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4 1 II I U I HI I till Ml HIS . . t MASISON COUNTY HECCXD, ' 1 Itafcfiehed June Z3, 1901. . . FRXKCII D3L0AD NEWS, :: ' EtUblbhcj May 16. 1907. . Through whick yMv ' h I Consolidated, : ! Nov. 2nd, 1911 J urn iiiiimini niiinr- J Acverrisirjj Rate on Appli Jaafssti-firTiifc iTaaTiaUt.aT.la.lft TTTTTTTTTTTTT j r'r V THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XV. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 9. 1913. NO. 19. THE s An? Madiaon County.' ' , Established by (be Legislature Sea ' don 1860-'61. Poulatlon, 20,132. County Seat Marshall ',: 1648 feet above sea level. New and modem Court House, coat 133,000.00. . : New and modern Jail, cost $15,000.00, . ! New and modern County Home, cost 10,000.00. Officers. Hon C. B. Maahburn, Senator Jtth District Marshall, N. C. Hon. Jamea EL Rector, Representa tive, Hot Springs, N. C. N. B. McDevitt, Clerk Superior Court Marshall. N. C. - . W.M.Buckner. Sheriff. Marsball.N.C Zade G. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds', Marshall, N. a ....... r K Pnnlnn TrMftnl-Mr. Mftrshft.il. SI . w. . --- , . . , , Ai N. C, R. F. D.iJo. 4. ' N. C. . . Dr. Chaa. N. Sprinkle, Coroner, Marshall, N. C. A Mrs. Eliza Henderson, Jailor,. Mar shall, N. C. John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall, . N. C. ' - Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician, Marshall. N. C. X) James Haynie, Supt County Home, ' 'f Marshall, N. u. m . . . . Home located about two mues souia rest ot Marshall. Courts. ' Criminal and Civil, First Monday be fore First Monday In March. Com' menclng Feb. 28th, 1912. Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon day in March, commences May 20, . 1912. ' - - Criminal and Civil, First Monday after First Monday In Sept. Com mences Sept. 9th, 1912. Civil 6th Monday after First Mon day In September. Commences Octo ber 14, 1912. BOARDS. . County Commissioners. W. C. Sprinkle. Chairman, Marshall, , N .C. . -:- R. A. Edwards, Member, Marshall, K. C, R. F. D. No. 3. ' Reubla A. Tweed, Member, Big Laurel, N. C. J. Coleman Ramsey, Atty. Marshall 'Board meets first Monday ta every month. - ' Road Commissioners. . A. K. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall, . N.- C- R. F. D. No. 2. . ... ' .... J. A. Ramsey, 8ecreUry. Mars HUl, N. C R. F. D. No. 2. - Sam Cos. Member, Mara HUL N. C - R. F. D. No. 2. O. W. Wild. Big Pine, N. C. Dudley Cblpley, Roadv Engineer, Marshall, N. C. -' George M.'Prltchard. Atty., Marsh ' all. N. C. -. ' " - Board meets first Monday is Janu ary, AprlL July and October each . year. - Board of Education. Jasper Ebbs. Chairman, ' Spring Creek. N. C. ' Tbos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C, R F. D. No. 3. W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C R. F. D. No. 2. Prof. M. C. Buckner. Supt of Schools, Mars Hill, N. C, R. F. D, . No. 2. Board Meets first Monday In Janu . anr. April July and October each . year. Colleges and High 8chools. Mars HUl College, Prof. R. L. Moore, President, Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term - begins August 17, 1911. ; Spring 4'erm begins January 2, 1912, Spring Creek High School. Prof H. A. Wallln, Principal, Spring Creek, , N.C 8 Mo, School opened August ' 1. 1911. . Madiaon . Seminary High School. ' Prof- J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar shall, N. C. R. F. D. No. 2. 7 Mo. School began Octber 2, 1911, Bell Institute. ; Miss Margaret E, Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C, 8 Mo . School began September 9, 1911. , ' Marshall Academy. Prof. R. i G. Anders, Principal, Marshall, N. C, ( Mft School began Sept. 4, 1911. . Notary Publics. . . . J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C.f Term ' expires Jan. 1, 1914. ,' 1 , J. H. Hunter, Marshall; N. C R. F D. No. 3. Term expires April 1, 1913. J. F, Tllson, Marshall, N. C, . F. D. No, 2. Term expiree April 3, 1913. ' C. J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C. Term expires April 21. 1913. w J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C. Term expires April 25, 1913.'; V.:.j j. ,A 5 Roy L. Gudger, Marshall, N. :; 0 Term expires May 3, 191J. . ; Geo. M. Pritchard, Marshall, N. C Term expires May 25, 1913. .