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VOL. XX. NO. 8.
, SALUDA, POLK COUNTY, N C; FRIDAY; ' 'JULY 3,: 1914
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DR. S. W. STRATTON
c-ffupi W. Stratton, chief -bl
federal bureau of standards,-; pre;
iedover me iicuv ,.
,i,hti and measures in Washington.
is a graduate 01 me university oi
pou.
SPLIT DISCUSSED
1T FOR
flLLEH, 18 OTHERS
CONSPIRACY W ALLEGED iN W
DICTMENT RETURNED BY THE
v :: j :- '4. G RAN D JURY. S o
MORE. CHARGES ARE MADE
Eighteen . Persons ndietVd " Under a
Number of Different Counts
:; Bank Ar InclUdecL
CambridgC
-Two
ESTRANGEMENT OF TWO LEAD
ERS 13 REOPENED BY AGENT
PESQUEIRA.
IT IS USELESS TO DENY"
iai Statement That he Did Not
Cause Arrests, Wat Not Believed Y
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E Paso, Texas. Discussion of. the
amnza-Villa estrangment '"was . re-
peaed by Roberto Pesqueira . confi-
fflital agent for the Constitutional-
a here. He gave out the text pf ft
elegraa In a serfes !"6f conamunica-
pu with General Villa, in which he
Irrlticised the Northern military zon
Wmaiider for denying the arrests. by
P troops of National Constitution
flirt officials at Juarez and tjie confls
htioa of National treasury funds
iere. -Vv
I Pesqueira told General Villa that he
jwsidered it useless to deny "the
pal facts so well known heTe at
J border." General - Villa's answer
f this telegram, sent, June ?Q,.;has
f y arrived. Pestiueira " dlso is-
pa a statement assertine Villa was
pouaded by certain persons, some?
were the direct cause of the
fters that befell the administra
tor President Madero."
aeirag teteeram to Villa- tol-
w telegram couflrms my belief
lOValtT and notrlnHom nno
C1jents that have caused comment
ina . ...
v8s have been the violent
U treasury dfnartmonta onH fha
hn . mitary authorities of
K i u6 taken Possession of -the
rQs that rightfully hdnTi th
r rai treasury sn tho u i t,.
Fce rightful thinkIng people of
fein '0I vour declaration,
lew erQ at the border. I. verily.
rfe that if you liberate
L Lr0w held an M the funds -of
Lf ?7 are returned the exclte-
ki 1 a" doubt that now prevails
Dc-nn-i.. uu to me :
Mass. Eighteen . oer-
sons, including Jharles S. Mellen,: for
mer, president, of the New York, 1 New
Haven Hartford .- and the Boston &
Maine Railroad Companies, Frederick
S. Mosely of F. S. Moselev & Co..
Boston brokers, theTate Ralph D. Gil
lett of We&tflejd, and the investment
committees of the two savings banks
of this ; city, were indicted by the
Middlesex County grand jury on var
ious charges in connection with" the
financing of the - Hampden Railroad
from Bondsville to , Springfield.1 Mr.
Gillett waa president of , th Hamp
den Raitfoad; ; ; . . t ,
The railroad was built a year ago
as a t link to connect the Central
Massachusetts,, division. of the Boston
& jvialne with the New York, New
Haven & : Hartford , Railroad - but
never has keen operated, an attempt
to obtain the . Legislatures' consent
to its ; lease to the Boston' & IhlaizLe
having failed. ; ' J . : 1
Th indictments V against " Messrs.
Melien, Moseley and . GUlett " allege
conspiracy to induce the .investment
committees of the two banks- to lend
a total of $45,000 to the corporation
The ncs seCurine the loans were
endorsed - by . the Hampden Invest
ment Company , organUed , by Mr.
Gillett to finance the construction of
he I railroad, ' which1. cost , approxi
mately vS4,00OJ0OO. " - v 4
The investment committee of - the
East ' Cambridge . Savings : Sink is
ndicted ' on three , counts of con
spiracy to ' lend ' sums of $20,1)00
$16,000. ard $5,000 to the Hampden
Railroad - Company. Similar. indict
ments were' returned against, the in
vestment committee of the Cambridge
Savings Bank, the amounts named be
ing $25,000 and $2050. .,,
Frederick S. Moseley was indicted
also' on six counts lnrolving the alleg
ed larceny of flans , amounting : to
$112,500 from the banks, and . Mr.
Melien. was indicted as . an accessory
before, the fact off five of these' counts.
