$1X0 Year, In Advance.
FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
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VOL. XXIV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1913.
NO. 22.
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CA
T TELL WHEN
CANAL ILL OPEN
WO DEFINITE DATE IS YET SET
FOR OPENING OF THE
PANAMA CANAL.
JAMES THOMAS HEFLIN
GOETHELS ISSUES REPORT
;
Colonel Goethals, in Report, Makes No
Prediction of When Ships May
Pass Through.
Washington. No definite date for !
the official opening of the Panama ca- :
nal is set in the annual report of
Col. 6eorge Goethals, chairman and
chief engineer of the canal commis
sion, which has just been submitted
ocuieittiy uamsou. ANeitner is Conaressman Heflin of Alabama.
! familiarly known as "Tom," la consid-
I
I
GINK REPORT
SHOWS INCREASE
10,434,237 BALES GINNED PRIOR TO
. NOVEMBER 14,
1913.
COMPARISONS ARE MADE
10,299,646 Bales Were Ginned Up to
Corresponding Time Last
Year.
may first pass from ocean to ocean.
The first day of the canal's actual op
eration still depends upon the treach
erous slides" of Culebra cut and how
fast the dredges can keep the chan
nels open. v '
"It has been the general belief that
the effect of the water in the cut would
tend to retard slides, and experience
fcelow the Gatun locks fully justifies
this belief," said Colonel Goethals. "On
the other hand, the gelogist is of the
opinion that the water may, to some
extent, develop new slides. Again,
much ado was made in 1909 over the
seamy character of rock on the isth
mus, through which water flows quite
rapidly, in consequence of which the
ruestion was raised that the lake
might leak out through seams and
crevices. . ',
"If these things are lable to occur,
the sooner, the better, if the official
opening of the canal is to occur Janu
ary 1, 1915, for if water were nt ad
mitted this fall, but were deferred un
til May 1, 1914, the full height could
not be reached until October, 1914,
leaving little time for the determina
tion of these questions. These consid
erations led to the conclusion that the
water should be turned into the cut
at the earliest date practicable for
getting thed redges to work , on the
slides.
"The present plans, therefore, are
"based upon the blowing up of Gamboa
dike on October 10, its removal by
dredges immediately thereafter, the
transfer of two suction dredges and a
ladder dredge to the Cucaracha slide,
the smaller dipper dredges to work on
the other slides until the full width of
the channel is attained, and the pas
age of vessels through te canal as
soon as channels of full depth and of
sufficient width have been secured.
"Before boats can be passed it will
he necessary to remove the Gamboa
dike by dredges and to remove ,the
slides as already outlined. The pas
sage of commercial vessels is depend
ent, therefore, upon the time when
proper channels can be dredged
through the slides; should additional
ones occur, tl)ey will necesasrily ad
vance the date when this will be accomplished.
ered one of the handsomest men
the house of. representatives.
in
REBELS WANT RECOGNITION
VICTORY CAUSES A CHANGE
- DEMEANOR OF REBELS IN
MEXICO.
IN
Hale Must Present Credentials Before
Carranza Will Continue Any
Negotiations.
COMMISSION WILL DECIDE
Railroads Will Argue for Rate
Increases.
Washington. The Interstate com
merce commission will begin a hearing
which will probably evtend for several
months on the proposed freight rate
Increases of approximately 5 per cent,
filed October 15, last, by railroads
In the, territory east of the Mississippi
and north of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers.
Though only- the railroads la the
classification terirtory included within
"the boundaries , specified are directly
involved In the hearing, actually every
railroad in the country is concerned
Should the commission permit the
roads to apply increased rates, the
same authority might be extended to
other carriers to increase rates
The railroads two years ago asked
for an Increase of about ten per cent.
After an, inquiry the commission re
fused the request. When the tariffs
provided for the present proposed in
creases were filed, to become effective
November 15, they were suspended by
the commission pending investigation
until March 12, 1914. In May, 1913,
the railroads filed a petition for re
hearing of the former freight rate case
aad the commissioE on June- 21 last
Issued- an order difectlng that Inquiry
be instituted as to whether the pres
ent rates, yield adequate' revenues
Nogales, Sonoro, Mexico. Francis
co Escudero .minister of foreign rela
tions in the Carranza cazinet, asked
Willard Bayard Hale, President Wil
son's agent, to present his credentials
before continuing farther with the
conferences which have been under
way here informally for several days.
