North Carolina Newspapers

A blue mark here tuea.ia that the sub scriber to this copy of The -News U be lli nd on subscription Please make a pay ment as soon as con venient. 1 POL. XYAVT MOUJVl AIRY, JVORTE CAROLINA, THURSDAY FEB III! A R 1 ?i' V0. II I 1 II I I . 05- TO PARTITION MEXICO FOR A MISSION FIELD. Dencminjaticim tn America Ex, pect to Emerge With Mission Schools, Etc. Whatever may be the political ouitcome of the turmoil below tin? Itio Grande, radical religious oon RaqiK'ru'oa are certain. The with drawal of all the Americain, mis sionaries, t the request of the Washington tfoveromnent, haa male pwssbile a frtvsh start, on ta iwiw,, broad and co-operative y is Is, when order has been re stored. Tlie results . uf this pe riod of emforcwl inactivity on the part of the missionaries will bear K eater fruit than years of the old kind of mission work. A few dujyH aigo there was tadd am New York city a conference: of the officials of the various missionary Innards which conduct work ui Mexico. These comprise the Haptiist, the northern aind southern Methodist, the northern 0 smdj southern Presbyterians and' the Disciples of Christ, The con ference agreed to feaiinortion the I Workl of t.heir Tmrssnons ataiuunv- i i - !!i.llu,ltlmt. r ri of X . p r v f U m favof .such nuhcal measurea, ho.s- fntals, mission presses ami even theological semmanea. The program laid dorwn contem plated a divunooi of Mexico into zones, each zone to foe worked hy only one (h'nomiination, the others keKipLrgi out. "When it is considered that this moans the abaTiKloffimeinit of historic mission .stations lv some lKard and thmr workers ' Ktation.s and institutions that have pose?wel' pixyiona ak ftooiations 'nt will 1)e seen that thu new movement recreants real (tlirwtian sacrifice. 0 Ju-ft this sfrt of thiing- 9 wliet prec?ptatel the K,kuyu controver- y that 13 nonv, rarahmf in Great vice, in wlOii two .A;Ifernrt)h-eAl; ops iTtrticijvLted. Thus raised a &tonn of protect from the High Chlurch winij? and a division of the Anglican fihurch Is really tiivfltMiT n n result. But there Are no Protestfiult Ejpiscipal nnissioiiB in Mexico; and church sentiment irii America favors the reeopnition of other ixxlies. TIih? "(Iiurchmau" is out iwith an editorial ajxproviiiiK the Kiktuyu conference. Tin overwhelming sentianent of American .Christiana favors all measures that inatoe for Christian unity. The mission boards face tlie serious silt .nation that they nvouhl have to answer their con st.it ucneies for any jnvdles ex pe ml ft ure in the duplication of work done by 1 their biwlies. So the Mexican project, which is at Wsitf a movenirnt in belrilf of eifificieiicy as well as Christian unity, has the sirpjutrt of the khonie church. The New York conference aiifpo;iitcd a siib-eoin-Qit.tee, which is nw elalorntiiag fie details el' the pl'Ul. The stride that are heiiijr inade in church co-i i -i-.it imi arc trreater than ill" puhl'e. redi.es. . Thus th" northern and sfiithein Mithudits have a joint hi'h court, which recently decreed that in every conference there should 3e a joint ceiiiinittre to confer over quest u ns arUia'rg from the existence of the two hodies in the same commninity. They took the advanced ground 1hat in any ni'ighibuhoiil where there is now a northern church, there honld no southern church he pei'snitted to cinne in; aid where there is already a south ern Methodist church, no north ern Methodic e.i:!.grrga.th-n shall (he organized. Kven niore advanced ih-s .oiues from Africa. P.ishep Lain-I.n-rli of the South'Tii Metlnd'st church, has gi-n- to the station onjiid 'aptain Coweu the ( 01 "go where a new mission Is behmr organized. Tlie singular thirg about this 1 xi'tlitim to the heart of equatorial Africa us that the native workers who will 1m gin the Southern