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VOL. XXXIX
CONCORD, N. CLIONDAY, JANUARY 19. 1914.
NO. 59
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NORFOUf
PUTS IN WAIL, TOO
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF PRO
POSED RATES ARE APPLIED.
fjcl. Rodman, Its General Counsel,
Says That the Road Would Get a
Net Profit of Only Two and One
Thousandths of One Per Cent, if
justice Rates Are Put .Into Effect.
I Says the Rates as Proposed Would
Be Confiscatory as Far as the Nor
folk Southern is Concerned.
Raleigh, Jan. 19. That the Nor
folk Southern would) get a-net profit
rrf only two and offlfcthousandths of
,r,e percent, on the Ijrompany-'s North
Carolina investment if the Justice
rates are applied, was 6he . represent
ation of General Counsel W. C. Kod-
'mari before the special Intrastate
Freight Kate Commission thiS mOrn
lE. - t
Colonel Rodman stated that if the
Justice rates are applied his .com
pany would net two hundred dollars
j n.onth or twentyrfour hundred a
year, whereas, the company pays .$85,'
000 State taxes yearly, insisting that
these figures would be 'confiscatory
and unreasonable. A number of offi
cials and clerks were introduced to
' prove his ggures.
Thej Norfolk Southern case was
railed this morning and completed
this afternoon.! The Norfolk & West
tern is to have its hearing Friday,
concluding the! hearings of the larger
lines of "the State, Tuesday there
will be a conference between the
commission and officials and Ithe coun
sel for the short lines to decide wheth
er the adjustment of rates on these
will be left to the corporation com
mission. ! ' .
OAK RIDGE HAS
A SERIOUS FIRE.
Two Main School Buildings And
Handsome Church Destroyed.
(ireensboro Kecord, 17th.
Fanned by a brisk gale from the
a est, (ire supposed to have originat
ed from an open grate in one of the 1
buildings and discovered this morn
ing at dawn completely . destroyed
two of the main buildings at Oak
Ridge Institute eighteen miles west
f this?ity, and the Methodist -Protestant
hurch, situated on the school
campuus."
The entire loss is estimated at
about -$25,000 or $30,000, partially
covered by $19,000 insurance on the
two buildings and contents, with no
insurance on the ehurcb. None of the
furniture or fixtures in the school
buildings or the church were saved.
The two buildings burned this morn
ing were situated on the central part
of the campus at Oak Ridge and were
conected by an overhead passange
way. One of the structures was of
brick, while the other a frame struc
ture.
Steamer Twelve Days Over Due.
New York, 1 Jan. 19. Maritime
rircles are considerably st'ted over
the possible fate of the Italian steam
ship Ocean, which is twelve days
overdue. No word has been received
from the vessel since she left Lisbjn
on December 17th. She carried a
cargo of cork, alued at a million
dollars and' a crew of forty.
Disappearance of Submarine
r Still a
j Mystery.
Plymouth.! Eng., Jan. 19.-
The dis-
annenrnnep O f the submarine "A-7
with eleven ! men is still a mystery,
alth
ough the admiralty authorities
admitted the fear that she had been
swallowed up by quicksand.- The
search is being continued.
Mexican Refugees at Fort Bliss.
El Paso. Texas. Jan. 19. The en
tertaining at Marfa of Mexican ref-
ucrees trom Uunaga win Degin io-
nighV, according to statements of the
American omeers ai ron, du&s.
nniiTiirnii i
thev reach here the refugees will findhi' anvthing against the candidaey
the camp prepared tor them.
Thaw Very Much Alarmed.
Concord, N. H., Jan. 19. That
llarrv Thaw and- counsel are genu-
inelv alarmed over the recent activ-
ity of the iNew York officials, was
evidenced by the calling ot Attorney
bhurtlett to Concord tor a conter-
n-nce. !
xram xio. w aow auives jjaici. i
A slight
change of schedule went
into effect
yesterday, January 15.
Train "NV Sn. Rnnt.hhnnnfL whif-b fori
a long time had arrived at 8:35, now
arrives at 9:03, and No. 43 arrives
-. . , j
at 9:45 instead of 9:40.
