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Thp team will go there about the middle of March. - 1 - NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 19.' Leo Temple, 17, the .negro charged, with attempting to criminally assault Clara Queen, 7 -year-old daughter ' -of . his employer, T. F. Queen, in , f Shelby County, was hanged at the State pris on here today. . . . - , WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 9.-f-The Ar gentine Republic is now the largest purchaser from ; the United? States of agricultural machinery . and-' . wooden furniture, according to consul reports received at the State Department;. Argentine- is also this country's " third largest customer for wire,, and the sixth largest for boots and shoes. NATCHEZ, Miss., ; Dec. 19. Russ Harris, a f am ou& ante-bellum jockey, died here yesterday at the "age' of 80 years. Jtie naa naaen in many races for big purses before - the war and at that time" was ' known throughout' the South and Mississippi Valley.' He trained and raced horses until Janu ary, 191. - ' ' ' u WASHINGTON; Dec. 19. President Taft -today pardoned" Henry Nelson of Owensboro Ky.,- recently sentenced toj tte penitentiary f . or Tmoonshine dis? . tiffinff.;:;thna -te yrealsotr-or. theixdoiijwBSrihkt A'elson is expect d to Ave but a. hott time and' be wanted to spend his last Christmas on earth: a.b-OlpTlS" WASHINGTON,- DeJc 19.-More-testimony: in; defense of Judge Rpb ert W.v Archibald of the Commerce Court under impeachment charges of having commercialized his influence as a judge, was tor' be given in ' the. Senate ; today.;;- It was not' ..expected that Judge Archbald . would take the stand in his behalf. x - - NEW TORI?, Dec. 19. Mra Wil son, wife of the President f Elect; and her daughters will be greeted by over a thousand women at a reception and luncheon here- next Saturday, t Twenty-two little girls' have been drilled by the Women's Democratic Club to make the proper courtesies" before the next first lady of the; land, 'and each will present to Mrs. Wilson an Amer ican Beauty' rose. V? JACKSONVILLE, l?7a., , Dec 19. Contract has been, let for the . $ 600, 000 canal . to run - from :West' sPalm Beach to Lake Okeochobee , in the in terior of the State to the National Construction Company of" Birming ham, Ala., for .excavating. The ditch will be 47 1-2 miles long;, eleven feet deep and 75 feet wide and will open up man ythousands" of acres of land. It is to be completed ?t3 July 1... . ' v ' . i. ; ALBANY, N. Dec. 19. The Au thor's League of America has been "in corporated here "to protect -the rights and property of all authors." The principal office is in-New York City and the . directors include Rupert Huges, Rex Beach, i Gillette Burgess Arthur C. ' Train, Augustus Thomas, Gertrude: Atherton, , Ellen' Glasgow Carolyn Wells," Hamlin Garland, Jesse Lynch Williams", Robert Grant and Winston Churchill. ..'-,. WASHINQTON, Dec. 19: Equal ling and perhaps exceeding' the rush of immigration to America a. quarter of a cenutry ago; is the ' tremendous flod" of Europeans ' now pouring "into the Aregn tine Republic to develop -its vast resources. Figures , received; at' the State Department, shows that; in ten days f rpm3ST ovember. 