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VOL. XIII
J. B. SHKRRILL, Editor and Publlaher.
CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1914
40 Cent, a Month 4 Cents i Copy.
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HAW08BUM CTTIXEKB TO MEET
TOR THIS PUIP08B. "
Meeting U r Be : Held x Wednesday
Morning When Co-Operative Mu
ketaf Aaeoeiatie Wffl Be Orgaa
toed, Taa rUa to to Haw
Tamer. Product Planed Mar
ket at BmaUert PcealUe Co ?-
Detail ef tka Plaa. '-:r--ri':.
The farmeri er Harrisburg are
going "to meet WedneViey, J"?
28th! to organise a Co-operativ Mar
keting Association., They propd to
establish route, to eollect j"
product. t the home of, the. farmer
and market U at the neaf; by towns,
thereby doing away with tha ep
,:ve practice of each farmer. gounf
to town each week.-, v .
Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro
gressive Farmer, in peaking .
organisation in,' a letter to a farmer
near Harriaburg aaid: ;; ;
"I don't know when I have neea
So much interested in any V"
for a cooperative company a. your
proponed Cooperative (Mark
Klny at H.rri.burg..VI wanMo
urge tne ibsi o j r .
BO vuw - 1 .
. . . 4l. ! - MAl-aniant
takine an interest in im ( ., . - v....., ..--v....
nnt let anything stop you frouiiheard of one saying in his advertise-
v - W aneeana." I ment that there was a distillery ad-
"S'meeUng will be held at Mor-J jaeentf No m.n who doe. nU be-
1 's Ilall at 11 0 ClOCK ana urciueve m uou, wnuvo iu c m "
vi!- -,rirdiallv invited to attend,
,Wih. oWeU of ti e aviation are:
5 'pSfdl. a convenient marketing
arrangement for the farmers' perish-:
To help improve the rural eondi-
tiort ot tne comammi,. . .
To nTOnrt. Vh"'' 'not been est.blish.dt. Thre are no
girls to remain on '7.r1',088iMe, manufactures, no modern fanning, no
T fZJLZTi knai-a. Everything is operated on
wme of tha drudgery mpnseo rimitive ,inw d ther is no pro-
farmers' wes "f;! iu press. When the Christian Church U
To tt,6wn,ir establish all this is changed.,
small t'ctU,.f:T?4in!l Yon ladies are doing n great work
t ononuram diversmed rannini ..j:..
" " . t .. j
and improvement arena
lOajof ipuantoattaa, -'v-'bM
The plan in part, .as. w'" ".'
some, i Wat. the. membership or
'nmmization of this kind should em-
brace ny-person who is , a producer
of foods for human coouu-i""- and to plant it firmly in all neatiien
Tlmt the association will market only jand8 if you should close the mni
for ths members, but the mve0J'8!"8 kets that have been opened by tho
will be privileged to market their m;ggiunanes, your cotton cade pro
product's to the best advantage, and ductg woujd not bring jiaif tl,e price
are not required to be -patrons of the tbey are bringing now.
organization. , I But this is the lowest view to take
How Capital Obtained. of it. It is for the souls of men
Tha0nation wifl 0Tniui M,thrt tle Bpread of the gospel should
other joint stock companies. ?Thc (appear to us.,
Coital Stock is subscribed by thH Mr. Asheraft is a most engagmi
and each member roust speaker, and holds close the attention
oSe or more share, of . etock. Therevery hearer. WhUe liere be was
hare will be of smallest' denomina- the guest of Mr. X D. Manesa. He
tion lo enahle the smallest producer left last night for Troy, having been
to bewmt a member. Stock certifi- ealled there by the very serious ill
lateTwUl be issued, to stockholders neM . ofv his brother-in-law,, Mr. J
tnd will be transferrable; hating .Reese Blair.
