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A ; VJCJ1IU-I f;WL WArtK ULVU lfcU 1U1WL BfcJ5 1 1IM 1 liKfc 1 Oh. 1 Ht ttLUiO-fc j Or McDO WELL X)UNTY ESTABLISHED 1896. MARION, N. C,, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1917 ---- " . - 'ja- ' . XXI NO! 27 NOW UP TO CONGRESS President Awaits for Authority to1 Answer Challenge of the . Germans Ouert Apt. Washington, Feb. 27. The ad ministration waits uDOp congress to give the answer of the" United States to the German campaign of ruthlessness which has reacted a climax in the sinking of the . liner Loconia, and the killing of two American women. 5 Official accounts of the unwarned night attack on the Cunarder, re garded as the first clear-cut case of violation of American rights since the severance of relations with Ger many, were laid before President Wilson and the cabinet today by Secretary Lansing. It was de cided that no step would be taken until congress had time to grant the request lor additional authori ty to protect the lives and rights of Americans. In congress little progress was made during the day toward enact ing the legislation for which the president asked in his address yes terday. President Would Establish State of Armed Neutrality. Washington, Feb. 26. -President Wilson today took the inevit able step and asked congress for authority to use the forces of the United States to protect American ships and lives against the German submarine menace to put the na tion in a state of armed neutrality. The immediate response was the introduction in the house of a bill, approved in advance by the presi dent, empowering him to furnish guns and gunners to American merchantmen; to "employ such other instrumentalities and meth ods" as may become necessary, and providing for a $100,000,000 bond issue, to be used in his discretion for war insurance to encourage American commerce to brave the submarine peril. The bill may be brought up in the house tomorrow with special rules for its immediate consideration. A similar bill will be considered tomorrow by the senate foreign re lations committee. The president's long expected actioD, while received in the main with expressions of support, threat ens to force an extra session of congress. Submarines Active Holland's Protest. German submarines torpedoed 11 vessels Thursday and Friday, and others reported later make the total from February. 1st to 25th 166. Of those torpedoed last week seven were Dutch, three being sunk and four severely damaged. This brought a vigorous protest from Holland, a neutral country, but the severance of diplomatic re lations with Germany on the part of Holland is not probable. ; Such a step would probably result in Germany over-running Holland, a near neighbor and not strong enough to protect herself. - In answer to Holland's protest the German legation at The Hague stated that the torpedoing of the seven Dutch merchantmen was due to an extremely regrettable coin cidence of circumstances which is unfortunate but was beyond: bur control." ' Proceedings. Court convened again Monday after a recess of three days. - The case of State against -Misher and Luther Curtis, charged with mur der in connection with the killing of the Martin boy at PageJ& Ad kins store, was ended yesterday, resulting in a verdict of not guilty. Will Whitesides was fined $25 and cost for assault with deadly weap on. In the case against Jutt Heel, for retailing, judgment was sus pended on payment of cost. The grand jury made its report Tuesday and was discharged. The case of C. S. Bailey vs the C. C. & O. Railroad was compro mised, the defendant to pay cost. The following cases were dis posed of last week: Frank Clontz, assault with dead ly weapon, fined $5.00 and cost; in another case, carrying concealed weapon, judgment was suspended on payment of cost. Eugene Rutherford, failing to stop automobile when signaled, judgment suspended on payment of cost. John Corpening, larceny, sen tenced to three months on roads of Haywood county. John Lail, manufacturing liquor, fined $50 and cost. Sam Burleson, disturbing relig ious congregation, judgment sus pended on payment of cost. R. L. Murphy, assault with dead ly weapon, fined $50 and cost. orank Ray, larceny, sentenced to six months on roads of Haywood county. Wes Kincaid, larceny, sentenced to three months on roads of Hay wood county. John Smith, abduction, judg ment suspended on payment of cost. t Dennis Blair, Jim Conley and Jason Rhodes, gambling, judgment suspended on payment of cost. Robt. Wilson, assault with dead ly weapon, judgment suspended on payment of cost. J. S. Baird, affray, judgment suspended on payment of cost. Jim Suttles, assault with deadly weapon, judgment suspended on payment of cost. John Wallace and Bertha Den ton, f, and a., judgment suspended on payment of cost. Jim Young, assault with