THE UPLAND SOUTH IS TO
AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
1NDFPENDENT NOT LOCAL
A PAPER OF THE HILLS
AND MOUNTAINS.
BECOME THE FUTURE "NEW
ENGLAND--! HE INDUSTRIAL
CENTER OF AMERICA.!
For the Progress oi the Piedmont-Mountain South.
VOL. 5. NO. 10 "First b Everything" SHELBY, N. G. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1914. PRICE, $1.50 the Year, 5c. ths Copy
LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SEMI-WEEKLY, NOT PUBLISHED IN A DAILY SHOP, IN THE SOUTHERN STATES
STEAMER MONROE
wen if
SINKS,47ARE LOST
FCRTY-SEVEN LIVES LOST IN
MARINE DISASTER OFF THE
VIRGINIA COAST.
THRILLING RESCUE OF 86
: . ...
Steamer Nantucket Proceeding in
Dense Fog Ramc Into the Monroe.
Latter Sank in Ten Minutes Ter
rific Scenes on Lost Ship.
Ncrfoikj Forty-seven persons lost
their lives in the icy waters of the At'
lanlic at 2 o'clock a. m. when the Old
Dominion liner Monroe was rammed
amidships, practically cut in two and
sank within ten minutes, 25 miles
southeast of Hog Island by the Mer
chants and Miners' steamer Nan-
ft ticket.
The 47 lost comprised 23 passen
gers and 24 members of the crew, as
yet unidentified, according to offcial
wireless report to the Old Dominion
line here.
Thirty-one passengers and 55 o the
crew were saved. Captain Johnson
of the sunken Monroe and all his off
cers but one were among the saved
The lost officer was Second Engineer
Gately.
Eighty-six survivors picked from th
sea and huddled on the Nantucket,
which wos proceeding slowly with a
crumpled bow toward Norfolk are th
only ones who know nil the story of
how the two big shin:-!, picking theib
way titrough a blanket of fog one
bound north and the other bound sou Pi
crashed near the Winter Quarto
shoal lightship.
Fragment; of Ihe wreck narrative
that reached here by wireless told
how the Nantucket, backed off, lower
ed boats and began sweepirg the
V
mistjr sea with her i.-arehilghts, then,
passengers pitcheAPoU of berths in
' nigt.4 clothes, went down.
In ihe swirling vonex of the sinking
ship men shouted and women scream
ed through the mist. The Monroe went,
down so quickly thr.t there was little,
time for launching boats and it is bo
lieved that the only ones saved wen
those picked up at once by the Nan
tucket. A dense fog that enveloped the sen
and the panic tliat followed the coV
lision made rescue work hazardous.
With water pouring into the doomed
liner Monroe, her :ightenel passes
gers nisiied to the decks and gropei:
helplessly about in the derive in;-.
Many hurled theniiehe-s overboard.
The Nantucket's ba.ta bad been low
ered almost immedi; tely after the col
lision and guided by the cries of the
Monroe's passengers and crew who
bad taken the desj rr.te chnrco of
leaping into the icy see, they pressed
the work of rescue, Searchlights that
were aimed through the wall of log
were of feeble help.
Meanwhile the wi-eless began kit
ing out its call for rid. The revenue
cutter Onondaga, crusing off the Vlr-
g nia Capes, heard and under forced
draft, sped northward. From her Nor
folk berth the wrecking t"g I. J. Mor
ritt soon was underway. The Old Do
minion liner Hamilton, not ftr from
where the Monroe went down, was
headed for the Nantucket and other
shins turned their prows to the res
cue.
S. A. l Train Cruashes Into A. C. L.
Laurinhrg, N. C. Seaboard Air Line
passenger train No. 14, from Wilming
ton to Charlotte, ran into Atlantic
Coast Line train No. 79 at the cross
ing of the two roads at Pembroke
at 7:40 a. m.
Two of the coaches on the A. C. I.,
train were derailed.
It is said that the dense fog mart
it difficult for the S. -aboard train en
jfineer to see the Coast Line train,
which was standing on the tracks and
It is also said that his brakes failed to
respond when he did see It.
