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i)BVOTBfe» tHE IIPBUD^ HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES
NORW CAROlINA, APRFi 28, i9U
Announce Accept-
l9f O^r of Meditation hy Re-
- publics of South America
ACTICW OF RIPUBLICS MAY BRING RESULTS
Washington, April 27.—rFomwi ac-
l/ -! !.mptftnce by .the Huerta GovemBient
' tii« offer of Argriitlne, Braril and
CUIe to use ^ir; good T c^es ^
' biinit about aivamicabis liettiein^t of
v difficolty between f&e Vnit^ Stitts
Aiid HexK^ was cVcled ttf Spanish
An^iBssador 'Buum here tonight by
Porttllo y Eoja^- Soreigrn Minister
in tte ^erta Cabinet.
WasSriu^on, Api-i! 27.—^The terise-
aest of. tbe Mexican sHoation
distiecUyTeliev^ today ^ea the lep-
remotatives kT Xr^ntine, Braxil and
Cbiie, svtijpoxted by pi^sure frori fill
Latinr^jnei’ic» »isA front the fore-
■ nmst powers A. Saro^, concentrated .Jjean averted.
the day. “We are getting Americans
out'of Mexico.' That is the important
thing iriow.” - ■
Ooii^l C^a^ reported that a for
mal raising of the American flag oc
curred at V'eiia Cnia at 4 o’clock this
afternoon with impressive ceremonies,
“Secreta^ ' Bryan announced that
the President’s recent address to Con
gress and will'full text of the eor-
respondince , between Argentina, Bra
zil and Chile hkd now reached all
Central . and South Americasi capl
tals and that Bad it gotten to Monte
video, I'ruguay, earlier the %nti-Amer-
ican demonstration there would have
thw efforts toward a pacific adjust
ue^t ctf the crisis.
TSo success of the first steps to-
. . mediation—^the prompt accept
ance by the United States and the
announcement of the Spanish Ambas
sador that Huerta had accepted the
tender of good offices—produced a
feeling of distinct hope which was re
flected not only in adnunistration
quarters,bat in Congress, where "war
talk” gave way to ji spiril”" of con
ciliation.
ENVOYS HOLD CONFERENCES,
i; Throughout the day the three South
. sBvttys, who -have under-
tre-
^ent' cnitf^nces to arringre the pre--
'Ithdimries oif procedure. Sending the
receipts of formal acceplttiiee by
Geaeval'Huerta, no proposals will be
subnutted iv either th; Usit^ States
or to the Huerta Government. It also
has been made pfain tha no conditions
{roKv either party aa to tho terms
that will be acceptable as yet has been f may formulate.
ACTION 18 SIGNIFIED.
•‘The ocncensas of opinion in Latin-
America,” said a statement from the
Pan-American Union here tonight,
“seems to be that this action of Ar
gentina, Brazil and Chile is, in many
respects, the most significant and faV-
reaching event in the history of the
Americatr •epnblics since the decla
ration of the Monroe Do-jtrine, and it
is hoped that tha press and people
of the United States wii! try to curb
the rising war spirit and give thp
mediating nations strong moral, sup
port in their efforts for peace."
Whiie Secratto^ »Bryan and gov-
wiratot • disiwii-
n^tion to discuss the me&tion plan
during its present stage, they said it
had not reached the point of actual
"projiisals." The American Govern-
jnent simpiy has expressed formally
its »iUjiigness to lig«^ to my jglan of
intermedistion which the representa
tives of Argentina, Brasil and Chile
Huerta informally
St^rs and Stripes Raised Over Divi
sion Headquarters Accoinpanied
by Salute and Dress Parade— Re-
be's Said to Be Gai ing Ground
While More Friendly Feeling Dis*
played Toward Americans
Vera Cruz, April 27.—With all
ceremony, the firing of a salute and
dress parade, the American flag was
raised today oyer the division head
quarters of Bear Admiral Frank F.
