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VOL. XIII. J. B. SHKRRILL. Editor and Pubiuher CONCORD. N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1914
MIERS WERE
EXECUTED TODAY
OSE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE
WERE SHOT.
iiuiivr Mia viiiita tuui I
DESTROYED IOK WICKEDNESS
POLICE ACTIVE.
Wrstt of God if ETuled From
Ewnn Axkiost Uifodliness.
Charlotte News.
Trinity Methodist Church
In Squdi of a Down Each They
Were Executed. Huerts Ordered
tlti Strictest Discipline Enforced at
An Garrison. Hnerta Will Go to
Front When Hie Successor is Be
dded Upon.
Mexico City, March 18. In squad
Police Unrelenttnf in Their Effort to
Trail John Barleycorn to Hit Lair.
The police are unrelenting in t!ieir
trail of old John Barleycorn I his
week. Ad testificandum wrila and
mJA ..; I... :i.. , I""""" u -i-iirc -.arranw nave
erowdedinJaatniwUhplel ,0 " "" "'
th. il f !nJilf r 8'M'ake,:,atlod on tl"' 'k '" k on the
h!!0l.',UeruefU, 'n''t I charge of being intox.ented has had
mere. me meetings ,l.l;t.,l
are eonstantly growing in interest and
much good of a tangible nature has
already been accomplished.
A feature in connection with the
meeting ig the open-air serivce held
er.cn evening at 6 o'clock nt Inde
pendence Square and which is listen
ed to by a great crowd each time.
f a dozen men each one hundred an j i many of whom could not be reached
forty-nine mutineers were taken from otherwise, since they do not attend
the federal barracks at Jojutla, lined the meetings. The singing is a spe-
tip against a stonewall and executed
Huerta ordered the strictest discip
line enforced at all garrisons. It is
-stated that when Gov Land will have a
ehance to size up the man selected
by Hnerta to become temporary exec
utive head of the government, should
he decide to go to front. Minister of
einlly attractive feature of these
meetings. Familiar hymns are sung
and enough of the crowd usually joins
in the singing to raise a great volume
of sound.
Preceding the "ennon last nisrht
at Trinity, Dr. Plato Durham, pre
siding elder, made a call for volnn-
Foreign Relations Kojas will meet teers in religious work. "Such hosts
Gov. Lind in Vera Cruz tomorrow. It
was said here that the plans for the
meeting are the result of the recen
conference between President Wilson
and Sir Lionel Carden,
60LDSB0S0 BANKER CHARGED
WITH OVER $70,000 SHORTAGE
Shortage Discovered in Two Banks in
the Town. H. 0. Smith is Ac-
; rated." '
Goldsboro, March 17. For several
,days past an expert bank examiner
1st been in the city inspecting the
looks of the Goldsboro Savings and
,. Trast Company and the National
Bask, being summoned here by Geo.
A. Norwood, president of the National
Bask, who had suspected something
wrong was going on, nut so quietly
had the affair been kept from the
public that not until only today was
shortage of the two above banks
given to the stockholders and the pub
lie in general. This afternoon the
, stockholders of the twoHMnka gave
at the following statement: -"That
the Goldsboro Savings and
Trust Company had discovered a
shortage of $50,000 and some few
lundred dollars, and the National
Bank a shortage of $25,000, a defal
cation by H. C. Smith, an employe of
the National Bank and for two years
cashier of the Goldsboro Savings and
Trast Company."
The first shortage was discovered
in the National Bank but relatives of
young Smith promptly made good that
sum and the affair was kept quiet.
Today an inspection of the books
f the Goldsboro Savings and Trust
Company disclosed a shortage of $50,
100 but the loss will only be $40,000;
since Smith was bonded by an insur
ance company, for $10,000.
DEBATE AT MOUNT PLEASANT.
Churchland High School and Colleg
ite High School to Hold Debate
Friday.
Much interest centers in the debate
between Mount Pleasant Institute and
Churchland nigh School, of Linwood,
which will be held at Mount Pleasant
Friday evening at 8 o'clock, at ths
auditorium. Messrs. George S. Cow
den and Z. Lester Edwards will rep
resent the Institute and C. F. SpraugH
and H. C. Beid, Churchland. A small
fell will be charged for admission to
defray the expense of holding the de
bate. ,
Mr. Edgar Pharr is at Work for Mr.
, j Webb.
Charlotte Observer.
