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SENATE
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BOARD
GONFUS
MEMBERS
GENERAL BUNQUET
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MR. WARBURG MAY ASK PRESI
DENT TO WITHDRAW HIS
NAME. .
MR. JONES IS QUESTIONED
He Goes Before the Investigating Com
mittee and Tells About Relations
to Harvester Company.
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TIT
udsnmgion. me nominations by I
tresiaeni wuson of thTee of the five
members of i; the Federal Reserve
Board Charles S. Hamlin, W. P. G.
Harding, and A. C. Miller were can.
firmed by the senate!
vThe nominations of Paul M. War
burg of New York and Thomas D.
Jones of Chicago have not been acted
upon by the Banking and Currency
Committee and probably will not be
for a few days. It was stated that Mr.
Warburg would ask the President to I
withdraw his nomination, but Acting
Chairman Hftchcock of the Banking
Committee teleernnhprt
Lady Karavougse. wife of the minis- for him to appear , and submit to the
ter.from Siam, is one of the. women commttteo. mi;,aHftna Tf waa
of the diplomatic corps who are spend- gested, however, ; that Mr. Warburg I
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General Blanquit, minister of war in
Huerta's cainet, is supposed to be the
onlyman in Mexico of whoc the dic
tator is afraid. As commander of the
army he was the main factor in rais
Ing ;Huerta to his present position.
lug the summer in New England
is staying at Bass Rocks, N. H
PROGRESS IS MADE
iVILSON CONFERS
ORGAN
FIRST OF A SERIES OF CONFER
ENCES PLANNED WITH THE
BUSINESS MEN.
She probably-would decline the invitation
and that this would be followed by
an announcement from the White 1
House that the nomination had been
withdrawn. ; ; . -
Mr. - Hamlin, Mr. Miller and Mr.
Harding take the oath " of office within
a few days and the work of setting In
motion the new Federal banking sys
tem can begin at once. The ; Secre-
tarv Of thft TrAfl.iiTV anil he flrtmn.
troller of the Currency are exofftcio AMBASSADOR DaGAMA TALKS
members of the board, which consists
TROUBLE BETWEEN UNITED
STATES AND MEXICO VIRTU'
ALLY SETTLED.
MEETING
of seven members. The five will con
stitute a quorum to do practically all
preliminary business. . -
Mr. Jones -was before the . commit-
Id VhKT bUnlllAL his: relations with the International
Harvester Company and the New Jer
sey Zinc Company, both so-called
trusts."- He was questioned at length
by,- the members. No proposal was
made to vote on a report to the Sen
ate on his nomination, but it is re
garded as probable that if approval
Is given it will be by a close vote.
Senator Hitchcock was authorized
to give out information secured , from
Mr. Jones. His report in substance
was: . ' .
. "Mr. Jones ' was asked about his
relations to two large business enter
prises, one of which was the Interna
tional Harvester Company, Mr. Jones
said he became a director of that
company in April, 1909, purchasing
one share to qualify, at the request of
Cyrus H. McCormick, an old friend.
He said he fully approved all the
actions of the compan'y. since he be-
He -Thinks More Favorable'r Atmos-
; phere Has Been Created in Ameri-'x
cant Politics and Policies., ,n
President Expects Business Men to
Learn That They Have Nothing to
Fear. ". v.V;--'-'
Washington. For nearly an "hou?
President -Wilson discussed business
conditions with J. P. Morgan at ; the
first of a series of conferences which
will bring to the White House men
foremost in American industry.- and
finance. It was one of the very few
occasions during the 16 months of his
administration that the President has
received one of the recognized lead
ers of -big business."
Officials said that while the Admin
istration's greatest legislative projects
were underway rthe tariff act, the
currency bill, and while the trust pro-
PRESIDENT TALKS
OF INDEPENDENCE
AMERICANS -SHOULD MANAGE
T H E I R 0 W N . A F FA I RS I N W AY r
, TO HONOR FOUNDERS.
