North Carolina Newspapers

A blue mark here tiiea.ia that the sub scriber to this copy of The New is be hind on Bubscriptioa. Please, make a pay- meni as im as con lvenient. hi if i XXX IV MOUX1 AIRY, JYORTI1 CAROLINA,' Til URS DAY A MARCH If), WlJf. N0. 38 HI rra ) VANDERBILT ESTATE TO REMAIN INTACT. DeaUi of Mr. Vanderbilt Will Result in No Chang in Status cf Ilia Vart Ilcldiugs. Washington, March ltth. As stated exclusively in these dispatch- Monday morning the death of George Washington Van derbilt, which occurred at the Vanderbilt hou.se ori K street Fri day of last week, will cause no immeduite change in the status tuf hi vast, holdings of mountain, timber and agricultural land in western North Carolina, throingh acquirement thereof by the I'nit d State government for the purpose of assimilation into the .Appalachian forest reserve. With in a short time, it is ;uid, Mrs. Vanderbilt will return to Iiilt roore house and the affairs of the fn.a.te will be continued a in the past. "Mr. Vanderhilt's estate U the lessor of vast timber rights in this property to a lumber corpor ation at Pisgan foresst. Thfis tract, which is across the river from Brltmore, anid many times Harper, surround Mount PLsigah. In it are Mr. Vanderlnilt's game (preserves and' park of 20,000 deer and at the summit exf Mount lus- gah is his beautiful hunting lodge The l?ase. of the timber rights has nearly DO years to run. ar:d it was this factor in the problem of gov erranent acquirement which halt ed! negotiations .shortly before iMr. Vaniderbilt's death. The company leasing- the tim ber rights expivssed a willingness to divest themselves of tlm-ir rights m a large jortion of the tra't, and rii.M'il no ob'turn to overr.'ment acquirement, pro v id- k1 KiKh netiirerp: -t dif not ct-n Jrovent heir entlrfe' inttirest. The, -wast r" I'lft'"!',!! .l .iM'll .ft U with a wventitic regard for the preservation of tlie f.nrcts as such and under the terms of the lease no tree less than 16 inches m diameter of the trunk' five foet albove the ground 'ould be flit. In other words, the lea.s- prohiiliitetl "forest skinning." ,Tlie rojerty which the tract includes has been mistaken at times for tle P.i'lt.more property itself. Tlure is ih intention on the part of the government ac tually to purchase Piltmore. This 5,000 lucre tract, in which Ls situ ated the VanderbiR palace, and upon which there had ilso been stabli,hfd a magnifwent model farm, and a small city which the Vanderbilt esUite owix-d. aixl which iwludes a water ipart ment, gas, elwtric. lighting and wwer plwnt, lies on a Txiint of land; botween the French Broad and the S wanna noa riers. It is Imt two miles from the city of Aahe-ville. This is the projierty i wlik'h Mr. Vanderbilt lv his will has devised to his l,aughter. 0 It is regarded as likely, by North Carolinians in Washington intemttfd in th rovermnent ac imrement of moTe'lamls for the Apjpaloddiian forest reserve, to ha'vV' the government pursue its original intentaon. It is pointel out tli at to axiuire the' 17."),000 cre trwt now, the active lease to" the lumiber coiweTn couki not be aoconnplished under the tenms ff the existing forest r- law, be cause it is' thought that the con stUational rights of other citi zensi i1 othor sections of the United States would be invaded tiy thus creating a legal prefer ence for the benefit of the pres ent 'lessees. At the same time it Ls felt that Ihe Vanderbilt estate will hold thee lessees strictly to a-ecount for the presen-ation tf the' for ests from actual lamage through indiscriminate liimberijujf and pro tect them against fire, alu it has been suggested that negotiations be entereil into providing for rentual transfer of the tract to tVe government forest reserves upon the tennination of the pre.s i.t imber leases. A nuiiarkalily suootsvsful sur-Vx-al ojx'ration was jHrfonned in l-irs recently by Dr. Gustave Le ViUiiitre, in separating the three-'lontlis-old twins, Madeleim-iSu-7. a nne Dureixl. who -were bound together in the same manner as the "Siam,e Twins." Ex. MR. M'ADOO TO WED MISS WILSON SOON. President and Mrs. Wilson nounce Miss Eleancr's An-n- gag-ement to Secretary. Washingntn, March 13. "The iPreident and Mrs. Wilson an nounce the engagement of their youngest daughter, Eleanor Kan dolph, to Hon. William Oiiblw McAdoo." This announcement wm issued at the White House by Secretary Tumulty tonight, after u day of speculation in Capital, I fficiail audi stxnetyi