THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, DECEMBER 17, 1914.
13
STOCK 1VIARKET
Some confusion attend-
v: 4 .", dealings in the stock mar-
4" of a derangement
uistributin.
machinery.
i1- , ,
. ,hP P"vv ... u
,! ! feV initial quotations wei uu
O8 ." these showed little
able,ronr veterday's closing. In
:i -Towpver. tne ireuu
i?ffa? . .t. d Yielding half a point,
,r !'"- . . i TTnitorJ States
S" c'ov.in Transit, Canadian Pa-.
;I a frf-.t Northern pfd.. tne lat
i5fnfl. " ..,.r yesterday. The
:?'' n'able exception to the general
;rn? T?OQfHnsr. which rose
Trad'11 c was m
o i additional low prices
a r - . ....... j
ieTPred later in a eteaauy ue-
res-1
of business. By early
stocks iWere
sing o;"
0 u
1 t- , . ....-tordnv's minimum.
i;nff tin''1'""
1 -,-;VV ASIUC 11UU1 u.
C1C-ard' drift the market develop
ed stPPl was stead-
jbo "ew Ietl1 -"-' .
; tlie shares.
K!l , Pnntr.nrtprl mOYO
A dLi u-v';t h the average price level
:eIt'L-Pr marked the course ot
"'.tiAiiB on the stocK ex-
rk Stock List.
Last sale.
New
. rnn-oer 544
grfcan Agricultural .
i-fican Can - -
Iican Car & Foundry
b48
26Vi
45
b59'.
40
5SH
107U
ns
93
112
68
137
43'l
89vs
09
-:n ritips nid .
ican Cotton Oil ... ..
erican Suar ....
v-ican Tt l & lti
V.-fe-son .
.ofd
,;r- Coast Line ....
r,;-iTHore & Ohio .. ..
Radian Pacinc .. ..
';.aTeake Ohio . . . .
.::;rc "Mil & St. Paul
. i r'errric . 140
ar Northern pfd
.. ..
51
99
'er'ocroueh-Mct
.W CiT" Southern . . .
125
b208
184
83
57Ts
r-etr & .Myers
kilardCo..
.ofd
Ve-r York Lentrai . . . .
; y. X. H- & Harttora
U-tr i- Western . . . .
101
Ccrthera Facific lOiTs
vrn;vlvania 10S
-tin
R-adiEg 1
'Kk Island lo. pfd -
card Air Line bl2ii
ieard Air Line pfd . . " . . .. b45
.;.,-.'ifrn Pacific . . . . .... 85'
c:rr.e:n Railway 164
r-rnrcsee Copper 32
SasCo..' 12S
.Eicn Pacific 118
:;ed States Steel 51
'sired States Steel pfd . . . . 104H
i'irdraia Caro. Chem 21
5"e?tern Cnioa 58Vs
MISCELLANEOUS .
Naval Stores.""
Sfjancah. Ga., Dec. 17. Turpentine
"Set 4: sales : receipts 231; ship-j
:-nis -: stock 34,030. i
Kosla quiet: pales ; receipts 1,-)
ffi: stock 13S.36S. Quote: B, D, E, P,
G and H 3.35a3.40; 13.65: K 4.15; M
io: X 5.45; W G 5.70; "W W 5.90.
New York Lead Market.
XeT York, Dec. 17. Lead quiet 375
'o. London 19. Spelter steady at
&a575: London 27, 12s., 6d.
Sugar Futures Market.
New York, Dec. 17. Sugar futures
irarket was without special feature
"ii's morning. Trade appeared to be
waiting for news from the coming
top, v.tich has been delayed by rec
at rains. Opening "bids were 4 points
fe'ner to 7 lower.
The spot market in the street was
inn; centrifugal 395; molasses sugar
33"; refined firm and unchanged.
Call Money.
Xr' York. Dec. IV. Call money
Kady; high 3 1-4; low 3; ruling
a3: last loan 3 1-4; closing bid 3;
"ered at 3 1-4.
New York Cotton Seed Oil.
York, Dec. 17 The cotton
m oil market closed firm. Suot 6.70
3: December 5.73a5.85; January
.Sao.SO; February 5.87a5.94; March
W)a5.07; April 6.13a6.18; May 6.28a
June 6.35a6.42; July 6.50a6.54.
