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CONCORD, NORTH CAROIJNiOHpAIJUNE? 8, 1914
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DAYS MORE FOR
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isacn uay tjus weeK, to Make
up for the Time You have
Lost? The Opportunity
25,00C EXTA VOTES
When accompanied by $10.00 in Subscriptions
Name ; :
Address , "
Not good after June 13th, 1914
Have you stopped to think "what
this SPECIAL OFFER means it
means that until Saturday, June 13th,
. you ave a chance to make every sub-
. scription . you get, count almost dou
ble the regular number of votes.
If you intend to win, don't waste
one moment of your time this week.
See everybody that you know, espe
cially those that have promised to
help you.
The Pony Outfit that is to be given
' away by the Chronicle is worth work
ing hard to win, and it will pay you
well to use every possible effort from
now until the close of the contest to
get all the votes you can.
There are FOUR PRIZES that will
' Jbe given to the four leading contest
' ants. WHICH PRIZE WILL YOU
WIN? You can get the first one by
working steady. Your friends will be
glad to assist' you in the race when !
. they see that you mean-business. j
. contest manage wUlgiveTyou a list
of the subscribers in your district, and
thia will help you to get renewals.
, It is not too late for new (Contest
ants to enter this contest. NOW Is
really the time, as the contest is well
advertised, and a real hustler could
start in during the SPECIAL OF
FER and get well up with the leaders
in a short, time.
The Contest Manager is always
gnuad to answer questions about
the contest, and if you will call at the
office, or write him he will give you
any information desired.
i Concord.
Miss Ola Winecoff 39,025
Miss Flora May Goldston 62-175
Master Walter Patterson 72,500
Master Dallas Talbert ,- 22,450
Master Edgar McClellan - 20,600
Master .Phifer Bunn . 19,750
Miss Lilly Nash 1525
Miss Willie Mae Thompson 92,625
Rockwell, N. C. ;
Miss Elsie Holshouser 40,250
Mt. Pleasant.
. Miss Mary Kindley 63,725
Miss Edith Moose : 10,400
Kannapolis.
Master Charles R. Suther 78,1Q0
Harrisburg.
JiO CONTESTANT HERE.
Gold Hill, Route 2.
'Master Thoburn E. Drye 1 93,125
REGULAR SCALE OF VOTES.
Following ' is the regular scale of
votes that will be allowed for sub
scriptions up to five years:
1 Year Subscription, 5,000 votes.
2 Year Subscription 12,000 votes.
3 Year Subscription 18,000 votes.
4 Year Subscription 25,000 votes.
5 Year Subscription 30,000 votes.
Below will be found a list of
the
prizes: r i
FIRST PRIZE PONY OUTFIT,
COMPLETE.
SECOND PRIZE TEN DOLLAR
BANK ACCOUNT AT CITIZENS
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY.
. THIRD PRIZE SEASON PASS
TO THE PASTIME MOVING PIC
TURE SHOW.
v FOURTH PRIZE HANDSOME
' ROCKING CHAIR. (Can be seen at
1 Craven Bros. Furniture Store.)
From Friday's Mooresville Enterprise,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Alexander have
gone to housekeeping in the new cot-
: tage on Church street, recently built
by Mr. G. L. McKnight.
Rev. J. M. Grier, of Concord, who
-was the guest-of Rev. and Mrs. R. C.
Davidson, conducted prayer meeting
service at the J A. R. P. Church last
. night.
Take Advantage of
ENGINEER'S DARING !
SAVES LIFE
ACT -OF
CHILD.
Leaps From Cab and Holds
Child
Over
Down as Express Passes
Both. - '
Philadelphia, June 6. As brave a
deed as ever was recorded was that
performed by Richard W. Rawlins,
engineer of a fast freight on the
Pennsylvania railroad, when he saved
tae life of Mabel the 14-year-old
daughter of Harry Brownsou, of
armington, risking His own life,witfi
never a utougnt for himself, Pellow
employes of the brave engineer and
other residents of the city who liave
heard of his daring performance will
endeavor to get a herd medal for him.
