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VOL XIV.
j. . B. SHKRR1LL. Editor tad Publisher
CONCORD. N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1914
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HW TAKE MEXICO
CITY ANY TIME
THE REBELS EXPECTED TO CAP
, ' TURE THE CAPITAL
And the Time is' Not rar'Off. Ths
Way U Practically Clear After the
; Capture of Guadlajara, In That
- tattle More than 12,000. Federals
Were Routed, and 5,000 Were Cap
tared, Also All Artillery and Am
munition. -Jt altillo, July 10. The constitu
tionalists arc expected to capture
Mexico City in a short time now. The
n r J was made practically clear af
ter the rapture f fiuadlujara.' den.
Ohegon sustained slight losses in the
jilting before rapturing the city,
whieh eiteuded over eighty miles.
More than 12,000 federals were ront
cii, and 5,000 were enptured, also nil
tl'd artillery and ammunition. . Gen.
Obcgon expects to-fret 15,000 volun
teers before his advance on Mexico
City.
GUADALAJARA FALLS
BEFORE REBEL FORCE
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T elve Thousand ; Federal Soldiers
Are Routed; Five
Taken Prisoners.
Haltillo, Mexico, July 9. General j and that the water and light de
Carranza was officially advised lute partment needed a larger room for
today of the fall of Guadalajara be- Hn office.
fore the constitutionalist forces today. While the matter was being dis
at noon. The news was received with cnssed a spectator ventured the re
thc utmost elation at constitutional- mar)t thnt the purpose of holding the
it headquarters where it was regard- court j n,e opwa ,0Hge wag t0 p;ve
ed as preliminary to the occution City Attorney Maness a stage to act
f f Mexico City itself. ; v on.
General Alvaro Obregon, eonstitu- The city attorney replied that with
tionalist commander in his dispatch a 8tare the audience could get a bet
to General Carranza, reported that the ter view of Mr. W. O. Means' police
federals had been completely routed court juries.
and that he was in control of the en- Whereupon some one said that if
tiro city, including the federal pal- Bob Crockett were tried upstairs it
nee. Five thousand federals had been would bo like witnessing a minstrel
tuk-en prisoners, according to fibre-
iron's report and the retreat toward
;cxico City .ot those who escaped
Imd been cut off hy trooprof the .com-
mand of General, Blanco, detoured
fnuu Ameea jo destroy. the-4eeoiwKH&KXjUUESu HUSBAND A v"
1 1 e or communwanuBf iucu auimu-
n. I ion, arms mm. 'supplies ..was rap-
m, . i , t i .
line leurruia wtie iriwiit-u acnnvi.
ed in all direction and great pnnieh-!
iiu-nt inflicted on them in retreat but
no figures of losses on either side were
available.
Principal BIythe Resigns. .
At a meeting of. the school board
last night the resignation of Mr. l
V. BIythe, pricipal of Concord public
schools, was received and accepted.
Mr Blvthe was offered a larger sala-
IV elsewhere and decided to accept
the position.- Mr. BIythe has been
principal of the Concord schools for
ond hi. u-nrk baa hfinn sat-
: ;r. , .. i wlwil
j iu ..! w t. hM in
ion esteem by a large number of e', .Th Wemew took place in her
fronds to whom his leaving Concord Jal' ."Hi .T
it i V,t. and the confession was the first one
vill be a matter of regret. . made by vomM wbo gftturday
Hoover's Annul Sal.:. J : 3 .killed h husband as
, , they were riding along the road on
r . Hoover usual summer sale of their tneir way to ehurch in Martin conn
entire stock of men's, young men's ty. tTp to this time the officers had
and boy's clothing, raincoats, troua- been at a loss to find a motive for
crs and felt hats at exactly one-third U,e crime. For two hours Mrs. John-
oir, tor casn, wiu oegin next eaiur-
-' cay morning, jury u.- ineir pouey
lias always been to start eaeh season
with a clean, new stock, See big ad.
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PASTTME AT THE PASTIME
WITH KING BAGGOT TODAY.-
THREE REEL FEATURE.
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POUNDS. I THANK YOU IN AD
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ALDERMEN MEET.
Held Brief Session Last Night Tew
Matters ef Interest Presented.
The July meeting of the city fath
ers, held last night at the city hall,
as marked by brevity. There were,
frw matters presented for the fath-
'erfc and they transacted them in a
'brief manner. All the members of
the board were present -except Alder
man Ritchie. Mr. Morrison II. Cald
well stated that Mr. White's lot on
West Corbin street had been damaged
a a result of having the street com
mittee in that section raised. The
matter wss referred to the street
committee with power to act.
