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VOL. XXI V.
PLYMOUTH, N. G.; FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1913.
NO. 12.
FOOD PRICES AR
ON THE INCREASE
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING CON
TINUES'TO MOUNT HIGHER
AND HIGHER.
SOME COMPARISONS MADE
Three Per Cent. Higher Than Year
v Ago and Fifteen Per Cent.
Higher Than 2 Years Ago.
Washington. The cost of living on
June 15 was approximately higher
than the average between 1890 ,and
1900, more than three per cent, higher
than it was a year ago and ' nearly
fifteen per cent, higher than it was
two years ago.
Investigations of retail prices in 40
cities conducted by experts of the bu
reau of labor show prices practically
at the same level as last November,
when the high records of the last
quarter century were reached.
Fourteen articles of food were in
vestigated, and compared with the
average prices between 1890 and 1900
Every one except sugar showed a
marked advance; bacon, which led In
the soaring, went up 128.5 per cent
Other articles which showed re
markable advances were:
Pork chops 111 per cent. ; round
steak 102.5; smoked ham 84; hens
76.8; sirloin steak 75.2; rib roasts
75; lard 66:5; corn meal 57.3; potatoes
44.4 1-8; butter 41.3; eggs 40.8; milk
38.4; and flour 28.6. During the same
period sugar showed a decline of 8
per cent.
During the last year prices of eleven
and fifteen articles investigated went
UP- .
Bacon advanced 16.2 per cent. ;
smoked ham 14.1; pork chops 13.4;
hens 11.8; eggs 11.7; round steak
10.1; sirloin steak 9.8; lard 7.2; rib
roast 6.8; butter 5.8, and milk 4.1.
The other four declined as follows
Potatoes 31.9; sugar 15.2; wheat
flour 7.7, and corn meal 3.9.
Prices were investigated in Atlanta,
Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buf
falo, Charleston, S. C; Chicago, Cin
cinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, De
troit, Fall River, Mass.; Indianapolis,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Kansas City, Mo.;
Little Rock, Ark.; Los Angeles, Louis
ville, Manchester, N. Y.; Memphis,
Tenn.; Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New
ark, N. J., New Haven, Conn.; New
Orleans, New York, Omaha, Philadel
phia, Pittsburg, Portland, Ore.; Provi
dence, R. I.; Richmond, Va.; St. Louis,
St. Paul, Minn.; Salt Lake City, San
Francisco, Scranton, Pa., Seattle and
Washington, D. C.
SULLIVAN KILLED BY TRAIN
Sullivan's Body Found in Morgue.
Fled From Brother's Homel
New York. "Big Tim" Sullivan, the
former powerful East Side politician,
-Cvho lias been ailing mentally for a
year and who disappeared ten days
ago from the home of his brother, Pat
rick H. Sullivan, was killed by a train
on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad.
Identification of the body was
brought about by a policeman who
knew Sullivan. He happened to pass
through the Twenty-sixth street
morgue when he saw a face that look
ed familiar. He did not at once rec
ognize the dead man, but later he de
cided that it was Sullivan.
The Bowery is in mourning, and its
residents formed in little groups to
discuss the passing of their leader,
Congressman "Big Tim" Sullivan, and
to lament the manner of it, while on
all sides are heard expressions of re
gret for the unfortunate circumstanc
es which almost sent his body to a
pauper's grave after having laid two
weeks unidentified' subsequent to his
death beneath the wheels of a freight
locomotive.
Mrs. Godbee Found Guilty.
Millen. With the doomed woman
sitting stolidly In her. chair in the
Jenkins county court house, staring
uiankly and unbelievingly at the 12
Jurors who had just pronounced her
guilty ; Judge F. A. Saffold,, chief of
counsel" ftm Mrs. Edna Godbee, sen
tenced to imprisonment for life fojjf.fee
killing of Mrs. Florence Godb:'the
bridge of her divorced husband, .
Death Descends Frormthe Clouds.
Goldfield, Nev. Several . lives were
lost and much property destr,pyi9tjy
a cloudburst at Goldfield. Goldfield
is located in a basin with the Malahal
range to the south and two deep
gulches striking the east and west
sections of the town. Within an hour
these gulches were roaring rivers,
and all houses in their path were
swept away. The dead are Mrs. L.
E. Carmo and child, a laundress,' two
unidentified persons whose bodies
were seen going down the gulcbe,
but were not recovered.
FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON
Francis . Burton Harrison, the mil
lionaire congressman frojn New York,
has been selected by President Wilson
as governor general of the Philippines.
