\0L. XXXIX MOUJfl AIRY, WORTH CAROLINA
3Urn Jietog
THURSDAY. MARCH 8 1917. . MO. 34
. WILSON BECOMES 29th.,
PRESIDENT.
President Kitted the Bible at
Pum|« "God I* Our Refuge
And Strength."
Washington, Marrh 4.—Woodrow
Wilson, of New Jersey, renewed hi«
grip on the scepter of power and
pledged again hit determination to
execute faithfully the office of Presi
dent of the United States, when he
took the oath of office in the chief
executive's room at tb« capitol at 12.04
o'clock this afternoon.
The utmost simplicity and infor
mality marked the taking up of the
reins of authority by President Wilson
for the second time. Only the mem
liers of tbe President's cabinet and a
few senators were present when the
oath was administered by Justice
White and the President kissed the
bible, opened at the Ifith, Psatm. The
opening of the first paragraph of the
Psalm is as follows: "God is our re
fuge and strength."
The closing paragraph is as follows:
"The Lofd of Hosts is with us. The
God of Jacob is our refuge, come and
behold Him."
President Wilson busied himself
vigning bills up to noon, when four
solemn rings on the electric bell in the
senate chambet* announced that his
authority as the 28th President of the
United States had come to an end, and
the time had arrived for the 29th Pres
ident to be sworn in.
From 12 o'clock until 12.04 Presi
dent Wilson chatted with Chief Justice
White. These appeared to be four un
comfortable minutes for James D.
Maher, chief clerk of the United
States Supreme court.
After waiting four minittes, Maher
interrupted the conversation between
the President and the chief justice by
^saying: "Mr. Chief Justice, it is 12
o'clock and the time is at hand." The
President and the chie. justice im
mediately arose and stood on either
side of the chief clerk, who held the
Eibie in his hand.
President Wilson stood np at the'
left of the clerk, with his right hand
on the Bible.
The President's thumb rested on the
following paragraph: "The heathen
raged, the kingdoms were moved; he
uttered his voice, the earth melted."
As the President stood facing Chief
Justice White he held his left arm
akimbo with his left hand near the
lapel of his frock coat.
After Chief Justice White, with his
right hand raised, spoke the oath
which President Wilson repeated a
phrase at a time, the President said.
"I, Woodrow Wilson, do solemnly
swear that 1 will faithfully execute
the office of President of the United
States, and will, to the best of my
ability, preserve, protect and defend
the constitution of the United States."
After the brief ceiomony, the Presi
dent was congratulated by the chief
justice and chief Clerk Maher.
The faces of the President, chief jus
tice and chief clerk, and all others in
the room, including Mrs. Wilson, were
wreathed with a smile.
Following administering of the oath,
the Bible, the property of President
Wilson, was taken to one side of the
room by Chief clerk Maher and opened
at the fly leaf for the signature of
President and the chief justice.
On the fly leaf was written, with
colored ink, in Old English script the
oath administered today. At the bot
tom of the oath President Wilson af
fixed his signature, and Chief Justice
White wrote his name beneath that of
the chief executive.
lhe Bible was uien presented to
Mrs. Wilson who hugged it closely
under her left arm.
Mrs. Wilson was attired in a long
black coat, black gown and black to
que. She stood directly behind the
President during the ceremony.
Following the affixing of his signa
ture to the oath in the Bible President
Wilson held an informal reception with
senators and members of the cabinet
who stepped forward to shake him by
the hand and to congratulate him on
the beginning of his second term.
The President then drew on his over
coat and picked up his silk hat and left
the President's room with Mrs. Wilson,
smiling and buoyant at his side.
Half a dozen secret service agents
forced their way through the crowds o(
men and women in the corridor and
blazed a trail through which the Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson passed to an
elevator at the west end of the capitol
As the President and Mrs. Wilson
walked along the corridor applause
broko out among the spectators and
continued until the elevator descended
to the ground fSocr where they stepped
into • White House automombil*.
GERMANY'S ADMISSION
CREATED NO SURPRISE.
■ r
Minister Zimmerman's Defense
of the Intrigue Is Not Taken
to Change the Situation.
Washington, March 3—German For
eign Milliliter Zimmerman's frank •ad
mix.s ion Germany did neck to ally
i Japan and Mexico with her to war
against the United Statea caused no
' surprise to American officials, al
| though it may be said they did not ex
pect so full and -free' an aeknowledg
| ment of the exposure.
