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VOL. VI."
SILER CITY, N. C, JUNE' 17, . 1913.
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ACCEFTABLETO ALL
SELECTION OF A SUITABLE PRO
VISIONAL 18 PROBLEM OF1
MEDIATORS
SOME NAMES ARE DISCUSSED
No Agreement Ha Yet Been Reach.
edThe Task is a Difficult One
and Causing Work..
Niagara Falls, Ont The crux b,th
Mexirfin problem,- the selection of
man for proilonal itfaldentcteDt.
able to all factions' Idl Mexico aiiit ioc-
elm goTernments generally yn
reached in a conference between the!
mediators and the American and
Mexican delegates.
For more than an hour names of
tarlous individuals, were discussed
but on none was there a sembance
of agreement. There, will be another
conffrenre on the same subject. De
tails of the peace plan are practically
tct aside now for the greater task of
finding the man of the hour he who
ran reconcile the warring factions
and maintain peace while a constitu
tional election is held and normal or
der is resumed.
Incidentally General Carranza's note
transmitted by Rafael Zubaran, his
representative in Washington, arrived
advising the mediators . that Constitu
tionalist delegates were on their way
to the mediation conference with full
instructions.
The mediator's made no comment
on the note. It contains no reference
to an armistice, on which the media
tors have been insisting and there was
nothing to show that the mediators
had in any way altered their determi
nation reached not to admit officially
the representatives of General Carran-
za unless an armistice was declared.
Some other way of dealing with them
perhaps through the American dele
gates, may be found when they arrive.
The Constitutionalist -representatives
are needed'here to facilitate the
course of the peace program in its
present stages for in the discussion
of names they can be of mush servire
to mediation generally by indi rating
who will, or will not be acceptable
At present the mediators have ac
complished only one step in their
Journey toward the pacification of
Mexico. This was the adoption of the
first protocol dealing with the trans
fer of authority from the hands of
the present regime to a-.new Jrovi-
Monal government.
UEUT. FREDETOCK MEARS Jjfjj
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READY BY AUBUST1
TREASURY .OFFICIALS THINK IT
POSSIBLE THAT THIS WILL
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SECURE DIRECTORS IN JUNE
THOMAS RIGGS, JR.
WILSON WILL LEAD WAY.
Elections of Directors In All Classes
Are Being Made Rapidly by the
- Member Banks.'
Washington. Treasury Dierrtnient
ffieiats -wer rfdafc t thirhlw. that
it would be-possible : to have the 15..
Federal reserve banks In operation by
August i aitnougn they say the de
mand for' money to move crops has
not been such .as .would suggest any
great strain to be relieved by - the
reserve baaks. z -
Practically the remainder of June
will,, be required for the -election' of
airectors. or the Federal reserve
banks. Banks which are to become
members of reserve' banks now are
balloting for directors of the A'and
B classes. Each reserve bank will
have three directors, of class A and
three of class B all named by electors
selected by the various member,
banks. Three directors of class C
are then to be designated by the Fed
eral reserve board and must be men
with banking experience..
The organization committee has
not made any call upon member
banks as yet for the initial one-sixth
of their subscriptions to the capital
stock of the reserve bank to which
they wish to belong. Such a call
hardly would be made until after the
Federal reserve board is confirmed by
the senate and takes up Its work in
SOUTH AMERICANS REFUSE TO I Washington.
I Much detail work: awaits tne ea
eral reserve board after it assumes of-
FROM HIM. I fice- Secretaries and assistants to
the members must be selected and a
complete Bystem rt reports for the
ILL-FAVORED REPORTS STIR reserve banks must be worked out.
LtanV Frederick Mejrr. U. &. A Is
ne of the three men named by the
president to build the government
railroads In Alaska. He had charge
of the relocation of the Panama rail
road and was recommended by Colonel
Goethe! a.
REPEAL OF TOLLS
PASSED III SENATE
MEASURE -WITH SIMMONS-NOR-
, RIS RIDER PASSES, 8ENATE
- 50 TO 39.
HOW STnTE SHARES
IN SMITH-LEVER ACT
AMOUNTS THAT CAN BE OBTAIN
ED IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR
AGRICULTURE. V
FAST WORK IS EXPECTED
. Thomas Rlgg, Jr Is the third ap
pointee to the commission to build the
government railroads in Alaska. He
la an engineer of the coast and geo
detic survey and was one of the engi
neers on the -Alaska-Canadian bourv
dary commission.
