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VOL. XXIV.
PLYMOUTH, N.'C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1914.
NO. 31.
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JOB FOR GOETHALS
WILSON WANTS GOETHALS TO
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DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE HIM
Colonel to Be Made Civil Governor of
. Canal Zone New York
Move Opposed.
Washington. CoL' George W. Goe
thals will be made civil governor of
the canal ' zone, and when he gets
through with his work there an effort
will be made to have him construct
the proposed Alaskan railway. This
was the opinion expressesd by several
persons close to the administration,
COL GEORGE W. GOETHALS
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.As a reward for hist service in Panama
V it is reported Colonel Goethals will
be placed in charge of the construc
tion of the Alaskan railway.
commenting on reports that the. chief
engineer eventually would become the
commissioner of police of New York
City.
Mayor- Mitchell of New York Is ex
pected here to speak at a banquet of
the University Club, and it is likely
that he will talk with President Wil
son on the same day about the status
of Colonel Goethals. It is believed
the president will tell Mayor Mitchell
that he is desiri of keeping Colonel
Goethals, that 1ns Engineering ability
may not be lost to the United States
URGES SCHOOLS IN SUMMER
Commissioner Claxton So Urges Prac
tice of Closing Termed Primitive.
Washington. , Characterizing the
practice of closing public scnoois m
summer as ."primitive and preposter
ous" and declaring the most "import
ant problem of today was to keep
city "boys from three months' contam
ination in the streets," P. P. Claxton,
cpmmissloner of the United States bu
reau of education, approved a plan
which' would mean continuous school
sessions and through which two mil
lion children might be enlisted in voca
tional work. , :
A program for summer vocational
work of public: school children was
- submitt.ft SVW-the commissioner .by
CTytrA Mann, secretary , of the
American Society for Thrift. .;
" "The teachers jshould teach nature
study and the principles of horticul
ture," said Mr. Claxton,
"Public schools of the country rep
rpsentan investment in buildings,
grounds and equipment of nearly two
billion dollars, and this investment
stands Idle about one-quarter of the
time for no other . reason than that
in primitive days both teachers and
pupils were needed on the farms three
or four months in the summer.
Duehay Will Inspect Federal Prison.
Washington. Francis H. Duehay, the
newly appointed superintendent of
prisons, will shortly visit Atlanta, Ga.,
to inspect the United States peniten
tiary there. His appointment is a per
sonal one of Attorney General McRey
nolds, and he does not have to be
confirmed by the senate, so he will
cntpr nnon his new duties at once. Mr.
Duehay declined to make an comment
imnn thft charges of Julian llawtnorne
and others affecting the conduct of
Warden Mover. .
GEN. LOUIS BOTHA
General Botha, premier of the Union
of South Africa, seems to be standing
firm against the labor agitators and
has proclaimed martial law In reply
to the order for a general strike.
JAPANESE HAKE PROTEST
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JAPAN IS STILL GROWLING AT
THE UNITED STATES ABOUT
' CALIFORNIA.
Japanese Foreign Minister Says Amer
ican Attitude on Alien Land Laws
Is Unsatisfactory.
Washington. An address by Baron
Nobuaki Makino, the Japanese for
eign . minister, to the parliament of
Japan, outlining the status of negotia
tions over. the California alien land
legislation and declaring that the Jap
anese government "had come to see
the necessity of considering some oth.
er ways for solution of the question,"
because the replies of the United
States had not been found satisfactory,
was cabled in full from Tokio to the
Japanese embassy here.
