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VOL. XX. NO. 35.
saluda; polk county, n. c, friday, January 8, 1915.
MISS GENEVIEVE CLARK
IMMIGRATION BILL
PASSES IN SENATE
FLOODStHAVE KEPT ; HEAD OFKIETHODIST H
Og TROOPSTRpM FIGHT ORPHANAGE IS DEAD , ;
; : -tHr f " V'EST RAIS IN YEARS HAVE REV; DR. JOHN NELSON COLE - '
.JmAI CONVERyED TRENCHES IN- 'OF RALEIGH PASSEs' AWAY - '. -
' ' mm ' 'TO R.VERS. AFTER LONG ILLNESS. "
' 1 tfef FRENCH GAIN NEAR R0YE FUNERAL -DURHAM '''''
PURCHASE OF SHIPS
i PROPOSED IN BILL
BY A VOTE OF 46 TO 29 SENATE
I PUTS- SHIP; SUBSIDY BILL
FORWARD.
SENATOR FLETCHER FAVORS
Says That United States Should Buy
Ships FoPCommercial Impend
ence Some Objects.
Washington. -Government- purchase
of ships as proposed in the Adminis
tration bill to create a shipping. board,
finance a $10,000,000 shipping corpor
ation and, expend not to exceed $30,
'000.000 for the purchase chartering of
I ocean carriers, because the foremost
tissue before Congress, j
By a vote of 46 to 29 the Senate
made the ship purchase bill the un-
a . - i i 1 i J i a
nnisnea uusmess, iu y o& suppiantea
only by appropriation bills. This action,-
on motion of Senator Fletchef,
acting chairman of the Commerce Com
mittee precipitated a showing on the1
part of opposition Senators which
gave certain indication that there were
breakers ahead for the proposed leg
islation. Charging that an effort jvas
being made toyrush the bill with un-j
due haste, Republican members,
among them Stenator Gallinger, Lodge
and Root, served notice that the meas
ure would be fought' to the last ditch.
Minority members pf I the Com
merce Committee, filed a report writ-;
-ten by Senator Burton and endorsed
. by Senators Nelson, Perkins, Smith
of Miehiganand Oliver, asserting that
the plan proposed would not relieve
shipping conditions enough to do any
good. It pointed also to dangers of
of Michigan and Oliver, asserting that
declaring that "every craft set afloat
by -"the Government would add ; one
more risk of our being drawn into the
present war." . .- :j
Senator r iticht?r, who has charge -,
of the bill and who recently conferred
with Tresiden 'iison concerning it,
urged the msre in a lengthy speech
after Hepuh m Senators jhfcd issued
their prorii;; daniento of (opposition.
He dec-larfd war has produced a
"ship famine- ;d that thie interests
of all people h. the United1 States de-'
manded that the Government take im
mediate action to supply ships to car
ry American products demanded in
the markets of Europe , and South '
America. He instanced the fact that
cotton sold ' at 19 cents a pound; in'
Germany when it was bringing seven
cents in the United States. Germany
would consume 500,000,000 pounds of
cotton if she could get it, he said,
and the South had 15 times that
amount to sell.1 , ? '
$75,000 FIRE AT CHARLOTTE.
Ben. , Vonde
Stores
Company and Nearby
ompletely , Wrecked.
harlmteT
Fire that started in the
big dyeing and cleaning' establish
ment of the Ben Vonde Compant, No.
18 West Fifth Street, early hi the
night wrecked the E. Reid Russefl
Block of stores there, extending from
o. 18 .to No.. 26 West Fifth street.
.and entailing what is safd to be a to-
ius on every perscn, firm and cor
poration occupying .'quarters In the
oiock,- namely the Ben Vonde Com
pany, Ovei cash & ProDst contractors!
