70 V v cc:;cc?.d, n. c, v.tdnesday may h, 1913. i -TS p T 'TH2 E0S3 MAIDEN.". LU C .i',;nocga linking Elaborate 'Plant I For Entertainment cf , tht Visi tors. . Chattanooga, Tenu., Mav 14. The irrrr.s cr -nf F.ALr::.; 1 CLIN A ll) uiuuu ....LU" to ee ;.:;: J. B. SHERRJLL Editor and p,,kK-- ; NO. 247 - : 1 &t te Library . i , . 3L.I A Delightful Concert. Choral" Cloi i Wu Greeted With a Packed Hons, "J And Deserved It ' ' 'A pncki'd houae greeted the COn- amrcm'iin Reiinii.u of ilio I'nite.l i totd I 'oral ' lub, the Asbury Urrtie. CoiiiNlerate Veterans iu: this city.i r of Charlotte arid assisting noloist. ALLEGED UNDERVALUATION OF Mav 27-29, 1911 is the eii-reiite-n 'Be opera nouse last night, wbe l lie hone . Maiden- Efrresiri.'ati?8 Troiu Nearly Every Tiu ta tie Cut r 'rented to Ee J Pre' ' :.t. Lillrci j E ' fused to Ac- - ;t Cot. Cralj's Fic; cation And tV E " Cva,L: a. An Early T f ..;,Bt of .tLe Controversy : ;" He. lTor.. ; -V ,y; -.'. ' Klu;,.;h, May 14. To draw tin ex act l.n.-s of battle in the" fight for iul' .11 frei ' t rates the shippers of North Caro.iua,- banded together under the name of the Just Freight Rates Association, will meet in Ral-- h tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Permanent officers of the. association - vrul he eelcted at this time and furth er plans of . organisation will be dis eupsed and adopted. "Representatives from almost every city, town and . hi.iiilet in North Carolina are expect ed to be present and defiite ''action looking toward an. adequate adjust- ment of the freight rate controversy s will be taken. The meeting will be held in the hall of the House of Rep resentatives. The railroads have refused Jo c . cept the propositions made by 'Gov. Craig and the rate commission and have recommended that three suits now before the Interstate Commerce Commission be fought out and these suits be made a basis for settlement ot the rate question. The State has t(5en no action on this counter prop osition and it is the and it is the plan of the Just Freight Rates Associa tion to. map out a campaign to be i warred in conjunction "with the Gov ernor and the rate commission, which , shall bring about an early settlement of the controversy between the ship . ners and the railroads. ',. The Just Freight Rates Association " was organized in' Charlotte ' on .the evening of May 7 wben represents - tivea of 21 cities" met at Call of t! eCharlotte -commercial -organiza tions.- A plan or organisation? was a pted and temporary oincers eieet- d. after which adjournment was tak on to meet in Raleigh tomorrow. The object of the association as stated in the plan of organization is "to wage an active and . vigorous campaign throughout the State of North Caro lina, for the -purpose of informing ' the people as to existin conditions wilh -reference "to freight rate dis crimination as practiced against this State by the railroads, and to create sentiment favorable to an equitable . .j;,ictmAn'nf th same." '. ,-'. The entire question will W thor- ..hlv threshed outsat tomorrow's meeting and it is believed probable 'hat ii resolution will Do adopted urg ing Governor Craig to call a special " nf the Leeislature to take some action to compel the railroads to grant the demands of the State for lnwsr fraicht rates, j . . ''J ,; V'.: Governor Craig has assured the as sociation that he will use every, agen ' n-m and Avarv tower of his administra- i: 4 anmnol tllA TflilrOadS to " do . . ' A fcV ' l" . . nial f t'be fatuous battles of Ckirk amuuS, Missionary Bulge and the "Battle Above the lli.mfs" on the heights of Lookout Mountain. - To people of the Southlaud, the 4opie of greatest iuterest. at this season of. ev. ery year is the reunion of these old etcrans in gray. Uut this year trie event is of wider interest because the 'Reunion is held for the ttrst time since 181)0, on the ground hallowed by the valorous deeds of both North and South. Hence there will be an at tendance of snrvivora'and descend ants fro mall over the country. ; ' Chattanooga' ia makiug elaborate plans for the entertainment of ithe Veterans and other visitors. There will be approximately; 12,000 veter ans who will be lodged and JTel.