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WORLD EVENTS TOLD BRIEFLY Current News 01 Interest Id Paragraph By Telegraph And Cable V ROME, Dec. 24. The, Pope r this morning received-the members of' the Sacred ..College, . . who brought their Christmas greetings. The ceremony consisted of a simple exchange of fe licitations. Cardinals Farley .;and O'Connell both telegraphed: their Christmas ' good . wishes to the Pope from America. ' -. , PARIS, Dec. i4. The French bat tle painter, , Jean Baptiste E'duoard Detaille, better known as Eduoard Detaille, died here today aged 64. De taille was the best known of modern French artists." He ' had 'suffered for a long time from "an affection of the-: heart. His aged parents were 'at his bedside when he died. ; .- RHEINEBACK, N. Y., Dec. 24. Vincent Astor, the new, head -of. the. wealthy family,' "has ordered an inr crease of wages for employes of the Astor estate , to take : effect the first of the year. There are more - than 1,000 employes on the estate known as Ferncliffe, .and every class 1 of workman is to benefit by the In crease. . . . BABYLON, N. Y., Dec. 23. Samuel and "William Muncy, who claim to be the oldest twins In the world, will cel ebrate their 94th birthday at their home here tomorrow. Both men are, active and they tell inquirers they" at tribute their, long life and excellent health to a total abstinence,.; not ex cepting such, .occasions as they cele brate tomorrow. ' ' . v C - WACO, Texas, Dec. 24. TVith a hope that he might spend Christmas with relatives at Wilbur, Texas,, Ben Jones e2pfrm tnV:couiLy ("hali-; gang ianig?rb fn attempting rt wade f the;. Brazos: Riyer'on-rai: caught" in tne'quicftsandL 'IejfraV sinking rapidly when he finally : cried for help." County officers responded and rescued Jones. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 24. , Alighting from a moving train to re cover a Christmas gift he had bought his aged mother Sudin Ennis, a young planter of -Heslin, Va. fell be neath the wheels and was decapitat ed. The accident occurred, in view" of a throng of Christmas shoppers who were awaiting" their train an&: several women fainted. - The inquest will be held today. lice today were asked by Mis- Lucy Hoke Smith, daughter of , the Senator from Georgia, to make-a search for a diamond brooch valued at ' $5,00V which she lost Saturday, last at a:balt at the navy yard. The ornament was" set with thirty diamonds. ' Miss Smith told the police she remembered dis tinctly having it on. her gown at the ball and "society people" are now en gaged in trying to ferret. out-the pres ant possessor of the gems." WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Qne of the last prizes "captured during the. Spanish -American . war and annexed to the United States navy is, now of fered for sale. The craft is -'the Ur daneta, a small gunboat' picked. up in the Philippines after the battle of Manila. One Spanish prizeboat. ' the Don. Juan de Austria,. Is still" used 'as a naval militia boat on the Great Lakes. ' ' "" MRS. PAYNE WHITNEY ' IS DESPERATELY JLli NEW YORK, Dec." 23. Mrs. Payne Whitney, , daughter of thelate John Hay, and wife of the second son of the late William ' C Whitney, is pre cariously ill at her Fif th"avenuTi6me, following the birth on Sunday of a child, which lived only a shbrt 'tlmerpt It is understood, that Mrs. John Hay has been '.summoned from Washing ton. . ! ' I ' ' .".V V'i: - .V- , Mrs. Whitney obtained considerable prominence as a poet under her maid en name, Helen Hay. Hermarriage to Payne Whitney was one of the so cial events of the Washington season in 1902, when her 1 father was Secre tary of State in the Roosevelt Cabi net. ' ' ' BLEASE GIVES FREEDOM TO 79 CONVICTS TOD AT. . . COLUMBIA, S. C, Dec. 24. All records In this State fqr the num ber of pardons granted - in one ' day- were broken "todays whent by0.rderof Gov. Cole L. Blease," 79 convicts con-. fined in the ; State penitentiary and serving on chaingangs throughout the State, were . liberated, their pardons being granted as Christmas presents. Included in the list are. prisoners convicted of offenses ranging from first degree murder- to minor-infractions of the law. BOMB THROWER IS , NOT APPHEHENDED Indian Authorities Search For Wonld-Be Assassin