SENATE PASSK TARIFF BILL
VAIN STRUGGLE MADE BY THE
REPUBLICANS TO FORCE THE
AMENDMENTS.
Democrats Presented Solid Front and
Only Allowed Such Amendments
as Were Suitable.
Washington. The Democratic tar
iff revision bill passed the senate amid
a burst of applause that swept down
from crowded galleries and found its
echo on the crowded floor of the sen
ate. uKgc passage was attended with sur
prises in the final moments of the
voting, when Senator LaFollette, Re
publican, cast his vote with the Dem
ocrats, and was joined a few moments
'.uter by Senator Poindexter, Progres
si e.
The Democrats had counted
throughout the long tariff fight upon
,ing the votes of Senators. Ransdell
;.j d Thernton of Louisiana, Demo
crats, who voted against the bill be-
r.nse it would put sugar on the free
:''bt. . .
Until the names of Senators LaFol
h.tte and Poindexter were actually
called, however, no one knew defi
nitely the stand they would take, and
their votes were greeted with enthu
siastic applause.
' The vote was 44 to 37 in favor of
the bill after all amendments had
been defeated. .
President Wilson expressed great
gratification over the end of the long
struggle in the senate. Senator Sim
mons, chairman of the finance com
mittee, who had piloted the bill
through the finance committee, the
Democratic caucus and the senate,
predicted that its passage would cer
tainly bring immediate stimulus to the
commercial life of the country. ;
NEGROES SHOT BY A MOB
Two Blacks Shot Up a. Store When
Raised Bills Were Refused.
Cairo. 111. One negro was killed
and another is believed to have been
fatally wounded by a posse of citi
zens near Tamms, 111., following the
negroes attempt to force a merchant
of Tamms to accept a bill which had
been raised from one to five dollars.
When the cleric refused to accept
the bill in payment for a small pur
chase the negroes drew revolvers and
began firing as they backed out of the
store. 'The. clerk was not' injured.
Citizens formed a posse and with dep
uty sheriffs started In pursuit.
A runuing fire was exchanged, but
the negroes escaped. V Bloodhounds
from Anna, 111., tracked them to a
field south of Tamms. Here the life
less body of one of the negroes was
found. The other negro escaped, but
is thought to have been wounded.
Airship and Crew Drop Into Ocean.
Berlin, Germany. Germany's ambi
tion to' maintain a squadron of airships
as an adjunct to the navy met a rude
check in the destruction of the L-l in
hurricane in the North sea. The
loss of life is variously estimated at
from thirteen to sixteen, among the
dead being Captain Metzing, comman
der of the marine airship division;
Captain Hanne, commander of the
,-1, and Baron Von Maltzahn. The
irship was engaged in reconnoisaance
ork in conenction with the torpedo
hoat maneuvers. . -
HOW HEY IS
SPENT BY SULZER
GOVERNOR SULZER'S BROKER
TELLS HOW HE LOST
BIG SUMS.
WALL STREET TRANSACT. ON S
Notwithstanding Statement of Mrs.
Suizer, Fuller Says He Had
No Dealings With Her.
New York. Governor Sulzer's
transactions in Wall street from June
27, 1910, till they ceased at least so
far as one firm of brokers was con
cerned on July' 14 last were describ
ed under oath by Melville D. Fuller,
who said he was Sulzer's broker, in
a hearing held by the nine impeach
ment managers appointed by tne as
sembly.. " j
Mr. Fuller, who refused to testify
before the Frawley investigating com
mittee concerning certain matters, an
swered all questions. He testified that
Suizer had paid him $16,000 in per
son within a month and a day after
the last election and that he (Fuller)
had had no dealings with Mrs. .Sui
zer. ' -.. ,
According to Fullers' " testimony,
Suizer, while a congressman, opened
an account with his firm, Harris &
Fuller, June 27, 1910. In September
he testified Suizer bororwed ?23,O00
from the firm, giving as collateral 400
shares of "Big Four" railroad stock
and in November of the same year
Suizer added some American Smelter
stock to his collateral held by the
brokers.
"Big Four declined from 80 to 57
within a year," Mr. Fuller continued,
"but Mr. Suizer bought some more of
the stock and added Southern Pacific
to his holdings." ' '
Qn November 13, 1912, a few days
after he was elected governor, Mr.
Fullercontinued, Suizer walked into
the offwbe of Harris & Fuller with ten
$1,000 bills in his hand. These he
paid on his account, his indebtedness,
owing , to other transactions, having
increased to $50,912. On December 6
Mr. Fuller said the governor-elect paid
in person $6,000 more in cash on his
account.