Mr. Edgar W. Pharr, of the local
bar, has been appointed campaign
manager for Congressman E. Yates
Webb in Mecklenburg county and ho
says he is planning an aggressive
fight. Mr. phnrr admitted yesterday
that in his opinion Mr. Webb will be
re-elected by a safe majority and he
will earry Mecklenburg- county, de
spite the fact that it is the place of
residence of Mr. E. K. Preston, Mr.
Webb's only opponent.
them for their wickedness jnst as lie
did Sodom, Gomorrah, Babylon and
other ancient cities. "What about
San Francisco, Galveston, Lisbon and
others that might he namedt" he
nsked. The disastrous floods of the
Mississippi and other disasters from
natural sources were explained by the
Bishop on the same principle:
A little over 150 years ago, said
the speaker, "when a great skepticism
and deism, and dehaucherv had swept
over England, Methodism was sent to
VILLA'S FORCES ARE
BEING HARD PRESSED
Everything is Not Going Well With
His Army. Censorship Over
News.
El Paso, Texas, March 18. That
Gen. Villa's forces at Escalon are
being hard pressed by the federals
it . . i j il.
redeem it, and later God took a little Pvas i e interpretation piuceu on tne
band and sent them to the United !fuct i,at not s"?",eL word of news
States to turn back the rising tide of j " ardln!? tl,e1ba"'e, .has ,been aJ,w
French infidelity. Now there seems to ed ? e"me out of Chihuahua and the
have come another time. God wants ,s,ouln, Ior lvt1?:1" -Vusl
a Church that will go where men are : awpwencs sa.c mat tne leocrais irom
dving; one that will not content iU -orrcon : are aucmpung u. gei, to uie
self with holding conventions and .Wear of Villa s army and that there
u,r, .;ti .,.. itj, vi.,., f!was desperate fighting. Constitu-
Religion in Civic Life,' hut He wants tnli?t officials at Juared insist that
rif...i. i a i, ' i , ,; there is no battle m progress. The
tude to Jesus Christ. Is God calling censorship is very strict which is tak-lwere of transparent Nile green silk. jhcpn ven tilor;,,,M practice in hand
the church again into the streets? It!en. lo Ll f ,u rrr. s
Vainer and Page.
' GMMnsboro- Record.
K Editor , Earner, of the Lexington
Dispatch,. after '.'feeling" around for
nm time, announces that he will
.enter' the race against ;Pag for Con
' gross. Mr. Page is not smart. Why
did he not eot Brother Varner a jobt
r . Why-did he not hoke him with po-
(.' J.- . Li tUmtH with
isiuoir pyius ""-""
Httla work to dot :"He failed to even
try and now he faces a calamity, for
Varner is roint? to run. wna wui
r happen to. Page will be plenty;?
i Salisbury proposes' to put people's
' months to work. ' A new enterprise
there is the Dixieland Gum Works,
wbieH will manvfaetare chewing gam,
of people have been swept into this
movement that the ministers are no
longer equal to the task of coping
with the situation."
Bishqp Kilgo announced as text
for last night's discourse "For the
wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unright
eousness of men, who hold truth in;
unrigneteousness," the text being
from Romans, 1:18.
It is an inspiring truth that God
is love," said the speaker, "but we
have thrown so much emphasis on
the love of God and we have given it
such unwarranted construction that
we have made it an occasion of sin.
Instead of making it a subject of fear
we have made it an advantage of the
cheapest kind of sin and have indulg
ed in all kinds of looseness and
license. '- v -
''No man can minimize God's love
and no man is more consciously de
pendent on it than I am, but there is
nothing on earth or in heaven that
I am more afraid of than God's
Jcve." ' .
"Answering an imaginary question
as to whether or not God now destroy
ed cities for their wickedness as he
FROM THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL TODAV
8ERIOUS CHARGES ARE MADE
AGAINST A LOBBYIST.
40 Cents a Month 5 Cent Copy
; SiaUU
NO, 493
an additional charse to answer by
virtue of the fact tiiat City Attorney
Maness invoked the ad testificandum
examination. The examinations fail
ed to reveal where the liquor was
purchased. One person, it is reported,
secured his from a person he met on
the street who was so generous and
free with his liquor that he naturally
produced a bottle and gave him sev
eral drinks. Strange to relate the
generous person's name could not be
remembered. Another had ordered
his.