1 to 10 last, no less than; 1 7,5 9 0 European'; immi grants landed in the SduthernV-Ro-public,- of whom 8 0 per cent were Ital ians and Soaniards. ' . : -. WILSON'S BIRTHDAY WUl be Spent by -the House He Staunton. - President-EIect '. In .Was JJont ': imat PRINCETON, N. . J., . Dec 19. When Woodrow Wilson . wakes, up 'on the morning of December v 28,;..he ex pects to find himself in the same jtiouse in Staunton, .Va., in which he was born just 56 'years ago that day. " l The President-ElectTsaid j today he would leave here - on , December 27 andi reach his birthplace that night so as to sleep in ttie 'Presbyterian parsonage where ' he was born. He will spend the next day, his' birthday, in Staunton, where a jubilee celebra tion has been arranged in his honor. financier : Is Principal witness Today Before The Fajo Committee It DESCRIBES CONTRACTS OF FIRM AS FISCAL AGENTS J. Pvf Morgan ndl Company Acted as . Ffecal Agents for . Various Corpora"-: : tlons With 5 Some It Had . Written Contracts,' With Others Merely Tacit Understandings-Mr. Morgan Ap- proved Directorate ox United States Steel Corporation." " WASHINGTON, Dec 19. J. P. Morgan-resumed the witness stand to day before the money trust investigat ing' committee. ' ...:.- -. -S i The financier's lawyer, R. V. Linda bury, Joseph A. Choate, Delancey Nlcol and John C." Spponer - held ' a whispered .conference as Mr, Morgan, took the stand' and- Mr.r Untermeyer, counsel for - the committee began the examination. : '3-. . ; . , : : "";' "Can't you give the committee a statement- .of the deposits of . your banking . firm in New York as of No vember 1?" asked Mr. Untermeyer. Mr. Morgan approximated it about .$ioo.ooo,ooo.i yK-y:f, ly He said he would furnish a' state ment showing the ' fisure - ' ? ; Mr. Morgan said he and his part ners were idirectors in some ; of the Interstate cbrporatidhs that '" '"have accounts with J, P. Morgan & Co, His counsel agreed, to Jurnish a list .of.. those ' direotofships, . i . Mr. Morgan": produced,' in response to a - question, -cdpies of . the fiscal agreements- .between J. P.- Morgan & ;o.ndvthe cN'w; .Yprk Central. and the Ngxf:fLayn;;;c artforciH BallrpAdCpmpiej M- fefS&w.s i Acted as -Fiscal Agemtsv' uMr; -jdorgan ; said uar .there were no btherehttgreent8..made' by htaXhouse:: ntier.id the " ftirni ' acted as ; fiscal ; aigent. f ort other . companies,: "bv tacit - acrreements."- , v" . ' . . " "You 'are 'acting for. a r number of other corporations, . are, you not, in cluding, the United ' States Steel" Cor poration ?? suggested Zlr,. Untermeyer. " "Yes, but that is by a resolution of the board of directors of the steel cor PQration," said' Mr. Morgan. fJ As to? other " agreements whereby the Morgan", house became 1 fiscal agents for corporations, he said, they were "by word of mouth or ty corresppnd erice.' t Jr- v . : ' , ;""T--'; ': v" : : Mr, 1 Untermeyer read - part - of the New, York Central fiscai agreement by which Morgan & Co', were made" sMe bankers for the railroad. Mr. Morgan said he had been a airector of the New York Central, about 3 5 years. ' - - Included in the flseal arrangement of the New York Central lines were the Michigan Central, the Lake Shore and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, 'Chicago &- St.' Louis .Railroads. . f Mr. - Morgan said some issues of New.. York-Central securities "had been made 4n the - last ten years 'through i otner bankers than this ;, hOUSe. ' .. "... Jl catnt recall: anynut I think, there were some," : he 'said. .. c;- " "In the last- five years?" .f ; : :. J ll : don't f remember : of any. ' Kone that 2 In can recall just no w. . : V'New Ybi Central SecurlUes.-;. . X Hitefirm C would f urnlsh Jmf orma tion on that, Point. .-Mr. Morgan said the firm handled cetera; hundred mil lion dollars j?orthjof. New' Yot Cen tral, securities 'and he - thought that : In' the last ten -years .those, securities had all 4 been handled -on a ;commission; basis.