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r - REE PRESS PUBLISHED EERY RPTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY vol. svr-Ncx isi KINSTON, N. 0, MONDAY EEBRTJAIVS 9, 1914 price rwo can' The Daily - F i ii HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST AT HOME AND ABROAD GATHERED FROM ALL SOURCES ' Brief Chronicle of the Day's Events In All the Nations of the Earth to Keep Readers Abreast of the Times. Washington, D. C, Feb. 7t The tedious process of roll call in the House soon may give way to an electrical appliance or registering votes almost instantaneously. Washinirton. Feb. 7. Directors of the Southern Commercial Congress, at their annual meeting here today, selected Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the place for the convention next autumn. Norfolk. Va.. Feb. 7 Tentative contracts have ben closed for the calling at Hampton Ronds of five French warships, presumably to bring the President of France for a visit to this country in June next. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7. Gen eral John P. Hawkins, U. S. A., re tired, died late today at his home in thi city, aged 83.' General Haw. kins served throughout the Civil War and in a number of Indian cam paigns. Washington, Feb. 7. Ground for the Lincoln memorial to be erected in the shadow of the Washington monument will be broken Thursday the anniversary of Lincoln's birth The Lincoln memorial commission so decided today. Washington, Feb. 7. The com mission of Indian Affairs tonight an nounced that appraisal of 4ofl,000 acres of oil lands belonging to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes in Oklahoma, had J)een completed and the lands will be listed for sale as soon as due notice can be given. Aberdeen, Miss., Feb. 7. The mystery of the disappearance of Luther C. Hinds from his home at Guntown, Mississippi, two weeks ago, partially was cleared today when his body wasv found in a river near here. There were no marks of violence. He was a prosperous merchant and search for him led over every Southern State. Atlanta, Feb. 7. Inquiry here to day into the double tragedy of yes terday when A. J. Amersoir killed a woman reported Jo be his wife' and then shot himself dead, revealed the fact that Amerson already had a wife living in "Macon, Ga., and that the dead woman really was Mrs. Marjorie Bigbie, of Edison, Go. She formerly was Miss Bullock, and member of a prominent Edison f ami ly. Washington, Feb. 7. Admonition to army officers to refrain from harsh treatment of enlisted men is contained in a memorandum today directed by General Wood", chief, of staff, to the adjutant general for transmission to the army. Such promising results have followed the recent moderation in "the treatment of military prisoners General Wood states that it is felt an extension of. ii BERT HE WHO ' the idea might' be beneficial, Chicago; Feb. 4 Shipments of i wild bird plumage from fof ftgn coun tries will be seiiei aklSestroyed in f mis cuy it wa8 irawiinced today by - vusiums coutitor.; rjAWp parcel 1 post Bhtpments of feathers from the Orient today were Seized and the . district attorney' - offices . asked a oart ;wdejr; to ' destroy ithem. SThe ipmehi8 Vpttttgr of Chi nese pheasant wings and three phea .'' Mat breasts mailed from Japanij'j - ''l" r-ii , 1,i ; ? j. I ' rfT-4ffiWatrt : Front Onslow I 1 JaclabnviDe, !,Fb. YODr! , . U 'Kenam physician and: prbi fflVJn' thr-puUicWf Onah W'lower bonne of tbecftrfstute NOT TO MOLEST SPANIARDS Secretary Bryan Made Announce ment Sunday Night Villa Grants Requests Soldiers Accompany Americans Who Intend to Recov er Bodies. Washington, Feb. 8. After a con ference with. President Wilson to night, Secretary Bryan announced that assurances had been received from Gen. Francisco Villa of his in tention to protect Spanish subjects at Torreon. Word also was re ceived from the constitutionalist general of his intention to assist in fixing responsibility for the tragedy at Cumbre tunnel, in which several Americans were suffocated. General Villu has complied with the request of the stato department that a guard of soldiers accompany the party, composed nioWtly Vf Americans, who intend to recover the bodies of the dead Americans. Secretary Bryan had ordered the American consul at Juarez tu send a special messenger with the party, to report on the affuir. ZAMOR ELECTED PRESIDENT Haitien Congress Chose Former Gov. and War Minister. Port au Prince, gress today elected president of Haiti, disorders attending Feb. b. Con Orestes Zumor There were no the arrival of the revolutionary troops from Con nive.. Zamor formerly was governor of the northern department and in 1911 was war minister. He headed the re volt in the City of Gonaives in January, and his forces a few days iulcr won a victory over the revolu tionists under Senator Davilmar Theodore, who had proclaimed liiin self commander-in-chief of the re bels. Theodore returned to Cape Hait ien, where he has set up a provision al government. It was announced that detaeh- (ships now