"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH.
VOL. XXII.
PLYMOUTH. N. CL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1912,
NO. 32.
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OPPOSES SALE GR
THE STATE FARM
ARE MAKING A FIGHT TO KEEP
THE BLANTYRE : EXPERIMEN
. . TAL FARM.
IS A HORTICULTURAL FARM
Js to Make Experiments In Fruit
Growing If Abandoned it Will Hurt
This Industry in the Western Sec
tion of the State.
Raleigh. A special from Asheville
says that the fight which was started
there at the meeting of the directors
of the Great Western North Carolina
Association against the proposed sale
by the state of the : Blantyre experi
mental farm In Transylvania county
is still going on and promises to be
prolific of results before it is over.
The matter was brought to the atten
tion of the meeting by A. Cannon,
the member of the state board of agri
culture from the tenth - district, who
said that the board was considering
the sale of the property and a final
disposition of . the matter would be
made at the meeting in June. He
asked for a resolution of proteBt
against such action and this was
unanimously voted. - .
The farm is a horticultural 1 farm
and its main purpose is to make expe
riments in the fruit growing possi
bilities of this section. Mr. Cannon
stated that he', was bitterly' opposed
to its being sold for the reason that
it was accomplishing great things
for the western section of the state
and if it was sold the work would
necessarliy come to an end. He said
further that if the farm should be
abandoned it would be generally un
derstood throughout the country, even
though it were not true, that fruit
growing in this section had been
abandoned and that it was his opin
ion that the United StateB weather
bureau would abandon the idea of
establishing local bureaus for the aid
of the fruit growers. ' He considered
that the selling of the property
would be a body blow to the fruit
growing industry oi mis evuuu.
Greensboro Wants Warehouse.
The board of directors of the cham
ber of commerce held a conference
here, with President Alexander and
J. Z. . Green of the State Farmers'
Union relative to the establishment of
the union's proposed half-million-dollar
central warehouse at Greensboro.
The warehouse will be erected, in one
of the largest cities of the state, and
bids or propositions are being sought
by the organization's officials; before
deciding on the location. After the
central warehouse is located, the
purpose is to locate smaller ware
houses to aid in the great plan of eco
nomical distribution. From here the
committee proceeded to Charlotte,
having already had conferences with
New Bern, Raleigh, Durham and Wil
mington business bodies and citizens.
May Develop Into Law Suits.
People residing along and near Buf
falo creek are up in arms against the
city of Greensboro, and it is apparent
that the disturbance caused by a city
sewer outlet is going to develop into
a wholesale batch of civil suits. It
is reported that forty-five farmers
have become parties to proceedings
which have not yet become official,
though it is admitted that counsel
have requested summons and filed
bond3 for same with the clerk of the
superior court. E. J. Justice has been
retained by the parties.
Kept Account of What He Stole.
Confessing to having stolen more
than $2,000 from his employers, Spach
Brothers, Winston-Salem, Robert L.
Southern, 35 years old, was arrested.
A realy remarkable feature of the
-speculations, which extended over a
period of more than eight months,
was that Southern evidently kept in
a book a , minute account of the
amounts he stole, footing ..them up
weekly. '. The largest amount taken
in. any week was 213 and the small
est, $24.
Fired On Through Mistake.
Separate posses of citizens of Wil
mington went in different directions
in search of two negroes who had
gone to the rear of the postofflce at
Rose Hill and demanded entrance of
the lady clerk In charge, fired Into
each other by mistake for the ne
groes and T.SW, Fussell and Deland
Henderson, well-known citizens of
that, place, were seriously wounded.
Th wounding of the two of the num
ber apparently demoralized the posses
and the negroes made good their es-
AGREE ON A PRIMARY DATE
Senatorial Candidates Decide on Gen
eral Election Day. They Will
Make Public All Expenses.
Raleigh. The four Democratic can
didates for the United States Senate
to succeed Senator F. M. Simmons,
ex-Governor Charles B. Aycock, Chief
Justice Walter Clark, Gov. W. W.
