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: lilAGARA FALLS
TmiTXD 8TATE8 AHMT FULLY
EQUIPPED AND EEADT. '
It U tas Belief at the White Boom
and State Department That Medl
aton Will Decide on Question of
, ' War of Foact Within Ten Days.
Administration Confident That Me
:. . diation Wffl 8ooceed and the Mes.
nres Taken Are Precautionarj. '
"...A Washington, May 21 The United
States army , and navy await word
from Niagara Falls. Despite the ban
on new at the War Department, it
was learned today that the entire
, fleet or transports is lolly equipped
to care for (he entire field. ; The
army is in readiness for boarding at
Oalveston. It is the belief at the
v'? White House 'and State Department
, that the mediators will decide on
tho question of war or peace within
. " ten days. The administration, how
' . .' -ever, continues confident that media
a tion will succeed, and maintains that
the measures taken are all precan
' : tionary. ' , .;
Chilean Ambassador Arrives.
.. " Niagara Falls. Ontario, May 21.
With the arrival of the Chilean Am
. bassador Suirez, the A. B. C. medi
' ators prepared to take up in earnest
; the task of bringing the American
. ; and Mexican representatives together
on a peace plan for Mexico.- It ap-
. pears that the ambassador 'a aversion
to continuous riding ; on trains is
mainly responsible for his delay. Jus
tice Lamar and Jndge , Lehmann
. -. would not comment on last night 's
: session. - '
y sAfrrwtjrmniia. - .
V; ON 0. b a COMPLETED
' & S-':'"' -. . :;. .
, last Great Barrier In' Constrnction
, of Elkhorn Extension is Overcome.
' Spartanburg 8. ;Q'. May -20: San
; : -dy Ridge Mountain, near Dante, Va-
the Inst great barrier in tho construo'-
- Uon of the Elkhorn extension of the
i Carolina, Clinchfleld & Ohio Railway,
,, was pierced -today, according to a
. t message received from there, In the
v bowels of the earth, 1,500 feet below
the surface, the two ends of the tmi-
ncl, which had been started simul
taneously , from both sides of tho
mountain, were joined. So accurate,
were the engineers calculations that
it was necessary to, deviate scarcely n
1 hairsbreadth from the course survey-
v d to form the junotion. .,
The tunnel, more' than 8,000 feet
long has been bored through solid
Tock, Work has been under way day
toad night almost constantly: Since
-Tune 1,1912. .
' , r. The '. Elkhorn . extension of,' the
Clinchflold Railway wll extend the
northern terminus of the line from
Dante, Vs., which, was a veritable eul
. de sac, 3$ iniles farther to Elkhorn
" City, Ky., where connection will, be
. . l ' had with he Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
; Twy. XHMH&Jr: fe
', , ' The praetical effect of the eomple
i y tion of the Elkhorn extension will be
to gi pi the' South Atlantic States a
- Hew trunk line to the middle west
J. Otao Lnnsford Wins Durham Post-
oiBce Fight.
. Durham, May', 20. County : Chair
man Perry Reads, received a telegram
irom Congressman Stedman saying
. that J. Otho Lunsford had been ree
- ommended for postmaster to succeed
J. A. Giles. At the time of appoint
, ment Lr B. ' Markham and Lawrence
Tomlinson, candidates for the posi
' tion were in Washington. The Luns-
ford appointment is really a victory
' for General Carr, who made a trip
' to Washington for him.. ',-!;
, Until a few days ago it was con-
, eeded .that -Mr. Markham had the
. postofflce, but the Lunsford people
did much work since Saturday. Luns
1 ford and Markham people have been
- in Washington for the past week. Mr.
Markham had big endorsement, but
t -his .appointment meant-the complete
ignoring of the wishes of several iir
fluentiat politicians of the county who
were for Mr. Lunsford. Mr. Luns
ford was a hard working ' Kitehin
manv.Mx. Markham voted for Sim
mons, hut did little work one way or
- Episcopalians Opposed to Women
Voting. .
Raleigh, iry21v The Diocesan
.. ' convention voted almost unanimously
against the proposed amendment of
- the church canons to allow women to
' vote in the affairs of parishes. The
, amendment was to allow all communi
cants over eighteen years of age to
vote. '
XT. riEAJUVT XEWS.
Mr. E. K. Bodie Climbs Hag Pols.
Kv. B. L. Stanlay Movsa. T. M.
0. A. Meeting. BaQ Game. Prof
riahar BttUr. Fersoaala.