A petition was presented by the
property owners on East Corbin street
asking that curbing be placed on
the sidewalk on the north side of the
street from Church street to A. J.
Winecoff's. The petition was referred
to the street committee. - -
A petition was presented from the
Concord firemen asking that the bonrd
contribute $250 to pay their expenses
to the tournament at Winston-Salem.
Ihe board made the appropriation.
' Cpon petition of the Cannon ville
firemen an appropriation of $150 was
made to pay the expenses of the mem
bers of that department to the tourn
ament. Upon motion of Alderman Cook
the board decided to give the present
court room over to the water and light
heard for an office and to have the
session of the city court held upstairs
in the room now used as an opera
Thousand Are onse' Alderman Cook stated that ',
the downstairs room was too small to--"-
hold the sessions of the notice coiirt
h0w, as Bob was as big as a whole
troup of black face comedians com-
hined.. ' . t
nt thus ended the meeting. -
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Pretty Martin County Widow Makes
.
Confession.-Life Was Vnbeara
We.
, Tarboro, July 0. "I am soing to
, toll the whole truth about the matter.
I killed my husband because he had
made life unbearable for me bveon-
slantly accusing mo of infidelity.
"I am sorry I did not say this at
first, but I was afraid and felt that
I was alone in the world without, a
inend to whom I could turn
The foregoing statement was made
hy pretty Mrs. Elizabeth Early John
sn to your correspondent (Ins after
noon at the conclusion of n fire?
hour interview with her in which
every phase of the rase was discuss
gon, who is about i years om anii
an extremely pretty blonde, stouuy
'maintained that an unknown .man
killed her husband and told a well
ronected story of how it took place.
i During tins recital she showed very
tiffin emotion thoneh she stated that
A she was grieved at the death of her
' husband. - t
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- BEST HEATING COAL FROM A.
B. POUNDS. -6t
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At Concord has been divided into six lots and
WILL E .SHIP AT AUCTION THURSDAY, IULY 16. 10:30 (Mock
owMMsnss sssaoMnHWswpnisnsnwMSMoj snnMssBnnMsnw . . - -. ' ?
This is the most valuable resW property to be bought in Concord at jhis time.
Located as it is, vith cucK desirable surroundings, make it especially attractive for homes. It
will pay you to buy now while the opportunity is offered, as it comes but celdom m a life time.
Braes band concert Easy terms. , f f v .nw
The splendid residence of th, late Judge Montgomery, North-Union Street, contain, ten large room, beside, two bath room brick kitchen .epf from housvand out hou... -r
new cott'e on Church street
STATE GOOD ROADS
MEETING AT DURHAM
Good Attendance and Great Enthu
siasm. Addressee.
Durham, July 10. The North Caro
lina Good Roads Association's annual
convention is proving moat success
ful. There is a good attendance and
great enthusiasm. Lieutenant Gov
ernor E. L. Danghtridge led the dis
cussion this morning on "State High
way Commission, Its Function and
Need," William Dunn, of Newbern,
told of the progress in his section on
the central highway ; Clem G. Wright,
of Greensboro, of the Guilford sec
tion; P. B. Beard, of the Rowan sec
tion, all showing good progress. W.
D. Mackmillian made an address in
the Wilmington-Goldsboro - highway,
being president. Wonderful progress
in all parts of the State on highway
construction was shown.
UNIVERSITY TO
BE LOCATED SOON.
Atlanta Will Make Strenuous Fight
For Successor of Vanderbilt.
Atlanta, Ga., July 9. A decision
ns to the location of the new Metho
dist F.piscopal University, east of the
Mississippi river, will probably be
made in this citv Wednesday, Jul
15, at a meeting of the Educational
Commission of the Episcopal Church,
South. The Southwestern university
already has been awarded to Dallas.
Texas.
The committee named by the com
mission to consider various offers and
invitations, will meet here next Tues
day, a call for both gatherings hav
ing been issued by Bishop Warren A.
Candler, chairman of both the com
mission and the committee.
Atlanta Methodists have planned a
strong fight for the University. The
city council recently adopted resolu
tions endorsing the University pro
ject and offering aid. Today the
Chamber of Commerce acted in the
matter.
The committee named to consider
offers is as follows:
Bishop Candler, chairman; Bishop
I. II. McCov, Birmingham, Aln.: W.
G. M. Thompson, Chattanooga, Tenn.:
Dr. Pluto T. Durham. Charlotte, N. C.
and Dr. A. J. Lamar, Nashville, Tenn.
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER.
G?V. iimmerniaii, Former Norfolk
Southern Agent, Arrested.
