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v.- - and; Sy , ' m m 4fSII(( Mi- ife 1 !(! :iigi mmmmmmm iwldliliitt Progressive - ..... " , , M' 011, 1 Pro mssiSliiililt PUBLISHED SEMI-JvEEKLY. rVv -it" " '','""' Oi. so voL.vra. .-"-r"-V: CAMPAIGN FOR NEXT YEAR IS NOW BEGUN AT WASHINGTON Republicans Form Publicity Association and Democrats Call oh Faithful for Campaign Contributions -. : ' -Tariff Will be Discussed.. ; ,r ;: -Washington, May 5. (Special Cor respondence.) For., the first-time f in American history's political campaign is beginning eighteen jnonths in ad ' vance of the day of the National elec tion. Republicans started activity by organizing the Republican Publicity Association, which announced its pur pose to gather , and disseminate in formation regarding the; principles, -policies and achievements of the Re publican party, and to point out the defects and failures of Democracy. . . The organization was no sooner formed than the Democrats became active, and through former. Represen tative A. Mitchell Palmer, .of Penn sylvania, soon to assume the . office of Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, sent a circular letter to the faithful Democrats -throughout the ' country urging contributions to a furiS for the purpose of counteracting the efforts . of the Republican Publicity Association. O ' - V' It is evident, therefore, that the relative merits of Republican and DemOcraticpolicies will be fully and freely discussed in 1915, instead o' waiting until the summer of 1916 tc submit facts and arguments to Amer ' ican voters. ; Alarmed over the activity of the Republicans, Mr. Palmer sought - tc prejudice the American people against the leaders of that party by assert ing that they were engaged in "fat frying.w He overlooked the fact, of which American : voters are V fully aware that the? Democratic admin- HaKnn atorrft" io'm oossession-of ;3the4 pan and controls the fire with which fat may be fried. Even though Re ; publicans were so disposed, it would s be ..impossjbUjfflrJtheiRia bring pres sure to bear upon f large financial in terests in order to secure campaign funds.' The Democrats are in abso lute control of- such governmental bodies as the Federal Trade Commis sion,' the Federal Reserve Banking System," and the Industrial Commis sion, as well as the Department of Justice, which conducts prosecutions of supposed violators of the law, and the Post Office Department which now assumes to declare what lines of busi ress ma$ be excluded from "use of the mails. ; The reference to , "fat fry ing" by: Democratic leaders merely directs public attention to the indis putable fact that if any financial-interest contributes money to any caus--because of fear , that contributior. will be made to a Democratic, and no; a Republican fund. ' : ? i However, the coters of the United States are chieflv interested in the ; accuracy of facts that may be sur mitted and the soundness ofargu icnt3 that may be made. They will not permit the Democrats to dodge any issues by making vague refer ence to "fat frying." Explanations of violation of campaign pledges will be road with ; more interest W hy tne Democratic administration abandon ed the pledge of economy is a ques tion the American people would like to see answered. They would like to kr. ow what excuse, if any , can b- given for destruction of the policy adopted by Republicans of building f up a strong diplomatic service free from politics or personal i favoritism and on" a standard that commanded the respect of all the leading nation' - of the world. And, most of all, the " American p'eople will want from the Democratic administration a thorough " discission of the -effects of the Demo " cratic tariff law which wrought havoc with American industry until the Eu ropean war served as a bar to foreign importations and afforded American ii dustry ' protection from cheap for eign competition. - ; American business, men will ajiso expect the Democratic administration . to explain why the pcstal ; service has been permitted to - deteriorate when that service is of utmost ' importance " to the : speedy , transaction of private as