The address, which was not com
mented upon in official circles, an
nounced that the third note of protest
presented to Secretary Bryan by An
bassador Chinda on August 18 remain
ed unanswered. It also revealed the
fact that the ambassador, under in
structions from Tokio, saw President
Wilson on March 5, the day after the
president's inauguration, and asked
that he make an effort to stop the
threatened legislation in California,
which since has been enacted. In
part he said : ,
"In the state legislature of Califor
nia the bills of anti-Japanese charac
ter regularly have been introduced at
its sessions for more than ten years
past. Thanks to the good offices
earnestly exercised by the United
States government and thanks also to
proper steps opportunely taken by the
people and government of Japan, noth
ing of serious moment did fortunately
occur, but at the fortieth session of
the legislature which assembled last
year a bill known as the Webb bill,
aiming at prohibition of ownership of
real property by Japanese was passed
by an overwhelming majority;
HITS "PURER DEMOCRACY"
Former President Attacks "Impractical
Reformers" and "Demagogues." -
, Philadelphia. - Former President
Taft called a halt in the movement
toward "purer democracy" and greater
social and individual freedom. In a
speech at the. commencement exercis
es of a local business college he ar
raigned "impractical reformers" and
"demagogues" who seek to, arouse
class consciousness. He took issue with
the tendency to inject more democ
racy into educational methods, and de
clarde the spread of "lubricity" in lit
erature and on the stage, and indi
rectly in education, was a danger to
young men and women of the coun
try. -
Mr. Taft admitted the benefits of
many modern crusades, but added :
"The people are sufficiently aroused
Now let common sense prevail to dJ'
tinguish between what is practical a' d
what is luring but deceitful in its prf ja
Ise." " Job Landed for Roberts. .
Washington. Judge W. T. Roberts
of Douglas, Ga., former solicitor gener
al of Tallapoosa circuit, has been nam
ed by Secretary of Commerce Itedfleld
as special attorney for the bureau of
corporations. This important position
was landed for Judge Roberts through
the influence of William J. Harris, di
rector of the census, who is very close
to the secretary of commerce. Mr.
Harris and Judge Roberts served in
the state senate together and occupied
adjoining seats. Judge Roberts was
chairman of the judiciary committee.
GINNING REPORT
SHOWS INCREASE
13,589,171 BALES GINNED PRIOR TO
JANUARY 16 INCLUDED WERE
97,034 ROUND BALES.
NINTH REPORT IS ISSUED
Half Million Bales Increase Over This
Time Last Year Ginnings by
States and Comparisons.
Washington. The ninth "cotton gln-
nnig report of the census bureau for
the season" announced that 13,539,171
bales .of cotton counting round as half
bales, of the growth of 1913 had beSn
einnned prior to January 16, to which
date during the past seven years the
ginning average 97.5 pr cent, of the
entire crop.
Ginnings prior to January 16 by
states wmi comparisons for last year
and other big crop years ginned prior
to the date in those years, follows:
States. Year, j Gunnings.
Alabama... ..1913 1,475,642
- 1912 1,307,738
1911 " 1,633,699
Arkansas . . . .1913 967,729
1912 : 741,282
1911 797,597
Florida . . . . .1913 65,754
1912 57,324
' 1911 ' 88,177
Georgia . . . . .1913 , . 2,316,304
1912 ' 1,781,232
1911 2,657,984
Louisiana . . . .1913 t 420,094
1912 369,076
1911 357,758
MississiippI . . .1913 1,176,626
1912 952,520
1911 . 1,061,859
North Carolina. .1913 , 784,402
1912" 876,593
1911 ' 696,988
Oklahoma . . . .1913 825,112
f - 1912 965,752
1911 ' 915,563
South Carolina. ".1913 ' 1,369,434
1912 . ' 1,192,574
1911 1,536,085
Tennessee . . . .1913 358,297
1912 . 252,890
1911 386,293
Texas . . . . . .1913 3,718,725
1912 4,509,220
1911 3,964,620
Other States . .1913 11,052
1912 . 83,831
1911 114,176
The ginnings of sea island cotton,
prior to January 16, by states, fol
lows :
Years. Florida. Georgia. S. Car.
1913 . .'. .25,356 42,650 8,176
1912 . . . .21,085 39,543 ' 6,629
1911 . . . .39,340 65,577 4,950
1909 ... .27,883 51,072 . 13,231
BANDITS ROB MAIL TRAINS
Three Amateurs Believed to Be Re
sponsible for Train Robbery.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Three men, be
lieved to have been rank amateurs,
held up Southern railway train No.
41, local to Tuscumbia, at Facklers,
Ala., at about 8:20 at night. Ascord
ing to the best authority in this city,
there was nothing of value in either
express or baggage car, which were;
looted, the robbers finding only per
ishable articles of food, a lot of trunks
and a pile of sacks containing second
class mall.
