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GOVERNOR GALLS
SPECIAL SESSION
MR. CRAIG ISSUES PROCLAMA
TION SETTING THE. DATE AS
SEPTEMBER 24.
HAS A TWO-FOLD PURPOSE
The Extra Session of the General As,
sembly WIN Consider the- Rate
Problem as Well As Proposed Con
stitutional Amendments.
Raleigh A proclamation was Issued
by Governor raig for the general as
sembly to convene - in extraordinary
session September 24, the . session
having a constitutional limitation
of 20 days. The proclamation de
clares the special session to be for
the following specific, purposes: &
"Frist, to provide ior the-people
of North Carolina just transportation
rates and adjust the relations and
obligations between- . the . state of
North Carolina and the railroads op
erating within the "territory of the
state." .... ..
"Second, to recefYe . the report of
the constitutional commission and to
consider the submission to the people
of amendments to the constitution."
Speaking of the call for the legisla
ture, Governor Craig said: "
"The last legislature passed a reso
lution proving for an extra session of
the general assembly in order that
amendments to the constitution might
be submitted to the people. The gen
eral assembly created a commission
to prepare -such amendments and re
port them - tos the governor. This
commission has completed its work.
An extra session of the legislature is
therefore necessary.
"The negotiations netween the rep
resentatives of the railroads, and cor
poration commission have not, in any
opinion, resulted in any understanding
sufficiently definite to delay . the call
for the extra session. These negotia
tions will not be interfered with by
this call, and - before the meeting of
the general assembly September 24
there is ample time in which to ar
rive at an agreement. earnestly
hope that there will be an amicable
adjustment of our differences with the
railroads." "
"I cannot do otherwise than sub
mit these questions so vitally affecting
the people of North Carolina to their
chosen representatives."
Franklin County Good Roads.
The good roada of Franklin county
are fast coming to be recognized as
the best in the state. People from, va
rious sections of the country come to
inspect them and study at first hand
their plan of construction. A large
party from Goldsboro, consisting of
George C. Royall, Capt. N. O'Berry,
F. K. Barden, John M. Grantham, G.
A. Norwood and John Borden, who
compose the board of trustees ap
pointed to build 25 miles of good
roads in the Goldsboro township of
Wayne county -spent a day in going
over the roads.
Governor Grants Three Pardons.
Governor Craig granted three par
dons. John Whitaker of Wilson coun
ty, who has served since 1897 on a 30
year sentence for second degree mur
der and is now 60 years old, is pardon
ed on recommendation of Judge W.
S. O'B. Robinson, who tried the case.
"Babe" Robinson of New Hanover
county is pardoned for the remainder
of a one-year sentence for highway
robbery, the-judge and : other court
officers recommending the pardon.
"Bud" Davis of Durham county is par
doned from the remainder of . an 18
months' sentence for retailing.
Test Efficiency of Sand Clay Roads.
The county commissioners are
about to test the efficiency of the sandj
clay roads in Mecklenburg for they
have blocked off the stretch of road
between the .Mount Holly road and
the Rozzell'3" Ferry road and 'this is
now in the hands of the road-builders.
The cost of building is! about $1,200
a. mile cheaper for the sand-clay, roaa.
Road Work in Rowan County.
An order has been passed .by the
Rowan county commissioners to have
the public road leading from Salis
bury to the Piedmont toll bridge thor
oughly repaired. A force of men will
be set to work at once and the t thor
oughfare will be placed in tip-top con
dition. The old"" road-bed Is to be
removed, a new dressing given the
macadam and sand-clay usdd where
advisable. This - stretch of road is
Perhaps used by. more menwho pay
more taxes than any road of the same
length in North Carolina.
Only Two Towns Hreard From.
The trustees for the erection of. the
North Carolina Home for Wives ; and
Widows of Confederate Veterans, Col.
Ashley Horne, chairman, opened bids
from towns for the location of the in
stitution and find that only Durham
and Fayetteville have made proposals.
The Durham and the Fayetteville sites
are to be inspected soon. T Fayette
ville offers the choice of two sites
2nd $3,000 in money to be added to
the $10,000 appropriated by the state
Durham offers one site and $1,;50 ir
cash.