Mount Pleasant, ' May 21. Cadet
E. D. Bodie, of M. P. C. I- climb 1
to the top of the high flag pole, tht
stands in front of the college, Ua
rriday and fixed the rope so the flau'
could be replaced. This is a greni
nonor lor jur. ntxiie, as tne pole i.
nearly sixty-five feet high, and not
so large. It took lots of courage to
go up a pole like that. It would
make many of us shudder to hear of
going to the top of the pole, yet Mr.
Bodie. mustered up a little courage
and went to the top, and fixed the
rope, thus doing . something " that
many of us cannot do. Prof. McAl
lister paid Mr. Bodie two dollars and
a half for his service. Some of th
boys remarked that they would ratli
ei face the whole Mexican army than
to crawl the flag pole. ,,
Rev. B. L. Stanley has moved from
the reformed Church parsonage, into
Mrs. Welsh's home on North Mai a
street." Prof. Stanley successfully
taught ancient languages at the col
lege to is year and is contemplating
leaching again next year.
Kev, Mr. Lyerly, the new Reformed
minister, preached at the Reformed
Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
He preached at Roger's Chapel in the
afternoon. "'. , '
Church service was held at the
Methodist Church Sunday night by
Kev. U. Sherrill. ; . -
The young people of .Holy Trinity
held a meeting Sunday evening at 5
o'clock, at which time literature for
daily reading was distributed among
the members, also a collection was
taken for the "old guard' fund, one
member giving $5. This shows that
they are interested in missions. They
are doing great work. v 1,
'. The Y. M. C, A. held its last meet
ing for the scholastic year of 1913-14
Sunday evening in the college chapel.
A, large crowd attended. : j
M. P. C. L defeated Gibson, Mill
yesterday with a score of, 11 to 9.
I hp game - was an interesting one
from beginning to end, both teams.
played; well, .and: the score was' kept
a tie neawy ail tne- time.- .Wilson
pitched for the home team and fanned
thirteen men, while Barnes , pitched
for the visiting team and funned
men.
Prof. J. II. C. Fisher, who had
some trouble with one of his eves the
first of the week, is now able to be
at his work.
Mr. Fred Ilcrrin, a young cornet
player, Who played nt the sido of Mr.
Hugh Barrier for several years, went
to Charlotte yesterday to, play with
the Kannapolis band for Vice pres
ident Marshall. . This is proof enough
that we have sufficient material here
for a hand...; This should be an in
spiratibq to us ail. There is no rea
son why our boys can not : have a
good band. , We hope Mr. Herris will
keep up his work , in music, If he
continues to improve (ike.be has for
the past few years he will soon be
numbered with the State's best cor
net players. .
Muses Bessie McEachern and Ora
Fisher spent Tuesday evening in Con
eord. i,y : , a. 5,'.-'. ;' v ' - 7
Rev. W. W. Kennelly, of Alliance,
O., was here Tuesday. He graduated
nere thirteen years ago. -
Rev. C. P. Fisher, of Faith, also an
old student, spent Tuesday here.
The students observed CampuB Dav
lust Friday. , - -
' A large road scraper passed through
here yesterday. The people were so
glad to see it that they began to hoi
ler " Salisbury-Monroe Railroad." ;
Mr. Zeb Cox, of Aususta, Ga., is
yisiting relatives in and near : here.
Ho will be ,with ns for about two
weeks.;'; '
Quite a number from here went to
Charlotte yesterday. '
The students of M. P. C. I. wiU
give the ladies of M. A. S. a recep
tion jfriday night. - , Y ; X1K
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.Incursion to Washington May 29.
The Southern' Railway ' Company
announces one of its popular ex
cursions to Washington City to be
ran Friday, May 29th, the special
train leaving' Ureensboro at ' 10:20
p. m., and arriving in Washington
the next morning at 7 o'clock. '. xu
The price is astonishingly low-only
$5 for the round trip from Salisbury
and other points. .Passengers will
nse the regular trains to Greensboro.
Returning they will leave Washington
at 11 p. m., on May 30th. - v,, ; .
