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V CHE CHRONICLE PUBLISHED SEMtWIEKLT IN ' ' Concord, K-C. " Published by CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Subscription Rates . ....... tioo One Year . ...... Six Months ... Three Mon:ha , . 50 . 80 Pnoiul a a aanni1.flaaa lA&tter AtlffUSt' 8. 1913 U 11 WVJ VJA 1.0 BUVuw " I t the postoffice at Coucord. North Carolina, an-1 er the Act ol Marpns ioiv . ..-- W. Giles Mebane- Editor-Manager. Issued Mondays and Thursdays. RAILROAD SCHEDULE. TWAotivA Smwlav. Nov. 22. 1914. NORTHBOUND. SOUTHBOUND. No. 8, 4:13 am. No. 44 6:40 am. No. 86 10:55 am. No. 46 3:42 pm. No. 12 6:45 pm. No. 29. 3:25 am. No. 31 4:45 am. No. 45 6:20 am No. 37 9:25 am. No. 11 10:10 am No. 38 8:58 pm No. 32 10:23 pm No. 30 11:35 pm No. 7 4:00 pm. No. 35 .9:03 cm No. 43 9:45 pm. ALL TRAINS STOP AT CONCORD THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915. THE CITY ELECTION. Public opinion like Dame Fortune is indeed fickle. That this is true is clearly shown- in the , result of the election held here Tuesday. Two vears ago the Citizens' Ticket triumphed at the polls and since that time have given the people of Con cord an honest, orderly, progressive eovernment. With thifc record be hind, them it seemed reasonably cer tain that the voters of Concord would return them to office and yet those voters wiped them out as clean as Mother Hubbard s : celebrated cup board. ' ; ' : ..' Of course, a number of reasons and explanations are offered for the cy - clone that struck . the Citizens, - but the principle7 trouble seems to have . been , that they didn't get enough votes. It was in no sense a Democrat ic triumph because party lines, were obliterated.- Staunch Democrats vot ed the Citizens' ticket and dyed-in the-wool Republicans voted the "Dem ocratic" ticket. Some people say the result of the election was a victory for the "Morally Stunted." That it was a reaction from the wave, which put the 'Pure in Heart" in two years ago. Then there was a decided oppo sition to- the city attorney, the . Re corder and police force. This was but natural "and tile successors of these officials -will have the same thing to contend with two years from now if ; they enforce the laws vigorously and they can hardly afford to do anything else. - . , ' ; : Whatever the cause of the . land slide, the result is apparent to every body and it is the duty of every good citizen to accept the result in the proper spirit and to give hismoral support to the new administration. - WHICH HAS DESTROYED. MOST. '?The Republican party - is a de cretive party. In New York the spir- . itf reaction owing to the unpopular ity of the legislature is doing much to restoreNew York to Democratic rule. In Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa the tendency has been marked, the G. O. P. showing a much greater in , terest in grabbing offices and undoing progressive legislation than in any thing else. In Ohio this retrograde movement has been especially pro- - nounced. While the G. O. P. Govern or seeks to oust Democratic officials solely , on the ground that they are 'not in svmnathv with a RermMirnn administration,' the Legislature aims to blot out much of the progress made in recent years." The above is a quotation from the . Asheboro Courier. It is rather re markable that a member of party which passed the Simmons-Under wood law and practically ruined the big sugar industry of Louisiana, crip pled the great steel and iron indus . try, the woolen industry, the knitting ; and cotton industries arid various ..' others should have the nerve to cal the Republican party a "Destructive : party." If war had not come to the ' relief , of the manufacturing interests of this country and furnished them with much foreign business thev r v would today be in a sadly demoralized state. Nobody knows this better than the manufacturers themselves and they are looking hopefully to the Re publican party to come to their res cue,! which it confidentially expects to do m 1916. ' As to the second indictment, that of "Grabbing offices," it would seem that when the editor of the Courier remembers the strenuous fight he had to put up to get his office that he would have little to say on the subject of office seeking. We sincerely trust that there will be no. bickering over the division of the spoils. ... . ,V"- : The Citizens "Smartly." were licked ; right v Maybe the Morally Stunted haven!t won such a big victory after all. Time alone will show. v MUST KEEP DOWN EXPENSES. A perusal of a statement just issued by the Southern Railway" of itg earn ings and expenses appear to justify that company in its efforts to reduce I expenses by 'cutting "off trains, and otherwise. , : -- I This statement shows that during I I the month of March 'of this year; the J company's gross