GARRAZA IS
LEFT
- OUT OF MEDIATION
HITCH III PLANS
OF MEDIATORS
FLAT DISAGREEMENT AS TO
WAY PROVISIONAL; PRESIDENT
13 TO BE SECURED.
THE UNITED STATES OBJECTS
tflht For Repeal Dates Back to 1912
When Great Britain Made A
'z'ir' " Protest,1,
i WasMngtonJr-Re5eal of Panama cs:
teal tolls exemption , f or American
coasonse'. snippiii&, -pBsreu wom-
ate. by a vote of .54 to 85. The meas
ure' now goes back to the house which
is expected to accept the Simmons
Norris amendment specifically reserv
ing all vTights the "United States may
have under the Hay-Paunoefote treaty.
The passage of the bill after
bitter struggle that has lasted for
several months was regarded tonight
as another victory for President WI1
son. Although 13 Republicans came
to the aid of the 37 Democrats who
voted for the bill on final passage the
president initiated the movement in
his party for repeal and it was behind
him that many Democrats who voted
'aye" lined up on the last test.
"There has been no certain prom
ise from the White House that the
President will sign the bil with its
qualifying amendment, but there has
been no declaration that he will veto
it and party leaders in the senate
were virtttaly certain he would ap
prove it Eleven Democrats, led by
Senator O'Gorman fought the bill
to the end.
The Senate was weary with its
long grind of debate, its weary
watching for an attempt to gain a par
liamentary advantage and by the time
Vice President Marshall put the ques
tion for the passage of the bill the
oratory had died down, the chamber
was quiet and the vote was taken
with but little excitement.
HOUSES PASSES REPEAL, 216-71.
It Is Feared That Huerta's Men Will
Advance On United States" Army
Vera Cruz.
Unwilling That Man Named by Gen
eral Huerta Should Succeed Him
in Presidency.
Long Bitter Fight Came to End After
Brief Debate in House.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doing and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple Gathered Around the . State
Washington The maximum amount
North Carolina can receive under the
Smith-Lever Co-Operative Agricultural
Extension act for the fiscal year 1914-
15 is $10,000: for 1915-16, 532,853
1916-17. $52,081. For 1917-15, lsiu-ia
1919-20. 1920-21 and 1921-ZZ ana eacn
year the amount of $19,127 to tne to
tal for the immediately preceamg
vear. For 1922-23 and thereafter
$166,846 wil be provided
The act provides that each state
must duplicate all Federal ,money
above $10,000 a year.
In explaining the appropriation the
department of agricultures ays:
; The act first' appropriates $480,000
annually, beginning with 1914-15,' and
gives each state $10,000 for each fiscal
year as a basic fund.
The act then appropriates addition
al Federal moneys to be distributed in
the proportion of rural population. To
Hhare in these additional fnuds the
state must dpulicate the additional
money thus received. The additoinal
appropriations are as follows: 1915
16, $600,000; 1916-17, $1,100,000;
1917-18. $1,600,000: 1918-19, $2,100,-
000; 1919-20, $2,000,000; 1920-21-, $3,-
innnnn: 1921-22. S3.600,oou;
and 'thereafter. $4,100,000.
It will be noticed that after 1915-16
the total appropriation is increased
arh vear by $500,000. The fifth
column in the table shows the amount
Un to the last minute no one in nr ouch additional $500,000 that tne
the senate was postive a vote could state is entitled to receive. To get
be taken. As it became more and tne amount that any state is entitled
more apparent, however, thrat no 0 receive for any fiscal year from
amendments could pass and that the 1917 to-1922 add the amount given in
leaders expected to sit through to the tne table to the total for the immedi
Horn Monument' Given. to State.
With -twelve hundred Confederate
veterans and 1,000 or more Daughters
of the Confederacy taking part?' the
ceremonies for the unveiling of the
Home monument to the North Caro
lina women of the Confederacy given
to the state were carried out. The
veterans were here in annual reunion
and joined in . fine tribute to , the
women of the South exemplified in
the magnificent gift to the state that
tAKtiftaii tho annreciation of Mr,-
Horne and the state.
The exercises began In the auditor
ium at 11 o'clock with an invocation
by Rev. A, E- Osborne, late colonel of
the Fourth-North Carolina Regiment,
Confederate Sates Army. The Third
Regiment Band furnished music.
Dr. D. H. HilL president 01 tne a.
& M. College' and son .of General D. H.
Hill of the Confederate Army, deliver
ed the address for the occasion, his
theme being rrher Spirit Character
and De4ef -,-tbev KertbH3aroltes W-
men of tfc Conf ederacr." .It was an
Inspiring story ot? the herolsni and
sacrifice's made by the North Carolina
women of the Confederacy. '
. At the-monument J. A. Long, chair
man of the Memorial Commission, in
brief, fitting remarks, presented the
monument to the state, addressing
Governor Craig for this t purpose. He
paid a most fitting tribute to Ashley
Home who made the monument pos
sible, depicting him as having loved
the South and especially North caro
Una. "and having admired most of all
that type of life found in the south
ern women.
