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mmSWflLLE IB THE
HEART OF EASTERN
\ORTU CAROLINA. IT HAS
A POPULATION OF FOUR
THOVSAND, ONE HUNDRED
IND ONE, AND IS SUR
ROUNDED BY TEE BEST
FARMING COUNTRY.
INDUSTRIES OF ALL
KINDS ARE INVITED TO
LOCATE HERE FOR WE
HAVE EVERYTHING TO
OFFER IN THE WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL A N D
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE
JOB AND NEWSPAPER
PLANT.
Agrtdiltnre !■ the Xoiit Cs^fali the Most HralthfuK Ihf Most Nonlc Kiititio.riiicni Nun.—Georfjre Uasblii^iou.
WE HAVE A CIRCULA
TION OF TWELVE HUN^
DRED AMONG THE BEST
PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN
PART OF NORTH CARO
LINA AND INYITK THOSE
WHO WISH TO GET BET
TER ACQUAINTED M'llll
THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN
i BUSINESS WAY TO TAKE
4 FEW INCHES SPACE AND
TELL THEM WIIAT YOU
UAVE TO BRING lO THEIU
ATTENTION.
OUR ADVERTISIN(^
'iATKH ARE LOW AND CAN
ISE HAD UPON APPLICA
TION.
VOLUME XXXIT.
(iliEKWILLK, X. FHIDAY AH Al’HII, -M, l!IU
M >niKU 41.
Give Instructions For U. S.
Withdraw O’Shau^hnessy
From Mexico City
3,000 Marines Drives Fed-
erals at Distance ot About
20 Miles Out of Vera Cruz.
Can We Vote? They
Are Dying In Mexico
Gamblers Heavily Fined
By Judge Daniels Today
Criminal Court Moves On at Rapid Pace.
Pollard Case is First on Docket l omorrow
Morning
’rill- lirst cast' calU‘(l at this morn- i-riicsl I’atf, f-'aniiiUiiK. Kcaniry plrui
ing’s session of crimiiuil court was a ''‘‘I Kuilty and rim il $hi.uii arul I'osf.
rocall or lh(‘ trial of tlio four gaiul)- t'apias anti lontinufd as to I’arUiT nnrl
liTs tliat on Monday wi'ro arraignoii I’atf.
and lin(>d .'fli'i.tio cacti. Judpn Daniels ^ Cluirli s Haiiirls i liargcd wiiii resi'-c
stated al the re-openinn Uiat the eas ■ | ullii i r pli ads guilty and is sent
! was rt'ealled on account of a com H>’ >li'' eouiitx roads for a term of
■ niuuieaiion he received yesterday slat i Mili eu luoiitlis.
ing that one of the number had h^ei, i
.luiihis I ndei'vcuitd sinl
Was the Cry of Senator Reed Upon Hearing
o T-'i Killing of American Marines at
U. s. r^lag JNow rloatSj VeraCruz
Over Custom House.
(tSpefiiii to Kellector.)
WASHINGTOX, April, ‘2^.—2:00 1*. XI.—H\ii‘rta issuoil instnie-
tions t(» Hie United States this afternoon to Avithdraw charge D'Affaii s
0\Sl»anne«kj' from Mexico City. Ho also instructed the Mexican
charge to leave Washington at once and return to Mexico. It is be
lieved from this that Huerta is preparing to declare war.
WASHINGTON, D. C. April i>2—1:30 V. M.—War depart
ment received information from Adnurul Fletcher shortly after noon
today that he had complete control of Vera Cruz after a battle lasting
up to early noon. IjOSS of lives or damage done was not given, but
he stated that the Fedtrals had retreated from Vera Cruz to a di.stonce
of about fifteen or twenty miles of the city.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22—12 M.—Pre.sident Wilson an
Bounces today that tht United States would not fire another shot
against the Mexicans imless some overt act of Huerta compelled them
to. The President also stated that he expected fighting of yestei’day
and today would bring the Federal leader to his senses.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22 .—10 ;30 A. M .—Congress to
day placed the Mexican hostilitie.s in absolute charge of the President.
Resolutions declaring war is expected soon to follow.
EL PASO, Texas. April 22—11:00 A. M.—Word received here
tmlaj" from Northern Mexico, being near here is to the effect that
twelve hundred Mexicans had recruited and reported that they
were ready to go in service against the United States.
WASHINGTON, April 22.—2:30P. M.It is rumored among the
officials at the Capital that it is the belief that Charles O’Shannesky
has been assassinated as nothing has been heard from him since
Monday.
VERA CRUZ, April 22.—10:30 A. !M.—The combined fleets un
der Admirals Fletcher and Badger started the bombardment of Vera
Cruz about eight o’clock this morning and is continuing at this time.
VERA CRUZ, April 22.—1:30 P. M.—Instructions received
here from the officials in Washington to turn over the bodies of the
dead marines to their families.
What a Toler Has to Say.
Mr. Editor:—I don’t know how it
iR In your town, but up here we have
had several to announce themselTes
for oflBce that are going to lose votes
because they dont pay their honedt
debts.