-free' of all charge, during their, stay of four or more days, xor thia purpose, the War Department hae loaned us 1,400 large tents and the necessary cots, od . whichi the ireigut alone, which , we pay, will . amount to1 over $4,000. Our Commissary will be" large tent, occupying over an acre and a half of ground." In this, we will serve during four days, a total of 144.000 free meals." . We have raised $53,000.00 lor tne entertainmenrof the Veterans jrop erly, not . including .$26,000. extra raised by merchants on our mail bus iness-streets lor one and a half miles Of "Great White Way" that will re main permanently.' Miles of decorat ing -material will ornament our lac tone, stores and residences oy aay and eleven thousand feet of electrical festoon will add . to private . illumin ations at night, '7,::'s.'-Ut'"i'N,?-',j' 'Aviation meets, carnivals, etc, will provide amusement for Our visitors, who are expected to numoer -lou.uuv. A. railroad rate of one cent per mile will enable people to visit our eele-" V 1 ydro-eleetrical projects, wini o. -M. 146,000" horse-power;, our wonderful mountain resorts overlookirs the beautiful 'Tennessee Eiver, and tba battlefields where :;tjie-!- casualties of 4,uuo proRe tne rouorus of any war, -'-ancient or. modern. - TolS- Bemv-ceuienuiai reumuu m DtPOBTS OF OVE2 f 100,000. was "inven.1 Judging from the applause and fav; orable comment, the concert watf a dej, cided success, of coarse, it being un derstood that none of the participant! pretended to be operatic singers. The people of Concord eould have no bet-! ter shown their appreciation of the efforts of the club and its members, than in the way it received those whor asmimed the soprano eolos. j t - i ! Mrs. J. B. Womble i& the duet,; "Soon as the -Mountain "Summits," clearly proved that Concord need nv-'' er seek eluewhere for a soprano who! can understandingly- and feelingly: render music of the higher type; Mrs. C. P. MacLaughlin, another of the Choral Club's leading ' soprano's, again made 'a score for Concord 'in her solo, "Bloom - m ; My. Roses," while Miss Janie ' Patterson . very beautifully rendered the soprano part in-the duet,vvl Know -a Rosebud Shining.' leading up to the...'Wed- ding" ehorns.--"P.. 'i ', -,') Miss Elisabeth van Poole, of Row an, took - all . tne eentraiton - solos. and judging; from the hearty ' and sustained applause following her so los, the Club can congratulate itself on having sucn an able and sympatn ie assistant In the eoneert. t Mr. John : W. - Tox, of Charlotte, took the baritone solos," and certainly captured the audience in his rendi- a ttAJknfiln? TiriiAM illkAMlW ps rwnh " wr (Wm H- United States and other nations. Newcomb had all the tenor solos, and although he did not seem to impress the audeineoe as 'well as the other so loists," one has- tmly to see'tbr. score to realise that most of the bard work fell to his share,- and this being eon pled with a slight indisposition, your critic can only say that Mr. New. comb-deserves all credit for his work. As far es the work of the Club as i unit is' concerned, no praise ill too high or fulsome; considering the- fact that all members of the Club nave willingly -Riven of -their best,' both in 1im4.and enet,r Bay "nothing bf the 1 money spent, in procuring . ,tb' very?. best director" optamawe in mis part of the State in not. Barry j. OflcUls Refuse to Deny er Confirm tha Eeport." Mr. Eryaa Confers t WUh President Wilson. Bryan is . Please4 with the Eecection of His "Peace PoWemaii," C.s EatUeshis rHeaaihif, and Says E Caa a Sis- im rkifc : ;ribwiii. XT--. . Washington, May 14.