Cf Viceroy Hardlnge : DELHI; India, Dec. 2 4. The - at tempt cn the life of Baron and' Lfidy Hardinge yesterday by an Indian fa natic kept the police and civil author ities, of the . imperial . city . of ".. India Dusiiy , occupied.; toaay. A large'nufber of persons were arrested on suspicion of participation in the outrage.. In the course , of the investigation it has been proved that at, least 150 people were gathered at the back of the 'premises from- which , the borab was thrown at viceroy and vicerine. In" the vicinity also was a - dense crowd of natives.. There was, an im mediate scrainble... after:, the explosion of the bomb- and . confusion prevailed everywhere. ' 1 - . - ". : - ' ' - No special "police" arrangements ;had been made for ' the "occasion and, the ordinary native police commanded.' by British officers ;were on duty in 'the streets. ' ;'; " :v-';vv . Scores .: of theories - are -abroad -T in regard to the affair. Some believe that the- attempted assasinatlon was the work of a Bengalee, who was try ing to avenge hat he considered the insult of the removal of India's cap ital from Calcutta to' ; Delhi. - ; The incident ' generally is regarded as significant to which any high offi cial is-subjected in an Indian city now that anarchy ; has permeated certain classes, of-. the .mixed , popular. tion of .the .Indian empire. .. A close. examination of the 'howdah .n whjch. , the rvieeroy: was. seated when the mls- sile was thrown shows how narrow. was the . escape- of,-Baron "Hardinge,, The high back f the howdab, which was ;made6f -hardwood" and" against which .the' i viceroy was reclining was' completely wrecked by splinters '.- of metal,.' .f?:... -.vrt-f acne bomb was or eFqi But contained a larg vmbet :..of scf eams and "talking maqft irte nfee dles Some of these were dispersed by h "exposi6n struck -" th&belmets of. men belongingto' the. battafion" of the King's- Royal Rifles, who Were drawn, up-in line along the street. . Tpne of the soldiers was seriously hurt. ' ' - . A bulletin issued this morning by the doctors in attendance on the vice roy says:- . " "Baron Hardinge - passed a restless night. It was necessary to relieve his pain by, injection of morphine.8 He suffered little - fever last night Jtnd none was present this morning." - It was found through the operation last evening that the muscle under the shoulder blade was rather se verely torn. ;; ; X MELLEN AND CHAMBERLIN IN NEW YORK FOR HEARING - NEW YORK, Dec. 2 4. --Charles S. Mellen; president of the. New" York. New Haven, & Hartford Railroad and E. J. " Chamberlin, ' president of the Grand- Triink Railway of -Canada,: werein'Ne'w "York' today Ho "appear in the Federal district court to give bail and to answer, to indictments found against them yesterday charging them with violation of the Sherman anti trust law.' The penalty, "upon con viction, is one year in jail, a fine of. $5,000, or: both.-: - Neither ..Mr. Mellen nor. Mr. Cham berlin has had any extended comment to make on the government's charge, which is - in effect that the defend ants entered into an illegal monopoly agreement, theresult ofwhich .was to stop, the construction of the Grand Trunk' extensions into New England.: is understood', that bail -would; be fixed at, $10,000 'each. - Althdugh a" British' subject, f with headquarters In . London, Alfred,"1. W. Smithers, " chairman ; of the - "Grand Trunk , board of directors apd co-de-' f endants-with MellenanL Cliamjberlin was expected ; to come voluntarily, to this country to, plead on the indict- mem. CONSCIENCiE STRICKEN. : ' FORGER) StTRRENDERS : NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24. De-i daring he could Tiot let ' another Christmas, go-by-feeling that'- he -was ay fugitive Y from'. 'Justice?"" John F. Shyder of ' Atlanta, .GaJ walked int police headquarters last night and told -the .police," he was -wanted--in thi? Georgia city , on a. charge1 'of havinr four years ago forged a cneck, uein$ the name of a friend. Although tho amount he secured: was small Snydef said he wanted to be returned to'hla home" city" tor "trial. Shyder said h enlisted -Jn-the United 1 States - Army a few years ago in Atlanta. SEE MUCH SIW - - . ' New York And Other Eastern ' Stales In Grasp Of Season's First Blizzard r . . , , : . - . . CHARITY WORKERS ;SEE!. A "BIG CHRISTS1AS" New England and Middle ' Atlantic States According to Washington Forecast Will Probably be - Snow ; Covered by Tomorrow Flakes Fall ing in Many Eastern States Today. ; NEW .YORK, :: Dec. 2 4. The Metro -politan district today found itself in the grip of the first blizzard of the Winter. . A snowfall which- begn,n shortly after midnight continued throughout the morning. 