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Vol. V. Slier City, N. Oi Wednesday, January 14, 1914. ; No. 36. ; : - - . A .,.,-'..J. Ti" . r-r-; ' - "'' 13.333,074 BALES Ull GIIIIIED UNCLE SAM'S FIRST ASSISTANT CENSUS BUREAU REPORT OF GIN- NINO PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST,' 1914. COMPARISONS BY - STATES Compares with 12,907405 Bale, Wtiloh Ware Ginned In the Year of 1912. Washington. The eighth cotton gin ning report of. the census bureau j for the season announces that 13,3331074 bales of cotton, t counting ' round as half bales, of the growth of lSlS" had been 'ginned prior to January -i,. to which date during the past seven years the ginning- averaged 93.4 per cent, of entire 5rop. Last' year to-Januarr 1, there, bad been ginned 12,907.405 bales or 95.7 per cent, of the entire crop. 14,317,002 bales. Or 92.1 per cent! In 1911, and 12,465,298 bales, or 95.2 per cent, in 1908. Giimings , Jri3r 'to January 1 states with Comparisons for last' fear and other big crop years, follow: States. Year. , Alabama . ... .1913 1912 ,1911 i "l OAO Arkansas. . . .. .19J3 191a 1908 Florida'. -. ,,.193 v Georgia Louisiana 19& 1908 .1913 1912 1911 1908 1911 Ginnlngs. 1,4611,943 1,288.227 1,618,510' 1.302L33S 933,389 732118 786,329 910.423 6S.269 6042 . 86L421 POWERS REACH AGREEMENT UNITED STATES . MUST ASSUME CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS IN MEXICO. 2,276.477 1,756,834 2,622,917 L93C.783 1,143,067 66L85& Free Hand for the .United States So Long as Lives and Property for Foreigners Are' Guarded. 1908 Mississippi .1913 . r 1912 -1911 , - -J908-North Carolina. .1913, ,1912 1911 1908 ' Oklahoma ... .1913 1912 1911 1908 South Carolina .1913 1912 1911 1908 Tennessee . . . .1913 - ., -1912--1911 Texas 1913 1912 :l911 Other states . .1913 1912 1911 1908 Washington. Frequent conferences between ambassadors and 'ministers 366,402 I here are tending to unite them on a $,503 line of conduct regarding Mexico, 453,219 which, while conforming to the plans 759.664 of the United States, involves an on- 857,189 derstahding as to obligations the 1,047,299 American government will be expect- 1,522,160 ed to assume as the result of non-in- - 759,664 terference by foreign powers. 859,189 This common understanding has not 975,223 taken the form of direct pressure, but 64)7,505 the state department is kept informed 80f4,457 through the medium ot individual rep- 94f7,"452 resentatives of the expectations of "the 900,409 I European powers. Generally these re- 525,610 late to the protection of financial in--1,32,988 teresta which citizens and subjects of 1,173,216 I the powers have in Mexico. No inten 1,508,753 tlon to bring in the political sidft'of 1,176,220 I the question Is indicated. 854,549 ( More than one diplomatic represent- 248,503 I ative here has informed the depart - 381,281 1 ment tha his own ' government wast 2,658,080 interested in preventing financial loss . .4,451,746 to its citizens, and beyond that did 3.926.059 not care what the United States did in SOME INCOME TAX RULES UflCLE SAM S ARMY Il'l UNPREPARED . . .. ... J UNITED STATES SHY QF FIELD GUNS AND ALSO; OF V ammunition; ARE NOT READYi FOR I WAR General' Wood Paints Doleful Picture of Arny to Congressional S ; thatSbia Washington. Explaining judgment was not Influenced by; .the :Me.kican5lfcu1ytJi Wocdbhief of -staff tihir jyy'ias advised committees of congress that WILL NOT RESUME MINING Welsbaoh Company Sees Nothing In Production of Mesothorum As -, Cost is Prohibitive. .fihelby.--Dr. Howard A.' Kelly, a Burgeoa-of Baltimore, who has gained National .reputation for his discovery of the ijise of radium- In the cure of cancer, and Joseph TV Singewald, pro fessor of domestic r geology in Johns popklns TJniversity, were Shelby vis itors '-recently to , eonf er with L. A. Gettys. of .this place as to the possi bility of radium being , produced from the mines of Cleveland: county. , Mr. Gettys . has been ' deeply! lnterestd In monaiite when the industry flourish ed. Jn this, sectioa and, in addition to a xonference with him, the Maryland notables investigated the , sand that has been ..produced in this section. . : In,yw jthe act tha it was pub .Lsh'durlng i the . holidays ' that' the 4 rimes In this section might be re-opeh- COUNTIES1 0 SUM E SCHOO L FUND APPORTIONMENT OF $250,000 AP PROPRIATED BY THEv GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY. BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Fund, Was Appropriated by the Gen eral Assembly of 1913 to Aid in Car rying Out Full Six Months Term as Provided by Legislature. . . 1 5talelgh. 