-'H-f'" y-''yyX': ' MrV-Morgan .tbbught- the New Ha ven, too, r had : issued ' securities not handled by Morgan &'Co. intthe last tenyears. -;; ; . -v'v?' '' ' : ,: " . . ' Mr. Untermeyer iread from the pa pers ; furnishedv by i Mr. Morgan , the proposal' -from the. Morgan ! house ac-' cepted by the New Haven.; . :F Morgan & Co) proposed in return for: being', made sole fiscal agents for the New HaveniUnesTto lend .the New Jlay en yoad 9 0 , ppr . ceht of the ; agreed sale pri'ce of its securities, at a Vrea sonable rate7 of interest and to ' give the ' rpad :' the benefits of counsel of adyance.'V ?.? -'V'':v ::: .J The proposal was accepted: January li;19li, by - the Maine Central De cember 28, 191f, by the : Boston- & Maine, and December. 1 9, 19i 0,by ,thef New- York, New'" Haven & - Hartford, the acceptahce ip each " case being signedC by: Charles t IL VMellen. t ...--v ''1 "Can you give us 1 from memory -a list of other interstate corporations tor. which you are ilscal agent ?" asked Mr Untermeyer. i :;-; vh-"v' : M'l cJuW.' Not RecaU Na'mes.';-. -L:..;: Mr. Morgan could remember .. . no. other except the United States;-. Steel Corporation and: cotiid r not estimate the number. Mr. ' ; Morgan said 'hU firm -has -supplied the committee "with, data on thatpbinj. ' -Mn Untermeyer replied .that , such data included Vnly'those corporations (Continu4' on Pago'SeveaO '&Mm iilli I If Djottcllfipfr Soflffiern Lennthv session 01 SttibKboIders BiMiios Of 1ib; inw 5 hi s iJ.:-:PJeriHnt.' MoreanL- who-is testif . ..... v . " J, oyri.dM. vi uuxvwraLcs .yi i"l&: " LONDON, Dec. 1 9. Whether peace is to be ' negotiated between Turkey and the Balkan allies or, whether the war is to be continued , is expected to be Tsettled -within 8 hours. rin" dipio- matiQv circles -in- London the-i opinion prevails that if the obstacles' which are likely, to; present ' themselves' at the sessfohsof ? the : 'peaceir'cprif erehee4 in St- Raines,:: Palace. . today f;ahdjt(i-, morrow can be surmounted of "circuni vented, peace will be "assured. 5 V V' ' : The ireVletuallin fbrtreges of Adrianjtjple, pia' which the;' Turks are reported ' tp-ihsist as a coh-' dition' to tlie waiving' ; of Itfieir dernjands that- Greece -should sign the ; armistiiSe is " a J"m6st itfpublesbme t point -Kf " - ; As '. soon' as: ; he question f of Greek partlcipationyinVthe peace conference shall hayejeen... possible, the. demajnCs pf the ;- ajlies will -,be ufif oldedl an'dy a.fcrucial stage wilLhave'ibeen-jf eachca when the good1 . -.': : : 'J-.'- ' . ,-,.4 omces ,Q vine ? powers ' may . oe xieeaea-. f litptJputsli dediatfeELT- it;i..i-;;'. peafi .pssble'ow ;to; bfig; the gul; dividi4gthe ' mininiuijj c'eJniands:Qf .the. allied Balkan -Nations -and the rnaxi-. manda and this "offer are to " be ac-' cepieu ai uieir lace yftiuea AREANGE FOIt SiOHOOi. y." M C'A.-.Conirnittee Making T Plans v for Big Gathering at Blaclc fMpun y : , tain Next - Suminer. ,;. ;:. f Q CbLUMBlA; S. CiDec. 1 1 9.--The cpmttee.tarrangemen'o Soutbern Summer school of the oung Man's j Chiristian Assbciatipn Is meet' ing nefe today,-prei for ;he meeting : of; the association : on July9r2 3, 1 9 i$, ..'on the J grounds Of the! Blue Ridge , '.Association near Black. MounUin .N C; I prbninent. Y.-M.-. C. VA. . men from Southern "ahd Eastern States are in. attendanIupbn. the meeting. ' .'f ThisP Summer school f or Y; VM'Cr At. wOrkeW isfone pf the five scHpp held in NdrthTAm other, four' are held at Lake : N.-' V.: Lake Geneve.