IfflNiRDEii
gXlCAN FEutKALO runowmvj
REBEL TROOPERS' FIRED
INTO U. S. TERRITORY.
MERCAN SOLDIERS REPLY
fter Three American Horses Had
gecn Killed, u7 S.Troops Opened
Fire, Killing Weral.
o.i0 Pass. Texas. Mexican feder-
I soldiers who attempted to pursue
,th rifle bullets a defeated-Constitu-
ionalist force escaping w uiu umieu
,.oa ana Saie. iucv ouaiy xcoroi-
nce from United States cavalry of
writer patrol at McKee's Crossing,
. rwt . TTT1 11
ibove Del Kio, xexas. wueu mree
L tad been shot down the Ameri-
ms returned tne nre across me io
nip and after the exchange of
ntq the Mexicans witnarew, teanng
1 - . . . . .!vj -.
ith them dead ana wounaea.
Mix American was hurt. How many
If the Mexican soldiers were killed or
founded is not known.
Official reports of the occurrence to
jolonel Sibley, commanding . at Fort
yarke here, caused orders . . for all
mailable cavalry of the border patrol
proceed to Del Rio. One troop and
machine gun platoon left 'Eagle
Pass. ; - v .
The clash across the international
ewas precipitated, according to of
ficial reports to headquarters here, by
persistent firing of the federals at the
Wing constitutionalists who had gain
fed American territory and surrendered
'to United States troops. Three horses
held by American cavalrymen were
frilled. ; .... ' , ....
For tea minutes Captain "Winter-
bunt of troop E, Fourteenth cavalry,
sipaled to the federals to cease fir
ing, but reported that his signals were
disregarded and his own men were in
danger. ' ! .:.- .- v v
$1,000,000 TIBEHU
Break in Water Mains 'Render Fire
men Helpless $1,000,000 Loss.
Durham, N. C. The entire business
section of Durham was threatened
vith destruction by a fife which origi
nated in the Duke building, a fiv.-
story office structure.' ,
Buildings occupying one city block
have either been entirely destroyed or
badly damaged. ' : ' s
The flames raged for more than a
half-hour while the firemen stood help
less as a result of a break in the city
vater mains. There also was another
break which reduced the water press-
ire and hindered the firemen.
The latest estimates place the loss
at fully $1,000,000. - : j ' i
A heavy wind blew the flames and
parts of burning roofs fell throughout
the city. The Academy of Music was
In the path of the fire.
Federation to HelD Farmers.
New York. The development of
American fanning is to be undertaken
by the National Civic Federation.
vhlch organized a department on ag
ricultural conditions and rural better
toent. Thft expmitlve committee held
& luncheon at which noted . sneakers
discussed the farming industry. They
held that co-oDeration and systematized
organization among farmers was nec
essary if the industtry in the United
states were to be brought up to the
standard obtaining in other countries.
The decision to aid the farmers was
contained in a resolution adopted at
tte suggestion of ' Dr. Albert Shaw,
who declared education and standard!
zation were factors toward solution of
e problem. : : -
Wants Nation to Guard Honor.
Washington. President Wilson
Jiared that in seeking the repeal of
Panama tolls exemption, .he not
fly was asking that the nation ."do
at which it was bound in honor to
o, but wa3 going the way of the ma-
in the DemocraUc party. He
nted out that, when the Panama
nal act was passed, a majority of
e Democrats then in the house of
Presentatives voted against the tolls
emption, and that only by a coall
011 of a minority of Democrats with
number of Republicans . did the
Measure become law. ;
Bra,by HanQs Self by Bonnet .String.
Cleveland, Ohio. William Henry
a mans. baby son of Henry Yeomans,
wealthy mine owner,, was. left alone
cab on the porch of his home.
en the nurse returned she found
l a string on its bonnet had caught
flook at the side of the buggy and
RlPHnning over the infant. had stran
jea itself to death. A train on which
lather was traveling to his Colo
caRo vropertles was stopped near Chl
Dhon meau 01 a long distance tele
Clevei messaee, and he returned , to
ALFRED NOYES
lilt -
The English poet has been asked to
Join the, faculty of Princeton unl ver
ity and It it understood that he; hat
agreed to accept. , . .... ,
REPORT Oil COTTON CROP
CROP IS ONE OF. THE LARGEST
EVER GROWN IN THE UNIT
ED STATES. I .
