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- t i 1 gjnjditor and Publisher PUBLISH ED II O N DAYS AND THURSDAYS g!!!r jOLjXXIX CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY. JUNE 4. 1914. . . : - - MEMORIAL MUD aNd accepted by president WILSON. Handsome Monument Erected at Ar Uagtbn for Confederate Soldiers Buried There, By United Daughters of the Confederacy. Impressive Ceremonies Mark the Occasion. Teehle Veterans of 4 'Lost Cause' Are Joined By Comrades of Union Army in Paying Tribute to Heroes of the Southland. Washington, June 4 -The Presi dent, himself a son of the South, will rnl lor III' v llUCU OWica iuio .- 1 .i... cniKorn women's mon- 1imcnt i'. the dead of the Confederacy t Yrlinirton. Impressive ceremonies ! ii ark the occasion. Feeble veter ans f the 4 ' Lost Cause" will be join e,l'hv 'romrades of the Union army m yiiig tribute to the heroes of tli2 Miutlih""1- Staling where he could overlook the ,ravCi of 20,000 of the country 'd 4ai where wearers of the blue and the Jrev sleep side by side, President AYiNn todav accepted on behalf of ihe people the United States the handsome monument erecied in the Arlington National Cemetery to the Omfererate soldiers who are buried here. v . - ' ' , The unveiling of the memorial made the occasion for an impressive demon stration in which veterans of tho South and North participated alike with an energy and enthusiasm! which defied the life-sapping years that have gone since they bore arms on op posing sides in the greatest conflict m American history.- ;- The cerom6nies ' were simple but? impressive in the extreme. Col. Hilt arv A. Herbert, f orinei? -Secretary -of the Navy and chairman of the com mission in cliarge of the erection of the memorial, presided over the exer cises. In a short address Col. Her bert formally delivered the monu ment to Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens representing the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Stevens in turn presented the memorial to Presi dent Wilson, as the representative of the nation. 1 In addition to President Wilson the speakers and other "leading parti cipants in the ceremonies included (.Jen. Bennet H. Young of Kentucky, commander-in-chief . of , the United Confederate Veterans, and Col. Wash ington (Jardner of Michigan, com mander in chief of the Grand Army ! the Republic. Added to the delegations of the Con-1 i' 'derate veterans who came irom nearly everv State of the South were many Union veteran from the Dis trict of Columbia, from Maryland, Pennsylvania and the neighboring States. Foreign diplomats, members o1' t he cabinet, representatives of pa triotie organizations and several hun dred senators and representatives oc eviip'ed seats on the stands erected abuiii i he memorial. y ;'l"!i '.rawing aside of the veil which 'i-i'.' i the principal figure ef the Uioii 'nt was the signal for an out hiui of cheiring, which was swol hi; t. .' tlmhdeyous applause by the 'ns and daughters of the veterans. Teais dhnnTed the eyes and coursed "d"un the cheeks of the old soldiers !:ld their emotion-choked voices would ' 've l)(en a feeble effort had it not " n for the assistance given by a younger and homage-paying geriera- touching sentiment was heard on ycry side and the. thanks of ike .Wth and South alike were offered l)y the orators of the occasion to Ike United Daughters of the Confederacy vdiose work it was that made the me morial project an accomplished fact The monument erected in honor of the memory of the Confederate dead s ne of the most interesting, diffni 1 ied and conspicuous memorials in the iamous cemetery, where stand scores "L simple shafts and towering monu nicnts put up in honor of the soldier ead, where Revolutionary.., veterans I't under the same trees that shelter their descendants killed in the Phili I 'pine Islands, where sailors who eep side by side with the victims of the Elaine, and where, such famous fearers of the grey as Gen. Joseph heeler lies buried within sirht of Ile Ias