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I CHURCH D«£CTOtY 1
ALSO DUJtB^ DEFEATS THE MANAG- ASHEVILLE VOTE^ PQIt 004111 IS
EK PLAN. I SiON. ; Gneiub^ro, Ifor. 4^Tke eity pras-
—«— I —;e*.-utOT w*6 recently the vktim of a' —«—
Witaesses Say Mrs. PariuM Received New Charter Lokm by Majority of Kew Charter Carrfe« by Mb Majltrity; ^ pUyed by an atnateur! RBFOBM£U CHUBCB,
Ninety-Two; Gewral Carr Could; Provuk^ Kecall for p«k— JtMtge. | detective «4to realized on bis police'
NV Vote. I Asheville, March Jfi.—Aj*«vilte to- “'*‘1 «°* lunibo"' Corner t'ruMt and Anderson StM*U.
Durham, Mar. 16.—-Prom a , day adopted the commiwion form uf dollars of the professional
tration of over thirteen hundred, »60 government Ki-iing the new bill a ma.- Greensboro. This youi^ man Hev. D. C. CoK.
votes were cast in th« charter elec-' jority of 692 liut of a total of the authorities a propositiort to “turn- ' ■ -
tion today, and the new charter, pro- vot^ cast. i up” the gsrablers of tiie city, and le- jjmidsy ScboH every .'■■bbath at
vidiiie for the appointment a eity j Today’s election is th* aeco^ which daredthnt he was in a position to get 9:45 x. U.
R-J-UBgli ■ ■ I II. Hum
jPBONT STRBKT H. B. CHDICai
SOUTH.
BvUct MeMt hy W. C. Jimta tar
A—(iher.
Hm. C. J. Parham, who was shot
tSatoilay mght about midnij^ in her
kome 0(1 Redbsn av«nue, w«st of th«
3ty, (Chaiiotte), cor^tiaues in a seri*
ooa condition at the Meicy (lemral
Hos|Htal where she was taken Imniedi-
ately after the occurrence. Internal
Bte^.n£ at first interferreti to some
«tt«nt with the operation wlun she
tVM first braught under the of the
rarg^ns. Tte buliet toofc ^ect in her
tack »b4 pcnetratedi a lung.
According to .Che. statements of
men who are under arrest at police'
llead^oarters and who say they ^yeTe
eye-witnesses of the shooting. Mrs.
Pai^m was ^ot by W. C. Jones, who
himself Hes wounded at the Presby- the vote,
terian Hospital. The witnesses arj
F. P. Moser and one Mun-
i\cfor(ling. *o their story Jones and
mapager and election of s city council AshevileS has held t» deeiite ^rtether Wg«est “gams In progress preaching «yery Pirat and Tbiiil Sab-
of four aldermen and a mayor, was ^ aiTairs of this city ahall be plac- in towii. He was furnished with iiiij . bath at 11 KN> A. M. and 7:30 i*. II.
voted dow-n by a majority of 92; The *d i;, the hands of three coujmissioi)-1 the “^*“1 toW Mid-Week Service evary Wadoeadjy,
Kev. IJ. H. Tuttle Paator.
new charter received 433, the old char- ^ era instead of a niayor and eight ui- j ahead with hU worit.
dermeii. Pour years ago, after one of |
ter B25-
7:30 P. M,
tive did secure admission Everyone Welcome.
