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j btaie Dbraiy iMh) VOL. XIII. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Pubiiaher CONCORD, N.C, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1914 40 Cents i Month Cents a Copy. NO, 517 AKEE'O ARE HELD AS HOSTAGES iif EVERY INTERIOR MEXICO. ' cm or Only Arrival of American' Troops Will Save Lives of These Impris . oned Americans. Beseii ed a 'Ev ery Railroad Station. Mexican Escort IUtIv Rafmuul .Tn Min , Instances Hostages Wert Taken Off ". Train Bound Tor Vera .Croi. House of All American! Are Be ing Searched Under Or den From . Huerta. S 1 ' Vera Crux," April 25. Every city in. the interior of Mexico is holding Americana . as . hostages. ; The mwu . bora of the American embassy which fled Mexico City last night expre.s the opinion that only the early ar rival of American troops .will gave these imprisoned Americans. -At ev ery - railroad - station Americans are Wseiged. ; Mr. 0 'Shaughnessy 'a train ia pleading for permission to accom pany the fleeing party, A Mexican nBMirt flatltr VAr.ia.iJ In "Jn.HU . v. w. . nua HUH. H1UIHU, III IIIUUY i trains bound for Vera Cruz, to be held in - event the American troops attack the towns. When Mr,:'. O'Snaughnesgy , left Mexico City Huerta had ordered the homes of all Americans searched for amis, leaving them no means of de fense in case of an uprising. . "' - Central Claagis Meets. ' China Grove, April 23. -The Cea tral'Carolina Clflssis of the Reform ed Church met in second annual ses sion at Mount Zion Church Thurs day morning at 11 o'clock, President IV M. :Trcxlef in the chair. .Owing to a complaint made to the General Synod, which meets in Lancaster, Pa., in May," no business except the elec tion of officers was transacted. .Tho election was as' follows :y. President, Dr. P. MTrexier, Mount Pleasant; vice president, -Rev. B.'L. Stanley; stated clerk, Drr W. B. TJuttera, Sal isbury;' treasurer, Rev; J. H. Keller. -. An adjourned meeting was called for July 30 at Mount Zion Church at 10 a. m. " . - Rebels. Attacking Tampico. Washington, April 25. The RebeU are attacking Tampico. . ' The Admin istration topes this is an indication that Villa will not unite with Huerta. instances hostages were taken off the.er8' SAVE YOUR MONEY -' BY TAKING fllARES IN - : ; 4 - . ', Y:Y " ''" t''7" C'- Citizens Building & Loan Association 25c per week per tbsre. Series open C.'Hce b now. al S r- 3 ev:rj! II - ' . '... Ij will c "1 ! -t 3 i C; I ':7 :"ir ct K:r ii C'x I SUNDAY SCHOOL NORMAL. WQl Be Esld at Mount Pleasant July - HO. Prominent Bpeakerfto Be on .froframme. .' -The seventh annual joint Sunday rhiwil normal of the Lutherans tf Xorth Carolina wilf be held this year at Mt. Amurna Seminary, Mt. Pleas aut. . Home will recall that the first t these normals waa held in St. James (ureh jn 1!8. The second normal went to Lertoir College, Hick ory, .N, c m iviv wis scuooi oi Sunday school method waa held at Misenbeimer Springs.' Since that time -the sesaiona have been held at Lenoir College, where ' tlioae in ' at tendance have had the use of the dor mitories, dining hall, and class rooms af.d thus permitted the carrying out of the school idea. -"-' jO - ' - " With the completion of the beau tiful new building of Mont Amoena Seminary, the opportunity to hold the normal on the" territory of tlie Synod of North Carolina is offered. ..' - The joint committee held a meet ing recently at Salisbury and com pleted the arrangementsfor the gath ering, the dnte being July 6th to 10th inclusive. Anionir those who will tnke, nurt In tlm iirtiernnmie aro Dr. 1 ' A: I Moorehead, president, of Roanoke College,. Salem, Va.: Dr. R. U Pat terson, of Charlotte; Dr. WY A. Dea ton. of Hickory Rev.