- :Wy--' Dudley Chlpley, Marshall, N. C. " Term expires July 29,1913. ' . W. O.' Connor," Mars Hill, N. C ''; ' Term expires Nov. 27, J913. ' " ; k jf A. Wallln, Big Laurel, N C. Term expires Jan. 24, 1914. 1..' .-.."Vr" D. . C. Bullock, Stackhouae, N. C .' Term expires Feb. 22, 1914. D. P. Miles, Barnard, N. C. Term expires March 14, 1914. - ' ; -J. G. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, R. 4 Term expiree March. 18, 1914. , ; J. E. Gregory, Joe, N. C , Term ex v plres Jsn. 7, 1914. ' Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C . Term expires Sept 24, 1914. C. C. Brown, Bluff, N. C Term ex t!r Dec. 9. 1914..' . ' ' V. " r m Hot Springs,' N. C t r?, i?5. ' '. i r. tt C. A. : ; :x :;. ; , C ; 1 . .. HI I. i. A:'. ...t 1. tt li .-Court 1-use EAtsriay be for the see .. ... (end CicUy la each moath at 11 a. Eli LAUD BILL PRACTICALLY ENTIRE MEMBER SHIP VOTES PAVORINQ THE 'vV '- MEASURE. THE DILL GOES TO JOHNSON Act Antagonistic to Jspan Will Be Tel- sgraphsd To President Wilson For His Opinion. Governor Wilt Not Sign It At Present Sacramento, Cal. The . alien land ownership bill previously passed by the senate, was passed by the assem bly and awaits only tne signature ot the governor to become a law. ' Only three votes were cast against the measure in the lower house, one Democrat and two Republicans op posing the bill on the final passage. Acting under auapeaded rules the assembly took up the land bill early in the afternoon and sent it through first and aeoond readings in rapid or der. Then followed the debate which continued until the roll call was de manded. ' , The assembly refused to strike out the clause permitting leases, to which the Democrats objected. Several other amendments were voted down by the heavy administration majority and' in the end the bill carried with 72 affirm atlve votes out of 75. Five members were absent At no time during the course of the arguments was the result In ' doubt. The Democrats following the lead of their colleagues In the senate made desultory attempts , to amend ' the measure or delay lta passage.. ' When the body came, to considera tion of the main question of barring the Japanese, the debate was more virulently anti-Asiatic than In the sen- ate. . There were many demanda for. stronger bill both, from Democrats and Progressives but In the end It waa agreed that the act as drawn by Attorney General , Webb would serve the Seeds of the state for the present, A verified copy of the measure will be telegraphed at. once to President Wilson who has asked for It that he may lay it before the Japanese gov ernment at Toklo. r r ' For the present the act will He un signed on the governor's desk. Oust Abbott As Vice-President ' St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Lyman Abbott of New York was removed from the list of vice presidents of the Ameri can Peace Society because he signed the appeal of the Navy League for large naval appropriations. Objection to the name of Doctor Abbott among the list of vice presidents was made by Charles E. Beala of Chicago, sec rotary of the Chicago Peace Society. Five additional vice presidents were elected Mrs. Philip N. Moore, of St. Louis; Jenkin Lloyd Jones, , of Chi cago; Hiram Hadley, of New Mexi co; Edmund . Stanley, of , Wichita Kan., and Mrs, Frederick Schoff of Philadelphia.. ... V Report, on Raw Cane 8ugar. Washington. In the first report ever prepared by the government cn the oosts and processes of. manufac turing' raw cane sugar In the United States, just issued by -the Department ot Commerce, it is shown that the labor cost on the plantation' is more than half the total agricultural coat, while In the factory the labor, cost constitutes 46 per cent of-the manu facturing cost. Wages on the planta tion range from 40 cents to $3 a day, 73 per cent of the- workers getting from 75 cents to $1.25, while 19 per cent get from 40 to 65. cents a day. Battle In 8Ute of Morelbs'. ' Mexico City. The Zapata forces lost 180 men killed In their first im portant defeat since General Robles tagan his .: campaign against them, The ,battle occurred at the Chlnameoa ranch in the state of Morelos. v Prepares. For .Military Operation. Vienna. While it is officially de clared that the international situatior practically is without change, ' alarm has been aroused by tne proclamation of a minor state of siege In Bosnia and Herzegovina. ' This Is' .regarded as an indication that Austria is pre paring tor military operations to re store order through Albania. A the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina sympathize with the Montenegrins, it has -been deemed advisable , to take precautionary measures to - - prevent Slav outbreaks. .