4" beahse- ot the : newly-discovered I ' ApporUonentxf the 250,000 'ap- they should .appropriate 43.000,000 for UBesjof mosqthoriuno, it is faiterestiag propriation byi' the' geei-al assembly field , guns and ammunition, for the : to know the real situation. Mesotho- fof 1913 for the schools of tne-, state regular army, and $3,000' 000 for the rium and radium have practically the J was made a few days ago at a meet- militia, .1 I same powers. ; Doctor Kelly says that ling of the-state board of educauon If you sent our trooos into war as radium Is rated at about $250,000 an held in the office of Governor Craig. they are now. without bubs or amntu- ounce, and. that if he .only ; had this This fund was created out of tne state quantity, he would want no more to treasury for the purpose oi enaDiing perfect numberless cures of cancer, the schools of the state to fill out tne He says the cancer germs waU- them- required six months school term; selves in impregnable cells which ra The new law provides for the set dium will penetrate and destroy. Sev- ting aside of five cents on every hun- nition, it would . be absolute slaugh ter," the general told .the house mili tary committee. "If called into the field suddenly, we should, have to go with a small allowance of ammunition. and we Bhould have BEeitfter guns nor era! people claim to be In the posses- dred dollars worth of property in the FORM TO BE USED AND REGULA- ! TIONS TO BE FOLLOWED ammunition enough for tur field artil lery forces.' General Wood, in &' written state ment, said: "We neither have guns nor ammuni tion sufficient .to give any general com manding an army in the field any as ARE SENT OUT. Every Citizen Who Has Income $3,000 or More Liable for the Tax. of sion of radium but he denies that state, that is taxed, and this will be they have genuine radium. annortioned to the various counties As to the. possible reopening of the later in. the year. The total school Cleveland mines for mesothorium, the- fund will then, it is expected, exceed Welsbach Company, which holds mon- $400,000. azite lands In this section, says the The figures as given out by State announcement as premature. Experi- Superintendent of Public Instruction surance of success if attacked by an ments with email Quantities produced J. T. Javner are given below. The army ot equal size which is supplied h1 European , laboratories have rated Bchool population in each county, to- with Its proper quota of field artil- its curative- . properties , for cancer gether with the proportionate amounx troubles with that of isadium used for of the school fund, are given, . Help Market Farm Products. Plans to list various products which the -farmers have to sell and to list such products are set forth In a let ter being sent out by William R. Camp, chief of the division of mar kets of the North -Carolina Agricul tural Experiment Station. To have the work' prove of value the co-opera tion of the county demonstration agents and -farmers organizations. The list of grower's products in the offers for Bale Include wheat, oats hay, corn, peanuts, apples, sweet pota toes, Irish potatoes, cow peas, soja beans, meats, lard, syrup, cattle, hors es, hogs, sheep, mules. Concerning this- Mr. Camp , states that "it should be Impressed upon all farmers who list their products that we do not undertake to sell anything. kThis ls simply- a news channel for buyers, whether they be farmers, gen eral consumers in thes town, retailers or jobbers." - , r .' '" ' - in his letter1 to agents Mr. Camp TMn -Cv R. Hudson "joins wlfli iffs' In the request that every county agent co-operate with ua. in this work,. The blanks which are enclosed may be filled out as each agent makes his rounds about the county. All blanks must be filled out and returned to. this office not later than January 15. Cop-lea- of the Farmers Market Reporter, in which the farm products will be list ed, will be furnished you, andl all oth ers who may request them.? Copies will also be sent to" the newspapers of the state at the same time." CUTOUT GAMBLING . WILL BE CUT-OUT AT NORTH AND 80UTH CAR0- LINA FAIRS. MEETING HELD AT CHARLOTTE v. Indicate Washington. The form to be used and regulations to be followed by In dividuals In, making returns of In come subject to the new federal in come tax were sent out by the treas ury department Every citizen of the United States, whether residing at home or abroad, every person re siding in the United States and ev ery non-resident alien who has In come from United States investments of S 3,000 or more, must make return. For the past year, 1913, specific ex emptions will be $2,600 or $3,333.33 in the case of a married person, and In future years $3,000 and $4,000. Where the tax h'as been withheld in part of the3 Income on the source, or where part of the Income comes as dividends upon stock, of -a itorpotionAaxable under the corporation tax section of the law, the regulations set' forth that such Income shall ber deducted from the Individual's total net Income when computing the amount of which he is taxable. The law imposes a tax of 1 per cent, lery. . t "It Is jny belief that no modern war between first class ' powers will last for one year, and