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T H E. F A S' T E S T G R -O W I N G" PAPER IN. 'N O R T.H.. . C.A R O LI N A EWS NIGHT EDITION PAGES TODAY GREATER CHARLOTTE'S H OME NEWSPAPER " Established : Daily, 1888 Sunday 1910. ; CHARJTE, Ni C, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1913. Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c . LOT E NT 1 Jtii Congress Is To Appi opriate Over Billion Dollar s Verb Tithartmtnt fit Gnvrn be in operation , long' before the l&Cn Lftpurimzni 0 KjOVem- close of the fiscal year of 1913 the war ment Sends in Estimates ot ??ent estimates that 2e,326,985" Wt4 w iu m , xotiwutca C must be appropriated for the canal that Amopriations ft ceded. To- 7hm?h is about $5,000,000 more . "tu than the (current appropriate.- For til Running Ovel th Tit? miscellaneous material for. the canal tci nunnmg vvci ine zw- $10,459,000 i3 asked and $2,551,830 is lion Mark rzut Will h Dnnm TU,4U t.-J What Will Oe UOnt :. With HHS Vrt Ct.m T1A m'-A T?t CLSt Slim IS iela in AnEla- borate Detai I e d Report Bow This 7 otal Compares With Last Tear. By Associated Press. - ' : Washington, Dec. l.A new session of congress, the second in President Wilson's administration, began, work today at noon. ; , . ' , - ; Vice-President Marshall, as the noon lour arrived declared the old session adjourned "without day," ' and in the next breath announced .that congress had assembled "an accordance with the constitution. V More formality marked the opening in the house. The chaplain," the Rev. Henry N. Couden, offered prayer, re ferring with particular emphasis" to the "great economic and social prob lems which concern the welfare of the individual, the home, the government and religious life of the nation." A roll call disclosed a quorum, some thing that has not been had in many weeks. - r , . The senate began the session with its first day's work already mapped out. Debate on the Hetch Hetchy. bill began at-once.- It was expected that the revised draft - of the currency bill ould be presented late today and would be debated during intermissions f n the discussion over the water bill. : - ; : ' Washington, Dec. -1. Congress is Esked to appropriate just $1,108,681, - ai to operate-tne government or the ' United Statesduring the fiscal .'year 1313, according -to estimates-prepared by each department and sent to the Wse today , by Secretary McAdoo, of :he treasury. . -, ".; . . ' With this vast sum the government will maintain the battleships and forts and the armies in the states , and , in the countries that border the seven tea; it will keep the scales of justice balanced; endeavor to retain the friend ihip of foreign nations, "look after do mestic prosperity and seek at intervals to discover new ways in which to better health, improve living condi tions and investigate the merits of the thousand new things in the industry and commerce that come to its atten tion. : . The estimates submitted today are $22,864,067 in excess of the appropria tions for the last fiscal year but their totals fall $39,255,066 below the esti mates for that year. r ., The estimates are as follows: ' Legislative establishments, i $7,533, lil. -. . . . . ,1.- r:-: w Executive establishment, $30,809,- Department of agriculture, $19,061, B32. .. ; Foreign intercourse, $4,447,042. Military establishment $! 05,937,544. N'aval establishment, $139,831,953. Indian nffni.-s SianS.RfiS. Pensions $169,150,000. Public works $97,917,592. Postoffice department, including parcel Post, $396,953,117. . ' Miscellaneous, $84,393,213. - . . Permanent annual appropriations, 1131,196,407. , . For the preservation and completion of vessels already in commission or au thorized the nayy department wants 15,250,000; for the hulls and machinery of the two battleships . and : eight tor ledo boat destroyers which Secretary Daniels wishes to build in the fiscal !ear 1914-1915, $7,800,000; for armor 2nd armament of vessels autnorized, w,mm. Ths fiiim of $300,000 - is "anica ior naval detense, mines auu : and appliances; $150,000 for