North Carolina Newspapers

(4 . S AND THURSDAYS SI-JO Year. Dttt is A4rse. VOLUME XLII. CONCORD. N. C THURSDAY. JANUARY 23, 1917 NUJJMIM tu jSHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. P U B LI S H ED M O N D A TE RR1T0RY WAK G OP TO OPPORTUNITY PRIZES ARE NOT HARD TO GET IT ONE WILL ONLY TRY. 7- v i PI THEH ffli Read About the Big Opportunities; Then Set Yourself and Your Friends to Capture Prizes. Oct In On the First List of Contestants Of The Times And Tribune And Get Your Friends Aid. The Con- test has Just Begun, and You Have a Good Chance to Win One of Big Prizes to be Given Awayv . Read the List of Prizes. K .. THE PRIZES. Chevrolet, Value $595, First Capital Prize. On display at Concord Motor Co. Baby Grand Piano, Value $450, Second Capital Prize. On display at Concord Furni : ture Company. Two Victrolas. On display : at Bell & Harris Furniture Co. Two Diamond Rings. Two Kitchen Cabinets. On ! display at Wilkinson Furni : ture Company. Two Merchandise Orders. Ten per cent, to all non win ners. Many applications were sent in yesterday from all parts of the terri tory in which the Tribune and Times circulate. This is most gratifying," as it proves that the people of this sec tion appreciate the value of the prizes that the Tribune and Times are giving away absolutely free. -The question that is 'agitating- the minds of a number of candidates who are entering the campaign and who have enough ; energy and ambition, but who are a little skeptical of suc cess iS: ''Can I win?" To those doubtful ones there is on ly one answer "Yes.' . . Only a few votes have been turn ed in so far. In fact, the contest is hardly started, and it will surprise you, when the first vote announce ment is made to find that your name leads all the rest if: you will com mence today. Head the. advertisement in this is sue which describes the Ten big priz es which may be seen and inspected by calling at the dealers mentioned rind who will be glad to show them to you. Just think, you can obtain as many jts 8.000 rots on a single yearly sub scription. Be decisive. "Act," and you will have the satisfaction of something accomplished. Your vhances for winning a prize are equ ally as good as anyone's. Read the nils below then send your nomination in today. Each of these coupons eount one hv themselves. But you will notice that the coupons are numbered. Today number one ap pears, tomorrow number two will ap pear. This number will .be changed everv dav. xintil number " Ten" is rrnched. If you save these coupons antil you have a series of any conse cutive five, that is the numbers run ning consecutively from say one to five, or from two to six, or any con secutive five, then each series will count you five thousand extra votes. Everyone is entitled to just as many of these series as he can obtain, have .:dl your friends save' them for yon. It would be entirely possible for you to win the touring car, -the first capi tal prize on these coupons alone, if they -were systematically t saved. Have you sent in your nomination T If not, why haven't yout Jusf 'as soon as the campaign manager can get the nominations and votes properly clas sified and filed he will publish the list of candidates who have either enter ed or been nominated by friends. Bet ter send in your nomination and be pure that your name appears on the first list of ambitious people. There is nothing hard to under stand about entering or in. fact win ting. There is a nomination blank on another rare. which counts five thous . and votes, when properly filled out and sent nr hrousrht to the . campaign manager at The Tribune office. Pill this blank out and send it in and the eamnaimn manasrer will be glad to ex plain all the little details to you. As soon as you have nominated yourself or been nominated by a friend, you will need to start saving the vote cou pons which atroear in . the Tribune daily. You should also ask all your friends and acquaintances to save these eouDona for vou. In addition VIE FOREST HILL NEWS. Rcbbins-King Marriage Move Into New Home. Personal. Mr. Gene Robbing and Miss Minnie King were married last Saturdav night at the Forest Hill Methndit Church Parsonage by Rev. C. M. Short. Only a few incited friends were present. Mrs. Robbins is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. King and Mr. Robbins is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Robbins. Mr. Robbins is connected in the busines sof his fath er in the metal and feed trade. Their many friends wish them much happi ness. Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, who have been living on St. Mary's street for several years, have moved into their new home recently completed on the Kannapolis road. Master Jack Monran. vounir son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Morgan, had the misfortune to break' an arm several days ago, -while playing at his home. . Mr. Lonme Crooks, who lias been working at the Locke Mill for sorre time, has received a promotion and is now second hand in card room at the Buffalo Mill. Miss Mamie Riley, of Charlotte, is spending this week in Concord1 with her sister, Mrs. W. M. Sharp .Messrs Reece Sedberry and Ed. Murph leave for Oxford tomorrow, where they will be employed for sev eral weeks overhauling the machin ery in the Oxford cotton mills'. Mr. Fred Munn, who has been in Charlotte for several weeks1 under going medical treatment, is reported as making rapid improvement. Mr. R. T. Clark has returned to his home in Charlotte, after spending several weeks here installing the heating and sprinkler system in the new picker room at the Buffalo mill. Miss Annie Cook has returned to Asheville, where she is attending school, after spending several davs here with her friend, Miss Letty Lit tles. ' Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Fisher, of No. 6 township., are spending this week in the city with their son, Mr. J. T. Fisher, on North Church street. Mr. Jno. P. Roberts has moved into Miss Mary Johnson's house on Vance street, recently vacated by Mr. Tom Williams. - . ; i , t , ; ; ' PARTY YESTERDAY. ' Mrs. A. G. Odell Entertained in Hon or of Miss Ellen Gibson Yesterday Afternoon. A beautiful social event of yester day afternoon was the partv given by Mrs. Arthur Gould Odell at her home on North Union street in honor! of Miss Ellen Gibson, who will, in February, become the bride of Mr. Cameron MacRae. Narcissi and asparagus fern, artist ically arranged in baskets, formed the decorations in the rooms where the guests assembled. After a ileasant hour' spent in social intercourse, re freshments were served by the hos tess. "Mrs. Odell '-s guests were: Misses Ellen Gibson, Elizabeth Gibson, Ma bel Means, Jenn Coltrane, Louise Ludlow, of Winston-Salem, Helen Patterson, Anna Branson and Mes- dames Archey Caanon, Gowan Dusen- bery, J. Leonard Brown, Morrison Fetzer, of California, and E. J. Bras well. Two Tried for Insanity in Salisbury Court. Salisbury, Jan. 22. The county court had before it today two men charged with insanity. One, a white man from Landis, had shot at a man several times for teasing him, but all shots were wild. The other, a young negro, was caught peeping in houses on South Church street last night. . The negro was allowed to go and judgment in the white man s ease was suspended for 90 days. Australian (manufacturers at a plant in Bombay are making pressed steel water pipes 28 feet long by 50 inches internal diameter. Get the habit of ever keeping your eye on the goal! ' to these coupons all paid subscrip tions to the Daily Tribune and The Semi-Weekly Times count for votes for you according to the schedule printed on another page. Ask . all the people you Know 10 subscribe to the Tribune or the Times with you, then collect their money right on the spot, and bring it to the campaign manager at the Tribune office, and he will give you votes for it, which will be good any time dur ing the campaign. The campaign manager has also at his office some special receipt books and vote blanks for your convenience. These are all free. Call or write and he will see that you are supplied with all . that vou can use to advantage. In fact there is not a single cent of expense to your connected with this "5,000 Club" campaign. You can enter and win the Chevrolet without the outlay of a single penny if you so will it. For further particulars, see page an nouneement on another page. HEAVY FIGHTING Oil THE RUSSIAN FRONT GERMANY TAKES OFFENSIVE IN RIGA SECJOR. THE RU8SIBNS 1 DR1VEH The Heaviest Fighting Now in Pro. gress in Any of the War Area is in This Sector. Germans Drive Rus sians Back a Mile And a Half. Attempting Another Advance Over the Frozen Ground, the Teuton Army Suffers Reverses. Petrograd Claims That the Russians Dislodg ed the Germans From Their PosL tion And Drove Them Back. (By The Associated Press) 1 ne . Heaviest iignung now in pro gress in anv of the war areas is on the Russian front in the Riga sector, where the Germans recently took the offensive, and drove back the Rus sians a mile and a half in the region oi' the -Great Tirul marsh. Berlin announced today that the at tack netted Germany strong Russian positions on