- The train arrived at Facklers at 8:20
and while standing at the station was
boarded by three masked men. Two
miles west of that place two of the
men entered the express car and took
possession of the pouches and safe.
At a given signal, or in consequence
of an understanding, he compelled the
engineer to stop the train while the
others uncoupled the two cars in the
front, one of which was a baggage
car containing federal pouch mail,
mostly newspapers, and then forced
the engineer to run- twelve miles into
the country.
Chicago. With the assistance of two
reluctant but badly scared porters, a
lone bandit held up four passengers
on the rear sleeper of the Michigan
Central passenger train duei here from
Detroit. , The robber entered the train
at Jackson, Mich.,, and left it about
fifteen, minutes later, when Lewis
Thombs, one of the porters, signaled
for the emergency brakes.
Mrs. Wilson Gives $1,000 to School.
Rome, Ga. A feature of unusual In
terest at the celebration of the twelfth
anniversary of the famous Martha
Berry school here was the announce
ment of the endowment by Mrs. Wood
row Wilson of the Edward W. Ax
son scholarchlp of $1,000 from money
obtained from the sale of her pictures.
The scholarship was in honor of her
brother, who was drowned near Rome,
the old family home. Many alumni
from Georgia and Alabama attended
the exercises and most of . them made
interesting talks praising the school.
BARONESS DE PALLANDT
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Baroness May de Pallandt, once of
Chicago, is being sued in -London for
$20,000 by Dr. Ernest VIIHers Appleby,
formerly connected with the Univer
sity of Minnesota, .because she de
faulted In payment of notes given for
the purchase of pearls and Indorsed
by him. The baroness was May Du
gus when she .was married in 1893.
She was separated from her husband
in 1901, and two years later John D.
Kllpatrick, a wealthy New Yorker,
committed suicide because she refused
to get a divorce and marry him.
WILSON'S MESSAGE LAUDED
REPUBLICANS AND PROGRES
SIVES JOIN DEMOCRATS IN
ENDORSING WILSON.
G. O. P. Leader Mann and Senators
Kenyon and Gallinger Endorse
the Message.
Washington.- President Wilson's
suggestion to congress in his trust
address that the government and busi
ness men are ready to meet each other
half way "in a common effort to square
business methods with both public
opinion and the law," fell on atten
tive ears and struck a , responsive
chord in representatives of differing
political parties.
The atmosphere of co-operation and
"accommodation" in the message; the
reforms proposed, expressed in terms
of conservatism; and the spirit of
friendliness to supersede antagonism
in dealing with big business, which
dominated the president's thoughts,
aroused expressions of approval from
all sides. Few discordant notes were
sounded in comments from members
of the congress who are to pass upon
legislation urged to prohibit monopoly
and hold men of business within the
law.
LORD STRATHCONA IS DEAD
One of the Most Noted of the Build
ers of Canada Dies in London.
London, England. Lord Strathcona
and Mount Royal, high commissioner
Tor Canada, died here.
Deatli was due ' to prostration, the
result of a severe attack of catarrh.
He had been ailing, however, since
the death of his wife last November,
which proved a great shock.
Lord Strathcona's life spanned near
ly a century and his active career a
full three-quarters. "The best way
to live to an old age,"he explained,
when found at his desk in London
on his ninety-third birthday anniver
sary on August 6, last, "is by not
thinking about -age at, all, but just
going on doing your work."
' From his eighteenth year, when, as
Donald Smith, a sturdy Scot, he sailed
for Canada,, to hijj;inety-fourth year,
which "would have been completed in
next August, he lived up to his maxim
of work. For the past six years he
had been periodically reported as
"about to resign" the post of high
commissioner for Canada, but it was
death and not his resignation that ter
minated his work.'.
Eugenic Law Declared Void.
Milwaukee, Wis, The Wisconsin
eugenic law, which provides for the is
suance of marriage licenses only upon
a certificate of a clean bill of health,
was declared unconstitutional by Judge
F. C. Eschweiler of the circuit court.
The case will go to the supreme court.
