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J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
CONCORD, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1914
40 Cents a Month I Cent! Copy.
NO. 267.
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SEXTED1 CATTLE
KILLED BY HAIL
. storm or Damn, itjet.-
J CROPS ARE RUINED.
In Sections of Two 8utes Con and
' . Cotton SUIki are Torn In Shreds.
; 100,000 Damage in Outon Coun
. ty. Hal Onto Off Chicken Wines.
-Frnit Crop Destroyed. Storm
Vory Severe at Mooreeville.
Rock Hill, S. C July ".The
severe" hailstorm of last night, which
visited this section between 0 aul
10 o'clock, -was sa its wont in a
section of York .County near here.
crops on sn area sevral miles wide,
being beaten level with the ground,
i while at least 16 head of cattle were
-. killed and little could be told of the
. storm's effects last night, but today
- its ravages appeared awful. Chich-
. ens and birds were killed in large
' numbers, and in drifts the hailstones
. reached an almost unbelievable depth.
A half acre flat on the -Brown Mc
Fadden farm at 11 o'clock this morn
ing 13 hours after the storm, was
- covered to a depth of four feet, while
hundreds of people who went to see
, the sight report gullies in the
i in me sumo
borhoo toh tlille eev eign boaedve-dn.
neighborhood to have been filled to a
depth of from eight to 14 feet,
y. ., - t n a v i.
On the farm of R. S lewel six
ui uis came were kweo. ami men
bodies literally " buried uuder the
ice. Ten or twelve of John T. Rod-
- dey's cattle were killed.
. Fruit , . was all knocked from t he
-, trees in the devastated area, gar
dens were ruined and what was left
of the cotton and corn stalks could
1 scarcely be recognized as tfneh. . be
ginning just south of the city, the
. storm continued at its height to 0.
L. Suggs' farm near Nennie's .Mountain...:;-
Gaston Suffers f 100,000 Damage
. From the Storm.
GaBtonia, July 7. Damage which
many approximate $100,000 was doiii
,. in Gaston' County last night, by the
wind, ram and hailstorm -which, n'f-
eordmg to 'jhftiNfat 'dearsi!'
the most severe within the. memory
of living men. In this county the
; storm entered at the northwesU-rn
" corner, devastating a section about
four miles wide, sweeping through
. Cherryville, Stanley, Hickory Grove,
' MoAdenville," Belmont, , . Mayesworth.
Bethcsda, Newbope, and on into
York county, South Carolina, through
the Bethel section. -.
Cotton and corn fields this morn
- ing presented a scene of utter de-
struetion, nothing but the bare stalks
" : being left to mark the places where
v a few hours previous good stands of
cotton and grain" grewi Sonthpoint
township was perhaps the worst snf-
' ferer, scores of . farmers there bav
ing everything on their farms in the
. way of growing stuff absolutely an-
nihilated.
Cnt Off Chickens' Wings.
, Fort Mill, S. C, July 7. This im
mediate community was passed . by
the violent hailstorm, which prevail--ed
across the river several miles
' from, here, where it seems the storm
began. . -At
the farm of S. II. Hutchison
the wings of chickens 'were'edt off
as they attempted to fly to places of
refuge. E ;T.- Wiitesell, : agents of
' the Southern Railway here, who owns
a farm near Ogden, received report
" this morning that,- besides great dam
' age to his crops, his barn was struck
by lightning and destroyed together
i' witn two muies wnicn were in it.
.- ' It is reported that some, of (he
. tenant farmers, feeling that it is too
. late to make another crop, are seek-
ing employment and abandoning the
farms. - , -
, Severe at Mooresville,
Mooreeville, "July 7---A destructive
and probably the heaviest rain ; and
Financial
' The merchants. of this
ape of the DeoDle of this
?artj and a very important part, of the community,
'hev oav a very considerable portion of the taxa
of the town and of the
jto the support of the .churches and other social in
stitutions, and make possible many things the com
jmunity would not have if they were" not here. "
j The mail-order houses of the cities are spending
thousands of dollars for the purpose of putting the
country merchants of this town, and other towns,
out of business, and every man who spends a dollai
with them assists in the accomplishment of theii
selfish aims."-;
The ultimate end of the mail-order method will
ht the centralizing of all the business of the coun
try in the hre cities and the financial destruction
of the srr. !'er cities and towns.' V ;; V( V t
Are y:u iwillir to h a party to th$ fhaz::i
(r::truct:::i cf ills L.