well as pub lic business. , These are" only a few of the prob- : lems that will be presented for the consideration of leaders of the DemoiJ cratic - party,- but they are of -such importance to the American people that any attempt at evasion will not serve ' to detract : attention from the main issues. . C 1 EAST INDIAN PRINCE AND v ONE WIFE IN TfEW YORK. Ruler of 598 Square Miles, 500 Ser vants and Four Wives Comes ;j to :- America. - - ' "' : . :l: New York, May. 5. His Highness Jagat Jit Singh Hahadur, Maharajah of Kapurthala, who r holds dominion over . &9o square miles ot ; iana, nve hundred servants and four wivesV'ar rived here yesterday on the Fable liner Patria ; from Marseilles, accom paniend by his youngest spouse. .;. ' The, Maharajah is a tall man . of forty-two. His coarse thick black hair is turning gray, but" his short-:Cropped Vandyke beard and mustache are un touched by streaks of: silver.. He speaks ' excellent English. . ; : JHe was educated at Oxford as were his father and sons,' and English is spoken freely-in his palaces at Kapurr thala - ; The Maharanee, ;- Princess . Prem Kaur, who was selected as his com-! f anion for the journey to this country is twenty-fiver She is of Spanish and French parentage, and expressed her delight at visiting the United States. .. His -Highness, it - was explained, is exceedingly modest in the number- of wives he has . permitted himself to marry." ' He could have had a score, but was content with five... The. old est one, mother ' df his three sons, ' is i dead. " r" Although the immigration law pre-; vents the, admission' of a mart having j more than: one wife Jiving ithe Croesus of the East was not bothered even to the formality of putting up a bond, v ;; The Maharajah was "most affable and Jfrankjn-.talking 'about his affairs, but his replies were brief. ; - "Is this your first visit here ? " he was asked. ' . . - ; ' " - "No. It is my second." , . ,; '.i "When were you "here before?" Twenty-two years ago, when 1 was" twenty." , "Who is with your party?" f "My youngest wife, my youngest son, Prince Karinjit Singh, who is eighteen, eight servants and 59 pieces of baggage." , -- 'j "How many sons have you?" "I have three sons, all by my 'first wife, Ranee Kinara, 'who died five years ago." . .-' ' . - -' .r Asked about the feeling of the na tive troops in India rerardrag the Eu ropean conflict, the ruler said: "The reports oi uprising have been greatly exaggerated. There was -some dissatisfaction among' the soldiers at first, "but it . quickly .subsided. ' The people; as a whole, are loyal to" the government. I sent away three con tingents of forty , men each; ; one of cavalry and two "of infantry. My son went to the Continent, . but when he nleaded with me at Marseilles I let him go back as a soldier." , . The Maharajah and his party will spend ten days in' this city, and are stonDinff at the Ritz Carleton. Later they will journey ' to San Diego and San Francisco, by way of Chicago and Buffalo. They will return - through Canada. t - . Items from Richfield, Route 1. . Miss -Stalee Earnhardt is : visiting in Concord for a few weeks, with her uncles, Messrs. C. F., M. F., and Wat ter Ritchie. ''Cy::::':'' --..-'- . Miss Eunice Parker returned home from Jigh Rock, where she has been staying with' her uncle, Mr. R. F. Mil ler. :V' .'. " , . . -: Messrs M. D. Brook and Ed Har ris left Monday of this week to go up in the .mountains to put up their saw mall.: They have about one year's sawing to do. .. -' i :'';:. Travis . PicKier nas gones .: up m Eastern Cabarrus, to work for his tui- cle, L. D. Honeycutt. - ' v : Mr. and Mrs. J. . C. Miller' spent a few days- in Albemarle : the first": b: the week. . . r - --' - 'i-J"-l We were glad to see the rain the first of this week. : ; :. " . t . , The W. 0. W. at this pplace has been taking, in new members a at ev ery meeting. . y-':::y- , Miss Anna Pickler stuck an old rusty wire in her head on last' Satur day.! It gives here much pain. She is doing fine at this time. , ' - BUSINESS BOOMDUElS " TO WAR, SAYS TAFT PRESENT IS. ARTIFICIAL AND IS - : CAUSED BY ORDERS FOR :) -r WAR SUPPLIES.'; WWZZ- TIDE