THEENTER.PR.ISE
Published Weekly.
*TiLLIAMb f w.N, itwK TH CAROLINA
Panama earthquake® are more ansa
mlc than naughty.
Monday would be more popular If It
came later in the week.
A few buffalo nlckela are ■till
knocking about the country.
Since the allt skin the new wom
an's movement la leaa hampered.
Give aome people an Inch and they
will go off and say It waa a mile.
A Berlin scientist claims that coal
causes cancer. Better quit eating coal.
If milk continues to go up the con
sumer may have to ourbank the cocoa
nut
A wia.i Is never wholly wrong so
long as he admits that he may be mis
taken.
A leopard bit a moving picture ac
tftess In Rome. This ought to make
aP thriller.
; This frequent changing of % the
waist line In women's dress entails a
lot of waHte
How foolish and wicked It 14 for oth
er people to do the things that you
(Jon't like to do!
As a race we are much sophisticated,
but where is the poet to Indite an ode
to the grapefruit?
There Is n lot of difference between
the man who sayß something aAI the
ipan who Just talks
Now a man Is alleged to have slain
the smoker of an 111 smelling cigar.
He may plead self-defense.
Will some of the brethren tell us
whether a woman policeman should
be called a copess or a copette?
Oettlng up early In the morning to
wrestle with, the furnace is good to
Btrengthen a man's character, perhaps.
Owing to the advancing price of hu
man hair the world over, the woman
of fashion may be driven to grow her
own.
Some one claims to have discovered
a substance that la more transparent
.than glass Some politic ians must bo
jjniade of It.
It is said that electricity will now
do 48 things about- the bouse. Prob
ably the other 1,999 things will still be
dooe ly mother.
it seems clumsy of that man who
used a gun In hunting ducks In his
aeroplane. Why didn't he use a mal
let and stun them?
Still If football were made as lady
like a game as the reformers would
have it .not even the reformers would
care to see it played.
Out In Washington a man and hlB
wife have been summoned for Jury
duty What the dickens becomes of
the family In such case?
Slowly the citizen who once saw
pink lizards and cubist monkeys Is be
ing vindicated. Scientists report fur
bearing fish In the arctics.
A Wall street broker wants the su
preme court of New York to tpll him
whether or not he Is married. Mere
Idle curiosity, we presunfie.
Among the things that made old
fashioned winter endurable was the
old-fashioned woolen sock that the old
fashioned woman knew how to knit.
The edict haß gone forth that men's
clothes will be worn tighter. That
last winter suit that got wet and
shrunk will be decidedly de rigueur
this season.
Hard luck Is when a man who does
not like .bysters eats one for polite
ness, discovers a SIOO pearl and then
keeps- on eating them Indefinitely to
find another.
The Chicago boy who ran away
from home because he didn't want to
be shampooed dally will have the sym
pathy of every man who visits a bar
ber shop every day.
The department of agriculture's
statement that the crow Is the farm
er's friend is not calculated to make
the farmers have any increased re
spect fo- the experts In that depart
ment.
A high churchman says that lean
men are wicked and that It Is easier
for fat men to be good. This is hard
on the skinny contingent till they
member the well-known wall, "Who
loves a fat man?" ,
Paul I*ol ret, the Frenchman who
tells the women what they muit wear,
•ay* the skirt will have to go. What
a horrible thing It would be If Paul
were to get up grouchy gome morning
and decide that women might not
wear an/ clothes at all.
Sawdust and red ink are aald to be
the component parts of some of the
red pepper on the market Thoae
manufacturer* are worse than the
van who fed his horse shoe peg* after
fitting him with green glaaaea to make
bin think the feed was oats
CANT TELL WHEN
BUHL WILL OPEN
NO DEFINITE DATE 13 YET SET
FOR OPENING OF THE
PANAMA CANAL.