would irerturn to their 1 vessels. ' A Card of Thanks. The members and friends of Cas well Street Methodist church desire to express their sincere thanks to the firemen and other who gave as sistance in any way in extinguish ing the small blaze at Caswell Street church Sunday afternoon. The quick and timely response and ef fective work rendered by the fire de partment saved the church from a possible destructive conflagration. With grateful acknoledgment. REV. J. M. WRIGHT, Pastor. Fayetteville, Feb. 8. A negro whose name could not be learned, was shot and killed by another negro in Cedar Creek township today, dy ing ater being brought here to the Highsmith ' hospital. Sheriff Mc Geachy took ante-mortem statement from the wounded negro and left this afternoon for Cedar Creek to ar. rest his slayer. Tarboro, N. C, Feb. 7. Becom ing enraged at his 20-year-old son, Luther. William. E Whiteburst, of Conetoe, today emptied the contents of a shot gun in the son's body with rtriAiv if not fatal results. The quarrel is said to have been the re sult of abuse heaped upon the boy and hi mother, which was resented by the eon. The father is under ar- I Safo For Babies, Effective For Grtwn-Up... - l t' ThaV Foley Honey and Tar Con iokni. U haT the -eanfidenee of vbar'drnfeist, who kftcnrait will giT yoV:tftitfctMB W.-W.-Nes'smith, Foley' itohey and Tar Compound itffcy. ftmily a Hit in mj; etore and it neTer fail to cure." xw. m 'wtwtftnt: J. K. Hood Vi1 XJU? HWO'W of every 100 word yon alter. AMERICANS WERE SUFFOCATED ' Also Declares he Proposes to Clear .Penitentiary of 00 More Convicts Hospital Inquiry Scene of Out bursts. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 7. Aa. an gry outburst by Governor Cole "L. Blease, containing threats of per sonal violence directed at a witness and testimony by the governor" to the effect that he expected to clear the South Carolina penitentiary of some 400 prisoners by next August, were the features of an inquiry into the conditions at the State Hospi tal for the Insane, which today was instituted before a special legisla tiveBommmutee here. Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent of the hospital under investigation, drew the ire of Governor Blease when he testified that he had learn ed on good authority that certain charges affecting the conduct of the hospital had been overheard by Gov ernor Blease in a conversation at the home of the governor's sister. Advancing to the front of the room. Governor Blease exclaimed. "That's false! If you try to drag my sister's name into this I will put you under the clods!" Members of the investigating eom mediately shifted the inquiry to oth er matters and the incident was do., ed. ADMITS KILLING MRS. MANNING Inn-Keeper's Daughter on Death-bed Clears up Newark Mystery End ed Her Own Life With Poison. Newark, N. J., Feb .7. Hazel llerdman, an innkeeper's daughter, lute today confessed, after taking a fatal dose of poison, that it was she who last night shot and killed Mrs. Harriet Manning, wife off Charles I. Manning, a garage owner. She said on her death bed at aMont clair hospital that she had killed the woman that Manning might marry her. Manning, who brought the young , , . ' . , . . t:iken tho rwtisnn. is the father, the ,. - , - . , .... puuee slJ OL 1Kr iwo-ycttr-uiu uuuj. He was in caustody tonight of the po lice, who are investigating his con nection with the case. He had been separated from his wife for two years. His intimacy with Miss Herd man caused the estrangement. Before she took the poison she wrote a note to Manning which he turned over to the police. It read: "This is my last letter. I am go ing to commit suicide because of my love for you it was I who shot your wife. Good-bye. Tak'e care of baby." County Schools Commencement. Jacksonville, N. C, Feb. 9. On a day not determined between the 1st and 15th of April, every town and rural school in Onslow county will participate in joint commencement eercises here. A stage and grand stand will be erected on the high school grounls, together with "bleachers," so that the great crowd expected to attend will be accom modated with seats. A brass band will furnish the music, and a base ball game will be a side attraction. County Superintendent of Educa tion Thompson is promoting the un dertaking, the ocasion will vir tually be a county holidayi Washington, Feb. ,The board of) fodd tnd 'drug inspection in- the department of agriculture; Which of. ten was the center of' attack by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, former chief chem isi, hag Veen abolished by ecretar Houston. At ' the' department ; of agriculture ft was aid r the Ward has been abolished in the interest or. efficiency and economy. -. Dr. Carlj Alsberg, -who succeeded Dr. Wiley a pure food chief, will decide the ap peal 'vthat J formerly went to board: 3 " . the Don't talk-W'moch. : People do not pay any' attith)' ninety-nine I BLEASE THREATENS BABCOCK Tragedy Laid at the Door of Band!1 Leader, Maximo Castillo Villa Criticised Mexico City Preparing f