MIGHT TURN ANY TIME Ex-President Thinks Wilson's Mexi- - can. PoIicy is a Mistake' One. ' New Haven, Conn.i May 3. "The present stimulus" in- business in ' the United States is-artificial. The war ui Europe has caused, itf Manufacturers are busy turning out 'material for the belligerents. No man can say for cer tain, but a sudden end of the war njight throw the country back into a condition as bad, if not worse,', than it wasbef ore hostilities bean.: . "I am .heartily in .sympathy . with President Wilson's policy;" of neiitral- lity," Mr; Taft continued, when seen at the hotel Taft here. " "I beli 3ve that persons who have. been associated with official life in the past should refrain from expressing their opinions about the issues involved in the war". , Must Not' Interfere. : "J do think the United .States should be able.to wield an influence in bring ing about peace,r but that must" corae by suggestion at the? opportune . mo ment. To do so at an inopportune time would impede our efforts. We mast trust to the officials of the State De partment to learn when that time ar rives. . . "After, the war and after the na tions, now involved have counted the terrible cost of the present conflict, I believe measures might be taken which will make war, in the future more dif ficult. I am not sufficiently an idealist to believe that the time has come when war will ; be eliminated : altogether. But I do believe it can be made more difficult, less ; likely." . . .'.; ' : Mexican Policy aU Wrong. ; -. -It was when Mexico was mentioned that Mr Taft turned Vcritical eye; on he "White House.' At no other time would lieehtito ally. . ; . "The. conditions in Mexico would be more - embarrassing if the conditions i m juurope were different, he, assert ed, "The method of Hayes in dealing with Diaz -was to let him rule for a year to learn if he could maintain or der. v: When Diaz nroved that . he could, he was recognized. .We. might liave done the same in - the case-of Suerta. Instead we announced, that we would never recognize him. .Then we permitted the shipment of arms to the rebels. : Then over a punctilio we seized his ports arid choked him; We would not permit any . other . na tion to go there and settle' the trouble. Now we seem to say, after we have done all these things,, that. Mexico "is none of our business. : .' ; " - ". "The idea of going, in -there, is very abhorrent to me. It would require probably' 200,000 men ta garrison all of the posts and . put an end to the guerrilla warfare. There are pacificos you know, who are pacificos by day and go out and fight by ' night It Would be an extremely difficult prob- em, and, if we did undertake it, pub lic opinion would probably demand that to recompense ourselves we take part of the country probably some of the northern states. - , ;::. :-; ''Then it would be said that that had been the purpose from the beginning; that we had been inspired from the first by Anglo-Saxon land hunger." v "What do you -believe is the solu tion ?" Mr. i Taft was asked. "After Wilson what?" - - - Sees No Immediate Solution. . 'Some -solution may be found," Mr. Taff replied "if Carranza is able to make an end of Villa.- But if that happens, will Gen. Obregon turn " on Carranza? I positively do not believe the Mexicans are capable of govern ing themselves. There is no imme diate solution of .the difficulty.", v.; Mr. Taft declared l in favor of a greater national defense, a defense that will be adequate for: the proper protection of our interests, but he re fused to go into detail on the ground that he "was now" writing an article on that subject in which his . views . wil be defined clearly. - 7 . , . - :".: '; ' The condition of Mr. Carlox Clark who was hurt Sunday night by . an auto Occident is : somewhat improved toaay, Dut.tne doctors are i afraid he wll be a cripple. J They are going to take an X-ray of his right ankle to day, and if. there is. anything that can be done for him, aregoing to do it at once. Mr. Clark has a bad 'gash in his side, :also a broken arm. ' - AMrfcilEL? SiRaganv of ; Salisbury,; is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. L. Black welder. - - , T CHARLES TRUL MECKLENBURG MA'jN.WHO MUR- DERED IIENRY SWAIN WILL GO TO ELECTRiCOTAIR.1S TRUlllISimpyOONGSHAN ' '. -''v '"' -.3-L '- -' t, 1 "1 ..i' X. . -' -8...