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LINCOLNTON. N. C. FRIDAY. JANUARY IS. 1915.
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DEMOCRACY IS
PROGRESSIVE SAYS
PRESIDENT WILSON
Respects The "Past" But Says Repub
licans HaveNot Had a New Idea
In Thirty Years, in Jackson Day
Speech Four Thousand Spring To
Feet and Cheer Wildly at What
They Consider Forecast of His Be
ing Candidate Next Year; He Tells
The Independent Voter the Democ
ratic Tarty is only Congenial Com
pany he can find Remarkable Rec
ord of Achievement of two Years re-
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( luumru; uni'R viuvernmem louses
Its Ardor For Mankind, People Al
ways Turn To The Democrats
Warns Democrats To Play On The
Team, Of Which He Is Captain
First January In History When
.Money Centers Were Not Contracted
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 8. Presi
dent Wilson, in a Jackson Day Bpeech
here today, voiced what his hearers
interpreted as a hint that he might be
a candidate for the r Presidency again
in 1916.' The audience of more than
4,000 people roue to their feet and
cheered Until the President called for
quiet. , '
The President had been discussing
the Mexican question. Referring to
his belief that he knew the tempera
, mcnt and principles of the American
V be fit to Jstay where he was if he did
not understand thorn.
"There may come a time," he 'de
clared, "when the , American people
v.ill have to judge whether I know
what I am talking ai'out or not,"
There was a slight pause and then
the crowd began cheering. Realizing
the construction which had been put
on his words, the President held up
his handsifor silence and said:
"I did not mean to stir up any
thing. That was merely preparatory
to Buying that for at least two more
years I am free to think I know the
American people."
A Democratic Victory.
Previously the President had at
tacked the Republican party, defended
the record of his administration on
the Mexican policy, the tariff and cur
rency, and declared that a careful ex
amination of the returns from the
elections last November showed that if
it had been a presidential year a Dem
ocrat would have hud n majority of
about eighty in the electoral college.
The President criticised Republican
Senators opposing the government
ship purchase bill, whom he charac
terized "self-styled friends -of busi
ness." He said the Republican party
has not had a new idea in thirty
years, r.nd that "the Republicans do
not know how to do anything but sit
on the lid," He added that the coun
try wants the ship purchase bill en
acted into law and "will have it."
Mr. Wilson gravely spoke warning
, to Democrats not to break up the sol
idarity of the party. He declared
those who did would gain an unen
viable position for themselves.
-r. , Captain of the Team.
"I' a man won't piny on a team he
must get off the team,' 'he said, and
. Inter spoke of himself as the "cap
U. .1 of the Democratic team for the
present. , .,
The President spoke briefly of Mex
ico. Ho suid the people there are en
tilled to.' liberty, "vj matter how long
they take in determining it," Speak
ing slowly and carefully he declared
thul "so far as my influence goes,
while I am President, nobody shall
interfere with them." ;
"Have not European nations taken
ns long as they wanted and spilled as
much blood as they pleased to settle
their own affairs," he continued, "and
shnll we deny the same right to Mex
ico? No, I say." .
Much of Mr. Wilson's addi ess was
devoted to the independent and Pro.
grossive voters. He said about one
tlilrd of the Republican party is pro
gressive and about two-thirds of the
Democratic party ia progressive.
"Therefore," he added, "the Demo
cratic party jis more progressive than
the Republican. He declared that
most of the voters of the country are
independent, but that it was his am
bition to have them vote with the
- Dennii'rutja fIA o.w.L a r v. ; i
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, an "animated conservative."
Forget About the War.
The President said the people of
. th! United States should not pay too
much attention to the European war.
but should keep their own affairs in
gooa order. He closed his address
with a fervent expression of the hope
that the time might come when the
United States could be instrumental
in restoring peace.
Eusiness conditions were taken up
briefly. He characterized talk of buBi
iiess depression a a "state of mind."
He said the Democratic party already
had done much to free business, and
that its program was not yet com
plete. Whenever the country really
wants some thing beside talk he
added it turns to the Democratic
party.
