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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-10-02

WE RECEIVE PITTSBURG PER
feet Fencing in car lots. We can
supply any height you like. Also
plenty of Barbed Wire. We will
make prices right. Come to see US.
EDWARDS & Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-10-02

NOW is THE TIME TO BUY
your Galvanized and Rubber Roof
ing. Come to see us, we can suit
you Edwards-& Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-10-02

WANTED AUTO OWN Frs TO
send your tires to US for Guaranteed
Vulcanizing. If this ad. accompa-
MES your letter you will receive 5
per cent discount on your repairs.
Auto Tire Repair Co., Raleigh, N. C.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
YOUTH WINS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Francis Ouimet, Youthful Local ANA
teur, Defeats Great English Pre-
fessionaIs. Vardon and Ray.

Brookline, Mass. - Another name
was added to Americas list of victors
in international sport Saturday when
Francis Ouimet, a youthful local anna
teur. won the nineteenth open cham
pionship of the United States Golf
Association.
The winning of this national title
was lifted to an international plane,
due to the sensational circumstances
of the play and the caliber OF the en-
trants whom Ouimet defeated during
his four days march to victory. Safe
" berthed in his qualifying round, the
boy trailed the leaders in the first
half of the championship round; tied
with Harry Vardon and Edward Ray,
the famous English professionals, for
first place in the final round, then
completely Outplayed them in the
eighteen-hole extra round which was
necessary to decide the 1913 cham
pionship.
Ouimet won with a score OF 4
strokes, two under par, for one of the
hardest courses in the country. Var
don finished five strokes behind Oui
met. with II; Ray took third place
with rs.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
TRAIN DYNAMITED; FIFTY ARE KILLED
Rebels Blow Up and Loot Passen-
ger Train Near the City of
Satllo, Mexico.

Laredo, Tex-Fifty people were Kill
ed when rebels dynamited a passen-
ger train on the Mexican National
railway sixty miles south of Saltillo,
Mexico, Saturday afternoon, according
to official reports to federal head
quarters in NuevO Laredo Monday.
The train was then looted and the sur
viving passengers robbed, it is said.
Forty federal soldiers and ten sec
ond-class passengers comprised the Of
fetal death list. The number OF in
jured was not given.
w. w Mervain Of San Francisco,
the only American on the train, is
said to have escaped injury, but was
robbed in the looting that followed.
Two dynamite mines were set of
by electricity, according to accounts
from the scene of the disaster. The
first-class coach was only derailed
but the baggage, express and two eX
press coaches were blown to pieces
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
SOUTHERNERS FORM Immigration BODY
The Association In Which Texas Is
Interested Wants Aliens to
Enter Via Gulf.

New Notwithstanding on the pier at
Ellis Island Thursday while 1000 i'm
migrants were stepping from the
steamship ImpeTatOr. a group Of prom
inent Southerners, headed by Senator
Ransdell of Louisiana, organized the
Mississippi Valley immigration Asso-
citation. This action is the outcome
of a conference held in New York re-
Gently, at which delegates from the
States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Ar
kansas, Texas and Alabama, and rep
resentatives of the federal immigra-
ton department and of railroad and
steamship lines discussed immigration
and labor in the South. The congress
urged steamship lines to bring immi-
grants into the country by way OF
New Orleans.
The new organization will campaign
against unreasonable restrictions to
immigration and will endeavOr to have
government and state agencies estab-
lished in Europe for the purpose OF
encouraging immigration to the Unit
ed States. 1t also favors the reduc-
| ton of the immigrant head tax.
George H. Smith of New Orleans
was made president, w. ID. Manager,
Natchez, Miss, vice president, and NJ.
B. Trezevant, New Orleans, general
| manager. 2
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
MAYOR GAYNORS BODY PLACED IN GRAVE
Million Persons See Cortege Go From
City Hall to Cemetery-Traf-
fic at Standstll.

