North Carolina Newspapers

K Uhy CONCORD, N. C SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1914 40 Cents a Month 9 Cents a Copy. VOL. XIII J. B. 8HKRRILL. Editor and Publisher .... NO, 478 in is d;d of ima v EUIE AT IO? HUERTA AND CHIEF ADVISERS " W CONCLAVE III T ALACK Two ' Thousand Armed Soldi tr Are y Surrounding the Palace. Every Toreim Colony is Wild Wits Ev j citement, And There. Aro' Report Tht Fighting Eu Begun the Suburb. Reported Thai DU Steads Behind the RetcH. , : V Mexico City, Feb. 7. With two tknnund Armed soldiers surroimdiii. th national oalaec..-Uuerta and his chief adviMfs are in eonvlave inside, eve jv foreign eojony is wild with ex citement,1 and there are report thnl fighting has already started in the unhurt.. It is believed Hint the flnul explosion, which may end Hucrtaa rale' is at hartit. It is unoersiooq uioi Felix Diat stands behind the revolt. - i Will' dapittl Polios Join Babels Mexico City, Feb. ".It is persi - tentlv rumored that the capital police arrocdv'itll carbines : are reejry, to join tW rcbchi as soon as they cn- taVaxien Citv. It is expected that .fhe'trebeb wil InMke ". eoueited at tpcl WtSBapico tomorrow. The rebels - threatened to nr on innK. Death 'or v&T CLETUS BARNHARDT. rot FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AKD ELECTRIC TRUCK One of Concord's Greatest Needs. Hart She Keeds Park. Concord is the coming city of the State. She has every modern im provement thst is recognised ss s trark of sn np to date city. Her location for climate, rail, water, etc., is ideal Her people are aide awake, iiitellurent. hnstlingi Ucr industries are many, costly and varied. Her pub lic bmldinga and public utilities com pare favorably with any city. Her banks and other flnancial institutions are among the" strongest and most en terprising in the State, she has a $(10,000 post office that ranks among the beat in the South. A city hall of beauty and magnitude, A court house, which nnder the improvements soon to be made, will be s credit to any county. The plan for the iew jail will give us one of the most modem in existence. Our $200,000 wster plant owned by the city, is all that could be desired. Our sewerage syitem i good and extends neatly all over the city. Our $70,000 gas plant gives every convenience to our citizens. O'-ir ........ -n city-owned electric light system is an KEWS ro RECAST FOR THE COXXHO WEEK Washington, D. C, Feb. 7 The Rritish Psrliment will assemble the first of ths week for what promises to be an anaual notable session. The Irish Home Rule, he Welsh Disest ablishment Dill and other great con troversial mpjsnrcs ire on the agen ba. A ' special election " will be held Tuesday in the Second Congressional district of lows to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman , Pepper. The result is awaited with wide interest, inasmuch ss it is ex pected to furnish the first reliable indication of the views of the farm era and business men of the middle West on the new tariff law and its effects. Lesders of the Progressive party in Nebraska are to bold a State eou ferenee in Ijncoln on Wednesday. In connection with the. conference there will be a banquet tat which ex Ptnator Beveridge,' James R. Garfield and William Allen White are sched uled to speak Thorough discussion of the Sher man anti-trust law and regulation of corporate activity is to be had at the risrht and run at moderate cost to thei.j..nj nnn.,i ct;n f h KiKnn. people. Our street car system is allaJ Chamber of Commerce, which is to mht so far as it goes u snouia e- 8MPmbe in Washington Wednesdny Tonne Mad of Cold - Sprints Sue combs to Pneumonia After Brief . Jllness. , j ' ' , I - Mr. Cletus Barnhardt, son of Mr. Rufns Barnhardt, died Friday niorn iug about JO o'clock at his home near Cold .Springs Church,, after ft brief illness, of pneumonia.. Mr, Barnhardt was 24 years of ago. and is Rurvived liv his wife and three children, .