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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
DUPllN PRIMARIES
SET BY COMMITTEE
People Will Vote on All Count, and
State Candidates On
NAV 10Th

Warsaw, May 2-An official notice
has been issued by the chairman OF
the Duplin County Democratic execu-
tive committee, stating that the
Democratic primaries will be held on
May 16 for the purpose of selecting
candidates for the State and district
offices. This primary also calls for
candidates for United States Senator
Congressman. Judge, Solicitor and
State senator. There are several can
didates for each of the higher Of
fees, and a hot race is expected be-
tween now and the time set for the
primaries.
Hon. II. L. Stevens has announced
that he will not be a candidate for
judicial honors. although he has been
urged to enter the race.
Depot Question of Interest.
The question of whether the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad Company
is to improve their passenger facili-
tees at this place is still causing con-
siderable comment. The railroad of
iicials at first promised to increase
their depot, but later the notified
the board of trade that they would
not, and failed to give any reaso for
changing their plans. The present
station has long been inadequate, and
this together with the fact that they
have refused to remedy the conditions
has caused considerable feeling IN the
matter.
Duplin to Hold Fair.
The first fair to be held in Dublin
county will be held in Wallace on
November II, and although the plans
are not completed as yet. considerable
interest is being manifested, and sew
eral handsome prizes have already
been announced. These are in add
ton to the blue ribbons for the best
exhibits, which will consist of every
thing from needleWOrk to livestock.
The chrysanthemum show will be one
Of the special features of the fair. and
the prizes offered are we'll worth
striving for.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

tie Stuart. Brandon. Ohio '. eagle,
Green's Greek. Franklin VI Greer.
Mabre. Mrs Nancy Farthing. Sweet
water.
In Classified List.
The following fourth class posi-
masters wer. given q classified status.
John 7. Smith. Aaron: X c. Lyon.
Abner; Mrs. T.. a. Church. Adley:
Richard NJ. GahaGan. AlandstAnd:
Geo f.. Weld. Altainont. W. Il. Robi-
son. Alto. Jesse W Blair. Arcl dale.
Cora NJ. Conner. Ashury: Samuel
YATES. Auburn. William Il Sh.p-
pard. Austin. Edgar II. Wake. Avoca:
Andrew j. Beck. Cid James l.. Walsh.
DarkridSe. Thos. +. Pace. Fishtops
Andrew II. Lennon. Jr.. Freeman.
Mrs. Slna r. Cox, Guide. Mrs Anna
Eller. Hale: Rufus Sheets. Hartman.
NJ +. Hughes. Hughes. T. r. Stamev.
Joe; Wiley l. Carver. Lee. Alfred
NoSay, Lily, John W. Smith. Lobelia
Joseph NJ Plemmons. Luck. James
A Henry. Riddle, Martin r Cutler.
LOCK Creek. Mary {. James. sloan.
Thos. +. Common. Terrell. Rohy T.
Lewis, Valley.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

Missionary Society of w. n. G.. Con
ference at HcndersOnville.
Especial to The News and Observer


Hendersonville, May 3.-The ladies
of the He~ndersonville Methodist
church are making extensive prepare
tons for the entertainment Of the
d~eleagtes to the annual meeting Of
WOman'S Missionary Society OF the
Western North Carolina Conference,
which will be held in this city from
May 8 to 13.
Rev. John w. Moore of Salisbury.
former pastor of the local Methodist
church., will preach the annua ser
mon. Mrs. Lucy II. Robertson, Of
Greensboro, president OF the union.
will preside Over the meetings..
Mrs. c. Few. president Of the local
chapter OF the missionary society,
states that from $50 to 200 delegates
are expected and that entertainment
has been provided for o 100 Of
them. AS in the case of the Baptist
Missionary Union, held here in
March, assistance in the way of en-
tertainment will gladly be received
from other denominations, which are
coming TO the aid Of the MethodiSts.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
CIVIC LEAGUE At SPENCER.
New Organization for Eastern Section
of ToMn-Mrs. Lynch at Home.