Th» election went off quietly al- the mosit bitter can»paigns in the his-■ big game. The police would
though both sides w-orked hard. Laie'tory of the ciiy. Asheviile decided around and they saw the nven i-ai-gt>raige Comer Front wid Troli-
in the afternoon there s«med pretty ■ retain the aldermar.ic system by a s'* of gambling enter and hours ; Hager Streets,
good chances of carrying the new j majority of eleven votes. Two yea,-i! leave the place, it is said and
charter, and even at the time of the ago: a biil providing for the commi.v >>>»* the detective was. ad-
c■ounti.^g th^re was some doubt about' sion form of goverjiment was not in- j*Sir.g them to wait—as he had yet
the final outcome, so close had been ' troduced in the Legislature by rcii.w;; “P the biggest game for the
of vlie i.'uibiiity of; svipjwrters of
catch. The polise waited and the
'I’hei'ity eniployees lined up agaiJisv-SnoveJUL*;:! tv> sj^ree on the chartcv; ^tranger continued to ”sit in’’ on the
die adoption of. the. iisw charter al- ! The l>il! v.’hivh wa.-s voted on -today “pstairs.. No one knows how'he
most to a man. .Vtid so did the ma- ■ precipiiiucd a hard Oght although th *. '•*aine out in the manipulation of . the
another man whose name has not ■ jority of the politieian.s of the city, campaign ha.s been free from periion- *^“t he appeared to get alon);
been divulged by the police w:ere en-j Mayor Brogden's attituiie probably jalilies iuid vitui>erati«n TU'hich made ,'’■'*^*1 a reasonable degree of prosper-
■.ga.ged in a quarrel. Jones fired at jdui more than, anythihjj else to turn the canipiiiirn of four years ago a
the other man and w^n Mrs. Parham,, the scstles of the fight s/»ai^t th? . memoraiblf one. Xo attack has bet*:) Then one night tlie detective i.s said .
HOCUTT MBMOStAL BAPTIST
CHURCH,
Adams Avenue and Mall Street.
Rev. James W. Rose, PMtor.
in an effort to put one or both out of
the hs’.: «nr:inir betw;eeii them, siie
received tlie bullet. The other man,
who i.-i a youth, who work.^ in cotton
nulls, then jerked the pi«tol away
from Jones and sent a bullet into him.
The tiuHet enters near the appendix.
. Surgeons probed for the ball.
fioftii:- Wirihart wa.^ noiined of the
footing of the woman and u'ent -^f-
ter her in an automobile and took hei‘
to i!ib Mfcjcy (;ov.enil Ilo.'ipital where
Or. Orm ..Vluri- wa.-; called in to assi.?;.
In the nuuintimtf the wounded man
bad in .■iome V''aj' reached the city aati
w.H.s .^een at Mint .Street, .-t telephone
Preaching every Fourth Sunday at
11:00 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.
Sunday School every Sunday >t 9:30
A. M
r.ew charter. He took the attitude made on the city administration; stin- have entered the ""■'hieh Wednesday. 7;‘(0 P.
;hi.'
porters of the bill having maintained ' ehiefest members of the profe.«ion
ii.„ fiin/. iJi.it - sat. The time was ripe and he made
his denoument.
"i am a detective in the employ of
titude al>out the new charter, followinsr i Cliii'f opporition devdoped ovur city/he said to the fellow follow-
hio declaration to the i>oard of alder- t-hose provision? of the enactment pro- fortune. ^Now come across or
ajfaiii.'it the proposed charter, but de
clarei! the :'pre.seni. ciioi U-r ; h."id i;!;; ; ’}>'> fim*>-(.b.-i
. - I . ■ . .
pie provision, for the election of a city ;tij;htin); th',' sy.^tem rather than
mana.£ier, which he advot;at*^il. llis .it- *mehiberi> bf he City Councih
men two years ago that certain ,vi(iing for the recall of the police
[ turn you up to the police and go in
changes were needed in ihe .charicr, I judKe, the abolition of the office, of ‘‘Samst you.
I’ame as .a xreat surpri.-^e to the l>eo-' prosecutor of the police courtj the Jis-1 iattle urgin^r was ref]uired, it is
pie whi) h.»d tspeiii many jnonth.^; in'oiiti-'iusince of ihe b:>;i>-i of health ai;J crowd ‘’got together"
the preparation of the charter, into ^the ahiilion of the city .school boiud. malting up a puree for the
which the tnayc;- had written some j Supprtcrs of the measure have, co.i- man. Ho is .^aid to have got
of the provisions. i tended that these proW.^ions ^re help- and then he vrent out of
There is iittle. duiibt, huwevei', thai ful I'athcr thnn disastrous as they wi!I game and told the police the time
the in.tyo.f mrrn'J the scales a^ain.^t ^serve to place responsibility on the still unripe for the di'awing in of
M. . ■
I.;idies'_Aid Society First Sunday Af
ternoon.
