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FOR MODEL ROADS
IN NORTH CAROLINA
FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF
GOVERNMENT MONEY SECUR
ED FOR WORK.
THE GOVERNOR TO SELECT
The Experimental Highway That Will
Se Designated by Mr. Craig to Be
Built Under the Direction of Agri
cultural Department.
Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton states that Senator Simmons has
secured $40,000 of government money
for experimental work in building
model good roads in North Carolina.
This is part of an appropriation of
$500,000 carried in the postoffioe ap
propriation bill last year for model
highway construction. It was incor
porated in the bill by an amendment
offered by Senator Simmons, and is
the first big appropriation ever, made
for the purpose by the federal govern
ment. The country has been divided into
eight groups and North Carolina has
been selected as the state to make the
experiments in the South Atlantic
group. This was agreed upon after
many conferences between Mr. Sim
mons, Postmaster General Burleson
and Secretary of Agriculture Houston.
Governor Craig will be requested to
make the selection of the road to
be improved.
The agricultural department will
insist upon constructing the best type
of road, the government paying one
third of the expense and the local
community two-thirds. The roads
will be built under the direction of
th division of Dublic roads of the
department of agriculture.
Instead of building one road of 25
or 40 miles in length Senator Sim
mons hopes that Governor Craig and
the department will arrange for the
construction of at least two roads,
one in the eastern and one in the
western part of the state.
Tho nnstmaster general and the
secretary of agriculture are anxious
to begin the work as soon as possible
so that its success may be noted and
a report made to the next session of
and nossiblv furnish the
basis for a comprehensive plan of co
nnpratinn between the federal and
state government in highway con
sanction.
Rewards and Requisitions.
A requisition from the governor of
South Carolina was honored for J. C
White, who is in jail at Laurinburg
and is wanted in Richland County,
S. C, on the charge of abandoning
his wife and small children. Govern
or Craig issued a requisition on the
governor of New York for Theodore
Lucas, who is wanted in Cumberland
county for murder. Rewards by the
state are announced from the govern
or's office for three negroes, Bill Mc
Neill, Luther Wade and Bud Sheri
dan, charged with killing Wesley
Breeden at Bowles, Robeson county.
Additional rewards are offered lo
cally. Halifax School Commencement.
Last week . was a history-making
week for old Halifax county, for
there was a gathering at Weldon of
all the public scchool teachers and
scholars from all sections of the coun
ty, to hold a county commencement,
the first for this county. Vehicles of
very description were seen moving
in this direction and every train
brought extra coaches filled with
school children.
Good Roads in Vance County.
The Good Roads Commission of
Vance county has met and organized,
electing permanent officers as fol
lows: President, W. B. Daniel; vice
president, John D. Cooper, secretary,
Jerre P. Zollicoer; treasurer, T. T.
Hicks. Mr. Fallis, a civil engineer
and builder of good roads, was pres
ent and on invitation addressed the
members of the commission.
Southern Railway Files Answer.
The Southern Railway Company fil
ed recently with the corporation com
mission its answer to the complaint
of 75 or more prominent shippers in
central and western Carolina alleging
that the Southern has for years been
overcharging for freight on intrastate
shipments by the wrongful applicatior
of high Western divisional rates on
interdivisional shipments. The answer
(amounts .simply to insistence that
the charges that have been aplied are
the lawful rates on the shipments in
volved.
Wanted To Kill Prisoner.
While under the influence of liquor.
Mr. Will Bell, a resident of south
Statesville, appeared at the county jail
with a loaded shot gun and openly
declared his intention to shoot Wil
liams Ijames, a negro who is in jai
awaiting trial for a nameless offence
committeed in north Iredell. Officers
had been notified that Bell was heod
ed for the jail and Policeman Neigh
bors met him there and took the gun
away from him. Bell didn't hesitate
to surrender the weapon, but he was
very frank in telling his intention.
DEDICATE PEABODY BUILDING
School of Education cf University of
North Carolina, Prof. M. C. S.
' - Noble ,Dean.
Chapel Hyfll. With greetings" from
all classes of schools and colleges in
the state and with special addresses
by State Superintendent of Public In
struction Joyner and Dr. Herman Har
rel Home of New York University; the
new Peabody Education Building of
the University of North Carolina ded
icated to the service of the state. The
exercises came as a fitting climai to
the high school conference that has
brought teachers, superintendents and
college professors to Chapel Hill to
discuss the problems and needs of
public school educatin in North Caro
lina. The exercises were opened with an
invocation by Rev. W. T. D. Moss. Dr.
Venable then formally wel corned the
educational workers to the exercises.
