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Wonderful
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Opportunities
for Home Seek
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Spring Water.
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VOL. XXI NO. 20.
TRYON, POLK COUNTY, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1915;
ESTABLISHED MAY, 18S4f
E
m factious
REC0GNITION OF A MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT IS NEXT STEP
SAY DIPLOMATS.
CHANCES FAVOR CARRANZA j
Any Provisional President With Noc-!
essary Material and Moral Capa
city to Maintain Civil Laws.
Xew York. Secretary Lansing, rep
resenting the United States Govern
ment, and the diplomatic represen
tatives of Brazil, Chile, Argentine,
Bolivia! Uruguay and Guatemala, re
eved at their meeting here that the
time had come for the extension of
formal recognition to a government in
Mexico. ., v
In three weeks another meeting ot
the conference will be held In Wash
ington, at which a decision is to be
reached as to the elements upon
which the recognition should be con
ferred. A formal statement issued
by the conference declared that inas
much as the factions themselves had
failed to come to an agreement, rec
ognition would be accorded to the de
facta authorities possessing the "ma
terial and moral capacity necessary
to protect the lives and property of
Nationals and foreigners." Each of
the several governments, it was an
nounced, would itself- "judge such
capacity, and recognition will likewise
be extended by each government sepa
rately at such time as it. may deem
proper." ' ' "'
Unless the military situation in
lleiico takes a decided turn within
lie next three weeks in' favor of
General Villa who has concentrated
to forces for battle with General Ob
M, at Torreon, 'most of the .jCon
were -of the -ijpinlaa -that lb
Cwraaa government would -logically
wiSSd to recognition. -'. '-.
Th several governments will en
deavor to learn, however, not only
flat territory each, faction controls
to what promise of stability the fac-
tioas live that aspire to recognition
To determine exactly what is the
status of the different factions the
wveral governments will examine the
iitoation each m its own way. The
United States will seek to form ats
Judgment through log and exhaustive
reports from its consuls supplemented
Ja Personal conferences in Washing
ton between Secretary Lansing and
representatives of all groups and ele
ments. UNDERWRITE BIG LOAN.
syndicate Will Receive Commission
Also Securities.
N'ew York. The proposed mammoth
crdit loan to Great Britain . and
France it was .reported is to be under
Written by a large syndicate of Amerl-
financiers and bankers' who are
to receive a commission for their ser
ies. The securities offered, it was
fctt. will be British and French five
r cent government Donds, and the
5nce to the investor Is to be par
The amount of the loan it was .'re
Prted is as yet undetermined but
be between $600,000,000 and $800,-
ooo.ooo. . " -
The underwriting syndicate, ltwa8
ported, will be the largest of its
lilid ever pstnhH,f1 In the: United
States and probably will be open to
learly all national banks, trust com
bes and state banks that may care
10 Participate. " - '
El5mination . of the reported differ
nce in opinion between American
fanciers and members of the Anglo-
rench Commission over the manner
" Placing the loan apparently has re-
Uted in a victory for the American
Meiers. Previous reports were to
effect that the commission's views
,6re that the loan should be placed
'subscription and that there should
ao underwriting syndicate.
Confederate Naval Monument .
Washington. A Confederate naval
171 n...
-ument to cost not more .than
-o ooo is proposed in the annual re-
n Of thft VJfVoKMT-w MoHr.no! M!H.
tary Pa
ik Commission Just submitted
lQe Secretary of War
y Decisive Battle. Near Vilna.
ondon.The Germans bav nfwA
K vnna z .rzr.r-:z::-
MUST
REGQGNIZ
ovem ' Bweeyiue explosion ana , me iaci uiv-
ed lnnt t0 the north' nae succeed- well forward.
, Almost if not entirely surround- Although dispatches from London
JrtnDOiUon of the US8ian army and Queenstown at the time started
twen v.? the ra-ay triangle be- that the Hesperian had ben torpedoed,
HussL Jna LIda and Vileika. The tae explosion occurred when the ves
ust fi es in this district either sei was about a hundred miles out
retire itheIr way out eastward or side of the zone in which German
fft a southwesterlv direction. ...wo.inAi .nsnaiiv onerate. and , so
inf ai. .. . . ' .
their h rauway left entirely in
only
. .. ... . I
Van. 7 , 13 tftat yfalch runs from
which runs from
hanitA iA Dsiiovirt. I
thchi ' ttaa wwce-to-Baraao-
MRS. G. H. MATHIS 1
; jo:-:. x-: x- -: : : :- s
Mrs. G. H. Mathls Is a wealthy
planter of Gadsden, Ala., who is de
voting most of her time to educating
southern farmers in the matter of di
versification of crops. In this she acts
as the field agent of the Alabama
Bankers' association.