hailstorm that haa visited this sec
tion in 30 years, rams down yester
day ariemoon and last night in
three separate and distinct install
lent. Between 4 and 5 o'clock a
tor in passed over, s altering iail
along a line from a short distance
east of Mooreeville to distsace of
three miles west of town, doing con
siderable damage to foliage and
growing en.s. About 7 o'clock yes
terday evening another storm cam
up, covering practically the - same
route, exce)t extending from Catawba
station on the western road to a
point near Derita in - Mecklenburg
county. In some parts of this county
west of town pine trees and other
timbers have been totally stripped,
corn Helds have been shredded and the
cotton stalks are sticking out of the
ground completely stripped of their
limbs. It is a great calamity to
many of the croppers, who had little
prospeets for anything like a fair
crop before ami now they are in a
great deal worse condition. At the
Chal Cornelius .. place 19 window
lights were knocked . out, and at
Frank Jones there' were 50 windov
panes shattered and some sections of
the sash broken On Bud Watts' ' 118 Iluu na l 11 Prouuu'y '
place the roof was broken through 'off fl,U'rnl r11-
in numerous places and his eowj.-.,..-. PpnTnPmR
when thai- n-prA l,,.,,,,.ri,t ivm NIAGARA PROTOCOLS
ture. bore mark of Wood ,1 ,; I
eaused by the terrific force of the'
hailstones. It was said bv msnv re-
liablo men such as Frank Jones, Bud ,
Watts, II. N. Johnston and others'
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.pi,lt tw onmc8
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of
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Johnston's grocery store and were the
exact weight of an average hens egg
-two ounces. At H. 1). Mills' place
vuou nivms ncic Y delicti fl It XA, .
where L'liaiiev Wilson lives, the crons
and forests lor.k as if a great battle
nart taken place, and at 3 o clock
this afternoon a wagon load of hail-
stones could have been gathered with
all ease. At Georse Brown's sonth
of town, cotton and watermelon ,n,'nt Wl" 1,0 n('l'ePt"l,le to "" c over large areas in the cotton re
patches are stripped of their foliage. Washington. July 8. It is unoffl- 8ion east of the Mississippi greatly
Many of the farmers alon- the line ""lly reported that ('arrange will nu- impnived the outlook, the National
of desolation were in town today look- t,l0rizp tho T,,nta ,0 ,,e"'ln lmrU'.vs. weatlier bulletin for the week
ing for earlv corn, and will endeavor wit!' Hncrt.sln delesmtes. which ended yesterday , announced
to n... n im i.iu - I today, and th eearlvlpani ted crop is
fall. About 8 o'clock still another
hailstorm came up, but had spent it-
ITaIn-tWTeU :.f-
Mr. Odell Returns to Service.
Salisbury Post.
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dered by the government tog., to In-
din in the interest of American cot-
ton. Mr. Odell, it will be remember-
ed, was appointed a foreign agent to
study trade conditions with a view of
extendim; the cotton trade of Amer-
ica and has been in the home land
for some months. To Senator Over-
man is due this splendid service, for
i imit'fi wti-ii, v iiiu-wi u, .I -
.0 it was who secured the first appro-
priation for this work and only after and 'development of aerial naviga-l Y
hard work in the senate. ,The section. Though more than a dozen of Virginia, cool, coludy weather,
vice omrht to bo worth a great deal is great dirigible balloons met with ,th freIuent Bowers in mos eoun
to' the South and the longer it is eon- disaster, nothing could shake Count l8' was 1be"c,al- So,ne tobnc!0
tinned the more useful ft ought to be- Zepiwlin's confidence in his untimate wai .."i. . . , , . v, ..
come. Senator Overman has had a success. He also succeeded in in-L.Tb,Wee.k.Wa8 faV0ia,,le .,n ' !'
Siat faith in the undertaking ami
has never lost an oportunity to boost
ir. It ought to g'-ow more useful
every year and eventually be a great
ami l.iuiriil Iwinar tn tliA Niinfli a ftii-
ton trader - .