circles over I the prospects for another White House weeding m June. For Weeks there have been ru mors that the President's daugh ter and the Secretary of the TrtiiftUiy would be married soon and in the past day or two there has been no denial that an announcement could be expected. The eract date of the wedding is not known, but it generally Ls believed it will be in June. There haa been extraordinary interest in the engagement a- mong officials and friends madv w 'inaoc and the by both Miss Y iLson l. aii in et otiK'er during the year they have been in the Capital. The youngest of the fumily, Miss Eleanor is wiid to be her fath er's fH-t, arwl there Ls a strong personal friendship between the President ami tbe man -who is to wed his daughter. M'adco Will Remain Treasurer. JieporU that Secretary- MAiloo would retire froon the Cabinet 'af ter his marriage, and perhaps become Ambassador to Fnunce, were et At rtt tonight by White House officials, who enn-jihatieaHy I aid that he was expected to re main at the head of the Trras i wry lejarTinent Mi Wili.t ;n l. ,.H.!),irtn ti .Mexico, while arraraza teenth, White Hoik bride and theLmnaim(l n 'f!;parative obscur- ecnn.r uf IV.. VK.'ilVly Oft tlie lWUU- IOx liave SO Kx wilt ire Mniiviim Ifaf. Vtf.r Mis Jessie Woodrow Wilsm be - came Mrs. Francis I'owes Savre uii the h.ivst rMn on Nov. 2."th. lasL Washington society has not been altogether unjirejuiMd for the news of the engagement for the cotijile have been seen to gether at many a datYV and so cial function. Though Secretary JlcAdiM is .i) years old and Miss Wilti.. Ol : .,4 4 t'. ..1. . the Stx-relary today s.n! he Ls as "vAi,r,ff OJ , f !! if . n infill li r.. lit- ; . . v, . fotixl of tennis and outdoor k;x)Hs ! ;d'y say the liandits were Mex an'tl played tennis often on the I Leans. white, House courts with Miss Wilson last Spring and Fall. ML-m Wilson hi athbtjc, a gixyl horse woman and delights in outdixir life. Close friends of the couple have kmwn ol the eivarjetrnent for some time. Walce Up! For years you've been asleeo to your own interests. Wake up, and. hustle for your own benefit. Do you realize that over one-half the fires that occur throughout the SUite are caused 1y ranik care lessjiess! It's m . Look u1 the records, if you don't believe it, anil they will astonish you; that's the reason our insurance rates are so high. If the care of property was more thoroughly gone into ami repanis made when ne.-dd and buildings not allowed to be come dilapidated and resit ly to fall down, they would not beeume fire.traps aril a place for the ac cumulation of trash. Trash thrown around invites fires MatehfH mproerly W or left aiaiiM, w ucrc rata ana mae. can nuxljle them, are another source from which innumerable fires are traced. Oily rags just put down for a moment, then forgotten. have caused thousands of dollars in fire loss. Hot a-lhes, burning brush or leaves, gasoline, or oils b ft exposed will take money out of your pocket -about as quick ly as it can be done and the money loss is not all. Thiidv of the lives that have been sacrifie- ed to carelessness. You can't re- place life like property, amd . no J lnsnraiwe you mav obtain will make your mind easy, if your dear ones are taken from you through your own failing to pro tect thtim by keejurig your pro Ierty free from fire caused by rubbish. VLLA WILL BE NEXT PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. That is His Ambition and it Will Remain So. Chihuahua, Mex., March 14. "Villa, the one-time bandit, will 1hi the ne.xt president of Mexico. That is his ambition, and despite all reortii to the contrary, it will remain his ambition until he either is dead, or president."' That declaration today was mad by a friernd so Hone to Jen cral Villa as to give authority to the assertion. Jt was prompt ed iiy rejM'rts that the coming to Chihuahun of (Jviieral Car rany.a, reeogrib-f d as the civil liead of the revolution was to Ibring about conditions mone satls fiwtory to foreign goveni.m!nts and to pla-e in the scat of au thority better ad-vwera than Cen tral Villa appears to have had in handling com plications growing out of tlie killing of William fs. JJenton, a Hrittsh subject. That Villa and Carranza might me't jandl that they miht publi'ly em ibra'e as an evidence of their j; perfec thannory waa given tut a possibility. Ctiirraniza Ls now on 'his way overland' from Son ora and a magnificent niarble building has beien prepared as th (xfit:ial