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44 if A mt Si.telWary VOL. XIV. J. B. SHERRILL. .Editor tad Publisher CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1914 40 Ccnu a Month 4 Ccnti Copy. NO, 219. fl dm I7JEPJA woirr GET . . OUT VOtEiM so O'SHAUOKKISST ' TELLS PRESIDENT WTL80H. . .TJnlted 8UtM Has Ko Intention of lUUinim Possession of Lobos Lv r land,. But Mexicans" Will Not Keep Llxht Burninf. Mediators Ooisf , Ahead With Plana, Plan Provide - For Entire Elimination of Huerti, - And Establishment of Government ia Which All Factions Will Be ; Btyra'wated.;:. 'i v y v Washington, June lU.-The United States hM no intention of retaining -possession of Lobos island, bnt the Tsvy Department insists that ; we cannot surrender the island as the' .Mexicans responsible will not agrse ; to keep the light burning. This is the last word sent to Hnerta through ' the A. B, C. mediators. The dicta- ' tor himself must decide whet hero or not the Explanation is' sufficient or! whether to withdraw from participa- tion in the - mediation discussions.' The mediators expect Huerta to ac-i - eept the situation, and - are .going '- ahead with the Niagara Palls ses sions. They admitted that the com ' pleted .plans for dealing with Jhe en tire Mexican situation that provides for the elimination jf . Huerta and the establishment of a ' provisional government in which all factions will . be represented. " ', Little light was thrown on last night's conference -between ; O'Shanghnessy. and President' It is known, however, that the : son. former eharee told the President that he is convinced that Hnerta will nev- Ridenhour. ' ". " ei retire voluntarily. . - -"i';' 'A . , . , ,4', . ' 'A;.-A-yv ,:.-;.- Death of Mrs. Milas Coley. rv - ;,., Senator Simmons Has Measles. The people, of Georgeville and com , Washington, May 12.. There mnnity were called upon to attend a ' r jriave danger that all members of the sad funeral last Monday at 11 o'clock Senate who have not; had the measles, at Center Grove Methodist Church. will break out, for Senator Simmons, Mrs. Ella Elisabeth Coley, wife of who has been organising the forces: Mr. Daniel Milas Coley, departed this - " for the bill to repeal the exemption lifo on last Saturday at 2 o'clock in ft. - i - . , W. T . Albright conducted the beauti- " Mr. Simmons was in the Senate ful and impressive funeral service. Saturday, but was not feeling well. The large congregation and beautiful He buttonholed many Senators in his ' floral offerings attested the deep feel efforts to get them in line for the re-: ing of the whole community in the -. ileal bill." . T -.- . I death of the good woman. t Sunday, and Monday he had fever j s but kept going. This morning when ' ' he awoke his face was' red like a beet, . and 10,000' specks covered his body, - Mrs." Simmons looked the Senator' ver with a spy glass and pronouno-' ed his trouble common measles, a dis- , - - ease lie has been dodging for more . . . . than 60 years.;; "'u; .i 11 1 " ' :''-- -s-; - Oonventiok of Southern Baptists. , Nashville Tenn May 13. The an - . n,nal meeting of Jhe Southern Baptist' , . w..v..,. r o -- - Iigious body in the world, opened Here toilav and will continue in session un - . today and. will continue in session un til next Monday. J The ? convention . promises -to be the- most important . that the denomination has held in many years. Changes in the methods ' of work of the different church boards and a proposal to move the headqiiar- - ters of all the boards to this city will Cltywui be discussed and acted upon. The 'for- - eign mission board now has its offices in Richmond, while the headquarters L- of the home mission board are in At lanta. Present indications point, to the . selection '.of-Houston as the" meeting place fo next, "year's convention. ' The 110th annual commencement of the State University at Chapel -Hill will take place May 31 to June X inclusive.Jr-Tbe University author ities were fortunate this year inse- curing,. among" others speakers, two . of national repntation, namely, Judge ugdstns Van Wyck, of New ' York, : and Hon. William -C. Radfleld, Sec retary of Commerce In President Wil son's cabinet.': ,y X f ,l- - - V - A histnrv will live, thoueh written ever so indifferently, and it is. gen crally less suspected than the rhetoric of the muses.