ENGLAND GETS CARGOES
PRIZE COURT DECIDES AGAINST
AMERICAN OWNERS OF SI EZ
' ED PRODUCTS.
American Owners Will Carry Case to
Navy Council and Expect to Win
They Say.
London. Virtually all of. the Ameri
can meat aboard the seized Norwegian
steamers Kim, Alfred Nobel, Bjernst
jorne Bjornsen and Pridland was con
demned by the British prize court and
declared forfeited to the Crown. The
cargoes were valued at about $15,000,-
000. A small part was released to
claimants.
The case has been pending for sev
eral months. The steamships were
seized last November, and efforts ' by
the American owners to obtain an
errly trail failed. The hearing began
in June and closed last month. :.
The court said it was plain these
ships were carrying towards Copen
hagen, when seized, more than 13
times the amount of goods which
under normal circumstances would
huve ben taken to that port. The
fact that gave practical and over
whelming assurance that the goods
were intended!" to and their way to
Germany. One circumstance throw
ing light on-the real destination of
the goods, the court said, was thai
the exportation of lard by ono Am
erican company alone to Copenhager
in three weeks after the outbreak of
the war was 20 times more than in
periods of peace.
The decision r roused intense In
terest among all the representatives
of American packing firms here as
well as those immediately involved,
as no American m it products have
been shipped to European neutrals
since last May. and the unfavorable
result of the packers' case is likely
to cause further stoppage of this
trade. , .
HESPERIAN NOTE RECEIVED.
State Department -Contemplates
No
Action at Present Time.
Washington. Germany's note In
forming the United tSates that there
is no reason to believe the liner Hes
perian was sunk by a submarine has
reached the state department.
- Secretary Lansing said no action In
the case ' was contemplated at this
time. There is no evidence before
the department to prove whether the
liner was attacked or struck by a
mine. . '
The German note declares all. re
ports received from submarine com
manders indicate that there was no
submarine in the vicinity when the
explosion which wrecxea - me xxe
rerian occurred,' and expresses be
lief that the vessel was blown up by
i f the nature of the
a m,ue' 1 . rt,:r: w.
BUUiuauuv. .
. . , - II l J
far aa is known here noDoay ou uum
naB claimed to baye seen a submarine
.
ortoroeflo.
SHIPS TO VISIT CHARLESTON
Secretary Daniels Promises Great At
traction For the Southern Com
mercial Congress.
Washington. Secretary . Josephus
Daniels promised a - delegation . Of
Charleston business ; men that he
would have a division of the Atlantic
fleet stop at Charleston during the
annual, convention . of the Southern
Commercial congress which meets at
Charleston December 13 to IS. -
The delegation was headed by Sen
ator Smith. Other : members of the
party were: Mayor John P. Grace,
Julius D. Koster, P. H. Gadsden, D.
u. Sinkler, B. F. McLeod and R. G.
Khett, all of Charleston.
i
The delegation also paid a visit to
Secretary McAdoo and invited him to
the congress.
;r. Secretary Daniels was the guest of
honor at a luncheon given the dele
gation at' the University club by the
Commercial congress..
. Columbia Car Strike Ends.
Columbia After one week's idle
ness - the full service of Columbia's
street cars was started up again, the
strike of the employees having ended
when carmen and officials reached a
complete and satisfactory agreement.
The agreement closes the second
strike on the street railway system
since its organization. Leaders of both
sides say that the agreement would
prevent trikes in the future, as diffi
culties will be submitted to arbitra
tion. ' ' '
The dismissal of J. W. Brunswick
and C. H. McKlssick, conductors, sev
eral days ago precipitated the strike.
The Union contended that evidence
furnished by inspectors was not suffi
cient to cause the discharge of the
board of directors, and the action of
the general manager in discharging
the men was there sustained, although
the directors reinstated two men who
had been suspended because of - dif
ferences with an inspector.
Honor Kings Mountain Hero. .
vvGaffney, The Daughters of the Rev
olutiorrdf Gaff ney have for some timt
been thinking of erecting a monument
(o the memory of Col. James Williams,
who commanded the South Carolina
troops at the battle of King's Moun
tain, and to this end the regent of the
chapter, Mrs. M. P. Pierson, has ap
pointed a committee to confer with
the city authorities and select a site
ior the monument. Col. Williams was
mortally wounded at the battle ol
King's Mountain and died on a plan
tation in the Buffalo section of'Chero
kee county.
