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THE yPLAN!) SOUTH iS TO AS AMERICAN NEWSPAPER J BECOME THE FLTURC "NEW 1M)S PENDENT NOT LOCALJ ENGLAND"--!" U INDUSTRIAL - A PAPER OF THE HULLS (CENTER Ol- AMERICA. AS'1 M o u n r a rs s For the Prores oi the Piedmont-Mountain South. VOL. 6, NO. 12 "First iu Everything." SHELBY. NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY. MARCH l::. I'M. . ; i year; the Cop. LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY, NOT PUBLISHED IN A DAILY SHOP, IN THE SOUTHERN STATES ROYSTER & ELAM GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE AT R, R. The month of grace allowed Messrs. Hawley and clement in the Casar railroad proposition having expired, the county com . . , A TV- C misioners nave given w xik. o. S. Royster and Orlando Llam a similar opportunity to make the $10,000 bond required, and which the aforenamed gentle- men failed to make. Mr Clement wired that the reason he was unable to push . , ... , , , the proposition through on time was oecause the man he was to get the money from had lost his Wife and Could not attend to the business j Dr. Royster and Mr. Elam Will now get busy and their nu- merOUS Well-wishers hope that they will soon be able to make , Vi -fl ine Curt liy. CAN YOU SPELL? TRY THESE At Komono. Indiana a few days ago the superintendent of the schools he'd a spelling contest. Ev ery person of the city was eligible and even six hundred took the test Of that number only fifty-two made a perfect score. Newspaper men, doctors, lawyers, merchants, teachers and scholars sub mitted iists of twenty words each and from that total, twenty word:; were selected. The complete list with the number of times each word was mis spelled, follows: Miscellaneous 364; calendar 324, parallel 27:?, principle 242, niece 223, lose 201, separate 190 disappoint, 177; disease, 164; prin cipal, 142; necessary, li!7; business, 130; relieve, 126; receive, 109; truly, 85; government, 84grammar, 79; be lieve. 73. One wotaantu' wljo mad u : per- lyf who bad bee4 jrf busin&S oil! . hi "Tile, .misaiA-Mmmrj- mtAj-, AnoUber man only-got one right. Due wo-' nan missed all trat three Here are the words, arranged in ,jrif) twacjja 'Weal M nci vm iur , B.irM-M- yart naa oniy cigni .the form of two sentences. Hand KUaDOat petrel is en route from this to a friend, ask him to dictn joniio, Ala., and the roUter Des the ?entenc to you, write down ' M0!nefl i bovind from Proereso to words and see how many you !. j Vera Cruz, while the gunboat Sacra spell: ' ' -lento is at Tamplco. "The privilege of separating ni ty nellaneous. calendars, arranl ; TURKISH FORTS QUIET, in two parrallel lines, was agamsi j the principles of the superintendent, so his niece, not to disappoint the government, nor cause it to lose busi ness, removed the principal calen dars and thus relieved her uncle of a strain which .might have brought on a disease. Then she realized it had become truly necessary for her to re ceive her instructions in grammar." IMPORTANT NEW8 BRIEFS Col. George W. Goethals has been nominated to be a major general In recognition of Ms services in build ing theiPanama canal. ' Representative Joseph T. Johnston Dl Spartanburg has been selected by President Wlson for the new Federal Judgeship in South Carolina, created by congress shortly before adjourn ment. The Standard Oil Comoany steamer Platurla, bound for Malrao, Sweden, has been detained at Kirkwall, Scot land, pending investigation. The Ger.nan National Bank of Pittsburg did not open Its doors for business. A notice on the door said It had been closed by order of the comptroller of the currency. T. R. Manning, formerly vice-president pt'the North Carolina Press As sociation and up tp four years ago oWn or of the Uo!ider?on Oold Leaf, died at tfender?on. :. C. He was 58 yea's old artel v;'f! een conflr.wl to htfi !!. for ".TO". ,v""". Senator Overman has accepted an inyitation from the Territory of Ha waii,to visit that country , in April. He will aail about April 21st, taking with -him Mrs. Overman. .. .. - VOTING COUPON Good For 1Q Votes (If sent in before March 20.) (Clin this coapoa , and send .in to Tne Highlander, aftet filling out -the; name of the person for whom you v may wish to vote. Clip neatly.) . , i Name of Contestant -M i. Post Office Name of vote -c ,.s.,-- ,,.., t I. ;4,,. ,,S, PRESIDENT ORDERS SHIPS, VERA CRUZ la Admitted Bv Washington Author tin That Situation i Most Scriout it Hst Been at Any Tim Washington.