a front of about six miles, with more than 1700 prisoners, and 13 machine guns. The Russian reserves were unable to check the ad vance. Attempting again to advance over the frozen ground which has made the effort in, this swampy region pos sible, the Teutonic army has sustain ed reverses, according to Petrograd today. North of the marsh the Ger many opened heavy artillery fire and attacked, but failed to make any head way. A similar result met the at tacks between the marsh and the river Aa and here in a counterattack the Russians dislodged the Germans and drove them back. The fighting extended to the south east of the river ;Aa near Kalrizem. which lies 20 miles southwest of Riga Here the Russians, after taking the offensive, were eaught in a. counter offensive of the Germans and compell ed to retire northward a third of a a mile. Elseyhere there has been little but artillery, patrol and air fighting. Quiet . apparently prevails along the jumanian front, where where the se- veritv of the winter weather has checked all operations except inter mittent bombardment. ; ,. Greece has formally apologized to the entente in compliance with the demands for the events of last De cember when the Creeks fired on en tente forces at Athens. AT THE STRAND TODAY. Circumstantial Evidence Convicts In nocent Man. Blue Ribbon Feature a Sermon Drama to Jurymen. Circumstantial evidence has sent many men to their deaths or to life long imprisonment some justly some otherwise. In many cases it 'aa proven, sometimes after the un fortunate victim has paid the price, that the evidence was "planted1''' and the testimony a sad co-incidence. The question has, therefore, arisen and been discussed by some of the great est experts on criminology in the country of whether or not circum stantial evidence shall be allowed to sway a case in which a human life is at stake. . . "The Alibi," a Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature, showing at the Strand theatre today, presents a -concrete example of this all-absorbing question. adv. THE COTTON MARKET. Generally 1 to 11 Points Higher. Demand Limimted, However. (Br The Associated Press) New York, Jan. 25. The cotton market opened steady today, with first prices 5 points lower on . Janu ary, but generally 1 to 11 points high er. The demand was limited, how ever, and the market soon turned eas ler under scattered realizing. May sold off from 17.23 to 17.15 before the end of the first hour, or back to about last night s closing figures. Cotton fuures opened ateadv: March, 17.00; May, 17.22; July, 17.19; October, 16.20; December, 16.23. National Foreign Trade CounciL (By The Associated Preas) . Pittsburg, Jan. 5. Tb fourth an nual convention of the National For eign 'Trade Council opened here to day.'" Jas. A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel Corporation. presided. Problems fundamental to Ameri can future commercial supremacy will be discussed during the three-days session with the "war after the war" as a basis. ' b ex LOCAL AND OTHERWISE. the hoae of Mr. C. J. lUrri. The rendition of Keru'tr of lhU J V, Harris does cot isTote. Uttle Miw Fraan Ikrrr j ecu. fined to her hoc ith a ease of xzau Ics. : Attention is called to the Eli to tice m another eolasin. Icitutum and tocial se&slon tonight. .The Virginia Dare Book Clab mill meet tomorrow afternoon is the guests of Mrs. J. L. Harts'!. - We publish on fifth pajre Unlay the list of those 'nhuse names have so far been entered in our big abrrittori contest. ? Kvery department at Fisher's if alive with bargains. Are you pitting your share! See nt ad. in ti e Tun.- tfKlay. The Concord 1a Company has jat installed in the lobby and dinicj: Tvom of the St. Cloud Hotel hacdsn.e lighting fixtures. The F'anama Singers, the third nua-ber of the Lyceum Course at Kan. napolis, will amear at the Y. M. (. A. there next Monday night. War's Women will be shown at The Strand tomorrow. The matinee corn, meriees strictly at 3 p. m. Night show at J'A). Admission 25 cents. Tie board of Governors of the Li brary Association will meet tomor row morning at 10 o'clock wth Mrs. G. L. Patterson. The condidtion of little Mm Fran ces Boger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. jBoger, who is sick with meas- les,( is reported as unchanged today. Cotton went up a half cent on the local market today, the quotation be ing .17 cents per pound. Cotton seed arei still bringing 75 cents per bushel. The first fifty customers at Bell & Harris Furniture Co.'s tomorrow morning will be presented with a beautiful clothes brush absolutely free. i . .. - Tne "Pastime opes its doors to the public again this evening at 7 o'clock with' rBluebird feature.; "The . old price-f of-5 and 10 cents will" prevail at. tire new Pastime. . .7 f Look up the list of names of those who have been nominated in our big subscription contest, which we pub lish today, and get busy for some friend. Twenty-nine citizens from Faith section of Kowan county were before the ecurt in Salisbury Saturday for failing to have their children vacti- noted; against smallpox. A hearing was postponed until next Saturdaj. There will be a box supper at the Midland High School Saturday night. January, 27. The students will furn ish: a programme entitled "The Eight Stages of Life." The public is cor dially invited. A Victrola concert, will be given in Sappenfield's Drug Store on Monday nightj January 29. All of the new Vic trola records for January, secured by the Bell & Harris Furniture Company, will be played at the concert. The Wesley Classes of Kerr street Church will have an oy ester supper at the home of Mr. W. F. Hall, cor ner of Kerr street and Misenheimer avenue, on Saturday night, from 6 to 8 o'clock. The public invited. 1 , Mts W. H. Hearn, who underwent a serious operation at the Concord Hospital a few weeks ago, expects to leave the hospital today and will visit jfor a week at the home of her father, Mr. C. F. Faggart, on Fenix street, before returning' to her home in Winston-Salem. Look up the nomination blank in the big page ad. in this issue and nominate someone to enter our big contest. This eoupon is good for 5,000 votes to start .with. The voting coupon under it counts for 100 votes. Get as many, of these as you can collect and send them in. f The largest single shipment of game chickens ever made from this section left here today for Laredo, Texas. There were 118 cocks in the shipment, 100 of which were sold by Mr. B. W. Means, and 18 by Mr. George - W. Means. The fowls . were bought by Mexicans, two of whom were in the city for several days selecting them, i The January Clearance Sale at Efird's starts tomorrow morning, and will continue until Saturday night, February 3. Efird's have arranged to make this the biggest sale, in point of values, they have ever had. They have $3,000 worth of high grade silks to go on sale Friday morning at 8 o'clock. Read the big double page ad. in this paper. : I The Twenty-seventh. Annual Reun ion of the United Confederate Yei erana will be held in Washington,-tD. C, June 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1917. This is the first time a Reunion has taken place outside of the limits of the late Confederate States, and it is emi nently fit that it should be held in the City of Washington. . ..NEITHER THE HEVE 4 II THE VEIIETA? GERMAN RAID EE 15 UAMBUHO SOUTH AMEEJCAN UNEIL IT LEFT Eir-BDRS 18 DISGUISE Actordiri to tie Stcry Tirta l!ct!r vidia the Coamted Xiaer Cptcr. ed Two Bnuih Slas:trs Tok Ties, to a Pert ca tit Wtsl Cat of Africa, Wfcere Ttty Wtr Am- ed and Manned, and Then Suru4l Untie.--graded the Bntuh Tlttl t- tt.-.v After Leavun: Ilatabart ia Xi- guise. Ves?i of 7,819 Toaa. Mnteid:n, Fruiriiay, Jan . l. If in njMtrt-.! here that thf Ofrc;an raidr that ha ln jni!in the Hrarilian e.nt n thr the Mofue nor the Vineta. but ibv Cap tain Orti-a!, llar. h srk Smlh An rr ican liner. Tlie Captain rt .. . nave evaii l tUf Hnt-fi i!r t nft h-avintr Hasisbiirtr in di-,mi-. er According t thit tr, the rn verted liner raptured two British st?a:nens, whUU had,Kail-l from the Kiver Platte and tok them to a Hrt on the west runM f Afnra, Mlirt they were armeil nnd manned, and then Ktnrted them out to raid in the ;th Atlantie. The Captain nrt"jal is a errj of 7,819 tons. She wn built in Ham. burjr in 1904 and prior to the war plied regularly between Hamburg and the South American iKrts. BROTHERHOOD PROPOSAL PLACED BEFORE PRESIDENT Propose Mixed Board to Hear and : Settle EveTy-Dispute.' (Br The AttocUted Trea) Washintrton. Jan. 2.". Railuftv BrotherhKd leaders t od ay jdaced be-, fore President Wilson in writing their proposal for a compromise on his rail way leirislative profrramrre and !,e bV pan eonsiderint: them. Labor leaders proposed instead ol a law to prevent a strike or loekout, pending inveKt!atitn; that provision be made for investigation by a mixed board of employees and employer?. This, they say, would settle every di. pute. Action of the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission yesterday in votinp down the. President ' plan a, second time, was taken by some ofTl eials as a forerunner of some sort of compromise. THE