STATE- OPUCIANS" ADJOURN
Will Hofcfhelr Ne?vf Vgn N
ew
- Dern. Officers Elected or. .Ertsu-, '
Iruj Year.. - -
t rrham;S-The state t Optical , fioci-etJ-spent
another" InterestmV ay-in
Durham andpassed a number of important-resolutions
before adjourning.
One of the, most -important of these
resolutions "was one condemning the
general practice of selling 'glasses by
mail.; . The . United States postoffice
department has 5 Tecently prosecuted
two St. Louis men for using the mails
in this uWay, especially ; - prosecuting
those who advertise gold-filled glasses
at a dollar a pair. The ; North Caro
lina 'society's- resolutions' approved
and commended the action of the de
partment. .. :
The. following new officers, were
elected at this meeting: r
-President, C. H. Hanessee, of Ashe-
rville.
Frank M, Jolley, of Raleigh, secretary-treasurer,
;
Nathan Rosnstein, Durham, first vice
president. -- f..h .-- ' r
R. W. , Walker, of Winston-Salem,
second vice president. --?". ,
After, the transaction of-the regu
lar business the members of the? so
ciety were tharjttestsf of the Liggett
& Myers Tobacco Company, and made
a tour of their- plant in Durham. It
took something- like - an hour for the
visitors to go over the plant, and they
found it most interesting. They were
shown the various 'processes through
which the tobacco i3 carried from the
warehouse floor till it Is packed in
to the tobacco sacks as smoking to--bacco
or rolled into the tinfoil pack
ages as cigarettes.
The last work of the society, was
the selection, of a place for next
year's meeting. There was some sug
gestions that the society meet in the
western part of the state, but this
was overruled on account of the
meeting of the State Jewelers' Associa
tion there next year. , A number of
the members are also jewelers and fcr
this reason an eastern town was se-'
lected. The association will meet at
New Bern next year.
Buncombe Delegation Named.
President E. C. Chambers of the
Good Roads Association of Asheville
and Buncombe county, has named the
following delegates to represent the
local organization at the approaching
meeting of the North Carolina Good
Roads Association, which is to be
held July 30 and 31 and August 1, at
Morehead City: Gov. Locke Craig; Dr.
Chas P. Ambler, Mayor J. E. Rankin,
Frank R. Hewitt, Fergus Stikeleather,
Fred L. Seely, Dr. S. Westray Battle,
Dr. M. H. Fletcher, Ben M. Jones,
Charles A. Webb, Dr. E. B. Glenn
Frank M. Weaver, W. F. Randolph
Harry W. Plummer, Dr. Reynolds, E
C. Sawyer and Mark Brown.
Two Women Killed by Train.
Two women, about 30 and 35 years
old, whose bodies now await identi
fication at a local undertaking estab
lishment at Asheville were instantly
killed by Southern railway passenger
train No. 102 due in "Asheville from
Morristown, Tenn.,at 10:55. Reports
3tate that the women, who were man
gled almost beyond recognition, were
walking on the western track near Riv
erside Park, this city, when they
crossed to the opposite track to avoid
a freight train coming behind them,
They were caught by the eastbound
passenger train which passed over
them.
Officers Capture Another Still.
Chief of Police Harden and Deputj
Justice, receiving information whfcfc
confirmed their suspicions that a
blockade still was at work" in the vi
cinity of Rutherford, made a raid,
capturing a 50-gallon liquor-making
outfit, which did not seem to have
been in operation for some time. How
ever it is thought that no small part
or the ardent which has been coming
into Rutherford at intervals was pro
duced by this plant.
North Carolina Postmasters.
North Carolina postmasters recent
ly commissioned are Joseph H. Lane,
Leaksville; Pies J. Caudell, St. Paul;
Otho K. Holding, Wake Forest; Jos.
H Bo wen," West Durham, and Lizzie
Galloway, Supply. William C. Tucker
has been made carrier for Route No.
1 out of Thomasville.
State Builders'. Exchange.
The Builders' Exchange of North
Carolina will meet In semi-annual ses
sion in Charlotte next -May. An invi
tation was recently extended by C. C.
Hook, president of the Greater Char
lotte Club and by Mr. J. A. Jones, a
leading contractor here.; The decision
to accept the Invitation was unani
mous. This will bring to Charlotte
next summer the leading contractors
and builders' of the state.vThe recent
meeting was held at Wrightsviiie. Mr.
