The
M
ONROE JOURNAL,
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
VOL 20. NO. 32.
3I0NR0E, N. G, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1911.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
BOOSE XO (iOOD.
PALMETTO CAMPAIGN' OPENED.
State Mi-dicnl Soeiety Iuts it Foot
l'Hn tin- I'm- of Whiskey Both a
a Beverage anil at a Medii-ine.
News and Observer. 18th.
Therefore. Be it Resolved, That
the Medical Society of the State of
North Carolina will use its best ef
forts to discourage the use of alco
hol in any form as a beverage.
Resolved second That it is the
sense of this Society that any mem
ber of the profession who does pro
miscuous or unnecessary prescribing
of w hiskey, either to patients or non
patients, is violating one of the prin
ciples of our profession, and is de
serving of censure.
Resolved third That alcohol as a
drug can be eliminated from the
pharmacopeia, without in any degree
crippling the efficiency of the doc
tor's armamentarium.
Dy the unanimua voice of its con
vention, the Medical Society of North
Carolina yesterday gove Old Booze
its long expected kick and put the
scientific foot down upon it.
The annual address of President
J. M. Parrott foreshadowed the doc
tor's doom of King Alcohol, the sov
ereign subterfuge of the ages. The
sentiment for the convention kibosh
had grown from the opening hour
and yesterday there was't a voice in
all the auditorium to speak a word
for an old friend.
The three resolves printed above
were made as mild in language as
the framer. Dr. J. T. J. Rattle, could
make them. He preached temper
ance In the power of understatement.
He could have made a masterly as
sault upon the old humbug that has
been prescribed for people who are
cold and people who are hot; for
people who are weak and people who
are strong; for people who are fat
and people who are lean; a catholi
con to cure very ill from an epidemic
of bad relations on down.
There wasn't any sentiment for
the dogma that whiskey has medlcl
nal virtues, though not a few doctors
have hesitated to make it an utter
castaway. The convention is dry;
it's positively arid, and it will go
down in the records as the first to
legislate whiskey entirely from its
list of physic.
Began at Sumter Wednesday Smith
. Mini Blea-e ll:ne SmM I'onr Can
didates for Senator, Eleven for
Governor.
"he South Carolina campaign
t,.t.-t.ed at Sumter Wednesday, can
didates for Senator and governor
speaking. On the opening day Sen
ator E. D. Smith and Coventor ISlea.se
came near to blows when a statement
with legard to the appointment of J.
L. Sims as United Slates Marshal was
brought iuto qjestion. Senator Smith
advanced as if to strike Governor
Blease, saying: "No man made in the
image of God could call me a liar."
when the chairman of the meeting
interfered and the fight was avoided.
Chief interest is focussed on the
senatorial and gubernatorial races.
In the former there are four candi
dates for the seat of the incumbent,
Senator Ellison D. Smith, who is a
candidate for re-election. Governor
Cole L. Blease, L. D. Jennings of
Sumter, and V. r. Pollock of Che-
raw are the other candiates.
In the gubernatorial race there
are 11 candidates as follows: John
G. CHnkseales, professor in Wofford
College, Spartanburg; C. A. Smith,
lieutenant governor; Mendal L.
Smith, speaker of the house; John
G. Richards, railroad commissioner;
Lownes J. Browning of Union; R. L.
Manuing of Sumter; Charles Carroll
Slmms of Barnwell; W. C. Irby, Jr.,
of Laurens; R. A. Cooper, solicitor
of the eightth district, John T. Dun
can of Columbia, and J. B. A. Mul-
lally of Pendleton.
Union Teachers Making Good Shot
the MuleN by Mistake.
Wadesboro Ansonlan, 17th.
Our Diamond Hill reporter says
that "Prof. G. H. Wnsoa of Wlnirate
and Miss Ola Hudson have been em
ployed to teach the Diamond Hill
school during the coming session
We will welcome them as our teach'
ers." Prof. Hlnson and Miss Hudson
are both popular and capable teach
ers and did excellent work at Dia
mond Hill last year.
Two mules were accidentally kill
ed Saturday night at the ice cream
supper given at Whitman when Mr.