Total sales 3,500.
GRAIN
Chicago Cain,
uucaso, Dec. 17. Wheat developed
Hardening tendency, influenced by
S ess 31 Liverpool and knowledge
' cash sales here were larger than
Ported. Opened unchanged to 1-4
reacted a little, then rallied,
corn turned upward with wheat.
RVame as last nigM to 1-4 off-
owed by a moderate net advance
y around.
r!!t took e same course as corn
!o draV'f support allwed provisions
17. Wheat No.
2 red
W 1-8; No,
hard 1.19al.20
Cm x-
C ' A0 - yellow 64 l-2a65.
fctanaard 49
Xo. 2. 1.09
l-2a3-4
1-2.
fi'hv 4.V.a6.25
Jver 52.oOul4.30;
;"k icon
Grain and ProOuce.
Open. High Low. Close.
J.1S 1.20 Vs 1.18: 1.20!
!---J.x 1.23! 1.2214 1.23'
he
"
-ATS ' " "
M- "
Jan
62'
69 U
64
70;:
62
69
48
51
64
70
48Vis
4S
5H8
48
52'' 52;
18.40
18.87
10.12
10.37
10.02
10.32
18.40
18.32
r18.70
10.00
10.22
10.00
10-25
1S.70
H.00
10.22
18.90
10.12
10.37
10.02
10.37
10.2:
jjpiBTE MAMET REPORT
COTTON
New York, Dec. 17. Cotton lost
part ot yesterday's advance during
today's early trading. Cables were
lower than due, and after opening
steady at a decline, of 1 to 3 points,
prices here sold about 3 to 6 points
lower before the end of the first hour.
Trading was very quiet and the de
cline seemed to reflect scattering li
quidation rather than anv chanee in
5 the immediate spot situation or in
i creased Southern offerings.
I There was very little cotton for sale
jOn the early decline and the market
I firmed up during the middle of the
morning on reports of steady spot mar-
-.o, cnSc ciuuris irom oavannan.
trade buying and covering of shorts
Prices were about 2 to 5 points net
higher shortly after midday.
Trading was less active during
the afternoon butp rices held firm and
the afternoon but prices held firm and
big exports which exceeded 107,00U
bales, making a new high record for
any day so far this season.
New York Spot Cotton.
New York, Dec. 17. Spot cotton
quiet; middling uplands 7.40; gull
7.65; no sales.
Close New York Futures.
New York, Dec. 17. Cotton closed
firm.
High. Low. Clcse.
January 7.23 . 7-12 7.26
March 7.46 7.32 7.4G
May . . . . 7.67 7.46 7.60
July 7.S2 7.64 7.81
October 8.09 7.91 8 0S
New Orleans, Dec. 17. An unfavora
ble response by Liverpool to the
American advance of yesterday today
caussd lower prices in the eaiiy trad
ing: in cotton, the most active months
losing 3 to 5 points. The tone was
steady and offerings were held in
check by reports of large freight en
gagements for cotton at gulf ports.
Considerable short covering was done
during the morning and by noon the
market was 4 to 7 points up from yes
terday's close and 9 to 10 up from the
lowest.
The heavy export movement was
a sustaining influence in the after
noon and at 1:30 prices were 10
points up from the lowest.
New Orleans Spot Cotton.
New Orleans, Dec. 17. Spot cotton
steady. Sales on the spot 1,050 bales;
to arrive 1,450.
Good ordinary 5 5-16: strict good
ordinarv 5 13-16; low middling 6
5-16; strict low middling 6 11-16;
middling 7 1-16; strict middling 7
5-16; good middling 7 11-1; strict
good middling 8 1-16.
Receipts 11,230; stock 285,779.
Close New Orleans Futures.
New Orleans, Dec. 17. Cotton clos
ed very steady at an advance of 6 to
10 points.
High. Low. Colse.
January 7.12 7.11 7.13
March 7.27 7fll3 7.26
May 7.47 7-33 7.46
July 7.67 7.54 7.66
October 7.95 7.88 7.93
L.OCAU COTTON
Local cotton
MARKET.
6 3-4
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Liverpool, Dec. 17. Cotton
quiet: prices steady.
American middling..
Good middling . .
spot
5.25
4.63
4.39
4.39
3.92
Middling ...
