flJOO a Year, In Advance.
"flQR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
VOL- XXIV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C FRIDAY, JULY 11; 1913.
NO. 2.
40,000 VICTIMS OF
THE Mill W
FC-RMER ALLIES ARE FIGHTING
EACH OTHER FIERCER THAN
THEV DID THE TURKS.
8ULGARS REPORTVICTORY
Servians HaveLost Heavily and News
of a Disaster Is Expected
From Belgrade.
London, England. After ten days
of fighting more severe than anything
in the last Balkan war, a little, light
begins to break upon the obscure op
erations. The Servians have lost
more men" than in the whole previous
campaign, and semi-official statements
from Belgrade have the appearance
of preparing the public for news of
a disaster.
"Desperate fighting, with fluctuating
fortunes, is proceeding along the
Vardar and Bregalinitz river, appar
ently to Bulgaria's advantage.' News
lias been received of the Bulgarian in
vasion of Servia through Belograd
chky. The Bulgarians claim to have
defeated the Servians and captured
five guns and a quantity of other ma
terial, and by the occupation of the
passes, to have opened the road to
Nish, Servia's most important fortified
town. - .
There is heavy fighting between the
. Servians and Bulgarians south of Is
tip and in the neighborhood of Ketch
ana. , About two hundred thousand
men are engaged and the losess on
both sides appear heavy.
Bulgaria's strategy appears to be to
' hold the Greeks in check, probably
Avith comparatively small forecs, while
she deals with Servia.
Unconfirmed reports credit the Bul
garians with victories near Koprill,
giving them the key to "Usup, and
with an outflanking movement from
the south 5f Lahynos Lake, which
would cut off the Greek retreat. Sal
oniki dispatches report that- the
Greeks have captured sixteen guns
at Peiran. Evidence of desperate
fighting is found in the arrival of
8,000 wounded at Saloniki.
A conservative estimate of the kill
ed or disabled in the fighting is from
thirty to forty thousand. Thousands
of destitute refugees from the scene
of fighting are pouring into Salon
iki. TERROR CAUSED BY MOB
Trouble in South African Gold Mine
District Breaks Out Afresh.
Johannesburg. The settlement of
the strike among, the gold miners in
the Rand district, which the govern
ment arranged with a committee of
strikers, has proved ineffective, al
though comparative order was pre
served. Casualties resulting from the fight
ing are now estimated at 110. Tw6
officers, three soldiers and several po
licemen were wounded.
Strike leaders apparently were try
ing to get the men to accept the
terms, but on all sides dissatisfaction
is expressed. A spirit of anarchy
has been aroused which is difficult
to control. A great crowd of strikers
wearing red badges surrounded the
Carlton hotel, while the terms of set
tlement were being arranged.. When
the leaders announced from the bal
cony that a settlement had been reach
ed they were greeted with shouts of
"What about the dead?" "You've been
bought!"
Except at the time of the Jameson
raid in 1896 and the outbreak of the
war in 1899, this city has not expe
rienced such a day of toryism. The
mobs in the business section caused
less fear than the desperadoes who
were threatening to dynamite the
homes of the wealthy.
. German Shot as Spy.
Eagle Pass, Texas.-r-Gustave Han
son, said to have been a German min
ing, fngineefcr. was shot as a spy by
Mexican federals - at Torreon and
Francisco Martinez, an American cit
izen, has been arrested by the rebels
at 'Coituiibia Coahuila, where he is
manager of an American-owned ranch,
charged with giving information to
the federals, according to reports
reaching Pleras Morgan.
350 Animals Burned In Nashville.
Nshville, Tenn. Three hundred
"and fifty animals 300 hogs and fifty
head of cattle were cremated when
the big stock yards of Boiling & Pow
ers burned to the ground within SO
minutes after the alarm was turned
in. The fire was discovered shortly
after noon, and burned ' so fiercely
that the tanks of the Nashville Gas
company, across the street, were -expected
to explode. Three streams of
water saved the gas plant, while a
cordon of police forced the big crowd
that had colelcted out of danger.
WOMEN POLICE
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Chief of Police Beavers of Atlanta has appointed four policewomen
Their duties consist mainly in watching for-masherg. '
AHEAD 0VER$4O,00O,O0O
$40,033,229 SURPLUS FOR THE
UNITED STATES GOVERN
MENT REPORTED.
New Fiscal Year Begins With a Very
Large Balance on the Right
Side of Ledger.