Several persons were injured, the
most seriously injured being Engi
neer Charles Shafer, of Hamlet, of the
Seaboard train. He was badly bruised
bout his head and body.
Clarks Discredits Presidency Talk.
Washington! Speaker Clark de:
clared that nothing in bis Baltimore
-speech could be considered as indicat
ing that he had figured on being a
presidential candidate ht 1916 or any
time in the future.
"The only thing I said about the
presidency," said the speaker, "was
In reply to the flowery introduction of
the toastmastcr. I said that if ail
that the toastmaster said was true
I ought to be president and would bo
if the proposed primary had been is
force In 1912.
SHELBY M. CULLOVI
rir' t i
iFormer Senator from Illinois and com
missioner of the Lincoln Memorial
, passed away in Washington.
HUERTA FILLS THE JAILS
ALLEGED PLOT TO OVERTHROW
THE DICTATOR DISCOVERED
IN MEXICO CtTY.
Many Prominent Mexicans Arrested.
Money Sent to El Paso to Pay
Soldiers.
)
Mexico City. The police authorities
say that they have broken up a con
spiracy which had as its object the
overthrow of the administration. Sev
eral prominent Mexicans, including
Col. Vito Alessio Robles, am among
those arrested. It is alleged that Gen.
Eugene Hasoon, military governor of
;Oaxaca, and Gen. Feruado Gonzaie3
wero in some way involved in tho plot.
They, however, have not been placed
under arrest.
The ex-minister of the interior, Je
vsus Flores Magon, returned from his
.conferences with John Lind at Vera
Cruz. Ho declined to discuss ttao na
ture of the conversations.
to be idieltorea and fed indefinitely by
the United States government, the
Mexican soldiers fiom Ojinaga. who are
interned at Fort Eliss received from
their own government some of the
pay due them for lighting before they
crossed the Rio Grande.
An official census just completed by
Col. Frederick Perkins, shows there
are now C,:.'35. soldiers and refugees
to bo, prc hied for by this government.
Resales the six gcucraU there are thir
teen field officers of the regular Mexi
can army and fifteen volunteer held
officers. Other officers total 201. The
weraeii n:
laaer I,Ji
and the children
UlJ..
I'!i Me:
his first ;;a;
ing to C-:i
coaiiuandcr.
:iean soldier receivw1
for mouths, and. accord
Salvador iiercado, the
tins lasV
WRECKED FHISC0 IS LESSON
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Shows How System Was Obliterated.
Washington. Financial operations,
which included the acquirement of
lines through fyndientes which prof
ited to the extent of more than ?S,
000,000, seme of which was pocketed
by the road's own officers, are cited
as among the underlying causes for
the insolvency of the St. Louij and
San Francisco Railroad company, in
a report to the senato by the inter
state commerce commission on the
Frisco line's receivership. No recom
mendations are made by the commis
tdon, H E. Clark, the chairman, stating
in a letter of transmittals addressed to
the president, that they were not call
ed for in the resolution adopted by the
senate last summer, directing the in
vestigation. The report shows that the funded
debt of the railroad May 27, 1913, when
the receivership was ordered, amount
ed to 82.C3 per cent., of the total capi
tal liability, the total capital at that
Unio amounting to 5295,033,933.72, of
which only $51,3C4,109 was capital
stock and $44,269,833.72 was funded
debt including equipment trust notes.
75 Lives Lost In "Movie" Panic.
Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Fifty
eight children, sixteen womeu and one
man were killed during a. panic caused
by a fire at a moving picture show
on a plantation in the Dutch residency
of Surabaya. Most of the victims wero
trampled to death or suffocated.
Boy Kills His Father.
Natchitoches, La. Fearing for the
lives of his mother and other members
of the family, John C. Clark, Jr., aged
13, shot and killed bis father in their
home at Natchitoches, according to tes
timony before the coroner's Jury,
t r-inru Sr . it was testified, came home
under the influence of intoxicants and
threatened to kNl members of his
household. Mrs. Clark tied. When her
husband started to attack their 15
year old daughter, young Clark shot
hLs father down. A w ife ;rml nine chil
dren survive.