CRITICIZES THE KNOCKERS
P 6 lk Co u nty Hotel Directory
In the' Land of the Sky Charming
and ' Captivating Scenery Life
Giving Ozone. ,
SALUDA
Facts, or Alleged Facts, Being Given
.Out Do Not Always Tally, Says
: -V President -Wilson.
'Philadelphia,. Pa. Advocating the
modernizing of the Declaration - of
Independence" by Supplying its princi
ples to the business the ..politics and
Perched on the edge of the
Appalachian plateau, with
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 dis
tant, is Saluda, the second point of in
terest on the southern approach, of
"The Land of the Sky." The ascent is
made amid scenes of absorbing inter
est, dark and repelling - forest,
being ; replaced . in. , quick " succes
sion : by sunlit v openings t 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
within reach of the startled . traveler,
to give place with just as startling ra-
pidity to gorges through: which dash
some bold mountain stream on its way
to join the silvery Pacolet River wind-
the foreien policies of America. .Pres
ident Wilson thrilled' a huge crowd ing its way along the valley below.
asembled in Independence - Square
within a few feet of where the origi
nal declaration was signed.
The -president touched on Mexico,
the Panama tolls repeal controversy,
his anti-trust program, business con
ditions and his ideas of modern' pa
triotism. Pounding his fist on the
table on which the Declaration of In
dependence was 1 signed, he declared
Americans . today, must manage their
affairs in a way to do honor to the
founders of the nation. There are
men" in Washington today, he de
clared, whose patriotism is not showy
but who accomplish great patriotic
things. They are staying in Washing
ton, doing their duty, keeping a quo
rum in each house of Congress to do
business.' "And, I am mighty glad to
stay5 there and stick by them," he
added." . ,
" Touching on business conditions of
the" country, President Wilsojxisaid a
great many allegations of facts' were
being made, but that a great many
of 'these facts do not tally with each
other.
Here and there can be . caught
glimpses of the recently constructed
and splendid automobile road connect
ing the Southr-through a scenic land
scape of wonderful loveliness with the
older thoroughfares through Flat
Rock, Hendersonville and Asheville,
to tne Tennessee line, and tnere is not
one inch of mis "steep ascent that, is
not filled with -r promise of beauty.
amply fulfilled ; when the : ; traveler
reaches his destination on the sum
mit. . '
The acoomplismnent of tne. ascent
brings not only fulfillment of promise
of yearnings after the beauiiful, but
with it comes a sense of relief from
the depression brought on by the
heated spell .'in the lowlands; The
rarified. air from the surrounding
heights plays in constant currents, la
den with a- wealth of life-giving
ozone, and the incense of flowers, and
there never occurs a night during the
hottest season of any. year when, warm
covering can be dispensed with. The
scenery is replete with ' never-failing
charm- and variety, and the visitor to
Saluda- need never be at a loss for
You will make no mistake In selecting
one of these excellent places to
sped your vacation, in "The
Land of the Sky."
The Gsurolina Home
' Mrs. W. C. Robertson, Proprietress.
Central location. Baths. Commer
cial rate ?2 per day. Weekly rate 7
to $8. . . -
SALtTDA, N. C. ,
' The Charles
MRS. J. ,v. . LaMOTT -Rates:
Commercial $2 per day.
Weekly $7 to " $10. i Special Family
Rates. No .consumptives taken.
SALUDA, N. C.
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Melrose Inn
sA qiiiet and delightful family hoteL
Modern, v Rates upon application.;
; SALUDA, N. C.
country; or something smaller-than mt delightes. quest
Poplar Glehn
u. J. LV RE NTZ, Proprietor. , .
, , SALUDA, N. C. - .
