VOLTOIB IX NO. 8$
f CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA March -2 i9lf 1917
...-s V'
mi
IIP--
'j. 1 ...
m
I
ft".
Y s
9 jr,' '''''
1-
-A
V
:;v)V :
-:VTir- 'iv ':-?:- 1
AT' THE
, NATIONAL CAPITAL
Washington, ! ; FeWv '28.-7-( Special
CorresperidenceRepresentative, ; J.
W. Husted of Nvir York chargs that
f the Democrats excepted the profits of
J agriculture from the operation of -the
i new revenue bill because of their ad
mitted inability to ascertain the pro
fits and' essess; th tax: T Owafttto
ask" inquired Husted, of the Dem.
ocratic leader, Whether you consi
der ; it more difficult to keep - track
of profits oh the farm than of profits
in a large manufacturing industry.
MIt may be he ' gtentl'emtn 'islrright
vwas the reply. In other words what
ever taxable income 'is plainly in si
ght is made to bear an extra burden
sufficient to make up 'for, the lack of
tax on incomes which are difficult to
reach, and which the Democrats . do
not care to take the trouble 1 of uncov
ering. :- '''X-T-y
The Perils of- Peace -
As proof of cthe inefficiency of vthe
present administration ; of Jthe ' Navy
Department Republicans ..of the .house
have called the attention to the naval
disasters wwhich have overtaken us
in the past year. Nine ships, of the-
Navy during that time have met with
accidents: resulting -in the total . loss
of four of them,indudingCtwo ;large
cruisers, and the": serious disablement
of. the others. Individual officers who
were, concerned in the affairs are not
so much to blame as-the administra
tive officials of the Department wwho
order vesels into perilous positionr or
place i; them s in v command ' of officers
unaccustomed to such responsibili-
ty. v.. x-m-ix v.;- IM. vtM -H-
Deplores Congressional Abdiction
Vthement protest agamst a 'prac
tice, which has in wn : to alarming
pronortion "durincr ; the present Dem
ocratic administration, of deles atin?
the powers of ConsTess , to Cabinet
officers and chief of bureaus is regis,
ted "'- by , RenresentaWve C. . N. ;Mc
Arthur of Oregon. While? not havine
in mind any particu'arv government
offieinl Mr. ,Mc Arthur frisi sts that fthe
whole machinery of the'Federal ; GoV
ernrnent is .becornlnir " toT-?iftvy' ; with
: ! bn,vn',vacv:?.: It is
ciwtly ' wpII i-nformd 'on . public mal-
ters'lo dtscliarcethe
ligently, and it was not contemnlated
bv he -tTonstittition ' that 'officiflls ' of
the Frpcnt'yfi?DeTiflrtments; should h
clothed with legista,Kve"noweTSwCon
gress, declares Mr. " McArthur, "has
come to be a Toke in the iminds of
many neonle, because we are emas
culating ourselves . and' olacine too
much power -in the hands of bur
eaucrats. - ' ". . 1 -:
WOMEN FOOD RIOTERS c , .
., ;-AVD TTTE POLICE CLASH.