J. A. Jones, is president of the organ
ization. Given Sixty "Years at Hard Labor.
Pleading guilty to two charges of
murder in the second, degree. Jack
Burton, alias Jack ; Berry," colored,
charged with killing two women of
his race in a dance hall on South
French Broad avenue, . Asheville, was
sentenced to serve ' a term of sixty
years at hard labor in the state peni
tentiary, by Judge Frank Carter. There
were two; sentences of thirty years
each imposed, by the court. In passing
npon the case, the court held that the
trial docket of the . superior court, is
quitecongested with criminal cases.
THE STATE GROG
END .THEIR -ANNUAL, CONVENE
TlON.w- .ADM.IN ISTRATIOtJ .
' C WARMLY-COMMENDED.
MEET. IN CHARLESTON NEXT
Charlotte is H ighly , Jraised- The
' Next Annual Convention To-Be Held
rat the Isle of" Palms? Whert Big At-
- tendance is Expected
.Charlotte.--"I unhesitatingly affirm
and il- am ' confiden t that' every -whole-sajegroceiv
manufacturer and 'manu
facturers' salesman Twill Warme out
In the statement. that. the twenty-second
annual- convention of the South
ern. Wholesale . Grocers': -Association
held in Charlotte; has-been the best,
in unity ' of effort, ; and 4; co-operative
spirit manifested, that the organiza
Jtion has ever khown," certainly in my
experience" President J; H. McLau
rin, .of Jacksonville, vFlar, head of the
organization.
"Charleston . and the ; Charleston
grocers. Jobbers and salesmen are go
ing to do all in their power to giver the
twenty-third annual convention a roy
al " reception and entertainment I
can say no more than this: "We will
giye you as. nearly as we are, able as
good: a time as:Charlottex has done" -Mr.
J. Koster of Charleston,' the man
who Induced the association to hold
its. next annual meeting at the Isle of
Palms, -Charleston. - ; " -
These two expressions will give
some idea of the manner in "which
Charlotte has entertained the several
hundred - delegates . and, visitors here
for the annual convention of the
Southern Wholesale Grocers' Associa
tion, which adjourned recently after
electing officers for the Ensuing year
and selecting the Isle cf Palms, Char
leston, S. . C, for the - next place of
meeting. Those elected were MrJ lJ. H.
McLaurln "of Jacksonville, president ;
Mr. J. D. Faucette, of Bristol, Tenn.,
first vice president; Mr. W. T. Reeves,
of Tupelo, Miss., second vice presi
dent, and rfr. C. W. Bartleson of Jack
sonville, Fla., treasurer. The office
of secretary is filled by the directors,
the present secretary, who will doubt
less be re-elected, being Mr. Robert
Moore of Jacksonville. The re-election
of Mr. McLaurin was the occasion of
a vast outpouring of commendation.
f IUi 1 1 W VUllllliy ill 1I fcIC VVUIIhi
Windsor. The ' first Thursday in
August for the past twenty years has
been a great day in. the life of the
people of . Bertie county. That ii-"01'd
Soldiers' Day" and on it in Windsor
is held a reunion of the Confederate
veterans. An immense crowd always
attends. This year unusual efforts
have been made to have a larger cele
bration and gathering than usual. A
"home coming" day has been- added
and, much interest has been arousod
by the large number of letters receiv
ed from absent Bertie people "who
say they are going to pay the old
home a visit. '
Old Lady KiHed by Train.
' Lumberton.--While crossing the
track at the National Cotton Mills,
two miles above - here, Mrs. Delia
Blackburn, 65 -years old, was struck
.by", the first section of Seaboard train
No. 14, being Injured so badly that she
died an hour later. The train was
composed of Pullmans carrying peo-phr-from
Birmingham and Atlanta to
Wrightsviiie, and, although -running
at high speed, Was . stopped by the
time , It ran half its length. The aged
lady was wearing a sun-bonnet and
started to cross the track without look
ing up. ;. . T "
North Carolina Nw Enterprises.