. Large outside rooms. Hot and cold v
baths. Delightful breeze. Mountain
spring water.' Rates: $1 to $2. Spe
cial to families.
pam was being perfected the Pres
ident felt there should be no oppor
tunity for a charge that they were re- came a director and believed that they
ceiving insniraHnn Mim hnsineas ; or were nroDer and within the law. Mr.
financial centers. Jones also announced he is in accord
Now that two of the Admihistra- with the company's policy and said he
tion reforms have been completed had nothing to lose or gain by the
and a-third is in a final stage the Pres- declsions of the courts in the anti-
Ment i3 said to feel that an exchange trust suit in the Harvester case,
of thought and Information with cap- "Prior to 1897 Mr. Jones told the
tains of industry will be conducive to committee he owned and was presi
Niagara Falls, Ont. Ambassador
Da Gama of Brazil formally announced
the virtual settlement of the conflic
between the United States and Mexl
co. The Ambassador explained tha
.while mediation would take an indefl
ulte recess awaiting the outcome of
efforts by representatives of the two
Mexican factions to solve the inter
nal problems of Mexico the task of
mediation was not yet concluded,
though an esesntlal. part of its work
had been accomplished.
The Ambassador spoke at a lunch
eon given by the three mediators to
newspaper correspondents. The Amer
ican and Huerta delegations . were
present and the" remarks of Mr.' Da
Gama, after careful v revision, .. were
made public later, constituting a for
mal statement of the mediation work
thus far.
CHARLOTTE FIREMEN KILLED.
Chief Wallace and Captain Glenn Die
From Explosion at Fire, Others
Injured.
Charlotte. William B. Glenn, cap
tain of fire station No. 2, was instantly
iHUd . Chief J. H. Wallace, of the
tot business revival he expects to see dent of a zinc . company at Mineral charlotte fire department, was so'bad
f!ong lines which the administration Point, Wis. 1 : iy injured that he died in three hours;
to'ds to be legal.
LESS WHISKEY CONSUMED.
WILL BE 200 CADETSHIPS.
But More Beer le llrl anH
Cigarettes Smoked. .
Washington. Americans drank less
whiskey dtirinp- tha naot 19 mnntha
Firemen Randolph Erwin and Clyde
F. Todd were seriously injured; Fire
man Bob Barnes was slightly Injured
Filled at Naval Academy and half a dozen others were sngnuy
In 1915. bruised, by an explosion of dynamite
Washington.- Upwards of 200 cadet- at . 8:45 o'clock, when they answered
ships at the West ' Point Military I a call to extinguish flames in a barn
their 1 country rtHeTfr H"s Went fisked'
"If they love America and there; is
anything wrong it is their business, to
put their hands to the task and set it
right." " ' . '
Eighty-five per cent of the Mexl
can people,- the president said " .in
touching on Mexico, never have had a
right to have a "look-in" on .their
government while the other 15 per
cent were running it
"xsow, tne American popie nave a
heart that beats for them just as it
beats for other millions," Mr. Wilson
continued.-"I hear a great deal about
the property loss in Mexico, and I re
gret that with all .my heart, but back
of it all is a struggling people. Let
us not forget that struggle in watching
what is going on in front."
I would be ashamed of the flag if
we did anything outside this country
which we would not do in it," the
president declared.
Speaking of Panama tolls, the
president said the treaty with England
might be a mistake, but its meaning
cannot be mistaken and he- believed
in "keeping the nation's obligations.
He believed in keeping the name " of
the United States unquestioned and
unsullied. - t
Before the president got his speech
well under way the crowd surged for
ward .in such confusion that a panic
was threatened. Two companies of
marines and sailors stoocl before the
speaker's stand and the president was
in
More To Be
thn they did the year before, but they Academy are to' be , filled in 1915. In belonging to J. B. Hawkins, a railroad
nsumed more beer and smoked response to numerous mquirio uu ana . graaing . coniraww . v .'w.--. .-
More cigarettes ' the subject from all over , the country, South Cedar street.
