40 Ccnta a Month 4 Cnu a Copy.
VOL. X11L
J . B. 1HERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
NO. 458
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY IS, 1914
A
THL1IEEN T
llOriS DESTROYED
SSVCKTT THOUSAHD fEJLSONS
.TOAOCOVVTED TOaL
- . i ii -.. N
At a Result of the Honifct Volcano
Castroph is Japan. Many of th
70,000 nd u ruM at safety.
Bat AnUoriti Tw That Ku;
Rat PetLW. Hundred Drown
d U Frantic Attempt to Swim to
Mais. Und. lUnyr PartoM la
rorwt Set em. Fir Bj tbe Hot
Rocks. Volcano BUS Erupting
And More Disasters An Expected.
Tokio, Jan.' IS. Thirteen theusanl
borne have been destroyed Saku
rashima Island and is' Kagoshima,
according to th latest wireless re
ports, and fully 70,000 person are
unaccounted for in the horrible vol
. eano catastrophe. Many Af the sev
enty thousand Bed to place of safe
ty, bnt the authorities fear that
thousand have perished.
The first refugees reaching here
from Kagoshima aid that hundreds
of Kakurashim folks were drowned
in frantie attempt to ewim( o the
main iand. Many of the inhabitants
of . Kagoshima, who fled northward
perished in the forest set on ire by
the hot rock.
Wireless reorti said that the vol
cano is still erupting with unbroken
fury, and several new craters ' hare
appeared. The Tokio observatory au
thorities said that more . disasters,
perhaps more violent, are expected.
TO BAMTHABPT KILL.
- MM ' . ,
Writer far Manifncttrer's Journal
I Give Aeoout of Visit to Hew Ea-
Women Live Loafer Than Men.
Washington, Jan. 15. That white
women live to and die at more ad
vanced ages than' white men, is prov-
' ed by figures published today by the
Department of Commerce; Until the
age of eighty years more " deaths 'of
male members of the race are-record
ed. This is accounted for by the fact
that there-are more men than ".wo-'
men. ... .-'
Conceding that . numbers o&Jwth
sexes are abount even at (he 'age of
seventy, a greater number of the sur
viving me die during the next de
cade, after whieb the mortality rate
for women leads. ' .'; v s
There were 780 women , over 86
years of age who lied during the
year 1910, and only 534 men of the
same age died; 248 people over 100
years old died during the year, and
of this number 149 weie j. women.
These figures would seem to prove
that the older' women die faster than
the men, bnt actually a great many
women live to greater old age than
men-, hence the greater mortality fig
ures in the advanced ages.
-.About the same proportion held
good held rood among colored races
in this country negroes, Mongolians,
Malays, and Indians. Although com
prising about only - one seventeenth
ofhe Doonlatton of tho country, a
more than proportionate number of
denths occur at advanced ages, 12(1
tivine to be over 100 years bid. Of
this number ninety-three were worn'
en, and thirty-three men. .:, ;
The following is 'from the menu
faeturer's Journal:
-The writer recently bad the plea
sure of visiting the factory of the
Bamhtrdt Manufacturing Co in
Charlotte, K. C, said to be the larg-n-l
manufacturers of batts in the
United States. The officers of this
.uslitution are as follows: Dr. C. A
.wWnbeimer, priudent, W. E. Bond,
vict-president, and Thovas M. Bam
hardt. mrretary a-.l L e.-rurer, Mr.
Barnhardt beinj the n)ve niana-jt
v the Instant. Mr. Pond, sa-
a.'ent, aaintai.u .n.-ofTlee at 1022
Karpen Building 'l.ivi'. Dl., wv
'c i roac'y at a.i V. n to attend i
the ri .reme-it of the hade.
The Barnhardt mill is the only on
of any sixe in the United States con
fining itself entirely to this line of
business the manufacture of batts
therefore it will be readily teci
that by exerting all their enleavors
in on direction continually from
year to year, as they have done for
the past 15 years, they necessarily
achieved an enviable position in the
particular line of manufacture. '
The representatives of the com
pany cover- the entire United States
east of tho Rocky Mountains; and
their trade among the larger and
more particular users of batts has
become larger and larger each pass
ing year.