meon,gS -""Each
stockholder will ba entitled prof E, Aiding Pound, for seven
to 6 per cent interest on Jhe amount teen yeafB superintendent of the pub
ofatock U holds. .This is to ba lie schools of Waycross, Ga, will de
, naMirom the profits of the associa- liver his lecture, "The Rennaissance
" tian at the end of eacb. year, and u- tne g0uth,M in the Central school
' chargeable against Uie profits, the aditorium tonight. Prof. Pound has
r eame as any othet item nf expense.. jjust returned from extended en
1 i. muL . 1...rmnt in the North, having lee-
JJ' ro."r"7'i
- . the necessary stock hiving been
' subscribed," the stkholder. wm M.J, of ,hing8 pagt ,nd pres
roeet and effect a permanent n0 . tb wa8 enthusiastically
ntion by electing nc ' " J" Wived. He should have a warm and
would W needed for eonflueting tne ( motion bv our people of
business, president, vw PJBe'": Concord, who believe in the South,
Fwitary, treasurer,-and -a n ' wbo are interested in and working
' flireetors. ; The board f. or .directors , development which belongs
would elect" a manager,. wb Twato tbe Hear Prof. Pound at
. eonduct the business nnder their oi- Central Mhool anditorium tonight
reetion. xne """"""r"- """!,! 8:15 o'clock
define the panager s amw k "
UIMS- r'- -
nAnfcAaV IM.TOTS !tO
on all operaiui vpv v-, ------
. . ing paid, . ' ' " ' -'
How Bnainasa Oondnctad.
' ' The board of . director.' ahould rent
' ' ' tora toom or ware house at the
- -basing point, where .. ;,tk manager
, 'tduid have an offlca' and ample room
, forstorage and handling the business.
VThet should employ a competent man
for 'hi. full time to eolleet and mar
ket the produce for the .members.
' r To illustrate the operation of such
-'i.k would suDDOst that , the
1 eoUeetor would go out on, hi. regular
'-toute certain day. or tne weea, in
' - patrons having Sheh products a. they
"1 ;.h ninrketed bv the : Association.
' The collector is posted bjf the man ,
d the 1
and tne.
V ger on market conditions u,
collector and patron agree , , p. -
pn:ofjaiue pr nis P
-r, farm., ,The price agreed upon ing,
. i. rl,. H.a nnuliiM) will blMK 1
, i wiuv k . r - -
on tne market 10 nio,cuoyiu!,
' ilifference in price being enough to,
cover the cost of collecting and mar-1
ketinlg-the product, and in' addition!
!- ' nnnt-li extra oroflt to lay aside' a
aerlain sum as agreed upon oy tne
bdard of directors each year for ;keep Sweeping this part of the country has
ing' the ennipment up to what it wascoat four lives and mueh money loss
to br;in with.. " .: ';'
.Aiter au expenses, incinmujj ai-i
arics.
tutorest. Ten' , met.- ntnl ex-.
per' etc., have t it
prof.:, anil t'.'e i i t -.1 a s.
11 - ', if. ' ' ' 1 r
the
MX ASHCRATT LAST KTOHT
Btraat Talk an the Debt the Bui-
Maa Owes to the Church.
An interesting terviee was held at
the First Baptist Church last night
coder the auspice, of the Woman'
Missionary Society of that church.
The address of the evening was made
by Mr. B. Clegg Asheraft, editor of
the Monroe Enquirer. This is the
second time Mr; Asheraft has ad
dressed a congregation at this church,
and chose who heard him the first
time were anxious to bear him again.'
Mr. Asheraft 's theme was ''The
Business Man's Debt to the Church."
Be began with this statement: There
is not a spot of land ten miles aqnare
on the globe where a man can live in
decency, rear his children, have se
curity of life and prosperity and the
blessings and education, ' where old
lege is respected and womanhood mm
ored,: where the gospel Of Jesus
Christ baa not been established.. :.