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The Light Bearers of , Central
Methodist Church will have their an-ti-:
j l p oi
nrdav, as previously announced. All
th.hildren of the society are re-
oiWpiI in imept t. the clinrch lnwn
Friday morning at 8 :30T o'clock.
n ;Jl T..i- o s-i. j w:i
minister to Greece, to work fo, free-
IK.,: .;l,s.ii omtion-aaa.
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Two Dead in Overturned Automobile.
Patchogue, L. I., July SUnder on
overturned automobile the bodies of
State Senator Bailey and a passenger
(,were found dead. r , j ;-:Z v,,."
Destruction
town deserve the natron-
communityi ; They arc a
county. - They contribute
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FEDERALS ARE ALL .
BUT OWED
CONSTITUTIONALISTS DETTAT
FEDERALS AT OSENDAT.
Thirty-Six Hours of Savage righting.
Federals Lost Ten Troop Trains
And Many Pieces of Artillery.
Casualties of Both Bides Heavy.
Federals Leave Dead and Wounded
on the Field.
Orenday, Mex- July 8. After 36
hours of savage lighting the consti
tutionalist forces utterly routed the
strong federal column which attempt
ed a sortie from Guadalajara Sunday
night. The federals were all but an
nihilated. They lost ten troop trains
in flight and many pieces of field ar
tillery. The casualties on both sides
are Heavy, tue federals leaving we
"d .""d wounded on the field. The
TO THE SENATE TODAY
Important Developments
Expected!
Toward Establishment of Peace.
Mexico Citv. July 8. The Niagara
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Z Za H .7 instant '
.UveopmentsUM.kingtotheestabhsh -
ment of peace in the republic was ex-
, . Lui;i.
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It is expected that the gap
ol the Mexican Railway outside of
Vera Cnw is soon to be repaired, auJ(
then through trains will run from ,
capital to pon. hub is rearo. aa
favorable indication. The general
impression nere is urn ime ..ui-. .
improving, that the agreement lie-
twen the dominant factions for the.
establishment, of provisional govern-
- Count Zeonelin.
. , , n
1 olllit reruilllinu von epieiiu, mc
conqueror of the air" was born in
con.piur.n-o.. ...em.
Viiiaiiliovr .in v s. He en-
iuivii me .....,
VOH
.,.1. ...,.1 ul.un llio Aniencun civil
' . ... n. ,;i.i
war oeiinn lie was scm 10 mc . mc
states to serve as military attache
,d observer for the government of
W , Uen berg. Soon after his re-
iurn , vjmay he participated in
,i,e war between Prussia and Austria
and four years later he distinguished
mself in the war with France.!
fount Zeppelin retired from actice
Srv cVviee in 1891 and baa
UU V Bei v.ce ... 1,1 ""vl
8ie devoted himself to the study,"
firing the German government with
sufficient confidence to grant him a
"beral ubtention. In Lent years
! or more of the Zeppelin dirigibles
I l.AAn nnnanaH in mflkintv rplllfir
una U1XIL Vlljkn-" ...... 0
nussemrer trips between cities in
fiprmnnv.
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Congressman Donghton is Right.
, Statcsv.lle Landmark.
Members of Congress who
have
contended
that the government
should pay the traveling expenses of
the families ot Cangressmen to ana
from Washington have attempted to
Miifttifv the demand by sayinjr that
-s necessary to , tap himin X Je
PI.tn
- ,
I Dough ton made
fitting answer to
that when he said that a Congress
man who would not live clean in
Washington in the absence or nis
family would not live clean if his
family was there. The Landmark
has remarked more( (fian once that
the demand that ttie traveling expen
ses of families of Congressmen be
paid out of the pubho Treasury will,
it acceded to, be followed in time by
a demand that living expenses the
.board, lodging and laundry be paid.
Think Have Person Who Murdered
:;, " fjXr Mrs. Bailey. , ;V Y
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,cs declare that the, have discovered.
he person they Mto
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believe that . Dr. Carman could
be
of more assistance if he. wanted
to
talk, , - - ' - .
Porta Closed to New Orleaa 8hls.
