1 J -iTHinTi i Him ii Hum n-niiinMMtw,Wl,rtr,lr,ir )ljr- i','i,4sr--il'r. .wwnnn i . i mi j0!pk- ifa0ftmwtf - VJ-RV-- . .., 5 -- pert. r'i-. L :rr$ kr-e; L "7 8 L t " . '"'.". : tiV-wt-.; ' i M At ' k r -FOR, GO4, FOR COUl-W fU3d a Year, In ' Advanct. t-itt. I VOL. XXIV. PLYMOUTH, Nt C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY &, 1914. - f ,N032., OREAT SHORTAGE IN HI S DECREASE OF 19,000,000 IN- THE MEAT ANIMALS IN THB UNITED STATES. C0MPARASI0NS ARE MADE .Amazing Drop Since 1910 Reported by the Department of Agriculture. . Washington. Shortage of meat ani mals In the United States was strik- ingly demonstrated by comparative figures made public, by the department of agriculture-.; . The report showed that there; are" nine "less beef cattle, seven les$." sheep and three less hogs now for eicfi 100 persons in the country- than, there were in 1910. This . means that it would take 18,259,000 more cattle, sheep and swine to give the present population the same sup ply that the census of 1910 showed to .exist - , . ; . -.While the population' of "the country Is '-estimated to have increased from 31,197290 ito .; 98j4i,000 . . in,.: the . past three years, the number of beef cattle has- -decreased 12.9 per. cent., and of sheep5v2 "percent.7Tfre number of swine increased slightly, 13 per cent, Tiut it did not keep up with the propor tional growth of population. "This increase in value, however," the department pointed out, "does not necessarily mean that farmer or Btock raisers are making more, if any, profit. On the contrary, the cost of produc tion has probably increased ino're .rap idly than; the increase'Ih the" selling price of livestock. Producers of farm products are the last to receive any benefit from higher prices paid by con sumers, yet they are among the first to ' increase ..production if "$iere is ;a prospect ;of realizing better returns. " ' ' "The very fact that there is a pres- ' ient shortage of nearly 19,000,000" meat iihimals In the United States since the -"cetosus of, 1910, Indicates clearly that the business is not profitable to. .pro ducers. . . "The scarcity of meat animals is at- , tributed by department experts to . the 'itibncroachment of farms' upon range ter? ritcry, lack of a proper, range leasing laws, shortage in the'corn and forage crop in Kansas, Nebraska and Okla homa, increase in the- value of land and ' higher cost of labor and stock feed; decline In stock raising on farms In the East and South because of poor marketing facilities, the temptation to sell livestock at prevailing high prices and enormous losses from hog chol--era." ' - ' " FREE SILVER EDICT ISSUED Rebel Leader Decrees Free Coinage of Silver. Chihuahua, Mexico. Currency ,ls .sued by the Bank of Sonora, the Ba'ri& of Minero and other banks establish d under ; the Diaz regime twill-be treated as counterfait -faoney Matter February iO, under a 'decree dssuedbjr the rebel government. The free and unlimited coinage of silver will be "JSered as a means of providing ample money. J.:t The ' embargo against the old bank mrre8by;filch is "f rOneadn as "a survivar Ot'the cientiflcp days, .when the Creels rtd 'Terrazases were" ' in ipower, wHl . render worthless io : the rebel territory; -millions' 6ft dollars in paper moine., :- , .' '-y, '. -.The. off er.tof free coinage will -be. ex :tieS8e5THWulllion owners,-but-it has . iieir'lHaRiSted to-Vhat extent the offer will .b&jyptpd,'I'Bi'e JrebeV gov.