Ten other counts allege that Mr.
Melien Moseley afcd i Gillett, "con
spired to steal and did steal," various
amounts involved Jn the transactions
with the two banks, j Members of the
Moseley brokerage firm were' Indlct
edoh eight counts charging conspir
acy to steal. . :
District Attorney. Corcoran said that
the actual amount loaned by the two
banks to the Hampden Railroad Cor
poration was only $45,000 Dut as each
of-the notes had been renewed several
times, a separate indictment had been
returned for each renewal:
many ore-
v r 9 r- .
o his vt 7 nerai Villa incident
PHas 1 t0vi0US Zacacas campaign
01 hd time to answer tMis
r-'csraci." t . . L
x c&queira sam. . nut
that he
given orders that all
employes carried to
prisoners will be al-
V.
re9; Tluve formation
-"a i n
ton..: . "unast
r"uua him
as
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m thoi ' aLt?iy 10 return i to 'exer-
'ttarez . .s poctive functions -v- at
Nt-aiif, , that he has' ordered
mttniw v , ana valuables which
helo
D to the National Con
be returned a
Sick
. u'v;K Rat.
Waai,;-. c vn uecreaae.
h troor.fn-rThe sick rate kmong
m J,L ' vera Cruz for the week
Re fl.. & ' as 2.03 npr rent fr
iues. . T '-d0 Per cent for the
uecrease under tha"
11 A .
sPns." " analysis of the lates
leaartn, stafement from.the
b ?? 43 sick , in
Of
tho
S8
' sick
sick, 52
L in quarters, total 60
a ro in. ii . i . .
tSasc tg h J jury. There U
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estiW difllmarked crease in the
MSENORITA HUERTMSE
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GftBRANZAtWANTSli illiS9Prity tel Bectoiy
in the Land of , the wSky--Charmlng You will make no mistake in selecting
: TIL1ET0 CONSIDER
and Captivating SceneryLife
. - .i uivmg uzone.
HA8.REPLI E D TO JHE N VITATION
TO ENTER J NTO AN I N FORMAL
SALU DA
HIS REPLY
THE TEXT OF
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Wants to Have Consultation With Hit
Generals Before Announcing Medi-
Si-atlon t Pollcyf-f'Ff:??
Perched on the edge of the
Appalachian t plateau, wiGr
altitude of . 2,250 feet, and
approached from the south, by a-steep
grade that calls for double locomotive
service from Melrose, a, few miles", disr
tant, is Saluda, the second point of In
terest on the southern , approach vof
The Land of the Sky.M,The ascent is
made amid scenes of absorbing inter
est, , dark and repelling forest,
being . replaced . in ' quick, succes
sion ;vby sunlit .openings, where
passing glimpses can be caught of the
flora of this most " exquisite section.
Rocks rise -suddenly to- alarming
heights above the railroad bed, almost
one of these excellent places to
sped your, vacation, in 'The
Land of the Sky.'r
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The Carolina
Mrs. W. C Robertson, Proprietress.;
Central location; Baths. Commer
cial rate $2 per day. Weekly rate 1
to $8.-
' : SALUDA, N.' C.
The Charles
Washington. Gen; . Venustiano , Car- within TearW.nf trtT4 t.VoioV
ranza. first chief of thA MTlan dnni . --i x.ix,.--
?a"5tai replei the Pidity to gorges through -hich dash
tTF" "?;uo.a ior -.participation vj i some bold mountain stream on its way
his agents: in an informal conference
This charming: -youne miss is, the win representatives of General: Hne ine its
inira aausnier or trenerai nuerta. sn i ... uuhbu owvLtsa cimcerauisc TTr - and Viqt-q --.on- ha .o i, o-i,
is bright and liVely nd too young; to i DJans for a provisional government in glimpses of the recently constructed Rat' casumpUves taken.
be oppressed by thei political rouble lt4CVv' as5 iaai ne De given time and splendid automobile road connect- V
MRS. J. W. LaMOTT
Rates: Commercial $2 : per
Weekly $7 to $10. Special
day.
Family
of her father.
SALEM, MASS. HAS
820,000,000 FIRE
ONE THOUSAND i BUILDINGS
STROYED, 10,000 RESIDENTS
Made Homeless.