unless private manu facturers are encouraged to manufac ture ammunition for o guns, after war is declared, they will not be in a condition to do so until after the war Is finished. The war department believes after extended study that, In cases of war with a first class power, an army of 500,000 men will be needed to give this country any chance of . success against invasion, and that this force will be needed at once." The general suggested that the United States regular mobile army Bhould be organized Into throe infan try and two cavalry divisions with an aggregate .war strength of about 75,000, requiring 54 batteries, or 216 guns. Y 1J)7,105 B2.257 110,298 B7.777 The ginnlngs of sea island cotton, prior to January 1by abates, follow: Years. Florida. Georgia. SoL Car.. 1913 . . .-.25,166 41,768 . j 7,386 1912 . . . .21,085 39,543 ' 6,629 1911 . . . .38,091 63,099 ! 4,798. tection of the lives of its citizens. 75 LABORERS , MEET DEATH ANTI-TRUST LAWS DRAFTED doom by the swift current, was the fate of 75 laborers employed by the M4rico so lone as it was informed in and provides that Individuals who have time to take precautions for the pro- Lan income between $20,000 and $50,000 snau pay an aaamonai tax jot l per cent, on such amount; on all between $50,000. and $75,000, 2 per cent.; $75,000 to $100,000, 3 per cent; $100,000 to $250,000. 4 ner centr $250,000 to $500.- Flatboat on Whfcn They were eemg 000, 5 per cent and all over $500,000, Transported was wrecked., 16 per cent Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dashed to death on the rocks in the Fraser riT- RATTLE CEASES ON BORDER er, linusn UQiumDia, or swept to .tneir Lying In Dead Bodies of Soldiers Trenches. urana itum raanc rauroaa, accora- Marfa, Texas. Fighting between ing to Angele Pugllese, one of 25 who the. northeni division of the Mexican managed to escape when the flatboat I iederal army, defending Ojinaga, Mex- Sweeping Reforms , Proposed in Bills Drawn Up. ! Washmgton.-A general outline of m whlch were Detog transports lco opposite here, and General Orte- ed across ine river was wrecKea on . ennn nAa0 i as it began a week ago. Without any the tentative draft of antl-trus latum preparea Dy majority memoers a rocfe. of the house commUtee on th Judl- Pugiiese reached Winnipeg and federal activities to provoke his move, ciaiy f0B acUon by the full com;nittee, 25 who escaped were all General Ortega withdrew his arjny .ubjectto a conference with Presi- lnfured. The tragedy occurred in Brit- seven miie8 to the west, along -the dent Wilson, has become know here. Issh Columbia,, west of Fort George. Rro jrande, supposedly to await the wnue uieiuuera ui uuo i,uu,uuuTO Fugiiese says a cnange in location arrival of reinforcements iaiaeu wim tuo vicoiuciiw or me worK necessitatea crossmg tne Althoueh both armies, after six dava ago the proposed bills so tar nafve not Fraaer rtyer. The 100 laborers put of fighting, had been resting, General the administration stamp, and they away from 8nore a fran craft, whiclr Ortega suddenly divided his army Into win be discussed at a conference be- became unmanageable. It was dashed three formations and started to move tween the president and the commit- t0 pieces on a rock. along the border away from Ojinaga. tee cum uci ivuuwui uid jiieui- ont s reiuru. : Man Wno Arrested czoiaosz uead. I GiMni Rurimw n. The bills, drafted after conference Kansas City. John McCauley, who) Lefngtdn, Ky. den. Simon Bolivar between Chairman Clayton, Represen- arrested Leon F. Czolgosz, after the 1 Ruo.kner. formarlv envemnr r.r tatixe Carlln of Virginia, chairman of iatter had shot President McKinley at tucky and candidate for vice president the trust sub-committee, and, IRepre- Buffalo, N. Y., died here. At the time 0n' the old Democratic national ticket entatives rioya oi ATKansas, racoy of the assassInaUon McCauley was a m igge, died at his hom ein Hart ot wew . jersey ana otners, cover tnese poiice sergeant in charge of eleven county. He died at his home at Glen three main points: ; patrolmen who were to assist secret LUy, near Munfordville. General Buck- 1. Interlocking directorates. service mei in guarding the president ner-s body will be burled in the siate 2. Trade relations and prices. untU recently he had been connected cemetery at Frankfort. General Buck- a. injunction proceedings ana uam-i wlth the Kansas City police depart-lner Wft9 th last snnrfvlTti? ifentn.nt ment . j general of the Confederacy, age suits by individuals. mantel-making to equip' plants for the treatment of the residues from which mesothorium Is extracted. The Welsbach Company says that before it can engage in the manufac ture of mesothorium, or the owners of monazite property can look forward to. a resumption of mining, it will be necessary that the present tariff be changed so as to make possible the reduction of the American market's consumption of thorium in order t obtain