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ITT Pl FKFn ANDREW MURRAY HUNT BUCK MOUNTAIN. ROAD CASE: jijjj j f nrm jlj " Wimmk rnriinu hcni RDC
Pfil I I LLnULU XK " ' Corporation Commission Rules That W LL llilU' HmIiLI "i: ' rntllUH UtuUlllt
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LRTH CAROLINA CONSPICUOUS
LY RECOGNIZED IN ANNUAL
CONVENTION AT BLUE FIELD.
RATT IS AGAIN PRESIDENT
rt8ndance at Convention Was 266.
Meet Next Year In Lexington, Ky,
Study Road Upkeep.
Durham. The Southern Appalach-
L Good Roads Association compris-
eignt ooumern oxaies conspicu
sly recognized North Carolina In
e annual convention assembled in
Uuefield, West Virginia, last -week.
'or 1916 the association drew heavily
pon the Tar Heel State. Dr. Joseph
'Hyde Pratt war re-elected president.
Is. H. Webb, of North Carolina, was
named one of the state- vice presi
George S. Powell. W. S. Fallis
dents
and H. B. Varner constitute member-
ihip on the executive committtee.
Miss Hattie M. Berry of the North
Carolina Geological Survey was elect
ed assistant secretary of the organiza
tion. '
Dr. Joseph .Hyde Pratt, who has
just returned from the convention
over the Norfolk and Western Rail
way, was gratified with the results ob
tained from the representative gath
ering of Southern roadibuilders. Vir
ginia, North Carolina. South Carolina,
Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky "West
Virginia Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylva
nia and New York were represented.
The attendance was 266. Lexington.
Kentucky, was voted the meeting
place for 1916. Asheville, North
Cirolina, put in a bid which was with
drawn in favor of Kentucky,
TV overshadowing toDic before the
Nation was 'the -"maintenance of
Wniivs " President Pratt. Governor
Epnrr Stuart: of Vireinia. and Attor-
if General A. A. Lilly, of West Vir-
. chief sneakers, concentrated
rith unified emrjhasis on the theme of
upkep of roads. Governor Stuart de-
rfereii iht tho fAmmprral anrlal and
even moral welfare of the neoD'le de-
manded improved transportation
routes. Progressive citizens were
- I"
nnanimously agreed in this particular;
the practical question now is how t
get andnalnain the roads properly,
Significant resolutons were passed
ty the asociation for the promotion
of national movements for road im-
provement. Senators and representa-
tives in the Southern States will be
petitioned to use their efforts in se-
curing from Congress an appropria-
tion of $10,000,000 at the current rate
or $2,000,000 a year until iu tor me
7umsc Ul ,uuuluuai vv
"c " iaw- .uia...xv-
maae tor the construction 01 a sysiem
of highways through these -national
rorests. The association approved tne Collector Hamilton's statement fol- the late Mrs. Hattie Pearce, of Hous
Plaj to construct the Appalachian lowg ; ; ' ton, Texas., who died a short time, ago
"isnway extenaiaR irom . maiue
to
Louisiana. Asheville North Carolina,
to one of the centrally located cities
on the proposed route. Prison lalbor
of roads was approved, - pleading the
extenuating circumstances of the best
interests of society being conserved in
the handling of the prisoners. '.' ; '
t7vn. nin r.rnwH J
fi,-i-- -r,,. l- n..an
v is that the largest crowd of' textile men
.ever assembled in a Southern city,
will gather at Greenville,. S. C, Nov-
ember 2-6 to attend the meetings oi
the Southern Textile Association. Mr.
Tnos. R. Riley, who is in charge of
aocommodationsr declares that all
om?r3 will be taken care of by the
hotels, boarding houses and private
i&ome Advanca reservations ttndl
cate that Greenville will entertain a.
krge crowd and the committee in
charge of accommodations recommend
that those-wishin reservations com-
tunicate with Mr. Thos. R. Riley t
once.
Boys Were Not Guilty.
Hendersonville. 'Wave Allison and
Vella Parker, Transylvania -county
'koys. wereacquitted of the charge of
'the murder of Jim W. Clayton, of the
ame county, by a Henderson county
iy after a deliberation of about: 30
tours. v- . ;, -.' .
i Free Delivery for Shelby.