-'4.., Tbe funeral was .held today '.a; Cold, Springs Church "of 'which the deceased , was a member. The ser vice .was- conducted by Rev,. C, F. Shel-rilL ' 1 Mr. Frank Barnhardt, brother of the deceased,' a' ill "with, pyeuraonui. the two bt'ing' sick the sometime. Mr. .i frank Ttarnhsrdr's 'condition - is re- tend its lines. Our public schools sre well, manag ed and supply every child with free education. We have the finest church buildings of any sister county. The Jackson Trainimr School, n State in stitution, is located near the city and i the pride of -the State. Scotia Seminary, the largest school . of its dsns in "the world, is located here. T - We have cement sidewalks along every leading street. Our three newspapers sre abreast of the timep. in every way. Wo have the-largest and best known'eotton mills in the South, consuming some 100,000 bales cf cotton annually 4 Some of the flii eat products known in the world are manufactured here. We have two bleacheries. which are among the. largest in the South. Our ice plants, foundries, laundries, roller : mills. wood 'working plants, brick manu factories are modern," well .managed and supply, us with everyneed. We have' a large crtton seed oil plant, a modern hospital, a furniture) factory, the best and most modern ot hotels, jnons. for a session of three days. Thursday, the snniversary of Lin coln's birth day, is to be made the occasion for conferences and' 'ban quets of Republicans and Progress ives in many States. Monday will be widely observed as the centennial anniversary of the birth of Samuel J.' Tilden, the emi nent statesman and Democratic can didate for President in 1876. A special election will be held in Detroit Tuesday, when the voters will decide upon the acceptance or rejection' or a new charter proposed for the city. The chief features of the new charter aro provisions for the'' non-partisan ballot, the recnll, and extension of the terms of city of ficials to four years. Ou' Monday Dr. Williams Westley Cinth will, be inaugurated as presi dent of Soucher College, Baltimore. On the samo day the twenty-fifth an niversary of the college will be cele brated with exercises presided over by Bishop Earl Cranston. i tic sixth .National torn Exuoai- WAS Mil LOCKED CI L.-.-.SiIlIiiiili? VOTBHrO HAS YET BEEN HEARD OF THE PASSENGERS ' - Wse Were ea ths Mexican North western Train Destroyed When Castillo's Bandits Who Wrecked Auid Burned Carneree Tonne! Posses Fomad No Trace of the Bandits. Sevan of tie Passengers Were Americans. , . ". i El Paso, Texas, Feb, 7. Nothing has yet been heard of flic passengers western train, etaoinshrdlupuuuuupp who were on the Me'n North western train, which was destroyed when Castillo's hendits vivked and burned the Cumbree tun. i i. Pobsci who were searching for w bandit;, have found no t'acc of tkvm, mliough it wa rumore that thf passengers, including seven Americans, were not held prisoners, but were locked in the train when it entered the burning tt'nnel. These reports arc discredited by railway officials. . ' THIS DATE IN HISTORY. February 7. 1807 Napoleon defeated the Rus sians at the battle of F.ylmi. 1812 Charles Dickens, ; the grout English novelist, burn. Died June 9, 1870. 1855 The Palmerston .'ministry enter ed office iu England. 1867 George Peabody mmmiced a gift of $l,200,000jtor educa tional purposes.," 1901 Marriage of Queen Wilhelmir.u of the Netherlands mid rrmce Henry -of . Meekltniburg- Sch werin. - ' ; ' 1 BASEBALL TALK Will . Concord Hare A Team This Season is the Question the Fsns of The City Are Considering. Will Concord hsvc a baseball team the coming season f , This is a question that is causing the fans and fanettes of the city con siderable concern. Il may be prv ir.ature to discuss the subject wiiile the land is beins; bathed in intr rains and Jack Frost is reigning but the time is not far distant when the leaves begin to bud and the crack of the bat will be heard throughout the land. One thing is certain if the fans here have baseball for any length of LET CONCORD HAVE A FIRE TRUCK, ANOTHER Our City is Eighth in Sixe la the State and Nineteenth in Money Spent for Fire Equipment Mr. Editor: Much is said in regard to the cKy piiri-hasing a fire truck for the Are department of our city. This is some thing that every proierty owner '.a the city should be interested in. It is well known that Hoiuel'iing must be done in the way of tire Hltinjr ap paratus since the death of Jim, the big bay horse. The question that is up permost with the. city fathers is whether or not the financial condi- time it will take organization and he tion of the city is such as to justify quicker that organization is made and the plans worked out the longer it will hold together. Season before last there ns a rattling good ball team here. The fans supported it and much enthus iasm was manifested. Last season there was no baseball and many a long summer afternoon was whiled away. The team of 1012 was not a money maker. This was not due so much to lack of support as for the numerous changes in players flic cost of securing