-- Wis. chichinglinfCanadaf and- Estes Park Coiorado'-i :? r'-tl TEMP ANCE WOIUtERS; GO- :.: TO START GREAT CAIPAIGN r 400J: nperan roughbut5(thbUn)teistate f who "havfe beerhre; tpurge tthei paksage of f legislation pr'bhibitfng' sWpments' of liquor! iiitp v''dry'' territory, scat tered j-f or i their 5 homes today to wbrk; toward. the. raising of a fund of $500 ,-" OOO-'inyearlyinsiaHmenoj: 000 for the inauguration ,03." Nation-'' wifl crusade." : . :? :4rP. lllFEIiliJIIirHif illlNfflOlTllS vine before the -Puib: moneV tru$i:in . - V 1 - T M iSpeaiii eflBetorerCoDrt -.' -VA,-- ':v J'- -Vr-VI; "-iv; J-':r ; 1 - . - , Vr - .,; , I . -t . : .. .; tp i":' '. "i"! ' ' 5 "-' ""'v ' ? jWAINpN Dec tiphiVbf 2tH:-ljhton rPacmc,-Souther n Pacific "m?rgeir5agairi came before ; the Supreme . Court''" today, when' attorneys Y5t. Jtiie;tio Pcnd-ti-ernment " joined ih' & request"? that?. the icbUrt determine - at 3 once -jwhat'ri'ghts the v Unipri V ;Pacific;s. stbekhoiders should" have . in? trte .dis8aiVof ;' the Southerp Pacflc.: Uo&Pa'clficiiri maiiVanti-t?ust- ia$?.; S: pi:X. The .raiif pard 'attbf neys explained to the .rcojirrtre cbsl4efej4 therf bnly practicable methpd'jfof,ithe vitbc ue Company, to offer the shares to its-own snarenoiaers,: pro, , rata, accorajng to therambunt'of chases at a'Air -price; ,or. to ; distribute th4tsameasIaaM rs,! 01; its;, siock enuieaio a i-aiytaena., : TheyJdecajeathatv.the'iAttora era r Wa .-bpoed: to. "The pfferi'ngibrsaie upbn'he open market of the Unioii I Pacific's 'hfiliing .bf?he South er'nacttc'a gating lieieSO.OpolwoSald hot otily in flict', great .'injustice stnd Irreparable datnagei onHhe Uniohl Pacific '.and.its shatehoidersvribtitalspy a , serious -' financial . disturbance hy o'versupplying . the market demand., f or' securities of this charabter andi; con sequently i depressing: 'the y pripe j -npt merely, 'of s the?; "SbVthferh VV Papmc's shares o wne d by.,the;.uhibn rPacifio-rbut also .of the' shares, Pt Sputhern Pacific held by 'b&eH'ahd e ties bf ' other ; corporations dealt, in pn thenHrrket?:-during 'and.fo'r a j.ong.pe riod 'aftpr rthe off engn of th erh : Pacific shares; f or sale', -declared tlip p4pefs "filed: i ii.K-lr-V-; ;'. The railroad;- attorneys' argued .that .if the Southern - Pacific stock y owned by. the Union . Pacific were,;'distributed ambngr'aiKUnion:; Pacific': shareholders. rtrtcsb-caired t, 'xontroiU.ng interests; would get only; per cent of the "total capitalisation: pf ;.the;,Spu Company c or: j an -"intm;tesirhal por,- tibn."- V:k; .';--.-r , :-;'.'-'; "V-' .that-the ?Old , It has "been ..learned flre;ginctNeptuh whieh served i .the .Charlotte depart- was -jj maoe . iof .1 vqano tie st py vv n nam j.effW:PawtueKu?'Kiv 1., 7in m 6 Itwa;s soldf in"?;l$lloi;Marbieheadir Massrrand A?.fvM.vold-vtb'th.i WestfieldAVt v It has beeh7rused 'iri-the;Jrth;'.-iibieiy.",vior turnamen? '"purposes, . and in 13v coh-tegts-rt-has-won-'BliC "priagg, argregat: ling 1575, since- if has been, in West field. -i:. ':::'-;.-i-i -;' '.:'?- - . f-;.'; - --'C 'V ;,.v": ' ulofepnVPac ment, iromfa4jjst.o wast0.e stroyediei. tiifdg1W0T&t tKeptune:. 'if-v- selected T, as Southern k h'eaquarterst f or! thS 'Ma;-- j fipn Motor Company , of Minneapolis,', pffices 4 here i January-' iy bavtag juft made, arrangements, with ; local' agen cies sf oithis ). important r move ; Mr.r i Barber; is; the Eastern representative and- manager tbf p the t sales ; for -' this . large v motor company, c The . unitea States is covered by four men. of his rating, in fthe? official", standing of - the concern, , and 1 he - is one of , the f our who ! have, charge of , the concern, and ne is one oitne lourwno nav cnarge of; the sales and instruction . and .man agement : in s this country. This . .af-' fords some idea v of . the . largeness;; of : the .office which .