-., W ; , Mexican Government Recognized.; Mexico City. President Huerta was formally notified ot the recognition ot his government by Great Britain. The British minister, Francis W. Stronge, with due ceremony, present ed the King's autograph letter, reply ing to that of President Huerta, The minister expressed in the name f h i government :od- wfches for a . ."are f t'.:a !. ?xksia govern . U la T- i ' the preiJ--6t ex pressed his erpreclatwa Britain's attitude. of Crea' FOR GULDEN STATE FROM THE TAR HEEL STATE Latest News of General Interest That , Has Been Collected From Many 1 Towns and Countlea. Salisbury. With the largest attend ance in lta history the 83rd annual session ot the North Carolina Classls Reformed Church in the United States convened in China Grove, Rowan county recently, Salisbury.- Rowan county Confed erate veterans will hold their annual reunion In Salisbury May 10. The ad dress ot the occasion will be made by F9ev. Plato T. Durham, ot Winston Salem. ': , -' ,'',''.v: , Winston-Salem. The second Demo cratic primary in Winston-Salem for the nomination of a candidate for may or resulted In a victory tor former Mayor O. B. Eaton, his majority over Col, J. U Ludlow, being 24. A large vote was polled In every ward, '' Burlington. The board ot aldermen In session recently elected Mrs. W. H. Carroll as a member ot the city school board to succeed Mr.' J. W. Cates, whose term has expired. Mrs. Carroll has the distinction of being the first woman to serve on the boari In this city. Wilmington. Shipping circles it Wilmington are much concerned over a report that petitions were being cir culated in the marine district in New Tork for removal of the Frying Pan shoals lightship from the knuckle of the shoals to a point further out, with out regard to Its position with refer ence to the Cape Fear bar. Hendersonville. Miss Elsie Flcker, a member of the tenth grade of the Hendersonville high school, has been notified that Bhe was the successful con testant for the medal offered by the State Normal and Industrial College to the high school girt In the state writing the best short story. Miss Bicker's atory dealt with a mountain fclrl. Spencer. Engineer R. S. SIgman, ot Spencer, who haa completed 60 years of service as An engineer for the Southern Railway Company and was retired on a salary for life without ever having an accident or receiving a demerit has received a letter from Governor Locke Craig congratulating him upon his long life, splendid ser vice and excellent record. Tarboro. R. H. Denton, one of Tar boro's most prominent business men, was sentenced by Recorder Fender to twelve months on the roads for sell ing liquor, the sentence following the biggest raid ever made in the state, it Is declared. Thirty-nine barrel! of 11 quor were, found at . Denton's livery stable, the stuff being valued at 12,000 Llnville Falls The Linvllle Railway Just taken over by the . Cranberry Iron and Coal Co. Is being rapicSy put in' condition for better service under the direction of George W. Hardin, an experienced railway man who has long been associated with Jhe East Tennes see St Western North Carolina Rail way, running from Johnson City, Ten nessee, to Cranberry. : Charlotte The Democratic primary for the selection of candidates tor mu nlctpal offices for mayor, aldermen, school commissioners and executive committeemen 'was held in the va rious city wards recently. ' The voting was very light and the day passed off very quietly, save In the first, third, fifth and eleventh wards, where sharp contests were indulged in between ri val candidates for aldermen. Llncolnton. Shelby, Gastonla, Char lotte, Mooresvllle and Kings Mountain chapters of the Daughters of the Con federacy, met with the local chapter for the first district meeting of this division.' The ladles in , attendance, about 30 in number, were met at the station . by a committee from the Southern States chapter and driven to the home ot Mrs. R. E. Costner, where they were entertained until the tlmr for the exercises. - 1 Raleigh. A summary ot the condi tion of state, private v and savings banks in North Carolina at the closr ot business April 4 showa 383,889,186 aggregate resources, a gain ot 312,558. 