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VOL. XIII.
J. B. 8HKRWLU Editor tad Pob&btr. CONCORD. N. G THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1914 Cat. Montfc-4 Ctm
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on rotntTXEf miles or line
f TO BS BUILT.
ik'-iCrttw iJk Which Owr People An
fnett TnterseW Tie Btate
MBt Made That On Official Beys
The LUe Wfll;B Bunt-Merck-
. . eato' Association Will Take the
Matter Up. Hlxh Point Wants the
toed to Com There,
' Will the Norfolk South. exted
itsdine to Coneordf
.Thk it a question that has been
; esWng much comment and eoosider
i'S jtba Attention- from the people here
sbee the new extension of the Nor-'
e'flk Southern was built. From time
V to time the question arises, word
cornea that inch a step ia eontemplat-
' ed by the official of the road. Such
t word ia eagerly received and inten-
sines the hope for the' realization of
; Concord's greatest need another;
railroad.
The news that the extension of the
line here 'is more than a mere rumor
as it eomes from authentic sources
in several instances.' Soon after the
Una was extended to Charlotte -a
well known business man of eastern
North Carolina, who visited her,
stated that Mr. E. jC, Duncan told
him that it was the intention of the
management of the road to extend
the line to Concord.
A few days ago a well known busi
ness man of the eity, formerly a rail
road man, who is a close friend of
one of the chief officials of the Nor
folk Southern stated that the official
told him the road was contemplating
making the extension of the line to
Concord.
To date the , organizations here
have not taken .the matter op with
the officials of tile' road but, it is un
derstood, that .they are not enlywill
intr but anxious, to do so. President
KestIer,of.,tbe Merchants' 'Associ.
oM fitnsi ara nMaaaanr tn iVWWVTfl t O
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with the rond coming to Concord.
Mr. Kestler added that he would
write President Hix a letter tender
ing support, of a movement to bring
the road here.
The .Norfolk Southern is only about
fourtflhv nilea from Concord. A line
that distance, would connect the two
with the entire system of NorfolR
Southern and tributary and connect
ing systems. ' '
High Point is after the road as
evidenced by the following dispatch
fromhat jdasjjyp' "
"There is' probability of bringing the
Norfolk. Southern .Railroad, which is
22 miles nway,v Into Ihia, eity. The
' mnaneas men aro-visry ranch enthus
; ed oyfef the matter- and'it is being
disenssed all ovf town that the eity
' can g after it and bring it here'
! ' If it worth the; effort ' of llijh
, Point business irfen. to trr to get the
road to xtpd 2 miles to that ihriv
i ' iag town certainly it w worth the ef-
Tn4 vdfl. fKi'Vnatnnoa nurt IiatA Ia 'mat
an extension. 14 n)ilt . jto Concord,
' which Would be the largest,' wealthies
and most important . . town between
"Charlotte and Raleigh connected with
'. 'the rend . . . wSC-:..
.. . swto Party.
Misses Lola Query and Geneva
Parks entertained a few friends at
' a sewing; party at the home of Mrs.
1 . J. "y.. Query, on Georgia avenue, in
honoof Mrs. C. A. Boger.. Those
: present were. Mrs. : C. A. Boger,
, lira. Jones Pharr, Mrs. Dr. Spencer,
Mrs. Jno. A. Barnard, of .Pioneer
Mills, Misses Edna Correll, Florence
Parks, Frances Alexander, Mary and
Adline Morrison, Clara Belle Houston,
Mary Bingham, Esther Grier. : A do
Iightful salad, course was served.
' . Baby Show at The MainT ; '
The'. Main Theatre wants yon to
get ready for the Baby Show that be
gins on next Monday the 26, and will
continue through the week. This will
: be conducted by the W. M. Morse
' Studios,' of Charlotte, and will be in
eharge of Mr. W. M. Biggs. Watch
The Tribune for a special ad.