-OfBeiahr of the department of justice and -' the treasnry refused to confirm the re porta that criminal prosecution is con templated against the millionaire, Joan Waaamaker, the Philadelphia, merchant, for alleged undervaluation imports of over a hundred thousand dollars. '- ' :rJ"- . -: . ;. ? . R" Secretary Bryan conferred, with President Wilson Jtedsy. ;. He said, however, that the conference had no connection with the CaHforoia-Japari- ese matter, which is now. in status qua- until the reply of Governor John son is received. , Mr. Bryan' is pleased with the re ception' of his "peace ? policeman," the battleship friendship, as emtneiat- (fed, at the' peace banquet He said be would launch a sister craft, "fel lowship,"; and be believed the twin Vessels would accomplish the elimin- ' atkm of alt danger of war" between HORSE TRADERS', DAY. v fiaass Resulting Trom Horse Trades vy njiwia vwj ot vvun, I . Yesterday - was V horse - traders' " day in Cabarrus court. -Case after ase resulting from' trades was called hp and the result was tnst the en tire, session oi court was. taken up with the trial of this particular kind of eases.' '-:u -, T-?. WN B. WaUace alleged that W. C tlartermisrcpresented Jiersa io. hin; tn t waae ana asked, lor nam- VISITS TRAINING SCHOOL. 1 Judge James L. Webb Pays a Visit W the SuU's Institution for Way ward Yonths. '"."-' ' .. Judge James L Webb, of Shelby,1 spent Monday nigbt at the Jarkson Training School, the guest of Super intendent Walter Thompson. Speak ing of his visit there Jadge Webb ex pressed himself as highly pleased with the institution.' The management of the school Las done remarkably well, he said,' in erecting the excellent buildings at such a small cost, the grounds, are in line shspe and the landscape work is especially good. While at the school Judge Webb met with the boys and made a 'talk to them. ; After be had concluded the boys gave a Httle entertainment of their own.' - Fiddles' and banjos were produced and the youthful wards of the Stste gave a musical entertain ment of their own production in hon or -of their distinguished guest. - In order to make the Judge feel perfect ly at home ft Cleveland eonnty youth at the school came out and gave a clog dancing-exhibition, which Judge Webb apparently ; enjoyed through- ont. - - Continuing his remarks concerning the school Judge Webb said that the greatest need there was for . more room. "I understood that arrange- brovide many spectacular features of nm, pi . vnanyuej bo. interest to touristB, the most touckViw very, great debt of gratitude ! . .ir fhM, th nonita of . fhnl tO them alL:--'-''!-' .ii.--'lV.'.'. r- ce. do Ke dot lares, "They shall Toil our people and' emoit i i f e. The sovereign tnaie w not coing to surrender to "the d im . . tli railroad eomr anies, . "a are all powerful in'de their rigV.ts.' ,- Thcy shoikd :-4 everywhere tot . Bft;rrRsive M;n wi'h t e commissions. T m (.nvnrnor the t , 't will never end nuM we : get j i f.t' t-t t the Co"r-;iat la- F ). . 11 ' f t'.e. alumni ) ; ! (V" te In i , 07 Tha f.!lov.-ii'.af has been acii 1 'the committee in charge to each v. rTliftllv invited to , - ent at our annual banquet to be rvcn'on Tuesday, 1 'ay 27th, at 2 p. r .r V lt of . survivor of Lee and other illustrious Southern leaders.'; ?- - " : The Chattanooga reuuion will" be the crowning event of the lives of thff survivors, who are. now passing away so rapidly. For, many, it noi mnKt of them, it will be their last pilgrimage to the ground tuey made ootaH bv their -heroic deeds fifty years ago. They will find the famous battle grounds , beautified by lavish onvrnmnt expenditures in the way . . " ,., 1 of monuments' in marme anu yrvune, h,,'o ncflesBible bv electric, cars ana bv over one" hundred and j. -' . . ..J. ten miles ot model auiomouue rou, built by Uncle Sam 'a engineers. The roads include the ceieoraiea wresv xtnnA alnnir the top of .Missionary Riii and are supplemented by a million dollars' worth of asphalt- macadam and short boulevard late ly built by Hamilton-county They- wilr -Red, instead ol a strag-, gling village, a beautitui modern euy, -r: with suburbs, slightly ov " i :. i. .11 er a hundred tnousanq -peopm, nrinHi do them honor. : The ; remarkable low rauroaa m leads ; Chattanooga Manuiaciurers and jobbers to expect many of hcur distributors, suppliers uu era to visit them during the thirty day period these rates are in loree. Such people wm una a tvcou will set a new mark for Southern hospitality. f'- ' certainly ; added, a, great deal to the (purcnaBed th, ntnies ,nd the plaintiff The Asbury orchestra, of Charlotte, agevThe jury gave him $35. men ts are now being made for 30 more Boys but I also understood that there are already applications for more than this number. There are many boys throughout the . State," he eon tinned, "who should be at the schooL., Many of them are homeless, others are the sons of wayward fath ers and they are allowed to wander into wrong doing without a restrain ing hand. 1 They nsnally ' get " into trouble for stealing some small arti cle and on their first offense they are usually allowed to go free, After a time they usually get baek into trou ble. It is necessary to punish them and without a training school the State is forced to imprison the youths together with older and" .hardened criminals.! Of the boys Sent to' the training school many . will reiorm, others possibly may not. t But every, boy should be given a chance, and we will feel better if we givejhero a . .i . ,i ' . . x .. . . ". enaneevf . -. v:r-. - ju5 SCHOOL . v , PROPERTY IS 0 PEERED Te the Graded School Board for the :' Ksw Sigh School Buflalac. The trustees of the school nrooertv on Corbin street, which was for years '- used as a high school, have agreed to deed the property to the city for the new high school building; which -will " oe ereeiea out ot tne money to ke realixed from tke $"-'0,000 bond issue. The trustees, it is understood bold " thi property ia trust with the pro- -vision that it shall be used: for. the purpose of conducting a high schooL The offer has not yet been formally made to the school boad, but it is understood that the trustees, of whom , Mr. Charles JfcDonald is chairman, , will do so in short time, o - Under the provisions of the bnnif issue the city is to erect four addi tional rooms at No. 2 graded school,' ouua a nign scnool building of six rooms and put in a new heating sys tem at Central schooL . There is no provision in the bill as to where the high school building will be erected, but it has been-the prevailing opinion that 'the ground at the extreme end of the graded school . property ad joning Mr. R. K. Black's lot would be utilized. If the school property on Corbin street is offered, however, it will add a new phase to the school situation. - Jt:ti Shoat & Ce-i sued G. W. Morris, alleging that the ; defendant Morris alleged that bte defendant owed them an account and that they held a mortgage en two' mules held by him Morris claimed that he had dbath" ofmrs. iti&Sxx: BUREAU TO HAVE :; , CHARGE OF INCOME TAX. Creation of a New' Bureau for ISte - Purpose. Theft of Battlasnip '. Plana. .' f : .- :'p: Washington, May 14. The creation of a new treasury department bureau to nave exclusive jurisdiction of the' income tax Is being planned by Sec retary McAdoo. . It will be controlled by the internal revenue collector. Despite reports- to the contrary, naval officials are greatly perturbed' over the theft of the plans of the battleship Pennsylvania and have re doubled itheir' efforts to catoh the thief. Plans of the eleotrkal wiring Stotat it is said possibly relate to secret fire control system. - The pos sible connection of the Japanese with' theft is emphatically denied.- , i Nayy; eflleials Admitted this mfteri -noon- that she- plans of tbebattleship were - probably .stolen by , some, one proper,, rendition .of the beautiful eantata, and-great credit reflect upon Mr. i,T. H. Asb,uryr. leader of the or-. cbestra and his able assistants. ; I.The Club undertook quite a re-, sponsibility, financially, in launching the concert, but luuy aepenuea upon, and believed in Concord people to support it in their efforts to give the best, and only tne oesi in music, uu right well have they done so,; for the gross proceeds WW M aoow fxtv.yv, enough to clear all expenses.;-; ti.;- snda th nrst year oi me rink's existence, and all being well, next fall the rehearsals will begin took them away from him for a per iod of seven days on claim and deliv ery papers and that be was 'denied the use of then in making his crop for that period of time and was there fore damaged. The jury ' awarded Morris a verdict of $20. ' ' W. A. Joyner sued John May, col ored, for $18. . The plaintiff alleged that, this amount was due him for the use of a horse by The defendant in making a crop. - May, it developed, purchased a horse from the plaintiff at a sale' and gave a mortgage on the animal. 