- -dnnetaJ Cjrranza has V&.. , . . J ... . . .! luiuiuitni in it u;:e rrom Uie SUkU)t UoTprnment Vltlt leeg tt9re an 1mprovm.lt iu m i Vtiooj with retpeei to foreigners a;id nelr lnterosts In Mexican territory undeT ins -ontroi, sud stop at : a, be ""'.u-y win he taken to the Ameri . Government to obtain the dfrtr1 The note is the strongest and dim! emphatic doeu- mfint (ha( gmt G()V(.niment t0 Merico 8ilKe lne correspondence with Hnerta a year ago. Ciruna is warned that the United States lias viewed with deep concern the rov.-inp; complaints mada foreigners generally against nil Administration of affair and now la dem:inds afn f ly chanE- t. contents or the communication were revealed tn KPVfiml AmhiisKH- dors and several Ministers hero who expressed satisfaction at Its urgent language. Some regarded It as an entire change of the country's policy toward Mexico. American Consul Silllman should have presented the note to Carranza. A copy of It waB sent to the Brazil ian Minister at Mexico City to be shown to General Obregon. the Car ranza commander. In the meantime, seme movements of American ware-hips have been ordered the effort of which will be a naval demonstration that some officials hope will convince General Oarranza of the determina tion of the American Government to obtain a change In conditions in Mex ico City. Aftet a conference between Presi dent Wilson and Secretary of the Navy Daniels, It ws learned on high authority that two or more attleshlps would be ordered from Guantanamo 'to Vera Crass. The entire Atlantic fleet of 21 battleships is at Guanta nmo within two and a half days sail of Vera Cruz. Only one war vessel, the battleship Pejaware, is, era Cm, byt, i a47 ti3:Hps teat may ve (Bfioa.iwra'ny' bat' ent from Qaantabamoi Ctc. -warships trill be in that vicinity In a few day. Tag Delaware will reraairi there in definitely, the crnlser, Tacoma left T.nrtn-.iwTrin. Hnitl for Vr On Britioh and French Fleets Making Progress Slowly.. London. The British and French fleets have battered away a step near er to Constantinople, not, however, without damage to the ships engaged and the battle for the Dardanelles con tinues. More TurHsh forts bn the Aslatlo Fide have been silenced according to a statement by the British admiralty, but the Turks are snaking a terlffio resistance nnd shells from their German-made truns have found more than one mark on the te"ie?rlng craft This struggle for the pcteway of the Otto man capital is the big feature of the war news and closely linked with it is the pustained excitement In Greece incident to the resignation of the cabi net of M. Vcnizoleos, who, deeming Greece's entry into the hostiilrtles on the side of the Triple Entente imper ative, could not agree with his King and resigned. To N. C. Old Debt U. S. May Pay Washington, D. C, Feb. 30.- An interesting statement showing the history of the loan made by North Carolina to the Federal government during the war of 1812, which Rep resentative R. N. Page 3 now try ing to collect, Jias been issued by Poliert H. McNeil, representing North Carolina in prosecuting the claim. Mr, McNeil's statement covers every aspect of the case, which will proba bly result in payment to North Caro lina of more than $100,000. ; His account of the case is as follows ,, ' ' Give -Delayed Justice, . "A postive 'effort is now being nuuie in Congress to place the State of North' Carolina on a parity with the-other States in the union in the matter cf the refundment to her. of money and expenditures .in' the pay ment and equipment bf the State mfc Jlitia called into service of the Unit- cd States during the War of, I8t2 to 1815, A" bill in ' the nature, of an amendment to the7 Genera) Deficien cy. Bill authorizwrf and-dicecitnir a ter adhTBtment tnd payment t d'.i the33 claims - was Introduced in, the House t v-. , - v-m tec in tta Ssn" tVA srovlii; 1 IN D iEFiOUS ST n A ITS j j I n ..