The speech of acceptance was by
Governor Loeke Craig, who declared
that the state accepts it with most
grateful appreciation as. the tribute
of a knightly soldier to the women of
th Confederacy. The statue, he saw
is an epic with heroism and devotion
as Its theme.
TRULL WILL PAl
DEATH PENALTY
YOUNG MAN CONVICTED OF
8WAIN MURDER SENTENCED
TO ELECTRIC CHAIR.
JUDGE SHAW BREAKS DOWN
Dramatic Moments Markefl ConchH
elon of Senionat Murder Trial ?
Jurt Ended at Charlotte.
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Washington. Administration offi-
Inteif national Fleet of World's. Navies
Will Pats Through in March, 1915.
Washington President Wilson next
March personally will lead the Inter-,
national fleet of warships from Hamp
ton Roads to Colon to participate , in
the formal opening of the Panama
ranal by passing ' through on the
bridge of the world-famous old battle
chip Oregon as leader of the long
line of righting craft of .all nations
and then after proceeding northward,
enter tiie Golden Gate at Ihe head of
the immense armada and attend, the
Panama Pacific Exposition at San
Francisco.
This announcement was made by
Secretary Daniels. . Originally the
president was to go from Washington
to Hampton Roads to greet command
ers of the International fleet as they
arrived. Afterward he was to make
the trip by rail to San Francisco to
visit the exposition at some conveni
ent later date.
The president, however, has deter
mined now to do full honor to the ex
position by making his advent on the
srpne at the head of an armada, the
like of which the world has never
een. Also he will redeem his long
standing promise to Col. George W
Goethals to formally open the Pana-
nia canal.
The president, according to the
Present program, will leave Washing
ton for Hampton Roads, accompanied
by his official family, on the yacht
Mayflower, March' 5, 1915. The inter
national fleet will have been gathering
in hte Roads since January 1,
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su ract w,uuu irom m
ample: The amount Alabama would
have to duplicate in 1917-18 is $67,-
315 minus $10,000, or.$57,315.
Niagara Falls. Ont The United
States is unwilling to extend recogni
Washington. The long and bitter tion to a new provisional president if I finih th. temntation to make long L. ..wiin.r vear. ExamDle: Ala-
tl.. 4 "a a.a -r r.A whar I J 4 : tl, mtsrA TQ-f . . .
u6ui iu uusira. v.auK lu .u .u ujiureu ncuuiums i -uc "wiuuu anVwhfts ceased to be attractive and i o n 1017.18 urill reoeive S4.4W4
. x t I .u- ti a ...u.A.v.t. i. j . .v. ir k ji I . . iaiiia, m - .
dais would not comment on tne ooum iuo nuuc, unci uimucKiu scnoeu uy uie mcurau ""s1" several votes were taken toward tie 117 911 equals $67,315; for 1918
American mediators' refusal to wait out the formality or a conierence, ac- which is that General Huerta would without a roll call. Uo Ai.ham win receive $67,315 lus
longer for General Carranza to ans- cepted by a vote of 216 to 71 the appoint as minister of foreign affairs bm wiU probably be sent to $17 91i equals $85,226; and so on until
wer their communication suggesting senate amenument specincauy. reBer- the man wno is agreea on nere to the house at oace and can be taken the maximum given under the column
that ConsUtuUonaUst'representaUves mg an ngnts tne ubimsq omieu uij neea tne new government. ie u immediately if house leaders de- io22-23 is reached.
be sent to narticipate in the Mexican have under the Hay-Pauncetote Washington administration contends , The evident temper of the sen- Th totals for each state contain
peace conference, at Niagara Falls. treaty. that if Generftl Huerta is permitted to ate to defeat tn bin unieB amended the basic $10,000 granted each year.
Publication by the mediators of ex- Before ending tne contest oy con- name the foreign minister, wno ny ig expected to hav wight with the To obtain the amount that the state
changes between them and General cumng m me oeaaie tuueuume constituuonai succession woum nOBSe and Democrats anxious to put woud nave to duplicate in any year
Carranza's agents and .the report that tne Mouse votea uown m io xvo, elevated to tne presiaency even an end tQ the matter as soon as poSsi. recelTe lts entire Federal quota,
the South American i envoys regarded proposal auvauueu uj ftBl)I:mi.0 tnougn tne selection do maue nere, ble are expected to demand early
further waiting as beneath their dig- Moss of west Virginia to attacn to Sucn an act would be construea as actlon
nity were taken here to mean that the Tepeal a flat declaration of the recognition of the Huerta government. Thoge Favorina Bill.
the door to mediation is closed on the ngni oi me uunea oiaiea iu CACmyi un tms iSSUe ,me meaiating piem- The vote in favor of tne biU fol.