W. B. Hancock fired a pistol several
times into the darkness. He had
no idea that there were any mules or
horses hitched in the direction he
was shooting and regrets the affair
much more than those who lost the
property. Mr. Hancock is one of the
cleverest and most prominent citi
zens of the county and his friends
deeply sympathize with him in the
unfortunate affair. As soon as Mr.
Hancock learned that shots from the
pistol killed the mules, he inquired
and found that they belonged to Mr
Jesse Turner of Anson county and
Mr. Sam Caudle of Stanly county. He
went to these gentlemen and paid
each of them for their mules, leav
ing them perfectly satisfied.
Girl Mother of 14 Toils 1:) Hours
a Day
The United States Industrial Com
mlssloners sat spellbound recently
while Mrs. Mary Minora, not yet
flften years old, but married two
years and clasping a six-month-old
baby to her breast, told how she sup
ported her husband and child. She
does it by working thirteen hours a
day in her tenement rooms at No
240 Mulberry St. She can earn as
much as 60 cents a day finishing
work on clothing.
The case of this child wife is typ
ical of the conditions which the com
mission was authorized by congress
investigate to determine the under
lying causes of industrial unrest
Chairman Fraak P. Walsh and the
other members of the commission
were deeply impresed and indicated
their intention, singly or together, to
visit the tenements and find out
where work is being done at the cost
of life and health.
Mrs Minora told her story simply,
She said she had begun to do finish
ing work when she was ten years old,
Her husband and her father have
been without work for nine months,
The women of the family support
them. Mrs Minora's mother earns
eighty cents a day.
The youthful mother was sur-
prised and delighted when as she
stepped from the witness chair a
clerk . handed her a 12 witnes fee,
She pressed the baby close to her
breast and smllllngly dangled the
the money before Its eyes. There
was a tense silence in the hearing
room and the eyes of every one fol
lowed her figure until it disappeared
through the door way.
The Drought of 184.1.
Correspondence Newton Enterprise.
The summer of 1845 it did not
rain from the middle of April until
the middle of August following. The
corn tops were dead at the top down
about two feet. My father predicted
I that it would rain at the full moon in
August and sure enough rain came
from the soutnwesi ana men a wet
season set In.
Nothing Croaking But Men.
When it comes to real first-class
writing, the young "fellows' who run
the Waxhaw Enterprise can deliver
the goods. Here are their observa
tions on the weather and crops:
The dust is laid. The parching
earth has been refreshed by the
blessed showers. The wallers are si
lenced. The calamity howlers are
moping on the corners without a
word. Prosperity is again before us,
The little cotton Is growing and one
can easily see through the long hot
weeks ahead to the days of late Sep.
tember and October when the now
green fields will be brown and white,
The young corn, too, is pushing up
and waving its plumes in the soft
south winds, and ere the people
starve the juicy roasting ear will be
in prime. The watermelon crop may
not fail nor the blackberry shrivel in
its youth. In the land of plenty and
more, in the midst of what we are,
why should the howl of the grouch be
heard? Let th voices raised be unl
ted In thanksgiving for the blessings
that we have. All the flowers are
smtling their gratitude for rain. The
brooks are glad because they are full
Shall Nature thank the Giver and Na
ture's finest creature, man, only com
plain?
Threatened Break Between Villa and
Cnrruna Patched Up.
Washington Dispatch, .'une 17th.
Official information reaching the
Washington' Government tonight
from American Counsul Edwards at
Juarez said General Francisco Villa
and General Venustiano Carranza
leaders of the Constitutionalists
movement In Mexico, had patched up
their differences and Villa would pro-
ceed to take charge of the military
movement against Zacatecas where
the revolutionary forces recently met
reverses.
That General Villa had determined
upon a break with Carranza and had
demonstrated his attiude by impris-
oning some of the officers in the first
Constitutionalist chief's command
was verified In reports to the State
Department. It was declared, how
ever, that Villa's action had served
the purpose for which it was orlglna
ted and that the conqueror of Tor
reon and Satillo would command the
military advance against Huerta
from this time forth without inter
ruption.