The reunion of Confederate Veter
ans of North Carolina will be held
t Raleigh June 9-10. At that time
the monument to the Women of the
Confederacy will be unveiled. Com.
mander Parks is making arrangements
for the accommodation of the mem
bers of Cabarrus Camp who will at
tend. "i .; . . . .,
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1914
THE FIRST UST OF NAMES
WILL SOON BE PUBLISHED
NOMINATIONS COMHTO IN PASTER EVERT HOUR AND LIST WILLI,
BE COMPLETE AND
Get Tour Name in Before the First Publication. Let Tour Friends Un
" derstand Bight From the First That Ton Are in the Baca And That
Ton Want Their Help. ' ,
"Yes, I would like to enter The
Times-Tribune contest but I have not
the time." "I have been' considerm
entering but thought' that I would
wait and see who else is going to en
ter," and so on, any number of such
expressions are heard about , town.
Everyone is talking of the contest
and without exception they all admit
liiat it is the greatest opportunity
ever offered in this vicinity. All are
pleased with the prizes that are of
fered with the very square metlmd of
bundling the contest. But us some
of the remarks will show, some Hj
not entirely understand the campaign,
and among those being the ones who
sny that they would like to enter but
feur that they have not enough tinm.
This contest was not inaugurated
to make a perumnnnt position for
anyone, it was not inaugurated to
take up the entire time of those who
entered. This is not the idea at all.
This contest, is an opportunity for
energetic and ambitious people to
make their spare moments count.
No matter what you may be doing,
no matter bow little spare time yon
may have, you will have plenty if you
use that time to good advantage. . It.
is not how much time you have but
how yon use that time that will make
you one of the winners on, the last
dey of this contest.. A little time. in
the evening to get out and let your
friends know that you are entered, a
little time now and then telephone to
some, friends who are too far to be
seen easily, a little time to write a
postal or two to some friends who can
not be reached by phone, Will be suf
ficient' to make yon the owner of an
COMPANY L. WINS. '
Carried Off First Honors in the Big
Parade at Charlotte Yesterday.
The members of Company L haw
returned from Charlotte, where they
attended tbe celebration, and, inci
dentally, won first prize for being th 2
best military .company in tho parade.
Company L winning the prize was
force of habit exerting itself. The
company has won so many prizes in
the various military events of tho
Stite that, with them, to march is to
win. Speaking of tbe company's vis-is,-the
Observer says!
Tho first prize for the best mili
tary company in the parade was
unanimously awarded to the Concori
Company by the judges consisting of
Major R, L. Flannigan, Capt. A X.
Bulwinkle and Capt. F. L. Black.
The Concord company showed Up ex
ceptionally well and carried off the
honors in easy fashion. -
' Mrs. S. J. Hooks and daughters,
Misses Rosalie and Evelyn Hooks,
ot tltinn, will arrive tonight to visit
the family of Mrs. Hook's father, Mr.
F. A. Archibald.
When you are spending yourmoney,
you are spending the independence and
the comforts of old age.
. , . ,
Open an account with this strong
Bank today, if you can start by depositing
only a single dollar. " ,
Cite B:ind
A.JONES YORKE,
President ;
JOHN FOX,-
Aaaisttnt Cashier.
i
SEADT TO APPEAR BOON
auiomouue or anyone ol tin- uila-r
prizes, if you are willing to do your
part. There will be no one in this
campaign who will devote their entire
time to the work, there will be no one
who will have a. better chance than
you will if you are willing to take
advantage of tbe opportunity thrti
you have.
And as for waiting to see who else
is going to enter if one Would only
stop to think they would easily see
tlie' folly of that .plan. The ton lost
is just started, now is tbe time Un
you to enter. , It makes no ailfeieii'v
who else is going to enter, jm.i v ill
bfcve just ' so many subscriptions u
get any way And now is the lime
to get those' subscriptions while the
field is clear and before they are
promised some other contestant who
does not wait to see. what the ol Ik-is
are going to do.
Nominations ard coming in irieat
numbers and in a few days we will
have such a complete list from all
over.,, the territory that it will be
ready for publication. Many of these
people nominated have not yet start
ed their campaigns. -; Their names are
sent in by friends who are anxious
to see them win and they are stiil
thinking it aver. Get out of this rut
at once! Come to the Times-Tri
bune, office today and see the cam
paign- manager. Get a receipt book
and get out and let your friends know
tnat you are in tha race. Use youi
spare time in getting the sulmcrip
tions and the help of your friends.
You can win a prize that you desiro
and can do it by your own efforts
and without a single cent of oi?t.
SURPRISE MARRIAGE.
Miss Ruth Barnhardt and Mr. Solo
mon Yacchelson Married in Char
lotte. A telegram was received here tins
morning stating that Miss Mary Ruth
Barnhardt, of No. Jl township, and
Mr.