Rawlins train rwks TullioP sLwW
through 'Farmmgton when i he jaw
the little. Brownson gif playing upon
rrr v ?- nqiiu au express
came termown The" road. There
was not an instant to lose and mo time
for calculation as to what Was to be
done. J Rawlins saw that the life, of
the child depended upon swift, . cour
ageous action, and lie took the single
chance in a million. Leaoine from
his cab, he seized the little .girl, who
had at that instant become frighten
ed by the shriek of the whistle of
the oncoming train and was in a
panic.
' Rawlins had not even had time to
drag the child from the track, but
presskig'the little form cmse he sank
to the ties, holding himself and his
tiny burden down with desperation.
The train passed over them, and the
coupling of an air hose struck the en
gineer, cutting a bad gash in his left
shoulder, but the ' ifittle gxrl escaped
injury entirely.
Speaking of the incident Engineer
Kawnns merely said : i . nan a nar
row escape, boys, but I was glad to
save the kid," Mr. and Mrs." Brown
son were loud in their praise of Raw-
luis, but he modestly told them that
he had not done anything more than
any other fellow would have done.
Snakes Wouldn't Fight.
Wadesboro Ansonian., .
Mr. Marion A. Smith came to town
this morning wrth'a huge king snake
and proposed a match between it and
Mr. W. H. Liles' big rattler. Ar
rangements were soon made for the
bout and the windows of the Blaloek
Hardware Company were secured for
the scene of action. Up to the hour
of going to press the reptiles, suppos
ed to fight "on sight," had shown no
willingness to amuse the great crowd
of spectators. It is probable that the
proper salutes were given by their
snakeships, and pis brought about
peace between them. An effort will
be made this afternoon to arrange a
Mutt and Jeff performance between
Colonel Buck Newton and a promi
nent Southbound conductor, with
some tango dancing and turkey trot
ing on the side.
Funeral Attendants Fight.
Marshville Home. 11
, A funeral was preached at ' Flint
Ridge colored church' Sunday and a
kcrowd of ybung negro man went down
to Lane's Creek to go swimming and
a row developed into trouble that
may Call for another, funeral. Will
Chambers Was struck in the head with
a rock in the hands of George Roland
and was seriously-injured. . He was
carried to a hospital in Charlotte for
treatment, but little hopes is enter
tained for his recovery. '
Read Chronicle Ada It Pays."
AS TO THE BALCH CONTROVERSY
History , Shows There Were Two.
Mr. Editor:. , . . ; , : ' ' -
Some time, ago Mr. C.I T. Allison.
had a communication in .The Times
wanting to know whether. Rev.; Heze
kiah Balch was buried at Poplar
Tent - or in Tennessee and produced
evidence bearing on the "matter from
both standpoints. Others have often
been muddled as to the facts in this
matter and in order to get history cor
rect I will give the facts, culled mostly
from Foote's Sketches of North. Caro
lina. The Poplar Tent people and the
iennessee people are both correct
in their facts and arguments. -There
were two Rev. Balchs.'.The Tennessee
Balch was Rev. Hezekiah Batch r and
the Poplar Tent Balch was Rev. 'Heze
kiah James Balch, as the following
testimony will prove conclusively
iter. Hezekiah Batch, of TmnMaMi
In the synod which met at reanMSK
ton November 3. 1796.thV North r,cKtrr "''.ign. Mr. Lornbs, a man
olina and Tennessee Synod was united
at that time there was great ex
citement ; in . the Presbytery . because
Rev Hezekiah Balch had published in
the Knoxville, Tenn., Gazetteanum
her of articles of ' faith 'which - gave
great offence to "the orthodoxy of the
Presbytery. - : -
In the synod which met at Mount
Bethel, near Greenville, Tenh., Nov.
21, 1797, various charges were made
against Rev. Hezekiah; Balch. He
was given a trial and as thejecord
reads: Moxmt Bethel was releaved
from the pastoral cares of Mr. Balch."