I am glad that cur people ere looU-
Ing on any one that can and will no.
pay their debts with contempt. I
know if you want to be respected
these days you had better act the
honest part.
_ LBXINGTON.
The fund is raised, now let the work
Mart on the monument.
Greeks started Fight
Major Hamrock tonight denied tho
report that the Ludlow tents were set
on fire by the militia. He also re
iterated that the fighting was precip-
tated by a band of Greek strikers un
der Louis Tikas.
The soldiers were driven out r
their camp by bullets, according to
the officer. Later, he eaid, the strik
ers attacked Lieut. Linderfelt’s de
tachment.
A spinster got married at the age
of 72 in Boston the cithe day, which
proves that the watchful waiting pol
icy sometimes get* resulta.
\VASHI.\GTO.\. I). C., April 21. -
l-)ttermined on the passage of tho ad-
niinistration Mexican resolution lie-
fore morning, the Senate at niidniglr
was in the midst of a grave and im
passioned debate. Ultimate passage ot
the resolution as reported by tho fur
eign Relations Committee was gi'Ui'ral
ly conceded. The House had rccess-
ed until 10 o'clock in the morninp; to
await the Senate's action.
Silence Is Solemn.
Meagre reports of the engagement
at Vera Cruz had Altered to the capi
tal when the Senate resumed its ses
sion at 8 o'clock. The four Ameri.
rans dead in Vera Cruz, the twenty
wounded, and the two hundred Mexi-
rans reported killed in the taking of
the city became the text of the talk,
irentioned in hushed voicss. and greet
ed with a solemn silence througliout
the Senate Chamber, pacH?d to suf
focation .
Cabinet in Chamber.
A full quorum of tli3 Housi- of Rep
resentatives crowded the rear of tho
Senate hall. Secretary of State Bryan
himself often referred to in debate,
Secretary of War Garrison, Secretary
or the Navy Daniels, Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson, Secretary of the Treus
urer McAdoo and Secretary to the
President Tumulty sat about
ber. They listened eagerly and held
whispered conferences as the discus
sion progressed. The diplomatic gal
lery w^as filled with members of tho
foreign corps, with Ambassador
Spring-Rioe of Great llritian at their
head.
The Republican side of the Senate,
kd by Senator Root, demanded that
the "justification" proposed in the res
olution for a movement in forci'
against Mexico be founded not on th-i
Tampico incident but on the long
series of outrages against American
citizens and their property, including
the outrages where constitutionalists
control.
Senator Reed and James vigorously
defended the committee resolution de
daring the insult to the flag at Tam
pico justified all that the resolution
provided for.
Atmosphere is Tease
As the night wore on, and Senator
after Senator demanded an opportun
ity to be heard, the atmosphere in thu
Chamber grew more and more tense.
Senator Pall made a lengthy plea for
a campaign that would cover the leng
th and breath of .Mexico.
At a recent meeting of the Sans
Souci Book Club, it was voted, in casf
the proposed plan for Pitt County
Hospital materialized, to furnish a
room for the use of charity patients.
[Il'isnn
conilui tiiig a Kinnblini; housi- ft)r stinii' I'"' twclvi' iiidiiths lor abhiiuU wil'i
time. Si-vcral new witnessi-M wit.’j wcaiiiui. Hi' is to bi' liirid on'
introduced this niorniiifr. several as * liarli s ,\U l.auiioru uiioii pii;
the I'liaractcr of the defendant and >‘ii iit of costs.
Williiir
Twenty-Six Men, Women and
Children Are Killed In
Battle With Coal Miners
DE3NV1SR, Col., April 21—A known
death list of 26 men, women and
children and a maximum possibly of
fifty dead, as a result of the battle
at Liodlow, Monday, between State
trooiM and striking local miners rous
ed official Colorado tonight to a high
tension.
8<iaadB of armed men from Fremont
county and from near Denver going
to reinforce the elz hundred or more
strikers now at Ludlow presaged re
newal of armed violence at any
moment.
TnUamea May Strike
The discharge of four train crews
of the Colorado and Southern Rail
road for refusing to take traina of
soldiera and ammunition from Trini
dad to Ludlow cansed talk of a strike
by engineers and trainmen.
Call Extra Session
Administration officials waited the
authority asked of Governor Ammono
now in Washington, to call a special
•eaaion of the Legialature to provida
funds for the State militia and mea
surea for dealing with the situation.
Late tonight it was the urgent de
sire ot administration officials that
the extra session be called, for in it
they professed to see the beginning o'.
and end to the labor dispute.
Trlatdad Horror .Stricken.
TRINIDAD, Colo., April 21— Wit.'i
seven identified dead in Trinidad
morgue and 18 missing and reported
dead, the toll of yesterday's battle be
tween state troops and strikers at and
near Ludlow probably will reach 2S.
Among those reported missing arc
four women and thirteen children be
lieved to have been suffocated by the
flro that destroyed the strikers tente.
The list of known injured consists of
three soldiers brought to Trinidad to
day. Trinidad tonight was horror,
stricken by reports of number of
women, children and non-combatants
who lost their lives In the fight and
in the flre that followed.