GOETHELS ISSUES REPORT
Colonel Qoethala, in Report, Makea No
Prediction of When Bhlpa May
Paaa Through
Washington.—No definite date for
the official opening of the Panama ca
nal la aet In the annual report of
Col. George Goethals, chairman' and
chief engineer of the com nils
slon, which has just been submitted
to Secretary Garrison. Neither is
there any prediction of when the ships
may first pass from ocean to ocean.
The first day of the canal's actual op
eration still depends upon the treach
erous slides of Culebra cut and how
fast the dredges can keep the chan
nels open.
"It haq been the general belief that
the effect of the water In the cut would
tend to retard slides, and experience
below the Gatun locks fully justifies
this belief," said Colonel Goetiials. "On
the other hand, the gelogist Is of the
opinion that the water may, to some
extent, develop new slides. Again,
much ado was made in 1909 over the
seamy character of rock on the Isth
mus, through which water flows quite
rapidly, In consequence of which the
question WHS raised that the lake
might leak mt through seams and
crevices.
"K these things are lable to occur,
thy sooner, the better, if the official
opening of the canal Is to occur Janu
ary 1, 1915, for if water were nt ad
mitted tills fall, put were deferred un
til May 1. 1914,Jthe full height could
not be reached until October, 1914,
leaving little time for the determina
tion of these questions. These consid
erations led to the conclusion that the
water should be turned into the cut
at the earliest date practicable for
getting tiled redges to work on the
slides.
"The present plans, therefore, are
baspd upon the blowing up of Gamboa
dike on October 10, its removal by
dredges immediately thereafter, the
transfer of two suction dredges and a
ladder dredge to the Cucaracha slide,
the smaller dipper dredges to work on
the other slides until the full width of
the channel is attained, and the pass
age of vessels through te canal as
soon as channels of full depth and of
sufficient width have been secured.
"Before boats can be passed It will
be necessary to remove the
dike by dredges and to remove the
slides as already outlined. The pas
sage of commercial vessels Is depend
ent, therefore, upon the time when
proper channels can be dredged
through the slides; should additional
ones occur, they will necesasrily ad
vance the date when this will be ac
complished.
COMMISSION WILL DECIDE
Railroads Will Argue for Rate
Increases.
Washington.—The Interstate com
merce commission will begin a hearing
which will probably evtend for several
months on the proposed freight rate
Increases of approximately 5 per cent,
filed October 15, last, by railroads
In the territory east of the Mississippi
and north of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers.
Though only the railroads in the
classification terlrtory included within
the boundaries specified are directly
Involved In the hearing, actually every
railroad In the country is concerned.
Should the commission permit the
roads to apply Increased rates, the
same? authority might be extended to
other carriers to Increase rates
The railroads two years ago asked
for an Increase of about ten per cent.
After an Inquiry the commission re
fused the request. When the tariffs
j provided for the present proposed in
creases were filed, to become effective
1 November 15, they were suspended by
I the commission pending Investigation
! until March 12, 1914. In May, 1913,
i the railroads filed a petition for re
j hearing of the former freight rate case
[ and the commission on June 21 last
| Issued an order directing that inquiry
be instituted us to whether the pres
ent rates yield adequate revenues
"Bomb" Strike* South Dakota.
San Francisco.—As the United
I States cruiser South Dakota steamed
in through the Uolden Gate, Silas
Chrlstofferson. in a biplane, swept over
the warship and dropped a sand
""bomb" that struck the vessel square
ly amidships. This was a feature of
j an aviation meet at the Panama Pa
j clflc Exposition grounds that was not
!on the program. It happened that the
I cruiser entered the bay at the time
j the aviators were preparing to take
part in a bomb-throwing contest at
I a target in the water.
Government to Make Qooda for Navy
Washington.—Secretary Daniels is
preparing to begin the manufacture
of cottom cftJtiilng for the navy in
the Charleston, S. C., nayy yard.
There are unusued buildings at the
plant available for the working force,
and It has been found that there 1s
plenty of labor and raw material in
the neighborhood. Only a trifling ex
penditure will be required, it is said,
to provide the necessary machinery.