them, etc. Another reason of the cost of the '.cam that year was the fact that ancw park had to be secured and cpuipped. A park is here now and, with a season's experience, a team can he secured and run more economically.. The miltter of bavins a baseball teamm here in up (o the fans. Possi bly a meeting of those interested in hc sport would result iu plans for a team being perfected and executed, and as live a number or business anflii0B for which toreoarationa have professional men as any city our M!jbeen m'sking Jfor noarly .a year, will be opened : in Pallas Tuesday 'and '.'Home Run' Baker la the Father of Twins. flTrappe, Md., Feb. ' 6. -Home Run" Baker is the lather of twins, liiey made their appearance nt the Baku' hemgead , here. ast Saturday- after noon, but 'Frank, sworo the attending physician to secrecy.-. One of the twins' is" a boy. Frank says lie will make him into a real baseball player, the other is a girl. . Just ns soon as the christening time "enmes the boy is to.be. named ton nie Mack Baker' after Connie Mc jfillieuddy of4hc Athletics, The name for -the girl has not been chosen -as yet. ' Both mother and children are doing well, and Connie Mack appar- ehtly will have to make room for tw o persons more than, lie bad anticipated to take on (he spring: training trip, as Mrs. Baker has signified her inten tion of coing and taking the twins - .Vth her; - , " " Cold Wave May, Hit Atlantic Sea- - v. board Stinging Slap Today. - - - , wusmusion, reo. i. wumj ... ,.. , . ,. u;Ma n,. weath -'C We mZI severe conditions of the seasop, ap- i" - V . . v . Kt uf i()x peered in" the npper Missouri valley, Pnde ,n . c uW - he plains states and- as far south as J" nd f . the northern eounties of Texft. to- There is seldom an occasion for the "j. . . .. . , , people of Cabarrus county to go 'to At points i Montana the mercury I other points to sell products or M ' reached a minimum of 42 degrees be buy goods.. Concord can and 1 does low sero. In Texas there were sharp meet all competition. We are on tto . droiw in temperature. . 8l,nny "de of f mP nd wl" VUUtVIU IB VUL IUIU saie vn m ep earth-.' we -nave spienaia twb leading to our eity. The- 8outbevn Power Co. 's line of electrical wires supply up. with liu'lits and power. Tlio assessed value tor taxes- oi our proji erty in 1913 was $350,000. The tax rate for 1912 was If 1.50 for each $1,000. Our population is over 12,- 000. Our Are loss in 1911 was o,uuu, in 1912, $4,200. We are rated as second class in the' insurance sched ule with deficiency charges of .10 cents on buildings and 12 cents on contents. To get these deficiency charges removed we need a lire alarm system and a new truck for our very efficient fire department. Those will cost some $6,000. The amount saved in insurance rates for one. year will more than pay for these improve ments. To keep onr city in every way no to the high standard we have set for it there Bhould be no hesitancy; n adding this alarm system and 'tun? electric truck. The interests of our citv demand them, and onr people will stand by the city government if it will, supply them. ,." r 'Concord is eoinf forward in 1914. She has pinned her hopes to higher levels, and she wonts more people, THIS DATE OT HISTORY. February 8. 1791- The Bank of the United States was incorporated. 1 1814 -Prince Eusene defeated the Austrians at Mincio 1836 Eirst public use of nas for il- : , luminating purposes made WOMEN WARNED OF POLITICS. Federal Employes Must, Go Slow On Suffrage Fight. Washington, Feb. " Classified t'ederul employes allilinted with snf (Vage orzani.;ii.ms wer wariu'd t' day that they would be liable to re moval' from office under Civil Service aws if they participated in politiccl activity, Cither as officers ot the as iociations or thiougli the exercise or' irfiuence ns members. The commission's altitude was an nounced by President Mclllicnny in response to a formal inquiry from Mrs. Russell M. BeLennan, an cm ploye of the Treasury Department, who recently resigned from the Con oressional Union-for Donian Str- t lie oitflnv of tliis amount of money at this time. It is true that there are places for every dollar the city has but could it be sent at any other place where every property owner would derive more benefit than in the purchase of a fire truck. Records will show hat Concord is the eighth town in Xortli Carolina in popula tion and is nineteenth in money spent in the fire department. Is it not true that this department of our city has been greatly