The search and seizure warrants
were issued against a number of col
ored residents whom the police su
spected of having more liquor than
the law allows. The suspicion was
aroused by the express books which
showed certain people getting a -rath
er large supply. ..The searches failed I
to develop a case, although practical for tnoso
President of Ship BuildiBg Company
Says He Paid Deknight $1,000 to
Have Provision Forbidding Use of
Canal to Railroad Owned Ships
Stricken From BUI Raid of Yaqn
Indians on Ranch of American
Near Nogales. Reports in Regard
to Benton's Death Denied,
Washington, March 18. The Stale
Department is informed of a raid by
Yaqui Indians on the ranch of an !
American named Dincfel. near N,i. i
gales. Dingfcl resisted the raiders
and is raid to have killed two.
-I e State Department denied tin
receipt of official advices that lientui
was stabbed to death instead of bvut :
shot, and that his body was bn ri.
at Juarez and not at Chihuahua.
UNCLE SAM PREf in -i b..un. The tr,H.p now Mti.n-
FOB WAR WITH MEXICO , ,"'n" anJ o"'"- points in Tcxji
jro.il, I I, -oiumj t am wrtioii (r
Now Has 81,000 Enlisted Men Ore ,,u" T,'x border within " than 24
One Third Now at Galveston 'l',0'""" h,U' M"nt ,"" f,ir t!'
GalveMon, Tc.xa,. March s,-'.,Ujil pti .I'lf , 'l" lrB"3-
.. th,S time when., lilny f, d, iC" r'LT 2' , Z
v. The lare trans
ialvestn harbor can
in uvi-ruL'c of :in,ouo
on lioeni rations
ullii are iriiivinir no in il... f;
can situation then- iHrh;ins few
' d n.it won-i-i
p: (("lied
u id lie
t-iiiharkiii-.' I:
port now i
lllTO'lUlHuJ.lt,
iiK-ri nidi, i-.irrvii
and t iiev are already st ,r
-I- ihh i smirv rations. The
he Kit',,, on board ii.ul
l-'il .1 lew hours after orders
,,l,.,. t .
einnlr 'homo , .. , i . " ""' received.
- 1 "ii oinv oniside I In
citizens of the nation w I
iler liott viell our nrmv is
f..- i
... iu,,i ii, mre -or it uouiil l,e forlsda1
ioiuai nariare ., t,v uiter .-.it ion .,. ...1 .:
Mexico. The I'nlted States arn-y is ,,.,. ,.,
IIOU- 1.11IHIU..1.1I .. .1 . .
..r.,i.nn.i'.e,v t. ,,,,,
iniu otticers am en hstei n n, ,,f
the win
li-. the
the fnited Slat... hil,. ,u ;.. r " ,Mr ,aM" n-'"ll"
jn .in-OOOare a, home s,at,,, ZJZZ
. , ' lnel raised liv tin
quickly available stundin- army iSjtiameii to tin
o.. iiiooui.eii ai ,ai,ston and lex inadv
as City w-hile there are s,-i'lercd n,s
.noil- im- icxas iinnler many connan
countrv. With mili
niimher of 122.0t)'t
for call and rountlesB thons
f Miliinteers available ml !,
II l-M 11.....'... t... . .1
ies of infnnlrv ,,,,.1 .. V .... .. ... . r'" "C1U mio III
,. .. , , '",u".'- ion Held within six months, in nrime .n
Sam Houston the second largest dition and readv for fiZZ ?t
is a brigade of the Texas X.Ui m! try.
!uard, ready at a moment's notic,
numbers 1.100 me The enliiv sec- Wants Wheeler's History Published
nd division is mobilized here and has! Again
been under canvas for one year. I i)r u u
In case of n(,ii ...c ! 'Tv Ilernn- recently wrote
......... ...,., in- .... fm;.- (j. Lv...i t o.i
... v .... n-i, ,A. 1nis. in naieifi-ii. lor
71 ceru" Postmaster Johnston at Tecate.
