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MOUJV2 AIRY, JfORTIl CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 10, WI4.
NO. 12
1
PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION
SHOWS DEMOCRACY UNITED
Warning- to Totaoco Farmers is
Issued.
Raleigh Meeting Is One of Coun
cilors Not Reformer.
Raleigh April 8. Tho rational
deduction from the meeting t
Raleigh toelay Ls that the Dmeo
crats of the State are for tin?
jiresent in a mood to l't well
enough alone, content tio have
party affairs rack along for such
a.justmetit as the party may we
proper to frain up in regular
,n'ler tii rcmifli the State (Yinven
tioir in June, The leathering was
jiAfct noticeable for either its sizeH things, and for all things; as
or enthusiasm. The gallercic of j most (f us know, we have hal
the bur Auditorium weie vacant ) turee short crops in succession
.and there were seats to spare in
the main both' of the' hall. Tlie
Why farmers use mu-h little
judgment I don't know. It seem
they use lejw cxitntnon Benne than
any st of folkfc I over saw. I
usel to think cotton fanners used
very little ju.lgincnt, but I
think now tobacco farmers are
an cranky as cotton Banners.
Tho high price of tobacco bust
fall has caused a great many to
lose their balance. Just locause
tobacco sold high last fall, they
seem to think it "will continue to
be high. There if a reason in
There us some coiiiMtition, but
the main reason for the high
prices Is on account cf the three
WAR FLEET TO MEXICO.
presence of Secretary of the Navy
l)aniel and of Senator PotiK-renelMiort crops. Now to keep the h
.gave decided tone to thei meeting.
Crovernor Craig was the acting
head of the affair, p reading in
the chair. With these om tlie
stage were three State officials,
anj Judge Winston, Mr. Toe, Dr.
Alexander, Mr. Mr. Fred N.
Tate, Mr. John I), ltd! amy ami
several other men of party prom
inence. Outside of the Raleigh
people, tbcre were probably less
than 300 visiting Democrats.
At the outset it was seen that
it was to le a -meeting for tlie
consideration. of resolutions, and
nobody seemed to have an ide1
of anything of necessity tolsJ
.advanced, as there was.jjncral
agreeiment that the thni'gs that
had been agitated arc in the
main party measures of present
-approval. Governor Craig almut
covered the case in his address,
in which he pictured the harmon
ious conditions in the party,
State anxl National, and of the
determination if the Dmeocraey
of North Carolina to work, to
gether for greater things. There
.were a few of the old Democratic
wheel horses in the audience, hut
hundreds of faces that naturally
would be expected to bo seen in
Iricea up we must um a lit tie
comimon sense; common sense
teadicH us that if Ave raise more
tobacco than the manufacturers
can handle and also more than
can be consumed, we need not
expect much for the crop.
The, tobacco companies buying
our tobacco don't want an over
production in the werd, as it it
their desire to pay us a living
price for what we- -mk
iiiinic one. oit the main reasons
for tii?' decline in prices since
C'hriWmtas is, thev want to dis-
rcourage tho 0Vwr-,proluetkn, so
iluy can give us a gl living
price for our tobacco and not be
over stocked. . Today I heard an
experienced tobacconist say that
an extremely big crop would
make money tight, lie said, too,
there would not be enough money
to move ysudi crop. Anyway if
this big crop is made, I am
afraid that before we get through
Killing we will conclude the to
bacco companies lent us that
money last fall and are taking
our tobacco to pay back the loan.
A warehouseman told me today
that gotd wrappers were already
off $40 er hundred, and other
dent that there was" a feeling
a3ain.st "committing the pirty to
any radical departure from re
gular Democratic sta minis, hjk! if
there had been any intentions of
using the meeting for the ad
vancement of any personal ends.
uch intentions had been alinde.n
ed: iK'fore the meeting had ma
terialized. The trend ,as best the Obser
ver could gather it, was an
earnest desire to consult and tie
liberate toward the goxl of the
party as a whole, and to the
inspiration of a more progressive
spirit of legislation on party
measures of known approval.
There was no spirit of revolt, no
talk of new organization, and any
thorpht of igoing outside the re
gular party organization to secure
an end of any kind, met with no
ort of countenance. The Obser
ver knows of no rther way in
which to size up today's nut-ting
in Raleigh, and we believe that
what has leen said alout covers
the bill. It is certain that the
meeting had, one result -it show
ed the Democratic party in the
State is solidly united and is de
termined to hold together. The
red light lias been turned against
any hand that would make a
move to disrufpt it.