We were impressed by the ran
that the company is catering to the
trade that is hsrd to please, and who
have been using other materials
which' are more expensive, such sh
wadding, etc. In many instance
they have been able to secure as cus
tomers some very large concerns who
heretofore had never used a pound
of cotton batts. Being situated as
they are in the eotton fields of the
South, and in what is destined to be
the greatest cotoon milling section
of the world, they have no occasion
to use anything bnt pure cotton, not
on ouneevf anything thae is un
sanitorv being used in their process.
Mr. Bernhardt, in addition to look
ing after the business at the mill,
finds time to take occasional trips
over the entire territory, thereby be
coming acquainted with their larg
est customers.
The concern is very busy at this
time, but that will not prevent the
prompt filling of all orders.
. ansa bt rzw minutes.
Norfolk Southern aad Southern
Trains Missing Connections by
Tew Minutes. Concord Citizens
Pretesting.
Concord business men are object
ing strenuously to the new schedule
of the Norfolk Southern Railroad in
and out of Charlotte. The morning
train leaves Charlotte, under the new
schedule, after the arrival of South
ern train Ko. 43, and the afternoon
train from Norwood arrives at North
Charlotte just five minutes after
train No. 40 on the Southern.
A Concord business man made the
trip yesterday. As the Norfolk South
ern train pulled into North Charlotte
train No. 48 had just pulled out and
the passengers could see the smoke
of its engine as it sped on up the
track. Train No. 48 is due there at
3:02 and the Norfolk Southern at
3:18,
- A- protest will be made concerning
this connection and it is hoped that
a more satisfactory arrangement can
be made.
Single Taxers in Conference.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 15. Dis
ciples of the late Henry George
gathered at the Raleigh Hotel in
this city today for a general confer
ence on the single tax, with particu
lar reference to the Joseph Fels Fund
of America commission. This com
mission, devoted to propaganda for
single tax reform, was created seve
ral years ago by Joseph Fels of
Phiadelphia, who has agreed to dup
licate every dollar subscribed to aid
in the movement in America. Tho
founder has established similar funds
in Canada, England, Denmark and
Australia.
A number of single tax advocates
of national orominence are to address
DDS SAVED BY-
A TK1ELY WARNING
DAM Or PULP AND PAPER COM
. PAKT BREAKS.
Inhabitants la the Valley Below Were
Warned and Fled to the Hills.
Dam Cracked on Bight 8ide First,
Giving Watchman Time to Warn
Inhabitants-Safety Sluice Pre
vented Water Banning Into the
Valley. Waters Passed Harmless
ly Into the Waters of tip Potomac.
Elkins, W. Va., Jan. 1$. Hun
dreds, of inhabitants of the Potomac
valley fled to the . Bill early today
when warned that the dam of the
West Virginia Pulp' and Haper Com
pany, above Dobbin, in Stony river,
which is tributary to one ot the south
branches of the Potomae,!had gone
out. Little damage was dtne as tlu
safety sluice prevented the water
from rushing into the vatyey. The
water passed harmlessly into the Po
tomac. The nature of the break added
to preventing a flood, as it cracked on
the ripht side first, giving tke watch
men time to warn inhabitants and
prepare the safety gates. Members of
the West Virginia public service
commission left immediately for Dob
bin id inquire into the cause.
CAPTAIN AND 11 CT (
CREW TAKEN OFF.