E
IH Hi STATES
MORE TERRITORY IS FREED FROM
CATTLE TICKS THROUGOUT
THE SOUTH.
TENNESSEE ENTIRELY FREE
Over 17,000 Additional Square Miles
in Eight Southern States to Be
Released From Quarantine.
Washington. The territory 1n the
South freed from cattle ticks and re
leased from quarantine has been in-
creased by 17,106 square miles by an
order issued by the aeting secretary
of agriculture, effective February 16,
1914, releasing additional portions of
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Okla
homa and Texas. This action has been
taken as a result of further progress
made ia the extermination of the ticks
which spread splenetic or Texas fe
ver of cattle. The total area released
since the beginning of the work in
1906 now aggregates 215,908 square
miles, and amounts to about 30 per
cent f the territory infected at tae,
time the work was undertaken.
Tennessee is the first of the states"
extensively infested by the ticks to
be entirely freed from thb pest, and
released from quarantine.
The portions of the sev- al states
to be released from quarutir
February 16 under the order mentioned
axe as follows: r
In Virginia: The county of
and the balance of the .un .y
Greenesville.
In North Carolina: The counties
Moore. Hoke, Scotland, Rob. sou ..
New Hanover.
In Georgia: The counties ' Si
g:i:i and Franklin.
In Tennessee: The rem-under
Marion county.
ties of Jackson s.nd Sumter.
J
k.
Clay, Jasper, Smith, Stott and
llore, the remainder of the counu
of Lowndes, Holmes, Madison, tt
Rauldn, Noxubee, Chickasaw, ...ud pi 7
tions of the counties of Claiborne, ft'j.
ren, Yazoo, Sharkey, Bolivar, '
Grenada, Leake, Monro", J
LaFayette.
In Oklahoma: The count
ton and tiio remainder of tl:. e.
of Tillman, Grady, Craig ai d
uud xxrtioiis oi the cant
Clajn. Osago and Deiawan.
wU;
ilitie:
U-.w.:
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SENATOR CULL0M IS DEAD
i He Hr.ci Represented Illinois,
j g-css for Fifiy Years
1 Washington, '"onm-.r Sen:U
! by '1. Cnllom of Illinois died h . ai
I ter an illness of moro than a vv.v:v,
'. during which he hovere.'l between He
land death. His birt words were a
! v.ish that lie might live to see t'-w
j completion of the naJ.io'.ial memor al
: to Abraham Lincoln, who was his
' personal friend.
Since his retiiemet.t from the sen
ate last March, Mr. Oullom had been
resident commissioner of the ean.uiis-
1 sion created by congress to bu.ld the
52,000,000 Lincoln memorial,
j Shelby Moore Cuilom's death ended
fifty years of contir.uous public serv-
ice that had made him a figure in
American national life and brought
! him into official .relations with every
' president from Abraham l.iaeoln to
1 Woodrow Wiison.
j As a plow boy orvir.g !".s father's
' oxen over the frei-h prairie of Illinois
ho luui known and talked v. iih sur
i vivors of tile revolution and on the
; nigge j foundatii'ns of a life begun in
1 pioneer hardships cf a family ef twelve
children had built a carter that to.'k
liim to the Illinois h'ialuie i,.s a
member; spi-uker of the assembly, two
Unus in the governors cha r, t rvien
in the national house of rr presenta
tives and thirty cous.ecailve years in
Uie Cnitod Slates ssDate.
Earthquake Shocks Cause Panic,
iiucnos Air-s. Argentina. - EartL
quake shocks at M ndoa i:a'.ised a
panic. Mendea the. capital erf the
province of Mendona. lying abiMit tlx
ty niiles distant from t'"- elc?.no of
Aeopcagua. In lsil M udoa. was
(.ifiinrown by an earthquake.
; Taft Warns Against Plutocracy.
Toronto, Canada. "I sincerely hopn
our experience may give you warning
and cause you to take prompter meas
ures to prevent plutocracy reaching
the danger point," said former Presi
dent William If. Taft here in an ad
dress before th. Liv r.'.ry and Scien
tific Society of tbo Uanersitr of To
ronto. The former pnsident had
dwelt on tie itul-isti'ial expansion of
Canada and tr.. pruoubility that it.s
people would " me face to face with
ci.aditinas -." c rporate control exist -
ir.g in the Unit'.! States.
its
QUARANTINE
DR. G. E. YOUNG DIES
AT FOREST CITY
Prominent Physician and Business
Man Victim Paralysis, funeral
Sunday
Forest City, Special. I'r.