neglected? And is it n4 true that this is a very im portant part of the city? With a truck the man w ho owns his home on the outskits of the town will receive almost the same protection as the man who owns property under the sound of hc gong at the fire depart ment. The record of the fires on the suburbs will show that nine out of every ten houses burned up bv no fault of the firemen but on account of the distance to be run to reach it. Every other town in North Carolina of the size of Concord and several j would remain aboard were reiiorfed stalled in the blkeard.tto.push onward,nd. upwards. She A severe-cold wave overspread thai needs a public park and must have .,..k; with tnilioD. Lit m 1914. The Street car peopl. tvms that it would reach northwest should - be -induced- to extend their .... im.;,u 'nA ih eBtternmnst ;nf lines to some suitable place. K would the southern states Saturday. - pay them and at the same 5time help the people ana ine city. (Hve us nrst a truck Give ns second a fire alarm system. Give us third a park, These are the things to work for this spring!. They must come. 0 ED, KESTLEK. continued for two weeks. Nearly all of the States of the Union will have displayes at the exposition. Parliament to Reassemble. London, Feb. 7.--Tbe session of Parliament which will begin on Mon day is expected to have a notable place in British history. Seldom has the political situation been more com plicated or the outcome mere unce"- taiin Before the great controversies are reached over the Home Rule Bill and the Welsh Disestablishment Bill, there is the possibility, of a grave crisis in the Liberal party over the navy estimates. There has been a rapid growth in the party in favor of a policy of reduction, and serious -differences of opinion in regards to the question are said to exist in the rahinet itself. This is the situation which will first have to be faced by over the Government after the preli minaries are, over in the House of Commons, . ' in addition,; rremier , Asquitb is credited with the intention to present a scheme for the reform of the House of .Lords in the shape of a series of resolutions which he , will " ask the House of Comoiona, to: pass and af terward he will found a bill upon them. .-The plan is to abolish vthe herolitary principle altogether.throw, mg the upper house open to popular election, the same ' as the . commons, but with the voting ' qualifications Based upon a, different principle. The House of Lords will, of course, re ject the scheme, which, with Chancel lor Loyd-George's land reform" pre; posals, will be the main issue at the next general election. - . 1. . . . ...I.I .W, 1847-Gen, Kearney proclaimed the "Age when leaders ot nat uonoy e annexation of California to the 'dared their intention of holding the United States Democratic party responsible if Con- 1872 Earl of Mayo, Governor Gener- gress refused to net favorably on the 1 nf India- assassinated at proposed suffrage constitutional t , i amenaraem. Mr. Mcllhennv said "that coiupet- towns smaller it han our city, without a single exception, has discarded horses and wagons and have purchas ed trucks and they have proven en tirely satisfactory in each and every ease. Why should it not prove ttie same for our town? The firemen of our city are asking for the. very, best fire fighting appar atus possible- and they should have some consideration as their services are vojunteer end costs the city noth ing arid which, if the city had to pay tor would cost in. one year almost enough to equip ihe department with the very latest apparatus. Can we afford to "stand pat" and be contented with what other towns nave discarded in these progressive ui.vos? PROGRESSIVE MAY GO TO PiECES ENGLISH TRAMP STEAMER, QUEEN LOUISE, IK DISTRESS?. Steamer is Grounded Off Qoaa Beach. Sent Wireless Calls For Aid. Seas Were Too High For Life Sar in Crew to Giro Her Aid. - A Later Report Said That the Cap tain Said There Appeared to Be No Immediate Danger and He Would Remain on Board. Manasquan, N. J., Feb. 7. Wire less calls for aid flickered through the fog here early today from the Eng lish tramp steamer, Qiieen Louise, which is grounded off Quan Beach. Half a score of the life saving sta tion crew tried to reach the vessel but found seas too high to put off their craft. They finally succeeded in shooting lines over the vessel and the rescue of the crew with breeches buoy began. The vessel is a ste-jl screw steamer, 400 feet long. Heavy seas are breaking over he vessel and it is feared she will go to pieces. A Later Report. The captain of the distressed ves sel sent a cabin boy ashore on breeches buoy with the mcssags that the crew of twenty is in good condition, and as there appeared to be no immediate danger of the ship breaking up he J lie vessel was Born in Dublin Port Blair. Feb. 21, 1822. 