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OFFERS SOLUTION MEXICAN PROBLEI COLONEL J. BRYAN GRIMES UN FOLDS A PLAN FOR MEXICAN PACIFICATION. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple Gathered Around the State Capitol. Raleigh. With the hearty approval and en dorsement of Governor Craig and Pre&ident J. Y. Joyner of the North Carolina Peace Society, Col. J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, has writ ten William J. Bryan, urging a plan he has worked out for a peaceful ad justment of the Mexican trouble through a peace protectorate of the leading civilized nations of the world, this entailing some modification of the Monroe Doctrine. Colonel Grimes suggests that this same plan might be successfully invoked hereafter in similar cases. He fears that the Mex ican conditions, which are a most serious concern to the American peo ple, may eventually involve the Unit ed Spates in a long costly and bloody war. He 'points out that "if the United States ,is rot to intervene in Mexico and it should not it ill comports with the civilization of a great govern ment to stand with a drawn sword in the form of the Monroe Doctrine and deny to other nations the inalien able right and - duty . to protect the lives and the property of their own citizens. Such a course makes this Government morally responsible and it will be held answerable to the oth er nations." Colonel Grimes thus states his plan:' "Would it not be a forward step in the interest of humanity and an ex ample In the furtherance of world wide peace in the future for the Unit ed States to invite some of the most interested nations, say Spain, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and perhaps Brazil, Chile and Argentina under a clearly expressed pact, treaty or agreement, jointly to occupy Mexi co for its pacification, forming a kind of joint ' military protectorate there and blading themselves to withdraw after establishing a stable govern ment the Government of Mexico in demnifying these Governments as China c'id in the occupation of Pekin by the allred armies. Decision of the Supreme Court. The list of opinions delivered by the court follows: Rile" vs. Pratt, Pender County, no error; State vs. Snipes, Forsyth, no error; Latta vs. Nichol3, Orange, no error; Morgan ton Manufacturing Company vs. An derson and Creab, Forsyth, affirmed; Supreme Council vs. Grand Lodge, Forsyth, appeal dismissed; Wood vs. Land Improvement Company, Durham, affirmed; State vs. Hill, Guilford, no error; Laban vs. Field, Guilford, no error; Couzins vs. Chair Manufactur ing Company, Guilford, no error; Mer chants National Bank vs. Branson, Guilford, no error; Benton vs. North Carolina Public Service Corporation, Guilford, no error. Make Survey of Truck and Freight. William R. Champ, chief of the divi sion of markets in the co-operative marketing division of the agricultural experiment station and the depart ment of agriculture is undertaking to make a survey of the frkit and truck industry in all the communities throughout the state, in order, espe cially, that he may ascertain defi nitely where and how he can best hel pthe growers organize a more effective system of marketing. He is working especially throughout the county demonstration agents and lo cal Farmers' Unions, and individual growers are being, appealed to in many instances. Blanks are being sent out, the filling out and returning of which israll that is asked of those being appealed to Mi'St Ask For Institutes. ( Director T. B. Parker of the farms'"-' institute division of the State De partment of Agriculture announces a new policy this season in the holding ' of institutes. This is that there"will be institutes hereafter only in those localities in which tne people pe tition for them. Hehertofore these institutes have been held at random and in consecutive circuits for the conevenience of the parties holding , the institutes. He is writing to lead ing farmers in all communities to . "inake reports. Ship Mail to Raleigh. Within the past day or two one of .the largest mail order houses of the country has shipped to Raleigh three carloads ol. its spring and summer catalogues. These are being mailed out to points in all parts of the Raleigh second pai eel-post zone that includes postoffices id this state and portions of Virgirtf a and South Carolina. The mail order house sent a check for $2,800 to the Raleigh postoffice to pay the postage, eight cents being requir ed for each catalogue mailed. The freight shipment is to save postage Recess Is Taken In Rate Hearing. An unexpected recess in the intra state freight rate hearing before the commission came recently. The re cess was at the request of Attorney General Bkkett, and will be until