G. E. Young died at his home here
Friday afternoon at 6:"0 o'clock, fol
lowing a third stroke of paralysis
which he suffered Thursday niomintr.
He became unconscious yesterday
afternoon and remained so until the
end. Doctor Young was first at
tached by parlysis in February, l'.lll,
and lost the use of his limbs; but in
a few months grew stronger, and for
the past year was able to be about
the streets with aid of his stick.
The funeral was held last Sunday
afternoon from the Baptist Church,
conducted by Rev. J. Q. Adams. In
terment was made at Cool Springs
Cemetery Sunday. The pall-bearers
were Judge M. H. Justice and
Doctor Biggs of Rutherfordton, Dr.
T. B. Lovelace of Henrietta and H.
C. Carson, R. K. Hollileld, W. W.
Hicks and Dr. George P. Reid of
Fore.-t City.
Dr. Young was born three miles
east of Forest City in 1844. He
sen ed two years in the War Between
the States, and soon after its close
ei. ered Jefferson University of Phi!a
!' Iphia, graduating in 1870. He re
i,,rned immediately to his native
county and joined in building a new
South. At that time he was one of
the few physicians in this county and
his practice ertended into adjoining
.ounties, for no call of the sick ever
went unheeded. lie was married in
:S71 to .Miss Florence Jackson of
( his place. To them were bora 10
hildren, five of whom survive, as
ilovs: Claude J. Young, Forest
i ity; Sirs. E. F. Brenneman, Mary
1 .lie, Tenn., and Misses Kathaleen,
Ne'le and Margaret Young of this
place. One brother, W. M. Ycrug
Vand four sisters, Mrs. I.N. Bigger-
.;taff, Mrs. pTiscilla Padgett ar.jt
,.. ! tr re.;
ijfcj) survtve.
U" y Doctor Young
a)a considerable vvoa
had
accumulated
.oalth by his close at-
; ion. to business and hard work . lie
was the first president of the old
! I-', rest City Cotton Mills, and at the
! ti:ne of his death was president of
! the First National Bank of this city
i and a director in the Bank of Uostie,
! (he Forest, City Loan & Insurance
Co., the Flore-
Mitis, Cliff,
and the J. F. Alexander Lumber
Company of Lilesville.
A pioneer citiz'jn, lie contri!:uted
:-.uch of his life and means f1 the
in building of th-i iow.i . Brcad-mind-.;.
public sjiirited .".is.! generou.--, he
wus v.i-Jely known throughout, we-t-
:ii .'u! ta Cai elina, and toIcg--.':ms of
cm'!' 'cnee from his frierds to the
i'ii- i!; have been pouring in l isee liis
!cath ,as announced, lie was a
t.e.ver of strength t the educational
i o:es fif the county and for a num
ber cf years had been chairman of
the Countv Board cf Education.
I3o Supper at Mooresboro Friday
Night Feb. fi
Special to The Highlander.
There will be a box super at the
Morcsboro High School next Friday
night, Feb. t!, V.'li. There will be
other subordinate features of equal
interest, and probably more so to
some. Amusements for the children
young and old.
We urgentiy reouest the whole
community to cu-eperate with us ia
bringing boxes and living present.
The proceeds will be used for beau
tifying the building, oiling the floors,
a::d putting the premises in better
sanitary condition--. Remember the
school building should be attractive as
well as a healthy center in the com
munity, a pubic invitation to all.
GAFFNEY. S. C. R-9
Mr. Editor:
Have not seen any thing from No.
1 Township in your paper for some
time. If you will please find space
for a few word- from uh 'twill be
appreciated.
The people of prospect are show
ing their interest in the addition be
ing made to the church here as they
are all out every day and will soon
have the building completed.
Everybody is getting along nicely
with their farms and for the bad
weather that will surely come.