-JShenBton.';,,;';;-;..;,i; in . - nU YTSTE&DAT. Lane Supply of Lomber Belonilni to Xsttonal Las bar Company Year MV Oilead Destroyed. A telephone message was received here last evening from Mount Oilead stating that a mill lite and a large supply of lnmber belonging to the National Lumber Company of this eity wao destroyed by Are yesterday. The Are took place a few mile out from Mount Oilead and the details were not given. Messrs. J. A. Cannon and W. H. Gibson, president and rice president of the company, left this morning for Mount Oilead in an automobile to investigate the Are. .." Mr. Gibson stated that be bad not been able to secure the details of the fire; that there was a large supply of lumber at the place but he did not know how much was destroyed. The lumber was insured. - ,'. " XNVTTATIOirS ISSUED. To Collegiate Institute - Commence ment to Be Held May 84 at Mount Pleasant. ." . ': Invitations reading as follows have been issued: The Faculty . : " and ; Graduating Class - Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute cordially invite you to be present " at the annual commencement exercises May twenty-fourth to twenty-seventh nineteen- hundred and fourteen . Mount Pleasant, North Carolina. The following compose the graduat ing class : ' . ':: " Phillip Monroe Barringer, George Mr. Stewart Bowden, Zeno Lester Ed-Wil-' wards, William - Richard Lenhardt, Paul Eugene Monroe, Fred Ray Peck, Clyde Otto Ritchie, Charles Elmore Mrs, Coley was born May 2a, 1879. 1 and was 34 years, 11 months and 15 days old. In early childhood she was converted and joined Center; Grove ehurchr Od January 21, 1904, she was married to Mr. Daniel Milas Coley. pop a year or two Mrs. Coley had Deen almost an invalid. " Her death was not unexpected though deeply de- plored. l She was the daughter of Mr panj widenhouse. She was of a wiet bnt beautiful disposition. The family connection was large and her 1 irieuu nuo iiuiu-ivun. mi . . wag triumphant and her departure ' i:b tA was like going to sleep. C. F. S. y.; Horse and Boggy Missing. ' Mr. J.. T. Sapp, the liveryman at Gibson, was down street this mom ing looking for Lon Wusonj a young white man about 21 years old, who , M 4,-- 3 knmrv at. his nta- vnatv mornin and has not returned.- Wilson said that he want ed the horse to drive down town. He left the. stable and has not , been heard from since. Mr. Sapp has no tified the police and offered a reward for the return or tne norse., - Failed to Trap Jack Rose, New . York. May 13. Becker's chief eounsel fought to save his cli ent by a bitter attack on "Bald Jack" Rose. The first hour or cross exami nation failed to trap Rose " Mr. W. H.- Belk; of Charlotte, ,and Mr. J. M. Balk, of Monroe, are spend ing the day here with Mr. J. CL Parks, XL L. Parks & Company talk about - . shoes in a new.ad. today. 1 ;. . . .TRADE IN CONCORD. ..1& start a Bank Account and begin to save your money and things will look brighter t you. :; J' ' . ' You will never be an inde ' endent man until you have some money in the bank. ; We solicit small accounts, be cause most of our large depos its have grown from small be ginnings. . ' ' One dollur deposited in this bank will start you right. 1 I. ... a. r. c LETTER r&OK XB. KHX8APS Talks to the Farmers aad Bnsinoss Uaa of CabajrTn7--Plsds for a Demonstrator for (tar County. I want to reach the farmers and business men of Cabarrus count r through your columns. I do not know inr to do witbnnt rn-, n.nn.l strator. Every county around her STJU fZZTZ ?J2JZ? 