" Nf I , - c MERRILL, Editor and Publisher P U B 1 ISHED MONDAY S B AMD THURSDAYS 51 Year. De. la A4vAtt. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 26. 1914. 0 S7 VOL. XXXIX i nil - - ME DESTROYED THE BATTLE ON PANAMA TOLLS REPEAL lie Big fight Begaa TMS Afternoorl Resident Wilson's Supporters S the Majority on the Final Vote Kill Be Nearly 70. Representa llTe Campbell's Speech. "Abject &d Humiliating Surrender," He Says. r.thinLMon: March 2G The dissat- .;n ut many members on ac buse de- nf the curtailment of house de (rtiufc - vt ana " . Or OU CUUicicutca ic- consideration of the slaved Ln. kill, and it is not expected that ',t tter will bo reached until late -his afternoon. It is believed possi f)e that the rules limiting debate nijrht be defeated. WM-hhtfton, March 26. With par !v lines destroyed, the battle on the ,1k repeal began in the House this .ilfrtuon.. The President's support their maiority on the final f(,t, would be nearly seventy. Thj jponents admitted that it would probably bo thirty. Tbf most abject and humilratmg m.nor ever made by our govcrn- .t " was Representative Camp-, tail's characterization of the propos al lo rcpeal free tolls in a hot aS ,'ailfon the nile to expedite passage ,f the repeal bill. i 'Thp President does not explain pmhnixrassment is thatJ imak v" mains this surrender necessary, Campbell declared sarcastically. ''Docp he tear the murderous and illit erate bandit Villa will break off diplo matic relations with his administra tion, and that in that event he will reed the aid of England? Ordoes he (teres to aid .him in further imimliating the American people be-,-ansc England has intimated she ants it done? Or is it to further the ran ,.,t r.tly declared that it added to his Measure to know the British would profit, most from the canal's use. 'Every drop of red blood in Amer-.i-a protests against the humiliating iwssibility ol' having the Panama Canal gatekeeper dip the American flag as Britain war vessels went through the canal to reach our Pacific coast cities.' hi conclusion, Campbell declared it is "cowardly" to repeal l1' free tolls provision, and urged f Hou3e ' kill the rule. - ' The House Rules Committee, report ed oat an amendment rule for. con sideration of repeal extending the de- toto time limit from fifteen. to twen t? hours. It is believed this 'action', will postpone tho final vote until pro bably Monday and possibly till Tuer Aay. 0tiING IN ALL ITS ENTIRETY. ?arks World's Famous Shows to Visit Concord Saturday April 11, in One Day Only Two Exhibi- tOCfi. Four hundred people employed and carrying over two hundred foreign and domostic animals, is the state ment made by Mr. . C. Tracy, agent for the Sparks shows, who was in 'own Wednesday, making arrange ments tor tho appearance of his big "reus liere on Saturday, April 11. The strange colony of people, hand ome horses, rare wild animals and 'he golden caravans a.e scheduled to arrive here during the early hours of tho morning of the above7 date in heir own special trains from Salis bury, where the big show has been in winter Quarters.' - ' Circus day will" begin with a big street parade at 10:30 a, m. and two Performances will be given, the first starting at 2 o'clock and the other lt H o'clock. The rounds known as the Scott 'ow lot on South Spring street have "H'n arranged 'for by the agent and -i nnrr.ber of our merchants - will re 'ivo contracts to . furnish immense '! otitic-of! feed stuff for both man -'' Sparks World Famous Shows i'.v. hecn successfully established :or ''-i- past twont v-seven vears and - '!)