, Shelby. Postmaster W. J. Roberts
"IS reoftlvpfl nntia frnm tift nnstoffice
--- .fweivea notice irom me posumn;c
partment that Shelby has been
xo. j .. ... . . . .: a
t ranted city delivery ot ; maila Which
Kd onVraW'
Clvt laorvlce ewminattons nrlU
to held for the carriers -within ' a
t,met ordefse
vieswl b. made dailin the tol-
section and two In the residen-
Wsrtlon.. There wm to i. collec
w I
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Andrew Murray Hunt of San Fran-
Cisco andNew Ytrk, who was selected
by the American Society of Civil En.
glneering to be a member of the naval
advisory board of Inventions, is a grad-
uate of the United States Naval
academy and-has had wide experience
as a consulting engineer. '
GERMANS TRY TO BCAPE
SAILORS ON INTERNED STEAM
ERS TRY TO SECURE PASSAGE
TO ESCAPE.
Others Supposed to Have Returned.
Will Not Be Allowed' to Leave
Interned Ships Hereafter.
Newport News, Va.--Several sail
ors from" the German auxiliary cruis
ers Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prlnz
Kitel Friedrinhr interned at the Nor-
folk Naw YM attemnted to secure
passage on the Dutch freight steam-
or MPHTiiirenrtam and Maartensdilk
ohnnt aU frnm this nort for Rotter-
dam. One of the men was arrested
k-. Mooanoi)ir of the r.
n.ioet nf tho nantnin and is foelne held
by the police for the commandant of
the navy yard. The others are sup-
v w a. uuv yu f - w i
posed to have returned to their 'ships,
Thef Dutch captains reported the Jn-
cident to Collector of Customs Hamil-
ton. who Issued a statement saying
riid precautions would be. taken in
the future to prevent the interned
Germans from escaping, v
, 0n account of the disappearance of
gIx members of the crew of the Wll-
heim wrj0 recently broke a leave of
absence, granted them for a cruise in
a poWer yawl they had . bought, has
resulted in an oraer irom me uvjr
yard against tne granting 01 any iui-.
gnore liberay to the German
8ailors
"Attempts have been! made by men
from the two interned German cruis-
ers at the Norfolk Navy Yard to
secure passage to Rotterdam oi the
Dutch steamer Mennikendam which
nilAd from Newport News. The at-
temots were frustrated by the com-
mgnr nf the Dutch steamer who re-
iyUUUUVl V
. t i M -
rnred that two m n m unuorm irom
-.-..itaao - firat smitrht nassaee to
iutterdam on his ship and later a
third man in uniform from one of
, the cruisers applied alone ior pas-
sage . to Rotteraam.
FAVORS MERCHANT MARINE.
McAdoo Says it Should Be Govern-
- ment-Owned.
: Kansas City. Mo. A plea for a
naVy which would make the United
states able to face any other world
nnw6r and a $40,000,000 merchant ma-
Tlne to be used as a naval auxiliary
jn case of war was made by William
n. MpArtno Secretary Of the Treasury
G. McAdoo becretar oi iu
in an address before the Kansas uuy
rnmmpwial Club.
Commercial v,iuu.
The plan of the administration, Mr.
jfcAdoa said. Is to appropriate
nnn 000 or POSSIOiy ou,uuu,vwu w
1 l
put'into a merchknt marine to be used fif'n.. eoA. ,
tion in, times of peace oux su vu 30clb egB 25-30c doz. U
structed, equipped and manned to be- Greensboro Cotton 12 He; corn 95c
strucxeu, CS necessary na- bu; oats, 55c bu; apples, $3.50 bbl; West
come immediately tne necessary ou. . 23c do . .
val auxiliary. -
Vai aviAi"W r
ain Mr. McAdoo. "an
qHtip headed by Hamlet-Cotton. 12c; corn, 95c bu;
adequate merchant marine ' hc0toem' $2.25 ,bbl;
Miae nn composed Oi tne secre- y?1 ..... .9,. lb. eers. 28c dos.
a- commisswn.
of the Vnavy and three enencea
business men could ""
States the dominant flnanclal ana m
dustrlal power
would dispro toal,.
that merchant ships "n
ate4 1 profitaWy under. American regis-
Raleigh.-HoldIng that It la not just
or ; equitable to require a newly ' con
structed railroad hnlH unrla nt
f KMUbl t'vMl
difficulties, to develop a section sore-
ly in need of it to beeln tn nnpri.tA
4 .u- . . ... " . "
itt iue .owest T)osiDle Uasis of wtAs.
the North Carolina Corporation Com
mission dismissed the complaint of C.
ti. Howard and others against the
Black Mountain Railway Company, ;
the Carolina, Cllnchfleld & Ohio Rail
way and Holston Corporation.