experimental ork in high explosives; $170,000 for he naval station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and $750,000 for additions and facilities and for the purchase of an additional ground at the naval proving pound, Indian Head, ;Md., just below Washington. To extend the naval gun factory in Washington; $400,000 Js ask-d. - - - ; - ; Many increases are sought -for the a' my. Of these a large number are: ex- a large number are: ex- estimates by the state-va., rmy itself is larger thani '"amed m the estii Went that the armv t has been heretofore. One of the Pnncipal military items is $300,000 for; 26-foot ACnanni'- Tacksonville, military aeronautics,v of which 50, $250,000; St. Jpnn s i ' H Farripr n00 is to be spent for 15" aeroplanes, '.FlaV, to t-'Lv5B.. Alabama; 500. Seelared to be necessary if the UnitedVand TmViSt? pIss, Miss., $400,000;, -tates is to keep abreast in this;;6ci-.;o00; boutheasijra Nashville, nce and "he prepared to cope wth Cumberland nvei 5ther first-class powers in case of wain .Tenn., 5""u- n -rinMO ,. The estimates for the organized mill- MN NG C0RP0KA 1 IUl 'a are larger by many millions than - MIJST PAY TAXEb 'n previous years. Sums of $1,350,000 j , neia camps of instruction: -50 for eauitment of coast artillery armories; $2,100,000 for field artillery Material, and $3,000,000 for; ammuni on for such artillery for. militia.-ate . asked. - - '-'' ' ; r-J f-r- , For armament in fortifications the es "mate is $5,805,800, an , increase of "e than $3,000,000 over last year, "a $3,000,000 is to be expended in in8 Purchase, manufacture and test of munition for mountain, field and lee cannon. and a large part of the IP tn rt 1 J a 1 J Ml M T ri7 ;UUf r 18 t0 De used ln aiiei nlgai f TVr Rird oBth are ne ;ol ftyle field and coast artillery guna., yard, by George Bird, omn L,linough the Panama Canal probably Asked .wanted for fortifications.- ' . 01 me most interesting items m the long: list of estimates is' that of J,ouu IO salaries ana expenses 01 special attorneys, examiners, and.ag- fnts o tn3 bureau of corporations, an increase of $300,000 over last year. In $no,ouu ror salaries and expenses of a note accompanying the request for this additional sum congress is'told: "This increase is due entirely ta the plan projected or additional work 'to be done by the bureau of corporations. This plan has to do with;. The f acts on stocks and bond issues, holding com panies, interlocking directorates, etc., the- economy and efficiency, of trusts and interstate corporations and confut ing state laws." -.. The department of commerce' asks for $100,000 to be used in investigating the cost of production of articles dutia ble in the United States, in leading countries where ; they are ; produced. These Investigations are to go fully into wages, material, costs, profits and other features, The sum of $150,000 is asked also for the salaries and ex penses of commercial attaches who are to be credited to the state department and who are to investigate and report upon foreign manufacturing conditions of interest in this country. -The census bureau wants $925,000 for collecting statistics, of which $566, 400 is for a census of manufactures. For an Investigation-of problems in connection with public utilities to de termine the quality and cost of servic required in the regulation of utilities the , bureau asks $100,000; For an in vestigation of the materials used - in rails, wheels and axles and other rail- way equipment and-the cause pJE their I failure, $30,000 is asked for the bureau (of standards, t .-. V..