deadly weapon, fined $10 and cost. Pink Ennis, Sid Ennes and Dove Odom,' drunk and disorderly, judg ment suspended on payment of cost. Senate Has Adopted Stedman's Bill Washington, Feb. 23. Upon the motion of Senator Overman the senate late tonight unanimously adopted the Stedman bill which provides for federal government supervision over the Guilford Bat tlecrround. As adopted the bill provides for three commissioners, one to be a resident of Guilford county, one from Maryland, and one from Delaware. ' C The offices of the commissioners will be maintained in Greensboro and the resident commissioner, who will be Paul Schenck,- of Greens boro, will receive a salary of $1, 000 a year and the other two "one hundred dollars a year each. The original bill called for $200 for the resident commissioner and $500 each for the other two. NEWS, FRO WITH E COUNTY Brief. Mention of Some of the Hap pen i ngs in M c D owe 1 1 County Items About Home Peppier clinchfieLd cotton mill. Miss Beatrice Simmons " spent Satur day, and Sunday with her parents near Nebo. " ' L A. Taylor spent Saturday and Suh: day with his parents at Dysartsville. E. H. Chapman of Forest City has moved to the Marion Mill. Frank Suttlemyre of Forest City has opened. a barber shop here. A party of our young folks spent Sun day afternoon at Nebo. Work is progressing rapidly on Clinch field mill No. 2, which promises to be the'best mill of the three. Herman Lowdermilk and sister, Mary, visited their uncle in Hickory last Sunday. DYSARTVILLB Dysartsville, Feb. 26. Miss Katie Bennett of Durham is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. J. C: Tipton. Mrs. J. W. Jarrett is able to be out again after an extended illness. ; Mica 'Mamie Goforth is at home again. Her school closed Friday night at Mace donia with a splendid entertainment. Q. A. Stephenson has started up his gold mine operations again after spend ing some time at Dr. Long's Hospital in Statesyille, under treatment. Clyde Duval has just returned from Rutherford hospital where he has been for treatment. He is vary much im proved. Earnest Satterwhite and J. C. Go forth made a business trip to Marion today. BKIDGEWATER Bridgewater, Feb. 28. Bryan Hemp bill and Eck Haskins, who were with Co. A, 1st N. C. Regiment, at El Paso, Tex., have returned home. Beverly Boyd, who was with the same company was detained in El Paso a few days owing to illness. Miss Lou Giles is spending this week at the Rust house. Miss Carrie Tate spent last week at Nebo with the Misses Hendrix. Pat Thompson spent Sunday in Ashe ville. Miss Terrisa Campbelle speat the weefc-end at Rutherford College with home folks. Bert Hunter has been confined 'to his bed seyeral days with rheumatism. Miss Norah Ballew spent last week at Enola with her sister, Miss Cecelia, who is teaching in the graded school there. Miss Lillie Hunter Of Nebo High school spent Saturday and Sunday with homefolks here. T. Benfield was taken to Morganton one day last week for an operation for appendicitis and is getting on nicely. John Jaynes and family left Thurs day for Hay, Washington, where they will make their home. Brummitt-McCoin Bill Passes. Raleigh, Feb. 23. The senate Friday night passed what is known as the Brummitt-McCoin educa tional bill and the measure, having previously passed the house now becomes law. The bill provides for the selection of school board members by the people and ratifi cation by the legislature. The house also passed the Grier 'ouster" act and this measure now becomes law. The Grier ,ouster" act is designed particularly to en force the prohibition laws. It pro vides for the removal "of officers of the law who fail or refuse to per form their duties of enforcing the laws. Action may be taken against any officer on the affidavit of I five citizens. : . . ":: ' Xhe house killed the Carter Dal ton "age of consent" bill. This measure proposed to raise the age of consent in North Carolina from i4 toi6 years. ; Southern BuysrUr - vilfe Land. Asheville Citizen, 35th. r The purchase by the Southern rail way yesterd ay of three acres of land from the "Montgomery hold ings fronting on the Southern rail way and located half-way" between the Asheville and Biltmore stations, indicates, it is said, the possible intention of the Southern to operate an interurban transit service from that point to the business district of the city by way of the new $75,-; 000 Coxe street. . ENLARGE TERMINAL. The sale also indicates the inten tion of the Southern railway; it is said, to immediately enlarge its terminal facilities here at an ex pense, it js rumored, of something like $500,000. Plans for the in creased terminal facilities rendered absolutely necessary by the rapid development" of Western North Carolina and tha consequent growth of Asheville are already made and on the file with the company of ficials