This was interpreted by many as a
virtual demand for recognition of the
Constitutionalist revolution before the
exchanges between the Cararnzists
and the Washington government are
concluded.
"For our part unofficial negotiations
are ended, "Escudero said. "We have
asked Mr. Hale to present his formal
credentials. I would receive them as
minister of fo reign relations and trans
mit tnem to my cniei.
"We have been very glad to meet
Mr. Hale on terms of friendliness,
knowing of his previous investigations
in Mexico and in view of his relation
with Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan. The
cabinet members on previous occasions
met as individuals only. Each was a
member of the cabinet, true, but the
cabinet did not meet. The exchange
of impressions now has ended."
The announcement of the Constitu
tionalists demand was a surprise. No
one on the American side expected a
request for formal recognition of the
Insurgents, even in the event that per
mission to import war munitions from
the United States were granted. At
the beginning of the negotiations Gen
eral Carranza asserted that the Con
stitutionalists were not seeking recog
nition in fact did not desire it and
only wanted the embargo on the Im
portation of arms lifted.
Washington. No official comment
was forthcoming in Washington on
the action of General Cararnza's for
eign minister, Francisco Escudero, in
asking William Bayard Hale, to pre
sent credentials before continuing the
conferences which have been in prog
ress at Nogales between Mr. Hale and
the Constitutionalist leaders.
Washington. The fifth cotton gin
ning, report of the census bureau for
the season, just issued, announced that
10,434,387 bales of cotton, counting
round as half bales, of the growth
of 1913 had been ginned prior to Fri
day, November 14, to which date dur
ing the past seven years ginnings have
averaged 2.9 per cent, of the entire
crop. Last year to November 14 there
had been ginned 10,299,646 bales, or
76.4 per cent, of the entire crop; in
1911 to that date, 11,313,236 bales, or
72.7 per cent., and in 1908 to, that
date 9,595,809 bales, or ,73.3 per cent.
Including in the ginnings 74,127
round bales, compared with 62,768
bales last year, 75,963 bales in 1911,
93,364 bales in 1910, and 123,757 bales
in 1909. .
The number of sea island cotton
bales included were 52,679 compared
with 40,389 bales last year, 71,204 bales
in 1911, 68,495 bales n 1909, and 56,
701 bales in 1908.
Ginnings prior to November 14 by
states, with comparisons for last year
and other big crop years, ginned
prior to that date in those years, fol
lows:
LOUISITA WOOD
If-
$ f , Wrk
, i ' J A
I ? yy 4
ill ' v f W
States. Year. Ginnings
Alabama . . . .1913 1,182,747
1912 961,313
1911 1,239,211
Arkansas . . . .1913 603,724
1912 547,644
1911 563,115
Florida 1913 ' 53,219
1912 42,263
1908 51,497
Georgia . . . 1913 1,824,290
1912 1,331,709
1911 2,106,305
Louisiana ... .1913 274,997
1912 300,482
1911 269,548
Mississippi . . .1913 735,797
1912 664,554
1911 719,638
North Carolina .1913 - 493,027
1912 627,257
1911 716,200
Oklahoma. . .1913 , 666,679
1912 725,006
1911 657,497
South Carolina .1913 995,897
1912 883,535
1911 1.163.9S4
Tennessee . . .1913 233.52S
1912 158,161
1911 264,777
Texas .... .1913 3,304,565
1912 4,020,939
1911 ,.3,473,702
Other States. . .1913 " 65,919
1912 56,789
1911 x' 74,023
The ginnings of sea island cotton,
Little Loufsita Wood, the ten-year-
eld daughter of Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, accompanied her father and
Colonel Heisstand on their 90-mile test
ride and said at the finish that she
felt "bully." She is shown here hold
ing her thoroughbred, Fort Hunter,'
which she rides almost as well as any
officer under her distinguished father.
General Wood is very proud of the lit
tle girl.
DR. A. HENDERSON
CHOSENTRESlflENT
NORTH CAROLINA LITERARY AND
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
CLOSES SESSONS
PLAN TO DRAIN 83,000 ACRES
Plan to Open Up Much Farm Land
in Jones and Onslow Counties by
Drainage.
FRENCHMAN DELIGHTS ALL
Folk Lore Society and Sons of Revo
lution Will be Asked to Combine
With the Association. Many Prom-
. Inent Men Speak.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
NEW ERA OF PROSPERITY PRE
DICTED FOR FARMERS OF
UNITED STATES.
