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SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1914.
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AMERICAN FLAG RAISING
CEREMONY AT VERA CRUZ
Stars and Stripes Raised Above Division Headquarters of Rear Ad
mirable Frank F. Fletcher and Was Accompanied by Salute and
Dress Parade. Rebels Said to be Gaining Ground While More
Friendly Feeling Displayed Toward Americans.
Vera Cruz, April 27. With all
ceremony, the firing of a salute and
dress parade, the American flag was
raised today over the division head
quarters of rear admiral Frank F.
Fletcher, Over the customs house
the flag has been flying since the
landing of the American forces but
until now there had been no cere
mony indicating the formal occupa
tion of Vera Cruz.
The transports with Brig.-General
Fuston's command aboard were off
the port late today, but there has
been no indication that the military
forces will be sent ashore at this
time. If the army lands, the blue
jackets now on duty here will go
aboard their ships, but the marines
will be left for land service.
Five Americans who arrived by
train from Mexico City today, were
expelled by General Huerta. They
had been arrested at Pachuca for no
known cause. They are Dr. Hoskins,
R. Chattion, J. Punstion, G. G.
Smith and Mr. Maddox. Dr. Hos
kins was subjected to rougher treat
ment than the others because in his
pocket were found papers indicat- j cavalry in the dispatch of men to
ing that he had once served as sur- j Vera Cruz There are n(w 300000
geon in the United States army of rati0ns at Vera Cruz with additional
volunteers. These men were sent to j suppijes going on the San Marcos,
the capital from Pachuca and Huer-; Colonel Kranthauf , of the quarter
ta ordered them to leave the country. ! master's department, said tonight
The more friendly attitude dis-' that the army had an additional
played in the capital towards for- three months supply in Galveston
eigners in the last day or two was Kflv frr fillinmptlf Tdnfa WoTlL .
explained today when it was learned
from refugees that Rebel supporters
in Mexico City had
taken steDS to
change public opinion
Thev ciron-
ated handbills calling upon the peo-1
pie to protect Americans and de
nouncing Huerta as the cause of the
anding of the American naval for
ces at Vera Cruz, and also as the
author of inflammatory statements
published in Mexico City.
In the handbills the people were
called upon to join in a big parade
in order to show disapproval of Hu
erta' s attitude and to indicate their
own friendliness toward Americans.
The parade took place Saturday.
The fact that it was permitted by
Huerta was construed as an indica
tion of the weakening of his power.
The Rebels are said to have been
. a 1 . 1 .
gaining ground m tne territory
close to Mexico City. Four hundred
Federal wounded were brought into
the capital on Friday from nearby
points. Where the battle was fought
the refugees did not know.
Additional Fighting
Force to Vera Cruz.
Galveston, Texas, April 27. The
note of peace sounded in the media
tion negotiations proposed by the
Consumption Takes
350 People Every Day
in the United States and the sur
prising truth is that most cases are
preventable with timely, intelligent
treatment.
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us that after sickness, colds, over -
work or any other drains upon
strength, Scott's Emulsion should
be promptly and regularly used be
cause tubercular germs thrive only
in a weakened system.
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to
solve the Mexican trouble found no
echo here today in the hurried pre
parations to embark an additional
force to Vera Cruz.
All day long the quartermaster's
department rushed the work of re
fitting the freighter San Marcos into
an army transport and tonight the
steamship was loaded with supplies
and ready to sail early tomorrow
with a troop of the Sixth cavalry
and several batteries of. the Fourth
field artillery. Three hundred and
forty artillery and cavalrymen were
ready at Texas City tonight to board
the San Marcos.
With the sixteen mountain guns
that were sent away on the, Satilla
yesterday and the batteries sailing
tomorrow there will be nearly a
regiment of artillery ready to take
the field at Vera Cruz within the
week.
While Brig.-General G. G. Davis,
I in command of the army here, would
give no intimation of plans for mov
ing troops, it was reported that ar
tillerv was beint? nrtfeaence over
eta and other camp equiprn'ent are
also in storage here.
ine rersonnei or
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The Wounded.
Washington, April 27. Names of
thirteen bluejackets wounded in the
fighting at Vera Cruz, who had not
been reported or who could not be
identified in previous dispatches.
were cabled to the JNavy Depart
ment by Rear Admiral Badger today.