"They were trapped without a
chance of escape," eaid John .McLen-
non, president ot district fifteen, Unit
ed Mine Workers of America.
irryliig- idint'alul
wi aiiim.';. [ib ads s;iuUy. judgni.-iit ih ii
(li'ft'inlaiii h'' iiiiprisoni'tl for a tt-rni ')f
twi'lvc luoiitliK with Ii avf to !»■ hireM
(o Mr. Ii. .Nichols iiiion |laynu'll^
<)l .iiJ.'i.ou ami losts.
.Monroe Sliiiley. l arrv inK cDni falctl
weapons, pleads guilty and judgment
ii. suspended upon payment of eosts.
three for the slate. It resulted in a
line of ?;io.uo lor iwo of the nun
while the other members of the quar
tette of lawbreakers paid $rti.00 and
$10O.UO each. In addition to this the
court threatened a road sentence on
the one accused ot conducting the gam
bling ioint.
Tuesday .ifternooii .Session.
Clifton Xewton arraigned on the
charge of larceny, pleaded guilty aiut
was sentenced to four years hard labor
in the state penitentiary.
John Grimes. Hen Itell and John Sta
ton for gambling. Capias continued
as to Grimes and Bell's bond renewed.
Station pleaded guilty and judgment
was suspended upon payment of cost.
The judgment rendered yesterday
in the ca se of Carl Byrd for iarcenc"' Torpedo Boat I.anurlied.
was stricken out and another given; HATH, Me., April 22.—The torpedo
for the defendant to be imprisone 1 boat destroyer MeUougai was launch-
in the county jail for a term of tw'eivo ■ ed at the yards of her builders here
months with lease to hire to Mr. J today. The christening ceremony was
R. Barnhill upon payment of co^*| j performed by Miss Margaret Le Bre-
Richard Johnson paid a fine of I ton of New York, granddaughter of
$25.00 on the charge ot assault with the late Rear Admiral David McDougaV
deadly weapon. I for when tiie vessel was named.
I, .Marshall to ,\ddress Kditors.
l-'OltT .MYKits. Fla.. April 22.—Th“
annual nii'eting of the Florida I’ress
•\ssociation began here today and wili
continue until Friday. Vice President
Thomas It. .Marshall has accepted a:i
invitation to address the nieuibers of
the association toifiorrow.
2,421 Parcel Post Packages
Received at And Sent From
Local Office in 15 Days
Though begun not quite Iti monthr:
ago, the parcels post business of the
government has developed enormous
ly and grows larger all the time. It
is a great convenience both to the bus
iness men and the general mass ot
people, in rural as well as in urban
districts, and more and more they are
taking advantage of its benefit.
To ascertain the extent to which thi^
parcels post is being used, the pos*.
master general last month issued an
order to postmasters throughout tho
country to keep a record of packages
handled during the first tifteen days
of April. We have seen the figurej
for the local postofflce, and ‘t is remark
able that so large an amount of
parcels post is handled in Greenville.
In the fifteen days 1899 parcels came
to this office. Ot these 1606 were de
livered from the windows and boxes
ot the office, 286 on the six rural de-
liverj routes, and 7 by special deliv
ery. In th'j same fift'>.'fi days >1’2 par
cels were mailed here to go else
where. Of these 12 were for the local
zone, 199 for the first .«)ne, 154 for th >
second zone, 77 for the third zone, 71
for the fourth zone, 7 for the fifth
zone 1 for the sixth zone and one for
the eight zone.
•Many people, when they try the par
cels post the first time, express aston
ishment at the low rates. For in
stance, packages not exceeding four
ounces in weight can be sent any
where, regardle.ss of district, at 1
cent per ounce. Heavier packages in
the local zone are .'i cents for the tirst
pound and one cent lor each addition
al two pounds; in the first and second
zones, a radius of 150 miles, 5 cents
or the first pound and 1 cent for each
additional pound; iu the third zon-\
;ioO miles, tl «ents for the lirst pound
and 2 cents for each additional pound,
in the fourtii zone, tlOO miles, 7 cents
for the first pound and -i cents for
each additional pound; in the tiitli
zone, UIOO miles, s cents for the first
pound an.f C cents for < ac;. additional
pound; in the sixth zone, 1,400 milon,
9 cents for the first piuti^i and 7 cents
fi r each i *' ional pj'ind; in tho sev.
enth zoue,t, ) miles, It cents for
the first pound and 10 cents for eacU
additional pound; in the eight zote ia
eluding all United States possessiona
12 cents a pound.
Packages are insured up to ?23 in
value (or an additional fee of 5 cents
or to I.IO for 10 cents. Packages can
be sent C. O. 1) by adding a fee of
10 cents to the postage, this fee also
covering insurance.
i'ackages weighing as much '•
pounds are accepted for the first amt
second zones, while the weight is lim.
ifed to 20 pounds to all other zones.
The privilege has also been extended
to embrace numerous articles that at
first were restricted from these low
rates.
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