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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-14
PROGRESSIVE NEW SMYRNA
NEW SMYRNA is situated 6ftee,

miles south of Daytona and is an /
ideal spot reached from Daytona by |
a hard surfs re road winding through
one OF the raost picturesque parts Of
Florida.
With its ancient ruins dating back
to time when the history of man
runneth not, interlaced with wires of
the modern telegraph and telephone,
its miles Of shell streets as hard and
smooth as floor and over-arched by
hoary forest giants that grew in state
ly grandeur, during the lapse of by
gone centuries, New Smyrna is truly
place of romance and rest.
All nature here is very inviting to
the tourist and pleasure-seeker. Here
too is to be found the best fishing and
hunting in the State of Florida.
The people are thrifty, the bust
ness men eaterprising, and all unite
in extending the welcome hand of
hospitality to strangers. There are
FIVE church edifices for white people
and an equal number for the colored
population the town has an excellent
high school, a splendid public lib
rary, and up-to-date business houses.
There are any number of pretty
homes for he permanent population
which numbers close to 1000, and
some very fine winter residences.
There are good hotels and boarding
houses where you can find accomo-
dations to meet your requirements.
| Adjoining New Smyrna is as fine a
section of vegetable land as can be
found anywhere. This land has
been divided into small farms which
can be bought at reasonable pr ces
Some of The finest celery grown in
the State is raised on this land. All
other vegetables grow in abundance,
and here, TOO, is the home of the fam
Gus Indian River oranges.
New Smyrna has no bonded in.
debtedness and the tax levy is low
A point that no tourist should fail
to visit is the ruins of the Old Span.
ish Mission which stand somber and
alone about one and quarter miles
southwest of New Smyrna. A good
road leads to the place and the TRIP
can be easily made by an automobile
Silent, in the great pine fats by the
margin of the forest, is this place o
pilgrimage for the pious; this rem
devious for the picnicker. The ruin.
are extensive, and while there is NJ
authentic history of their origin, i
is presum ed that the Mission wa
built by the Franciscans in the day
when the once powerful Kingdom 0
Spain first planted its flag upon VIVA
is now American soil. 1t was bull
of coquiIa, the roof being of tn
same mat erial, cut into thin slab
and covered with cement plaster
J Extensive gardens surrounded il
which were enclosed by a ston
wall, portions of which still remain
| Visitors usually come in partie
| merry and curious but the spell o
/ the place soon falls upon them AM
| they separate to sit alone, silent an
| meditative, under the arches or be
/ side the ancient we'll.
CORONADO
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-14
HAWKS PARK

A pretty village located along the
ridge above the Indian River two
and one half miles south OF Ne"
Smyrna and connected with fine shell
roads. There is the appearance OF
newness, comfort and secluSion about
the place which stamps it as the abode
of people who come here to ENJOY
the blessings of outdoor lie away
from places where crowds are apt 10
gather.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-14
CORONADO

Is situated on the peninsula opposite
New Smyrna and is connected by
good road and bridge over the deep
current o. Indian River. Here you
can put aside your conventional
garb breathe in large and deep the
salty tonic Of the sea and enjoy your
self to your hearts content with rod
and reel in row or sail boat or in the
ocean surf a short half-mile away
The great varieties of fish inhabltlns
the river and lagoon pass through the
channel from the sea beneath the
bridge. From verandas, upper bal
comics and windows you behold the
masnifice Mt river, the distant lagoons
and island DIS, the forest-covered pen
insu1a ard the vast reaches OF the
Atlantic Ocean.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-14
BOND SANDSTONE BRICK CO.
MhnufdcIuFerS
Light Granite, Buff, Red and
Drab Brick
Manufacturers

Large Capacity Insures Prompt Ship
ments. Write for Booklet and Prices.
LAKE HELEN. FLA.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
MEXICAN FEDERAL
TROOPS In PURSUIT
COMMANDER NAVARRO BELIEVES
this The LAST OF THE
REVOLT

Mexico City, Dec 15.-Mexican Fed
eral troops are in pursuit of fleeing
revolutionists, the remnants of the
army which gave battle to the Gov
eminent soldiers near Guerrero, Chi
hauha, when eighty-two were killed
and 230 wounded.
Advices from Guerrero received to-
day by the way of Chihuahua in this
city, stated that Federal troops were
en- route to the former city to take
military possession.
Guerrero is in the Sierra Tarahu-
mare Mountains, on branch of the
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Rail
road. Advices received from General
Navarro, commander of the Federals
and rurales in the northwestern part
of the State, led the authorities to be
lieve today that this battle would be
the last of the revolt
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
AN AGREEMENT is REACHED.