Responses were made on behalf of
the state schools and colleges by Dr.
J. I. Foust of the State Normal; on
behalf of the priviate and denomina
tional schools and colleges by Profes
sor J. H. Highsmith of Wake Forest;
on behalf of the country schools by
Zebulon V. Judd. superintendent of
the Wake county schools; and on be
half of the city schools by John . VJ
Blair, superintendent of the Wilming
ton schools.
Doctor Joyner spoke on the need
for a broader and deeper professional
training for teachers and superintend
ents. He showed clearly the educa
tional needs of the state, and pointed
out how this new school of education
would begin to fill that need. Doctor
Home spoke on the function of
school of education in a state uni
versity. He recited with telling force
the position of North Carolina among
the state in education, as revealed
by the investigations of the Russell
Sage Foundation, and showed how
all the educational powers in the state
should unite in this school.
In a few words of gratitude, Dean
M. C. S. Noble told how this building
had been the obiect of his work for
IK vears and Dromised his further
service to the state.
After the exercises a reception was
given in the new building.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
Thp folio wins: charters have been
issued: Southern Hosiery Mills Com
pany of Burlington; authorized capi
tal, $20,000, with $6,500 subscribed for
by L. C. Christman, C. J. Boland and
J W. Murray; Shaw McLeod Company
of St. Pauls; general merchandise; au
thorized capital $100,000 with $3,600
paid in by L. Shaw, A. R. McEachern
and Geo. B. McLeod. Geo. J. Hales
Company of Rocky Mount; wholesale
and retail merchandise; authorized
capital $50,000 with $25,000 subscribed
for by George J. Hales, Geo. Roy
Hales, W. H. McCorkle and D. w.
Turner. Fairmont Supply company oi
Fairmont, Robeson county; general
merchandise; authorized capital $20,
000 with $6,500 subscribed for by E
G. Floyd, John H. Johnson, Ed Loupo,
Hi L. Hays, D. L. Floyd, and D. F.
Floyd.
Asheville Car Strike Ends.
The strike of the motormen and con
The strike of the motormen and
conductors on the local lines of the
Asheville Power & Light Company,
which was declared about two weeke
ago ended several days ago, when the
company announced its willingness tc
make certain advances in the wages
of the men. The new rate ranges from
20 cents an hour for the first year, tc
25 cents an hour for the fourth yeai
and every year thereafter. The set
tlement of the strike was brought
about by the good offices of Governor
Craig and a committee of ten citizens
To Develop Live Stock.
Dr. B. W. Kilgore, director of staU
experiment farms and Mr. R. B. Gray,
an expert in animal husbandry, who
will take charge of all the state's"
live stock, have been at the Iredell
test farm near Statesville for the last
week. The department has decided to
develop the live stock interest in the
Iredell farm and the farm in the east
ern part of the state, and Dr. Kilgore
and Mr. Gray are planning the new
building to be erected at the Iredell
farm to take care of the increased
stock.
Save Prisoner From Mob.
A young white man charged with
assault by a negro girl was rushed
from Pee Dee to jail at Rockingham
after having been threatened by a
large mob of negroes. C. A. Mussel
white of Pee Dee made the arrest and
with the assistance of two negroes,
Watt Hencher and Ben Pratt, held the
prisoner until the arrival of Sheriff
Lowery and a posse. Hencher and
Pratt really seem to have saved the
life of the accused man by interfering
when the mob would have fired upon
him with pistols.
Political Blowup at Canton.
A lighted match thrown into a pow
der can could not have caused a more
immediate vor disturbing effect than
did the dispatch from Washington re
ceived at Canton that charges had
been filed with the Postoffice Depart-
ojrniTist d. J. Kerr, who has
UlUC m-D--
been recommended by Congressman
J M. Gudger for the postmastership
at this nlace. Within 30 minutes
after the first news at least a half
dozen papers were being circulated by
1,0 fHanrts of Mr. Kerr, condemning
the action of those responsible.
LI STATE MEWS
NORTH CAROLINA POSTMASTERS
next Kin; the pie-line.
overman busy.
NOMINATIONS TO SENATE
Introduce Four Bills and Withdraws
Opposition to Charles P. Neill Who
is Confirmed. Secures Pardon o1
D. F.' Van Home of Burke County.
Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton states that President Wilson nas
forwarded to the senate the first nom
ination of North Carolina postmasters,
naming L. B. Hale at Fayetteville and
Russell A. Strickland at Elm City. Mr.
Hale's nomination 'was recommended
by Congressman Godwin, for whom he
acted as secretary until a few weeks
ago. Mr. Strickland was recom
mended for appointment by Congress
man Kitchin.