The list:
Alvin M. Johns, coal-passer. En
listed at Atlanta, Ga., January 9?
1912. Born at Atlanta, Ga., April
15, 1894. Home address Atlanta,
Ga. Wounded in left foot. Condi
tion not serious. Attached to Ches
ter.
William R. Schultz, ordinary tea
man. Home, Milwaukee, Wis
Flesh wound right shoulder. Con
dition not serious.
Levator Benson, ordinary seaman.
Enlisted at Atlanta, Ga., October 2,
1912. Born at Gatlinburg, Tenn
May 6, 1894. Home address LaFol-
lette, Tenn. Wounded in Tef t calf.
Condition not serious
the New Hampshire.
Attached to
Arthur Bernstein, seaman. Home
Brooklyn. Wounded in right fore
arm. Condition not serious.
Basil D. Burnett, seaman. En
listed at New Orleans, La., April 10,
1911. Born at Monroe, La., Decern
ber 16, 1893. Home address 1311
Baronne street. New Orleans. Flesh
wound in back. Condition favor
' s
able. Attached to the South Caro
i Una.
Patrick F. Cahill. seaman. Home
Worcester. Mass. .biesn. wound in
right thigh. Condition net serious.
Geo. H. Conrad, ordinary seaman
Home Donnellsville, Ohio. Flesh
wound right thigh. Condition not
serious.
Edward H. Geucke, ordinary sea
man. Home South Vineland, N. J.
Shot through lower jaw. Condition
favorable.
Robert H. Hart, ordinary seaman.
Enlisted at New Orleans June 25,
1913. Born at Berwick, La., May
28, 1896. Home address 422 Henry
Clay avenue, New Orleans, La.
Flesh wound right thigh. Coudition
not serious. Attached to the New
Hampshire.
three South American republics
Frank J. Philips, ordinary seaman.
Home New'Yoik City. Shot in left
knee. Condilion favorable.
Carl G. Smith, seaman. Home
Tenants Harbor, Me. Wounded on
lip. Has returned to duty.
Tony Vitaro, seaman. Home Ly
ons, N. Y. Flesh wound right heel.
Condition not serious.
Solomon Clay, ordinary seaman.
Enlisted at Richmond, Va., January
17, 1913. Born in Halifax county,
Va., May 4, 1893. Home address
News Ferry, Va. Next of kin Lu
cindo Newcomb, motherNews Fer-
ry, Va. Slightly wounded,
tached to the Vermont.
At-
News From Oak City.
Oak City, April 28 Mr. and Mrs.
Loomis Chesson spent Sunday in
Scotland Neck.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Salisbury,
Mr. and Mrs. Cloman motored from
Hamilton Sunday with Mr. Bisco
Sherrod.
Wilmer Woosley from Aamilton
spent the week end here.'
Jim Rawls from Hamilton was
here Sunday. i
Misses Vivian Reeks, Laura and
Julia Salisbury and Bessie Robinson
with Messrs. Robert Salisbury, Billie
Haislip, Cleveland Reeves, Mr. Car-1
son and Henry Cherry motored from
Hassell Sunday and were the guests
of Misses Pearl and Jefferson House.
Misses Helen Council and Lida In
scoe, of Hamilton, were the guests
of Miss Lucy Davenport Saturday
and Sunday.
Professor Myers, of Hamilton,
spent Friday night and Saturday
with Mr. Whitaker.
Messrs. Herman Rawl3, Jim Coun
cil, Mr. ilverthorne and Master
Marvin Everett motored to Robin-
sonville Friday night to attend the
school commencement. r
Misses Myrtle Long and Jeff erson
House attended the commencement
exercises at Robinsonville with Mr.
Ainsley last Friday night!
Misses Malissa Worsley and Pearl
House with Messrs. Ralph and Wil
mer House attended the dance at
Speeds last Friday night.
Misses Marjorie Barrett, Pearl
and Nannie House and Mallissa
Worsley spent Saturday night at the
home of Miss Hannah Long.
A party of young folks left town
last Saturday night to spend the
evening with Misses Hannah and
Myrtle Song. Those of the party
were the Misses Helen Council, Lyda
Inscoe, Jefferson House, and Messrs.
Whitaker, Myers, Marion Burnett
and Wilmer House.