SETS ASIDE VERDICT,
Judge Harding Sets Aside Verdict in
Teeter-Horner Case. Plaintiff
Gives Notice of Appeal.
When court; resumed Friday af
ternoon counsel for the defendant in
the case of M. F. Teeter vs J. C.
Horner, principal of Horner School,
moved that the verdict of the jury be
set aside. The jury had previously
returned a verdict of $70 in favor of
Mr. Teeter, the suit being for the re
covery of Iris amount claimed to bal
ance due from $T)0 paid the school
for tuition for the plaintiff's son, who
was expelled from the institution
three weeks after the term opened.
Attorney Keerans and Hutchison
asked that the verdict be set aside
as a matter of law, contending that
the law presumed that in case the
plaintiff had jnot investigated the
rules and regulations of the school
he was bound by such rules and regu
lations. Attorneys Caldwell, Hartsell
and Furr 'opposed .the motion, con
tending that the plaintiff made no
contract with! the school .and that
tho mnttpr of whether tlire vnt nn
expressed contract should be decided
by the iurv, and that the iurv should
also decide whether the rules were
just and reasonable.
At the conclusion of the arguments
Judge Harding announced thr.fc he
would set the verdict aside, stating
in his remarks, that if a principal of
a school, especially a school for 10
and 17 year old boys, could not have
authority over the boy students, the
school would (have to close its doors.
The plaintiff's counsel gave notivej
of appeal to the Supreme Court.
VETERANS DINE.
Followers of Lee and Jackson Guests
of Daughters of the Confederacy.
The birthdays of Lee and Jackson,
the immortal leaders of the Confed
eracy, were appropriately celebrated
here today ly the local chapter of
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The exercises were held in the lodge
room of he jPythian building.Forty
five veterans attended, being one of
the largest gatherings of 'veterans m
the county in several years. ,
Mrs. R. Al Brown, president of the
local chanter of Daughters of the!
Confederacy, presided. The exer
cises were opened with prayer by
Rev. Jacob Simpson, chaplain of the
Caabrrus camp, after which Mrs.
Brown welcomed the veterans. Sonars
by the veterans choir, recitations by
five little girls and a selection .from
F. L. Stanton by Mrs. J. G., Parks
followed, the programme holding the
intense interest of the veterans.
At the conclusion of the programme
the Daughters of Confederacy serv
ed lunch, the menu consisting of ham
sandwhiches, coffee, pickles and cake.!
After the lunch the veterans at- j
tended The
shows, the
Main and Pastime picture
guests of the
manager,
Mr. Stewart
LAST
FRIDAY EVENING.
Mr. Allison Entertains Business As
sociates and Clerical Force of the
White-Morrison-Flowe Co.
Mr. J. P. -Allison entertained the
members of the firm and clerical
force of White-Morrison-Flowe Co.,
of- which he is president, at dinner
Friday night at his home on North
Union street. Thirteen guests were
present apd an elegant dinner was
served. Those who enjoyed Mr. Al
lison's hospitality were: D. B. Mor
rison, W. iW. Flowe, T. F. Morrison,
G. H. Richmond, L. M. Richmond,
Carl Spears, Charlie. Fields, J. 11.
Dorton, G, C. Love, J. W. Props't, H.
M. Shinn
John Bundv and Howard
Caldwell.
Simmons 'and Overman Say Hammer
Will Be, Attorney.
S ecial to charlotte Observer.
Washington, Jan. r 17. It is being
said in North ' Carolina that Repre
sentative Page has aided Henry A.
Page in his Iprotest against the ap
pointment of W. C. Hammer as uis
triot Attorney. ! Asked about this to-
Ljav Mrj Page authorized the Qbserv-
pr correspondent to say wnat ne nas
rpnptpdlv said before, that he has
nf. . directlv- or maireciiy saiu or
0f jr Hammer, but has, because or
thA rather peculiar position m which
up wflSe placed, studiously refrained
f ay discussion of the case and
ni,rnosGS to maintain this position.
sPnator Overman and every Nortn
c arolina newspaper man in Washing-
f An corroborate the statement
jp bv Mr. Page.