Secrtary Daniels Says Times Will B
Better Under the New Tariff
System. -
prior to November 14, by states, fol
lows:
Year Florida. Georgia. S. Car.
1813 19,544 30,082 3,053
1912 15,052 22,873 2,464
1911 26,818 41,730 2,656
1909 23,453 38,825 6.2J7
BROWN RESIGNS POSITION
"Bomb" Strikes South Dakota.
San Francisco. As the United
States cruiser South Dakota steamed
in through" the Golden Gate, Silas
Christofferson, in a biplane, swept over
the warship and ' dropped a sand
"bomb" that struck the vessel square
ly amidships. This was a feature of
an aviation meet at the Panama Pa
cific Exposition grounds that was not
on ; the program. It happened that the
cruiser entered the bay at the time
the aviators were preparing to take
part in a bomb-throwing contest at
t target in the water.
He Rose From Section Hand to the
Presidency of Great System.
New York. William C. Brown, who
rose from section hand to the presi
dency of the New' York Central lines,
has resigned. The directorates of the
four railroad companies comprising
the New York Central system accept
ed his resignation.
Mr. Brown is 60 years old, and has
been in railway service for more than
forty-four years. He has been presi
dent of the New York Central for the.
past five years. Prior to that he was,
for two years, senior vice president of
the system, and for five years was
in charge of operation and mainte
nance; As president of the lines he
was commander in chief of an army
of 'one hundred and' sixty thousand em
ployees. ,
U. S. Army Chargers Win.
New York. America won the first
two places and the fourth, the third
going to Great Britain in the inter
national contest for army chargers at
the national horse show at Madison
Square Garden. "Poppy," a chestnut
gelding, exhibited by the mountain ser
vice school and ridden by Lieut. J. T.
Taulbee, second cavalry, took the blue
ribbon award. "Deceiver,' exhibited
by the aame school and ridden by
Lieut. Waldo G. Potter, First field ar
tillery, was second, and Col. P. A.
Kenna of the British army took third.
NO NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION
Society Suffers Greatest Shock of the
Wilson Administration.
Washington. Society received the
greatest shock administered since
President Wilson assumed office. Of
ficial announcement was made that the
annual New Year's reception, which
has been held at the white house for
nearly a century, will be abandoned
for the present.
Whether it will be resumed in 1915
is not known, but friends of the pres
dent and Mrs. Wilson do not believe
It will be.
Capital society got its first jolt from
the president when he called off the
inaugural ball. There came another
whan it was learned that many of the
leaders here would not be Invited to
the wedding of Miss Jessie Wilson,
and a third when the annual diplomatic
reception was called off, but the latest
announcement capped the climax of
society's grief.
Export Gain of $100,000,000.
Washington. An increase of $100,-
000,000 in the exports of manufactur
ers of the United States in 1913 is pre
dicted in a report by the department
of commerce. For the nine months of
the year ended September 30, for
which figures ndw' are available, the
exports of the manufactures ready for
consumption increased $37,000,000 over
last year; manufactures for further
use in manufacturing gained $26,000,
000, and foodstuffs, partly or whol
y manufactured, increased $17,060,
000, making the total gain $80,000,000.
Kansas City. A new era, of pros
perity and good living for the farmer
under the new tariff law was predicted
by Josephus Daniels, secretary of the
navy, speaking at the nineteenth an
nual John Jay banquet of the- Kansas
City Commercial Club here. The back
to the farm movement 'now dormant
would be revived in earnest, he said,
under the improved conditions that
are in store for the dweller in the
country,
"The new tariff," said Secretary
Daniels, "which will remove from tht
farm the excessive charges for every
article needed in the cultivation and
in the home, will cheapen living for
the farmer. The new currency bill that
soon will be law will be followed by
wise legislation providing for, rural
credits and for effective laws which
will be put into execution against all
form of monopoly. These blessings
are almost in sight and their gradual
unfolding will mean a new and better
day for the dwellers on the farms and,
of course, when the farmers are pros
perous their prosperity is of the sort
that reaches out into the cities and
towns and makes them properous also.
"Products of the farm are bringing
better prices, and we may look to see
increased interest in the raising ol
cattle, sheep and hogs.