-A. C. Sehonck, of PhiladelphU; Df.B.'L.'UVmz, president of Lenoir College, and ot'l- '. ' v.' League Meeting. . The Civic Improvement league has not been idle, ;Two committees have met this week-r-tho sanitation com mittee at the home of the chairman, Mrs, Earl Browiir and the Juniors at the home of the chairman, Mi's. Joe Hill. ' Plans were formed and work outlined, and .work is pressini for sprjng with its call for cleanliness, purity, sweetness and beauty is rap - idly putting us to shame. "Let us all be up and doing." . " " - PUB. COM. Death of Mrs. 'Kate Barnhardt. - .Mrs. ' Kate Barnhardt died ; this morning at her'liome near Pheonix Mine." Mrs. Barnhardt .waa 7!) years of ago and had been in feeble health for some time. "She made her home Witn iwr aangmcr.ai W.", deathj .The" 'funeral will' be- held t' morrow at Cold Springs : Methodiet Church and will be conducted by Rev. ft F, Sherrill. Four Americans Reported Killed ia , '. - Mexico City. , - Vera Cms, April 25.-Four Ameri cans were killed today in Mexico City, according to rcirta from the Capital and published in local panen. Citizens Bank. tc!? you. 1 j cj it sloce xdzn yen ij ll: i!:::::tcf cse ti , ill (y it fejja- A. 1 cr GRANS JURY REPORT. A Number of Inveetif ationi and Boc- ommendationi Made by the Jurors. The following report was made by the grand jury at the present tern, of court: - TO HIS HONOR, W. F. Harding. . We, the grand jurors for the April term of court, 1914, leg to submit the following report;, , We have acted on all. bills of in dictment' sent us by the Solicitor, and made presentments of all viola tions of the law that have been brought to- our notice. We, the jurors appointed to visit and iuspect the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training School, do report that we visited said school and be; to make the following report of same: We visited, the school in a body We find eight bead of horses, seven milk cows, thirteen hogs, three two-: horse wagons, one on-horse wagon,' plenty of farming tools all in good condition,. We find they have sixty three boys, half of which , attend school at a time, four hours each day. We find that the buidings are well kept and the grounds are being great ly improved and everything in fine condition. ne find they have just completed a new well with plenty good water. The boya are in good health and well satisfied and - being vel cared for. - : - . , ' , -.--j '- County Home. ''. We, the jurors appinted to visit the county, home, and do make the following report of same: We flulj 31' inmates in all, 22 white and nine colored. No onesick, saiiitary condii tions good, We finl three head ofj mules, five milk eowa, sixteen head .. i....o ...i l..inu Rn n rid Thiielinle of hogs and shoat,'50 or (SO ..bushels, of corn, one two-horse wagon, one one-horse wagon, one hay rake, one mowing machino, two corn planters, one wheat reaper, two; calves, 12a t hickens, 162 acres of land, about 00 'acres in cultivation, 30 acres in oats. 25 in wheat, about ' seven cords of wood, about twenty tons of ecal. We llnd one insane inntnte a. eolored. wo man conflueil. ' , We recommend that Ihe county buil 1 a separate dining room for the white and colored inmates. We also rec ommend, that the county build a ney- grainery, as it -will tie greatly needed to store the new crop of wheat and oats. We wore also inloiniiJ(by H,H federals. - ttw.M-jjP',f the.i.itnafes t!ttt , there was snme tindecent con. duct going on at the home.i Chain Gang. We, the jurors that visited the chain gang beg to mane report oi same. We find thirteen head of mules in good condition,, eight ; wagons, . oine road packcer, one traction engine, one rocic crusner, one oig scraper, five .wheel scrapers, four big plows, six wheel harrows four iron and two ood, six tubs, two '-wash' pots, one ater wagon, oner set shop tools, kit chen - commissary, ' stocade, barn. Several tool boxes, 175 bushels of corn, small amount of hay, twenty