Spencer. May "A Civic League
was organized in East Spencer Wed
nesdaA night at a public meeting IN
the school building which was pre-
sided over by Mayor Chas. A. Sides.
The officers include Mrs. l.. s. Ashe
as president. Mrs. G. w. Bringle. Mrs.
G.. w. Davis, Mrs. a. {. Robinson and
Mrs. a. L. Nash as vice-presidents.
May 18th vas designated as cleanup
day IN East Spencer. Addresses were
mad by Mayor Sides. DR.. Geo. II. Cox
Rev. c. Z. Richardson. {. T.. Fesper-
man. s. A. Earnhardt, \. g. Behr and
others.
Mrs. J. Z. Lynch was at home to the
/. O. I. 7. club al her residence on
Fourth street on Wednesday after
noon. A dozen or more members
were present to enjoy the hospitality
and partake of the elegant refresh
ments served to all. Progressive roof
was the prevailing game.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

Washington, d. c., May 2.-Three
naval officers who claim North Caro-
sina as their home State and who
nave made a name for themselves in
naval history have been recently ex-
amined for promotion to the rank Of
captain. They are Captains Victor
Blue, Archibald H. Scales and Thomas
Washington.
Captain Victor Blue.
Rear Admiral Victor Blue, who
holds the rank of rear admiral by
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

ed as an officer of high character and
ability. He served with credit in the
Spanish-American War: was on the
battleship indiana at the battle Of
SANTIAGO. auG received q letter Of com
tor his excellent work in
FOES. While in command Of the
Charleston. the CoTnnander-in-chief
Of the Pacific reserve feet reported
that CAPTAIN WASHINGTON is we'll
qualified % fiji any D0sit:on n the gift
C ne Department..
CaDtain Washington s at present IN
charge Of the ~HydrooraphiC CfjCe. His
| duties as HVdfcg1aHh". are most I'M
nOrtant and Responsible.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

Roads. n.y.
since the Spanish War. Admiral
Blue has had duty on three battle
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

After a man gets on the shady side
of fifty he seldom meanderS around
with a chip on his shoulder.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
THREE MAKE NAME
IN NAVAL HISTORY
Distinguished Officers Who
Claim North Carolina as
Their Home State
BLUE, SCALES, WASHINGTON

Something of The History of
The Three Who Have Been
Recently Examined For Pro-
motion To The Rank of Cap-
tain In The United States
Navy
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
SPORT.

At Johannisthal, an altitude record
of 1903 feet for a flight with three
passengers was established by Robert
Thelen, a German aviator.
Bob Watkins, the negro heavy
weight champion of Colorado, went
down to defeat in the first round of a
scheduled ten-round bout at the Eu-
reka Athletic Club in Denver at the
hands of Jack Thompson of st. Jo-
seph. Mo.
Another officer of the Royal Flying
Corps of the British army was killed
at Salisbury. England. Lieutenant II.
F. Treeby of the Duke of Wellington's
west riding regiment was flying in a
biplane over the army aviation
grounds when the machine side
slipped and fell to the earth from a
height of $50 feet.
An informal agreement which will
boost Colorado amateur sport as it
has never been boosted before was
made at Kansas City when the Kansas
City Athletic Club agreed to send
championship teams to Denver next
winter and spring to compete in dual
boxing, wrestling, indoor and outdoor
track meets with champions of the
Rocky Mountain region.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
WASHINGTON.

The Senate voted down the Ashurst
resolution to provide a constitutional
amendment extending suffrage to
women So to "a.
Colonel Geo. w. Cocktails left New
York for Colon, where, on April list.
he will assume his new title and office
of governor of the Panama canal.
Secretary McAdoo sent to the
House, for inclusion in the sundry civ
il appropriation bill, estimates of sl15.-
600 for additional land for the Oak
land Calf, postoffice and customs
house.
Government ownership of Month
cello, Thomas Jefferson's Virginia
home. either by purchase or condem-
nation, was proposed in n resolution
favorably reported by the Senate lands
committee.
An administration bill extending to
twenty years the time for repayment
By water users on government irriga-
ton projects, passed the Senate with
out material amendment. a similar
bill is pending in the House.
President Wilson nominated Robert
Lansing of WATERFOWL. N. Y, to be
counselor for the department of state,
succeeding John Bassett Moore. and
Cone Johnson of Texas to be solicitor
for the department, succeeding Joseph
W. Folk.
Denial was made at the White
House of a report that Mrs. Wilson.
wife of the President, was seriously
ill. On the contrary. it was stated she
is rapidly recovering from the effects
of a fall she sustained in her toudoir
recently.
After a vigorous defense of woman
suffrage in the Senate, Senator Borah
OF Idaho, shocked suffrage advocates
on the floor and in the galleries by de-
claring, that it was impractical and i'm.
possible to obtain the vote for women
by a constitutional amendment.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
MEXICAN REBELS KILL 1906.
Villa Takes Town Twenty-Five Miles
From Federal Stronghold.