Kitchln and Senator Simmons, an
nounced an agreement was reach
ed to ask the State Democratic exec
utive committee to recommend to the
state convention that it order a sena
torial primary to be beld at the gen
eral election in November, rules to
be prepared by the executive commit
tee and submitted to the convention,
statements of all amounts expended
by each for campaign purposes be of
fered the press for publication ten
days before and ten days after the
nomination is made and the state
ments to be the same as required to
be made. by senatorial candidates to
the secretary of the United States
Senate. Following is the official state
ment of. the resolutions or agreement
adopted unonimously by the four aspi
rants for the Senate:
1 We respectfully ask the Demo
cratic state executive committee at
its coming meeting to recommend to
the Democratic state convention to
order a senatorial primary to be held
on the day of the general election in
November and we further respectfully
ask said committee that It prepare
rules for holding of said primary
and submit them to the state conven
tion. 2 We agree that we will offer to
the newspaper reporters in the city
of Raleigh and request prompt pub
lication thereof less than ten days
before nomination and again within
ten days after nomination statements
of all amounts expended by us in the
senatorial contest, which is required
byFederal statute to be filed by sen
atorial candidates with the secretary
of the United States Senate.
Experimental Work Being Lined Up.
With Dr. B. W. Kilgore, state
chemist, as director, and Dr. C. B.
Williams as vice director, the agricul
tural departmental work of the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture
and the A. & M. College and experi
ment station are being lined up In a
thoroughly co-operative system that is
especially for the purpose of pre
venting duplicative work and accom
plishing economies in the administra
tion of these Institutions. The sys
tem is really a return to conditions
that existed prior to 1907 and is the
outcome of conferences between spe
cial committees from the college and
the Department of Agriculture, whose
work is expected to put an end to
demands that have come from some
quarters for a consolidation of the
college and the Department of Agri
culture. No Definite Plan of Action.
No definite plan of action for a
curtailment in the acreage of cotton
in Mecklenburg county has been
agreed upon by the farmers, accord
ing to the best information available
but it is believed by representative
planters that there wHI be a material
reduction. The "Rock Hill pain" will
not be adopted here unless taken up
by outside influences, many of the
leading farmer of this county being
of the opinion that the action taken
at the farmers' convention at Wil
son, recommending that one acre of
food crops be planted to every acre
of cotton is vastly better and will
work more uniformly to the good of
the agricultural interests than the
Rock Hill plan. . .
Big Fire Does Much Damage.
Fire which originated in a livery
stable at Lumberton near the . Sea
board passenger station, destroyed
property estimated at '$12,000. The
livery stable occupied by " Mr. Odell,
Edens sales stables, occupied by Mr.
C. - M. Prevatt ; a store occupied by
Mr. C. B. Redmond, groceries all
owned, by Mr. A. W. McLean were
consumed, together with ten horses
and two mules,, several vehicles,, har
ness and a quantity of feed, also the
stock of, groceries. -Mr., Redmond es
timates his loss at $4,500 with $1,000
insurance. There was no insurance
on any other property.
A Reduction In Cotton Acreage.
From all accounts there will be a
large .reduction of acreage in cotton
around Maxton and there will also
be a considerable reduction in the
amount of fertilizer bought. The lat
ter will be cut about half. More
grain and hay will be raised and this
time next year people hereabouts
should be in the best shape financially.
The merchants will be very cautious
about furnishing credit to those who
are not worthy of it, and this will
result in more wage-earners or day
laborers, which are very much needed.
ECUADOR MOB
LYNCH 5 GENERALS
ELOY AIFARO, EX-PRESIDENT OF
ECUADOR, AMONG THOSE
PUT TO DEATH.
VICTIMS ALL PROMINENT
Drastic Measure Is Taken by Those
Who Were Opposed to Revo
lution in Ecuador, ,
Guayaquil, Ecuador. An infuriated
mob broke into the Quito peniten
tiary in spite of a double guard and
lynched Gens. Elroy Alfaro, Flavio
Alfaro, Medardo Alfaro, Ulplano
Paez and Manuel Serrano, all prom
inent revolutionists.
With the putting to death of Gen.