Waves Had Torn Away Bottom of
the Vessel Cobequid
HnlifnT. .Tun. Tltp. frmVrnrnpnt
mill continue nntil Saturday. Anions Uto.mor T nnadnwnp. wirolpssp.l that
tbem are Daniel Kiefer of Cincinnati she had ukcn tI)C eaptlkin aiul ek.VPll
tt t ? ' wi'. Jack i members of the crew off the Cho
sen H. Ralston, of Washington, (iui(jj wrcckpd pn thc jks. The nu-s-Charlcs
H. Inssersoll watclr manu-j6ai;e sai1 ,hat the ,1. 0f t,e
facturer; Lincoln Steffens. the maga-waV(ls ,tad ,orn aw.ay thc bottom ot
tine writer, aad Oeorsre A. Knapp, tbe veggeL In Yarmouth sixtecn of
of Pueblo Colo, who led the recent tfce ffW an( ei ht of the .
campawn m that city that pnt tb are recovcrin(f frottl ti,e tenor
single ta : system , in operation , there. ience(l iu Rt0Pnl. Tmhablv
The speaker. wUl .also thiy will be none the worse for their
prostrated from nervous shark ana
a number of men are suffering from
MBW BUHEDTJLBr
Norfolk Southern Makes Important
Change.
Charlotte Observer.
Tho Norfolk Southern Mondav
abolished trains Nos. 36 and 37,
which were locals between Charlotte
and Star. They are replaced by Nos.
32 and 33 which make toe tnrougu
journey from Charlotte to Raleigh
and Kaleign to inariotte, respective
ly. ' No. 32 leaves here at :10 p. n.
and arrives at Raleigh 9 hours ami'
25 minutes later, at 5:35 a. m. No.
33 leaves Raleigh at 8:55 p. m., and
reaches Charlotte at 6:10 next morn
ing. Pullmans will be added to the
Muinmenta of Nos. 32 and 33 with
in a few Jays, adding much to the
pleasure of tbe trip. Atraveler can
leave either end of the line, spend
a day at th destination and! return
over night. -- . , I
No. 30's schedule is lengthened 50
minutes,, the train leaving here at
6:25 in the morning now, reaching
Raleirh at-2:20 in the afternoon.
Heretofore this train has left here
at 7:25 o'clock and readied Raleigh
at. 2:10. " As soon as the roadbed
settles, allowing faster time, other
changes will be made. No. 31 leaves
Raleigh at 7:30 a. m., and reaches
tian f S'5S n. m.
i Bv means of No. 31, citizens of
RtF. RMnath. Wadeville, Mount
Qilead, Norwood - and intervening
points may reach cnanowe wy
p. m spend five hours here and re
turn at 8:10 p. m.
of bis immense fortune to the spread
of the single tax doctrine.
e... n ri.ii -exposure to the weather and seas.
.J, ffi FmfuT- ot Trinity' Tedger.ppcd
Attorney General McReynolds can
?et time to talk boot the matter 01irLY ONE RAILWAY
Senator Overman will call et the de-( . norv
partmcnt of justice and further urge' Una NOW OPEH.
the spointmnt of w. C. Hammer' , m.. v t. :
J!tr;f nHnrn for stKm North. un va "mtu
STOCKHOLDERS OF CABARRU8
8 A VINO 8 BANK HOLD MBETINO
Annual Meeting Held This Morning.
Messrs. W. H. Gibson and Joseph
F. Cannon Added to Board of Di
rectors. The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Cabarrus Savings Bank
was held this moraine at the offices
of the bank. The reports of the of
ficers of the bank were received and
accepted. The new directors wefc4-
elected, Messrs. J. F. Cannon and
William H. Gibson. All the other of
ficers were re-elected except Mr. W.
H. Gibson, assistant cashier, who re
cently resigned to enpae in the lum
ber business. The ollieers of th.'
bank are:
II. I. Woodhousc, president; J. W.
Cannon, vice president; C. W. Swink.
cashier; J. W. Cannon, J. F. Ciood-
man, M. L. Cannon, M. J. Corl, J. S.
Efird, K. L. Smith, W. A. Kindlev.
J A. Barnhardt, W. W. Flowe, J. A
Cannon, "L. J. Foil, J. M. Morrow, T.
C. Ingram, C. W. Swink, H. I. Wood
house, W. II. Gibson and .1. F. Can
non, directors.