--J..l , 1J - ... iV ,i (toi,vritit i 63D CONGRESS ADJOURNS TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SES SION AMOUNTED TO APPROX IMATELY $1,120,484,324. including Ship Bill and Rural Credits Bill. Two Appropriations Fail Passage. Washington. After two years of almost continuous session tbe Sixty third Congress, which revlsod tho tariff and the currency system of the Nation, supplemented the trust laws, 's Hta'ement: created un income Us and demonstrat- : "A K1 conirreaa has tiosed its cos ed Uio lirst popular election of United 1 3lons- lt:i work '1!1 P'in'"fe States Senators, has adjourned. : und luality of its statemanslJp morn When gavek fell in the House and and mc"'e' the longer it is tested. Senate sigualiziiiB the adjournment; "Business has now a time of calm thev marked tho close of half Of Pros-;- nd thoughtful adjustment before It, ident Wilson's 1 Administration. Hte disturbed only by the European war. first under domination of the-Demo o-rH'tfana Tiw. ttt! fiion tun rtv antn 1W . " tne nation m a special ie:jt, t a I Hon in in i'w.vr -mce JireKon HnmwrimotoW ii is 41U2M 4 iulf-coatroL ' ' 1 . vMns urt" jjilfairtng for food or money. eeverai million under ine record. 1 "The- constant emught of everr pa ' Bmlnna nmimiua (rlotic Bum sboula now be for the i-stieo. - iwo approprwnon dius laueo, i;ur. t rent appropriations for tha postal sert vice and the Indian offioo were e- to ine revival of its business, despite tended for anothter ear. . abnormal conditions, but also in its After refrains to. accept the Indians! power to think, to purpose, and to act bill the senate reversed itself, an ;, wisJl patience, with disinterested fair passed it, but the house refused teineSB, and without excitement, in a spir agnee to minor amendments added at , t nt friendllnMs and eniirtitRnmAnt the last moment. Bills Signed. In the closing hours, President! Wil son signed the seamen's bill, the neu trality resolution empowering blrn to prevent ships leaving American ports with supplies for belligerent warships, promoted Colonel Goethals to the 3a major general for his services as build er of the Panama canal, and rave pro motions to other officers associated with tho work. r ; The administration ship bill, , tha Philippine bill, the conservation hilla, the rural credits provision of the agrir cultural bill and ratification of the treaties with Colombia and Nicaragua all hafd pressed administration that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to reopen, ex amine and audit the claim of the State of North Carolina on account of advances and expenditures made by the State in the war of 1812-16 with Great Britain, and ascertain and determine, m accordance witli the rule applied in the settlement of the; Uko claim of the,. State of Maryland under provisions of the Act of Con gress approved March 3rd, 1857, tha amount remaining: unpaid nnd due to the State of North Carolina, on ac count of advances and expenditures and appropriate whatever sum is found to be necessary for the, pay ment of said claim. Many Claims Paid "During- the War with Great Brit ain, the several States then compris ing the Union, made certaip advances of money and . expenditures . in - the payment and equipment of their mi litia called into service of the United of the principal ht sums thus ex penditures so. made was rfunded to Congress for, . specific appropriation. tiona made by Congress for the sup-, port of the army.. Further refund ments -were made under an act of Congrress approved March 9,' 1817, di recting the payment of "Balance due certain SUtes." f Additional re fundments' were made under special acts of Congress in . which each par ticular State was made the benefici ary. Subsequent to these refundments the-princini! of the sum thus x , wended by the States, CoQKresr has from im to ,tim madof provision f t tv. v "Orient of interest charTC". V V . ' "Abtr t.sr ' StatsS J 'misy fy i6t, the orjln-l1 ob-J meaurij, fell by the w.i.