Representative Webb called upoD
upon Attorney uenerai lvictieyuuius
and secured the pardon of D. F. van
Horn of Burke county, who w.as sen
tenced to two years' imprisonment at
Atlanta and to pay a fine of $500 for
"moonshining." Van Horn has al
ready served one year. His applica
tion for pardon was endorsed by the
trial judge and district attorney. He
will be freed immediately. 1
"Senator Overman introduced a bill
to appoint Frederick H. Lemly, of
Winston-Salem, a passed assistant
paymaster on the active list of the
United States navy. iHe attempted
last session to secure the reinstate
ment of Lemly, who resigned about
, . , V,Q nB00
a year ago, and had the bill passea .
through the senate but it was held
up in the house naval affairs commit
tee, although favorably recommended
by the navy department. He also in
troduced a bill for a term of the dis
trict court for the eastern district of
North Carolina, to be held at Wilson
on the first Mondays in April and
October.
Senator Overman and Cnogressman
Doughton recommended the appoint
ment of W. D. Pethel as postmaster
at Spencer.
Changes In New Hanover.
Wilmington. Several laws passed
by the last legislature which makes
changes of an interesting nature in
the New Hanover county government
became effective recently. One law
abolishes the free system of 'remun
eration for county officials and places
them on salaries. Another abolishes
the office of treasurer and creates the
office of auditor, the present treasu
rer becoming the auditor and also as
suming all the duties that have per
tained to the treasurer's office as
w.ell as the duties of the new posi
ion. A third bill abolishes the office
of the clerk of the recorder's court
and consolidates this court with the
superior court inasfar as the clerk
ship is concerned. Another measure
which will be effective the 7th of May
consolidates the boards of health of
the county and city. .
Disastrous Fire at La Grange.
Kinston. Only by using dynamite
was the fire which swept the business
section of LaGrange stopped, after
having resulted in damage estimated
at $150,000. The town has no water
works and the volunteer firemen coulc
do little. Kinston, the closest neigh
boring town, was appealed to, but the
engine of the department w.as out of
commission and no assistance could
be ' given. The flames started in a
small restaurant from the explosion
of a gasoline tank and rapidly spread.
Have Not Given Up Fight.
Oh(arlotte. "The refusal of the
management of the railroads to offer
a basis of adjustment of freight rates
which will afford relief to the ship
pers of the state does not mean tha
the business men will give up their
endeavors toward securing this re
lief" is the position of the shippers
who went to Raleigh recently to at
tend the rate conference between the
governor, the members of the special
freight rate commission and the offi
cials of the railroads.
1
Good Roads in Halifax.
Scotland Neck. The benefits of the
splendid roads built by the county
convicts was demostrated when a gen
tleman came to town driving a pair
of mules to a wagon; after some fer
tilizer. His route was over the im
proved roads, and loading 4,000
pounds of guano he started out. The
team carried the load with apparent
ease, whereas heretofore a few hun
dred pounds would have been difficult
to carry. This is a splendid lesson in
favor of good roads in this and other
counties.
Business Men to Confer Soon.
Charlotte. A conference of ship
pers will be held at the office of the
Greater Charlotte Club soon at which
time plans for continuing the move
ment for an adequate adjustment of
freight rates for North Carolina bus
iness people will be made. This meet
ing is being called by Mr. Clarence O.
Kuester of the Charlotte Shippers and
Manufacturers' Association. Repres
entative shippers in a large number
of towns were written personal letters
suggesting to them the necessity o!
attending this meeting.
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Has Been Condensed For People
of the State. ,
Raleigh. John T.Pullen, 50 , years
oldwell known as a banker and phil
anthropist, died here after a short ill
ness. ' . l VV
Durham. The city schools have an
nounced their commencement pro
gram for this year, and included in
the list of . announcements about the
finals are many interesting innova
tions. ,
Cullowhee. Cullowhee Normal and
Industrial school has just closed one
of the most interesting commence
ments of its history. The exercises,
without .exception, have been well at
tended and the order at these exer
ciss has been unusually fine.
Durham. The contest for the po
sition of city attorney is being waged
among a number of the younger at
torneys of the city. J. L. Morehead,
a member of the present board of al
dermen, is a candidate for the posi
tion, and so is Charles Scarlett.
Dunn. At a regular meeting of the
local chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy quite an interesting pro-
gram was, arranged for the exercises .
to be held at Chicora cemetery May
10. Mr. . Charles Ross of Lillington
will deliver the address. He will be
introduced,; by Mr. Clarence J. Smith.
