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JPLYpmrH, -N.C, FRIDAY,." JULY 171914
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REPORTTOS BARE
CORRUPT I 1005
HAVEN "DUMMY" DIRECT
)ntft4te Commission! Powrtfis to
. fflpf th&illii2 Lost.f
reCIUesi , an(j:.v profligate" pBia
anjS profligate" iBflanclai
iOperaJioas oj:the Nsf Hava Ralji
haptfirin,,jie railroad hikfay
Aftterica' aai'lhe histtsrV of AnieNSalf
finance, . was revealed inpart by the
the senate of its investigation of that
road.
-. ItKtold of millions used likestage
NEW
. pi- 5-V -V i TVV
U S V.aa ii ferf pi
M fe. I id w xl i n m
, money, of corporations a'paTOSiift
I amoaster ganiewih alf- jew Eg
J ana's trnsportatlpnas a prl2e, which'
Jed the New Haven in the ten years
just passed from the height of pros-
Pertly Jt. tliepoint where-a -dividend
has been passed, where a dissolution
sat: isgthreeningis kti wsherf l-lnii-i
nai maictments of many of the di
rectors who figured :iq, edeals;are
t ft A 'i 1)J liti a i,sld)ility.J ? f'M
Hampered by unwilling witnesses,
Wit'llI iPl burned ibooka and byritf-the
tL i J , inazea vwHieli lawyers invented to
cover the trail, the commission esti
- jl s tf . Jmated.stlialjiithe? rfcrefe -toara
monopolization of
New England
transportation ot
i hdldels hajvihos? BJtwIei '$k,08FO,OO6'
properties which pay nq dividend,
which eat into f thd 'earhfngs orthJ
parent road and which will be a bur-
to come.., . fa , 'i i -
Of theSi $&eM JirectinlJ ifea,
ChairmanfHfadEjlic)t, aldt bil
ker D.f 4Hines,' special counsel, the
and ?90,000,000, but little, of wUhh,
ry t ft ljeyfmy fBqoyilp eirn eW
port said, they. hafe: on their hands
i report says,
they have cO:operated
-f-r - with the "commission and rendered it
substantial assistance throughout this
. investigation.".
"' The New llayen combination, rear
, ,. ed by Charles S.Meilen and approv
ed by the late J. ,'Pierpont Morgan and
William Rockefeller, the commission
finds to be clearly in violation of the
Sherman Anti-trust act and - a mo-
. nopoly in practical control of tlie
transportation 'of .firei states.
PREPARElTP INVADE HAITI.
Secretary BrySn -Prevails on ' Navy
Department- to Mobilize Biue
, : , Jackets. ; "41
Washington.jSeyen hundred Ma-i
rines . were ! ordered assembled ' at
Guantanamo;' Cuba, to Bq held in
readiness ' for service in f evolution
torn Haiti and San Domingdi ."
.' The Navy rDepaftment acted at the 1
i re2uest of v ,Sebrefary Bryan, who
, asked that, the ; fleet be prepared to
h. dear with, any emergency, that mgh J
y. .fcrtse on the.1' turbulent" island. The
. marincjs' wil? ,b'e. fathered rom .thVsJ
l - .now on duty 'in Mexicaiiwers, an
$;-t -from "the marine i barracks in Phila-;V3elphia-End'Nipfolk.
At Guantanamo the force will, be
only a day's sail rf rom the North
coast of Haiti and,- San Domingo, and
their proximity is expected t6 impress
upon tne evolutionary . leaders the,
determination f . AnSica.clv3
ernment to terminate their activities
t Jjy forcible means unless they listen
; to the warnings already given. The
1 ' slf liQ Irt . n O T I 1
Yo aji.cii.iuu in oau uuuiiiigu iias come
'' M Ti' t0 be regarded as almbst hopeless of
' ? l . ; a cure from within, while in Haiti
I conditions ar Uttlf hofto-
' I Want, Work For Sufferers.
( . i" -Washington. In response to ap
f , J I i peajs- mMe on behalf of th'ottsahds '6f
- by the fire at Salem, Mass., Secretary
Wilsott .teleeraptied;texEle &nS bdbt 1
ana suoe manuiaciurers or wew JKng
tland, New York, Pennsylvania, "New
Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and Mary
land asking whether fchejfj cafl gtver
employment to any of - these people.
- v.- ., ' f, .-i ' " "' '
Must Be Complete Victory,. .