'Three months' after the pur chase the plaintiff took out claim and again, and at least two concerts given i deUvery maae an effort in 1914. The aim of the club at tbis , Dossession of the horse. May time is to give some Dig oratorio, , hJwe -: hond for the value of such as Handel's "Mcssian, , or Haydn's "Creation." ' B. '' Meeting of Choral Club. Th final meeting of the season of th Choral Club -win be bddnaxt Tuesday night ic 'the lecture roornof St- James Church at 8 o'clock. The report of th season s, worn wu uc given by the treasurer, . Mr.-F...H. Ball, and other business transacted. Let every member of the Club be present.- ----- ; - - ,; U V. EcoUa Seminary Commencement - The commencement ' exercises , at Scotia Seminary will be held May 25 to 23. The following will be the pro- TaocAlaiireata . ; sermon, Sal)bath, '.'av 25tb. 4 p. m., Westminster Pres- bvteriatt Church J : " " '-', "rnfrtn?nment. Preparatory School ' v 23th. 7:30-P. m., Sem- v .-.-,.1. " " .'- - -' ' I " rn llrpss, Tuesday, May 24, v. David S. i nncay, u. Fa., A Westminster ' i ihlnesdy;' Kay nr rresyter' . T.. . T aiiiKHux-ement of an v I I n of i ' t to .- '; ,-. !.. 1 Jos- .,1-, of f.a ' i. i , ' f f " i si Dr. Grier Again Taken to the Char lotte Sanatorium. Friends of Rev. Dr.' J. M. Grier, th -First Presbyterian t,nUTCU, u ,"- -"".- ... ,. , f th ntamtiff for1 several . montns, wiu - ?- - 1 p. 10 m i'! the horse and continued to use it to cultivate his crop. The plaintiff al leged that the work of the horse was eaual to $18 ' and sued for that amount. f-The jury however, decided M. J. Corl sued George Greeri ifor $50. The suit arose from a misunder standing as to the amount the defend ant was to cav for a horse tM o"ina- ant purchased from the pisint.J, me former "olaiming that- the" purchase price was $25 and the latter $50. The jury decided in favor of the plaintiff. - W- E. Litaker snea James vukih son for the, recovery of a horse -he traded the defendant, alleging that the latter misrepresented the horse in a trade. The jury rendered a verdict nesa at Her Home in Mount Pleas ant. Mt. Pleasant, May 14. Yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, Mrs. Thornton S. Fisher passed from her labors, on earth" to her reward above.' Death came after a protracted and serious illness, and was not unexpected by mends and relatives. She bad for many years been a devoted and eon-, sistent member of St. James Reform ed Church, Where the funeral services will be held today at 2 o'clock, eon- ducted by her pastor, Rev. B. L. Man-ley.- Mrs. Fisher was 02 years or age. She leaves, besides her husband, Ifr. S. Fisher, five- brothers, lr. Jonn Moose, of "Texas, A. W. and W. J. Moose, of Mt. Pleasant, Howard and G. D. Mooseof Stanly county; three sisterB,; Mrs. Adam pect, rs. Al bert Shoe and Mrs. Palmer, ot etan ly county. :'. Mrs. Fisher was twice marnea, ner first husband being Mr. Alex. Sides ' learn that bis condition is worse, lit. Grier will go to Charlotte mis uumf- noon, and will again enter me v lotte Sanatorium for treatment. Dr. Grier will Undergo an operation .as i will fiArmiL goon as nis orauiu rv..--T Joseph E. Dickerson in Custody of IarshaL Asheville, May 13. J. E,, Dicker- son, who was convicted of conspiracy, together with Major W. E, Breese, in ebnnection with the failure of , the TWO MEN HILLED AND -2 SEVERAL HOUSES WRECKED 1 Dynamite. Explosion in Mary- Usd. Shock pelt iwy mues. ! Cnmberland, MV May U-Seven-Uti hundred pounds of dynamite and sixty cans of powder exploded in the Tckhftrt coal -district Two men were killed and several- houses were wrecked., ; The shock was felt torty miles, ' - Jack Johnson Refuses to See Any One. Chieaeo. Mav 14. Found guilty of white slavery, and under close sur veilance of federal j officers, Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, locked himself in bis home and refused, to see any one. , ' ' Volcanic Ashes Regulate Change of V,,-:?