gallons of" machine oil.. We find 27 convicts, ten white and . seventeen colored. We find that they are being treated all right except being ehain od at night. We also found one white man sick locked in cell with chains We found every thing in sani tary condition. - , , JaiL - - - ' We visited Hie jail in a body and eport we found eleven prisoners four white men, six colored men ana one colored woman. We find that : the jail is being kept a clean and sanl tary as can be kept, owing to tne condition of the 'building. -We found some window panes broken out on east side and recommend that some be put in. The .prisoners state that they are well eared for. t , : , Court House. We inspected- the eourt house and records and find that they are boing kept in good condition aa far aa we know.: Having completed our duties we respectfully ask that we be dis missed, J. P. BIUUH.HS, Foreman Grand Jury, Fourteenth International Convention, . June 83-80. The Fourteenth International Sun day School Convention wiU meet in Chicago on June 23 and close Juno SO. Chicago ia expecting twenty thousand people to visit the city on account oi this convention although only five thousand can be seated in the M,edi nah temple where the sessions are to be held, - .'v.; -i. ? ':;- ''.-; North Carolina is entitled to 60 delegates only, A number have al ready enrolled in -the state office "for credentials, although up to (his time no-puhhcity lias been given to. the Convention in the 'North Carolina pa pers. Parties who aro thinking of attending should write to the North Carolina Sunday -School Associatio Greensboro, 402 Banner Building, for reservations. . A" special car to carry delegates from North Carolina is be ing considered. ' - , "- Among the civil easeaVontinued at the federal court at btatcsville was that of Evelyn Wall vs. Davenport College and J. B. Craven, president if tlie college, which is out of the or dinary. Miss Wall was a music ti : lier .nt l-nvenport and was d r ii I l.e ) HEOIAIIjl MAY BE EXECUTED FOLLOWING THE CAPTtTEE - EXTEETA'S MEK. BY Men Were at Work on Plantation of , Mottorongo Company of Ckicago. ' Secretary Bryan Wiros Kews to Homo - Office of Company. All Were, Taken to Cordo or Orizaba. Chicago, April '. 25.. Nineteen Americans and one Briton art leliev ed to have been executed following the capture by Huerta ' men, near the plantation of Motxorongo Conumn. of Chicago, in Mexico. Secretary Bryan wires Dr. Herbert Av Parkyn, of Chicago, president of the company, tellirtg him of the eiz- ure and probable execution of the party. Consul Canada, at Vera Cruz, wired Secretary Bryan the informa tion.' "AH were taken to Cor.lo or Orizaba. It is reliably stated Hint these prisoners nisv be ' executed.'" the message said. , THEE AT TO EXECUTE f AMEBICAH PRISONEES. Seven Are Held By tho Mexican Sol diers Between Vera Cms and the - Capital ''.-T. ''. i'i:r- ' Vera Cruz, April 24.Seven Amer icans, prisoners of Mexicant solillers .re being held at Cordoba or O U .... n.- -f .1 . . ' oeiwecn nerc nnu the capital, tour oi l whom at least, are threatened w it li axecutiou, according to authentic in-1 formation received today. - I Four of the Americana -were taken I from a train on the Vera, Cnu-lstli-' mus line at Tierrablanca ' : and m' li i.i ... ' Motzolongo station three othcr.'A'iier icans anj an Englishman' were seized. Those captured at TieT-rablaiica are W. A. Mangan, superinlendeht of the railroad; Engineer Eliott and Conduc tors Riley and Hart: W ,t At Motzologo Enward Wenncli, his son, Sydney, A. M. Thomas and Mr. Boyd, an Englishman were, arrested - Tne belief that tlie federals- intend Jwl In 'ilviwiitn nf 1..D C....H nV l ....vviiiw nt iviipi LVlll OI. UIO prisoners was flrnined from the cnn.t versation of sohliers who captured them, overheard by passengers on the train. The prisoners were taken