Washington," July ' 8. The " State
Department ha " received . advices
from the American minister at Gau
tamala that the ports of that coun
try, would be closed to ships, from
New Orleans for fear of the bubonis
plague. .' . ' ',
Suffragette! Tell at Sine and Queen.
Dclimir, Scotland, July 8 Suffrag
ettes followed in the wake of King
(leorge and Queen Mary - yelling
through megaphones along the line;
"Stop torturing women." The crowds
poiteu tue women unju vucy were
SEMINARY r ACULTT.
T sack an ta Mont Amoena Seminary
Next Tear.
'The following compose the fsculty
of Mont Amoena Seminary for the
year 1914-1915: ..
Rev. B. A. Goodman, A. H., presi-
dentil Latin and German, A. K., Roan
oke College; Lutheran Theological
Seminary United synod South;
Teacher Collegiate Institute 11111-13.
Rev. J. H. C. Fisher, A. B., M. A.,
vice president, Science, Logic and
Christian Evidences; A. B., M. A.,
Pennalyvania College! . Gettysburg
Theological Semnary; for eleven years
president Mont Amoena Seminar-.
Rev. Chaa. P. MacLaughlin, A. B.,
M. A.; A. B., M. A.,' Susquehanna
University; Chicago E. L. Theologi
cal Seminary.
Miss Ors Caroline Hoover, II. S.,
M. A., English and History; K. S., M.
A., Irving College; student in Eng
lish Columbia University; teacher of
fourteen years' experience.
Miss Mary S. Mauney, A. B., Math
ematics and Physics; A. B., Lenoir
College; student University of North
(Carolina Summer School, 19H: pres-
eni position two years,
Miss Bosalyn Summer, A. B.. Lady'
Pnncipa French and- Intellectual
Science; A. B., Elisabeth College;
student Newberry College; suuecess-
i ful teaeher Newberry city schools.
Miss Esther V. Phillips, Mus. B.,
'mno, uarmony and ineory: Mus.
Misquenanna tniversity I onserv
atory of Music; post-graduate of
same.
Mre' Mo8f .
Foil, Voice and
Ct.n.U. I' I.
SpmiM Dudw prof
, Profe8Sor Eisenbure. Man-
riano; (.radnate
Roi, . ,.p ,M ,,, -J
teen years' experience
Jf c Barringer, Art an.l
I)omej,tie Science; Diploma in art,
r.tn.i,. m!l- .t.,.w r;,.u;...
(j, virginia. teacher of &1).riencc.
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Showers in the Sonth Improve Crop
Prospects. Y
Washington, July 7. Local show-
nearly everywhere reporjedfin good
condition.
Ventwrd of
the, Mississippi,'''
t'art n. thm ,
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growing portions ot Texas and the
nliinto,! in f lint Ktnlo i, onffui- I
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ing for moisture. The early plant-
, , . , .
" "" baus i,wo?
ro,n ,".that State as well as in
most PJ-rt'ons of Oklahoma, Arkan-
J" f l!sinm sS see
jg ",oreas,n m 8everal see-
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J'1" P1 t1"? re'onf
f thet So"' !oea' ra'118. .P"'
the lai eroP8 n FOTlrta oth-
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""f aH Part.8 of the State. Crops
fontl"'e . Prove. Early cotton
excellent shaps and recent rains
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Forest Fires in Movies.
Chautauqua, N. Y., July 8. Gen
eral instruction in torest conserva
tion is to be given to more than eight
thousand teachers from every State
in the Union at the mid-summer
meeting of the American Forsstrv
Association, which is to meet here t
morrow for a two-day session.' Tbev
will hear lectures shewing the srrat
loss of life and property every year
in the United States and other nonn.i
tries from fowst fires, and motio;i',;eS8lon 01 no law advocates wil
pictures of iag'cg fires will be shown
on the Hcrcen. The pictures ;ll
show how forest fires are fought, and
bow for-ijtH may be prtvcted by pa
trols. Among the lecturers will be
Captain J. B. White of Kansas City,
ir. a. jrernow or tne University
of Toronto, Charles Lathrop .- Pack,
ronqer president : oc the National
Conservation Congress, and Dr. Hen
ry S. Drinker, president of Lehigh
University and head of the Ameri
can Forestry Association. V: ;
S. 8. Convention of No. 10 Township
The Sunday school convention of
No. 10 township will convene at
Bethel Chnrch on Thursday, 'the 30th
ot July, at 10.30 o'clork. . All the
schools are invited to help- in the
gip , w wU, fc
.psata if nothing prevents. The
puWie ,nvited to coma out-and
spend the day with ns. '""-tvy 8..';-
Tbe ' Judge Montgomery T home
place, one of the best properties In
the city, will be sold at public auc-.