More Work of the Thunder Storm
Marshville Home, 16th.
Mr. S. C. Davis, son of Rev. A. C
Davis of Olive Branch, passed the
State Board of Examiners in Georgia
last week and now has license to
practice pharmacy. Mr. Davis is a
young man of ability and will make a
good druggist.
Work is in progress on Mr. Ed. M
Marsh's handsome brick veneer res
idence which he is erecting on the lot
from which his old dwelling was re
cently moved, in the southern part
of town. This building will be mod
ern In every respect, with the colonl
al effect, and will be one of the most
handsome residences In the county,
Severe thunder storms and heavy
wind visited various sections between
Gilboa and the South Carolina line
suffering most. In that community
trees were uprooted and crops were
damaged. At Mr. f. J. Tadlock's
the wind was especially strong. Mr,
Tadlock's gin house was partially un
roofed and other damage was done,
A tree was blown across Smile Crow-
dor's residence in White Store town
shlq, 'Anson county, and the house
was badly damaged.
Mr. John Graham of Waxhaw has
the contract for the erection of three
brick rooms, two of which are to be
25 by 70 and one 30 by 70 feet, on
Mrs. 8. M. Hallman's lot on which a
brick building was burned a few
months ago. These rooms will face
the depot. They will have pressed
brick and plate glass front and will
be modern in every respect. Work
has begun and the rooms will be
ready for occupancy at the opening
of the fall season.
TKADEsYll.l.K YET IX Tt KM. Ml .
Walter Stack Ei-i'iitle-s Dire Tineas
Mr. Sturm, nil tl.i.ior Yi:inr
Other Items.
Waxhaw Enterprise, 17th.
.Miss Kate Clark I ft yesterday
morning for Chapel Hill to attend
the teachers' summer school.
Mrs. Emily Houston left Monday
for Lexington, Va., to attend the
commencement of the Washington
and Lee University.
Yesterday morning about 1 o'clock
Mr. A. M. Nlsbet of the Prospect
community awoke and found his
kitchin on fire. The fire had made so
much headway that neither the build
ing nor any of its contents could be
saved.
Mr. T. D. Green, one of the sub
stantial farmers of the Prospect com
munity, was in town yesterday after
a Gurnsey calf he purchased from a
stock farm at Cornwell, S. C. The
calf is six months old and is a reg
istered animal. Mr. Green paid $50
for it and he thinks it is worth every
cent that It cost him. He belie ves in
paying more and getting the best.
Miss Winnie Chapman, who has
been suffering for some time with a
bone trouble and who has been at the
hospital before, was taken to the hos
pital at Chester Sunday. For some
months Miss Chapman has been suf
fering with a bad sore on her leg
just above the knee and a few days
apj while trying to turn over in bed
the bone snapped In two. The brok
en member was successfully amputa
ted Monday.
Tradesville Is still In a turmoil.
Right on the hpels of the murder of
Will Stack by Jim Parker, while the
people were saying that the war was
all over, alter Stack, who was sup
posed to be safe in Texas, broke Itto
Tradesville like a thunderbolt from a
cloudless sky and announced to the
public the punishment that awaited
his enemies. The lambs marked for
slaughter are James Parker, the man
who killed Will Stack, Bogue Fun
derburk of Tradesville and Ellison
and Jim Parker.formerly of the Col
lege Hill community, who recently
married Stack's sisters, and moved
thither. Everybody knows why he
wants to silence the man who killed
his brother. It is said that he is mad
with Bogue Funderburk because of
the fact that the latter was too well
pleased over the death of Will and
that he is going to kill Ellison and
Jim Parker on general principles. It
Is understood that Parker has been
admitted to bail and that he has re
turned to his wife and children. Also
word is out that Walter has been ar
rested and placed In Jail at Lancaster
on a peace bond, on the oath of many
people who tremblo for their own
safety when he Is at large.