The President advocated establish
ment of a great Federal employment
bureau, said some means should be
found for quickening and cheapening
the processes of the courts and spoke
of the necessity of Congress passing
the administration conservation bills.
Cheering interrupted the President
at frequent intervals during his ad
dress. Immediately after his speech the
President went to the home of Mayor
Boll, who was confined to his bed by
sickness, and later attended a recep
tion given by the Democratic Club,
which lasted for an hour and a half.
After an automobile ride about In
dianapolis as the guest of Thomas
Taggart, he left at 6:45 for Wash
ington. .
A Federal employment bureau and
reforms in court procedure advocated
by the President were the two new
questions taken up in his address.. It
was understood tonight that he would
press both subjects on Congress at the
earliest possible opportunity. At the
reception after the address the Persi
dent shook hands' with several thou
sand" persons. When he reached his
private car afterwards he was tired
out. ;
He confided to friends that he was
greatly pleased with his reception.
The President plans to take up the
same subjects he discussed today in
the series of speeches he will make on
his return trip from San Francisco in
the spring.
The President said in part:
"Governor Ralston, Ladies and Gen
tlemen "You have given me a most royai
welcome for which I thank you from
the bottom of my heart. It is rather
lonely living in Washington. I have
been confined for two years at hard
labor and even now I feel that I am
simply out on parole. You notice that
one of the most distinguished mem
bers of the United States Senate is
here to see that I go back. And yet
with sincere apologies to the Senate
and House of Representatives, I want
to say that I draw more inspiration
from you than I do from them.
"They, like myself, are only serv
ants' of the people of the United
States. Our sinews consist in your
sympathy and support and our re
newal comes from contact with you
ind with the strong movement of
public opinion in this country. That
is the reason why I for one would
pTefer that our thoughts should not
too often cross the ocean but should
venter themselves upon the policies
and duties of the United States. If
we think of the United States when
the time comes we shall know how
this country can serve the wqrld. I
will borrow a very interesting phrase
from a distinguished gentlemen of my
acquaintance and beg that you will
keep your moral powder dry.
Believes in a Fighter.
"But I have come here on Jack
son day. If there are Republicans
present I hope they will feel the com
pelling influence of such a day. There
was nothing mild about Andrew
Jackson; that is the reason I spoke of
the compelling influences of the day.
Andrew Jackson was a forthright
man who believed in everything he did
Iwlieved in fighting in earnest. And
really, ladies and gentlemen, in fpnb
lic life that is the only sort of man
worth thinking about for a moment.
"If I was not ready to fight for
everything I believe in, I would think
it my duty to go back and take a
back seat. I like, therefore, to breathe
the air of Jackson Day. I like to be
reminded of the old militant hosts of
Democracy which I believe have com
to live again in our time.
Democracy for Mankind.
"The United States had almost for
gotten that it must keep its fighting
ardor in behalf of mankind when
Andrew Jackson became President,
and you will notice that whenever the
United States forgets its ardor for
mankind a Democrat is elected Pres
ident. The trouble with the Republi
can party is that it has not had a
new idea for thirty years. I am not
speuking as a politician, I am speak
ing as an historian. I have looked for
new ideas in the .records and I have
not found any proceedings from the
Republican ranks. ;
"The President said it was only
natural then that when the country
wanted thing done it elected a Dem
ocrat President.-. , , , , ',
"Spoke" Kindly of the Dead.
"I would not Bpeak with disresepct
of the Republican party. I always
speak with great respect of the past.
The past was necessary to the pres
ent; and was a sure prediction ot the
future. The Republican party is still
a covert and refuge for those who are
afraid, for those who want to consult
their grandfathers about everything.
"You will see, therefore, that I
have come to you in the spirit of
Jackson Day. I got tired of staying
in Washington and saying tweet
things. I wanted to come jut and get
in contact with you once more and
Continued on fourth page.