-: rnment . already - is- In ppssession of much bul ion-'yich. will vbe coined -to drieh tlieP treasury. It also 1 was an nouncedthat a large American-.smelt-r Ing intereV.whlch .qontrols industries ' In Colb&do.andi ether tarts of . the UPPLY i United Sjtates, has entered Into "an ar- tram an of a smelter in Chihuahua, which' has been closed for many weeks. . H. H. .Rogers "Left $40,000,000. . t , ,.:JJew, i'ork. A , detailed ; apprisal of ..the .estate, of, the late",Henry H. Rog ers,' Standard , Oil magnate, , who .idled nearly four -years-ago, shows that the etete is ..worth about '$40,000,000 net, or "some' ,00,000 taOre than the, varus originally estimatpd'it- y&a ' learned. v -19. Sailors Are Lost. , . . ; laTtttDttth,,. England. Captain- Lor 'senewjhe fyst.oflpcer, and-. seventeen of trewVof t1jerman;bark Hera, ?Wgu'a, ;il.!io.ajmout:fl, lost their lives.; wifen. tSe. yess.e-siriick a rock as sn'e had almost concldtiied' her yoyr age. The remaining''' five men were pred r-The Ilera encountered a gale vjjt . je,,etraje.Vtpt Wfe-'jliiglis'h ; chan j tiet" . She Ipjst h'er . cgutse and struck on Ihe' rocks near Port Halla- Bight. The vessel immediately filled and the men took to the boats, which capsized. Eight succeeded in getting back. MRS. C. BRACKETT BISHOP I Mrs. C Brackett Bishop of Chicago has theory that If children are given the same opportunities their minds will develop alike. To prove this, she will start In February on a trip around the world to gather babies of all races and place them on a farm In America. TiGK QUARANTINE RAISED MORE TERRITORY IS FREED FROM CATTLE TICKS THROUGOUT . THE SOUTH. Over 17,000 Additional Square Miles in ight Southern States to Be Released From Quarantine; - Washington. The territory in the South freed from cattle ticks and re leased from quarantine has been in creased by 17,106 square miles by an order Issued by the acting secretary of agriculture;' effective 'February 16, 1914. releasing addlfabjter-portions of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Okla homa and Texas. This action has' been taken as a result of further progress made in the extermination of the ticks, which spread splenetic or Texas fe ver of cattle. The total area released since the beginning of the work in 1906" now aggregates 215,908 square ' , I A i. 1 A OA Si nines, ana amounis iw uuuut o yey , cent, of the territory infected at the time the work was undertaken. - .Tennessee is the first of the states extensively Infested by the ticks, to be entirely freed from this pest and released from quarantine. The portions of the several states to be released from quarantine oh February 16 under the. order mentioned are as follows: , In. Virginia: The county of Sussex and the-balance of., the county of Greenesville. . .. ;r In North Carolina: The counties of kvioore, Hpke, Scotland, Robeson and iew. iianover. "'in' Georgia; The -counties of !Mbr-4, gan and Franklin. . In Tennessee: The remainder of Marion county. In Alabama: Portions of the coun ties of Jackson and Sumter. . Il '-"Mississippi: "; The .' counties Tow Clay, Jasper, Smith, Scott and Le- 'flore, the remainder...of the' counties of . Lowndes, Holmes, Madison, 'Attala, Rankin, Noxubee, Chickasaw, and 'por tions" of the countiesqf JClaiborne, War ren, TYazpo Sharkey;:Bolivar, . Newton, Grenada, Leake, Monroe, Jones. :.ahd LaFayette.- ,"4hf 0klahpma't,.;The county . of Cot ton and the remainder of the counties of Tillman, Grady, Craig and Ottawa, and portions of' the counties oft Mc clain, Osage and Delaware. Condemned; Foodstuffs Fill Warehouses Washington. Foodstuffs.- seiae py the federal authorities and held. as. erjl dence of adulteration or misbranding in violation of the pure food and drugs acts are rapidly accumulating pending court action, the department of agri culture announces. Several warehous es, scattered throughout the country at various shipping ports are practically filled with condemned products. Re lief, however is promised, the depart ment states, as -.the- trials are shortly to be held. . ' : : Taft Warns Against Plutocracy. Toronto, Canada. "I sincerely hope our experience may give you warning and cause you to take prompter meas ures to prevent plutocracy reaching the danger point" said former Presi dent William H. Taft here in an ad dress, before the Literary and Scien tific Society of the University of To ronto. The former president had dwelt on the industrial expansion of Canada and the probability that its people would come face to face with conditions of corporate control exist ing in the United States. 