Fletcher, Over the customs house of
flag has been fiyingjsince the landing
of the American forces but until now
there had been no ceremony indicat
ing the formal occupation of Vera
Cruz.
The transports with Brigadier Gen
eral Funston’s command aboard were
off the port iate today, but there has
been no indication that the military
forces will be sent ashore at this time.
If the army lands, the bluejackets
now on duty here will go aboard their
ships, but the marines will be left
for land ser\'ice.
AMERICANS EXPEIXED.
Five Americans who arrived by
ii'ain from Mexico City today, were
expelled by General Huerta. They
had been siijested at Pachiiea for no
known cause. They are Dr. Hoskins,
R. Chsttion, J. Punstion, O. G. Smith
and Mr. Maddox. Dr. Hoski7is was
subjected to rougher treattnent than
the others becSBse his pocHetsjvere
foit'nd to contain papers indicating
that lie had ot)CC sewed as surgeon in
order to show disapproval cf Huertii's
attitude and to indicate their own
fiiendliness towards Americans. The
parade to!,>fc place Saturday. The
fact that ii wa.s permitted by Huerta
was construed as an indication of the
weakening of his power.
The Rebels are said to have been
gaining ground ;i> the territory elo.‘;e
to Mexif^ City. Four hundred .red-
OTals wounded were brought into tha
capital on Friday fiom nearby points
Where the battle was foupht the
ugees did not know.
COMMENCEIHEirr WEEK.
The I'ommencement at thf Graded
iicbooi Ccmmenced Sunday— ,
Will, Last Through Week.
ADDITIONAL FIGHTING FORCES
TO VERA CRL’Z.
Galveston, Te,':., .April 27. —The note
of peace sou.-^dsd in the mediation ne
gotiations proposed by the three
South Amei'ican republics to solve
the Mexican trouble found m echo
here today in the hurried pronara-
tions ft> embark ari additional f.n-. « to
Vera Cruz.
All .day iortg th-?, quarternn.-it'.'i'V,
department rushed the work of re
fitting the freighter San Marcnn into
an ars^ tra.^sport ansi tonight th!
sl»am®ip .was loaded with suppUc?, ( Baptist f'iiurch
and teiiiii U/saii early tomorrow wiJh
a traop of the Sixth Cavalry and sev
eral batteries of the Fourth Field
TT j rt, 4. A ^ 1 Kicii utttienta *jjL me ryurui r lem
the united States Army of Volun- . rn, j , j , ,
1 Artillery. Thr«« hundred and forty
tccrs. The.?e ms.i were sent to the . . ,
artillery and cavalrymen were ready
at Texas City tonight tu boiird the
San Marcos.
capital from Pachuca and Huerta or
dered them to leave the countrj'.
placed formally before the intermedi
aries, The PWBident and Secretary
Bryan were asaared through two sep
arate diplomatic aouress that Huerta
waa ready to accept the tender of
gm>i oflSces and was drafting a form
al *cceptanc6. IVesaure from Gen-
imhy. Great Britain and France advis-
s«g Uttnrta accept the first steps
toward mediation, ond the approving
stt’tiide of Wn-American countries
to the settlement of the contirover.sy
’ hy .American diplomacy, empha-
si».sd he wotid-wide influences which
are waking to bring about peace.
CARING FOa aiSFOGEES.
Meapwhiltf the Ha’yy aisd Wtr De~
pftrtmenta are coDttBuing their efforts
to care for reftsgoes and perfecUng
the maehinety of the arasy and navy
iSs- any ajiexpeeted turn in events.
Secretary Daniels announced he
had telegraphei‘the full text of the
) mediation a®er, and acceptance
'by the United States to both Hear
Adnuisls Badger and Howard, with WORK
in to h&ve the ccmmaadets
has shown bis readiness to give a Us
tening ear to the peace plars of the
South American envoys. When for
mal acceptance comeR from. Huerta,
formal proposals will be made simul
taneously to tHfe American govern
ment and the Hticrta adirinistration.