New York. - Historic Greenwood
cemetery, the resting place in Brook
Ign of many famous dead, received the
body of New Yorks late mayor, Will
liam Jay GaynOr, at midafternoon
Monday, with funeral services in his
honor that were without parallel in
the history of the city. In the pres
ence of the family, the honorary pail
bearers, including William Howard
Taft, and city officials, among them
MAYO Kline, the flag-draped coffin
was committed to the grave in the
Gaynor family plot. The brief Episco-
palian service was read by Rev. Frank
". Page, former pastor of St Johns,
the church where the mayor wor-
SHIPPED.
A million people, it is estimated,
saw the funeral cOrtege move slowly,
first from the city hall, where thou
sands haC witnessed the body lying in
state Sunday, to Trinity church, where
/ Bishop Greer conducted the solemn
services; then back past the city hall,
across Brooklyn bridge, through
/ Brooklyn streets past the late mayor 5
Eighth avenue home and on to the
cemetery.
The bell in the tower of the borough
hall in Brooklyn tolled for the first
time in many years.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
LAST SURVIVOR OF SAN IACINTO DEAD
w. p. Zuber, Sole Survivor of Hous-
tons Army at San Jacinto, Died
at the Age of SO Years.

Austin, Tex.-W. p. Zuber known
as the last survivor of the Texas army
at San Jacinto, is dead.
lie died Monday at the home Of a
daughter in Austin. He was % years
old and had lived all but ten in Texas.
He, with Alonzo Steele, who died a
few months ago, in Limestone Coun-
", were known as the last survivors
of San Jacinto.
With his parents he had come to
Texas from Georgia at the age of 10,
and he enlisted in the Texas army at
Is. He was born in Twiggs County.
Georgia. July 8, 1920. On coming TO
Texas the family remained at Bra
zoria for short time, after which
they settled at Roans Prairie, in
Grimes County. Here Mr.. Zuber re-
sided until his marriage at the age of
80, employed from young manhood as
a school teacher.
From this county he enlisted as
volunteer at the beginning of the
civil war, serving throughout the
struggle as a member of the Twenty
/ first Texas Cavalry, Carriers Regi-
ment After having served the Con
| federacy with distinction he returned
! to his family in Grimes County and
afterward removed to BremOnd, in
Robertson County Still later he
moved to Owensville in the same cOun-
ty to educate his children.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
NOVEMBER SIS ARE GOOD ROADS DAYS
Governor issues Proclamatcn ne
questing Whole State 20 Get Ac-
quarteo WITH the Shovel.

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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
VILLA EXECUTED ITO FEDERALS
AMERICAN DOCTOR WHO TREAT.
ED WOUNDED WAS ROBBED.
Ordered to Leave Mexico or Be Shot
Wholesale Slaughter of Federals.
Money Offered Mexico.

Maria, Tex-A startling tale of the
execution of 270 federal prisoners cap
tured in the battle of San Andres by
the rebel leader Pancho Villa, and OF
his own mistreatment by Villa after
he had gratuitously ministered to the
latter's wounded, was brought to
Maria Tuesday by DR.. c. +. Shackel-
ford, an American physician, who has
spent the past six years in Santa Rosa
liza, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Incidentally, Villa has not been cap
tured and executed by federals as re-
ported, but is at Santa ROsalia at the
head of 1000 troops, DR.. Shackelford
said.
Without assigning any reason, the
physician said villa offered him the
alternative of leaving Mexico within
Il hours or being stood up and shot
first robbing him of everything but
his clothing. The rebels took from
him $500, 900 in notes, the property OF
the Bank of Manero. He was ever
/ forced to give up his surgical instru
ments and $4,000 worth of medicine
/ he declared, even though he had beef
using it to treat the wounded in villas
command. He made his way to The
| border at Preside, Texas, with grea
difficulty.
From the offices of the secretary Il
Provisional President Huerta Tuesda,
came the report that offers had beel
received from London to take up tn
remainder of the &20,000,00O sterlin
loan in the event of the Banque d
Paris declines to take up the option
The Banque de Paris already has ful
nished 96,00O,000 sterling of tn
G2O.OOO,O0O loan. The details of tn
proposal and the names of the lnte
ested bankers are not given.
The general expectation in MeXlc
CITY was that the finance departmeI
would close with the local banks IL
a loan of 100000 pesos.
A number of contradictory rumol
regarding the return to Mexico
General Diaz from Paris were clrc
lated. There seems to be goo
, grounds for the belief that Diaz h;
been instructed to proceed to Japa
War Minister Banquet denied havlI
recalled Diaz.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Brownsville Men Released on Bond.