Middling . .
Low middling .
Good ordinary 3.30
I Ordinary . . 2.85
! Sales 6,000 bales, including 5200
American and 1,000 for speculation
! and export. , Receipts 43,000 bales, in
eluding 42,700 American.
, Futures closed steady.
t May-June 4.14
j July-Aug . . 4.20
Oct-Nov . . 4.31
'Jan-Feb 4.36
LIVE STOCK.
Chicago . Live Stock.
Chicago, Dec. 17. Hogs, receipts
32,000; steady.
Bulk ..
Light .. .. .
7.05
6.75
2.85
6.80
6.80
5.50
7.25
7.25
7-30
7.30
6.90
7.30
Mixed . .
! Heavy
! Rough ....
'Pigs .. . . .'
Cattle, receipts 7,000;
. Native steers
t Western
weak.
5.00 10.00
4.90
2.90
6.00
slow.
5-50
7.65
Cows and heifers . . .
Calves . . . . t . . . . . .
Sheep, receipts 15,000;
7.75
8.50
Sheep .. .. .. .. .. .. 5-50
Yearlings 6.75
Lambs .... 6.T5
6.65
7.80
9.00
Kansas City Live
Kansas City, Mo., Dec.
ceipts 10,000; steady.
Bulk .. .. .. ..
Heavy . .
Packers and butchers .
Lights . . ...... . . .
Pigs '. .
Stocfr
17. Hogs, re-
. 7.00
. 7.10
. 7.10
. 6.95
. 6-50
slow.
. 9.25
. 7.00
. 5.50
. 4.60
. 6.00
. 6.00
steady
. 8.00
. 6.50
. 5.25
. 4.75
7.20
7.25
7.27
7.20
7.00
Cattle, receipts 2,500;
j Prime fed steers
I Dressed beef steers . . .
. Southern steers
Cows .
I Heifers '
' Stockers . .
10.25
9.00
7.50
7.00
8.75
8.00
Sheep, receipts 6,000;
Lamhfi
Yearlings
Wethers ..
Ewes .....
8.75
7.50
6.25
5.73
St. Louis
St. Louis, Dec.
7500; steady.
Pigs and lights .
Mixed
Good heavy - - -
Cattle, receipts
Live Stcck.
17. Hogs, receipts
. 6.25
. 7.20
. 7.30
steady
. 7.50
. 5.60
7.35
7.40
7.40
10.00
9.25
7.75
4500;
Native beer steers .....
Cows and heifers . . .
Texas and Indian steers
j uows ana neiiers ......
I "NTativA calves
" , 1 "i sc
, 4.00
. 6.00
6.00
9.00
Sheep, -receipts 33000;
Native muttons .... .
steady.
. 4.75
. s.oo
, 5.50
5.50
8.65
7.75
Lambs . .
Yearlings . .
m m
St. Louis Grain.
St. Louis, Dec. 17 What, No. 2
red 1.17al.l8; No 2 hard 1.17al.l8 1-2;
December 1.16 1-4.
Corn. No. 2, 65 l-2a66; No. 2
white C6al-2; December 65.
Oats, No. 2 48; No. 2 white 49
December 48. -
PROVISIONS.
CHARLOTTE PRODUCE MARKET.
(Furnigaed by J. l Blakely.i
Hens
friers ..
Chickens . . ,
Turkeys .. .
Du;ks (each)
Guineas .. ..
Eggs ....
Eggs, fancy fn
Butter .. ..
10 to 12
12 to 14
. . . .' 10 to 12
15 to 16
25 , to 40
. . . 25
....... 32
rathered 35
.. .. 15 to 25
r... ..$2.00 to 2.50
.... ..$1.75 to 2.00
$1.75
S. Potatoes
Irish Potatoes
Onions . ,
CHARLOTTE GRAIN, PROVISIONS
AND HAY.
(Corrected daily toy Cocnrane-Mc-Laughliii
Company.)
Oats .. 65
Corn .. .. .. .. .. ... 95
Patent flour .. .. J. ". ".$5.85 6.35
Corn meal, bu 92
Hay, choice Timothy, ?er
100 lt)8 .. $1.25
Chicago Provisions.