.uuuul w iiqur ,n u. ; An adlission that he paid ciir(.m.(i
MEN BURIED BENEATH DEBRTR iW: Duk'1.1", n alleged lobbyist, a
WHEN CLUB WALL TUMBLED . promised him a contingent ice if l,e
, fiUC(MHi?f in lmvin.r Hi
Another Tragedy at St Louis Athletic bidding the use of "the Panama n.ni
Club Bnilding. Several Lives Are , to railroad owned ships stricken from
Logt. the Panama Canal bill, was made to
St. Louis, March 17. - At least 'hefSenateD Committee today
three persons were killed, 15 buried b" t?vaelr Ra Admiral P. T. Bowles,
under debris and 10 injured when the,'r??'?ent f the Fore River Ship
west wall of the Missouri Athletic I , ,m ??"P- Bowles testified
club building, which was destroyed Ltha Dekf'gh' wrote him that he knew
bv fire in which 30 nersnns lot th,ir tll(,tl:8 whK'h might prevent the meas-
lives. wppV mm. nllnH nlr from ever reaching a vote in the
high wind here late today and crash
ed through a four-story building oc
cupied by the St. Louis Seed Com
pany. The wall of the Missouri Athletic
club building which stood seven sto-
ries high crumbled when a 35-mi.o !i0aX erda7 ? -
A thorough search is beinir made innately 40,0(10 men can he iinm,.,li it.
guilty of the murder ofi'' thrown into action in the Held
aeeonlin'T to fiirnres obtained her,).
The militia furnishes better fiuhters
than volunteers, hut the militiamen
cannot he counted regulars fur it
Senate.
MISS VAN BUR EN TO SPEAK.
Will Address the Concord Civic Club
Clnb April 1 at Central School
At the meeting of the Julia Ba
as
nonnwest.. a . ie .v , ,,rfj k ... ... r. .. ...
minutes before, tie collapse, Bnilding 7.7 T- l-l , 'ul
Commissioner McKelvey, who was di-jv" " '
xr'C(incord on April 3, and remain over
did in the olden days, the speaker de- Athletic Club, feared the wall would , " . .. "li 1 " r. !-vnr,ls'
clarerl his holier that (,od did destroy 'fall and ordered his
would require perhaps three months
to get them in proper nirhtinir trim.
That section of the regular army
mustered nt Galveston now is in the
finest kind of fighting condition. Liv
ing in the open, under canvas, for
one year the officers and men hnve
laced summer heat and winter cold
alike and are hardened to the ma-ei-
mum point, while tedious and bril
liant manuovers that are constantly
being held hnve kept all of the bat-
jtallions on their toes until thev are
up to the latest war tactics. Kvery
effort of the generals and commanders
here during these maniievcrs has been
directed toward simplification, effic
iency and effieetiveness nnd perhaps
there is nowhere in the world today
a better trained nnd more alert army
division than that now here.
Great advances have been made by
army officials. For instance the rifle
now in use has a range of 2S50
more than one and one-half
the purpose of finding where ho could
secure a copy of Wheeler's History
of North Carolina. Colonel Olds
states in reply that, the price of tiie
hoook is .10 hut that copies cannot
he i-vjred at this price. He suggests
having the book reprinted and is anx
ious to secure the opinion of any in
terested in re-publishing the rare
hook.
Mrs. Caillanx Refuses to Eat.
Paris, March 18. While' sporadic
demonstrations against her husband
occurred in the streets, Mme Caillaux,
who brought France to the 'verge of
a Hlitical crisis by slaying Kditor
Calmotte, sat in her prison cell brood
ing and weeping. She refuses to oat
The violence of the attacks made upon
Caillaux arid wife aroused the sympa
thy in some quarters, iioth are on
the verge of collapse.
debris. This action
vented a heavy loss
x me a . wo . .. ci.Uirc9ac especiallv for childreu. i"" 17 " . n o nneP
men out of the;Mr WcW b(us mt off miles and ,t I aa t he ore
i Drobahlv ner- i j v J m ... ran?es Ior various
of life fi,i"Ied Sch",01 au,Iltor""n ' tlimiti,, regular infanlrvmen,
.purpose. The amount necessary to ., ,,.., , .,
aciray an expenses is .fa.uu. ur thisi,
and th'j
lave the same style and model
l.i v- . f. ,7, , ; i j j i-,lns, wnereas (luring tne pnmsli-
no i Ti. i i- t . P American war the navv had one kind,
$A00, and the Julia Mcgruder $6 00. tlle army nnotllpr kjn;, ,, ,
. . a-, "-".ii."", pm aiiiem, i iotiamen were supplied with a lnlf
dozen different model nnd calibn
No Opposition to Senator Shively.
Indianapolis, March 18 Many del
egates have arrived in city for the
State convention of Indiana Demo
crats which is to Bieet here tomorrow
to nominat a candidate for Unite!
' Stales senator in iiiiinriloini. mill. Ii..
necessary windi ... , . " i-c
Tlie mili-1 amendment providing
ior ine direct election ot united otate
senators. It is expected there will
he no opposition to the renominatioo
of Senator R 1(. Shively.