earnings were : $5,- 290,249 and that for March ; of last year they were $6,064,597. This sfcws me i unpleasant lact inai me aouuiern i xuiuway s income i or tne montn or I March had decreased $774,348. If 1 they should continue to drop off . like this for the rest of the year the com- jtanjr .w lace a ioss in i earnings - of nearly ten millions. A ten million drop is a pretty big one even for a concern that has as large an income as the Southeru Railway. It is greatly "to be ; hoped however that the railway company's business w 11 soon participate in the revival which is now under way throughout the United States.' ' :. '.X Notwithstanding the big decline in its receipts the Southern has not stop ped its double track and other im provements as is shown by the fact that it expended during. the month of March; 1915, $743,165.75 fox improve ments to its roadway and structures, which was about a -half a million more than it spent during, the . same month last year. ..' . People are beginning-to. learn pret ty generally now that the interests of the railroads aye practically identi cal with those of the territories which they serve and that neither can pros per when the other suffers. For that reason if for no other, everybody in this section of the . country .hopes to see a turn for the better in the South ern's earnings. THE GRAND JURY THE SO LICITOR. Th conditions which h forth as to. the recent primary election m rareiga, ootn on tne statements of citizens, and under oath as affidavits, are of such gravity as to demand, a legal investigation. - The matter is one which affects the fairness of elections, for there has been made the charge of fraud. The matter , has .assumed such proportions as to demand that, it be taken notice of by the solicitor of the District and the Grand Jury of Wake county. -The primary election in Raleigh is a legalized election and about it is thrown the protection of the law. If this has been violated there should be punishment for the violation. The law is strong enough to reach out and take hold of the violators. . The citizens of Raleigh should be J L a 1 i 1 v protected in - rneir rights as voters. The Solicitor and ; the Grand Jury Should investigate the oharcraa wtiiAl, . . 1 " -- N-VJ TTUAVU have been made, and sift the matter to xne Dottom. . Another thing right here. The city election takes place on Monday. Ev ery good citizen of Raleigh should be on me aien ana li . it is iound that tnere is any attempt to .violate the election laws of f the State - there should be evidence secured of this, and a remedy should be sought in the courts. Indeed, if it is possible, im mediate action schould be taken to secure the arrest of any one who commits any violation of the law. They are yet courts in North Caro lina which will see to it that the elec tion laws are not violated. The above appeal for a fa ir elec tion is from the Raleijrh News and Observer and is a reference to one of the stormy elections for which the State capital is famous. Raleirii is rot the only place, we opine .where crooked methhds have obtained - in North Carolina elections. The Rah vavaao a Avail" dolph case is. fresh in Our minds and 13 properly to be settled in court Republicans have been the. chief suf ferers in the past but now the Demo crats are turning their guns on each ctner and tne result is an agonized t i GOOD WAGES NOT -A REMEDY. is generally claimed bv Social- ists,. we think, that abundance of la- bor and high wages would be an ideal 1 , . , . solution of poverty, crime and various other ills that have confronted man- auiu. xor ages, past. In Knp-lanrf , ... - . 1 though it seems that this theory is very wen at pres- ent. In that country on account of I i-n? r J 6 ? greai demand or civxx4CU wuor ano in iacr ail kinds of labor, at better wages than they are n -j .-i , -1 xt. i . I the-working men are making a poor rf r- vx. UUb UCVCILIIKIHK 1 uw xrom an reports, instead of behaving as they should, the men lose a day or two out of every week and spend the time loafing and drinking Plenty of work and erood wae-Ps mere. ly affords them an opportunity of un usual self indulgence. .With the hope of getting more work out of th. mn the English government is' said to be considering a trial of a prohibition measure throughout the United King dom. . The English do not seem to h tflv. ing to prohibition as it wao at firof thought they would. This illustrates the old saying "That' anvbod v fan Ua a horse to water, but Kino- and all his army can't make him drink."