sufficient quantities of residue to make the manufacture therefrom In a plant for that purpose. Cleveland county has nothing to ex pect from this product, for a ton of monazite would produce only a frac tion part of a cent's worth of radium. State Appropriation of $250,000, Appor- tionea rsr iipiu. Total school Amount Population. Apportioned. Of the Secretaries, of This, Questionable ShoU Aa Well v As Gambling Devices Mist Be Pro- hibitedw Behalf Social Service. te ; Charlotte. That the' fairs of thia sitate and South Carolina are going- to completely; eliminate gambling? adc ..... questionable shows on the grounds of the fairs was indicated here; recenflyi . at.a meeting of the secretaries' of, ithese fairs. .' ' ' rr A committee consisting -ot A. , McAallster, of Greensboro; W. C. Dowd, of Charlotte, and J. B. Clark, of Charlotte, representing J. M. Brought- on, Jr., of Haleigh, went before the fair secretaries and presented the matter in behalf of the North Caro lina Conference for Social Service. The committee was cordially received by the secretaries A number of the secretaries, have already aliminated all objectionable games and shows, doing it not only la The regulations for listing the pro- response to public sentiment and on ducts offered for sale are as follows: moral grounds, -but they assured the 1. Only those products which are committee that the financial retains in the hands of the original growers were better. or producers shall be listed. The committee presented the fol- No products which farmers hav lowing resolution in part: "The state sold to dealers shall be Included. and county fairs of North Carolina are 3. Farmers' organizations whose Paying an important part in JUie Jn- memhershln la limited to aotnal irrow- austnai aeveiopmem oi xue sm mm COUNTIES Alamance . . Alexander . . Alegjiany . . Ashe.. .. Anson . . . Avery .. .. Beaufort .. Bertie . . . . Bladen .. .. Brunswick Buncombe Burke . . . . Cabarrus 9.137 .V 4.263 .7 2,978 .. 7,194 .. 8,811 .. 3,904 .. 9,894 .. 8,078 .. 6,978 .4,397 .. 17,169 6,982 9,079 Move to Wilmington. Charlotte. Woodall .& Sheppard, inc., one of Charlotte's best known and most successful drusf stores, ia tn TO MAKE FIGHT ON PELLAGRA moved bodUy to WUmington, on or about February 15. This impor- Caldwell 6,708 Camden 2,157 Carteret 4,449 CaSwell 5,327 Catawba .. .. 10,565 Chatham 7,976 Cherokee .. .. 5,580 Chowan 3665 Clay .V 1,546 Cleveland .. ..10,811 Columbus .. .. 9,474 Craven 7,900 'Cumberland ... 10,759 Currituck .. .. 2,814 Dare.. 1,488 Davidson .. .. 10,158 Davie 4,573 8eereiary'eMfiAdoo Asks for a Pellagra Hospital for the South. Washington. Secretary McAdoo asked congress appropriate $47,000 for a pelalgra hospital at some South ern point '" " Secretary McAdoo ln his letter to the speaker pointed out that pellagra has imposed great financial . burdens on communities in which it prevails and that while investigations ; of pellagra have been systematically carried on at the marine hospital at Savannah for several years, and important bacteri- ologic and. epidemiologic studies are being carried on from that station, that institution has no facilities for the conduct of metabolic and physico- chemical studies. The latter studies are necessary at this time, according to the public health service, because tant step , was decided on at a meet ing of the stockholders recently, ,at wnien time lr. T. F. Costner, presi dent of the corporation, submitted a report of a recent visit to the City- By-the-Sea, at which time he looked the field over and made the necessary arrangmenets whereby- the firm will secure the southeast corner of Front and Princess streets, in the event that favorable . action was taken on the proposition to move. This decis ion having been reached, immediate measures will be taken. Duplin Durham . . . Edgecombe. Forsyth . . . " T. . It n ' Gaston . . . Gates .. . Graham . . . GranviUe . Greene.". 8.375 11,903 9,440 ,16,930 8,946 13,114 S.915 1.607 7.863 4,470 Farmers Are Gratified. Statesville. Gratifying reports for the past year were made at the an nual meeting of the Iredell Farmer's Union held at the court house in Statesville, and in their jdiscussins the farmers also reported a good year on of the suspicion of the association of I the taxm as it affects the individuals. the disease with, diet and metabolism. The drought cut down the crops in Secretary McAdoo added l , . . ' "A number of food products are un der suspicion, thus implicating several Important industries, and it becomes important from both sanitary and eco nomic standpoints to determine once and for all what bearing, if any, foods have on the continuance ..of the dis ease. These studies necesasrily will be of a highly technical nature,- requir ing! apecial facilities to guard against the possibility of error creeping in during the experiment some sections of the county, and oth er sections suffered from hailstorms, but as -a rule the crops were good, and prices being good the fanners have fared well. W. B. Gibson of Statesville was re elected president of the union, C. M. Wagner of Troutman was named as vice president, and I. N. Pain, secre tary and treasurer, W. C, Wooten, F. T. Meacham, P. M. Cline and J. M. IvObertson were re-elected members of the Executive Committee and C. L, Sherrill. 