Some officials had thought there
might be an attefnpt to discredit the
authenticity of the revelations by of
fering an explanation of a different
character. '
American officials nevertheless had
had the less doubt of the authenticity
i of the evidence in their hands.
Minister Zimmermann's defense of
Germany's intrigue on the ground that
i it only was intended to be carried out
in the event the United States did not
> remain neutral is not taken to change
the situation in the slightest degree.
Whether it was presented to the
Csrranza government or not, and the
i fact that it is believed not to have
| been communicated to Japan do not, in
| the opinion of American officials, alter
' the established fact that Germany,
while seeking the offices of the United
I States to make peace, and while pro
testing her innocence of any intention
to violate American lives, was at the
! same moment preparing unrestricted
submarine warfare and was intriguing
[to attack the United States with two
I allies.
Mr. Zimmermann's references to an j
alleged "plot" by the United States toj
unite Pan-America against Germany,]
are regarded with mingled feeling of!
incomprehension and amusement.
The Pan-American union, the Acgen- j
tine embassy and the state department.
can find record of no such newspaper
publication as Zimftiermann contends |
revealed the "plot" in Buenos Aires.
> The only event which officials can
r*e»H wfaieh is muoafMM* <rf bain* <iia
tortcd into such a charge as Zimmer
mann makes was discussion early in
Secreary of State Bryan's term of of
fice of a plan to surround the Pan
Americas with a neutral zone in which
there were to be no naval operations.
Nothing ever came of it. Zimmer
mann's statement was read today in
the senate and some senators who were
at first inclined to think his published j
instructions to von Eckhardt, German ,
minister in Mexico City, was a forgery
had the statement ruad tw.ee.
At the Argentine embassy here it is |
said nothing was known of Foreign j
Minister Zimmermann's charge and of
ficials there described it as "foolish."
Officials of the embassy - had 110;
knowledge of the socalled news article
I -aid by the German foreign minister to
; have been published recently in l.a
| Prensa. Copies of the paper received (
here were said to contain nothing on i
the subject.
They further declared the Ruenos t
Aires newspapers recently col id not
, reveal a "plot" when, they are certain'
by reason of their intimate knowledge!
I of relations between the United States]
and their government, no such "plot"
lever existed.
PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL
SEALING LIQUOR'S FATE.
Rred Amendment With Drastic
Rulings, Attached to Postof
fice Bill is Now Effective.
Washington, March 3.—President
1 Wilson sealed the fate of liquor late
this afternoon when he signed the
| pot t-office appropriation bill contain
| ing the Reed amendment prohibiting
, the shipment of liquor into states
I where the sale and manufacture of
rum is prohibited. It is the most
drastic anti-liquor legislation ever en
arted. One of the very strict rulings
of the law is that the man who pur
chases the stuff in as guilty as the
man who sells it.
Under the provisions of the new law,
which is now in effect, no man in
North Carolina, except physicians and
churches can purchase even a gill of
whisky, wine or beer. To do so is a
violation of the law and the federal
government will prosecute the offend
ers of the full extent of the new legis
lation.
A fine of $1,000 or six months in jail
or both, is the penalty fixed by the
Reed amendment for cither the pur
] chaser or the vender of the liquor.
Violators of the law need r:pect no
mercy because of political influence.
The law is to be enforced by the feder
al government and it cs contended that
no favoi .tes are to lie played but that
all men will be treated as equals.
CARRANZA PAPER MONEY
OF LITTLE VALUE IN
MEXICO.
Experience* in Mexico Describ
ed in Me*MfM Received by
Missionary Board.
New York, N. Y.—Condition* in
Mexico are described in two message?
recently received by the Presbyterian
Hoard of Foreign Missions from repre
sentatives stationed in that country.'
One writes: •
"These are critical times. Some
four days after we were in Zitacuaro
a passenger train was blown up and a
mas .acre took place and few e*ca|>ed.
Really, a fellow jjetx to have a peculiar
feeling down here. Sometimes he gets
a very optimistic feeling, and then, oh,'
l,o penimistic! It seems to come and
go like the swing of a pendulum.
Sometimes we have a lalm of a few
weeks, and then aga;n the bright
hopes for the futun eem to be cover
< I by dark clouds.