Civic League, will be glad to answer
any inquiries in regard to it.
CH'M PUB. COM
The Slender Damsel With the Sea-i
Green Hair.
Atlnnta, March 18 A slender dam
sel with sea-green hair tripped dain
tily down Peachtree this morning,
while the crowd stared in open
mouthed amazement and with some
admiration, for she was pretty.
Her blue eyes had a greenish tone,
and her hat was of the latest "Bbsiiv
the" shade. Her silken hose, which
peeped out at each step from the slit
;of a shimmery clinging green skirt
guns. Various size cartridges had to
he supplied with a half dozen differ
ent model and calibre guns and one
department could not use tne same
ammunition as the other, resulting i.i
a great amount of confusion which is
now completely done away with.
Our navy now has 2$ modern bat
tleships, 15 first class cruisers, .1 see
on class cruisers, 14 third class cruis
ers, 21 gunboats, 40 destroyers, .T2
torpedo boats and .15 submarines.
The, best part of this force could h"
quickly mobilized to effectively block
ade all Mexican ports. Soldiers of
the regular armv and the mililia have
Dr. Turrentine Inaugurated.
(reensboro, .March 18. Interesting
exercises conducted in the presence of
a distinguished audience atended to
day's inauguration of Dr. S. B. Tur
rentine as ninth president of the
Greensboro College for Womenn.
Governor Craig, Bishop Kilgo and the
heads of many well known Southern
institutions of learning were among
the participants in the programme.
looks !:k& it. We are 14,000 preach
ers. Will we goT Jm you think wo
cun stind the strain T You are no
better than AVesley, you are no better
than George Whitfield, you are no bet
ter than Paul, and you never will be
as good as Jesus. It would be a great
thing to walk up to the judgment bar
some day with a soul and say, 'I got
him on the square.' I heard a fine
little sermon this afternoon on the
street by the Salvation Army cap
tain. The greatest thing about the
sermon was the captain himself. A
finer, cleaner, sweeter face I never saw
on this earth. It was a face that
Jesus made. Christian people have
a face that the world hasn't got. It's
been so through all the ages."
The bishop enjoined those who have
church letters in their trunks to ex
hume them. "You are living in one
place and trying to serve God in an
other and dodging God everywhere.
Some of these days tne judgment
tramp is going to sound and yon
won't -have time to get those letters
out and I'm not sure that they would
be worth a picayune if you did."
going well with Villa's array.
Ikey Will be There With Bells On.
Siler City Grit.
T' e F.xecutive Committee of the
State Press Association met in Rale
igh yesterday nnd selected Wrights
ville as the next meeting place and
June 24th and 25th as the dates.
This is entirely pleasing to this scribe ink and havc UPPn shown for
i ! i-- ii :,l. r . .. ....
In fact, she was a symphony
green, a human blade of grass. In !
fact, she was a whole lawn. Freakish j
as fie new style is, her walk down
Peachtree street convinced a lot of
folks that ome people can be pretty
in anything.
The appearance of the bright-colored
wig on Atlanta's streets came as
a surprise, though wigs of purple,
and we will be there literally
bells on.
Webb Asks for Segregation of Negro
Railway Mail Clerks.
Washington, March 17. Represent
ative Webb requested the Postoffice
Department to segregate the negro
railway mail clerks that run between
Waslungtton and Hamlet and the
Seaboard. There are two of these
clerks, Bryant and Gordon the one
from Florida and the other trom
South Carolina.
Master William Sprinkle, a six year
old son of Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Sprin
klo, on Friday gave an interesting
"millinery opening" at the Metho
dist parsonage m Spencer. His apart
ments were tastefully decorated- and
well stocked with hats by by him
from paper, and the. innovation in
millinery circles was great ry aaimrea
The North Carolina Confederate
reunion will he held in Raleigh this
year on the 10th of June. 1 -(
with i
the
with
high-class
elaborate
I'l I liner n-nnc nnd firiioi" lllen" viflns. Hie
amount of ride practice now given!
each man being mnr cthan double:
what it was a few years ago, so t hut j
the men are all familiar with their j
arms nnd 00 per cent, of tliem are!
good shots at stationary and moving I
targets, for nil kinds of surprise fir-1
ing has been latel yintrodueed. The
heaviest obtainable type of automo-
bile trucks thnt can carry several'
tons of provisions, arms, ammunition,
etc., have added much to the speed
with which supplies, nnd consequent
ly troops can be moved overland.