Eloy Alfaro, ex-president of Ecuador;
his brother, Gen. Flavio Alfaro, ex
minister of war and commander-in-chief
of the revolutionary forces;
Gen. Medardo Alfaro, who is believ
ed to have been a brother of the two
other Alfaros, and Gens. Paez and
Manuel Serrano, the leading lights
in Ecuador's latest revolution have
been snuffed out. This revolution,
although it had been a long time
brewing, began in reality a few days
following the sudden death on De
cember 22 last of President Emilio
Estrada.
1 The first of the drastic measures
taken by those who opposed the rev
olution was carried into effect at
Guayaquil when Gen. Pedro Montero,
who was proclaimed president by
the troops after the death of E3trada,
was shot and beheaded by a mob,
which, later, burned his body. The
shooting of Montero took place in
the court room where the general
had just, been 'tried by courtmartial
and sentenced to sixteen years', im
prisonment for his connection with
the revolt -The people, evidently an
gered at what they considered a too
light sentence, rushed into the court
ro6a and,, .-after riddling Montero's
body with bullet3, dragged it Into
the open. They they decapitatted it,
built a bonfire and threr into the
flames the torso and head of the man
who once was a popular hero in Ec
uador. '
Eloy Alfaro and Generals Paez and
Montero were captured January 22 at
Guayaquil when government troops
under Gen. Leonidas Plaza forced the
revolutionists who held Guayaquil to
capitulate. Flavio Alfaro had been
wounded in a battle a few days be
fore the fall of Guayaquil. Madero
Alfaro was captured January 23 as
he arrived at Guayaquil on board a
steamer with a body of rebel troops.
GARDEN WORK FOR CHILDREN
Relief Urged Before "Child Labor Com
mittee Convention.
Louisville, Ky. Purposeful labor
In connection with their school was
urged for children relieved of grind
ing labor before the final session of
the eighth annual conference of the
national child labor committee by P.
p. Claxton, United States commis
sioner of education. For the mill
towns of the South he outjined a plan
already worked out to some degree
whereby the children . of the factory
employees should contribute to the
support of the family by gardening.
Teachers should be competent to in
struct in agriculture and animal in
dustry, he declared, and should be
engaged for the year through, the
winter schoolroom work to be grad
ually lessened as the time for putting
in the gardens approached, until the
work out of doors, under supervision,
should use all of the child's working
day.
There is plenty of land in or near
all these towns, he said, the project
is thoroughly feasible, and, he assert
ed, under the least favorable condi
tions the child gardener, doing what
he would enjoy doing, could produce
toward the support of himself and
the family, at least as much as now,
when he works long hours in the
mills and destroys his health and
future usefulness. For other indus
trial sections of the country the same
principle, he thought, could be work
ed out along other lines.
No Extension of Armistice.
Pekin. The Pekin government is
trying to secure an extension of the
armistice, but Wu Ting Fang, the re
publican minister of justice at Shang
hai, has telegraphed threatening to
renew hostilities unless abdication is
accomplished. Three thousand more
of Yuan Shi Kai's troops have arriv
ed at Pekin, bringing the total up to
7,000 men. Tien Liang, the former
Tartar general at Nanking, who has
been strongly opposed to Premier
Yuan, tas fled from Pekin.
LIFE'S DISAPPOINTMENTS
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KM IS FOR CUMMINS
SENATOR KENYON OF IOWA EN
DORES THE CANDIDACY OF
HIS COLLEAGUE. ,
Supporters of Every Man in the Pres
idential Race Found Through
out the Country.
Washington Senator Kenyon, of
Iowa, issued a statement announcing
his indorsement of the presidential
candidacy of his colleague, Senator
Albert B. Cummings. He said he had
been earnestly for President Taft and
would continue to Support him if a
suitablle candidate had not appearred
from his own state.
Senator Kenyon declared he had
been earnestly for the renomination
of President Taft, especially because
of the attack of men connected with
"big business" who, the Senator said,
sought to destroy the president "be
cause of hi3 courageous efforts to en
force the Sherman act."
Mr. Kenyon closed with a warm
tribute to the public career of Sena
tor Cummins. Before Mr. Kenyon was
elected to the senate he was one of
hte "trust busters" of the. Taft admin
istration. Washington Friends of the admin
istration were surprised at the an
nouncement that Governor Hadley, of
Missouri, had come out in support of
the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt.