Tomlinsori Furnishine and becoratine
Company; Frank P. Drane. assayer
and chemi -t, and J. S. De Vonde,
chemist. The loss was estimated to
be in the neighborhood of $75,000, with
nsurance plobably coverfne one-half
f the damaie. The building was own-
ea by Dr. E. tleid Russell, of! Asheville,
wno when informed of the disaster,
stated that although his block was
niy Partially covered that he expect
ed to-rebuild as soon as possible. .The
0SS. to Ipnnri on1 Trsixr tononf iTOi
nearly complete as arloss could fee
.'iTt: Lurina out &tween the
hevy brink walls that rnnflnfid It on
either side. On th west! were the
'elegant Lucas anartraents 1 and' the
beautiful Clayton Hotel, only recently
opened to the public, while on the
east were the fine stores-of the Ezzell:
Myrs f ompany. dealers in paints, oils
land sla'ss anfl TTanknev Brothers.
'pllimbers ' ' ' .-. i" " -
Wanted Her Eaa "ShuL"
, t v r -r-r
Little Tiir'a rn nth pr was nnenlnff
an eZS (nra TWa Vi1T lr1r1n. at
the whole eggs in the dish, remon-
strated: "Oh, mamma, I don't want
mat Kind.
I want a shut "egg, if you
Please!" -
Arbitration. 1
iFirst Director "Gentlemen, the
Question is, Shall we arbitrate?" Sec
ond Director "Never! Why, If we
submitted this dispute to arbitration,,
yp might have to concede something."
jLife
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Speaker Champ Clark and Mrs. Clark
have announced the engagement of
their daughter,, Miss Genevieve, to
James M. Thompson, editor of The
t isiew Orleans Item. The wedding
will takelplace in the spring or early
summer jit the Clark home In Bowl
ing Green, Mo.
BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK
ENGLAND
MOURNS LOSS OF LIVES
OF CREW MORE THAN SHIP,.
WHICH
WAS 15 YEARS OLD.
Part of Crew Picked Up and Brouhgt
Ashore.Ustatement in Theatre
. ;. j - of War. 1
London The destruction of the
British battleship Formidable In the
British Channel by a mine or a sub
marine boati, although one of those
events iungiishmen now realize' hifts t
1)6 expected so long as the British
Navy is compelled to keep the seas,
has caused Widespread grief.
This is due pot so much to the lo3s
Of the ship, fwlilch was 15 years old
and cost about $5,000,000, as it is for
the men-r-about 600 in nnmber who
went down with her. . So far as known
only 141 of the Formidable's crew of
750 Were rescued. The British ad
miralty has I not given the locality
where the disaster occurred and de
clares it is unable to say whether the
ship struck aj mine or was torpedoed
but as the Brjtish fleet again has been
active in shelling German posiitions on
the Belgian poast and as German
submarines have been more and more
using Zeebrugge as a base, the incli
nation here is to believe that a sub
marine again! has been, successful. ;
Fighting in I Flanders and Northern
France has been confined largely to
artillery engagements, except Be
thune, where the Germans claim they
have taken a Britsh trench. They ad
mit, however, 'the loss of St. Georges,
near the Belgian coast, which the Ber
lin official report says it was decided
pot to attempt to retake owing to
high water.
In the Argonne region where the
battle has been almost continuous for
weeks past, the Germans have made
a little progress as an offset to which,
however, the i French declare they
have continued their advance fn Upper
Alsace. '-:" ;T
Newspaper's View of Note.
London. The Saturday Review de
scribes President Wilson's- note, pro
testing againstUhe British attitude to
ward American shipping as "a docu
ment from as candid friend who just
because1 he is a friend, can say things
which between strangers would be re
garded as having too rough an edge.'
The Review does not think it should
be impossible for two t governments
who have no wish to find causes for
taking the offensive, to reconcile their
points of view. The position of a bel
ligerent with respect to command of
the sea, says this paper is different
even wlien neutral governments are
friends. But this position is deter
mined absolutely by the fact that Eng
land has that command of the sea
and "cannot surrender her right to use
t for defeat of .rthe enemy by any
law." '; -.r I . ,,' ' ;'rN' . -.