- . The baseball page of the dailies WA susp ect, is rather more popular now adays than the front page war stories, NO OCCASION FOR SURPRISE. The -. Washington co-respondent of the Charlotte Observe Mr: Bryant, in recent letter to his papery says that Southern cotton manufacturers man v of : whom come to Washington have a suspicion that the Democratic low f ur. Iff law has IniurpH their Winocc Tha " v vJWs. LAS only remarkable thing that we see in this statement is that. the mill men are onlv fast- ought to have known a long time ago. The principle - of a protective tariff has been observed by our, national law- makers, with a .pw tions practically since the birth of the republic and its beneficient , re- suits are exempimea in the vast man uf acturing industry which has grown up in this country. . , ; ' If Southern : cotton manufacturers would look after their own political interests instead; of turning the" job over to a lot of selfish and ambitious politicians , they .would never .have politicians" they t would never' have more success in their efforts to get law's passed that would aid instead of injuring their industry. Some- have seen : the light, we are glad to say, but others appear hopeless. The "man interviewed by Mr. Bryant for in stance, made - the fatuous "statement that he had lost $100,000 probably on account of the Democratic tariff law, and yet he had always voted the Dem ocratic ticket and supposed he would continue doing so." - This Ephraim is . so joined to his idols that he will stick, though it ruins him and the country with him. If . there were many people like, him the situation would be desperate; " fortunately though, there are enough of the right sort left in the-land to save the be nighted one and the country. They set about the job in the year of grace 1916. THE CARTER CASE ENDED. The committee which hag been in vestigating the Carter-Abernethy controversy has handed in its report and as was anticipated from the press reports of the hearing there will .be no impeachment proceedings against the Judge. He did not go unscathed howeverjfor the committee found that ne was "Aroitrary and harsh at times," and it evidently disapproved of several of his performances while on the bench. .The charges of immor ality were not sustained. Judee Car ter is clearly a man of . nervous, im pulsive temperatment and when he is irritated is likely to explode in the wrong direction. He does not possess what; is; usually called the judicia temperament in a very marked degree. In this respect Judge Carter is not alone There are one or two others on the bench" who are about as irrita ble as he is. The election , is over now and the country is saved again. Let's all ge together and pull for a bigger and better Concord. Outrageous Conduct. News and Observer. No" one can object to rejoicing by those whose candidates have been suc cessful in an lection, but when there is such celebration. which is be3'ond the bounds of the legitimate it should be condemned by the citizens of any community. Last night after the returns of the 1 xr i . i . . . .. ciwwon snowea mat the . present 1 ' w - f vijvi' Commissioners, Messrs. Johnscn, Kinj . - .- - - and Seawell, had beon re-elected there was a class of celebratine- nn i,i ... tne part oi large numbers of their ad nerents which was outrageous. That wie P"ce remained idle is a matter I ,u:u j which deserves censure. -Racing about the streets were city lire wagons, on them crowds of men Who Wfirs mnVinir tk r.,'L4. with thir . cw -? this place and that were turned in as tokens nf roiftiirt a-u.-i- , 1 -'-j'."!. AULuxiiuuiies ana automobile trucks chased about with more yelling crowds, and in particu ar thoro TOo . j- 7 . . must - uisgraceiui scene beneath the electric' light on the corner at Meredith College where a crowd b"Ies and drank from them in the pauses of their yellins- SllfVl fhinffo as 4-1 1 "o luwe uave no part ir1 U Tl V TYlHTTfil- ri aIaUXJ - l -, J ."wx vx vcicuittuillf a DOiltl cal victory The conduct of thn who made a' mockery of ord-r last nighl was a disgrace to thig'cUv And the police force, men in the emnlcy of me administration just re-elected took no steps to put on end to the outrages upon the good name of Ral. eigh. The scenes of last night were a repetition of those two years ago and Raleigh well . remembers - that night of outrage WUUng to Please. Merchant (to applicant for job) Sorry, but I.