Bost Mill Items.
Miss Essie I.itaker, of No. 11, is
visiting nt the home of Mr. F. L.
Host in ('uncord.
Mrs. Bertha Bylos and Miss Lucy
Kriniinger have returned from Albe
marle, where they have been visiting
friends.
Master V. (i. Coggins is quite sick
at the home of his parents.
Searching for Missing Persons.
St.. Louis, March 18. Search for
Hie six persons missing, and who are
supposed to he under the wreckage
of the St. Louis Seed Company build
ing was sesutned today. Four are
known to have lost their lives when
the wall of the Missouri Athletic Club
crushed a seed shop.
some time past in
stores here, to go
evening costumes.
T i I : .. 4 .1 tl.nt- thtk-a nrniit.t
it v us iiicuwicu vuu ...j , IV lioopa van nv; i'i'"i - et.JJ4V
soon be seen with evening toilettes, These trucks are capable of making j Death Postponed a Year for Schmidt
hut right out on the street in broad 20 miles nn hour if such speed werej New York, March 18. Death in
daylight with bright green hair ! necessary. Motorcycles have been the electric chair to which "Father"
w.n iit.nin ic no vlllnire. hut she I fumlclio'd memhers' nf the aviation! Schmidt was sentenced "during the.
did sit up and take notice.
nnd other sounds which need to make ; week of March 23d," was postponed
I (U K..1.1 ml nn.l llOOu I nil ! V for TirolinhlV ft VCIir. Tile TC-
. 1 .. . , ,i - -I- I ...Ill, H.n
Mr. James W. Waters, special rep- have ereatly shortened the time re
roanntat.ivn of the Suartanbursr Music nuired for establishing wireless
Festival, is in the city today, me
Honor Roll of Monnt Gilead SchooL
Clyde Cook, Thchna Misenheimer,
Aubrey Misenheimer, Herman Misen
heimer. Walter Patterson, Mary wai
ter, Francis Walter, George Walter.
Althoueh he made his fortune of
considerably more than $500,000 in
the wholesale liquor business, JacoD
Friday of Pittsburg, Pa., had inserted
in his will, which is being contested,
a provision expressly stipulating that
"nn honpflVinrv -who directly or in
directly engages in the liquor, busi
ness shall forfeit all rights and
claims to the estate."
Cleve to the good and nse a clever
on the rest.'
festival this year will be held on May
6, 7 and 8, this being the twentieth an
nual season. This festival marks the
completion of a long series of musi
cal events of the highest order of
merit and constantly increasing suc-
- . r o ,l'
cess, i in commemoration ui wn un
broken record of artistic achievement,
it will be made a gala occasion, and
will be celebrated in a manner to
cause it to become one of the most
memorable gatherings the South has
vr known in the cause of musical
art. : Five concerts will be (riven,
three in the evenings and two in af
ternoons. -
A ' ladv in Texas devote to the
Lord's cause all the eggs laid by her
hens on Sunday. This look? like
dead set against sin.
i"-'V - , 't5fj.;i'0.'".
suite came automatically with
counsel filing notice of appeal.
camps anil caring ior aviators aim
aeroplanes. So many nutomobiles,
trucks and motocyclcs havc been al
ready put into use that it is certain
thnt in the event of i9ar with a for
eign country the automobile would
play a considers bl part but the hoise
and mule would not ne eiiminnxca.
The army at present is sadly lack
ing in field artillery Datteries, that
being its most striking edflciency, but
on the other hand the signal corps is
far advance of other armies as here
will be found every one of the very
latest discoveries in wireless telegra-
Dhv. telephony and telegraphy as well
as the most serviceaDie instrumental
and the quickest possible sort of
method for Betting from one place to
another, the motorcycle. Our battle
ships along the Gulf coast could effect
a perfeet blockade of every port with-
The State of North Carolina will
receive $100,000 as a result of the
death of George W. Vanderbilt, the
corporation commission having esti
mated that the inheritance tax of the
deceased will not be less than this
amount. The property ot the deceas
ed in North Carolina, the Biltmoro
estate and the Pisgah forest property
is that upon which the revenue tax
will be based.
Recently W. A." Pegram, who lived
in Vaughan neighborhood, Warren
county, took his axe and left the
house to cut timber.. He did not re
turn and after a search of two days
and nights his dead body was found
beside a tree he had chopped down.
It is supposed he dropped dead from
the exertion of cutting down the tree.
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