Solomon Yacchelson, of Char-
lott, were married in Charlotte yes
terday. Miss Barnhardt went to
Charlotte yesterday with 11 party of
friends to attend the Twentieth of
May Celebration, and the news of the
marriage came as a surprise. . The
groom formerly lived in Concord, hav
ing a position with the Bell Telephone
Company.
: Diocesan Convention Closes.
Raleigh, May 21. The North Car
olina Diocesan Convention closed
with the translation of the body of
Bishop Lyman from Oakwood ceme
tery to the vault under the altar of
the church of the Good Shepherd this
afternoon in a most impressive cere
mony. . The report of the Woman's
Auxiliary made a most creditable
showing.
X
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Trust Ccsnpsny
CHAS. B. WAGONER,
Cashier.
A. P. GOODMAN,
Teller. '
40 Cent i Month
r'
gtate
FAVOB CREAMERT.
Business Men And Farmers Evidenc
ing Interest in the EaUhUshment
of a Creamery.
Interest in a rreamerv fur t'abar-
rus is exidenred by the numerous ij.
Uines made by farmers and busiues
men of the city mid county.
One well knunn business man stat
ed this moming that he us strongly
in favor of blurting a creamery tj
lake care of the products of the coun
ty and section; that he was wilhn
to invest money in the creamerv an. I.
if necessary, give part of Ins lime t
iir-zaniiins; a company.
Another business man said that the
proposition was meeting with such
strong favor that be believed lie poiiKI
open subscriptions for stock mid se
cure the necessary amount to start the
cieamery within 30 days.
The farmers are also interested and
a number have signified their willing
ness to take stock in the creamery
and patronize it.
MAY LOCATE HERE.
Mr. J. H. Peeler, a Well Known Cit-
izea of Albemarle, May Engage an
Business Here.
Mr. J. H. Peeler, a well known j 'rt- former secretary of the ravy
( iliben of Albemarle, is here today, under Cleveland, that ho would Seak
Mr. Peeler is visiting Concord witli,16 l"y 'at'r. June 4, at the micil
a view to locating here, lie was en--'".- of the Confederate inoim ii il
gaged iii the banking business and 11 "nument in Arlington. Mr. Heilwrt
wholesale grocery busines- at Albe-1 slated that the President had dch'tiite.
maile, being cashier of the Htanlv ; '.v accepted.
County Loan and Trust Company, ami
if lie locates in Concord it is likely
that he will. organize a wholesale gro
cery or a bank Here.
Like other business men who visit
Concord with a view to locating and
engaging in, business, Mr. Peeler is
experiencing difficulty in securing a
suitable storeroom. Concord's needs
for more storerooms has long been
recognized and it is frequently em
phasized when prospective, 4 citizens
visit here with a view of engaging in
business. V,
.
ACTOR JOKED AND . "
THEN DISAPPEARED
Mexican "Matinee Idol" Referred to
"Butchers Quarreling," and Now
- VU. IJW J.l. ,,:y ..--.
-vVcra ( ruz, May ' 21. Berystyn,
Mexico City's "matinee idol," tho
most popular actor in the republic, I
has disapeared, following a joke by
him about "butchers quarreling" re-
f j. 11 j. j.r i l il.. !
lernng 10 me liiction uciweeu jiu-
erta and Urrutia. The pcoplo of t'i
capital are greatly incensed, ns it
believeil that the actor has been ex
cuted bv lliierta's orders.
Two Were Injured in Celebration
Crush.
Charlotte Observer, 21st. I
Two serious street acicdents oc
curred yesterday morning, while the
crowd in Charlotte was heavy. Lit
tle Warren Brice, son of Mr. R. G.
Brice of Dilworth, was the sufferer
by collision with an automobile, and
Private Floyd Willis, of Comapny G,
of Shelby, was the other person in
jured. Mr. Willis was hurt by a
street car striking him, while he was
marching with his military comrades.
His injuries were not considered seri
ous, hut little Warren Brice was very
badly hurt '
Roosevelt Arranging to Get Back on
Job.
New York, May 21. Col. Roose
velt, contributing editor, planned to
get hack on his job today, and has
stenographer at the Outlook offices.
He also intended utilizing part of the
of day visiting the American Muse
um of Natural History to witness the
unpacking of some Brazilian speci
mens. Roosevelt was jocular about
the new river, and showed a disincli
nateon to talk about politics.
Becker's Case to Go to Jury Tomor
. row.