- Will be . opened in Charlotte.; v ".-'.;'. :':':: 'S K- .-r ; in companjr with Tr. M.' D. McpCab vice pf esindent .of i the Marion ; Motor ,. , Car; Company, Mr. Barber; spent last night in thev ?city and the two. officials were entertained "; at ( dfnnef ; at 5 the Southern Manufacturers' Club ; by Messrs J. H. Ham, and J.. n: Ross, who' ' havebeen v at the ' head 'i of : the business- bf : the- United .States.; Motor Company. Dr.vMcNal), who is a prac ticing ; physician: was formerly in' charge - of the Detroit .ofilce, of . the United States Motor Company, having recently accepted the' vice presidency, of the ' Marion Company. He holds the ppsitionfurther, of -general sales instructor for Vthe : cottcern,' having, general oversight of .all the sales, bus-, iness negotiated ;4n .the. United' States, He -is xnakihg n -exteiive trip over theliStdtJ. and oersbns of the United! States in the' interest1 of: the Marion: factory, getting a- general lirie, 'tbh' tR tvharacter-.oxv' the vterTltbry which the ompapy wiliJpccupy. ." :&?T;sjm. J 1Crrlotte?cptt headjSTteritbr; ment .feljcll r atrtcfbile easy;, actress,- ta iSurTpunaiiB jerriwiryy Frpmifthb .local. ;bfi.e Mr.;.Brbr .will cover all the territory as? far' North 1 as .the -District f Cplumbiaand ; as far South as Loui!iana.Heyi have 'a sizeable 8ffic6y f brce.'ai his command and directly that . he ( has- opened head quarters here, heTwill "begin the work 'of organization throughout the South ern' territory for 'the Marion -.;! Com pany; r; '-;;v "-'.:.'.r: '"';;";' V- s i SOURCE OF PROFIT ' : -': . - - -cv . .: ' -'.. ; " Can: be Made of -Vpcatjpnal Training t , in Public Schools According -- to Commissioner, Ciaxtonl 'v x ' r WASHINGTON, v Dec. ,, 19. Voca tional . training : in the public schools can be - undertaken"- not i only- without cpst' to' the-tax-pay ers," but T may f be madeasburce6f'' actual- .profit, - ac- coruiDg io ;.yuinHiiHiwurs.viajion-;Oi. the Federal '.Bureau of 'Education , to day.' r' In' making ar; plea for the; ex ten8loAJ.bf "industrial education, . Dr. Claxton ; cited the- experience of the industrial' classes nGa Ind., in the" present -year." ' They 4 showed .a 'net profit' through i the work" turned out bVhel pupibf753oyer "ailxv pensesrr-'f i,- .S'. M-.-.'l . : 4. This is j reaUvalue tpo," said Dir. Claxton,' ''for. the .pupiis.made. articles ihat' wrejn they .had hpt-madp; them'n the school shops ' the authorities' would have4 had to purchase them'' in', open- market , at atbtai, price of seven oreight- thous- and dollars." .:'-,v;; ,'V. :5" V ' .'t.; ! "I;." : .The' profits 'returned'. were divided among threes' classes. That .. in print ing "earned fbf'the-scha'ol1 $ 175M3 the cabinet --workers made '45S:48'., and the painting ' depirtme'nt f $ 2 4 6.5 2.'. i BLAIR CASE IS near-its, colose: 5 (SpiaK:to,.eron:e4) - ..r GRBJENSBORO, Dec. 19.