Over Thirteen .Million Running Bales I
Produced-by' Southern Farmersf ' I
Is the Reportr i . - l
Washington. One i of the largest I
cotton crops ever grown, amounting I
to 14,127,356 equivalent 500-pound I
balea of linters, was produced by the l
farmers of the United States during
1913, the census bureau announced in
its preliminaray report of "cotton gin-
ned as reported byr ginners and de-1
linters to February 28. - 1
These figures comoare with' 13.703.-1
421 equivalent 500-pound bales of lint
and 609,594 bales of linters last year,
and 15,692,701 bales of lint and 567,-
575 bales of linterest in 1911. '
The department of agriculture's es
timate, announced December 12, plac
ed the 1913 crop a;t 13,677,000 equiva
lent 500-pound bales. . ,
The total value of. the crop includ
ing the value! cotton seed, is, unolfi-
jblalrjr estimated roundly at more than
$1,000,000,000. comnared with last
year's $920,000,000, and $963,000,-1
t)00 for the previous most valuable
crop, that of 1910i I
With this report the bureau of cen-
suS departed from its Drevious method
of reporting the cotton crop by not I
including the quantity of linters in the
total, production. Director William J.
Harris, announced this was done be
cause with the installation of modern
machinery closer delinting of seed had
increased the quantity of linters
and at the same time lowered the aver
age quality of the fiber so that now
only a small part, if any, , was used
as a substitute for lint cotton.
The number of running bale of lint
cotton, counting round; as half bales,
was 13,964,981, and of llnter cotton,
629,019 running bales, compared, with
13,488,539 r running bales of - lint and
602,324 running bales of linters last
year, and 15,553,073 runnigg bales of
linters in 1911. v
Included in the production for 1913
are 29,267 bales, which ginners esti-
mated would be turned out after the
time of the March canvass.'
nA..n T.0rA0 4nina tuimKorM .
916 compared with 81,528 last year and
101,554 in 1911.
VILLA REACHES T0RRE0N
Federal Stronghold Shelters 9,000
Troops Under General Velasco. v
- Constitutionalist Headquarters, Yer- j
mo, Durango, Mexico. General Villa
and his army of 12,000 rebels invested
The khaki-clad columns occupied the I
:tTl - without onnoSi.T
environs of the city without opposi
tion, and in wheeling and dragging
field pieces into place to shell the
federal trenches, Jug at' every, point
where the .federal -commander. Gen;
Refugio Velasco, expects attack.
177 i :ithwest
of this city his position is regarded
as Smost impregnable by reason of
ha mountains, through which only
three passes run, and these have been"
rendered almost impassable by fortlfi-
cations ' and barbed-wire entangle-
ments. In other; directions the city
is reached through the aeserx ana
hieh -hills. ' .!
Identifies Train Robber.
Atlanta, Ga. Harry B. Mellville, the
postai ciera. uu v - - r V
cent sotuhbound Win No. 1, running
. rMnnH tn Kftw Orleans, which
was robbed near Birmingham of ?40,
000 on-the night of February 19, ar
rived in Atlanta and identified A. O,
Perry, one of the three alleged yegg
men who were arrested at. No. .89
Brookline street, as the train bandit
who stabbed him in ;the back .with a
knife when he refused to tell the gang
of robbers where all the money in the
small car was' hidden. . ;
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TO REDUCE THE
GOSIOPtWC
FARM PRODUCTS TO BE CARRIED
DIRECT TO DOOR OF THE
. - ------ - - ,
- , CONSUMER.
TEN CITIES ARfe SELECTED
By Parcel Post Postmaster General
Burelson Will Cut the Cost of"' .
Living.
Washington. Preliminary;. ' steps
were taken by the postof flee depart
ment to-perfect its, planf or reducing
the cost, of living by having .the , par
cel post carry- farm products direct
to the door of consumer. Ten cities
were selected to begin the work of
establishing direct connection between
producer and consumer, Postmaster
General Burleson having issued an or
der permitting the use of crates and
boxes for butter, eggs, poultry, vegeta
bles and fruit shipped by parcel post.
Orders went ta the postmaster I at
Boston, Atlanta, St Louis, San Fran
cisco, Baltimore, Detroit, LaCrosse,
Wis.; Lynn, Mass.; Rock Island, I1U
and . Washington; directing them' "to
receive the names of persons -who are
willing to supply farm produce in re
tail quantities by parcel post.? Print-
ed "Bts of these names will be dis-
tributed among town and city. patrons.v
By use of the lists," said First
AsslstantPostInaster General Roper,
the city consumer can get in toucn
Iwitn a farmer who will fill his weekly
orders for farm produce. The consum-
er wlu receive tne product rresn rrom
country, and the personal relation
snip established no doubt will tena
to improve - the quality. The farmer
will be relieved of carrying his pro
duce .to market, as the rural carrier
will make daily .collections at the farm
er's ownv door" of ' the retail shipments
to city consumers. ; ;". V -'
- ."The point has been raised that dif
ficulty will be experienced in - the ' re
turn of hampers and. other containers.