Mr. William Foster Starnes of Bu-
ford township, who has just gradua
ted from Trinity College, returned
home this week. The Enterprise is
glad to tell the many friends of Mr,
Starnes around Prospect and Beth
lehem that he made good at Trinity,
He won many college honors. The
Trinity College Annual featured him
as follows: Rutherford College. Vice
president class, 1; president, 2; soph
omore debate; winner sophomore de-
hate prize; Inter-society debate, 3;
T inity-Washington and Lee varsity
debate, 4; general debater's medal
3; Chronicle board, 3; Chanticleer
board, 34; assistant business mana
ger Chanticleer, 3; business manager,
4; censor Columbian literary society
2; secretary, 3; vice president, 4;
president, 4 ; commencement marshal
1; chief com. manager, 3; college
marshal, 2 3 4; Y. M. C. A.; treas
urer, 2; chairman bible study com
mittee, 4; ministerial band; president
Greater Trinity Club, 4; classical
club; president Rutherford College
club, 4; president Union County club,
4; Tombs; Red Friar. We under
stand that Mr. Starnes has been of-
fered the presidency of a well known
Institution of learning in Western N.
Carolina.
Xcw In Force Which Permits
Natioiu-.l Ik'.uks to I.o;;n on Five
Years Tiie tor Improvement.
Comptroll-r of the Currency Wil
liams yesterday estimated that al out
J500.OOO.tM.il in National bnnks
throughout the United States is avail
able for farm mortgage loans under
the provision of the Federal reserve
act making it possible for National
banking escalations to lend money
on improved farm lands.
Scores of Inquiries concerning this
provision reach the Treasury Depart
ment daily and there does not seem
to be a reneral understanding that
the farm loan clause of the act is
now in force and makes it possible
for National banks to make farm
loans before the formal organization
of the Federal reserve board.
The estimate of Comptroller Wil
liams is . based on reports showing
the capital stock and surplus of
National banks to be $1,777,000,000.
Twenty-five per cent of this amount
or $444,250,000 is available for farm
loans. Furthermore, the Federal re
serve act provides that National
banks may grant farm loans up to
33 1-3 per cent of their time de
posits. Banks with large deposits
will be able to far exceed the sum
they could lend on farms under
the 25 per cent clause and the esti
mate of Mr. Williams is believed to
be conservative.
Farm loans under this act are not
to be made for longer than five year3
and the amount of each loan is not
to exceed 50 per cent of the actual
value of the farm offered as security.
MOXKY T 1 1 ELI FAKMEP.S.
Live Bits of News Picked Up in and
.AiMitit incate.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Wingate, June 18. Her friends
will be glad to know that Miss Rosa
Womble has fully recovered from her
recent Illness.
Messrs. H. K. Helms and J. J. Per
ry went to Raleigh Wednesday on
business.
Mr. John Q. Griffin has been right
sick for the past week. "Uncle
John" has the heartfelt sympathy of
all bis friends in his affliction and
hope for him a speedy recovery.
Dr. "Billy" Perry of Chesterfield,
S. C, was in town Tuesday on a visit
to the home of his father, Mr. W. M.
Perry, and to see his sister, Mrs.
Bunyan Gaddy, who is in feeble
health. '
Mr. Q. Marshal Stewart, our wide
awake townsman, has recently added
one more to our already splendid list
or touring cars. Bro. S. will be per
mitted to open his mouth, just a lit
tle, while he tours. Better not go to
extreme, however, for Solomon said,
He that keepetu his mouth (shut)
and his tongue (still) saveth his soul
from trouble. See?
Workmen have begun the erection
of Mr, A. F. Green's handsome five
room cottage on the north side of
Central street Just east of the post
ofllce.
Mr. D. Arthur Evans Is still com
plaining of his wound. He fears that
there Is still some foreign substance
remaining which has eluded the keen
vision of the surgeon. He is not cer
tain, however.
Mr. Jas. A. Liles, our stable man,
took a trip through Stanly county a
few dajs ago. His object was bus!
ness and pleasure combined. Among
other prominent places, he visited
Palinerville and Baden, a ntw town
Just springing up near the famous
Narrows on the Yadkin river. He
says the Bights and scenes nbout that
place are simply wonderful and that
any one who has not recently done so
will be handsomely repaid for a visit
to this celebrated region.