Constitutionaliste. While the media- Its vessels from tolls and of the sov- potentiaries came to a flat disagree- lowg .
tors were determining to close the ereignty oi tne uniteu otates over ment Democrats Bankhead, Bryan. CM1-
door of the conference to Carranza, tne anai -one. For more tnan two nours tne meai- ton Ciark Arkansas ; - Culberson,
President-Wilson and' Secretary of There were flashes of heat in the ators and American delegates argued Fletcher, Gore, Hitchcock, Hughes,
State Bryan held a protracted confer- e Date wmcn cnaracienzeu me m.e- m Vam and it was apparent wnen JameS( johnSon, Kern, Lea, Lee,
h UTiitfi Hnnse. ffhev were mi conswemion oi me uieauiC. tne conrerences enaea mat wnat mm- T wia Martin. Mvers. Overman.
in frequent communication with the nepresentauve unaerwouu, me r- erto naa Deen consiaerea a maner "M0wen, Pittman, Pomerene, Saulsbury,
American commissioners at Niagara ucmuu ueiaw suuueuiy udu uccu a. Sbafrotb, Sheppard, Shively, Sim-
Falls and following these .inter- senate amenamenw sam mat uni me Mexican aeiegates naa not uis- mons, Smith, Arizona; Smith, Geor
i pmn yoHoratPfl that snouia never uav uiuc iu.3 cussea tne point at any lengm wuu ... STrlith Mnrvland- Smith. South
cuaiiBo, . J . I . ', ' ,1 ao11H tha Ul j,.. i .u l... if I ' ' . '
ediation was "progressing eatisfac- ." " s" " lLue " Lllc " Carolina; Stone, Swanson, Tbompson,
tnrilv" i au.cuuu.om Uy ilu me Amciu.aun. n.u.Uu6u Thornton". West, White, Williams
i n.K..vilinn T H at Mann vnn nan I r iv a i J:iA.Atn I
A few minutes later word came eyuu..-au uC mree ooum Ameucau uijj.umaw i- 37
from Niagara Falls, of the decision of vigorously opposea repeai, uu. u gueQ strongiy from tne Mexican view- RepuDlIcHng Brandegee, Burton,
the mediators with respect to Car- ameuuuieut. , " pomi inere was sooa " ,ev Coit, Crawford, Gronna, Kenyon, Mc
As soon as he reached his of- enure uuesmm me . ju. tnal lne Mexican aeiegates woum uui Cumber, McYean, Nelson, Norris.
country to ue ueuimmou iu .uo i insist on mis arrangement 11 mey
ture. I found the United States absolutely de
termined against it.
Fined For Wearing Extreme Drss. I Qne Mexican delegate insisted that
Richmond, Va. Ethl Marcuson 19, the Mexicans regarded the form of
tne meoiaiorB, mi . m;au siu " ..v.. . ... .... . . , uan, ia. c., ... ......v..-, v . . ,
asLd concerning the late reports from of Winst a technicahty which Rand8Qell, Reed, Vardaman, Thomas,
Niagara Falls, "but there is nothing rul' " "T V I - ZL coum oe l ""'TV Shields 11.
fr mtnm. pearing m me Htr .u au ca?1 government louno it impossioie ReDubiicansBorah. Brady, 3ris
The fact that General Carranza had , -?--
me me.icau ueiegaien.
The mediators contended with
vehemence that the forms of the
Mexican Constitution should be pre
served. The American delegates are
understood to have pointed out that
the Constitutionalists certainly would
not agree to a plan of transition
which legalized Huerta's status. Also
the American government, it was de
claredv could not extend what would
be tantamount to recognition if Huer
ta actually appointed his own successor.
Prepare Instruction Camp.
The city of tents which will accom
modate the hundreds of young men
from various Southern colleges and
universities during the time that they
are receiving instructions for service
in the United States army under the
auspices of the war department will
begin to rise at the foot of Sunset
Mountain, a message from Robert O.
Van Horn, chief of staff, bearing the
information that Captains Day and
Brown with their troops will leave the
latter part of the week for Asheville.
Army engineers will prepare tor
the drainage of the land, electricians
will have supervision of the stringing
of the wiree, construction men will
arrange the tents and water and sew
er lines will be laid. By the date set
for the beginning of the maneuvres
everything will be in readiness for
Southern high school, college and uni
versity graduates who are desirious
of taking training under competent
instructors assigned to duty at Ashe
ville by the war department.
Cralfl Names Board of Election.