4, United States Seamen Drown. Norfolk, Va. The capsizing in rj Biography of Great Evangelist. Winona Lake, Ind. While Rev. Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist, was resting here recently, after a strenuous campaign in Johnstown, Pa., he received word that the new biography, "The'-Spectacular Career of Rev. Billy Sunday," was off the press, it is tne worK.oi l r. DTans;- enberg and the evangelist '.says It is a truthful account of his life. Court House Contract Awarded. Raleigh. Wase county commission ers awarded a contract recently '-for ther erection of the new $300,000 coun ty court house to Little -Clackler Con struction Company of Anderson, Ala. The contract price was $275,000, not including jail equipment for the fourth floor or the heating plant American Athletes BreaK Records. I Wilson Benefited by Vacation. San "Francisco, cai. Accoramg to I paBa cihristian. Miss The rimai. Hampton Roads ot a motor cutter from cabies, Power of the Bpston Athletic j dent looks 'forward to a busy week, the' battleship Wyoming, flags(hip of association and Templeton of the San 1 which work and exercise will be me Auanuc neei, resuuea in tne loss Francisco Olympic Club, members of; carefully balanced. Mr. Wilson Is now vi uiu uvea ui luur seamen oi tne the All-Amerlcan track team, Drokeloa well as ever. reveala In hia Wyoming-screw. The accident,1 occur- reicords in the meet at Wellington, countenance the gfor of health, and red near the very spot where a, launch mw Zealand. PowBr established from the battleship Minnesota! went New Zealand j880-yard record witn 1 perfect drives on the golf links testt down in 1907 with the loss of) eleven minute 58 seconds, a fifth better than fiea how fully he has recovered from lives, mostly "young midshipmen re- the- record made by I Burke in 1906. his recent illness. His return to nor- turning to the Minnesota in a,' storm Templeton broke the New Zealand mai ig best Indicated, however, by his aiter mianigni ionowing a social at and Australian Dole vault record, lead- aaiduoii work. H la iManain nt iair at me jamesiown jiixpoBiiion Mne ii feat and 2 lnCnes. wnlcn dls. places the former mark of 11 feet, grounds. number of Important matters of offi cial routine. Three Dead and 25 Hurt. 24 Men Doomed to Pen. Macon, Ga. Three lives were lost Chicago Sentences 'of - twenty-four Lost Money and Killed Himself. Athens, Ala. Henry Warten, the and more than twenty-five persons in-0f the labor union officials convicted I wealthiest and one of the most prom- lured nl of whom ara Bertouhlv hurt. i ti..Ho r,e tk fr4nc I tnent men of this county, committed I I antilrltt Yt-v onnnttno hlmoolf fewwVk t:VZZl?: left temple. The Shooting occuV V .v . j uniwu ota.i cuvu" vun oi. appeals at his home, death, being instant , raUroad. 60 miles south of Macon, of the seventh district Six of ,:he llL. rra maa sZSZZl 1?1aC1: eZ-gfe ton futures, having made a fortune in loi uii, uwumu 4a&o vo irious. vuuubbi lur uie iwenty-iour corner on the stanle in New Orlfwna passed over a broken railjthe day within thirty days will petitionee 122? coacn appearea to nave Deen urtea court of appeals for a rehearing ; on ,oslng heavily, and his soh ln i New and a heavy Pullman plowed into the I they. Will take the case to the federal rear of it Supreme court. Orleans had Just told him over the Long distance telephone that ha had been closed out In his futures there $797,948,900 Spent for War Vessels. Washington. Just $797,d4$,900 was Virginia Land Leased for O..S. Camp, Winchester, Va. The federal, gov- - Plot of Rebels Foiled. ' Guayaquil. Ecuador. A plot to at- expended last year In constnuction by tack the barracks at Guayaquil ash-i.. hfta lonnB(i l-mmt tne seven navai powers oi me woriu, I discovered oy tne aovernment m tne teen hundred acres of land hear .her ther United' States standing second in to prevent a serious situation. Revoln-1 wi,i. .'t - - . ,,v . j - I 4 ti uiwi -n mm mows. . a voiuu QlbTJ .JL 1 if' r . WWtoonj i0' Uonlsts under' CoL Valle Franco were) the federal troops which' will take part i rin. rlZnTJrif 7. 7 surprised while making preparations, fa the Dietary maneuvers. The nego ?!', Ylle??. -Pr.? Th lPaer was killed and others wr tlaUons for the property were conduct- iimu iub uuiieu Duties wiuinu tauen-i " j w,M. .t.. a t-w 4Va diture of $111,270,025. JapaJ dispersed. Troops patrolled thety ymce, uviuK speni (oui. 8,x,ii. tnrougnout , tne mgnt. peverai gov- glte i9 aald to be .better adapted to These facts apeared in the,jnay year ernment officials Involved In thejrebel purposeB than that used last book for,-1913. Issued by Che senate campaign in Esmeraldas have been summer and Is hearer Winchester d the railroads - Stamp Sale Increases. Charlotte. The" annual renort fur- Assert Thaw Is Net Dangerous. nilhed recently bv the oostoffice of- Cohcord. N. H. The release On-bait flClal8 Bhowed an increase of $13.