Business men owe the church a
great debt in dollars and tents, t
put it on the very lowest plane. The
church of Ood eame to do better
things than to fill men's purses. It
sets a high standard of living and
saves men from their sins. This I
would magnify.. But even from the
tewest consideration it pays the busi
ness world. -
The minister adds to the sum total
of the community 's wealth as much
as any other business man. The pres
ence of a church adds to the weaVh
of the community and multiplies the
value of the land. Men who advertise
land for sale are particular to say
til. .
tknt u na at Kllfnll hilt U'tirUiVAl
of infidels and agnostics, but eve
one of them prefer, to live in a Cbr
ti.l land, because ; only . ChnsU
ery
ns-
ian
land gives me uiessmgs iu
The church helps a man in his bus
iness. What is the condition of luisi-
. ; nnd, uher the cosnel has'
IXOr in OUSlUCSa UX1U ill npiwunif
! Uito bleaaad aoapel.' Th only one who
opened th markets of the' world
nM )jten the Christian missionary,
,.Ai'a business proposition purely it
u bugilleM raen to do all
tbeip t0 eJttend thig pos-T
tured Lin some of the principal cities
- . . nr. thi.
Iron Workera Wages Reduced.
Norristown, Pa Jan. 26.-The Alau
WrA Trnn and Steel Company anil
tha J. Wood and Brothers Company,
the two principal ron industries in
Conhocke today put into effect a
rttw warn- scale calling for a general
ten per cent reductionThe employes
of every department, numoeriug uu-
tween 1,500 and 2,000 are affected by
the wage cut. ,
Bleaie Rapa White Teachers in Negro
ti Schools.
Columbia. 8. C.", Jan'. 24-A mes
from Governor Blease eallling
the attention of the general assembly
to white people teaching in negro
, f . v.. ii... ii.nu
"'l,, wat feferrej by the
ha , jgX, iti eommittee
eommittee on edu-
X al : KttanantiHff
V,tion., Bills aimed at preventing
hJ fa
. 1 . F"""" , ... .?
gehools are now neiore. tne legisia-
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gtorm Along New England Ooait
B0gton, Jan. 26. Reports from
th' New Enorland eoast indi-
.ia that the storm which has been
to shipping. ' . . t '
tp -' is according to the amount
"i t'.fy have furnif.lied the
OBQAMZE SOCIETY
Students of White Hall School Organ
ize a Literary 8oclety.
The students of White IlaU public
aehool organized a literary society
Friday afternoon, January 23, and
will hold weekly meetings for prac
tice in debates, recitations, declama
tions, orations, music, etc. Scott
Pharr presided at the meeting and
the following officers were elected:
Frank Stough, president; Bessie Joy-
ner, vice president; Annie Mae Til
birt, secretary; Randolph Haney, as
sistant; Vendetta Hornbuckle, critic.
The following students have made ap
plication for membership:
V Brodus Talbirt, Haden Talbirt,
(dward Joyner, William Morris, Ran
dolph Haney, Tbeo. Stough, Harry
Wade, Maggie Miller, Elva Talbirt',
Fmnkie Hornbuckle. Sallie Stongh,
Lola Orier, Jennie Wafe,M5nnie Mil
ler, Sadie White, Eutba Linker, Cat:
lie Lee, Scott Pharr, Vendotta Horn
buckle, Hassie Joyner, Frank Stough,
Floyd ' Kiser, John Stough, Clyde
Litaker, Annie Mae Talbirt. Mr. J.
W. Van Hoy and Miss Emma Erwin,
teachers, were elected honorary mem
bers. Much interest is being mani
fested in the society' and the work
it will undertake for the mutual im
provement of its members and for.
the betterment of the school.
SECRETARY.
WINTRY WEATHER THE
FORECAST FOR WEEK.
After Sains Today and Tomorrow in operate with yon ta giving an un
!,. Snntli Txr Withiw Will Pre-'petus to the undertaking if you will
. vail. Cold Wave Coming.
Washington, Jan. 25. A varied
assortment of wintry weather for ths
coming week is forecast for the coun
try by the weather man.
"The week will open with general
ly unsettled weather except in the
northeast, the central Rocky moun
tain region- and the extreme south
west," said today's bulletin, "and
there will oe a moderate cold wave
in New England and the middle" At
lantic States.
