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VOL. XXI NO. 19.
UORIOUS SALUDA
T
W0RE GUESTS THAN EVER BE-
FORE THIS SEASON AND
STILL COMING , -
SEASGK EXPECTED TO BE EXTENDED
M3ny Hotels Will Remain Open Lat
er Than Usual to Accommo- ,
date the Late Comer
tf i were asked, why would you so
to Saluda to spend-, the summer, I
'would reply: Saludas salubrious
timate On the mountain tops at
p altitude ofv 2,250 feet, at its lowest
point, makes the air exhilirating and
jjvigoratiug. The days never get
cctfsively hot and the nights are
ilvrays cool.
ext of importance is the pure,
garklin, mountain spring water,
coming trom an uncontam mated
Diirce, from Judds Peak, by gravity
" . Ml tn
pressure, saiuaas sewer sy ieiu i&
idequate and the neaitu oincers
m vigilant In carrying out the
Citvs stringent laws. Not a case of
typhoid fever last summer nor local
ized malaria. 'Mosquitos are seldom
. ... XT U -,
een ana nes are tew, w
efficient health authorities.
The new electric light system, being
Installed at a great cost to the city.
,11 be completed at an early date,
Ea!ns another drawing card.
The simple life can be lived here.
Tie homes, hotels and boarding
toes are tucked away in virgin
rets, ' making enchanting sur
maiings for an ideal vacation, close
I t seven miles of concrete pave
t TOfoud'.the good roads makes It
tmtx o . get around in Saluda,
la rainy Teather.
Tie m highway from Saluda to
Trron, constructed through the moun
taics, following the Pacolet River, is
one of the most beautiful scenic
roads in the country. This highway
is a part of a link that connects
Seville, N. C, with Spartanburg,
S C. Ifcost an immense sum of
ffiOE-af to construct. The trip from
Saluda to Try on, 12 miles away,
hs enraDtured' world travellers.
Tie road was blasted through great
granite boulders and most of the
bridges have natural abutments.
Tlie scenery is magnificent. No
w'ter' can do justice to Saludas
wnery. A little journey to Judds
Peak, Piney Mountain, Blakes Peak,
Pacolet: Falls and many others in
sy walking distance, is worth trav
elling miles to see. For a - days
o;,t !rg, take a' trip to Green River
toe, that wonderful country, 1,000
tot lower than Saluda, where any
fait or vegetable can be grown,
hcre Green River,, a swift moun
kin stream dashes over rocks 'and
ffs. This trip is full of surprises
to the lover of. the creat outdoors.
Books coulrt h written ahoiit Saluda
Kenery. "
imust say something of the people
They are
the
most hosDitable. kindlv and un-
"sh people one wculd care to
t. Thti visitrra nnmex frOm all
of the country. People of cul-
and refinement, no ostentation.
leT come to Saluda for quiet and
Ust
and thev cpt it.
balut!a is well supplied w;th good
kres. markets, soda fountains and
Client telephone system, connect
Jwjth the i: ell Long Distance. The
ern Union Telegraph office is
J day arid night. The Southern
' SArvV.rt mi ii oaaIa1
"--c. iue Carolina. ouciai,
luxurious train from Cincinnati
'J Charleston:
I VI
0 reft'rlprf nnvr,Unt,A arA elll
a doctor of Mechano-Thearapy
and
an infants and chlldrens sanitar-
. III rUn.rrA f - . x I 1.lt J
- uiai,,e ui a special. si in cnuu
'"U OKflOc-O 1 11,
-a.ows, iuuK. aiier uio ueu.ii."
itors and residents.
,alu,la has innumerable motels and
C rg houses, furnished and un
sfed cottages for rent. The
,.J and boarding places have horn
surroundings, clean rooms, mod-
equipment, excellent fare and
"t nf oil ... . .
aoes not cost a for-
to tav tho k n
POPULAR
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id 8 v;iU b found in The News
y J0U may bank on it that any
C0m, then treat? you right.
to saiuoa ana you will coni
TRYON,
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Hotel D
ire
You will make no mistake in select
ing one of -these excellent 1
placea to spend your vaca
tion In The Land of
the Sky.
The Carolina Home
MRS. W. C. ROBERTSON, Propri
etress .
Central location. Baths. Commer
cial rate $2 per day. Weekly rate $7
to $8.
SALUDA; N. C.
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The Charles
MRS. J. W. LaMOTTE
Rates: Commercial $2 per day.