EARTHQUAKE IN
ITALY; TEN
THOUSAND DEAD
Rome, Jan. 13. A terrific earth
quake, the strongest ever felt in Rome
occurred early today. It lasted sev
eral seconds and caused a serious
panic, people everywhere rushing
from their houses in terror. Many
buildings were .damaged by the shock.
The town of Avezzano was virtually
destroyed by the earthquake. The
dead are estimated at 10,000. One
thousand persons escaped from the
ruins but most of them were injured.
Rome Jan. 13. The last estimate
of the number killed in the earthquake
places the total at 12,000. It is fur
ther estimated that 20,000 were injured.
REPUBLICAN SENATORS
ATTACK PBESIDENT WILSON.
Washington, Jan, 13. One of the
liveliest debates of the present Con
gress stirred the Senate today when
Republican lenderB launched a vig
orous attack on President Wilson's in
dianapolis speech, the. Administra
tion's Mexican policy and Democratic
legislation. Democrats met the attack
with praise for the President and a
prediction of his re-election. .
'The debate was precipitated over
Senator Cummin's resolution asking
the President to indicate what the
Government proposes to do with Mex
ican customs collected during the oc
cupation of Vera Cruz. Action on the
resolution was postponed until tomor
row. Senator John Sharp Williams, one
of those who replied to Republican
criticism of the Administration," de
clared with emphasize that President
Wilson would be "renominated and
re-elected for the Presidency" because
the American people have found him
not only able to take the place of
men about whom they were quarrel
ing, but good enough to stand in his
own stead.
INTERMARRIAGES OF
RACES STOPPED
Washington, D. C, Jan. 11. A bill
to prohibit intermarriage of whites
and negroes in the District of Colum
bia was passed by the House today
230 to 60.
Vigorous debate proceeded the vote.
Representative Clark, of Florida,
author of the bill, declared intermar
riage work harmed to both races.
Republican Leader Mann and Rep
resentative Madden of Illinois opposed
the masure.
Mr.. Clark said that if the negro has
a part in the universe he should hav
it a s a member of a distinctive race
"and not as a mongrel."
' "So far as the white race is con
cerned," said Mr, Clark, "the future
of the world is dependent on the pre
servation of its integrity. The negro
ever since his freedom has made
great progress and no man and no
set of men are- more glad of it than
I and tho.a from the section I rep
resent. . These races at the capital of
the country ought to work out their
own future under the Iaws of the
country as best they can."
' Representative Madden said the
bill would encourage immorality .
."I am oposed to such marriages,"
he said. "The negroes are opposed to
such marriages, but I am opposed to
legislation making such marriages a
crime. If a white man and a black
woman want to marry it should be a
matter for them to decide."
Mr. Mann sought to have the bill
sent back to committee but the House
refused to do that by 202 to 89.
"YOUNG MAN DON.T BE SILLY,"
T. R. TELLS PHOTOGRAPHER.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 9. Theodore
Roosevelt and William H. Taft trav
eled on the same train from New Ha
ven to Boston today. They were in
different cars and each said on leaving
the train that he did net know the
other was aboard.
When photogrpher asked Colonel
Roosevelt to pose for a picture with
his successor in office, the Colonel ex
claimed, "Young man, don't be Silly."
. At the instance of Senator Overman,-
Thoa. Beall- a . young attorney
of Greensboro, has been appointed as
sistant to District Attorney Hammer.
Mr. Beall will get $2,000 a year and
devote his time to looking after Ap
palchian Park matters for the gov
ernment and his appointment in no
way may interefere with the job of Mr.
Clyde Hoey of Shelby, who is the
regular assistant district attorney.
Two-dollar wheat will mean that
Americans will eat corn, Chicago
grain dealers contend. National agi
tation to induce Congress to place an
embargo on wheat and flour exports
will be started by the Chicago Re
tail Grocer's and Butcher's Associa
tion, it is said.
RUSSIANS PRESSIN
1J
FIGHT IN PRUSSIA
London, Jan. 13. Battles large and
small, all having an important bearing
on the situation are raging at widely
separated points in Europe and Asia.