Governor Hadley's support had been
counted upon by political advisers of
President Taft. When Hadley was in
Washington several weeks ago it was
announced that he had practically
pledged himself to support Taft
New York. The silence which Colo
nel Roosevelt has maintained regard
ing discussion of his possible renom
ination was unbroken. To all ques
tions Mr. Roosevelt replied that he
had nothing to say. When asked to
comment upon the declaration of Gov
ernor Hadley of Missouri, he declared
he had not read what the governor
said.
Trenton, N. J. Edward Grossscup,
chairman lot the state Democratic
committee, issued a statement declar
ing that Governor Wilson would have
a majority of the New Jersey dele
gates to the Democratic national con
vention and practicaly a solid vote
in the delegation. -
Kansas City. R. A. Long of Kan
sas City, a wealthy lumberman, in an
dress at the convention of the 3outhf
western Lumermen's association, said
that Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio
was the only man who, as president,
could bring about a settled condition
of finances in this country. Mr. Long
urged the delegates to use their in
fluence toward making the Ohio ex
ecutive the next president of the na
tion. New, Haven, Conn. President Wil
liam H. Taft was re-elected president
of the United States by a straw vote
taken among the students at Yale uni
versity. His majority over his Dem
ocratic opponent. Gov. Woodrow Wil
son of New Jersey, was 259. The
total vote cast was Taft 470, Wilson
211.
lican national convention.
Brown, Governor of Georgia.
Atlanta. Joseph M. Brown was in
augurated governor of Georgia for the
second time. For the first time in
almost a quarter of a century the
general assembly met in special ses
sion for the purpose of canvassing
returns from an election for governor
and to inaugurate this official. Con
soldiation of the recent election re
turns showed that Governor Brown
received 23,832 votes for governor, as
against 3 on for A. M. Castleberry, the
Socialist candidate.
FARMERSUSINGTELEPHONES
Practically Every Section of the South
Is Now Covered With Rural
Telephone Lines.
Atlanta, Ga. The farmers of the
South made gratifying progress In de
veloping rural telephone systems dur
ing the past year,1 according to reports
of the Southern Bell Telephone com
pany covering the seven states in
which it operates.
On December 31, 1911, there were
29,537 farmer's telephones connected
with exchanges and toll stations of
the Bell system in these states as
follows:
Alabama ..7,246
Georgia 7,243
South Carolina .... 2,722
North Carolina ,3,460
Virginia .... 2,171
West Virginia 6,507
Florida , 188
Of these telephone 7,775 were add
ed during the year 1911, an increase
of 30 per cent, over the year 1910.
A feature of particular value to the
farmers was instituted during the
past year through the co-operation of
the United States weather bureau and
the telephone company. The daily
weather reports are furnished to the
telephone company every day, and at
a given hour in the morning the re
port i3 read to the subscribers on
every rural Mne. Farmers who can
not respond to the signal may call
the operator at any time and secure
the report.
Practically every section of the
South is covered with rural telephone
line, and it is possible for farmers in
remote places to communicate quick
ly with the nearest market. The
growth has been rapid, but telephone
experts declare that rural telephone
development in the South is in Its in
fancy and a greater growth is antic
ipated during the year 1912.
Appendicitis Danger Reduced.
Cleveland, Ohio. Operations for
appendicitis, thought to have been
perfected several years ago, when
one and a half inch incisions were
found to be adequate, have been still
further simplified according to an an
nouncement made to surgeons of, the
Cleveland Academy of Medicine. This
sets forth that an incision of but
three-fourths of an inch is' necessary,
permitting the patient to leave the
bed within 24 hours after the opera
tion. Description of the operation is
giver-
State Banks Depositaries.
Washington. For the first time In
history, the way has been opened, it
has developed, for state banks and
trust companies to become known as
"United States depositaries." Owing
to the view of the treasury depart
ment, any financial Institution in
America national or state bank or
trust company holding postal sav
ings deposits or other government
funds, may assume .that title without
legal impediment, even though the
designation is not officially conferred
by the secretary of the treasury.
Hitchcock Says He Is Loyal.