tion by the Southern Realty and
Auction Company, of Greensboro, on
next Thursday, July 10, at 10:30
o'clock a. m. Further announcements
of this sale will be made tomorrow,
A representative of the T famous
merchant tailoring firm of Isaao
IIambnrger ft Sons, of t Baltimore,
will be at the atore ofw 11. L. Parks
Co. on July 9, 10 and 11, with a
fine line of fall and winter woolens
for men, ' ' ' ' -
Straw hati at half price at the
WhitJHorrisbn-FIoWs Co's. . Go eaf
NEWMAN DREAMED
OF GREAT WEALTH.
Wrote Mr. .Williams of Gil antic
Holding in Qoldsn Alaska. Made
Others Look Sick.
Washington, U. C, July ". John
Skelton Williams, comptroller of the
Currency, today told a vpecial Sen
ate committee lie had never bad any
financial interest in the gold fliine at
Gold Hill, N. C, in the promotion ol'
which the use of Senate stationery
is being investigated by the Senate.
The Comptroller said Walter George
Newman, who promoted the mine,
bad offered him some stock, but that
he bad declined to buy.
Atr. Williams presented a telegram
he had sent to Newman at Gold Hill,
informing him that Berkeley Wil
liams, the Comptroller's brother, and
Cleveland Perkins might look over
the Gold Hill property with a view
to investigating. Mr. Williams de
nied, however, that he had arranged
an appointment between Newman
and Perkins in Washington.
Air. Williams produced a letter
written by Newman urging Williams
to join in some stock venture in which
the promoter said he had Alaskan
interests greater than those of "the
Guggenheims, Morgan or the Stand
aid Oil crowd," and promised to
make the national city crowd green
with envy."
Frederick P. Dewey, assaver and
acting director of the mint, told of
making an investigation of the Gold
Hill property, at the instance of Mr.
Williams, and director of the miut
Roberts. He said that he found
"there was no mine there, but there
was a good prosiiect."
William ('. Bishop, conducting an
investigation agency employed by the
curb market association in ew
York, sa'.d he investigated appear
ance on the curb of a letter written
on Senate stationery and lauding the
Gold Hill enterprise. He said he
found only about three copies of the
letter but that these copies were
shown to every man on the curb.
He wrote to Senator Chilton about
the letters, which were on the paper
of his committee, and the Senator
replied denying all knowledge of
them.
Senators Pomerene, of Ohio, and
Swanson, of Virginia, testitied they
bad bought stock in the mine at their
own risk and on their own respons!-
. ui.i.i. uiuiiifWII fOllI IIC IHII-
chased at thirty cents a share and
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Senator Pomerene
did not specify the amount he owned.
Assertions from Comptroller Wil
liams that he had received no cominu.
mentions about the mine from New
man except a lew telegrams were
denied by the promoter when he was
recalled to the stand. Newman said
he had two letters from the Comp-
ti oiler at his Gold Hill office. He of
fered to produce them, but Senator
Thompson, chairman of the investi
gating committee, detuned to re
ceive them and said he was anxious
to conclude the inquiry.
THE ANARCHISTS' FUNERAL.
Leader Says the Demonstration Will
Come Off Saturday, "Police or No
Police."
New York, July 8. Anarchists will
pay tribute to their dead in Union
Square next. Saturday. Police or no
police, they are determined that the
demonstration over the three urns
will take place as originally planned.
The leader, Alexander Berkman, said :
"The demonstration will come off,
and there will be no violence unless
the police themselves make it." The
health department relaxed Its order
that the dead must be cremated by
10 o'clock and extended the time to
1 o'clock. Saturday morning a pro-
march to Union Square to set up the
urns, unfurl the red flag, and have
speecnes oy tue leaders.