115 for the past year. The deposits total 360.912,113, a gain et $7,810,357 tor the past year. The total - capital stock is 310,977,064, a gain of $l,557,26r the year. The aggregate surplus fund has Increased $523,726, undivided prof its $379,651, and dividends unpaid $18,- 377. '"-.- .' ;',:, - Rockingham. Mr. Thomas Crawforr" j Leak, Sr., died after an illness of only few days. He had been in falling health for cveral years and during the past few months had grown very feeble. Had he lived until Friday, May 2, he would have been 82 yearr ot age. . . y-,.-'j Raleigh. The News and Observer? Is preparing to bring suit against the Wake Water Company for failure to supply water properly tor fighting the fire that destroyed ita building. Ap plication will be made to Judge Car ter' for permission for the suit to be brought against the receivers.' . Elisabeth City. -Henry Grady Stev ens, 28 years old, of Camden county, was accidentally killed, in a lumbe woods at Corapeak. Mr. Stevens war riding on log car and fell through the car In such a way as to be caught under the wheels .and fearfully mangled. ' ' . Murphy. Murphy voted solidly for $70,000 bonds for hydro-electric plant A dam is to be built across Hlawasse river, four miles above town, and after furnishing the town necessary power for lib:.L.ng purposes. It Is estimated hat there will be 800 horsepower t( lelL CALIFORNIA PASSES THE ANTL-ALIEH BILL SENATE REFU8E8 TO PA88 RESO LUTION DEFERRING TO PRES IDENTS WISHES. OBJ ECTI0NAL PART CUT OUT Amendment. Adopted Permitting Inel ' Igible Aliens to Lease Lands for Not Exceeding Three Years AAAAAAAAtAAAA A A A A A ' A Measure Passed by 36 Votes to 2. A A - A The administration anti-alien A holding bill, drawn by Attor- A general Webb passed the sen- A ate by a vote of 30 to 2, after A nearly ten hours of debate. A The only negative votes were A A cast by Senator Cartwright, A A Democrat, and Senator Wright, A A Republican. , A A Governor Johnson will sign A A the alien bill as soon as It A A comes to him, reserving a "rea- A A sonable time" in which to Us- A A ten to protests. A A "I have assured Mr. Bryan," A A he said, "that . when the bill A A comeB to me from the leglsla- A A ture I will wait a reasonable A A time for his protests. I can- A A not say how long." A a . : ' , a AAAAAAAAlAAAAAAAA Sacramento, Cal. The California senate showed a resolute determina tion to put aside the recommendations of President Wilson "and his envoy, Secretary Bryan, and pass an act pro hibiting Japanese and other aliens in eligible to citizenship from holding land by purchase or by lease tor more than three years. In phraseology, the bill as redraft ed by Attorney General Webb after many conferences with Governor John son and the administration floor lead ers, omitted the words "ineligible to citizenship" which are offensive to Ja pan, but those in charge of the bill repeatedly admitted in debate that the end sought was the same, - Democratic opposition was - purely tactical. The minority confessed Its sympathy with the ends Bought and freely criticised the bill, not as too drastic, but as too weak. Where the minority differed waa in its judgment of the means wisest to employ. This attitude found its expression in a res olution offered by Senator Curtln and defeated by a vote of 10 ayes to 26 noes.- The administration majority tor the bill was solid with a single excep tion. In opposition were eight out of ten Democrats, one progressive and Senator Wright of San Diego, the lone Taft Republican in the chamber. RESCUE STEAMER SINKS Two Whltea and Eleven Negroes Lose Lives When Boat 8inks. Natchez, : Miss. The steamer Con cordia, of Natchez, which was engaged in rescue work in the flooded sections of Tensas and . Concordia parishes, struck the iron railroad bridge at Clay ton,' La., and sank. . Eleven Negro refugees who were aboard the steamer were drowned when the boat went down. , The Concordia probably will be a tftotal loss, as she waa