FIREMEN ARE POWERLESS
Conflagration Started From Explosion
' in Leather Factory and - High
.Winds Carried Sparks.;"
itr cyosuK Wltn niS' generals. -. - . me the South hmnrt k aranio lan.
arranzaK H . was learned scape of wonderful loveliness with the
l5t6?VCO-municatIon tnat becatlse of Rock, Hendersbnville and Asheville,
u.-pia or uaaaioupe .unaer T which to the Tennessee line, and tnereis not
he 'waa chosen first chief of ,the "Con-
stitualists,, it vwould be necessary j not filled with' promise of beauty,
uviunvio comer with nis associates nrriniv fulfilled hn' the, iatca
before entering such important negb- reaches his destination on the sum-
tiauons. . Unit .
Accepiance or any proposed provis- The accomnlisnment of tn asp.e.nt
iOnal government to succeed Huerta, brings not only fulfillment of promise
he . said, , necessitarily might require pf yearnings after the beautiful," but
some cnange in the terms of the with it comes a sense of relief from
uuanaioupe . pian and this could not the depression brought on by the '
be done without the- consent of jra- heated sdoII in th . lowlands. .. Th
rlous military leaders in the Constitu-1
uonaiut CtovemenL heights nlavs in constanf currents la-
j uenerai uarransa is said to have den'with: wealth- of life-giving
assured the mediators he would has- ozone, and the incense of flowers, and
(en the jioposed consultation with his ; there heyer occurs a night during "the
cnieis. some or the uonstitutionai-1 hottest season of any year, when warm
ists representatives . in Washington! covering can be dispensed with. The
'SALUDA, N. C.
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Melrdse Inn
A quiet and delightful jfamily hotel.
Modern. Raies v upon application.
' - SALUDA, N. ;C.
Poplar Glenn
, J. L. RENTZ, Proprietor. x
1 saludX n. a -
Large outside rooms. Hot and cold
Salem, f 'Mass.-Nearly half thr-Old
Kill
een inflcencfed to ' look iwlth favor ron
he proposal ter confer; wlth...the United
lates .v.. commissioners., and - Huerta
renresentatf vas. "flthftrs. however: are-
wucn city or baiemricn to historic not W cwlain of this outcome and
buildings and tradition, was devaSUted I they; insist that, whateter happens,
uy a ore uiat causea an - estimatea the militarr eamnaim asrainst Huerta,
loss or zu,uuu,vuu. a tnousanu puna-1 iif be pursued , with renewed ylgor
mgs were aestroyea. lnciutting a score I toward ;Mw-:.atyCwlth';AJraafl
or manuxacTOnng estaDiisnments antt CaUentes, San Luis Pottfsi and Quere-
maae iu,uou or the 4&,00Q residenu taro as the rtext objeotive" points-of
me re voiuuoniais -armies.
insist tb' General CarraM with never-failing baths. Delightful breeze. Mountain
BRITISH WILL LEAVE MEXfCO.
homeless:
The fire originated ; In . the Kom
Leather Facctory on the west side of
the city about 2 o'clock, in 1 the after
noon and swept through the shoe and
charm and ; variety, and' the visitor to
Saluda need never be at a loss for
points', ot delightful "Interest: lit .'quest
of which-to utilize the .rapidly stored
energies . evolved from existence in
this bower of joy and health. -
.saiuaa is an up-to-date and pro
gressiye town, with possibilities "that
are apparent at a glance to one-who i
cares to look. It. Is . makings rapid
strides, and keeping " pace, with i
the startling development apparent
throughout this entire beautiful and
favored section, but to-the thousands
who Tisit its hospitable . hotels and
ooaraing nouses witn unraiimg con-
spring water.- Rates r $l to $2. Spe
cial, to families,-
Many" perplexing elements have de
veloped in the- situation, : however,
among them being, the ap parent dis
agreement: between Carranza's agents
leather manufacturing district, ruining! here over, the Recent break with Villa stancy year after year, its quaint and
every, building in a curving path two and the publication of the statement quiet allurements irow with each re-'
miles long and more than a half-mile Attacking General Angeles, authorized turning season.
wide. by Alfredo Bracenda, ; General car- "There is more ozone in tJie atmos
Burning embers, carried by a strong ranza's personal- aide; who- came to I phere in and around,' Saluda than at r
northwest wind, started fires in two wasnington rrom saitmo ior mis pur- i other, points n the range of the Blue
pose, - ,v,'--v-'; ; " . 4..-;-r-
The Esseola
, - MR8.:a. K. CAMPBELL. , -Pme
View. ' 'Lithia Water: Convent
iently located. . Rates: $8.50 to $10
per week. ;
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Pace House
other sections, the fashionable resi
dential district adjacent. the La
fayette street, and. a manufacturing
and tenement house - district on the
peninsula, . bounded by Palmer's Cove;
South River and the water front
, Late in the evening brands kindled
a fourth fire in the plant of the Salem
Oil Company in Mason street. The oil
tanks blew up with a terrific report
and showers of sparks fell threaten
HEIR TO THRONE K I LLE D.