- -i-i .X't, When Arrested tHad -Large Sum on His Person, ThoHard lip Before. - 'RaleighVMay 5.4arles Trull,th Mecklenburg murderef lost his appeal m'thelSuprembu judgment of death- attends. . :: ; i -. Trull received'alease of six months by the kindly act ef h solicitor , who prosecuted him.l The Appeaf did not'go 4- upMiT the faD Ir thisjj3i.er-higher court, not;; severely; )ut. firmly, sug gests .that the statu4 fbe obeyed and that: appeals be dispsed Of properly before the Supreme court and nofin the'eounties f rom;whtch they come up. The young murderic is a. white man barely , in the majority! and was con- yicteo! .:. upbhdrcun: tehtial evidence that showed : robber -.tfie, "motive, of niurder." : " k 5 Saturday r rjtJirU liloV Sl914 Hehry. Swain, a mefehant of a Char- otte suburb, was rrtodered and rob bed, witnesses havir'g ceen him ; leave 1 the store , with, a coitgiderable sum of money. . , . i . The circumstance,- . that brought suspicion upon -Trul were his peroet- ual - penury and lnrrowinp rmmlpd with his sudden chngeTto plefititude of money and exceeding liberality.-He had been forced to leave his boarding- nouse Decause ne ccaid not pay his bill and was borrowini' , small amounts from old friends ptenl When found he had $417.50 ar d, his friend Bar ton,- an employe ol the Charlotte Ob server, had $10. ; Barton .was nowise connected with the crime and did much to convict Trull. A SJ& : Strong Evidence V . . ; Blood on Trull's ' trousers arid shoes furnished additional testimony against him ana Barton aiH officers testified to his navmg tried :-opeBUBartm to falsify as to the money that Trull had. Trull made jik. poor effort to ex plain it but tJie"juryctnvietedthim with, little difficulty in reaching a verdict. . - -; The appeal is settled upon substan tial agreement with . everything : the lower court did..The defense requested the court to charge that where "the statrelies, wholly, upon circumstan tial evidence it is incumbent upon the state to establish each:; circumstance beyond a "reasonable doubt. In that case ; the state alleges that the - de ceased was murdered by the defendant the motive being robbery "and it al leges that the money taken from fhe defendant's person and. witness Bar ton was - the identical monev 'taken from the deceased at. the time of his murder vTheref ore the state: must satisfy you beyond a reasonable doubt first that" the deceased had at least $417.50 on his person and that the money taken from the defendant and also from Barton .was. the : identical money that the deceased had. If the state hag not so satisfied you, you will return a verdict of not guilty." . The court could not give this charge as asked," Chief Justice Clark writes in the opinion . of the court. This Is not an indictment for robbery and if it were it would not be neces sary to prove- the identical amount charged. The court in its charge cor rectly : instructed - the jury as to -cir cumstantial evidence all that the pris oner could have asked,, as follows: 'Each essential and material fact: re lied upon "by the state' must be es tablished beyond a reasonable doubt. The court; holds that clearness, con vincingness arid conclusiveness in all its combinations were contained in the charge as " it . affected 'reasonable doubt :- Washington Girl 'Marries a Chinese Cook.; . : Washington, D. C, May Ong Hong, . the cook : on the Mayflower, got married last night,' and his; bride is . an attractive American" girl; The ceremony was performed by the Rsv James Ei McLain, pastor of ' Wilson Memorial M. E. vChureh at; his par- sonage. - : ;. :;." " 1 It 'was hot convenient yesterday for Hong to get the license, so,the ;brid to-be, accompanied . by a married : wo man friend," applied to Marriage Li cense; Clerk Kroll at the city hall for the necessary papers. K She gave; her name as Florence I. Appold, 20 years old,of -i012 -Thirteenth ' street, south- easC.;She said Hong is 27 years old. Tomato- Plants For Sale by the dozen. -. hundred .