Part of Street Work Stopped,
Work has been stopped on putting
down the permanent pavement on the
alley between H. L. Parks & Co., and
W. J. Glass' store. Mr. J. Lee Cro-
well, attorney for K. F. Phifer, has
notified the city that this alleyway
is owner by Mr. Phifer and is, there-
fore, private property. It is under
stood that an agreement will be
reacheds between the city and Mr.
Phifer and that the work will be con,
tinned.
President Declares Confidence in War
berg.
Washington, . Juuly 8. President
Wilson today issued an official state
ment and declared his 'confidence in
the ability of Paul M. Warberg, of
New York, and Thomas D. Jones, of
Chicago, and expressed the hope that
tne Senate would confirm them - as
members of the federal reserve board,
The President said he is endeavoring
to have Warberg reconsider his de
cision to withdraw his name..
Bomb "Doss its Deadly Work.
Wakefield, Mass., Jnly 8. A bomb
hurled through the kitchen door
blew tip the house and seriously in.
jured Richard 8tout, superintendent
of the Wakefield Company, whore
there had heen a long strike.
Submarine Collides With Destroyer.
Paris, July 8. -Three membera of
the French submarine perished when
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Determine Winners.
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prizes will lie awarded. Three more
days and yon will know whether or
not all the work tliat you have done,
will go for nothing, or will hnnir you
the prixe that you desire. The first
three days of the week have certain
ly been very busy ones and have L-one
far beyond our expectations, thev
would indicate that there will be a
very exciting finish to the camnaiirn
nd make itim possible to tell any
thing about who will be the winners.
Hut one thmjr is sure and that !s
that no one can win unless they keep
up with the others this week and
make it count bigger than any week
thus far. No one is so far in the
lead that they can afford to rest a
moment or let one day count any less
votes than the day before. The sub
scriptions must come in now. That1
help that has been promised for so
long is due. All of your friends who
have said they would like to see wou
win can prove that now by turning
in and helping you get subscriptions.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
IS SEVENTY-FIVE TODAY.
Tarrytown, N. Y.. July 8. John I).
Rockefeller, Oil King and the "rich
est man in the world," today is cel
ebrating his seventy-sixth birthday
because it was teared that the "Free
Speecheis," t he I. W. W.' and the
r error anarchists might pick today
us a good one tor another demonstra
tion against Rockefeller because of
his attitude in the recent Colorado
strike war, a heavier guard than us,-
al was placed about the mansion
in Pocantico Hills. The Oil king's
son, John I). Jr.. was exnected lo
spend the day here with his father.
unilreds of telegrams and mes
sages of congratulations poured in
to the Rockefeller home today from
all sections of the globe, where he
has business and personal friends.
Many messages came from royalty
and the crowned beads qf F.urope.
Rockefeller on-- -his Bev'ctfli-sixth
birthday is accredited with a fortune
of close to a billion dollars,
thus1
making him the only billionaire in
the world. The assessment of his
pioperty in Cleveland some months
ago, when he refused to pay taxes
there, placed his holdings far in ex
cess of $800,000,000.
According to Rockefeller's physi
cian, Dr. H. F. Biger, Rockefeller is
in better health than he has been in
foi some time. He continues bis
duily program of golf, an automobile
ride, and perhaps a bicycle ride.
Despite many reports that Rocke
feller's health is not good Dr. Big
ger declares that bis wealthy pa
tient is unusually healthy and vig
orous for a man of his years, and es
pecially when the early cares and
worries he went through are taken in
to consideration.
The Hardware Men's Association.
Raleigh, July S The report of
ecretary and Treasurer T. W. Dixon,
of Charlotte, to the convention of
North and South t arolina Hardware
Dealer's Association today showed
at thirty members were added the
past year. The association heard an
address by President E. K. Mitchell,
the National Association. H. T.
Bcnhom, of Indiana, spoke on "Sales
Co-operation of Dealers and Manu
facturers." Suit for Possession of Child.
Raleigh, Jnly 8. George W. Con
nor, Superior Court judge, will hear
writ of habeas corpus for the little
daughter of J. Sprunt Newton, of
Fayetteville, at Wilson on July 10.
The Newtons have been separated for
some time. The husband is trying
prevent the wife from taking the child
to Florida.
Special Tax Carries.