resting places of such equally, Yimous wearers of aheblue as Sher man, Crook and Schofield.. MM. n , m . ' . ' f I1U ioniederate memorial was ected at a cost of $50,000, the great r part of which was raised through the efforts of ia TTrnfA, TVincrVifore of the Confederacy; It was designed MOUNT PLEASANT NEWS. Mr. Linn Talbert Buys Interest in Restaurant. Messrs E. II. and P. K Dry Go to Baltimore. Ilrs. James Misenheimer amd Family Move to Winston-Salem, Local And Otherwise. Mr. Linn Talbert, who some time ago ceased fanning and came here, has bought the share in the Moose McAllister restaurant and beef mar ket, that was formerly owned by Mr. P. A. Moose. Mr. Talbert and Mr. McAllister are both good" fellows and will do their best to serve the people, and when they trade with anyone they always give a square deal. The res taurant and market has been success fully run for several years by Mr. IL C. McAllister, and now since Mr. Tal bert has bought an interest we feel safe in saying that they will continue to give good service. Messrs. E. M. and P. K. Dry went to Baltimore last Friday to visit their sister, Miss Annie Dry, who has been sick for some time. They returned Monday and reported Miss Dry's con dition very much improved. This news was received with great rejoic ing to many people here, as she has a large number of friends and rela tives. Mrs. James Misenheimer, who run the boarding hall at the Collegiato Institute, left yesterday for Winston Salem, where she and her family will make their home. Mr. Misenheimer has a position with a large furniture store there. Miss Ruth Misenheimer, who has been in Concord for somel time, will go to Winston-Salem in July. Rev. B. L. Stanley and wife left Monday to visit relatives in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Rev. C. F. Sherrill has been taking much interest in the children and young people of his different church es. He was invited to preach a spe cial? sermQn to the young people at Pine Bluff last Sunday, and is invit ed to preach to the young people of Friedship Church next Sunday. Mr. Sherrill .takes much interest in giv ing proper training to the young. Mrv Lawson- Herrin has been clean ing up house and lot on. East Frank lin, which he purchased some time ago. Mr.-Harry Foil has begun work on I his hdme, and expects to finish it as soon as possible. Misses Mary Heilig and Ora Fisher and visiting in Greensville, S. C. Mr. Jesse Cox has been confined to his home for the past few days on account of illness. Mr. C. O. Ritchie spent Tuesday in Charlotte. The ice plant is now in operation and the needs of the people are being supplied with ice. Mr. George Cline of Tennessee, has been visiting here. Mr. C. O. Ritchie will leave Fri day for Philadelphia, where he will stay until Monday, then he will go to Water Gap, Delaware, to take a month's rest. Then, after spending several weeks sightseeing at places of interest he will return home and en ter school next fall. X. Mt. Pleasant, June 4, 1914. Harper Stewart. Announcements have T5een received bv" friends which read: ' Mrs., George F. Stewart announces the marriage of her daugh- ; " ter Mamie , r-w- . to Mr. George Vernon Harper . Wednesday evening, June third nineteen hundred and fourteen Concord, North Carolina. on ; At- home, 814, West Trade street, Charlotte, N. C. by an American sculptor, Sir Moses Ezekiel, himself a Southerner who served in the Confederate army and in later Jrears the designer of monu ments to the famous leaders of the "Lost Cause'-' that adorn public grounds and buildings in Richmond, Louisville and a number of other cit ies of the South. The sculptor, who has long resided in Italy, came over especially to attend the unveiling of the Arlington memorial and was an honored guest at today's ceremonies. The monument, which is entirely oi bronze, has thirty-two life-sized fig ures in full relief around a cylindrical base, on which stands the chief figure, a heroic-sized woman, right hand ex tended, holding a laurel