43 PERSONS MEET DEATH ON OCEAN - y P-J. : ! ''V; ; NINETY-ONE, ARE BROUCHT BACK :' TO "LAND BY THE rMT SL M. STEAMSHIP NANTUCKET. VESSEL IS RAMMED AT SEA Many Unable to Leave the Staterooms. No Time Was Given to Adjust . . . Life Preservers. , . ' ' Department of Commerce , Orders Probe of Wreck. - Washington. A thorough investigation, of the .,-ciriiiium- - stances resulting in . the -colli-' ' 4 sion between the Nantucket f and -Monroe was OFdered -by the department of commerce.' Assistant Secretary Sweet instructed the steamboat in- spection service to make an exhaustive inquiry. ' I - ' - Norfolk, Va, The story of how 43 souls went'wnUo death , in the chill waters of the Atlantic when the liner Nantucket rammed and sank the steamer Monroe, was brought to port by 91 survivors of the sunken ship's passengers, rescued and ' brought to shore by the Nantucket It was a . story of awful and sud den death, sweeping out of the dark and fog,-: and taking unawares the doomed half hundred with the heavi ness of sleep still upon them. It told how the stricken Monroe, with her side gored deep by the knife-like steel prow of the Nantucket, filled rapidly, rolled over on hetVside, and in a few min utes turned completely over and then plunged to the bottom, carrying with her the ill-fated passengers and mem bers of the crew who had failed to get clear of the-wreck. Thrilling .are the stories told i,by those rescued from the jaws of deah when the Old Dominion Steamship company's 'steamer Monroe, bound from Norfolk to New York, turned turtle at sea within ten minutes after she had been in collision with the Merchants'and Miners' transportation company's steamer Nantucket in a dense foer off the Virginia coast. Re- Iviseti lists put the loss of life at forty- three, of which number nieteen were ; passengers and. twenty-four members "of the Monroe's crew. It was as if they had come from the dead when eight of the Monroe's passengers, whom wireless reports had put in the list of the lost, walked or were borne from the steamer Nantucket when the latter landed the rescued at Norfolk. There were notable deeds of heroism by Assisting 'Engineer Oscar Perkins .and FirstWireless Operator Ferdinand J. Kuehn. z . Perkins when the inrush of water put on the main dynamo and ,left the Monroe in complete darkness, .rushed - below and put to work an "emergency, dynamo. He is among the rescued. Wireless Operator Kuehn gave the first S. O. S. call and after adjusting a life preserver which would doubt less have saved his own life, removed 'jth'is ffroHtf ihis body and put Jt - onia girl. Kuehn was lo3t His assistant, RT'lfc Etlteridge,-" was savedand -walfcr ed into the arms of his wif ewho tood to greet him as the Nantucket docked with , the rescued. - ; . C. W. Poole, en route from Gray, .Va., with'hlsffe-ani- two nd fc-;half-year-old b6 ytvfsft in MasscKusetts,: had his wu&"aa cr 'child wa$h'f from his arms cer the. rail o'f the sinking "Mon roe. Poele.conpiejely; crashed,' told the story .of his.- great lqps and sor row". He will . return'itq Ji3 Virginia home. ' " -V; Ed Gormait of New 'York .told of harrowing .sjcjbnes o'f ".fyQiVa scream ing for hel ln..the cabi5pf 'i'JM6nroe. Walking -upc-tb,e sido'f tlis careen ed sinking, ship, . Gorman met a. girl whom he begged to jump with him into the sea. The girl refused and perish ed. Gorman was at the place picked up by a passing lifeboat J. Gattfey seefcad bfffer. of. the Monroe, gave his life preserver up to a lady who had none, and after-being washed into,.the water .saved himself by grabbmg a. . floating gadder. . .. ; ; v v . :t -- $10,000 -ln BHH Left on. Car: Seat - . Macon, 'Ga.Gonaueto-( Walter Lit tle picked up; a package lriv'a seat of a Central of Georgia", raft way ;car -at Columbia, 'Ala., -w'hlchlater''was' found to contain $10,000 in bills: ''The name of J. C Kountz- appeared..on the pack ase aad it was found .'that 4the, money beloBgd to a-Dothan Jiaak:.'Ith, which Mr! Kbiintz iscohnectea;-' The:money .was In po'ssessfon of a'messenger, who left the- train at Ooiumbia. It was re turned the feank. The