Reports to the commissioner of in- the War Deprtment announcd the list But for the' fact that the chief,
teraal revftnna rQ of cadetships for which cadets are to Vhen he arrived on the scene to direct
that recp.inta . 4..- h ftonointed to the academy on the the fire-fighting .ordered several fire-
CJosed totani lt nnminatlon of senators and represen- men back.' some distance from ' the
-" oo,vo ieea Lua.ii iui r. . . HnV l th
bCkb 0 A . vwo- , 1 i
energies evolved from existence
this bower of joy and health..
Saluda is an -up-to-date . and pro
gressive town, with possibilities that
are apparent a,t a glance to one who
cares to look. . It is making rapid
strides, and keeping pace with
the startling development apparent
throughout this entire beautiful and
favored section, but to i the thousands
who visit 'its hospitable hotels and
boarding houses with 1 unfailing con
stancy year after year, its quaint and
quiet allurements grpw.with each re
turning season. "
"There is more ozone in the atmos
phere in and around Saluda than . at
other points in the range of the Blue
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't ,
' :
Tucked away among the
TRYON foothills of the Southern
Appalachians, 1,350 feet
above sea level, on a gently undulat
ing plateau of exceptional beauty and
fertility, is the - charming village of
Tryon, one of the most delightful all-year-round
resorts in America.
The plateau is pierced by the gorge
of the Pacolet River, the waters of
which, turbulent at times as they tum
ble down the mountains in their tortu
rous course to the valley, shimmer in
forced to stop several times but finally the brilliant sunlight like a giant rope
The Esseola
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MRS. J. K. CAMPBELL.
Fine view.' Lithia Water. Conven
iently located. - Rates : $8.50 to $10
per week.
SALUDA, N, C.
House
got ' the crowd under control.
TROOPS MOVE TO CAPITAL.
r previous year, and most of this
Cline Was dllA tn tha morV ila.
' lJa!e in taxes collected on distilled
inations are to begfi in March. hose line several other firemen might
Appointments are to be ; made by naVe been killed and injured.
Senators from; 27 state, and. by rep: Windows were broken and plaster
r;entatlves from 31 states. The sen- was ; knocked off the walls ana.cen-
ui . una . -it. 1.1
but in th . d. ara to make aDDOintmentshnir in houses for several blocks -but
iiiai 11 moTiTnsi or tno fiscal- aiuio . wuw : , ...... - o ....... . ,
Iear there was a Xrease of M 7JT. Include Overman of North Carolina. - rounding the scene of the explosion.
o7i i the income from mannfar '' The congressional -.districts from A number of bystanders were struck
tore and TJro bf. manuf.ac; mamt are to be . filled on hv frvinz pieces of timber that went
la d..; , Ul "ea nquor, aue . . rpRpn,fttiveg 7' ;irpftt,U. hut none-were se-
Z: w auction In the number of pe-rTl ,.:w'V"T r . a hr
ceint, ; UIuaies on tne June re
dis n cated total decline in
Probaw ur tax for 12 months will
bably fce $4,250,000.
include Norh , Carolina, first, fifth,
ninth" and tentl, districts; South
Carolina, sixth and seventh districts,
and Virginia, fifth and tenth districts.
T.C..mmerclal Aunt of South.
N T w. a. uranam uiarK
stcretaiT Redfltld - : o, WUson
u " r. ,
President Secures : Release.; ,
Trenton, N. J. Through the person-
his.
ttient of
States xTmmerce for th Southern Eceton home -as a
-domestic j 10
years ago will be released from the
uected wit, v: 7 UttB ueeu cou' K;" -lan rn which she was
0rsani2af;:: -B department since its y ' of , nabltuai
- being withheld Jl
.Udaia- a. He will be . in President, wno umu- - .
Princeton
ireo A1 ne win De .in vr , T .l-.rnftT1f
V. m,f investiga- Br start JTSm-
tha t " motion nf t- was iouaa uy . 1
riouslv hurt. ' Canned goods ana otner
materials in two .grocery stores near
the scene of explosion were knocked
Into a heterogenous masson the floors.