for Revolt. ' Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 7. The six Americans and forty or fifty Mexi cans whose fate, has been a mystery since the destruction of the Cumbrt tunnel last Wednesday were suffo cated. This information was received here tonight ut the headquarters of the Mexican and Western Railroad The tragedy-is laid at the doors of Maximo Castillo, the bandit leader A special train carrying twenty Americans, led by W. J. Farragut, of the Mexican Northwestern Rail road, fifty coffins and a 'rescue out fit left here tonight for the scene. " Railroad men here and in El Paso are furious at Castillo's act. On Tuesday twenty-two of his men were captured and executed by the re bels, and the next day, apparently in revenge, he captured the freight train, ran it into the south end of the tunnel, about 300 feet and there set fire to it. Preparing for Revolt Mexico City, Fell. 7. Preparation for establishing interior . defenses without loss of time, shouldit be come necessnry today vcr. made by the War Department. A careful in. spection was mude of the Young Men's Christian Association building the roof of which overtops the ar senal and which was a contested point a 'year ago. Small detach ments of soldiers already have been stationed on other buildings. INTERSTATE DAMAGE SUIT. B. F .Penny Demands $20,000 From A. C. L. as Result of Injuries Sus tained Years Ago. . Wilmington, N. ('., Feb. 8. Al though they huvc been out since Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock, the Superior court jury in the case of B. F. Penny against the Atluutie Coast Line, no verdict has yet been reached and the jury will probably be held together several days this week in the hope that the members will agree on the issues. It is an action wherein the plaintiff is seek ing to recover of the defendant $20, 000 alleged damages "for ixrsonal injuries, received when he win sli" by a negro passenger on '.;a;n ot the defendant coir.p;tuy at Lcland, Brunswick county, sixteen years ago. The plaintiff wus a passenger from Wilmington to Leland. On the way the conductor and a negro passen ger, Sam Galloway by name, had an altercation, the trouble being renew ed when the train stopped at Leland to let Mr. Penny off. Just as Mr. Penny was alighting from the train he was struck by a bullet from the revolver of the negro who was tshooting at the conductor. Mir. Penny alleges that he wa8 seriously and permanently injured. His case has been in court for 15 years, and has been tried seven or eight times. It has been to the Supreme court al most as many times. At the trial just before the present one the plain tiff waa awarded $6,000 damages with interest from the date of the occurrence, the total amounting to about $11,000. The Supreme court, on appeal of the defendant, granted a new IfiaL The case always at tracts -S considerable attention . and nearly all, the leading attorneys of the bar are in the ca'se, one side or tbe qther. ,Ttf: X LaGrfppe Leaves Its Victims' Pros- ; trate. i Some victims ot la grippe never fairy recover the health of, the lungs, and persistent coughing is weakening The quick action of, Foley' Honey and Tar make it valuable, in aevert 'a grippe eough.,r Fj Pjpevo Bed ford, Ind.) write ; "La grippa- left me with a -severe cough that Foley's Honey and Tar, cared, and I am back to my normal. weight" J.E Hood Co.; t.nliuw to U ADAMS0NONT0LLS EXEMPTION Georgian Calls It Heretical Doctrine No Knowledge of Plank Few Members of Convention Knew o injection. Washington-, Feb. 7. The pro vision favoring free passage for American fchips through the Panama canal waa injected into the Demo cratic platform without the knowl edge of the majority of the resolu tions committee at the Baltimore convention, according to the asser tion today of Representative Adam son, of Georgia, chairman of the In ter-State and Foreign Commerce Committee. He had met but three or four members of tho convention. he said, who knew of the existence of the tolls plank before the plat form was promulgated. Branding the tolls exemption pro vision as "heretical drfclrine," Mr. Adumson today issued a statement paving the way for congressional debate on a repealing bill to be in troduced in accordance with the de termination of President Wilson that the United States should recognize the claim of Greut Britain that ex emption for American ship violates the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. AGED FARMER PASSES AWAY Mr. Samuel Loftln Succumbs to in- firmities at His Home In the Coun ty. Mr. Samuel Loftin, a hufhclor, about 72 yeurs of age and a mem ber of one of the county's oldest and most prominent families, died at his country place six miles south of the city and was buried Sunday Death is said to have been duo to in firmities attendunt tlpon old age. He lived alone in the home on his plan tntion of 1,000 acres. He was 'well known throughout the county. In January Mr. Loftin made i peculiar deed to Joseph Williams, i Woodington man, whereby the lat ter, nion the payment of $.'1,000 in