Governor Craig announces the ap
pointment of the state board of elec
tions as follows: Wilson u. i-aniu
Williamston; R. C. Claywell, Morgan-
ton: J. B. Underwood, Fayetteville ;
W. J. Davis, Hendersonville. and Clar
ence Call. Wilkesboro. Colonel Lamb
contiues chairman of the board. Mr
Claywell has served several terms as
secretary. Mr. Call represent tne rie
publicans and Mr. Davis the Progres
sives.
Charlotta.---,injawfnilyi6rry4d
vtMi." sohbed ludre Shaw- as h spoke"
v.- a a jtr. m,la T IVnll .
at 6:40 o'clock after -the :flnal. page ;in ;;h';H
the tragic chapter of his trial for the :
murder of 'the late Sidney Swain had
been written In the court records off
this county. The young man was sen-..
tenced to be electrocuted August 14
between the hours of 6 a. m. and. 4 p.
m., for his mrime. .
Following the announcement of tho
jury's- verdict In the morning at $f
o'clock, the court had designated th ;
entire day for the counsel of the -de- .
fendant to o!o what it could do to.ofiV . "
set the outcome of the deliberatiotts -
of the Jury. It was a task too monu
mental for human capacities and the ,
three men who have tried to stand
between the fron hand of the law. and
the lffe of this young man fell back
aghast before the work that was laid
out for them to do. They could not ,
stay the majestic movements ol- tbe
law, the inevitable consequence. or the
court's - proceedings and while they
toiled laboriously and fought tactful
ly and gave up, hopefully, they failed-- .
to find a flaw upon which the court
would open up to them tho avenue of w
opportunity for saving the life of their v
client. . . ..".j.
With many motions swept away, by:
Judge Shaw arid no further ground
left upon which the counsel for the
unfortunate youth could plant its, feet J
in behalf of his life, the court called -upon
Trull to stand up. The de-.
fendant sprang from his seat at the f
call and faced the bench.- He was
unflinching. His face showed a sick- ,
ly pallor. In appearance he was trans- ,
lated from an impetuous youth of thp
first day's trial, to a wrecked piece, of r .
human flesh. His eyes were sunk and
hollowed, his color was hideous ; his
countenance was pallid; his hair was
wrecked with perspiration, but bls,-v
nerve abided. It never left him. - He
was as cool and composed as any
man in the. congested corridors of the ,
court house. He spoke without trem
or; he was unsupported so far a,
friends and relatives were involved.
No man who had lifted a voice .for
him was near , except . his x lawyers. '
His step-father was not in court. ' '
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North Carolina Editors Prepare.
President Clarence Poe of the North
Carolina Press Association made pub
lic the completed program for the
M.,-ti Carolina Press Association to
be in session at Wrightsville Beach, j
Tuna 94 to 26. The president's ad-1 Fine Wheat At Farm,
dress will have for its theme 44he The state department of agriculture
Editor as a Crusader." Bion H. But- received f rom -tne farm or tne central,
ler of The Raef ord Journal will have j Hospital for the Insane specimens of
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o TiaDer. IOrtn aruiiua oiyyy."& ucm iium . v.. -
FIGHT FOR ROAD MONEY.
ranza.
fice, Mr. Bryan was called to the long
distance telephone and informed of
the action of the mediators.
I have heard of the decision of
the mediators," Mr. Bryan said wnen
forwarded no answer to he . latest
contmunication from the mediators was her only comment
had been regarded in some quarters
here for several days as an indication
that he did not intend to participate
in mediation which would require a
cessation of hostilities against Huerta.
It was reported officials of the Wash
ington government had been well
aware of this for some time and had
bo informed the conferees at Niagara
Falls. It was upon this information,
some believe, that the reported sug-
Celebration Postponed.
Petersburg, Va. Plans for the cel
ebration of the fiftieth anniversary by
local Sons -of Veterans of the famous
Battle of the Crater, July 3, were
abandoned. No reason was given for
the decision.
of
of
May Putin White Man.
Washington. James B. Lloyd,
Tarhoro. Is slated for recorder
depds xt the District of Columbia, if
th" Democrats can prize Henly Lin
coln Johnson, negro, out of that place
and keep another negro from getting
it. it has been understood for some
lime that Mr. Wilson's campaign man
agers promised negro ' leaders In
doubtful states, to keep a negro in the
recorder of deeds office. Mr. Lloyd Jiv
in Illinois for several years and
ha just recently returned to North
Ca.-olina,.
106 Degrees in Petersburg.
Petersburg, Va All records for
.Tnne were broken here when ar tem-
gestions were made .of - continuing tne perature of 106 was recorded.
mediation in its present iorm
Famine at Vera Crux.