- or" thousand.'. - Moore's ' Truck Farm,; 166 E. Corbm . street, - Concord," N. Cr" - 6-tfr CHINA AND JAPAN MAY i START A WAR NOW CHINESE FEAR JAPANESE A" TACK AND ARE GETTING' 1 CREA:DYt'FOR IT:- CHirm SHORT ON AfniUNITION Americans in China are Probably in 6i,r;r;;'. no Danger. : " ' : . j Peking, MayS. Military ; preparaf ; tibfts are beingmade f or the defense of Peking.i V-:--:-y '."."rv.;;":-. According , to :: Chinese - officials. whose statements have been corrob orated in i other, circles, the govern ment is" maMhg rib preparations else-' where, T than "at the capital :: for de fense, considering, that the :, Chinese will be unable to oppose the Japanese shoul4.thi7; attack. ; .,: -j " tt' is : assrted in high .quarters that 00,000 troops have been concentrated in; the. environs of ' Peking, but With sufficient ammunition for only a brief resistance :.':::V '-y---;.:'.. Special police and military precau tions have : been taken? i throughout the; city, especially around the win ter .palaces, .where President Yuan Shi Kai resides. Officers declare they are suspicious that the Japanese may attempt a repition of the Korean coup d'etat. ;:. : - :':';; - The Japanese legation," it is said, notified the Japanese yesterday , to prepare to leave ' Peking. It is" said many women and children are getting ready to depart. - " 1 Telegrams from. Mukden say the. Japanese bank ; and v: post 1 office there have suspended business, that . . the Japanese reservists have been called to the Colors and that .other, civilians are concentrating in the railway zone. .. - Americans in No Dangeri " Dr. Paul S. Reinsch ' American min ister here, expressed .the opinion that I Americans' id.; the interior are in no danger. In spite' of the belief which had prevailed hxChina f of many years that . Japan coveted control of :, the Country; '"Considerable -surprise 'was caused by the report . that ; J apan , in tended -to issue an jult!itum to the government as; an ? c -. ilt'oif China's refusal to ebnetue- u. -vfr Ja pan's demands. It is contended that the Chinese " have conceded virutally all the articles contained in the 11 de mands made on them, and enumerated to the powers., ' . - Whether j- President . Yuan Shi -Kai will concede all these points seems to be an open question. Chinese officials whose views are ".seriously considered in Yuan Shi Kai's councils express op posite opinions concerning this ques tion. Some ,: officials - express the fear that the Japanese military party, which : they r profess to" believe- wel comes the present crisis, will 'increase the Japanese ' demands should a suc cessful campaign result. ' iOn the other hand it is considered that Yuan faces calamitous conse quences in .China should he yield, to the -Japanese. ; High members of his own ; government are ; said . already ; to have voiced, the suspicion that he may accept an alleged offer from Japan of military support and protection for himself against foreign nations and his own people, in return for conced ing control of the country in fact, al though not nominally, to Japan. SOUTHERN RAILWAY PAYS V TRIBUTE TO ROBT. HAYNE. Junction Point Named for South Car te;';;J?voH Spartanburg', S. C, May 5. To pro vide a memorial to" the Hon. Robert Y. Hayrie, of South Carolina, in honor of his railway , - services, President Fairfax Harrison ' of Southern Rail way Company, has given instructions that the ; name of the Junction, and ternimai where the ' line from Ashe ville intersects the Washington- At lanta line be changed from "Spartan burg Junction" to "Hayne." 'i -, Mr. Hayne was, if not the first, the most effective promoter of the con struction; of "a railroad across 4 : the mountains from South Carolina to the middle west."' It was the Asheville and Spartanburg railroad, . beginning;. at what is now known as "Spartanburg Junction" which : first realized ' : Mr. Hayne's. plan, .,: and :. this important Southern Railway point will hereafter bear his name and be a lasting testi- monial to the work : he. did. ; Hartsell Mayor of M. Pleasant. " fe'MrW: S;HartsellrL was elected mayor of Mt. Pleasant. Tuesday suc ceeding Mr, Lee Foil. ; Mr. Hartsell received 29 votes and Mr. Foil 27. The following .commissioers were elected : C.' G. Heilig,' Jessie McEachern,' A. N. James, .W,'L.Hahn. DEMOCRATIC TICKET MADE A CITIZENS GO DOWN IN DEFEAT FAILING TO ELECTAVsiN SIIART STREIiGTHENED TICKET A. R. Hoover Led Democratic Ticket, i-- .