-'-: ... Secretary McAdoo estimates that he (will need $1,500,000 to collect the in- come tax. He says an increase is neces sary because the tax collection macnm ery will be perf ectetf by the time the appropriation. Is made ana Decause. in vestigations will be made to determine cases of taxes withheld in previous years; 'r .' The' department of . agriculture ;asks f-nnereRs for $400,000 to use in eradi cating the cattle tick, an increase of ?7o,ouw, aeciarmg mai ocw" ""u ern states are manifesting an interest in rattlfi raisins owing to the uncer tainty of the cotton crop and the high price oi came.. . . This department line,s itself up with the department of justice and congress in the effort to delve into the opera tions of the cold storage dealers. It asks $50,000 to investigate the prepara tion for market, the storing, freezing and other operations incidental to the transportation of poultry and eggs $15, 000 to look into similar operations m fish: $25,000 for an oyster investigation and $20,000 for a biological investiga tion of food, and drug products, with $654,301 for the enforcement of the pure food and drugs act. s The sum of $54,280 is wanted to in vestigate Insects and insecticides, par ticular attention to be devoted .to malaria-bearing mosquitoes and the.ordv nary house fly. The department wants $166,330 for investigating road making, with $70,000 for field experiments. A Request is made for $194,140 to collect and diffuse information concerning the best methods of marketing and tatrA n tine farm : products and $50,000 ior dJSSnSratli o-operaUon; h thP states of methods of .live stocK Jafsing cotton . and cane . sugar - The state department evidences its mg ni a site 'and construction, of Purchff:!f ,iS Ip, lation at Berne, bwikw lttUU:""aru",i,T building on Switzerland, najxov- - strtiction oi au y the. United cround now StlSHnntn2 work on public build- V-hnrized the treasury SnmentVts fn an estimate of $6, nel . from Galveston Norfolfc $900,uoo; - N Carolina, toftBcaufort ?n?e .J f . Point $800,000; Jarhor oi maintenance ookont. N- ,yj o aM - LooKonv " o t,9h to the sea Bvfon, PDr?cSemher -Mining , Washingtoiv corporation colorations must nya theoP llt acceding6 to "the decis !on today of the United States su preme court. 4 . ... - A KILLING AT GASTONIA, ' Daisv White was : uastoum, - - k h last shot and mstanuy , . t k nisht at ner groes.. WAISTS VOTE AGAINST CHANG: ING OF IMF Conference This Morning Voted Against Change by Vote of 1 67 Against, to 25 For Change of Name. ' Shelby to Be Next Place of Meeting Reidsville Put in First Bid Majority in Favor of Shelby as Meeting Place For 1914. ' . '-:; (BY MAMIE baVs.) The conference convened at 9 o'clock this morning . with Rev. J. 'J. Itowe, D. D., of Asheville, in the chair, Bishop McCoy . being detained in the cabinet room with the presid ing elders. Rev. J, H. Weaver; D. D., of Monroe and Dr. Rowe, conducted the devotional service. The minutes of the session of Saturday were read and approved, i Bishop" McCoy arrived and took the chair. ; " Resolution. Rev. B. Ia Bain presented, which as amended, reads aa follows: "Whereas, We, believe that the use of tobacco in any form during the period of adolescence is detrimental to the person; 'Whereas; We believe that the par ents who patronize our institutions of learning would prefer that their sons should have thrown around them at this immature time of lite every wholesome restraint. "Therefore, Resolved, That we re cRmmend to the faculties and boards of trusteess of all the schools ifc which we have property interests that they take such action as may be wise and necessary' to eliminate wit n jn two or three years the use of to bacco from the student bodies and faculty." . ; -This resolution was -adopted with out discussion. ." i .' . r:i;. Ireland Resolution . : ;' C. H. Ireland presentedtesolution f ecommehding that an! assessment be placed on each district of the Confer ence to be used in the repair of district parsonages there being no fund avail able for this purpose at this time. The resolution provided" further; that this assessment shall not . exceed an amount equal to one per cent of the salary o the pastors on the districts.' Mr. Ireland made explanation that he offered this resolution to. the session of the conference . of last year and that it was not adopted, at that session, but that . he hoped it would be adopt ed by this ; sessionM The vote was taken and the result was 57 votes in favor of the resolution and 44 votes against it and-the resolution was adopted. The: report ofthe committee on conference Irelations was submit ted and was . adopted. ' . !