Chihuahua, M.exjr-jGeneral Franci
o il!a a commenting ere th pfo-f
posed retirement of General Huerta
M 'and the creation of a provisional pres
j i ( 4 Jdffncy at Mexico City, said such a
course would ngt be acceptable either
to General Carranza or himself, no
i "matter who the provisional president
might be. Nothing but an,entry ; un-.
der" arnis of the Constitutionalist
forces would bring the revolution to
a successful and logical conclusion.
The victory of the Constitutionalist
cause must be complete, Villa ssdd.
-TT-
RAFAEL ZUBARON
1 ::x-v
' Rafael Zubaron is the new head of
the Carranza junta in Washinatonri
EI0!8'6Ee0i'!
if
MEN UNDER OBREGON.
urae li f Htsn dt a ain . 1; fiTnov
f y fjil I ivi r un I nil I" y 1U I Ufl l
s?s I 14 i . .ill
ljiebj(2s Are. Exub$.rjjiiX. jDverSucc.esa
of Arms and See Visions of Oc
cupatton of Capital City.
Saltillo, Mex. den6?al VCarrinza
was officially advised .toe& fall pt
jupnsrtltuticra-
rpceived
l?oli:.at.''C5ji'3titu
tionalists headquarteBS.Cwher-itas
regarded as preliminiitJMUr
pation of Mexico' CM itsf
Genei!v4lf art) I Obtegdtjftti
tionalilf Tcbinffiahder in hM diiiftt'oh"
to General Carranza .reQtdfM.
the Federals had bieenVcbhibytSiV
.roufee ft nd that he was inNfconroioft
,tfeeentjre city, including the Federal:
'Palace; Five thousand Federali ,hnl
been taken prisoners,! according to
Obregon's report indj the retreatxjij
?raiierJVffixfc)qityof those whp es
taped had Heept Y:ut off by. troops of
the commander of (Seneral Blanco,
detoured from . Ameca! to destroy the
Federal lines , of.' communication
3ucH; a'rid munition, "aris and supplieaj
The Federals were reported scatter
eft in all directions and raat iniip
ishment inflicted on them in retreat
but no figures of losses,! on either
side were available.
The line of combat, jit is stated, ex
tended over flvety-flve tnilea with Gen
eral Blanco in commadd of Obregon's
advance guard. Geaerat.: Dbregol
personally lea the maib: attack.
. For several) .days,;. the . Constitution
alists hammered the Guadalajara gar-
risen., which came out from its de
fenses in the effort to fecatter the be
siegers. After a . disastrous" conflict
In which th,e,Fedeijals lost -ten troop-
trains and more than six hundred
prisoners, the jretreatd! , leaving ' iin
unobstructed road to the second larg
est, city of Iexlcq,fJ
. First Bale of Cotton.
, lioustpn, Texas. Thd flstfbale of
cotton marKeted in the United
States,, weighing 392 , pdundJJ TSold on
the cotton exchange here for' $500, or
Jl.27 1-2 per pound. It jJaaaed a
trict low middling spotted
It car
a me
from Lyford, Texas... .
Foreclosure Is Dtesi-ecT.1.
Q ' T mil. J., J' l' . m
mortgage; of m 666 00(j mth g
Louts and. San Francisco! Itklpoad was
asked In the United States district
court here by the Guaranty Trust
Compary of New York.j The Frisco
np.w; ISjiiijthe. Jiand3df receivers. The
petition asks that the 'mortgage be
declared: a'j valid J lierr'mgarrrst ""the
property which It covers, which in
cludes a larger part of the Frisco sys
tem. The mortgage was given to se
cure a series of refunding four per
Ik
, 5 n "yS'
3 7 1
-vt rjp-ZzJ
CITfl
CARBAJAL SLATED
jHU E RT A WlfetESfQNDsHl
;4 .rpjfTErici
7i i
6untrjf1n ijtuiimjoil &eatfeiei
one iime RjavokeaJpwith tfa
United States. General Huerta against
W 1
til
Not iPtf AsliG id n$BtLs f
:Carraria Vvrrtlrt StojpFing
k causv.AwlWeieadii Taks the
:1 lipl-Sr IS tei III 1
jjWasfiigttfnj paentsfiii Mexici;fre
nslapinhetiielfe fof i fertoiEpon M
waged incessant warfare since - he ihe duke of Penaranda, a well
overthrew President Madero" ' .18 known Spanish, polo player, accompa
months agqlias given up the struggle nied Lord. Wimboiirna's British team
atfast. .51 v . . I . . ,
? Weakieidby the btugbf t
Unftef tat to recoie h3Go.