Arch Duke : Francis ' Ferdinand and
Wjfe Victims of an As
V sassin. '.
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Axchduke Fran
cis Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hun
garian throae, and the Dutchess or
Hohenberg,1 his morganlc wife, were
Ridge. Mountains owing to the condi
tions created by the currents of air
from , the higher altitudes in passing
into the Tryon Valley below Saluda.'.
From Engineers reports to U. S.
Geological Dep'L
Tucked away among the-
TRYON . foothills . of - the Southern
.j Appalachians, 1,350 feet
above sea level, on a gently .undulat
ing plateau pf exceptional beauty and
I tnrw on narf of th town thai . hA. shot dead by a student in the main
r B'J r W I . -..'....', 1 L 1 iJUi l 1 i - M
fore had not been In imminent dan- street or tne uosnian apuai, a suuu iuihj, uiouBmS yujage oi
. . . .1 ttA tiaav hoil oaanAfl death I Trvon. one of the most deliffhtful all-
ger. This, nre, nowever, was cnecKeu at- r , " , --- - - v
British Minister Advises Compatriots
to' Leave the Country
Mexico City. Sir Lionel : Carden,
British Minister,- advised all British
subjects temporarily to leave' Mexico.;
He said the shortage of fuel used in
the operation ot . trains was becoming
more acute daily and that the trams
probably soon would stop -running
which would make difficult the depart
ure of persons in the Interior. ,
Sir Lionel said he believed, it to .be
his duty, tc urge all British subjects
to leave th e Capital immediately, - tie
especially advised that the women and
children be removed. The Minister
declared he had no desire to frighten
the'4 members ; of the British colony.
He said he had -not ordered them to
go, such a course only- being. advised.
; Eight hundred British subjects are
registered at the legation as now re
siding in Mexico City. ! ;'"
Thfegatidn was crowded with
British ubjectsl? .-'A meeting of the
members of the British colony, was
called for the afternoon with the ob
ject of making arrangements for those
who decided to depart.
after It had destroyed the oil com-
L pany's plant and 13 houses.
When the flames were under control
at 11 o'clock at night all.' the historic
and literary landmarks had escaped
destruction. These included the Pea-
body JVtuseum, Essex Institute, custom
house, where Nathaniel , Hawthorne
did much of his literary work and the
"House of the : Seven Gables' made
famous by the novelist.
: ; Thousands of homeless were camp
ed 4 on Salem common and the city
was policed by militiamen.
The' great distructlon was due to
poor water pressure.' - 7
The burned buildings .include the
from a bomb hurled at the royal auto- year-round resorts in American
mobile, - The two were slain as they The plateau is pierced by the gorge
were nasaine through the city on- their of the Pacolet River, the waters of
annual -isit to the annexed provinces which, turbulent at 'times as they tum-
of Bosnia and :Herzegovinia. ble down the mountains in their tortu-
;-The"archduke was struck full in the rous course to the valley, shimmer in
face and the Princess was shot the brilliant sunlight like a giant rope
through-: the abdomen and throat, of silver.
Fletcher in v Washington.
Washington. Rear Admiral' Fletch
er reported to Secretary, Daniels on
his return from Vera' Cruz and was
later received by : President Wilson.
The Admiral ; takes command of the
Atlantic fleet, sueceeding Rear Ad
miral Badger on August 1. Admiral
Fletcher was greeted .very warmly by
President; Wilson ;. .who told - him v he
greatly admired his conduct at Vera.