- Bishop McCoy called minute ques tion 48, "Where shall the.next session of, the - conference be held?" , Answer: ing this question P. H. Williamson; a lay delegate- from Reidsville,. ; placed Main street church, Reidsville, in nom ination, and the nomination was sec: onded by Jlev. W. F. Womhle, pastor of the church. The invitation -was ex tended to the name of the church and in - the name of the ; mayor : and city council of - Reidsville; jsl letter from the ; mayor being read to the confer ence.';: : y,-:: '. Shelby was placed in nomination also, by Rev. B. E: Williamson, pastor of the church, and Rev. R. M..Hoyle, presiding elder of the Shelby district, seconded the nomination. ( - . Both Reidsville and Shelby - were highly recommended as the place for holding the- next session of the con ference and when the vote was" taken the majority was in favor of Shelby, On motion, Shelby was made the unan imous choice of the conference as the next session of tie body. . r - r ' Change of Name.. V "'V- By order of the general conference, the presiding bishop of every annual conference' during the session of 1913 be required to propound to the con ference the question; "Shall ; the name of : the : chu'reh be changed from - the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; to the ' Methodist Church jn America?" Bishop McCoy propounded this ques tion this mornihg. The requirement of the general conference is that the vote be secured by the calling of the roll of ; the ' members of the confer ence. The secretary of the conference called the roll and the result of the vote was that .155 , Clerical ; delegates voted aga!nst the proposed change in the name of the church and '24, votes in favor: of the proposed change; of the .lay "delegates,. 12 voted against the proposed' change and 1 ; voted in favor of tbe iroposed change.- The' to tal number of votes cast, against the proposed change was 167 and 25 the total, number in favor of the proposed change. " . . Plato T; Durham voted against the proposed change in the ; name of the church and asked the privilege oi making explanation of his vote. He stated that the reason he voted as he did . was that he . is ' in; favor " of changing the name of the church; but is not in ".favor ' of the proposed change and .that tjhe change in name he desires is to that " of. "the Meth odist Church." He said further that he 'believed . the time ' is not , far; dis tant when organic . union of the dif ' fcrent. branches ; of Methodism " shall v be effected and ' that . he; desired, the V. 11 u 1 V-ut v, iiiv.ii llC lo CI 111 C 111 UXl IU I ' (Continued on Page Nine.) 1 Forecast for North Carolina: . Continued unsettled weather w tonight and Tuesday, probably w local rains. Moderate northeast w winds. . . : , w :' ;- " , . !- , -:. - '. - -- . . f . ; . . w '.r 't- -.- -,.- -jc- -lt -r -a- -rc DEDTO FUfJE FOR QUEENS COLLEGE The committees appointed 'to have charge of the 10-day campaign to raise $150,000 in 10 days for Queens College, reported today at the 1-o'clock lun cheon at , the Selwyn hotel that they had $4,000 more to add to. the amount of ' $20,500 that was reported at the first' committee hearing on Saturday. Twenty-four thousand has therefore been raised up to date and the workers are much encouraged at the showing made. The donations announced today were as follows: Committee ACaptain W. S. Alex- ' ander: .... .. . . . .$ 1500 Committee B Captain F. C. Ab bott. .. . ... .. .. ... Committee C Captain J. M. Scott . . . . . . .... . . . 300 Committee D Captain : Earle - Mc Causland ; . ... , . --- Committe ' E Captain P. : S. 'r Gil- x christ ..-...-.:.. . . .. 200 Committee F Captain E. R. Smith - Committee G-r-Captain J.' H. Little Committee H Captain., J. R. Pharr .2,000 Committee I Captain O.-; J. - Thies Total for the day Grand total to date .$4,000 ;. $24,500 nhonn varinn nhasps nf the ramnaien. Kevi li. H. Oioistcnnastoroi me u irsi Presbyterian-cl)urch, .and Rev.