Weekly $7 io $10. Special Family
Rates. No consumptives .taken.
V SALUDA, N. C.
r -o:
The Pines
MRS. A. E. LEONARD, Proprietress
Hot and cold bath. Central loca
tion." Rates: $7 and up. Special
rates by the month and to families
SALUDA, N. C.
:0:
Iona Lodge
MRS. S. S. OEHLER, Proprietress.
Located in Saluda, near Piney Moun
tain. Fine water and scenery. Mod
ern house. Rates: $7 and up. Specia
rates to families.
SALUDJL, N. C.
-:o:
The Esseola
MRS. J. K. CAMPBELL
Fine view. Llthla Water. Conven-.
lently located. Rates:' $8.50 to $10
per' week. "
SALUDA, N. C.
:0:
Poplar Glenn
MRS. F. C. HAMILTON
SALUDA, N. C.
. ,
Large outside rooms. Hot and cold
baths. Del ghtful breeze. Mountain
spring water.
Rates on application.
:o:
Melrose Inn
V quiet and delightful family hotel
"Modern. Rates upon application.
SALUDA, N. C.
:0 :
Pace House
Mrs O B Garren
Saluda, N C.
Large outside rooms. Modern con
reniences. Rates- $7 to $10 a week
Farm Tests Were Satisfactory.
Director B. W. Kilgore of the staU
experiment farm work says that es
pecially satisfactory results are being
ohtained at all the experiment and
lomonstration farms this season that
a number of very valuable deductions
for the benefit of the farmers all over
the state as well as for those In the
localities where the test farms are lo
cated. The results of variety tests in
3mall grains especially wheat, oats
and rye, are just now completed and
nave a number of valuable features
.hat, will be given , wide circulation.
Americans May Claim Goods.
Washington. Ambassador Pag
cabled that Great Britain nowjs pre
rt ftp.r.ent informal renresenta-
,w - -
tions by the Foreign Trade Advisers
of the state department as a - means
of releasing American owned goods
r9 norm nn and Austrian origin held
un at neutral ports by the British or-
der-in-council. xne aecision wm
salt in the Trade Advisers resuming
negotiations interrupted since June 15
by the British refusal to consider fur
ther applications for special permits
under the order-in-counciL -.l
' Impression He Makea, -How
true It Is that the child la fa
ther of the man! Whenever a man
comes in here, for instance, and be
gins to boast how powerful and im
portant he is in the community, if not
the state, the nation and the world at
large, our memory goes back to the
days of' our innocent childhood when
we boys used to assure one another
that we spat nickels and maybe an
occasional dime, though really we
didn't at an. Columbus (Qbio)...JoW'
ctory
POLK COUNTY, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1915,
AUSTRIA EXPLAINS PLAN
WITHDRAWING A U STR O-H UN GAR
IAN LABOR FROM AMERICAN
WAR SHOPS.
Ambassador Dumba Explains Hla
. Claims to Secretary Lansing.
Wilson to Decide.
Washington. Dr. Constantin Dum
ba, the Austro-Hungarlan Ambassador,
explained to Secretary Lansing a let
ter written by him to the Vienna for
eign office discussing plans for with
drawing Austro-Hungarlan labor from
American plants making war supplies
for the Allies.'
Neither the Ambassador nor Mr.
Lansing would comment on the Inter
view when it was over. In official
quarters-it was expected the Secre
tary would submit the matter to Pres
ident Wilson, with whom would rest
the decision whether the explanation
was satisfactory. -
The text of Doctor Dumba's letter,
recently seized by British authorities
from Its bearer, James F. J. Archi
bald, an American, was cabled to the
state department by Ambassador
Page, and had been the subject of a
conference between the President and
Secretary Lansing before the Ambas
sador reached the department. It is
understood the use- of an American
passport to shield the messenger, who
carried not only the Dumba letter but
dispatches from the German Embassy
and other documents, was regarded
by them asquite as serious a fllatter
as the activities revealed by the letter
itself.
Mr. Lansing's only statement on
the " subject was ' a negative response
when asked whether any steps had
been taken toward bringing the situ
ation to the attention of the Vienna
Foreign Office.
From reliable sources it was learn
ed that Doctor Dumba outlliled to
Secretary Lansing the Austro-Hungarlan
view of thel plans dealth with in
his fetter, -contending .that it contem
plated - no violation of Jawa, of : the
United States 'nor offense against
American Institutions. 1
EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY.