'St vimvimm vi an. vi im cvuui The new law requires the Demonstrator to be well equipped for his work, and to he able to advise fanners about those matters that they have not had an opportunity to learn. It is no des- paragement to the farmer to say that he does not know everything. He hss not had an opportunity to learn everything. This man is expected to teach certain things, ss dairy work, creamery work, insect pests, plant diseases, diseases of live stock, how w yre.eui, caoiere, lor luoereu- losis in. cows, prepare balanced ra- tiohs for stock, balanced rations for me plant, terrace land, spray rruit trees, visit the schools, etc. ' The work is carried on only in eo- operation with the county. We are carying on this work now in about sixty counties of the State, and will reach the other forty counties withiu the next year or two. Our funds have not been sufficient to carry the work in all the counties heretofore, but from this time on we shall be able to cover the State. .Since this work was started in the State the cotton crop has been in creased about 500,000 bales. The wheat crop has increased 2,000,000 bushe s, and the corn crop 21,000,000 Mr8- Qe w cde from the,Cnr? W0S Mexieo City- wh0 ava .'arrived here H tf T. enroute to their native eity, South 34,000 000 bushels. It took 50 long Bend( In4 today told of Ui;. violent t0 make M wowase of 4,000r anti.Americarl feelin In tlie Mexi 000 busliels, andWhile we were doing caa capital at the time 0f their ea- this the population of the State in creased from 092,000 people to 2,- 202,000 people. We laeked a great deal; of maintaining , the per capita production. ; The fact is, that every crop yield ran down from 1860 to lm. AU our gains nave oeen maae since 1903, and the larger gains have uuve urau waue oiuvo wra. iu year, we spent $80,000,000 for sup- pUes hut in 1912 this bad been re- TO-S-1 tTOBytwMrMw. increase m our corn -crop 01 j,uuu 000 bushels and a. decrease of cash outgo tor supplies or 3a",uuu,wu is the measure or our present prosper- ity. No people can prosper and pur- chase feed and rations. I mean ru- ral people, and citizens or small towns or more especially a State or a sec - tion or a county, lr we couia save what we make here in North Carolina we would soon be one of the richest of all peoples. For Cabarus county we would nee-i strong man capable of giving ad- ice really; worth while, and to do this the county would have to pay about $600. Maybe a little less to beein on. We would want the county to furnish an office for the use of the Demonstrator on Saturdays.; This of fice should be equipped with desk and ia i.LJL fc. -nvoni0nP Then the Demonstrator should nave ,uvu ., . 0 ... 1 ill-i ' foom laVAl j i I xne owie resiea us case ims alter- T&EZ'&'SS. StSh? after vT pra$hVame l P .1 . ,.,ninn t h A Onrll TTI "T IH- Z ."T rr.rrVi:v, rTr eek" We .,,. , ; v .l..nitn I Alexander, taking tbe crime ; upon want tbii ''-f to"2W5 himself and telling, in aU the horri ral bureau where the best products of a the eounty are kept on display, ; : This is not a temporary worlc, or an experiment, om a worn mnv been tned out and proven., vjuj county cannot afford to oeny mer im mers the adventage or tnis great con structive work.. It ia not an expense but an investment that yields largo returns in larger .crops, more pM ductive farms, better schools, Detter r-TndtontoS . umyyj, yt- --- runu i"""'!,,"", y the greatesr -crop -oi nu, r"" pared and directed properly to take on the trreat business oi clothing the world. Can any eounty afford itself not to avail itseir or tnese advantages t I think- not, and least or ait would 1 expect vauarrus w it. , .... !.! N. .. ' - I may be with your hoard Monday, May 18, to take up this matter again with them, we are just starting "nmpaism to get 5,000 acres sown in crimson clover in each county in tho Piedmont section, and surely Cabar- rus wants to be among the number. This work should start hy the" first of July. Forget politics and let try to do something for the benefit or the country, ll yoa can get o,uu acres In clover it will do worm tuw,- 000 to the county. Can you afford! Appointed Secretary to American to lose this t Cecil clay contains per cent, humus snd manes aoouwu bushels of corn. Miami- clay eontains about 5 per cent, humus and makes anout ousneis oi corn. yucu no you wann wum w miow i iiow