Washington. News of a threatened
famine among inhabitants of Vera
Cruz and vicinity set the telegraph
wirft to work out of the department
of commerce and Secretary Redfleld
has received assurances that Amen
can merchants Boon would have large
Railroad Will Economize.
St. Louia. The employes, from of
fice boy to president of the St. Louis
and Southwestern I Railway (Cotton
Belt) with the exception of the em-
Iployes of the transportation and me-
. . . M n will ha tVkT-Al1
Examine School Children.
Wilmington. Announcement was
made by Dr. Chafles Wardeil Stiles,
Profi-ssor'in charge of the Marine hos
P'tal here, that the physical examina
tion of school children of this city
continued during the sum
fiier months. Last summer several
hundred children were examined and
0,innK the past winter mental examin
ations of practically all the school
''"Idn.'n of the city were made. There
ill be 17 medical men engaged upon
mis work all the summer.
dsv during the month of June. This is
due. Vice President Nelson said, to
poor business. Conservative esti
mates figure the saving to the rdad at
$12,000 during the month. The three
day furlough was decided on recently
instead of 'wage reduction.
Aeroplanes Under Repair.
Washington. Damaged and weath
er-beaten until they are no longer con
sidered safe, two aeroplanes used by
Proud of Simmons
Washington The friends of Sena-
lrir Simmons have cause to bje prouder
mm than ever: his fight .for the bill
repeal the exemption clause of the
Panama Canal act covered him with
S'ory at every stage of the battte; No
i)aior j recent years has fought
nrder or with better success. Sena-
lr bimmons did not 'take the leader-
st'ip in the repeal bill contest of his'
own accord. He had no idea of as
sunn
hoped
Root, Sterling, Sherman 13.
Total 50.
Those Against Bill.
.Democrats Ashurst, Chamberlain,
Lane, Martine, Newlands, O'Gorman,
tow, Burleigh, Catron, Clapp, Clark,
Wyoming; Cummins, Dillingham, Du-
pont, Goff, Jones, LaFollette, Lippltt,
Page, Perkins, Smith, Michigan
Smoot, Sutherland, Townsend, War
ren, Weeks, Works 23.
Progressive Poindexter.
Total 35.
Georgia Cotton Mills Destroyed.
Dublin, Ga. Fire destroyed the
Oconee cotton mills here, causing an
estimated property loss of $150,000
partialy covered by insurance. , .
Over With Opportunities; What Can
the Press Do in Developing Them.
President Graham of the State Uni
versity will discuss "Civil Service
Work; An Opportunity for the Press."
Josephus Daniels will deliver an ad
dress. All these features will charac
terize, the first morning session.
Wednesday night R. F. Beasley of
The Monroe Journal will deliver the
annual oration, his theme being "The
Tyranny of the Status Quo." The
poem will be read by William Laurie
Hill, this followed by a Dutch supper
by citizens of Wilmington.
Business problems will be consider
ed at the session of the editors Thurs
day morning. And curing tne aner
noon there wil be trolley rides and
bathing. Thursday night Editor Nor
man Hapgood of Harpers weemy,
will deliver his address and the gen
eral business of the convention round
ed up. On Friday there will be a trip
down the Cape Fear on the steamer
Wilmington.
especially fine, the tallest bundle
measuring five to six inches long, es-.
pecially well filled out. There are
three varieties, purple straw, fulcos
ter and red wonder. The farm super
intendent expects the wheat crop to
thrash out an average of 40 or more
bushels an acre.
Senator Ribot New Premier.
Paris. Senator Ribot definitely ac
cepted the French premiership and
announced the composition of his
Vote on Prohibition. Expected.
Washington. Nation-wide prohibi
tion will be voted on by the houso
within four or five weeks, according
to predictions made at the capitol af-
Cabinet. It differed from the unoffl-j the rules committee had postpon-
Mexican port to be sold at moderate
prices. The shipment will go in free
of duty if officials here can arrange It.
Secretary Redfield's telegrams were
addressed to commercial organizations.
Inspect Naval Militia Organizations.
Washington. Lieut. C. S. McWhor-
ter, stationed at the Norfolk (Va.)
I Navy Yard, was designated by Secre-
cial JJst issued recently. Senator
Ribyttalso will be Minister of Justice.
Deputy Theophile Delcasse decided to
take1 the Ministry of War. Senator
EmileNChautemps becomes Minister of
Marine instead of the Colonies, which
office remains vacant: for the present,
and Deputy Joseph Noulens who was
slated for Minister of War, withdrew.
. L-w rtonteis to inspect the naval mi
r"Ur I:.: litia organizations of North Carolina
aiong tne at Eiizabeth City, Hertford, riymoutn,
oruerea 7 "-";,r Washington and Newborn. The inspec
tranttf. headauarters at i'ensacoia,
Fla,, for repairs. They will be trans
ported on the battleship Mississippi.