ernment a&Ctut off if rom financial
support in Europe, he"' realizes ' the
big Constitutionalist army, augmented I
uaii aa 11, yietsstiB uuiiiuwiuu, la ilk
the. threshold
frearfill tha
commit excesses
ervtjie
and destroy property, persons influen
tial vwitb- theman who has dictated
affets 4Weki0ldy .'at 6iMiM'
have -persuaded him to abandon his
ington diplomats from' legations and
; Within a few days General iHuerta
s'Mtedcr.TMilrf ill iaVorfms
new
wlyj-appointed Minister of Foreign
Affal
ceiit
luourt fjviexico pifflcuities between
I the United States and the Huerta uov-
Il, . .! j-.fi i . A
pp-ssnueriaj wojnaita' jibb jutserai
" . -"j '
Carbajal, It is expected, would
Uiring - the.ap - iTOm4herta8giine.
to a new provisional administration
controlled by the Constitutionalists,
n nas not oeen active ,u yqiiLivtfc
and Is anxious for peace.
s for Deace. '
MOKAtfc M. LU K lUN Ub.AU.
I i M I i r V i !
Justice of Supreme Court Unexpected-
; ly Succumbs to Heart Failure..
v Atlantic (Jity, in. J - AssowattiiJas -
tf9e Horace Harmon Lurton of the
.UnittSi States supreme court died sud-
den;t a hotel, here from heart fail-
Urevfetaerinduceol thty ltrdiac asthma.1
Hfr years old.
:r4,)pUsce,- wabfcaine here July d
wasrin ni usual, neaitn oerore reur-
ia tVT.nt beXcite Und .had taken5
V. f ' 1 Tt ijL, L J ll J. t
'vfuqgiary evening outing on the
bl&far, Shorliy faaer midnight he"
ccmFWnedf Of feeling ill
and al-
Ville, Tenn., were at the bedside. Mrs.
Horace Van Deventer, a daughter and
kof theiMeiJcan c4pltal. R t1 iiV m rs w. -kW
e an fading aVmV may fnr UAU I UL f U L'
which would endang -H Hi III I II 1 1 1 1 Ii I
ajhysifaah, f Doctor Ruffin,' 9OO(OOO,O0O bushefe, the June forecast,
wttoCTii,from " Washington was ,763,380,000 tbushels last year, and 686,
sumtob&edrvyuetitaleljr, Justice Lur- OOO.OOd 'bushels, the 'average for' th.e
ton dieiaps o'clock. His. wife and , pas five years. i rj r
son. Horace tllilliiiitton! Jr.. of Nash-' " ' Thea'm6unt of 'wheat remaining on
her, husbaodarrived from. Knoxvile, rQQQ bushels Jpn Jifly 1, 1913; -and 23,
Tean. fitfd-otherf nfembf? t the S7?,W6 ushels o4 Ju'1,.1912.-")' M'
family came at once. Corn: Area, planted). 105,067,000
Tke body was-talieii? t6' Clarksvlile, 1
Tenn., for interment, the funeral par-
ty leaving here at' oSolock. It was
at that city that justice Lurton began
the practice of, lawqnd : liyed, qt,2Q
year Funeral services were" Jield
there. Chief Justice White and sev l
eral associate justices of the supreme J
court as well as many friends fromj past ive years. Estimated total pro
different parts of the, country, weres duction 2,868,00p,0p0 bushels, compar-
present.
Kicks on McAdoo.f.
i Washington. Representative tGcWd,
feepublican; of Iowa, made aittifcki
ne' nous- on tne use -or
hpienr revenue cutters as rpleasure
Uraft" by Secretary ; McA4oo .1 Jtfcre-Mas
,9ntauve uood declared that tJnfreve-
ine. cutter Onondaga .madei regular
wlt3k-end trips out of Boston 'to
com modate "parties ,of Democrats."years.3 ' Estimated! tP.tLpropiuction,
tie uotea an arucie rrom a newspa-"
per iying Mr. and MrsMcAdiKJiad.