. fforin tor Overman Simmons said to
th fit Hammer would be appoint-
Onlv six more days Of the big re-
rl nation sale at the Palks-Belk Cos.
.
All winter goods must ne cieanea up
regardless of price. Look out for big
rfw specials mis weea..
PRESIDENT TALKS TO i
HIS CALLERS TODAY
REPORTS THAT BUSINESS HAS
SUFFERED UNFOUNDED. i
Insists That Smaller Business Inter
ests Have Greatly Increased tto
t Volume of Their Trade. Denied
That He Ever Expressed the Opin
icn That Railroads Should Be Per
mitted to Increase Freight RatesT
The Administration Anti-Trust
Plan is to Facilitate Processes of
Accommodation Rather Than the
Process of Legal Action.
Washington, Jan. 19. President
Wilson made plain to his callers to
day that the reports that business
had' suffered from the tariff law wee
in . , ?Plma unfounded. He
in-
sistea l?at tne smaller business in-
terests had greatly increased the
volume of their trade, and admitted
that certain industries which we
dependent on the railroad's for theiJ
equipment orders might have suffer
ed somewhat but he believed that it
is only a question of a short time
then they will pick up. - ;
The President denied that he had
ever expressed the opinion that'rail
roads should be permittea' to increase
freight rates. He said he had ideas
on the subject but because the Inter-)
state Commerce Commission is nov
considering the matter he woud riot
make them pubic.
Ihe President expained that the
administration's anti-trust pan js tjj
endeavor to facilitate the processes
of accomodation rather than the pro-1
cess ot legal actions. He admitted
that most, of the adjusters had beej'i
tacit violators of law, but explained
nearly every case more violation 6 1
the spirit than of the letter.
FIREMAN WILSON DEAD-,
IN WRECK ON SOUTHERN
Engine Turned Over Near Davidson
Sunday Night.
-Charlotte, Jan. 18. Caught under
his engine, which was overturned by
a spreading rail at Davidson tonight
at 8 :o0, Fireman Avery H. Wilsdn,
of the Taylorsville: branch: of the
Southern railway, was crushed to
death, while Engineer J. E. Curlee
was fatally . scalded by escaping
steam. Both were residents of Char
lotte, i
None other was hurt,' passengers
reporting that the shock which derail
edthe engine, tend'er and combina-
tib baggage and express car was hard-
ly felt in the two day coaches making
up the remainder of the train.
This is accounted for by the fact
that the wreck occurred within 300
yards of the Davidson station ! and
the train, not making over 25 miles
an hour, was slowing down. The en
gine left the rails on a gradeless curve
in a cut within 20 yard's of the town
cemetery.
In Memory of General Lee.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 19. The one
hundred and seventh anniversary' of
the birth of General Robert E. Le:
the famous commander of the Con
federate armies, was celebrated
throughout the South todavi Tn
ei rht States Arkansas, Florida. Vir
giuia, Alabama, North Carolina Goo
gia, South Carolina and Mississippi
the day is a legal holiday and is mark
ed by a partial cessation of business
activities. Commemoration exercises
were held iri all the public school
and at meetings of many patriotic
and historical societies. In many cit
ies the exercises were supplemented
bv civic and military parades.
To Inaugurate Gov. Fielder.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. .19 The ad
vance guard of visitors reached the
city today to attend the inauguration
of James F. Fielder, who was recent
ly elected governor of New Jersey.
The inauguration will take place m
the Taylor Opera House tomorrow
and will accompanied by all the eere
monies which custom has prescribed
for the occasion. f
E. C. Winchester will be named
postmaster at Monroe within; a short
time. It is nnderstooS that Senator
Simmons told the postmaster genera
Saturday that he desired no further
delay in the appointment of Win
chester and it is understood his nom
ination (will go in at an early data
i Secretafy of the Navy Daniels Dan
iels and R. F. Beasley, of Raleigh.
i tried to have George Beasley nameJ
for the place. :-1
, 7
; license to marry nas dcu tJ
. Mr. W. .T. Childers and Miss Flora
ia, xitiiuiiA.
