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- , . - - J T tllK. K VOL. XIII. J- BL'SHERRILU Editor and Publish CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1914 40 Cents a Month A Cents a Copy. NO, 499 Wmln mil) VILLA DID KOT 5 ra IH T0RREON MAT KOT GET TODAT into the AT ALL. cm Torreon Has Hot Fallen Tat, Accord v tug to Belief of Cartful Obsemra Tost Ht Is "Hammering An; at Torreon," U the Only Informa , tiot Obtainable. Suburb Occupied By Eeb. After Forty Honrs of . riffhtinff. ' " El Paso, March 25. Torreon ba Jiot fallen yet, according to the belief expressed here by earef ul observers of the situation. . General Villa did not lunch at noon yesterday with General Bonavids in s Torreon cafe, as he promised, nor did he dine , there. Early today it was doubtful whether be would get into the city today at all. That Villa was still "hammer ing sway at Torreon," was the only information obtainable in constitu tionalists circles at Juarez, as no word or news has come here from the seat of war sinee Tuesday morning, when war since luesuuy uiuiuiugt. ucu . . . i. i -j a oispatcn rrom uomes raiaao -y - :: .r r . that he suburb -was ocupled by the fd mass meeting of North Carolina constitutionalists, after forty hours j Democrats for indorsement of pro of fighting. This was the only news K"f"e pohucs, and says: :? j j- -!.. ..,. . hri-ft "In my conversation with the dispatch from Chihuahua late in the , afternoon. sUtiiis that fightinsr u stil' in progress st Gomes Polacio. The sauie dispatch said that ' the rebels oeupied a railroad roundhouse hold ing it against a fierce federal attack, whether the rebels suffered a serious reverse as a result of this attack could not be ascertained. Cheapening Cotton Handling. . Charlotte, N. : C, Mareh 23 For son time past eotton spinners have looked longingly at the cheap money . enjoyed by the English spinner, snd a plan suggested by J. B. Duke, of New York, which holds the prospect of equalling or beating them. The " Duke plan proposes a co-operative or ganization lowing a chain of ware houses available like the farmers, merchants and manufacturers, the receipt, weighing, sampling, grading snd storages of bales of cotton ; the issuance of warehouse receipts there fore ; "an" adequate System of aeUirrJ, inspecting snd siiditing ; a board oi directors Jand managing officers cho sen from banking and financial cen ts tw ahall be entirely free from connection or alliance with the user of the warehouses, and lastly certif y- ing of the warehouse receipts. This plan, completed in all details anl ready for adoption, will be laid before the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association in New York in April. To Decide Method of Nomination. . . Nashville, Tenn., March 25 A meeting of the Democratic State Com mittee will be held here Friday to do- ride upon the .method for naming ean didates for governor and othe J5tate officers to be voted for the next elec tion, i pinion is divided on the ques tion as to whether the convention or primary plans should be adopted. Honor Boll of Bocky BlVer Annex The-following pupils Jiave beer neither tardy or absent for one month: Willie Russell, Zeb Smith. . Odessa Dees, Jackson Dees, ; I 1 - - Condensed Statement of the -; - CITIZENS BANK AKD TRUST ' COMPANY v ' ; March 24th, 1914. ,' J XESOTTBCES. . Loans and Discounts' $211,321.35 Bonds and Stocks - i . 5100.00 . Real Estate " 7,301.94 Furniture and Fixtures "4,000.00 Gash and due from .banks 105.033.S2 ' LIABILITIES Capital Stock Surplus and Profits Reserved for Interest Bills Payable ,-. . v Dividend Unpaid . Deposits , ; . -i WANT TJOLT POLES MOVES. And Replaced By Metal Poles Whoa Vew Peroneal Is Put Dows on rjnioa Street While the proposed work of mik ing s permanent pavement on Union street from the Lutheran Cbnreh to St. Cloud Hotel is underway it has been proposed to have the tdephon end trolley poles slong this section of the street removed and poles of iron or some other metal put up. Sacb a ehange would add greatly to the appearence of the street and. if the change is made while the street won is oeing none, me rust wuuiu mucn ten man ai any outer umc n the aldermen and the various public service companies using the poles can reach an agreement by which this improvement can be made the town will be greatly benefitted in appear ance. DANIELS APPROVES OF PROGRESSIVE MEETING. Writes Letter to J. W. Bailey Indors ing Proposed Democratic .'