"niad a cruise to Matapolset, Mass., In
- r -- - yx
VTjrtafal Wil finnn'maM
. , : -f I ' I'-iB"""' t . -
Nw o.orfc.-Th4t ttie name of Fran-
lacb Ctf'bajil, Hteria's riaw mlnisfer
f. fcfeigii affairs, al proposed ad he
rtiasara ? axis mediation conrereace
of proviBicnal president of Mexico was
confirmed here by Emiliano Rabasa
delegates. They declared Carbajal's
name: wat Sreii submitted -tothe con
ference by tha American delegates
and accepted by. the Mexican delega
tion as that of aman who stood neu
tral between the'Huerta government
nd the Coni"tt''.i
DUKE OF PENARANDA
1 Msm
? I '
'
tp this cointryandi acted., as
advfaef. -r f 1
J J... 1 I J') 4 -4-4-
in . - - .
as ,11,3,
HEAT WILL-BEAT
'-.i -v i
W A5T p3rj.cfciri6N
.30,000,000 BUSHELS IN
;
r. i ' 1 r s- r-r .,,.t t
rsTwS WaAdreVMillidrr Pounds
Short. Corn Prediction Shoyvs
I WashinRton.-pTh.. first. 4riea . ot. tha
size this year of the countrv's great-
os, was vffiverf Svfhen the
iJeparEmtn
i Agncixure assued
and ' estimate of the number of bush-
i-fv)t ouvniufc LUC avlCdKU. VUUU1LIUU
- ei8 - of -eorn- which, condition' reportB
indicate' will be Drodnr-ed. Mnrn rtpf.
inite figures as to thesliVof'thJ!greaf!
wneat croD. the lal-feSsf evfiT! thrnWtt
Jllsn wpo oivon ' o o t.oti' v. ft -nl
idea of the size I of th Udtat'd! "tobac-
eo and rice crona.
" tefails' tf tde acreage, cqndition on.
July Vindicated) acre" yield and ''total
production, interpreted from condition
i reptorf, bCthe various crops," follow
All wheat: Area'4planfed;i3'37t,l0O(
acres, compared iwftlB5(tlS4.000 acres
last, year,;; Condition, 92.4 per cent of
norbil' compared - with ' 93:? '''iter
cent on June 1. 178.6 bet rent on Jul'v
1 last 'year and S1.7 per cent; the 10-
year average, on July 'l', 'Indicated
yield,' i7!4 bushels lasyekr and 'i4.7
,
bushels, the average Jorfthe past five
yedrs. Estimated tc
total production.
900,000,000. bushejs, ';conrpared" "with
farms July 1 is estimated fet abouf'32;-
236.OB0 bushels, compa'rfed with 35,515,-
acres; cpmpareq with 105,820,000 acres
last year. Condition 85.8 "per cent
of a.pormal,. compareCwith 86.9 per
cent on July 1 last year and 84.7 per
cent," .the. ;10-year iaverage 6h"JUlyl'.
Indicated . yield 273 buwiels per acre,
comparjed. with "23,1 bushels last year
and 25.9 bushels the average for the
I . a. ' '5 n JPA AAA AAA I L 1 IV .
ajerae mv the Oast nye years
is. .il
.l-'-1'?10 UnUed States, He Critj.
Tobkcdd: .. Aifeaj planted, l.WWPrrrWni t
AN fith l,216,0tfflacrf sign0, I f VlJ
mm yfar. t t;onaition tt perMrtra pr
a Aormai, eomparea with S2.8 per cent
year arid; S4.f per cent the 10
jeM average . on July l. indicated
yield) 636.3 pounds last year and 815.1
ac-Jpotods, the average for the past five
33,O0f?;BOO pounds! compared with
."nni.noQ pnnnda hast year, and 996 -
000,000 pounds the average for the
past five yf&rsj
'fit t
Fix fcaj Ratet-i' "
Washingtiil. )einlte; "relationship
of fafts ori vcofi fVom Virginia an
Keitulky nifajo jdestlnationat-jiojl.
4 from Virginia and
of the Ohio River was establishod in
a decision by the interstate8 commence
commission, the clnalcatlona -of ah.
;iiiji- iito proposed increases "fry the
report. The roads were required to
canoe! ' rates " 'niIOT'"eiceed. From
the mlne3 in the St. Charles, Ya.,
group to northern destinations the
rates must not exceed those from the
Middleboro-Jell!eo group by more
1'" v, ,i ;l a-L.n.-
PARTY IS PLEDGED
MO ANNEX NATION
SI fev..4 :.J W K i
Series
tfieiuy. rormer pxicaB jt Minister ot
'fiiimmer andaborybe&rt depart
lnfc on board tthe Es wgnevtvirulent
SENORySQUERIDO ;iOHeNCv:1
roinen MEXcfAs 'ti-rp
&1 JpilTS ROGRiisiIsiv PC
lynticsed thUcjIrof. Unitellc-pg hia disapproval cf
States towards Mexico. As he sat in
jTmer, Senor Moheno looked through
a porthole toward the American flag
flying in Vera Cruz and shook his
fist In rdj?R ' I
. T.
