5 HBO a Year, In Advance. -FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Slagta Cegy, ft VOL. XXIV. PLYMOUTH, N. G.,; FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1913. NO. 28. iCH SWINDLING THROUGH MAILS 1129,000,000 TAKEN : FROM THE PUBLIC BY MAIL FRAUDS. IS RECORD OF TWO YEARS Many, Schemes to Defraud the Public Are Operated Through the Mails. Washington. Loss of $129,000,000 la two years by the unsuspecting pub lic through swindling operation car ried on by use of the United States jnails has stirred the postal authori ties to a drastic campaign 'against fraudulent schemers. Wholesale use of government's right to deny the mailing privilege to persons or firms whose operations may be tainted with get ritch quick" and other false promises is the weapon to be em- nTnvoil ft'-' J An effort to stop this swindling by reliance upon criminal courts has proved ineffective, according to W. H. Lamar, assistant attorney general for the postof flee department, whose an nual report was made public on the first ' "Criminal proceedings are necessa rily slow," says the report, "and by means of appeals and other methods' the execution of sentence are deferred lor long periods, during which the -concerns and individuals engaged in such fraudulent business continue - to reap a harvest through their fraudu lent enterprise. In some instances, the penalty being merely a fine, there was nothing to prevent the parties from 'continuing thedr schemes ex cept fear of subsequent fines. These they could easily afford to pay in view of the large revenue derived from the business." Mr; Lamar points out that a fraud order immediately cuts off the source of supply of funds upon which the scheme largely depends for its continuance- and puts many prospective vic tims on their guard. Postmaster throughout the country, the report says, daily ask rulings on various lottery schemes which cause the department no end of worry. Nu merous concerns located abroad con tinue to mail their advertisements of foreign lotteries into the United States. Fraud orders were issued against 74 such firms during the year. CIVILCOURTS UNDER TROOPS West Virginia Authorities Arraigned for Conduct During Strike. Washington. A severe arraignment of the authorities who administered martial law in West Virginia from September, 1912, to June, .1913, when the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek coal mine strike troubles were in prog ress is contained in a subcommittee report made public by Senator Borah, member of the senate committee that conducted an investigation into all phases of the West "Virginia disturb ance. ' The report does not bear the formal indorsement of the full senate com mittee, but was given out as the "statement of facts," prepared by Sen ator Borah as the member charged with preparing that section of the report bearing on courtmartial trials and alleged violations of law by mil itary courts. Senator Borah's statement holds that the military authorities, acting under the direction of the governor, superseded all constitutional courts in West Virginia, imposed sentences not authorized by any standing laws, and took over all the duties of the civil courts of the district; and that at the time such martial law was being en forced there was no evidence that the civil courts had been intimidated or that they would have failed to per form their duties faithfully. Five Persons Killed in Collision. Memphis, Tenn. Five persons were tilled and several injured when a train of freight cars struck a street car at a . grade crossing here. The accident occurred in the southern out skirts of Memphis where a belt line and the street railway tracks cross. The street car was crushed and the bodies of the dead badly mangled. Negro Is Lynched in Louisiana. Shreveport, La, Dave Lee, a ne gro, was taken from. the Marion coun ty jail at - Jefferson, Texas, by a body of : masked men and hanged to a bridge nearby. The mob com pelled, the, Jailer to give up his keys, quickly secured the prisoner, execut ed him and quietly dispersed. Lee was charged with shooting and wound big Constable Matt Taylor, while re sisting arrest. It is said there were bat fifteen men in the lynching par ty. tfc arrests have been made. JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS John Skelton Williams of Richmond, Va., at present assistant secretary of the treasury, is the choice of Secre tary McAdoo for controller of the cur rency. BATTLE FOUGHT IN MEXICO REBELS ATTACK THE TOWN. MANY ARE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Red Cross Workers Find Two Hun dred Corpses on the Battle . field. Laredo, Texas. With the dead vari ously estimated at from 150 to twice that number, and the wounded sev eral hundred, both armies fought for possession of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, the Revolutionists under Gen. Pablo Gonzales less than a mile from the town and the Federal forces entrench ed within Nuevo Laredo. The government commander at Nuevo Laredo admitted that at least fifty of his troops had been killed, including Captain Francillas. Official reports from the attacking forces place their dead at 100, including Capt. Eziquefl Parars. Red Cross workers who crossed to Nuevo Lare do during a lull in the firing reported that they found more than two hun dred dead on the field. Flighting, which began ' at day break, lulled at noon, but was reopen ed three hours later by a machine gun squad who drew away from the main body of Revolutionists and pour ed a hail of bullets into the Federal stronghold. Undaunted by the burst ing of shells, the gunner, said to be a Frenchman named Brien, trained his gun with deadly accuracy