Raleigh. The fourteenth annual
session of the North Carolina Literary
and Hiatoriacl Society closed recent
ly after a one-day session with the se
lection of Dr. Archibald Henderson of
the University of North Carolina as
president to succeed President Few of
-Trinity College who would not ac
cept another term. Other officers
chosen for the next year were as fol
lows: Vice presidents Miss Mary
Shannon Smith of Meredith College,
Mr. Frank Nash of Hill3boro and
Mr. W. B. McKoy of Wilmington ; sec
retary and treasurer, R. D. W. Connor,
Raleigh.
The election of officers followed an
able and interesting address by
French Ambassador Jusserand.
Mr. Jusserand was the attraction of
course. At the head of the diplomatic
corps and endowed with a manner
worth the six hundred and fifty mil
lion dollars in the Bank of France,
yea, worth a quadrillion francs, the
address was a thing of robust beauty
and pre-eminently a joy forever.
The auditorium of Meredith College
was thronged with ladies and gentle
men representing the literary and so
cial life of Raleigh and of nearly ev
ery section of the state.
Sessions of the Historical Associa
tion began at 11 o'clock in the morn
ning with an address by Judge W. A.
Montgomery on "The Relation of the
Government of the Confederate States
of America and the Government of
North Carolina," and an address on
"The State Convention of 1865" by
Prof. J. G. deR. Hamilton of Chapel
Hill.
Then during the afternoon there
was a session in which there was the
presentation of the North Carolina
bibliography for the last year by
Miss Minnie Leatherman secretary of
the State Library Commission. Prof.
Henry Jerome Stockard of Peace In
stitute presented a splendid apprecia
tion of John Henry Bonar. There
was a gratifying report by Dr. Archi
bald Henderson on the O. Henry
Memorial fund.
The North Carolina Folk-Lore So
ciety held two sessions. Prof. James
F. Royster, president of the society,
delivered his annual address. Prof.
Frank C. Brown of Trinity College
read a very interesting paper by Vice
President o' W. Blacknall on "Some
Plantation Signs and Wonders."
There was also a paper at the morn
ing session by Dr. George W. Lay ot
St. Mary's School on "Unusual Uso
of Words.
At the afternoon session there was
a valuable paper by Doctor Sledd of
Wake Forest College on "The Science
Raleigh. If drainage and civil , en
gineers find that the land can be
drained, it Is believed that 83,000 acres
of land located in Jones and Onslow
counties and owned by the Jones
Onslow Land Company, in which sev
eral local capitalists are interested.
will be purchased by a. company of
Northern capitalists and after being
drained will be cut up into farms and
a colonization company formed to de
velop the land.
S. F. Chapman of Asheville, one of
the gentlemen interested in the pur
chase of this vast tract of land, and
R. L. Church and Charles Sargeant
of Baltimore, expert drainage and
civi 1 engineers, arrived in Newbern a
few days ago and on the following
day went over to the property In
question for the purpose of making
an inspection of it. Mr. Chapman and
Mr. Church have returned home, but
Mr. Sargeant is now on the scene
making an investigation ad he will
continue this work until some definite
decision has bean reached in regard
to the probable drainage of the land
and will then return to Baltimore and
make a report of his findings. The
owners of the property are fliiti' in
the belief that it can be drained.
The tract is 10 miles in width and
25 miles in length and lies between
Trent and-' New Rivers and Wmte Oak
River rises within its borders.
Three railroads, the Atlantic Coast
Line, the John L. Roper Company's
road and the Dover & Southbound,
traverse it Sections of the tract are
heavily timbered with some of the
finest woods found in eastern North
Carolina, while other sections have
been cleared and with a little prep
aration will be In readiness for farm
ing. If purchased, the land will be cut
into small farms and every induce
ment made to get new people to lo
cate there.
Pass Pharmaceutical Board.
Of those to stand the examination
given by the State Board of Pharmacy
a few days ago 13 were successful, re
ports the board, and - will receive
license to pracMce pharmacy. These
are as follows: Brem Boney, Hick
ory; Joe B. Boney, Mount Airy;
Thomas E. Holding, Jr., Wake Forest;
Edgar B. Mayberry, Charlotte; John
A. Zeisrler. Marsh ville: Ed ear T. Rp1-
dingfield, Ria-leigh; John F. Simpson,
Raleigh; Carl W. Dai vis, Greensboro;
Hector B. McPhail, Lumberton; Clif
ton C. Munday, Statesville; William
M. Folkes, Rockingham; W. B. Ram
sey, colored, Greensboro; D. D. John
son, colored, Raleigh.