Death Claims Coker President.
Hartsville. The Rev. Howard Le
Jones, D. D., president of Coker col
lege, died in a hospital at Florence
The well known educator had been ir
ill health for several months and had
sought rest and treatment away frotr
home, hoping to recover before the
beginning of the new college sessior
on September 23. Following & de
cline a few days ago he was taker
to a hospital in Florence, but his frai!
constitution could not respond.
Engineer Baer Hurt.
Abbeville. Engineer C. D. Baer oi
the Seaboard was seriously Injured
recently at Berkeley, Ga., being struct
on the head by a mail crane. Mr
Baer was carried to the Athens hos
pital. He has been with the Seaboard
for a number of years, making Abbe
ville his home for the past 10 years.
Dates For Chester Fair.1
Chester. The Chester County Fail
association has selected October 20
21 and 22 as the dates for the annua
county fair, and the indications al
ready point to the. biggest and bes1
In the history of the county.
WEATHER FORECAST.
South Atlantic and Bast
States Generally fair .weather
Gul
and
moderate
temperatures throughou1
the week
MARKET REPORT.
Prices paid for cotton, cotton seed
corn, wheat, oats, peas, etc., on the
different markets in South Carolina
during the past week:
Abbeville Cotton, 10Hc;- corn, $1 bu;
wheat, $1.25 bu; oats. Oc bu;.rye,
bu; butter, 25c lb; effgs, 20c doz.
I1.5G
AUenaaie cotton, xoc; corn, sac
bu;
oats, 80c bu; rye, $1.25 bu; peas, $1.25
bu; butter, ?oc ; eggs, zoc
Belton Cotton. 10c:-. corn,, SI bu; wheat
"l.25 bu; oats, 65c bu; rye, $1.40 bu; peas,
1.25 bu; butter, 25c lb; eggs, 20c dos.
Bamberg- corn, i du; wneat, i.zu du;
oats, 65cvbu;. butter, z&c id; eggrs, zoc
dos. - - - -
Camden Cotton, 8c.
Clinton Butter, 30c lb; i eggs, , 30c dos.
Charleston Cotton, 10c; corn, 1.10 bu;
wheat. $1.10 bu; oats, 46c bu; rye, $1.25
bu; butter, 20c lb; eggs, 21c doz.
Cheraw Cotton, 9c.
ConwayButter, 35c lb; eggs, ISc dos.
Chester Cotton. 10Uc. - , .
hujats, t5c bu; rje, M bu.
f.,v..:.''
COTTON PROBLEM
IS UP TO BANKERS
PRESIDENT WILSON PLACES SIT-
UATIONU SQUARELY UP TO
'SOUTHERN BANKERS.
TUMULTY ANSWERS LETTER
McLaurin Charges That Banks Are
Making Financing of the Crop as
Difficult as Possible.
Columbia "The president feels that
the whole .maintenance of the' cotton
situation depends directly and imme
diately upon the southern bankers and
they have themselves to blame" If it
i-O'es not. come out satisfactorily," says
J:; P. Tumulty, secretary, to President
Wilson, in a' letter to John L. Mc
Laurin, state warehouse commission-
- -The president." says the letter,
?has received your letter of Septem
ber 15 and has been greatly interested
in reading it. He asks me to suggest
that you emphasize the letter that he
wrote to Mr. Harding, and which Mr
Harding read in his speech at Binning
ham, Ala." - v .: v':: ' ' ' - - -;
A On , September IS Mr. McLaurin
tent the following letter in part to
president. Wilson:
"You were so generous in the letter
read ' by Mr, Harding in his Birming
nam speecn tnat i ieei tnat you
Should be promptly advised of a sit
uation now: pending.
1 "The quick advance in cotton Is due
primarily more to that letter and the
statements, of Messrs. McAdoo and
Harding than to the admitted short
Crop. This will later sustain prices.
It there is no combination of moneyed
Interests to force cotton "on the , mar
ket. '
: "Last spring the New York banka
fteeiy loaned T cents er pound when
the market price was .much lower than
now. . The same banks are refusing
to loan over 6 cents. This is a very
short crop, and at 10 cents a pound
will not bring what the last crop did
to the producers.
"The banks of the south are, as a
rule, opposed to lowering the interest
rate. They are afraid since your let
ter to come out openly and are work
ing through the New York banks.
"You will observe that the basis ol
the trouble is with the Southern, not
the New York, banks. I do not wish
10 stir strife and incite hatred among
out people by letting it be known what
some of our large banks1 are doing.