Lieutenant Commander Josephthal
of Governor Sulzer's staff visited the
office of Harris & Fuller July 16 last,
Mr. Fuller added, and closed the ac
count by paying the balance, $26,739.
TORPEDO BOAT EXPLODES
Two Killed, Three Wounded, on U.
S. S. Craven When Boiler Bursts.
Savannah, Ga. A boiler explosion
on the United States torpedo boat
Craven, off Tybee, resulted in the
death of Chief Water Tender McCaf
fray and Water Tender Milton and
serious injuries to Chief Machinist's
Mate Swinn, Water Tender Laughton
and Oliver Gabbitt. The Craven
was steaming in under a good
head of steam when the acci
dent happenedEnsign W. D. Lamoat
was on the bridge when he saw steam
shoot up through "the hatches and
heard the cries of the men in the fire
room, who were being scalded by the
boiling water. The hatches were at
once closed and the pumps were set to
work pumping the water, out.
When the hatches were opened Wa
ter Tender D. B. Smith went down
at the risk of his life and brought
out the body of McCaffray. He was
badly scalded and lived but a short
time. Milton was dead when brought
out.
Soon after the explosion the engines
of the Craven ceased working and she
drifted helplessly until the pilot boat
Estill and the tug Cynthia No. 2,
both of Savananh, went to her assist
ance. McCacray died before the Cra
ven reached Tybee.
Break Threatened in Government Dam
Rome, Ga. The government lock
anckdam at Mayo's bar, in the Coosa
river, now nearing completion, is
threatened by a sudden rise of the riv
er. The high water is endangerfng the
dam, which is not yet completed, and
the government engineers fearihftt
the pressure of the waters Sawll cause
the dam to burst and sweep away the
expensive construction which has, dur
ing the last two years, cost Uncle Sam
$237,000.
Bubonic Plague in California.
Sacramento, Cal. A death from
bubonic plague occurred at Martinez,
Cal., according to reports received by
the state board of health from Dr. J.
D. Long of the United States ma
rine hospital service in San Francisco.
At the same time a message was re
ceived by the board from its secre
tary, Dr. W. F. Snow, now in WA V
ington, D. C, stating that the fedi,Sl
government had decided to appropra
ate $40,000 additional to fight the dls
ease. The body of the Martinez vic
tim was examined by Doctor Ourr?.
JEROME TRAVERS
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T
Who for the fourth time has won
.the national amateur golf champion'
ship at the tournament at Garden
City, N. J.
MAYOR GAYKORDES AI SEA
SEEKING HEALTH, THE END
COMES ON AN OCEAN
LINER.
Fatal Illness Result of Assassin's Bul
let Fired Over Three Years
Ago.
New York. The following radio
gram was received at Crookhaven
from the steamship Baltic:
"To Robert Adamson, Secretary to
Mayor Gaynor, City Hall," New York
j City: Father died Wednesday at one
o'clock. Death due to heart failure.
Notify mother. R. W. GAYNOR."
R. W. Gaynor is Rufus Gaynor, son
of Mayor Gaynor, who accompanied
his father abroad.
Mayor Gaynor and his son sailed
for Liverpool from this city on board
the White; Star Liner Baltic on Thurs
day, September 4.
At that time Mayor Gaynor was
so weak that he could hardly walk
up the gangplank of the ship. Once
on board, he sank down upon a couch
and could not speak. He attributed
his trouble to a recurrence of a
throat ailment induced by the bullet
of an assassin at Hoboken three years
ago. -
Mayor Gaynor planned to sail for
home immediately upon his arrival at
Liverpool, thinking that the voyage
would restore him sufficiently to take
part in the fall campaign.
Mayor Gaynor, who, immediately
previous to his departure, was nomi
nated for re-election upon an Inde
pendent ticket, had planned to make
a strenuous campaign this fall.
His death will have considerable
effect upon the political situation in
this city.
At the White Star Line office, it
was said that the Baltic should be
between 300 and 400 miles off the
coast of Ireland.
Crookhaven is on the coast of Ire
land. There is an important wireless
station there. From Crookhaven the
death message was relayed to New
York.
Federal Veterans Meet in Reunion.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Bent upon their
first peaceful invasion of the South,
thousands of Union veterans arrived
here to attend the forty-seventh an
nual encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic and allied organiza
tions. In honor of the occasion, Chat
tanooga is in gala attire. Citizens'
committees throng the railroad sta
tions, welcoming the veterans. Sur
vivors of the Union army which caus
ed the Confederacy to totter in the
decisive battle of Chickaniauga fought
here fifty years ago are greeted with
the same cordiality shown the United
Confederate Veterans, whose annual
reunion was held in Chattanooga last
May.