THE CATAWBA CREAMERY.
A Cabarrus Man Who Viiited
Writes Abort It.
Mr. Editor: Some time ago I gavt!
you a few item about the Catawba!
Creamery Company. Sine then 1
hat e in en akM to write more fully
about it. I understand that the com
pany is incorporated for $0(.H). Th-,y
began business with aKmt pid
in but they now have between "tea
and twelve thousand paid in.
The greater part of it is owned by
farmers that have onlv a few share
of j stock. By ow ning stoek they gt?t
one cent a pound more for their bat
ter fat they sendf to the creamer-f
than parties having no stock. No
on person can own more than 25
per cent, of the paid in capital.
The cream is collected by wajron?
Every farm furnishing' eream is num
bered and when the cream is weighed
there is a small amount put in a bot
tle, bearing the correct number, and
dropped into the can. The cans hold
SO pounds and may contain the
cream from two or more farms. When
the eream arrives at the creamery
the bottles containing the samples
are taken to the testing room ano:
subjects to the Babcoek tester. The;
creamery made fourteen thousand
pounds of cream in November, and
paid thirty-three cents a ound for
butter fat. Could thev have made
twenty-five thousand pounds
they
could have paid thirty-eicrht cents for
butter fat, because all the additional
expense they would have .had would
have been about $30.00 for packing.
The most of the cream in furnished
by parties keeping only a few cows
and. using had separators.
'The butter is sold at thirty-five
cents F. O. B. Hickory, North Car
olina.
This
same 1 company handles eggs
and ships car loads. They are path
efed from the farms by the same per
son that gathers the cream. Parties
having eggs are furnished with boxes
folding one dozen, and bearing the
jcieamerv stamp but numbered with'
the 5 farmer's number. Tt i-. printed
on the boxes that any eggs found t
be bad , must be reported to the eo ra
iny and-also the numper of the boK
containing the eggs. ; Some of the
farmes have fine bred poultry but
most of them have a mixed flock.
However, I saw at- Mr.' Roberson's
j dairy about three hundred white leg
horns. They were scattered all over.
the yard, barn yard and everywhere
else and it was a beautiful sight.
I The Dutch dairy, owned by the
Lentzs, has some of the finest cows
ih that section and are always well
lip in a milkinir contest.
I G. C. GOODMAN.
TAR HEEL MISSIONARY
TO CHINA PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Catherine Williams McFadyen,
of Cumberland County, Dies in a
Far-Off Land.
Fayotteville, Jan. 17. A cable
gram from Hsu-Chou-Fou, Chhina,
announces the death of Mrs. Cather
ine Williams McFadyen, a missionary
of the Southern Presbyterian Church,
and wife of Dr. A. A. McFadyen, a
missionary physician, at that place
last night of pneumonia. i
Mrs. McFadyen, who was a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Williams,
of Linden, this county, became a mis
sionary eight years ago. . .
GARDEN SEED.
Congressman Doughtoti- Will Be Glad
to Send a Package to Any One Re
questing It.
Editor Times and Tribune,
Concord, N. C.
Dear Mr. Editor: I am endeavor
ing to have sent to each family in
my district a package of garden
seeds. I have also allotted to me a
limited number of flower seeds, and,
as i-ng as they last, will be glad lo
send a package to anyone writing
me a card reqiesting me to do so.
Yours very resoeei fully.
R. L. DOUGHTOX,
Big Sale at The Red Front Racket
Hawkins & Anderson, of the Red
Front Racket, have paced their big
stock of goods in the hands of tho
American Special Sales Co., of At
lanta. Ga.. and it is doomed to go in
ten davs time. On Thursday morn
ing, January 22, at 9 o'clock sharp
this stock will be placed on sale. The
store will be closed Tuesday and
Wednesday to get ready for the sale,
which will continue for ten days on
lv The big ad. in this paper today
w
ill tell you all aoout xnis great siuo
ar,A nnntes you a lew oi tne nun-
m m 1 1
dreus of low prices that will be of
f ered.