'At sunup Broa"dway was covered six' inches dOep with a white blanket which shifting winds whirled into deep drifts. -: . Hopes for a white Christmas were fulfilled, but with distress to the army of day-before Christmas shoppers and business generally. Most disappoint ed :' of all were the street cleaners who had been promised a day ofT to morrow for the first time in twea:y years. 9 -:','-.'' A snowfall today, the only one this Winter here, with the exception, of a storm on Thanksgiving day," held out a promise of a "white Christmas" in the Metropolis. ; i "Big Christmas" for Charity.' .; - ! Charity leaders said it was "also go- ing to be a "big Christmas,"" if, in addition to their own efforts to relieve want and to dispense cheer, the-numerous special Christmas surprises were taken into account. : ' For -weeks past, a number of news papers Jiave , been printing; lists of the fipcalled most needy persons among and. -wants, :, with numbers substituted forenames,-and subscription lists have shown "a -general response. General .appeals have had" less suc cess -and It is said by charity; organi zations' that the total which they hrfvc received through public contributions to, Christmas funds is probably only about $100,0Q0, which has been . the usual amount for the past few yeas. ', The i charity leadera think it a very small appropriation in a city as larg? as New York: ' The years that the sum has run above.. $100 000. have been those of severe weather at Christmas time, when the well-to-do seemed more touched with the hardships of the poor. Snow In Number of , Eastern States. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Genuine Christmas weather will prevail :al over the" East.' ' In the West rain3 and snows are predicted.v Close oh -the trail of a Gulf storm, central today off the middle Atlantic coast, "a "downy blanket of' snow is covering the Southern New 'England and "Middle Atlantic States, the Ohio Valley and Tennessee. . C In the South Atlantic - and . Gur'f States, it brought rain which; may turn to snow in time for 'Christma;j day, : More snow for the Middle At lantic' States, - to be followed " by . a short spell of crisp weather," is-predicted:'- In the far West jtheref are snows and rains. Temperatures are predicted to remain unchanged for: the next 36 hours. , " New England Clad in White. 5 BOSTON, Dec. 2 4. -Snow, for the hoidays was .practically assured for all New EnglandN today with the ar rivals of a. ' storm from" the Gulf i if Mexico. " ' " . - . -j. . Spow began falling in Southern New Eng-and shortly , after midni?3.c, gradually extending-to .the Northefct as the disturbance moved up . tho coast. " : .: V " : '.. : r r:.:::: ;. V Steamer in DistressJ " SANDY HOOK, , N.' i Y.,' Dec v 24 -The three-masted schooner John' H. May came ashore , here during :ihe blizzard today and grounded in a dan-, gerousj position She was botind 'f fom Charleston. to Ne.w York and carr ed a' crew of six men. SJie was com manded by Captain Stille- , ' Life' savers vfrom -the Sandy HooV station went to the schooner., to tas; '.off' the crew with a "breeches ; ?buoy apparatus should it be necessary. ; Charlotte to Have Ideal Day. . A day absolutelyj,ideal, with, prob ably freezing temperatures 'r in - th early morning, ?and .-warmer during the - day is promised " for '-Christmas:, The weather man i could' not ...have, done -- better had- he i leen petitioned by 'sT qommrftee - of citizens ; stating Just' what" article' ."of '-'weather i they desired. ' T -T " ' ': r ' There is some zero weather In. th far Southwest, and -over New,; Mexico," and this . may; make - itself felt '. here. Christmas night, but' for tomorrow the very, best that-.the-weather-man-has in stock : is promised the city. M'GRAW MAKES ftlfiADY Leader of Giants -i Begins Plans " for Training of Recruits for Next Year's Team. 1 ' ; NEW-TORKJ Dec. -. 