Say Botha Forced to Sign.
Johannesburg. Sensation stories
are current regarding the conference
between the government officials and
mine leaders which, resulted in a set
tlement of the gold mine strike on
the Rand on July 5 last. Some of the
labor leaders assert that Gen. Louis
Botha, ex-premier of the' Union of
South Africa, and General Smuts, the
minister of the interior, mines and
defense, were compelled at the point
of a revolver to sign the agreement.
General Smuts has issued a denial of
this. V' '
Envoy Arrives in Washington.
Washington.' Senor Manuel Da
Zaniacona, former Mexican ambassa
dor to the United States, who is sup
posed to be charged with the task of
reopening the negotiations between
the United States and the Huerta ad
ministration for a peaceful solution
of the troubles in Mexico, arrived,
with Senor Algara, charge d'affaires
Of The4American embassy. Senro Da
Zamacosa did not reveal the charac
ter offhis mission. He maintained
that he had come to the United States
on "private business."
DEMOCRATS DOWN
EVERY JHIENT
WITH WELL-OILED MACHINERY
CURRENCY BILL ROLLS TO
WARD COMPLETION.
CHARGES OF THE GAG LAW
The Republicans and Progressives
Fight the Measure Hard But on
Every Vote the Line Holds Firm.
The Fight is Near End.
Washington. With well-oiled legis
laitve machinery working smoothly,
the Administration currency bill rolled
steadily toward completion under de
tailed consideration in the House. T'ne
chorus of Democratic "noes" quickly
disposed of the numerous efforts of
Republicans and Progressives to alter
the provisions of the measure. Not a
single material amendment was voted
into the bill.
The debate bristled with charges of
"gag law" and "caucus rule" from, the
minority, with occasional sympathetic
replies from the Democratic side, but
when the votes were needed the line
held firm. Representative Mondeii of
Wyoming and Progressive Leader
Murdock devoted considerable tinra to
pleading with the Democrats to "break
the shackles" and desert the caucus
piedge. Mr. Mandell became lAvolved
in a spirited controversy with Rep
resentative Stanley of Kentucky, who
had something to say nbout Republi-.
can caucus, action. Representative
Donovan, Democrat, of Connecticut,
joined with Representative Murdock in
one of his atUcks.
A rapid-fire of amendments was
directed by the minority pgainst tua
section of the bill providing that Na
tional banks must subscribe a sum
equal to 20 per cent of their capital
in the Federal reserve bank in their
district. Representative Lindbergh of
Minnesota endeavored to make the
subscription 10 per cent of capital and
surplus and allow the banks 120 days
in which to pay- one-half of their sub
scriptions. Under his amendment the
Federal reserve banks would have
been allowed to begin business as soon
as the full $5,000,000 capital had been
subscribed without waiting for full
payment.. The amendment, after a
vigorous discussion, was oted down,
78 to 29. Several similar amendments
were defeated.
Ample Hurricane Warnings.
Washington. Hurricane warnings
issued by the United States Weather
Bureau have resulted in a marked de
crease in shipwrecks in recent years,
despite the great increase in shipping.
This is the declaration of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, which cabled the
attention of mariners to the fact that
the season was now, at its height dur
ing which hurricanes might be expect
ed on the Eastern coast of the L'liHed
States. The bureau's most receat ef
forts to provide ample warning of the
approach of tropical storms have been
through wireless reports of wind,
weather and pressure conditions from
vessels plying in the Gulf and Carib
bean waters.
Refugees Bring Weird Stories.
San Francisco. News of the mur
der of Morris P. Root, American super
intendent of the El Tigre mines at
Tepic, Mexico, was brought here by
the steamer Peru which had nearly
100 refugees from Mexico aboard. The
mining engineer was intercepted by a
few bandits as he was on his way to
join employees of the company who
were preparing to defend the mine
property. He Was disarmed and cut to
pieces.
Rushing New Haven Probe.
Washington. Attorney Genera! Mc
Reynolds said he was expediting as
much as possible the Government's in
vestigation of the New Ycrk, New Ha
ven & Hartford Railroad under the
Sherman anti-trust law. The inquiry
is nearing an end and it is believed
the Attorney General soon will be pre
pared to move against the road with a
civil anti-trust suit.
Star Witness Cannot Be Found.