In the Synod which met at Bethel
Church, S. C, Oct. 18, 1798, he was
again charged with errors in doctrines
but the Synod ; postponed final .si
tence till later. .-' 'I
In . the Synod which met Fet&12&
.1799, at Little Britain, i Rutherford
county,, jn. u., about 30 folio pages
of evidence was adduced acainst Rev.
Hezekiah Balch and he was "suspende
irom tne exercise of his office as a
minister." . . v - ; v
In the Synod, which met at Sugar
Creek, Oct 2, 1800, Rev. Hezekiah
Balch brought complaint against the
In the Synod which met at Fjshing
Creek, Oct. 1, 1801, the complaints of
Rev. Hezekiah Balch were hearl. Be
kig centured he organized a new Pres-
bytery of his own, but later relented
and came back to the old "ones- .
In 1789 Rev. Hezekiah Balch came
to Tennessee as a member . of Han
over Presbytery. He organized a
church and founded Greenville Col
lege, at Greenville, Tennessee .
Rev. Hezekiah James Balclvof North
Carolina. . V " '
"Rev. , Hezekiah James Balch .was a
licentiate in the Spring of 1768, in
the Presbytery of Donegal!, in the
North. In 1769 the Synod of New
York : and Philadelphia, it is recorded
that ( Rev. Hezekiah James," Balch of
the "Donegall Presbytery was appoint
ed to supply the vacancy of a pastor
ate in Carolina, and he wa's sent to
t Poplar Tent, Cabarrus County,' North
Carolina.- He served Rocky River and
Poplar Tent churches all his life time.
He died some time in 1776; t He came
here' in 1769 and died at Poplar ent
in 1776, serving, these two 'chtmAfis
i referred to oeyen- 'yeax&kXVft :
- Foote says as ;toJhis' work" 'here:
"Now Poplar Tent went on regularly,
friendly andreligiQusly J No; (dispute
was discontent hetween Vthem-" and
their minister. He taught jhem care
fully, both, in preaching and" exami
nation and they appeared to. hearken
with attention. V There is nowhere a
monument or tradition to .direct us to
the grave of , Rev. Hezekiah. James
Balch, or anywhere a living mortal to
claim him as ancestor. But his' deeds
live after him and claim for him a
name arid place among those who have
well done for their country and the
church." After the death of Mr.
Balch Poplar Tent was for a time
without a pastor. It was the Poplar
Tent Balch who wrote the '20th of
May Declaration at . , Charlotte and
was the leader of this whole' section
in its fight against King George. ;
Poote wrote in 1846 and there were
no stones to show the grave of Mr.
Balch, but " the people have since
marked the spot in the old graveyard
at'.Poplatf Tent.' t M- :
' So, like many . disputes among his
torians, the Tennessee X people .have
their Hezekiah Balch and the Poplar
Tent people have their ''' Hezekiah
.James Balch, both were illustrious in
their fields of activity The Tennessee
Balch founded the Greenville College
in 1789 while the North Carolina
Balch died in 1776.
Whether they were related or not is
not-stated, but woth were of an inde
.pendent disposition, and of a high in
tellectualitv. Both came from the
New York and Pennsylvania': Presby
teries. G. ED, KESTLER.
m,luon dollass1a:day
"olil?7v":; 5.If. creamery,.:-established rwould s w -.
Af.?pled Address by Mr. Stanly increaMbeof ol.-W.ThaUis What th. wni :
Appointed to
; Thoroughly Into the Matter.
i tmnpiiance with a call issued by
President Xestler, of the Merchants'
Association, and President Barringer,
ofVttelarmers' Union,,, there was quite
4 number of 1 Cabarrus "representative
iarmers gathered at the court house
Saturday , to look into the matter , of
whether. or Cnt Cabarrus was ready
li
ior a .ereflmw
hi uje meetmg was called to order by
wr.estier, and Capt. Chas, McDon
ald -was called to the chair," and Mr.
W fc Weddiflgtori Was askedto serve
Jf Secretary. " Uponv motion , of .Mr.