Peacc to those wbo enter.
Ble^ings to tbose who go.
Prwching every Suiiday, 11:09 A-
M. Md 7:S0 P. U.
^naiaDt of the I/ord’s Svpper witk
^eriiig for Cburti ebvitieti Riiflt
SundAjr in Mch miimtk.
Sttudaj School* every Soaday, 9sSt
. ■ A. M. ■
Prt.y>-r Mfretinx. Wedsei^y, 8:00 .K
Board ur i^teWMds on IfiMldi^
9:00 P. -J.. after Pourtli Sunday i»
each moniu .
Woman’s .Mia.^t.-nary Society OMMt
: 4:00 Pi M., o. .^ionday^ after lit
: and :rd Sundays:
Parsonage, corner W. Datis and Uok«
Streets.
I’astor's Telephone, No. 168. .
Ring—-Talk—H>ing Up—“Busy.’'
WEBB AVENUE M. E, CHUBCB
SOUTH.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Church of The Holy Comforter.
• The Uev. John Benners dibble, Kector.
ms.ssage ciirtcvrtiing him was .sent the charter.
’-shouiderii of th-ojc who must make >.h" went out of the city.
poUct hcttci'j''''''''''''' 'vent j Captain S. C. Chambers, chairman expenditures. |
to that poin‘, .supposing the .-ihootihc: ,of the conwiittepe for the neiv cha.
had Ki-yrri'd then-,
rived the rr^an htvd ‘.iisuppcared.
I.
When they ar-Jter, issued a statemeiit this evenir^^r
It ^aayiiig that he cause of the defeat of
developed ye.sterday that he had bsei', jthe new charter was tKat many 01
! - 1
SUlTHER-V TRAINS HEARING (>% I
I FRIDAY. i
S,\YS GERMANS FIRE 26,000,000
SHOTS daily.
!Mat(er Which Was to Have Been.
taken to the Presbylerian I!.spital by, the fric.ds^ were not registered, and j Yesterday Postponed 8t Ihe;
;i doctor in au automobile. ^Jjecausc* otnei’K ;u*ceptcd Pii.sleadinj^ j
suitemi'ut.s of the opposition. f£t- ai- j
AO IxfUfvti.s t"hai liuti Uie I’ampai.^i ’
\. . . .
tUlnj?.
KoqH'h Request.
When tho police reacted the Parham | suitements of the opposition. He ai- j which was to havi
home it was difficult to find out a.iy- jIx^lieves that had tlte campui#..' to’the'.Southern Railw.n
Three small children of Jtvs. lasted two «-«eks ion^er the '’hait.r I
Parham wore there, but they vlaimod
that nothing hnd ha|jptinc‘l. Finnily
whes: aonieon^ Cound u iro£s with i
crimson «>ii it. one liitle boy
.said, “Xothin' har. hai>peti».‘| Vep( a
nAn shot Mama.”
wi»uUi have curricd.
reop)t* wore confuBod alx)Ut Lli?
rof^i«truti£>n. Gi*tu‘ral Carr fcven was
not and wa.-« not allovvt-j
It? von.*. Th-‘ Gv/i*riisl *lx',rir.r.dr:i thr.
»’*>Tht to voU\ ;inl tiei-'lareii hu iatciui-
In spite of th#:- piuu-ilj- oi‘ rjuo. the j ‘*1 fj contost iho L'ieetion. hut i- |
policy* hop* at 'vvork on the oajJc yea-} hi.^ iJunu* vva.-i riot, on t)«»‘
tcrday Jinii ^rnulually camo lu^arcr a l.ts-jiion ^tooks.
Kolutian, !
cquefVL, f>y
the Corporation Commission, did noi
take place. Mr. A. I). .Sht'Iton, division
superintendent, of Ir5cn>.boro, ap-
peamiand upon hii^ rvquest the hea;*'f
injr po.sipoiK‘«{ uiii.iI nu\t Friday.