This problem does not appear tQ me
to-beMlifflcult, as the farmer, may use
inexpensive nampers wnose vaiue
would not warrant "their return, or he
may U8 1116 "lgner graae Hampers
for which he may include an additional
cnarge to be creaitea to tne consumer
on return of the hamper by. par
cel P081-
EUROPE CONTROLS RADIUM
Claimed Americans Fait to Recognize
, Importance of Radium.
Washington. How the American
people failed to. recognize the finport
ance of radium as a cancer cure until
European countries had - obtained vir
tually all of the present available -supply,
is graphically told in the annual
report ;of Joseph A. Holmes, director
of the -federal bureau of mines, made
public The report tells in detail of
the bureau's - unsuccessful '' efforts to
obtain a quantity of radium sufficient
to supply the twenty or more hospi-
tals of the public health service and
"serve in part to meet the needs of
the various cancer hospitals of the
country.'. . ; - r-
Director Holmes estimates that "in
the United States 75,000 persons die
each year from tiancer. Explaining
that radium is considered the Imbst
promising cure for certain types of
cancer, the - director says the ' most
serious barrier to progress' in demon
strating tills is the scarcity of radium.
- ''There' probably is . not more than
thirty grams-of -radium now available
for use in such treatment in all "coun
tries," the report says. "Of this amount
there probably is; not more than two
y.-,"':"';
ed . States, in the hands of a few sur-
geons. .Probably fifteen grams of ra
dium bromide was produced during
1912, and of the fifteen grams nearly
11.5 grams were extracted in various
European countries from ores shipped
to them from the tlnited States, main-
from Colorado and Utah
' . rKm
Man's.S.ays Four. Person,..
: Oak Park, Ga. J. A. Eubanks,
a
farmer of this place, killed his wife
and two young daughters ; as ; they
slept and after - setting fire to his
home, barn and several tenants' hous-
eSf fired a bullet, tnrougn nis own iore
head, killing nimsen.
Two Badly Hurt on Trestle.
Atlanta. Edward. L. Huie, senior at
Tech: and Miss Mabel Bixbie, a milli
ner, were seriously injured when the
Seaboard Express No, 5 from New
York City to New' Orleans ran them
down " as -they were walking over a
trestle near this city. As the fast train
! aweDt around the curve; thirty minutes
late, the engineer saw: the; couple
crossing the teel structure. Too late,
he .blew a warning blast. The couple
attempted to escape, but before, they
ran ten feet the pilot of the engine
I had tossed them into a dry gulley. '
MARY CLEAVES DANIELS
m
$?&X. IS?:-.
Miss Mary Cleaves Daniels; daugh
ter of Judge Frank Al Daniels of Golds
bore, N. C, recently visited her uncle,
the secretary of the navy, in Washington.-
The above picture was taken at
the Daniels home "Single Oak," in the
suburbs of the caiptal. ' -
LAYMEN CONVENTION CLOSES
Baptist Laymen Pleased With. Great
North Carolina Meeting at
- , Durham.
Durham. Under the spell of
"Christ's Challenge," presented . in a
masterful manner by President E. M.
Potest of Purman University, the
Baptist laymen brought to a close one
of the' greatest- Baptist meetings ever
held inNorth Carolina, a convention
great in its : accomplishments,' great
in. attendance, great in the addresses.
and one that will have a vast effect on.
the missionary - work ' of ' the Baptists
In) North Carolina according to the
.President J." C-Bruner of Chojran?,
College "presided; and, following a;
praise service, Dr. William Smith de
livered a stereoptlcon lecture on mls-t
slons. He was followed by Doctor!
Bruner in a few remarks, t
, Dr. William Louis Potest of Wake
Forest, then presented 14 student vol-:
unteers for mission .work. These
were conducted to the platform and
presented in person to the audience
There were eight young "women, two
of whom came from the State Normal
and six from Meredith. The six men
presented r; came from .Wake Forest
College...::' :,i;:';.'"'V -':.-VC
10 Day's InOld Fort If Foggy.
Old ; Fort Visitors in atfd out ; of
Old Fort have commented oh the big
sign erected some time-ago which
reads as follows: "The Old Fort
Board of Trade will make any visitor
its guest for 10 days who encounters
a foggy day in Old Fort." That the
weather in Old Fort is remarkable for
its balmness has been long recogniz
ed and the indications are that the
local Board of Trade will not : spend
much of Its funds for board for vis
Itors who claim the forfeit.