The elction held in Rockwell pub
lic school district No. 6, Gold Hill
township, Saturday to vote on a
proposition to levy a special tax tor
school purposes carried and this tax
will now be levied. It is to be fif
teen cents on t' e hundred dollars
valuation of proierty and forty-
five cents on each poll.
See the ad. elsewhere
of Mont
Amoena Seminary.
Watch
who regularly; deposits his surplus
earnings in the bank.
. He will defeat you in life's race,
and he will tone day be a man of .
power and bHaence b his cocusuzity,
Close of Contest SatnrdaT. Am
Jndges Will Make Final Count and
See that they do this. Get their
snlM-riptii.ns and then give them a
book and Id them hustle around with
you and help you get the subscrip
tions of others. Turn in yonr sub
scripti.uis .is last as you get them so
mm you win get the votes on tbem
and have all of that (mrt done and
uin send your time in getting oth-'
ers. Sat unlay night will be busy
enough win, just the subscriptions
that are turned in that day and it
will only add confusion if yon hold
out until that time.
On Saturday all of the contest
arts should he sure and get all of
their votes in the ballot box. Rem
ember not only those that you get on
subscriptions that you turn in on
Saturday, but all that you are hold
ing back. As soon as the last bal
lots are written the judges will open
this ballot box and will count all
that are in there and add that to the
total of each in the paper, which will
give the grand total of votes that each
has received all during the campaign.
SIGN GETS HARVEST.
Farmer Advertises Five Pretty Maids
of Marriageable Age.
Ciller, Neb., July 6. Ambrose
Huntington, a farmer residing west
of this town, posted the following
sign along the highway in front of
his home:
"I need five harvest hands for
more than a month. Wages $3 a dav:
chicken once a day; washing, mend
ing and abed in the haymow. Every
worthy young man hired will have a
chance to marry one of my fiye pret- .
ty daughters. If he wins one of them
he gets IliO acres of land thrown in.
But he's got to make good more ways '
than one."
ILmtington had more than 50 ap
plicants. The five lucky ones are
hard at work in the wheat fields.
However, they are far from ihappy,
for, it has .bcoome known that the five'"'"
uuuguiers ranging from 18 to 26
- . Vfinva n,. ..1. : . .
I'xiooiiig to oepart lor an
"..-.men summer vacation in New
Kngland.
Tra,t- w .
IlawKins Legally Responsible
For the Tragedy.
It
urns out thai Mr. Join. R W...
kins, lh
( luirlotte contractor who
r six sticks of dynamite in
onse on his nreiniwa. whinl.
left five
the tool
cause.
the explosion that killo
Chariot i e firemen, violated no law in
thus placing the dynamite. He said
mere were no caps with the dyna
mite and ordinarily there
been no danger from it.
The orijrin of the fire in tho W.,
is unknown. It is said a negro was
seen to leave the building a short
time before the fire and it is supposed
that he carelessly droped a, lighted
match or a cigarette. Th J.
mite was in the tool house adjoin
ing the barn and by some means it
was set off after the fire in tho barn
,-oi unner way.
City Tax Rates.
Following is the rate of taxation in
some of the leading towns and cities
of the State: . ... .
Wilmington. 2 ner .mn vBlo.;.
Durham $1.64; Hickory, $1.69; Gas
".i.H, ipi.ou; Asneviiie, $1.55; Char
lotte, $1.36; Greensboro, $10; Ral
eigh, $1.25; HendersonviUe, $1.26;
Salisbury, $1.20; Statesville, $115;'
Winston-Salem, $1.
It will be noticed that Statesville's
rate is the lowest in the list except
one Winston-Salem.
Begin Alaska Railroad Survey.
Cordova, Alaska, July 8. Sur
veys of the possible routes for the
government's railroad in Alaska -are '
in progress in this vicinity- today.
Stakes have already been driven at
Chitiana by a reconnaisance party
under Henry Day. The! route is be
ing surveyed from Chitiana where '
the Fairbanks trail leaves the Cop
pei river and Northwestern railroad
to the Matannska coal fields. ' - .-
Messrs. Lee Watson and Joe Me
Canless are spending the day in Sal
isbury. the Man1 . j
lorcod to reurft ; . j ',, . ". :
1, ana jet your pksV -j
the boat collided with a destroyer.