New York. Frederick L. Colwell of
Yonkers, regarded as a star witness
against Governor Suizer at his forth
coming trial on impeachment charges,
has disappeared, according to an
nouncement by the Assembly Board of
Impeachment. What had been iden
tified as Governor Sulzesirfff signature
"William Sulzer"for "Mrs. William
Suizer," was under the scrunity of a
handwriting expert. The board heard
his testimony at a further private ex
amination of witnesses expected to
testify at Sulzer's trial.
FROM THE TAR HEEL STATE
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Has Been Condensed For Busy
People of State.
Charlotte. The first Charlotte bank
to receive a deposit of Government
funds with which to aid in moving the
crop was the Merchants and Farmers
National, the allotment helng $100,
000. .
Belmont. Active preparations are
being made toward the laying of con
crete sidewalks on the, principal
streets of the town. By an act of the
last Legislature the Board of Alder
men has been empowered to go ahead
with this work, which will begin with
in two or three weeks.
Henderson. The Planters Tobacco
Warehouse, recently erected, seems
to have given a decided impetus to
Henderson as a 'leaf market. There
are four large sales houses in opera
tion now, and from present indica;
tions it would appear that more to
bacco will be sold here this season
than for many years.
Lenoir. The biggest award of dam
ages ever made by a jury in-this sec
tion of the state was that in . the case
of E. C. Green against the Yataxiga
& Yadkin River Railroad. A verdict
of $10,000 was given Green.. This la
the - first case for personal damages
against this new road. ; -
Greenville. Farmers have finished
curing tobacco and are bringing some
to market now. They have' had little
time for grading, consequently sales
ae not so heavy as they may be later.
August sales were light, being only
618,606 pounds for the nine days of
that month.
Waynpsville. A negro boy named
Horace West, who is wanted In Union,
S. C on the charge of stealing a sum
of money from a prominent citizen
of that city, was arrested by Chief of
Police John Mitchell. He is at pres
ent "resting easy" in the county jail,
waiting for the South Carolina offi
cers to call for him.
, Taylorsville. Taylorsville 'has a
new jail, just completed, and consid
ered to be one of the best in the
state, hence there was surprise when
It was discovered that Robert Ander
son, one of the first prisoners con
fined therein, had by the aid of two
old case knives sawed his way out
and made his escape.
Newton. On - Catawba Route Two
during an electric storm a few days
ago, lightning struck the residence
of Mr. G. P. Setzer, tearing the ceiling
off two sides of a room and knocking
the sill from under one side of the
house. Mrs. Setzer and two daugh
ters were in another room, and, while
severely shocked for a little while,
were unhurt.
Durham. Dr. Arch Cheatham, the
health officer for the city and county,
left for Macon, Montgomery, Atlanta
and other places in the south, to make
a personal investigation of the Incin
erator or crematory plants that are
In use in these places. Dr. Cheatham
was appointed to make these investi
gations with a view of having some
kind of garbage plant erected in Dur
ham. '
North Wilkesboro. Caught by a
set-screw of a rapidly revolving shaft
at the Meadows Mill Company's plant,
Alex Pondley was carried around the
shaft three times and at the third
revolution thrown into the air, over a
machine ten feet away, ..landing .'up
right on his feet,' stripped of . his
clothing but unhurt, except for v a
broken arm and a few small bruises
and scratches.
New Bern. While New Bern has
no curfew law. Mayor Albert H. Ban
gert, who incidentally : Is serving his
first term as the chief officer of the
city, has given the police orders to
place under arrest all. boys under 12
years of age who are, found on the
streets after 10 o'clock at night, un
less they can show good cause for
being out so late. :'
Washington. A partial report by
the Board of Army Engineers on the
project for inter-coastal inland water
ways from Boston, Mass, to the Rio
Grande River, was filed with the
House recently. ' The report present
ed plans for a canal ten feet In depth
from Beaufort, N. C, to Key West,
Ha., at a cost of $30,054,000, and a
canal seven feet in depth across the
Florida peninsula at a cost of $14,444,
869. Fayetteville T. Gilmer McAlister.
president of the Southern Timber and
Lumber Company, was elected presi
dent of the Fayetteville Chamber of
Commerce at the annual meeting re
cently. Mr. McAlister is one of the
most energetic of the younger busi
ness men of Fayetteville.
Southern Pines. Henry A. Page's
big farm is about to try the experi
ment of cattle raising and feeding.
An effort is to be made to procure
from 200 to 300 cattle to stock the
bit place, and to use the feed grown
on the farm. Beef cattle will be th
ultimate product.