-; ;v "r Lin' !,i"b t-lass exhibitions present ''j nd the honest manner they have t do;din' with the public no gam ;hng or-grafting being tolerated or "frriod with these shows.." adv. the meeting at Kerr Street Church wl continue this week. The pastor, Rp'. G. A. B. Holderby, reports that raQch interest is being manifested. w D. A. Braswell will preach this "ning at 7:30 o'clock. ''l'utation in the eastern sec-jj,as leased the inn. to: aik.wuoi ' the eotintrv second to ttoneJrrn nf Statesville. Mrs. Carriee KANKAPOLIS NEWS. Everything is Busy in the New City. x. M. C. A. Membership Cam paign. Report of Y. M. c. A. Work. Baraca Class Organized. Two ew Churches. Everjthing is lively here aain, af ter the recent ground ho weather, which put a stop to building opera tiontions part of the time, but non work is going on in earnest and Kan napolis is herself again. The new five-story warehouse is about finished and work has been be gun on the Patterson Mill No. 2. A large force of hands are employed and the work is being pushed. A new warp room is being built to Cannon Mill, No. 1, to make room for one hundred more looms. The work of setting up the machin ery in Cabarrus Mill, No. 2, is pro gressing and before long this mill will be running. Work on the streets is still going on and much cleaning up has been done. . " . Our merchants are getting busy, preparing for the spinning season and are scattering printed matter about, the same as they do in the metropoli tan cities. . A membership campaign is on at the Y. M. C. A. which is getting very warm now. Efforts are being made to run the membership up to 800 by Tuesday night, March 31, when the campaign closes. There will be sev eral valuable prizes given the most successful contestants by the liberal hearted merchants of our town. At the meeting of the board of di rectors of the Y. M.. C. A. Monday night, all the old officers were re elected, as follows: R. D. Grier, presi dent; E. F. Carter, vice president; R. H. Hare, recording secretary. R. C. PropM was elected treasurer to re lieve Mr. Grier of part of his burden, as . ho had been both president and treasurer. Mr. Shearin, general sec retary, read his report for February, which was very interesting. We give a few items from this report, which) are of special interest: There Was one temperance lecture ; 19 meetings, of the various churches of the town; at tendance about 2,700; 4 literary so iciety meetings; 6 local; talent, picture and vaudeville entertainments; 4 so cials for ladies onlyj 9 educational classes; 4 lectures and practical talks; 1 band concert; 1,450 baths taken; 20 special gymnastic stunt meetings, with an attendance of 450; 20 game tourn aments and contests with an attend ance of 175. There were 400 specta tors at the physical activities. Mr. Shearin is a wide awake secretary and a Christian gentleman, and is ex erting a good influence in the com munity, especially among the young men. Another Baraca Class has been or? ganizecLin; the Methodist, Sunday school, with 20 members enrolled. Mrs. J. C. Martin is the teacher and PinkneyShinn, president. This will be known as the Junior Baraca Class. Both the A. R. P. and : Methodist congregations will worship in their own church in a very short while as their buildings are nearly finished. H. BASEBALL SATURDAY. Collegiate Institute And Oak Ridge to Play at Locke Mill Park. The first baseball game of the sea son will be played in Concord Satur dav ai'tornoon between Collegiate In stitute and Oak Ridge. .The game will take place at 3 o'clock at Locke Park and admission will be Jo cents. " . The Collegiate Irst't'le nK plav- ed only one guru s :i.r "t;.i.- season, this being a 11 inning struggle last Saturday with the strong Belmont team, which resulted in a tin, 0 to 0. Graham will again be on tne mouna and his masterful flinging was one of of the outstanding features of the Belmont game. Oak Ridge will be in charge of the redoubtable Earl Holt, who never fails to whip in shape an aggregation oi uau piajeia for Oak Ridge that gives all comers a run for their money. The cadets from Mount Pleasant, will line up as follows: , Lentz, 1; Proctor, 2; Lee, 3; Foil, ss; Wilson, If; Moose, cf; Cress, rf; Cornelison, c ; Graham, p. HOTEL CHANGES. Mr. Buren Neill to Leave St. Cloud to Manage Statesville Inn. "MV. F: G. Gilmer, proprietor of the St. Cloud Hotel and Statesville Inn, Neill and Air. iuren iem i charge qf the hotel and manage n for Alexander Bros. - . - Mr. Neill has resigned his position as clerk at the St. Cloud Hotel and will go to Statesville the latter part of the week to begin his new work. He is succeeded at the St. Cloud -by Mr. Charles Wadsworth. Huerta might retire if he could thereby 'violate the constitution.; HI HAS HOT YET BEEN ATTACKED VICTORIOUS REBELS RIGHT UP TO THE GATES. Battle at Gomez Palacio Still Raging, But a Number of Federal Batteries Have Been Silenced.