Mrs. J. D. Sullivan has been right
sick for some days but report says
that she is better at this writing.
O. P. TIM 1ST.
LOOK OUT FOK NEW MONEY.
If Crisp New Bills Begin to Float
Y'our Way Don't Be Afraid to
Nail 'Em.
Millions of dollars in paper money
of a new type soon will be put into
circulation upon the establishment of
the reserve bank system. Each of
the twelve federal reserve banks will
receive advances from the federal re
serve board in the form of federal re
serve notes, a new kind of paper
money. Commercial paper will be
collateral advanced by the various
banks as security for these notes.
Comptroller of the Currency Wil
liams has samples of new $5, $10,
$20, $50 and $100 notes. The sam
ples probably will be officially ac
cepted after members of the federal
reserve board have been confirmed
by the senate and can confer with
Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller
Williams concerning the now notes.
The $5 sample note has portrait of
Lincoln, the face and the back shows
a harvesting machine, and alegorlcal
figures typical of farming. The $10
note bears a portrait of Cleveland
and a manufacuring scene. The $20
bears Jackson's portrait and is typi
cal of commerce. Grant's picture is
shown on the $50 note and Frank
lin's portrait adorns the $100 bill.
Both of these larger bills are typical
of the arts.
Death of an Infant.
Correspondence of The Journal.
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Conder died last Friday
night. The little one's life was a
short one, still it was long enough to
twine its way around the heart chord
of those who were near It. May God's
richest blessing rest sfid abide with
the bereaved ones and comfort them.
Ioks Better to Dr. Flow.
Monroe, N. C, June 18, 1914.
The Commercial Appeal,
Memphis, Tenn.
Dear Sirs:
With a few isolated exceptions, the
rains have been ger-ral over the
county the past week. These be
lated rains have not only been bene
ficial to cotton but have made possi
ble the planting of a corn crop
Prior to their advent, very little
ground had been prepared for this
crop, and a very large per cent of
it yet remains to be planted. From
observation and Inquiry It Is con
eluded that there is to this date 85
per cent of a stand of cotton, and
that from this there must be grown
the 1914 crop of the county. Fully
55 per cent of this showing is from
quite recently germinated seed in
fact, from seed germinated since the
13th. Rapid cultivation, proper sea
sons, and a late frost are, emphati
cally, prime factors In this year's
crop equation. Condition to date 68
per cent. Very truly yours.
GEO. E. FLOW.
President Charges Big Business With
Interfering.
President Wilson made the direct
charge Monday that sentiment in
favor of postponement of the admin
istration trust legislation programme
was the result of a campaign by cer
tain interests and Intimated that it
was the cause of the "psychological
business depression" of which he re
cently spoke.
In support of the President's view
the White House made public copies
of letters and telegrams circulated
atuong business men, calling for ad
journment of Congress without com
pletion of the trust bills, praying for
the freight rate Increase asked by the
railroads of the Inter-State Com
merce Commission and calling for a
halt of the "attacks on business."
the starving i.ases wix.
The I'i'i-iiiier of Filmland Yestertluy
DeeMod to Give Tliem mi Audience.
London Dispatch, June 18th.
Premier Asqulth has capitulated
to the suffragettes. He has consent
ed to receive a deputation of East
End working woman in Downing
street Saturday.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurt's attempt to
carry out a threat of a hunger strike
at the entrance to the House of Com
mons until the Premier yielded to
the demand that he listen to a dele
gation of women was largely respon
sible for the Prime Minister's deci
sion. The victory is a distinct one.
because Sylvia Pankhurst was ar
rested about a week ago for attemp
ting to lead a procession of East End
women to Westminster to demand
the audience which Mr. Asquith has
promised.
MISS PANKHURST RELEASED.
Holloway Jail opened its doors to
night to release Miss Pankhurst,
weak and pale after her eighth suc
cessive hunger strike. The militant
leader drove to Westminster and re
buffed Kier Bardie's efforts to per
suade her to go home. She was sit
ting on the steps of the Central en
trance to Parliament House, propped
up with cushions and supported In
the arms of friends when Mr. Lands
bury came out with the news that
Premier Asquith had surrendered.