Chal. Suns, the temporary, organiza-
n was; made permanent. ' Mr. Kes
ww:? siatea : me ooject of- the
eeting and introduced ' Mr. Stanly
pf pleasing address, but not claiming
o oe - an oratory .talked to the men
Resent in - plain straightforward
Tay-He went first into the matter
what a creamery' was, and told why
sme ;were successful and., othprs
4UuresY C Mr Combs Ithen ' told of
entire business deiTended on
s. matter or, getting the butter fat
tne creamery and the management
tte business. JJe then took up one
Principal objects of the cream
efygwh might be called a byprod-
uct , ie showed that one cow's vaj-K-?
fertilizing purposes is " ?29.77
per year to the farmer. Cows stimu
late the raising of more forage croDs
hand cut down fertilizer bills. The but
ter fit brine's 30 cents
fburid of fat makeal 1-6 pounds of
,vt:i, mere uemg irom is per cent.
v?lws swere; necessary -to insure
thf Success of a creamery. He acfvis-
a,j33 all cases the use of a separator,
bft jsaid this was not necessary. l to get
goq4results. at a creameryi Mr.
frihs advised our people in Order to
sefrejxactly how it paid, beforehand to
send . their cream th UrVnr&
err creamery and see exactly how
ntMnnrr-rini mm in, p'-f y f.
were they that they r have . organized
a, company and ; will install the ma
chinery at once.
The. cost of . the machinery is from
$1,600 to $2,200, aceordingto the ca
pacity desired.: This does not include
the building. What is needed is" a
building about 40x60 and with plenty
of water, and. ice available. After an
exhaustive discussion of the question
in every detail a motion was made to
get the sense , of the meeting as . to
whether our people were ready to
continue working .towards the estab
lishment of a creamery v The motion
carried unanimously to do this and
the following committee was appoint
ed to take the matter in hand and get
facts as to the number' of cows, and
the wishes of our people on the mat
ter: C. J. Goodman, Deberry Barrin
ger, C. L. Sims, A. H. Litaker, R. L.
Burrage and G. Ed. Kestler.
This committee proposes at an early
date as a starter to get Mr. R.. D.
Goodman, of No. 4, a graduate of the
A.& M. College, to canvass the coun
ty and see exactly how many desira-J
ble cows are available for a creamery.
He7willmake a report upon all the
facts bearing upon the question : and
if it is . seen that sufficient cows "and
interest can be -secured to guarantee
the' success ( of a : creamery another
meeting will be held to organize one.
Mr. Goodman - will not make -j,- this
county vanvass Juntil later when the
press of farm, work is oyer.
A resolution of thanks was given
Mr, Combs for his splendid speech on
the occasion. ,
As Mr. Combs suggests, our people
can send cream to some creamery for
a time and tell before hand if they
thing one would pay here.' There
are about 8,000 cattle returned for
taxes in the county but all are not
cows, of course, and with Stanly and
other adjoining counties near a cream
ery may pay handsomely here.
, Mr. Combs said that one good man
and a helper is air the labor needed to
run a creamery. This 'committee
when they get all the fact in hand,
will report the results of their find
ings and if the facts justify one, we
will have it. otherwise, not. This
meeting did great' good in awaken
ing , interest in the question and may
result in a creamery yet just -when
we are prepared for, it. ;:
Questions for the canvasser:
1. Name, address distance to giv
en points. '' -
2,-i-Cows, kind, number, amount of
milk per cow, test of milk.
3. Present; value of milk. If
creamery established will furnish how
much per week?
4. If justified by facts, etc., might
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'fr RESIGNED THURSDAY.