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Villa and Carranza Converse.
El Paso, , .Texas. The conference
designed to settle differences between
General Carranza: and General Villa
will be composed entirely of military
men." Represehtatives'of the Eastern,
Central and 7 Western . military zones
will meet soon, probably at Torreon
to discuss the situation that threatens
the well-being of the Constitutionalist
reyolution. This was learned from
n Arsons coming ' from Monterey' and
Saltillo. They saia tne propuaeu w
SVrglTamtTuU?. S teache'r, W..,h, fe?eI1ee resuUed from an
ive S ma t0 Uisi whb wVote to.the Preut. 1 telegrams. .
Federals, Are Recruiting and Prepar
ing to Attack Mexico City.
Eagle Pass, Tex. Information
brought by messengers from Saltillo
was that troops from the division of
the East , have been ordered by Gen
eral Pablo Gonzales to proceed im-
demiately to Queretaro. -This move is
.regarded as significant of the part the
division of the East intends to play tion from Charleston, S. C
of silver
This lovely 7 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 VLand
of the Sky" and the "Sapphire Coun
try It is the 'first station in North -
Carolina on the Spartanburg Division
of the Southern Railway, twenty-eight
miles northwest from Spartanburg.
S. C, and fory-two miles southeast
from Asheville, N. C, the route of
which follows almost without devia
te Ashe-M
in the final assault on Mexico City as
the final stand of the Federals prob
ably will be made at Queretaro.
The movement to Queretaro, It Is
thought here, also was precipitated
by the withdrawal of Federal; troops
under General Pascual Orozco trom
the Queretaro garrison to reinforce
the Mexico City garrison. : - .
Want $10,000 to Fight Plague.
Atlanta. Ga. The State Board 'of
Health, is was announced a; few days
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, but methods, have
changed since those days of the early
pioneers. Now a score of wonderful
railroad trains speed every day 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, enterprising-
citizens of Polk , County
ago, has asked the General Assem
bly, through Governor Slaton,' for an have constructed . an automobile bpul-
approprlatlon of $10,000 with which to levard of great scenic beauty, cbnnect-
fight possible entrance of bubonic
plague into Georgia seaports. in re-
questiong the appropriation the health
officials announce theywIsh.to;make.
an investigation, following the recom
mendation of Surgeon General Rupert
Blue, of the United " States Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service
now at New Orleans.1
ing the great Southeast . with Hender
sonville, Asheville, and the upper
mountain section. 5
The , Tryon 'plateau , fa situated
within a great topographical ; horse
shoe, formed by the mountains, which
nearly surround it.1 The opening - of
the shoe is toward the.t Southeast -
MRS H. H. FUDGE, Proprietress,
Rates : $8 : per week and upward.
Beautiful grounds. Tennis courts.
, SALUDA, N. C.
Iona Lodge
MRS. S. S. O E H LE R, Proprietress.
Located in Saluda, near PIney Mciun
tai Fine water and scenery. Modern
house. Rates : $7 and .up. -Special f
rates to families. ' , ;
The Pines
MR8. M. E. LEONARD, Proprietress.
Hot and cold - bath. .Central loca
tion. Rates r $7 and up. Special
rates by the month and; to families.
f SALUDA, N. C.
The Leland Home
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A : delightful private - boarding place :
In a modern home. , ; Large yard. Hot '
and cold water bath. Rates from $7,
to $10 per week. .
.'. SALUDA, N. C. " -. '
Fairview House
MRS. H. B. LOCKE
' , SALUDA, N. C. .;
, Modern 'conveniences. "Fine ; loca
tion. ; Good table, fine water, near
postoffice : and 1 library!. No tubercu
lar patients received. Terms: $8 to
$10 per week.. Special rates to parties
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