Board of Education and Representa-
tive of the Roper Lumber Company
Will Leave Question of the Prac-
ticabiIity of the Drainage of Malta
muskeet Lake to Judgment of An
Engineer.
Raleigh, N. c., Dec. 15.-The State
Board OF Education and President
Millard, of the Roper Lumber Com
pany, have reached an agreement
whereby J. Frank Coleman, promin-
|ent drainage engineer of New Orleans,
lis to examine and pass upon the plans
and specifications as prepared b. En-
|gineer ]. o. Wright for the drainage
of Mattamuskeet Lake, Hyde county.
Coleman will be here today 90 Iegfn
this work State officers believe tbs
undertaking is now in fair way TO
being carried out. December @1.St the
Staffdge u1stf1ct was to have been
sold to Northern capitalists who were
here with certified checks for the pur-
chase and guarantee to assume the
States obligation under the drainage
enterprise when the exception on the
part of the Roper Company came. eff
Ifective1y breaking off the sale, for +he
| time. The Roper Company insists
that the undertaking fs not practica-
BILE and now comes the agreement 10
leave the matter to Engineer Cole
EDnaQ,
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
Good Roads Movement.

Raleigh, n. c., Dec. 15.-Dr. Joseph
Hyde Pratt, State Geologist and Sec
retary of the North Carolina Good
Roads Association, here today, says
the movement for the organization OF
county good roads association, to CO.
|operate with the State Association, is
progressing finely, there being now or
ganized and actively at work q of
these county conventions, with ar
rangements made for the organization
of many others in the near future.
AS an indication of the rapidity with
which this work is being advanced,
Highway Engineer w. L. Spoon is to-
day in Randolph county organizing &
an association. He organized in Gas
ton county yesterday and will be in
Rockingham tomorrow, for the or
ganization of a Richmond county as
.sOciation. On December 22nd, there
| is to be an association formed for
Madison county; January End, one for
Duplin county, and on January 9th,
one for Pender county. Other dates
are being asked for by counties yet
|unorganized, and it looks like it will
Ibe only a short while now before prac
Etically the whole State Will be Gov
cred by these country associations
cooperating for the furtherance OF
highway construction on systematic
sbasis.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
90 DEAD
IN Mine
EXPLOSION In GREEN Mine NEAR
NORTON CASTS GLOOM. One
RESCUED ALIVE
A HEARTRENDING Scene

Norton, Va, Dec. 2S.-Tweaty-n nine
lives were lost yesterday in the Greene
mine, two miles from Tacoraa, a sta
ton ON the Norfolk and Western Raal-
way, six miles east of Norton. In "a
gas explosion at o'clock 26 miners
were entonbed, and later in the day
the mine superintendent, James Bar
rowman, and three bank bosses enter
ed the shaft as a rescNe party Up
to o'clock last night fen bodies had
been taken out and one man is be-
lieved adj the others are dead.
The 1IreenO mine is a small opera
ton, employing about 35 men.
The wives and children and other
relatives OF the missing men were at
tracted to the scene of death by the
loud report OF the explosion, and weep
ing, and praying, they have kept up
ceaseless begging for help to save
their loved ones.
When the superintendent, Barrow
man, and his party entered the mine
an hour after the explosion they
gained some distance within the main
opening before they signalled the en-
g1neer to stop. Those outside waited
for further signals but none came.
Hours passed and not a sign or
whisper came from the superintend-
ent and his companions and it was
conceded that they had been caught
suddenly in storm of heated air and
suffocaJed. By o'clock in the after
noon four bodies had been taken out,
but none Of the names could be learn
ed. They were recovered by da ring
miners who entered the shaft with
helmets that furnished fresh air and
prevent the fumes of a burning mine
from reaching the face
Later in the day, T. E. Roam, OF tine
Clinchfield Coal Corporation, assumed
direction OF the rescue work They
have only limited number of helmets
and are making every possible use ~
them.
rSred, 4aiopg with one man who is
yet alive, but whose condition is pre-
carious. He is fearfR1ly burned and
bruised and is unconscious
When the explosion occurred the
whistle at the mine was sounded con
tinuously, giving aiarn in AL the sur
rounding country. 1t was heard IT
the villages several miles away and
Immediately there was rush of pes
pie to the scene. The young lady II
charge OF the telephone office at Coe
burn, three miles away frem th<
mine, heard of the news and spread
it in all directions, adding a call fol
help.
Greene mine produces a soft Goa
containing a large amount of gas
Mines in the field have been siEgularl!
free from serious accidents.
The mine is owned and operated b.
Bond and Bruce.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16