Brownsville, Tex.-All the men held
IN connection with the gun fight be-
tween the police and sheriff's depart
ment of Thursday night were released
on bond Saturday Sheriff c. T. Ryan,
Deputy Jose Longoria, Jailer w. c.
Price, Bert Mitchell, Bust Jennings
and Harry Wallace, after a prelimi-
nary hearing before Justice of the
Peace Valentine Gavito, were released
under bond of $4,000 each on the
charge of killing Lieutenant of Police
Puig and $3.50 each on the charge of
assault with intent to murder Police
man Havre.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Court Martial Approved by Governor.


Ration Rouge.-The findings OF inc
court martial at Alexandria Aug IL
and y against Sergeant Edward SUIT
ron of Battery B Battalion, Washing
ton Artillery, and the findings ana
sentence against First Lieutenant
Henry c. Prats, Company No. g. FIRST
infantry, Louisiana National Guard
nv the general court martial IN New
orleans. May 27, have been approved
nv Governor Hall. Sergeant Edward
sutton was ordered dishonoraD!y as
charged. First Lieutenant Henry -
Prats for failure TO perform his duties
was ordered to be "reprimanded IN d
public manner" but to pay no COSTS
The court martial found Sutton guilty
Of resisting arrest and striking SUI
Derior officer. First Lieutenant Prats
was cleared of all imputatlon OF dls-
honesty in his business with the FIRST
Infantry. but found guilty OF failure
TO perform his duty and being dlsre-
spectfuI to a superior officer
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
pnIice Battle With Negroes.

Alexandria.-A battle royal took
Mace Sunday night between several
members of the police, headed by
Chief J. W. Buie, and about fifteen
negroes who were gambling in house
in the suburbs. Policeman \. u. Ay-
mond was wounded in the arm IN TWO
places and six of the negroes were
wounded. Two negroes were captured
and the remainder got away. 1t Is De-
lieved that one negro received NOR
tai wound. Blood drops were tracked
from the house to some distance when
the trail was lost The door was
forced and the negroes ordered to
throw up their hands. They did SO,
but several negroes had pistols and
began firing at the officers. Chlef
Buie had a narrow escape. The entire
city is being searched for traces OF
the wounded negroes.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Crowley Fire Insurance Rate.

Crowley - Local fire insurance
agents of Crowley are in receipt OF
new rate book from the Louisiana fire
prevention bureau for Crowley, IN
creasing the fire insurance rates on
mercantile frame and brick establish
ments 35c on the 800.
1t is the general opinion that this
increased rate is due to the insult
ficient water supply, as was evident
during some of the recent fires. This
defect. however, is being remedled by
the city council. The sinking OF a
new well at the power house will soon
be under way, and plans for a large
reservoir or settling tank are being
drawn by the city engineer.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
GRAND ARMY ELECTS COMMANDER IN CHIEF
Former Congr essman Washington
Gardner of Michigan Chosen-De-
troit Gets 1914 Encampment.

Chattanooga, Transformer Con-
gresham Washington Gardner of Al
bion. Mich, Friday was elected COM
mander in chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic at the final business ses-
sion of the forty-seventh annual en-
campment Detroit, Mich, was select
ed as the meeting place for the 1914
encampment.
Other officers elected by the ma
tional organization were:
Thomas H. Sowars, Guthrie, Okla,
senior vice commander; William l..
Rose, Pittsfield, Maine, Junior vice
commander; ]. X. Weaver, Morris
town, Pa, surgeon general, and Hor-
ace NJ. Carr, Parsons, Kan, chaplain
general.
Immediately after the election OF
officers was completed, the new com
mander in chief announced the APP
pointment of Oscar A. James, Detroit
Mich, as adjutant general, and Colo
mel D. R. Stowitz of Buffalo, n. Y, a:
uuartermaster general of the Crane
Army of the Republic.
A general exodus of veterans ant
| delegates attending sessions OF alle'
organizations began Friday night.
/ In bidding their hosts and hostesse
/ farewell at the railroad stations, bot
veterans and visitors predicted
closer relationship between the Mort
and South as a result of the encamI
| ment
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
PLAN HIGHWAY THROUGH STATE
WOULD BE LAST LINK IN COLO
RAOO-TO-THE-GULF LINE.
Stretch Between Dallas and Norman
gee Only One That Will Need I'm
proVement-Most of Road 6uiit.