New York, N. Y.. Feb. 25.Follow
ing many clashes between, the police
and. the women food rioeers atthe
city hall ' and " in congested tenement
districth today, Joseph Hartingan, com
missioner of weights arid measures,
announced that he was doing every
thing in his power to stimulate the
flow of foodstuffs into this city from
all parts of the country. , " -
The commissioner believes the situ
ation has reached an 'acute stage
which call for the establishment by
Congress of "some sort of food con
troll commission to meet the per cap
ita consumption of food in the United
States. His beareau today announc
ed, "that the abnormal exportation tf
food stuffs and the subnormal produc
tion aro the underlying causes of the
advance in prices." -V
' It was said however, that ther is
"an abundant evidence of speculation
in canned goods.' '
So desperate have the women, in
some rarts of the city become, it is
said that hundreds of food peddler
have susnsnded business. A number
who-ventured out on the upper East
side today were set upon by a mob of
housewives when it was found, they
w veiling onions, at, 15 : cents per
pounT and potatoes at .nijeand 10
erits per pound. The peddlers were
driven from the streets into hallways
of tenements where the women tore
their clothes and scratched their faces
demolished and their contents strewn
about the streets. : v; r
After several hundred women -had
Btormed the city hall -in an effort to
see -the mayor, Mrs. Ida Harris, pres
ident of the Mother's "Vigilance lea
gue, issued a statement in wwhich she
. 'declared it had -been decided to keep
children away from the school until
-the price of bread is lowerd.; This
step, Mrs. Harris asserted, was, justi-
fiecl on the groud that ";i poorly fed
?children are in no" condition to profit
HEARD
TESTIMONY FROM
CHiOH SOURCES
- In the; report of the National For
eign Trade. Council, on cooperation in
foreign trade are to be o cbu
pie X of j interesting 5 statements, which
traverse the oft-repeatect lassertipn .
of "the Democrats ,: that the : -Democratic
tariff ,was not responsible for
the industrial depression before v the
war. Renewing; ats V dedarationvin.
favor of the Webb bill, the re
goes to say: , T ; ;: '"s
The former .,: declared , came , at 'a
labor A was idle?, and gchinery ! stood
still. Asteady ;. increase,1 : of foreign
trade begining in 1908, had been1; ar-;
rested exports in 1914 had f alien . be
low 1913, but imports' had : increased:
Natural commodies .predominated in
res represented the enterprise J of : h
dustries: The Euroneaii war restored
4 1
; Abnormal J demand ; and pi ct? ; f or
munitions fpodstuffs and ; rw"; mat
erials! acceelerated friustry ; and" re-
called idle hands to 5 the 'forge.. This
excess of export trade over .normal
rests upon the following circumstan
ces, ' ; ";.i? :. ;t;:;'.L;2- X'US':M
a) Abnormal ; war demand - and
orit? ;for munitions, . for.l stufiV and
raw' iraterials.' , 4 , . -
tY.t . El mation of nHrl lKmrean
EnT'.t'ctp fact:3 In" munif "t" PTO.T
(c) Loss; of, labor through; enlist
ment or conscription and belligerent
European capital in nuteral markets,
'(dy. - Curtaamentof mstrrient rf
restriction of normal exportations. :
The Council warns Americans not
to rely on present conditions as be
ing permanent and anticipates tooth-
arid nail' competition when the war is
over. ' . V :";!;::;-:!;v:i:''- !"'-
CANT COMPETE WITH J .
A r CANADIAN MILLS
Washington, Feb: .Philip T.
Dodge, president of the International
paper : company, acknowledged head
of;the newsprint paper ; trust, I today
told the federal trade cbriimission
ow: SJtlie, 2: 1-2
cent a pound -price fixed byHhe Can
adian government is .out of the ques
tion. .. The - - commission " heard ; the
-manufacturers today on the question
of manufacturing costs with a ! view
to fixing a prive at wjiich newsprint
paper will be sold to -American pub
lishers. , -;:.. " ... : ,a s --; v-f. .'".';;.
Mr. Dodge asserted that the .Cana
dian mills . have ; cheaper pulp and
cheaper power than American mills.
He said that during last - December
American costs averaged - $40.75 a
ton or more than 2 cents a pound ex
clusive of depreciation. " He said ov
erhead and jdepreciation costs piled
on top of this actual manufacturing
costs would make a 2 1-2 cent price
confiscatory..'
While publishers ; had no active
part m today's conference some of
them saw members of the commis
sion individually and r it is : known
they took the stand that manufactu-
mg costs can oe parea Deiow wnai
the makers claims. It was asserted
that the price of 2 3-4 cents a pound
which has been mentioned is . likely
to be fixed would give the manufac
turers an enormous profit.
PAPER -MILLS .SUBMITTED..
