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
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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. ,