Before deciding upon thla move, Secre
tary Daniel i> had made a thorough ln
vestigatln Into th« conditions.
JAMES THOMAS HEFLIN
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Congressman Heftln of Alabama,
familiarly known aa "Tom," Is consid
ered one of the handaorr.Mt man In
tha house of representatives.
REBELS WANT RECOGNITION
VICTORY CAUSES A CHANQE IN
DEMEANOR OF REBELB IN
MEXICO.
Hale Must Present Credentials Before
Carranza Will Continue Any
Negotiations.
Nogales, Sonoro, Mexico. —Francis-
co Kscudero .minister of foreign rela
tions In the Carranza cazlnet, asked
Willi*rd Bayard Hale, President Wil
son's agent, to present his credentials
before continuing further with the
conferences which huve been under
way here Informally for several days.
This wus Interpreted by many EH a
virtual demand for recognition of the
Constitutionalist revolution before the
exchanges between the Cararnzists
and the Washington government are
concluded.
"For our part unofficial negotiations
are ended, "Escudero said. "We have
asked Mr. Hale to present his formal
credentials. 1 would receive them as
minister of foreign relations and trans
mit them to my chief.
"We have been very glad to meet
Mr. Hale on. terms of friendliness,
knowing of his previous Investigations
In Mexico and In view of his relation
with Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan. The
cabinet members on previous occasions
met as individuals only. Each was a
member of the cabinet, true, but the
cabinet did not meet. The exchauge
of impressions now has £nded."
The announcement of the Constitu
tionalists' demand was a surprise. Mo
one on the American Hide expected a
request for formal recognition of the
Insurgents, even In the event that per
mission to Import war munitions from
the United States were granted. At
the beginning of the negotiations Gen
eral Carranssa asserted that the Con
stitutionalists were not seeking recog
nition—in fact did not desire it—and
only wanted the embargo on the im
portation of arms lifted.
Washington.—No official comment
was forthcoming In Washington on
the action of General Cararnza's for
eign minister. Francisco Escudero, In
asking William Ha.vard Hale to pre
sent credentials before continuing the
conferences which have boen In prog
ress at Nogales between Mr. Hale nn«?
the Constitutionalist leaders.
BROWN RESIGNS POSITION
He Rose From Section Hand to the
Preaidency of Great Bystem.
New York.—William C. Brown, who
rose from section hand to the presi
dency of the New York Central lines,
has resigned. The directorates of the
four railroad companies comprising
the New York Central system accept
ed his resignation.
Mr. Brown is 60 years old. and has
be4n in railway service for more than
forty-four years. He has been presi
dent of the New York Central for the
past five years. Prior to that he was,
for two years, senior vice president of
the system, and for five years was
in charge „jf operation and mainte
nance. As president of the lines he
was commander in chief of an army
of one hundred and sixty thousand em
ployees.
U. S. Army Chargers Win.
New York. —America won the first
two places and the fourth, the ttlrd
going to Great Britain In the inter
national contest for army chargers at
the national horse show at Madison
Square Garden. "Poppy," a chestnut
gelding, exhibited by the mountain *er
vlce school and ridden by Lieut. J. T.
Taulbee, second cavalry, took the blue
ribbon award. "Deceiver," exhibited
by the same school and ridden by
Lieut. Waldo G. Potter, First field ar
}illery 4 was second, and Col. P. A.
Kcnna of the British army took third.
"T>amp Saves Many Lives.
Jesup. Ga. —Scores of passengers left
the coaches of a Southern railway train
six»eeu miles north of here to wring
the hand of a tramp who saved many
lives in a melodramatic manner. The
trails carrying four crowded sleepers
and veveral day coaches, was rushing
toward a broken rail at a speed- of fif
ty ra'les an hour when the tramp ap
peare l in front of the locomotive wild
ly waving his arms. When the engine
man stopped the train it was within
a tow feet of a misplaced rail » N
GINNING REPORT
SHOWS-INCREASE
10,434.087 BALEB QINNED PRIOR TO
NOVEMBER 14,
1913.