Some Farmers Union Notes
The last county meeting was
a while both in point of atten
dance and1 in the interest mani
fested. It was decided to try holding
the county meetings with the
different locals and the July
meeting will be held with An
tioehi local.
Copeland local reports 80 mem
bers in good standing,, the larg
est paid up membership in the
county,
Jones, Stanford, Derpn and
Antioch report the next largest
membership in the order named.
14
We can see now the price will
end low. What does this mean?
It means that rt will be very apt
to start low next fall, and if the
ciM is a large one it means it
will get lower by spring, and pro
bably reach the bottom. I know
of men now buying' supplies and
paying a big price of course, and
they are buyiu on the basis of
la.tt fall's prices. 1 mean they
are buying more than ever, and
are counting on as much for the
next crop us they got for thus
one.
Now, brother farmer, loojc out
next fall. I't me tell you how
to do. In the beginning, first
plan to raise plenty of corn,
meat, wheat, molasses, and ev
erything else that can lw raise!
here and that means you won't
haw to buy much. Then raise
whtt tobacco you can. Oh, you
will ssty, you had betti-r prac
tice what you preanh. Well, I
do. I don't suppose there is a
time tlmt 1 don't have, something
to sell. So if I get straiiped any
time, I am like the man that
had' a collar-button made of gold
yini I can take it off and sell
it. K. P. Hunt in Prognssive,
Farmer.
Wilson Orders Entire Atlantic
Division to Tampico to Ma!ce
Iluerta Obey.
Washington, April 14. Presi
dent Wilson today ordered near-
iy the entire Atlantic, fleet to
Mexican waters to force a public
salute to the stars and stripes
from the I Inert a government as
an apology for the arrest of
marines at Taiupico last Thursday
o ultimatum has been issued;
that is, no specified time has
been set within which the Iliierta
government must comply; but
the naval demonstration has
been ordered us a concrete evi
dence ot tlie tixeil letnninif ion
of the I'nited States to back up
tear Admiral Mavo's demand for
a salute. Up to tonight Oeneral
Huerta had not made satisfactory
response to that demand.
"Further developments depend
on Huerta himself," was the
way a nigh administration close
to the president, summarized the
situation.
Tilt decision to semi the fleet
was reached after the president
ami Sivretarv ltrvan linl poti-
:rred for an hour with John
LTNf, persona! reipresentativa of
the presruleiiiQ Mexico and af
ter a two-hour caMet meeting,
during which dispatches frojn
Charge O'Shainghnej-NV revear4.
that the Huerta go ve man cut dis
puted the right of American
marifies to be ashore at Tampico,
and contended that its recent
puhlie statement of apology was
ample.
Immediately after tjhe cabinet
ineetiing adfl'ourned Secretary
Daniels issueil his order to the
Atlantic fleet and wireless mes
sages flashfd up and down- the
Atlantic coast to put the fleet
under steam for Tampico.
It will be the Urgent fighting
force the American government
has assembled for possible
Hi a. I i. i. Jl.
war. r.ieven gre.iv nauieijin
lso invtel and" patented ft
?ipe wrench which is said to be
a des.idel improvement upon tlie
Stilson wreneh in thit it doe
nt masli or mar the pije, arnl Is
a less expensive tool.
Number 4 j"m had one besetting
sin. Itut for whiskey he wonli
ne
Many Men Serving Sentences in
Prison Are Mental
Heavyweights.
Kansas City Star.
Tho Kansas state penitentiary
iri a little world of its own, not
so very different frum the Mg
world on the outside. Within
its walls arc confined all sorts
and conditions of men, a very
few that are wholly bad. There
is the same average intelligence
on the inside as on tlie out; the
same projMrtion ff religion and
irreligion, sincerity aitd hyjxe
erisy, of men who work' ami of
mien who shirk, of men who can
and wbocanm-t be trusted, and
nlk.uiit fd.. , .,. 1. 1 : .. . : i . ,
-.Mil. i in- iiiir niniiiii! (ii M'ni w as wauirig lur Inm
genius as m the days of Francis
Villon and Jonathan Wild, and
froin every mother's son behind I which, ranged from tears of jov
l, :' . II ...11 1 l . 1 1 .
neer, carpenter aixl plumber. He
is servijjg one to sven years for
irnuwl larceny, and is wanfel at
Fort M.idison as a jaro!e -i-tater
from tliat intitutdoji. "John
Doe," like many other prison
namej, is assunul for the pur
pose oi concealing his Mentitv
ix-oiieiiiiary. a urimKen spree
led to hit convictiffli ami an ki
determin 'te sentence of from one
to 0K yvi.'H for a statutory of
fense. When he h wl finish d his )Iea
for another charwe and the
pirole clerk informed him that
the governor had already signed
i oiroie ior mm ami that a gooi
at his
I home, the man gave way to
series t contacting emotions
those grim waLl.s, whether he ibe
ig'-nii-H or low grale born, comes
the universal prayer, "(live me
another chance."