The Turks have occupied the Per
sian town of Tabriz which i.. Rus
sian sphere of influence, are battling
with the Russians in the Caucasus and
are reporte dto be making prepara
tions to invade Egypt,
The Russians have resumed the of
fensive in East Prussia, -while, the
Germans continue to attack them in
Poland, and they again are trying to
cross the Nida River in Southern Po
land held by the Austrians.
The battle creating the greatest in
terest is that in the Aisne Valley
northeast of Soissons, where the
French have been attacking the Ger
man entrenchments for a wek. They
took important positions Friday and
again Sunday but the Germans, bring
ing up reinforcements, revovered
some of the lost ground. Otherwise
the unafavorable weather has com
pelled the Germans and Allies to con
fine themselves to artillery engage
ments. Renewed Russia nactivity in East
Prussia indicates that the freezing
over of the Mazurian Lake has oc
curred at last, for otherwise it would
be impossible for troops to advance
through the narrow defiles defended
by the Germans.
Armies Await Spring.
London, Jan. 12. Great armies bat
tling in the east and west by artil
lery exchanges, sapping operations and
trench attacks, continue to be alingned
today as much as they were January
1. Everywhere the disposition seems
to be to await spring when with fresh
armies thrown into the field, events
promise to move more quickly.
, Great Britain is sending thousands
of men to France every week and ac
cording to today's reports from Ber
lin, Germany, aware of that, is m.M.
ing great military preparations for a
counter movement. All the reserves
are being called to the colors, it is
declared here, and the further state
ment is made that German generals
are preparing to assume active direc
tion of all the campaigns the Austo
Hungarian fight against Servia and
Russia and the Turkish campaign
against Russia and Great Britain.
That briefly, is the plan London mil
itary observers believe will be follow
ed, subject, however, to any change
which the entrance into the war of
Rumania or Italy might, necessiate.
Only -60,000 Soldiers Remain of Bel
gium's Army of 230,000.
Fumes, West Flanders, Jan. 1.
Sixty thousand worn soldiers strung
along the Yser where they checked
the rush of the German invaders to
ward Pas da Calias, are all that are
left of the Belgian army of two hun
dred and thirty thousand men under
arms when Germany invaded Belgium,
but one of King Albert's staff officers
who has been with the army since
the siege of Liege asserts that the
small Belgian force today is a far
more efficient machine than that which
met the first German attack. :, .
London, Jan. 12. The German crui
ser Bremen has arrived at Wilhelm
shaven badly damaged by a mine, ac
cording to a dispatch received by the
Evening Star from Petrograd.
WHO ISBOOSTING
PRICE OF WHEAT?
Millers of Chicago Hint That Board
of Trade May Be To Blame.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 11. The govern
ment's investigation into a possibility
of a -bread famine threatened to turn
toward the board of trade today after
millers and bakers had visited the
United States district attorney and
complained that the present price of
wheat must eventually cause an in
crease in the price of bread.
The bakers assert they could not
make a loaf of bread weighing from
12 to 14 ounces for five cents with
flour above six dollars a barrel. The
miller said they made a profit of ap
proximately eight cents on each bar
rel of flour with wheat at its present
price.
- "We cannot afford to buy wheat and
hold it," said A. P. Husband, secretary
of Lthe Miller's jJationaIFederation
"We neither have the money nor the
space' : - .''
Albert L. Hopkins, assistant direct
attorney in charge of the investiga
tion, said last year's was a bumper
wheat crop and that the law of sup
ply and demand did not warrant the
present prices. ''The wheat crop of
the country is large enough to supply
twice the amount of export trade now
taken care of," he said.
Mr. Hopkins said he would confer
tomorrow with Charles F. Clyne, Uni
ted States District Attorney, on a
course of. action.
Senator Simmons is at his home In
Craven county. He ia indisposed.
THE INFLUENCE OF WAR PRIS
ONERS ON WOMEN.
Berlin, Dec. 25. Prisoners of war
exercise tfpon many women the same
attraction noted so often in the case
of renowned criminals, according to
some German observers.