2 4. Manager John J. McGraw took up work at the local (National League Club headquar ters today, to' complete arrangements for, the Spring training; trip of .; the Giants. -: He said he would have the young - "recruits report at Marlin Springs, Texas, early in February with the regulars following about 10 days later.' ' J f . . He intimated that he would make only few v changes in the line-up '-"for the beginning of' the 1913. campaign.' He said he had asked for waivers on Outfielder Becker, because he 1 was figuring confidently on. the ability" of young George Burns' as a reliable sub stitute, if not as a regular possibility in the outfield. He said he had heard nothjng from Arthur Shafer as to his reported retirement. V but if Shafer joined the Giants in the Spring; he would probably have a chance to play shortstop regularly. L - . ; - RECORD SPEECH J. P. Morgan? Tells " Members of New England Society "I Thank you" as .. After Dinner Address. 'NEW YORK, ;Dec. 24. Members of the lew -England Society were de claring ; : tdy 'tht U,J. ; P,' Morgai, made a fspee?h7bf ; record length tt tnem a thelfr7th annual festival or the society late last night, when; he spoke only three words. They wert simple . Anglo-Saxon "f thank you.'t But itwas regarded as a record since Mr. Morgan is so much more cele brated as a listener than as atalker at large dinners. Then the financier' delivered his "address'? when itwas announced that he had been elected an . honorary member of the New jngiana society. As a response he i received a ''hip hip hooray" - from the 500 diners standing and he was obviously . pleased with the demon stra'tion. ' " - NEWS OF SALISBURY Rowan Farmer Loses Home in Fire-r-NwBanlt - Starts" BiislnessFanai sipn at ,ockwell;?,if. Msct ? ? su (Special to The. Chronicle.) , , SALISBURY, ' Dec. 24. Thornton Lingle, a young farmer of the Faith neighborhood, l rt his home and most of its contents by fire Sunday even ing white he and his family were away from home. - The Salisbury Bank and TO31 Company Salisbury's fifth banking house has begun business. W. E. McWhirter, formerly, of , Marshville, ?s cashier and a number of prominent citizens' are stockholders. The Rowan County division of the Farmers': Union will hold its annual session Friday and Saturday at Bar ger's school 'house near Rockwell. An interesting program covering the two days has been arranged apd a largo attendance' is expected. - . ;. , . SPENCER X. M. C. A. SENDS ; OUT NOTICES OF CONVENTION ,, .. (Special to The Chronicle.) - SPENCER, Dec. 24. The Spencer Yr -M. C. A. is sending out - announce ments of the tenth annual Interstate Convention of the North" and South Carolina Young Men's Christian As sociations, which meets in Greensboro January 24 to 26, inclusive. The con vention met in Greensboro twelve years ago, since which time the city has secured 'a handsome and modern Y. M. C. A. building. . The chairman of the Interstate Committee -is Mor gan' B. Spier, of Charlotte! and F." C. Abbott, of 'the same city, will be presi dent of , the convention. Many promi nent speakers from South Carolina, North Carolina, New York and other States will take part on the program. FIRST CASE OF WIRELESS " OPERATOR BEING ffTTjTilr '.'-.': ' ' ' - NEW YORK, Dec. 24 Wireless operators here, say that the death or an- operator -in -the great Germain wireless station at Nordedech, neai the North Sea, on ; Wednesday - la probably the first case on record or a wireless operator being killed at his post," The Berlin dispatch had Indicated that the operator, : a matt named vMuller, must have ' carelessly come into contact t with ihe wires em ployed for' the creation of electric waves, whlcfc are ' charged with a power voltage. and there "will be Just enough? crlsp ness vin the air tomake out-of-door life , tempting. , ' A' The clouds; which -hung heavy, oye the city last - night gave only, a dis agreeable mist, which froze - during the night - and was- melting by 8 o'plock this morning,- and ' today was in) s iriking .'contrast, to J Monday. 