Vorks In Orders President Qutierrer.
Washington:-General Villa, in
telegram dated in Mexico City to his
agency . here, denied he has question
ed the amnestyj proclamations of Gen
eral Gutierrez. i "I obey; and respect
the orders of President Guitierrez,"
Villa telegraphed. "I am his subordi
nate." Further details of fighting be
tween troops of General Carranza and
Villa near Tampico were received in
official dispatches to the Carranza
agency. "General Gonzales adminis
tered a decisive defeat to the Villals
tas at Rodriguez.
MANY AMENDMENTS ARE MADE
WHICH HOUSE WILL PRO BAB
ACCEPT, i I
SENATE VOTE WAS 50 TO 7
Enough Friends of Measure to Pass
Over Expected Veto of President.
Belgians Get Exceptions.
Washington. The immigration' bill,
containing the restrictive literary test
for admission, of aliens, ! passed the
Senate ,50 to 7. " The overwhelming
majority was recorded despite indica
tions that President Wilson would
veto the measure, as did former Pres
ident Taft, if it should come to him
with the educational test jincluded.
,The . veto indicated that the bill
could be repassed' by more than the
required tWo-lhirds majority should
the President .reject the measure.
Senators who voted aaginst the bill
were": . r ;.. ; . '
Brandegee, McCumber, Marline,
O'Gorman, Ransdell, Reed j and Walsh.
The bill passed the House last Feb
ruary 241 to 126. Although the Sen
ate amended .the House bill in sev
eral particulars, the literacy test was
unaltered," save for an additional ex
emption to Belgian subjests, adopted
after prolonged debate. jl
Among Senate amendments which
House leaders, have said; probably
would be .accepted is one ! to exclude
from the United States all persons
of the African race or of negro blood.
Another strengthens the phraseology
of the prohibition of polygamists.
Closing .hours of the debate were
devoted to an amendment by Senator
Lodge to exempt- . Belgian farmers
from the literacy est and; from pro
visions which prohibit American from
ollcltirof induclgmmTgratloxi:
Already American organizations are
endeavoring to induce Belgians to set
tle in this country. The amendment,
as finally adopted, 34 to 22 j reads:
"That the provisions of this act
relating to the illiteracy test or In
duced or assisted immigration shall
not apply to agricultural immigrants
from Belgium who come, to ijhe United
States during the course of! the pres
ent' European war or within one year
after its termination owing to circum
stances or conditions arising through
the war, If it Is shown to the satis
faction of the Commissioner General
of Immigration that the said Belgian
immigrants come with the Intention Of
engaging in agriculture in the United
States and to become American cit
izens." :l! ; ::'
MUST EDUCATE FILIPINOS.
Taft Says Not Ready -for Self-Govern-ment
by Thirty Years.
Washington. Former ! President
William Taft told the senate commit
tee working on the administration
bill for enlarging Philippine independ
ence, that the Flipinos in his opinion
would be unfitted for silf-goyernment
for the next 30 years probably for
the half century. Democratic party
promises of independence, he - declar
ed, had resulted in unrest to which he
attributed; in a measure, the recent
revolutionary disturbances, r
Neither President McKlnleyr Presi
dent Roosevelt, nor himself, he said,
had contemplated turning the Philip
pine government over to the natives
before they were educated! for self
government. . He quotes from Presi
dent Wilson's writing that "self-government
is not a mere form of instir
tution, but a form of character." -
. "We cannot present the ' Filipino
people .with a character," said the
former, presidents '"It must be ac:
quired. You cannot make over a peo
ple in one generation. The time that
will be necessary to train the , Filipino
people for self-government is: the time
that will be necessiary to make them
an English-speaking people. If you
give these people independence now
or by 1920 either a Diaz would arise
in the Philippines or they would get
into a condition that caused J
he fall
of Diaz in Mexico."