-Rehels Ex- pect to Take Gomez Palacio the Sec- Time By Morning. Fire is Still Raging on AH Sides of Torreon. EI Paso. Texas, March 26 General Chao, rebel military governor of Chi huahua, received at Juarez today ai dispatch from Llverjer, Villa's base in the fighting about Torreon, stating that the battle about Gomez Palacio is still raging, but that a number of federal batteries have been silenced. The dispatch added that the rebels are making progress in the attack,' and expect to take Gomez Palacio the' sec ond time by morning. This is 1 the only dispatch received from thee ' fir ing line" since vesterdav afternoon. Out of a mass of rumors the only things that seem certain are: That Villa's army carried a victorious cam paign through Gomez Palacio and up to the gates of Torreon itself; that the federals then suddenly turned and drove the enemy back through Gomez Palacio; that the federals displayed astonishing strength at all points, and that fighting is still raging on all sides of Torreon with the battle centered at Gomez Palacio. CIVIC LEAGUE MEETS. Interesting Meeting Held Yesterday day Afternoon rft Central School. ; J The meeting of the Civic League yesterday in the school auditorium was fairly well attended. The presi dent, Mrs. J. F. Cannon, presided and introduced Rev. Mr. MacLaughlin whose address, though not long, was very full of information and earnest l??f?ril4o' the.-plain-dutic j and , high r")rivileges opening now beJ fore the women of our town. In re gard to the details of these duties we will look to Miss Van Buren for full instruction. She is to be here on April 1, and at 4 p.m. of that day she will a meeting to the omcers and chairman of the League in the school auditorium. At 8:30 the same even ing she will address a meeting in the auditorium of men as well as women, who are interested in this great work, and wis to give aid in having it prop erly done. It is especially requested that the. mayor and city board be present at 9 a. m; on April 2eta present. , At 9 a. m. on April 2, Miss Van Buren, by the kind permission and request of Prof. Webb, will address the entire sehool. At 4 p. m. that day she: will meet the League in the auditorium. No further arrangements have; been made except that the lan tern slides, Drought by Miss Van Bu--reen, will be shown each of these three days, April 1st, 2d and 3d at the Pastime and Main, along with the other reels. This was offered by Mr. Stuart, the manager, to be done with out any extra charge. This most lib eral and public spirited contribution to the work wins the tsincere gratitude of. the League. Ij 'At the close of the meeting four young ladies passed through the au- j:.: j i: :i i u u "e ailu un "P luriusucu tuuiv fctf- names oi an wno wisnea 10 ue enroll ed' as regular members of the LeagW.. rPl li i nn) reami was mu imzy encouraging . Forty-six n?mes were given, that being the exact number rf women .present. Two others were add ed later,-so the total is forty-eight. CHAIRMAN PUB. COi ROE" TO FOREST HILL. Big Bay Fire Hozse to be Used Forest Hill Firemen In a Days! y Few Arrangements are being made to open headquarters for the Forest Hill fire department at Forest Hill. Several buildings are bein consider ed and it is likely that one will be se lected in a few days. The depart ment there is already equipped witi hose and the city will give the f fire men there toe" the big bay nre horse that has been in use at station No. 1 for several years. Driver!! Foil will begin to use the new fire horses in a few days and then "Roe will be transferred to Forest