'The' ana the a.ay promised io De a. recoru breafcrervin poinfaies for CThrlsi- i- i The thoroughly -delightful weathe that has Jseen promised for tomorrov will -go . far -toward'addfttg' joy" to the occasion. V ' KERN MAKES A GREAT SPEECH ' . ' . Senator's Plea Fcr Men Accused In Jbe Dynamite , " Conspiracy SAYS SOME OF MEN DIDN'T KNOW CHARGE Says Government Took Thousands of Letters and - Used Only Such as - Would -Convict Men of Crime Says National Erectors' Association - and Steel : Corporation Led the . Tight Against Organized Labor. J INDIANAPOLIS, fnd., Dec. 24. United States 'Senator Kern argued in behalf of the forty defendants at' the "dynamite conspiracy" trial today. He appealed to the Jurrs to remember when, preparing their verdicts that most of the defendants came from dis tant parts of the country. 'Plain workingmen," he said, "some of them uneducated iron work ers, taken from their homes hundreds or thousands of miles away, and made to face a strange court with a district attorney hurling harsh and abusive language at them -is it any wonder that some of them became confused? Is it any wonder that some of them couldn't remember details of letters -they wrote five years ago? Men Didn't Know Charges. "Some of these men did' not. know what they were charged with. They came to me and asked me what it was all about. I had to explain to them that they were not charged with dy namiting, but only with transporting explosives illegally. . You jurors can't convict these men of crimes . with which they are not charged. You can't convict them of causing explosionsbut bnjy. with carrying, explosives on pas sengerf trains or. conspiracy to violate th&Federarlaws 1 ' " s Attacking Ortie E. McManigal, the Confessed . dynanjiter, as "the greatest criminal of his", time," Senator Kern said the Government's charges were based largely upon what. McManigal had Skid- ' .' "This McManigal came here with brazen face and related his crimes with an air o triumph," said the Senator. "Would you permit a con test over a cow to be decided by the word of such a man. V Blames Prosecution. "It has been said that the National Erectors'- Association and the United States Steel . Corporation had nothing to do with this case. But it, has' been shown here that the agents of the National Erectors' Association took from the iron workers' union head quarters 60,000 letters. From these, the Government took -400 letters In which it was sought to show a con spiracy existed. "Did tn5overnment read all those 4 Q 0 letters ? . "No only ' part of those letters were read, the parts which the prosecution thought showed a ' con spiracy." . "Why, since the" time for a change in the administration In this country approaches, I have received scores of letters on" a variety of subjects. If you read those letters literally you might convict .the writers with almost any charge you . wished to make against them." -xThe Erectors' Association, to which Senator Kern referred, was an organ ization of "open shop" contractors against whom the iron workers' union had called a strike. , - FIX mmMUMAGE New Jersey Public - Service- Corpora tion Establishes Wage for Women and Girls in 'Nature of Christmas Gift. TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 24. The public service corporation ' of New Jersey, beginning January 1, will es tablish a minimum- wage - scale -of $9 a week for. 'women and girls in its employ, "because an investigation con ducted , by the . welfare committee of the corporation disclosed the fact that on a weekly wage of less there would be no assurance that a girl or .woman could live in freedom ; from the "pit falls , and .temptations which beset young women who are thrown in con tact with the world." . In announcing the new scale, Presi dent Thomas N.; MCCarter referred to it . as in the nature of a Christmas, gift. . - . . - . PULLMAN COIPANY . V" v GRANTS BIG INCREASE . - ' T -' ; , CHICAGO, Dec. 24.