The Cabarrus Savinss Bank was
successful from the beginning and
has enjoyed a steady growth each
year. President Woodhouse stated
this morning that the bank had one of
the most successful years in its his
tory during the year 1913. In 1004
the bank's capital was increased from
$50,000 to $100,000 and at that time
a stock dividend of 50 per cent, was
paid. The bank has paid a dividend
each year since its organization and
lest year paid two dividends, 5 and
6 per cent. The caprtal of the hank
is $100,000, surplus $50,000 and un
divided profits $31,201.84. The bank
has branches at Albemarle, Mount
Pleasant and Kannapolis.
Ingalls May Succeed Bristow.
Topcka, Kas., Jan. 15. Kansab
may get a chance to send another In
galls to the United States Senat-i.
Only party loyalty to Senator Bris
tow prevents Sheffield Ingalls., lieu
tenant governor and son of the late
United States Senator John J. In
galls, from enouncing himself now
as a candidate. Much depends on
wnai ucKei senator uristow decides
to run on for re-election. Jf he de
cides to run as a Progressive Ingalls
will stay out of the race, acordinir to
statements of his friends, but if the
senior Kansas Senator decides, to run
DIED IN AUTO.
Mrs. George Honeycutt Die! Sud
denly Yesterday Afternoon While
Being Bushed to Salisbury for
Treatment.
Mrs. George Honeycutt diei sud
denly yesterday afternoon while be
ing rushed to Salisbury in an auto
mobile. Mrs. Honeycutt was taken
suddenly ill in the afternoon, while
at her borne near Gold Hill. Her
brother-in-law,Sheriff Honeyeutt, was
telephoned for. lie went to the
Honeycutt home in his machine an '
it was decided to take Mrs. Hone
cutt to Salisbury for an operation.
When the machine arrive!' at Gol.i
Hill she was worse and died iu a few
minutes.
Mrs. Honeycutt was 28 years of
age and is survived by two small
sons. Before her marriage she was
Miss Beaver, daughter of Mr. Travis
Beaver. She was a youmr woman of
many estimable traits of character
and was held in high esteem by many
acquaintances in that section of Ca
barrus and Rowan counties.
VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE
SHOCKS TN ITALY.
Population of Leghorn Sent to Streets
in Panic. Huge Waves From Med
iterranean. Leghorn, Italy, Jan. 15. Six vio
lent earthquakes, beginning at 4:30
this morning, sent the population to
the streets in a panic. F.ven when
the tremors ceased thc frightened
people refused to return to their
houses, and were camping in the
streets at sun up. Huge waves
from the Mediterranean rolled up
along the coast. No casualties and
no serious property damage are re
ported.
lnke.Bepnblican ticket J.flU- ia.frefi.j.nig ui:4i2ffd1aB.(Hi4-J
ted t imnounee himself. ,af 50mC 01 Wr societies to maxe
as
Carolina. The case remains just
where it was when Congress adjourn
Can Get Out of Mexico,
Mexico City, Jan. 15.' One railway
ed for the holidays. So far as is line, that from here to Vera Cruz, Is
President' His. of Horfolk Southern,
Flanninc Many Tblnga. ' ;
Charlotte Observer. - ,-
' The visit to Charlotte Tuesday of
President C. H. Hix, of the Norfolk
Southern was an event of more than
ordinary importance. President Hix
went over the local situation care
fully and it is understood that he has
in contemplation a numbe rof im-
wovements. ' He stated ,to several
u friends that he purposed tightening
up the schedule of the train that now
arrives here at 3:23 in the afternoon
' from Raleigh, so as to have. it get
here between 2 and S o'clock. . This
be will do iust as soon as the eondi-
tion of the track and roadbed ill
. justify,
To AM CoJnmitteee In Boad BuUding
Atlanta. Jan. 15-Tbo state prison
, .commission baa announced that it
' in a position to aid Georgia . coun
ties desiring competent engineering
: advice and belo in the work of road
building, v The commission . has ap
. nnln ted an expert engineer. T." r.
BUnJey, of Athens, to do tbie work,
-as a statooraciac nnaer tne prison
board direction. Mr. -Stanley
man of wide and, practical" oxper
and it is expected that his work
will hava permanent- and yaltfable
" Mftiet an Voad- buDoinf in Georgia.