Struck-by Mine or Torpedoes.
Brixham, Devon, . England. --Survivors
here of the British battleship For
midable say the warship was struck
by a mine "or torpedo abaft the maga
zine. The explosion was terrific ( but
the, magazine was not reached. Had
that also blown up, the ship would
have foundered without there ; being
time td save anybody, they said. As
the water rushed in, t the men on the
Formidable hurried to the deck , and
some got away in small boats. Capt.
Loxley and his signal men did not
leave the bridge.
I 'A''" mX 1 . '5s - invaae Russian . Border. uon-
.r;V jl-f 4 " I staritlrioie Claims Successes
m ?1 2M ter, the worst
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Vice Admlrafe SirlFrederlck Charles
Dbveton Sturdee K. C. B.f who com-
' mands the British fleet that destroy
ed the Germany cruisers Gnelsnau,
Scharnhrst, Leifcsig and Nurnberg
off the Faulklar-d islands. i
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FARM PRODlfCTS GREATER
TOTAL VALUE Vt'AS ALMOST TEN
BILLION DOLLlRS SAYS THE
ESTIMATE. !
Secretary .Houston of Agriculture De
partment' Announces Figures on
Stock and Firm Produce.
Washington. Th American farm
products during 19K eclipsed all 'rec
ords "for value with a total of almost
10 billion dollars. -Secretary Houston
announced that the', value of all farm
erx4 rarpi;ahimal "jproductiand farm
animals sold and slaughtered Aggre
gated $9,872,936,00Cis That was $83,
000,000 morethan iihe. total for 1913,
the" record year. t was more than
double the "value ofi all farm products
in 1899. I 1
Crops this year rere valued at ?6,
064,480,000 and farm animal products
at $3,838,456,000. f he value of crops
was slightly less tian in 1913, on ac
count of the reducfed value of cotton.
The corn and wheat crops, however,
were the most valuable ever produced.
They brought thefyear's crop value
total to only $88,27,000 less than the
total for last year;, despite the loss
of more than $300,000,000 in the value
Of COttOXl. ;:. 'l 1
"The estimated 'alue of the ani
mal products of tla farm in 1914,"
said the Agricultural Outlook, "is dis
tinctly higher than J$l 1913, which was
Itself a record year i ,the value of this
class of products. Ij This is due io
general, but slight increases in pro
duction, except for jtjsheep and swine
and in prices, mor especially to a
small increase in ie. average farm
price of eggs, and a more consid
erable increase in iie farm price of
cattle and 'calves sod and- slaughter
ed. - -. , i " !
"It musd be borneln mind that the
accounts of these stimates do not
stand for wealth pfoduced, not for
cash received nor fjr- profit, nor for
income in any sens
is valued, as In the','
Each product
census, when it
reached commercial
form, and the
grand aggregate of Bl. items is from
a relative rather thn from an ab
solute point of view.'f .
Sales of crops las year were sti
mated at .$2,928,000,00; sales of live
stock $2,919,000,000 al total of $5,847,
000,000. . I
The estimated value of total sales
the farm was $892 ancf sales p.er capita
of rural population eluding towns)
$139. - --U "
The value of the principal
farm
crops this year was: y . t
Corn $1,702,599,000 1 wheat $878,
680,000; hay, $779jj68,000; cotton
$519,616,000; oats $4&,431,000; pota-
toes $198,609,000; - bar Jy. $105,903,000;'
tobacco $101,411,000; rjsweet potatoes
$41,294,000; rye $3708,000; sugar
beets $27,950,000 ; rje $21,849,000 ;.
flaxseed $19,540,000, rid buckwheat
$12,892,000. I - '
" In the production o these- 14 prin
cipal crops, the aggreJfatV was about
10 per cent larger tha . in 1913 and 6
per cent smaller thanl in 1912 which
I
year stands as one of Jhe greatest ag
srreeate . production Mi
the ' United:
States. ,: , ';i
Died of Pneumonia.