Chicago, Dec. 17. Butter unchang
ed. Eggs, receipts 2,638 cases; at mark,
cases included. 22a34; ordinary firsts
3te32; firsts 33a35.
Potatoes low; receipts 18 cars; Mich
igan and Wisconsin red 33a35; ditto
white 35a41.
Poultry alive lower; springs 10 1-2;
fowls lOall; turkeys 16.
Kansas City Provisions.
, Kansas City, Dec. 17. Butter, e
poultry, unchanged.
New York Provisions.
New York, Dec. 17.-Butter steady,
unchanged; receipts 7,048 tubs.
Cheese steady; receipts 688: state,
whole milk, fresh, average fancv 14
!-4a3-4. .
Eggs steady, unchanged: receipts
4,583.
Dressed poultry firm; Western roast
ing chickens 16al9; fresh fowls 12al7
1-2; turkeys 12a22.
GERMANY IS
US FOR
URIC! GOTIOI
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec, 17. Willingness
and ability of the United States to pro
tect cotton shipments on the seas is
all that must be determined to restore
at least two-thirds of the export. busi
ness with Germany, in the opinion ex
pressed by German spinners. Writing
in answer to inquiries of Senator
Smith, of South Carolina, as to cot
ton trade conditions in Germany, Ad
dix and Cordes, of Bremen, said in a
letter laid before the senate today:
"The"" question of cotton import to
this country remains absolutely with
the American government and wheth
er this is strong enough or willing to
protect the interests or property of
American citizens crossing the ocean
under American or other neutral col
ors from English capture."
Senator Smith wrote to cot-ton spin
ners in many European countries. In
Germany the supply of American cot
ton ha3 been reduced nearly two-thirds
the letter stated, although men, money
and orders are available to keep the
mills at full time. Consumption will be
at least two-thirds of normal, or 2,
000,000 bales annually, in the opinion
of German spinners, if cotton can be
brought to them. Banks have exces
sive credits and -willingly loan funds
for cotton importation at 4 1-2 per
cent, it is added.
Spot cotton has risen to 19.65 cents
a pound at Bremen because of the
shortage it was declared. About 40
per cent' of the mills are -working full
time, the. letter adds, "and in general,
business is better than' beforke the
war."
As to the question of transportation,
the letter says: -
"We do not doubt that in the event
of larger cotton shipments to certain
ports England under some pretense,
will 'capture them if steamers are
those of the smaller European .na
tions. We would prefer that shipments
be made in American boats."
Writing from Moscow, a Russian
spinner .said the situation there was
not so bright. Consumption of Ameri
can cotton decreased 100 per cent for
lack of importations, the writer de
clared, and mills were working only
half time. Funds are hard to tobtain
and the available supply of labor is
reduced 20 per cent, the letter stated.
C. W. Johnston President
Of Jewell Mill and in
Full Control of Same
Mr. C. W. Johnston, of this city, who
recently bought an interest, in the Jew
ell Cotton Mill at Thomasville, has
been elected president of same. ,
Mr. Johnston will have full control of
the mill and the sale of the output. The
mill was organized by T. J. Lillard, W.
W. and A. J; Hagood and W. L, Nich
olson. Mr. 'Johnston is one of the leading
manufacturers of the South. His name
in connection with a mill stands for
success.
New York Money.
New oYrk, Dec. 17. Mercantile pa
per 4al-2: sterling exchange steady;
60-day "bills 4.8435; for cables 4.88;
for demand 4.8735; bar silver 49 1-2.
WILL CARRY FRANK
CASE UP AGAIN.
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17 A furth
er effort to get before the United
States supreme court for review
the case of Leo M. Frank, under
death sentence' for the murder
here in April, 19i3,- of Mary
Phagan, will be made by Frank's
attorneys here late today, ac
cording to statements made by
members of the condemned man's
counsel. A habeas corpus pro
ceedings, it is stated, will be the
legal stop through which his at
torneys hope to get the case be
fore the highest tribunal in the
land.
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TO
MB. CHAS. J.CQX
BE FATAL
Mr. Charles T. Cox, a well-to-do and
highly respected farmer residing near
Paw Creek, is at the Presbyterian hos
pital in a precarious condition and it
is not believed that he can possibly
survive an injury sustained Tuesday
morning when a loaded wagon ran over
him on the Rozzle's Ferry road.