--1 ne economic condition has chang
ed for the better with the return of
metalic money. I never saw the
people so keen for education for their
children; yet there is a dearth of good
teaching materia], and also funds to
establish schools. If the liwt of the
new Constitution that is being consid
ered—rather a version of the old—will
be favorable to our schools, then our
mission will have a glorious opportuni
ty. Would that the United States as
a whole could realize that $1,000,000
gold would go a great way in uplifting
the masses through education.
"The last month (January) the town
has been alarmed many times hy Zap
atista invasions. They have burned
.uveral small towns nearby. It makes
plans for the future work uncertain
and very hard to formulate. It also
brings uneasiness all around. I have
not been able to visit the southern part
of this district because of the Zapa-1
tistas. The other day they entered the |
town where one of our native workers
lived, stole the clothei of the family
and the kitch«n ware and one or two
*aim*U. *ad the famU« Juul to flee. .
"It is very difficult to get horses or
mules for itinerating. A fellow has to
do the best he can, walk when he has
to, and when he is luck." ride on horse
back. No one cares to loan his beast,
and the mission does not think it wise
to buy steeds just now, lest some one
on the roud might forcibly claim them.
At Veracruze, Mexico, a missionary
had his first experience with the
finances of the country. He says:
"Before entering a restauiant we
changed some money, and I wish you
could have seen the rolls of paper
money we had. We had a good sup
per, but paid $21 a plntc for it. After
that a fellow traveler took my four
companions and myself to a restau
rant and spent $47.25 for treats." As
I sat there I had my shoes blackened,
for which I paid $3.
"But then, we were using cheap
money, so it was not so bad. I felt!
rich when I had changed a good $."> i
William with Uncle Sam's seal on it,
for $350 paper bearing Mr. Carrai.za's
seal. I had my pockets literally
stuffed. This paper money hud little
if anything back of it, coii equent
ly was deteriorating in value. Two
weeks later it was selling 120 for 1,
and by about the first of December
there was none of it in sight at all ex
cept what the Government used in,
paying Government employees. They i
are still doing that to some extent, but
the stuff isn't worth the cost of print
ing now. At present silver and goMi
nr-,> incircuUition, but they are both'
scarce. When people get hold of it!
they don't like to let it out of their!
hands, for they don't know when it.
will come back."
Gardening.
The United States Government has
always encouraged gardening of every
description. Just at this season of
the yeBr, gardening matters are in the
minds of most of us. Why not write
to the Department of Agriculture for
some of the following bulletins, or for
all of them for that matter, and learn
whnt Uncle Sam's experts have to say
on the various subjects to which they
have devoted a lifetime of study and
experiment. The bulletins are free of
charge:
Bulletin No. 18fi, Beautifying the
Home Grounds.
Bufletin No. 195, Annual Flowering
Plants.
Bulletin No. 494, Lawns and Lawn
Soils.
Bulletin No. 198, Strawberries;
Bulletin N. 213, Raspberries.
Bulletin No. 154, The Home Fruit
>. £65, The Home Vege
THE PRISON REFORM BILL. |
Governor Turner Explains Bill
Which Ha* Puicd Third
Reading.
The bill of Senator Turner, which
prescribe* the method for the treat-;
ment handling and working of prison
er* at the State prison, paused second
and third reading. Mr. Turner sum-1
marizad the bill as follows:
Thai alt persons convicted of crime
in any of the courts of the State
whose sentence shall be for more than
two years, shall be sent to the State j
prison.
The erection at the Caledonia farm
of suitable buildings for the housing
of the prisoners. In this connwtion
he stated that the hou.es there are
totally inadequate and the crowding
of the prisoners did not give them a
sufficient an -'jnt of air, thus becom
ing a place for breeding disease and
immorality. There were no quarters
for keeping separate the hardened and
youthful criminals.
The buildings proposed were for
individual cells and these were to be
under the supervision of the board of
health. The cost of erection of the
buildings, between $60,000 and $70,
000 to be paid out of the prison fund
which was adequate for the purpose. 1
The convicts are to be divided into
three grades: first, »econd and third.
The first class, to be known as the
honor class, are to be in a uniform
without stripes and may be worked
without guards; the second class to
he garbed in another uniform without
stripes and to be workeo unrter guards;
the third class to wear stripes and to
be wcrked under guards and chained
when necessary. Authority is given
to change the convicts from one grade
to another.