ELlMl.NAT,J,ON OF HUERTA ES-
„. SENTIAL.
The attitude of the administration
long has fcaer, established tliat t*w
eiiminatioii of Huerta was an essen
tial to any settlement of the Mexican
problem. Tnis view was reiterated
i-ecently as Saturday at the Wiite
fiousa when Senators and Eepresenta-
tfoea were comjaited as to the pro
posals of good offices. But, white
maintaining this view aa to what
would ultimately be essential to a
reiil settlement, there has been no
formal svsbxni^sion of such a condi
tion to the envoys, now entrusted
with :he work of conciliation.
OF
of aU ships Ob the east airi west
coast spread the news a»oaghout
M;exi£& By this Mr. Daniels boj^
"^the -ieeling toward Asnerieans may
alleviaM and reftag’ses enabled to
ipart without snolestation>
•Advices received through the Brft.-
XAslMissy told of the completion
'of sTMmgements for. the safe depaict
of Aiaerieaas from H^co City whUe
the breach Ambassador giave the
Steifc Dciiartnioant » messages he had
taca'fed from Uie'^lich Ijegsttons
stattog that bridle there had bean
josM sAli-Ainerican manifestationc in
the jt^^n capital, vow pce-
BEMOViNG AHESI-
CANS.
While the Latia-American envoys
bent their eaeigies today toward
peace negotiations the t?ar and Navy
0^>aitiaent directed their attention
to bringing AmericsnB oufbf Mexico
and to the transfer bf the situation
at Vera'Cp^ from the navy to the
army with the expected arrival to-
night of Brigadier General'Funston
and' his army brigade. Throoghout
the day, in consular despatches to the
State Department and in reports from
TO chax;e public opinion.
The .more friendly attitude display
ed 5n, the capital toward foretgaers in
the ia.-it day or two waa e.xplaided
when it was learned from refugees
thai Rebel supporters in Mexico Gity
had taken, steps to' change public
opinioii. They circulated handbills
ailing upon the people to protect
Americsiis and denouncing lluei^a as
With the sixteen iiiouniiii.'; guns
that were sent away on tlie .Satiiia
yc.sterdJij' and .the batterief: .sailing to
morrow there will be nearly a rej,’::-
ment of artillery ready to ta':c the
field at Vera Cruz within the week.
While Brigadier General G. G. Da
vis, in command of the army here,
would give no intimation of plans for
movinsf troops, it was reported thr.t
artillery was being gi-ven preference
the cause of the landing of the over cavalry in the dispatch of men to
American r^val forces at Vera Cruz Vera Cruz. There are how 300,1)00
and also as the author of infiamma- ration.s at Vera Cruz with additional
tory statem^ent.'i published i.i Mexico supplies going on the San Marcus.
Gity.
DISAPPROVAL OF HUESTA.
in the handbills the people were
called upon to join in a big parade in
CALIENTES.
Partial lists of Americans held at
Aguas Calientes were forwarded by
Consul Canada at Vera CrUZj but he
was unabel to give any information ss
to ^osa held at Orizaba. The Jan-
anese Ambassador at a conference
with Secretary Bryan, secured per
mission for Japanese leaving Mexico
to take nsfiige in tha United States,
although this will necessitate a sus
pension of the immigration laws.
Refugees from the east coast co.n-
tintied to reach Vera Cruz in various
vessels.
War talk in Congress was sup
planted Hj a spirit of conciliation
pending the mediatian negotiations.
There were surface outbreaks in the
House mostly along political lines,
but ,the under-current of gossip
Colonel Kranthaaf, of the quartcr-
mastev’s depsrtment, said tonight
that the army had an additional
three months’ supply in Gai-\eston
ready for sliipment. Tents, blankets
and other camp equipme/it are also
in storage here.
naval commanders in Mexican wat- last week had grown jato a
: THINGS LOOK BEPPEB.