''i.f'-'ff. EtMt'M Panghtera. . ' '
. ' Soine one of the King's Daughters
will call at the home of each member
ot the circle -Monday afternoon', 26
task; for .contribution to the whtie
sale.. This . canvass hat to be made
previous Uf tbe days Of the sale,
Tonssday, zu tn so mat tne - goods
ean be priced and placed preparatory
to the vnite sale.
BANK AT OAXBOJtO.
Mr. J. A, Little, f Locust, to Cashier.
Oskhores Orowtt.- "
Oakboro, Jul. 21. The Bank f
Oakboro waa organised today. with-a
capital stock of $10,000, the follow-
in directors being elected : 11. 1 . t.l
Brd, C. E. HU1, C. C Furr, Dr. S. H
Vaughan, J. A. Parker, C. 0. HowarJ,
II. B. Marsh, Rev. C. J. Black, George
Dry and C. B. Covington.
These directors elected the follow
ing officers: C B.-Covington, presi
de; H. P. Eflrd, vice president; J.
A. Little, cashier.
These men are all strong business
men of wide experience and sound
judgement. The president C. B. Cov
ington, ia well known in banking cir
cles, both in North and South Caro
lina, being one of the organizers of
the Bank of Chesterfield. 11 years
ago, and served efficiently as cashier
of the Bank of Marshville. Mr. Eflrl
ia a merchant, well known throughout
the State as a man of good business
methods. J. A. Little is well known
and popular in the community and
in business eireles, man of experi
ence and ability, and should make an
excellent cashier.
Under the management of these
men and situated in the triving town
of Oakboro; there vis no reason why
this bank should not prosper and be
among the leading banks of the coun
ty and State. Oakboro is one the
Norfolk Southern Railway and "is
growing rapidly. It was formerly
known as Furr City, C. C. Furr for
Whom it was named, being one of the
pioneer settlers. It will eventually
cover what is known as Big Lick,
making the two one. The fertile land
and timber surrounding the town
make it one of the most desirable
points in the State to establish a
town.
Arkansas Wants Convention.
. Memphis, Tenn., Jan., 21 Arkan
sas delegates' , to the twelth annual
convention of,. ithe Hardwood Manu-
here today, planned to put up a de
termined fight - to have the next
year's meeting held in some Arkan
sas 'city. They , said today ; since
this - year's convention is the first
held In the south 'since 1917 who;!
: "!
there should be a second south
em convention next year. Many
consumers and manufactures of
Imrdvood lumber from Western and
Hfidd'e Western states attend 'it
dnr's opening sessions. The
vcntii n closes tomorrow
Standard Receptacles for Poisons.
New York, Jan. 21. Resolutions
st'i'kirp from the lcgWatu'es ot nil
slstes laws reqnirin-j; drug manufac
turers, wholesale and retail, drug
gists to adopt a special form of re
ceptacles for bichloride or mercury
and other poisonous drugs and med
acles, boxes and capsules for the va
icles, boxes and capsules for the va
rious poisons and drugs, it was ar
gued, would do away almost entirely
with accidental deaths by these- pois
ons. There was every indicationslo
day that the resolutions would be ad
opted and the officials of the Assoc
iation 'ordered to send them to the
legislatures of all tbe states in the
union.
Salt Against Telephone Company for
, :( 'x DiTulgJmt Message, v;
A rather novel and interesting
civil action haa been brought in New
Hanover Superior Court ' at Wilming
ton by G. J. Hart,, formerly a clerk
in the office of the Wilmington,
Brunswick & Southern railroad,
against tbe Southern Bell Telephone
& Telegraph Co. The plaintiff seeks
to recover of the defendant $5,000
as damages not only for financial loss
but for suffering in mind and body
for the alleged intercepting and di
vulging of the contents of private
telephone message over the lines of
the defendant company, which result
ed in Ms summary dismissal from n
position that pai3 $100 a month.