Hill. Two Victims of Pneumonia Family. in One Two children, one three years, and the other eleven, of Mr. W. Keeca Brafford died last night at his home at the Brown mill after an illness of several days' with pneumonia, f One Vii1A AeJ norlvr Inct rncrht and thi2 other early tl:is xorning. !j HOUNTj PLEASANT NHWS. Mr. Lee M&c$ Hurt in Accidmu ' Need of Mere Hoasea. DecUisera I context Satsrday lUtlt Local! j And Oilicrwue. I ML i'lraiant, Marrh Mr. W. ilww jwn of Mr. A. W. Mw, M. i . ( . I., had tiif tiiisfurtunr of aotn. MrliMoo as playing with screral of his boy friends, Ibvin the car'' ofvhit th t;L (.it ...i !!.'.: . - . - . - r:"7irrucK mm. m H lrU him uneoLious for a whib iir. Moom s was earrird to, his hme and a doctor summoned, W dned the wound. Mr. -Moot- is rating well and we all wish him a rx-edv recovery. , ! A vhitor who had been cuutemplat ing movinjg to "Mount Pleasant, was asked the bther-day whn he intended to move. Ille replied: As kooi aa some j one builds '. a house for me.'.'. lie was asked, 4 Can't you find a place without some one building you onef" II replied, "No, there is not a single house that is desiiable to live in that ii not occupied." We need more houses. If we want good pcopV 10 come ip our lown io live, we mu.. furnish tliem a home. A contest will be held in the audi torium Saturday night, in which all the schools in No. 8 township are in vited to feend representatives, a gob! medal will, be given to the best de claimer. jThis medal is given by the teachers f No. 8 township. Kvery body command hear the eontest. The Woman's Civic League gave an oyster j supper in the old Masonic Hall .Saturday night, from which a nice sum was realized. The cadets of M. I". C. I. will give a negro minstrel in China Grove Sat urday night. i Mr. L. A. Lentz has returned from Virginia, where he has been -visiting his, son. ; : . Miss Bernice Long and Miss Lorine Brown, ofM. A. S., spent Sunday in Mooresville, accompanied by their friends, Messrs. Russell Lentz and W. R. Lenhardt. , - ifrs. Ii A. Shirey has gone to Vir: ginia : to : visit her. husband, who is i! a hospital at Salem. Mr: M; F. Ritchie kid-Mr.-Walri IJitciue, of Concord, spetn a few hours ( here Tuesday. I Miss pessie MeEachern and MiiS ; Ora Fisher spent Tuesday in . Con-! cord. j - Mr. George Mink, of Virginia, is . here with a nice drove of horses. The M. P. C. I. baseball team will.ment. play Oak Ridge in Concord Saturday. The teachers and children of the graded school will give a play in the auditoriiim Saturday night, April 4. Brewster's Millions Here Tonight. The Concord opera house-will, have one of the best American farces to night, when the dramatic version of George Ban McCutcheon.'p celebrated romance): Brewster's Millions," will be givpii here. The play comes here with practically the same east that at tended it upwards of a year's run in New York. The book has been adapt ed t stage purposes by Winchell Sm:-' and Byron Ongley, and judg- lr.g hav( Cut sue! roin the enormous sneeess they succeeded in placing Mr. Mc eon's strongest situations in a coherent manner that a really play is the result. Frederic Tho- insbn who conceived and brought fo'':i the New York Hippodrome is th' : iager and producer. So that if b i.-ie tory and staging count for any thin? a stage production, Brew stei Millions" certainly possesses the elements. The book was one of the best sellers" and its stage career- will be watched with interest. One of 1 the bits of realism attempted is a scene on shipboard ' during storm, which is said to be a sensa tional illusion. The company is head ed by Louis Nilsen and his support is declared to be made up of actors who possess! talents particularly fitting to the parts they have been assigned. ; ; Sinner's Snecial to Atlanta via I Southern Railway. The;; Southern Railway has been selected as official route to Atlanta by Oasis Temple to Shrine Meeting, May lt)-13th. Special train will leave Charlotte at 11:00 p.m. Sunday, May 10th, arriving in Atlanta following