Judge Eschweiler held that the eu
genics law has unreasonable statutory
limitatiens so far as physicians , fees
are concerned, and that it Is an un
reasonable and material impairment of
the right of persons to enter into mat-
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PACIFIC COAST
SWEPT BY STORM
SNOW AND RAIN ARE ACCOMPA
NIED IN SOME PLACES BY .
' HIGH WINDS,. .
GREAT DAMAGE IS DONE
Five Deaths Are Recorded by Flood
From' Mountains Caused by Cloud
:7burst. Much Damage Done and All
Communication Crippled.
Seattle, Wash. A" severe storm
swept the Pacific Northwest, snow
and rain being accompanied by a high
wind which at some places attained' a
velocity of 60 miles an hour. The
storm on Puget Sound was the most
severe recorded since the establish
ment of the weather bureau here. The
wind blew 60 miles an hour "at Cape
Flattery and 54 miles here. - -
A portion of Eugene, Oregon, was
flooded by the overflow from "Amazon
Creek. Telephone and telegraph lines
between Portland and Salem were
crippled. At Salem the storm un
rofed a portion of the State Insane"
Asylum and at Baker, Ore., the court
house was damaged and many houses
wereu nroofed. At Junction City,
Ore., the water tower supplying the
city, was blown down.
Sante Barbara, Cal. Louis Jones' a
wealthy retired banker and his wife,
whose home was in the millionaire col
ony of Montecite, were drowned in a
flood from the mountains caused by a
cloudburst.
Half a dozen houses in tfiis city
were wrecked and nearly every
bridge in the county was washed
away.
, Telephone wires were completely
out of commission and a single tele
graph wire badly crippled, was the
city's only communication with - the
outside world..
Estimates of damage ranged be
tween $250,000 and $750,0000.
San Francisco. A rain and wind
storm which swept the Pacific coast
from Southern California to the Brit
ish Columbian border, caused much
damage to sniping though no serious
mislnps at sea have been reported.
Warm rains have melted the snow in
the mountains causing rivers to rise
Los Angeles. Three men were
drowned, a boy was reported to have
lost his life, many persons were driv
en from their homes; buildings wer
damaged, and steam and electric rail
way traffic was either tied up or se
riously interrupted in Southern Cali
fornia as a result of the rain which
deluged this section in 24 hours.
Damage to highways in Los Angeles
county alone is estimated at $500,000.
Organize "Boys' Pig Clubs."
Washington Organization of "Boys'
Pig Clubs" in the Southern States is
the latest step taken by the depart
ment of agriculture as a means of re
ducing the high cost of living. The
department is trying to interest the
young Southern farmer in t,he breed
ing of good hogs. It is' asserted that
pork can. be produced so as to sell
much cheaper than beef. "A shortage
of beef" says a statement issued re
cently, "means an increased demand
for pork and it seems reasonable that
there should be , a' steady demand for
,11 the available supply.
Express Profit.
Chicago. Charles M. Secrist, man
ager of the Pacific Fruit Express, tes
tified at the interstate commerce com
mission investigation of private car
lines that his company had made a
profit of $1,500,000. . The Pacific Com
pany, owned by Union and Southern
Pacific railroads, is the first private
car company to report any consider
able profit to the examiners.
Asked if a pool of the railroads
would be better than private service,
the witness testified that some profit
which now goes to the private lines
vould go to the railroads.
Union Station Burns.
Raleigh. The union passenger sta
tion and. Seaboard Air Line freight
warehouse was burned at Apex, 14
niles south of Raleigh. Loss, $5,000.
.Shooting Still a Mystery.