- Dr. A; A., McGeachy, pastor of - the ' Second Presbyterian church,. -also explaining steps they had taken to 4ay the cause before their respective congregations yesterday. Dr. McGe achy ' stated . that h eynlainRd the cause fully to his con gregation tyesterday at the morning ser vice and answered --' any possible ob jection that he thought might be rais ed against the campaign. Mr. - ttoisiun nnrmiinrpd that the had given the ma-' jor part of the space in his "cl urch calendar to . the explanation oi me cause and had also made verbal argu ment to his congregation in the way of reviewing the matter. ". :': i Secretary Carraway," of tne , ureater Charlotte Club.i informed those .pres ent that he had received from c'ommer cial sectetaries ;in various cities out side the state and in tne state useu nhmit the Drobability of Char lotte raising the required amount. He said that the eye of, every one of Charlotte's sister cities were watching the Queen City to. see u sne wouiu make good ch the proposition now on hand or would fall, down pn .it - He also added the significant remark kni-now nf BAve.ral entemrises io at fnn-p thnt werfe contemnlating a. l icnov - . looking into conditions jjere witn a view to locating nere.ana mui. men mio-ht dPiipnd larcely on. the vwiiiiiA, 1 " " - I . . attitude the city , took toward the Queens College proposition, wmen was in a sense a test of. the city's public spiritedness. Mr. Carraway. spoke from the cdmmercial point of view this nresent proposition, and d ivii- v. mt - - his views are shared by others. Dr. Caldwell explained mat no re v,o hopn made to the: Carnegie Foundation for aid in the present cam paign, or any other campaign; for the .,-00 that old from that source re- auired the college "to become undenom- inational m oraer wsraeiYeauc a condition -which, of course,. Queens College could :not accept He had thought he said, . however, of making hp dfiheral Educational Fund for aid fpr certain features of the college's extension, atter tne pi eaem campaign is over. . ' ' With only two days' official report m oi owl nf thfi amount in hand, 1 lAd m,, nthpT aid already nromis"- ed the committees are exceedingly .op- timistic anout giuu& ..uc-.v.-amount, within the lO'-days" limit. Special to The News. - . inn p. Dec. 1. The con (ference this' mprning.voted 128 to 80 . j,:s f h Mohnflist Minfer- ence H. N.- Snyder, J. Daniel, and D; M. McLeod were appointed a com-'ui- nrooont ft memorial to the general - conference asking ; for ; divis- ion ; - ' : "" 1 - ' "' " t r' tlt AirT jnd"nresented a, reso lution asking for: the division, stating that more could be. accomplished by two united, -forces of Methodism and besides the work could be more spe cifically advanced, also the boqy is rather .unwieldy at present. ij-Two of Wadesboro's best men are in the city today: Rev. 'Bruce Doyle of the Presbyterian church, and May- THE WEATHER. M10 MDHE AD CONFERENCE FWI OBS 0111151 CONGRESS IN REGULAR After Long Special Session Law Makers Enter Into Reg ular December Session Without a Rest Many. Mat-1 - ters to Come Up. Much Interest Jn President's Message Which He Will Read Tomorrow Plans of Congress- as To Currency And Other Matters. By Associated Press. , ..Washington, Dec. 1. Congress to day settled down to the second stage of What promises to be the longest continuous . sitting -; in " its history. "The regular December session, following without a breakup on the heels of the long extra session that has Yun since April 7, brought to tired lawmakers today a new host of problems and ihe 'prospect of 'steady work for many months. ' There was iittle formality about the ushering in of the new congress at noon. Its "advent was- . sfgnaiizetf by the , fall of ' the gavel in each hoyse : with the announcement of the presiding -officer that the second ses sion;, of the sixty -third congress had begun. . .. r - , .-.'. , . , - A widespread demand for' tickets for the house gallery for tomorrow s session indicated the interest that centers about President Wilson's 're appearancevat the capitol to deliver a presidential address.