New York, May 21. The case
against Charles Becker for the mur
der of Rosenthal will go to the jury
tomorrow at noon. After a few min
utes testimony both sides rested at
11:17 today,' and Justice Seabury ad
journed court at 2 o'clock this after
noon. Becker's chief counsel, then
started to Burning up. Distrct At
torney Whitman wil begin summing
up at 8 o'clock tomght.
Golf Cup Won't Go to America.
Sandwich, Eng., May. 21. Tbe
British amateur golf eup will not go
to tbe United States. This afternoon
with two more -days playing, ' no
American is in the running. The de
feat of Evans and Weber eliminated
the last of ten ; American entrants
for tha championship. v
Very few bales of cotton are be
ing marketed this week. The price
remains unchanged, - .4 cents
pound. '
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HiM NAMUL
CAP1TAL TODAY
CONGRESS WILL NOT ADJOURN
BEFORE JULY 20.
So Senator Kerns Thinks. Thi3 3e-
cause of the Delayed Vote on the
Panama Tolls Question. Prtti e.it
Wilson Will Speak at Unveiling of
Confederate Monument at Ailing-
ton June 4. Declined to Speak on
National Cemetery Declaration Day.
Washington, May 21. Because jf
the delayed Senate vote on the l'ani
ma tolls question, Senator Kern. Dem
ocratic leader, predicted today, after
conferring with the President, tout
Congress will not adjourn before Ju!y
0.
Although he turned down the invi-
' , . '-rana Army t tne if.
tiunnl Cemeterv Decoration uv.
President Wilson todnv toM fnl. Hi-r-
Coxey's second "army" ended its
second inarch on the capitol at iwt?
with a speech by Coxey on the capitol
steps. He said the march was to get
the attention of the people to reforms
they want Congress to make.
OTHER LOCALS.
Pumps that are right see Ivey's
new ad. today.
The condidtion of Mr. F. A. Archi
bald, who has been very sick for sev
eral days, is not improved today.
.v. Mr. J. B. Alexander, of Moore s
ville, is spending the day here at tho
home of his father, Capt. J. M. Alex
ander. Mr. R. H. Holt and family have
gone to Colitmbus; (ia., to live; Mr.
Holt molted- to-- Columbus rsete'ni
months ago, -hut his family remaihed
,ra nntji th- ,,,,1,1;,. B,.j,is eW.,l.
Miss Lillian Holt was a member of
u,(. graduating class nt the high
school.
The I' irac i
-r..r;n tl.
nd Philnthen class, of
I'aplist Church, wcit
on a picnic yesterday, and spout tho
'In.v at Mr. Charlie McDonald 'h yiiwk.
They had their lunches and had ;i
most enjoyable time. Kev. and Mrs.
.1. W. Whitley chaperoned the young
people.
The Woman "s Missionary Society
of the Western North Carolina Con
ference of the Methodist Church clos
ed its annual meeting in Henderson
ville on Tuesday night of last week.
The meeting was one of unusual in
terest throughout. The next meeting
will be held in Tryon Street Church,
Charlotte.
The crowd that attended the
Twentieth of May celebration from
Concord is estimated at about 1,000.
When No. 7 passed yesterday' after
noon about 590 tickets had been sold
during the day. A number of tickets
were also sold Tuesday night and last
night. In addition to those who pur
chased tickets a large number made
the trip in automobiles.
In order to perfect a closer rela
tionship for the purpose of advising
and discussing for the material bene
fit of their 10 retail stores, the man
agers of the various Belk stores met
yesterday at the Charlotte store, and
formed an association. Mr. W. H.
Belk was elected chairman, T. B.
Brown, of the GreensBoro store, vice
chairman, and B. F. Matthews, sec
retary.
Fall of Saltillo Can't Be Much Longer
Delayed.
Torreon, Mex., May 21. Confident
that the fall of Saltillo cannot he de
layed long, General Carranza, en
route here from Durango, prepared to
establish headquarters of the provis
ional government in that city, now
beseiged by Villa. He will remain
here until the fighting is ended.' A
rigid censorship on messages from tho
battle zone continued and military of
ficials are without word as to the pro
gress of the fighting.
Porter! Will Buy Till Peace Is Guar
anteed.
President Wilson told the Ameri
can delegates to the Mediation Con
ference that the United fetates forces ..
would stay in Vera Cruz until peace
in Mexico was guaranteed. " . f.
Mr. Wilson is forming t new Mex
ican policy which involves the break
ing of the landed power in the coun
try and the distribution of large es-..
tates among the peons.