whenever a sufficient number of Federal tar gets appeared. Many bullets fell on the American side of the river. Narrow escapes were numerous, but no deaths UNCLE SAM CUARDS HEALTH Patrols From Ocean to Oceon to 1 Keep Down Disease. Washington. Uncle Sam's health patrol is catching its breath on New Year's day in anticipation of the big gest year's work it ever has under taken. . The summary of the fast 12 .months of its work contains a record of heroic fights against disease, oppo sition to the invasion of foreign mal adies and excursions Into new fields of medical exploration which has had no equal in the history of the organ ization. Experts working under the direc tions of Surgeon General Rupert Blue and Assistant Surgeon General Ruck er' have during the last" year covered every" nook and corner- of the coun try; 'routing out unknown diseases, cleaning up intested. places, teaching communities and individuals hpw to guard against disease and protecting the American public against disease immigrants,' itinerant ."carriers" of disease, unhealthful surroundings, in fected, rats and polluted drinking wa ter. ", 'New York Tops London.'. New .York New York City leads London in" population' by 1,000,000, ac cording to figures made public by Dr. W. H.'Gulfoy, statistician of the board of health. He fixes New York's population at 5,376,966,-a total based on the" t city's presumptive .growth since the 'last count' was made. This comparison, however, does not in clude as part of London that city's large 'suburban area. While New York is gaining rapidly in population, the city and county of London is retrogressing LARGER EXPORTS THAN EVER BEFORE 1913 EXCEEDED BEST EFFORTS OF THE PRECEDING, YEARS. FOREIGN COMMERCE GROWS 1913 Imports Show Decrease, Due to Big Reductions in the Cost of - Certain Articles. Washington The foreign com merce of the United States in the calendar year 1913 approximated one and three-quarter billion dollars of imports and two and a half billion of exports. The imports of the eleven months ended with November were $1,609,000,000; should the December imports equal those of November the total for the full year would be $1, 756,000,000. The exports of the eleven months ended with November were $2,251,000,000; should the December exports equal those of November the total would be $2,497,000,000. This estimate would make the excess of exports over imports approximately $740,000,000. s The figures of exports and of excess of exports over imports will exceed those of any earlier year. The largest export in any preceding calendar year was that of 1912,. which showed a to tal of $2,399,217,993; and as the eleven months ended with November are $102,000,000 in excess of the corre sponding period of the preceding year the estimate of approximately two and a half billion for 1913 seems to be justified. The. excess of exports over imports in the eleven months ended with November was $642,000, 000, and for the single months of November $97,000,000, thus apparently justifying the estimate of $740,000,- 000 excess of exports for the full year. In Imports the total for 1913 will be less than that of 1912, but larger than that of any. year preceding 1912 This decline in imports in 1913 is due in part to reduction in prices of cer tain articles imported. While the quantity of sugar imported in the ten months ended with October exceeded that of the corresponding period of 1912 by 368,000,000 pounds, the value of this larger quantity imported dur ing the 1913 period was $22,000,000 less than that of the corresponding period of 19 12. PLAN TO DROP CORPORATIONS Men of Affairs Decided to Line Up With Spirit of Times. New York. The withdrawal of J. P. Morgan & Co. from more than a score of great corporations and the statement shortly afterwards by George F. Baker, an almost equally dominant figure in American finance, that he soon would take similar ac tion, gave Wall street generally a thrill that almost brought trading on the stock exchange to a halt. While it probably is true that many prominent bankers had information foreshadowing this momentous move toward ending interlocking directo rates, the public and brokers had no advance knowledge of what was tak ing place in the inner councis of the greatest of all American houses of finance. Wherever telephone and tick er flashed the news about the street, groups of men, gathered to discuss what was the all-absorbing topic. Mr. Morgan, departing from his firm's traditional policy of silence, made a public statement announcing the withdrawal of five members of J. P. Morgan & Co. from the drector ships in twenty-seven corporations and the intention to withdraw from more. Exports to South Africa. Washington. .Success that has marked the efforts of American manu facturers to establish markets for their exports in the union of South Africa, long considered to be exclu sive province for foreign traders, re futes any assertion that competition is driving Americans from the field of trade, according to a statement made public by the department of com merce. v Lower Express Next Month. Washington. Lower express rates throughout the country will become effective one month from now by the terms of the recent interstate com merce commission order. Not only will the rates be reduced materially, but the companies will comply with regulations for improved methods of service. Experts estimate - the aver age reduction in charges will approx imate 17 per cent. One official of a large express company said that the business for 1913 was 25 per cent, less than it was in 1912. MlS$ J13AUDE 0. MINAHAN V mmmmm t s Miss Maude Olive Minahan of New York City, who ha(s been voted by the