H Wiateii that he asn a posi
tion tl roofice proofs thatsl there ex
ited a "secret platform" of the Pro
gressive party in the United States,
of which Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
war'co'fmSanT "affdin 'wnTciTTie" co57
cusred, lo9king to the disrubtion, .
Mekfco a-tbi kiql9)tion ftPtiniate
of
atelt
by the United States of all the terri
tory betaveen thef Rjoyr G-.ijan pa
Panama.
He said ythat Francisco Escucisco,
-Sd "-fcai Minitfteii bfl Fbieiari TteU-
tions -in Carranza's Cabinet, has 'let
ters whieh to. him, afe.cojiclusiYeievi-
of hls'aiaegaaohl;-and: declar-'
ed he hoped to be able to " produce
$?1 letters af the 'tPrQei Um.i J i
' A V. A 4. T ii. . T " . .
n.wx xiut uuijr were ue leaaers oi
the Progressive party pledged to this
orc," hi aided," butlMAMans ot
both the Republican and Democratic
Dartiea had prmiseds theirsetret-sum
Tport 'That President Wilson himself
had subscribed to thl3 iniquitous cor
rspTHrdehtTe"TTv! by his atti-
single
jTaillion
area nan
givd" satisfactory answer as to why
thojetroQpsara-..on snore-in- Vera
Cruz" ' '
.MToiehow OPreBident Wilson drVnie1
against; Mexlcp-the greatest, ih the
history of 'modern nations," is the an
nounced! object) of Senor Moh4nb?3
trip to,;the .United States by way of
Cuba. He arrived here on the Es-
pahgehfrom - Puerto Mexico aiid 'said 1
he would not go ashore. i iu ;' -loheno
said he hoped, while in the
.United 'Statesilto. convince the Ameri
can people of the enormity of the
'crime -committed not only by Presi
dent Wilson rbut ' by. all Hhe political
factors In, the United States, 'regard
less of party."
SECRETARY' THAMES' BATTLESHIP
IheM'88.,s.siPPi. and. Idahov Will Be
, t . New; ..D.readoaughts.: ,-.,,., -:
Washington. Secretary Daniels an-
P.WJFv t&at the., latest, , four- new
dreadnaughts, beginning with .No. . 39;
would .be named Arizona, - California,
Rlissippi, and , Xdaho. .. The A last 'two
were so named,' in .order, that -the
states of Mississippi and Idaho
migh.tt qot, loaa their . ships ibecadse
of the recent sale o tw ( battleships
to Greece. ,
"ll yery. day,", isaid Sedretary
Daniels as he announced the., names of
the new Teasels, "that a Secretary of
the Navy, has, the privilegeof haniing
a ; quartet, j of . battleships. ... With - the
newly named battleships, every state
in the Union now has a battleship
named for it except Maryland, Mon
tana, South , Dakota, Washington,
West Virgjnia, Colorado, North Car
olina, NV Mexico and Tennessee.
In the future the armoured cruiser
California will be known as the San
fe- it I I H
$i00,000 For Salem Sufferers.
Washington. Congress appropriat
ed $200,000 for the, relief of suffererf
from the Sale'm,' Mass., fire. The
house in spite of vigorous opposition;
Appropriation. Committee, aoceated
led by Chairman Fizgeraldtitjtf
by a vote of 161 to 66 a Senate amend-
Imentto hp sundry civil bill to jpro
' Acquire ' More Reserves; "'
Washington. Purchase by the gov
ernment of 13,575 acres of .forest
bnaifj i$ 5Ko4"aroftnai wa3 approv
ed by the National Foresf Reserva
tion Commission: w'Ther: acquisition
embraces twelve tracts, eleven ,",of
them in Buncombe, Yancy andr Mc
Dowell counties, . with a total. area ot
12,400 acres, and the other with an
area of 1,175 acres In Macon county.
Alljof the tracts adjoin Federal res
ervations previously acquired and
nioY' them aro wooded with rplir
' t-v, ! s h v --
Itude towalMexicci? Not a
AiefiaJiiaall the h4n&&
VoSulaftfeii oi theUrdt4 St
I RECORDERS COURT
SCORED BY JUDGE
fjUDfiifeOND DOESN'T LIKE ONE.