Mcthodi-l, en teriirlst. aiv trained evangelists from the Southern PreslhyN-nan mission (t. Liu-bo. on the fVi'ir;. Thta niennn that the Methodises, j with ilwdr hUtork- doctrines, are; t'2J fraki to iiumiguraTo ineir utons with men traiiwd in Pibtverian theolocy It also i tneans that the Predbytcriatis -and the Methodists L'lve become such good mcig.hbors that the formn-r would freely give of thes workers whoim ther have been at pa his to educate to heljp start a virgin en terprise for the MethotlLrts. America's Job in Mexico. There w a. great l,al of quiet talk' annong informed persons that the real task in Mexico re.-tfs with the American chunch rather than with the war or state de parfcment. Them will newr be sit alb le conditioTi.s below the llio fi ramie until the fjwolt have be come enlightened and educated and infused with the ioVal of a free and intelligent nation. ThU is slow woiflc. It will take at kat a pen e ration. The only fluency now in sight fir impart ing the ihenessary training h the missionary arwt educational pro paganda of the American! Protes tant churches. All of the de nominations that work in Mex ico at the present time maintain schools for training? in secular (education, as well as for religious instruction. That thw is no long- on to he carried on in hit-or-uuss style, but according to one co- . . oiiinaieu pian, witn a central co- I operative direction, means more for Mpxi tan somv of the hat tu, alout which the tell. Tliie schwrne that is to Ik un dertaken in Mexico in not new in mission Annals. Konsa is w di videl amoing' certain minion lwamls, prn-ipally the. Mthodlst and Prcshytfriwr, that it is the most wiece.ss.ful misnion field on earth. Similarly the United Pretsbyterians have Iwn permit ted to occupy E&v.pt alone, and the Dutch Reformed church has tAkeii Arabia for its own special territom-. Missionary leadvrs declare that only the cowertnd adtion of all of thilm cant arouse the Am ei roan churches to tlie inrl3 of Mexico. A ud only, cortnlbiiied effort coirid poXB rtosrttrtate in the uew plan, whieh is a whole generation a heai of the thiiitking of crtaiai small groups. Tht? agnxmeit u that each ilenoinination should tnisit the other tv interprvt Chris tianity anlep.iately. Plunges 600 Feet to Death. San Diego, OaL Feb. fl. Li-ut. Henry H. Post of the First Aero Corps, considered one oif the mofst skillful Fiutel Static Army aviators, tcKlay pliu!gel to lus death in Sa.n Dieuro Bay when the right winig of his h'ydro-aero-i!.ne enimtpU'd. Po-t died af ter estahlishiii'g am American, al titude record of 12.1'JO fetit. He fell C00 feet into shallow water Wild man, another aviator, reeh ed the, scene in a flyirx loat. PoM." left th-' North Island hangars at 8 :")() o'clock after Iiaving declared Ills intention to 1 break the American altitude re-J cord of hydrieaen-plain s. With-; in an hour lnv had attained a height, nf 12,120 feet, the ban-!iti graph (showing this figure when I'ecovt red fn in the w n .'1 l'e. A t rirs of wide-pira'.s was a fca-; tlll'e of the d 'scent, the machine appealing to be under perfect control. When within Oxi feet f the water the pl.'ll.e was seen to citllaj se, tin u caret n. The in t ii'tii t the pilot was hurled from Irs seat and the machine plui'l.'eil downuaid like 1 bii l'o-t fell into fie feet water, the wreck ft I craft d pearing from igll a few dltant. ('apt. Arthur iS. Coweii, t. of ap- feet lif.