I am to address a mass meeting oi
the farmers of Georgia on the 21st in
Atlanta, where this matter will be un-
aer aiscussion ana . aesire to be as
conservative as possible. v
"To some extendi have the ear ol
the cotton planters and feel the re-
sponsinnity. ii you wm advise me,
marking your letter,, 'personal,'
promise not to use what you say ex
cept for my personal guidance. . . ,
While we made this crop at less cost
than the 1914 crop, it is so short that
at 12 cents we will barely break
even.
"It is a shortsighted policy, because
this crop will be about 5,500,000 bales
under 1914, and if it does, not show
a profit to the producers, the 1916
crop will be curtailed to where manu
facturers will not have the raw ma
terial to supply their spindles. You
can see the far-reaching effect on
finances as well as labor.
Sell Cotton Mill Again.
;. Spartanburg. The Enoree Manufac
turing company will be offered for sale
again on October 4, according to offi
cial notice published here. The prop
erty was bought two months ago at
public sale by J. I; Westervelt and
Lewis W. Parker of Greenville for
200,001.' The notice says the prop
erty is being sold "at the risk of for
mer defaulting purchasers." It was
announced recently that Mr. Wester
velt would relinquish his interest in
the property to . E. Graham of Green
ville and onlyfa few days ago a charter
was issued., to the Melville Manufac
turing company which, it was stated
would take over the Enoree property
It is said that those parties may yet
Lexington Plans Big Fair. '
. Lexington. "We expect to have the
largest' and best- county fair in the
history of the county," said Heber R
Dreher of Selwood, president of the
Lexington County Fair association
who was In Lexington for a short while
a few days ago. "With cotton selling
around 10 cents, which will enable the
farmers or most of them to pay up,
their obligations and have a little
spare change left there should be
large attendance. The exhibits, I am
sure, .will be up to . the usual high
fta&dara for Lexington. - . , v
REAR ADMIRAL WINSLOV
ILL-
. Rear Admiral C. M. Winslow. has
been transferred from the Naval War
college at Newport to .the: command
of the Pacific fleeC
FEW BATTLES ON BORDER
F1GHTING ACROSS RIO GRANDE
BETWEEN MEXTCAN AND U. S.
TROOPERS.
Americans Suffer No Casualties.--Re-
ported That Seventeen Mexican.
r .
were nil.
Brownsville, Tex. American cav-
alrymen had two fights with Mexicans were aD0Ut and there was not Jhd -across
the Rio Grande, one here and 8Ughtest suggestion of secrecy. Of
one near ionna aooui ou mues up ui
river. In both clashes theAmerican
soldiers were fired-upon and returned
uie nre wunoui memseiTe, "uutriuj
anuatje
Then American cavalrymen In the
Donna fight, wfcich fasted two hours using me or my passport as a shield
and a half, reported they were fired for the transmission of-any Improper
upon by about 200 Mexicans and be- letters. ,
lieved that they had hit 17 Mexicans.
Twenty American cavalrymen fought
on the outskirts of Brownsville for
half an hour with Mexicans on tne op-
posite bank of the river. After the
fight one Carranza soldier was taken
to Matamoros, probably fatally
wounded, but Carranza officers denied
emphatically that any of their men
joined in the battle. -
Col. A. P. BlocKsom, American
commander at Fort Brown here, re-
ported to Major General Funston at
San Antonio that the Mexicans started
the firing near Brownsville.
Immediately after the battle a small
mob formed in Matamoros, about the
headquarters of Gen, E. P. Nafarrete,
Carranza commander, shouting: "Give
us guns."
They had heard the rifle shots and
were angered by reports that their
people had been fired upon. General
Nafarrete refused their demands. He
sent his chief of staff, Col. P. A.
Chapa, to investigate and Colonel
took United States Consul Jesse H.
Johnson with him to the Mexican side
of the battleground.
Mr. Johnson found some evidence
to . support the Mexican sold ers claim
that they .were not -implicated in the
fight, but after coming to Brownsville
to learn the American . version, Mr.
Johnson said he was convinced ; that
Colonel Chapa had not yet been put
in possession of all the facts.
The trouble at Brownsville began
WJ
t m' J r t ,j..f
oi crownayiue, . reyoiLcu w vuwuci
Blocksom that for two or three days
snipers on tne Mexican side had been
shooting into his ranch on the river
front
FINDS LAND HE, SOUGHT.
Stefansson, Thought Possibly to Have
Been Lost, Heard From.
