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1 :,xxn :. . : i . - .a SHE POLK COUNTY NEWS IS BEAD DJ MORE POLK COUNTY HOMES EVEUY WEEKTHAN ANY OTHEB WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED. T7 , 1 V XX. NO. 1. VOL SALUDA, POLK COUNTY, IT. 10., FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1914. ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894. 6 Ctpfy Uirth I 1.:. rl II I -..".': 3 UTS CABINET OPES FOR PEACE ,. rC MftRP CON. NT THAT MEDIATORS WLL AVERT WAR. T0N SEEMS BETTER Funston's Reports Tell of tt and Order in vc. w.. Other Places Quiet. it- Hn! Anc f fMlft J h,p mediators would avert keen the. '.United States and came from several uiemuc :abinet, after President Wilson ussed the wnoie suuauou offical famly. , .... .v .irlorJlv honeful. mxious that no untoward inci- indiscreet acts on tne pan oi the forces in Mexico should to cloud the horizon when Nation conferences begin at i Falls. : .,rr Rrvan exDlained at length. uij - , three South American media- It the lighthouse on Lobes Isl- j t not been seized in any mili- tse; that the keepers were free j e and go, but that the Ameri- ry had undertaken to keep the turning as a protection to the navigation. ; Mr. Bryan told diators also that the navy and ipartment were seeking to in te the arrest of five South jans during the landing at Vera Id that a report would be made. k O'Skaugnessy conferred president Wilson at the White It was the first talk he had kh the president since his arri- b Mexico and it was under- that some of the indignities, in- the Tampico incident which the break with Huerta "were ed as well as some details that come up in the mediation con- IS, - , L ce Lamar of the United States p Court and Frederick W. pin, former solicitor general. eve been named as the Ameri- bresentatives to the mediation nee at Niagara Falls, Ont., the day studying reports and ping themselves generally p Mexican problem. tense phase of-the situation ieved by the news that J. man, American vice consul at had been ordered released by i"ta government. . . . " ULD AMEND EDUCATION. ist Committee Reports Religion Not Employed En'ouoh.' fioma City, Okla. "Our people Drought to see that education from religion leads to the of depravity and the destruc- basic element nf rmr rVrHe- :he ilization and that the dLstinc- fssion of the church schools is opment of spiritualized lead- as the keynote of the re- committee on education to the Methodist Episcopal Church, committer commends the wis- ooard of education In W create a mms jh. ment "-""uu uuuar Vthe wcome of which Is ed in efforts to advance Chrls- 3 aon. The policies of the U ?rms the charters of FC11 SChonls or, A fcitv u uiieges into ruy t0 the laws of th ot .ter of selection of boards tup auu me com- i Sends thatth board. of , schools and educa lc ia an o,i . Irk nr nZ ruucvar to advance Sothr LZ "L lne Proposed prespnt "1UC"- iuna dur eseat quadrennium. KVa ,dent Resigns. the : Hlx. Pes- Nered hV. : b0uthei'n . Rail- pee ti xta,Knatlon, effect- Heha ho T glvea is need ernlbfrihead.oftNor- time h7 " lf 1912- aboard Air Line. ; inks- " "uu OT Tea-hi g chiid w ew methods of Itr were discuss- t Ga b7r Sage Bradley of h he health divis- r8 ad cnrrl couference of 1 Th. f, a every . " every school I 6 Serial Tm!nity bounds I tK . ldl for thQ a . las of hvr ucxunstra- bm lh-elief that t 86 training 7 ine teacher Krp lninS and IntelHrar, O ""Vf II ITIAII I miK.. - : . .. . . , . . . -' ! TO DEADrSFeS PRESIDENT LAUDS HEROISM OF TE FIRST WAR VICTIMS AT VERA CRUZ. THOUSANDS LINE STREETS President and Many Dignitaries Were In Long Procession in Nevy York. Wilson's Speech. New York. To the men of the navy who died in the occupation of Vera Cruz the city, the state and the na tion paid tribute in-a demonstration' chiefly remarkable" for its silence and solemnity. For four miles through the city streets the funeral cortege passed and behind wUh bared head rode the president. Perhaps a million persons saw the seventeen coffins, each on a caisson, borne from the Battery plaza in Low er Manhattan to the navy yard in Brooklyn. Such was the feeling of the massed thousands that the silence at times was oppressive. There were a few sporadic outbursts applause as the ' president's V carriage passed, but these were quickly hushed. Though there were but seventeen of the dead in the procession, Secre tary of the Navy Daniels made it plain that the ceremonies were for all who had died at Vera Cruz not only the seventeen whose bodies were brought up by the cruiser Montana but also for Clarence Harshberger and Henry Pulliam, who have since died. The religious ceremony