"A disturbance now over the plains
states will move eastward, attended
by general snows over the northern;
twows and rains over tue central, anu
rains over the southern districts from
the Missouri and the Mississippi val
leys eastward, and by somewhat high
er temperatures generally, reaching
the Atlantic coast Monday mgnt or
Tuesday '--H---:
This will be rollowed- by raif
weather for a day or two,'but another
disturbance will cause rains and
snows west of the Rocky mountains
then eastward, probably reaching the
plains states Tuesday night or Wed
nesday, the central valleys Wednes
day and Thursday, and the eastern
states by Friday.
It will toe rollowed oy clearing
weather and more winter tempera
tures, beginning by Thursday over
the central portion and by the close
of the week over the east. After
the rains of Mondny and Tuesday in
the South, fair weather will follow,
probably, until near the end of the
week, and moderate temperatures
now are indicated."
CHARLOTTE SLEEPER ON
NEW ROAD NEXT MWm
Norfolk Southern Will Make Trip to
Mecklenburg Town Pleasant as
Possible in Few Days.
News and Observer.
The Raleieh. Charlotte and ooutn-
ern end of the Norfolk Southern con-
tempates a Charlotte sleeper trout
RnUieh earlv in February.. . :
Recently the Kaieign, unanoiie suu
Southern put on a mixed train mat
leaves Raleigh at 8:55 and makes tha
trin to Charlotte early in tne morn
ing. This train does not run the reg
ula schedule, but gets to Charlotte
in time to eatch all important trains
on the three systems that run into
that city. VNo sleeper had been pro-
JiJ. fn tfnttl R TAW OaVB SUV..:
i By taking that trip, Ealeigb people
n m to Charlotte in. the pleasant-
,t f0i,inn nnMible. The sleeper goes
aU the disUnce tn the mgnt ana
r - ... - : , ,m !..
tha nnlv one that does run direct w
Charlotte ana requnea uu (,"
... 1 ... '- Alinn imm
..' The Uplift to Appear.
Everything.
The Uplift wul improve euiun-uuij
and mechanically. ; ., Mr. J. , P.. took
will again assume, 7 without money
and without price, but as a labor of
love, the editorial charge. new
press will be installed, and the boys
oti the farm will set the type. ' : '
. ThA Unlift should receive substan
tial encouragement from all people.
It carries human 'interest stuff ;' "it
helmnir a great reform scnooi, ana
every North Carolina man and woman
should rabseribe,V3'-m CiV-i
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Mr. J. R. Blair SeUed With Paralytic
:;-,: stroke.-- W
,Triv: .JanJ24-J. R. . Bair was
stricken with paralysis in the court
house today. He was taken to hut
home and medical aid summoned, abs
attending physicians' say ti. con
dition i. very, wriou.. One ide of
1,;. hndv i affected. He cannot
speak -distinctly enough to
stood. "He haa the use of hie left
limbs only. ' ,'''."' ,
. Senator Cullom in Eztramia
Washinsrton. Jan. 28. The condi-
tinn of cx-Senator Cullom is gravo,
m,d his nhvsicinns expect his . death
t ' y-
1 ' t
;PRES!DD1T iriFOlK
SCEEhlTES
KO LOTS TO COSCOiD IS COlf
' . TEMPLATED AT PRESENT.
In Answer ta a tsttar Written by
Mr. O. Ed. Ka$tlr, President ef
the Marckanta' Ajaodation, Presi
dent Hiz Saya tTar as H Knows
tha Korfolk Bouthara Does Not at
This Time Confeinplate Bnilding a
. Branch Lisa ta Owcord.
A few days ago' nil G. Kd. Kestler,
president of the Coneotd Merchants'
Association, wrote te following let
ter to Mr. e; H. Hili president of the
Norfolk Southern. Railroad:
Concord, S. C-'4an. 22, 1914.
C. H. Hix, Esq.;:: V .
. President- Noifpu Southern,
- Norfolk, Va...-
Dear Sir: I have yours of 22d, and
rent' that' your esunpany mipht build
a spur line of track from your main
lice, in the southern part of our
county, to Concord,' a. distance of 14
miles, in order to "jaitract the very
large freight and passenger traffic of
our city. If there 'is any truth in
these reports we WoSiId In (.'lad to Co-
kindly tell me what yon desire. Hop
ing that you can $ei proper to under
take the building qf tlun short line-
very soon, we would be glad to give
yon some facts why h would he ad
vantageous to build' lwre. With re
gards,.! am, V
. , Very trulv,
'j 0. ED'.' KESTLER,
President Merchants' Association.;
Tlie following reply was this morn
ing received from Mr Hix : 1
Norfolk, Va.J Jan. 24, 1914.