wreath, with the left resting upon a plow stock, on which is a cycle, and underneath a quotation ' from Isaiah : " " They have beaten their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.' ' ' The base of the monument is of bronze, with patins on the sides, which gives bolder relief to the life-sized statues. In addition to the statues there are bronze sheilds representing the States of , the Confederacy and several bronze-,, tnblets bearing suit able inscriptions. " ; - GREAT SPECIAL OFFER IS ANNOUNCED TODAY THOUSANDS OF EXTRA VOTES FOR THE HUSTLERS IN THE . . - . CAMPAIGN, ' i Read Plan of Offer Carefully. Double Your Effort! at Once and Hake a Winner in the Next Tea Days. If You Want One of the Valuable Prizes in The Tines-Tribune Contest Now is the Time to Get Out And Hurtle This is a Great Opportunity. Fifty thousand extra votes ! . And not only one of these ballots for that number of extra votes, but as many as you can get. It is entirely up to you, for the next ten dajs willjgixe you an opportunity to enter this:" cam paign and place yourself in, a posi tion that wTill be hard for anyone to lead you. Here is the plan:- u Between the dates of Wednesday, June 3rd, and Saturday, June 13th, we will give fifty thousand EXTRA votes on every set of five six-months subscriptions to The Daily Tribune, or five yearly subscriptions to the Concord Times, turned in by; or for any of the contestants. These votes will be extra votes and will be in ad dition to the number allowed by the regular vote scale. Each contestant wjll be allowed as many of these sets as the" can get and they will receive extra votes on each set. ' ; In this offer a yearlv subscription! to the Daily Tribune will count as two six month and a two-year subscrip tion to The Times will count as two for one year, and so on. In this offer we will not allow a mixture of the srbscriptions of the two papers.i Sub scriptions of the same set must all be for the same paper. K All subscriptions turned in previous to this offer will be counted in on the sets, except those which were credit ed with extra votes by the first cou pon offer. . ' : MEETING OF STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION N. J. Rouse, of Kinston, Temporary Chairman. Convention Working . Rapidly Secretary Redfield to Speak Tonight. Raleigh, .June 4. The State Demo cratic Convention convened today at noon. State Chairman Thomas D. Waren called X. ' J. Rouse, of Kinston, to act as temporary chair man, who spoke briefly for a strong aggresive convention, policy congrat ulatory of the splendid records of the State and National administra tions. The convention is working rapidly in the hope of-completing the plat fnrm nnrl its aoution late this after noon so as to hear Secretary Redfield speak tonight. Raleigh, June 4 Temorary Chair man Rouse delivered a speech ac cepting the temporary chairmanship that makes 28 typewritten pages, treating the whole scope of State and national political evolution and pres ent issues. , State Chairman T. D. Warren spoke more briefly, congratulating the party on the success of the State and na tional administration, and .the devel opment of American ideals, predict ing the present foreign policy will soon result in a restoration of peace in Mexico, and if war developed it will not be for the subjugation but for the interest of humanity and civil liberty. He said that he was simply a Democrat, and not a conservative, reactionary or progressive, but one who believed in eoual riurhts to all. "Democrat" is a substantative noun, so fine and of lanre import that it admits of no addition or diminuation of any sort. . Raleigh, June 4.E. L. Travis was placed in nomination for corporation commissioner by Hon. W. E. Daniel, who naia a tribute to the work of Mr. Travis as chairman of the 'com mission and spoke of the commission as one of the most potential factors in the State. The nomination was by acclamation. ; The nomination of Hon. Lee S. Overman was also.