at the navy yard was more impressive, if possible than was the sight of the slow mov ing cortege, "I never was in a bat tie or . under fire," said President Wil son in his brief address,' "but. I fancy it is Just as hard , to dypur duty when men are sneeringy at you, as when they shoot at you." "We have gone to Mexico," he said, in another part of his address, "to serve mankind if we can find the way. We don't want to fight the Mexicans; we want to serve them. "A war of aggression Is not a thing In which it is proud to, die, but a war of service is -a war in which it is a proud thing to die' HUERTA FILES NEW PROTEST. Complains Over Action ' of. United States in Occupying Island on Coast of Mexico. Washington. Huerta's protest over the reported seizure of iiobos Island an important lighthouse point off the -eastern coast of Mexico by a landing party from the United States torpedo boats was taken tip by the South American mediators. Foreign Minister Ruiz in his telegram to the mediators stated that the American arrested the light keepers, but had re leased them after they had turned over app aratus for operation of the strategic beacon. Heurta's govern ment contended this was a violation of the armistice. , It was generally believed that a re ply to the note already had been made and in some , (quarters the conviction was expressed that Ambassador Da- Gama had taken it up at a white house meeting. Chiinft Tab- Atlanta. Ulliinv,. .-" V Atlanta. Ga. Atlanta' is in the hands of the Shriners. It was estimated that 40,000 nobles of the Mystic Shrine had arrived to attend the forti eth annual meeting of the Imperial Council of the Order,. which convened here. ' ' . ' " ' -,'.. '. The ingress of the Shriners ' con tinued through three days. Special trains arrived at short intervals and, with scarcely a break, the air was filled with the blare of trumpets and the roll of drums. t r" William W. Irwin, the imperial po tentate of Wheeling, W. Va., arrived during the day. , He was greeted with a .salute of 21 guns. Many xf the visitors are living in the sDecial trains, that brought them here; The hotel accommodations of the city have : been reserved for m ont Via a-ni thft railroads ' arranged to park thextrains for the accommo dation of the overflow. - Labor Leaders Win Fight. . Washinjrton. The contempt ' sen tences imposed by the district su- nreme court upon Samuel bompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, la bor leaders, wereset aside by the su nr era ft court . for the second time as barred by the statute of limitations. The decision of the supreme court in the contempt cases .against Samuel fiomnfirs. John' Mitchell and ianK Morrison of the American Federation of Labor was handed down. Justice Holmes said that contempts werov not to be treated as conspiracies. MEDIATORS OF THE" ROMULO NAON " DOMICIO These are the three South American diplomats who are acting as media tors in the Mexican embroglio. They are Ambassador da Gama of Brazil and luiuioici a mujiua ui vuiie ana iaon or GO TO VERA GRUZ REPORTED THAT WAR DEPART MENT INTENDS TO REiN FORCE GEN. FUNSJON. 1 MOSTLY FOR A PRECAUTION Huerta Claims That Landing of Addi tional Soldiers is Violation of Armistice.- Washington. High tension marked the Mexican situation both on the cil itary and the diplomatic side. The War Department was the chief center of activity and while no author itative statement was made beyond Secretary Garrison's formal reply that "no orders for any National troop movements have been sent," it became known that the Administration was considering the question of sending additional troops to Vera Cruz, and probably . would do so. This step would not be intended as an aggres sive measure, but as a precaution An evidence -of the seriousness .of conditions was contained in a report that two German j merchant vessels were about to arrive at Puerto Mexico with arms and ammunition for Huerta. It was realized that this, if true, ' would present an incident simi lar to the arrival of the Ypiranga at Vera Cruz, which led to the American occupation of that port. Huerta's protest to . the mediators that the United States had broken the armistice by landing additional troops at Vera Cruz, was considered by the Cabinet and later Secretary . Bryan L announcing the reply of this Govern ment stated . that, no aggressive steps had been taken by the United States forces and that nothing had been done to violate the suspension of hos tilities. The American reply was de livered to the mediators. The media tors themselves also took the view that the question raised by Huerta over the; observance of the