The human intert which at
bvclo-s to these derelict geniuses
w all the keener because the
""i o. ineir i amines are me
saddest of all human documents.
How to deal with these men is
one of the problem. with which
the governor, tlie parole elerk an
the parole board are brought face
to face almit every day.
Convict No. :i!4: sat in the
warden's office of the Kansas
state penitentiary a few weeks
making the familiar plea for
aovinor chance.' Hus language
and u-eent .,tirmped .';.; a
SLitthenier o i,,,,.,:...
Notwithstandi t,,K M: H of (Ls.
sipation, ther.yw,.w a hL tnatmer
evwleiwe of viuu.lwnt aIwl .
breeding. e
aiwl 15,(KX) men. will comprise the
force off Tanispico.
Everywhere at the White
House the state department and
the navy department, the hope
was expressed that the dispatch
of the fleet would not lead to
Serious consequence and there
was a confident prediction among
administration officials that (Jen
eral Huerta would satisfy the
American demand and close the
incident. Officials wen careful
to point out that negotiations
ith the Huerta government had
not ended that the way was still
open to General Huerta to make
amends.
Pilot Mountain, Route 2 News.
Editor News:
Tlie fanners are very busy
with their work.
Mr. W. It. Itlair, who taught
the best we have held in miiteT V ""r"wrw""' . , P1
winter, has returned to hus home
after having a successful year's
work. y'
Mr. II. E. Tay-lor, and Mi
Ada Cook, who reside on this
route gave their frierads quite a
surprise, last (Sunday, the 12th.
injst., by getting nnarrietl. In
some way, "Unele Wash Hiatt"
(who marries nnore people than
any one in the county) got wind
of the matter, and was on the
ground, and to his delight, said
the words that made them man
and wife. z
Mr. Taylor, is a scliiool teacher,
Najern r ork reports l-t lunui-jami a prosperous young man,
tions, the largest nivmber reort-1 anl MLs Cook, is tlie daughter j the salutt should be a public
ed during the first, quarter, Mill-'of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Cook and! to the colors.
berry. Parks and Dersm the next; is deservedly jxqmlar.
Why Big Fleet Has Been Sert
To Mexico.
Washington, April 14. It be
came known today that Seuor
ALgara, charge of the Mexican
nubsasy here, called personally
,on Secretary llryan last Saturday
aiKt transmitted the apology U
President Huerta for the Tam
pico incident. Secretary Itryan
reiterated to Senor Algara tt
that tkne, it was said today,
that the United States would ,
sist on the American flag being
sallied at Tampico.
Friends of Huerta in Wavhing
ton, realizing the serious con
struction put on the Tmapico af
fair by officials here, telegraph
ed tc Mexico CHy iu.lv:sir:ig that
the request fcr a salute be com
(plied1 with at once.
Ore administration official,
eloe to the president, summed
up the situation this way.
"When the onarin were ar
reted, then relasitl. Central
Huerta apokgizttl and hail the
subordinate officer at Tampico
penalized for the offe'use.
" "Rear Adminvl Mayo aked for
a salute to the colors, and, af
ter negotiations through Charge
O'Shaughntt-sy. Huerta iigreoil to
salute to the Dolphin. Naval
officers sav this would be in the
natuiv of a trivial apology iuikI
Kcar Admiral Mavo insisted that
one
biirlast in the order naintnl
The reason some of the locals
report no more initiations is be
cause they have initiated every-
"ly that is eligible.
What is tie matter with a com
munity jir.vway tloat caruiot run
a successful local unoin? It
Tlieir many friends join
wishing them a hapy and prus
perons married life.
They left on the aftenMn
train, Sumlny, for Greensboro,
Winston, and other pints.
Tli en' will be at home after the
l jth iiust. A subscriber.
i "President Wilson vigorously
in! upheld Kear Admiral Mayo anid
iiispiiTtsi lieneral Iiihertas eon
tention that the American ma
rines really had no r'urht on the
shore. Tie sending of the At
lantic fie t. to Tain pica apcaks feir
itself. 7'uture devebpinejits de
peixl upon Huerta."
A few que.,loIW hrmiit out
he fact that iK :m:i is u Km.
tuekian cf g(M ,1-; that he
ts a graduate ,f th,. i;iVeiitv
of Kentucky ant ol Harvard uul-
he is an archi-jl
tect of mii,eli Alii-.... 4 i . r i
iMii Presulent --
State T niversity of Kentucky,
states that, 10 years ago, he de
s:igi:e;l and built the gymii.i.sium
tor that institution at Lexington.