-ide Last Hour in House. ! In the house, the last hour was de voted to tributes to Speaker Clark, Representative Underwood and K" publican Leader Mann. He;irecer.:.i : tlvo Palmer announced presentation of a portraittof Mr. Underwood to be hung In the ball of tli ways anil j. means committee. In doing so Mr. Palmer said: I "1 here is no doubt Mr. Underwood ' soon will be the leader in the serial' I K'i i one of the greatest Americans tif his. time." j . President Makes Statement. After his return to the White. Honso Presidf-n!. Wilson dictated the follow- The rircumstAncea created by the war country, its peace. Its order, its Just tempered Judgment in the face ot perpieiing difficulties. Its dignity and .tYwuwfii nnk -win u., rf niv which will firmly establish its in fluence throughout tbe world. : For many minutes before adjourn ment there was a lull In the senate. Senator Simmons paid a tribute to Senator Perkins of California, whose term ended at noon. Senator Perkins sat for a moment in contemplation of tho tribute. Then he slowly half rose from his seat, feebly waved his hand toward the North Carolina Benafor and his colleagues In a gesture of farewell, and took his seat again too overcome with emotion to speak. Senator G3l!inger offered a resolu tion of i.nai!!:s to Vice-President Mpr shall for his services as presiding of flcpr of t iie. f.euate. ligations. , "Upon the passage of this bill ir Congress, the Treasury Department will audit and adjust the account in accordance with tho directions con tained therein and this amount found to be due the State, reported back tc Congress for specific appropriation. It is contended that an audit of the account on the same basis as to in terest as the audits of the accounts of other States have been made, will show that North Carolina is clearly entitled to something more than 1100,000. Those familinr with th-. matter, have every reason to believe that the State will be awarded consid erably more than, this sum. "This is the first time effort har been made to place North Carolina on an equal footing with the othev States with respect to these refund ments and affords a splendid oppor tumty to the senators to render e service to the State in securing an equitable and just settlement of a account that has been neglected for many years." Forked Tail Lizard? Is there a species of lizard having forked tails ? If there is no such species, then the lizsard found by Mr A. Ledford re cently on the estate of the late Mrs Janie Price is a freak. Mr. Ledford brought the lizzard to The Highland er office recently, where it is hiber nating in a pasteboard box. It has a coat bf lovely frown end black, eol-. or and its tails are brown tvnd per fectly formed,, -'- . , . MifliUMxtvr "ajpi beinit read. fcm' . .. " .it.. t.n.J i- mi..' THE NEWS OF KIMiS MOI NTAIN .-1,. K: Patte- . Kier. and 1 M the legislature l.i.-t mittee eni Ki -vo M' tive to the reniovai of line whuh run-; through FACES SERIOUS PROBLEM DRASTIC MEASURES MAY NECESSARY TO PROTECT MEXICO CITY. BE But Virtually Tells the Starving Peo ple to Help Themselves to Any thing in Sight. Washington. Wriesident WllBon faced one of the i ost serious and ;ier;.i.xinr leve!o:::i..nts that hAS arisen in tin- Mexican iteration Mex ico t'Ky i-- on the vt-v: e of stai-vation. 0?neral ohivnon the Carranza coin n'amier, refuses to permit au interna tion: ! relief eoinmitlee. composed of wealthy n.emliers of ihe foreign eil ony to i"'-o" the needy. "Mexico needs r.-y ! rei -n aid." tbe general is reported i.: l.-ve ;:i(! UK-ed their All wrrwr's who c stores "eme le-en ordered to reopen. Three nitmlrer? of tbein, Mexicans, have bcPn ' vt uoced. The popula- .The "Jlftiyiiitaiv -British. Spanish and Italian ambassadors- five the. state department pessimistic repott3 of the situation, whit: correspond to reports already '-eccived. Secretary ii;y;oi ;innoinced that be hud telegraphed American Consul Stilimpn to lay U-e situation earnest ly before General Carranzu, so that General Obregon might be directed to accept aid proffered by foreign resi dents. Freight service is suspended between Mexico City and Vera Cruz and transportation facilities for re'ief purposes are being withheld by Gen. eral Obrepon on the ground of mili tary necessity. President Wilson was advised of all the facts. He was said to be studying the situation closely. Should Gene-al Obregon continue to refuse outride nir. drastic measure ' may ha necessary. Tali; of an allied expedi tion .ii; ::ar to the one that wert io the re'i cf foreiirr. legations at Pe king itMiiri; fie Roxer uprising was henrd agtii.