Trov, Julv f). G. R. Zimmerman,
young man who was agent 'or tnc
Norfolk Southern at Candor for about
month earlier in Mie year, wns
brought here yesterday and placed
in jail charged with embezzlement of
funds from the railroad company nnu
the Southern Express Company. He
was arrested while at work for the
l'ostal Telegraph Company at Ral
eigh. He was arraigned before justice s
court some weeks ago on the charge of
sell iiic freight in transit to V. d.
Kellv, of Candor, for 8 that was val
ued at about. $50. The young man is
said to be well connected, cominir Prow
s good family. His home is at Winston-Salem.
There will be three cases
agftinst him to be tried next wee
when court is in session here.
Tirairired Sixty Year Old Woman
From Bed.
Cleveland, 0.. July 10. Two mask
ed burglars entered the home of Mrs,
Elizabeth Knrlinski. sixty years old
dragged her from l'nd, bound and tor
turcd her until she told where twenty
five dollars of her savings were hid
She staggercl tr a. neighbor's hous
tiid collapsed, ,
Leaf Tobacco Sales,
Raleiirh. Julv 10. The leaf tobac-
eo sales on North Carolina markets
'during June as one hundred and sev-
' enty one thousand pounds compared
! with ' ninetv two thousands pounds
iat June. '
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FROM THE HATIOriAL
CAPITAL TODAY
MORE INVESTIGATION OF GOLD
HILL MINE BOOST.
Representative Hal Flood, of Virgin
ia, Brought Into the Matter. Wal
ter George Says He Sold Him 6,
500 Shares at About 38 Centa a
Share. Two Bodies Lying in Fool
of Blood. President Win Not
Send Any Names as Substitute for
That of Mr. Warburg, f
Washington, D. C, July 10. Rep
resentative Flood, of Virgiina, was
brought into the investigation for the
use of Senate stationery to boost the
Gold Hill, North Carolina, gold mine.
Walter George Newman, the promot-
er, testified, that he sold Mr. Flood
six thousand, five hundred shares at
about thirty eight centa a share, and
after Newman had bought the sameL
stock for sixty two cents. Newman
produced additional letters from
Comptroller of the Treasury Williams
to repute Mr. William's testimony
denying the correspondence.
The Senate has taken the responsi
bility to complete the resvrve board,
as President Wilson will' not send
names as substitute for that of War
burg, according to a statement au
thorized by the President. -
With their bodies lying 'in pools of
blood and two revolvers beside them,
Mrs. Lula Naylor and William Po
land were found in a room in a board.
ng house. Mrs. Naylor was dead
nd Poland had two bullets near the
heart. It is feared he will die. Tho
police believe there was r revolver
duel between the pair. Poland has
wade several conflicting statements.
POSSE IS SEARCHING
FOR THE BANDITS
Who Stopped and Robbed the Katy
Flyer Last Night.
St. Louis, Mo., July 10. Posses are
searching for'the four masked ban
dits who last night boarded the Katy
Flyer when she stopped few water at
Matson uncoupled the express and
mail care, dynamited the American
Express Company's safe and escaped
with the loot, value unknown. The
bandits escaped in skiffs on the riv
er. The general agent of the ex
press company says there were no
shipments of money in the car, hut a
lot of jewelry.
Administration Sustains Defeat
Washington, D. C, July 9. The
administration met defeat today in
the first stage of its fight to have the
Senate confirm the nomination of
Thomas D. Jones, Chicago and Paul
M. Warburg, New York, as members
of the Federal Reserve Board. The
Banking and Currency committee
voted 7 to 4 to report unfavorably on
the nomination of Mr. Jones and
postponed indefinitely further consid
eration of the nomination of Mr.
Warburg.
Case Against Dr. Winters Dismissed.
New Castle. Ind., July 10. The
charges of conspiracy to murder and
burn the body of Catherine Winters
against Dr. W. A. Winters and oth
ers was dismissed on the grounds of
insufficient evidence to warrant
trial.
"ACROSS THE ATLANTIC,"
FEATURING KING BAGGOT
WITH ALL STAR CAST IN THREE
REELS, AT THE PASTIME TO
DAY, ; .
BUY YOUR COAL FROM A. B.
POUNDS. I THANK YOU IN AD
VANCE FOR YOUR ORDER. 9-6t
ELKS TO PLAY BALL.
Concord sad Charlotte "Bills" te
Battlt for Diaaond Snptrauncy.
Concord Ready to Men AH Con
ors. The Concord and Charlotte Elks
are going to battle for diamond su
premacy. The local lodge recently is
sued a challenge to the Charlotte
Elks and it has been accepted. The
First game will be played in Charlotte
at a date to be announced in a frw
days and a return game will be played
here.