Mr. John MosUdler and son is
very ill. We tincerey hope for a
speedy recovery.
There will be u box supper at the
Prospect church Saturday night, Feb.
j 'th, lor the purpose oi raising some
! money for a library. Everybody w
cordially invited.
CHARLES C. CAR LIN
Representative Charles C. Carlin el
Virginia la one of the three men on
the subcommittee of the judiciary com
mittee that is preparing the anti-trust
Mils whose passage is asked by Presi
dent Wilson.
GQETHALS NAMED G9VERNQ!
PRESIDENT Wit. CON OPFTRS THE
ABOLISH M NT OF . - N'AL
COM MISSION
Army and Nav; Cfx:ct -s A to Ee in
Control - i ti-e r.rat
Washingtoa. ',a:i-::' ' 1 m cf a jjc;--
manent gov-! .. U lie l;.ii:a!aa.
I canal zone tc an -re: he ist'nmiau
I canal eomtnisun .pvu ,V was author-
ls'vili,' ' tan
nominaUen ct
:.! to bo i;r.-;t
canal would
" ' a few days.
of a ?i -
-ed out in
M-i was raado
I announce ment thf.
iCol. Geo-go " '
I governor o;
' bo sent to t'
! Colonel Ci
i man"' govern!
! the executive
public by Scri
atoiy after the
authority c tin
.'1 a.'
l1
r,
'. immed;
. xueet'iig. Tim
v ruor v. i'l be su
preme under the secretary of war.
Official rot;fication of bis selection
was cabk d to Colonel Goetiials ai
Panama. Secretary Carirson, who per
.sonally told the ci.lonel last summer
that h" would b ' made the first rev
enior. said lit; w,;. tc:ifidei!t C.er-;
would Iim no ;uo.-;';.;!i aboat accept-
UllCi'.
The change ia t t'e will v:y ,:r;
of f;,-CU a year t. the h ad :' tl
sone, as the citveracr's salary will
$1P.MM and he now reciv.-s Pi' (;V
as fhainna.i cf the c.-ur.mi-sion.
Secretary Garrisi I'.u'ii'iurv ed i:i..t
was proposed U re-'olve ni.-ich' -rs of
th'j conimi.-sion. with tiie exee;itioa of
Colon' 1 Goetha!-;. into a new commis
sion to aJTange 'or and condnet cere
HKinies inch!' nt to the canal .pt nirm-.
Congr, ! will b" iisked to provid- t!."'
reces -.:ry legislation.
URGES SCHOOLS IN SUMMER
Commissioner Claxton So Urges Prac
tice cf Closing Termed Primitive.
Washington. Characterizing tbo
practice , closing public schools in
summer as "primitive and prepo-r-ous"
and declaring the most "import
ant piol.'lem of today was to keep
city beys fru-n t:iree months' contam
ination in the streets." P. P. Claxtom
c-onimi-'sicnt r of tin- United States bu
reau of education, approved a plan
which would mean continuous seh. !
sessions and through which two mil
lion children might be enlisted in voca
tional work.
"The teachers should tiiuli nature
study and the principles of horticul
ture.," said Mr. Claxton,
"Pvblic sejiools of tae country rep
reaet r-3 investment in building!-,
grounds and equipment cf nearly two
billion dollars, and this investment
stands idle about one-quarter of the
time for no other rea-on than that
in primitive days both teachers and
pupils were needed on the farms three
or four months in the summer.
Duehay Will Inspect Federal Prison.
Washington. Francis II. Duehay, the
newly appointed superintendent of
prisons, will shortly visit Atlanta. Ga.,
to inspect the United States peniten
tiary there. His appointment is a per
sonal one of Attorney General McRey
neld. and he does tiot have to be
confirmed by the senate, eo he will
enter upon his new duties at once. Mr.
Duehay declined to make an comment
upon the charges of Julian Hawthorne
aid others affecting the conduct of
Warden Moyer.
FREE CANAL TOLLS
5E
FHEttEENT HOLDS EXEMPTION
TO AMERICAN COASTWISE VES
SELS VIOLATES TREATY.