. Mass Meeting. ' - Raleigh, March 24. In a personal letter to J. W. Bailey just received here! Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who is Democratic national commit teeman for North Carolina, writes ---- - - . - Mm 1ia HaaHiiv innnrsen the nronns- President with respect to this more. ment he hcartdy indorsed the effort to put North Carolina in harmony with the movement manifest all over the country in behalf of measures cal culated to improve the condition of the people. He expressed surprise that North Carolina had not been a leader in these matters." , " . Mr. Daniels said further in his let ter to Mr. Bailey: "My idea is that we should work on those progressive ideas which have stirred other States. The foremost thing is a State-wide primary for all parties to be held on a common day. This should replace the hybrid system we now have in operation. I think we should stress that tremendously. : In Indiann the Governor of the State and the nation al committeemen and others were op posed to the primary, but Senators Kern and Shivery, with the vigorous indorsement of the President, got it into the Democratic platform. We ought to be certain that we get this this year and as many other good things as possible, including the pro posed amendments to the constitu tion." Convention of Maine Democrats Portland, Me., March 25 Many uciejuicis novo omveu iu i uiuiiiu iui .i.- n. o.t r j-i i i : jt : t ii a wbieh is to be held tomorrow. As the . n;n t.. ... y. iiuui j Bjainu it uu uocu luw j.ui , in the nomination of the State ticket ' the principal business of the conven tion will be to adopt a platform sn-l , select State, district and connty com mittees. Congressman Daniel J. Mo Gillicuddy baa been selected to set as temporary chairman of the conven tion. 835,436 Bales Ginned in North Caro Una. Raleigh, March 25. The Federal report of cotton ginned and marketed to date just received shows that the North Carolina crop is 835,435 bales compared with 906,351 the previous rear. Robeson led as : usual, with 53,000 compared with 62,000 last year. , J 11 3 332,757.13 5: 11 f 30,000.00 . 9,72057 , 3,000.00 . 10,000.00; 26.00 . 280,010.85 332.757.H TEACEEU' MEETCra. ". . Last Meeting Held. Interesting And InstJicttva. The Teachers.' Aasoeiatioa held it last Meeting for the year, Marcs 21, 1914. The devotional exercises were con ducted by Rev. T. W. Smith. The reci tation waa conducted by Dr. Biklt, in s very entertaining snd instruc tive manner. We think Dr. Bikle, from his long experience of teaching, could writ a book on teaching that would be a great help to the teachere of any Jpj, p ,f W. F. McCanless, of the Rocky River high school, read a fine paper on "The Influence of the rub lie Schools," in the choice of a vo cation. Plans for a eounty commencement were discussed and the following com mittees appointed: Athletic Messrs. W. I Wedding ton, D. W. Moose snd W. J. Vsnhoy. Decoration Mrs. Ed. Erwin snd Misses Helen Patterson, Iva Town send, Emma Cannon, Emma Erwin, Mary Ileilig, Mary Gourley, Oil : Castor, Helen Werner, Margaret (rowell. The meeting was well attended. SECRETARY. COLLEGE BOT RISKED LIFE WITH ELEVATOR Made Several Trips in Burning Duke Building Elevator Boy Deserted. Durham, March 24. F. A. White sides, a Trinity College senior, was the hero of the fierce fire that destroy ed $000,000 worth of property here last night, and his daring possibly saved the lives of six or eight per sons who had boon alseep on the fourth and fifth floors of the Brodie "L. Duke building. Jumping into the elevator, that bad been deserted by the operator, this college youth ran it up and down its shaft through heat and smoke until the last person waB down and until there was nothing left for the eleca to move on. The last time, indeed, ht could only go to the fourth floor to go higher he would have been com pelled to run into flaming air. When he came down this last trip the eleva tor wavered and shook with the rum blings of