Raleigh. Charter? were issued for
the Graham Water Company, capital
$10,000 subscribed by Jfl. L. Henderson
and others for supplying water to the
town of Graham; the Park View Hos
pital, incorporated, Rocky Mount, cap
ital $50,000 authorized, and. $25,000
subscribed by R. H. Speight and oth
ers, and the Matt Slaughter Company,
Kinston, capital $100,000, subscribed
by Matt Slaughter and others for
musical instrument and - mercantile
business. - - ,
Good - Roads in Durham. '
Durham The county road force has
completed that part of the central
highway in .Durham county ana when
Orange county connects with this road
leading out of West Durham there
will be a good road from this city to
Greensboro. One gang of the convict
force is now working on- the Durham
end of the Quebec and" Miami road,
which Is known as the Oxford road.
It 'will take something like three
months to get a four-mile gap in this
road put into the proper condition for
travel.
Held On Serious Charge. ;
. Greensboro W. jC, Tise, a Winstorx
alem. business man, and 5 his stenog
rapher, Miss Lillie Tess, are under
bonds v of $400 to appear in police
court- and answer ; to charges of im
morality. Some time , ago the woman,
came to Greensboro and ; took apart
ments und to : her ' a - child was born.
After. the birth, man, woman and child
left in an automobile. The child was
left with & -woman in - the suburbs of
Winston-'Salem, where it -died. Inves
tigation -"when a- burial - certificate was
requestedturnished -the -clue. . , - -
NEWS OF NORTH I CAROLINA
SHort1 Paragraphs of State" News That
Has Been ' Condensed For Busy '
. - - People of Stated " -
K
. ' LumT)erton. While a numberof boy
- - 'K
employees of, the Dre3denJ. Cotton
Mills w.ere. bathing infLumbef River
recently uun jot ? xuienvrnamed Todd
was drowned. OEftortstot. recover the
body had Been- in;yain at'4ast report-,
Spring Hppe.MrTiave" Lester," of
.t$i';p;lace;died:asa;;Tesult of a mule
kicking' hinCFMr Lester was "snaking-
logs for J. J.; SandersiThe mule's
feet '.got : out ot-the traces,- when Mr.
Lester .whipped --Mar to make him get
back in . thetraces. . The mule kicked
"with, fatal effect -
v 3oldsboro.A f telegram from the
chief of "police at Plymouth states that
a iman answering the description " of
W. .H Gibson-has - been 'arrested in
that city 'andwill be held until Mr.
Hales and ; an officer - arrive .on the
scen-rom-;this-city. - '
r , Newborn. -Fire ? of unknown" origin
but belieyedTto have been;caifsed; by
rats igniiing - matched: visited . Orien
tala small town a fewl miles" below
Newbern" recently ana caused" damage
mated in the store occupied by , , the
Hooker Grocery Company and spread
-ffom that to the dry goods store of
Jonn Rachid. ' 'tfy-x',
i Wilson. George Whitley, -. who was
shot from amfiush" near " Bailey while
returning from church. .: accompanied
by a. y oung: Istef was unable to attend
the prelimihiry Shearing before J. " H.
.Fulghum, J. P. which was set to be
heard at Bailey; several days" ago: The
hearing was postponed until August
6th and will be held et Middlesex be
fore Recorder F. H. Brooks. - :
Greenville. Considerable time and
attention are being devoted by the
people of this township to Ithe bond
election which "is to take place next
Tuesday week for the' issuance of
$50,000 bonds for the construction of
good roads. The voters seem Jo be
pretty evenly divided on the subject,
although it is a fact that both sides
are claiming a "victory by a big mar
jorlty.
- Raleigh. The corporation commis
sion, made an order - requiring the"
Southern Railway to put Into opera
tion on and after August 1, an addi
tional passenger train between San
ford and Mount Airy, to leave San
ford 5:40 a .m. and arrive at Mount
Airy at 11:50 a. m. returning to leave
Mount Airy at 3 p. m., and arrive at
Sanford at 9 p. m.
Greenville. Work will begin in a
few days on - the additions to the
Teachers' Training School here. It is
expected to have the -buildings com
pleted by the opening of the fall term,
but they are hot expected to accommo
date, the increased atendance already
booked for the coming acadenlic year.