PAPER MILLS SUBMITTED COST
FIGURES TO THE COMMISSION
Washington, Feb. 28. News;, print
paper manufacturea who have prop
osed to the federal trade commission
that it fix prices for their product
submitted to the commission today
cost figuresf or their mills and asked
that the price allowed, permit- them
still to do business at a profit ,
Present costs,, they declare, would
mount during the year because of
scarcity of Wood and advancing labor
prices. ; ''''', 1
P. T Dodge, head of the Internati
onal Paper company, told the commi
ssioner that for years his other milts
have made little profit, and that oner
of his mills now is selling at less than
the cost of production.
A Comparison .
Twixt a glutton and a starving man
There's a difference rather neat.
The first is one who eats too long,
While the other longs to eat.
The Darnell Mercantile Co. 33 S,
Union St. have oyer 300 samples to
select an all wool suit from for the
smally surii f of - $15.00 dollars. - They
guarantee a fit. ;See their ad in this
paper arid call tcksee ,them, "''--. . , .
' The Junior Winter Club will meet
tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock -at
Central - School. Miss r Mae Little,
leader of the r Junior Chautauqua,vwill
meet with the members. .
are;;:::t''' mM
SOUBCE OF LEAK
; Washington. 'Feb. 27.--Two: news
paper if correspondents ; were ; charged
with sole responsibHity f or . the; eak
of. the : contents : of the vpresidenrs
peace message, to Wall, street, by the
house; rules : committed today, . re
porting the result of . its investigation
this the; oier;TJieir'corre
named were ;W.CJiceojrnily'
witH": the; Washington : Star., and J."
Fred Essay, f .e .Baitimore Suni;
x The committee ; repor ted i'that : -no
evidence -adduced show red Hhat any
of the correspondents p resent atvtbe
famous interview; with Secretary -of
State Lansing on the mofng of De
cember '.20 when Jie announced " a
note would bef orthcoming, had been
f guilty of : any - breech of confidence.
i K was . shown .that Price and . Essary
1 learned xof the .not from some ' of
l those who were present at the- Lan-
sing interview and , that gave
the information immediately to ?tock
brokers 'with .whom they hap been) in
the habit of communicating. The com-
mittee severely criticised Thomas W
Lawson and declared that no suport
orcorrcboratipn whatever had been
found for I the Boston financier's ae.
qusatioris implicating y- high govern-'
ment officials" and; others as benefici-i''
ary of ;the eV'iciPIS
The committee has examined under
oath" and by aid of counsel every- per
son named or suggestedby Mr..
son. the report stated. ; Not : one of
them supported or. corroborated these
charges. ; .On the contrary: every one
of them contradicted him.,;- in ot . one,
of these charges of the witness' Lawt
son, theref re was sustained vj5f the
evidenced ; His . every statement ln'
support ofy them proved o be xfouna
either ; on public "imagination .of-id
conversationor malicious. gpssip. .r? 1
- Secretary ot the . Treasury
dent. Joseph ; p Tumulty: Wecom?
REPORTERS
Tletely - :liexoTite6:UTi- , Unofficial advices that' the '82 Am
Thomason"; Visco," narijbL
son fas ibis -'informant 'cohcjirilh
auegea connection ..qi uiuvvy.waa
Price ivdth;thev"leakyV
' SAirs Wilson will
. NEED CONGRESS HELP
Plainfield, :N. J.. Feb. 27.Former
President ;. Taft tonight demanded
that' President Wilson- call the .new
congress into extra session ? to ad
vise with him on the international
crisis. -X '-H -.!;;:.: ;;
- "Unless Germany withdraws from
her announced nosition," said : the
former president, addressing a pat
riotic demonstration, under the aus
pices of the National Security league
here, "or we retreat from ours it
is very difficult to see how we can
avoid war.
"It mayCcn us at any time and
without the N slightest degree ques
tioning the high and patriotic pur
pose of the president and without the
remotest "patrisan motives, I venture
to express - the opinion that we need
the presence - of both the : president
and congress in Washington, : until
this period 'of most anxious concern
shall have passed."- -Mr.