This' was a" proceeding brought for
the purpose of compelling the defend
ant, the Black Mountain Railway, to
haul and transport freight over its
line at the same rates charged by the
Carolina, Cllnchfleld & Ohio Railway.
The Black Moutain Railway ex
tends from Kola on the Carolina,
Clinchfield & Ohio line to Burns villa,
the county seat of Yancey county.
The plaintiffs contend that the de
fendant is controlled by the Carolina,'
Clinchfield-& Ohio Railway company
and that it should be made to apply
same rates. They base this on the
rule of the commission to the effeet
rnaVau connecting roads under the
management and control of one com
P11? sna11 be rated as parts of the
same roaa
As to the comDlaint of the nlaintiffa
that the Holston Corporation is, in
truth, nothing but the Carolina,
-fl thi ?J
wo uinucra are lue saute, omces are in
the same building, but none of the
stock of the Holston Corporation is
owned by the Carolina, Clinchfield &
Ohio Railroad.
The commission ruled also that the
termination of the case did not de
pend upon the control of the Black
Mountain Railway, declaring:
"If the commission thought It right
to do so,' it; could prescribe the same
rates for the Black Mountain Railway
as obtained on the Carolina, Clinch-
field. & Ohio, although they might be-
entirely independent lines. On the
other hand, een if the; Black Moun
iam aroaa were ownea or con
trolled toy. the Carolina, Clinchfield &
0nI Railway, this commission could
Permit and authorize it to , charge
higher freight rates if it thinks under
a11 tne circumstances Jhat it is just
and reasonaDle to do so?
i
Flour Mill Reorganized,
Asheville. Of more than usual in
jerest in local industrial circles was
the announcement tnat the Asheville
Milling Company has been reorganized
with a capita! stock of $75,000 to re
build the plant of the concern which
was destroyed by fire during the early
part of December. The new flour
mill will be of modern construction
and will have a capacity for turning
out 300 barrels of .flour and 1,200 bush
els of corn meal each day
Woman Gets $125,000 in Will.
Asheville. Mrs. Duff Merrick of
.tMg cit has jugt been-advised that
hv the terms of the will of her aunt.
at Washington, she is to receive $125,-
000 of the setate left by the deceased
Ward and Pearce Gregg sons of Mrs.
Merrick, are awarded $5,000 and $3,-
000 respectively under the terms of
the instrument
WEATHER FORECAST.
' South Atlantic and East Gulf
States Rain probably continuing for
two days along South Atlantic coast;
omerwise, Keuu, l .iu
prevail during the week. Temperature
will be moderate.
NORTH CAROLINA MARKET.
Prices of Cotton, Corn, Oats, Peas,
Butter, Eggs, Etc, on North Caro
lina Markets During Past.
Week. i
Ahoskie Cotton,H-12c; corn, 88c
bu; Irish potatoes, ji.50 bbi; N. c. butter,
Asheville Com, 92c tai:-oats, 49c bu;
Irish potatoes, il.sw ddi; appies, z.au dui;
bu 30c lb; c bUer 30c
lb 24-29c doz.
cnarlotte Cotton, Uhic, corn, 95c bu;
oats. 65c bu; Itfsh potatoes, S2 bbl;
eg8.. 30c doz. . , ; .
buhV.U5 S;pSS
t bbl: western ouiier, v, ui.,
Greenville Cotton, llc; corn, a ou.
i -f TioVi nntfltnes. . 11.70 bbl:
oats.
s
iSSkT
SriMi ;
Western butter.
'l. ttry u:
TCU bu. appT J2.ES bbl: N. C.-bat-
TSLi
U-Ucrn. c b:
Jn'K poltoa. .M
JIm; guic"-:
PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK FOR
NATIONAL DEFENSE AT NEW
YORK NOV. 4.
SOME DETAILS OF. THE PLAN
The Grand Total Expenditure For
Present Plans Would . Be Nearly
One Billion Dollars. .
Washington. A national defense
program that probably means an ex
penditure on the army and navy of
Upwards of a billion dollars in the
next six years will be laid before the
People by President Wilson November
when he goes to New York to make
bis first ; public address since the
scope : of : the policy upon ,which his
administration has embarked became
known. He will speak before ; the
Manhattan , Club on national defense
and the reasons which have. Impelled
Tiim" to abrdve plans to about double
the navy and quadruple the trained
figbting. forces ashore within s- a few
years.