Washington. Uncle Sam closed the
fiscal year 1193 with a surplus at $40,
083,229, representing the excess of
receipts over expenditures, exclusive
of Panama canal and, public debt
transactions. This exceelw last year's
surplus by $3,750,000. The Panama
canal expenditures and public . debt
transactions, however, wiped out the
surplus of ordinary receipts over or
dinary expenditures and created a de
ficit for the year of $2,149,000.
Total receipts for the fiscal year
amounted to $725,782,921, while the
ordinary disbursements were $683699,,
692.
Corporation taxes yielded the gov
ernment $34,948,870, or $5,365,766
more than during the fiscal year 1912.
Custom receipts for the fiscal year
reached $318,142,000, an increase of
nearly $7,000,000 over the previous
year. - - '
The record drinking and smoking
of the American people in the past
twelve months brought the federal
government the enormous total of
$309,47S,000 in internal revenue re
ceipts, which was $16,500,000 greater
than In 1912.
Under the first year's operation of
the new pension law the government
paid veterans, and widows $175,134,-
000, an increase of $21,537,000.
The fiscal year closed with $164,
704,000 in the general fund of the
treasury as compared with $167,152,
000 a year ago. The cash drawer of
the treasury contains $65,253,000 as
the working balance of the govern
ment. The trust funds of the treas
ury include $1,086,727,000 in gold coin
and bullion.
The government spent $4L'741,000
on construction of the Panama canal
trOthe past year, making a total of
',il8,229,000 spent on the canal to
date. The mints coined during the
year $37,147,000, of which $30,058,000
was in gold. The 7,492 national
banks now In existence have a total
outstanding circulation of national
bank notes of $737,065,050.
Tax on Futures Opposed.
New Orleans. The proposition con
tained In the Clarke amendment to the
Underwood tariff bill to tax one-tenth
of a cent a pound all cotton futures
contracts has aroused aggressive op
position on the part of members of
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and
many others interested heavily in cot
ton trade throughout the South. Hun
dreds of telegrams from cotton deal
ers in a dozen states have been re
ceived at the exchange asking that
its officers make every effort to pre
vent the enactment of the amend
ment ; into law.
Flies Acrcss Lake Michigan.
Chicago. Logan A. Vilas, an ama
teur aviator of Chicago, made the first
aeroplane flight across Lake Michi
gan. His trip, made In a hydro-aeroplane
from St. Joseph, Mich., to Chi
cago, consumed one hour and 44 min
utes. 'Vilaafwa8 aceomparied by Wil
liam Bastar of Benton, Harbor, Mich.,
and followed tha steamship Lane from
St. Joseph to Chicago, the distance
being about 88 miles. He said shift
ing air currents compelled him fre
quently to change the level on which
hB was flying.
FOR ATLANTA.
TOLD LIES .ON CONGRESSM
DAVID LAMAR ADMITS USING
NAMES OF LEGISLATORS TO j
WALL STREET PEOPLE.
Organized Effort to Influence Wall
Street Financiers Is Admitted
on Stand.
Washington. A story of misrepre
sentation, impersonation of public
men and organized effort to Influence
Wall street financiers probably with
out parallel in the history of con
gressional investigation was unfolded
before the senate lobby committee.
A prosperous-looking, self-possessed
individual, calling himself David La
mar of New York, self-described as an
"operator in stocks" and admittedly
the bearer of several assumed names,
was the principal .in the remarkable
session. , -
With entire abandon, arousing the
committee to laughter at times by his
naive admissions, he told of his imper
sonations, his participation in attempts
to influence Wall street operations, and
his association with, Edward Lauter
bach, a New York lawyer, in efforts to
have Lauterbach retained by the Mor
gan firm, the Union Pacific and other
great interests to head off congres
sional activity in Washington.
He telephoned to financial men and
lawyers in the names of Representa
tive Palmer and Representative Rior
dan. He assumed the guise of Chair
man McCombs, of the' Democratic na
tional committee, to telephone to
Chairman Hilles, of the Republican na
tional committee.
BRAVERY SAVES THE SHIP
Men Stick to Post When Accident Hap
pened to Ship.
Newport, R. I. Bravery of the, en
gine room crew of the battleship Lou
isiana helped the vessel out of a dan
gerous predicament when a valve bon
net blew off,' flooding the starboard en
gine room. Incidentally the accident
gave Capt. Templin M. .Potts, who was
dismissed by the naval "plucking
board," and retires, a memorable ex
perience at the close of his service.