- The president will ..read his first general message to congress at a joint session of the two houses tomorrow and it ;s ex pected he will touch upon ' many or the problems to be taken up at' tne new session. r - . ;. ..The senate practically merged the old session into the new merely meet ing at 10 o'clock today to wind up work of the dying session. Vice Pres ident 'MaTshal,'-who trad been absent for ' several"weeks,' ; was in his ; place again as. presiding officer. Democratic leaders -.were prepared '"'..to - push the curreacyV bilf forward as the chiet tusinesSj and to hold the senate in daily "session from" 10 in the morning until 31, o'clock" at .night untilit is disposed of. v: . The attendance when" the' house Opened the new session was larger than; it had been for months. ' .While the senate is . working on cuVrency legislation and disposing of the Hetch 1 letch y water "supply bill during the early, days of the new session the house will start work upon the great appropriation bills,' carrying more than .$1,000,000,000 of funds for the needs of government . during the year that begins next July. . v The annual estimates by the treasu ry department were presented to the house when it assembled at noon. Preliminary work by the appropna tions committee has brought several of - the supply bills near, completion an dan effort will be made to pass the $13,000,000 District of Columbia bill, and the fortifications appropria tion; before Christmas. . ' . Democratic . members, of the senate worked all day yesterday to complete their ' agreement on. the currency. Dill 0 that the measure might be pusned for immediate consideration today. Senate leaders hope that by holding the senate" to long hours the bill may be; passed in time to permit a short recess at the- holidays. If it has not been acted upon ; the senate will fore go all vacation except oh Christmas day. ; ;-: ;"; When the . senate met democratic leaders had agreed that the currency subject would not be takenup before noon. V v' ; -"- " ':i-'1- w The extra session terminated in the senate with ' the introduction ot a : few bills- antjl resolutions and an executive session to confirms some ot President : Wilson's nominations.. -Ten postmasters at smaii points were the only ones confirmed and the senate recessed until 11:55 c 'clock., - - jc -jc -r THE DAY IN, CONGRESS. By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 1.;' ... Senate:. . Met at 10 a. m. and concluded bus iness of the, extra . session, confirming delayed nominations. About 100 . ex pired unacted upon. ; - Senator Weeks introduced a bill to restrict transportation of military forces and supplies to Panama in Am erican bottoms.' . jueaaers -agreed to delay resuming the lobby; fnvestigation until the cur rency bill iz passed Recessed and convened at noon be ginning. the second session of the six -ty-third congress.' ' . -Took brief recess while' committee notified President.Wilson congress was in session. Republican Leader Gallinger indicat ed the minority would call a currency caucus.. . ' - House:' ' Met at noon beginning the new ses sion.. . A .. ' ; Representative Henry introduced a bill to amnd the Sherman law. . , , Adjourned at 1 : 07 p. m. to noon Tuesday. . , - SESSION NI First Train Came In Ovet New Road Ahead Of Schedule SUIT AGAINST Chicago, ; Dec. 1. The : suit ; of the Federal government charging the Chi cago butter and egg board with vio lation of . the anti-trust law will be brought to trial here this week, it was announced today by James H. Wilkerson, United. States District At torney in this city. . The determination to rush the , case to trial came on the hgels . of a re port by Charles. T. B. Morrison, mas ter in chancery,; favoring the conten- 110 of the government that te quota tions committee of the board arbi trarily fixed the price of butter and eggs.' . - :- V. - : ; .:.':; : The suit was filed a year ago' and shortly after the board voted to abol ish the committee. '.