Bryan &tid he. VMb sbl«
infot7B»^«>a through
leipttieiai, ts sty tiiat
b«d Sseea loUed or ia-
r j3l«d iseeo the o£ Ul'e last two
'•‘vnira «nd ^t, tsMny
:■ -liitd ba«s^d0tt»osd ut A^ies Ce^eote^
tSats now
^ Qhijr tni^asm.
' •‘7SdsJ»..S^ my ' »aae!t batii#'
sow,".B«cr«te7;
ers, caioe rcAssuiing msnsage? as to
-i3neric«a| rejfugses. Ana^meiits
ware completed for getUng aU Amer-
icsns out at Mesdco City and Adsniral
Btidgefi feow Ve*» Om», rej>orted
formidable SBrtiment for extreme
measures almost disappeared during
the day’s session of thd House.
No war mesBUI^es bitre been drafted
on the various, committees and
for rswminff trftin servicei special meetinga rf Hie FoJ«tgn
iween Mexico City and Vera Crui. | Affair* and Foreign Eelationa Com-
Sei«g««s w«r« r^drted to coadder
‘Tsispi«o, Masdw iwd pha^ of the isitoation.
«»iiit ec»st towns. ■ M^ean dutettasioi^ i*
being nsaitB to -
AdraW'HM»sd;
regeiMI t>n ^
■wmf tO'Saa TOb^
a&vm
In the
Honso tcok a wide x%iige, 'B«prese!i-
tatiTe HondeU, ctf-^ypieing, arraign-
^ C«atols C§4*d» and Ban-
7a tsa Guicii^’wb^ hsi a»i4
«$!8«rs£«d, fijBeiiii. ^ osxar-
ses^ i;t .Ifefclptt,. , to 'is-
pollic
Saturdity's Games.
Slyvan swamped Burlington last
Saturday at The Piedmont Park by
a score of fourteen to two. The
chief features of the game were the
pitching of Murchison for Slyvan.
In the afternoon the two teanis-
played another game with a score of
three to l^ee, the game being for
feited to Burlington. The feature of
the game was the pitchip', of "Red"
Fowier.
No Break Ie Accepted Policy of ,\d-
ministration. That Elimination of
Huerta Mnst Be Included in Any
PfopositiCB That Wil! Prove Ac
ceptable to the United Stoles—^As
i'et There .Has Been No Final Pro
posal—Government. Officials Are
Hopeful.
Nel^ O’Shanghnessy will now be
gin to train himself to get along with
out Huerta’s Msaesi—^e Greensboro
News.
We dtall iPl l&adee with peace and
happiness, if w« have to break every
greaser’s head, first.-—Greensboro
News, j
a." staaips on yaor baak AecTis.^"
Greeu^bcM Mnn.’ ■'
GoGd Exercises
The Bui Ungtoh Graded School Com
mencement which began Sunday "night
with the Baccalaureate -sei'mon,preach
ed at the Methodist Church by Dr.
•S. B. Turre:itine, p."esident Greesi.-:-
boro College for Wort:en will rofitirjue
duriiis: the wpe's. The S3i-mo:i Sun
day Di^lit was a masterpiece of iiter-
atuie, delivered from the sacred desk
by an orator who knew how to in
terest an audience. . The chief aim
was the keeping of the jeligiou.s life
no matter what vocation the grauu-
ating- C12SS might enter. Une speaker
very beautifully illustrated hi3 dis-
cour.^e by quoting from a number of
literary authoritie.-i. Dr. Fleming
Vt’an very, lorttiuattj tu sec 'ring th^
serrices of so great a speaker for
this occasion.