J. W. Hines and wife with Mrs.
bpencer E. and Mrs. J. L. Hines
motored to Scotland Neck Tuesday
morning. " -
Narrow Escape for Momobllists.
While speeding down the hill near
Mr. Charles Steptoe's farm at the
rate of about twenty-five miles per,
Messrs. C. E. Tadlock and Norman
Barr suddenly lost control of the
rora roadster Mr. laaiocK was
driving and as the car turned a
somersault down the grade both
occupants were thrown out against
the embankment about ten feet
away. Fortunately neither was
hurt as the ground against which
they fell happened to be soft. - The
car however, was badly bruised up,
the front axle being badly bent and
the wind shield broken. - After ad
lustine: the crippled roadster the
two passengers in their disabled
craft limped into town.
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Remove The Trees by All Means.
Charlotte, N. C, April 24, 1914. '
Editor of The Commonwealth:
As an old resident who saw the trees set out, I
want to ask you to urge the removal of the central
row from Main Street. Then put the street in good
condition, and you will have a handsome thorough
fare, but as it is, it will never be anything but un
sightly. With all good wishes for your new enter-
prise,
I remain
Local Boy to The
Front in Mexico
Lieutenant George S. Bryan, a
Scotland Neek Boy Leaves
Annapolis for War Zone.
Among those making their way to
the front in the Mexican trouble
zone is Lieutenant George S. Bryan
of Scotland Neck. News was given
out Saturday naming the latest de
spatchmeht of officers of the Navy
and Mr. Bryan's name was among
those who by this time are in Vera
Cruz.
Lieutenant Bryan who for the
past year has been an instructor at
j the experimental station in Annap
olis graduated from the Naval Acad
emy in 1906 with honors. He was
an ensign on the Vermont when she
made her maiden world-wide cruise.
Lieutenant Bryan wbo is not over
twenty-seven years old has one of
the cleanest records .both morally
and in the capacity of a Naval Offi
cer of the several hundreds of sailor
boys who have lately graduated
from the Naval Aademy at Annapo
lis. All of Scotland Neck, the home
town of the young lieutenant will
watch with added interest the news
issuing from the troubled country
owing to Bryan s presence and activ
ity in the fighting circles.
BEAU FIELDING A PUZZLE.
He Was the Enigma of English Social
Life In His Day.
Beau Fielding was a young man of
fashion in the reign of William III
His bouse was sumptuously furnished,
his hunters, hacks and racers were of
great value, and "he kept a table of
princely hospitality." He had no os
tensible source of income, yet appear
ed to be rolling tn wealth. All that
was known of him was that he was
the fifth son of Thomas Wilson, an
Impoverished gentleman of Leicester
shire. Evelyn describes bim as a very
young man, "civil and good natured,
but of no great force of character,"
atid "very sober and of good fame."
All attempts to discover his secret
were vain. "In his most careless bours
of amusement he kept a strict guard
over his tongue and left gossip to
conjecture what it pleased.
'"jwv.fcv.tx- X
lie reaeemea nis ratners esiaie aauf uui, wuci , oxil iucuui. uusi oan.
portioned off his sisters and when re-. your druggist for Dr. Hobson's Ec
monstrated with on his extravagance zema Ointment. Follow the simple
replied
that, however long his life
should last, he would always have
enough to live in the same way. Some
said It was he who had robbed the
Holland mail, for which another man
had suffered; others that he depended
upon the gambling table, though he
never played for large sums. He was
the enigma of social life till his career
was cut short by a duel. His adversary
was at that time a young man ahout
town like himself, John Law, who
afterward became the founder of the
famous Mississippi scheme by which
half of France was ruined. When the
mysterious Beau died he left only a
few pounds behind him and not a
scrap of evidence to enlighten public
curiosity.
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Humors of Aviation.
Fair Damsel Aren't you afraid when
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I must admit I sometimes feel a sort
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"Weel, weel," 8aid the bailie' to the
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Youth's Companion.
Fruity.
"Do you expect this romantic turn
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"I do. I hare now a date with a
peach, who Is the apple of my eye.
and with whom I expect to make a
pair when 1 have picked a few plums,
unless she hands me a lemon in the
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"Has Owen ever paid back that $10
you loaned him a year ago?"
"Oh, yes: he borrowed twenty-five
more from me last week and only took
Ufteen." Boston Transcript
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