Interest runs high In the coming elec
tion for road bonds so high, in fact,
tharit is said that doubtful registra-
Washington. Local business mem
have become interested in the sub
ject of good roads for Washington and
Beaufort county. These ' gentlemen
have duringthe past, several days
raised about $600 by private subscrip
tion, and expect to build two Or three
miles of. sand-clay road for demon
stration" purposes hoping to stimulate
interest and. co-operation among the
citizens of the county and . show the
benefits resulting in a business way. :.
Wilson. At the September, 1911,
term of Wilson superior court Judge
Cobke sentenced John" Morris 1 (son
of one of Wilson's wealthiest citizens)
to eighteen months on the roads for
recklessly shooting In town and hold
ing up a prominent citizen atwthe
point of a rifle. Morris served but a
few weeks of his time when he took
long chances and hook the road dust
from hist feet; For some' time he
scouted around nearby towns and fin
ally . located in Emporia, Va.
Wilmington. In view of the recent
speech of Mr. A. J. Maxwell, clerk of
the corporation commission, before
jthe North Carolina Retail Merchants'
Association at Wrightsviiie Beach, ad
vocating state-aided boat lines as a so
lution of the freight-' rate . problem,
which ha3 created considerable inter
est throughout the state, the public
will no doubt be interested in the rec
ord of the report for te yast year, Its
advantages to the state and facilities
at hand. , r
- High Point Plans are being, form
ulated for a big , celebration at the
completion of the Coler road to High
Point The occasion will be within
the next six weeks and the celebra
tion will be sufficient to bring thou
sands of people to the city,
Wilmington. Mrs. Eliazbeth Van B.
Nichols, divorced from the late Allan
B. Nichols in New York five years ago,
and since that time a leader in Wil
mington social circles, has been: in
dicted in three cases charging the em
bezzlement, of $15,000 from an old
friend, Mrs. 'Helene P. Lemassena of.
Philadlpehia. '- : -
Elizabeth City. -Bush, the five-year-,
old son of Wilson Turner, a farmer
residing about four miles from this
city, fell off a load of hay and was
run over by one of the wheels of the
cart. ; - .'7 ' - -
. 'I Kinston. Born In August ,1877, ;a
mule belonging to L. J. H. Mewborh',
a Greene county man, died several
days ago. - During, his entire life of
35 years the hybrid was the property
of Mr. Mewborn and two: years, ago,
when' he became too feeble for work,
the' venerable beast was retired to fin
ish his 'existence -in a pasture, petted
and-pamperea and free of care. ; , -
HUERTA REGIME
GRDlfJING SHAKY
fc 1 i - r " - c 1 . i
rf- ' - ' j i
reports of contention and
r st r i fe i reaching wash i n q
" ton daiLy.
A COLLAPSEx IS PENDING
A Statement . is Issued--By : President
Wilson at This Time to Clear Up the
Published . Misrepresentations. To
Guard American Interests.
Washington. Reports of conten
tions surrounding the Huerta. Govern
ment in Mexico have put Administra
tion circles in an attitude of keen ap
prehension toward the situation there.
Advice) hich oMcials believe to indi
cate that the strife between the' Huerta
regime and the revolutionary elements
Is nearing a point where some definite
conclusion Is to be reached. ;.-Y
Information -ot this situation . was
permitted to become known and was
coupled - withj the . authoritative state
ment that the United estates was mak
ing no additional naval or military
preparations. Reports of impending
collapse of the Huerta regime are be
ing talked oyer freely in official cir
cles though no official of the -Administration
will permit his name to be
coupled with them. 'All information
made public was with the stipulation
that it should not be represented as
reflecting the vie ws of "the. Adminis
tration. v v -
Meanwhile ; President ; Wilson - is
awaiting the coming of Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson, .-hurrying North
from Mexico City to make at first-hand
report of conditions. His reports will
be compared with those President
Wilson has reeclved from oth er
sources. ? "
Secretary Bryan whohas cancelled
some of his lecture dates that he,
might return jto Washington, will par
ticipate in the conferences.
- Ambassador Wilson was at Havana
at last report, and an indication of the
deiire to hurry him to Washington was
seen-in a request by Secretary Bryan
to Surgeon General Blue pf the Public
Health Service to expedite the Am
bassador's passage through quaran
tine at Havana and Key West.
Proposal For Protectorate.