cash and $1,000 a year until the former died, with minor obligations, was to come into possession of the big estate at the owner's death. The furm is worth, ut a conservative cs. timate, between $15,000 and $20,000 Williams inthe deed wus required to build, a comfortable dwelling for the aged planter to replace the dila- idated old home in which he resid ed, and give to a negro body servant of Mr. Loftin the use of 30 acres stipulated so long as he remained on tho place, in consideration of his faithful and caretul service to the aged gentleman. Williams had not I aid the first thousand dollars and comes into possession of the planta tion for $3,000 and insignificant' ex penditures. It is rumored that re latives wtfl contest the transaction, but this cunnot be confirmed. BAILEY AIRS GROUCH As To "Boss- and Demagogue" and Flings a tDemocratie Leaders. Chicago, Feb. ;7. "The country has emerged from boss rule only to enter on a conflict with demagoguery and socialism," said former United States Senator Joseph Bailey to night at the annual banquet of the Michigan Society of , Chicago. "The boss is better than the demagogue," he continued, "because; it is easier to get rid ofbmivt .'j t , "The two men .who are most, pro minent at present on our- politics," said Bailey, are'he two. who have denounced the. bosses most unspar ingly,, and; they rara tha two .' men above all ; who have acted .the boss to the Ttry limit; fOne f thesa at the baadjof a 'party Dot now in pow er impoaes hia will hia:' associate with an imperlousnese. which fnds.no parallel ,ia ttp'ii8toryTbet.bead of the parly 't whiehj" bejqng on tofllt ,the aenaaandithaj.hoiiae,- of rrpreaaotattrf tgday 'a tf they, were f r-.a. . . a ' uberoiaU brsscht of. tha gorernr '. a . I wenfau r j swao ii ts ria U TH2 FUSS P25 III 010 IH STATE NEWS FROM MURPHY TO HAM4 TE0 AND BETWEEN IARHEELHAPPENINGSOFADAT' Many North Carolina Items. densed In Brief Paragraphs far Benefit of Busy Peoole Good u Bad News from all Over Stats. Richmond, Va., Feb. 7. Selwyn Flourney, aged thirty-one freight conductor on the Atlantic Coast Line, running between Weldon and Richmond, and a nephew of Brooks Flourney, of Knigh'idale, N. C, waa fatally injured this afternoon at Emporia when he fell bet ween, two' cars. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 7. Before 2,500 people Wake Forest defeated A. & M. tonight in an exciting and hotly contested game of basketball, by the score of 24 to 15. The playing of both teams was good, while Hold ing for the Baptists was the star of the game, scoring 14 pointy for bin team. Wilmington, Feb. 7. Louis J. Puissoo', well known young member of the local bar associated with ex Judge E. K. Bryan, has been tender ed and has accepted the position of assistant to E. J. Justice, of Greens boro, special assistant attorney gen eral of the United State., and will leave in a few days for California to begin his work. Washington, Feb. 7. The War Department has aoquired an excel lent tract of ground fof the acco modation of tho college ' students and soldiers who" will go into en campment next summer at Ashevilie, North " Carolina. Part of the Bilt- more estate lies- within the limits of the track which will be laid out in camp sites by the army engineer and provided with pure water and drains. Washington, , D. C, Feb. 7. The controversy over the appointment of W. C. Hammer as district attorney for Western North Carolina will be put squarely up to President Wil son by Attorney General McReynolds Monday. Mr. ,McReynolds stated tonight that he had decided to dis pose of the case and will tell tha President what he thinks of Mr. Hammer at. a conference arranged for Monday morning. Monroe, Feb. 7. Rev. Joseph L. wennett," a distinguished Baptist minister, died at Marshville last night at 9 o'clock from a stroke of appoplexy which first affected him at 5 o'clock in the evening. Rev. Mr. Bennett had come to Marsh ville to conduct the funeral of A. J. Brooks nd had preached the ser mon and reacned tne grave. Mr. Bennett began repeating the Lord's prayer and before completing it he fell to the ground. Raleigh, Feb. 7. Governor Craig: stated today that within the next week or two he would institute a thorough investigation of the condi tion of the convict camps in North Carolina. He will ascertain by re liable inormation how all the con victs are managed and treated, what disposition ha been made of them ater conviction. . This investigation, the governor says, will apply" tovall of the convicts in the State, those that are' under1 the management and . control 'of; county authorities1' aa Well s those under, the management of the state authorities. - ,4 "''V Buying to Save Money. vf Buying Foley's l Honey j and iTa Compound saver money because just ' a few doses stops thaeoagh and cold one bottle lasts . a long;vtimt' It Mukkly heals raw and inflne sup- I . -at a. . facets topg: jUekling throat, ibarsb- raapipg C0BSb.f.roul?K boarseness, bropehiaaad grfeotighs, J fl
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