students at Wellesley college, Massa chusetts, to be the most beautiful girl at the college. CREAT CHANGES PAST YEAR POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND FI NANCIAL LEGISLATION DUR ING 1913 IMPORTANT. New Era in Relations of Government and Big Corporations Foreign Relations Eventful. Washington. Twelve , months of 1913 wrought changes in the Ameri can government political, economic and financial probably more far reaching than any other year of the last quarter century this year was apparent in a backward glance over memorable events of the past year in all branches of governmental ac tivity. A Democratic administration in na tional affairs came to power in this twelve months with a Democratic president and a Democratic congress at his back for the first time since Grover Cleveland occupied the white house. The first constitutional amendments since 1870 were perfected, providing two radical changes in the funda mentals of government an income tax and the direct election of United' States senators. BANKS ACCEPTING SYSTEM In One Wek 767 Banks Apply for Admission. Washington. Seven hundred and sixty-seven banking institutions, scat tered over forty-five states and having an aggregate capital, exclusive of sur plus, of approximately $300,000,000, have informed the federal authorities of their intention to enter the new cur rency system. This was. announced by the treasury department a week after the currency reform law was enacted. The department's statament said: "Six hundred and ninety-five appli cations have been received from na tional banks with an aggregate capital of about $250,000,000 ,so that up to this time national banks representing ap proximately one-fourth of the total national banking capital of tlie coun try already have signified their In tention to enter the system.' "Of the national banks 69 have a capital of $1,000,000 -o more; 142 have a capital of from $250,000 to $1, 000,000; 270 have a capitalof f rom $100,000 to $250,000 and -214 have a capital of less than $10(J,000. $250,000 Ransom WillBe Paid. Chihuahua. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in gold has been agreed upon by General VUW rebel military chief, as the ransom he will accept for the release of Luis Terra zas, son of the wealthy Mexican land owner. Terrazas has been Imprisor ed here for five weeks on the charge that he had supported the federal ad ministration. The money Is to be paid by Lui3 Terarzas, Sr., who has been negotiating from El Paso for his son's release. The prisoner is to be brought to the border under safe conduct. 1 NO WAV OF ESCAPE FROM INCOME TAX REGULATIONS SAY EVERY CITI ZEN OF NATION MUST MAKE RETURNS. REFUSAL MEANS A FINE Forms to Be Used By Individuals Sent Out by the Treasury Department.- March First Date Set. Sickness or Absence Excuses. Washington. The form to be used and regulations to be followed by in dividuals in making returns of income subject to the new Federal income tax were sent out by the Treasury De partment. Every citizen of the United States whether residing at home or abroad, every person residing in the United States and every non-resident alien who has income from United States investments of $3,000 or more, must make return. For the past year, 1913, specific ex eruptions will be $2,500, or $3,333.33 in the case of a married person, and in futureyears $3,000 and $4,000. Where the tax has been witheld on part of the income at the source, or where part of the income comes as dividends upon stock of a corporation, taxable under the corporation tax sec tion of the law ,the regulations set forth that such income shall be de ducted from the individual's total net income when computing the amount of which he i3 taxable. .The law imposes a tax of 1 per cent and provides that individuals who have an income between $20,000 and $50,000 shall pay an additional tax f o 1 per . cent on such amount ; on all between $50,000 and $75,000, two per cent; $75,000 to $100,000, three per cent; $100,000 to $250,000 four fer cent; $250,000 to $500,000, five per cent, and all over $500,000, six per cent. Returns must be in the hands of the collector of internal reve nue in district where the payee lives or district where he has his principal place of business not later than March 1, failure to observe this limit to be punished with fines ranging from $20 to $1,000. Refusal or neglect to file returns, except in case of sickness or absence will result in an addition of 50 per cent to the tax assessed. In the case of false or fraudulent erturn 100 per cent will be added to the tax assessed and any person required to make, ren der, sign or verify such return, who makes a false or fraudulent state ment, with intent to defeat or evade the tax, will be guilty o fa misde meanor and subject to a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment for one year, or both. Thirty Perish With Steamer. New York. The tank steamer in trouble off Sandy Hook was the Okla homa and twenty-two of her crew appear to have perished. Eight were saved. This was the substance of wireless messages received here. Although several vessels were standing by the distressed tank liner, the Hamburg-American line freighter Bavaria, bound from Philadelphia to Baston, was the only one able to ren der assistance. She reported by wire less shortly after 9 o'clock in the morning that .she had been able to fake off Captain Alfred Gunter, Chief Mate Bertiverson, Second Mate Knute Dahle, Third Mate Carl Eklunde, Operator William Davis, Boatman Christian Rasmussen, Quartermaster Hamilton Powell and Herman Erick sen, the ship's carpenter. No mention was made of the remainder of the crew, thirty in number. The