, . Jackson-Hnnsncker,
Mr. W. L. Jackson and Miss Ina
Hunsuoker were married yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of
the bride's mother, Mrs. M. A. Hun
sucker, 190 West'Buffalo Street. The
ceremony -was witnessed by a num
ber of friends and relatives of the
couple. ' Rov. G. AHolderby, pastor
of Kerr Street Methodist Church, of
ficiated. ' ; - v .4
The MethodiBts . of Charlotte are
planning the erection of a large
church in the Elizabeth-Myers Park
section of the city. The idea is that
tha church shall be large enough to
answer the needs of that section for
years to come.
SEE KINS BAOGOT AT", THE
PASTQCB TODAT.
FRMTIIMl: v; I
CAPITAL TCpJJY
osoroo is eepowed vn.niZ2ZZttKZZ
APPROACHING TORREON.
Eat a Tbouaand Men to Assist U tha
Tadtna Defense.-! is Said Tkat
U rsamls ar. Prtparsd foe fv
Prolonged - Attack. Qen. Yfla
Will Have 16,000 Sabel . Soldier
When Ho Attacks Torreon 4 l
Confidant of Capturing It TV .As
sault Mexico City Hex. " ;
Washington. Jan. 22. Foar f
further involving this country .with
Japan caused the : House umniers-
tion committee to postpone indefinite
ly hearings on (he Raker Asiatic ex
clusion bill, which it was. said that
Secretary Bryan had requested. State
department officials intimated that the
new treaty with Japan would be tbe
solution of the California land ques
tion. Secretary Bryan insisted that
there is no sinister meaning in Bro
Makio's promise of "another way'
of settling the matter would be re
sorted to.
The House judiciary committee
buckled down (o work today on the
administration anti-trust programme,
Three tentative bills are expected tr.
be introduced this afternoon and
hearings will begin next week. There
is considerable rivalry between thu
interstate commerce and judiciary
committee over which committee shall
have the credit for introducing the
bills.
The House mines committeemen in
dicated emphatically today that they
would probably make a favorable re
port on the bill to reserve radium
bearing lands. They forced J.. M.
Flannery, head of -the radium trust,
to admit that he was aaginst the pla t
because it .might hurt his business.
Flannery refused to add any inform
ation to his shcement that a million
aire, had offered. $3,000,000 for rad
ium treatment except to deny was
either Phipps or Frick.
THE CONFISCATION OF
LIQUOR IS NOT LEGAL.
So Deck res Judge Peebles in Charg
ing Grand Jury.
Ooldsboro, Jan. 21. The January
term of the Wayne cout'ty Superior
Court, which did not convene until
Tuesday morning on account of the
general .observance of Lee and Jack
son day, adjourned for the term in the
afternoon of the same day on account
of the continue prevalence of small
pox in the city and county. In his
charge to the grand jury, explana
tory of the law relative to the ilicit
sale of whiskey, Judge Peebles said.
"Mr, Davis has seen fit to write a
letter in which he criticized my stand
in refusing, to order the confiscation
of. illicit whiskey seized by officer.
In my opinion, the,-confiscation of
liquor is clearly, against the federal
and State constitutions, in that it i
taking property 'without due process
of law' and I. shall not issue any such
orders until the, Supreme Court has
ruled on it.'.' He stated that .while ha
was holding court at Monroe, two
barrels of whiskey were seized by of
ficers, but the matter was not heard
in his court and handled by the city
officials instead.
EXAMINERS DECLINE
TO MAKE STATEMENT
Findings Relative to Canse of Fatal
Wreck Near Davidson Will Be
Forwarded to Washington.
WinstonSalem, Jan. 21. Exami
ners Archer and Cach, represent
ing the-nterstate commerce commis
sion, who eomfucted an investigation
in this city today to determine the
eause of the wreck at Davidson on
Sunday night, decline to make any
statement with reference to their
findings. It is known that tbe offi
cials of the Southern railway who at
tended the bearing are satisfied that
the reort of the investigation will
show that the wreck, which resulted
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railroad spike placed on the. track
by the 8-year-old boy, Rufus Hall.
The evidence taken by the examiners
here will be forwarded to the depart
mnt in Washington, from which offi
cial statement of tbe findings of the
commission 'Will be made in a few
days. " .. 0 , . .s '
It is not thought that there will be
any ' prosecution for the reason that
no malice actuated the deed, t The
bearing lasted for several hours.