Mr. G. Ed. Kestler, . ;
Secretary, II. LJ Parks & Co.,
Concord, -N. C.T
Dear Sir: I have your of 22d and
so far as.my knowledge goes there is
no contemplated work -'along line sug
gested at this time .!-?.
Your, truly,
,iC. II. HIX, .
.- XA President.
FIVE KILLED IN WRECK.
Head-on Collision 'On Michigan Cen
tral, Caused by -Misunderstanding
of Orders,
Jackson, Mich., Jan. 26. Five per
sons killed, a dozen missing and a
score injured as a result of a head-on
collision, between a Michigan Central
passenger train and a freight, three
miles from here, late last mgnt. Mis
interpretation of orders on the part
of the engineer of the freight train
is riven as the cause of the wreck.
The baggage car completely telescop
ed the smoker and none of its twen
ty occupants were able to escape at
tei the crash. At dawn the work of
clearing away the debris., and remov
ing bodies was started. j, .
Twenty-Odd Cases of . Smallpox in
Charlotte. ; .
Charlotte Observer, 24th.
With something like' 20 or more
eases of smallpox in the city, the ex
ecutive Board me in special session
last night at 8:30 o'clock in Mayor
Bland s office to discuss what ougnt
to be done and to consult a number
of physicians who were present and
secure their opinion as to the health
needs of the city along this line.
With -one accord the physicians pres
ent asrreed that anyone who had a
good vaccination scar, regardless or
the age of - the .sear, such a' person
had i clear' receipt and would not be
in the least bit liable to contract toe
disease.; The percentage. '1 of those
who have been sueeeesf ully .vaccinat
ed, who have Contracted, the disease,
is so small that physician, hardly
ever take cognizance: of. it. . ,
Two Important Baptist Meetings,
Two 'meetings to be .beld in the
near future will prove of special in
terest to Baptists of North Carolina.
The first of these is tbe Baptist sun-
day school meeting which is to. be
held at Lexington February 16-19
under the direction 01 too Sunday
School Board of the Baptist State
fnnvAntion of North Carolina.; The
nthor meeting of Baptists to be held
in North Carolina is that of the Lay-
men's Missionary Movement of wat
denomination, at Durham, .in Marcn
: The Shipper. Heard Today. v
Washington, Jan. ' 26. The ehijv
pen: vide 01 tne eastern raitroaas
request lor a nve per cent, increase
in rate, was heard by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. 'The bear
ing, resumed today will continue -til
March, with,, probably daily ses
sions, taking np'Ta detail the rates
on aU eommoditiea. r-.rl c,
."Don't fail to see the feature film
"The Fall of Constantinople" at tho
Pastime thia afternoon and tonight.
Thii is a great picture. .
Knowledge" nay be, power, but
wnvy in oil mail U singl because
s'.e l-sva t:o arc V. ".
JLAJtVET OARRJS0N IS
101 TEARS
OLD.
Aged Citizen ef Mecklenburg County
Haa Been Ruling Elder for Fifty
Tears.
Charlotte, Jan. 23. Harvey Garri
son, or Mallard Creek township,
Mecklenburg county, will be 101 vears
old tomorrow, January 24. Mr. Gar
rison is the oldest man In the count v.
and, as far as known, the only man
in tbe county who lived to be 100
and over. Mr. Garrison's lOOtli
birthday, last year, was made the
occasion of a great gathering of
friends throughout tbe country at his
Dome. Many from the city went out
to join tbe birthday party and to
felicitate Mr. Garrison upon reaching
sueh a remarkable age. ' His 101st
birthday will find him bale and hear
ty, actively attending to work on his
plantation and vigorous in mind and
body.