Mr. Stanley is employed and paid by
K. mIimi ebmmission. and his1 advice
1 " and help to .the- counties will be with,
t out cost to: the ; eonnty authorities.
. 5 Help for tbe PanotW.'
- - Fort. Collide. &to"Jan ,'-15,--T0"
r: .!,ni O.ifl'arlnir. bouse of the sen-
' cultural Ideas,'! fostered y the Col.
orado Agricultural College- began at
the college here today;." Sessions will
continue. mu toui . I . " ,'. . , o t.v
Suggestions for improving the Tot things., feat- pag 3 today.
' pf farmers- end their fancies' will M . . .V.-nrui. ILn.tti
.,inn rt tht, Hu- - - Frf-' ;nt Wixsi SymPW
-i itL t 'lit tfAt-uftr Be-I Wibin ton. Jan. 15. ww.deDt
of triiaon sent another telegram
wives of practical fanners are ex- sympathy to the Emperor of Japan
kuown no action whatever has been
taken bv the department and proba
bly will not be until Senator Over
man has another talk with Mr. Mc
Reynolds. It is not expected, however,
that the appointment will be dispos
ed of for some time, probably February-
; '
Atrocities in Macedonia.
Salonika, Jan. 15. Terrible tales
of outrages in Macedonia are being
told here by fugitives from Kesseve.
In the neighborhood of Prizrend.
tbey declare a number of villagers
were combelled to dig their own
craves before being massacred. Near
Struga nineteen " Albanians were son's birthday on Monday, January
strangled with a telegraph wire, and
several villages the . inhabitants
ere locked in burning houses by the
Servinns to save the trouble of burial.
Dam to Die on Gallows.
TifW Ga.: Jan. 15. The sheriff
n Tift eonntv has made .. arrange-
f - . n
ments for-the execution tomorrow 01
I B. Hall, a white man, who is under
sentence of death for the muraer 01
Dennis B. HalL The kiUing ocurred
in the early part of last year and was
the result of a neighborhood quarrel.
According to the testimony on an
lavniwvuar-o d bov. Who was me
only eye witness, to the tragedy, the
alain man oaa a young emm m m.
nna when he 'tl ' shot 'down.' Al
though of the same name and. living
in the same house at tne nme 01 iu
trandy. the slayer I an i yicam
were not related. - ,' :;
Pra-XnTantorr- Bala" at ITsker 'a.
Ksher'a will on Saturday January
i?. att their January uearance
R.I.. nrenaratorr to taking inven
' ..r--- , , - .
torr. e th douara - are . eaiw v
nnnt than the goods. It will O
clean elean-np, aa they do
am, anats. scat suits and millinery.
In th aala are Inoinaea oenaea mi
. w. fn. children's coats, silk and
serge drenaes sorsets and many other
the only way foreigners here can get
out of Mexico, as the rebels have
stopped all other lines. American
here fear the detention of the feder
als on the American side of the bor
der may arouse the Mexicans to re
taliatory actics. It is officially stat
ed that the Mexican embassy at Wash
ington would today request the State
department td release thc . federals
detained when they fled aeross the
border from Ojinaga.
To Observe Lee and Jackson's Birth
day.
The Daughters of the Confederaey
of Concord will observe Loe and Jack-
Rev. J. A. B. Fry to Visit North Car
olina. N. C. Christian Advocate.
Rev. J. A. B. Fry, astor of our
church in Berkeley, Cal., left on the
fifth for a trip to F.urope. He ex
pects to return by way of North
Carolina in March and spend some
time among friends in this State". In
a letter to the editor he says: "I am
taking with me some very beautiful
slides of California and the Expo
sition. If any of the Women's So
cieties will furnish lanteurn I shall
be glad to shpw tbem in a few of our
churches. ; Of course my work is
Atlanta Suffragettes Invade .Minis
ters' Meeting.