T1ie Ctji-j)oration Comn^iKsioii it ap-1
pear.-:, ^locs Mat know Jusi what tht.‘
i Southern tvanls, c.vct*pL that they have
ret}uei>t^i tltc heArii^ff t'oneerninjr some
Services every Sunday, 11:00 A. M.
and 7:30 V: M.
Holy Communion: First Sunday, 11:00
A. M., Third Sunday* 7:30 A. Ilf-
Holy and Sajj)t*s Days, lOtOO A- M.
Sunday School 9:30 A. M.
The public is cordially invited.
AU Pews FYee. Fine Vested Chf>ir
j»red Woniii!’.. is' -a? towr.. \{ i.-,!
.iaid ‘.hat h’- U at Bessemer
Dspiity Sheriff Viok tVspeniian rta--i I
been eaiTyiii?; a i'apia.-i
■icnne t.iint.*.
niSiOHY HKI»KATS jTSELI ,
for him
••ari*; nufc ousiiie^-s %’
TR.U-K WORK AT ELO\.
—0—
V,\\
unahJe %r,.
mt* oat."
‘Wry .Surry,
know— ”
“Oh, that'-s all riffht. oM chap
niiirhi I iroul>)t> you
SonK- i’romisiinK CanUdateji for Tvani | —
Ar^‘ Having; Hard l^ractice.
Klou CoUejre, Mar. 13.-~Tnft IraL'k I
team :»T. Elon Colleg-e i.s ranidJy pet-
tinff into sha.pe for ^^prinj^ meets.
teaches have bec^>i putting the men •
i.hr>u^h harJ pracTice ?inoe
a traciv ha:L hten fitted up on Ba.st {
Collej^e street and the place is n busy | ;
INTKRESTIN'G CASE ON TRIAL.
•T ,r* :hi- r n*r,\ : !> SouthftHj ivanl.-i to rake off train No.
year.-^ ;i;;o I Jilted here, and be- , runs from (i:
irWI*.'M.«»r
tJoldslwro, and pas.ses thmutfh horu
at lO.'.'lO in the Movniufx, froing: ea.st,
and train N’o. from Go'dshora io :
Greennhoro, which passes throujxh here ;
■but evening, Koini: The ^
Uraveliup t.uen who have expresseil
! themselve.s aro opposed to taki:i#r off
n»t.H Means ConRumplion of 305 Tons
Hrass Per Day-—Not Five Per Cent.
Recovered.
Ivondon, J"'eb. 27.—(Correspondence
of the Associated P**ess)—Twenty-six
million shots are being fired daily by
.the Germans alone ,according to csti*
mr.tes credited to “one of the world'js
/orcmb.'At authorities on coppcr” whow
discu-s,Hion of the injportance of this
mela^ is published in the Timc.s with '
hi.s na«ne vviihhoJrt.
liirt OKtimaie of if>,000,000 Gcman
.shots i.very 24 hours iri based on the
iielief that the fierman firing line ex-
.tends in ;U1 about IHO tnilcs Und the
thjil
German
of firin;;- 'JO -Jiots ciich. Thi.‘i would
he a lo=.v nven.jro, he believed, as dur
ing leal engagements hundreds of
.‘iliots are iired by each num.
Since a ride cartridge., unloaded,
weighs 184.5 grains, the total wast
age of bras.s in thi.'r
CH8IsriA> CHURCH.
Gnrnet Church ond Dcvig Street*.
Rev. A. B. Kendall, Pastor.
Praachmg evary Sunday 11:Q0 A. M.
and 7:30 P. M.
Foster, Superintendent.
Christian Endsuvor services Sunday
I Evenings at 6:45.
I Mid Week Prayer Service, every
j Wednc.-iday iit 7rW P M.
Ladies' Aid and Missionary Society
I meets on Monday, after the Second
Rev. E. C. Durham, Pastor.