Washington. "I am for Taft as
strong as a man can be," declared
Postmaster General Hitchcock, at the
white house. "I did not realize until
a day or two ago how far these sto
ries about my alleged differences with
the president had gone. I probably
chall have something to say on the
subject." Mr. Hitchcock manifested
Indignation that his loyalty had been
questioned. "It is an insult for any
one to think that I have been disloyal
to the president," said the postmas
ter general.
10 BASIS IS YET
FOUND FOR PEACE
ITALY AND TURKEY REFUSE THE
. SUGGESTIONS OF DIPLOMATS.
TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES.
MAY TAKE CONSTANTINOPLE
Turkish Government Says It Cannof
Accept Spoliation Suffered With
out Redress.
Rome, Italy. Although the. work
of the European diplomatic chancel
leries has been prosecuted actively
in Constantinople and Rome during
the past few days in an attempt to
find a way to peace between Italy
and Turkey, no basis has yet been
found.
In reply to suggestions from vari
ous embassies, Turkey answers that
the powers, if they want peace,
should induce Italy to make conces
sions, as Turkey cannot accept the
spoliation she has suffered without
redress.
Rome, on the other hand, responds
to the hints of the foreign chancel
leries that the only remedy for the
present situation is that pressure
should be put by the powers on the
porte.
The representaives of the powers
declare that if pressure were brought
to bear on the porte through the am
bassadors and the porte should re
sistas everything appears to indi
cate would be the case either the
powers would have to withdraw and
suffer humiliation or have recourse
to coercion.
This would mean making a collect
ive naval demonstration in Turkish
waters, which would ultimately end
in a landing in Constantinople, and
would 'Taise the general European
conflagration, which all hope to avoid.
Giovanni Giolitti, the Italian pre
mier, still hopes that Italy will be
able to force Turkey to ask for peace.
For this reason the convocation of
parliament, instead of occurring at
the end of January, kas been post
poned until February, and it even
may be delayed uut.il March.
In the meantime, the commander-in-chief
of the expedition force In
Tripoli has arranged to make a gen
eral advance into the interior and
hopes during February to take th
first decisive step in this direction
WATTERSON TALKS AGAIN
Editor Says Ryan Was oNt Respon
sible for Harvey-Wilson Break.
Washington. Absolving qolonel
Harvey from all blame in connec
tion with the suggestion that Thomas
F. Ryan, the New York financier,
might be induced to finance Gover
nor Wilson's campaign, Col. Henry
Watterson made public the - corre
spondence that has recently passed
between himself and Senator Till
man. It wll be recalled that recently
Colonel Watterson stated he would
not notice the suggestion that Mr.
Ryan's name was at the bottom of
the Harvey-Wilson break until it was
put forward by some responsible per
son. -
Senator Tillman took up the cud
gels and charged that Colonel Wat
terson had concealed material facts
in connection with the incident. In
discussing, the assertion that Colonel
Harvey had sought to bring Wilson
and Thomas F. Ryan together, he
said:
"Now, senator, I know of my own
knowledge that that story is a lie,
made out of the whole cloth.
"If any person ventures to ques
tion that assertion I have in. my pos
session proof conclusive which I hold
myself ready to place before your
honest and truth-seeking man."
Chinese Rebels Using Aeroplanes.
San Franciscp. Six American
built biplanes are carried by the
revolutionary army advancing on Pe
kin, according to a cablegram receiv
ed by the Chinese Free Press here.'
The aeroplanes will be manned by
Chinese aviators. The revolutionary
troops, in command of Gen. Lura
Shood Hing, were massed at Nanking
and the march was begun. Revolu
tionary authorities regard the attack
on Pekin as unavoidable.
French-Italian Dispute Settled.
Paris. The Franco-Italian incident
arising from the seizure of the
French steamers Manouba and Car
thage by Italian war vessels was set
tled satisfactorily to both nations.
This announcement was made at the
close of a meeting of the cabinet,
which, after examination, approved
the terms of the note agreed upon
by Camille Barrere, the French am
bassador at Rome, and the Marquis
Di San Giuliano. The not-S will be
published in Rome by the Italian government.