-i.t the ti tlie inf the first eoi-jis, d.e lllaehille whieli l'o-t Wi was stilely respiiiiAibh i ft d j pn fur fatal acieidi ut. "The man had the natural ability of a b irn flier, ai d it had to take the breakage 1 f 1 1 mai-hiiie to cause his tb-ith." est is the sixth Armv avntor attached to the Fir-t Aero (1onps fl ing the Army tHi ef ma chine to meet death sin-e the school was establ!iel. i xtooseveit 10 oiump Maine icr..'iar in-anl the eonversaT nut on rrogTelve Ticket. Portland, Maine, Feb. f. Col. Roosevelt will stmnp Maine next fall in behalf of the Progressive State tinket, awonliiitg to an un nouneeineiit by (eorg W. Per kins, chairman of the national 1 Prkg restive excoutive committee. DEAD Tubes Oontaining: $100,000 Worth Had Been Applied. Baltimore, Md., Fen. ."). RolK-rt; (iium I'remner, memlH-r of Con gress from the Seventh New Jersey district and editor of the Passaic Daily Herald, died today of caneer at a local sanitarium, where he had1 been undergoing radium treatment since last l)e eefinlier. lie had been suffering from the disease for four yars. Mr. Krennncr was tluirty-nrne years old ajul inarriiNl. He came to a sanitarium here to try the radiiua treatment after physioian.s in this country and Kurope vain ly had tried to cure him. It was foairnl that the disease had made such kumads that the fight a- Igaiikst death would be made with all the odds wgaiiuNt 15 re inner. Ho was oirtitaLstk', however, and tilea containing $100,000 worth of radium were ajilieHl to the Igrowth. For a time the patient seumed to improve and meJiilers of hw family frequently ex pressed the belief that he 'would recover. Ty cluing' to this hope imO a few days ago, wlmn he was seized with a sinking spell, l-rcni that time on Mr Breniuier grtAv steadily weaker, '.although, he several times rallied hi a surprising manner, aided hy his strong vitality am! pcwerful wall. In his last days of s'ckne-ss Mr. Hrenmer still fought on, and insisted that he would get well. He declarel Uiat he wanted to igo haok to Congress to fight for a bill to have a government own ed radium institute m that this mineral could be at the disposal of the rich and poor alike. Mr. I 're inner was a warm nersonal frin-.d of Presidtnt WiLson, who was keDt constantly advised nissawr vji sym pathy paid encourgdtment. Mr. Brtanner's election' to Corxgrcss was accomplished while he lay in bed ill. He did not make a speech. The election was said to have been a tribute to his plueJc. Mr. Brennner was a native of Keiss. Caithness, Sootland, wheme his family emigratnl to Canada when he was a youth. Debate on Gccd Roada Bill. Washirigton, Feb. 7. Tlie hone inlay eoniduded general debate on the goo 1 roads bill ainproftyiat irg .(MXVU'O for federal .lid to the states in load; construetion. Itspas!ii'e n ':t wei k is ln-li 'Vt 1 to he vin'.'ially eertnin. K.prcsentative Kent, of 'U fornia. ti'iliy attackid the bill as a " p irk barrel " measure, de s'ginil to pit.-li up polifi.-al ft lic es ai:d oroli tt-rtcru: ! it leal or janiat i. ns. " lb prcM'iitative l'avue, 1 f New York declare ! that it was the ; f . .nnnii g if annual aj ipropriat-1 wii 'h in time wi aid n-a-h '. strpend, r.i.N pri jo.s;t nil's, tn I'lvvdci t Wi! A tr.l .it ft at 111 1 d a tie A-ui !! :he I bate. "I am c .I'll ;' . ll of UeiH eN 1 a- :an;i. d.ir'i.'j ii v !ie,.,. In ! I e I 1 1 i . ' t M 1 1 . th.- "tin' if tie' g lo will b.' I', I'll ;h,-,,d a.'ii'H. -,!.!;e. ;!irii'irt,i!- 1 !' t! re has wn .i m-t 1 a in: n 1 1 no ii tty or ', f 'uiiiiual iii-hlc i:issioi:, a man ; elriraeter and unci m All political nart;e inon i'.irit . here f-e. :r,li that thi r. :n u lei! 1- 111 h t !-i 11 ! 1 ''Tineat the with the Tfe and spirit Mt'po ha: us a !iir.:i'ti;it;rn 1, Burgular Called Over the Phone to Ascettain the Status. Am K!i.ab. tl mils a jilmiie d. 1 e,. , f Mr. I that place, mo t'it I.eWs l'l'lll II it the rc.