The rush of water through the pas
sage opened by the displacement of
the bonnet carried men off their feet
and forced them against the machin
ery, but they stuck to their work.
Captain Potts sounded the call for
collision drill, bringing men to quar
ters, and automatically closing the
bulkhead doors. A collision mat was
put overboard, mattresses and blan
kets were brought into use, and waste
was jammed into the hole, but to no
avail. Finally the pump began gain
ing on the water, and the battling en
gine room force was able to cram into
the hole a waste can. This was jack
ed securely, and the flow of the
threatening water was stopped.
When the accident occurred the bat
tleship was without steam, only one
boiler being in use for minor purposes
North Carolina Lawyers.
Asheville, N. C With about 150
judges and lawyers present the fif
teenth annual convention of the North
Carolina Bar association met here In
a three days' session. The principal
address of the first session was that
of Judge James S. Mannin, of Ral
eigh, the president of the association,
which was In form of a message to
the lawyers of the state. Reference
was made by him to the legislative
issues pending in North Carolina at
this t;me, but no n.-corr mend&tiDria
were offered.
TARIFF TO TAKE
EFFECT AT ONCE
EXCEPTIONS, HOWEVER, MADE IN
WOOL AND SUGAR SCHED
ULES BY COMMITTEE.
MORE REVENUE PROVIDED
Tax on Spuirious Wines Was Provided
for by Levying 25 Per Cent. Ad
, ' Valorem Tax.
Washington. Majority members o
the.enate finance committee decided
that all .schedules of the new tariff bill
except sugar and wool should become
effective immediately after the enact
ment of. the measure into law. N
Sugar, with the approval oi. the Dem
ocratic caucus, will be subject to the
Payne-3fldrich rates until March ' 1,
1914. The committee tentatively
agreed upon a date for the wool sched
ule, but did not announce it, because
of a promise to confer with Senators
Walsh and Thomas, who could not be
reached. The committee will confer
with them before the final session of
jie caucus.
Additional revenue was provided for
by the committee when it decided, in
view of the revenue tax en brandies
used, in fortifying sweet wines, to
levy a revenue tax of 25 per cent, ad
valorem on what are known as "spu
rious, wines," wines made, from pum
mis and fortified with chemicals. ,
1 Containers "of such wines must bear
a label, showing what materials enter
into the product. Just how much reve
nue will be derived from this the com
mittee could not estimate, because the
tax probably will curtail the present
output considerably. . " ,
. Another change proposed relates to
the clause prohibiting Importation of
convict goods. t It was amended, so
as to read that such goods be exclud
ed from countries which do not "pro
hibit" convict labor. Originally the
clause read from countries which did
"restrict" convict labor. ,
' Chairman Simmons said that he ex
pected general .debate on theibill to
begin soon. He will report the meas
ure soon, and it is his opinion that
the debate will be limited to five
weeks.
WAVED THE AMERICAN FLAG
Riot Ensued ,and Americans Tram
Pled and Others Injured.
Winnipeg, Man. The waving of the
American flag here while thousands of
provincial soldiers were parading, pre
cipitated a riot during which the flag
was trampled and a number of persons
received minor injuries.
In the fight which followed a num
ber of civilians were hurt, but none
seriously. The American whose name
could not be ascertained escaped
without serious harm, and with the
aid of the police eluded the crowd.
The soldiers took no part in the dem
onstration. The incident occurred when thou
sands of soldiers from Winnipeg and
Manitoba were marching through the
city on their return from annual camp
at Sowell, where they had been man
euvering under Sir Ian Hamilton, fa
mous British South African war gen
eral. When the One Hundredth regiment
was passing a local bank, an American
appeared on the curbing, waving an
American flag and shouting "Hurrah
for the American flag." J. B. Mitchell,
colonel in command of the regiment,
ordered one of his men to request the
American to put away the flag, but
before the soldier could reach the
American angry civilians pounced up
on him, tore the flag from his grasp
and hurled it into the street. Before
it could be reached the flag was torn.
Two Killed in Auto Race.
Columbus, Ohio. Harry C. Knight,
known as the "Hero of the Indianapo
lis Speedway," was almost instantly
killed and his mechanician, Milton
Michael is, both of. Atlanta, was fatal
ly injured here when Knfght's front
wheel drive car blew a right tire and
turned turtle on the 110th lap of the
200-mile automobile race . contested
under the auspices of the Columbus
Automobile association. He was said
to have been running at 75 miles an
hour when the accident occurred.