residence in which he is to perfect the dVtails of govern ment. iut it was staTed em phati-allv that the coming- of!" itoonevelt ail lalt, nai ui ine Carraiwa was not to lessen ui anv M"t year of his term so sharply wav m twer tw wifhbvl bv proj:fl Utxm the public under- Villa, wiho for monln has been 1 - - - - . tlw-tator. "Ceneral Villa will remain su preme commander through the progress of the reliellion," said one, f his alvi.sers, "His suc cession of victories against tihe fderal anny; his sweinig away if the Huerta soldiers from the sofdiers ns to nrike his subordma !1'0" t any one else imp-rokible. Three Bandit3 Kill Lone Postmas ter; Burn Office. San Diego, Cal., March loth. Tile 1'nited Stated customs of- f u-e and postol'fice at Tecate were .uruetl 1 night atul the post - waster, Frank V. Johnston, was ! t'i .fn I n rr tk n.lt-L...a t-.i I li.vr.. tonight. Warren Widenback wtniru wrvfm nf tic trao- A eharretl American tlag was fount in the ruins cf Joluiston's store, which also was the custoens office and postoffice. A pavse started at tivbrtak in pursuit of the iMindits. tlohiuson it was learnt tl wis shot through the heart when he ri'iwd to give the combination of the safe. Elliott D. Johnsttyi, his brother, sent telegrams ttxlay to Secn-taiy Dryan, (Jov. Hiram W. Johnson at Sacramento and Representative Kettner, at Wasli- ington, demanding an invest Lga tion. He placed the responsibil ity for the tragedy on Mexiciuis. iMttcr feeling along the bonier, eAused by the trageib-y, was in U'lisifitd today when a newspa per jiotogrnpher on the Ameri can side was fired at by Mexi cans. H? was not injured.. Major Davis, cammardvr at Fort Iwists'rans, San Diego, with several officers arl a phtoon of mei' left for Tecate today by antomobiJe. Major Davis said he would conduct a rigid examina the dflpartnient coiumander at tion and report rmmedrutelv to S.n Frarwisiv Johnston's body was to San Diego today. 1) rou1,' it Rural Credits. Charlotte Observer. Commissioner Young savs if the fanners will organize associ ation Upon the principle of the building and loan associations, that tlliis will do much to educate them in saving systematically and in Wln'mur ,,tli,.r of the plan prxed by him, 1.000 shareholders would pay in $13.- take off $.H) for expenses, anil this would leave $1:1,000 to be loaned out. This amount, with WrroAving $4,000, would giv $17JHH) to be loaned each year. In five years this would amount to $N.0ul "ui anv county. WILSON. IIi First Year un-l Uor He Stands 0it in Contract With Rocsevtlt New York Sun. Within the briefi twelvemonth between the flaun and the Fisb vi, a new President of the irnit etd State, briJig'uiK to 1w office very- little previous politn-al ex perience, and no prsonal follow ing; to sp-ak of, has by his own force of character wrought an tin mens change in the course of pUUic, events. He has held an unwieldy (Vmgress to n-as-onably hannouiious wtiv'ity dur inif a vear of eontinuoiis work. He has made hi ins-If th ipH-ri ff his arty in a d'-grei perti i-ps never bs-fore witnessed in Wiwh ingtoa He has fairly and hon orably won an almost unexampl ed iwwihion- at the very forefront of National affairs. These 12 months of Wood row Wilson in the White House have Wn enough to insure his place in history with the great and fopeefid Presidents rather than with the minor statesmen. The classification is lA'joiwi alike to citizens who look1 to hum ror Uradershi and to those who de plore, and oiK).e his ideas of policy. Not one of his prcdeces decrssors has so switfly dflnd himsfSf in rtiation to piJilU; af fairs. NYiliodv, from Washington I .. . ...!.. soawLity. The comparison with Olonel Roose-elt;fli first year is inevitable. Iljth men are eon- ! ..k-t!t!fiti. ni.t Ti-aha IK nil! awure of their streagth m that .... itpt-et at a stage of Siective careers .when their re- the fact was not gnizrl. lloth K n are (l!i"!i ers of I sipee.i J the1 lit I -1 H, I U L VJWIU II"'-"' an many wavs one cl tne hrav - vt of ni..ii.iiiul, has nit often dmd to admit ineonsit.