Ky. His design for this building
was aceeptnl in a context in
which there were IS conipetitonv
At that time he had also become
the intimate an.l friend of Stan
ford White. He also knew Join
ver have seen the inside of a! Its in spare time makinV
moiuis. lie has made eight or
nine tuA has sold s.eral at fair
prices; and several nr.' used J.v
the prison onhestra.
Convict No. .';n Ls the man
who built the jicw prison twuie
plant. He is an expert brick
layer and builder. There was
only one other bricklayer in th"
penitentiary besides No. .".fi.tl.
This man tMk urif rained convicts.
lut them on the job and made
briekla vers cf them. Tl
buildings 'are t;uh 2UJ feet long
am! 4." feet wide, with buttr'-ss-cd
walls aixl cement fIHrs. Be
neath the eem. iit H.K)rs there is
a complicated network of eoii
duits for ventilation and heating.
All this work was done under the
direction cf No. 3&11; an. I the
state architect told the writer
not long ago that :$6:U hal built
better and cleaner walls tlian one
would get un the outside from a
contractor.
No. :5G:H Itas servMi five years
ff a 10 t) 21-year sentence for
bank robbery, and the federal au
thorities are waiting for him at
the door with a charge of post
office robbery.
This man is not 'only a go.1
briok'ayer and builder, but he is
an expert stem graph er ai.d type
writer ,ai:d lat summer, after
working all lay in the I not sun.
would go to the record clerk's
office after supper and out
that officer's oorresp n bj.ee. He
lias now licen trafLsferred to the
medical department, wlure he
has worked so hanl in nursing
sivli prisoners recwitly that the
warden sent him out to a little
house oil s,y otverbviking the
at his release to indignation at
his conviction of a crime inno
cence of which h stoutly assert
ed. Anil there are those who
ixiiev'c that the case against him
w,i a fratneup; Imt if it had not
been for whiskey there would
have i.eeai no chance for even
that.
Out in the machine shop Con
vict No. 473S, serving one to
five years for white slavery, and
.another convict with a sentere
of 10 to 21 years for bank rob
bery, were working at n. In.the
They were makintr a nonrefiil
ible lottle, for which No. 4":tS
lias a patent.
McGinn is, as No. 4738 Ls called
although that is not his right
name h a remarkable prisoner.
a long list of inventions to
fnsiit. He has two patents
aVinding rail joint, which Ls
e superior to that now
. -v : i ... i i
n use by pyiir()ais ai:u can le
nanufactumlV'nd put in ilaee
irr (.) cents iM'rV;un,t less than
i ne one now in use. T"f LS ,s
true, it will imv somt lln)ad
to take MeCrinnis
i'lid pay him ouous
n is lite.
;ith
I is
or
lid to
.er
McGirmLs has also oattnt.d an
automall- car stake, hy means of
which legs, gravel aid ore can
be unloaded by the engineer from
the engine by u-e of air. Me
(Jinnis' invention uiahles the en
gineer to thus unload automati
cally any particular car in tin
train. He has also invented a le-
Fox. the Kent nek v novelist
whose book nlate he desUmed. iachable tK-cork for a horsesbo.'
T. c.nvin,. tl,.. ,r.ilp KnHl M''p f the prLs: officers have
that the spark of genius has not 1 ,,lVlt'8?,t,;,l thesf Its aiul
left him and that his hand lu-w',rp wgajiwnuf a stock, comipany
not lost, its cunning No. 3!IW on- t,.) "amileture them and put
relied a bunch of an-
pen drawings which h
i . .. .. i .i
ceouv e.icur.n: amoiir tinm a
design for a Methodist church,
which is simii to be built in one
of the smaller cities of Kansas.
No 3!43 is 4H years ell, ami
with his fine ability, education
and the oport unities which
.were epen to him, ought to be
occupying an honorable, uesful
and distinguished station in life,
instead of a cell in the Kansas
penitentiary.
How came this man here? It
:.s the same old story! Fast
horses, fat wemen and Ken
tucky whiskey.
No. 3!"M3 could not stand suc
cess. Dissipation lost him em
ploNiment ard friends. He drift
ed we&t, and in a western Kan
ns eouuty forgtsl a cheek for
!j-3"0, for which, on Maivh 2,
1011, he was ntencel to the
penitentiary for a term of from
one to 10 years. After working
18 uiontlto for the state for three
-:ixl one-fourth cents a day, he
wes given a parole, and violat
ed it within a few day- by get
tiig drunk. He has now served
rrin thing over three years and Ls
afkirgr for another chance.