Atlanta, January 15 Suffragettes
invated (he Methodist ministers
meeting here yesterday afternoon and
broke up the routine work or tne
gathering long enough to deliver sev
eial fiery addresses and make a num
ber or converts among tne surprised
divines; ' , . -
The ministers at first were in
doubt whether or not to call for help,
but they finally smiled and listened.
Box Supper at Fink's School House.
A delicrhtful occasion is expected
next Saturday night, January 1.7,
when a box Bupper will be given at
Fink's sohool houe. The young peo-
the 10th in tbe Pythian building with
appropriate exercises, consisting of
music, readings and an address. Af
ter the exercises a lunch will be serv
ed to Confederate veterans and to the
Daughters of the Confederacy, at
which all of them are not only invit
ed, but urged to be present. ;
MRS. K. A. BKUWW,
President,
MRS. J. F. GOODMAN,
. Secretary,
Dodson-Bamseur Chapter.
Masons at Raleigh
Raleigh. Jai 15. The Grand Lodge
Masons adjourned at 12:30 o'clock
todav after installing the officers. It
repealed tbe section or tne new eoac
providing lor the payment oi tue
mileage of representatives , 'to the
Grand Lodge,
expected
Senator Bristow 's lining himself
up with the Republicans against the
tariff and currency bills is said to
have lost him many friends among
the Progressives and the old guard,
standpat Republicans, never did sup
port him.
Will be Dazzling Event.
New York, Jan. 15. The imagi
nation falters when it attempts to
foretell the granducr and magnifi
cence of gold lace and bubbling spir
its which will be seen at the Old
Guard ball in Madison Square Gar
den tonight. The interior of the big
building will be transformed into an
immense military tent, brilliantly il
luminated for the occasion. Delega
tions representing the veteran mili
tary organizations of Boston, Phila
delphia, Hartford and other cities
will be among the guests. The spec
tacular feature of the ball, as in pre
vious years, will be the grand mili
tary march at midnight, when, the
stirring music of the Old Guard band,
thousand of more officers in fuil
uniform of their respective commands
will pass in review before State and
city officials and the great throng as
sembled to greet them.
DEAD IN
YARD HOME
AGED CITIZEN NEA1 GLAS3
DIES SUDDENLY.
Mr. Carpenter, Aged 65, Who Urol
About Two Miles East of Glass.
Found Dead in His Yard. Had
Started Out to Cut Some Wood.
No Evidence of Foul Play .Coro
ner Moose Decided that Inqpest
Was Unnecessary.
A Mr. Carpenter, an aged citizen
of No. 4 township, was found dead in
tuo xi i-ri at his homt ibout two mik.1
eait of Glass vesterdav mnmin'
The report concerning hi dth!
which reached Concord about noon
stated that soon after breakfast Mr.
Carpenter took an axe and said he
was going out to chon unm. wwl
He failed to return and the inembm
ot his family went o hunt for him.
they found him in the yard, dead.
The report states that there was no
evidence of any foul play and that
tne members of the family are of
the opinion that he died from a sud
den attack of heart failure. He was
about Go years of age.
loroner Moose was notified and
ltt't about 11 o'clock this mornin"
for thc Carpenter home. On his' ar
rival there Mr. Moose decided) thai
an inquest was not necessary.
BLOODHOUNDS "NO GOOD.'
some money and we hope they wit'
avail themselves of the opportunity
iortn l arolina inends will give
Brother Fry a hearty welcome on hi?
visit.
To Develop California Waterways.
San Francisco, Jan. 15. The In
ternal Waterways Congress, which
assembled at the Commonwealth CIuo
in this citv tooav for three davs' ses.
sion, promises to be a highly inter
esting as well as a large and influ
ential gathering. Delegates repre
senting every section of California
were on hand when the meeting be
gan its deliberations. The soeoial
object of the congress is to devis?
a plan for the comprehensive deve
lopment of canal and river transrtor
tntinn from the inland district of
California to the coast, with a view
particularly to the further d evelop-
ment of the Sacramento and Sa,i
Joaquin valleys. The need for such
dvelopment is eonsiderel of para
mount importance because of the
great influx of immigrant that is
expected to follow the opening of the
Panama Canal.