Mexicans Plan to Overthrow Ameri
can Authority
Brownsville, Tex. More evidence
of a widespread conspiracy among
Mexicans on both sides of the Rio
Grande to overthrow American au
thority along the border was discover
ed by state and federal authorities
Investigating the recent outbreak.
One circular, dated October 1,
1914, which was '.said, to have been
widely distributed in Texas and
Mexico, appealed to Mexicans to "rise
In favor of Carranza and independ
ence, because at the rate we are going
we soon will be slaves of the Ameri
cans." The names of the Mexicans who
signed the call were not made public.
Letters from points in Lower Cali
fornia", indicating that plans for .up
rising along the border were in pro
?ess of formation for more than a
year, also were found. Buttons en- j
closed in the letters were inscribed
'Land and Liberty."
Norwegian Bark Sunk.
London. The Norwegian bark
Storesand, 1,639 tons which sailed
from Iquipue, ChUe, April 30 for Liv
erpool, has been sunk. Her crew was
saved.
Italy! Puts Cotton on Contraband List.
Paris. Italy has declared, cotton
contraband of war, a Rome dispatch
to the Havas agency announces.
American Dollar Should Rule.
Wflshlnzton. The time has come In
the opinion of the Federal Reserve
Board, when the American aoiiar
should take a dominating place in the
financial markets of the world and
when Amercn or . dollar ' exchange
should become the medium through
which the millions of exports and im
ports of the United States are paid.
To open the field for American ex
change the board irsued revised regu
lations governing the rediscount of
bankers' " acceptances by Federal re
serve banks. .:
Cotton Manufacturers Meet.
New London, Conn. The V ninety
ninth semi-annual meeting of the Na
tional Asoclation of Cotton Manufac
turers opened at Eastern Poin with an
attendance of 300 members i and
guests. The effect of the war in Eu
rope on the American cotton industry
will be one of the features of the dis
cussion. The President of the associa
tion, Albert Greene Duncan, of -Boston,
in an address, said he believed
that Industrial preparedness should
go hand in hand with military preparedness
FT ATTACK
T OF L
BOMBS ; DROPPED IN LONDON
I BUSINESS DISTRICT BY GER
MANxCRAFT.
P40ST A SCORE ARE KILLED
f
No Americans Were Killed. Greal
Norwich Factories and Iron Works
Are Damaged. .-
Washington. A cablegram confirm
ing press dispatches that no Ameri
cans were killed or injured in the
Zeppelin raid on London reached the
state department from the Americar
Embassy at London.
Whlle the state department official
did not care to commit themselves tc
an official opinion on the aspect in in
ternational law of an attack of air
ships upon London or. any other suci
city, it was indicated that presuming
the presence of a defensive force ir
the city there can be no legal objec
tion by a neutral power whose citizens
were killed. The state department'
Interpretation is that the fact that the
place is "defended" is sufficient to re
lieve the attackers from the necessity
of giving notice.
Berlin, via London. The chief ol
the. Admiralty Staff has Issued the
following report:
"Our naval airships attacked dur
ing the night of September 8-9, witl
good results, the western cart of the
city of London, the great factories
near Norwich and the harbor work
and Iron works at Middlesboro. There
were heavy explosions and numerouf
fires were observed. -1
"Our airships were heavily fired at
by hostile batteries but all returnee
safely." .
London. The ' official, statement
Iglven out Here gives ' - the following
list of casualties in the air raid; '
Killed, 12 men, two women, and sIj
children.
Injured seriously, eight men, foul
women and two children.
Injured slightly, 38 men, 23 women
and 11 children.
One soldier was killed, and three
were Injured. All the other victims
were civilians.
No Americans were killed or in
jured. DR. DUMBA MUST GO.
Washington Informs Vienna That
He Is No Longer Acceptable.
Washington. Ambassador -Penfield
of Vienna has been instructed by ca
ble to inform the Austo-Hungarian
government that Dr. Constantin Dum
ba no longer is acceptable as an envoy
to the United States, and to ask for
his recall.
Secretary Lansing formally an
nounced the action. It was the ans
wer of the American government to
Doctor Dumba's explanation of his in
tercepted letter to Vienna outlining
plans for handicapping plants in this
country making war supplies for the
Allies. E
News that Doctor Dumba's recall
had bfpn requested created a sensa
tion iifHhe capital. It had been
known in official circles that Presi
dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing
regarded his conduct as a grave
breach of propriety, but there had
been a well defined impression that
the only immediate step would be
the cancellation, announced, of the
passport of Archibald, the American
who carried the intercepted dis
patches. Germany Sends Regrets.