High Point. The temperature in
politics seems to be still rising. Re
cently there was a large mass meet
ing of voters at the Industrial Hall,
where speeches were made by Mayor
Tate, Dr. Fred Peacock, Doctor But
rus, Rev. Mr. Hilliard and others.
Mayor Tate made an extended speech
explaining in detail the needs of the
city in the way of increased school
facilities and waterworks.
Salisbury. H. Clay Grubb, a promi-
nent citizen of Davidson county, was
.,,.. , , , ,
pcM-Uiuii j uijuieu auu uau a uiuovu-
lous escape from death, when his au
tomobile skidded and turned corn-
pletely over. He was on his way to
Salisbury and was riding alone and
at a rapid rate of speed. A shoulder
blade was dislocated and he was bad
iy bruised.
Washington. Senator Overman
came to the bat again recently with
further charge against the adminis
tration of the civil service laws. While
he did not charge that frauds had
been committed, he quoted President
Taft's Efficiency and Economy Com
mission against the Republicans, to
porve that the law was not being ad
ministered properly.
Lenoir. At a mass meeting called
for the purpose of nominating trus
tees for the Lenoir public schools the
following gentlemen were named: J
J. Whisnant and Dr. C. B. McNairy
for a term of three years; W. B. Wat
son, John Deal, J. M. Bernhardt for a
term of two years and Rev. C. T
Squires and V. H. Beach for a .one-
year term.
Blowing Rock. Running a foot
race from Boone nere ana return, z
distance of 20 miles, R. L. Alexander,
a student of the Appalachian Training
school, carried off the honors in the
time of 2 hours and 20 minutes, his
time being verifed at this place by
the nostmaster. who gave him the
hour stamped on a piece of paper,
Fourteen boys ; divided into two
teams of seven each, entered the race.
Raleigh. Raleigh has had a police
commission for the past two years
that retires with the incoming of th
new. commission form of government
in the near future. The final report
of the commission shows that up
wards ot $18,000 was collected in
fines and costs from the police court
the past two years, compared with
less than $2,500 for the two years pre
vious, without commission manage
ment of the police department.
Newbern. Edwin Blackledge and
Hugh Grayborne, colored, who are
said to have thrown rocks at the At
lantic Coast Line passenger train as
it was en route from Washington to
this city, one of which crasher
through one of the car windows and
seriously injured one of the passen
gers, Mrs. Nancy J. Morris, of Mays-
ville, were given a hearing here before
Mayor C. I. McCarthy. From the evi
dence Introduced at the hearing
Blackledge was held for the next term
of Craven county superior court under
a bond of $100.
Conover. Conover has taken on a
business boom never known hereto
fore. Arrangements are being made
to install an electric light system
and the organization of the company
is practically assured. A line will
be built to the Southern Power Com
pany s line.
Raleigh The secretary of state
charters the Manning. Hardware Co..
Lexington, capital $50,000 authorized,
and $15,000 subscribed by L. F. Man
ning and others; also the Nelsette
Lumber Company, of Statesville, cap
ital $125,000 authorized and $3,000 sub
scribed by R. Jackson and others.
Salisbury. The Salisbury Civic
League will give prizes for the largest
number of flies killed and delivered
to the sanitary officer at the city hall.
For the greatest improvement in prem
ises within the city limits suitable
prizes will , also be made.
Salisbury. Without opposition the
nominees of the Democratic " primary
held in Salisbury recently will go to
the polls and will be duly elected
The nominee for Mayor is Hon. Wal
ter H. Woodson, a well known young
attorney. For several years he has
been' chairman of the Democratic ex'
ecutive committee for Rowan ciwnHr
CRISIS III
TROUBLE IS PASSED
MONTENEGRO HAS ABANDONED
SCUTARI AND LEAVES FORT-
RESS WITH POWERS.
SENDS ' TELEGRAM TO GREY
A Meeting of the Ambassadors Will
be Held When the Future of the
City Wilr Be Discussed.-Very Sat
isfactory Move.
London. King Nicholas of Monte
negro, having placed the future of
Scutari in the hands of the European
Powers, the settlement of the Albania
trouble now depends upon whether
Essad Pasha and Djavid Pasha will
obey the orders sent fcy the Sublime
Porte to withdraw their armies to the
Turkish Empire. It is believed that as
Montenegro has abandoned Scutari,
Essad Pasha will recognize the futility
of his aspirations to the kingship of
Albania in the face of the threatened
Austro-Italian expedition to expel
him.
One of the Ambassadors at the
close of the ambarssadorial confer
ence here said: ,
"The situation is saved and , the
crisis is past. The reported Austro
Italian action in Albania has no point
now."