July 7. The reasons are that Mrs. Hill man, wife of W. C. Hlllman, the rate export who was on the stand giving direct testimony for the state, is very ill and he must go to her in Philadel phia at once, in order that she may be hastened to her home in Evansville, Ind., while she yet has strength to make the trip; that there are a num ber of commercial organizations in the stare which desire, to present evi dence in support of the reduced rates prescribed by the Justice act and there is not time now for this evi dence r.o te marshalled at this time; and also that by taking a recess at this Vme, and arranging for the rail road authorities to have copies of the evidence that the state Will offer for making an analysis of it, there will be saved much time and labor for the state, the railroad companies and the commission. In urging the recess Attorney Gen eral Bickett pledged to submit coun sel for the railroad companies com plete copies of all the remaining evi dence that the state will Introduce when the commission reconvenes. This will include the uncompleted evi dence of Rate Expert Hillman. Be fore the recess he completed the evi dence as to the Southern Railway along thi lines indicating that the Southern's figures to show the Justice rates too low are on a wrong basis of differentiation between freight and passenger rates, between inter and in trastate freight and as to just what constitutes "local freight" trains, and that if a right basis is applied, the Justice rates will be found to be fair and just as between the railroad com panies and the shippers. ' Cavalry Makes Perfect Score. Adjutant General Lawrence ' W. Young of the North Carolina National Guard has received from the United States war department the reports of the recent annual inspections of the North Carolina companies of cavalry and sanitary corps, the reports show ing perfect scores in all respects, the finest showings ever made by any North Carolina state guards. The final reports on the inspections of the com panies of Infantry have not yet been received, but it is thought that only the Washington company will be dis banded for failure to measure up to the minimum standard of condition. Commission Gets Depot Plans. Plans for a union passenger and freight depot at Apex were submitted recently to Superintendent W. A. Gore of the Seaboard and Vice-President J. Edd Stagg, of the- Durham and Southern to the North Carolina cor poration commission. The station was destroyed more than two months ago and the public has since been served from a box car. The plans for the new station' provide for a structure that will cost about $22,000, will have separate freight and passenger de partments and " will give attractive waiting rooms for men and women of both races. Coast Artillery Is Inspected. Inspection of the companies of coast artillery in this state was con cluded here recently by Inspector- Instructor Greig of the United States war department and Col. Thomas Stringfield of Waynesville, inspector of small arms for the North Carolina National Guard, the last inspection being that of the First Company Coast Artillery, Raleigh, W. D. Morrow cap tain. While no official statement of the condition of the companies as de veloped in the Inspection, is obtain able yet, it is understood that the companies have made a very good showing with considerable improve ment over the conditions a year ago. Prepare to Fight Cattle Tick. The state department of agriculture is notified that the counties of . Lenoir,' Harnett and Wayne have provided special appropriations to aid in the eradication of the cattle tick within their hounds through the co-opera tion of the federal and state depart ments of agriculture. Their aid will be in the form of providing assistant inspectors to take a hand in the erad ication work. Some Recent State Charters. The Old Fort Manufacturing Com pany, Old Fort, capital $25,000 auth orized, and $6,000 subscribed by I. H. Greene, R. L. Murphy and others for a lumber and brick business. New Express Rate Ordered. The corporation commission made an order recently requiring the South ern Express Company to put into effect on June 5th, the new system of rates appplicable to intrastate ex press business in North Carolina, it being based in the new schedule of rates applicable through the inter state commerce commission on inter state business throughout the United States, but with considerable modifi cation that will avjrt raises In rates on various commodities that uld be the effect of blanket application W. G. Womble For Rate Expert. The Corporation Commission an nounced recently, effective at once, the appointment of Mr. William G. Womble of Raleigh as rate expert for the commission, a position for which provision was made by the special sesion of the last Legislature. The commission has given a good deal of cons'deration to this appointment and is quite confident that in Mr. Womble it has made a selection that will be very helpful to the commis sion and to the public In handling rate matters. WATER AND LIGHTS rRI-STATE ASSOCIATION HOLDS ITS FOURTH ANNUAL CON VENTION IN ATLANTA. MEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED 'romlnent Speakers Urge the Con servation, of the South's Many Re- . sources. Resolve to Enlarge the Scope of-Its Work Over South. Atlanta, Ga.