-ncy on his own part or to say, "I was previously vin rg; I have chaivg ed my opinion." while President Wilson unquestionably o.sst3Ssej i1"" 1 " nH,r ' ' " ' V H"""1 V : 7, C'l.ligeu to exere's' it freiuentlyi O fully. Doth of the great ! ! l. wk "ll i'""""" . i . ...... -....r e l their eourse aeconling to their pemipticn of prevalent senti ment in the country, while sistq ing to themselves to master aixl drneit it. Yet with all the compelling tfiialitiis rf t'olonel Uoosevlet's genius, it took lnm at least three veusjo do for himself that wh'ch the ptilitical novice from the academic groves has done be tween March and March. Dies in Fit cf Anger. Shelby, March 13. In a fit of extreme anger bmught n lo' quarrel with his brother. Watt Wnlktr fell dead at his home two milt-s north txf Slu-lbv Wed- lusday from valvular heart af fection. WaHtier was 69 years wld and for several years hatl been suf fering with heart trouble. He ard his brother, "Pip." Walker. lad1 a quarn-1 oer some wood and; the question as to which one was the riirht nmter of a piece of lantl. Watt Walker became mtrtjsyly enragesl ajid excited dur iiig the tiuarrel and, after threat enirg to kill his brother with an axe, fell dead at the wyxvlpile. Acting Conner R. M. Gidney ard Sheriff D. D. Wilkbus went to the scoix ami held an inquest After the pnHt-mortem examina titm was mtile by Dr. It. C. El lis and the jury investigated the circum.stiamees of the trouble, the verdict was reach rd tlwit, Walker I came to his death as a result ofjin suoh a inovtiment. All we valvular heart troifl le brouirla on ly a fit of antger. He was buried at Ross Gnwe (liureh at the ex- ponse of the county TVvo years ago his nephew who was prejudiced si gainst automo biles, steptd out i the road rfinl threatened to kill Dr. D. E. MePrayer if be approached him any closer in bis car. His ne phew raised his sun to fire but j peaches ami apples spray with before he pulled the trigger, he j Thomson's lime ami sulphur o fell dead with the samp heart lutions. trouble. j p. L. Smith Hanlware Co. NOT RECORD BUT USEFULNESS. Democratic Party Cant Live on What tl Has Done But on Whit it is Going to Do. Jialeigh News and Observer. Upon his return from Wash ington a Newi ami Observer re-1 troubles were settl.-d in lJurke porter interviewed Mr. .1. W. Superior CAutl tlfw wek, w far Jluley iit'i rt the subjtst of the 'us tlie courts are coiwenied. It rejxirts .. ; t out concerning a i will be remcnubered that as a re propobti! f..!i for a meeting of! suit of the Imttle royal li-twe-ti North Carolina Democrats in,rne(mbem rf the Pitt aixl Hen the neiar future at lialcjgh. j njse e factious, at Olen Alpine, iiet me make it plain, M.'nl Mr. Uiiilev. "that all this' talk about candidates for (Jovernor and a new party is mere repor ters' gossip. The boys are evi dently not satusfied wi,h the s'uiile facts but feel n strange necessity for makiiT their stories more extnuirdinary than the other fellow's. "Now, it Ls not proposed to divide the Democratic party; nor Ls it proposed to 'groom any can didate finr Governor . It is pro jawed to brinr before the peo ple in definite form certain meas ures which it is thought the Gen eral Assembly of 191 5 slwukl adopt. That is all. "It may be that the Demo cratic 'State convention will put these meaisures in its platform. I hope no. "I am for proposing these measures through the Democratic party because I deply believe that the Democratic party Ls the only vehicle of progress that the pesxple of North Carolina can trust. "As a Democrat I advocate a forward movement bv the Demo- lfr:itn imrtu hn'jit f lrn.iw flint r i---. ..-... no matter how gixid a party's re eontl may be it must continue to actively serve the people. It can not live on itcs n-eord; it must live on its usefulness. "It is just the same with in mere are now tnree dividuals. There are now three have gixxl reconls. But 4t .i. fail aeeonl the next i y."' ytar or two in showii.r the jieo ile what tiny can do not what they have done. "The Dt-mocratix. patty in the nation Ls sweeping everybody be- p,. i. i f,., : ! proving s.u-c,sful. The work -of IVesident Wile,n and the pns nt Congros is the .secret of tht universal cond'hlei ce in our par ty. Now the Democratic party j in i trrttt varouna has tttme weu. Gifveriior Craig is a magnificent Governor. Put if we would con tinue to cMnmand the confidence of the people we nmst continue ot surpass all tithers in serving thtan. "The meeting 1 have in mind proxtvt's to help the party in doing jus this. We will stimu late interest in certain great causes. We will inform the peo ple aixl the eandidtts. I hope we will suereed in fixing in the minds of the men who make up the Democratic paity certain standanlrt, aixl stimulate them to uphold these stan tints until they shall have become law. Tg We doi -n, a foj f0r medkal stten tliis, the Democratic party will dance. Pitts sent the du-tor isontinue to be the vehicle of the wxrd to call at his store aixl he ixHjple's will in North Carolina.. "Speaking for myself, I have heretofore published what I con ceive t" be a roi'Hinably p'rac-tienhl.