Mr. Garrison was born and reared
in Mecklenburg county. For 50
years he has been a ruling elder in
Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church
and for 60 years a magistrate. He
was the father of he stock law in
Mecklenburg, and a leader on many
of the most important affairs of the
eounty. He was six years old when
the first steamship crossed the At
lantic, has liver through the term of
every President except Washington ;
was 13 when the firs locomotive en
gine was harnessed to a train of cars;
was 32 when the Mexican war was
on; has voted in every Presidential
election from Martin Van Buren to
Woodrow Wilson; was 36 when the
first telegraph message was sent.
When he was born the world was
to wait 93 years before the first man
flew in a hearier-than-air machine;
to wait 80 odd years for hc advent
of the motor driven vehicle; to wait
0 or 80 years for the advent of the
telephone.
He was 29 years old when ether
was first used by Dr. Crawford Long,
of Georgia, in a surgical operation.
He was two years old when the Bat
tle of Waterloo was fought and wns
about 40 years old before there was
a mile of railroad in North Carolina
The log house in which Mr. Gar
rison was born still stands. It wna
built in 1762. - - - -
FROM RALEIGH TODAY.
Gov. Craig Want. Athletic Relations
of the University and the A. And
M. Resumed.
Raleigh, Jan. 26.--Gov. Craig to
morrow will probably present to the
trustees of the University the matter
of resuming ahtletic relations with th.
A. and M. trustees when tln-v meet.
The Governor said today that he
wanted the two institutions to meet
in friendly rivalry, and could not see
why they should not.
'1 propose to suggest a plan bv
which the two State institutions can
eomc to an agreement upon terms that
will enable them to participate in
athletic contests. These two institu
tions should not allow the present
differences to continue," the Govern
or continued.
Some Facta About the Late Mrs.
Evelyn Barnbardt and Family.
Mr. J. Alonzo Brown, of Cateechee,
Pickens county, S. C, writes us as
follows in regard to the late Mrs.
Eviyn Barnbardt, who was his aunt:
The deceased was my father s old
est sister, and so far as I know was
the last surviving member of a fam
ily of eight children. The deceased
would have been 95 years old in Feb
ruary next.
The family of eight children were
born, and raised in Cabarrus county,
N. C. Col. John L. Brown, who lived
to be-115 years old, was their father
and Leah Kebecca riarnnger was
their mother. After the eiglt chil
dren grew up to manhood and worn
anhood they married and settled as
follows: ,,
C'hesley Brown, who married Grace
Ann Youngblood, moved to Ball Play,
Alabama.
Lawson' A. Brown, who married
Eliza Howard, moved to Pickens
county. S. C.
John Brown went to the State of
Illinois when a young man and has
never been heard of by any of his
relatives since. .
Julius F. Brown, who married
Ridenhour, settled near Mount Pleas
ant, N. C.
' Adeline Brown married . Dr. S.
Furr, of Cabarrus county, N. C.
There was one girl named Lavinia. I
never did know who she married.
Martha Brown, tbe baby girl, mar
ried George McKinney. The last ac
count I had ef Mr. McKinney he was
living at Knoxville, Tenn., running
a wagon and buggy manufacturing
plant : That has been about fifteen
year. ago. .''... 'v' -
My father, Lawson A. Brown, died
in October, 1912. . I have not received
any letter, from any the relatives in
fifteen years except through the
kindness of Mrs. D. G. Bost I would
hear from Mrs. Bernhardt. -1 visited
her about eight year. ago. .
. Now, I ask other paper, to please
eonr and if any one can put me in
communication with any of toy rela
tive. I will highly appreciate it.
J. ALONZO BROWN.
Egga are so dear now that even
the hem ean't afford to raise a famU
If.
'TSltVUrv vrT
LEAVE CHARLOTTE
Report That Spencer Had Been De
cided Upon for Terminus of Ron a
Mistake.
Charlotte Observer.