Mr. Cox was brought to the hospital
this morning at 3 o'clock, and it was
believed that an operation would be
performed immediately, but later it
was announced that his condition
would not permit this additional shock
to his system.
Little of the details of the accident
can be secured at this time, he being
too ill to talk of it, but it is understood
that Mr. Cox was walking along side
his loaded wagon, traveling on the Roz-
zelle's Ferry. He was walking otf
ing to the low temperature of the
morning, and later he attempted to
mount the wagon without stopping the
horses. He missed the, step in some
manner and fell to the ground the rear
wheel . passing over his body at the :
waist line inflicting injuries from
which it now appears he will not re
cover. Mr. Cox is one of the best known
planters of that section, and has a
wife and several children. oNthing was
known of the accident in Charlotte
until this morning when he was
brought inio the hospital, where late
this afternoon the information is
given that he is very low. It is esti
mated that the weight passing over
him exceeded 4.000 pounds and he is
seriously bruised, although it is under
stood that no bones are broken. '
His life is despaired of and his
death would not be a surprise at any
time.
WHEN THERMOME
TER STOOD 5 BE
LOW II CHARLOTTE
Charlotteans who have been dis
posed to shiver and talk of the cold
weather of the last few days would
probably decide they didn't mind it
at all, if they could imagine the could
weather that has visited this section
but which has not been felt now for a
long time.
Deputy Clerk of the Court James
Yandle, looking over a minute book
No. 7 of the superior court dating
from 1877 to 1881 found this entry
on the fly leaf of the volume: "On
December 30, 1880, the thermometer
stood 4 degrees below zero John K-THr-win
riprk at the court." On the
same date, however, the local weather
bureau which was . established 3 b
years ago officially recorded that the
temperature was 5 degrees oew
zero.
On one other date, February 14.
1891, the bureau here also recorded
the temperature 5 degrees below zero.
There is no record at the bureau
here that the thermometer ever read
lower than this. A friend of .Deputy
nioir of tho. Court Yandle showed
him today a letter written from
Greensboro on January 10, 1881,
eleven days after the date of 5 de
grees recorded here, in which the
statement was made that the temper
ature at Greensboro on that day was
nine degrees below zero and that
three recent snows had totaled 35
inches. -''--As
compared with these stories ot
frigid weather the 15 degrees tem
perature here on Tuesday morning,
the 16 degrees yesterday morning
and the 20 degrees of this morning
will be recalled as merely brisk morn
ings and crisp.
Mr. John Dixon Kerns,
Dr. Lafferty's Grandfa
ther Dies at Age of 84
Mr. John Dixon Kerns, grandfather
of Dr. Robert H. Lafferty of this city,
died at 2 o'clock today in Greenville,
S. C, and will be buried tomorrow
at Davidson, whlre his wife and chil
dren are buried, and where , he re
sided for many years.
Mr: Kerns was born in Hopewell
township and was reared under the
shadow of that great old Revolutionary
church all-powerful in. its influence
for strong, pure and noble citizenship.
He was a man of strong character
and fine mind. He read extensively
and was known as one of the most
intelligent men of his section. He
owned fine lands and was his own
overseer. Mr. Kerns married Mrs.
Alexander, whose maiden name was
Mary Wilson. She was from the
Hopewell section. They have only
one child living, a son, W. S. Kerns, of
Greenville, with whom the aged father
lived. - TT
Mr. Kerns was 84 years of age. He
was a Presbyterian in faith and ances
try. He joined Hopewell church when
quite voung. He was h ruling elder in
the church at Davidson and was held
as an example in correctness and up
righteousness of life to the several
communities in which he lived.
Dr. and Mrs. Lafferty will attend
the funeral at Davidson tomorrow.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Dec. 17, by wifeless to Say
ville, L. I. A" statement given out
today by the German official press bu
reau says:
"The Austrian general staff reports
that 31,000 Russians "have been taken
prisoners in west Galicia." , .
ACCOM
MAY
AU5TRIAJS REPORT
CAPTURE OF
31,000 RUSSIANS
74 LIVES LOST
(Continued from "f age One.)
marked in London, where the rush of
applicants resembles in many respects
scenes witnessed at the war's out
break. .
Deaths From Bombardment.