the flames, and when within eight feet of the bottom the car had practically nothing to move on, part of the woodwork having been burned and charred, and it all but fell with a crash. But on this last trip made throueh smoke and flamer with deatn playing in lurid form all about risk ing his life to death as the solemn re ward, with his nose and mouth cov ered by one hand and with the other hand wilotins the elevator upward, tne new eievaior uuy iuuuu uuc iai , , . .. u;il man, the only man left m the build- ,n' ana oro"Nl """ l" luc - enrtn. Thus he became a hero, and after i his duty was done he slipped away. MANY RUSSELL BOOKS DESTROYED BY FLAMES. Rev. Mr, Ham and Kernersvule Fas- ton Assist in the Work. Kernersville, March 24. Following the services at 11 o'clock bunday morning, the congregations gathered in front of the church where a huge bonfire hod been prepared, and great miantities of kerosene poured on the fun . An tne nre was liffineu mw 1 . n ir I.!' J 4.1. enthered around it and Rev. Mr. Ham read the 19th chapter of Acts, in the. 19th verse of which he said there was divine authority for the burning of -books about to, ensue. At the conclusion of this brief ser vice the - various ' ministers .; of ' the town. Rev. Messrs. Goode, Pinnix, Rvnnm and Gerrineer assisted Rev, Mr. Ham in tearing to pieces the pile of books and throwing then in the flames. There were some twenty or these books, all teaching the doctrine of Russell. , They had been recently anld throughout this community by an aeent. The crowd witnessing the burning numbered several hundred. Erlanger Cotton Mill Beady for Oper- . , .atlon. H , t ; Tito Vrlnncfti eotton mill -at Er langer has begun operationa.. It v, Jl k. .ovomi weeks vet till the weave room will be in operation, but the other end of the "mill is -doing busi ness right along, with only a few of th mnehines in operation. This work ..rT Afnndav. Work is being rush ed throughout the whole mill and ev ery thing -Will be in run oiasi wiu.m a few weeks. The mill has already t mora than S650.000, and when the extensions contemplated are eom nleted. the riant will have eost $V 000,000. ?; ,-..K V "-' -1 :pMWM 'if ' .i --Ti 'f ;:Bwwster,i Millions." .."Brewster's MilUons," by George Rarr MeCutcheon, is one of the most interesting and ' fascinating stones ... . - U.. Kan . ever iinftu. . " - - - - . enormous, therefore, it nas neen xeau by "eountless thousanaBj wno wiu m J. a to mm acquaintance . with Ilglad to i ."Monty" Trixie CU j when the; .litrhtstom y" Brewster, . !' riovtnn and other old friends thev appear before the foot- liebts tomorrow.night. The etage yer- sion has been ; maao j " Smith and Bryon Ongley, two men who hsve maae weir, wv" " mstie literature.- !VV,? To" a girl alT girls are alike." man all fU-li are dLfienot. J To a I iin tftDM OH VERGE OF FALL THB WAB SECRETARY ALREADY RESIGNED. HAS It la Also Declared That Chancellor of the Excheoner Lloyd Oeorge Has Also Takea Steps Toward Retire ment Asquith Placed Responsi bflity of Army Upheaval on Secre tary of War Seely. " London, March 25. TU Asquith cabinet is on the verge of fall. Although no official .etaUvneut ha been made, it is believed that Wat Secretary Seely has already resigned. It is also declared that jCbantellor of Exchequer Lloyd George has pos sibly taken steps toward retirement. The official report submitted to thi: House of Commons by Seely detail ing negotiations between the war council and officers who resigned rather than serve in Ulster is de. dared by Unionists to be the "most ATazing document ever submitted to Parliament." The admission of Gen eral (iough that he did insist on a de tailed explanation of the services ex pected of his troops furttvr aroused hitter feeling of the Lalmritcs aiul Radicals. Premier Asquit'i placed the responsibility of the army up heaval on War Secretary Seely. Seely Resigns. London, March 25. The reslirna-i tion of War Minister Seelv lias been announced on the floor of tV I louse of Commons. HOTEL CHANGES Mr. Buren Neill to Leave St. Cloud to : Manage Statesrille Inn. Mr. E. G. Gilmer, proprietor of the St. Cloud Hotel and Statesville Inn, has leased the Inn to Alexander Bros., of Statesville. Mrs. Carrice Neill