Second Trial of Schmidt Began To
day.- . -Jan
19. The second
tria of Father Schmidt, slayer
Anna Aumuller, began today.
D. 8 it EMPLOYEES
ALL ON A STRIKE
ABOUT TOETY SEVEN HUNDRED
2dEN INVOLVED.
A Desperate EJort is Bcisj Made By
State Coaaiasioatr Lynch to Ar
range a Mediatory Ccnfcrtat.
J
Union Men, Howerer. Say His Ef-
; : i -..
forta Are Too Lxte Thouiacdi of
Conunuters Were UnabU to Gtl to
Their Work This Morning. No
Trains Since 5:S0 This Mornia.
Albany, Jan. UK Every employe
cl the Ddavari and lluusa Kadruud
except the telegraphers on a trik.
About forty-Mjven. hundred men are
involved. Desperate effort are Ik--
r a W ''. I k Wtrkfrt I k IM H -r ft A ' . .
& ii iuaur u " iuili' l. tuiiiii.'vtiifiit i tit
Labor Lvnch to arrange a mediatory I
conference, but the union reprewnt- ,rnr rW aa iiet.
atives declare that the efforts are o..pn;u? At ML 'nt. Tl tfticti
late. Thousands of commuters erollUiM,Il iA
unable to tret to their work a n,i7n. htUt-to4 The jar rets.
trains have been operated m nee 5::s0
o'clock this' morning I
The Department of Libor was tak-
strike order. lis representative nUol.
conferred with labor leaders was toldi"
bv them last m:ht that no : lrtkoj
would be ordered.
(I. W. W. Hanger, Werctary of thel
board of mediation and eonHliation,!
is expected to arrive here 'thi ater-
nnnn h
noou. -jf
Engineers, firemen, conductors tel
egraphers and trainmen were ordered
out. Show workers and' office em
ployes were not included. ;
C. S. Sims, vice president and gen
eral manager of the company, ap
pealed by telegraph to the ''federal
board of mediation and conciLitiort in
Washington requesting it to inter
vene. C. W. W. Hanger, assistant
commissioner and secretary of the
board, wired union representatives
her asking ; the withholding vf . tln
strike orucr penaing.rc4aiauoni Vashimrton, Jan.-.. lbw4kWluii'
telegram was received two bo"? M nettled weather will prt-vai! - tW
ter eorrmteemen and grand I'ft of the n wk .ver mud, of th
each brothcrhoo
1. Company officiah;b. p,n;rav fair (hi.
ro dtseharMl ;,iaDfi,nlnm, 'lmav
say nve men were
thev disobeyed rules
FIRE RAGED NEAR RIDGECREST
Thousands of Dollars Damage by For
est Fires in Western North Caro
lina Asheville, Jan. 17. Thousands of
dollars of damage was" done by for
est fires which raged in the dense
timber tracts near Ridgecrest, N. C..
from midnight Friday night until
late this afternoon, according to a
special tonight. Bands of volunteer
fire fighters made up of people re
siding near the scene of the hlaz
succeeded in getting the fire under'
control before any buildings were
weie burned.
The Jfire covered an area of several
acres. Careless handling of fires in
the woods is given as the cause.-of
the conflagration.
COBB DECLINES OFFER.
Champion Batsman Will Turn Down
Federal League Contract.
Detroit, Mich., Jan. IS. Ty Cobb
will not become a Federal leaguer.
This assurance came 'today- from Roy
ston, Ga., in a personal telegram from
the champion batsman to the sport
ing editor of a local newspaper.
'fl will play in' Detroit' the tele
gram reads. " Am satisfied. Navin and
I agreed on terms last fall. Federal
league offered me terms, but 'my De
troit contract suks me. I would gain
nothing by change'
Harper Won't Play on Sunday.
New Yor, Jan. 17. Harry Harper,
young southpaw pitcher of Hacken
sack, who signed with the Washing
ton baseball club late last summer,
vfprdav received his contract for
the coming season, but immediately
returned it because Manager Griffith
l ad forgotten to insert the clanse tx
c using him from Sunday games.