morning, and returning will leave Atlanta at 2:00 a. m., eastern time, I Thursday, May 14th, arriving Char- j Intto cnmA morning. : This special train will be composed of the latest design Pullman compart mentldrawing room, steel electric lighted sleeping cars, dining car and baggage car. ThA entire train will be parked at Shrine Park during the Atlanta meet ing and every facility will be arrang ed for the comfort and convenience of those occupying the cars while there. The round trip rate from Con cordiwill be $8.90. Sefe the ad. of Miss' Nannie Alex ander, today. FROM THE IIATIOIIAL CAPITAL TODAY iUNIDENTiriED AMERICAN BOY SHOT BY 1IEX1CAN, Secretary Bryaa Has Ordered a FcU InTtitixaUcn. DiipUl'8f7w1 Sy Retnlt of TcrToa rUlUcr it! Still in Doabt. Cottoa Grvvert Are Being Yearly Mulcttd of Ttoav ands of DclUra, Says Senator Smith. j j. . WubLingtui), March 'Jtl, -An n. dn titled American boy ia hl fy a Mexican 'on the Atr: rican ue, at cording to a li4tch to tht- Statt Ifr partment fnm Consul liam-tt Kt .N'uevo Iarido. He said the Uy shot in the rheek. StTnt'tary onlrrt! I farm I to laake a lull invrtijratton acd obtain, if pmsible th fmni)liirsi ni ol the guilty Mexicans. The State Department disiatchr from El Paso stated that the rvult o the Torreon fighting is in doubt. The .department is without .definite details of the battle. j By a manipulation M ttletmnt deal with grades of cotton, not rceogn iied in tho country where the cotton ii grown, .the New York cotton exchange is yearly mulcting the cotton grower out of hundreds of thousands of dol lars, Senator Smith, of South Can- jhna, declared today. THE EXPORT TRADE. Commercial Agent Odell Gratified at Increase of Interest. j Charlotte Observer. j Mr. It M. OdeU of Concord, com mercial agent of tho bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, t the National Department of Com merce, epent yesterday in the city with friends. Mr. Odcll expects to attend tho meeting of tho Aincrican Cotton--Manufacturers ' Association that is to be held tho latter part of next month in New York and later bo present at the convention of tho National Association of Cotton Manu- facturers in Boston. Ho will then probably sail for India where he wiU pursue special work for tho Depart- Mr. Odell expressed himself yes terday greatly gratified at tho I in crease of interest on tho part of cot ton manufacturers in the export trade, particularly in the South. He stated that this increase of interest was also manifested in the North. which indicated a general condition. Mr. Odell added that there appeared to be a more substantial desire on the" part of manufactureres every where to go after the export trade which held forth promise of much better things. Sewing Party. Mrs. R. M. King had fourteen friends to spend the afternoon with her yesterday afternoon at her home on West Corbin street. The ladien bromrht their sewincr ana spent a most pleasant honr. After the low ing refreshments were served. Mrs. King's guests were: Mesdames J. C. Wadsworth, C. F. Ritchie, W. W. Flowe, G. M. Lore, J. P. Allison, R. A. Brown, M. L. Brown, M. L. Marsh, C W. Swink, J. C. Gibson, R. E. Kid enhour, J. P. Cook, J. M. Cook and C. P. MacLaughlin. Choral Clnb Concert. The seeond concert of the Concord Choral Club was given at the opera house Tuesday evening and, like the first was successful from a nartistic standpoint. The audience, however, was not as large as such an attrac tion merited. It was a meritorious production, by a cast of topnotchers in home talent. In addition to the local members of the club there were several numbers by Mr. J. G. Harris, of Charlotte, and Miss Van Poole, of Mont Amoena Seminary, that added much to the evening's entertainment. Date For the State Convention is Changed. j Raleigh, March 2-3. The j state Democratic executive committee voted to change the date for the state con vention from Jane 17 to Juno 4, in Raleigh in order to avoid conflict with the North Carolina Medical society that will meet in Raleigh on June Id to 18. The committee was presided over bv Chairman Charles D. Warren, with Secretary W. E. Brock, j There were 43 members present in and by proxy. person Col. J. T. Gardner, of Shelby, is here attending the inspection of Com pany L. i TAKES OWN UTZ J AJrx Tt3 Ks&w tf n. f Lan Nixli. to is h!t U lns. a tfUi 'ffvm i tm III itrtarr Muk tii' fi a! r Ut la h4i is- a f ilf Wi fAm.tr ami a! a-trrd a fans atid otUr rjriy. Vr fU rait tr rar i ta 1 nKaUvi ifft'.aHy Atil i tH a4 i tlln batrd hi rai xl Ut tiffct. ( W n tit r M- rrtn rtr tm X . 