Their Reputations as Sleuths Suffer
ing Serious Damage.
Atlanta, Jan. 15. The blood
hounds in and around Atlanta are
beginning to get "in bad.": .Their
reputation as sleuths is having re
peated and serious aspersions cast
upon it, even though most of the
dogs are supposed to be well trained
and are of purest breed.
Yesterday Mrs. M. D. Mangum,
who resides on Jefferson street near
the Fulton county convict camp, was
choked by a burglar who entered
(.he house to commit robbery. Tear
ing herself from the" man's grasp,'
she ran to tbe convict camp.:. The
burglar .ra alsori The . bapetdhound,.,
were ta'iten to the house immediately '
afterward,- cd took the trail of the
fleeing man. In less than half a milo
they lost the trark, and were never'
able to recover it. "
It is only about two weeks ago
that an enterprising DeKalb county
negro caught anu' tamed the two
bloodhounds set out to catch him.
He made pets of there-, and wa later
arrested trying to sell them.
It has been a little longer time
since the county bloodhounds were
put on the frail of the three neeroes
who committed the famous Druid
Hills "streetcar murder." Those
hounds stmok a hot trial and follow
ed it to a finish, but when the mount
e'i' policemen got to the tree , tbey
found their dogs had been chasing a
'possum and not a murderer.
INCREASE OF SOUTH'S
BANKING CAPITAL.
Intrastate Freight Rata Hearing.
R.lAiirh. Jan. 15. L. Greene, freight
pie are taking much interest in it and haffl0 manager of the Southern is
a large crowd is expected. , The pro- gtiu on the stand in the intrastate
ceeda are for the handsome new freight rate hearing. '
pews that wui soon pe put. in omi
Spring Church. , J,-
- ", A Box Supper.' A i
The students and teacheri Miss
Mittie Shoe, together with the peo
ple of Fisher school district, Cabar-
, ,!, Ill . A
rus county, eoraiaiiy mviw u . v
attend their box supper which will
be . held at tbe school bouse on tne
evening of the 24th of January, 1914.
The funds will go towaras tne loun
tainr library andother purposes., :
a R Francisco minister wants a
brass band in his church instead of
.' Mayor Woodson, of Salisbury, was
in Washington Wednesday trying to
have the office of Revenue Agen Van
derford moved 'to Salisbury instead
of to Greensboro, v The treasury de
partment has already decided that
the office most CO to Greensboro, and
unless tbey reverse their own ruling
th. nffica will ko to the Gate City
when Marshal Webb moves out Feb
ruary L;V ' '; "i :'':fA:i :
After a faithful service ot twenty.
five years as superintendent of St,
John's Lutheran Sunday sonooi f
Plan to Erect Students' Building.
Arrangements are being made by
tbe alumnae of Randolph-Macon Wo
man's College at Lynchburg, Va., to
launch a campaign for the purpose
of raising $60,000 for the erection of
a Btudents' building. It is planned
to erect thc building as a memorial
to the late Dr. W. W. Smith, for a
number of years president of the col
lege. There will be a meeting of the
alumnae association of North Caro
lina at Greensboro February 5. Misses
Jenn Coltrnne and Shirley Montgom
ery, of this city, are members of the
association.
Ask Federal Aid for Roads.
Colorado Springs Colo., Jan. 15.
Federal aid for highways in public
land States will be demanded during
the fourth annual convention of ths
Colorado Good Roads Association
which began a two days session here
today. '. The convention will also ask
additional funds for the State road
fund by a bond issue or direct levy.
More than 1,000 delegates are in at
tendance.