Constitutionalist Hospital, Bernie
jillo, Durango, MeXico.-The rebel
net about Torreon and vicinity was
drawn closer Saturday, and General
Huerrera fought the most important
engagement of the advance near Haci
enda Santa Clara, twenty-five miles
north of Torreon.
In the engagement log Federals
were killed The rebel loss is report
ed as slight, three killed and seven
wounded.
The fight really was for possession
of spot on the banks of the big
Tlahualilo irrigation ditch, where Her
rera wished to throw bridge, and the
construction of which he began imme
diately upon retirement of the enemy
whose numbers he estimated at 400.
Al, other points the Federal advance
guards retreated precipitately, burn
ing and wrecking as they went. AT
Noe the small railroad shops were
burned.
General Villa was elated beyond
measure.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
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THAT COVER THE WEEKS
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KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST INF RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

The State Bank of Tonica, H., was
robbed of $500 by Yeggmen.
All the striking carmen at Terre
Haute, Ind, returned to work.
Robbers early blew open the vault in
the First National Bank at Gallatin.
Tenn, thirty-five miles northwest OF
Nashville. stole $4,000 and escaped.
A clerk of the Third National Bank
of st. Louis is short $4,000 in his ac-
counts, according to an announcement
by F. o. Watts, president of the bank.
Donations to the University of Chi
cago during the past year amounted to
s1,SO7,929, according to the annual re-
port of President Harry Pratt Judson.
An explosion at the Equitable
Powder Company's plant at Alton, ILL.,,
near st. Louis, shook territory in I'LL
nois within a distance of 100 miles.
The inventory of the estate of the
late Adolphus Busch, filed In st.
Louis, lists personal property agsre-
eating sl7,000,000. The real estate
value is not estimated.
Fire which destroyed the job print
ing department of the Evening Wis
consin, the offices of the Western
Newspaper Union and the Windsor
hotel, caused a loss of s350,000.
Started, it is believed, by yeggmen.
who blew the safe in the Thiedeck
dry goods store. fire at Sidney, Ohio,
destroyed business property on Court
house square valued at S150,O00.
Suit was filed at Hutchinson, Kan,
on behalf OF ITO farmers against the
United States for $4,000. The action
is the result of the failure of gov
eminent irrigation plant at Deerfield.
United States Submarine K-4 was
launched at the plant of the Seattle
Construction and Dry Dock Company
wife OF the navy lieutenant who will
take command of the vessel, christ
ened 1t.
The recent collapse OF part of the
Missouri Athletic Club ruins, crushing
the st. Louis Seed Company's building
and causing the death of seven men,
will be made the subject of an in
quiry by the fire investigating COM
mittee of the municipal assembly of
St Louis.
One hundred and fifty unemployed
men, the remnant of the ION to Wash
ington army OF Gen. Charles Kelly,
gave the name of Liberty City" to
the camp they have established on one
acre OF ground at Sacramento, Cal.
They leased the ground for $40 and
started light housekeeping, saying
they would remain indefinitely.
Capital totaling s15.OOO,OOO for the
completion of the Denver & Salt Lake
railroad to its proposed western ter
minus at Salt Lake City has been pro-
vided by DIR. F. S. Pearson. also
known as Lord Cowdry. the English
multimillionaire, and his associates,
according to reports from apparently
authentic sources in circulation in
Denver.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
GENERAL.