1887; Sir Alexander Campbell was appointed Lieutenant Govern- or of Ontario. ' Thunderstorms - were reported i the south. '- ' - ' - ' ... Atlanta Youth Meets Horrible Death ".i In Sight of Many. ' - ' Atlanta. Ga.. Feb. 7. A. D. Janes, JrM aged 15, son of Dr. A. D. Janes, . today was instantly killed when be .r tried- to enter a moving elevator in 4 WhL office building. The lad's bend ' was crushed. Coroner Paul Donehoo . investigated the matter and an rtoiinced that it was accidental ' Many women in the corridor saw the accident and several jaimea, .) : -''I: . The CaroL'na Circuit of Fares, '-.V The following circuit of airs iu -' this State will be held thi 'fall op ' th following dates: Wihston-Salem, Oct. 5-10. t . ' ' Greensboro, Oct. 13-17. t ' Stale Fair,' Raleigh, Oct. 19-24 i.uarioiic, wv. ti-oir, -Snnrtanburg. S. C, Nov , ' : . v. " r i '-'. - -Fi. '7-Ca Sd'oCkL.l - , London, Feb. 7. Forty one people wt h n- ei in Moscow y a leutt . i . ii.-cordir? to a di-'! atch re : v ceive.l here. - .' , in i man picy become famous over hut he wakes up In ttie morn- Bro. - Cade's Typesettini - Machine " .Soma Mora. . RaleieU Kews and Observer. ' Mr. Baylus taoe, Jr.. son or Kev Bavlus Cade, of Shelby, the preach er. who invented the Cade typesetting machine, was in Raleigh yesterday on his way to Philadelphia to witness the final test of bis lather 8 inven tion. The machine. is to be given a test in a few days, and k is expected that this will be the last eseperiment to be made with the machine, and that it' will prove its real value this time, Three Murder Cine. Newark, Feb. 7. An umbrella and revolver left behind and a button be lieved to have fallen from the mur deress' rain coat are the only clue as to the wonman who shot Mrs; liar riot Manning in her home last night Manninar who" arrived today, " wa oucbiioned bv pol.ie but ,'.",w,T go,., He bad been "s('iirfited from b CONCORD CHORAL CLUB. First Concert of the Season. Third Production by the Club. The date for the first season's .con cert of the Concord Choi at Club has been set for Tuesday evening, Feb ruary 24., Many of our people of the citv will remember the excellent work that was done by. tins musical organization last season, " when it made its initial appearance, and will welcome the fact that the work has been continued through ks. ; winter months, which will soon be presented to the music lovers ot ine pity, -v number of choruses arc being 'prepar ed to be rendered by the whole club. Other numbers of the programme will consist of solos, duets and quartets by members of the Club, assisted by ltivc classified employes may be mem bers of political clubs or similar po lkieal organizations and associations, but it is improper for them to be ac tive in the formation or organization of the club, to bo officers thereof or, as members, to influence other per sons bv actions or utterances." out-of-town soloists. President Pays High Tribute to Mr. Bryan. Bartunore, Feb. 6. President Wood row Wilson, in a letter to William L. Murbury, of tbic city, which will be published in the Baltimore Sun to morrow, says the exemption ot Vmerican coastwise shipping from Panama canal tolls "constitutes a very mistaken policy from every point of view" and "benefits, for the present at any rate, only monopoly.'' The President pays a high tribute to Secretary of State Bryan, who, be says, deserves "not only our confi dence, but our affectionate admiration." GROUND HOG CASE. Attorney Craven Here to Bring in Action in Federal Court for a Mil lion Dollars. (Ireftsboro Record. Attorney Bruce Craven, of Trinity, was in the city today, preparing to start action in he Fedeial Court for million dollars in damages, the title ot the action being "The People and the dround Hog Against the Char lotte Observer and Greensboro Rec ord. ' ' The first paragraph of the com plaint says that said papers did with force of arms, fraudulently, mali ciously and surreptitiously, slander, malign, traduce, abuse, mortify and misrepresent said hog, to his great damage and intense mental anguish, so that said hog to hide his shame did not even come out of his hole on I be second day of February, and is a TO INVESTIGATE - THE CONVICT CAMPS. ' I The Mason's Annuity, y Atlanta, Feb.. 7.