V With the estimates of the war and
bavy departments submitted for tho
coming year the breadth of the ad
ministration's policy as, to prepared
ness- is being - realized. It shapes up
In totals as follows: ;
' -Navyr For new ships and increased
personnel in five years ?500,00u,uuu.
: . Army: For reserve material (arms
and ammunition) Vwithln four years
$105,000,000
i For new coast defenses and mod-
erization of old forts within four years,
pi,uuy,uuu. . : y v
r ' For the new continental army and
the proposed- increase in the regular
army ' - $26,000,000. f (This amount
probably will ; be a continuing and if
i iuaiu. ' ww AAA w m u
i-3 c nroi. tn a-i nnnmnriation A
through the first six-year perioa
which would make the total expendi-
ture at that time $156,000,000).
T,a rr0n,i tntai oTnflnditirrfi thus
actually planned would be $842,000,-
Ann
These expenditures would produce
bv 1925 a first line of dreadnoughts
and battle cruisers numbering' 43 ; a
fleet of coast defense submarines thai
would, fringe the Atlantic and Pacific
Coasts with an almost solid line of in
terior defense against attack; a. fleet
01 nearly ivo aesiroyers auu suau-
rons of huge sea-going fleet suma-
rines to operate with the battle fleets
t or tne army mree wuuaa -u
tne ena oi six years a uamcu
1,200,000 men, - including regular
army oi xw.vvv ami tu yiuu
continental army ana reserves, aims
of fully mannea coast aeienses, equiy-
ped with the largest and most power-
rui guns yet punt ana a vati iebeiYc
of field guns, macnme guns, Howitzers
and big gun ammunition.
! Saluda Apples
Jasper Henderson, of Green Riv
r Cove was in town Saturday dis
playing some of his chcice apples
H!s selection consisted of the Ameri
can l'mbertwig, several of which
weighed one pound each. Mr Hen
derson ownes one of the finest or
chards in Polk county, of about two
hundred trees. He has shipped
this season over fifteen hundred
bushels of aprles to all parts of the
Some of his trees bear's
country.
from tpn ta twenty-five busnels o
apples to the tree
He says the
finest orchard land in Polk county
Pes north east.
Educational Rally
There will be an Educational Rally
and rt nicnic at the Greens Creek
High School Building
near ui-eens
-.t.v, -hw.i, nn tr1Q nrpii-
jreeK upwot
1 -. rf tho SfhnOI NOV. ISt. 1 y !.
" - r
Prof. E. W. S. Cobb will be pre-
"
sent and del.ver an address, besides
other ' speakers who are expected to
attnd.
ue anuue a U15 lu,,a
uiuuet uuu 6 - -
invited. -J.
M. Walker,
Woodside-Farm.
; Treatment of th Bees
: Thnt thA disease known to bee
keepers as dysentery is very , fre
quently ?n indirect result of insuffi
e'ent protection of the hives during
the winten is one of the conclusions
of a Government study of the out
1-r wintering of bees; which recent -
lv ns refn published by the-United
States Department of Agriculture as
WW Xi
Elmer 'Ambrose Sperry, one of the
members of the naval advisory, board,
Is among the leading inventors of elec- j
trlcal appliances, and was the first to
perfect practical apparatus for th
stabilization of ships and aeroplanes.
FIX; BIG NAVY BUDGET
ESTIMATE S H O W S L A R G E ST
EVER SUBMITTED BY CABINET
OFFICERS.
May Mue Bonds
as Estimates Call
For Considerably More Monev
Than is in Sight J
Washington- The largest estimate
1 - .
of governiifent expenditures' ever .sutf
"m w .-a secretary 01 .tne treasury
of the United States In. time of peace
probably $1,240,000,000 was pre-
rented for the next fiscal year -as re-
Quired by. law fbr discussion by Con-
fcieasiuiia. commiiiees t in aavance oi
tne regular session. ..: ,
iTesiaent Wilson and his cabinet
I 111 ' . m . - .... ...
win examine tne list in detail this
week. ,
An estimated increase for national
defense of about U 0 00 ,000 over
last year, together with the cost of
uew uisits imposea on me state ae'
partment and other government
branches because of j the European
w a , account IOr me increase, me
umai iur au ueyanraenis except-
ing state, war and nayy remaining
yiaaiiiy tue same. - -
If congress agrees to the Adminis-
tration's program for strengthening
the army and navy, it will be obliged
to provide for additional revenue by
legislation or the ' executive branch of
tne government, must issue bonds.