in Washington. It is under stood the Southern - railway will shortly announce just what these plans are. They are already known to certain interested business men in Asheville. What consideration passed for the three acres is not stated. It is understood to have been in the neighborhood of $25,000. Britt Hearings at Asheville Con cluded. Asheville Times, Following sessions which started last Wednesday and continued through the morning today, the hearings which have beenheld in the Federal court room for the pur pose of taking evidence which Con gressman Britt will use in his con test before congress, against Congressman-elect Weaver, closed at 12 o'clock today t No other hear ings will be held by the contestant in Buncombe county, at present, his attorneys stated, but on next Saturday, hearings will be started at Bryson City. The mayor of Bryson pity," John Burnett, will preside over the hearings, in that town, it is stated. T. J. Rickman, a local notary public, presided over the sessions which have been held here. Many of those who have follow ed the sessions of the hearing here, very closely f commented this morn ing on the lack of material evidence which, they state, the republicans failed to bring out. There; has been a great mass of evidence, in many of the precincts the . results of the'election last November have been raked as with a fine toothed comb, but much of the evidence was repetition of what had already been threshed but in the various court hearings that have been held here and in Raleigh. Murder and Suicide. . Johnson City, Tenn., Feb. 24. With an empty automatic lying be tween them, the bodies of ; Cicero McNess, a well known farmer and his wife of-three weeks, were found dead in v their home a ;f ew - miles from here this morning with a-bul-let hole through their heads. At the coroner's inquest it was , an nounced that their deaths were the result of murder and suicide Afe coirding to friends thewere ap parently very happy. 3 ; i STATE NEWS0 FTH E WEEK Items Concerning 'Events of In terest and Impbrtance Through- '- out the Stated f- Burglars cracked the safe in tha ; Farmers' Union warehouse at New- ton Friday night and secured about $5 in small change. Catawba county sweet potato growers are now shipping potatoes North in car lots," ; at prices frbm $1.03 to $1.24 net per bushel. ;; The Gala well CFair AssociatiocL has selected .October 3,4 and 5: as the dates for holding- the second Caldwell county fair at Lenoir. The name of the postoffice'at the camps of the Southern Power plant near Bridge water, which "was . at first known as Cothrah , ihas ? beeix ' changed to Construction. : t 4? Mrs Mary Whitener Allen died a few days ago at the home of a relative near Gastonia, deatb re sulting from apoplexy. She - was born in Catawba county and was nearly 70 years . old. Two sons and three daughters survive. " March 14 is fixed as the date for the departure of A and B Troops, North Carolina cavalry; from El Paso, Texas, 'for home. The Third. North Carolina regiment is sched uled to leave for home on the 15th and the Second regiment on the 17th. , Postoffice Robbed at Spruce Pine Spruce Pine, N. C, Feb. -26. Yeggmen blew the safe at the local postoffice sometime last night, se- r curing a small amount of money. Entrance to the building was easily affected and the yeggs used tha regular "soup" in opening the safe. No clue to the burglars has beea . found. ' Two Americans Lost When British Steamer is Torpedoed. Queenstown, Feb. 26. The Gun-, ard line steamer Laconia, of 18,09 tons gross, which sailed from New York February 18 for Liverpool has been sunk. The", survivors, said to number 270, will be landed tonight. : . ' ' " AMERICANS ON BOARD. - -London, Feb. 27. It has beea definitely ascertained that two A mericans were lost on the Laconia, according to the Daily Chronicle's Queenstown correspondent. New York, Feb. 26. Twenty six Americans, six of whom were cabin passengers and twenty paid: members of the crew,;' were on board the Cunard liner, , Lacbnia from New York,' February 18, for Liverpool, with, seventy-five pas sengers and a crew of 216, v when the vessel was sunk by 'a German submarine Sunday nightf One casualty, as yet unidentified, was officially reported by the Liverpool; office of the line to officials here. . In renewing his subscription to The Progress, Mr. W. E. Brown t of Jefferson City Tenn., says that section is a famous stock and wheat section and farmers generally have experienced great uneasiness as to the condition of wheat following sWere freezing weather, but since tnearm rains -the rwpecte-are better and indications are that the crop Has come through in fairly jgobd condition Mr. . Brown also states that Carson-Newman College is being rebuilt at Jefferson City. :V:.' h'- J,
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