money, along withgpyeral otjier packages, had -been placed ia a hand grip." SENATOR ASHURST .Senator Ashurst of. Arizona ls au thor, of the resolution calling for a senatorial investigation of the Michi gan copper mine war. FREE CAN PRESIDENT HOLDS EXEMPTION TO" AMERICAN COASTWISE VES SELS VIOLATES TREATY. Question of Panama Canal Tolls Is Subject Discussed About Capl--tol i lit Washington., - . ' Washington5: How to dispose of the Panama canal tolls question was the subject uppermost In discussion about the capital when the attitude of Pres ident Wilson, outlined to the senate foreign relations committee, became public. The president's position was asserted to be that the provision of the Panama canal act granting toll trt AmprlPfln VGSSels is In violation of the Hay-Pauncefote trea ty, which proclaims that the canal shall be free and open to all nations "on terms of entire equality," ahd that "chargesTof traffic should be Just and equitable." Three courses are open to congress. Great Britain, which persistently has opposed the toll exemption for Ameri can ships, has offered to arbitrate the question as to its being a violation of the Hay-Pauhcefote treaty. The ma jority in congress, it is believed, oppos es this, maintaining that the United, States should settle the issue for itself. Another course is to carry into effect a resolution submitted by Representative Adamson, which would suspend, for two vears. the operation of the pro vision exemntine American ships froml the payment of tolls. Should this' bel adopted,. diplomatic negotiations could pnntinnft'in the meantime. The third proposal is that congress repeal the : free toll provision. WHITE TEACHERS BARRED By" Measure Passed by South Carolina House of Representatives . Columbia, S. C. The lower house of the South Carolina general assem bly passed to third reading a bill pro hibiting white people from teaching in negro schools or negroes in white schools under penalty of a fine of' not more than $500 or imprisonment for notr exceeding twelve months. The passage .of .the measure was recom mended. ly Governor Bleasa ' . The bill was amended to include the "intimacy ! of the races ;ih houses" 111 rpniitpi."1 - 1 Another j amendment provides that thA filir'shall no't be regarded as pro hibiting the teaching of the Bible to negroes. ; - , scinsattonal 'soeeches were madhe.? and at times the discussion "(became most bitter. ' In urging the passage of the bill Mr.J Fortner '.of Spartanburg declared: "The fa'egroes have their Booker T. Washington. Let the ' ne'groes run their own. business and their schools." Earthquake Shocks Cause Panic. 'Buenos Aires.. Argentina. Earth. quake shocks at Mendoza caused a panic Mendbza-'is the capital of the province of Mendoza. lying about six ty miles, distant from the volcano of Aconcagua., in lstu- xvienaoza was overthrown by an earthquake. . , Probe of Strides. Ordered. .Washington". A sWeepIng investiga tion of strike conditions in the coal fields of Colorado and the copper dis trict of Michigan was authorized by the house.- By a vote of ,151 .to .15 the house, adopted the resolution of Representative Keating of Colorado, empowering the mines and mining committee' to make inquiry as to con ditions in Colorado and. Michigan In which the federal government might be concerned. Hearings will be con dtfeteti in the-trike regions ,bX;a;-Auhr committee, or sub-committee?,. , . t . NAVAL YEAR BOOK FIGURES JUGGLED CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST EXPERTS OF THE NAVY DE PARTMENT. SEC'TY DANIELS IS GRILLED Congressmen Say Statistics Show Ou Navy Below Germany's ' Standing , aui That This is Not True Accord. -J Ofl .iSL 1 n ve?U0. Lan , Washington Representatives With erspoon of 'Mississippi ' and Hensley, of Missouri,, "charged that experts oi the' navy department juggled the sta tistics of the, 1913 navy year book to make the American navy appear infe rior to the- German navy ..This action, they, declared, set .the United States down-from second' to thlrd place as a naval .power. Both