Preaching ever^ first Sunday at 11:06
A. M., and 7 ;30 P. M. Second Suit'
day at 7:80 P. M.
Sunday School every Sunday nt 10:0*
A. M- , ■ '
A. M. H. P. Moore, Suparintaadani.
Everybody Waleomn.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Kev, Donald Mclver, Pastor.
Services every Sunday at 11:00 A. M.
and 7:S0 P. M.
Su.^day .School at 9--4B A. M. B. R.
Sellars, Superintend«Qt.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday at 7;»t
P. M.
I
The Public is cordially invited to alt
services.
aro i.’iKing part in ult eu-
h . .V.„
A cordial invitation Mtenumi to aii.
A Church Home for Visitors and fur
StranBers.
If the average community in this
land was half a.s zealous in enforcing
forin would "'J'‘lt«n as in applying the “u;i-
;• , ,, ■. amount to fi87,.^78 pounds, or\ound-h'^‘^""
thef,e tlaln^ as they .-»a> the oth,2r n% - !the«e United States would soon bfteomc
. ly .lO.v tons per day. These njrure.s)
as con^^picuous by thei^^ absence js
they now are by their preser*ce.
I Nine men in Now Jersey have i.oen ; ^^ain.s i:rc ,>.ot adequate to take care
arrested for .stealing a house in >ieo- i„f made no allowance for tho machine
tions, but a.s yet nothing ha.s ime.n un being operated the rains are of-
to prove u con.spiracy to re- ,.,.o%vdcd-
move th' lot on which i.he huildin^' | -j-(.e chamber of Comm---ive of Ral- '■
which so i)!Lany battles have been
foug"ht the writer believed it was
doubtful that five per cent, of the
The hard in-actice
jome 20 men who grive pro
The ('hamhoT of C«>mmoive of Ral-
eiffh has taker, cognizance of thft mat-
•ter arid will have a committee nl the
hiuirinf? Friday to enter a proi.-st ai
has (ic'vcloped ,
*?f thKTft t.riiin.-?. Th*‘. i5ta*e
runiise of ap- ! -tlU'secl to Have Sold » Body to ilic P. A. will also have a conimitvc here
to likev.ise protes
-News at^d Oh-*
|)carin^ weli in a nieet. ?’or the 100 ; University of North Carolina,
dash the moat promising cai.didates i .'^iipcrior Court thi. .-ifternoon ti>0:c server,
,’ire Gotten, ilolhind. Hutchins, and r>a-] up th.-." case of WilSuim MoLantan ! ——
vis; tor 2U0 yards, Davis. Cott.cn, Hisl- asninsl -J. C. Scarborough. The cas-b ■ Harold," witli .sadness she
Jand and Morgan; for l-lO y.'ii-d-s. Mor-' is one of the nio.st i;i?ere.^tin" «rf-Uj lo her former fiance, “as y-.ii ai-e
gan, Odoni and Laiv; one-half mile, that will be tried at this term of court probably aware, I am to be nuirri,!d
ilainey and Thomas; one mile, Franks, 'and it.3 outcome is looked forward to to Mr. .\nthony the coming month. 1
Flemir.s and Ma.s.^’v; for two miles, by aii of tho memi.ers of the loi-:il ■'^’ail. iht-refore, appreciate it if y.ou
tain. bar. will burn ali the little notes I sent you,
Jorgen.-iun and Pinni\. In jumping. From th» le.stimony that it i.s claim- assuri.ng you of reciprocity in regard
Thomas and Klapp are good, while. ed will be introduced it .seem.s that those you sent me."
Fleming has cleariy won the tif'e for McLanton several mi'nths Hgo turned She immediately received ihi ' ro-
the broad hop; Jorgenson and 0(io:.i 'ever for bur::i] a son, to the Scar- ply:
will conte.U fui-ther hi pole vaulting, '-“rough undertaking estiblishment. : “Oear Dorothy—1 shall ccTLainly
In hurdie races the leading favorites J The undertaking establishment is comply with your request at once,
are Gotten, Holland and Rainey. Hut-'alleged to have sold the body to the And, incidentally, as your new lianoe
chins and Young are both good lit the University of North Carolina. holds a few notes of mine, I shall deam
hammer and shot. The plaintiff claims that the sale it a great favor if you will induce
Tlie following meets have been ar- of the body was -,vithoBt his consent him to burn them -with the re.st."—
ranged: .-Vpril &, Trinity at Durham; !»nd that he and his family were hu- National Food Magazine.