The navy department tooa uieyo w
renlace the damaged machines. It was
said Immediate orders ior tn oispaiuu
lion is to determine whether th mili
tia organizations are sufficiently arm
ed, uniformed and equipped ior active
riutv as a prerequisite for participa
tion in the annual allotment oi. navai
neaiaieome militia funds.
of other Jnachlnes to vera t;ruz wumu .
be Issued. ' Thunderstorm on Coast.
...n. ir TViq Vi rein la coast
Investigating Young Woman s Death. g t by a geere wlnd and
Baltimore.-PoIice of . Anne Arundel QerBtom Tbe wind reached a
county were investigating the . "death of 60. 'miles an hour. . The
6f . Miss Ola G. .winter. V; bome Gf Keeper Belange of Dam Neck
nher. whose body was found floating " wa .truck bv lleht-
in Curtis Creek recently Alter aec- his-wlfe and family had a
ond post mortem an official- of , the a :part of the bouse was
county declared ne oeueveu m torn away. In lesa than half of an
had not ben ,ABkcl an inch of ram fell In
ney Green said he would not toke deft hour $
nite action until ne naa j-'- ,bfe theflrst
O. M. W. Sprague May Be Appointed.
Washington. Prof. O. M. W.
Sprague, professor of , banking , and
finance, of Harvard 1 University, was
among the men prominently discussed
In official circles as a probable ap
pointee tto the Federal Reserve
Board. It is generally known that the
President and Secretary McAdoo are
anxious that New England shall be
represented on the aboard, and Pro
fessor Sprague is a .native of Massa
chusetts who has been a close student
of financial affairs for many years.
ed until July 1 action on a special rule
to provide for immediate considrea-
tion of the proposed Hobson amend
ment. Members of the committee de
clared they would consider and prob
ably report the Cahtrell rule resolu
tion in July. The committee's ac
tion followed a day of stormy confer
ences between groups of congressmen.
Little Tobacco Sold In May.
Only five leaf tobacco markets tor
North Carolina reported leaf tobacco
sales on warehouse floors for the
month of May, according to the report
of the state board of agriculture just
issued. These were Reidsville, 116,
956 pounds; Winston-Salem, 67,218;
Durham, 25,620; Mount Airy, 454, and
Stoneville, 350 -pounds. The sales for
May, 1913. were 26,704 pounds.
Evidence in the Mc Arthur Case.
The defense completed the taking
of evidence 1n the Federal court Vial
of the noted cas of Citizen's Bank of
Secretary Issues New Charters. -
The . Bobbett-Forbes Warehouse
Company, Greensboro, capital $25,
000 authorized and $1,100 subscribed
by A. V. Bobbitt and others.
Overman and Simmons- Do Not Intend
to Let Money Slip.
Washington. Senators Overman
and Simmons are going to the mat .
with Fourth Assistant Postmaster :
General .Blakeslee. They will meet
him in Postmaster General Burleson's
office and discuss the $10,000 that-he ,
says Davidson county cannot have
because it has not met the require
ments of the law, and which he now
threatens to turn over to some other
State. j
'I do not intend to let that money
leave North Carolina If I can pre
vent it," said Senator Simmons.
told the Postmaster General the oth
er day, in the presence of Senator
Overman and Charles M. Thompson; -
of Davidson county, that Blakeslee
was trying to find an excuse to take
the $10,000 away, from our allotment.
Mr. Burleson said he would not let
him do it."
It. looks now as If the Forsyth-Davle-Iredell
project would get the
$10,000 that Davidson has lost. This
will make $30,000 for that road.
Those counties have offered to put up
the rest of the mpney for that $100,
000 project it Uncle Sam will give
them $30,000.
Both Senator Overman and Sim
mons are in fighting mood.
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Oil Painting of Ashley Home.
In presiding for the ceremony of un
veiling and presenting to the , state
the oil painting of Ashley Home,
Norfolk vs. Adam McArthur and Mrs. , Mrs. M. A. Winstead of RocKy Mount
M E McArmur involving the genuine-1 delivered an especially eloquent ad
ness of $25,000 in notes held by the ; dress in which she declared this one
bank against the defendants and It is j of the proudest days for the women Of
expected that the case will go to the- the state in all the history ot North
jury soon. This is the second trial j Carolina and especially so for the Uni
the first one some months ago, having ted Daughters of the Confederacy, and
Safety At Sea.
Washington. The convention adop
ted by the recent London Conference
on Safety at Sea was ordered reported
favorably to the Benate by the foreign
relations committee. The committee
inserted in the convention a reserva
tion preserving the rights of the Uni
ted States -to impose on vessels in
American waters such higher stand
ards of safety and such provisions for
the health and comfoif of passengers
and immigrants as may be deemed
advisable. The convention " must be
ratified by a two-third vote.