COMPARISONS ARE MAOE
10,299,644 Bales War* Ginned Up to
Corresponding Time Last
Year.
* Washington.—The fifth cotton gin
ning report of the census bureau for
the season, Just issued, announced that
10,434,387 bales of cotton, counting
round as half bales, t)f the growth
of 1913 had been ginned prior to Fri
day, November 14, to which date dur
ing the past seven years glnnlngs have
averaged 2.9 per cent, of the entire
crop. Last year to November 14 there
had been ginned 10,299,646 bales, or
76.4 per cent, of the entire crop; In
1911 to that date, 11,313,236 bales, or
72.7 per cent., and in 1908 to that
date 9,596,809 bales, or 73.3 per cent.
Including in the glnnlngs 74,127
round bales, compared with 62,768
bales last year, 75,963 bales In 1911,
03,364 bales in 1910, and 123,757 bales
in 1909.
The number of B;a island cotton
bales included were 62,679 compared
with 40,389 bales last year, 71,204 bales
In 1911, 68,495 bales n 1909, and 56,-
701 bales In 1908.
Glnnlngs prior to November 14 by
states, with comparisons for last year
and other big crop years, ginned
prior to that date in those years, fol
lows:
States. Year. Ginning*
Alabama . , . .1913 1,182.747
1912 , 961.313
1911 1,239,211
Arkansas . . . .1913 603,724
1912 647.644
1911 663.115
Florida .... .1913 63,219
1912 42,263
1908 61.497
Georgia . . . .1913 1,824.290
1912 1,331.709
lflll 2,106.305
Louisiana . . .-.1913 274,997
1912 300.482
1911 269,548
Mississippi . . .1913 735.797
1912 664,554
1911 719,638
North Carolina .1913 493,027
1912 627.257
1911 716,200
Oklahoma . . .1913 666,679
1912 725,006
1911 657,497
South Carol!.la .1913 995,897
1912 883,535
1911 1,163,984
Tennessee , . .1913 233,528
1912 158,161
1911 264,777
Texas 1913 3.304.565
1912 4.020,939
1911 3.473,702
Other States. . .1913 65,919
• '1912 56,789
1911 74.023
The glnnlngs of se«t island cotton
prior to November 14, by states, fol
lows:
Year Florida. Georgia, S. Car.
1913 19,544 30,082 3.053
1912 15.052 2?.873 2,464
1911 26,818 41.730 2.656
1909 23,453 36,825 6,217
NO NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION
Society Suffers Greatest Shock of the
Wilson Administration.
Washington.—Society received the
greatest shock administered since
President Wilson assumed office. Of
ficial announcement was made that the
annual New Year's reception, which
has been held at the white house for
nearly a century, will be abandoned
for the present
Whether it will be resumed in 1915
is not known, but friends of the pres
dent and Mrs. Wilson do not believe
it will be.
Capital society got its first jolt from
the president when he called off the
Inaugural ball. There came another
when it was learned that many of the
leaders here would not be invited to
the wedding of Miss Jessie Wilson,
and a third when the annual diplomatic
reception was called off, but the latest
announcement capped the climax Of
society's grief.
Export Gain of *100,000,000
Washington.—An increase of SIOO,-
000,000 in the exports of manufactur
ers of the United States in ltl3 Is pre
dicted In a. report by the department
of commerce. For the nine months of
the year ended September 30, for
which figures now are available, the
exports of the manufactures ready for
consumption increased 937,000.000 over
last year; manufactures for further
ÜBe in manufacturing gained $26,000,-
000. and foodstuffs, partly or Whol
y manufactured, increased $1T,000,-
OOfl, making the total gain $80,000,000.
Phone Message la Sent 4,000 Miles.