--Citizens - Made ' Some TGainsl The city election held in Concord on Tuesday : resulted in "a complete vic tory for the Democratic ticket. While nominally -va". Democratic : ' victory it' was in ho sense a party triumph be cause many staunch Republicans vot ed the "Democratic" ticket. Party lines were forgotten,. Democrats vot ed - for Republicans, Republicans, for Democrats and a general mixup was the result-' ; " The ;; Citizens' ' ticket gained oyer the;result of "two years ago in. one or two wards, but lost heavily in ward 2, due to the influence of candidate Smart, who added great strength to the Democratic ticket. A. R. Hoover, .with a vote of 740 led the vote of the Democratic ticket and H. B. Wilkinson was the best vote getter for the Citizens!; : His vote was 571. ; The "mayor and new board pf aider--men will be inducted into office' Satur day and -will hol4 their first meeting next Thursday night when they will perfect the i organization of. the" city governnent.-f;;py The ' official vote polled was as: fol lows. ' :''.-";i-, -. ; t : - ; j- ' For Mayor. Isenhour -.l-l.,.-! 716 Hartsell i!C567 Isenhour's : majority 1 149 ' ;? :-;'.';::.:;;"'.At Large. :.. v ;.-V' : Smart ------------1-.,.-.--;; 722 Hoover iU-------------- 740 Cook 554 WUkhisbn&i--:571 : V--; C Ward' V : . - BostrSii-.i:-ii--?,346 Barrier ;.l.-L-.li : 234 ;-- ' ward 2.";-;-v:': V x: Sapp;Vrr;i3rI&9 Widenhouse ':-.l.-l V 189 Samaioriti! Ritchie ..i.----46 Biggers r"- ' :, 39 Ritchie's majority 'r 7 ::.,'';,.:.;.:;. :::Ward 4. - Love ; 125 Niblock 108 ' Loves majority .;w ; 17 ; Dr. J. E. Smoot was elected school commissioner m Ward -1: Mr; Ed.f Cline in Ward 4 and Dr. D. Q M& well at large. The school commission ers were endorsed by both tickets Advertised Letters. . - .- " r The following is the list of letters remaining - uncalled for at . the Con cord postoffice for week ending May 3rd, 1915: Jv- . V-' John Adams, D. S. Blake, Ben Brew er, Lee A.jry,; Frank Edward3, C Si Fisher, Mc Gunter, H. S. Harrington, Robt Helms,' C N; Hutchinson, J. S. Lassiter, Lacy Morris,' T; S. Verble, W. C. Widenhouse, D. J. Wilson, Man uel Wise, Dan -Woods, John Wilson. Mrs. Savilla Alexander, flair Ball, Mrs.' Annie Caudle, Mrs.- W. L.: Child ers, Lilla Fleshood,- Jennie Hutchens, Dela Nash, jChess M. Ridenhour, Mrs. Lula Steel, -Martha Taylor,1 Mrs.- H. Troutman, Mrs. Esther Vanzant, Mrs. W. L. .Warsh, Mrs. C. . Way, ; Essie Young;--; ' .';.;;-;-; .--;;; When calling for the above please say advertised. ;":.. ;, :rr : JNO. L. MIIJR, ' Postmaster. : Boating Party's Narrow Escape From Drdwning.;;":r':;- xxewDern, jviay 4. wnue ; going from Vanceborb .to ; a, point - several miles distant, where a fish fry was to be .held,;. 22 persons, including 11 young . ladies, had a narrow escape last night fromi: death or serious in jury , wnen - ine . ' gasoime ; tanK on board, their, boat became ignited 7 and they were "forced to beach the craft and sink i;:iM;'-:-::H - The vessel;. the; Spray, was owned bv : Grover 1 Lancaster and Less Mc- f Lawhorn "arid Vas valued at ' several hundred dollars. -When the fire broke out several of the male - members of the party jumped overboard, ; the la dies; however, remainirig 'until ; shore was- reached." There ;was- no . waybf gettmg home that night so the party remained in ;. the' swamp .until this morning when, they were picked up by another board sent v out to search for them, ; , - - . GEORGIA WOJflsN FIGHT DUEL ONE WAS KILLED AFTER QUARREL OVER " LAND BOUNDARIES WOMEN MEET x SHERIFF. DID NOT ARREST HER Mrs.' McDonald and Miss Reed , HabV , :. Been on Bad Terms" Some Time. " Morgan, Ga.; May 6.After a bitter f ; quarrel, said to" .have originated over s land- boundaries, ; Miss Mamie Reed and Mrs. Lillie MeDonald, : by. agree-r ment, went to their homes, armed v themselves; and then, met-in the pub-; ; lie road and fought a' duel m-which - i; TUT?!.