Taft -was loudly applauded
whn he said: V ,. ; . ' . . -"It
goes without saying that the
president in his purpose to use force
to" maintain American rights Will
ha.ve behind him they whole American
people. . :;:.;;;.n.;:; XXtj
"The time which has elapsed since
the' severance ' of our relations and
thetrong probablity of war present
ed itself, said the speaker, slowly,
has given opportunity to a small mi
nority, but one . very vociferous, toi
crive the impression, here and abroad.
that' when the call -comes from the
president - he will find a divided coun
try behind him.
'But this is not true,' shouted
Taft, "and the president's call will
show its falsity."
HARRY THAW A MENTAL :'.. ,
AND PHYSICIAL WRECK.
Phibdelphia, Feb..- 28.Harry K.
Thaw is a physicial and mental wreck
according to a" report made today to i
Captain of Detectives , Tate by Dr.
John -Wanamaker, 3rd, a police sur
geon, who was .'. present , yesterday
when New York alienists examined
Thaw, at a hospital here.k ' Thaw was
taken -to the hospital seven weeks ago
when he, cut . his" throat while "police
were searching for him on a warrant
charging him with beating a Kansas
City boy in a New York hotel.
. x The Thaw family today is complet
ing its plans for the lunacy - proceed
ings 4 instituted by Thaw's mother last
Monday, The first hearing will be!
held. March 12.
wilsojx waits for-authority
.WhgtoFeb.2
iojli in ;he German ; crisis lightened
to the .; brealdrig point . , tonight . ' s
President Wilson waited for congress
foTmake: clear its" attitude on-'hisjde-l
mana.ior autnonty J .place the Uni
ted : States on a basis of armed neu-
traHty. Administration officials made
jcieartnat : wlnie; the president:.will
givV congress r reasonable- time to
tpam merchant ships and use such
other . instrumentalities as xhe may
deem necessary to meet? the situation,
w-.is,-preparea . ,to act no matter
hat view congress finaUy takes. - It
was jsteated that . pefore many days,
American ships . bearing' ' American
letos and gunners to ; defend . ; their
-at sea- ' - Pe uexying -; vue
'perils ot the, German submarine war
zone... -:' ''-'-XXA
i Tonight the. ! administration .1 took
Mock;of : a long line of actions- by Ger-
xuany, . wmcnone py one , nave oeen
radded to the mass of disputes that has
stretched the patience .of this coun
try taut- These K incidents; they de-
Jared, considered crimulatively woulo;
form 1 the iasis of President Wilson's
determination v to protect American
commerce and American citizens "'on
the high seas. They-pere: - ;
V.. The violations of American rights
;by; German submarines cultimating
in the sinking of the Sunarder Laijo
riia,! and the . death of two f American
women. ,This " ws accepted J in : ad
ministration circles as 'A the ; . "overt
tct',' that ; would-make the ? fateful
consular; offieialsr in Germany as hos
tages for official assurance that Ger
rian consuls have ; been allowed ; t to
leaye the' United ; States, s This de
tantion ; was.; communicated to the
f.tate ; department oday by Germany
?irough?the; Swiss; minister, and . it
irqused grave' concern. - . : ' v ..
ii5 aucauicr iofiwiuuo rare ttgaiu
detaineoT because of infectious dis
ease! 'dispute German assurance .that
.be released. The state; de-
has ma6Te vanotherV inquiry as to the
f ate";of j the ; rroa!e prisoners. ;;
.The apparent challenge to the Uni
ted Statesan the address of Chancel
lor vonethmann-lfollweg before the
reichstag, riri . ..which- he vigorously
critidsed the course''- of ) the c United
otaies since - xne oeginnmg ox tne
European ? war,; and reiterated Ger
manys determination to war on al
neutral shipping. v. : : j,; - ':;..--
: Confronted with this situation, ad
ministration "advisers tonight declar
ed that the president had been forced
to the' determination that acion must
be: aken. Official reports as to the
loss" of the.lwo American women
with a lithe details of their suffering
in a waterlogged lifeboat in the win
ty- sea,- aroused intense feeling." -It
was stated that wwhile the Laconia
incident would not be regarded as ah
"act of war! it ' was a violation" of
'American rights which could not be
disregarded. - - .