-i- M. McekillS of ; night veeelttl.v, ' found Mr. Mcekii a buiv.rular viittd terinir thr .i:.gh a aliselit. Liter, tlie holle. ell" ! ba'-k tloorJ Members t f the win il he eliteret family heanl h':n ! and ealletl iiohce j hi-ad'nuaiters for help. The bur-' the phono, it is Miiixetl. and fled 'before the wlice could ar rive. It b believl that the bkir irlar called for Mr. Meek ins on the phone and finding him ab sent "'iid the visit; which is fiurgestive of one method of util izing the phone. RADIUM PATIENT IS OF CANCER. The Greatest of All Battleships. Twenty-four years ago the Fif tyifinst congress of the, United iStaUw ivuthoriziid the construc tion, of a trio of bittleshiiw the 'famous Oregon aiul her almost ejiwdly famoiw sister bhijw. the lassjichusi-tts aaitl the .ludiai.u. nie news of th authorization eairsed a seasjitioii throuout the world, for tho jxjwers recog nized the bkl of the United States for sea power of the first ortler. ToLy the class i ulsolete. Simie her lay the iwtvy hits been augmeiitod by many shijw repre senting a stride forward in bat tle i ffieieney over tho shij of the class itimnediately preceding. And luxw, Nav.s the New York i i'liies, comet "No. '.VJ," the very last word in naval eonstriietion, a ship the tonnage of M'hkch is greater than the combined ton iwige of all the ships of the Ore gon class of IN!), a ship whose main battery of twelve fourteen inch (giuia would send to the bottom f the sea an entire squad ron oi Uregons. Tall as a Forty Story Skyscraper. No. 39 will take her place three yearn hence as a unit of the first division of the United Suites fleet, a fltn-t the first tbree klivisions of which will then be made upi mitirely of bat- tltnij of the all big gum type ami tf which No. 15!), stKn to" be nametl the North Carolina, the Ariyxiivi or the Now Mexieo, will be tho fleet flagship. A sky.sKraper of the height of the new battleship would be abej-ut forty stories. At the point of her greatest width the ship will be almost half a city block wkle-. With her 31,4"K) tons, No. 33 will bo several lnuidreil tons grmter m diplaenent than the Oregon Aud he' ister Hmi. the Japan Nearest Rival. Of all the great nuival powers Japan comes nearest to possess ing a ship thuit will equal b. size the coming giant of the Unit ed States ntiVy. In the number (yf vessels of the Dreadnjought Hypes, built or building, the Unit ed States is still far ahead of the island empire. Japan has on the ways, however, a quartet of splendid super-Dreadnoughts, all of 30,0H) t jus displ'ieemiint, or within 1,400 tons odf No. 3!t. ti ..e v. 'j wii; be niade uii tyclve teen-mch gums ot the imi pow erful tpe the goft'eitimeait can turn out. They will lie moutititl three to a t'urnt, two turrets .for-w-til and two aft. Furthermore, these turn ts are so placid that all twelve f the great guns can b used in a single brvnUid".' either to (nut or starboard. The new xuper-Dreadnought will eirry a splendid seeonni.ary bat 1 1 1 if twenty-two five-lnr-h I irniK III :t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1, tit toUC SUll- nieig d toi"jiish tubesi. Approx ''iri'elv l.otKi . fl'ieer.s and men will be n-iinn d to man Wh -!i in ci,"ii'.u:shii .hf will o. t he giiVeHUIH lit ilk the II ! Ii, t d of 1 0.000 .eoo her. lave "urh- W:'t- Tec Lrrg t: Make Prcm-1 uei Ccnfessicn. j Siitfii.isr fit hi. Mo., Fob. . That he had livid for vears uudiT the ! : m d nam.' f .I. H. t-'toner. 1 . , i hat he h;il a c 1 Ll'eS.s'ii!', ,,1 ,1, lie would make le fore b d ; wort's of .1 . 11 .1 .i;i 1 r, 1 1 y eai i ni, 110 the l'-al hovp'rt .!. L'i r w a t, d day aft: r la r;g tie :.::t!iorit!cs that h- di. 1 a' ; : .!'i.;!:g wi uid ma fore hi-' tempted t ' t 1- coiitt s:on tie ith, 1-iit wilt 11 he at m ike a st.sti -nit :.t he V;h too Weak He tnetl to iur- ui-h nam . 1... 