badly wrecked by the collision with the bridge and is submerged in about 25 feet of wa ter in the Tensas river. . The steam er had about 130 Negroes on board when she. went down.; : - " , ' The , Concordia waa bringing to Natchez flood refugees rescued from housetops and second stories of build ings just above Clayton, which is sev eral miles inland from the river. The steamer has been navigating crevasse water ranging from 8 to 15 feet deep where less than a week ago there were fine farms and prosperous Villages. . :Vi :.' Four-Year-Old Child Sets Barn Afire. Elberton, Ga. The 4-year-old Child of G. L. Wallace, Bowman, In this coun ty, crawled into a barn next to the warehouse in Bowman, set fire in some way to the building and was cremated. Until lta crisp body was found it was not known the child was in the barn. Bandit Raid Train. Robbery of the Joplln millionaire was the primary object of the- giant bandit who held up a Kansas City Southern passenger train In the Kan sas City suburbs, According to the police theory, After a pistol .fight with Mr. Short in the Pullman, the rob'ber fell off the train wounded, car rying $1,000 ot Short's jnoney. , The mine owner was left t dying in his berth with three bullets in his body. Physicians say Short will recover. The total amoupt obtained was $1,100 in money and a diamond. Auto Slayer Is Given1 14 Years. Chicago. Lawrence Lindbloom, a chauffeur, who in 1910 ran over and killed Joseph Welse, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to fourteen years' Imprisonment The evidence showed be was driving about 35 miles an hour when the car struck Welse. In instructing the Jury Judge Cooper said it it had been shown that Lind bloom wasg driving his machine in such a manner as to endanger human life they should find him guilty wheth er the kU;:..g was Ucctdental or Inten tional, i " FREAKISH STYLES ; S 'A,' .. i J I V 'ft Even the gentlemen of France stopped and gased at these beautiful Parisians in their most startling display of spring fashions at the Long champs racea PRESIDENT INREFORM HGHT PR0TEST8 AGAIN8T THE REVIS ION BILL ARE COMING FROM 8PECIAL INTEREST8. Fight On In New Jersey for Jury Reform and Equal Justice to All. .- Jersey City, N. J. President Wilson Interpreted the fight in New Jersey tor jury reform and constitutional revis ion as a part of the struggle of the American - people to obtain through the Democratic party equal Justice to all and special privileges to none. Though he made no reference to legis lative policies pending in Washington, the president indicated that the pro tests being voiced against the tariff Some of my fellow citizens and some of their colleagues. In Washing. ton city," he said, "now think that they are hearing the voice of the peo ple of the United States when they are only hearing the part that has become vocal by moving ' down to Washington and Insisting upon Its special interests. As I sit in my office in Washing ton there are windows only on one side of the room and those windows look out upon a park and the Potomac river and the shores of Virginia on the other side and I cannot see Washing ton from these windows, though I sometimes think that I can, because Washington behind me is seething with special representatives ot little things who are almost storming at the doors of this office itself, whereas out here are the cool,, large spaces of the United States. And I would rather , hear the whispers coming in at these windows than the strident arguments coming in at those doors." HE WANTS TO FIGHT JAPAN Mississippi Congressman Wants U. 8. to Back California. Washington. A "war speech" In support of the proposed California anti-alien law, was delivered In the house by Representative Slsson of Mis sissippi. If we must have war or submit to this indignity, I am tor war," cried Mr. Slsson' "I am with the people ot California in their efforts to prevent these aliens from acquiring land." I believe," said Mr. Slsson, "that no non-resident aliens should be al lowed to hold a single toot of land in the terirtory ot the United States. Wilson Open on Canal Controversy. Washington. President Wilson told callers he considered; the controversy with Great Britain over the exemption ot American coastwise shipping from payment of tolls through, the Panama