STATEMENT
WANTS CONGRESS TO ACT ON RE-
PORTS OF BALLINGER INVES.
TIGATING committee
HITS The STANDPATTERs

Washington, D. c., Dec. 15.-Giff' d
Pinchot, deposed Chief Forester,
statement issued, demands that ION
gress shall vote upon the vario~S re-
ports submitted to it by the Bal lger-
Pinchot investigating committee. In
the statement Mr.. Pinchot vigorously
insists that the majority report, which,
vindicates Secretary Balli1gSr, repre-
sents prejudgment of tie case.
which everybody expect, end which
| is so vigorously prejuoN Nhcnt that iC
is necessary, in fairness to al coz
cerned that Congress shall determine
for 1t itself which of 6e reports it re-
Report Was No Surprise
Mr.. Pinchot, in the statement, says:
jority in favor a Mr.. Ba1linger has
excited little i1erest and less sur
prise. From t% beginning it was
known that 1Ie tenor Of the report
would be. Reir report was forecast
ed and discounted so completely that
polls of the committee, true to the
actual result. were published in the
naners few hours after it's appoint-
Iment. The standpat majority did only
what was expected of them. Not only
so, but they did the easy thing. The
Whi hiteWaSh OF senator LOr1meIfiS q
good example. II
"The people long ago decided that
Judge Madison and the minority Wefs
right. Interest now centers an lne
question of what action Congress
going to take on the report. by Joinr IN
resolution Congress directed Fins
ltssastfi ahifd money have Been spent o.
lit, but as yet there is no final result
There can be none until Congress acts
irrespective of whether the action o
EGongfess will favor Mr.. Balfinger 0
Eeondeinn him, it is evident the pee
jple want their representatives t,
make a record of their own on thi
tGuestion. Certainly the standpatteYr
lin Congress who believe in the Bal
linger kind of conservatism shcult
jhave chance to go on record to tina
effect.
Should Conserve Resources.
"The question whether or not MI
Ballinger is an unfaithful public ser
want is of little consequence compared
ito saving the coal in Alaska and thu
water power everywhere for the pee
Iple. That is what the fight is about
when this fight to save the re
sources began the coal in Alaska wa
about to be lost to the people. TIL
water power sites had been opene
to entry, and the conservation polio
of the last administration was bein
: reversed"
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
Cruisers Begin Practice.

Norfolk, Va, Dec. 15.-The fifth Dir
vision of the Atlantic fleet, consisting
of the armored cruisers Tennessee,
North Carolina. Montana and Wash
ington, yesterday began battle prac-
tice and maneuvers on the southern
drill grounds, off the Virginia Capes,
with an icy wind blowing 35 miles an
hour from the north. The weather
was bright and the sea fairly mod
|erate
The cruisers were in South Ameri-
can waters at the time the other YES
isels of the fleet had their practice
work
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
Mild Fi!fousterrng Marks Day In Con
QreSs.

Washington, Dec. 14.-Mi1d filibus-
tiers marked the sessions in both
houses of Congress yesterday. In the
Senate practically the entire time was
taken up by Senator Bristow, of Kan
sas, whose opposition to the French
spofiation claims included in the om-
nibus bill, prevented the passage OF
THAT measure.
What for an hour threatened re-
fnewal of the bitter fight on the rules
marked the opening of the business of
jdhe House when opposition developed
to the taking of the bill for the codi-
ffeation and revision of the laws re-
hating to the judiciary Speaker Can
non declined to sit in Judgment on the
question whether the House, under
/ the rules, could take UP measure
from the calendar which is not up
for consideration On the previous cal
endar Wednesday. Accordingly the
House voted, and by 146 to 81 decided
to take up the bill. 1t was still being
considered when the House adjourned
Both the Senate and the House met
at noon today.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
AMERICANS ARE WATCHED.
|Hondufan Government Fears Yankee
Soldiers of Fortune.