.AUTO ACCIDENT.
Jtr. Frank Maaney's Car Tans Tur
K - tlv-Mra. Mauast Hart
A Ford automobile, occupied ' by
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maauey. of Kan-
napolia,'. turned turtle late yesterday
L4H- L- V I' l- i
of Dr. W. U RuelL Mrs. Mauney
sustained a number of bruises but ber
addition ia not considered seriou.
6be was taken to her home at Kan-
MPis immediately after
the aeci-
Aunt i r Ifsnnan )i U..
steering wheel, escaped uninjured.
The windshield, hold and steering
gear ot the ear were damaged.
'.' The report of the accident which
reached here stated that Mr. Mauney
drove the car to the right of the road
to pass an approaching car and, keep
ing bis eye on the passing car, failed
to see an iron pipe used in construct
ing the gas line to Kannapolig and the
ear struck it, Bkidding out of tlio
read and turning over.
"The Cabarrus garage was notified
and sent a car to the rescue. Mrs.
Mauney wg' taken to Kannapolig an J
the wrecked car was brought to the
garage, here and is beinp repaired
today. j
Mr. Mauney is a H reman on trains
No. 37 and 38 and runs out of Spen
cer but makes his home at Kan
napolis. INTERESTING RELICS.
Dr. H. C. Herring, Collector of Curios,
Gives Interesting Account of Old
Battleship.
In the year 1865, as the Confeder
ate steamer Beauregardc wus about
to cross the bar at the mouth of-Cape
Fear river on her way up to Wil
mington to discharge her valuable
cargo of supplies for the Confederate
army- she was signaled from shore
tbt Fort Fisher had fallen and was
in possession of the "yankees." Her
course was at once changed and she
was run ashore at" Carolina Beach.
Every one deserted her and her val
uable cargo. A few days later a
storm caused ber to settle in the sand
so deep that experts declared there
w as no possibility1' of raising her. She
remained undisturbed until tlie storm
of 1SB8 when she Was broken up and
whole boxes of pork and tallow can
dles were washed ashore The pork
was not damaged and the candles
burned with a bright light. Dr. Her
ring has some of the candles, nuis-
,ket cartridges and caps used during
the war.
WINSTON-SALEM YOUNG
MAN GRAV3LT ACCUSED
W. G. Jones is Under Arrest Charg
ed With Setting Fire to Dwelling
in Order to Get Insurance.
Winston-Salem, Jan. 21. W. 0.
Jones, a well known young nian, wap
arrested this evening on a warrant
sworn out by Deputy Insurance Com
missioner Scott, alleging that on
December 24 he set fire to a dwelling
in which be bad furniture stored;
that be insured the goods of little
value in two companies for policies
aggregating $1,750, claiming he was
living in the house, and a few days
later the dwelling rented by him anu'
valued at $4,000 and its contents
were destroyed. Scott clrims a clear
case of fraud. Jones was formerly
in the mercantile business but is now
in jail. The hearing will be held
Friday. '
Organize to Fight Prohibition.
Muncie, Ind'.,, Jan. 22. Organiza
tion of the Indiana Retail Liquor
Dearers' Association was perfected
here today at a meeting of retail liq
uor dealers from all parts of the
State. The objects of the new organ
ization are to fight the prohibition
movement in Indiana and to support
the -national organizations that are
opposing the movement for a nation
wide prohibitory law.
Virginia Sunday School Workers.
Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 22. Local
committees are at work on elaborate
plans for the entertainment of the
coming annual convention-of tbe Vir
ginia Sunday School Association. The
convention will be held in this city
durig the third week of February and
will be attended by prominent Sunday
school workers from all parts of the
State. A number of officers of the in
ternational organization will be here
to address the sessions.
John Oliver, of Reidsville,' whom
Senator Simmons refused to appoint
postmaster, has been offered a job
under tbe census bureau by Senator
Overman Oliver is in Washington
to confer with tbe junior Senator and
to see whether he will accept the
place.