Bridge Club Meets
Mrs. Lewis A. Brown was hostess
at a delightful meeting of the Wed
nesday Bria&e Club yesterday after
noon at her home on South Union
street. There were three tables of
bridge and Miss Marguerite Brown
won the prize, a corsage boquet of
sweet peas. The invited guests in
addition to the members of the club
ere Mesdames. R. Reed and Gowan
Pnsenbery and Misses Lucy and
Alice Brown. An ice course was
served.
yune,
We think It about th proper time
to begin correspondence with eoun-
neeted to speak during thes aes-U ..g if tho American people can uv w saj. wm-eu ,ju
Founders' Day at South Carolina
niversity.
Columbia, S, Cw Jan, 15. An in
teresting programme of exercises
was carried out today in connection
with the annual celebration of Found
ers' day at the University of South
Carolina. The principal addresses
were delivered! by President George
H. Dennv of the University ot Ala
bama and Professor C, ti. Kaper oi
the University of North Carolina.
u-iT n A- - :. ...-; Bahsburv, Prof, R, G, Kier has re
sr. .r";: .TCdViVd Wed, a. . token of th.;
Vi - ----- - wb!,h- he is held the school present-
gulling .r;. ft,.rgoM.Beaded
cane, suitably engravel r .
A force of hands it at work at th
depot making: Improvement on the
..V. Fears for Another Vessel.
Havana, Jan. ,15. Fears for th,
safety of the Hamburg-American
liner, Dania, with three hundred pas
sengers aboard, .now over due, was
increased when the company said it
had received no word regarding her
since she left the Asores for Havana,
and was unable to get in wireless
toueh with berf c .' .
New York newspapers are noticing
the fact that a thief earnett off
ton of coal without waking the fatn
ilv. A ton ot coal hi ao email now.
adays that any smart boy could rna
off with on,
White Sale,
The White Sale, under auspices of
King's Daughters, will be held Jan.
29th in vacant room next door to
Concord Steam Laundry on , Depot
street. There will be a, committee
to call for each donation for . the
white sale, Monday, Jan. 27th. w -
The Charlotte Observer of January
id says ','h State of Virginia has
never had a high. institution of learn
ing for women. M Of course the Ob
server referred to schools maintained
by the State. There is in Virginia
la school for women that has no su
perior iq the Sooth and few in the
country and tbat is the Randolph-Macon
College supported by th Metbo
dista. Charity and Children. '
Added $16,000,000 to Her Banking
Capital in the "Bad Year;', 1913. .
Atlanta, Jan. 15. In the face of ,
all the talked about 1013 being a
bad year," definite figures havs
been compiled at last to. show defin-
tely that in spite ot more or Jess ad-
erse circumstances the outn made
an advance last year of over $16,000,-
000 in banking capital.
From its own records and from ofli-
ial figures obtained from the State .
capitols and other authontatrse
sources in various States, The South
ern Banker, of Atlanta and New Or
leans, has compiled a statement show-.
ing the number of. new and enlarged
banks in eleven Southern States, tho
amount of the added capital in each
State, and the net gain in eapitat
from each State. ,
The total number of new. and. en ,
larged banks for the eleven States is
494, of which Georgia, has 24, Alaba-
ma tOf oouiu vaiuunn eu, a-iv&ium
60, Mississippi 35. .-..-..-.-.;'
The total amount of additional cap
ital is over nineteen and a half miU
lion, while the net gain in banking
capital is $16,302,390. L .
Financiers here take u for a splen
did sign of inherent "prosperity that
this remarkable growth Jias. taiten
place in the south, despite the heavy .
losses by liquidation and suspension
that took place during the year.
: The Charlotte Observer is "riled',' .;
t another of those saintly , articles -
from a northern - missionary whose 0
heart bleeds for the poor mountain
whites in North Carolina. These tear-
ful religious lie are no. longer r ae- .
cepted except by people whose heads ;
are soiter tnau ineir oe. -vum-..
ity and Children. ," ' ''!"
Mover and Other Officials Indicted.
Houthron, .MJicHn Jan. 15.r-Pre8lC
dent Mover oi the .western reaera
tion of Miners, and thirty other off-:
cials were Indicted lor conspiracy e ;
three "counts by the grand Jury inves
tigation of the Calnmet copper strike,
; Always good pioturea at The Main.
'51
T