LEAK INVESTIGATION. Brokers Requested to Produce Rec ords of Transactions. (Br Tke JUmHiM Prm) New York, Jan. 25. Stoek ei- chance brokers who have Been- re quested by the House Rules Comit- tee to produce reeords of transac tions of their customers are prompt ly responding, it was announced to day by Sherman L. Whipple, counsel for the committee. Mr. Whipple and Chairman Henry were busy today writh the Commit tee's expert accountant in preparing for resumption of the inquiry here on Sfonday or Tuesday. Sir. Whipple said be expected that it would now be possible to complete the inquiry in New York next week. BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED In the Presence of Dditinxuiihed Peo. plt And 15,000 SpecUtozt. (By TW AMiate Jftr) Newport' News, Va, Jan. 25 The battleship . Mississippi, building here for the United States srovernment. was sueeesefaliy launched at 1 1 127 this rcorninjr in the presence of See retary of the Xavy Daniels, other di. tiniruished visitors and a crowd of more than 15,000 spectators. Sliss Carcille BeBeatb, of Meridian, Miss, christened the new vessel. FIFTY ARE KTT.LED IN AN EARTHQUAKE Occurred on Ttland of Ball in the Malay Archipelago. (By The Ammrlmtr4L trtmm) Indon, Jan. 23. Fifty natives were killed and 200 others injured in an, earthquake on' the Island of Bali in the Slalay Archipelago, aeeordinj to dispatches from, Amsterdam to the Central News. Sfore than 1,000 houses and factories and native tem ples were destroyed. The Governor's palace is seriously damaged. JAfAxnsc novst or txr. S LXTATIVL5 DfS30LVE3 IV44 Mr4 iVt Trtrfi frtr Mt Ut N Lr i:ftv 11 w ;-' -f Jr x4 Irtrsr I4 t -c j t ,. wj ?t t! rr u tW frit tt -fih Mt n Jifcrr nrt i I I'tTtuiir d. v,i,4 e-.A ntt- ! U H s at;4 t.r n ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE JAPANESE STATESMAN Yakio Onki, Tenztr Miai Wm Ad4reJ4nc a Mam Mmia. Tii., Jj9u, J&u 2', - An ! Irfi.pt a ti !, awin!c Va. ki UaV. forti rr !4i.twr t vtw and a! r ! tf ,e t'V.ttWttt rs!.!J rt wh:ie he wit .vl'itroit!,- a lit rlU,J f .V'lhr rrsinJUuife f tir c.n?sm t, V! it Mr. uaki ma j ailing ta nru.ed u en with ! , m ord, rmtjT "tiU Jhe platform n4 trjed t him. They were i-r ttr4 t4 arre!d. Two .t! er urn titn tried to assault the f-nr.rr. msr.ittrr, '.' ttere badly Uatm hv the audience Mr. Ozaki demBridrd that )rrtr.ier 1'eri.urhi rei-n on the cmund that hi a.ii.!ni!rat)urj wa Mfte.c!Ut tionnl. Sir. OzaLt wan formerly SIor ut Tokio. He viftinted the Cftj!ei Utr in 1910, and a dinner m intra in h: JiODor at Wnhin-t"a In Vttn dent Tnftr- He lieearre tti Jr.frtrT f jusJiee in. the OUma cabiurt in 1911. SALARY ACT IS DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL HCvCct Acja c LeUlature in In crcaaing Governoi'i Salary Up held. riy TW M-Uir4 rre) Haleizh, .Ian. The reeent t. tion of the'-liftiature tnereairs the salary of the (l-a. nmr of North Af. tdina from !K.(X0 t KW deelar- ed cntitutional tlay by Attorney General .I. S. Manning, m hi Hrml rjinjon renlerect-ince aotumin of. tire. It had been contended that niece the present Governor 'wai elected for the term bepnnin January 1, and the law prohibited an increa in the chief executive' talary during hi term of office. Governor Itiekett could not ben efit thruuh the action of the IepUa. ture. The Lrtrltiire paed the law before the inauguration of the Gov. emor.' - - : $10,000,000 to aid nr ROAD CONSTRUCTION Apportionment Announced Today by SecreUry Hourtoa. Df T0 Aaeial4 frr Wahintn, Jan. 25.--Apportift-ment of flO)! to'aid the BtaU in the eontrutcifn of rurjl jjoh roal, the M-eood annual djtnbt tion, 'in aeeordance with the Federal Aid jrad law, was an noun" I txiay by Secretary Houtm oft epart ent of Airrieul'ure. The f r.J it of the ,apjrtinmci.t (r the neaLyear endinsr June M, 191. , The following amoaat are. reeeit etl hv Southern Sutea; North Caro Iina,22S,7C3; South Carrdina, flUt 615. CIGARETTE S1IOKINO CRIUTNAL OFFENSE? Bill to Hale It So Introduced in Wert Virfiria LejiiUture. (Bjr Tli A etate4l ly Charleston, Wet Va., Jan. 25. Cigarette smoking in Wet Yinno would be a criminal offense asd th foeion of eijrarcttew would W misdemeanor, both pucihable hf a tine of 5.00 if a bill iBtrodoeed in the State Houe of Delegate fceeoxeV a law. The bill prohibit a any jrn or firm either to sell r piv away ri yarettes, eisartite papers or tolar eo to be ned in making ei-arette. The bill pruhibtU alfo any jnoa bavin? cigarette in teir oestoa Brings Down Hia Tweaty-SeTeath AirpUne. . Paris, Jan. 25. Lieut. Geo. Gsy nemer has brought down his 27th airplane, the war office axnouaced.