- prograinmc. Of coirrse I cannot say what the meeting will do. "We shall have one or more famous men. Tlie meeting will be in April. All t(ha Democrats favorable well-defined for ward measures will be welcomed and I thiidv this includes about all cf tltrm. The call will be more definite on this siOiject. We expect a grejit meeting. "We are not in this movement to advance any one man's cause, lor to promote any candidate, or to make anv division in the De- mocratie. jkartv. I could not be' ha-e in mind is tio brme forward in emphatk. manner some bigjhLs, J. J. llaca, of New Mexico, tilings for our party to do some and a third man. Bais-h and the atdtievements that will keep: other man were taken out and North Carolina Democrats ahnitj executed, aceonling to the cous of the great m'onl Pn-sldent Wil- in's story, which Paca related, son and lngre-s are making." j Tlie cousin was released. Villa had imprisoned him because he If you want your trees to be! did not like the appearance of healthy and bear a fine crop of his bat. AND TOLD TO BE GOOD. 'The Famcus Fight at Glen Al pine Between Members of the Pitts and Hennessee Families Settled in Burke Court The Pitts - IleniiOHee feud J.urke county, more thaji a year ago, ironnan ruts Used arnl JJr. K. A. lIciii"At j was triexl last .hum oner for killing Pitts and- ac uitted. The others who parti cipated Lu the fight nine in all, LncluiLii.g Dr. Heniieicu were broi:rht to trial beftire .Iut,re Iong in Purke court this week, being ehargel with engaging in an affray in which guns, pistols, knives, sticks, rocks, etc., etc, were freely used. Three of the nine defendants, Ervin Pitts agetl about 17, Rob ert Heniiessfe rtged Vi, and Val ley Hennessee ngwl 16. vears en tered pk-as of nolo contender". The others, Dr. E. A. Hnne'-see, M. N. Hennessee, Abel Pitts, Gar field Pitts. W. D. Pitts ami John KLxr, unqualifiedly admitted their guilt. jfter hearing evidence to de termine who was most at fanlt. Judge Lorg finetl Dr. Henness-.-e-ar.d W. D. Pitts $100 e;u h suwl taxed them with the costs, a mounting to $."X). Each was re quired to give lioiul in the sum of $2,0)O to keep the peace for five years toward each othr and all other residents of North Car olina. M. N. Hennevoe. former county eommLssioner an I brother of the doctor, was fint l $20. Iltbert an I Valley Heiin. s.s e, young sons of the doctor, were discharged. Abel, GirficM aiul fcrwirn 1'itts, tne xir Envin Pitts, the first a brother f W. 1). Pitts, were fund $2o each. John K'wr. a youth who was somehow drawn into the ex citement only to be routed by a pNtoI, was fined $1. M. N. lltn ntsece and Abel Pitts were plac ed limb r $200 bond each to kep the peace for three years. All lel'endants mu-t appear at the March term of Purke court, dur ing the period designated, and duow gxxl behaviour. In im jxsing senteiu-e Jtxlge Long took into consideration tlie fa"t tltd (lOnuan Pitts jKiid for lias part L the affray with his life; that Dr. Hennesee. was .seriously wound ed and crrpplexl arid that he and stnne of the others suffered se verely from their wouimLs and were put to much expense on account thereof. The stories of the fight told m court brought out the fact that the origin, of the difficulty was about a debt of .V) cents. Some years ago Dr. Henne.ssee secured a mule froon Abel Pitts. Sr., to go on a hunting trip, h'is companion on the trip Indug W. D. Pitts. Later Dr. Hemiessee I treated a child of Abel Pitts and would settle. When Hennessee called Pitts invacoted a bill for $1.50 for the us of the mule and this left llcv.i iff in debt to Pitts to the aiM unt o fC centR. Dv Ilen:iicc L'ot mad ami re-fus'-J to pv They c-uarreled and as time passed the feeling increased, which finally resulted the famous battle at Glen Alpine. Gtastav Banch Was Executed by ' ' ViHa. Washington, Marc ho 14. That tJustav I touch, of New Iberia. Zj&., was executed by Panrho Villa at Juarez, was tcstific-d to day befon- the heme foreign af fairs committee by L. Frego Rica of Albuercpieue, New Mexico. Paca t-eslifiesf Pauch was in ithe same cell with a cousin of "Carranza lives in fear of Vil la," said Paca. "so much so that he would not sleep room with him." in the same FINED ii