The militants plans were arranged
effectively. When their leader emer
ged from Holloway jail on the arms
of two attendants, a motor car was
waiting filled with cushions. Two
nurses took her in charge. A group
of militants had gathered outside
Westminster, and when the car drove
up they cried:
"Here's Sylvia."
A large force of police was on du
ty, but they made no objection when
the automobile entered the palace
yard under Big Ben. This is the
members private entrance and al
ways has been frbidden ground to the
militants. Crowds began to assem
ble and the police were reinforced.
Kler Hardie emerged from the
house bareheaded and talked with
Miss Pankhurst. Then, with the
chief of police. Mr. Hardie made
three Journeys between the car and
the house, obviously acting as a go-
between in the negotiations. Sylvia
talked with him in a weak whisper.
Seemingly the independent Labor
member's efforts were a failure, for
after the third conference Miss Nora
Smythe, Miss Pankhurst's lieuten
ant, announced to the bystanders:
"We are going to the House of
Commons to sit on the steps."
Mixed Up Willi Snakes.
Mr. J. D. C. McCain of Jackson was
in town yesterday and reported that
while In Lancaster last Saturday he
saw the officers carry Walter Stack
to jail, with "the bracelets on." He
described the scene very graphically
to a large number of citizens tempo
rarily seated around the courthouse.
While here he al.'o took occasion to
clear up some other matters In which
he and the Waxhaw paper are having
trouble. Mr. McCain claims that a
moccasin five feet long tried to take
charge of the spot where he is accus
tomed to water his mule on Cane
creek, and that he finally got so tired
of seeing that snake hang around
there that he brought his pistol down
and shot him. The Waxhaw paper
claims that in the dispute tho snake
ran J. D. C. into the creek. We do
not know the merits of this contro
versy, but we will say for the bene
fit of Mr. McCain that he acts mighty
straight about it, for before begin
ning his statements he had sub-re
corder McNeeley to swear him that
he would tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.
Having cleared up the snake mat
ter, Mr. McCain took up the matter
of politics and office holding and an
nounced that he wanted to see the
position of "cupboard keeper" abol
ished.
Where the Law Is Wrong.
Albemarle Enterprise.
One of the most pitiful sights the
editor of The Enterprise ever witness
ed occurred a short time ago in the
court room of Stanly county. A lad
not more than ten or twelve years
old was put on the witness stand to
testify against his father. The fa
ther was doubtless a worthless fel
low. The boy also might have been
worthless for that matter, but that Is
foreign to the point. The boy's eyes
continually flashed from the father to
the prosecuting attorney. The young
witness showed plainly that he had
been coached to say what would be
beneficial to the man. A close obser
ver could tell Just as plainly that In
many statements, the boy was testi
fying falsely.
Why should the law permit such
things to go on? It's natural for a
boy to want to help his father, even
If the father be a debauched criminal
To put a child on the stand In cases
of this kind is to force him to tell a
He. There Is no way around it. It
is unjust, degrading and should not
be permitted.
Many boys are started In the
wrong direction by Just such meth
ods. Should the boy tell Ihe truth in
rases of this kind? Should he diso
bey the threatening commands of his
rather? What should he do? He is
between a raging volcano on one side
and the roaring waters on the other.
A human being is a peculiar machine
To do a thing a second time is usual
ly easier than to do it the first time.
To make it easier for him to do a
thing the second time, should the
State make him begin?
Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Stack,
a son.
mexkmx Pi;mu:i deiicah..
The liincton torn miiiii nt jo .a
Little l!oM fiil or Sue"e of M. ill
ation The Klteet of the Split lie.
tween ( airniia and Villa.
Washington Dispatch. June 1Mb.
Admistration official:' tonight
characterized the Mexican situation
as extremely delicate.
This comment referred particular
ly to the mediation conference which
will be resumed tomorrow at Niaga
ra Falls. It also applied to condi
tions in Northern Mexico growing
out of the action of General Villa in
demanding complete military control
in the campaign against General Hu
erta.