Burlington : Postmaster ' Leaves Office
:"",J ,ow air. vrowson jnajr ii lu
: 'SlAt the Time Mr. Williamson as
. .Appointed MrJ Crowson Was Appli-
y. . ' - yy. -r.:. ,- : csri':;':: i::,;""i;U' v
"VVashington, June: 5. The resigna
tion -of Findlay Williamson as post
master at Burlington, has been tender
ed tothe, postmaster general and ac
cepted "MJunef 15. Major Stei
man calleJ on -'First Assistant Post-
paster General: Rpper , --.today and laid
M?i; Williamson:-' resignation On his
desk.: The deparnentj accepted the
resignation and asked the fifth dis
fincti, congressman to; raommend . a
successornot' later than June 15, Rep
resentative Stedman announced to
night that; he would comply with the
request and asked that it be published
in the Daily News that all who desired
to aPPly for the place send in their pe
titions' before the middle of this'
month.- 4 '. - r
- It is believed here that O. F. Crow
son will be named as Mr. Williamson's
successor. ;Mr. 'Crowson had devoted
much time and -money to the cause of
Democracy, The postoffice depart
ment officials were anxious that he be
given - the Burlington ,postmastership
when Mr. Williamson was named. Not
that they had anything against the
present postmaster, but they thought
Crowson needed the gob and that it
would be a just reward for his ser
vices to the party. At that time Post
master General Burleyson and his as
sistant Roper, asked Major Stedman
as 1 a personal favor to them to with
draw his recommendation for Mr. Wil
liamson: and allow Crowson S to. be
named. In view of these facts it' is
thought that the BuHfrigton - editor
has an excellent chance of landing the
plum at this time. - : - yyy.; .
Mr.- Williamson : resigned because,
he said he could, not give the propel
4"Vl A rfflH Att
Under tne law gov
of senators and reprej
Benxa Lives, j. a.
Preston, of Charlotte;wh6se WjnfW
n - Yir-u-v' 4.x. I. JiiMiisf mtvn''.is ''mfhmtr -from the Ntnftrl&nl&,Sp.i'
iongressman ty euu m ws 1 i14 lvi) i
on May 16 is liable to a fine of $1,000 j
and imprisonment, or both, for failure
to file hjs campaign expense within 15
days before the election, but, accord
ing to the records in Clerk Trimble's
office, has failed to "comply with the
law which specifies that the expenses
must also be, filed 15 days after the
primaries.. Mr. Trimble stated today
that he had hot received this ' state
ment from Preston, although the turn
limit is now over four days due.'
Protest
Against Present Homestead
Exemption Law.
Winston-Salem, June 5. At a meet -
ing of the Retail Merchants Associa
tion tonight, preparations were made
for the sending of a large delegation
of local members to the State convehr
tion in Durham this month. A com
mittee was appointed to draft reso
lutions to.be presented , to the conven
tion to the effect that the retail mer
chants, of North Carolina stand ' for
better collection laws and that they
I will withhold their support from any
and all candidates to the btate Leg
islature, . regardless of party, who do
not pledge ' themselves for the repeal
of the homestead and exemption laws
as they now exist in this State. '
The local delegation has chartered
a special car in which to make the!
round trip and they will dp all in
their power to secure the passage of
the resolution prepared for the State
body. -, .. .. . ;
James Harty Dead.
Charlotte, June 5. James Harty,
one of two of the oldest citizens in
Charlotte, died at 8:30 o'clock tonight
at his home in this city. He was 87
in March and was born and reared in
Charlotte. For 10 years or more after
the war he had the only crockery
store in town, i He was a good citizen
and highly respected, a member of the
Catholic church and had. made a com
fortable fortune. Mr. Harty married
Emma Ross, of a highly respected
family and is survived by six child
dren, Egbert Harty, Miss Irenes Mrs.
John C. Leslie, of New York; W. J.
Hartv. Mrs. W. H. Dulla and Frank
Harty. .
i By the death of Mr. Harty, Colonel
Williams, father of Mrs. 3. P. Cald
well, is now the only , living citizen of
Charlotte who was here in 1826. Mr.
Harty was born here in 1826.' Colonel
Williams, who is 88, is the oldest Ma
son in the State. He and Mr. Harty
are the last of their generation in; the
county.