With the advent of the first train
load of captives in Germany last fall
came stories, describing indignantly
how flowers and dainties had been
showered upon the prisoners, and how
many girls and women exhibited great
pleasure at securing a button from a
military coat or some other keepsake.
A rugged old soldier commanding
the prisoners' camp at Friedrichfelde,
near Wesel, has, according to a report
in a Wesel, paper, hit upon a novel
scheme for punishing the curious wo
men who flock in great numbers to
see the prisoners under his charge.
Visitors are denied admittance to the
Camp, but many' get near as possible
and try to talk to the captives. A num
ber of these women were taken in
charge by the sentries and led before
commandant. Hi9 decree was this;
"The women arrested are to be
conducted ta the camp kitchen, where
they will peel potatoes for three
hours."
The following manifesto, signed by
Colonel von Wieters, commandant of
the prisoners' detention camp at
Goerlitz, is published:
"The three young women who felt
themselves moved to send their pho
tographs to the Russian prisoner,
George Hirschberg are requested to
come to the office of the command
ant and take them away. If they do
not, their names will be made public."
Three others who fell in love with
wounded French prisoners of wa
and became engaged to them, have
been dismissed in disgrace from their
posts as volunteer hospital nurses
The commanding general at Strass
burg, in communicating their delict
to the public through the newspapers,
identified them by Christian names,
initials and addresses to the entire
community from which they came
WHILE BELLIGERENTS ARGUE
FAMINE COMES.
-London, Jan. 11. "The civil army
we have to feed is greater than the
British and French armies combined.
Yet we can scrape through on about
$6,250,000 worth of food a month."
This statement was made today by
Emil Franqui, a Belgian banker, in
London in connection .with relief
work in Belgium.
It is not generally realized M.
Franqui said, that there still are $7,
000,000 persons in JSelgium dependent
for food, on the American Relief Com
mission. .
"In all the history of the world,"
M. Franqui continued, '"there is no
precedent for a community of 7,000,
000 souls facing starvation and de
nied by the belligerents of every pos
sible means of self-preseravtion. We
indeed are the Ishmael of Europe.
You in England say you cannot trade
with us because to do so would be
to trade with your enemy. You say
you cannot open the port of Ant
werp, our door of relief, beeause it
would be of advantage to Germany.
You say you cannot even send us
money because it might reach your
enemy. Thus the Germans, . the
French and the British have a ring
of steel around our territory through
which none may-enter and none may
depart without permission of the
bell igerents. ....,
"The Germans say 'if England al
lows trade with Antwerp your in
dustries will revive. If she does not
well, we are sorry, but we suppose
you must take the consequences. See
The- Hague- Convention;
While the belligerents argue', M.
Franqui added, 7,000,000 Belgians
were confronted with actual starva
tion, but with the formation of the
American Relief Commission ob
stacles in the way of ministering to
the wants of the Belgians were over
come and shipments of food were
permitted to enter Belgium by way of
Rotterdam. This relief could not
have been given he added, except un
der the auspices of the neutral com
mission.' g
"We are proud of our thrifty race,
M. Franqui said in conclusion, "but
wo are now at thi mercy of the
world. If mercy is not accorded us
we shall no longer exist."
JAP CRUISER, IN NORTH ATLAN-
, ' TIC?
. New York, Jan. 12. A cruiser which
Captain Williamson of the steamship
Curaca believes to be Janpanese, wag
sighted off the Azores during the
Curaca's voyage here from Havre.
The man of war did not give her
name. V
That is the Arts report of the pos
sible presence of a Japanese cruiser
in the North Atlantic since the begin
ning of the war.
Latest quotations for cotton in Ger
many, received Friday from Ambassa
dor General in Washington indicated
good middling was being offered and
accepted for January-delivery at about
18.4 cents a pound at Bremen. At
Hamburg the price was quoted at
about 18 cents.