SEE KINO BAOGOT -AT -THE
PASTIME TOD AT.
A BIGUBATTLE IS
HOim EXPECTED
NEW TSXATT TO SOLVE CALI
FORNIA QUESTION?
Hearings on Adriatic Exclusion Bill
Postponed Indefinitely at Secre
tary Bryan's Request -House Ju
diciary Committee Buckles Down!
to Work on Anti-Trust Programe.
Bill to Reserve Badima Bearing
Lands to Be Favorably Reported.
Mexico City. Jan. 2'. A battle in
hourly expected at Torreon. General
Orozeo is reported to be approv
ing the eity with a thousand men t
assist in tbe federal defense. The
latest reports said that the federals
are in a posvion to defend themselves
against a prolonged rebel attack.
ueneral Villa will have fifteen
thousand rebel soldiers when h omm
the attack on Torreon, according to
advices from Chihuahua. The fed'e
ral force will be less. Villa announc
ed today that he is confident of cap
turing lorreon and would then lead
nis men in an assault on Mexico City.
FROM THE STATE
CAPITAL TODAY.
Norfolk & Western Testifies in the
Freight Rate Hearing.
Raleigh, Jan. 22. Insisting that au
application of the reduced rates in
the Justice act to the company's bus
iness in this State would cut the in
trastate freight revenue 29V2 per
cent and would amount to confisca
tion and unreasonablemess, General
Counsel Lucius II. Coke " opened the
case for the Norfolk eVWeptern be
fore the special intrastate freight
rate commission today. He explained
that his company paid-only three per
cent, on its stock and is satisfied if
intrastate freight ' business barely
breaks 'even, if not actually done at
a loss. General Auditor Cox and
General Freight Traffic Manager
Thomas were introduced as witnesses
through whom figures were submitted
to prove the contention of Mr. Coke.
The commission will now take three
weeks' recess to allow counsel for the
State to prepare for the cross exam
ination of witnesses for the railroads
w ho are to nil urn for this purpos.
THROUGH CANAL IN
SEVENTY DAYS
The Near-Opening of the Waterway
Announced by Official
The Panama Canal will be in con
dition to pass vessels all the way
across the isthmus within the next
seventy days, unless some unexpect
ed obstacle is encountered. That is
tbe judgment of a high canal offi
cial, heretofore refusing to make
any definite promise in regard to the
completion of the canal, and! even
now declines to fix the date more
definitely.
The only remaining obstacle to
prevent the passage of vessels at
this moment is tbe Curarcha slide,
which blocks the eut at Culebra, and
tbe few additional slides of relative
ly minor importance in tbe same lo
cality. The dredging is progressing very
satisfactorily on these slides. As
soon as a channel of sufficient width
and depth is established it will be
possible to pass vessels through from
tbe Atlantic to the Pacific.
Death of Mrs. Emmaline Safrit.
Mrs. Emmaline Safrit died this
morning at 7:30 o'clock at the home
of her nephew,- Mr. J. T. Sapp, on Mc
Gill street, where she had made her
home for a number of years. Mrs.
Safrit 's death followed an illness, of
several years' duration. She was 72
years of age and was a member of
tbe Baptist ( hureh.
The funeral will be lield tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock and will be
conducted bv Rev. G. A. B. Holderby,
pastor of Kerr Street Methodist
Church. The interment will be made
at Oakwood cemetery.
Charles Hamilton, Aviator, Dies.
New Yor, Jan. 22. Charles J.
Hamilton, aged 34, one of the leading
aviators of the country, died sudden
ly at his home here today. Hemor
rhage was the cause of his death. He
attracted wide attention to flying
from Gouvernor's Island to Philadel
phia and return in less than a day
four years ago.
Some of the manuscript sent to
newspaper offices are so bad they
ought first to be sent to the house of
correction 'with their authors. ; ;
WOODMEN MEETDTG.