- ot..Harry .lTliaw.wOTad.nptmfiace 'U7.61 in receipts during 1913, the "time included in the report being from .December 31, 1912, to December 31, 1913. During the months interven ing between these dates the total re ceipts were $180,000.35. For last year the figures were $166,452.74. "j. The monthly report for December, in which the great holdlday rush is of course to be found, shows the bus! nessto have reached $18,506.34. ry New Traffic Manager. Ashevifife. M. R. Beaman, a well- known freight rate expert, who has had several years' experience at Mem phis, Washington and other points, arrived in Asheville a few days ago and after a conference with several of the : leading lumbermen of this sec tion of the state, who are members or the Western Carolina Lumber and Timber Association, he agreed to take the position of secretary and traffic manager of that concern." He will enter upon his new duties the fifteenth of this month. public safety, two of his custodians de clared at a public hearing before -the commission appointed by tb,e federal court to pass upon Thaw's mental con dition and its relation to his libera tion under bonds. HolmaQ A. Drew, sheriff of- Coos county anc Clark D. Stevens of the 'local police force, Who have had Thaw in charge since Sep tembers favored his admission to ball. Thaw and his mother were present with counsel. . '.. : 'l. 2'-- ' . 'V ' -' - 7 ' Millionaires o Build Club. ' Brunswick, Ga. The purchase by Edwin Gould and associates of Lath am' Hammock, and the filing of a peti tion for charter in the Glynn superior court for the incorporation! df the "Latham Hammock Club,'? probably means that Glynn county is soon to have another club composed of mil-.. lionaires, similar' In many Ways to the famous Jekyl Island Cluh, Which has been known for many pears as the richest organization of the kind in the country, being composed of ; One hun dred millionaires, r Town Buys Water System. .. The Spencer Board of Aldermen. re cently held ..the first session for the new year; The matter, of taking over the waterworks system by the town was the principal item; of business The town , is arranging to buy the plant of the Spencer Water Company Two Primaries Ordered in Alabama. , Montgomery, Ala. Majority : rule was upheld as a Democratic ? principle by the state executive -7- committee,' which met in Montgomery. .Two prif marles will be held,' the first April I at a price of $30,000. Bonds for the 6 and the second May' IV to' select a I Purpose have been sold and it Is ex- Ttu-uH oJ-V- . ' . I pected the plant wiu be taken over in ""f'""4" C"r''5; "TCi""uu a. short -time A -nomjriittee of pJz- other state officers. solutions pro-1 ens appeared before the board asking viaing .tne exclusion to au non-uemo- tnat tne water mains De extenaea to crats from nartiCiDatlon in the Drtma- t the suburbs. ties were adopted without opposition. Guilford; 20,212 Halifax .. .... 12,679 Harnet 8,306 Haywood .. .. 7,408 Henderson .. .. 5,910 Hertford 5,068 Hoke 3,588 Hyde 3,204 Iredell 11,809 Jackson .. 4,702 Johnston .. .. 15,481 Jones , . 3,100 Lee 4,0(2 Lenoir 7,025 Lincoln 6,590 Macon 4,349 Madison 7.JI34 Martin 6,057 McDowell .. .. 6,119 Mecklenburg .. 23.3S8 Mitchell 3,781 Montgomery ... 5,094 Moore ,727 Nash 11,978 New Hanover.. 8,301 Northampton ... ,927 Onslow 4,934 Orange 4,910 Pamlico 8,557 Pasquotank.. . . 5,495 Pender 6,400 Perquimans ... 3,835 Person 6,021 Pitt 13,326 Polk 2,609 Randolph .. .. 10,538 Richmond .. .. 6,909 Robeson 15,257 Rockingham ... 12,779 Rowan 12,547 Rutherford .... 9,771 Sampson .... 10,414 Scotland .. .. 5,489 Stanly .. .. .. 6,404 Stokes .. .. .. 7,435 Surry 9,005 Swain 3,621 Transylvania .. 2,600 Tyrrell .. ... .. 1,745 Union 11,661 Vance 6,455 Wake.: .. .. .. 22,028- Warren 7,511 Washington . . . 4,965 Watauga 4,370 Wayne 11,869 Wilkes 11,284 Wilson 9,455 Yadkin 6,460 Yancey .. 4,917 Teacher Train'g .... Rural Libraries .... Total. 2,941.85 1,373.96 960.58 2,318.62 2,839.78 1,258.25 8,180.83 2,603.53 2,249,00 1,417.15 5,533.56 2,250.29 2,926.16 2,180.68 695.98 1,433.91 1,716.89 3,405.09 2,570.66 1,798.43 1,161.89 499.05 3,484.38 3,053.47 2,546.17 3,467.62 901.73 480.36 3,273.92 1,473.92 2,699.26 3,836.33 3,042.51 5,456.53 2,883.29 4,226.64 L261.80 518.71 2,534.24 1,440.68 6,514.32 4,086.44 2,677.02 2,387.59 1,904.79 1,633.41 1,156.41 1,032.64 3,806.04 1,515.45 4,989.52 999.90 1,289.84 2,264.15 2,059.49 1,400.71 2,524.89 1,95247 1,972.15 7,537.95 1,218.61 1.641.79 2,163.11 3.860.50 2,676.41 2,554.87 . 