The board has decided to try
him again if some one with the
milk of human kindness in his
heart will take charge of him
and' igive him a job.
On a Sunday afternoon not lonf
ag in the chaplain's office an-
) 'f W un- manmaciure xnem ami pui
rh'itecturai'thoni 011 the tiulrket-
t'rvict No. 3H3) is a "three-
e liH-i; re- , ,, . . .
thun 1 1 tin er and at present is the
waruen s cook. .Jim, as he us
calbd, has a genius for mechan
ics and has invented a mecahni.-m
by which a railroad switch can
be opened and closed from the
engine. He has given thus in
ventien years of study ami be
lieves that when his time is up
he will be able to realize on the
time he has spent "thinkirg' it
over."
Convict No. 3183, when cji tlie
outside aid in a mood to work,
was a lather by profession. He
has invented an automatic lath
carrier, into which bundles of
laths are f.il and automatically
jflaerd in position for milling
which' is- done by automatic, ham
mers operated by air.
"Joe" has five terms in the
Kaunas- penitentiary to his cred
it and has .served an aggregate
of 18 years. He charges his crim
inal record up to tlie fact that he
has been a wanderer almost from
childluxHl. Like all the rest he,
tco, wairts another chance.
Conivict No. 4461 has served
four terms ten years in all
aixl is a very clever electrician.
He has invented a combined ma
chine which is motor, dynamo,
alternator, step-up, f'ep-down,
high and low tension transformer,
all in one.
!ivict No. :t467 has invented
a rather unique clotheraek, one of
which is in use in the warden's
other human wreck sit detailing I residence. This is his first time
his story to the parole clerk, j in prison, but- he has already had
NirmfluT 4.Vm Ls aUnan ol years j two paroles ami has violated
f-f age. He had never been in i Ivoth of them
tuperaU'.
No. 3G31 has served five terns
in diffeent pt?nitentiaies, although
he is now only :!.) years old. It
is n.t tM late for him to re
nounce bis criminal career atxl
become a useful citizen. He says
that lie is dene, and the prisoai
; officials believe that he means it.
I No. 3631 Ls oaie of that type of
j men who take pride in doing- well
j and excelling in whatever they do
whouier it in oaaik roooery or
some honest otjeupatioii.
If this man .should go out and
.make gord it woukl be a great
vindication for the parole system.
The state can probably arrange
.with the federal authorities to
dismiss its cae against h'uu.
What would the readc tlo if
pss,sstd the ower to give or
refuse this man a parole T
Another remarkahle prisoner is
convict No. 1023. Aftr serving li:
years for killing1 a joint-keeper
in Atchison, Ike was paroletl tke
other day ani will take a posit
ion as nurse in a big hospital.
During all the 10 years of his
servitude Ike ha.s nursed the sick
prisoners, elressed their wound
and' acquired considerable skill
as a surgeon in the performance
of minor operations. The parole
clerk first heard of Ike through
ex-eoiYviets who remembered his
kindness and came to the gov
ernor's offU"e to request that
something be done for him. Gov
ernor Stubbs had commuted the
sentence of Ike's pal from life to
15 years, with good time off. The
"pal" had influenced friends.
Ike's only friends were ex-convicts.
When the matter was cail
to Governor Hodges 'a attention,
he commuted Ike's sentence to
15 years with good time off ami
recently signed a parole for him.
When the writer told No. 1023
that he was going out, he said:
"Tell the governor I am mighty
(grateful and that I am goine to
shew m' gratitude by making
ood"
Thus man's case affords a cur
ious study of human nature. Out
side and full evf whiskey lie and
his "pal" committed, a orntal
murder, ami he was ft pretty bad
citizen generally. Inside the pris-
any serious trouble before
had' raised a family of bovs .'indite 21 vesirs for a statutory of-
Convict No. 42!;) is serviif "jon he develops a genius for n urn-
girls, now giiiwn to mauhMHl and
occupying honorable positions in
sH'iety. He had been sueprin
tendent of several large ma
chine shops and w a fine mechan
ic !! las u vertfd and patent
ed a valuable kevbolt. He has
fense. He has invented a vacu
um street sweeper and an acety
lene gas machine, both of which
look practical and appear to be
improvements upn existing in
ventions of like character.
John Doe, No. 10, ia an engi-
ing the sick, takes the place of
an assistant surgeon ftrwl cans
for his more unfortunate mates
with remarkable tenderness and
gentleness.
Tlie govern, r of Kansas ha
given him another chance. What
will the big1 world do!