Philadelphia N. Packer Shortridge
oldest director of the
Pennsylvania
Railroad Compnay an
prominently
Identified with- numefous finahcial
concerns, died at his hjme In Winnc-
wood from pneumonij
years old.
He was 85
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London. The extremely rainy win-
Europe has experienced
In years, ha3 caused floods in the- riv
er valleys of the . Continent which
have prevented any operations on a
large scale on the western battle
front and seriously interfered with
those in the East. There have been
heavy artillery engagements froni the
sea to the Sw
ss border and occasion
the infantry of the op
which were not re
al attacks by
posing armies
pulsed, have a
dded a few yards to the
territory in the possession of the at
tacking force, jbut have always proved
costly adventures.
, The French have gained a little
ground between Albert and" Roye, just
north of the pojint where the line turns
eastward, and east of Rheims and
southwest of Verdun, where attempts
to make untenable, the German posi
tions at St Mijhiel, on the Meuse are
proceeding slojwly. They also have
made some advances in Alsace but
have suffered a .repulse tc the. north
west of St. Menehould. -
In the East the Germans have cap
tured the important Russian position
at Borjimow, but elsewhere have been
unable to makp headway. The Rus
sians as defenders of well fortified
positions are aided by, muddy roads,
which hinder tie German movements.
The Austrians Iclaim to have checked
theRussian advance near Gorlice, on
.the.Soutb Galician railway, but appa;
rently the battle there has! not yet
been concluded. !
The Russians have taken the Aus
trian positions near Zukok Pass which
should1 open another entrance for
them; through
the Carpathians into
the' Austrian retreat
described by the Rus-
Hungary, . while
in Bukowina is
sians as a riot.
The Turks haye crossed the Russian
border in the Caucasus and according
to Constantinople, have defeated the
Russian garrison at Ardahan. They
are, however, displaying anxiety for
their remaining-jpossessions in Europe
by feverishly fortifying the whole
coast line. What they fear is not dis
closed, for it is Considered hardly pos
sible for the Allies to land a sufficient
force to prove af menace to them, it
is possible they anticipate an invasion
from another source.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS GOOD.
Character of Commerce of the United
State is joptomistic.
Washington. r Business conditons
arft Hftsnrihed -as e
generally re-assuring
by the Chamber
United States in
lie. The report
of Commerce of the
a report made pub-
adds however, that
the war has had a -wide-spread and
depressing effect on industry. !
"Economy naturally prevails among
all classes," saysj the report, "though
remarks have been noted that this'
does not extend to automobiles. Fu
ture delivery goods purchases are
smaller, and collections uniformly
poor, but lately a, inaiked change has
been noted In a lessening of difficulty
In obtaining bank loans and in an eas
ing of interest rates. Conditions in
the South, while j slowly Improving,
atill present a setious problem." -
Crops in general, the report adds,
have been, good, but the cattle in
dustry confronts serious handicaps in
difficulty in obtaining loans on cattle
and the foot and mouth disease quar
antine. The- sheen and wool industry
Is excellent Dut general mining con
ditions are poor.
Germany to Exhibit
San Francisco, -j Despite the war
two large blocks of space in the Pal
ace of Liberal Arts have just been
awarded Germany
by , the Panama' Pa-
cific International
Exposition. The
nature of the exhibit is not, known
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Prayers for Allies' Success.
London. Large congregations who
crowded London churches for the ob
servance of Intercession day offered
special prayers for the Allied arms
and in remembrance of those! who
haye fallen. Four services were held
at' St. Paul's Cathedral. The first at
8 a. m. was conduc ted by the Rt; Rev.
Arthur Ingram, Bishop of London.
The great' cathedral was thronged
throughout the day, Westminster Ab
bey" also had a large attendance, j The
sermon there was by Archdeacon Wil
berforce.