Monday evening was known as
“Contesti Evening-” The scripture
ies.son of the e-.-ening was read hy
Rev. Jfihii Uennei'i Gibble, lollowetl
riy a chorus, Twilighi Dreams, Ma.s-
ter Odgen t'rowson read a paper on
Oral Hygiene, which waa the best
selection from a number of papers
read at a preliminary hearing. The
p.> '- .■a, given by the Tije.--d;iy .Af-,
t >n Club, The following young |
Jaaie.-i ;'i--ad papers e’:(.it!ed “.Articie.^
on Buriir.gton" and cor.teslcd for the
prizi offered by the Cliambei' of
Commerce; Misi.se.-^ Kathleen St! id;,
ler, Mir,nip Mary Elli.^. Viviur, .Steele.
Luv^y ]^,ro\vv, and P.osa Brunnoek, The
prize was won by Mb., Strickb-r. A
scriptural readins foi- the “Buck’’
prize followed. The prise was jjiver.
by Rev. 31. \V. Buck, pasf.tjr' of the
Those whu ,*«ntest-
ed wereY Minnie Mary EUi.s, Lucv
Brown and iMartha PaKi;. The jirizu
was given to .Mis.s Page. .\ duo was
rendered by Misses ln>;|e and
r.ennie Malone. The Annual Debate
for the John JJcimcr.s Giobie Meda!
was a very warm conteai. The query:
Resolved, “That for .Anu'i'ican (.’itiai.
Municipal Owner.ship c,f Public Ser
vice Corporation, whicli furnish Wat
er, Light and Tran.sportation, is pref
erable to Private Ownership.’^ The
speaker.^ oii the aiHrnfiative w'erc C.
B. Way and Mias Nina Ing^; iieg;:-
tive, David Curtis and Hobart Steele.
The negative won the quei-y and the
meda! vva.s awarded to David Curtis.
The different essays and debate
speeches of the evening were ail ex
cellent.
Tuesday night a -tiu.sical will be
given, in charge of Miss i.oi* Ber.-
boiv, music teacher.
Wedne.sday jiight will be .Senior Re
ception Night.
Thursday night, OIrss Night, at
which time exercises will be rendered
by the graduating class.
Friday night the graduatiiig ad
dress will be delivered by J. Moore
McConnell, professor of History, in
Davidson College.
Coble’s Tow-iiship Sunday School Con
vention.
Coble’s To«niship Sunday School
Convention will convene in Friendship
Church, Sunday, May iOth, cpmmenc-
.ing at 10:00 a. m., with the follow
ing pi'Dgra.ii;
Devotinr'al K.':ercises conducted by
Rev. A. B. Kendall; . ' ,
Music.
The Eoyt ill the Sunday School, ■
and the Boys oui of the Siinday
School, by Rev. A., S.. Kendall.
Music, ^
The Country Church:. Its ^Problems
a.-id Opru>tunirie..- Prof R. .A. Camp-
bel!. ...
Music.
Where the Money Goes,
Hoit.. "
Mu;;ic.
Thi- Imj!ortu;-.ce of the
School a.-i aj! Educational
\Villie L. Kinp.ev.
Or^a)ii7.ed (.,'liis.i Work.
Verno!'..
M us:c,
Busiiies.-i Sesii-.m.
Music,
Rev. ,C. Brown Cox.
H. M. Nee.^e, Pi'eside;:c.
I-. W.
Sunday
Fai-tor,
John H.
Or. Fleming Called to New Englajwl.
We understand that Dr. Fleming
has received a unanimous call to the
pastorale cf the- First Christian
Church of one of the large cities in
England, and that he has ac
cepted the call and will enter upon the
v.-nr-(V a,s pastor just as sOon a.-, he
can cluse up his work here. The-
church ha.s been anxious for Dr. Flem-*
ing fm- ,teveral months, but he felt
he ought not to give up the work
licj-e arai; the clo.se of the .school yenr.
Death of a Baby.