1,590.22 1,582.49 1,146.42 1,771.03 1,740.42 1,236.02 1,940.56 4,294.96 841.66 3,396.39 2,226.77 4,917.33 4,118.67 4,043.89 3,149.19 3,356.43 1,769.10 2,064.00 2,396.30 2,902.31 1,167.04 838.76 563.-84 3,758.34 2.0S0.45 7,699.62 2,420.79 1,600.22 1,408.45 3,825.38 3,636.83 3,047.35 1,759.75 1,584.75 . 1,500.00, 1,485.45 ers are permitted to list their pro ducts. 4. All products listed, shall be of good quality. In quoting prices . to buyers; an exact and honest descrip tion of the grade and character of the products for sale shall be given. possess educational possibilities of great value. In addition to their An- dustrial and educational valuelthey have a great recreational value. With these worthy things as an objective they are entitled to the encourage ment and support of all the people vouns ad old, church-going people, 5. Repeated compalints of products school children, school teachers, 'In tailing Deiow aesenpuon win- result f-ct everybody. This being true, it is in the name of the grower being ,not right, neither is it wise to admit struck from the list oi future issues. , h0 mldwavs of our fairs features 6. The description given in this cfr- which are a ground of conscientious cular wlll.be limited to the name and objection to a very considerable pro- quantity of product, mice and the I nortion of our people and whose in- grower's name, address and shipping fluence upon the children and youth point. No matter whatever .of a gen- attending them Is unwholesome and eral .advertising or 'boosting" nature injurious. can be inserted, nor can publication .'These objectionable features are be given of any special breeds or va- no needed to make the fairs attrac- rleties of plants or animals. tlve. The fairs can furnish abundant 7. Any products which are not on 1 recreation and diversion and such as band but which will be produced win fully satisfy the public demand within the present season may be in- for such' things without admitting . . . . I . . ' . , , A1 1 eluded. The period within which sucli those things tnat are lmmom u vuen products will be ready for shipment suggestion and tendencies, and those should be indicated under the head things, whose influence is nnwhele of shipping date. some and hurtful. The time was 8. Tho nnantitv- nf nmAn mn-r when these things may nave Deen 4 be expressed in bushels, barrels, pounds, crates or car loads. 9. All prices shall be listed at the rate per bushel, barrel, crate or pound, subject to change of market conditions. The local market jirlces requested In the last column, are de sired solely for the Information of popular, but that time has passed. The public has changed. Sentiment has changed. The popular fair now is the clean fair." Blue Ridge Highway. Bristol. Tenn. The people of John son county. Tenn., are organizing. this office as to what market condi- with a view to building their section tions are, and will not be published 0f the "Crest of the Blue Ridge High- or given out In any form. Only the way which is to be brought this Way price which the farmer asks will be published. 10. In addition to the above we shall appreciate any further Informa tion of market conditions which you may think of value. from the Carolina mountains. Sulli van county, Tenn., has already graded most of its portion of the road, and has only to cut the grade wider ana place macadam on eight miles before its work is completed. The citizens of Boone and Watauga county. North Carolina, ,are being New North Carolina Charters. nrsrad to nrovide for their ilink of the The Merchants' Bank of Fair Bluff, hiehway. Since the visit to east Ten- Columbus county, was chartered with- nessee of Dr. J. Hyde Pratt, State $10,000 capital authorized, and $5,000 Highway Commissioner, the people ol subscribed ' by A. M. Jenkins, I. B. this section have been active, and Tucker and others for a commercial literature has been mailed. Into Wa and savings bank business. tausa county with a view to arouBing The Black Lake Lumber Company, enthusiasm among the people of that Black Lake, capital $50,000 authoriz ed, and $20,000 subscribed by J. P Allison, Bynum Clark and others of Concord, for a general lumbering busi ness; the Wake Building Supply Com pany, Holly Springs, capital $50,000 250,000.00 Hubbell Gets Rhodes Scholarship. Paul A. Hubbell, now teaching school in Marshall, Madison county, gets the 1914 Rhodes scholarship from North Carolina to Oxford Uni versity, England. The committee on the I art of this state to pass on the examination papers was in session some time here recently, being com posed of Prof. Graham of the Univer sity of North Carolina, Dr. i. Y. Joy ner of the state department of edu cation and Chief Justice Walter Clark of the supreme court. $4,500 is al lowed for the three year course. Will Sell Cotton Goods. The Gastanla Cotton Company, Inc., which is largely composed of Char lotte and Gastonia capital, will begin business in a few days