the postoffice at Burlington January 3, 1913: Gentlemen: Albert Brown, Seth Christnkas, Carmine Lombardo, Cephas McAdams, Charlie Linn, (2), Robert Pool, T. T. Shoffner, A. S. Smith, W. 3- Smith. Ladiss:. Miss Muriel Craven, Miss rMag^o Dayis, Mrs.. James Hender son, Mvs. Ettit Newlin, Etta Ray, Mrs. Besfin Simpson. P*raon» esUiag for enx of th«M tsttm. wiUcplMM tsy and give date of «dvertiMd. UsU -: .P.M. Trunk Believed to Held Key to Triple Tragedy. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 9.—If Jo seph Graves, brother of Mrs. Mary Graves Cox, can prevent it, tlie polic' will not open the trunk of the woman sent to Mrs. Florence More, in Yuma, iast Tuesday, just a few hours before she killed W. M. Melton, and her daughter, Florence, and then took her own life.. Graves also said he would permit no prying into the registered package Mrs. Cox mailed to him, which is now in the San Francisco poKtofSce, 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 toe woman’s rea son for perpetrating the triple trag edy. The trunk has been seized by Yumo officers. The police here will seek an ordor permitting them to open it. .Suffragists Planning N.-ition-Wide Campaign. Washington, Jan. 12.—Plans for a i'igcrous nation-wide campaign to ob tain a constitutional amendment giv ing sufTrage to womeij 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 party that will stand for suffrage.” “We 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 the urjon’s plans. boys and girls a love for the farm and home. 4 To make the schools the center.^ f the communities by furnishing wholesome and instructive amuse ments; in a word, to improve the oliy- r ical, and intellectual and moral en vironment of our citizens. 5 To e.icourage Community Fairs All county agricultural contests such as corn growing, tomato grow ing, cooking, sewing, poultry raising road building, etc., shall engage the ictive interest of this organizatiou ?.;■ che opportunity is offered. The iMub shall arraEige 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 r.ny nine of the following achievements: a Win first, second or third honor m 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 Sow ers and common weeds. e Know by leaf and bark and cen- eran outline twenty-ftve common trees and shrubs f Know elementary rules for pre venting typhoid fever, tuberculosis and malaria. g Take first, secona 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 pl^nt 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 cf coun try life topics. Several other schools expect to organize within the ncxx few days. The school at Bethel has lately been supplied with teachers’ chairs, water- tank and individual drinking cup.";. r-,;r- Col. H. C. Cowles, of Statesviik- alyzed. Statesville, Jan. 12,—Col. H. C. Cowles, a prominent citizen of States ville, 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 cf the Federal Court at Statesville 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- coversd. Costs Something to .iPake Wireless. Washington, Jan. 12.—Government investlgratcrs have traced Ae fake wireless calls which more than a month ago wat revcnee entters and 'iners hurrying to the aid oft he Mal lory liner Sio Grande at S. O. S. messages telling of fir® »bo»rd, until they think titey bave flaeed ^ r»- 'poneibility betmen two private sta tions. Hixee years* Impriaonnsnt cad 11,000 fin* {« ptaalty for • ..iUm wirMu. lavMUffttort to th«ir cmm iSOOtt. . - ' - 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 Ojinsga, Mexico, at 10 o’clock tonight. The triumphant rebel forces under Generar Francisco Villa immediately occupied the vil lage. The defeat of the federal ariny fol lowed only a few hours fighting in which the rebels, beginning-at sun- iown, started with cannon and rifle ilre. Ge;:erals Castro and Mercado of the federal regulars, saw that the assault ■vas to be nothing less than a mas- .i:re. The federals had left only 50 '.unds of ammunition for each man. er.erals Castro aiid Mercado there- ‘ ire gave the order to evacuate. the federal soldiers' and their .".'■crF who could scramble to the ;r.;j;can side did so. The others ran i all directions. General Pascu^, r.'iii'iinder of federal volunteers, nreatet.ed with summary execution ■y Villa, was the first to cross. It .vas believed he bad escaped into the •j'jntains in Texas. .About 9 o’clock, when the fighting had been in progress about five hours i*ven wagons loaded with documents belonging to the Hueita government ;ame over and were captured by tb» United States border patrol. Major McNamee immediately order ed all calvarymeri to meet an emer gency. Women, children and w^ound- 2d soldiers had been crossing in mun- bers, but the apparent advance of the rebels gave reason to believe that « ^eater rush across the border was imminent. For five hours the sharp flashes of the rebel fire had be®n seen coming closer to the federal retrenchments. •L’he whole scene w'as bathed in moon- ight, partly obscured by dust and powder smoko. 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 presej’.t revo lution. It leaves the rebels virtual ly in possession of all the north of Mexico. Mcrcado, Castro and Landa were the only remaining commniiders of the Federal regulars. The other s:x •vsr» 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 CaJvador 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 sui>ply 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 hia army drew forth a belief that ultimately he would be forced across the Rio Grande and seek safety in the United Stale;;. How soon the retreat to foivi.'in soil was to follow them hardly could be conjectured, bat it was Icnowr. Fed eral troops were discouraged, v.ithout pay for many months and hopeless of ever defeating the growing revo- lutior.ary movement. They also were short of ammuv.ition. .Ippeals to Mexico City brought money to pay jthe 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 sny 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 lat Moi:day, 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, militRry head of 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 that the reverse came to the Federals. Court here. The Attorney Genera! was tried for the- killing of Robert Marshall, negto chef at, the Elks’ Home in this city| on the night of Dec. 6. The testimony of withessea was to tha effect tiut the- pistol Mr. Peeples lield ym attii^int^ly fisclwrgei by •trikisg the odgjc* of the'cowitor. The trial consuittsd oolj about two hours. “You can’t fool all the peopl« aU the time," azmoonced the investicv tor. “I knew it," )c^li«4 tb« trost hmU. *"ni«ro is pluBtj of profit i& fooUns h«lf of them half tha tima.* —Cinciniuiti Enqttitv.