- ..:.';' ; News of the early trial was received wuh. satisfaction by; club, women, en gaged in an- egg boycott, although .it was evident to them- lhat the case would affect the price of eggs. ..'-':.'-. ,'Mfs. J6hri C. Bley, leader of the boy cott in this city,, said today that her plan ' of r bringing in . eggs from the country' direct to the' consumer could be put into effect immediately. "The farmers are not yet' educated 16 the' bppdrthmties 4 of . the- parcel post," she said, "but we have begun a campaign in that ' direction J. which should bear fruit by next summer or at the latest by this season next year Bv ,' Associated Press.'. 1 '. v ; ; ' "NewLYork. Dec' l.Fairfax -Ham- son, 5 president of the" Chicago, " India napolis " &' Louisville ; Railway . Corn pan ' was '. ' today : , elected , president of( the Southern Railway Company to succeed the ' lat ' W. W. 1 Finley. . - Fairfax i Harrison is 43; years old. When 34 years old he- was appointed assistant to - the president of the Southern. ' Three .years later he be came vice president of the road. He filled this office nearly three years, resigning in 1910 to assume the pres ident of - the Chicago, Indianapolis & LouisviLe Railway Company, which is controlled jointly by -the Southern and the Louisville & Nashville Rail- road Mr. Harrison is a native of New York city. He is a son of. Burton Harrison of this city and a brother of Francis Burton Harrison, governor general of the Philippines His home is at Beivoir, , Fauquier county, Vir - HARRISON IS . : NEW: READ OF SOUTHERN ginia. 1 -'; ' --t - - ' ipating in this official trip were . ex Mr. Harrison was graduated from tremeiv gratified with the demonstra Yale in 1890 and admitted to the bar tjons ; itb. which- the train was met of New York two years later. ' l'at every station, ; and the good will For four years he "practiced, law in rt . fth : nennlft towards the newirail- this city. He became solicitor 01 tne road was made manifest in . a . most Southern Railway in 1896 . and assfs-' 6triging manner today all along the tant to the president in 1903.' He is jJne ., . , . a director in number of corporations The distance from Charlotte to Rai and a member of clubs m New York, eigQ Dy tne NQrfoik Southern is I06 Washington, LouisvUle,: Indianapolis miles and from Charlott to Norfolk & Chicago, ; . ' , ' I 358 miles. . '.... . : ,. K'- rHarneon was one of Mr. Fin- . , Mr PoweII Local Agent, ley's closert and trusted advisers, i Mr. J. K. Powell,- of this city, will reads a statement given out by the bg thg local agent In chargeof the Southern Tvailway today, and Is thor- freight and passenger Interests of the oughly .in sympathy .with the po icies . Norfolk Southern, -taking up hie new wMch made Mr. Finley s administra- duties in a few days. Mr.-Powell has tion so successful -both for -the South- been with the Southern Railway Tor ern; Railway Company and the terri- some , years and is an expert - rail tory served by its. lines- ' road man and knows : the city tW "Though Mr. Harrison entered tne 0u"iily A . ; service of the Southern in the legal he' 'NorfolkV Southern will operate departmen'; his experience . has not twQ threugh train8 and twQ been eonfinedao that branchy of the Chartotte.star locals, one operating, in service. He has given much study ,each direction, In addition there will to financial, trafflcand operating : Prob-. fce . iJk thr0UgQ freight service 'ems and is intimately acquamted with aCQ day, and a local freight service conditions in the Southern Railway .;three-tlmeg each week form Charlotte ana . inrouguouw iu section w un;u u. traverses'. . . . "As president of the Chicago, In dianapolis & Louisville he was active ly in charge of the operation of the railway so that he comeaJo the South ern Railway prepared by practical ex-J perience as well as the most detailed knowledge uf the details of its affairs to take up the duties of the chief ex ecutive." - . Killed By Acci- ; dental Discharge By Associated Press. . ' '. Asheville, N. ,C. Dec. . l.