Washington. Strong support.,, has
Jeveloped in the senate for President
Wilson's new policy of protection and
supervision over Nicaragua. A.n infor
mal poll -of the committee on foreign
relations indicated that the treaty pro
posed by Secretary Bryan will receive
endorsement with a safe margin of
votes and come into the senate with
the backing of influential members of
both political ' parties. It became
known definitely that the proposal
does not bind the United States to Jiny
obligation for the outstanding debts of
Nicaragua.
Motoring Women to Storm Congress.
Washington. Scores of suffragist
laden automobiles are hastening to
ward Washington bearing petitions to
congress for a constitutional amend
ment granting universal suffrage and
by the end of this week leaders of,
the national woman suffrage associa
tion said these automobiles would be
numbered by the hundreds. The sen
ate and house are to be stormed by
the motoring women July 31 Already
a number of state parties of women
are on their way here awheel.
Earth Shocks Felt in Germany.
Berlin. Besides the sharp shocks
of earthquake felt throughout Wur
temberg tremors Were experienced all
over Southern Germany extending
from Strassburg by way of Frankfort
to Munich, in Bavaria and as far as
Zurich in Switzerland. Many persons
were thrown down in the streets and
hundreds' ran in terror out . oftheir
houses. At Strassburg the seismic re
cording instruments were put out of
business by the violence of the distur
bance. ; ...
Calamity Wl'l Come Says Smoot . .
"Washington. -Republican Senators
continued to bombard the Underwood
Simmons tariff bill. Senator Burton of
Ohio expressing the assurance that it
would fail in its purpose to lower the"
cost of . living and Senator Smoot of
Utah, ln an address branding t it as
'the most injurious tariff measure ever
taken up for . consideration. . "This
bill,," said , Senator Smoot, "is a par
tisan and sectional measure, the out
come of secret caucus methods such as
never ruled before in the Senate of
the United States V - - ' -
Wou Id Decorate Peary. - ;
Washington. Congress has been
called- upon - by President Wilson for
its" decision whether Rear Admiral
Robert E. Peary may accept the decor
ation of grand officer Tuf the Legion of
Honor conferred upon him b. Presi
dent Poincare of Franee. Admiral
Peary, as a Naval officer, cannot' ac
cept a gift of decoration ""from a for
eign Nation "wthout congressional per
mission. The decoration "was:" turned
over to the AmericanAmbassador to
France, who. forwarded it to Secretary
Bryanr ! "
MATTON'8
Has Bn a Household Name
In High Point and Surrounding
Community For : : t ! : "S
PURE DRUG8, TOILET ARTICLE A
v ETC. . "
W Deliver Goods to Any Part of the
City. -
MATTON DRUG CO.
The Independent Tele
phone Lines
Reach over: 3000 Telephone statlo&a
in this section not" reached by
-.. . .. any other system.
Direct connection with Concord, Sa
Isbury, Spencer, China Grove, AIbe
" marie, Winston-Salem, Greensboro,
Asheboro, Randleman, Thomasville,
mediate points.
- UdBTB ST1TF TH FPHflHF fid
IV11IU Wllllb IU(U UUHfa VW
J. 7. HAYDEN, Manager.
fHEY GRIND US DOWN
'But that only increases onr useful
ftess. There's some satisfaction ta
knowing that after we come from the
HIGH POINT MILLING C0.'8 mill
well be clean and white, anyhow.
You'll find the white frost and luxury
flour the best to use for any kind, of
baking; it's made from the best wjxeat
and makes the best 'bread, cakes asd
pastry. Yours truly,
HIGH POINT MILLING COMPANY.
Rexal 1 Cherry J jfcq
Will Cure that Cough
Ring Drug Co.
let Us Clean and Press
Tcsr CIs&ss at 1-2 th Kt&Aar frfci
Cults cleaned 25c Pacta cleaned 10
Prompt dellYery, Good work.
BRITISH WOOLEN MILLS
Don't Overtook
that subscription. If yeu
' srs le srresrs resmbr
tast we ese shrsys Cn4
food use for
the MONEY
Evrybody who reeda
jTio fcnysiiews
pepers, but ererybody
wae reads newspapers
deernt buy maaziues.
Cctch tho Drift?
ie the medium to
resell tbe people of
tkie coaunamity.
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