1. ,..,,.: ,1 .,,, I it,ij the OH' lll'11'H..ll itlli itil.ui n t f some of his relatives but Iloile W.l.s folllhl at the i'd 1 reuses he gave. Holii't'er was M ,.:iltl,v II.. i.uii.il a farm of 4(i0 acres in Christian county, .bnit ; attunpted tt "escae as did Fer lived in apparent iHA t rtf; !,'); namb z ltf were overcome. in eurreney was fmiml in his I ' trousers when he was taken to the: "FixaH" will make old woo. I hospital- ! work b k like new. A wonnaai He had lived alone in a little lint near Swan, a village in Chris tian county. 50 PERISH DN TUNNEL. Passenger Train , Plunges Into Burning Tunnel with Terrible Results. ,, , , , sahiihgton, reb. 8. All those aboard the ill-fited- J.'tscier train which collidcxl with geven. burning freight cars in Cu-mbre tunnel npyir to have perish!. They '1 cj 'cd at least eight A rneriea . :. .d 150 Mexicans accord ing to adis-patch from American Consul at Chihuahua. The dipatcli, lated today, gave information bnnght to Chihua hua by iN'rsons who had just, ar rrvcul from Madera the nearest point to the tunnel. 2lr. Kdwanls sahl that it had been jxwitively estahlishetl in the latest, telegram received from near the scene of the disaster that tho train was not held up by the bandits before it entered the tunnel and that it was also known that the bandits hid departed ahout two hours before the train entered tlie south end of the tun nel. Several stock, cars had been set on fire at the north end which, ignited the tunnel and it is the supposition of those near the scenei that tlie nassencrer train ran into and collided with the l)urnkif cars. Tlie Consul &Jiid opinion was divided as to whether or not the bandits intended to destroy lives. Secretary Bryan was busy at the State Dtipartment all day answer ing messages of inquiry concern ing Ainericans and telegraihimr instnietions to the nearest ('on- suLs. Charred Bcnes Are Found. Cumbre, Cliihuahua. Mexico. Feb. 8. Nothing but charred hojies antl b ittons were found hv Milintyivr'-xj ryv wVCracea the Cumbre tunnel frcm the south portal a far as the locomotive and first two cars of the passen ger' train whieh entered the burn ii!i? cavern. These are supposed to be the reui-iins of the engineer and fire man of tha ill-fated passenger train. They were probably kill-t-kl when tlieir engine crashed in to the burning freight train, which had been pushed into the tunnel by Castillo' bandits sev eral hours before, it is said. Now it is believed that every f:our-iim.huli r thi ah(ar1 thp train when it bushed' into the tunnel last Welnesdav night are (The new onlmaiive wnll do Hway iL'jid. but wh-ther the train was with this and the coloretl man hurried into the tunnel to t I 'ho now g.-s to the expre.s.s of ca.Hp being captured by Castillo's "fice after whiskey uiill iniimd bardits or sent heallo'iig- to its i'lttdy be arreted and taken be-.!estj-uctitn by the bandits mayjfore the mayor to be tried fr never be known. (vagrancy. As an evidence that Kntranee to the portal will not the recent stringent laws of the be puN-ibl,. until tomorrow niirht ! Newln-rn aldenm-n hare h;:il the at the eirliest and probably notjefftet of decrea.sii:g the amount until the next tlav. as tlt heavy j of whiskey sent to this city, it, is timberiiiL' still is' biiriiinc. The:b-arned that lmni-g the at rescuers h. todav went in at! the south cud found their way .groat ly iinpeihd by not only the iron frame work of the hurn-d ears, I nt by great ma-s. s of arti. and n-ck whieli had fallen fri'iii the roof of the t.unntd. The wr.'ckatrc is coven tl b from five to 10 feet of, earth and the tidy hope of finding any btdie.s is that tiny may have been covered with earth bi fore havii'ir bet 11 reaclhd by the Nanus, whieli is net prolelMe. Ill tin whole d:.-v;t!:vf travtiMil to day not a particle ;f the wo:d work of all the cars burned was found. Th.- only re.-ogiiiz.-ihlf bei! thii far r-eovered I that i . 1 1 1 . 1 11 Fernandez, rear brak - m.in of the p i-s. 1 r train had t eaped to within 200 W 1 1 o f. it of the north iorta when he finalh si'ieeli III 'lei d. thinig in a sittii r p ture, with milt a nan. ther- . . 