0:i Tue.^day, the 21st of April,
the death angel visited the home of
Mr. at;d Mr.s. T, VV. Bright and took
their little .^j)n to his Heavenly Home.
Jii- n-a.i 1 n months and vz
days old. He ivas a rweet little boy
ar'd loved !>y ail who .knew him. Hta
reiTiuin.-? laid to res- iu the cerr.-
Ptery at Bethel ;ii. E. Church on the
i-ird. Thij services v.'ere conducted
iiy the Rev. Mr. Tuttle. ‘
“Suffer the Httle children to co:iie
Urit:^ .\Ti, and fjirl.'id them :!Ot, for of
!. the Kiuedom of God,
—A Friend.
Loive-Summers.
Mr. Early Lowe and Miss Annie
Sammers were married Sunday by
Sev. W, J. Hackney at the Methodist
parsonage. Jir. Lowe is a resident
of Route S, but is now connected with
the Kub Milling Co., at Altamahaw.
He is a brother of Mr. J. A. Lowe the
carrier of Burlington Route I. Miss
Summers is a very pjvpular young
lady of the Altamahaw Route 1 sec-
:;ion. She has been teaching for
some time and has-made many friends
in the school room.
i>eath of Myzell Edith Capps.
April 19th the death angel entered
the home of Mr. P. A. Capps and
bore little Myzell Edith to her eter
nal home. She was one year, foui".
months and sixteen days of age. We
cannot know why God called her
home. We loved little Myje;i. but
God oved her better than we. lie
funeral was conducted by Sev. W. E.
Swain. He gave us something: to lis
ten to in his servioit. He
makea us think we ou^t to live, bet
ter tKan we are living;
Remember the Haiae? You i»SI -' Capps wishes to Aank the good
preaentljr '^en foay are liekti^ ^rienfte tor tbeir Mp. ^nd sympathy
iisey rendered him in Sta death of his
Lutheran >ynMl Kcri W'xl Week.
The North ^’Hri>liMU Lulheraii Syii-
■id, nf the Lutheran
chiirche.-i ii; .^Late will convene
harf; for rtvo days commenciiifl: next
Wednesday, May il. Tbc president of
the Synod is Kev. M. M, Kiuard, D,
D.. of Salisbury, and Rev. George H.
Cox, D. D.. of Spencer, is chairman
of the rommitiee on exandnation.s.
Three young men are to be- ordained
after {standing the clx.'^minationa
Those include G. H. Parks, of Organ
church, and L. Thomas, of Christiana,
Rcwaji County, and W. G. Cobb, Jr,^
at KruMlen; Guilfor-I County.
Bridal Couple Here on Visit.
' Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hayes arrived
ihere Thursday evening from Golds
boro to spend ten days visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hayes.
They were married in Goldsboro Wed
nesday evening at ten o’clock at the
home of the bride, who was Miss
Sarah Casey, a popular young woman
of that place. Mr. Hayes is in the
employ of the Southern Railway be-
tweei! Durham and Goldsboro.
One of the many sad things about
this conflict is that it made it necea-
sarj' for Huerta and O’Shaughnessy
to part,—Grensboro New.s.
It is a Veia Cruaial moment for
the well known friendship betwee.n
the peop'i! of the United States and
tho.se of '■iiodco.—Greensboro News.
Hi 'ory of the beginning of the
v/ar . f 19I4;
Samuel: Salute'!
Huerta: Shoot!—Greensboro New!^.
As a prophet we are Btill going
strong. The 100 per cent, purity of
our goods in this lin® is now l!»eing,
almost univer8all.v scknowlsdsed.—
Greensboro News.
Bepresentative Gudger, who has
been doping it out for six months
tot there wooid be war with Mex-
sco> ia absut to .qmdify for the O^der
of ^J^jphets,—Gteeiwboro Naws.
Ice cream !C«wM fttStradet’s. Chee]^
eat Mid heal. Phone 64*:'-
Spanish Oniona st Straders.