-rThe current is sue of the ' "Annuity. Messengi official organ of the Masons' Annuity just off the press, contains a leading article that will be of interest to Masons evcrvwhere ' about ' the : re modelling Of the Annuity building at the corner of tdgewood and ivy streets one of the most up-to-date office structures in the south. The Mason' Annuity closed the past year as the most prosperous n the organization's history. It is an organization which provides for the widows and children of deceased Ala sons, and has accomplished a wonder ful end steadily growing wore. , The record shows that up to the first of the present year annuities were Paid out to widows and children of deceased Masons the isum of $461,576.46 and that the - assets of the organization- on the nrst ot the year were $700b',liu.mi. - . ' Governor Craig. Will Sea Ho Con victs Are Managed and Treated. Ralehrh. Feb. 7. Governor "Craig announced today that within a. .week he would institute an investigation of the condition of eonvict camps, lie will ascertain how convicts are man aged and treated, and iwhat disposi tion is made or them aner convicxion. The investigation will apply- to- all convicts in the State, and the Gov ernor; Hopes he will disclose that prisoners are . properly j cared foi", treated humanely and managed in ac cordance with the law. : CHRISTABEL OPPOSED . TO DESTRUCTIVE WORK, In Memory of Charles Dickens. London. "Feb. 7vThe grave of. Charles' Dickens, in Westminster Ab- bcv. was lavishly decorated with flow ers today ineommemoration- or me one hnndred and second birthday an niversarv of be great novelist. Many piliirims visited the tomb, and theJ numerous 1 cliens Ricieties through oi.t te In., 1 I"' lorn Kid fxcr- i.-s i i c '! . .u of the d.iy. nearly forty miles out of her course when she struck in a dense foer. dis abling her rudder. She is bound from Cardiff to New York, with tin plate consigned to the Standard Oil Company. "TRIPLE DISTILLED ESSENCE OF HELL." This is What an ex-Convict Sayi of the Fulton County, Ga Ohain Gang. Atlanta, Feb. ". "Triple distilled essence of hell," is the phrase used today by a Fulton county white man who served two years on the FultoJ ehaingang, in describing the I torturea and atrocities practiced, on . white convicts under the Uoualdsott regime. . tie charges among other thins that the boy name Sheppard who was reported to have committed suicide by eating Soap, was really abused to death by t he guards, who flogged him and then fastened the boy to an up rooted stump and dragged him along the ground as the stump was hauled out of a cut. Charles Davis, a negro witness, tells the story of a coavict named John James, who was whipped every morning tor a month until he be came so weak aud lame in the back that he was taken to the hospital, where he died a few days later, the county commissioners, while working" to remedy manifest evils, de clare that a good part of this latter ' testimony is exaggeration and wilful lying, and that while cruelty has un questionably been practiced many cases have been made to appear ten times worse than they really arc. A. M. Luck, "suspended foreman ot the Roseland camp, insists that flog ging in the convict camps is the only Sylvia Withdraws From - Woman's Suffrage And Political Union, Paris. Feb. 7. Christabel " Pank- hurst denied that there was any en roity between herself and. her sisier, Sylvia, who has withdrawn from the Woman's Suffrage and Political Un ion of London. , She said that their ideas differed but there was po un friendliness, and intimated that she anil her mother had decided to advise English militants of useless violence m the future, ana tnai oyivia wauw to keep np the destructive campaign Anniversary of Baltimore Fire. Raltimore, Feb., 7 Throughout the business section flags were display ed today in observance of the tenth anniversary of the great Baltimore fire and in celebration of the rebuild ing of the city since the castrophe. The fire of 1914 was one ot tne most disastrous that over visited an Ameri can' citv. It began on February 7 nnd rased for two days. One hund red and forty acres, comprising 75 city blocks, with about 2,500 build ings; were burned, over, rue prop erty loss was estimated, at over $100, 000,000. Go-to-Church Day Drey Throngs to Houses of God. Sixt y per "cent, of Greater Kansas Ckv, or 225,000 persons, went to church on Go-to-Church Sunday, last Sunday. That was perhaps, the high est percentage of any of the several cities that observed Go-to-Church Sunday.