congressmen- are members' of. the' house " navalT'aff airs committee. v . With Secretary. Daniels before the committee to explain the naval,: pro gram for the coming year, the." two congressmen, who are strongly oppos ed to a ''big navy,'; questioned him at length on what they declared wer omissfons and faulty comparisons in the yearv book. The ex-secretary ex: plained that he was not an expert in comparing navies, and said he had relied on . what experts in the navy had advised him about the facts.: - . In their questioning the Congress men brought out-; that three ; Ameri can battleships the Oregon, ' Massa chusetts and "Indiana,1 which are of the same tonnage and of heavier ar miment than 10' listed German battle ships, are left out of the United States list altogether; and that the year book'in'stead 'of giving the United State 36 battleships built and build ing, compared with Germany's 3JJ, -should - have 'credited the - United -States with 39 battleships of 'heavier total tonnage and . armament than Germany. They also developed that the Navy statisticians this"' year, for. the first time have taken1 cut of the dreadnought class the battleships South' Carolina and Michigan; which have dreadnought armament, and have ,put into the . German dread nought - class- four 'ships of 11-inch gun armament. The year book's com parison gives Germany . 13. dread noughts and the United States seven,' while the Congressmen insisted that the . correct . figures hould give Ger many and -' th United States 'nine idreadno'uglits each. .' ' - ' Slow to Respond. . Washington. President Wilson is surprised at the lack of responses 'from business men 1 to the invitation for suggestions on pending trust .leg islation, ; " The, president does not know wheth er business men approve the tenta tive measures or whether they have hot yet taken notice of the hearings. It was suggested that business men might fear being branded as "lobby ists" if they came : to Washington in that connection. Opposes Increased Rates. Washington. Opposing the 5-per cent Increase in freight rates sought by eastern railroads, J. ,C. Forester,, kr.epreseMi Jtb$ : J-FreighJ.. Rate t Association of'North Carolinaj:rtold examiners of the interstate commerce commission that to grant the advance wduld be to burden the public for .you nd'abouf 4m.. Jlliglcal-. routes of 'ierlytmaiiced and, , inefficiently managed properties." Judge Ventress Burned to Death. Gadsden, Ala. Judge Thomas Ven tress; prominent in Alabama politics, was burned to death- io. a fire which destroyed two buildings in Atalla, Ala. ' ' Women Disappointed. Washington President Wilson gave no encouragement to a delegation pf 300 working women who marched oa the white house with a brass band -.to ask his suDDort for a constitutional "amendment enfranchising women."; Develop Southern Water Power. Washington. . Remarkable devel opment in the. South's water power resources is related in a statement by the federal geological survej. At any reasonable valuation per horsepower, it is stated, the undeveloped power of important streams in. the . Southern states is' an important industrial, as set In Georgia and. the Carolinas more than 100,000 horsepower has been" developed and it is being used by the cotton mills alone and public Ser vice corporations. are devejonlngpp. (W)":'to'-"46';-0W DOCTORS IETII TENTATIVE PROGRAM IS. . AN NOUNCED FOR ' TRI-STATE, ' MEDICAL CONVENTION. - BE HELD JIL.'WILMINGTOH Many Prominent Physicians With- National Fame Will Read ' Papers at the. Meeting In VVIIminqton on 'February 18th and 19th., ,.'