- by acclamation amid great enthusiasm. All resolu tions were referred to the platform committee for a report later. Mexico Declared W!ar 69 Years Ago. Washington, June 4.- Additional interest, because of the present Mexi can situation, was lent to today by theif act that sixty-nine years ago. to day June 4, 1845 llexico declared war against the United States. To day is also the anniversary of the arrival of the British fleet in Ameri ca in 1776 - ; Mjr. Shakespeare ' Harris is having his resndence at Poplar Tent improv ed and modern conveniences added. THIS OFFER WILL POSITIVE LY CLOSE OX THE DATE SET AND WILL XOT BE REPEATED AT ANY. TIME DURING THE CAMPAIGN. The plan of this offer is easily un derstood and any anyone will at once recognize the fact that such an offer coming right at the beginning of the campaign, when subscriptions are easy to get, will mean the biggest oppor tunity of the campaign. This offer gives Anyone a chance to get into th contest now and in a few days" time place themselves in a position well up in the list and they can gain a lead that will be bard to overcome. By coming at such an opportune time it will give the real workers of the campaign a chance to demonstrate their ability to their friends and show them that they are deserving of help. And, remember, that this offer will positively not be repeated at any time during the campaign and that if you wish to be in the running for one of the prizes you must take ad vantage of it. Do not be satisfied with one set or even two sets. Do not be satisfied with any number. Just see to it that yon get every set pos sible, that you get all the extra votes that you can and see that all the sub scriptions that have been promised you come in during this period when they will count the most. Double your effort at once and make these next ten days win you one of the prizes. SOGER HEARING. Held in Greensboro Yesterday. Mar shal Webb Reserves Decision in the Matter. Both Sides Confident. Messrs. L. T. Hartsell and T. D. Maness have returned from Greens bore, where they appeared in the Bo ger hearing before Marshal Webb yesterday. The hearing was to decide upon the appointment of former Chief of Police Boger as deputy marshal.. Mr. Boger was appointed to the position several weeks ago but when charges were filed against him by Mr.' Maness the ap pointment was held up and yesterday a hearing was held on the matter. Mr. L. T. Hartsell and Senator J. P. Cook appeared for Mr. Boger and Mr. Maness against him. Following the hearing Marshal Webb reserved his decision in the matter. At the hearing yesterday , it was learned that, even' though Mr. Boger was appointed deputy marshal there is no vacancy of this kind in the marshal 's office. He was appointed before Deputy Marshal Ross, who was recently appointed postmaster at Ash boro resigned. Mr. Ross has not yet resigned, hence there is no vacancy for the position at present. It is un derstood, however, that Mr. Ross will soon tender his resignation and when this is done Marshal Webb will deeide whether or not he will appoint Mr. Boger. Both sides appear well pleased with the outcome of the hearing. Mr. Hart sell stated this morning that he was confident Mr. Boger would be appoint ed. Mr. Maness stated that he was absolutely 'confident Marshall Webb would not make the appointment in the face of the charges he preferred yesterday. FRIENDS OF VILLA ARE WORRYING Over Carranza's Commander of Appointment as the Constitution- alist Forces. Juarez, June 4. Friends of Gener al Villa are worrying over General Carranza?s appointment, of Geneal Xatera as Commander-in-chief of the constitutionalist forces, which makes him General Villa's superior. It is believed, however, that Gen eral Villa who is at Chihuahua, where he is being treated for sore throat, will acquiesce for the sake of peace. Leading consitutionalists of El Paso and Juarez left in a special train to hold a conference -with Gen eral ViUa. - Will Welcome Federal Investigation. Charlestown, W. Va June 4. The officials of the, United