According to an amendment offer
ed by the committee, the convicts in
tb» first class are to receive 20 cents
a day for their labor, those of the
second class 15 cents a day, the third
class 10 cents a day. Provision is
made so that those who fail to observe
rules mayjose,the U> their
credit? Provision is also ntnfle tnat
the fund may accumulate for the
family of a convict.
The hardened crimnals are to be
kept separate from the youthful crim
inals and the incorrigible are to wear
stripes.
nuurs ior recreuuon are proviuea
and the hours of work are limited to
10 hours a day as far an practicable.
It prohibits the hiring of convictB
to corporations but gives permission
for convicts to be worked on the roads
of counties, the county authorities to
pay $1 a day for the service of each,
convict.
Provision is made for the indeter
minate sentence, lodging discretion
with the prison authorities to give
the prisoner his freedom at the end
of the minimum sentence. The au
thorities are given authority to es
tablish rules and regulations for the
parole of prisoners.
PROSPERITY SHOWS NO
SIGN OF WANING YET.
Business Continues Good Throu
out the Country.
Washington, March 3.—Business
conditions throughout the United'
States during February reflected a
general continuation of prosperity, the
Federal Reserve Board announced to
day in its monthly review of condi
tions.
Richmond—General conditions con
tinued sound and prosperous and the
outlook for the future is regarded as
encouraging. '
n i in 11 m—mere is apparently no un
easiness due to the possible entry of
the United States into the war.
Chicago—Basic business conditions
have not changed materially since last
month. Railroad embargoes and car
shortage have affected almost every
line of industry.
St. Louis—Business activity in this
district continues unabated.
Mineapolis—Traffic difficulties due
to the wvere cold and to the effect of
the car blockade have had a very ser
ious effect on Northwestern business.
Kansas City—Reports indicate that
the new winter crop v« wheat will be
cut short owing to the dry season.
Boston—Apprehension regarding in
ternational conditions ii the predomi
nating feature of the piesent situation.
New York—Busmen* in general man
ifested but little disquiet.
Philadelphia—Activity continues in'
practically all lines oliiusineMi.
Cleveland—General embargoes by!
the railroads, car shortages and lack of
adequate fuel have caused a marked
lessening of activities and tempering
bf optimism.
Great Meeting in Mount Airy!
March \4 to 30
0
Rev. Burke Culpepper
of Memphis, Tenn. • .
One of America's Greatest Evangelists
Central Methodist Church
You can hear the preacher who has won thous
ands to Christ in the cities of the South and West.
Rev. Mr. Culpepper is the Billy Sunday of the
South and this is your chance to hear him.
Prof. Harold Coffin will lead the singing. You
want to hear this sweet singer as well as the gi^-at
preacher.
COME!! BRING YOUR FRIENDS!!!
ENTIRE FAMILY STRUCK
BY TRAIN ON TRESTLE.
Jesse Lavanaugh, Wife and
Five Children Carried to San
atorium Near Scene of Ac
cident.
Goldsboro, -March 3.—Jesse Cavan
augh, wife and five children, the old
est a girld 1 years, of Kinston, are con
fined in a hospital in this city in a
serious condition, the result of being
run over last night by a Norfolk Sou
thern passenger train.
The family knew no one here but a
■if ..j , - , £ . ,— - __a^ . .. » m ■ >
Hlmer OT Iflra. \ 'a rnrmugTl, WHO IITW TTT
the northwest part of the city, and
after arriving in Goldsboro last night
took the Norfolk Southern track to
wards the cotton mill village, and the
same train on which they had just ar
rived, in backing into the yard, ran
down the whole family, in the dark
Jrizzly night, on a tressel. and rolled
them under the coaches. The flag
man, James Adams, saw them just as
the backing rear coach struck them
and instantly pulled the emergency
break afld stop(>ed the train.' •
The whole family of seven were roll
ed and jamed together under the /ear
coach and each had to be let down
through the cross ties of the tressel on
to stretchers, the bell cord of the train
being used in the sudden and remote!
emergency in the night.