Berlin, via London. In its note to
the United States on the sinking of
the White Star Liner Arabic, the Ger
man government says that "it most
deeply regrets that lives were lost
through the action of the commander;
it particularly expresses this regret
to the government of the United
States on account of the death of
American citizens," and adds:
"The German government is . un
able, however, to acknowledge any
obligation to grant indemnity in the
matter, even if the cemmander should
have been mistaken as to the aggres
sive intentions of the Arabic,"
Dyers are Seeking Aid.
I Wasbinglton-rA committee repre
Renting the Master Dyers' Association
Of Philadelphia, headed by D. F. Wa
ters, president, asked Secretary Lans
ing for asi stance to. relieVe the dye
stuff situation. They declared no new
practical methods, had been develop
ed for the manufacture of dyestuff s,
that supplies were . about exhausted,
and that the situation could be reliev
ed only by releasing dyes now detain
ed in German ports. Under "certain
conditions they said Germany would
release those goods. :
AIRGRA
HEAR
WILSON VISITS LANSING
PRESIDENT WALKS TO STATE
DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS
DUMBA CASE. t
Dumba Was Acting Under Instruc
tions - From His Government.
Washington Remains Silent.
Washington Dr. Constantin Dum
ba, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador
left for the summer embassy at Len
ox, Mass., to await word from Secre
tary Lansing whether the United
States government is satisfied with his
explanation of his intercepted letter
to Vienna, outlining- plan for with
drawing Austro-Hungarian labor and
handicapping American munition
plants.
The ambassador's statement to Mr.
Lansing that he was acting under in
structions from his government in all
that he planned to do apparently has
made of the affair a diplomatic issue
far more serious than a mere question
of ethics or propriety involving only
Dr. Dumba himself. r
Silence on the subject was observ
ed again at the White House and state
department, and so far as is known
no decision has been reached.
The president, carrying the cabled
copy of the ambassador's letter, walk
ed over to the department, surprised
Secretary Lansing In his office and
spent 15 minutes discussing the situa
tion. It was the first time a president
has done such a thing since Spanish
war days.
Before leaving Washington, Am
bassador Dumba called at the labor
department to seek co-operation in his
program for providing new employ
ment for workmen who are expected
to walk out of the munitions plants.
Secretary Wilson was not in his of
fice, but he talked with acting Secre
tary Densmore. It is.no secret in offi
cial circles that the administration
would not countenance any sort of
participation in such a movement.
EMPEROR .TAKES .COMMAND.. r
Places Himself in Supreme Command
of Land and &ea Forces. '
Petrograd. Grand Duke Nicholas,
who has beeh at the head of the Rus
sian armies in the great campaigns on
the eastern front, has been transfer
red by Emperor Nicholas to the Cau
caucus where the comparatively un
important ( Operations against the
Turks are in progress.
The emperor's action was taken
when he assumed command of all of
Russia's armed forces 6n land and
sea, it developing that he had placed
himself at the head of Russia's naval
as well as her military forces.
Grand Duke Nicholas is appointed
viceroy of the Caucaucus and com
mander .in chief of the army on the
Russian southern front s
Thought Arabic Would Attack.
Berlin, via London. The command
er of a German submarine which has
returned to its base has reported to
the admiralty that he torpedoed the
liner Arabic jn the. belief that the
Arabi's action indicated she was about
to attack the submarine and that he
fired in self-defense.
The submarine commander said his
boat was engaged in destroying a
freighter when the Arabic was sight
ed. The submarine was then-on the
surface.
The Arabic, the commander de
clares swung around and headed to
wards the freighter as if to attack
the submarine. The commander re
mained in doubt as to her intentions
when she changed her course a few
points, but still kept headed In a di
rection bringing her nearer to the
scene.
Over Thousand Students Enrolled.
The greatness of a college depends
apon its ability to satisfy the supreme
human need of the people it serves.
To seek the needs of our people and to
satisfy those needs so far as It lies
within our power this is the import
ant thing for us." These were the
words used by President Edward Kid
der Graham in his opening address
.o the faculty and students of the Unx-
zersity of North Carolina. More than
,000 students were enrolled at the
onening.