Another meeting 'of the ambassa
dorial conference will be held when
arrangements with regard to the fu
ture of Scutari and Albania will be
discussed at the close of the Ambas
sadors' conference in London an offi
cial communication was issued read
ing as follows: ,
"The fact that the King of Monte
negro has placed the fate of Scutari
in the hands of the Powers is a mat
ter of great satisfaction. The Gov
ernments of the Powers will now con
sider what arrangements shall be
made in the immediate future in re
gard to the town."
Solar Physical Observations.
Wellington, N. Z. The mission of
linkjng together solar observations
throughout the world, undertaken by
Miss Mary Proctor, of New York, a
daughter of the great English astrono
mer, Richard A. Proctor, who died in
New York in 1888, has been brought
to a successful conclusion after five
year's work. The establishment of a
solar Dhvsical observatory in New
Zealand was assured by the donation
of $60,000. by Thomas Cawthorn, of
Nelson, N. Z
Latest Report on Flood Situation.
New Orleans. An account of the
slow return of the Gibson's Landing
crevasse waters to the Mississippi riv
er through the Red river, the weather
bureau lowered the maximum . flood
stages previously forecast for Baton
Rouge, Donaldsonville and New, Or
leans. The present indications are
that the maximum stages in the lower
river will range from half a foot to
more than a foot below the high
record stages of 1912.
Decision, By Supreme Court.
Washington. Persons exporting
arms from the United States to pro
mote revolution in Mexico, may be ar
rested by American authorities, for
violating the neutrality proclamation
of 1912, before 4he arms have actually
left the United States, according to
decision by the suprerme court. The
decision reversed the district federal
court of Western Texas, which an
nuled indictments against Arnulfe
Chavez, and Jose Masa.
Phagan Murder Still a Mystery.
Atlanta. Ga. Despite diligent ef
forts to discover the identity of the
person or persons who murdered 14
vear-old Mary Phagan and hid her
body in the basement of the National
Pencil Company's factory here, where
it was discovered over a week ago,
police and detectives are apparently
as far as ever from solving the mys
tery.
Inquiry Into Coal Field Situation.
Washington. After reading a state
ment by Governor Hatfield of West
Virginia, denying allegations of peon
age and a reign of terror in the Paint
Creek and Cabin Creek coal districts
Senator Kern reiterated his intention
to press his resolution for a federal
inquiry into 'the West Virginia coal
field situation. "I have never pre
tended," declared Senator Kern, "to
have had personal knowledge of cor
ditions in West Virginia. I have stat
ed facts as they have been presented
to me."
College Men Reserve Corps.
Washington. College men under
the latest scheme devised by war de
partment will be organized into a re
serve corps of officers available for
the command of volunteer troops in
case of war. Secretary Garrison and
Major General Leonard Wood, chief
of staff, would establish two campf
of instruction, one at Gettysburg and
the other at the resldio at Monterey,
Cal., to which the college students
would be sent to be placed under the
direct instruction of regular army officers.
TOIt 25
MATTON'S
Has Been a Household Name
In High Point and Surrounding
Community For ::::::
PURE DRUGS, TOILET ARTICLE
ETC.
We Deliver Goods to Any Part of thi
City.
MATTON DRUG GO.
The Independent
phone Lines
Tele-
Reach over 3000 Telephone station!
in this section not reached by
any other system.
ill
Direct connection with Concord, Sal
isfcury. Spencer, China Grove, Albe
marle, Winston-Salem, Greensboro,
Asheboro, Randleman, Thomasville,
Lexington, Kernersville and inter
mediate points.
HORTH STRTE TELEPHONE GO.
iepileol
J. F. HAYDEN, Manager.
rHEY GRIND US DOWN
But that only increases our useful
ness. There's some satisfaction tal
knowing that after we come from tbf
HIGH POINT MILLING CO.'S mlD
we ll be clean and white, anyhow.
YouH find the white frost and luxury
flour the best to use for any kind ol
baking, it's made from the best wheat
and makes the best bread, cakes and
pastry. Yours truly,
HIGH POINT MILLING C6MPANY.
Rexa.ll Cherry J ufcej
Will Cure that Cough
Ring Drug Co.
let Us Clean and Press
Tour Clothes at 1-2 the Regular Prict
Suits cleaned 25c Pants cleaned 10c
Prompt delivery, Good work.
BRITISH WOOLEN MILLS
G. DUNBAR
(Successor to B. F. McClure)
GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS
At Lowest Possible Prices.
Bring your coun
try produce to us,
we give the. high
est market prices.
We guarantee
satisfaction and
prompt delivery.
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