1 his me ami 1 4 ..... endeavor to save ., ... 1 .n. chief titd about i lilo nt Ii. in a vain . . . . Illinseil irt 111 oeinir siiouio-i " 1 the smoke and gas. It Is believed that all others in the train,, who wt re not maimed' reputcl to bejor kilh.l when the passenger train i hit the wrts-kage of the fn ight.' tean apply it ami make Jloors or furniture beautiful at small ctKt. All colors for sale at Earp's. 1 400,000 Praiiie Dcgs Killed to ! Save Forae- Washington, Feb. 7th. Four ! hundred tiiousaml jrairie dogs 'ln the Coeh.iioj.a iiul Dike Na tiona! f.n-ts in Uolonulo and the Tusayau and (.' -on ine forests Arizona have been, killed liy th" l''Vmt of agrwulture mve us eairiia.i.ri or i,frn. tion wa d"elared on the rodents, in a statement issued today, the department says that this" work was done at a cost of about 1'. 000, whieh is a m,"-. trifle when inr anil with the alue of th forage upon which the dogs liv ed It :s estimated that he for-J-g' whh be roderf b'vonnsl wied-1 hiv lev; iu-frcient for i'-mt I'.rO" s.h(, ;. aJ.ont J,. NH1 head of cattle, tallied a. $1."m).C0 V Carbon his-ulpiiide ainl strvch ninc m xed with hci'y oats' : th department' nif ns'of getting I'd of the Jogs tr. the Coeh etcpa f-.nt al'.ne last year thi surv.-y iisd :t"i.0t";n rmuiuLi 40.0(;0 pouikls of carbon bisul-phkh- and aUmjt l,KO0 ounees of stn-chnine. , The hides of th prairie d"rs are practically worthless in tins country, aecroding to the de partmenit. American aiwl Kinse- fish furriers secure better skin from Siberia for 5 cents a piece, and glove makers say that the shins are too wuall to be worked up economiclaly. An a nwult the department sa-s, no market fou the akin has been fouml. Can t Carry Whiskey Through Newbern Streets. Newbem, Feb. 8th. Following UI their action in the matter of arresting everj- lvrro who went to the express office to receive whiskey which haul beu order- from Vinrw'H a r" M-h , It a llnUllanoi, ...wttsrow vav cartons, in which the whiskey is shipped to th? streets. There 13 u city ordinance prrJibitin.g ij lie vehicles to drive through the streets with whiskey in them and also another prohibiting col orod women from carrying whis ikVy throntgh the city in any way. After these two ordinances had been pissed the whiskey pur cliasers got into the habit of go ing to tlie express office, stsuir iny their ankages of lipior and atfer discarding the oartons a- roiuvl the bottles would secret the litter abmit their persons and thu.s be able to elude tWc officers pwlio are sianontsi nisir ine oiucc. three weeks the shinments via the bav and Southern Express Company fallen off about '- jw-r cent are still l -creating. Notice. Hy irtue of a deed of trust I cXei'-llti d to llle b.V W. ( '. .lollll- ' Ntn and wife to secure a debt i f .17.1.00 dii- (irover Hatcher : on default in payment and upon I supplication of the holder of the jnote I will sell for cadi to the 'highest bid.ler 011 the 12th day i of March, iK-xt, in front of the town hall in Mount Airy the fol lowing real etate to w it : Parcel i f laml in Surry Coiin ' ty. North Carolina beginning n a stake on the e4it side of the l-'at'. (!.li road, dohll Yc.lllble'.S south t a1 corner and runs I.' ll . decrees east 1 1 ; chains to iil thiKV cast ;?.T7 lespies corner , . . fhait's t. iillc.Npie.s enniiT, tli . . ., . . .. north with K. ( . r.ats line . . , . . , , . : chains to stake 111 doritoiis thellee 1.20 line. thence West with Gordon's line and Veiiable's to the beginning, exo.pt a 14 foot wedge at tlie tri tl i t jiihtMluT 'Pit. t 4'ilt- of to satisfy the debt, intent atid ctst. This Feb. 10, 1914. J. If. Folger, Truslee. White Mmed, blue enameled sam-e wns 4 and o ,".. sit-s at Harp's, your choice 2.JC each.