SoI0IeFS OF oTtune.
Puerto Cortez. Honduras, Dec ID
A guard of soldiers is placed every
night around the loca3 hotel here
where foreign visitors and business
for protection but the real objecr is
to watch the actions esT the Ameri-
cans.
The government fears "a revolution
dier of fortune may be masked be
sfhind every YaHHzee passport present
/ ed here. 1t is reliably reported that
the hotel guard is under Instructions
to see not only that Americans are
not permitted to join in agy fighting
which may start, but that they shah
not be allowed to leave the hotel to
start trouble on their own account.
The ordinary business of the re,
ipublic goes on undisturbed, but such
enterprises as American ana other
foreigners are likely TO he interest ec
in are badly hampeFed.
| One feature of Ihe governments
military preparation is omlnous
nancy, the mounting of machine
guns, and raaable reports that othel
guns of this type nave been pur
lchaSed.
The Honduran gunEsOat La Funsbls
lies in the har6or here with steam VI
sday and night. She is equipped w9tf
,Krupp guns of small calibre, and is
lexpected to have one Oe- two expe:'
leunners aboard to handle them.
It is not known whether fortifica
tions are being erected at the othe,
important Caribbean ports, Seiba ant
Truxillo, as there is little cOmmuni
cation between them and Pnert'
ICOrteZ.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
TEN MILLION
FOR PEACE
ANDREW CARNEGIE MAKES GIFT
FOR AID In ABOLITION
o. WAR
GIVES OUT STATEMENT

Washington, D. c., Dec. 15.-Sur-
rounded by 27 trustees of his choosing
comprising former cabinet members,
ex-ambassadors, college presidents,
lawyers and educators, Andrew Car
negie yesterday transferred S1O,OOO,-
600 in five per cent mortgage bonds,
value $11,5O0,0OO, to be devoted Dri-
marily to the establishment of uni
Versai peace by the abolition of war
between nations and such friction as
may impair "the progress and happi-
ness of man."
When wars between nations shall
have ceased, the fund is to be applied
to such altrnistic purposes as will
best help man in his glorious ascent
onward and upward by she Danish
ment of the most degrading evil or
evils" then harassfng mankind
AS Mr.. Carnegie read an informal
deed of trust announcing at length
the general purpose of his gift, there
was prolonged applause He then ex-
l1dained the incidents which Inspired
Fine giving of the money at this time
fand declared with emphasis tthat if the
iEnglish~speaking race in the United
States and Great Britain Cnce con-
SOlidabed in the movement for inter-
national peace, the success of t
measure in the rest OF the werld would
be assured. That Great Britain stood
ready to cooperate with TINS country,
Mr.. Carnegie said, he felt certain,
and all that was new needed he added
was the concurrence of the President
and the Senate in promulgating the
movement on benaf of the Unite(
States. A resolution of thanks was:
presented by Joseph Fl. Chnate 13sterrssE.faa.
/ ll.e4sn l.l...e4.sn was adopted, and john L. Cad
wa1ader, of New York, proposed that
a committee of seven be appc:
Ito consider the subject .of the orSani-
zation of the body of trustees, the
form Of charter to be obtained and
[other details of organization. This
was likewise adopted. Senator Eiihu
Root, of New York, was unanimously
;elected permanent chairman and Jas.
Barry Scott, solicitor of the State De.
lretary of the Board of Trustees until
a more definite organization shall
have been effected.
Mr.. Carnegie declined to be tnclud
led in the future organizat ton of the
board of trustees, but expression OF
gratitude were uttered by many o
the trustees at the meeting, who look
forward to continued advancing
thought and study to plan develop
ment of international peace.
Exactly what purposes win b'
lserved by the gift of $11, 100000 'ant
its estimated annual income of $500,
900 none of the trustees could say
as the whole project has been brough
forward under the most general terms
leaving wide stfiscretion and compre
) hension to the trustees in the fulfill
| ment of the premises OF the gift
1 President Taft has consented to b.
honorary president of the foundation
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
Appeal Allowed In Railroad Suit.


Norfolk, Va, Dec. 15-The Supreme
Court of Appeals of Virginia yester-
day allowed an appeal in the case of
the Zell-Vandyke Syndicate, of .Phila-
delphia, against the old Norfolk and
Southern Railway Company.
The plaintiffs seek to enforce an al
legged contract of sale to them by the
Norfolk and Southern reorganization
committee of the roads properties and
franchises, afterward sold under Fed
eral court foreclosure and bought in
at $S,5O0,O00 for the old bondholders
by Rathbone Gardner, and sreorganiz
ed under the laws of Virginia as the
Norfolk Southern Railroad Company
! Three unsuccessful attempts were
made IN the Federal court to estoI
the receivershir foreclosure and sub
seq,.es.t 1 Isani.ation,
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
Taft To Speak In Atlanta, Georgia.

Washington. D. c., Dec. 15.-Presi-
dent Taft will address the greatest
gathering of business men ever held
in this country on March 10th next at
Atlanta, Ga, where the Southern Com
mercial Congress will be in session
for three days, beginning March Stn-
The Governors of the other fifteen
Southern States united with Governof
Brown, of Georgia. in extending this
invitation to the President, which was
delivered to him today.
The program of the three days will
be the most important in the history
of the commercial South. and invita-
tions will be Issued to the most prom1-
lnent men of the nation to partic1pate
ga greater nation through gre
South, will be the Presider
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
NOVEMBER TosAcco SALES.
Wilson Stands Fourth la Number of
Pounds Sold.