&i,-.Temperanr.;:;,--'v,V.'- ' ' Washington, May 14.r-Clouds of volcanic ashes regulate the change in temperature,' in . this country, ae- cording to the report of Prof. C. C. Abbot,', of the astrophysical observa tory of the Smithsonian Institute, af ter a series of experiments in Alge- ria.'.'. -. ' u ' -'..'ri-.iH'"i ' -:x-P Great clouds of minute ash parti cles whirled into space by . erater eruptions, the professor claims, drape'. themselves over, the sky like a ven. and retard the passage of heat thrown off by the .sun. This accounts for' the rapid variation in temperatures; on different days. ' .-'There-isn't any sun. the scientist- claims. -The great disk is merely .'variable star,"! PrOK Abbot de- . elares. The light and heat it exudes , is absorbed by the" atmosphere much like a sponge until the air is soakerf with it. v Prof. Abbot spent the- past swn-. mer at Mount Wilson, Cat, complet ing his observations. ; . V; $ Trinity Qmmmtmmik , ' The Trinity College commencement: will embraee June 1 to 4. The fol lowing will be the programme: . - Sunday, June, 1, 8:30 p. m., Bac calaureate Address President , Wil liam Preston Few, LL.D.. : , .Tuesday, June 3, II at m., uaeea laureate Sermon, the Reverend George, Peck Eckman, D.D., New York city. Tuesday, June 3, 1 p. m., Alumni Dinner Address the Reverened charles Carroll Woods, D. V., St., Louis. Tuesdav. June 3. 8:30 p. m Urad-,, uating Address Rear Admiral Rob ert Edwin Peary, U. S. N., Washing ton City. V:-'. Conferring of Uegrees, r?;$.f The Usual Daily Suffragette Outrage. : First National Bank of Asheville t j, rw U Leavine a card over 15 years ago, was this morning Uv'whe wo We hope delivered into the custody of the mar. on wh cl , were J?? , in .he Uijited Stale8 district For Deputy Fish Commissioner. WBhinirton. Mav 14. Secretary of Commerce Redfleld has recommended ;-: to President Wilson the appointment ' of Dr. Leslie "Jones, of - Virginia, as' deputy fish commissioner. : Congressman Pou, ef North Car olina, urged the President to appoint of Albert Atkinson, of Washington, on the excise eommissjon, - . Want the Federal Road Money, ordered to enpear before Judge ect until the House committees are i '. .'. ..j th r.nvr- . i,. . . . .. f l 41, . J . , ! ' . Tn lfOIU WIHPil vr,)rmerCoi '"nan JolinB. wise,ny .i in tne oisincs eou wuay organized wnicu wu f the remaining twenty thous-. of VirHnia, died Tuesday at thdeombe deliverer into custody, was not the third. i and 0f the forty thousand doHars ap ot vu0hii, truj Ktatna I n,-,.f.t. 1 was reOresentdd in the . . . . ano oi mw j. t r home oi um '. J"" : . r- w ,,r ,, There will be no liquor saloons in nropnated oy xne .govmiiiueui, , wi ' Freighter in Distress, New York, May 14. A freighter of th Chesapeake. New York and Baltimore Transportation line; is re nnrtfld in distress off Barnegat N. J. United Stales district fihe carries a crew of forty-five; Revi noecupied court to Serve the sentence of two enue cutters are speeding to ber aid. -.x twunha troaro In th federal penitentiary 1m- - - , 1 . ' V-v'"'" tl third class eom-. posed for the offense and unless ue-i President Wilson hopes to make u . - it: I unru ia irJvn hv President V,'ilson be'dflnitn statement of the administra- train st xvmgown y i i- r .... , j- tion'k attitude in tne cuiieucjr ing the present week but will not send any message to Congress on this subr n,; U not a Poor widows nomo ;!"' ..r tfoa horned an U nOCCUpieti nt Sand Uate. inree boiu jc". were found in , a trnm imuiliciiva v . ... Timmes. The trial of the mili tants and chemist Clayton has re sumed. . ' -- ' will be taken -to Atlanta tomorrow af t-rnoon to be placed in prison. Major Wr E. Breeee, who was also . t Attorn y 1 Yoik, ner Pi ,uy a. wise, oi court uy.u- 'w:.' "..T..?, " .;. eal sons after Julv 1. road work in North Carolina. a -r 3 . . .. . ..pi"..-.. L .., " tuA w too iU to leave his liome, and the Isthmian canal commission has, cf Ctiulotte, is a iU ath bed. i after that date. IS lb KUOUivnu i witv ' r 1- J. c. ;3 t '