-. only emnlov . ma men." ApplicanWDo you haimon W a daughter, sir?" : , Disensraired. University of Nebraska Awgwan. Safety -"So Jack' is eno-ao! he? And is Fannv th hnJa is ..Mw vv- UC J First "No, she is the tried-to-be." HOW CONSUMPTION SLAYS :r NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN. Mill Operatives Are Large Sufferers . From the Great .White Plague. . University News Letter. ,One .hundred and" thirty, thousand white girls and wonien in North Car olina in. the census . year, or nearly one-fourth of all 10 years old and old er, were earning their: bread by the sweat of their . brows - outside' - the home occupations. - - ; -- . HowThey Earn Their Bread. -Twenty-six thousand of them were engaged, in manufacture and mechan ical pursuits; 19,070 were at work in cotton hosiery' and knitting mills, 988 in cigar and tobacco factories and 577 of them were' under 16 years of age; 631 were musicians and music teach ers; 5,765 were school teachers; 3,715 were clerks, saleswomen, bookkeep ers, cashiers,, etc., 1,911 were tele phone operators, stenographers, and typewriters;: 1,098 were factory sew ers and. machine operators; 947 were milliners; and. 4,574 were dressmak ers, and seamstresses outside of fac tories. Sanitary, wholesome conditions and surroundings for the indoor girls and women who-tpit make an. irresistible appeal to the humanity in us; ; - Mr. G. H. Cooper, of the - Rowan County Club, has been study ing the figures " upon? occupational deaths of white females; given in, the? 1913-14 report of the North Caroliha ; State Board of Health. . How Consumption Slays Them. The per cents of total deaths of white females in North - Carolina in certain specified occupations, s. caused by tuberculosis of the lungs in 1913, were as follows": " '. . , per cent. Average below, named', occupa tions " J 22.8 Cigar and tobacco workers 66.6 Mill and factory operatives (tex- - tile) 1 n 65.0 Musicians and music teachers' 50.0 Teachers in school : 1 50.0 Housewives l.uII 44.0 Stenographers and typewriters 33.3 Dressmakers and seamstresses. J 26.6 No occupation 'stated 1 18.2 The mill owners are not wholly un concerned and inactive. On the con trary, some of them are making vig orous assaults upon mill village dis eases and death , rates. Witness the effective activities of the mill author ities at Roanoke Falls and the gener ous concern of the Cones in Greens boro; and perhaps many others of whom we do not know. But the fearfully excessive death rates from tuberculosis' indicated in the foregoing figures are a challenge to the humanity, of business people, hdusewives and husbands ; school au thorities, mill and factory owners alike. " Around one-eighth of all the deaths among the whites of both sexes in the registration cities of North Carolina in 1913 were caused by tuberculosis in its various forms; but one-third of the female stenographers and - typewrit ers, nearly one-half "of. the -housewives, exactly one-half of the musi cians and teachers, and , two-thirds of the cotton and tobacco operatives who died in these cities in 1913 died of tuberculosis of the lungs alone. It is appalling and calls for atten tion. A. & M. COLLEGE OFFERS SHORT COURSE FOR BOYS. Boys of the Agricultural Clubs Can Take Short Course in Agricul ture. Raleigh, ; May 4. There is to be held at A. & M. College, August 17 2th, - a "Short Course .; and ": Club Week" for the North Carolina mem bers of the Boys' Agricultural Clubs. This is to be held during the first week of the annual Short Course for the County Demonstration 'Agents, to be held at the College. The boys and agents will be given Monday to get to Raleigh and get located. Work in earnest will begin Tuesday morning, August 17th. The regular lectures for the boys will be : separate from the men's meetings. The mornintra will h devoted to practical instruction for the boys, m thirty minute lectures by members of the Colleee acultv n-n Station force. The afternoons will be left open for thd boys x to visit the College and ; Station, farms, observa tion trips , through the College build ings, -practical demonstrations, and a trip down town to the various nlac. of interest in the Capitol. City. .tach evening we hope to have nnn- ' ular and .-. illustrated lectures for fh e men and boys. .We want all the mem bers of all the clubs who can to come The College will furnish rooms frA and meals at twentv;five cAt.0" av. Each-boy will be expected to bring towels and sheets. We hone the nar- ents will encourage the bovs to fuVa this little outing and at thesame time begin their education in aericultnrp We don't know how the boys can jinpnf? a week more profitably than in ai ending this short course. . . " -This is an opportunity no farm f.n can afford to miss. Don't . forget the data. : A nam of ; 1 rf 20th. GUILFORD HAS REAL DOG IxAW. Was Passed in 1913 And Came to - Light Only a Few Days Ago. " Greensboro Patriot. - - . ;r The ; people of Guilford generally will learn with surprise, and perhaps quite a few with more or' less indig nation, that the county; has a dog law a bbna-fide law : with teeth to it that makes it compulsory -upon the owner of every dog to list the canine for1 taxation. ' And wnat is more to the 'point, the law is to be enforced.