Pounds Sold.
Raleigh, n. c., Dec. 15.-There are
3S towns In North Carolina that did
leaf tobacco warehouse business dur
ing the month of November, the total
sales running up to 12,886,036 pounds,
with Winston-Salem leading, her sales
amounting to 1,908,573 pounds Rox-
Iboro, Person county, was second with
1.57O,969 pounds, and Greenville third,
with 1,1S1,O ,O49 pounds. Others in
their order were: Wilson, 1918, 743; !;
Oxford, 6S1 ,O21; Durham, 611,SS4;
Reidsviile, 558, $50; Kinston. COZ ,9O7:
Rocky Mount, 554,209; Louisburg,
447 .929; Henderson. 319.031: Mt Airy,
3O7 ,539; Snow Hill, 278:960; Creed
more, 28O,776; Warrenton, 247, ,639;
LAGRANGE, 287,356; Farmville, 246,975; ;
Apex, 225,574; Youngsville, 1853;
burlington, 1S7,473; Smithfield, 109,
LIS; Stoneville, S9,71S; Mebane, 70,
I648; Greensboro, 1862; zebulon, "a.
261; Wendell, 1859; Jacksonville
t6S,7i7; Richlands, 45,58S; Fuqna,
ISprings, 53.245; Goldsboro, 2a.231
Enfield, 26.4S8; Williamson. 2S,216
!! Milton, 17,100; Statesville, 1878:
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
800 DIE OF CT.

Funchal, Dec. 15.-Fy
dead throughout Made
cholera. There are
although real COM
rior are unknown.
by the score and tn
with bodies.
Graves are being
The authorizes ofhci.
cases.
The residents are in
the Portuguese govern
that it yEfuses to send a
Fu,ghal is the canifas
island, which is a PortGs
4 It
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
WANTS TO BE HANGED,
Boy 1s Years Old Sentenced to Life
imprisonment, 6egs 'Offieers
Tn Ham AiNs

Kalamazoo, Mich, Dee 15.-When
18-year-old George Bloohas, convicted
of the murder of Eftimias Stergiousias 3
last summer, was sentenced yesterday
to life imprisonment in Marquette
prison, he begged the officers to hang
him.
He said he would rather die than
face the prospect of spending the rest
of his days behind the bar. Bloohas
confessed he dropped a boulder on
the head of his victim while the lat
ter was asleep.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16

New York, Dec. 15.-The four mast
ed schooner r. S. Greedy sank an :un-
known schooner in a collision yester-
day near the Pollock Rip Tightship,
off Nantucket Shoals
The crew of the wrecked schooner
was taken aboard the Greedy, and
later transferred to the Metropolitan
Lines steamer III. S Dimock The
Greedy was badly d d2Wg}fhfofefiie Wg}ff fefiie lightshfp.
t ,ia;s llsloni; a66f 66f distress we're hoisted.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
INTERcOAsTAL CANAL.
Will Be NavieabIe for War Vessels in
Time of War.

Time Of War.
New York, Dec. 15.-The projected
inter-coastal canal through the Allan
tic seaboard and Gulf States, connect
ing the bays and rivers, which indent
the coast line from Boston, Mass, to
Galveston, Texas, will not only be
nayigabae for Golfers and battieships
i'm time of war, but also will develop
commercia1 and manufacturing inter
ests. Such was the gist of the report
submitted by the Committee On Ma
tiona1 Rivers and Harbors of the New
York Board of Trade and Transporta-
ton at the monthly meeting.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16

Maiden, Mass, Dec. 15-Five chill
'dren are orphans today as a result of
a dispute in a Maiden home which
resulted in the shooting of Mabel B.
Campbell by her husband, A1onzo W.
Campbell. who then turned the r'-n
on himself and shot fatal1v tf,-e--e'i
the heart. The tragedy c.,c;lr-e st
No. A Wyeth Street. N-I6e-
shooting is said to hava re-slit ~
t,o CarrhelPS s,,--,o- --~ 20. read.
when he returned from work.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-12-16
Not So troublesome After All.

saThose Kentucky feuds are terrible
affairs" said the New Yorker.
"Yes.'' said the Louisville man; "but
their manifestations are only occasion
al and they don't give the police any
more real trouble than taxicab
rike.'-Washington Star.