Berlin, Germany.—The transmission
nearly 4.000 miles of a wireless tele
phonic communication from Neustadt-
Am-Uuebenberge, Hanover, to New
Jersey, accomplished on October 27, by
a German wireless company, accord
ing to a report submitted by Admiral
George August Emsmann to the Ger
man Shipbuilding society. The moa
sage was sent «r d received in the mid
dle of the afternoon, a time consid
ered unfavorable for wireless com
munication. The two stations ar»
ovar SOO feet high. u /v 'v^
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LOUISITA WOOD
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Little Loulslta Wood, the ten-year
old daughter of MaJ. Gen. Leonard
Wood, accompanied her father and
Colonel Helaatand on their 90-mlle teat
ride and aaid at the finish that aha
fait "bully." She la ahown here hold
ing her thoroughbred, Fort Hunter,
which the rldea a I moat aa well aa any
officer under har diatingulahed father.
General Wood la vary proud of the lit
tle girl.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
NEW ERA OF PROSPERITY PRE
DICTED FOR FARMERS OF
UNITED STATES.
Secr'tary Daniels Says Times Will Be
Better Under the New Tariff
Syatem.
Kansas City.—A new era of pros
perity and good living for the farmer
under the new tariff law was predicted
by Jqsephus Daniels, secretary of the
navy, speaking at the nineteenth an
lual John Jay banquet of the Kansas
City Commercial Club here. The back
to the farm movement now dormant
would be revived in earnest, he said,
under the improved conditions that
are in store for the dweller In th®
country.
"The new tariff," said Secretary
Daniels, "which will remove from the
farm the excessive charges for every
ufticle needed In the cultivation and
In the home, will cheapen living for
the farmer. The new currency bill that
soon will be law will be followed by
wise legislation providing for rural
credits and for effective laws which
will be put into execution against all
form of monopoly. These blessings
are almost In sight and their gradual
unfolding will mean a new and better
day for the dwellers on the farms and.
of course, when the farmers are pros
perous their prosperity is of the sort
that reaches out into the cities and
towns and makes them properous also.
"Products of the farm are bringing
better prices, and we may look to see
Increased interest in the raising of
cattle, sheep and hogs.
Ship Firemen Mutiny.
San Francisco. —The Rrltlsh freight
er Santa Rosalie of the Maple Leaf
line, which cleared for Swansea and
Dunkirk, returned to port with twelve
firemen out of forty-one c locked in the
forecastle and nine armed men from
the United Btates revenue cutter Gold
en Gate and McCullough on guard at
the hatchways. Capt. Thomas Prltch
ard said that shortly after he put to
sea nine of his firemen threw down
their shovels, asserting that when
they signed In England they had
agreed to work shifts of four hours,
with eight hours off. but in point of
fact, someUmes had been on duty six
teen hours at a stretch.
Funeral Coach Beyond Speed Limit.
New York. A funeral procession
was halted tn Long Island City and
the chauffeur of the automobile coach
that headed it was arrested and con
victed of exceeding the speed limit.
The arrest was the outcome of many
complaints that New York funeral pro
cessions on the way to Calvary ceme
tery have been so speedy as to endan
ger the lives of persons crossing the
streets through which they pass. Oth
er arrests, it was announced, will fol
low if the speed of funeral vehicles is
not slackened.
Penalties Increased on c. 0 t»on.
New York. —The revision committed
of the New York cotton exchange at
its meeting here increased the penal
ties on,low grade Cotton by from lo
to 85 points, making low middling 126
points under middling and placing
goad ordinary cotton at a discount of
300 points, comparing the old dif
ferences of 80 and 215 points respect
ively. High grade premiums also were
Increased slightly. The committee ad
justed the difference to meet re
quirwaants of a low grade crop.
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RAILROADS WANT
INCREASE!) RATES
THI INCREASE WOULD EFFECT
ROAOB IN THE NORTHEAST
ERN TERRTORY.
WANT 5 PER CENT INCREASE
Roads In Othor Territory Would B*
Effected Cla'n*
That "High Coat of Living" Mako»
It Nacoaoary To Ralaa Rataa.