- Scientific and practi cal business problems involved in the management of water and light plants were discussed at the session here of 'Jhe fourth annual convention of the rri -State Water and Light Associa ;ion of the Car olinas and Georgia. Scores of members from every section f the three states were in attendance. The annual address of President A. J. Sproiles was the principal feature if the session. , v , . Included in the program were ad iresses by H. W. Graves, chief for sster of the Federal Department of Agriculture, and M. F. Coun, of Phila delphia. Mr. Graves appealed to members of the association and to the south gen erally to prevent serious injury to southern industrial development by iff ording better protection for the forests, farms and mineral resources. He praised the marked advance in in lustrial enterprise which he said was evident in the south and declared conditions of today only approached the threshold of possible ; develop ment. ' 1 - "Serious injury to the Industrial development of the south can be pre vented by adopting right measures dow," said Mr. Graves. "The Nation al forest reservation commission has. approved the purchase of 120,700 acres in North Carolina at a total cost of $924,589; of 23,286 acres in South Carolina a a cost of $128,157; and of 96,132 acres in Georgia at a cost of $622,654. These Government for ests, however, will form only a very small portion of the forest area which must be protected. A consid erable number of states have made a beginning to meet this problem." Mr. Graves said the engineer and the forester "must work hand In the hand if our river system is to be con verted from sources of danger and ex pense to one of the highest useful ness." The following officers were-elected: President,' F. C. Wyse, Columbia, S. C; first vice president, J. W. Neave, Salisbury, N.. C; second vice presi dent, Hugh Hill, West Point, Ga.; third vice president, E. R. Fluke, Sparta, Ga. ; secretary-treasurer, J. C. Barnwell, Rock Hill, S. C. , N. C. Postmasters Appointed. Washington. At Grassy Creek, Ed ward D. Greer; Lewisville, John T. Poindexter; Lilesville, Robert L. Lind Bey; Moores Springs, William G. Moore; Proctorville, Pearson P, Smith; Thurmond, James A. Thomp son; Westfield, Bertie E. Dix; Yan ceyville, Henry W. Perry; Ararat Thomas W. Bryant; Climax, Malcolm L. Allred, Crutchfield, Thomas S. Draughn: Glenwood, Walter C. Ash worth; Legerwood, Joseph H. Elliott; McLeansville, Peter V. Boone; North side, William H. Fleming; Pates, Hugh Monroe; Sandy Ridge, Cabel Hall; Co!fax, W. E. Bowman, Caro leen, William C. Lynch; Bahama, Ad olphus W. Tilley; Bear Creek, Grovei C. Phillips; Bonlee, Benjamin H Waddell; Dallas, Robert S. Lewis; Denton, John E. Varner; Essex, Lu ther E. Williams; Milton L. Kendall; Holly Spring, James C. Adams; Ju lian, Eva L. Whitaker; Kelford, Wal ter R. Brown; Lewiston, John B Saunders; Lowgap, Joseph L. Cocker ham; Mayodan, H. Roy Martin; Price John W. Price; Ruffin, J. BentonSta ley; Stantonsburg, Romulus T. Bea man; Stem,- William A. Brinkley; WhltBett. James H. Joyner; Wilkes boro, Norman O. Smoak; Woodland Kate N. Griffin. Miss Wychie is Honored. Raleigh. Miss M. L. Wychie, ol Raleign, a well known nurse of Ral eigh, will be in charge of one of th Red Cross relief stat'ons at the ,Con federate reunion in Jacksonville, next month. She will be the only Nortt Carolinkvi selected by the Red Crosi for this grade of work. Improved Road Drag. - Canton. -Good roads enthusiasts o: Bethel section of this county hav adopted a device, which the designer Ira Mann, says is a great improve ment upon the famous split-log drai and they are demonstrating its supe riority by systematically Improvini the highways of their community. Th Invention is somewhat similar to th split-log but according to those whi hav.fi seen it work, is made of tw pieces cf sawed timber, plated wltl steel. The steel plates prevent thi edges cf the drag from wearing. Wilmington's Export Increase. Wilmington. The exports from th port of Wilmington for the quartei ending March 31 were more tbantripi what tbey were for the same quarte; last year. In 1913 the exports for flb first quarter of the year amounted t $1,126,581, and this year for the cor responding period the. exports amount ed to $3,463,139. Total exports ant 'mports values for the first quarter! f the two years show 1914 to be lead ng by more than 100 per cent as fol lows: 1914. $4,678,125; 1913,-$2,113. 