Bryan Speaks to School.
Pennington, N. J.-j-William J. Bry
an, Secretary of State, ; delivered the
principal address at the seventy-fifth
annual commencement of the Pen
nington School here. "The Import-1
arice of Faith" was fliis theme. ... Mr.
Bryan pointed out show - all great
movements, religious 'or political, had
been founded on faith. In an inter
view prior o his address Secrettary
Bryan declared the ; United States
-Senate swaa rtlockia ;the -..progress of
resulted in a hung jury.. Much ofithe
time was taken up with the examina
tion of David N. Carvalho, the famous
handwriting expert.
that the ceremonies of the unveiling
of the monument jiist witnessed was
one of the most imposing and beauti
ful ever held at the state capital.
Medical Examinations On.
The State Board of Medical Exam
iners began the examination of 150
applicants for licenses to practice
medicine in this state. Dr. Benjamin
Hayes of Oxford is chairman of the
board and the work will not be com
pleted for several days, the names
of those successful to be announced
in connection with the annual conven
tion of the North Carolina Medical So
ciety in session three, days in Raleigh.
The examination of 50 applicants for
licenses to practice pharmacy in this
state is now on.
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Vandalic Suffragette on-Trial.
Birmingham, England Miss Bertha
Ryland, the suffragette who destroyed
with a butcher's cleaver George Rom
ney's "Portrait of a Boy" in the Bir
mingham Art Gallery was committed
for trial. During the hearing she
j shrieked without cessation and qpot
ta Q-rintiirA. Sie' lised the text, "T
nnm not to send peace but a slrord.
n iHRtlflnatioirfoT her act -and she. de
clared that the militants were woia-
guidance tor purity
righteousness," e:."
Make Final Arrangements.
Wilmington. At a meeting of the
committee of local newspaper men
and the entertainment committee of :
the Chamber of Commerce held re
cently, final arrangements were made
for the entertainment of the editors at
the annual meeting of the North Car
olina Press Association which will be
held here June 24 and 25. When .Sec
retary of Navy Daniels arrives he will
be met at the station by a special car
which will take him immediately to
the beach, where he .will speak the
same morning.
James R. Young Gives warning
Commissioner of Insurance James
R. Yoking, before leaving for New York
to attend important meetings or tne
executive committee and the commit
tee on standard form of life policies
of the National Association of Insur
ance Commissioners, served notice on
certain land concerns that , they and
their agents must stop operations in
this state until the attorney general
passes upon their methods under the
"blue sky act" of the last legislature.
He says he finds that very many peo
ple continue to become the victims.
Encampment of N. C. Guard
Official notice comes to Adjutant
General Young of the North Caro
lina ' National Guard that for the
encampment of the Second Infantry,
Corps No. 1 at Camp Glenn 3uly 1 to
10 the War. Department will have In
attendance for joint maneuvers Com
pany H, Twenty-Ninth InfantryV.y. S.
A., under command of CoL'J. S. Mil
iary. The- dates of encampments of
other regiments, : are:.; Third . Regi
ment! July 14-24; ,. . First ; Regiment,
August 4-14,, , 1
Separate Freight Rite Commission
There is considerable comment here
on the fact that after the special com
inittees from the progressive conven
tion and the 5tato' Just Freight Rate
Association appeared before the plat
form committee of' -the Democratic
State Convention and presented their
instructions fbr-a; plankr calling for
the-creation of separate puhlie ser
vice commission to take the railroad
rate part of th duties" ot the present
Corporation Comnilision, -
Lewis Has Good Cotton.
Gastonia. For 18 years past B. P.
Lewis, originator of the now famous
Lewis long-staple cotton, has taken
the measurement of the height of his
cotton stalks on June. 10 each year.
On that date this year his highest
stalk was 13 inches. Last year In
the same date the highest stalk was
10 inches. .The lowest it has been at
any time within the ly8 years was
about six years ago when the tallest
stalk was only six ' and one-fourth
inches high. Mr. Lewis Bays he has
a yrety good stand this year.
" Takes on New Life. :
Hendersonville. The Henderson
ville Merchants Association, which be
came Inactive about two years ago
when the Greater Hendersonville Club
took on new life, has been resurrected
with an employed secretary and a
membership of 31. Theofficers are:
President, R. M. Oates; vice president, .
J. O. Williams; secretary, John W.
Grimes. The club has : named J C.
Morrow, R. C. ,Clark and J. W.
Grimes as delegates to the State Mer
chants Association to be held, in Ou '
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