canal a very debatable one. The pres ident gave' nq intimation as to what his previous .view had been, but demo cratic senators whd talked, with him had the idea 'that-he opposed the ex emption and favored the Root amend ment to repeal It When Mr. Wilson discussed the question' he said he felt he should keep his mind open.,;.;,. '. Meat Eating Parsons Bend Knees. "Pittsburg After being urged to eat a little meat and plenty of peas, beans and eggs, sixty meat-eating ministers took oft their coats and tried to touch fingers to the floor without bending the knees. ' Few succeeded, but prog ress was noted by a lecturer who came' here to teach Pittsburg preachers "how to get well and stay well." "The food tor a laboring man must be different from the food of a professional man," it was stated. "Every minister eught to eat at least two apples a day and plenty ot cabbage. SEEN IN PARIS LAND SUIT WON BY U. S. LAND WORTH MILLIONS OF DOL LARS 18 WON BY THE GOVERNMENT Southern Paclflo Ordered .to Return Property Valued at $60,000,000 to United 8tates Portland, Ore. Land stipulated to be worth $30,000,000 and estimated by experts to have a value ot $40,000,000 to $60,000,000, was ordered taken from the Southern Pacific Railroad company and returned to the federal govern ment by Judge C. E. Wolverton in the United States district court The Oregon-California land grant case, involving more than 2,300,000 acres, will be carried to the circuit court of appeals, sitting at San Fran Cisco, and later to the United States Supreme court for final adjudication. The case was submitted without argument after an agreement of coun sel out of court This case was. instituted in 1908. Early in the history of the case, A. W. Lafferty filed about sixty private suits for men induced to locate on the lands. The main case, demanding forfeiture of 2,300,000 acres remaining unsold, then "was filed. . In the decree authorized, the Laf ferty and all other intervening cases were ordered dismissed and the gov ernment's main contention for for feiture was declared the final verdict of the lower court - "? A total of 820,000 acres of the land haa been sold, some ot it as high as $40 .an acre. Mother Throws Sons Into Stream. Logansport, Ind. Mrs. Nellie Paugh, I years old, threw her two sons, Don ald, 12, and Delbert, 6, from a bridge Into Deer; creek and jumped into the stream. The mother and the younger boy were drowned, but Donald swam ashore. Before throwing the boys off the bridge the mother told them she was doing so because no one loved them. j Father of 50 Children. Walnut Ark. A table ot "Uncle Tom" Ellison's progeny, recast after the birth of a child to one of his granddaughters, showed a surprising record. Ellison, 93 years old, . has been married three times. The table showed that he was the father ot fifty children; grandfather of 125 children; great-grandfather of 60 children; great-great-father of 27 children. - Surgeons to Change; Man's Face. Los Angeles, Cal. Ortie E. McMan lgal, confessed ' dynamiter, plans . to have his appearance altered by sur gery when he is released. ' It Is re ported his release from the- county jail may be granted at any time, and McManigal hopes to so change him self that no one will know him as the man whose testimony sent the McNamara brothers and more than a score ot labor union officials to prison. Detectives Bay the time ot release will be kept secret to aid him, ac cording to a statement published here. .Nearly 3,000 Patches in Quilt . Senola, Ga. Mrs. W. C. Wollen welder, who resides near Senola, has a quilt with 6,500 patches or scraps; which she made in 1898. The scraps are, perhaps, thev smallest ever put to gether in a quilt Another unique rello In this community Is a plush pocket book . owned by Frank Pope. The plush is covered with heads worked la to leaves, fourteen colors of heads being used. The. pocXetbook -was made by the Indians and presented to Mrs. Cobb before they left this county more than 100 years ago. NATIONAL BANKS TO PAY INTEREST ALL DEPOSITARIES, BEGINNING) , JUNE 1, MU8T PAY 2 PER ' , CENT PER ANNUM. ' WILL INCREASE CIRCULATION McAdoo 8ays With Banks Paying ' Interest Government Deposits Will Be Increased ; Washington. The fiscal system of the United States governing deposits of federal funds In