3Q. J0SEPHUS DANIELS V tor ' fdtJtS82i&mM..j ISIS i... K'vgjil Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, who will be in Charlotte 20th of May to attend the celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. SOUTHERN SOCIETY MEETS Secretary Bryan and Daniels Among Speakers Who Sang South's Praises. Washington. Dixie's sons and daughters sang praises of her rapid commercial development and expand ing influence in National affairs at the third annual banquet one night re cently of the' Southern - Society of Washington. Secretaries Bryan and Daniels put aside for the hour their responsibilities to attend, and other notable dinners included Maurice Egan, Minister to Denmark, many of the Southern congressional delegates and Soaiherners in Washington offi cial life. The scene was enlivened by the fre quent ringing of Dixie melodies. Ah old-time negro quartet led in songs that found unanimous response. As a North Carolinian, Secretary Daniels spoke for the womanhood of the Soah, referring to the changing scenes that have made woman figures in modern economic life. The chivalry of the type that was exemplified in the surrender of a seat in a street car, he thought, must be applied so as to lighten the burdens of women who were compelled to con tribute to the support of their fami lies. "Chivalry in Its highest sense," he declared, "must not confine itself to the ballroom but must prove its gen uineness by seeing that the woman who works, is better paid and is not compelled to labor- through t long hours. "Perhaps -we have been too tardy In this respect," he continued, "but conditions are growing better. The Southern States are constantly im proving conditions by the enactment of laws governing the employment of women, and the time is not far be fore It will be illegal for women to work at night . Big Land Deal in Brunswick. Wilmington. Planning a develop ment similar to that which in past five years has transformed the pine and sand barrens of Moore county and the surrounding sections into one of the most productive and advanced ag ricultural centers in the South, the Brunswick Land and Lumber Com pany, composed of four Northern and four Southern capitalists, has ' pur chased the original title to what is known as the Allison grant, a tract of 43,000 or more acres in Bruns wick county near Southport- and ex tending into the neighborhood of Bol ivia, and is already at work upon pre liminary arrangements, looking to ward opening up the land Record Shipment of Fertilizer. Wilmington Swift & Company Fer tilizer Works, located on the north east branch of the Cape Fear above Hilton, ' recently established a record for a single shipment to one custom er. A special train of 28 cars was provided by the Atlantic Coast Line to convey the shipment to its destina tion, Oxford, so that it could be got there as promptly as possible for the use of the farmers of that section. Hospital to Be Built. Mount Airy. Mount Airy is to have a modern hospital just as soon as It can be completed, material is being placed upon the grounds and the con tract has been given for its construc tion. Mrs. B. A. Irvin, a retired mil liner of this city, and friends of hers will finance the proposition. For some time Mrs. Irvin has contemplat ed the erection of a hospital, and pur chased the site more than a year ago. The new building will be of native granite, two stories hign and will con sist of 20 rooni3. Lets School Building Contract. Rocky Mount. For the elegant new $35,000 high school building for the city graded school system there was recently awarded the contract, the exact figure named being $32,805, this including no heating or plumbing These, contracts will be let later by the board, and it Is understood they will total some $4,000. The award was made on condition that the build ing be completed within five and one half months, and this will insure its heing ready for occupancy at the open las of the fall session. JOSEPHUS DANIELS LAUDS DEMOCRACY AT A JEFFERSON DINNER IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, HE MAKES i STRONG SPEECH. PRAISE FOR JEFFERSON Champ Clark, Governor Cox and Oth er Notable Speakers Were Among Those Present. Cleveland, O. Laudations of the ac complishments of the present Demo cratic Administration, and tributes to Thomas Jefferson and his influence on legislation occupied speakers - at the Jefferson "dollar dinner" of Cuya hoga County