and will sell cotton goods and yarns from a large number of mills. The members of the firm Till known nere are Messrs. J. H. Daingerfield and A. W. Latta. The officers of the company are Mr. Jv IJ. Daingerfield, president; Mr. S. S. Shu ford of Gastonia, secretary and treas- urerr The company Is chartered un der the laws of Pennsylvania and will maintain head offices in Philadelphia. Farmers' Institute In East - Thirty-seven counties throughout the eastern section of the state are to have one or more farmers! insti tutes each during January and Febru ary, the detailed Itinerary for three separate institute parties being - just announced by Director T. B. Parker of -the department of agriculture. ' In connection with the institutes for wives and daughters' Of farmers there are valuable prizes to be awarded, at each of the institutes. Institutes will be held all over the state during the year. . - " - : . county. Buncombe Cupid a Hustler. Asheville. The past year was the busiest period of 12 montks yet ex- authorized, and ss.noo nhcHhftd hv V oerienced in tnis county, uie recorus G. B. Alford and others; the Pegram ot the register of deeds shewing that Watson Hardware Company, Beaufort, capital $J5,000 authorized, and $3,000 subscribed by S. C. Pegram and others. There is an amendment for the charter of the Lumus-McCoy Com' pany, Charlotte, which changes the capital stock to $50,000, . The Belfast Land Company, .Wil mington, capital. $100,000 authorized and $15,000 subscribed by W. B. Her ring, C. F. Davis and others. The Ramsey Drug Company, High Point, capital $5,000, by A. J. Griffin and others, Odd Fellow's Hall, Inc., Mayodan, Rockingham county, capital $10,000 authorized and $1,000 subscribed. The Spring Lumber Company. during the 12 months all previous records were shattered- The little god never had a busier year and through his manuverihg,. 648 couples' made trips to the altar. This record ex ceeds that of 1912 a leap year--by 106 licenses. ? Winston-Salem Wants White Way. Winston-Salem. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Retail Merchants Association recently active steps were taken toward the forma tion of a fund of $5,006 for the purpose of giving Winston-Salem . model great white way. While In the city a few days ago, President Taylor of the Southern Power Company was asked Spring Hope, Nash county, capital to give suggestions for the formation $25,000, authorized and $5,000 sub- of a white way and his plans called scribed by W. M. Prescott and others. or an outlay of about $5,000. A spe- The Variety Stores Company, Leaks- ville, capital $5,000. The R. A. Ellington Drug Company Corporation, Madison Rockingham county, capital $15,000 by R. A. El lington and others for drug and gro cery business, The Marsh-Bowman Company of Marshville, capital $10,000 authorized and $4,000 subscribed by J. A. Marsh and others. The; Dunn Realty & Development Co., of Rldgeview, Mecklenburg coun ty, capital $100,000 authorized and $10,000 subscribed by Charles B. Dunn and others. Henry Farrior & Co., Warsaw, capi tal $10,000 authorized..' cial committee of the Retail Merchants Association presented the subject. Board of Health. Hendersonville: At the meeting of the Town Commissioners recently the. preliminary steps were taken for the organization of a Hendersonville board of health. Dr. L. B. Morse represented the Hendersonvllle-Polk County Med ical Society, and asked for the passage of - a resolution expressing it as the sense, of the commissioners that this city should have an active board of health. As a .result M. M Shepherd, T. L. Durham, George W. Justice, W. A. Keith and Al Flcker, city officials, were appointed to represent the city. Catawba Building Roads. Few counties In the state have ex celled .Catawba in road building dur ing -the past year. Hickory and nNcw- ton townships voted each . $504100 ' bonds in 1912 and had begun work, that year although very little was done. - Early in 1913 extensive oper ations were begun in both townships and the work of .building a sand-clay road, connecting Hickory and Newfton was finished in a, few months. Each Reduced Tax on Cowa. AsheviUe.-r-At their meeting a few - nights' ago the members of the joint Board of Health decided to. reduce the tax of, $1 a head on all dairy-cattle whose owners furnished milk to con sumers in tnis city to cents. ' xaa. decision follows . litigation of 'several months and a decisive victory for the city, in the Supreme Court of North Carolina, to which the case was car- township is now engaged in building tried. The author of the motion author-. branch roads leading' out from this uig tne decrease invne levy wa v main road; and will complete in 191 A. J Alderman C. W.; Brown, . - ' . ) " 1 : . . -. - -t c - . - f v r r K 1 s & 1 w-r.... t 7 i - :-!, fir 1 " J J v v.-'
The Siler City Grit (Siler City, N.C.)
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