1ft toftKvp fit Vtvisr wnrj Vrtnn htn it a tcarl Ual Url ht t t :rvrjf in thr !vj mitk a double taml I'o!csb. l.ltrr th rntirr fn-nt of 11 head Ut4 Znt tip about f oVIork and et th barn lo frI H maW He took a hot ru i!h hhn aftd iim wlf imrDMliately after mitring lie barn. Km! 'a if tat lhat for N-veral jear b ha Iwti "prUljs ntiz" in the itrin?. Howe er, when he rrtinxl lant ntffht ahtit P o'clock, bet vii apparrtiUy in pood Kjuritis. He wa aUiat rar old. Keol ownr"! abont 100 rrr of land and tvfor k and fartniusr fjuJp' tnent It i undertlood that K had a life tnxuranr fxUry for f2i00 ip f! fetropolitan I Aft Insurant Cm. pany. ELKS BOOSTER. Concord Lodce Ia nea a III My Ict. eating Newipapcr, Tho Elk' Booster, a four pao mjerf ha been ifnue!. The booster was published at The Timc-Tribunr office and i issued in eonnrrtton with tie big Klk Minitnl which will bo 'iven at the ojra houne Mn!ay and Tuesday evenings. Five thousand ropie? of the lootcr have been dtstribuleil. The pacr con tains ienso and Ronscnjtc, booK-ta and knocks, wit .'and humor and 1 variotti l.ir t!;'n", and i on the whole highly intort -tinr. Its leetn wit! 'jibeH" nntl 4crarl" at the nienders of t fu order tliat read and niched witli dcit. If ym tntfw the llk?' Itojter you mi?t l-in, en--tcrtained. The editor of the paper in" not known but the following an nounrement is npiruouIy du play ed: ; - This pajHT is not fMibtied tt cure subscriber. We recently in herited a eonsiderabble fortune and are now spending it in an effort U get even with our enemtes, a lonfelt desire which poverty has heretofore stibed. The articles are prepared with premeditation and deliberation. and are guaranteed to produce any thing from paralyaift of the brain lo acute indigestion. C'We decline in advaiirc to niir tha names of our correspondent a or their co-respondents and will be at tcad- fafit in this resolution as we have al-: ways b'en against paying otir dfbta." Wilson Defended by Wanaaaker. John Wanamaker at 4 he dedication of the $2,5001)00 Manufacturer' Club at Philadelphia, defended V res ident Wilson Mexican fo!icy. "It is the buainewi of me tucn to get up wars, he Mud. "It is oud thai a dozen nien brought on the liocr war in the Transvaal. It would be worth a lot to thouKacdji of contractor and peculatora on the atoek exchange fr foment a war with Mexico. Thus far President Wilson has heroically and skilfully headed off the war for a w hole year. Do not heed bis defam ers. While his bead in on his ahoul drs he will never Ik a coward or a runaway. "There may be a war torn day. America will be in it. So will Great ll-itain and Canada, and they will both be on the same b with Amer ica. Let us ttop looking ever' day for telegram an cables about Mexi o and f-t down to oar individual work to make the good time we talk o much about." Oppose Sunday Ball Playing. Baltimore, March 25. When Feder al league directors rctirr.ed their !. edule making here they found IJ. B Ward, president of t!: !:nk!yn club, emphatically opposed t Scnday ball planning by his team aad dults to meet his objection were arrange. . "Ball player .ronst work the same as the banker to maintain thtir standard-and to improve in cIJcieney,, said Mr. Ward. "If they fall be- jhind tbev are dropped. TltV why I tfcey should have their rest as any m a . . t - .l one else. I'm not fctraigrn-iaceo, out I do believe in proper observance of Sunday and because of my belief my players will have the same relief from duty." 9 -