Democracy. Among those who made set addresses were Speakers Champ Clark, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Gov ernor Cox of Ohio. Present, and the deliverers of short speeches, were Senator Atlee Pomrene and Congress men William Gordon, Robert J. Bulke ley and Robert Crosser of Ohio. Speaker Clark and Secretary Dan iels arrived here early in the day. Secretary Daniels , spoke before the students of Wastern Reserve Univer sity law school in the morning, and at noon Daniels and .Clark lunched with the members, of the City Club, where both delivered speeches. At this gathering Secretary Daniels made his only reference to the Mexi can situation. "We have' had no war in which the American Navy did not figure promi nently," he said. "If we go to war wiith Mexico now, we are in better condition than ever before." Speaker Clark, like Secretary Dan iels, devoted a large portion of his address to an eulogy of Thomas Jef ferson. . Governor Cox spoke almost alto gether on state Issues, defending his administration. The influ face of Thomas Jefferson on the caharcter and construction of present day legislation and govern ment was depicted by Secretary Daur iels. The speaker declared the same unselfishness, devotion and liberality which characterized the Democratio Administration in the days of Jeffer son were seen today vividly reflected in the leadership of President Wilson, the counsel of William Jennings Bry an and the example of Tom Johnson, Cleveland's late mayor. . Mr. i)aniels said the new tariff, currency and tav laws were In thor ough accord with the "principles of our great mentors, Jeeffrson and Jackson." STATE GUARDSMEN FITTED OUT. War Department Sends Equipment to North Carolina Military Com panies. Raliegh. Adjutant General Young of the North Carolina National Guard received notice that the full equip ment for the field hospital company at Asheville has been forwarded by the War Department. It includes eight field wagons, 32 sets of harness, two water fitters, W field tents, four tents for the men and four wall tents for the officers, besides a great deal of other minor equipage. General Young has assurances that wagons and other field service equip ment for infantry and cavalry of the Guard will be forthcoming and says that within a very few days the North Carolina Guard will be ready for the most warlike movements that the Mexican situation may demand. This Infantry and cavalry equipment will include 58 wagons all told, and 12 am bulances and three wagons for the new corps for ambulance service just formed at Canton. Forest Fire Near Southern Pines. Southern Pine. For several days a forest fire lit by a caret ves hunter has been burning around Southern Pines and , Manly. Considerable dam age has been done to pine timber and in some of the vineyards and orchards where the fine ran through the grass. Buncombe's Part of Highway Ready. Asheville. That Buncombe Coun- I ty's part of theAshevi lie-Charlotte highway will be in readiness for the use of motorists and other travelers by the time the sitate convicts reaca the county line was assured recently when the Board of County Commis sioners made plans to augment the force now at work on the highway. The action was taken upon the re quest of members of the Good Roads Association of Asheville and Bun combe County, vthe Asheville Motor Club and the local Board of Trade. Sixth District Postmasters. Washington. For postmasters in the Sixth District: Cooper, Daniel A. Mathews; Hope Mills, John T. Bynum: Wade, Miss Sallie W. Mc Neill; Manchester, Miss Kate Wad dell; Orrum, Albert C. McCullen; Lumber Eridge, Charles P. McGoug an; Rennert, Charles W. - Watson; Marietta, William McD. Oliver; Sup ply, Mrs. Lizzie . Galloway ;.; Town Creek, Mrs. Nellie B. Walker; Castle Haynes, Edward R. Jones; New Ber lin, Mrs. Little E. Applewhite; Bol ton. Miss Sallie F. Troy. REAR ADMIRAL BLUE . J:' i , : S Rear Admiral Victor Blue, chl tut) uureau ul uaviauuu ui iub department, is a busy man these In Washington, directing the departui of the warships Jor Mexican waters Nelson O'Shaughnessy, Amerlcs charge d'affaires in Mexico City, trii his best to show Huerta the serious ir suits that would follow his refusal order a salute to the American flag Tampico, but failed. , . General Barnett is the recently pointed commander of marines-, and his men may fall the duty of seizj the customs houses at Tamplcovj Vera Cruz. t G. W.'e Fame, "When opportunity knocked at 3oor of George Washington,' remar'S the Observer of EvenU and Tbli "It seems to have made use o hatchet" da VI "jjelIoiTo GENERAL GEORGE BARNETl i ; .... - ? ;L cat v - - - U ' f f ; f -v . ? i ' ". i N ' ' Nl ?S ; Sx " i
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