May Submit Thaw Case to Depart
ment of Justice at Washington.
New York, Jan. 19. Following a'
conference between Jerpme and At
torney General Carmody, Jerome an-
. . . t ii
nounced that they are considering ire
rrnnnf tv of submitting the entire
Thaw extradition proceedings in New
Hampsire o the Department of Jns-
tice
at Washington.
lit is one of the signs of woman
hood when a girl begins to grumble
when oninos are cooked in tho house
on Sunday.
of
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JOHN PAEKER 18
HELD fOU KILUKO.
Will H?f Prelixaiturr TrUJ ProV
ahlj Toaerrow.
Tie .ruruerr' jury m Ihr r f
Ifaymond Kithrr, rtd-rr4. mM
found drad Sturilav At ti-. l.. r
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Ir1 V l" tlr
' vJa !, f,m t , m-,lt of
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I'ar.1fr a be!J fur a
rtli.n."
irmruciore a rimtrat wb.ch
1 !'mh:ibl be held omorrw.
J arfc,er a ne wa at the pif pen.
'T" "'f ti brn h lr&
. h$ fth ra,n
!".find hrr. ral
eitircns who live near my th
near uie jioum, when h heard th4
cot !arker around the Itouiw. It
Mfm, to Im the gmeral imprnction
that Fisher aee iden tally hot himrlf,
but the fart did not warrant the r.
leaw of Parker ttr4il a rotnplrt in
ventilation ha been made.
UNSETTLED WEATHER
FORECASTED THIS WEEK
Will Prevail Over Much of the Coun
try Uata Last of Week, When Fair
Watter U Predicted. .
wiaihrr bur rati
"There are indication' the
rial -'bulletin said, 4,hat rain
f3
and Known wet of the Hcky nuntajn
will be tmninated after Monday. In
the plaim Staten and the northwest
shows or rainj with eontinued high
temjratureH are prrbable by Tne
day or WeIne-lay, followed by fair
and colder weather.
"East of the Iioun river tht
weirfher will be unsettled, with unow
or rains during mnrb of the week,
except that it will Ik centrally fair
Monday and Tnenday . in the great
central valleys, .and on Tuesday iand
Wednesday in the lake region and
the Atlantic State.
In the f-Tith hf tt'
r.ti-e
w III V
unsettled Monday and Tu-dayf witb
local rainw, followed by generally fair
w cither the remainder of hn week.
It will !e warmer Monday over
the central prrtion of the country
and on Tftfday in the east and Jotiih.
No unusually eold w-atbef i inffirnt
ed at" present for any 'jrtion of the
eountry."
THE PONY HERE
.,
Beantifnl Animal to Be Given Away
the 31st Arrired Yesterday.
Tlie Dunlap pny, which i t !k
awarded to wjme Ineky child on Jan
uary 31, arrive! bjrre e!erday by
express, and i nw at-Brown Broi
stables. It i.H a lat!tifol white and
brown spotted one, and &rrvti hera
in firie Jihafie. The vehiele and bar
ney arrived M-eral day" ito. (Jo up
and take a b"k at the oy. ;
Cyrus Lee Hunter Dead.
Charlotte, Jan. IS. . Cru
Lire
Hunter, on of Dr. Cyru re Hunter
and grandson of Revfi H lmphrcy
Hunter, a distinguished I'rbyierian
minister, of Mecklenbarg eotintyr and
an otTtef in the Revolutionary
army, died thli morning at kin homo
in this city. Death was sudden, dio
to apoplexy. Mr. Hontjr ax;d hw
father were both naciCtJ ah for
"light Horse Harry" Le. Deceaie-l
married Mini Piekett s Myers, daugh
tr of the late Col. William My em,
a prominent Republican and wealthy
citizen 'of Charlotte.
O' Truth is -as', and the light shine
dear
In hearts kept orx-n, hort-t and sin-
ctrre.1 Abraham Coles.
A fat kitchen makes? a lean will
Franklin.
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