-Little George Chackels, the 2-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Chackels was shot and killed yesterday by his 1 5-year-old brother,, . Eddie, the weapon used being a 32-calibre rifle. The older boy had just secured, the. gun a ; few days ago and was playing with it-on the back porch of the Chackels home wnen in some manner'it was discharg ed the bullet striking the smaller boy in the bacfc He was rushed to a local hospital, but-.died before reaching the death of her baby j Ovation Accorded Firsi Though Treiin all Along Route Many Railroad Op ficals and Newspapsr lien in The Party This Af ternoon. Road Will Operate Two T ratm Daily E ach Way, One T hrough And One Local Initial Journey was a Tre mendous Success ' i The first regular through passen ger tram over the Norfolk Southern LRallroad to reach Ctarlotte from the outside world 'over the new route, reached the city this afternoon 1 at 1: 55, 5 minutes ahead ..of schedule, carrying a large party of officials. newspaper men and 60 . passengers who were taken aboard en route. The Star local reached the city atil0:fc&, 3 hours ahead of the through train. In "the party on this the , first through train over the Norfolk South ern were: " -' , . '. . , Col. Fred A. Olds,: of the Raleigft Times; 'John, A. . Parks, Raleigh Times ;E. K Britton, .of the News and Observer; yV. C. Moore, circulation manager of the New and Observer, and the following officials of the new road: ; , - ' . ' . - of; the Norfolk Southern;. H. ' Larned; general passenger agent; w. G; Womble, general freight agent; U E. Rice,, general industrial agent; E. C Potter, : traveling freight anc passenger agent;: and E. C. Duncan one. of the chief - promoters ot ittt new road. ' ' . ; : Tfipre were also fiO' nassencers - IT the party, 27 of whom boarded the train at Midland' and, "made the trip, m nonor or tne opemnguy : oj. iiut-. new' ime.: -' :!-r;""'; - . "Th-3 trip was" a tremendous . sue cess and was .delightful; good sched ules, being made and everything op erated. as ;. if the; road were ; already well opened and had every detail oi its . operation carefully worked out. ' was , the unanimous verdict - '. the well : known coterie of '- newnpaper men; from Raleigh who, came m witn the train this afternoon. - - Ovation' Along Route. The train in which the distinguish- Jed party of railroad ; men ; and news paper- representatives traveled was given an ovation at every stop along the" way from Raleigh to Charlotte. At every station were crowds ot peo-, pie anxious to make the initial tr-'p to Charlotte but this train, according to schedule, is a through train, anu . stops only at Varina. Star, Trov, Nor wood and Mt. Gilead, though seyera atODS were- mader on the mitia run jn order to accommodate the peo- pje on the . route who were eager , tc maLke a journey on-the first throtigt train over the new road. " . The railroad officials and all partic- ard into Charlotte; stopping- at all intermediate points. V . w - Schedule ofTrains. The following .,is , the complete schedule of trains for the present, as announced for local, headquarters to days by Norfolk -' Southern officials: The first train daily is a through rassenger . from , Charlotte - to Ral 'eigh, leaving this city at 7:25 a. m.; Mt. ; Gilead; Troy and ; Star, reaching, Raleigh at 2:10 p. m., and connecting with the train for ; Norfolk. . ;; , At4 p. m., a local passenger train, leaves - Charlotte, arriving at Star at 7:45 p.. m.; connecting with' j ths through train' for ' Asheboro.- At 7:20 a. m., a through passenger leavea Raleigh . reaching Charlotte at 2 p. , ni4'.-. stopping only at Star," Troy, ML Gilead; Norwood and Aquadale. There will akiol.be a local passen ger leaving Star at 7:10 a. m.,, arriv ing 111 vuaiiuiu; ai iv.uii a..u.( maa-: ing all intermediate stops, this being lenown as the "Charlotte-Star" local. This - train , wilt make - connections from Ellerbee, Biscoe and all points between Star and Asheboro...Thi3 win give Asheboro people an opportunity to come to Charlotte m the morning; spend the ' day and , return ' home on , t Continued On Page Nin.) ; -