MAN fWEftj REPOSED IN IN
pERIOR COURTS.
?neIdangerous points
r 4-
..MentWtB Innovations That Threaten
thCVeII-Beingi'of the U. S., Men
j ;f;-jlioning Wdman Suffrage.
ftaligh.tjudge W. M. Bond of
Ednon, arging the Wake County
.grajidi jury for a' term of Wake Court
!? . . L.
for .tae trial of fcriminal cases took
reqoxdejr's, cortaias having the effect
power to one man
1n nn!,elnr n i4ca Kf
these courts. He Insisted that the
prphibitlol la,ws must along with all
LtHe qther laws b enforced. He said
L hi Had nothing ?4o do with a man
Ldlinlsinl lioderatly but that the pro
hibition law had een put on the
statute books by the people and that
lhaCQurt-heuld; see to its enforce
ment. Judge Bojid- referred to the
eroes as a "race without a flag or
a country'' brough; here against their
will. H$ said gieat care should be
exercised iA Vitealhig with the negroes .
a view of the peculiar cricumstances
pimjer, which ihe are in this state
andt the tountryjrat large. The ne
groes, he paid oe it to themselves
fq stop iiiiag a" thought to politics
and go to work t4 make a living for
themselves 4a Ad tbose dependent on
Hhem an4 xo mairliain a courteous at1
titude toward ,thr white people. He
regarded $ve( Abolition of slavery as
the beSt for both 'aces and that the
taking yf negroes out of politics by
khe conetitutfoaal Amendment was yet
another very grea blessing for both
races: .
Judge Bond discussed "dangerous
innovations that threaten the well
being of the United States Govern
ment, mentioning ajmong other things
woman suffrage, toosevelt's initia
tive, referendum and recall, and the
recorder's court tendencies.
, , OPTICAL SOCIETY MEETS.
About 100 Members! Attending Annual
Convention 6f Opticians.
' Wrlghtsyille Beah With upwards
of 100 members in attendance, many
accqmpaIlid by mfmbers of their
ramiiies, -the seventh annual conven
tion of the North Carolina Optical So
ciety, beld a tw o days' session here.
The. social features included an oys
ter" roast, dance and a trip down the
Cape , Fear i River.
. The officers of (he society are:
President C. H. Hplmes, Asheville;
first Vice president N. Rosenstein,
Durham;., second vice president, R. N.
Walker, ( Winston-Salem; secretary
and ' treasurer, Fraak M. Jolly, Ral
eigh., ,.,Tht executive committee is
composed of the following: A. S.
Mitchell, Winston-Sajem ; W. W. Par
ker, .Lum-berton; J. tr. Taylor, Greens
boro; -William G. ijrazier, Durham.
The convention was called to order
al 1Q, o'clock and .the opening prayer
was offered by Rev Fred N. Day of
Winston-Salem, a prjominent member
of .the society. Th4 address of wel
come ,wasmade by Mr. Day. The
visitors were most cordially welcomed
to: the - beach and 9 Wilmington by
Mayor; Moore.
r
. Road .Commissioners Are O. K.
Jt-vRalefihif-After aatj Investigation of
ke: :sssatonal charges made against
tpaaivcTOnmissioners-jwhom he had
ipiontfd in Nebo Township, Mc-
lwweilrt.aounty, Governor Craig an-
noujitel jthat he fully endorses the
cdftducfc lof the commissioners, find
ing tlMlhe charges against them are
nf;swd,4- The commissioners ex-
oaerated ;sire W. G. Ifunter, J. L. Ped-
fett ana (Jiarles Hemphill. The Gov
tTOorgeyA his investigation showed
Xfrkt'Xbir commissioners are discharg
fij their duties concientlously and
building the roads i their township
economically and with the purpose
and effect of securing for the peoplo
ftll value for the tioney expended.
Governor Craig. at Home.
Ralelgh.Governor JCraig returned
frQjn .Morehead and. Camp Glenn
where-he epent several days with the
Third Regiment, North Carolina Na
tional" Guard, inspecting the troops
.and the camp. ' He expresses himself
as espediaily well pldased with the
jshowing .the -officers lyid men made.
The Governor did all ;the stunts, in
cluding shooting on tae Government
rifle range. Indeed, !. i brourh'1. b.u k
with Mm the excerti..'-.H' c
nr. I of 1 n ' i 1 ' t
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