Houston, Texan automobile high
way from Galveston to Dallas, in or
der to make a reality OF the Colorado
to-the-Gulf highway, is the plan of o.
l.. Williams OF Bowie. president Of
the Colorado-tothe-Gul Highway AS
ISOLATION.
BY the establishment Of a thorough
ly equipped and patroled automobile
highway from Denver to Galveston. via
Dallas and Houston, it is purposed TO
divert a large amount of tourist travel
southwark to the Texas coast resorts,
both in summer and winter.
The highway is now completed from
Denver to Dallas and since last May
according to President Williams, there
has been an average of 500 touring
cars a month that have used this route
in overland travel and every commun-
ity all along the highway has been
commercially benefited thereby.
Recent the attempt to continue the
line to Galveston by way of Waco has
been abandoned because Of the defeat
of a good roads bond issue in McLen-
nan County. AS a result, a new route
/ is proposed. This route is from Dallas
/ south TO Corsicana, via league, Madl-
/ sonyille, Huntsville, COnroe. Norman
gee and Houston to Galveston. The
road between Galveston and Houston
already fulfills the association re
quirements, and the stretch between
&c N u
that will need improvement. 1t is pur
posed that each of the counties blsect
ed by the proposed road form good
roads and highway association and
that the five counties affected joiI
into a district organization, and tina
when the highway has been completed
the line become the official one be
tween North and South Texas.
Roads forming part OF this pro
posed airline highway must be in
spected and passed upon by the assc
citation engineers and must cCmpl.
with the rules laid down by the assC
citation. These rules call for a 60-fOO
right Of way for each road. a roa
graded and dragged with a clay SUI
face Of thirty feet from curb to cur
with a 25-foot crown, and when
, laved cap is put on this cap must b
'welye feet wide. Sharp curves mus
De changed 10 easy curves and wher
there are turns in the road the Undei
brush must be cleared away so tina
automobiles approaching from opp'
site directions can each be seen b
the other. All bridges must be in
straight line with the roads.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
NEGRO KILLED TWO MEN; HANGED TO TREE
Deputy Sheriff Tom Rushing and
Luther Hodge Shot to Death.
Mob Hangs Negro.

Bremond, Tex. - Deputy Sheriff
Tom Rushing, brother of Sheriff Will
Rushing of Robertson County, was
shot and instantly killed at Petite
way, eight miles east of Bremond,
Texas, Sunday. Luther Hodge and
Tom Maxwell, white men, were play
ing cards with a negro, Will Davis,
when a dispute arose over the game,
causing the negro to shoot and in
stantly kill Hodge.
When the negro shot Hodge, Max
we'll fled and had gotten 100 yards
when the negro shot him through the
shoulder, causing a slight wound. Mr..
Rushing, hearing the shooting, rode
over to the house where Hodge was
killed and asked the negro for his gun
when the negro shot him, hitting him
in the stomach. Rushing alighted and
pulled his gun, but before he could
shoot the negro fired again, hitting
him in the heart. killing him instantly
When the report went out telling OF
the tragedy citizens, numbering about
l 900. from the immediate vicinity
Bremond, Kosse and Franklin-hast
ened to the scene to avenge the
deaths of those that were killed. The
negro was easily found and surren
dered, making a full confession, aftel
which he was Immediately hung to
tree near the scene of the killings.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
The Balkan Situation Grave.

London.-The situation in the Bal
kans is again extremely threatening
to the peace of Europe. Italy may
take strong measures, even to the ex'
tent of a blockade of Piraeus, should
Greece continue to encroach on South
ern Albania, while it is rumored that
Austria will form an alliance with
Bulgaria to prevent Servisn aggres'
sions in Northern Albania.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Thaw Hearing On.

Concord, y. H.-The duty OF the
State of New Hampshire toward harry
Kendall Thaw was the subject OF eX'
haustive argument before Governor
Felker Tuesday. The legal battle In
which William Travers Jerome. spe
cial deputy attorney general of New
York State, which seeks to obtain the
extradition of Thaw as a fugitive from
Justice. was pitted against three OF the
fugitive's array of counsel, was dra
matte at times and near the close came
dangerously near being personal.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Stencils Sentence Reduced.

Washington.-Pleas that widowed
mother and dependent wife and child
needed the support of Arthur j. STEM
eel. convicted of embezzling $1,000 OF
the funds of the City National bank
of Galveston. induced President Will
son Thursday to commute the prison
er's five-year sentence to one year.
Stencils voluntary surrender and plea
of guilty at Galveston on Jan. q last
were taken into consideration by the
president.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Princess Sophia Ends Life.