Lieutenant Bougard, Germon mill
tary aviator, died at Metz from a frac-
tured skull, caused by an aeroplane
accident.
The fight to free Harry X. Thaw,
millionaire slayer of Stanford White.
was shifting from the Federal Courts
in New Hampshire to the New York
Legislature.
Mrs. Elsie Whalen Goelet, promi.
nent in society circles of New York
and Newport, was granted a divorce
extreme cruelty.
Six indictments have been returned
against Newton C. Dougherty, former
superintendent of schools of Peoria,
ILL.,. charging him with forgery of
school script.
The factory of the Eclair Moving
Picture Co, one of the largest con-
Germs of the kind in the country, was
destroyed by fire at Fort Lee, n. j.
The loss is placed at s750,00O.
Two hours after Dalls Shields, a
negro barber, had shot and killed Con.
stable George Gaines at Fayette. Mo-,
he was lynched by $50 citizens in tine
court house yard, in the center OF
town.
Aggregate gross business of the
United States Steel corporation for
1913 was S796.S94,299, an increase OF
sci ,3SS,7Sl over the preceding year
according to the detailed report of the
corporation.
1.-THE market of the whole world is
steadier field than the market of any
one country" Secretary of Commerce
William C. Redfield said at Los An
geles In an address to the Chamber oil
Commerce.
Suit was begun in the Superior
Court at San Francisco by Mrs. Helen
Beryl Wheeler in an effort to break the
will of her father, the late Joel Parker
Whitney, a California millionaire. The
contest involves S7,000,000.
J.. A. Eubanks, farmer living near
Oak Park, Ca. killed his wife and
two daughters as they slept, set fire to
his home and several other farm
buildings and then fired a bullet
through his forehead, dying in a short
time.
Some estimate of what the snow
storms of the winter cost the City OF
New York was made when the street
cleaning commission announced that
81, 100000 had been spent and that an
other 100000 would be expended be
fore the streets were in normal condt
ton.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
WIDOWS OF 81 KILLED
AT VULCAN MINE TO BE PAID
100000 EACH.
Explosion Have Made Satisfactory
Settlement With Mining Co.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Glenwood Springs, Colo-It is gen.
orally beJiever hero that satisfactory
o,roamapt b.s heor roached hatween
- 80, ,.-
'i'9 -.
o"his vi Tue vulcan inihe at 4>e"
Castle IN whlch thirty-seVen men
were killed IN an explosion, ana the
relatives of the victims.
1t is known that attorneys have been
in the district trying to compromise
with the relatives on the amounts to
ba Maid and II is beliaved a deed filed
,or rocord har. carr,os ,orms of ,,ree.
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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
Damage Suits For $4,000, 900.

Denver.-A 100000 damage suit
charging a conspiracy seeking the
ruination of business and the ultimate
subjugation of the coal industry of
Colorado to organized labor will be
filed against the national and state Of
ficials of the United Mine Workers of
America by the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company in the District Court OF
Trinidad. Three other suits which will
bring the aggregate damages asked up
to 100000 will be filed by other coal
companies within the next few days.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
Soldiers ealk Unions Tent Plans.

Trinidad.-Details of troops under
Col. w. A. Davis and Capt. q. X.
Lindefelt, acting under orders from
Gen. John Chase, prevented number
of unionists, headed by National Or
ganizer William Diamond, from put
ting up eleven tents at Forbes which
were taken down by the militia fol-
lowing the arrest of nineteen strikers
for alleged connection with the killing
of a non-union minel Diamond and
his crowd went from Trinidad in auto
mobiles and were ready to re-estabiish
the tent colony when the soldiers in
terfered.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
2oo, ooo, 900 Acres For Homesteads.

Since the enactment of the enlarged
homestead law 211,000.000 acres have
been classified by the United States
Geological Survey as nonirrigable and
designated by the Interior Department
as enterable under this law in S2OS
acre tracts, the limit being twice that
allowed under the original homestead
law. During the month of February
3,312,2O6 acres were thus classified by
the Survey and thrown open to entry
by Secretary Lane. The states most
affected were Colorado. where 1,129,-
900 acres were SO designated; Mon
tana, with 100000 acres, and Oregon.
with about 100000 acres.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
FOREIGN.