to get tins a per eeni. numus. Inch sort of clay do you want h is the kind that is liKeiy in.MTOS ncn?. u her soils richer or poorer! ,, !. rainfaU for fartv-eirfit 1 t c -"is -vs aoarrns BELIEVES FuATE PARKS WAS KILLED I WAi AND STATE DEPARTMENTS WVESTIOATIKa BUMOR, I v 8md to Action By eontinued Re- ports That Parks Was Tortured And Then Executed, Bryan and Garrison Get Busy. General Fun ston Believes That Parks Has Been Killed. Drastic Steps Will Be Taken If Reports Are True. Washington, May 13. Stirred to .tinn hv th Hnnt;nn.J .,vri ... Private Parks was tortured and then executed by Mexican federals, both lhe War and State Departments are investigating as to the truth of the rumors. General1 Funston believes that Parks was killed. Secretary Garrison wishes to give the Mexicans the benefit of the doubt' if he was jailed after wandering into the Mex ican lines, but Mr. Garrison made it plain that more drastic steps would oe taken if the reports Of Parks' tor- I lure and death are found to he true, VIOLENT ANTI-AMERICAN FEELING IN MEXICO CITY Refugees Tell of Their Esccape From the Mexican Capital Expected to Be Blown Up. K t..; M. M M.. 1 cape' two weeks ago,- The day Charge O Shauglmessy departed we expected to be blown up at any moment,"; Mrs. Cole sail "Our house was included in a list of American homes to be dynamited. This list was posted on hand bills throughout the city. ; We .dared not i venture out because tne. bouse was surrounded by Mexicans all day. We finally managed to slip out and get laooaro a. jeingeq. train jrsing mntish flag. Mrs." Cole declared EI Imparcial, the official organ of Huerta, at one time even went so far as to print an implied order from the chief of the federal government for all Mexicans to murder "gnngocs. 1 A counter order over-IIuerta's sig- nature, nowever, was printed in 0 later edition of the same paper after la visit of the German and Bntish diplomats to Huerta, she said. ALEXANDER INNOCENT, SID FINGER DECLARES. Negro Under Death Sentence Says He' Killed Preston Lyerly; That He Had No Accomplice. ' "Salisbury, May 12. Floyd Alex lander, charged with implication in I rha mniila rF Vmat irt 1 ,vnilw ssr Roi. ' , , 'r - 1 hov 'a M'alttiiair OJ. 10 nv trial havn I P so vu Kwui "tic I ' - o " last week, -e defense used Finger as a wit- nr and .he completely exonerated .., nj tnloj ftn,i ui T.v.rlw finl -.1 tha ftra which Aa:TftvaA hia body. Finger stuck to his story wen un. ider a severe cross examination, r SENATOR OVERMAN WINS Will Get 9175,000' for Trada Bxten- . .. -. rio .12r8enator Uverman today secured tne adoption by the Senate appropriations com- mittee his provision for $175100 for ..j, .n(1 freiim ttbi L; countrie8. Ral h M odell and oth agents come under this section of the uubill. I; Ten veara arrn Senator Onnnan U0f $30,000. for this tmrnose. He has battled on year after year until the nuura is $175,000. ; ' To Adjourn in July. Washington, May 13. All hope of I considerine Woman's Suffxace before next winter was abandoned by Con- s gress today.. Rural credit legislation Kg for the session. The plan is j0 adjourn in July. lvi '-. Delegation. , ... w.i,: v la . P..v.t Dodge, former minister to ranama, haa been namod secretary to the American delegation of th A, B. C. Mediation Conference. 1 1 n.min i- iriri'-.n to n . J.-,., in Miehimn result nir from iar - , ... m!!linn dollnrs. . NORTH CAROLINA BAXTERS IN SESSION Banker Appeal for Mors Co-Opera- tion with Farmers by Local Banks. Baleigb, May 13. The business sessions of the eighteenth snnual convention of the North Carolina Bankers' Association began this morning. There are over three hun dred bankers, here. In an address Pesident George A. Holderness, of Tarboro, appealed for more coopera tion with the farmers by local bank ers. He outlined the ways for this to be done, predicting wonderful development of the banks and agri culture thereby. Col. John F. Bru ton, of Wilson, made an address on the federal reserve act, predicting great benefit from it, especially through the distribution of capital over the