Cruz and 'the' conduct of all the offi
cers and men under; him. V Secretary
Dniels said Admiral - Fletcher would
remain ia Washington , , - :
They died a few minutes after reach
ine the Dalace to which - they were
hurried. ;
Those responsible for the assassina
tion too kcare.-that it should prove
effective
' PrinxiD and a fellow conspirator, a
onmnnsHnr from Trebinje " named
This lovely i hamlet which looks
for all the world' as if it were a bit of
English landscape transferred to the
heart of -heroic American mountains,
forms the lower gateway to the "Land
of -the Sky" and the ,"Sapphire Coun
try.", It is ', the first station in North
Carolina on the Spartanburg - Division
Gabrino vcli, barely escaped lynching of the Southern Railway, twenty-eight
hv the infuriated spectators. : .They miles vnorthwest .'from Spartanburg,
plants of a score of " manufacturing finally wore seized, by the police. Both I S. C, ; and fory-two miles southeast
are natives of the annexed province
of Herzegovnia.
companies, among them the big rac
tory of the : Naumkeag Cotton Mills,
twice as many business places, St
Joseph's Roman' Catholic ChuTch, re
cently efected at a cost of a quarter
Of:v a million dollars,.-: iu .uiyudu r, orhans fatallv in
Uot 9A r00Moti.M WBIB'.auicu, uuy i-v.--r- -
Negro t Excursion Train
TTnokinsviUe. Kyw Two
Wreced.
trainmen
I jured : and many negroes" hurt . when a
Asylum . and' more
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and tenement umm. . -- nnrslon train on the Louis
these residences were coipmai nouses Na8hVille Railroad,
whicn-anisisiiavBu.iu tu u tuo spreading' rails
A. i thnt - oihltattllTQ in T no I . "
nneSl Ljri"3 Ul. kuav cuvmwvvi.ufi
country.
was.
three
Wounded by Mayor Mitchel's Pistol.
New York. W. HReyncJfds, a form
er state senator, may be confined , to
St. Luke's Hospital fo ra week or
more by the. wound inflicted; by the
accidental discharge of Mayor Mitch
el's pistol, which slipped from its hol
ster, and fell to the sidewalk. The bul
let entered Reynold's left thigh and
shattered the -bone, of a finger. The
mayor explained that he was with a
narty which 'had been shooting at a
j target and that the accident occurred
later upon alighting frcrni.an: automobile-
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miles south' of Trenton, Ky.
. .Paris. Frank Moran," of Pittsburg,
who was defeated on points by J ack
Tnhnson here-in a 20-round bout for
the world's heavyweight' champion-
ciin rpstpd tnHar at his camp. John-
son also remained at his training
Quarters, nursing a badly swollen
hand.! He received many- visitors.
Johnson attributed his injured fist to
the fact that he wore for the .first
time four-ounce instead of five-ounce
gloves. Johnson has agreed to fight
Sam Langfotd .in October.; For this
battle he will receive ; $30,000, win,
lose . dr draw. . . ' ' ' '
from Asheville, N. C., the route of
which follows almost without de via
tion from Charleston, S C-, .to t Ashe
ville, N. C, the historic Wilderness
Trail over which the pioneer' of -early
days trekked from the sea to the val
ley; of the Ohio.
Times, not alone, buf methods, have
changed since those days of . the early
pioneers. : Now a score of' wonderful
railroad trains speed everyday along
the old Wilderness Trail, bearing eag
er and busy passengers and the ; pro
ducts of rich mines and fertile lands
Through that great gorge of the Paco
let River, in Tryon Township, 'the en
terprising citizens ( of Polk County
have constructed an automobile boul
evard of great Scenic beauty, connect
ing the great Southeast with Hendef-
sonviiie. Asheville, ana the upper
mountain section. ' .
' The Tryon : plateau is situated
within a great topographical horse
shoe, formed by the mountains which
nearly, surround it. The opening of
the" shoe is toward v the . Southeast ,
MRS. H. H. FUDGE, Proprietress.
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Rates: $8 per week and upward
Beautiful - grcrunds. Tennis ' courts.
, 7 SALUDA, N. C. ' '
Iona Lodge :
' MRS. S. S, OEHLER, Proprietress.
Located in Saluda, near Piney Moun-
tal - Fine water and scenery. Modern
house. Rates: $7 and in) Sneclal
rates' to families."' . . , y
; The Pines, ,
MRS. M. E. LEONARD, Proprietress.
Hot and cold bath. Central loca-
tion. Rates: $7 j and up. Special
.rates by the month and to families.1
1 SALUDA, Nl C."
The Leland Home
' A delightful private boarding place
in avmodern home. Large yard. Hot
and cold water - bath.- Rates from $7
to $10 per week. , ; ,
SALUDA, N. C. -
Fairview House
I MRS. H. B. LOCKE,,
C. . '
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Modern conveniences.
Fine , loca
tion. Good table, fine water, - near
postoffice and I library. " No - tubercu-
iar patients received, i Terms: $8 to
$10 per week. Special rates to parties.'
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