It was a gruesome scene and it j
seems mirai lous that none were killed j
outright. All were speedily as pos-i
sible removed to the Spicer sanitori- j
um near the scene, where they are re- j
(,-eiving every attention. A report |
from the hospital at 1 o'clock today re
ports the mother, oldest daughter and
a son ei;:ht years old,' to be seriously I
and doubtlessly fatally injured, and j
little hope entertained for their recov-1
ery. The others arc painfully bruised j
but at this writing are not considered
seriously hurt.
There is a sharp curve between the
union station and the tressel upon
which the accidcnt occurred, and there
fore the rear coach was upon the vic
tims before the flagman discovered
their plight, and a Norfolk Southern
official in this city stated today that
no doubt but for the quick action and
presence of mind of the flagman, Jim
Adams, the entire family would have
been killed instantly.
Potato Peeling* to be Planted
for Seed.
M'Gregor, la.,—The problem of the
hiirh cost of seed potatoes for planting
this spring may be solved by the home
gardener and farmer by the use of po
tato peelings for seed, is the an
nouncement of the truck crops man of
the Iowa Agricultural College.
Under farm conditions there is no
doubt, he says, that reasonably good
seed will have to be used, but in towns
or in the home gardens on the farm
thero are many cases where the bill
for seed potatoes can lie eliminated by
using potato peelings. If peelings arc
planted they must be fre.ih and the
eyes should be cut a Httle dcepei/than
or linary. Extra care will also have to
be taken in preparing the ground, for
the smaller the seed piece the finer
must be the condition of the soil.
S. DABNEY CRENSHAW
FACES DOUBLE CHARGE.
Of Stealing $2,000 Worth of
Platinum and Burning Chem
ical Laboratory to Cover up
Crime.
Charlottesville, Va., March 3.—S.
Dabney Crenshaw, I v., son of S. Dab
ney Crenshaw, secretary of the Vir
ginia-Carolina Chemical Company, of
Richmond, was arrested here today
charged»with grand larceny and mali
ciously burning the chemical labora
tory of the University of Virginia. He
was released under (10,000 bond fur
nished by his father.
Tt Is charged ttia? ?©tmg CrenKtlaw,
a fourth year student at the Univer
sity, sold about $2,000 worth of platutin
from the laboratory and that he start
ed the fire which d^troyed the labora
tory to cover up the theft. A portion*
of the platinum, it is alleged, was
found in Crenshaw's room in the fra
ternity house. The laboratory was
burned January 2Cth last.
Minnesota Prices Up.
Minneapolis, Minn.—Though ' the
prices of foodstuffs here and in St.
I'uul nre not so high a.v in eastern
centers because most of the produce
for this market is grown within the
immediate vicinity, they still are from
10 to H00 per cent, depending on the
commodity, higher than in the aver
age year. Fresh eggs, so hard to ob
tain durig the midwinter months, now
are retailing at 43 tu 4R repts a dozfen.
Though Anoka. 18 miles from Min
neapolis, is the largest potato shipping
center in the Northwest, potatoes are
selling at $3.20 to $3.40 a bushel, and
every week sees an advance in the
price. Onions have reached the here
tofore unheard-of price of $12 p^r hun
dred pounds, wholesale, and beans are
being jobbed at $7.80 per bushel. The
wholesale price on cabbage is 8Vi
rents a pound, and that on beets $1.60
a bushel. Flour, bvs; patents, is quot
ed at the mills at $9.40 per barrel.
In the belief that speculating farm
ers are holding potatoes for higher
prices, the Thirteenth Ward House
keepers Protective Association has
been formed and a boycott on potatoes
has been organized. The association
is starting a Campaign to spread the
boycott to the rest of the housekeepers
in Minneapolis, remembering the ef
fective boycott on eggs conducted by
the Housewives League early in the
winter.
Death.
Dellar G. Stanford daughter of Mr.
wd Mr*. G. P. Stanford wai born Sept.
28, 1901 and died February 26, 1917,
making her stay on earth 15 years 4
months and 28 days.
She was tenderly layed to rest at the
Quaker church cenetery near their
liome. The funeral service was con
ducted by Elders G. W. Ederton and
S. Denny. A large crowd of friends
ind relatives and school mates, to
ihow their sympathy were present.
She leaves a father and mother, three
sisters and two brothers to mourn
their loss.
One infant brother proceeded her to
the great beyond where sorrow will b«
no more. She was loved by all who
knew her and will be greatly missed
by her many friends.