armistice could be cleared away, and that Huer ta could be convinced that the United States had notvViolated in spirit at least, the armistice. VETERANS ENDORSE WILSON. Old Soldiers in Jacksonville Approve President's Policy By Resolu- x. : tion. ' -Jacksonville, - Fla Endorsement of the policy of President Wilson in handling the Mexican situation was one of the last of the actions of the twenty-fourth United Conlederatel vet erans reunion. A general exodus of veterans and 4 visitors began imme diately. Approval of the policy of the' Presi dent was continued in the following resolution; adopted by' the veterans: "Whereas the presentunsettled condition in the Commonwealth of Mexico appears likely to involve some action on the par tof ther United States be it resolved: , .That this convention of the Con federate veterans recognizes the dis cretion of the President of the United States and wll heartily Support such action as he may "take in every pos sible way." ' - - ! ' . Richmond, Va,, was., selected as the meeting place for the reunion v in 1916. ' - , MORE TROOPS i MEXICAN TROUBLE DUAPDO SUARE2 MUJICA Argenuna, HOLD THE CAPITAL SITUATION WAS SOMEWHAT OBSCURED, HOWEVER, BY THE WHITEHOUSE WEDDING. FEW FOREIGNERS KILLED Two British Subjects and One Ameri can Reported Slain by Bomb at Guadalajara. Washington. Developments in the Mexican situation went steadily for ward although the White House wed ding somewhat eclipsed other events in official Washington circles. The two chief reports from Mexico announced the killing of two British subjects and one American at Guada lajara; and continued heavy fighting at Mazatlan on the ' Paciffic coast where the rebel aeroplane dropped a bomb which killed four persons and injured eight in the streets of the besieged city. The state department also was in formed by Consul Hamm at Durango that the movement o'f the Constitu tionalists had begun with marching against Saltillo and Zacatecas. y Information from the Argentine, Brazilian and Chilean mediatiors showed that they x were preparing to begin work in Niagara Falls, Ont. They declared that despite General Carranza's self-elimination, the Con stitutionalist side of the Mexican problem would be fully considered by the mediators at the coming con ference. - A man close to the president said it would not be surprising if a justice of the supreme court of the United States should be one of the represen tatives of the American government. Justice Mahlon Pitney, though a Re publican, is a close friend of the pres ident and may, be chosen. Justice Day was a' member of the Paris con ference and is a former supreme court judge. Gen. Young Chosen Commander. Jacksonville, Fla. After the elec tion of a commander-in-chief, adjourn ment was taken, when officers of the Army of Tennessee and of the Army of Virginia and other divisional organ izations will - be elected. General Young received approximately ' 1,100 votes and General Robertson 800. Texas cast its entire ,343 votes for Robertson. One hundred survivors of General Forrest's famous cavalry of fered their services to President 'Wil son' in the evnt of war with Mxico. v THE NAVAL BILL IS PASSED. Appropriation Measure Adopted With out Roll-Call Gives Navy 7. $139,560,334. ' . Washington. The house passed without a roll-call the annual naval appropriation bill,; carrying $139,560,- 334 and providing for the entire Ad ministration naval construction pro gram.; The building program includes two 'battleships, one I to be built in some Government navy yard; .-six tor- pedoboat destroyers, one sea-going to- perdoboat, three coast defense sub marine torpedoboats, to be construct ed on the Pacific Coast and four sub marines. .''-. , . .,;.. .U . j DA GAMAv MEXICAN EVENTS r 173 DIE IN SICILY FROM E SEISMIC DISTURBANCE- BRINGS DEATH AND RUIN TO VIL LAGES NEAR MT. AETNA. TERROR IS NOW PREVAILING People Working in Fields See Their Homes Crumble and Families v Perish. Catania, Sicily. A great earthquake, brought death and destruction to many villages near Mount Aetna, The number of dead up to date was offi cially placed at 173, with about . 