- ..'Tfc '-. " ''m rmm mm -.' -" m" V " --, J f . -: ' miss iceea was KUieck' rhe.duei was fought about two miles from Here and there were no witnesses. -: v v" " ' Sheriff Refuses to Arrest Her. - ;V After killing Miss Reed,. Mrs: Mc-..';; Donald came here,T told her story .to;,' -i.' the sheriff and: offered to surrender,1 but the sheriff refused to 'take her in- : to : custody because' ; no-" warrant.' had ' Mrs. McDonald was unmoved in' re-.irr; citing; the story of the ' diieL ;She r " stated thatwhen she arid .Miss Reed fii&z met aj; the place agreed, upon the.lat- ; ' ter fired first; but.missed. "I return :.3 . ed the ; fire -' instantly, -said Mrs. Mc-,V; Donald," "and kUled her.X-.v :;V-r i ::-.:;t ; BotH. Women Well Knowiu:;- : ' ; J Both women are; widely, known ini'r'-f; this section, Miss Reed, who was about 40 years of age, lived for-many years on-her planiqtib ; Mrs, McDonald, about 30 years of '0h age, is the wife of a wealthy planter. The women had quarrelled repeatedly ; about .land lines. -v'-..' :. -."..v " 4- MOCKSVILLE VISITED ;B V V A i BIG FIRE TUESDAY; Several Business "i Houses ; Destroyed;; . - And Much Damage Donev ; ; ; Davie" R&&S:PM-: ; Mocksville -was visited this morning by one of the vmost 'desteuctiye fires " 1 that hasr eyer jvisited; ibii3i&& one o:lock; the Jire was .discovered ' S-: ; - ? the ;froht of the store building occu- . pied by Walker's Bargain House. The ; flames soon spread and enveloped the 1 i ' entire; Baity ; brick building. 'In a r ;; short; time the flames' liad spread - on"-''. ' north and the large two story wooden .' ' : " -v store building owned by W. H. Bailey . . ' was completely . .destroyed, although ; . , . most of the goods were sayed. -By.he-; .;': . "V roic work on the part of the citizens l - ,. of the town,: both, ladies; and gentle- men, 'the - Red- Front, V. Crawford's ' . DrugStore, Sanford Son's Co., Call's, s Hunt's, Mocksville Hardware and The ' Record office were saved. It seems - . to be the general opinion of the Io- . . : : . pie that the fire was of incendiary ori-; ;. ' :. . 7 gin. The Baity buOding was occu- ;. pied on the ground floor ; by Walker's jS ' Bargain house," and one ; of the store .T; rooms was. recently vacated by A.' M. : . . : ; ; McGlammery & Co.; On the- second : . . floor of the building were, the offices ;'. ' of Attorney. Jacob Stewart, Dr. W. C. . " . Martin,' Dr. A; Z. Taylor, ,dentist, T. -N Chaffin, insurancey; the Junior Or- ; der- and the Woodmen . Lodge Rooms. : Nothing was. saved and but little in-;; surance was : carried. '; Crawford's . Drug Store was Idamager about $500 to. the stock by moving and water: Up stairs in this building was Dr. Ander-; - son's dental office which was damaged : badly by moving. - Mr, Walker's loss is about $8,000 with $2,000 insurance.: W. H. Bailey's loss is about $3,000 with jio insurance. ' Drs. Martin and Anderson . owned ; the Baity -; building,v . valued at: $7,000 with ;. $3,000 -insur- ; ance. The J unibr Order ' carried $150 insurance -The Record man was' un able to see Attorney Stewart 'as he is out; of town,' but his : loss . together ; with"' Drs; Martin, ::- Taloy 'and Mr Chaffin, must have exceeded $3,000. No damage was done . the Merchants ' arid Farmers r Bank. Had the wind ; been blowing and things dry like they were a few days ago, the entire bus- ; ines3 . section of the town would have been - wiped out, Fully , 500 ' people " witnessed the fire. 'About $20,000 has ' gone up in flames this morning, near ly half enough to put in a system of waterworks.. Mocksville ' needs " and : must have some fire; protection. The : next fire may be worse than this one. ; :':'.:";;'r ;"- v' Reversed. "They fdo ;- things! differently - in ; ' Mexico S!?How'sJthat?? a "The : Presidents . do most of their running after they're elected. !-r . ; - The Presbytery " ot the A.. 11. P. 1 Church, which has been in session in this city for two days adjourned' yes terday. Besides the routine business which - was attended to a number of , interesting addresses were made. r;:?'i;r;js.5.;;x: ;. V 1 'a : A