and Mr. Buren Neill will take charge of the hotel and manage it foi Alexander Bros. Mr. Neill has resigned his position as clerk, at the St. Cloud Hotel and will go to Statesville the latter part of the week to begin his new work. He is succeeded at, the St. Cloud by Mr. Charles Wadsworth. . NEGRO DRUG STORE LIQUOR IN SEWER. "Public Execution" of Blind Tiger Liquor by Anti-Saloon League. Raleigh, March 25. There Was a "public execution" of blind tiger liquor here this afternoon when rep- resentatives of the Anti-Saloon Lea- gue emptied into a sewer on mam street "bad" brandy and liquor con fiscated from negro drug stores which were tried in the superior Court here yesterday. Quantities of the best liquors were given to the hospitals. Indians Are Coming. Preliminary arrangements' ..hare gone forward, with the intention 'of giving a big spectacular production of the historical Indian opera and pageant Powhatan, with local talent of the city, under the auspices of the King's Daughters. Powhatan has for its principal theme, the capture of John Smith by the Indians and his thrilling rescue by Pocahontas, the favorite daughter of the famous chieftain, Powhatan, exploiting the ideal tribe papooses, little braves, Indian maids, Indian feather girls, arrow girls, big ' war riors and squaws, and these,. various classes are now to bo selected, from our. "home talent" singers, ranging in ages from 6 to 17 year old and over. Rehearsals will begin tomorrow, al ter the school hour, for the children and misses classes, and tomorrow night at 7:30 for the adults at Cen tral school. Mr. Baker, of Chicago, who has had a large experience in training' and also to furnish the cos tumes for- the warrior's. v' Indian maids" and the-oharaeter parts. The cast of characters -promises to be very interesting and the whole pro duction is considered quite out of the ordinary, and an unique ,: and in structive form of high clas sentertain ment.'t It is to be given April 14 and 15, Easter week. Reynolds Breaks Out in New Place. Aaheville. March 24. Kobert it, Revnolda who is gunning for r Con gressman James M. Gudger, Jr., seat in Conwesa has. "announced that he wilt canvass fne country between Ashevilleand Miirphy on horseback in th interest of his candidacy, f V fie will travel 256 miles and will nse seven horses. He will visit every house In the territory and will pre sent each boy and girl candy on which will'beBrintedj "Tell yoV daddy to vote tor Bob Reynolds Hs i Mde miles to bring you this eandtf Jdftd rbelDnnteaj "leu-yonr- aaauy ( vote tor Bob Reynolds: He Mde, get yonr father's vote.', . . .. Mr W. H. Btone, who has been making his home in Waynesville for the past year, will return to Con cord next week. , It is understood that Mr. Stone has rented the building Mr. Bione naa reowu wo - vuu 1 - lm will WOCTa tin wuuui; ... open S moving pieture snd vaudevuie (rou np yvuipwv " v house there. The lanndr ill be mov. ' ; ' J -ed into the ne JUdenbc r buUdipj.'. : TRADE IS OONCOBD WILLIAMS MAUNET. Miss Bachael Msnney to Wed Mr. R W. Williams April 9. .Invitations reading as follows have been received here: Mrs. Josephine Mauney requests the pleasure of your eoru - pany at the marriage of her daughter Rachael English to Mr. Robert Walton Williams on Thursday morning, April the ninll: at ten o clock five hundred and sixty-five Ponce de Leon avenue Atlanta, Georgia. Miss Mauney is from Salisbury, hut has made her home iu Athnta for several years. She has frequent ly visited in Concord and has num erous friends here. Mr. Williams . a civil engineer and lias made Iiif headquarters here for several months while with the Southern Railroad His headquarters arc now in At lanta. ' BURLESON DECLINES TO REMOVE STEWART Page , and Webtr Protested Agaist Stewart Being Retained The Pro test Futile. Washington, March 24. Postmas ter General Burleson flatly refused tc remove Second Assistant Postmastei General Joseph E. Stewart, a Repub lican, when requested to do so by Representatives Page and Webb. The two North Carolina Congress men told Mr. Burleyson that there was a good bit of dissatisfaction ovei the retention in ollice of Stewart. Es- nerinllv tlinv snid. whs this true ii. the South, where Stewart