to Cordoba, and it is believed later were transferred to Orizaba. Eighteen Americans are still iii Tierrahlarica.;. : Polcie court affairs in Vera Cruz were administered by a naval lieuy tenant, who heard the cases of Mexi cans picked up by' the patrols or ar rested during the recent lighting. He proved to. be- a' lenient magistrate, much to the suprise of the Mexicans, many of whom believed the gringoes would order their execution. - The ; British ' cruiser Hormione. hich has been removing Americana from Tampico, reports that only a few are now there. i GREAT INDIGNATION OVER HEARST NEWSPAPER STORY - ' Such Reports Make Situation Difficult ' for President, Says Bryan. Washington,; April 2.). Secretary Bryan expressed indignation for the Hearst newspaper story that another ultimatum had been sent Huerta. He angrily said that such unfounded re- porta only serve to increase Presi- dent Wilson's difficult ies in handling tbe serious Situation. I lie ' White House also denied the reports. CONSCRIPTION BY THE HUERTA GOVERNMENT Haa Been Heavy For Three Days. Two Thousand Men Have Been Forcibly Drafted. , , .Washington, April 25 Conscrip tion by the Huerta government is re ported heavy for three days, ending tbe 22nd. Sunday and Monday approx imately two thousand men wore forci bly drafted. Later, however, men be gan to- volunteer. , -. ' ;: - . -Mrs, Ltfferty Entertains. Mrs. P. M. Latterly delightfully en tained a number of guests yesterday afternoon on North. Union street. m honor of Mrs. J. Lindsay Ross, of Shelby. "Rum" was played and there 'were six tables. Following the game the prises, pretty bonnets of tu lip,- were presented, the guests of honor prize to Mrs. Koss and the prize for the highest score to Mrs. J, F. Cannon. A slad course was. served and number of friends dropped, in for refreshments after the game. - Platte A. Bowen, of Greensboro, is the first North Carolinian to - be wounded in the war with Mexico, ae cording to-fepirts to the Navy De partment. He is the son of Julius Bowden, of Groensboro, He was born in Kandleman, November 2, 18f2. He was wounded, the dispatches do not say how badly, in tbe fighting at Vera Cruz last Wednesday. Ho is an or dinary Redman attached to the VcV- n:ont, and enlisted in Richmond, !i H, of last year. - ' KEWS T0EECA8T FOB THE COMING WEEK Washington, I). C, April 2.Y Kinil arguments ou the appliraii I tli Eastern railroads for a ." per cen! treight increase will Wvin Moiida. oetore . lue Inter-Mate ( ominenc Commission, A decision in the eac is expected at an early date. 11 the commission Mold that the aclilcd in come is not needed the ease will ter minate automatically. On tin- other hand, if the commission derides the roads have established the nereMilv for additional income, the eoiumiHsinr will proceed immediately to determine how the additional income should h" raised. Thursday, which will he the li'itli anniversary of the inaugural ion ot fieorge Washington as Hi st President of the United States, has been select ed as the day for the formal dedira aion of the memorial blocks sent bv the States of Colorado, Idaho and 1 Washington to be placed in the! Washington monument in this citv. ' On the same day an interesting. cer-j emony will take place in Statuary! llall of-the Capitol the unveiling ofi a statue of I)r, John (iorrie present- d to the nation by the State of Hoi- idu. Dr. (iorrie earned lame bv in- . no.. I- ! venting the first ice-making maclnne' in the world. rhe governors of all the stales bor- lcnng on the Mississiiipi Kiver are to meet in St. Iiuis Tuesdav, in re ponse to au invitation issued by Gov ernor huerliart ot Minnesota, to de cide upon a co-operative plan of cam paign to promote river navigation, drainage and a conservation of water ,1,",er - The iiinuiftl meeluiL' Ot the Amen can Cotton Manufacturers' Associa tion will meet in New York City Mon day for. a session of two days. At the adjournment of the session the members will proceed to Boston, l where the annual meeting of the Na tional Association of Cotton Manu facturer will be in session. i The executive council of the Amer can Bankers' Association will meet Thursday in Hot Springs, Vn., to make up the progremme for the is- sociution's annual gathering of tlie.1"1"110"- week will be held in Richmond nexi. Speakers mid Subjects.