Fierce Fighting in Macedonia.
London. Evidence that serious
fighting Is occurring in Macedonia is
found in the arrival of large numbers
of wounded and prisoners at the vari
ous Balkan capitals, but, owing to si
lence at Sofia and to the conflicting
and probably biased stories from Ser
via and Greek sources, it is impos
sible to form in accurate Idea of the
struggle. T! i has been no formal
declaration cf -r and although it Is
reported the 1 v.Hao minister to
Crrece his 1- r- eUd, Tie has nci
flan?. rt4 ffT t .
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Has Been Condensed For Busy
People of State.
Elizabeth City. A 'negro row oc
curred in Brown street and as a re
sult of it one negro, a youth, lhas
his head split open with an axe and
a negro woman had two of her fingers
chopped off.
Eliaaberti-City Ed Batemari, a well
known boatman of this city, was
drowned in Newbegun Creek recent
ly. Mr. 'Bateman was mate on the
gas-boat Sunol with Captain Parker,
who had a party on board engaged in
a fish fry in Newbegun Creek about
10 miles from Elizabeth City.
' Rutherfordton. The store of Har-
rell Brothers wa3 robbed of $0Jsev- j
oral .rlaira a crr rnnnotr hi'n o" cfr1oni
from the safe while the .proprietors
were absent for a few minutes dur
ing the day. It is supposed that the
thief slipped in at the back door.
Salisbury Johnny P. Smith, a lad
aged 15, is dead as a result of a de
layed.;' dynamite blast at a quarry
at Granite Quarry. The boy went to
his work after it was thought all the
explosions of a dynamite charge had
fired, but one which was slow in fir
ing badly injured him.
Lexington. A telephone mesag? J
received here brings the news that
a large part of the bug lumber plant
of Peace & Hughes at Denton -was
destroyed by fire. The boiler return
anad a large part of the marine
room were completely destroy eci and
the loss is very heavy, ,
Greensboro. Several thousand peo
ple witnessed, the unveiling of a mon
ument to Joseph W. Morehead under
the auspices of the State D. A. R. at
the Guilford- Battleground where the
battle of Guilford ; Courthouse was
fought during the Revolution. Govern
or Craig was the chief speaker of
the day. ...
Claremont.: The section in and
around Claremont was " visited by a
severe' electric and windstorm. Tim
iber was blown down and corn badly
tangled and broken. v This same sec
tion was visited only a week ago by
a hail storm which almost totally de
stroyed the growing crops. At other
places in the county the wind was
strong. .
Asheville. Alleging false arrest,
aad imprisonment in the city jail
without a warrant, almost a year
ago, B. F. Sisk has filed suit against
Chief of Police D. K. Lyerly and his
bondsmen, The 'Title Guaranty and
Surety Company, in the superior
court, seeking to recover damages in
the amount of $5,000. The plaintiff
does not set forth the charge upon
which he was arrested.
Salisbury. During one of the most
spectacular electric . storms seen in
this section for several years five
head of fine Herford cattle were kill
ed near Mount Ulla. The cattle were
owned by B. B. Miller, Esq., of this
city, were raised on his splendid stock
farm and were prize winners. The
bolt struck the cattle killing all , of
them within a Radius of a few feet of
each other.
Raleigh. Mrs., W. F. Prince of the
McCullers section' of Wake county,
was brought here to - Re"x Hospital
dangerously wounded, having been ac
cidentally shot by her husband, who
was examining a pistol whih was dis
charged, the bullet taking effect in
his w.ife's breast. At the hospital it Is
stated that the patient is doing very
well, though not out of danger.
Hickory. A barn belonging to Mr.
C. S. Little, a prosperous farmer of
the Oxford section, was struck by
lightning and the barn and contents
were destroyed. Two horses, two
cows, a new buggy, wheat and rough
age and farming tools all went up In
the smoke. It i3 not knowwn whether
Mr. Little carried any insurance or
not. His loss will run over $2,000.
Scotland Neck. It is said by those
who should know that the crop pros
pects in this section are very bright.
A good farmer says that there has
been a most wonderful improvement
in the crops during the past eight or
ten days, and with continued warm
weather, the cotton crop promised to
be one of the largest in many years.