Hope for the success of mediation.
however, was not abandoned, accord
ing to persons in close touch with
the Administration. This hope was
said to be largely based on develop
ments in the Constitutional ranks.
the view being held here that person
al squabbles among Carranza's fol
lowers had been nipped, enhancing
the chances of an agreement being
reached on a provisional president
of Mexico and of checking Internal
Mexican hostilities. Huerta's Niag
ara Falls delegates having failed to
Induce the United States to accept
their so-called compromise candidate
for the provisional presidency, it was
reported here, might yield to some
one suggested by the United States
even if he bore the stamp of tue Con
stitutionalists in order to hold up
the military campaign against Mexi
co City.
VIILA'S LATEST PLAN.
Credence was given here to re-
pprts from the Mexican border that
Villa had proposed to Carranza that
there be a division of civic and mili
tary operations. Villa to command
the military and Carranza to remain
in charge of government affairs. The
message Is known to have come from
Villa to friends In the United States
in w hich he explained that his action
In Imprisoning some of Caranza's
subordinates was not a direct slap at
the first chief but merely to check
more serious ruptures. Several mes
sages were received at the State De
partment indicating that differences
between Carranza and Villa had been
adjusted.
The chief subject discussed today
In official quarters and also among
Carranza's agents in Washington.was
the action of General Villa In Chi
huahua. Information reaching offi
cials here with respect to the arrest
of Constitutionalist officials there by
Villa's order, was that Villa acted
within his authority. It was assert
ed that Villa acted in his capacity us
Governor of Chihuahua.
Evidence of the desire of the Hu
erta Government to avoid nny condi
tional Issue with the United States
Government has been afforded by the
release of F. J. Smith, an American,
who had been under arest on the
Mexican West coa.t on a charge of
being Implicated In the killing of
three Mexicans who attacked his
home.
It lias been reported that General
Caranza has received the commission
appointed soiiip months ago to ascer
tain factrt' collected with the death
of the British subject, Benton, and
the American citizen, Haueh.
District Meeting MaiTin- at Polk
ton. Messenger and Intelligencer, 18th.
Miss Mary Kennedy Little de
lightfully entertained Tuesday even
ing In honor of Misses Sloan, Jack
son, Woodhouse, Ttllinghast, Red
wine, Smith, Ledbetter, and the
Misses Home.
The district meeting of the Wo
man's Missionary Societies of the
Charlotte District will be held in
the Methodist church here June 24th
and 25th. Thirty or more delegates
are expected to attend this meeting
from the various auxiliaries in tha
district. Mrs. Plato Durham, the
conference second vice president will
address the Young People's Society
Wednesday evening.
Mr. T. R. Troutman and Miss Ma
bel Bennett will be married this
evening in the Presbyterian church
at Polkton. Rev. G. C. Brinkman
will perform the ceremony. Miss Ben
nett is the charming and culviated
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Ben
nett. Mr. Troutman Is a prominent
young buslnes man, being cashier of
the Bank of Polkton. Friends and
relatives from many parts of North
and South Carolina will attend.
Two Killed on Account of a Banana.
Two men are dead as a result of a
revolver battle at Milner, Ga., Sunday
and a third Is in Jail.
Dr. Momer Maddox and Harry Bar
ry, a merchant, quarrelled over the
alleged taking of a banana by the
physician from the latter's store, the
result being that Barry was shot five
times and died almost Instantly. Rob
ert Barry, a brother, appeared and
asked the physician to care for the
wounded man. Dr. Maddox is said
to have refused and was shot three
times, dying a few hours later. Rob
ert Barry is under arrest.
Both Feared and Hated.
Biblical Recorder.
The tattler may be very Interesting
and versatile, but he is nevertheless
feared and hated by the best peopfe
in his community. How can tattling
be suppressed? By adopting gener
ally and Individually the following
resolution which has been tested and
efficacious: "I will never repeat any
rumor which may cause pain or af
fect adversely a man's standing In a
community until It has been subject
ed to three tests: Is it true? Is it
kind? Is It necessary?"