350 injured. A large part of the devasta ted territory has not been inspected. The affected zone extends from Zaff arna, the highest village on. Mount Aetna,' to the sea, between .Airre Reale, on the south, and Giarre on the north. It includes Linera, the center of the disturbance, Pisanlo and Santa Verenina. In Linera alone 110 per sons were killed and 300 injured. In Bongardio 13 dead and 27 injured have been taken from the ruins. At Constintini 16 were killed and many injured. - These villages and many, smaller places were levelleed. The entire district presents a spec tacle of desolation, ruin and death. Many of the injured had not been tak en from the debris. All train service has been abandoned owing to the col lapse of bridges, broken tracks and obstructed tunnels. MEDIATORS MEET MAY 18. Judge Lamar nad Joseph W. Lehman Will Represent United States. Washington. The opening of th Mexican ; mediation conference at Ni agara . FaIIs.on the scheduled - date May 19, was assured when word was received of the departure of the Mexi can delegates from Mexico City for the conference. . Preparations for dispatching rein forcements to General Funston at Vera Cruz should such a movement become necessary, went forward steadily, work on twelve tranprost to carry troops, horse and supplies be ing pushed, bit no warlike develop ment occurred. The military appa rently Is being held well in leash to avoid the possibility of embarrassing the mediation negotiations. A threatening cloud disappeared from the diplomatic horizon, when the German steamer" Kranprinzessin Cecelie, reported to be carrying arms and ammunition for Huerta, returned to Vera Cruz, without debarking her war stores at Puerto, Mexico, and It was announced that the munitions on this and a second German steam er, the Bavaria, would be returned to Germany. The possibility either of a seizure or blockade, of Puerto, Mex ico,, or of an act, perhaps interpreta able as a violation of the military status quo, in favor of Huerta, there by was eliminated. t - Justice Joseph , P. Lamar, of the United States Supreme Court, and Frederick W. Lehman, of St. Louis, formerly solicitor, will represent the United States In the conference Suffragists Move on Capitol. Washington. Several- thousand wo men, from virtually every state in the Union, paraded along Pennsyl vania avenue from the White House to the Capital and presented to mem bers of Congress petitions adopted at meetings all over the country a week ago. Five h'undred and thirty of the marchers carried these petitions, one for each member of the lenate and house, asking the adoption of the Bristow-Mondell resolution,, amending the Constitution -to enfranchise wo men. Massing themselves on the east steps of the Capitol and. , with several bands and a chorus of 100 girls at the entrance to the building, the enthusiastic paraders sang "The March of the Women'' by Dr. Ethel Smyth , of England and only heard once before In this country. This demonstration was witnessed by thou spectacular feature of the afternoon's demonstration was witnessed by thou sands of persons who filled the im mense plaza. Millionaire Post Kills Self. : . Santa Barbara, Cal. With a bullet from a rifle which he had concealed, Charles W. Post, millionaire manufac turer of cereal: foods, killed himself at his winter' home here. Evading the. nurse who had i been attending him since he returned from the east -a few weeks ago, he went to his apartment, placed the muzzle of the rifle In his mouth and 'pulled trigger with a toe. .Mr. Post was convalescent from an illness which x necessitated ; a major operation sometime agonal, Rochester, Minn. . ARTHUAKE BUSINESS LOCALS ARDUTUS SAUITARIUrJ Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina FOR PULMONARY TROUBLE Booklet mailed free upon request. John P. Lockhart & Go. CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS - New Work or Repairs Phone No. 74.' Tryon, N. X John G. Monroe PAINTING, PAPER HANGING DECORATING A SPECIALTY. Estimates by Request. Tryon North Carolina Finger Lumber Co. Dealers in Building Material Everything necessary to build a noma Phone 1. Landrum, S. C. Swann's Livery At Fisher's Barn. 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They get you around about three times as fast, and do not get tired or too hot to traveL They cost less to bny, cost less to keep, and cost less to run than anj other good car on the market. 600.00 for Touring Car. $550.00 for the Roadster DR. E. M. SALLEY Saluda, N. C. . Agent for Polk County. FOR SALE rINE HILL COTTAGES ; . A choice hotel property with modem conveniences. x Ten acres of land, splendid vleir. io better location for a tourist hos telry in this vicinity. - ; Dr .Salley'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 postoffice. Very reasonable terms can be had on both of these properties. Apply to DR. E. M. SALLEY, Saluda, N. C. RUSTIC TABLES ROCKERS and SETTEES Hand-made in iin mountains.: Strong, durable and cheap. Price from $2.00 ' each, up. Serviceable souveniers from1 the "Land of the Sky." , '. r' .' -"' .--V . ;:. ' . ' '''-."" ... 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