Noted Preacher and Leader Among
North Carolina Methodists Ans
wers the Final Summons..
( Charlotte. Rev. i Dr. John j Nelson
Cole, superintendent of the Methodist -orphanage
in Raleigh and one of the
state's best beloved- and most useful
citizens, passed away at a hospital in'
Charlotte where he had been under -treatment
since the latter part of i
November. For ' the past , two years
Dr. Cole's health had not been good.
Last spring he suffered an attack and
came to Charlotte for medical atten
tion, remaining here about two weeks.
His system responded well to tjie
treatment and he was soon able to re
turn to his arduous duties. On Thanks
giving day however: he suffered a re- ,
currence of his trouble : and frorn this .
attack he never recovered. He came ,
to Charlotte ' again for treatment butv
his strength was too far gone for him
to rally successfully. His condition
rapidly grew" worse and it was soon
seen that there was no hope. The
end came just as the day was break
ing and was very easy sleep and a
forgetting. '
The funeral took place in Durham
at Trinity Methodist church. Dr. Cole -was
pastor of this church for four
years and it was his wish that his
funeral be held there.
Dr. Cole was born In Franklinton,
February 10, 1852 and was therefore
62 years of age at . the time of his
death. After attending the schools
of his native place, he entered Randolph-Macon'
College from ' which he
was graduated..- Shortly thereafter he
entered the ministry being ordained'
within the bounds of the North Caro
lina Conference where he remained
until the day of his death. -
Early in his young manhood, Dr.
Cole was wedded to Miss Elizabeth
Marshall Jones of Mecklenburg coun
ty, Va., to whom were born six chil
dren, namely, Miss Mary Cole of Ral
eigh, Mrs. Plato, Durham, of' Atlanta, v
Ga. ; Mr. John Nelson Cole, Jr., of New
York City; Miss Marshall Cole, Miss
Alice Cole, and Mr. Henry P. Cole of
Raleigh. t
Mitchell Monument Destroyed."
. Asheville Unknown parties dyna-
mited and entirely destroyed the mon
ument to Prof. Elisha Mitchell, erect
ed on the top of Mount Mitchell, ac
cording to advjees. reaching Asheville.
The monument, which was composed
of a mixture of bronz and lead, was
reduced to a shapless ruin. Foreignors ;
employed by a lumber company are
said to have had trouble! with one of
the foremen recently arid to have be
lieved the monument the property of
the company' destroyed it No. arrests
have been-made. " i
Professor Mitchell, a Yale professor,
but at the time connected ,Wjih the
faculty of the University of North
Carolina, proved that Mount Mitchell,
6,711 feet high; is the highest point
east of the Mississippi.
Twenty-six yeas ago alumni of '
North Carolina had the monument
erected on the top of the peak to mark
the last resting place of Professor r
Mitchell.
The monument will be replaced.
' Walks About With Broken Neck.
Greensbpro Aubra Alvin Casper, 11
years old, died recently of a broken
neck, after having walked about, all
day without knowing anything v seri
ous was wrong with him. The'boy a
son of Mr. and. Mrs. J. M. Casper- and
a playmate were riding a gentle horse
and were in front of the home of Rev,
Melton Clark, when , young Casper
and his playmate fell from the ani
mal. He suffered a f slight f acture of
the skull but "refused to be carried
home, walked around awhile and then
went home-, In the afternoon, complain
ing, he went to bed and began to grow
worse, dying in the night. . :
Will Not Enter Politics.
Asheville. Answering the - sugges
tion carried in many newspapers that
Secretary William Jennings Bryan
purchase a summer home site at this
city - with a view to eventually wear
ing the toga as the representative of
this sqite, the cabinet member declar
ed thajt he has no idea of entering
North Carolina politics. He declared,
that he is still a resident of Lincoln,
Neb., knd that he will continue "to
make . that city his home. Asheville
property was bought he said, simply
as a good location for a sdmmer home. -
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