Washington—Daniel Wlllard pres-'
ldent of the Baltimore & Ohio; Fred
erick A. Delano president of the Wa
bash, and George Stuart Patterson,
general solicitor of tne Pennsylvai ta
appfeared before the interstate com
merce commisnidon to argue for au
thority to increase rates on all classes
of freight traffic approximately liv«*
per cent east of the Mississippi and.
north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
Though the proposed Increased
rates are asked by the railroads la
the territory east of the Mississippi
and north of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers, the hearing is of the utmost
importance to all the railroads of the
United States, for should the commis
sion grant the authority for the in
crease it might extend the authority
to other roads of the country.
The commission will inquire wheth
er present rates yield adequate reve
nues to the common carriers and.
much testimony will be taken. When
the hearing began It was expected
only the opening arguments by the
representatives of the railroads would
be heard.
That the railroads of the country
have felt-the burden of the Increased
cost of living like all other 'ea.er
prises and individuals, "but unlike all
others have not been permitted so far
to raise their prices or adjust their
charges in recognition of tfiat burden"'
was the declaration of mr. \ ...
Referring to the refusal of the com
mission in 1910 to grant ten per cent
increase and the promise to reinves
tigate the rate question in the future
should conditions warrant it Mr. Wil
lard asserted that operation of the
railroads during the last three years
was not such as to inspire confidence
of private capital or encourage the
support of private enterprise.
In presenting the facts upon whicb
the railroads rely to prove the nec
essity for an increase in rates Mr.
Willard asserted that during the past
three years "the railroads in the ter
ritory affected had spent in property
Investment some 1600,000,000 or at
the rate of $200,000,000 per year. Nev
ertheless," he added, "because of the
fact that operating expenses had in
creased faster than operating revenue
these railroads earned in the year
ended June 30, 1913, by less $16,211,-
321 than for the year ending June 30 r
1910."
Huerta Government Crumbling
Washington. President • Wllson'»
belief that the government of Provi
sional President Huerta is slowly
crumbling was reiterated at the
White House. Discussing the situa
tion generally, the president pointed
out that the local press In Mexico City
could print, uncontradicted, baseless
statements as to the future intention*
of the United States. As evidence of
the ability of the Huerta government
to spread any impression it please*
through the Mexican press the presi
dent referred incidentally to optimis
tical predictions during* the last few
days in Mexican newspapers that rec
ognition of the Huerta government by
the United States was forthcoming.
The Washington government, it is
known, is irrevocably determined un
der no circumstances to recognise
Huerta.
Claims Relationship to "Mary."
Lancaster, Mass.—Richard K. Pow
ers, who claims close relationship to
"Mary," who is the heroine of a nur
sery rhyme about a persistent little*
lamb has just celebrated his 103 d an
niversary here. "Mary," whose full
name was Mary Sawyer, was a cousin
of Powers, hfe avers, and her lhmb
was one of twins horn on the Sawyer
farm in March, 1814.
Foreign Meat is Cheaper.
Washington.—The navy department
stocked the supply shtp Culgoti. ahou-t
to said for the Gulf of Mexico, with
Argentine beef at a s-avinss o*
what more than half a rent a pound
below the lowest estimate made by
American packers. A consignment
of 285.-000 pounds was bought at 11.90
cents per pounds, the lowest price for
American beef b?lng 12.49 rents.
The Culboa sailed from New York a
few days ago. The nary also has
Just saved |9,528 by buying canned
corn beef In the Australian market.
President's Message Complete.
Washington. President Wilson's
annual message which he will read to
congress is finished, but Just when
It will be delivered will depend upon
'the convenience of both houses in ar
ranging a Joint session. Hitherto the
President's message has been read
the day atyer the convening of con
gress. It Is expected that the presi
dent will dwell considerably on the
need for early action on the currency
bill and htat he will develop in a gen
eral way the attitude of the adminis
tration toward trust leglslaUon.