; It was-, stated that the president
was ' confident fhat congress would
ultimately, give him the power he re
quested and that- either on ; his own
authority or th to be conferred he
would proceed to start American com
merce for the war zne He will
then wait for Germany to take the
step ..that will force an actual clash
wetween, ine two countries ; Ail . pre
liminary plans for protecting with
guns -J and furnishing;, gunners - for
merchant vessels have been complet-
ments are now under "way for secur-
ing all of the necessary qualified gun
ners that will be needed to mount two
or more guns on each of American
vessels plying through the war zone.
The official : admission from Ger
many that . American consular offi
cials were being detained 5 aroused
considerable : resentment. " A note
sent through Dr. Paul Riiter, the
Swiss minister, set " forth that
they were held until Germany . can
receive official assurance that all Ger
can consular , officials have been
granted safe conduct, either 'to Ger
many or to new osts ;to which they
have been assigned. : The note : fol
lowed a communication in which Ger
many had inquired asl the Consul Mu
eller, detained at Havana," Cuba, by
transportation- difficulties on his way
from this country to.' Ecuador. State
department officials tonight declined
to . comment on the communication in
any way but it was understood that
a demand for .the release, of the five
Am erican 7 officials was ; under coiisid
eratioT The five men had been, trans
ferred from closed German 'consulates
to posts in' the near east, and Ger
riianv had been asked to i assure thwr
safe conduct tb their new poatit. They j
SOUTHERN RECEWES 25; ; Ti;;
:y - ;';':.?: STEEL ; PULLMANS
; Atffinr, Gai, Feb 27.;--Tvrenty?five
all ' steel 'electrically lighted coaches
received from the Pullman Company
by Qie Southern Railway; System and
win pe piacea m tnevxouowing. tnrou-.gh;trams;5lSS:i;-.
vNos 25 and 26, the "Memphis Spe
cial', between Washington and Mem
phis ; . Nos. 29 arid ., 30, the - Birming
ham Special' between -sWashington
and ? Birmmingham ; $ Nos ; 35 arid 36,
the-;U. :S.: Fast Mail', between' Wash-
mgton .ana iNew uneans jnos 4ii
and 42, the Washington and Chattan-'
oogal ,Iamited)biet
and New? Orleans; Nos." 31 and 32 the
"Augusta Special' between Wash-s
ihgton' and Augusta; Nos. 42, 43 arid
. - li. 1' ' TXT 1 ' '. t ' i 1 ' ' " -
44 . oecween wasningcon- anq Atlanta;
and Nos. a 27 and 28, the '"Carolina
Special;; between ' Charlestari " and
Cincinnati.';.''"; ' : . :. ' ,':r
Indesigriirig these ccchesespecial
attention was given to T the comfort
and , convenience of ? passengers. f The
smoking- compartments are "of a new
type" with seats upholstered in leath-.
er Tne . lighting arrangements will
be especially f pleasirigltopassengers
wishing to read at riight a light hav
ing been" placed over each seat. The
coaches seat 88 passengers.- : '
The steel cars ; formerly ;. used . in
the trains to which these new coaches
have been assigned will be transfer
red to .other N through .; thrains . to
red to' other through trains , releasing
steel-frame arid steel-underfrariaV cars
to-be placed 'in. strictly local trains,
releasing wooden equipment) i;
MR. YORKES WILL.
The will of the late" A'. Jones Yorke
was filed Wednesday . with; the Clerk
of .Court,; and put' on record. yfc; 1
The i.rovisions of the - instrument
ar that the home sh il po to hls-wif e. r
and that the balance of real j personal
nd n :xed pror ry "Mull He divided
equally arnong hisr wife :' and? his" two
children, Alice Bernice and A. Jones.