- Philadelphia, the so-called chnrcli-going city, had only a 48 per cent, church attendance. In Chicago the attendance was 40 per cent, and in Brooklyn there was a huge at tendance of nearly. half a million peo ple, result the bottom dropped out of; the weather to the damage of all the wav to keep the me nin subjection. people. The case is brought in the. "There should be more Jogging not Federal ( onrt, so Mr. Craven says, loss," be is quoted as saying.. "We arc now allowed to - give the convict only ten lashes, and that makes-real Hogging a farce. If anything, the law has made me too lenient. I have flogged men, but I have never drawn blood in the lashings I have administered." Convicts who were flogged by Luck say that you might as "well talk of drawing blood with a basebajl bat as with the strap Luck used. They i say it is four inches broad and weighs , several pounds and" that you could break a man s bones with it before it would (Jraw blood. . because lie lives in the same county with the next district attorney and the ground hog is interstate com merce. Don't know what the Charlotte Observer will do about it, but the Record is going to take at least nine days of the ten allowed by law be fore publishing any retraction. United States Steal Washington,' Feb; 1y The Inter- , War on Social Card Games. East Liverpool, Ohio, Feb. fir Contending that places where-bridge, euchre and other card games are .plaver for prizes come under gambl ing rooms, Mayor Peter Cchreiber announced today that all such forms of amusements here must cease. , Mayor Schrcibet declared hewas i atnht Commerce Commission announc-l ed today that it would comply with m earnest and would direct the police the Sedate resolution, introduced by ' to raid social functions where card Spain Warns Her Citizens to Leave, El Paso, Texas. Feb. 6. Fearful that General Villa will carry out his threat to deal summarily with Span iards should they be captured in the attack on Torreon. agent of Spain today telegraphed to the Spanish Minister at Washington recommend ing that their countrymen be urged to leave Torreon before the battle be gins. Spanish refuges, driven out of Chihuahua after much of their pro perty had been confiscated by Villa, were anxious that Spaniards in Tor reon leave there for Monterey or the United States. General Villa's assertion that he would execute Spaniards, who, he says, nave tasen up arms to sup port the Federals, was accepted as a warning for them to leave the country while they had a chance. , The Bona of more farmers aro stud ents at Chapel Hill than any other occupation, with the sons ot nierch. arits ranking next in number. Then comes law, medicine, ministry manu factunng, etc. The parents of 279 students are Methodist, 214 Baptists, 146 Presbyterians, 108 Episcopalians, 16 Christians, 15 Hebrews, 8 Mo ravians, S r ncntts, n Liutnerns, a German Reform, 2 Universahsts. Unitarians, 2 Christian Scientists, 8 Roman ' Catholics, 2 Adventists, Holiness, 1 American, '1 Congrcga tionalist. , CHARTER GRANTED TO SPARKS' CIRCUS. Senator Lane, for an investigation of allied rebates given by the United Slates Steel Corporation. games were being played for prizes. Before his election hchretber was blacksmith, Also to Peoples' ' Agricultural Fair Association In Salisbury." Raleigh, Feb. 7. A -charter was granted to Sparks' Woild Famou Shows, of Salisbury, with a capital of $20,000, by Charles Sparks, C K. Sparks, Nannie Sparks Letter, . or, . Pennsylvania.. A. charter was alsa . granted, to the Peoples' Agricultural Fair Association, 'of Salisbury, with $10,000 authorized capital and $3,20Q; subscribed by John Whitehead, H.' A. Rouzer and others. .,' , - , v. Dinner Party Last niia. -Miss Marie Caldwell was hostess at . a delightful dinner party last even- :. ing ' at her home on North Union., street in honor of .her guests, Misses Ida' Moore and Kathleen Alexander and Mr, Nathaniel ' Alexander- of Mecklenburg county, s Miss Cald well s guests, in addition to the honor ' guests were: Misses Laura McGill Cannon, Lillian Holt and Adele Pern berton and Messrsr. Ilenry L; Smith, Kenneth Caldwellf Lawrence Wilkin son, Brevard Hams, Jri, and Watson Smoot. - ' - There are girls who are actually surprised if ft fettott doeta.1 fco to tho dogs after aho his refused! him. ' A good watch is known by its wrl,-' It may be read -good TitTiout having a pretty face.' ' v ; . . ' , '-4 ' Ji t . ' 1