Cabarrus Woodmen Plan a Largs
Meeting to be Held Janiary 27.
Messrs. Lewis and Royiter to
Speak.
For several weeks the Woodmen io
Cabarrus have been busy soliciting
members and have rurMl &hnn 'inn
members and have secured about 300.
This class will be initiated Tuesday
night January 27.
The order plans to have a great
time. Sovcrign Manager E. . BLewis
will give these Drum. th lint n
the camp securing the largest num
ber of members in 30 days from Dee
ember 1. to Janu&rv 1. Th Un.
teams will drill for two prizes, one
a beautiful silver set of the order, the
other a sword. Gen. h. S. Royster,
of Oxford, one of the best speakers
in North Carolina, and a man who
is well posted in Woodcraft, being
a delegate to the Sovereign Camp at
its meeting in Jacksonville, Fla., last
June, will speak, and there will be
other speakers also.
All candidates are expected to be
present and be instructed in the
work of the oruer. The meeting
will be held at the graded school in
order to accomodate all tbe wood
men of the various cajudh who wilt
attend.
TO REPLACE CHARLOTTE AS
PASSENGER TRAIN TERMINAL
Spncer to be Made Point for Chanc
ing of Crews. Order Effective
About February 6.
Speneer, Jan. 21. Under a recent
decision following o vote taken by
the Order of Railway Conductors on
the Southern Railway, this is to be
made a terminal point for passenger
trains. It is stated the vote was
polled recently and that a majority
of the conductors voted for the ter
minal to be. changed from Charlotte
to this place; that tbe matter was
then placed in the hands of the gene
ral committee on behalf of the Order
of Railway Conductors, which com
mittee ruled' that the change must be
made. The Southern officials being
favorable to sueh a change, it now
remains only for the order to become
effective.
Tbe date has not yet been set, but
it is expected that the new rule will
become effective abont February 6.
All train crews, including conductors,
flagmen, brakemen, and auditors, will
be changed here very soon. Engine
crews are already making changes at
Spencer.
Under the new arrangement pas
senger crews will run from here to
Washington and from here to Atlan
ta, instead of taking Charlotte as n
starting point as formerly.
RAISING THE ILL
FATED SUBMARINE.
The Public May Never Know the De
tails as to How She Was Lost
Plymouth, Eng., Jan. 22. While
not even the mort sanguine relatives
have the slightest hope that any of
the eleven men of the ill-fated sub
marine "A-7" are alive, their fate
will not be officially known until the
vessel is placed in dry dock. When
the work of raising the submarine
was undertaken the admiralty order
ed that no attempt , to open her be
made until she was safe in. the naval
dock, away from tre public gaze. Tbe
public may never know the details,
if. the admiralty discovers a state of
affairs it thinks best to keep secret.
The task of raising the sunken boat
began by a specially equipped sal
vage lighter. It is very slow and dif
ficult, and it is estimated that it will
he impossible to raise the boat before
night. .
BUNN-KDIDLEY.
Dr. J. J. Bunn Weds Miss Lucile
Kindley, of Mount Pleasant.
Dr. J. J. Bunn and Miss Lucile
Kindley, of Mount Pleasant, were
married last evening at 8:30 o'clock
at St. John's Lutheran parsonage.
Rev. C. R. Pless officiated. Dr. and
Mrs. Bunn will make their home at
Mount Pleasant.
The groom is a son of Dr. J. F.
Bunn, of Concord. He recently lo
cated in Mount Pleasant for the prac
tice of medicine and is meeting with
fine success in his profession. The
bride is a daughter of Mr. W. A.
Kindley and is an attractive and
popular young lady.
Big Fire Sale at Parks-Belk Co.'s.
The Parks-Belk Co. will place on
sale tomorrow (Friday) a large quan
tity of damaged goods from the Belk
Bros'. Charlotte store, which recently
had a big fire. Tbeir part of these
goods arrived this week and wiU go
on sale tomorrow. They will also
continue the reduction sale on their,
regular stock. : See big ad. in- both .
Tbp Times and Tribune today. '