..,. t ... Wilmington. A gre deal of inte"r . ' est throughout this section centers -ira the sixteenth annual session of. the. Tri-State Medical Association of the ." Carolinas-and Virgihii which is to ba held In Wilmington, Wednesday and Thursday, February 18 and 19. The preliminary announcement of the pro- gram has been made which is intend ed only for information. It-is statec. ' that eight or 10 prominent' surgeons ;: will read papers at this meeting and ; that two or three from New York' and n several from Chicago will also attend. ; The tentative sketch of the program indicates that the meeting will be one of the most Interesting in years. The Tri-State Association, embracmgtlhree --. states, always attracts a number of y the. leading physicians and specialists -in the country. Chariqtte will send a., large deelgation to this convention : and several will read papers, ihcliid-, Ing Drs. A. J. Crowell, j. P. Monroe, John Hill Tiirlrprr William Allan' AA " dison G.' Brenizer, A." N. Whisnant and '-$ others. . ". ' : The officers of the Tri-State Medl- cal Association are: : Dr. 'Sputhgate" J5 Leigh, ' Norfolk, ' Va., president; " Doc-Jii; ti tors Augustus BKnowlton L Colum-7 a"? bit, S. C., Alfred L. Gray and Andrev J. Crowell of Charlotte,, vice . pres"lvifc; dents, and Dr. Rolfe'E. Hughes, ; QtC Laurens, S. C., secretary and treasTlr;! er. On the Executive Council Bfref-'"-' , tJrs. J. Slielton Horsley of Richn-tomir R. B. Epting of Grfeenwood, D. A Stanton of High Point, James H. Cul- -pepper of Norfolk, Samuel '. Lile 13 t .vn linger A T71 Toli-ai- f Vl Q 1-1 . ton, Charles T. Harper of Wilming- r .. ton, W. W. Fennell of Rock Hill and ;? . J. Howell Way of Waynesvllle. ri,S--"S-9 North Carolina chairman of sections are: Dr. E. C. Register, medTcijqe'- Dr. D. T. Tayloe, surgery; Dr. Joseph Graham, gynecology;. Dr. D. A. Sjtan ton, obstetrics, and Dr.'H. W. CaiteWi Reorganize Toxaway Kower co. Asheville. Developments ofaA reaching" importance to western1 Nbttte'l-"! :Carolina- are presagejd by the jeoraia-t4 tot tzatloni.of the Toxaway Poweii jCJoptt 4ri.t4 pany, a, corporation, chartered acfi ts. year ago with an authorized caHajrtQaalj! $1,500,000. When the company wa.9 cha.ctered the incorporators vrerfi-Jit: A. Mitchell: and., W JiL -Ioofe off ilii burg and George H, "Wright of., A'ahej ville. At that thne the cpmpanvi.5 tended toflo e-rtfnsivR elprtrial rlvfil. .... 7- - i ' - TTr-Ti, flPr 4 iect huhcr .fire ' for a ilme;: aiid flftaTfvJ' opmen-f aiong tne various rivers o this section of the' state," bu"fcn"epro' was apparently abandoned. ""-.ii The new company owns' or con- i,':fc'.;t trols extensive water rights, and proa- . ertv in Western' "North Carbliria. ana. ' it intends to develop"-' power project? along the Toxaway Yi"ver id TTansy '5"'' vania county, the Green ; -rlyer aid. , , other streams on the:southern iffd'ol ' - . . .... . . - .t . s -vy tne Jiue mage, au ngnts; properuesr " options and agreements held 4by :th . y former incorporators havebeh trails wt ferred to 'the new company. ' !r.;'""-r;. -S ".'?' -.Sanders Negro Submits', if ""' i ; Raleigh. Worth :Sanders,; the negro '".1 "1 1 who so-, narrowly escaped 3Bng"lynch tii ed and took refuge" in ;Wak& icotmty ' t " I jail and. was subsequently. transferred "-vi'-' to the State's Prison, has maije "admiai ii'i sions or gum mat maKe. ni j;pnvic.tion much more certain, accorcljng t sjate; vJ ment made by Sheriff Sears." 'He says . Q that Sanders told Jailor Jordan "thatne"'" fwas out at the Lynch.ijlace. wbf p; Mrs -: i " Lynch was killed by wilsen -and- that , a he helped him put the "body .4a th-- 4I brush, but that he was too "druisi Jio j have any clear , recollection o"f 'fust ""'" what did happen. Sheriff Sears v.fiasj " another prisoner in jail,.-wrhor.qccujie- . . the cell with Sandersflha.'sayi'lhat Sanders made much' the Sfae' state- " "1 ment to him. ' " ' ; !7 V ; "i . I-...-. ?.'. Ail 'J F.tahll.h Tpilnlnn'. RkiAl t L '. -..v , Greensboro. A movement is' on.-fdot'" here to get the County Commission"!,' .4, ers to establish a training school for ; boys who get into thefity ' courts of ? Greensboro and HlfthiiSJt't for 'mffior-'' ''.. infractions of the la'. L'llJiast Lf"ds- i - : lature authorized the ,cq if sioners ; to make an appropriation tf'-ich,a a reformatory, but a real s'chocfr.i.5oys snt there will.be educated anrtay'i:h,t liseful occupations. It is believed that the commissioners will undertake'.th'e ,, school. - W i . :- .a t'i