WITH TI1E
LEGISLATURE
Raleigh, Jan. 12. The project of
Governor Craig to make of Mount
Mitchell's summit a governmental
park, received a start today when
Buncombe's representatives in the
Senate and Yancey's in the house
presented the bills condemning the
property for that purpose.
Governor Craig saved the mountain
spruce and balsam last year when he
persuaded lumbermen to halt opera
tions as they aproached the top and
wait for action of the general assem
bly. He pledged to the owners of the
timbers rights to do what he could to
interest the State in compensating
them. The bill was introduced by Sen
ator Weaver and sent over to the
house.
The growth on the mountain where
lumbering has been done several years
has vanished under the fierce forest
fires that always attend the cutting
of this timber. Governor Craig's hope
is to preserve the beauty of Mount
Mitchell and is being joined by all sec
tions of the west.
New bills were introduced as fol
lows: Weaver appoint a commission to
secure a portion of Mount Mitchell
as a public park, an appropriation of
$20,000 being provided.
Muse Prohibit the working of boys
under 15 years on the county roads or
in other "chaingangs."
Snow Prohibit persons charged
with crime from being dressed in uni
forms or having their heads shaved.
Hoover Amend the laws of 1915
relative to property held by pension
ers. Pegram Establish a reformatory
for fallen women. The bill is from
the King's Daughters of Dt. I.am and
provides an appropriation of $15,000
for building and $5,000 annually for
maintenance, other features being sim
ilar to the bill offered by Senator Mc
Rae, in the senate, for the King's
Daughters of Charlotte. . :
Joint Session Tuesday.
Members of the senate entered rep
resentative hall at 12:15 and Lieuten
ant Governor Paughtridge . presided
with Spaker Wooten.
The roll call showed 31 senators and
109 representatives present. The
privileges of the floor were extended
to Gen. J. S. Carr as a member of a
former assembly.
Senators Johnson of Duplin ,and
Fisher and Representatives Coughen
hour and Faircloth were named as the
tellers for the canvass of the votes
for United States Senator and corpor
ation commissioner. There followed
the formal announcement that Senator
Lee S. Overman had received a ma
iority for United States senator and
Edwar L. Travis for corporation com
missioner. The joint session adjourn
ed at 12:55, -
Raleigh, Jan. 11. The state-fide
primary bill, forecast for this week,
has not been offered in either house
of the general assembly today, but
the rumors fly thick that the measure
will make a start within the next
three or four days.
Hoover Amend the laws relative to
property held by pensioners.
T TAX PISTOL OWNERS. "
In the house today Representative
J. J.. Laughinhouse, of Pitt, offered a
bill taxing the owners of pistols the
same amount as the poll in their re
spective counties and fixing a min
imum fine of $50 or imprisonment of
six months upon all persons guilty of
carrying those weapons. He declared
after the adjournment of the house
that this ia offered to protect officers in
the eastern jiart of the state who seem
to have no chance with the pistol to
er. Captain Laughinghouse, who us
ed to be superintendent of the state
i.rispns, observes the striking propor
tion of the pistol toting criminals. He
would punish the ownt of thp pistols
with machinery now in the law when
such owners failed to list the weapons
as property.
HOUSE DISAPPROVES PART OF
IMMIGRATION BILL.
The immigration bill was sent to
conference last week by the House of
Congress after it had registered its
disapproval of Senate amendments
barring "members of the African or
black race' 'and exempting agricul
ture immigrants from Belgiumfrom
the literacy test and the contract im
migration provisions. -'
Both of these amendments caused
members favored retention of the. ne
gro amendment, but others suggested
that to press it might mean final de
feat of the' entire bill. Northern rep
resentatives generally opposed the
provision. After an extended debate
a roll call showed a vote of 252 to 75
againts it. t
The Belgian exception was defeat
ed without division after several ef
forts to alter its provisions had been
voted down. 1
He who is haUd by all cannot ex
pect to love long.--Corneitla.
REEPSVILLE ITEMS
Jan. 12. Hon. Moses Stroup of Bes
semer City Bpent last I'riday night
with his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Kiser.