Crippling of telephone and telegraph
wires by the bombardment yesterday
of Scarborough, the Hartlepools and
Whitby, on the east coast of England,
by German cruisers, together with
military .precautions thrown , about
uiuse -towns, maae it impossible even
today, more than 24 hours after the
raid to obtain more than an approxi
mate estimate of the civilian dead and
wounded.
According to an official statement
given out today, a total of 55 nersomv
met their death in the Hartlepools
while 115 "were wounded. At Scar
borough 17 dead and 30 wounded was
the toll. Both ofilcial and unofficial
estimates place the Whitby casualties
at two dead and two wounded. Of the
Hartlepool casualties seven . of the
dead were soldiers, while of the
wounded 14 men belonged to the mil
itary. The maximum of wounded is
close to 150 persons. That does not
include the slightly wounded civilians
who bandaged their own hurts and
lett town.
England Greatly Stirred.
Bristling with wrath and resentment
at the attack on unfortified towns,
England is astir today as never be
fore since war was declared. Another
raid is confidently expected and the
entire machinery of home defense has
been put into motion. On the east
and the southeast coast -emergency
committees are at work, while in .Lon
don plans to organize a national guard
of men too old for military service
are under way.
Although to the British mind a raid
on London seems remote, yet ' y ester
day 's episode crove home the realities
of war as nothing else could. Ar
rangements have been made at Deal
and Dover to expedite the removal , of
the civilian population in case of an
attack. Those measures are primarily
to forestall any panic or traffic con
gestion which might impede- military
movements.
Through wireless telegraphy Berlin
promptly heard of the outcome of the
raid and this morning a wireless mes
sage from the German capital, picked
up here, repeated details of the at
tack as printed by British newspapers
yesterday. Nothing has been added
from German official sources.
A Daring Exploit.
"Steaming at high speed the German
raiders, barring mishap, should have
reached their advance naval base off
Helgoland sometime after midnight,
their trip requiring about fifteen hours
Thirty hours out of port on such a
venture in mine laden waters is a feat
English papers do not belittle, and in
his heart every Englishman hopes
that it will be essayed again, and If
necessary again until the call is paid
once too often. It is presumed that
behind them the German cruisers
strewed mines, so a fleet of trawlers is
now out engaged in the precarious
task of sweeping.
The towns attacked yesterday had
resumed much of their normal appear
ance today, except in the bereaved
homes and in the hospitals.
Did Spies Aid Work?
Belief is general that the Germans
had the able assistance of spies. The
remarkable secrecy with which the
raid was executed is shown by the fact
that- not a single incoming vessel at
any east ccst Rort saw the German
ships prior to tueir sudden appear
ance. The nearest parallel to yesterday's
visit is found in the activities of John
Paul Jones, terror of English shipping,
who menaced English coast towns in
1779.
Many Children Killed-
A majority of the victims at Hartle
pool were women and children. Fif
teen school boys were killed by a sin
gle shell, only one boy in a group
escaping. Ten persons were killed by
the collapse of a building in which
they had taken shelter.
One shell damaged a building five
miles from shore.
GOETHALS TELLS
WHY HE
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 17. Colonel Goe
tlmls informed the war department to
ddy that excepting reports of misuseJ
of wireless, he knew "of no violation
of neutrality at the Panama canal
zone. He suggested that under the
circumstances neutrality might be vio
lated without detection or proof un
less he had ships to patrol the wa
ters. John R. Ross Will be in
Philadelphia Office
Johnston Chain of Mills
Of interest to., his many firends in
Charlotte will be -the news that Mr.
John R. Ross, formerly business man
ager of the Observeh, but for several
years secretary-treasurer of the Cra
mer Furniture Company, at Thomas
ville, is to go to Philadelphia to as
sist Mr. Robert Stokes in representing
the chain of mills of which Mr. C. W.
Johnston is president.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross spend Xmas in Me
bane with Mrs. Ross' 'mother. .They
will leave for Philadelphia early in the
new year.
For severaL years " Mr. Stokes nas
been selling agent in Philadelphia for
the yarns' manufactured by the John
ston chain of mills. The work has be
come so heavy that he was compell
ed to have an assitant. Mr. Ross was
secured as that assistant.
TO SPEND XMAS IN
CHAPEL HILL.