Heidelberg, Germany. - Princess
Sophia of Saxe-WeimarE isenach, 20
years old, a beautiful young woman,
unusually popular and much courted
by the officers with whom she often
rode behind the hounds at the Baden
court hunts, committed suicide Thurs
day. Her body, with bullet wound
in the temple, was found in her room
in the palace of her father, Prince
William. The death of the princess
was due to love affair.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Echo of KiIlinu In January.

Lake Charleston Jan. last 10
seph Metcalf, fireman for the Produc-
ers Oil Company at the Nlnton OH
field. was killed at the plant where
he was on night duty alone. Monday
an oil worker was arrested in connec-
ton with the killing, at Oil City by
Sheriff Reed, who lodged him IN jail
Metcalf, whose family lived at Lake
Arthur. had been paid off the night OF
the murder. A few hours later he was
found at the plant where he was EN-
ployed with his skull crushed and MS
pockets turned inside out.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Trade With Mexico Greater.

Washington.-In spite of the unset
tied conditions in Mexico growing out
of the revolution. trade of the United
States with that country in the fiscal
year just closed was greater than ever
before Figures made public by the
department of commerce Thursday
showed imports of merchandise from
Mexico in 1913 totaled $77,5OO,O0O, an
increase of $11,5OO,OOO over the pre-
vious year. Exports to Mexico
amounted to $54,5OO,OO0, an increase
of $1,750,OO0 over 1912.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Sulzer Must Go to Trial.

Albany, n. Y.-Governor William
Sulzer must go to trial. This was de-
cided by the high court of impeach-
ment Monday when, by vote OF 81 TO
I it's members overruled the motion
of the governors counsel to dismiss
the proceedings on the ground that he
was unconstitutionally impeached by
the assembly because that body was
in extra session when the impeach-
ment was brought.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Alexandra Man Is Killed.

Alexandria, La.-Jerry White, about
% years old, a resident of Hearne,
Okla, but employed as a switchman
in the Texas and Pacific yards at
Alexandria for sixty days, was shot
Tuesday night and died in a SAM
tarium. Whites mother conducts a
hotel at Hearne, Okla. His body was
prepared for shipment to Mena, Ark,
where it will be buried.
Another man, alleged to have done
the shooting, has not been apprehend'
ed
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Rebels XIII San Antonian.

Mexico City-Wiiliam o. Robertson,
an American mining man, was killed
nv rebels at FL Lojn. in Eastern Sina-
loa. Sept 10, according to adyices
which have just reached the capital.
robertson left DURANGO Sept. by the
overland route for Mazatlan. Jesus
Nadrigal leader Of the rebels in that
section. in a signed statement 20 the
American consul at Durango. said that
he killed Robertson because the
American refused to give up his arms.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Wild casser Clicked to Death.

Shreveport.-Local oil and gas cir
cles are elated over reports from Dixie
that a wild gasser which has been
wasting its output in that section OF
the Caddo field for six years at the
rate of several million feet daily has
ceased to exist by being choked to
death with as own salt water. This
leaves only one wild well, at Oil City
for the conservationists, who are now
busy with the task, to control.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Frisco Train Is Wrecked.

Lake Charles.-Several people were
hurt and the Frisco Line ued up
seven hours Tuesday when the east
bound local between De Quincy and
Baton Rouge ran into the ditch near
Reeves, twenty miles north. The en-
CINE and all the coaches Ieft the
track. one passenger coach rolling
completely over. The accident occur
red on a stretch of track which had
been imperfectly repaired following a
freight wreck at the same point a
couple of nights ago.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Bernard S. Rodey Resigns.

Washington. - The resignation OF
Bernard s. Rodey, United States at
torney for Alaska, requested by At
torney General McReynolds, was re-
ceived Tuesday. Pending disposition
of some cases in the district court OF
Alaska, acceptance of the resignation,
also requested, of Judge Cornelius d.
Murane, will be deferred.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
CoIuuitt at New Orleans.

New Orleans.-Governor Colquitt of
Texas and a party of ten othersNof the
Lone Star State arrived in New Or
leans on a Southern Pacific train
Tuesday en- route to the Panama
canal, where the Texas executive will
witness the blowing out of the final
dykes that will let the water of the
two oceans into the canal.