Ybrke,
Ash bequesi was;efihwsSH
tor Mrs., j. w. Feeler, , of Rockwell;
and. to isnephew?Mr; Jones VYorke
rnaij, 01 wus city; IPlH
-The: executors of5 the-, will are . the
Citizens ;; Bank andTriist -K Compahyj
of Xoncord, and the American Trust
Compariy, of Charlotte. : They vwere
also made guardians : of the children
Mr.' J; L. Crowell was named as legal
adviser for the estate.4 V e if ,
; The amount of property conveyed
by this will is unot mentioned in : the
document, but it has been estimated
by .those best acquainted with mat
ters, that, it will amount to something
lie $350,000. to $400,000. v V
The minor heirs, - upon - reachine
their ; majority, will receive one-third
of the amount willed to them; at the
age 01 zo years tney will receive an
other, third; and at the age of 30 years
they , will receive the remainder.- Al
the bank stock and mill 'stock is to be
retained and divided equalyy;. arid all
the other stocks are to be sold and the
proceeds divided in equal shares.
Tie The First Stone.
A negro preacher, was disturbed in
the midst of his cermon by the bray
mg of a mule in the church. yard. He
stopped to ask any. of the brethern if
they new how a mule could be stop
ped, from braying. There were var
ious suggestions, made and at last on
brother said he knew of a sure cure
and , that was to get a big stone and
tie it to the mules tail.; The suggest
ed remedy was unanously decided
upon, after which the preacher said
'Now, let him who is without sin tie
the first stone. ; ; V
are Harold G. Waters, vice consul
at Berlin, : transferred : to Constanti
nople ; H. C. A. Damm, Aix La Chap
pelle, assigned to Harpert, ' Turkey :
J ohn Q. Wood assigned to 1 Messina
and Clerks C. S. Brown " Manheim
and . W. B. Wallace, Madgeburg, as
signed to Constantinople. : v-:?.'-:-- --
All : arrangements were completed
or turning over American affairs in
Austria; to Spanish . diplomatic and
consular officials if relations with the
Austrian "government , are broken eff
It was accepted in administration cir
cles that a break could not long be
avoided and the "Austrian, reply to the
atest submarine policy was expeated
soon. 'Lhis reply, 1 it "w as, felt certain
will make, a break inevitable, and all
arrangements ' to meet; it have been
inlflto'Vli:
A note transmitted through Ambas
sador penfield od ay from ,ieana , de-
claied that ; the Ur Americax ;? sailing
st ip Lyman "W,' La w destroyed in the
Mediterranean,' had riot been sunk by
an Austrian, submarine. The Austrian
foreign minister .stated that complete
reports; from all Austria x submarine
commanders ha,d shown ..that ncne ,of
them' attacked - the 'American vessel.
DOUBLE VICTORY WON '
'. Washington, J . .!
won aidouble victory in.Congress tb ' Xs
night when the house passed by a vote -
of 273 to S3? the senate biU to make M -
the national 'canital Hrv nni . eMafA .
and ; house Iconf ererice oriUiepostolV
appropriation ; bill imexpectedly anno
uriced an agreement under which the
Reed '-'?' ?bone dry - amerio!ment K is P.
yirtually assured of enactment! ; . ;: 4 -
Hope of agreeing on the postal suthk;
ply measure had been; abandoned by ;
the conferees,' wha! last"; night tsuln,
njitted a "resolution ' to continue exists' ;
ing . ostau appropriations for-ranother '
year. - Tonight, however, they got to- X
gether on a report which ; iricludes the ;
Reed ' amendment prohibiting '- ship-'' j
hlerit of liquor' jnto prohibitioQ states, f
and which - they . expect ' to present in ' ; ,
b I houses ,tomo j ? '.,
The leaders thought tonight; there
was; no doubt of its acceptance in gen- ;
ate and ; house.' They are taking it
for granted, too, that President Wil-
son will approve both that the I)is- !
trictvof Columbia' prohibitiori liill.