has insist ed upon placing negroes in t he rail wny mail service where they woulc be brought m contact with wlnti men. Mr. Burleson explnined that hi eonld not dispense with the service: of his Republican second assistant. Hi stated thnt he would not fire Stewart even if it were possible to do so Burleson said there were a number o suits pending between the railroad: and the government. He declare! that no man could handle these mat ters except Stewart, and therefore i was out of the question to talk of o lieving the political boss of the Re publican party. TEXT OF AMBASSADOR PAGE'S SPEECE Sent to Senate Today" Bq State De partment. Washington, March 25. The State Department sent the exact text o Ambassador Page's long speech to tin Senate today. The transeript show: that Mr. Page dwelt on the fact tha America built the canal for "reason of its own," and added: "But it add pleasure to the building to know t ha (heat r.iitmn will proht by it. Ii the paragraph referring to Monroi doctrine he said it is untrue tha: America is discouraging foreign in vestment in South America, but wel corned them if the other countriei did not take the country witl them." lie said the doctrine was originally against taking land, but of late years there had been "mon refined methods of exploitations." ROWAN CORN CLUBS. Boys Called to Meet in Salisbury on March 28. Salisbury, March 24. Through R. W. Freeman, government farm da- monstrator, arrangements have been completed for several meetings of th members ot corn cUids tnrougnoui Rowan county to be held in Salisbury Saturday, March 28. T. E. Brown, ol West Raleigh, will be the speaker ol the oct-asion and will explain the workings of the clubs and advant ages of organization. There are 92 Boys' Corn Clubs in Rowan and great things are expected this year. Preceding the general mnetinff on Saturday, lectures will bo delivered at Cowan school house and Rockwell hy R. E. Graber anl W. V.: Perrv. agricultural experts sent out by "the Southern Railway Com pany. To Discuss Fixed Date for Easter. Brussels, March 25 A proposal tt have the world to adopt a fixed date for Easter will be discussed and act ed nnon at the biennial meeting of tlw International Congress of Chamber of Commerce which is to meet in 1 a ris next June. Such is the announce ment made bv the permanent commit tee of the Congress, which in Brussels today to approve the programme pre for the Paris meeting. The fact that the variable date for Easter causes muwh embarrassment n,l lnu in certain lines of trade is responsible for the movement to hsve the festival celebrated on a fixed date. It i suggested by the supporters of .tha movement ' that the fixed date dats oe orougm uuu ujr jating Esster by the , sun instead of date conld be brought about by regu- the moon. ' See condensed statement of the Citixens Bank snd TruBt Company, on first page. -, rh wnrlil owes von a living. ' But i - - , vntl 11 have to neel off ponr eoav ana .- . -tl- it ANNIVERSARY OF THB GREAT OHIO FLOOD. Solemn Services in Honor of Those Who Lost Their Lives In the Catas trophe. Dayton, O., March 25. One yeir ago today marked the beginning ot the great floods which devastated al most the whole of Ohio and Indian. and parts of Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Kentucky and several fklllA otttt.va I U- 1 I f I " " Ul " projierty Dayton was bv far the greatest sufferer of auv of' of the cit - ies that were covered hy the raginj waters. In twelve months the citv has accomplished wonders in rebuild"- ng the structures t' nt were destroy-1 d by the flood and the creat firo which accompanied it. Today the cit-1 wens of all classes joined in solem ser- vices in memory of the men, wome-i'v and children whose lives were lost in ' the catastrophe. At the same time I lags were displayed in many buildings iu telehration of the progress that has1, been nade in rehabilitating the citv. It was in the middle of March of last year that the Central States werj swept by a series of terrific cyclones and tornadoes, which were followed by five or six days of torrential rains. As late as the evening of March 24 the situation was not regarded as alarming, although floods were already imminent over the