Although no estimate of receipts
for the fiscal year beginning July 1
1Q1C nrk:.!. il 1 I
aitures wm taxe effect, nas Deen
. vmc
upon more than ' $750,000,000 for the
12 months. - ,
Congress will be asked to pass two
revenue measures, one ' extending the
emergency war .; tax, which expires
December ,31 and the f other proyid-
mg ror retention of the duty ensu-
gar beyond-next May, when it: would
1TO on the frA Hat Pnsantra nf those
measures, however, would not in-
f crease the present revenues. With
I kxAL !-. iM X X x 11
uutu eueci at present tnere nas
1 -I A J i .a SAs AAA AAA
ueen a uencu oi isb.vvv.vvv.
NO CHANGE IN COTTON BILL.
Mr. Lever Exner.ts Sunrum Cnurf
Sustain Bill Oriainated in House.
New York. Owinir to the feeline
I of liTiortnlTitv amnn v tha nnttnn froH.
i - .
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l a aa rn inn arritnnn T no ivav vnrlr
Cotton Exchange would take foTlow-
I f 1 A J .V. .a -.
"5 UCL,3iuu mau uc tuuuu iu-
tures act was unconstitutional, the
i .
board or managers or the exchange la
sued the following statement :
"The board of managers does not
contemplate any changes in the by-
Im or pf the exchange which
woum anect existing contracts. ,
No confirmation was obtained 1 of
the report that the ' government in
tended to appeal Xrom Judge Hough's
decision. In cotton circles it was gen-
erally believed the case would be ap
pealed.
Submarines Arrive at Honolulu.
Honolulu. The submarines K-3, K-
4, K-7 and. K8 which left San Fran
cisco October 3 for Pearl Harbor,
escorted by the United States cruiser
1 Mld tft eoUier Nanahan - th
tug iriquois, and the torpedo boat d-
stroyer Lawrence, arrived Here.
FRENCH TROOPS IN MACEDONIA
ARE ENGAGED WITH 40,000 .
BULGARIANS. I
GIVE AID TO LITTLE SERBIA
Italian Participation In Balkan Cm-
1 paign Is Only at Beginning
of Hostilities.
London. The French .government
has .announced the existence of a state
of war between .France and Bulgaria,
dating from" 6 a. m., October 16. This
follows the British declaration, made
the previous night
,v Almost co-incidentally comes the
report from Athens .that the French
troops tn Macedonia are engaged
with 40,000 Bulgarians. ;
Already . thousands of Anglo-French
troops, who landed at Saloniki, are
en route to form a junction with the
Serbians or take up strategic posl
tions against the Bulgarian advance.
a late dispatch from Malta, the
British naval station; in the Medlter-,
ranean,. predicts that the Entente Al
lies in the f next few days will send
strong new forces to Saloniki for oper
ations ; against the the, Teutons and
Bulgarians." Hard pressed on the Save
Danube front by Austro-Germaa
troops .estimated at 280,000 men and
fighting at various points to check,
the Bulgarians, . the Serbians are anxiously-
awaiting Anglo-French - assist
ance, but they are favored 'by feath
er conditions and natural defenses of
the country with ; the result that the
invaders' or ogress has: not been pro-
Tim-nport " .
. Italian participation in therBalkan
campaign armarently is no nearer
than at the 1 beginning of hostilities, v:
I - - , f
I but the Italians oir the Austrian rron-
"Ci uotc uu.; aucu
ana according to tne uaiian onjciai
the frong position of Pregasina.'
WOMEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Three Die and Several Injured In BLr
V Atlanta Fire.
Atlanta, Ga. Three women los
t)al. Unas a r A mna nthor nras OOPlnilflVv
ln a flre whlch"swept the of-
flces Mutuai Film Corporation
fra. room, where picture films
prepared for shipment i
believed to have etarted the blaze,
wnlch spread so rapidly that the score
of women and girls employed in the
place were trapped.
The dead are i Miss Clara West
brook. Miss Lottie Hamm and Mrs.
f Lucille Davis and the seriously burn
ed is Miss Beulah Yoos. - Several
j other employes sustained 'lesser in-
juries from the i flames and from' juxnp-
lng7
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