Four New Charters Issued.
Charters for four mew corporations
were .issued as follows: The Durham
Printing Company capital $25,000
authorized, and $5,000 subscribed by
O. F. Crowson, J. O. Barrett and S.
C. Brawley for publishing newspa
pers, magazines and job printing;
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce, for
furthering the commercial interests of
the town of Gastonia; the B. F.
Green Company, Trenton, Jones coun
ty, capital $25,000 authorized, and $5,-
000 snihRM-lhM hv H W P.raon a A
fLIL!018-: Pr?f; " f other, for live stock business; the
iier Cobb of the University of North
Carolina presented a paper on "Bal
lads and Folk Songs in N. C."
Ship Firemen Mutiny.
San Francisco. The British freight-
Seize 300 Gallons of Whiskey.
Armed with search and seizure war
rants members of the Buncombe coun
ty sheriff's force recently seized ap
proximately 300 gallons of whiskfy
at the Century Drug Store of Asheville
placing the proprietor F. M. McMullen
under arrest. Mr. McMullen succeed
ed O. E. Franklin as manager of the
,7 I, u , r 7, v" store and the latter held the license
Dunkirk, returned to port with "twelve
firemen out of forty-one locked in the
forecastle and nine armed men from
the United States revenue cutter Gold
en Gate and McCullough on guard at
the hatchways. Capt. Thomas Pritch
ard said that shortly after he put tu
sea nine of his firemen threw dowii
their shovels, asserting that 1 when
they signed in England they had
agreed to work shifts of four hours,
with eight hours off, but in point of
fact, sometimes had been on duty six
teen hours at a stretch.
Funeral Coach Beyond Speed Limit
New York. A funeral procossiou
was halted in Long Islar City and
the chauffeur of the automobile coach
that headed It was arrested and con
victed of exceeding the speed limit
The arrest was the outcome of many
complaints that New York funeral pro
cessions on the way to Calvary ceme
tery have been so speedy as to endan
ger the lives of persons crossing the
streets through which they pass. Oth
er arrests, it was announced, will fol
low if the speed of funeral vehicles la
not slackened.
to sell whiskey on the prescription of
a physician until a short time ago.
Anson County Closes Big Fair.
The first Anson County Fair closed
recently and was largely attended for
three days. The exhibits of canned
goods househould supplies fancy work
and poultry were better than ever
seen here before. The canned
goods exhibits excelled those at the
state fair where the Anson exhibit
won first prize this year.
Joyner Gets Good Job.
Mr. Andrew Joyner, the veteran
newsjpaper correspondent, has been
0.1 ered a position with the Panama
Exposition at San Francisco. Mr. Joy
ner will receive a salary of $3,000.
Just what his work will be hAs not
been made public, but s presumed
here that Mr. Joyner will direo the
newspaper publicity en4 of the expo
sition, which is not a small task by
any means. The salary is $3,000 a
year. Mr. Joyner is a newstieper man
of broad experience and well known
Lb tn ta.te.
Mint Cola Bottling Works, Dallas,
capital $6,000 authorized and $4,000
subscribed by F. T. Patterson and
others.
N. C. Gets First Prize on Apples.
That North Carolina has carried off
another highest award for finest fruits
and nuts in competition with all sec
tions of the country is the news con
veyed to the State Department of
Agriculture in a telegram from State
Horticultural ist Hufct, who has an ex
hibit of fruits and aiuts grown In this
stat 2 in the exposition of the Ameri
can Pomoiogical Society at Washini
ton.
Patents Granted Tar Heels.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, patent attor
neys, report the grant to citizens of
North Carolina of the following pat
ents : Lewis R. Carroll, Charlotte, ad
justable holder for laminated forms;
Beulah L. Henry, assigmor of one-half
to W. T. Wodoley, Charlotte, parasol.
Transfer Marshal's Office.
It is the general understanding at
Asheville now that the office of United
States Marshal for the Western Dis
trict of North Carolina, will be trans
ferred from Greensboro to AsheviUe,
and that the office of revenue agent
of the two Carolinas will be moved
from here to Salisbury. However, no
final order of the transfer has yet
been received. The transfer of the
office is to be made for the benefit
of Charles -A. Webb,' who, K U uader-
stoon, well receive the appointment
soon.
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