country- Hon. John Skelton Williams, of the Federal Reserve Board, speaks to- night. Daughters of Confederacy Meeting. The Dodson Ramseur Chapter, U. D. C, held a very busy meeting at the home of Mrs. J. F. Goodman yes terday afternoon to complete ar rangements for the fifth district con vention which is to be held here on the 15th. Delegates are expected from Statesville, Lexington, Salis bury and China Grove, the towns. comprising the district. The Daugh ters are using every effort to make this occasion one long to be remem bered. A splendid programme has been outlined. An automobile drive to the Jackson Training School and a luncheon at the home of Mrs. H. A. Brown, the president of the chapter, will add to the social features. The object of the convention, which losts but one day. is the co-mingling of ideas and sug-gestions-for the betterment and in crease of organization. Every mem ber of the chapter is not only invited but urged to be present at both the luncheon and business session. SECRETARY. Road Matter in Court. The location of the Harrisburg road matter will . be fought out .in court. Judge Harding recently granted a temporaiy restraining or der 'upon petition- from Will and u iivmi kui buui, Douglass Johnson,, vf Hartiebirgy strain W -th commissioners - from from proceeding with the work. Yester day a hearing was held in Salisbury on the matter and Judge Harding made the order permanent, thereby putting the case in Supreme Court. This means that the case will not come up until the August term of court and that the National High way will remain in its present state during the summer, Big Trade Excursion. Three hundred and fifty Charlotte jobbers, manufacturers and mer chants of Charlotte, accompanied by a band and Mayor C. A. Bland, left Charlotte Tuesday morning at 7 a. m. on a special train over the Norfolk- Southern railroad for Star, 7a miles distant, on the first trade excursion ever run out of Charlotte. The ob ject of the trip was to let the Char lotte folks and the folks in the newly opened territory of the Norfolk- Southern get acquainted. lines in Mexico WE have arranged to publish serially the remarkable story- entitled, "The Land of Broken Promise," by Dane CooUge. It it story of the Mexican revolution, and a graphic picture of conditioni in that country huilt upon the adven ture! of two American! and the romance of a beautiful Mexican senorita. '" " IthaUridAttWm WUhtoRtad iaeaiiim' SUCCESSES! We are interested in you and 1 your success, because our sue- Z cess depends upon "you and your success, and the success of the community depends up- I on an of us. ';.'.;,;, y. Our interests ara mntuaL CALL A2TD 8EB US. Our certificates of deposit bear 4 per cent interest and ' are payable on demand. :The: At Between the Battle SCHOOL EXERCISES TOMORROW NIGHT, Programme of the Exercises of the Grammar School The grammar school exercises of the Concord graded school will take place at the Central school tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. The following will be the programme: Trio. Song of l he Whiiuionrwill Fourth grade. Flower drill Fourth grade. Dialogue Fifth grade. The Summer Han. -fifth and sixth grades. Recitation: 'This i the Way You Look Shellie Howell, seventh. Recitation: "A Friendly Visit From Lovey Mary." Kthel Kri-rht. seventh. MayiM.le Drill-Fifth nl sixth grades. Recitntinn: "His Juvenile Uavs. " Thomas Smith, seventh. Recitation: "Pickett's Nell" Maud Shankle, seventh. Three Jolly Sailors Sixth grade. Recitation: "Papa's Little Bov." Mary Propst Fifth grade. Recitation: "The Wood Ticks" Margaret Miller, seventh. Duct, "The yuarrel Fifth grade. Recitation: The Distracted Moth er Grace Hodson, seventh. Recitation: Prompt Obedience - Mary MacLatigblin, seventh. Silver Threads Among the Gold Fifth grade. Presenting certificates to seventh grade Mr. M. II. Caldwell. Class song: Carolina Hills. Marshals: Elizabeth Smith, chief; Ruth Crowell, Lucy Richmond Lent, Hunter Dalton, Luther Bailey, Clar ence Winecoff, Carroll Stimson, Sam Petrea, Hoyle Widenhouse. Tho Marshals