- W'ednes full. Another important' gathering f,a-v 8 P- educational evening: f the week will he the annual enn-i" Invention of the XatimalA J4imiierr"nise, nev. . i . noi.zcr, k. "Hrriniifactiirei-s' Association. wlii.-Ut w ill hesrni its sessions in Chira.ro mi i ! Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the P.rilisii ambassador in Washington, necoii panied by Lady Sprin-Rice, will leave Washington for Ottawa on Monday to be the guests of the Duke of Con naught who will celebrate his (i4t'i birthday. In response to a call issued b.V I hi" National Women's Suffrage Associ ation the advocates of woman suf frage in cities and towns throughout tho United Stales are expected rn engage in parades and outdoor de monstrations on Saturday. These demonstrations are intended as a pr" lude to the national demonstration "''Inch is to he held in Washington one week later. ALL ATTENTION TURNED TOWARD MEXICO. ' - I Situation Parrelling that at Pekinj During Boxer Uprising. Secretary Bryan Believes Huerta Will Pro tect Americans Still in Mexico City. : Wnshinu-ton. Aoril 25. The entire attention of the officialdom 'of the .United States is fixed on Mexico city. ' A situation, panelling that at 'Peking during the Boxer uprising, exists. Vague rumors of out rages (ri,)at the foreigners and of Ameri- cans falling victims to the blood lust of the Mexican peon, inflamed by drink, are reaching here. None', of the rumors can be confirmed so lon as Huerta holds the other end of the wires, leading to the Mexican capi tol.' Officialdom discredits these re ports. Secretary Bryan insisted that ho believed Huerta would try to pro tect Americans who are still , in the capitol. . . "Katberyn,-the Irish Rose," is the attraction at The Theatorium today. We willhave for sale Monday a car load of ex tra : nice horses and Dares, including single harness horses ' and I matched teuds. , ; ; : - IFOR SALE! 111 CIVIL DOCKET 8TABTED. Criminal Docket Completed Tester day Afternoon. Case of Flows ti Hardwick Being Tried. The criminal docket was completed at the afternoon session of eourt yes terday and the civil docket waa taken up this morning. The case ot Klnwe vs. Hardwick was the first eae rail ed. The rase involves the title t ., farm in No. 1(1 towuship. The rase will likely lie concluded this after noon. Messrs. II. S. Williams, I.. T. Hansel! ami .Mnness I; t'aner repre sent Mr. Hardwick and Messrs. W. C. Means, W. A. Self, of Hickory, mid Tillett & Guthrie, of ( l.ailoiie, Mrs. Flowe. This will prohalilv he the onlv case tntd on the civil docket. On uccount of the Supreme Court hearing cases trom this district next .week the lo cal bar did not place many cases on the docket, it beintt necessary for counsel to be at Raleigh next week. WANT WHITE HOUSE TO ANNOUNCE POLICY The Leaders Are Vainly Importuning pTem'dent ftir Snmf).ln. n.fln, w-.i.:..,.. o- n iMjiiiiijjiuu, iiprii i. i ougres- ,, , . ... I 1 .TrV, i ne it one inline 10 uuiioiiucc a ier. T!le Administration mav imve ,l,.,.,,l..,l i i.,.t ...;(i. on a plan. held it from the public Criticisms of Secretary Bryan and President may break out at any moment in Con gress. It is suspected that the Ad ministration is negotiating with Car ranza. The leaders are ready to pass fifty million dollars emergency appro priation. They will not levy stamp tax yet. Meeting of North Carolina Synod. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod and MiuisteriiHU of North Carolina will meet in. its 111th annual conven tion, May G to 10, 1914, with Mace donia congregation, Burlington, N. ('., Hcv. T. S. Brown, pastor, at 1 1 a. in., with the sy nodical sermon by the president, followed by the holy com- Beneficiary Educatiou: Its Use and imiriiiay, p. ni., Missionary ev- ,emng: our .lapan .Mission: ns in lory, Present Condition and Kutiir Needs, Kev. K. A. Goodman: "Sy nodical Home Missions Past, Pres ent," hVv. J. I,. Morgan; fifteen minute reports by representatives of the hoards of Horn., and Foreign Missions. Friday, 8 p. m., Laymen's evening. 1. The '('all of the Church to Her Men, Prof. O. F. McAllister; 2. The Laymen's Place and Opportunity in the Church Today, Mr. jTlaude. E. Reitzel; .'1. Our Men and the Sunday School, Prof. W. L. Cooper; 4. Our Men and the Use of Their Money in the Church, Mr. II. E. Bonitz; o. Tlie Lutheran brotherhood: Its History and Purpose, Mr. A. II. Snider. Sunday, 11 a. m., ordination ser vice; -sermon by Rev. B. S. Brown. H. L PARKS & CO "BOSTONIANS" IS" J IB - I WTT 11 I Si v I k;3 i if - ii aaai sail ssai ill il! ' I M ' L ; ..... ... - . 4f r . , M ...... , ., . - VIllA BREAKS WITH GENERAL CARRAII2A AND JOIN8 F0ECE8 OF UNTTE3 STATES. To Secnre the Destruction of Huerta. Gen. Villa is Opposed to Any Scheme Looking Toward Combina tion With Huerta, This was De clared By the Constitutionalists 'a Closest Friends, and Made Plain by Villa. Juarez, Mexico, April 25. Oen. ilia will openly break with Carrauza and join n.rces with the United States jo secure the destruction of Huerta Wore lie will M-rmit his, men to join arranza in any scheme looking to ward a combination with Huerta. Tins was declared by the constitution alists closest frii.mlu .n.l .. j.. plain by Oen. Villa. MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG THE BORDER Preparations Being Made by Gover nors of Arizona and Texas. Washington, April 25. Prepara tions for nulitian activity along the border is indicated by the exchange of messages from Governors Hunt, ot .iima, aim Loiiputt, of Texas, wifu Secretary of War Garrison. Secr tary Garrison authorized merely the announcement that Governor Hunt was innuiring about State militia an 1 Governor Cohiuilt wanted to knnnr if the national Government would pay expenses of tlie State militia alreadv oredered out, but the Secretary re plied that no payment would be mad-.-until such ii time as the militia is or dered out by the National Govern ment. MAIN WORK NOW IS ADMJNSTRATIVE. Live Interest in Arrival of Troonc Under Command of Gen. Fnnston. Price of Food Stuff la Soaring. Vera Cruz, April 25. The main work now before the American forces here is administrative, pacification be ing complete. Wild minors of impend ing attacks by federals alarm the na tives, but the Americans ignore them. Arrival of troops under Generul Kunslon is expected Monday. The price of food stuffs is increasing tre mendously, and I he municipal author ities refuse to co-operate. Special Marine Recruiting Office Op ened. Washington, April 25. Orders have been issued by Secretary Daniels for special marine recruiting offices ut St. Louis, Boston, St. Paul, and Port land. TRADE IN CONCORD Comfort should be the chief con- : sidoration in purchasing foot- -wear. . You can neither work nor play at your best if your feet are un- comfortably shod. ' . - BOSTONIANS, FAMOUS SH0E3 , '. FOR MEN ' are designed and built out of an intimate scientific knowledge of the human foot. ; And the best if it is, all other desirable features that go to make - satisfactory footwear are built in to them also. - , ; .7:',-'-'v: --' V' i.:,'.' .'.-.;; Drop in and let us demonstrate our Bostonian servicot ; . Prices: S3.50, $4.00, f4.50 and S5.
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