--Clerxs,' book- ke'epets,' stenographers and other of fice employes of the Pullman Com pany t6 the number of 2,500 are to receive 'an Increase In pay of from 6 :to -12 per cent at the beginning' of the new year, "accdrding to,: a state ment of President Runnells, . madfe ' public today. The lower, priced clerks are to be beneficed by the greateir Increase in. salary. In all the' ad vance -in, pay . will cost the, company $300,000 a ytear. - FINISH CATATBA RIVER LINE QUICK New System 01 Waterworks For : Cliarlotte Is Practically v Completed The completion, of the city's new $300,000 water plant and system to the Catawba river has become a real ity and the entire system Is ai good as finished," so slight are the details thai i remain to be finished up. - . As to the! pipe- line eleven ' mile louj;- to the river, that- is now com plete, and though it proved a greater task, by 75 per cent than was antici pated, the last joint - has been thor oughly tested and the whole has been pronounced good by the engineer in charge,-Mr. Gilbert C. White, to, whom was awarded the contract for the en- gineerlng work ln the Summer , .'of 1911. " . ,' . . . " " The line to the river, while consti tuting one of the longest in the State, is also said to' be one of . the best and most satisfactory in the State, com pete and modern in every detail. The system includes the huge reser voir at Chdwick which will hold enough water to last the city for 30 days,- in orther words over 30 million gallons. Also the pumping station at the Catawba river, located at Sam ple's mill, where land has been pur chased and a station is being com pleted that will afford the power nec essary to pump the water ' to the res ervoir at Chadwick, , whence it will be led, largely by gravity to the filter? at the pumping .station on the Caro lina Central Railroad where the wa ter is filtered and pumped into the city for use. The new plant .will suffice,; it is esti mated, for a city of at least 150,000 at the existing rate of Use of water, the ' capacity of the new system being 7,-; 500,000 ' per ; day while - the ' city uses about 1,500,0 00 gallons' 'daily at - the present time.- TeVsjyrtem'. vtaffl.;.,,!); asfly doubled by"" Jhe;-jaylng of . another-main-to the Catawba river from the - reservoir ; at Chadwick . . where some 60,000,000 gallons . of water will be kept in reserve all the . while. . The work on the pipe line,, was ta ken In hand by the city some months ago when it appeared that. the con tractors for the pipe-line, Ensminger Bros., would , not be able to complete the job, In the specified time. The unusual rjgor of : their first winter on the job and other hindrances, put the contractors to a considerable ' disad vantage, the city, finally stepping In and assuming practical control of the work, though the contractors remain ed on the job all the while. The plant is now about ready to be turned over by the board of water, commissioners , to ' tfie - city, and the formal transfer will probably be made an occasion of some note In the city. The plant represents one of the most Important and biggest additions to the city that it has ko wn in many years and :is therefore an. event- of special consideration - and interest. TAFT AND PARTY HAVE . LANDED ON THE CANAL ZONE COLON, Dec. 24. President Taft and his party landed here today from the United States warship Arkansas. The party includes the President and Mrs: Taft; Charles P. Taft. Jr., Miss Louise r Taft, Charles D. Hilles and Mrs. Hilles, j Beekman Wlnthrop and Mrs. Winthrop; Maj. T. L. Rhoades, United States Anny, -aide-de-camp; Lieutenant Commander J. W. Tim mons, U. S. N.. V " ; 1 V ' - The trip from Key ' West was an uneventful one. The weather was finoand-the - sea -smooth -throughout the voyage. ' ; .-' The United States minister,-H.r Per- -cival "Dodge," a Tn umber of canal offi cials and President Taft and" party were the guests.; today, of' Col. G. W. Goethals atf Culebra." Tomorrow even ing they, are: to attend a dinner, given by the American minister and after-; wards . a.ball in .the palace of Presi dent Belisaro Porras of Panama. , Mr. Taft before landing ..- sent a wireless to Colonel Gaethals asking him to have special trains in readi ness as 2,000 bluejackets' and all on board the battleships Arkansas and Delaware ; except the "prisoners are to be given, the opportunity of. inspecting the canal.dufing their visit. " ; y;; . 