-r4When court iaAJoufhed rat :hobnjJtpday there, remained (tb. be ' made, but one speebh and the ? charge' ;6f " Judge ; Wh'edbee 35b'block-ltp is ;belieVed the cas of ;.the tState -against W. ; F. -Blair for the fmurde7pf -George "Thompson wJU -be in the hands bf .vthe-;-jury. ;; . rvV'w;.r 3rbee"-andE. J. Justice spoke - fo' -rthej; defense :- this i mbrn'lrjg iadblieif b'qattii OtJti -tstatbt Former Solipitbr s A - L.' -Br aoks-will haye i th fihal Wbf d ?with,, the juf ' 5-- -'v- ' ' 'MBIPHTSxCri-iD MMPHrS,';T J.rBphief , ' who ;heid "a' squaidy of 50 licefh:;; id eight i hourai this morning, - was - shoti Aadkriledbef pfhob;n0yQttyde tectivearwho tfrdtbirvwaiatoJ Boejiers swpngnom : iiua v downtown irhjing h)p)afr had been; f pariially; :. byerepme by- sf the fumes .of f ormaldehyde'vf orced into 'ifiTfbbm "Sughhblecut lh;'tfi walls-and d tfioora, '-"-t. ;; -? :V l?apotPfc2Ece0I: :;ResiQitiii 4a Adoption, of ; Resolution; to ..Leave .-Two y- Propositions. 3 That -t ot k Stephens. Company ' and ' Outham Interests, ; to a Committee,- Prevailed After;; a . Session 'ltinglUntil ast Mid : ? night .fateting." v ;piscussioh9 Arose During 'cthe "Meeting - The? proposition to move the Meck lehburg'Country;.Caub.toI Myers Park wasthe theme of ..arfburhoursV-'Ms- sibn of the sibckholders -laStnight. at tended' by94lmemb)aid; 72prox ;ies. . and. following a discussion tnai seemed . inter minablep :' ppstponement to . the. Janukry meeting jas agteed upon, and - a f committee" ; appointed to: take the 'entire matter . .under advise ment. . This committee Is composed of Messrs. W. E.' Chambers, John M: Scbtt," J. R.' -Van Ness; R.' L. Gibbon J. H. .Little,l c.-B. Bryant and George P. tWadsworth.:- ---fi tl "f l': - ' Mr '. Stephens is Heard. ( - i ' Despite the expectatiph;that ..vitriol ahd,lnvctivb' would be emptoyedJ in the discussions, the ; meeting was fea- . tufed by a splendid-spirit of harmony and co-operation. -Nothing unkind was said and those Who took t h e floor ahdT led "t ott ront: of .pghiiig' vereaimand; d$Ulrateee) frb?m the use . of .harsh; expressions and in- spired. ; apparently, purely. 'by.a, spirit that ;sbught -the best interest: of th'S 1 institution:' -.The discussibfis were in- hfrequehtu:Mj5pnsv bowener. :'v.were numerous. 1" gooa r part or- ine ume e-tplai-yng?the.prpj)pgitio-of t Ste-1 bhehs .rfdmoany. : Afmbd with- maps a;ndbkbbarii tibn ' to :his- own conYinoihg : ppy er? of ' speech ': and ,logic,' he commanded .the attention- of : the stockholders while he;; traced the pf opositionbftered :.by the! Stephens Co mpkny ; f rbm ;lts in- distinctioAs 'which the . ehtbr.wbuld.en- joysi.in N' Myers . Park ovefy Its present location.; He . compared the real .'es tate values of1 thetwo; tracts "bf land ; he cited '. instances wherein- the club could count 'oh improvemfehts'arid de vjelppmentsati Myers' Park' In ' the way of . a more I: elaborate buiiding," more extensive gOlf grounds, better club house,, more . .imposing X appearance and," superior to all, better financial rating. He" ; contrasted - the-' two 'prop--: ositibns 'from every angle -of consid-' eration'and vpr esented ".- fbfnally the -off er. which ihis . company"ihad agreed to make.'--' '-Jy''--- ' v' ; N..:.-'r. ;..'.V . '-..The Chatham : Offer. . ' . t f After ; Mr." Stephens had finished, MrJfWit MPaul . presehtea-, thp - offer of the Chatham; interests ' which he turnedfpyjep ,the lytwithbut eiabbra agreement which Mr-l-Chatham was wilMhg 'toen'ter- into -thef,provIsipn of street? car and, paved ".strVt facilities," theS building 'of ; the f additional njne holes "of 'golf, andpyacically eyejry otber point' of . .imprqvefn1t"-jaise;dfin the. wjitten fpropbsition 'pf the i Ste phens j Company. The rfblfowiUgkafe the v terms ? of; the' overture ;: coming: ftpm: the Chatham interests, presented to the meeting .along with that of 'the . Stephens .Company :-'., vi Z-:.K- , ; ; '. ',:Tp:the'(Boardvof .Dfrectorsrand'Stock holders Ipf; the; Mecklenburg- Coun-.vtry;t'eiub::",;::;-y-'':v:-i-; . c " ' '.'Gentlemen: We hereoyi beg "to sub mit for your consideration, the' fol lowing proposition, the -conditions- as hefeinafte stated to be binding upon burselyes. vheirs : and ,as8ighs ; provided the Mecklenburg Country .Club' is n ot removed -from- itspresent location. I i - First 'We X agree j 10 eohstfuct trolley.' line" as; per- specifications fur nished ' us; hy the '". Charlotte Electrio Railway Company . from Heath's cor ner on Central, avenue, through Chat ham' Estates and Club Acres to - 4be Mecklenburg" Country Club ' and ' to have" same completed Vandi ready -for operation on or before April 3 0,r 1 91 3 ; bond for.; which 'Will be given to the Country .Club , by Tucker & Laxton wJiq;have-aecepfted.- pontrafct for.'con stru'etion r.ot above t line. ; v .;. "We -agrree to operate? said ,line - on av20rmihute,v-thfous;.h .schedule frpm Tryon: street in the scity . bf Charidtte tp vtbe'! Country . Cliibr for Ja . five-pent f aire, j. and -agree 'to give' a . gobd- arid sufficient surety.;; bond in -the , sum of 110,000 va.a;; guarantee that ithe aforesaid service w411 be :malntaiped f or : ai i?eribd;. of. five years.-;.f?; r "Second '.We agree ' tbj4; construit.'va drlvbay ibnilti Of. . a; .bituminous ma terial fr&m; . the r Plaza ift'-Chatham Estates through - Club CAcres s to the present- club house; location of street kirthe' clufc propertjrj: to .btt-;designated J by.;theVbpatr4pf idirectprs. - vAn4 fur- liter agree -iu ii)iu a. fiuwu a.uu .ou&- fiefeht-.surety bond in. the sum of -$5,-000? for . theCompletlon I of . said ? street bybf 'before May , 3)0, .I9l3.,i- A : Iri'Third;, We " agr.ee;--o'; furnish " at our expense,. -the; services bf some-expert . tb ;-eBamed -4iy the jbbard ' ot directors jlafylngr-eth-lastnlne- CT-CContlhuedohPageFtve): v In Brlel AsSeen By Ttis Crirnnlnlfl Rfrnpfpp e --Rey.VVV.W OrrD pwhojthas been away frbrnl the city! fbrthe past thmft .thi, cbhdupting" ;evaugelstlp services jat liberal points in "Penns.i j vahia,",- returned 'home ; last " night faiid will spend 'the Christmas.' holidays here,, with his family. ; i ' -.',1 - ' .- ;, v xne,;tunerai, services -oyer itnevre maih$;p;M heldVihiSf ahefno.Pn,'"the burial; taking place at, Sar dis church inthe county. ReV; RGV : MuierVr).J.D..'tan , J. G. Kennedy," D. D., had' eharge of the funeral exercises. , ih va letter, to efflcials . of ti . lo cal baseball elub.y President Stein;"-of the "Buff aiorlub sin LeagUe;tates ; his' '.-team "; wll reach the ' city ' early in VMarch for; Spring r training.'' Arrangements havfc been rhadie' for the accommipdatibn' of the team 'ahd Wearn"? Field will uh- dergo marked' Imprbyemehts prior to the,'Comihjf of f this ,teani '. y-- for Spring period .of practice, ; ''' v .' j r, : -The vesper .'service . hour at Jthe Young Women's Christian' Association this coming Sunday; will 'not be the " regular set; service it geperally is, b'ut . has, been planned to' give those, young women 1 who are away from; home! a . cozy and, delightful twilight hbur with? Christmas, ; carols, Christmas - 'Stories - and a cup- of tea. This is not a new -plan -or an experiment, ,but;was tried . in the Charlotte association last .'year and . is used all the year in bthef as . spciations throughout ; the-' cpuhtrjf. --Today ?'ls V ,the first one of ' 'the "shortest days" in" the year,: -there being seven Instead of one ..euch . days, Whenithe difference ht the.ljsngth' of ; the,' seven days is from r tart" to' finish r lessjthanuv6 0 Seconds. The 'lenrth-of,; tlifi!liav -ia -19 hours ; fcriA.! 