The report to the effect that the
railway trainmen who have hereto
fore been running out of and into
Charlotte would in tbe future make
their trips into and out of Spencer
instea d, lm-h gnined great currency
in the State press recently, appears
to be a mistake. It was stated that
the proposition of making Spencer
the terminus of the run instead of
Charlotte had been submitted to the
Order of Railway Trainmen and that
tho brotherhood had voted in favor
of the ehange. This also appears U
be a mistake, if the estimate of va
rious conductors interested is cor
rect. They stated yesterday that if
any such change had been ordered,
that they had not been advised of it
and futhermore that if any such
change had been ordered, that they
certainly would have been notified.
They could not credit the report as
being true.
BOTS TAKE A RIDE
Motorist Carries Spencer Lads to
China Grove; They Walk Back.
Spencer, Jan. 24. An unknown
tourist motoring south on the Na
tional Automobile Highway carried
off three Spencer boys, frightening
them to a considerable extent Fri
day. It is said the machine had stop
ped on the outskirts of Spencer for
some minor repairs when the lads
came along en route to school. They
were asked if they wanted to ride in
to town and, of course, accepted. In
stead' of stopping, the big machine
was speeded up, whizzed on through
Spencer, on through Salisbury and
in spite of the pleadings of the young
sters sjied on to China Grove some
1.) miles southward.
Here the gasoline supply gave out
and the boys were allowed to leave
the machine. They walked back to
Spencer after being away most of
the day. En route home they over
took nn ox wagon and being asked to
ride promptly refused. The party in
cluded James Jones, son of W. C.
Jones, and Jesse, Green, son of T. D.
flreen, both aged about 13 years.
Distressing Accident Occurs at Salis
bury.
'.Salisbury, Jan. 23. There was aj
most distressing occurrence at the
home of Mr. and' Mrs. J. H; Sapp, ou
North Jackson street, this morning
at 1 o'clock. In some unexplainable
way a bed in an upstairs room caught
fire and the infant of the household.
five-month-old boy, was so badly
burned that it is thought it cannot
recover. The scent of burning cloth
caused an investigation of the house
to be made, and when a lady boarder
entered the room in which the baby
lav it was tossing about with flames
playing around its head. The little
one was grabbed from the burning
bed and taken at once to the White-
hcad-Stokes sanatorium nearby for
treatment.
Mexicans Massacre Women and Child
ren and Also Soldiers.
Mexico Citv, Jan. 24. One hun
dred women and children- and 150
federal soldiers were massacred by
rebels recently near Vanegras, north
of San Luis Potosi, according to re
ports received here today.
The soldiers, with tho women, sur
rendered to the rebels and were tak;
en to a ranch near Matchuata, where
the butchery is allege dto have oc
curred. Major Rehollo and Captian Rami-
erez and a handful of men were the
onlv ones to escnpe. They arrived
here todav bringing news of the af
fair which occurred several days!
1
Trial of Labor Leaders Near.
Houghton, Mich., Jan. 26. The
term of the Houghton eomrfy circuit
court whicji begau today promises to
be made notable by the trials of the
38 labor union leaders who were re
cently indicted on charge of conspir
acy to interfere with non-union mine
employes. The charges grew out of
the great strike in tue Calumet cop
per mine region. Prominent among
those under indictment are Charles
H. Moyer and C. E. Mahoney, presi
dent and vice president, respectively,
of the Western Federation of Min
ers. The maximum sentence for the
offense charged in the indictments is
two years in prison and a maximum
fine of $3,000.
Birthday Dinner to Oompera.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 26.
Presidents and other official, of the
big labor uniong, the men who com
pose the bone and sinew of the or
ganized labor movement in America,
are rounding np in the capital to at
tend the testimonial dinner to be
given here tomorrow in honor of Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. Tbe af
fair is to be given in recognition of
Mr. Gompers' sixty-fourth birthday
anniversary. - Official representees
of all the one hundred and more na
tion, affiliated with the Federation
have been invited to attend. 4 -
Mr. P. G. Cook 1. confined to. his
home on Simpson itreet on account
fof illness ; ,
FROM IflEMUOU,;
CAPTAL TODAY
MARINES NOT TO BE SENT TO
MEXICO CITT.