national banks was revolutionized by Secretary Mc Adoo, ot the treasury department, ' -with an announcement that all govern ment depositaries, whether active or -Inactive, would be required to pay in- terest at the rate of 2 per cent per , annum beginning June 1 upon deposits ' of the government Simultaneously with this action the secretary authorized an immediate in crease of $10,000,000 in government de posits in the national banks, making the totad $52,649,964, from which the federal treasuhy will earn, under the new Interest order, $1,053,000 annually. There are indications that Secretary - McAdoo Intends to release still more surplus money from the treasury vaults and place it In general circu lation through Increased deposits with -the national banks. In a statement Secretary McAdoo said: ' .. 'With the banks paying interest on government deposits the secretary may be Justified in keeping larger balances In the national banks, thereby Increas ing the volume of money in clrcula- ' Mod and to that extent reducing thi amount locked up In the treasury." Mr. McAdoo also announced radical change in the character ot securf ties which the treasury department would accept for government deposits. Instead ot requiring that the national ' - banks secure treasury deposits exclu sively with the United States or pro vincial government bonds, they will be allowed in future to secure 70 per cent with government bonds and the re mainlng 30 per cent with high-class state, city and county bonds, accept able to the secretary ot the treasury, to be taken, as security at 75 per cent . of their market' value, but not to ex. " ceed par. . GREAT FLOODS IN LOUISIANA Many Towns Are Being' inundated and Much Suffering Vidalla, La. Flood water from the crevasse near Gibson's Landing has covered Harrisburg, a town, of 500 in habitants, but the rise is slow. The gap id now 2,500 feet wide, according to a report "by Capt C. O. Sherrill, United States engineer, who Inspected the break.. ; Government tugs, barges and the New Orleans and Northwestern rail road took hundreds, of refugees to Natchez. The United States tugs Harengo and Tunica alone transported 750 persons and 1,500 head ot stock. The water is encroaching upon the rich plantations on the river, front but Is not in sight from Vidalla or the Natchez bluffs. There Is an open stretch back ot Vidalla upgrade,, so that the water can be seen approach, ing the town. ' : ' ' :- Cotton Convention Closes. ' Dallas, Tex. The three days' cotton convention called by the Southern States Cotton corporation here closed with the prediction that by September 1, 15 cent cotton is a possibility. The corporation proposes to try to secure this price generally by a system of holding cotton back from the market and keeping in movement to the market- distributed so that te 15-cent level will be reached and maintained.. About 500 persons attended the convention, most of them from Texas and ' Okla hotna. 1 Man Injured by Angry Elephant. Oakland. Cal. An elephant reached ' with his trunk beneath a eircus tent grasped G. J. Gardiner, of Jackson ville, Fla, a circus employee, dragged him into the tent and hurled him through the canvass walls. Gardiner's ' wrist -was broken, a number of ribs ,. fractured and he was otherwise sert- ously injured. , - Americans Forced to Pay Ransom. Washington. Mexican constitution alists at San Dimas have forced Americans there, to pay. ransoms of 18,000 Mexican dollars and have con fiscated their arms. Official reports from Jdaaatlan say great unrest pre vails among American residents there, as the Hureta forces are said to be in sufficient to protect property. .Foreign merchants in - Piedras k Negras - are alarmed over a proclamation- by Gov ernor Carranza, chief .ot the state troops, authorizing an Interior debt ot 6,000,000 pesos. War Urged on Peace Delegation. London. The British delegation now on its way to the United Bts- now on Its way t cmfwyp fwy; for the celebration of the Anglo-An. lean peace centenary may encoun' some hostile demonstrations. Cert leaders ot the extreme Irish and I. movements are adviBlng their At lean friends to express ppor! i the British mission. Suffrsr' j ? ers are appealing to AmerS i -en to d I'mce any friend 'y between r two countr' s i hind i t" 9 vote to .