Ancient Ideas Concerning World.
Ages on ages of the growth of hu
man reason lapsed before there war
the least glimmering among the
wisest of mankind of the rotundity of
earth. r . Other ages were submerged
In the unmeasured past- before there
came the crudest of scientific asser
tion of this rotundity. The greatest
of philosophers of antiquity not so fat
distant believed the earth was flat;
that it had this or that for a founda
tion; that foundation having this or
that monster animal for Its founda
tion, or that the whole rested on tb
sea ' .
ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894.
UNEQUIVOCAL "NO"
GARRANZA'S REPLY
CANNOT CONSENT THAT AFFAIR!
I OF MEXICO BE HANDLED BY'
MEDIATION. j
i
SAYS STRIFE IS NEAR END
tn Note Carranza Claims Control 4
All Tarrltory Except Few 8catter-
Ing Points.
Vera Cruz.Gen. Venustiano Cai
ranza's reply to the appeal of thi
United States end the Latin-American
countries for a conference between
the leaders, of the various Mexican
factions, having in view an adjustment
of Mexico's internecine struggle is i
polite but unequivocal "no."
In a note issued by Foregn Minis-,
ter Acuna, General Carranza has told
the diplomats that he can permit ol
no Interference whatever by foreign
governments. He explains that he is
In control now of all Mexico except
the states of Chihuahua and Morejos,
and a part of the state of Sonora.
The signers of the note to Carranza
are invited to come themselves or to
send representatives to some point
along the Rio Grande for a confer
ence at which the affairs of Mexico
may be discussed "solely from an' in
ternational point of view," and with
the Idea that Carranza's government
be recognized as the de facto govern
ment in Mexico.
The diplomats are told that the9
first chief of the Constitutionalists
now commands an army of 150,000
men; that the functions of public
service have been restored,: the rail
ways repaired and railway traffic re
sumed. . The note adds that Ain the
fields, and the cities there have been
reborn t the activities of normal life.
8 tress is" laid I onCtheassertldn that""
soon the; entire country will be at
peace. ' V,;'" ':'"
The reply insists tnat the first chief
is actuated by the highest motives in
declining to participate in the con
ference. It is stated that the fact that
the Revolutionists had entered into
a pact at Vera Cruz with the old
government was one of the weak
nesses of President Francisco I. Ma
derio's arrangement for the rehabilita
tion of Mexico and that this alleged
trafficlng with the opposition was
one, of the reasons for the disagree
ments that culminated in the tragic
battle In Mexico City in February,
1913. Incidentally it is stated in the
note that "some foreign i diplomats"
were involved in that affair.
OTHERS MAY HAVE TO GO.
Dumba Case May Effect Other Rep
resentatives. Washington. President Wilson's
request for the recall of the Austrian
Ambassador, Dr. Constantin Theodor
Dumba, has broadened into a situation
Involving Captain Franz con Papen,
the military attache of the German
Embassy; Alevander Nuber von Pere
ked, the Austrian Consul General In
New York, and possibly Count Ton
Bernstorff, the German Ambassador.
The official view is that the Ambas
sador, although technically involved,
is not so seriously concerned as the
military attache or the Consul Gen
eral. It Is not unlikely . that both of
the latter may be recalled or dismiss
ed from the country.
Coupled with German's disappoint
ing and unsatisfactory explanation of
the sinking of the White Star, liner
Arabic, after Count von Bernstorff
had given assurances that full satis
faction would be given If It were
established! that a German submarine
sunk the ship, official Washington
views the friendly relations with the
Germanic Powers strained more to-,
ward the breaking poiat than ever be
fore. British Steamer Torpedoed.
Paris. The British steamer Alexan
dria, owned by the Cunard Steamship
Company, was torpedoed 70 miles from
Cape Palos, near Murcla, Spain, ac
cording to the Madrid correspondent
of the Havas agency.. Twenty-eight
of the crew have ben landed at Matj
arron, Spain.
French Seek Big Loan.
New York. The Anglo-French com
mission, seeking a way to meet the
huge bills of Great Britain
France for American munitions and
others upplies, reached New York
wait welcomed by J. P. Morgan and
met approximately 100 ' prominent
bankers, insurance heads and leaders
in other lines of finance late in the
afternoon at a reception In Mr. Mor
gan's ' library: At night the commis
sioners were dinner guests ot a party
tt New York financiers, ..
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