Rocky Mount Sells Bonds.
. Rocky " Mount. For the 40-year,
five . per cent improvement and gas
plant bonds Rocky Mount is to re
ceive 99 per cent with accrued inter
est and with an additional expense
of $100 for engraving and the money
will be available within the next few
weeks And the legality has already
been approved by the purchasing com
pany. Longstreth, Richards & Co. of
Cincinnati. : The issue is for ; $200,000
and will net this city, $197,000. ?
Publishers at Ashevllle Next...
Atlanta, Ga. The Southern News
paper Publishers' Association unani
mously endorsed and commended the
administration qf President Wilson at
the annual meeting here, i Ashevllle
was selected as the place for 1915 con
ventio'n. : Officers elected are: F. W.
R'. ; Hinman, Florida Times-Union,
Jacksonville, president r' W.' IX Hal-
stead, Atlan ta Constitution, , vice-presi
dent? William Clements, Birmingham
News, secretary.
Pine Cuts 2,000 Feet of Lumber.
Greenville. iMr. M. - D. Haddock of
near Black Jack, Pitt county,' recently
cut a pine: that: netted ; 2,000 feet of
heart timber, besides some other sap
lumber. That heart is worth any
where ; from $2 ; to $4 the 100 feet, so
that one tree , was worth somewhere
about $60. There is a pine- in the
same section that is so large that tim
ber, men can not handle it. It would
make more than, that above mention
ed. : There are yet some large trees
and considerable amount - of - timber
standing in Pitt county. f . '
LE 10 ITCH
U. S. ARMY MEN; DEPRIVED OF
OPPORTU N ITY TO . STU DY
' - CAMPAIGN.
limi NEWS IS RECEIVED
Sectretary , : Garrison -Suggested to
General Bliss In Answer to Latter"
Telegram What Disposition to . Be
Made of Constitutionalist Prisoners.
W.hlnirtrvn Wlfh hoo-lnntricir
of active battle on a comparatively
large scale in Central Mexico, Army
aAQam V. . dJ.ll 1 - J I 3
of a much desired opnortunity to study
observers pn the field. Since - the
United States has not accorded politi
cal recognition to either Federals or
Constitutionalists, there is no way by
which American officers can be detail
ed to ,view engagements as in ' ordin
ary- Wars. : ry':'V .;;;-; r '' :
.AH that was made known officially
to officers on duty at the War De
partment of the 'latest "important
movements in ; the neighborhood f of
Torreon1 was contained in a brief dis
patch from American Consular officers
that the Constitutionalists . had cap
tured three " towns in the neighbor
hood of Gomez Falacio. - ; v
There has been no exhibition of real
strategy: at any time in this recent
campaign in the opinion of general
staff officers., In the opinion of ex
perts 'here. General Villa's successes
so far have been founded purely upon
his ability to . inspire soldiers with
desperate courage. r : i
, Secretary" Garrison suggested to
General Bliss in, answer to : the clat
ter's telegram ..respecting the , disposi
tion to be made of the score of Con
stitutionalist soldiers'; driven across
the Rio Grande by federals near Del
Rio.that; tt xwould ,; be wise : to keeps
thhf partr separate from Federar sol
diers detained at Fort Bliss. -
, Governor i Colquitt's offer of a re
ward of $1,000 for delivery upon Texas
soil of five ' Mexicans suspected as
murderers of Clemente Vergara has
caused State and War Department
officials serious concern for interna
tional complications.
ROOSEVELT EQUIPMENT LOST
While Trying to Explore "River of
Doubt" All Equipment Was Swept
. :' Away In: Rapids. - ,
New York. Col. Theodore Roose
velt's family and; friends were anx
iously awaiting further advices about
the accident by which bis party lost
its entire equipment in the rapids of
a Brazilian river. While no - concern
it was stated, was felt for the colon
el's safety, yet his family wanted to
learn details of ' the accident and
whether -the 'expedition would be
abandoned, especially, as the party
was so far from ah equipment base.
News of ; the mishap came i in a
brief message from Anthony Fials a
member of the party. It was dated
at Santarem, Brazil, and read: "We
have lost everything in the rapids.
Telephone my wife of my safety."