Oklahoma was owned by the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company; was 2,795 tons net and 419 feet long. Rev. Billy Sunday Vs. Bar Tenders. Pittsburgh, Pa. When Rev. Billy Sunday came here recently to "clean up Pittsburgh," the Bar Tenders' Union grew excited and offered $5,000 for the privilege of having its busi ness secretary debate with the evan gelist on the question: "Who is get ting the coin Billy Sunday or us?" Mr. Sunday declined the challenge. Attempt to Settle Strike. Calumet,' Mich. Interest in the copper rtiners' strike in northern Michigan centered around lovernor Woodbridge N. Ferris, who is coming here to endeavor to brina; about a set tlement of the prolonged strike called by the Western Federation of Miners. The governor arrived in the stirke zone but a few hours after the depart ure of John B. Densmore, solicitor for the department of labor, who return ed to Washington after failing to bring together the opposing interests of the strike. DAVIDSON COLLEGE BULLETIN New Bulletin Written By Dr. Martin Reviewing Affairs of the College. Davidson. A clerical force of stu dents were busy one week recently In mailing from the administration build ing the latest College Bulletin, written by President Martin and giving in rap id review an account of matters re lating more.' especially to this the seventy-seventh session of the college. Doctor Martin notes that all the members of the faculty are full pro fessors and all students from fresh men to seniors are in classes taught by men who took full university train ing at the leading universities of America and Europe. Davidson " ia one of the very few colleges of the land whose freshmen and sophomores are not taught, In part, at least by young men of limited expreince, who hold the rank of "instructor.' ' , The addition to the teaching force of Dr. H. B. Arbuckle, as professor of chemistry and of Dr. Charles N. Wun der, as associate professor of astron omy and applied znathemtaics, the promotion of Professor A. Currie to a full professorship, his department being public speaking, education and law, and the election of Mr. Frank L. Jackson to the position of treasurer, bursar and business manager, are all very properly cited as evidences of the steady growth and expansion ol the institution. The recent action of the Synods ol the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida, looking to a more substantial support of Church schools and colleges and especially the resolution of the Synod of this State and of Florida, request ing that the cause of Chritsian educa tion be given a place in he budget of , all the Churches in their bounds, la expected to result in a decided In crease in the annual contributions to. the institutions concerned and a more active effort for their further up building in point of enrollment. Doc tor Martin has been appointed chair man of Synod's permanent commit tee on schools and colleges, to suc ceed Rev. Dr. J. B. Shearer, resigned. An appeal is made in this issue of the Bulletin for 500 members to the Davidson College League that during President Smith's administration -was so effective in bringing in an annual revenue that made possible so msaiy additions to and so many improve ments in the college plant. The Bul letin explains that contributions to the recent endowment campaign serv ed as a reason why many temporals ily demitted membership in this league, but with the payment of the pledges to the endowment, bid stu dents parents, friends, any and all who are interestd in the college and the work It is doing for the Church, are urged to renew their member ship and begin once again the pay ment of the annual contribution of $10. Mount Airy's Growth. Mount Airy. As. the year has clos ed and the merchants have taken an inventory of stock it is well to take inventory of a town's achievements and in this respect Mount Airy has been m6re than fortunate for it has enjoyed marked prosperity. The town has not only increased rapidly In pop ulation but more money has been spent, in the past year, for public im provements than ever before in the same length of time. The voting of bonds for road improvement in the township has turned to the public nearly $50,000 and nearly half that amount has been spent, inside the city, for street improvements. An up-to-date and modern filtering plant, costing $7,000, has been installed and two tobacco warehouses, costing $30, 000, have been erected. No less than a dozen Main street stores have been remodeled with modern fronts and general improvements which cost, at least, $20,000. At least a dozen hand some residences have been erected, two of which reached the $10,000 mark, and a $10,000 packhouse, has been added to the factory section of the city. This, of course, does not include the outlay at the store qfiarry where the payroll, in mid-summer reaches $50,000 each month or the three large furniture factories which' gives employment to nearly 600 hands. Added to these things, this is a splen did market, a large horse and cattle market and one of the largest ship ping points for produce in the South. Charlotte's New Hotel. Charlotte. The Mecklenburg Hotel, the elegant new $150,000 establish ment which has been in process of construction for the past eight months near the Southern Depot, has been completed and was opened January 1. Mr. W. C. Petty is general manager. Mr. A. D. Brabble, assistant manager and Mr. O. C. Andrews is chief clerk, three of the best known and most popular hotel men in the Carolinas. The hotel, which has 100 rooms, cf which 75 have private baths, each aa. outside room with windows. ,

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