Mine Workers have telegraphed President Wilson that they would welcome federaLin-vestigation. HON. JL L. DOUGHTON f NOIUNATUD AGAIN. Without Opposition tU Prtst fetr Frea the EtiUh Duuict GtU a NosinaUoa for Tkird Ttra ia SlUburr Post. ! Without m rd t v4fttitim Iv unantmoa vote Hurv Rri I Duuzbtoo. iirrMr&t rsttnWr of tV. Rrrui from tie cbhlh ditiriet, nominatrd fur th 64th t "on-Tr by the Iemocratt of tkc diUrirt in tbtt ttty. ' today at cuun. CalHnr th run- vrntion to ordrr Chairman lUvdm Clement called to the chair (or rr. manrnt rhairman Hon. Thn. Y Kluttz ami the butincM of ttr con vention a umr on. Mr. Doujrhton a ptart-d in tta&t nation by Mr. It. I. Smith, tf Alb. marie, in a most appropriate in which he briefly rrvirwed t'i frr ord of the member ami told of !-U redeeming the distrirt and of ti splendid iMLrviee a menalH-r of Con. gress. Next Mr. M. II. Caldwell, f Ct. cord, fjwke, wannly heeondin th nomination, and adding hi Mrwinal tribute to the worth of the member and telling what he knew of the t r vices of Congressman Dtmghton and his faithful M-nice to the district.'.' Mr. Burk, of Alexander, ?jiok ?n like manner in making a wry iwM weonding eech, tike in a onal way of his knowledo of tu. Cfliciency of the member and told of his record in the enmatgn and hoy; he subsiNTpiently . made gtHnl." Mr. II ay den Clement, in making n motion to make the nomination unan imous hy rising vote stated that ai manager for Mr. Doughton, and thus forming a close, personal relationship, he' could, stieak the' truth in 'navinc that Bob Doughton in clean, fair and emcient. - Before putting the motion Judge Ivluttz tohl of a recent visit .to Waau ington, of his having spent; a week there and c)f the universal esteem in which the member from the district -it rhcld by his colleague. By a rising, vote Mr. Doughton wa nnammousiv re-nominatcd tuTaeft-vi himself in the C4th Congress from the eighth. Mr. Doughton responded to the calls from the convention and fHike briefly, but earnestly and forcefully. He pledged himself to the highest service he could render. He said that the party had a record to its credit and that in a large measure this is due to the man in the White House, who has wisely directed the affairs of the nation and his party to a suc cessful undertaking of party obliga tions. Mr. Douchton briefly review ed the principal measures passed by the Democrats and told of the great benefit to be derived from these. He said that his efforts were to serve his people as best he could. Disclaiming any talents as a speaker, Mr. Dough ton said that he was a worker and that in the camnaicm to come and the 64th Congress he would do all be could to promote the best interest of his people, his party and to serve his dis trict. Mr. Doughton was warm in his praise of President Wilson and in ex pressing his deep appreciation for the honors conferred upon him, at the same time pledging'. himself to a foil end vigorous campaign through the district. After listening to Mr. Doughton 's short, but most excellent, speech the convention named a committee to nave cuargo or me campaign, tue members of this committee being as follows, by counties: Alexander, C. H. Goodman; Alle shanv. R. A. Doughton: Ashe. Dr. J. W. Colvord; Caldwell, Jacob Seiirle; Iredell, Zeb v. In; Cabarrus, J. I. Cook; Stanly, J. M. Boyette; Rowan, Ilayden Clement; Wautauga, K, F. Lovell. The committee at once held a meet ing for the purpose of effecting an organization, and Mr. Zeb V. Long, of Iredell, was made chairman of the committee, with Mr. John K. Brown, of Wautauga, as secretary. UNITED STATES MAY REVERSE ITS POLICY Regarding Constitutionalist Should They Refuse to Participate in Med iation. Niagara Falls, J une 4.