At Least No Orders Have Been Is
suedAdministrations Anti-Trust
Policy Directed Only at MenepeUa
tic Business Methods N One Ex
cept Ooethals Has Ever Been Con
sidered for Governor of the Oaaal
Zone.
Washington, Jan. 26. President
W ilson made it plain to callers today
that the administration's trust policy
is directed only at such business meth
ods as urc directly in tbe nature and
spirit of monopoly. He held that un
warranted alarm is felt in some quar
ters that the bill prohibiting holding
corporations would affect companies
that organized subsidiaries to get
within State legal conditions.
President Wilson and Secretary of
the Navy Daniels both denied the
printed reports that orders bad been
issued for the dispatch of marines to
Mexico City to protect foreigners af
ter lluerta quits.
No one except Colonel Goethals has
ever been considered for Governor of
the ( anal Zone under the Adamson
act, President Wilson said today. The
Secretary of War assured Col Goe
thals of this fact. The order creating
a civil government in the Canal Zoua
is nearly ready for the executive's
signature. The President refused ti
discuss the report that Goethals may
want to retire in a year of eighteen
months. - - -
MAGON IN BAD HUMOR,
Bitterly Assails Press for Failure o(
His Negotiations With Lind.
Vera Cruz, Jan. 26. Jesus Flores
Mngon is on his way back to Mexica
City, in a had humor and bitterly
assailing the ress ofr the failure of
his negotiations with Lind. He said
the newspapers willKemaJyire re
ports spoiled his plans. It is under
stood that the hitch in the negotia
tions came when Huerta stipulated
thr. he be considered by President
- Wilson . a&.-an
eligible candidate in
next election.
NO CLUE TO MURDERER
OF MRS. LYNCH.
She Was Killed With an Axe And
Dragged Off and Hid in Brush
Pile.
Haleigli, Jan. 26. There is not thd
slightest clue to the murderer of Mrs.
William Lynch, near Wendell, Wake
county, Saturday night. She wae
killed with an axe and her body was
dragged fifty yards and hid in a brush
pile. She was at home by herself.
Cardinal Gibbon, to Extend Catholic
Mission Work in .North Carolina.
Charlotte Observer.
Catholics throughout the Vicariate
of North Carolina and particularly .
the governing heads of the church
will be interested in the announce
ment just made by Cardinal Gibbons,
of Baltimore, to the effect that he -will
distribute a sum aggregating
$ 265,000 in mission work in the Dio
cese of Richmond, of which Bishop .
O 'Council is in charge, in North Car- :
olina of which Bishop Haid, of Bel- -mont,
is tbe bead and in the Diocese
of Wheeling, West Virginia. This
money represents, the residue of the
estate of Miss Eliza Andrews, of Bal
timore mid Norfolk, whose death oc
curred in the. former city several
weeks ago.- .
James B. Duke. May Become Subject ,
of Great Brltaia
A London eable to New York Sun .
of January 18 say.: '
The b-isinor of Crewe House, the
property 'of the Marquis of Crewe,
by James B. Duke, tbe American to- -bacco
man, has raised tha question
whether or not Mr. Duke wifl uti- -,: ,
mately entirely live in England and L
become a Butish subject, oka Wil
liam Waldorf Astor. The-Sun eor.
respondent understands that thia ia
not likely, but the renting of the -house
will mean that Mr. Duka will
spend at least six month, a year in ;
England, mainly, on account 01 nis
increasing duties as president ef the
British-American Tobacco ., Company. ; .
Whitman Camping on Trail af r -
Looters. ' .." ! ,
New York. Jan. 26. With the bank
account, of sixteen politiciana, in- ,
eluding Charle. F. Murphy, m nie
possession, District Attorney WbiU
man has started a searou o
of every bank in the State in an ef .,
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tort 10 ootain evurouuv vi
ence of a plot to loot the State of t
vast Bum. of money. . '
Governor Blease Saturday reached
the 1,000 mark in' tha granting of
parolee, pardon, and- commutation
when he commnted the sentences tl
14 priconert, eight from t pert an
burg ant ix from Andarson, to t 9
I froTa' imprisonment in
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