Durham ' Has Million Dollar Fire.
Durham. The worst fire in the his
tory of Durham, discovered about 11
o'clockfat night, at 2 o'clock next
morning had destroyed the five-story
Brodle L,. Duke office ; building on
Main street, '. and several stores and
though partly ' under control -', was
raging with a fury that " menaced the
entire block.' The loss was estimated
at over million dollars. t
The following business houses suf
fered complete loss : - Woolworth
dAmage, $2,000; R. A. Baldwin," $30,-
000 ; Rawls department store, 440,000 ;
Pritchard-Bright Clothing Company,
$35,000; Lloyd Hardware; $50,000 ;
Herring & Elliott, $50,000; Holland
Brothers, ' $50,000 ; Blacknall's - drug
store, $40,000 ; Bellamys Shoe Store,
$25,000 rT. M. v Stephens Grocery,
damage, $15,000 ; Durham Book &
Stationery Co., $40,000; Royal Tail
ors, $10,000 f Chatham Furniture Co.,
$25,000; Durham Reformer, $10,000.-.
Great Dreadnauaht Launched.
Philadelphia. . The superdread-
nought Oklahoma, . one of the largest
and most powerful battleships afloat,
was launched from the yards of the
New York Shipbuilding Company at
Camden,. N. J. The giant seafighter
was christened . by Miss Lorena Jane
Cruce, daughter of the Governor . of
Oklahoma, who crashed a bottle . of
champagne . against the. ship's great
prow as the hull began to glide into
the Delaware: river. Miss Cruce was
surrounded by a dozen girl friends
from Oklahoma. . '
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BOsitissABEAis
s 'smiiTAmun
Tryonr Polk County, North Carolina
FOR PULMONARY TROUBLES
Booklet mailed free upon request.
John P. Lochhari & (Ho.
CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS
New Work or Repairs'"
Phone No. 74. ' ' '', Tryon, N. C.
John G. Monroe ,
PAINTING,, PAPER HANGING
DECORATING A SPECIALTY.
Estimates by. Request.'
Tryon " . ; North .Carolina
TlTICfftf I .lliTlKftTr
Dealers in
Building Material
Everything necessary to build a hornet
j
Phone 1. Liandrum, S. C
Swanh's- Livery
'At Fisher's Barn.
TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA J
Saddle and Driving Horses.
Hacks meet all trains. Baggage an!
Express looked after with Special Car
Phones Stable, .100; Residence, 380
Dr. J. E. IlhUTlIOnilE
DENTIST.
of Ashevlllt, North Carolina
-will be at his office over Orr's .Store,
Tryon, Friday and Saturday of each
week. . ' 1 ' ' t .
'. 'Mi 11 ni ; " - - ' ii
j ninhfinriDAm7
01 III IIIUII UUIiil. Inlsd
21 N. Main St.
Phone 334
Plumbing (loafing Tinning
We have the oldest plumbing and.
heating house in the State, and , are
prepared' te give prompt, satisfactory-
service. Call on us when in need of
anything in our line. We give free es
timates on new or old work. .
"The Famous Ford"
Now that good road building is go
inar on all over the county; every up
to-date farmer and business man
needs an automobile. . ,
The Ford. car can go anywhere that
any other car can go and a good many
places sthat the other cars cannot go.
They cost about half as mucji to keep
as a horse and buggy.' They get you
around about three times as fast,. and
do not get tired or too hot to traveL
They cost less to buy, cost less to
keep, and cost less to run than an
other good car on the market. ,
t 1 600.00 for Touring Car.
$55p.00 for the Roadster
DR. E. M. SALLEY
Saluda, N. C.
.' t Agent for Polk County.
FOR SAI F.
?INE HILL COTTAGES
A choice hotel property with modem
conveniences.
v Ten . acres of ; land, splendid vienv
Wo better location for a tourist hos
telry in this vicinity
Dr .Sal ley's Property.
One of the very few nice homes with
choice location that can be bought in
the heart of .Tryon. A quiet retired
situation, and yet in 5 minutes' walk
"of the i postof flee. Very . reasonable
terms can be had on both, of . these
properties. Apply to- v - J
DR. B. M, SALLEY, Saluda, N. C.
RUSTIC TABLES
ROCKERS and SETTEES.;-
Hand-made in Iko mountains! Strong,
durable and cheap. Price from $2.00
each, up. Serviceable souveniers front
the "Land of the Sky."
: miuwooa iyusuc ; yy ores
Seo them la News office, Trycs, N. C,