Nome, Alaska, Villijalmur Stefans
son, cMef of the. Canadian Govern-
ment Artie exulorine and surveying
expedition that left Victoria, B. C, in
June, 1913, and who set out afoot over
the ice with two companies from the
shores of northeastern Alaska in
March, 1914, to seek new land in un-
chartered seas, did not go to his death,
as the world had begun to fear, but
found the new land and the only hard
ships endured were those of shortl
rations. r
The power schooner Ruby arrived
from Herschel Island with dispatches
from Stefansson to the Canadian Gov-
ernment in which he omits reference
to the perils of the. journey on the ice
and' gives space to the scientific re-
suits achieved. ' v
Stefansson is wintering at Banks
Land, where he has a large power
schooner an da small one. He plans and making suggestions for, improve
to explore the new territory during ments. tFor luncheon Mr. Rockefeller
the winter and nexjT summer stopped, at the mlnera1 boaxdlm houtt
i ...
J. F.J.
ARGH BALD
SE
SAYS HE DID NOT CONTRIVE TO
; BREAK NEUTRALITY LAWS OF
COUNTRY.
SEES LAWYER AS FIRST STEP
The Letter Was Given Him at the
Pier. Knew Nothing' of Its Con
i tents. Matter of Friendship. -
. New York.r-James F. J. Archibald,
the American correspondent, who car
ried a message from Dr. Constantin T.
Ihimba, AustroHungarian Ambassa
dor at Washington, addressed to Baron
von Burian, Austrian Foreign Minister,
which led to a request from the Unit
ed States for the Ambassador's recall,
issued a statement here. In which he
denied that he had connived in any
way to break the neutrality laws of
the United States or was an Official
dispatch-bearer.
The request for Doctor Dumba's re
call was made after the Ambassador's
letter was seized by British authori-
ties when Archibald was intercepted .
at Falmouth. ,r -
On his return here, . aboard the
steamship Rotterdam, Archibald con
sulted his lawyer, acquainted him
self, as he explained, "with what had .
Meen said in this cauntry," and thea
f totejnjn
"Doctor Dumba's letter," said Ar-
chibald. "was eiven to me most onen-
lv at the steamer's srane nlank iuat
before ..ninir: Hundreds of nersons.
its contents, I had absolutely no
knoedge. r supposed of course that,
lt Blmpiy refered to my work. I feel .
DENES
CR
th t the verv ooen manner in. which :
Doctor Dumba had bo x intention of
"I did not consciously break either
the spirit or the letter of my' passport
or 0f any iaw, but merely did what
every traveler crossing the ocean does,
Dy carrying notes or small packages ;
I as an accommodation to friends, just'
j aa t did when I returned from Ger-
many last year, when I carried several
letters and official dispatches to our
state department for Ambassador
Gerard and packages for Mrs.T Gerard
and others. Of course, in doing this
for Ambassador and Mrs. Gerard I did
it simply at a matter of friendship,
precisely as I carried the letters In
this case' :
VILLA PROMISES PROTECTION.
Considerable Fighting is Reported
Around Mexico City. - .
Wnshinertmi- frAnftrnl Villa nnthAr.
,zed n,g Washington agent Enrlaue C.
Llorente to issue a statement, promts-
in ir nrntontinn tn Americana ond nthar
foreigners in Mexican territory con
troned by hinu There have been r
,ports foreigners would suffer as a
result of the outcome of the Pan-Amer-
7-. -nnf-rbnn. t Kow.Vnrv fnrA..a.
ing recognition of Carranza and the
recent rene1red warning, Americans
to leave the fl hti zone8 of northern,
jjexico J '
. . ..m -
that the evacatlon of Torreon by the '
Villa forces ': completed eSpL 19.
& atsto danartmanf ototamant sum.
marizing dispatches said:
vm.
Momm- -ti am,,nd th nit-
of Mexico The Carranzista garrison
at Chalco, a subub of Mexico City, is
reported to have been almost wiped
out." . ':, 'v'
; Dead of the F-4.
San Francisco. The United States
Naval station sblp Supply arrived
from Honolulu, T. H., with the bodies
of 13 men from the submarine F-4 on
board. v- "
Four of the bodies which had been
identified were brought in separate
caskets. The dismembered bodies of
nine others' were brought In four
caskets.
- Rockefeller Visits Mines.
Trinidad. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,.
yted the scene of the Ludlow battle
ftnd the mining comp'anies of.Berwind
, m a . - ,
and Tabasco on his first day's inspec-
tion tour of the properties of the Colo-
rado Fuel & Iron Co.: ''After talking
freely' with the .miners, he went Into
their homes, questioning their wivee
about" working and living conditions
i at uerwma.
f