-. The law is found in chapter 646 of the . public and private acts of - the legislature of 1913 and provides that an annual tax of $1 on every male and $2 on every female dog shall be paid. While the law was passed over two years ago, nothing .was known of it here until a few days ago, when Clerk of . the Court Gant discovered it in looking through the acts of the legis lature. VERY LOW- ROUND TRIP FARES To Panama-Pacific .Exposition, San Francisco, and San Diego, Califor nia, Via Southern Railway, s c Dates of sale March 1st to Novem ber 0th,. 1915. Pinal return limit three months from date of sale, ex cept that these tickets will not be good to return later than December : 31st. cipai points as iouows: Charlotte jL $84.15 j Salisbury l . . 84.15 , High Point 84.15 Greensboro : 84.15 Mount Airy 84.15 Gastonia i 84.15 North Wilkesboro 87.85 'Statesville l 84.15 Hickory 83.25 Morganton 82.20 Winston-Salem 84.15 Shelby 82.60 Fares from other points on same basis. Fares to Seattle or via Port land and Seattle at higher rate. These tickets will permit of .diverse routing and will allow stop-overs on both go ing and return trip within limit- of ticket. -;v- -vi'?-;- Southern ' railway offers choice - of , several routes of historic interest L.from : which to select; going "one way and returning another. Through con- ! nections and good service via Memphis St. Louis, Chicago or New- Orleans. j Through cars daily via -New Orleans and Sunset Route. Special car parties now being arranged, affording oppor tunity to make trip without change and with a, select company on . out going trip; returning at leisure via any route you may choose., stopping off at your own pleasure, thereby avoiding all the discomforts of going and returning with large tour parties; being compelled to follow the crowd. In goind individually br with special Pullman ar parties you spend your own money stop where you please and go and come to suit your own conven ience and save money paid tourist agents for escorting you around. ; For further information apply to Southern Railway Agents, -or ;.. . : R. H. DeBUTTS, ' Division Passenger Agent, ' ' - Charlotte, N. C. LOW ROUND TRIP RATES TO Washington, D. C, and Return Via . Southern Railway, Thursday, May 13th, 1913. Special tram will leave Salisbury at 8:30 p. m., arriving Washington .fol lowing morning at 7:55 a. m. - Re turning will leave Washington at. 9:00. a. m. Saturday, May 15th, 1915. ? Passengers from branch line points will use regular trains to the variou $ junction , points connecting with the special train, and returning will use regular trains from such junction points to the home stations. . - ' Tickets good going and returning on special train only and cannot be ex tended. Special train will consist of first" class coaches only. A rare opportunity to spend twenty five hours in Washington, giving am ple time to visit the many points of interest in the Capital City. Low round trip fares from stations named as follows: N Salisbury .. . $6.00 Albemarle ;; 5.0Q Lexington 5.00 High Point 5.00 Greensboro .; - " 5.00 - For further information, tickets, etc., call on any agent Southern Rail way, or R. H. DeBUTTS, " Division" Passenger Agent, - - ' ; Charlotte, N. C. Kodaks and Kodak Supplies at Gibson Drug Store Agent for the i Eastman Kodak Company DR.J. V.DAVIS - DENTIST Concord : - , - North rarnlit. . Office Over Marsh Drug Store. : - 'Phone 433. - When you need any thing in the printing line, you naturally want it done in a neat, up-to-date manner. Then, of course, you want to get in touch with the CHRONICLE . .OFFICE Our office is in charge . of competent workmen . men: who take a pride in turning out first-class work. You can leave ; , the arrangemdnt of the matter in their hands, and we1 guarantee the finished product to give satisfaction; . ; TELEPHONJS NO. 470W And our representative will call on you, assist , in preparing your copy, r make prices, etc. Fffl 1 i ANMOUMCEMENTi ; We are now in our new building on Means Street, with a large and better line of Harness, Collars, Etc. Than Ever Before Our Repair Department is in the hands of a man of long experience and we guarantee satisfaction. Hartline & Co, 113 Innlss St., Salisbury, N. C. 9 .!"fctkfcifctfcfcfc THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $147,000.00 Member Federal Reserve Bank ...-..... '-!''" Ti" Under U. S. Government Supervision 4 Per Cent Paid on Certificates of Deposit D. B. COLTRANE, President. L. D. COLTRANE, -Cashier. DOES THAT CHILLY FEELING ever strike you erenhigs? Do you ever want to be just a little warmer, and yet sit around uncomfortable and probably "catch cold"- because it is too much trouble to start a fire in the furnace or grate? " . . . .. If you are annoyed by the above things, you can banish them forever by having one or more outlets run in your bouse and using A GAS ROOM THEY ARE f CONCORD " .St MflB Means St., Concord, N. C. J. M. HENDRIX, Asst. Cashier. J. ML COOK, Asst. Casiuer. HEATER. heap , omfortable ozy v onvenient lean - OAS ' CO.
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