1 The Evening Chronicle Will Not Issue . Tomorrow, - Christmas DajjL-,, PRICE ONE CENT f?t.?M SANTA CLAUS General Cessation 01 Easiness ' For Christmas Is Expected , V In Charlotte RfANY; CHURCHES HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMS The .Youngsters Have Already Begun ; Noisy Demonstrations of -Glad Sea- . son-All Look. Forward. Visit To-. . night , of St. Nicholas Special Mu- " sic Tomorrow and Next Few Day in Docal .Churches. ... - , , Tomorrow is the" great dayr the day the children and the little folks will celebrate, and will remember un til they, are-old men and women, j Tonight,' silently' slipping down the. -.. chimney, and riding in his reindeer- . drawn sled, ; or as some people now -say, riding in a big touring car," San ta' Claus will come puffing' and biow- -ing from the hastes which: he ha.s t make in getting around before "it la sunrise, and " before the "kids, sleep ing in their trundle beds, are up, sometftnes hours before daylight, ' to see what the old fellow has left" for , them. ' " ' ' ' " ' ' Tonight thousands of -little stock ings' will be conscientiously hun'g' over the mantelpieces and little folks will chatter and speculate in childish glee over the coming of good ' old Santa Claus and the old gentleman will make his rounds this season not only , on time, but will visit every ' home, so It appeared today. ; " y - . General Business" Cessation.' ' ' - In the city there will be a general and " w'hdlesale closing; "up of ' ali bus iness' i' houses and manuacturftig .'plants, x ?';.;;;.;;. , ' ; The freight" depots, will be closed. The Carnegie Library closes' this af-' ternoon until Thursday morning. The postofBce will 1 be open for one hour . . tomorrow; from 12 to 1 o'clock and the wagons delivering Christmas packages arriving by mail, will" : be kept busy : all day distributing the . thousands of parcels which are. pour ing into the Charlotte office from friends out of town to their friends and relatives In the city. ' Practically no : work will be' done during the day,' every store arid office ' having planned to take a day 'off.' There are hundreds of clerks and em ployes who have been rushed to the very limits for days .past In waiting on the holiday trade, and these' will be given the entire day lit which to rest and enjoy the holiday. In thq Churches. ', A number of the, churches of. the city will hold Christmas services, while in, others there will be Christ- ' mas exercises either tomorrow or at a date not more than two or three days , removed from the big holiday. , . St: Mark's Lutheran Church, Rev.' Robert L. Patterson, pastor, will ob serve the day with an early morning Christmas service which , will . begin at 6:30 o'clock, special music being one of thVfeatures" of this gathering ' at which a laige congregation is ex pected ; - : - , - : ., - -, Other. Church Programs. . s j The program for St. Mark's Lutheran Church, beginning at 6:30 a. m.. Is as v follows: ; , .. , Matin Service Christmas morning; C- J Prelude-Pastorale 'Salome Processional Hymn "Silent Night! HWy Night!" ; ;' : f , Carol O Little Babe of Bethlehem.... , ,.Y. .......... ........... stutts Children's chorus ... " Offertory Cradle Song. . .-. . . 7. '. . . . . Sellars Carol The First Christmas Morn. .... Newton ' : . Children's chorus j ' ! - Postlude Grand . Chorus ....... . Dubois . W, H. . OVERCAiRSH, - Organist and Director. - r . ... . . . - At St. Peter's ' Church. - At ' St. Peter's Episcopal. Church the following program will' be pbseryed; Christmas Day Holy Communion" will be , observed; at 7 a.? m.- ;'.v"?;";' '. ' , Pro. Hymn . 56, "Christians .' Awake, Salute, the Happy . Morn.......... Fuller Short Kyrie ........ ..Barnby Gloria -Tibi ' .'. .....-. . .V.7.T." ".. Z '.I'. . Anon Hymn W-"While Shepherds Watched i , , Their Flocks by iNight".... Traditional Anthem Glory to God ...... . . . . . Pergolesl Presentation of Alms L. M.' Doxology. " Sanctus Camldije : Hymn 58 VO Little Town of Bethle hem" , Redner Gloria in' Exceleis; .-..J...01d. Chant Nunc Dimittis V . ..... .-: . Gregorian r , Rec. Hymn , 59......:........ Willis Morning prayer at-11 a. m. I 4 . Processional ' Hymn 49 Adeste Fideles ... .-'' . ........ Reading Venite : and Psalter. Robinson Te Deum : .;.;.."......'. Llpyd Jubilate Stanford Holy Communion . ' Introlt Glory : to God in 'the Highest Pergolesl Kyrle, Gloria Tibi, Creed..... ....;.Ayre . Hymn 51 ... . . . ....... Mendelssohn Anthem Sing O Heavens. ..'I.Tours Presentation of Alms-L. M..Doxology Sursum' Corda and Sanctus......... Ayre Hymn 58 . i Redner Gloria hv Excelsis Ayr Contlnued on Page Seven.) N READINESS S
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