Mr. Ernest Wood of Scotlund coun
ty has returned after spending two
weeks with his parents on Reepsville
Route 2.
There was an old time spelling bee
at the Reepsville school house last
Friday night which was attended by
the school and patrons.
The Reepsville school a few days
since had the pleasure of an address
by Rev. J, E. B. Houser a student of
Trinity College,- Subject of Science.
The first Quarterly conference of
South Fork Circuit will be held at
Russell's Chapel Saturday 16th at
eleven a. m., at which time the stew
ard of the circuit will be installed.
Rev, Robinson filled his appoint
ment at Russel's Chapel Sunday
afternoon. His first service at this
place. He left a well pleased audience.
Rev. L. A. Bangle of Cherryville
preached at the Baptist Church Sun
day morning.
Mr. H. A. Jonas of Lincolnton Bar
was in Reepsville today on legal bus
iness. Miss Beulah Wood of Reepsville R-2
expects to visit relatives in Birming
ham, Alabama, next week.
Little Joe Hill, son of M. Lee Hill,
of Pee Dee is very sick in Reepsville
at this writing with pneumonia.
Miss Maude Holly returned home
Saturday after visiting relatives in
Mountain Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jonas and little
daughter of Wadesboro spent Satur
day night with Mr. Perry Jonas.
Mr. Monroe Weaver had the misfor
tune of getting his mule drowned at
Camp Creek last Wednesday evening.
Messrs. Frank and Eli Rhyne went
off on a trip to Gastonia this week.
BROWN EYES.
SUFFRAGE LOST.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 12. The
House tonight by a vote of 204 to 174
refused to submit to the States an
amendment to the Federal constitu
tion to enfranchise women.
A two-thirds majority would have
been necessary for adoption of the
resolution submitting the amendment.
Webb Opposed to Votes for Women.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 12. Declar
ing his belief that 90 per cent of the
mothers of this country are not only
not in favor of woman suffrage, but
are positively against it, Representa
tive Webb spoke in the House today
in opposition to the proposed consti
tutional amendment giving women the
right to vote. He said also that he be
lieves the State should determine the
qualifications of its citizens for suf
frage. : ' - .
Mr. Webb expressed the conviction
that woman cannot purify politics
with the ballot, but that if politics
is corrupt women would be corrupted
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grant woman suffrage would be to
force responsibilities upon American
women which they have no desire to
bear. "When you set the lure af ac
tive, political strife before women," he
said, "and she is drawn into it, to
that extent the home must suffer."
BLEASE'S FAREWELL ADDRESS.
Columbia, S. C, Jan. 12. Governor
Blease delivered his farewell message
to the South Carolina legtslnutnre to
day. He will be succeeded January 19
by Richard I. Manning when he will
retire to private life.
In closing his message he leclared:
"I have bowed my knee to no man
or sef of mehj if I create a favorable
impression, all well and good; if I
create an unfavorable impression, I
and I alone am responsible. My life's
work so far as my personal interest is
concerned has been completed."
BLEASE DISBANDS SOUTH CAR
OLINA MILITIA.
Governor Blease has disbanded the
South Carolina organized militia.
Thirty-one companies, comprising ap
proximately 2,000 officers and men,
are affected. Disagreement between
the Governor r.nd militia and War
Department officia's on the organiza
tion and equipment of the troops
was given as the reason for the ac
tion. WHEAT CAME DOWN MONDAY.
Chicago, Jan. 11. Wheat came
down today with a crash. Prices broke
5 1-2 cents a bushel under general
selling on rumorg that one of the forts
guarding the Dardanelles had been
demolished by allie's warships.
Speculators drew the inference that
a way would speedily be opened for
Russian wheat that has been piled up
in immense quantities. May wheat
here sold as low as $1.33 5-8 after'
having been up to $U9 1-8 earlier in
session.
Gen. Villa has given Brigadier Gen
eral Scott his word that he will pre
vent further border fighting, which
since the Madero revolution in 1911
has been a menace to residents of
American border towns.