were elected on their class records. Four Days of Celebration. The final touches are being put on arrangements for the 20th of May celebration in Charlotte, which will extend, officially over the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd of May. One feature contracted for during the last few days is for a man on a bicycle to ride twice daily around a wire stretch- from the top of the Commercial Bank building , to the top of the Realty .... - , . - -j Six bands will furnish music for the occason, while there will be a band concert each day and night at two points in the city, the band feature to wind up with a massed band con cert at Vance Park. Coxey's Army Diminishing. Hagerstown, W. Va., May 12. "General" Jacob S.Coxey 's "army '' on the march to Washington reduced in numbers from 14 to 11 bu three of the privates deserting at Clear Spring, where the army encamped last night, arrived here today. The "de serters" remained to work on the State road at Indian Springs. Commencement exercises at Lenoir College, Hickory's Lutheran co-educational institution, will be held this year May 23-27. II. L. NHS-1 CO. "The Supremacy of Style" 11 J I x i Inn n rr :f yy. iu u . ' "5 i. ONLY ABOUT 200 AMERICANS ARE LOT ALL BUT THIS NUMBER HAVE LEFT MEXICO. Great Doubt in the Minds of Ameri cans as to Whether Consul Silli man Has ReaUy Been Released at Saltillo, as Reported From Mexico. Firing at Tampico Was 8topped Yesterday Afternoon. Heavy Cas ualties on Both Sides. Vera Cruz My There is (grave doubt in the minds of Ameri- 1 eans 1,ere s to whether Consul Silli- . an nas really ueen released at Bal tillo, as rejHrted from Mexico City. American reiugees declare tnat so far as they knew Silliinau is still in jail. Only about two hundred Americans now remain in all Mexico. Washington, May 13. Firing at Tampico stoped about 3 o'clock last afternoon, according to a dispatch to the Navy Department from Admiral Mayor. Heavy casualties on both sides are reported. Secretary Bryan has informed the mediators that they would have .to procure the release of Silliman if they hoped to prevent the abandon ment of mediation by the United States. The mediators, through their respective ministers in Mexico City, at once started to work for the lib eration of Silliman. Washington, May 13. The direct charge that both the federal and con stitutionalists forces at Tampico have broken 'faith with this govern ment by damaging foreign oil prop erties was made to President Wilson today. Emphatic demands for prop er protection were also made. Com mittees, headed by Richmond Lever ing, of New York, presented a reso lution approved by every American company doing business in Mexico. . . .. . . ... Death of Mr. J. D. Honeycntt. Mr. J. Davis Honeycutt died Mon day night about 8 o'clock at his home . . . on ; ir. n eycutt had been sick about a year of heart trouble. Mr. Honeycutt was a member of the Lutheran Church, and a good citizen. He was married in 1008 to Miss Hatha Hahn, daughter of Mr. W. L. Halm, of No. 8, who, with two children, survives him. The burial was made yesterday at Mt. Oilead Church, in No. 8 township. A Belligerent Caller at Bryan's Office Washington, May 13. Angered be cause he could not immediately see Secretary Bry an, Jacob Conners, dis missed as Consul at St. Petersburg, engaged in a fist fight with Frank Bauskett, private secretary for Mr Bryan, in an anteroom to Bryan's office today. New victrolas and new records at the Bell & Harris Furniture Co's. EverytMng that's new comet and . desirable in summer Footwear awaits . you here. No matter what price you wish, to ' pay, be it $1.00 or be it $0.00, or any of the many popular prices between, -you 11 find bore reliable shoes in the Latest Styles for Men, Ladies, Boys, Misses and "Children, , " . No words expressed , here can 1m-. press you half as well as a visit; to our store. There's money saving and more Style and more wear for you in our KIND of SHOES than .any you'll ,860 elsewhere. Come see for yourself. " ', 0 .0 v. 1 u ' - hi; c-n "1 . . . , Ml-vh.,i ui. of Ci;