While this is true with cotton other
crops' are making rapid improve
ment. Raleigh. Governor Craig granted a
reprieve for Charles Blue of Burke
county who is under sentence for
barn burning. The reprieve is In or
der that his counsel may have time
to present a case for pardon before
Blue begins his sentence, if he must
serve.
Durham. The police officers are
making a vigorous campaign against
the unmuzzle I dogs on the streets c
the city, in accordance with the new
law passed by the board of health re
quiring that all dogs which run the
streets shall wear a muzzle from
June 15 to Nov-iniber 15.
loom su
FDR TARIFF BILL
FORTY-SEVEN DEMOCRATIC SEN
ATORS PLEDGED TO STAND
BY PARTY.
ONLY TWO INSURGENTS
An Absolute Binding Resolution Was
Not Adopted, Poll By Individual's
Being Substituted. Adopted Reso-
" lation Declaring Bill Party Measure.
.Washington. Forty-seven Demo
cratic Senators stood up in the party
caucus one by one and declared their
intention to vote for' the Underwood
Simmons tariff revision bill as finally
approved by the caucus a few minutes
previously. Two Senators, Ransdell
and Thornton, of Louisiana, stated
that they would not make such prom
ises because of the proposal to place
sugar on the free list in 1916. Sena
tors Hitchcock of Nebraska and Cul
berson of Texas were absent, but
rAiVre known to be in favor of the
"'' gives the Democrats i'i
V Jfp P&lr or a slender major
ity of cLr.v ith the vote of the Vice
President to fall back on In an emer
gency. ,
An absolute binding resolution was
not adopted, the poll by individuals
being substituted and that poll was
put only on the ground of personal
promise and was not made binding.
A resolution was adopted, hdwever,
declaring the Underwood-Simmon bill
a party measure and urging its un
divided support without amendment
unless such should be submitted by
the committee. Senator Newlands of
Navada cast the only vote against
this resolution but Senators Shafroth
of Colorado, Ransdell and Thornton
did not vote.
The resolution was as follows:'
Resolved, that the tariff bill agreed
to by this conference, in its amended
form, is declared to be a party meas
ure and we urgeits undivided sup
port as a duty , by Democratic Sen
ators without amendments. Provided,
however, that the conference or the
Finance Committee may propose
amendments to the bill.
To Swoop Down Upon Capital .
.Washington. General plans for the V
descent of women suffragists on the
capitol were agreed upon when offi
cers of the . National Woman Stiff rage
Association determined that the "at
tacks" on the national legislature
would be marked by a monster auto-
mobile parade. Suffragists from
many states have advised the commit
tee of their intention to take part.
The women will gather at Hyattsville,
Md., on the morning of July 30. A re
ception will be held there by the local
committee, and after forming in pro
cession, the long line of motor cars
will charge upon capitol hill.
Many Servians Said to be Dead.
Vienna. Eleven thousand ofacers
and men of the Servian Timok divi
sion were killed during the battle
with the Bulgarians, in which the di
vision was defeated, according to the
Sofia correspondent of the - Reichs
post. The division consisted of 15,000
men who were surrounded by a Bui- t
garian army which had outflanked
them. Only four thousand of the Ser
vians survived and these were taken
prisoners. According to other news
paper reports, a Bulgarian column of
14,000 men has succeeded in reaching
the Servian town of Vranya and Is
threatening Servian line of retreat.
Flying Boat Squad Active.
Washington. Active work by the
"flying boat" squad of the navy has
been resumed, and this week is to
be a busy one for navy aviators. The
flights were discontinued for & time
following the death of W. D. Billings
ley, recently when he fell from a fly
ing boat to his death in Chesapeake
Bay. Several flights have, been
made already, the principal ones by
Ensign Godfrey Chevalier and Lieut.
Bernard M. Smith of the marine corps.
Charities and Congestion.
Seattle, Wash. Three sectional
meetings of the National Conference
of the Charities and Corrections were
held at Seattle. Dr. W. H. Sliuger
land of the Russell Sage foundation,
addressed one meeting on "The Need
of hild Welfare Work in Rural Com
munities." W. T. Cross, of Columbia,
Mo., president of the Missouri State
Board of Charitits, delivered aa ad
dress on "Unity in Child Help Ser
vice " Mrs. John M. Glenn of New
Yoric, spoke In the third meeting on
"Case Work, Discipline aai Ideal.