. Tariff BiU is Costing This Country.
r3ftat Has the United States
Gained in rfetnm ". wKtim. -
Philadelphia Press. f "
Gradually the story df the new tar
iu law and its effect is being unfbloV
u.; xt s provmg to be a ornim V
etory in which there is. little oomfortl
w we American producer, The ! ' -monthly
installments of official goy- ; 1
ernment figures : are but Biiw V-
chapters of the same tale. Foreign v:f
goods to the value of one million dol-'
lars are coming to this countrv k i
working day of the week, that did not
come under the former tariff law, Thia
ratio remains constant as the reports
for the different months are compiled.
v Apparently that is : the price tlat
the American producer is paying for
the privilege of living under the beni
ficent sway of the Wilson-Underwn
j law, one million dollars a day more'
or competition for him to face in the,
markets of the United States. - The
month of April , was abnormal month;
underthe new tariff dispensation. AU
of the abnormal elements of the fvr
ceding time were but of the way. Ev-:: V
cxjr ucw scneauie was in effect, and
opportunity given for a fair test. i
ho inmnif Aim.... IA- ! 1" v
-..w uuyvii ugiues-ior April, snow .3 u
goods brought here from foreign coun-'v.'
tries of twenty per cent? over the im- .r ;
portations of the' same month of .'last ;"
year. Ingures, thia increase is twen-
ty-six millions of dollars, or one millioil V 'j
a aay ior every working; dayVr of ihe. ,
month. Durhig the sam'e period: of , :
April the exports from the United
.states also fell off'about :twityper
icent. as - compared; wfthtthesamepe-'
ped from this country Wasliirty-r3"St
seven millions of dollars less m aluef t W
mere, are many countries to which i .! ;' i
the new law is a source of ..pleasure '- -v:
and profit; Great Britain, and Germtoylcl5
have Very great resaon. ta:.blesathe
name of Woodrow WUsonJ v-Each of -
them, is sending to the United States
" 0 . .Z ". -cJci?x --ZZZXZ
from Switzerland and fromrjrurkey.
In fact; the laW should be : popular1
all over Europe, for she is thereby
permitted to put on - the American
market her merchandise to the amount'
of twelve millions a month more than
she did, a year ago. Spain is the only
European country whose exports to
these shores show a large falling off..
Even Iceland and the Azores . are)
profiting by thg change, and RQuman
ia and SryUTs'' well.";-y,,iTi
To the south of us, great benificia
ries of Democratic generosity to for
eign producers are Argentina and Bra-
jzil
The Argentine shipments have
more than doubled in vahie, and in
creased three millionsin value. Bra
zil has nearly the same mcvithly in
crease. The whole of South America
gains nearly six millions a month, ev
en with Chile falling a million be
hind. The greatest of all advance,
however, is from Uraguay. Goods
made in that country came here last
year to the amount of about one hun-
dred thousand dollars a month. .The
same month of this year she . sent '
goods to the value of nearly two mil
lions. '
But it is Canada who should "be-
most grateful. She is sending across
our northern borden her products to
a value of over four millions a month .
more than she did under the old tar-
iff. Mexico during the month of
March gained a three-million-dollar
larger foothold in the American mar
ket than she did during the same pe- .
riod of 1913. The Central American
States are increasing their exports
hither by a third, and the British
West Indies by about the same figure.
Australia is doubling her shipments. i
These are the benefits that the new
law is bringing to foreign nations, to
the competitors of the American pro
ducer, to the employ of cheap labor
and the payer of un-American wages.
What benefit has it brought to the
United States? Are more persona em
ployed? : Has any new industry start
ed ? Are prices lower ? 1 ' Is business .
confidence stronger? Has the indus
trial situation been bettered ? What
khas the United States gained in return
for this million-dollar-a-day gif t of her
market?
. NOTICE. .
My Burr Mill on Coddle Creek. is
running every day by an expert mil
ler, W. A Coleman; and it makes fin
est meal and flour. Satisfaction guar
anteed. JOHN . C GARMON.
tnem;is sending to the United. States C f-l-
nearly four milHonsmor ' of 'i gboa f0$5y:
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