4S ,mlnute ' today; rand . each day; up to;Chrletmas wllbeof the same--length,':. " 1 Orfe; of the v day. begins by',: the-addition of -on r minute ; more, of sunlight J, oh tjDe-. 2 cemoex qso. inan- on me- aays- just pr pedhast.kf'-'v''-Xl-v-. "1".,;-- ; . At'a' called '.meeting of the . board ' of trustee's . of the Children's Home ; ot the Western - North . Carolina Confer ence held .here yesterday, .Mr. H' A.. Hayes, ; superintendent, tendered v his. fesignationV - advising the. members of the board that' onr'account bf the con? . ditibn. of his health, he coiild- not at tend . to . these duties further. It '': was stated that the successor'of. Mr. Hayes woujd'be announced. at some .late date. -The board of trustees was represent ed by Re v. Dr.; Marr of this city, 'chair man; "Messrs.' S..L. Rogers 'of Frank, lin,; George Tvey of Hipkory, ; J. ; A Glenn of. Gastonia; George Hackney of Lexington,-Rev. Harold -Turner Of Salisbury; and Rev. j H. K.V Boyer bf Charlotte. , -',';.' ''':'' ?- .lAXt .a 'husiness men's" luncheon given yesterday at. the Southern- Man afacturprs'.Club in compliment to the . "South Atlantic Field. Committee of the -;y;-W- C. A.'.- the' .f ollowlng.'members pwefe-.elected upon : the committee , f or the new. year: yor.i three, years to. J-e-Qember;-. 1915, Mrs." Walter "Davidson, MratRL. Gibborr, Mrs. Robert Glas-, gow, 'Mrs. J.iLindsay, Patterson, Wlt ston-Salem, Mrs,Vj, C, Patton, Miss . Florence Stephenson, AshevlUe, Mrs; , C. -. P, Shaw, Norfolk, Mrs. Frank "It Bentley, ( Tampa,--Fla,; to -flll"?unex- -plred terms: To' December, 1913, Miss- ; Mildred" Rutherford .of Atlanta, Ga; to December, 1914,' Mrs. ' Char ies H, Phinisy; 'Augusta, Ga. UlinV ; Joseph ' Garibaldi;--, v.".- , ,r) 'i"-": ' v DENEEN'S JPJiEMbir Blinbis iEecntive ; Says ,1 . vi-, - -.1, . Republicans ' and Progressives " Are But.'a' Little 1 Way Apart and Will. Soon Get Together.- " ':.' :' -;"-TVf ? ; CHICAGO, Dec 19. Gov; Charles S. ,: D,eheen declared yesterday ' at , Republican -State ' rally" that reunion of the Repuhlicatt. paTtyVAndnF?Q gressiye party; was nea'ttn He said -their - fundamental policies - dif fered,: only I slightly t ' tTlie ovenpr who -. supported ! Colonel 'Roosevelt the ' Republican" National'' convention. said - that ' the ; method of ' making) presidential nominations -"was the. chiefT caUse of - the division. . v V 4 ; Governor Deheeh .maSe'. possible the. ; primaries in t Illinois ' that gav the; State's delegates to . Roosevelt,, bu" 'the Gbyernor. 'refused ' to. bolt jthe RepUblicanvparty;?;2 's. i r; ; .' -I "It is -;,not necessary. :-for .the ' Re-' publican party' toseek everywhere tot hew materiai .for' itsuparty-platform,,r4 hesald.'. f.'.lt. is;: only.: necessary t rally af pundthe,: ojd " standards ; toi march, forward tonewV-victories.! ? . TODAY? Ilf CONGRESS ' -p';H"l-tf' ;5 SENATE."' Vi; i ' ; .-' v '. Convened -'at tnoonu' '"'.'. . - , Went' Into executive session 'to consider; ioonflrmatiori of presidential- 'nominatipns,v'. ''..'. - ''' ;. ' ;;.- .house,:. - -l- ;"'-.. Convened i at: noon ,1 and ad journ- ed .at . 2 : 1 7 p, mrovipg to lack of quorum, un'tljf u-on January ; 2. ; f J. : P; Morgan'.'obntmued : his., tes timony before mbHej;vtru?9'nves tigating ctmmiittee .''f. ? V , Interior . Department V expendi tures . cwimlttee adopted ' ' report censuring , . Robert V' Go , 'Valentine,-' former, commissioner of Indian af- fairs,- for -his -conduct . prior-.lo his resignation; - -'-: ' v - -
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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