slope of the Ohio basin in the states of Ohio and Indi ana, the downpour ot rain through out this section was the heaviest ever known. During the night of March 24 all of the streams of Ohio and Indiana pass ed their flood stages, and within 24 'lours many of them reached record breaking heights. On the morning of March 2.), one year ago today, the oeople of Dayton awoke to find that the Miami river had reached a height f eight feet above the highest figure previously recorded. The breaking of the levees resulted 'n the inundation of two-thirds of the ity, including the whole of the busi ness setion. Many places were un ler twenty feet of water. For sever il days some 75.000 people were ma "ooned in the upper stories of boild- :ngs. Many fires broke out and great itifTering was caused by lack of .food, shelter and dry clothing. When the vaters finally subsided and the citv elieved by outside help it was found '.hat scores of lives had been lost and nillions of dollars in property des troyed. CARD OF THANKS, Mr. Editor: I, with my family, wish, through your friendly paper, o express our heartfelt thanks to all vho were so good, kind and attentive o us in the sickness, death and burial if the wife and mother. We shall iever forget their kindness in onr lereavement. HENRY LITAKER AND FAMILY. H , "I I' T fr l 7f ' . Is rt S Ts . 71 7 . . t We Will Stod THE TIMES snd the Progressive Farmer. Both Papers One Year for Only $2.00. n Advance. )K k ! k A jl W W! W C W 7R (j) There is no Ques- tion About It. Buster Brown Elite Ribbon Shoes are the Best All the children make a noise about them. Thousands of mothers pre fer them to others. We have all the New Styles and Leathers just in for Infants, Children, Boys and Girls. . Come and See Them. ; , 29-31-33 SOUTH A. X H. COLLEGE TEXTILE BUILDING C'.ZL SMOKE AT 2:30 ... 4 'J nuuaing Ana Machinery Cost Aa- 7 1 VnxmtUily $80,000. Loss Wffl , Probably Be $40,000 Oriirin af ! . " .... Ut U Hot K"0". But Believed t Have Started From Cifaretta o, -n . . """"" Qerolc w or Btndents ln bving Other Buildings. j i . t, 1 , . "'e ,riuune- J ""J01-11. -March 25. This morning " V'"' k ,lle 'cxtile building of 1 . an,,.1 " C ollege was destroyed v fire. The huildinc cost approximately $80,000. Over and above the small savinirs and insurant the loss will probably reach $40,000. No explanation of the origin of the tire can he given, but some believa it to have started from a cigarette stump. The firemen and student body did splendid and heroic service in saving all other buildings which were seriously threatened at one timn Another Account l'y I'nited Press. Raleigh, March 25. Fire early this morning almost completely destroyed the textile building of the" A. and M. College building, valued at $30,000 and equipment at $40,000. The east wing and machinery contents were saved, valued at $3,000. Only 35 per cent insurance was carried. The work of the textile department will con tinue without interruptions, the stu dents getting factory experience in the mills here. ' Vice President Marshall to Be in Charlotte. The Washington correspondent of the Greensboro News of the 25th has the following : , Vice President Marshall told a Charlotte delegation today that he would attend the Twentieth of May celebration at the Queen City. The only proviso was that he be allowed to talk on any subject he desired. It It is being whispered around that the Vice President is planning to play a joke upon the Mecklenburg crowd by preparing a speech in which he wiil convince his audience that there is nothing to the Mecklenburg celebra tion which Charlotte proposes to cel ebrate. But Marshall is a kind heart ed man and may not go that far. The Panama Tolls Fight. Washington, March 25. The battle lines arc drawn on the Panama tolls fight today. The debate begins to morrow. The President's supporters claim a majority of seventy-five. The greatest interest is in the position that will he taken by Speaker Clark. Mr. Underwood made it plain that he has not changed his attitude, against repeals. . ; ' o i i 1 I O :! o If. :U I ! -o i t " ' if 3 i i f '1 UNION 8TBEST. 3 f 3 ! 1 i . i 1 i 3 i , 3: :3 i f 3 i i . 3 S . I .
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