Savannah, Ga. The condition of
Neal Palmer, who was mysteriously
mounded at Thunderbolt recently, re
mained serious, while Mrs. E. J. An
dreau is still, in custody. No specific
rharge had been entered against her
Palmer was said to have added a new
version to various stories of the
shooting. This was to the effect that
he accidentally received the wound
while scuffling with Mrs. Andrenu for
possession of a pistol. Previous narra
tives of the shooting which Mrs. An
dreau and Palmer told, conflicted.
rRAIN WRECKED BY CHILD
Rufus Hall Placed Iron Spike on
Track Causing Wreck at Davidson
. . Killing Two Men. y
Davidson, N. - C That 9-year-old
Rufus Hall, son of Mr. John Q. Hall
of Davidson, placed an iron sp.'ke on
the "-rail that' threw the engine, ten
der and combination coach of South
ern passenger train No. 15 lrom trie
track near Davidson a few nights ago
hurling 'Engineer J. E. Curlee and
Fireman A. H. Wilson to their death,
was the sensational development of
the distressing wreck that has been,
the talk of this section for the-past
several days. .No malice is alleged
by the officials for the deed, those
who investigated, the circumstances
agreeing that the little fellow acted
in a spirit of boyish mischief without
any regard at the time for the awful
consequences of his act. It is there
fore hardly thought probably that any,
prosecution will follow, although,
much trouble of this kind has been
experienced at several points along
this, line within the past few years,
due . to children placing minor ob
structions on the rails. .
A sister of the boy. Myrtle Hall,
aged 8 years, was seen by the offi
cials of the Southern at her home
and asked about the affair. She
frankly admitted that she and her
older sister, Sadie, and her brother,
Rufus, had walked along the track
at this point the afternoon before
and that Rufus had placed a number
of pieces of coal and other minor
articles on the rails. She also ad
mitted that she had seen her brother
pick up the iron spike and place it
on the rail. Of course she stated that
they all thought that no harm would
result. Sadie Hall, who work in a
nearby cotton mill, age 11 years, was
also questioned. She also state! that
of coal and other articles on thi rail
but did not observe any iron spike.
She stated to the officials, nowever,
that she was in front of her bi other
for the greater part of the wy and
therefore would hardly have seen him
if he did place the spike on the rail
Road Working Plan.
Asheville. The special committee
recently appointed by the board of
commissioners of Buncombe county to
outline a better plan of road working
in the county has compiled its report
and submitted it to Chairman N. A.
Reynolds. The report recommends
the appointments of a committee on,
roads and bridges to be composed of
the county engineer and -two members
of the board. One of the commission
ers is to be known as the road super
visor while the other .will, be the as
sistant supervisor. The committee
will have charge of all road and
bridge work subject to the approval
c the full board.
The Question has been agitated for
some time past by the commissioners
and the tcenera! public, feeling that the
present methods of working the roada
are antiquated.
Want Law Changed.
Lynchburg, Va. In order to .cir
cumvent a North Carolina statute,
which prevents the shipment of liquor,
into the counties of Mitchell, Avery,
Rutherford, Cherokee, Macon and
Jackson and the towns of High Point,
Morehead City, Trinity, Jamestown,
Guilford County, Friendship and
Chapel Hill, an effort was made ia
chambers here recently ot secure
from Judge H. C. McDowell of the
Federal District Court a mandatory
injunction requiring the Southern Ex
press Company to receive at Bristol,
Va., liquors intended for personal use
in these communities.. Judge McDow
ell, however, held that his ourt lack
ed jurisdiction, and the application
was denied.
Organize Health Board.
Heridersonville. Plans for the or
ganization of a health board for this
city are rapidly materializing. The
board will be composed of the follow
ing members' of the Board of City
Commissioners: Mayor M. M. Shep
herd, T. L. Durham, W. A.' Keith, A.
B'icker and the city's business manag
er, George W. Justice. The Hender-sonville-Polk
Medical Society has ap
pointed the following to serve on the
health board: Drs. W. B. W. Howe,
Buy , E. Dixon, W. R. Kirk and L. B.
Morse. .
The organization will be perfected
on the selection of an health officer.
The board will be patterned . some
what after that of Asheville. '
Cotton King of Rowan.
Spencer. It is not generally known
that Rowan county has one . of the
largest cotton growers in North Caro
lina, this being Charles -H. Kluttz. He
has just finished ginning his crop for
1D18 which amounts to 400 bales, all
of which is still on hand. Mr. Kluttz
has a farm of 4,500 acres, the larger
portion of which is in cultivation. He
is partial to cotton; and, while he
raises a lafge amount of corn, and
other grain, he might well be termed
the cotton king of Rowan and possibly
of the staie.
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