Dr. and Mrs. Otho Ross, and pretty
little bab-y, Miss Laura Eugenia, will
spend Xmas in Chapel Hill with Mrs.
Ross' mother. They leave next week.
A man and his wife are one, and
in many a family it's a constant scrap
to see which is going to be' the one. :
NEEDS S
AUSTRIAN ARE
SUCCESSFUL
OVER RUSSIANS
By Associated Press.
Berlin, . Dec 17. (By wireless to
Sayville, L. I.) First actual successes !
against the Russians In the last few 4 from this train to Monroe, where thtf
days appear to have been achieved by!j1w Bnort train to Atlanta can take
the Austrians in west Galicia. There! Tia . -1 ,
. . m . i . " is pointed out that Charlotte la
the Russians, according to advices re- especially interested in his proposed,
ceived from the fighting zone, have new schedule since a man leaving
been attacked simultaneously from two ' Raleigh this afternoon over the Sea
sides; -on their right by an offensive ?aj "j? reach Charlotte;
from the eastward of Cracow and on h?' 13 at U o'clock tonight, take a;
their left front by a movement direct- fiV?31 at lhe staHon and get off)
ed from the south. i v Jh,ls own nome- If the proposed!
The report that the Austrians are'?6?1?? is. ?? 'Set into
following up the retiring Russian army "?.,:Z T . Wa 6 18 on time
from the south shows, in the opinion f train Is an nour Iate as
of military observers, that the Rus-. ften tne cafe: ne,Y1U et here at
sians are being forced northward upon ; , a" mV and in either case he ar
their forces in western Poland. Wheth- J. e. to get a street car to
er that retirement will extend to the - Vome ana must neeas wall else
Russians massed to the north of.pa automobile or hack hire.
Piotrkow will depend on events of the' But the point ls made a man
next few days-. j may come from Raleigh to Charlotte
The report of the withdrawal of the ' vIaJn1 Southern Railway and thus
German column which advanced avoid thls troublesome situation. The
through Mlawa, northern Poland, in- Raleigh-Charlotte traffic is not the
dicates the Russians recognized in Pmt which is being discussed most
time the menace to their right flank. in 4 Charlotte today but the fact that
The old positions reassumed by the ;nis 11 'clPck train is made use. of .
Germans are fortified and in the be- Dy many traveling salesmen who go t
lief of military critics, can be held for down the Seaboard Air Line ; in the
a long time under normal conditions, mming, work a number of towns and
even against a greatly superior force.
The German offensive in northern
Poland appears to be proceeding ac
cording to program, reports from the
frontier say, without disarrangement
by the Russians.
That "the Austrians were obliged to
evacuate Belgrade after having retired
before the Servian army-to the south
ward of Valjevo, points to the ad
vance of unexpectedly strong Servian
forces. The assumption also appears
justified that the Austrians may pos
sibly have withdrawn troops from Ser
via for use in west Galicia, trusting
to chance that the Servians were in
capable of a further decided offensive.
CERINS IN THE
EAST RECEIVE
REINFORCEMENTS
By Associated Press.
London, Dec. 17. (7:28 A. M.)
The Times' correspondent at Petro
grad understands three additional
corps from the west have reached the
German armies on the Russian front,
makjng' altogether nine corps which
have reached Field Marshal von Hin-
denburg within a month. The Germans
were thereby able, he says, to send two
corps to Hungary while retaining 20
corps on the Polish front.
He adds that it appears that 170,
000 Austro-Germans have already cross
ed the Dukla and neighboring passes
in the Carpathian mountains. The Aus
trian contingent, he says, includes
three active, corps, the withdrawal of
which from the Servian front led to
disaster there.
Mr. and Mrs. Cutter Lose
Their Infant Daughter
' I'
Ida Tatum, the six-weeks old
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Cut
ter, died this morning at 5:30 at
their residence on North Tryon street.
The child had never been well, but
was not ill until yesterday afternoon,
when an acute attack came, followed
by rapid decline, and the fitful little
flame of life went out early this
morning.
The funeral services will be held
at the residence this afternoon at
3:30, Rev. Robert A. Tuft, of St. Pe
ter's Episcopal church, conducting
the service.