April 16, Guilford at Guilford; April | miliated by the incident. He i.s, .rsk-' O
24, Carolina at Chapel Hill; April 30, damages. •' The Turks insist that Germany did
Wake Forest, pending. i This will doubtless be the only case not irilaence them to enter the war.
No meet will bo arranged at Elor reached in court this aftemoon and hut it is a safe bet that not a few of
&is aeason. E. T. Cotten is manager also probably take ap part of to- they are inutely praying to Allah to
rf track and H. B. Jorgenso.n, cap- monw.
cartridges; us^ were recovered for re
melting.
! “Not even Germany's huge prepa
ration could have provided for such
a waste of coppcr for any length of
time,” he declarcsi.
New York is again agitating the
question of limiting the height of
buildings, but the visitor to Gotham
who starts out to “paint the town"
will continue to be at liberty to go as
high and as far as he likes in he mat
ter of expenditures.
The lone female member of the Col
orado State Senate has demanded to
jbe treated like a gentleman. This
The operations around Przysnyszseem to put it up to her male
cannot be said to be a proi\ounc-ed sue- j colleagues to act the part of "purfick
cess.
ladies."
deliver them from their friend*.
VERY LIKELY
You have been planoing Co htry a WATCH, tit ns
co-operate with yoa h; onr EASY PAYMENT plan.
Small weekiy paymenU that yoa wilS never miss.
WHY NOT LET US 00 YOUR REPAIRING?
Onr watchmaker ha$ 15 yean expenVnce. Exper
ienced workmaes^iip tneaiu less trouble and eiptexe
io yon.
HOFFMilN BROS. Jewelers
SUCCESSOftS TO J. STEWABT.
BAPTIST CHUKCH.
Rev. M. W. Buck, Pastor. ■
Sunday' Worship, 11:00 A. M., aM
7;30 P. M.
Sunday Schooi at i);30 A.. M. J. L.
Scott, Superintendent
Praise and Prayer Services, Wedan-
day ftt 7:30 P, iSi.
Christian Culture Class, Saturday M
;:00 P. M.
Church Conference, Wedneada; Mi-
fore First Sunday of each month.
Obaervance of Lord's Supper, Pirt
2$m)day in escii
Woman’s Uniuu, First Morulay of **cJi
Month, :^:30 P. M.
THK .MKTHOOIST PBOTESTAN l
CHURCH.
Ens; Davia Srreet
Rev. Georgs L. Curry, Pastor.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday 7:80 P
M.
Ladies' Aid anti Ssibaiormry S««i-3ti$»
eoery Monday sfteraoon after Firm
Sunday in each niont.b.
Christian Endeavor Society meets a
6:80 Every Sunday Evening.
Sunday School, 9:30 A. M. J. U. Itoc-
flrs, Superinienucrii.
Good Baraca and Phtlathea Clasies-
You are Invited to attend all
' services.
MACEDONIA LIjTHEBAn'
CHURCH,
Pront Street.
Rev. T. S. Brown, Pastor.
TCKS^^J^iSALVF
tb«
Morning Service 11:00 .4. M.
Vespers 7:30 P. M.
Services every Sunday except
morning of Third Sunday.
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M. Prof. J. B
Robertson, Supt.
Teachers’ Meeting Wednesday TtS*
P. M. (Pastor's Study).
Woman’s Missionary Society, Firs*
Thursday, Monthly, 3:30 P. M.
C. B. Society, Second Thorsday
Monthly. 7:80 P. M.
Younf People’s MaetlDC> Seeond Sat-
day at » P. K
>: i .VV*SCSv.-.\:k£..!« >
POOR