-Whether the United States will be led to re verse its policy, regarding to consti tutionalists should they refuse to par ticipate in mediation, and find means to force Carranza to recognize a strong provisional government is to be determined by Caranxa's answer, Unless he comes in, mediation can be a "political pacification" for some time. . ;. . " : Mrs. J. W. Coleman, of New Or leans, who has been visiting Mr. TV C. Thompson, left this morning for ." Charlottesville, Va to visit friends. -',--;'-- )Eiac?;;en a so:i MAY BE SETTIXD Vt I UL'l 1 1 Qtztnl Cmtsju W01 Nu ZkX Let. is HcnX Sztpen f Vtiltd ZliSst by a Ccr:iU lUfcaal ie Aecezi Frepcuii f Mfdutera. 2e lai Qsenieat Wia Be tutitd by tie MedUt&r, AH lUeiU WQ E4 Coaplied WtU, , Wahity;too, Jane 4. IVlt;tit cieatf 10, the Mrtiraa Mlaalko lixm ed up atroa; with ithi!;tir 4a. Withia ih tjrit fly.feJr kmu the &dU Lrrr espeet drfimte dr. rhpaiccu, artira ih 4trt r failure.- . . , , - The v&cuU iH.int tut that Carrmfc . ill 'Dot rik lm t hi' country V n.oral upj.rt by a eomplrte trfui! to accept tie projaU r.f the tor. The brljcf i cprrd Wfe that now Oenrral Carranui kna n j lan! qucttion will Ix m-iiScI by th tnetliator and he will cvtRply with all their reqaeU. llnerta apftarmt miriii w r( hhwkin-mnnitioti fr Carrau'fA' at Tbinj.ii gaie hr ndmibt'strattoh" freh -xMiree of w,rTy in jar Hull. Admiral Mu 'itut runted that Tampico inut W kf! an t Jit. and nh tli r the ndmtiilst ration Uyr op to thi ata'nd is a qur!um the of ficiaU refill to talk on. , hi-h t. al i.llirial ijild out lhat a blkiw!e uld bntig protrt frtmi foreign fW.wcm. Bnan cmtinue! hi effort to Jiwiinj the envoy of the efntitti. tionaliti into line on ri rtliatmn. Mn. Buxkheiaer II ert. Mrs. KloiM iSernheim Bmkhetrrr, of f harlot tc.wlwiii the danrhfer tf the ditirnushet Rev. Dr. ll. D. ilern. hci m, the, vi n f ra h! c . Juil f ra rud i n and hUtoriap, nas a uuct for a fe bou rs in our i i- Wrd nc4!ay, en route to her old home at M i.Plrar ant to viait for a few day. Mr. Bern, heiriier is one of the tn'atl iromincnt U. I). C. inemWra in Xurth rimlim and an ardent worker and rleter wri ter,- being lanreate .e,teim , fur Ihe North Carolina V. t' V. Hrr ii.hm daughters, MiMi Beside and Horrnee Hurkheimer, are brilliant idavnM. and are doing a Statewide "work for the veteran and I J. I. ('., with their dramatic work. Mis Benti i e.i brigade sionMr for the North f!aro. Iina veterans for the Raleieh reunion: and her sister, Florence, her maid of Honor. The eteran delight in their lovely entertainments and eharmiar Iersonality. The. tHfJe! daughUm of this State have a Vr'Wji'ng fa- ture. King'i Daughten CoaTentien CalL The Kimr'a Dau-hUrsV Twenty. Jifth Annual Convention will be htU in Rockingham, June 17-19, in ,1a Methodist Episcopal Church. The executive committee will meet Wednesday afternoon jn the churtk building at .V o'clock. The convention will conrcce tot business - Wednesday evening at S o'clock and close Friday evening. The delegates are requested to ar rive on the morning or noon trains Wednesday. A silver offering for State work at the Stonewall Jackson Sehotd, Coc cord, will be received Friday evenroc., EntCTtained Yeaterday. The local chapter of King 'a Daugh ters gave a concert at the Jackson Training ScbooF yesterday afternoon and Prof, and Mr. Bogtr and their co-workers gave them a cordial weL come and much aplaue. A large sign was placed in front of the King' Daughters eoUtafe Welcome to the King V Daughtcrt." After the programme wu rarricl out Mrs. Cook asked that they entertain us, which was . done ia a pltzMing manner. The boys then marched out and were served ice cream and eak by the Daughters. j) Will Not Eaixe Ea press of IrcUnd Froa River. Montreal. June 4. The Canadiao Pacifie Railway formally served oc London underwriters a notice of abandonment of the Empress of Ire land. This makes it certain that the Empress' owners lave giren up ail hope of raising her from her bed ii the St. Lawrence. To Discuss Federal Reserve Board. Washington, June 4.-The Presi dent and Secretary McAdoo arc sched uled to discuss the federal reserre board appointments before the execu tive leaves tonight for Annapolis. In dications point to early selections. Ill IB v.
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