THREE COURSES ARE 0PE
Qucttion cf Panama Canal Tolls Is
Subject Discussed About Capi
tol in Washington.
Washington. How to dinpose of th
Panama canal tolls question was th
subject uppermost in discussion about
the capital when the attitude of Pres
ident Wf son, outliued to the senat
foreign relations committee, becaaiv
public. The president's position was
asserted to be that the provision of
the Panama canal act granting toll
exemption to American vessels is ini
violation of the Huy-Pauncefote trea
ty, which proclaims that the canal
shall be free end open to all national
"on terms of entire equality," and
that "charges of traffic should be just
and equitable."
Before definite action is taken in
congress, it was said administration
leaders will await the public state
ment from the president on the ques
tion. President Wilson himself, after
the conference with the senator's, said,
he would proclaim his views "at a
future time."
Three courses ere open to congress.
Great Britain, which persistently has
opposed the toll exemption for Ameri
can ships, has offered to arbitrate the
question as to its being a violation cf
the Hay-Paancefole treaty. Tbo ma
jority in congress, it is believed, oppos
es this, maintaining that the United
States should ts. tt-e. the issue for itself.
Another course is to carry into effect a
resolution submitted by Representative
Adatasan, which would suspend, for
two years, the cperation of the pro-
visiOi e. '!.," ; ": u
the py'is-ilit A 1 SI.'; .' ;6 '
.."'?-.-si :'i'it'
conth ; ' : .' a."i:m- '! !h'!'d
propo. .' is ' ' ' v
free t, rt- '
Representative A damson said that
th committee on interstate and for-,
cign commerce undoubtedly would re
port the free tolls suspension bill to
tho bouse favorably, but tliat this ac
tion would be held up ponding defi
t'ite word froni President Wilson. Mr.
Adamson expects the president to com-,
jnuiiicate his views to convres.-1 sooa
in a special K)es-..igi.
WHITE TEACHERS BARRED
By Measure Pssced by Scut . Carolina
Hcuse cf Representatives.
ehili'inhl;:, S ' Tbo lower bouse
iA th" S. uh Carolina g-merai asr-em-
; My j ae-l to third readin.-r a bill yro-
hit'i; m-r white p. opb? from b aching
in k- s"!io(,is or negro' s in wldto
j -rhe:i, u:,J. r per.aity of a iir.- of not
mvr.: t.,au r imprisonment for
'no; en : t '.-liir.g iv.elve jaotiths. Tho
passage, of th" measure was recom
j ).::. 1 . i by Governor lliease in a mes
I -ago fi. tlie general assembly.
I The bill wa aim -nd"d to include the
j "iatimary cf the races hi houses of
' ill repm-n"
Another amendment provides that
1 the' bill shall not bo regarded as pro
; hibiiing the leaching of the I'.ible to
! negroes.
T,"e measure was passed to third
' reading after a bitter fight in which
the chief -issue was whether negroes
I would b mere liable to be taught so
cial equality by teachers cf their own
; raee or by white people. A strenuous
f.'ort was made to exempt Charleston
county from the provisions of the bill.
In Ciiarie.-ton. it was stated, about
fifty YiMte women teach negroes
Sonalional speeches were made,
and ct times the discussion became
most bitter.
In urging the passage of the bill Mr.
Former of Spartanburg declared:
"The negroes have their Hooker T.
Washington. Let the m groes run
tieir ow u business aud their schools."
$25,000 for Cancer Work.
New York. The New York Homeo
pathic Medical College has been given
$25,000 for research work in cancer,
it was announced. The donor is Lam
bert Suydam, who for many years baa
been interested in furthering scien
tific investigation along tlr.s line.
Probe of Strikes Ordered.
Washington. A sweeping investiga
tion of strike conditions in th coal
fields of Colorado and the copper dis
trict of Michigan was authorized by
the house. By a vote of 151 to 15
the bouse adopted the resolution of
Representative Keatiue of Colorado,
smpowering the mines and mining
committee to ranke inquiry as to con
ditions iu Colorado and Michigan in
which the federal government might
bo concerned. Hearings will be con
ducted in the strike regions by a sub
committee, or snh-couimittee
DPPQ
D BY WILSON
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