- ir. o'.Ticial quarters. PRESiDEN'T POSTPONES TRIP. Vice President Marshall to 3e Repres entative ?t Exoosition. Wasliitt, ,oa. Vice President Mar shall will ,cc to San T'runcisco to rtr resent President Wilson at the for mal dedication of the Panama-Pacific exposition March 20, The President si ill hot!'' to visit the exposition later. Tho Vice President left for Cleve land, and later will go to Indianapolis before leaving for the coast. Assist ant Secretary Phillips of the State De partment, chairman of the Govern ment Exposition Board, also left for San Francisco to take part in the ex ercises in honor of representatives of foreign Governments. President Wilson reluctantly gave up his plans for going to the coast this month, bat decided he was need ed in Washington to direct the nego tiations for the protection of Ameri can interests during the war. The Vice President conferred with Secretary Brvan and Mr. Phillips, who discussed the trip with the President. The invitation to the Vice President to represent the President at the ex wositkitj followed and he accepted. Death of Mr J. G. Hoyle. As we go to press Thursday we learn, of the death of Mr. Jos. G. Hoyle of Fallston, from pneu monia on Wednesday night He had been ill but five days - Subscribe to The Highlander - Only $1 per year. SCALE 0? TOTES 1 yers sub 6,fKK 2 " , J2.00n 'Longer terms ir prr.portion. Water, for snwsedin ataedules. The vot. during contest; pays to work nob." ."iOOOO VOTE OFFER EXTENDED ONE WEEK LONGER . ! !- '.' la. '.);.;.!!"' ' if'' i i ,. .. i .''.;'' ';"' n"I ".ith ali ; , .1 f r ' .-ta't "i, .' ' r.;."! s hae in.- ....:,:' of the i ' date have I-:.- of ix'ing i , r ' ;, U: ,'i :;ils who - ' ' . ...'' ; : . write us x ' v i:, . -t.:l and . - ! 1 -VI ill - i 'c . Thi.- inilua-.i ti:at this l'.Uo rotllesl .-houl 1 i' the hest one of all .ivc po-ii.ly that of two oars ajjo. ConU'st .lust StartiriK Owir.K to 1 lit- lateness which rhar.-.i'terieil the advance in the ;ncr of cotton, we ha 1m t-ii slow in pushing forv ; ;-i this contest. We have gv. everybody a fair chance to ." t his or her name entered in the racee, and from now on tne marathon will be spirited. WE REPEAT 50,000 OFFER Ii ordeer that those who de sire to enter the contest with in the next week may have an equal show, we REPEAT OUR GREAT OFFER OF 50.000 EX TRA VOTES. FREE to each and every person turning in their first' $7 in subscriptions. This over and above the regular scale. Also, those turning in subscriptions this week before Saturday midnight, fee 13th, I will be entitled to compete for the prize in money $10 free to the person turning in the . most money on subscription afl.$5tp- tlae person, turning 1 the '.second largest Amount of subscription money The Leaders Those desrving of special mention for their good work this week are the folowing: Messrs. Eular Weaver. J. J. Sperling. A . O. Hamrick, Lax Stroud, A. P. Smith and W. J. Mode. In each case friends have been liberal in their sup port. However, there are oth ers, just beginning to work and who will make somebody hus tle for first honors. INDUCEMENTS TO BEGGINNERS As a special inducements to beginners, we offer a Premuim Ballot, good for 50,000 votes to EACH and EVERY person turn ing in the first $7 on subscrip tion hpfnrp "atiirrfav niffht March 20th. or mailed before midnight of that date. But one such premium ballot however, will be given to any one contestant Here is the grand opportuni ty for beginners to get started The above is the only bonus offer that will be on during the coming week. The Gold Offer This Week To the person turning in the greatest amount of subscrip tion money between Friday, March 5th and Saturday, March U'th at midnight, or mailing so as to be at midnight. 13th. date, $10 in cash will be given FREE- To the person turning in the next graatest amount of siy scription money within thin period, $5 in cash- These prizes will be mailed :o lne winners dunnsr the week of March 14th, and are n addition to the grand prizes. THE PRIZES We announce,, beside the au to, sonic additional prizes- Second Prize A free trip to the Sa.n Francisco Exposition, .virh nil necesparv exnenses Thi- ,1 Prise Fret" Trip to the San Francisco -Ev ""Mtion, p above- ' . Fourth Prize Or $75 Pi -nnd Ring- ' Fifth Prize Op? $50 Scho' arship in ; King's Business Cc ' - ege . . s ' ' Others prizes to be nnnonn cd Inter. r r , 10 Per Cent , Cas foirimi k sinns to all vho win orize, yet., who tiri ,$25 or nver -c nri" ... - - , 9 ,vi?v J 'rtf't. 1 " V' j i
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