The condition of health of King Gus
tave is causing anxiety in court circles
at Stockholm, Sweden.
In squads of dozen men each, 149
mutineers were taken from the Fed
eral barracks at Jojutla, Mex, lined
up against stone wall and executed.
James Gordon Bennett, proprietor
of the New York Herald, who has been
suffering from an attack of bronchitis,
is now doing well at Port Sudan,
Egypt.
The Archbishop OF TaUiaulipas was
executed by rebels in Ciudad Victoria
because he refused to give them
money, according to report received
at Mexico City.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy. American
charge d'affaires at Mexico City, de-
health soon he would resign and re-
turn to the United States.
An unidentified three masted
schooner was sunk and her crew
drowned through collision in the
North Sea with the North German
Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse.
Reports of new disorders along the
Mexican border, including the at
tempted kidnapping of an American
citizen by five Mexicans, caused Gov
ernor Colquitt of Texas to order the
Ranger force recruited with men who
can shoot"
Colonel Arguelles and 116 federal
soldiers captured by rebels near Mon
clova may have been executed in re-
taliation for the slaughter of 149 mu.
tineers at Jojutla was the fear ex-
pressed at Mexico City by War Minis
ter Banquet.
The British steamer Nubian sig.
nailed Kinsale. Ireland. that she had
on board the crew of the American
schooner Julia A. Trubee, which was
abandoned on March 9TH while on her
voyage from Perth Amboy to Martin
ique. The Nubian is on her way from
Galveston to Liverpool.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
Former Mayor Found Guilty.

Littleton.-The first convictions in
connection with the recent indict-
ments by the Arapahoe grand jury
were obtained when jury in the
District Court found Charles Lawton,
mayor of Sheridan, and F. A. Dodson,
contractor. guilty of conspiracy.
Four aldermen-C. J. Peterson, Peter
Olson, G. w. Tompl1ins and John A.
Allis-jointly indicted on the same
charge. were acquitted. Mayor Law
ton and Dodson were charged with
having divided $1,000 on sidewalk
paving deal.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
Injured May Choose Law.

Phoenix, Ariz.-The State Supreme
Court decided that while the Arizona
workmen's compensation act bound
toilers to its provisions, workman
may seek relief in case of injury
through any means provided by the
common law. He may avail himself
of the compensation law or institute
suit under the common law. But
when he adopts either mode he cannot
thereafter avail himself Of the bene-
fits of the other.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
Redmond Sent Moss For PuebIoan.

Pueblo.--A box of Irish moss and
shamrocks from John Redmond. Irish
leader of parliament arrived here di-
rected to John Costello, who died two
years ago. Costello was a well-llnown
Irish-American here and had been a
close friend Of Redmond on the other
side. Apparently the latter had not
heard of Costello's death. The box
was opened by relatives Of the dead
man. who cabled to Redmond their
thanks and the news OF his friends
demise.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
Madame CaiIlaux Arrainned

Paris.-Madame Caillaux. in her pre-.
liminary examination before Magis.
trate Henri Boucard recounted the
motives which induced her to kill Gas.
ton Calmette. editor of the Figaro.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
Blast Ruins Miners Home.

walsenburg.-Ane explosion believed
to have ben caused by dynamite blew
out the corner of the house and broke
all the windows in the home of David
Muir. non-union miner. Most of the
damage appeared in the front of the
house and it is believed that the
charge was placed on the window
ledge.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
Fair Officers REELECTED.

San Francisco, Cal. = President
Charles C. Moore and all the officers
of the Panama-Pacific International
exposition were reelected by the
board of directors following the re-
election of the entire board of direc-
tors by the stockholders.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
stra..on Home Has sss,512 Cash.

Colorado Springs.-The total assets
of the Myron Stratton Home corpora
ton on Dec. 81, 1913. were s7,114,6s5.26,
the total cash receipts for the year
were s277,O2495, the. total disburse-
ments were s23s,512.s3 and the cash
on hand Jan. 1, 1914, was sSs,512.12,
according to the annual statement.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27
AIIerton Leaves Four Million Dollars

Chicago.-The value of the estate of
the late Samuel w. Allerton, capital
list, was estimated to be $4,000 900, in
a petition filed in the Probate Court
by the widow and son of Allerton. Mrs.
Allerton, her son and daughter were
made the residuary legatees.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-03-27

Belfast, Ireland, March 23.-More
than 100 British army officers at the
Curragh station. including all the cav
airy officers, have resigned, following
conference with General Sir Arthur
Paget. commanding the troops in Ire
land, who had the forces paraded and
told them he had express orders and
requests from the King to ask every
officer to go as ordered. He said they
might never be called upon to fight,
but If they refused, there might be a
mutiny in the army, which would mean
a revolution in England, and in six
months there would be no King and
no army.
Despite this appeal, all officers re
fused to reconsider their designations.