' The district bffl, which would be
come effective November, 1, was bro-
ught.to a vote after, a ? stubborn op-.S:
the final i roll call which the leaders
knew; would ; mean passage.? All .day .
and until , late; in the evening1 they '. .
stood by their guns, exhausting every:
parliamentary expedient toward off
action" arid watching for an ppportun- i
lty to put the measure into a jwsition
that would linean its! failure with, the
expiration of the session' Sunday.; : :'
Failing to displace the bill or to ,
force - an, adjournment, ttie filibuster- ;
ers ; centered' their; attention " on an
effort to' add amendments that would
throw.it into conference and prevent f
enactment at -,; this session. . They
made their last stand" on .- an amend-;;
ment that would have given the; peo; ;
pie -of the district a referendum on k
the proposal and would have put into
the;irieasure ; a provuion prohibiting
importation ; of liquor- ;f or,-r personal 't
use.This was voted down, 171.to
232., ruridus' otter'amendments.were
rejected py Bimilar rnaaor:
f Debate "haeiUiuj J
limited. Jbjr ;the . drastic rule nnder
which; it had been brought upy bo that
the usual dramatic features oi;filS
bustering; strategy were replaced by
long roll calls forced by the opposi
tion, on repeated motions to-, adjourn,
pints of no quorum, amendments and v
motions; to; give; some other bill the
right of .way..-'1';;:. ; J'- :;-."' $:&JX&
After several hours the prohibition ,;
champions despaired of . .passing - at .
alt jthe' house bill reported from -the ; . ,
District of Columbia committee wth
numerous amendments, arid adopted a ' r '
special -rule' substitutirigr the striate
bill. - ' ' V '
JR. O. U. A. M. HAVE . ' ,
MEETING AT ALBESIARLE
k Albemarle, Feb. 28. The tenth dis
trict meeting of the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics convened r
here last night at 8 :00 oclockand
continued its meeting over until this ;
afternoon when it adjourned: The v
meeting .last night wa& an : open one
held in the court -house arid the public
was invited to be present.
('.; On behalf : of . aMyor M. J. Harris.
WV L. Mann, of the. local Jbar,. in a
short land appropriate address extendi
ed a hearty welcome to the delegates '
present after' prayer-had been offered
which was lead by Rev. W. I. Hugfees:
In the absence of James M. Burrage, ,
who was to have been on the program
and. who could not be present on ac
count of illness, the .resporise ''WM .
given by John M. Oglesby; of Concord
Mr. Z. V." Long, of Statesville, wad '
then introduced and delivered ' the
address of the evening, which was one
of the best lieard ; in Alberiiarle In
some timej and was puricttxalteol
throughout with , hearty applause.
The sessions" today were given over
entirely to business. The reports, front' :
the various councils of the district ;
showed that the order was in the best
condition ' financially and otherwise irii V
lts history in this district, ; ; ' .
The meetmg was predeot . over Sy
District; Deputy David C. Caldwell.
of Concord, N. C; This district is com
r posed of Stanly and Cabarrus :
Counties. ; .V". . j: :'"
U;szr;Xi. :;Good Reason '-'"'..v;
fWhy do you wwant to get divorced
"Because Pm married.". ; C "
'v --J -; ; : V ' :: ":hu:v
vv);-; Built .For, It. ,
: beg your pardon, J. didnt mean
to.step on your foot. ; , ,
rThat. all right. 1 wit on, Jem
myself.1 : x.W-r-v'r-V 't'A'V:-
He Would Be
The .man I
marry,", said she, witn
a stamp, ;irtinust be a herof i He
will be, reinarked the caution bach-
elor. 7 X!-y:i :-"-:. ..;;,. . ,;;;v o,; ;-
. 'C
r'V
r
:-,j';tn
;-,.-.; r-
. . -
".iv -i :'
:f,
f V"