COLDS ARE OFTEN MOST SERIOUS
STOP POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS
The disregard of a Cold has often
brought many a regret. The fact of
Sneezing, Coughing, or a Fever should
be warning enough that your system
needs immediate attention. Certain
ly Loss of Sleep Is most serious. It
is a warning given by Nature. It is
man's duty to himself to assist by
doing his part. Dr. King's New Dis
covery is based on a scientific analy
sis of Colds, 50c at your druggist. Buy
a bottle today.
GEORGE G. SCOTT, C P. A. D. H. McCOLLOUGH, C. P. A.
SCOTT & McCOLLOUGH-
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
No. 201 Realty Building.
pecial
i "-&
Razor.
The "Silver King Safety Razor,' handsomely
plated, with two extra blades, while they last
35 Cents. -
-- --..-'-".'. '.
: By1 mail 5 cents extra.,
J. N. McCausland & Co.
221 South Tryon St. . J , Charlotte, N. 3L
TO
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lotte at 12:30 a. in. Instead of 11
o'clock as' at present, if. No. 3 fronT'
ftOTUfc V"VT"lr iUf tgk t j.
event No. 8 is late, which Is often thai
case at this, time of the year when;
traffic to' Florida is heavy. No. 13
must needs wait at Hamlet on this
train becansA thro fa ha ai. ttw
to take the New York-Atlanta ear
- k v uii b&aiiA
reiurn me city at 11 o Clock is the
troublesome feature. These salesmen
must; either return to Charlotte up in
the middle of the afternoon or else get
back a half hour or worse after mid
night when the means of reaching
their homes are meagre and expen-.
sive. -
Present Arrangement.
Under the present schedule No. 13
from Wilmington for Charlotte and No.
1 "I .... 1- 11. A .A, ( .
ix ii win J.U1W1UUUIU uu .tviicm la, a.iriv.
at'vHamlet at the same time, 7:40 p.
m.. No. 13 takes No. ll's passengers
for Charlotte and proceeds on "her
way, reaching Charlotte at 11 o'clock,,
io. xi wans ior xso. 6, wnicn arrives
at Hamlet at 9:05, takes the two At
lanta cars and proceeds. Now when
No. 11 is stopped at Hamlet No. 13,
the Charlotte train, x will have her
leaving time at Wilmington set back
one hour and thirty minutes, bo
as to make her arriving time
at Hamlet coincidental with the arriv
ing time of the fast train, No. 3. If
No. 3 is late No. 13 will wait at Ham
let until her arrival else there would
be no way to get the New York cars
for Atlanta to Monroe, where the
short train for Atlanta can get them.
Plans are being made to lay a Vig
orous protest before President Hara
han to the end that he may try to
work out some plan whereby Char
lotte's interests may be conserved as
well as to .make the best and most
economical schedule for the Seaboard
Air Line. '
Gore, Ga., P. A. Morgan had occa
sion recently to use a liver medicine
and says of Foley Cathartic Tablets:
"They thoroughly cleansed my sys
tem and I felt like a new man light
and free. They are the best medicine
I have ever taken for constipation.
They keep the stomach sweet, liver
active, bowels regular." Foley Ca
thartic Tablets are stimulating in ac
tion, and neither gripe nor sicken.
They are wholesome and thoroughly
cleansing, and keep the liver active.
Stout people like them. For sale by
all druggists.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Round Trip Excursion Fares via South
ern Railway
Premier Carrier of tne South.'
For the Christmas Holidays, the
Southern Railway will sell round trip
tickets at very low fares to various
points. Dates of sale, December 16th
to 25th, inclusive and December 31st,
1914, also January 1st 1915, with final
return limit; January 6th, 1915.
Round trip tickets will also be sold
to Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Wisconsin points on
December ith to 24th, inclusive and
December 29th-30th-31st, 1914, with fin-
a 1 M-fiipn Hrr-iif Tfl-niiflrT 1 Sth 1 91 K
OX 1 VbUi JUL JLJLJLUAV w 0 AWUy -'-. w
also Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
points on December 20th-21st-22nd,
1914, with final return limit January
18th, 1915.
"Take advantage of these low fares
in making. your trips during the holi
days. '
For further detailed information,
schedules, Pullman Reservations, etc.,
ask any Southern Railway Agent, or
write,
' R. H. DeBUTTS, .
Division Passenger Agent,
3 to Janl Charlotte, N. C.
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