The Cliarlottr lodge has the reputa
tion of numbering quitr a collection
of diamond performers among its
members and they claim to have a
ckssy ball team. Concord Elks not
only claim to have a classy ball train
but the best of anv lodge in the State.
With Leslie Bell and Campbell Cline
to burn the pellet across for oppos
ing Elks to whiff at, Colb Morris to
receive and such stellar artists as
Bill Johnson, Carlos Clark, L. fiap
penfield, Harry Caldwell and others
,0 do th.e fieldinft stunt ani compose
a wrecking crew at bat, the Concord-
lans are ready for all comers.
Henry Ford Tells Wilson Calamity
Howl it Silly.
Washington, July fl. Optimistic
views of business conditions were
presented to President Wilson today
by Henry Ford, the Detroit manufac
turer, during an hour's conference at
the White House. Mr. Ford told the
President he saw no evidences of any
sort of business depression, psychol
ogical or otherwise, and said that in
his opinion business was getting bet
ter all the time.
"The only trouble is," said Mr.
Ford, "that some people seem pessi
mistic. If everyone would only cheer
up and attend to their business, this
calamity talk would stop immediate
ly." The President and Mr. Ford dis
cussed the trust bills in a general way
as well as the business situation.
uincinis ciose 10 me rresiaeni mu
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he wns greatly encouraged by his talk
with Mr. Ford
ROBERT FETZER TO DAVIDSON
Chemistry Assistant of A. and M.
Made Directory of Athletics.
Davidson, Julv 9. Robert Fetzer.
class 1907, for several years connect
ed with Woodbury Foorest Schook'
and last year associated in chemis
try at A. and M. College, Raleigh,
and head of the Cherokee summer
camp for boys, has accepted the po
sition of director of athletics for the
coming year. The executive commit
tee of Davidson alumni athletic asso
ciation has been instrumental in se
curing him. His universal populari
ty, his fine record as an athlete and
coach and official in big games, all
nrjrue well for his success here.
Maxton Lady is Found Drowned.
Maxton, July 9. Miss Janie Mc-
Rae, a young woman about thirty
years old, of near Seven Bridges,
this county, and seven miles southeast
from Mexton, met her death oy
drowning some time last night or
early this morning in Shoe Heel
Creek. The evidence points to that
of self destruction while mentally un.
balanced.
Elks Lose Their Spirits.
Chicago. Julv 9. Elks, en route
from Hornell to the Denver conven
tion, made complaint to the police
today that thev had been robbed in
a local hotel of nine bottles of whis
key and seven boxes of cigars. They
were taking them to Denver for their
"friends," they said.
Fruit Liner Rams and Sinks Pilot
Boat
New York. July 10. The United
Fruit Company's liner Machioneal
rammed and sank steam pilot boat
New Jersey. All the crew were res
cued
ERY -HOME PLACE
TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY OF CONTEST
ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS AND VOTE BALLOTS U8T BE IN OFFICE AT
CLOSING HOUR.
All Contestants Should Read And Follow Closely the Rales for tte Clos
ing of the Contest Race is Growing Closer Every Hoar and Finis
Promises to be Very Exciting.
Tomorrow night is the big night.
At 9 o'clock The Times-Tribune con
test will be over and the judges will
take charge of the ballot box and
count the votes. As soon as the total
of each contestant is determined, the
prizes will be awarded according to
the rules published at the beginning
of the contest.
At 9 o'clock all votes and subscriu-
tions must be at The Times-Tribune
office. After that hour no one will
be allowed to bring in any more sub
scriptions and only those that are
written and ready at that time will
be counted. As soon as the last bal
lot is written and placed in the bal
lot box this box will be turned over
to the judges. Remember these rules
and be sure nud follow them closely
so that there will be no costly errors
or confusion.
With the end of the contest drawing
near business is increasing every
hour. The contestants that are real
ly in the race are making every mo
ment count and are putting forth
their very best effort. And this ef
fort is certainly producing results.
CONDITION OF CROPS.
All
Crops Show Better Condition
Than the Ten-Year Average.
Washington, July 9. Crops in the
United States July 1 were in about
1.4 per cent, better condition than the
ten-year average on that date.
"Last year," said a department of
agriculture bulletin today, "the July
1 condition of all crons wns 1.7 iter
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rtnt below the ten-year average, but
prospects declined as the seasou ad-
vanced, the November, or final rc-
jiorts last year being 6.7 ier cent, be-
low the ten-year average. Present proposed constitution reads: . "Oov
conditions consequently are about 8.7 1 eminent is formed to keep are in
per cent, better than the outturn of
the crops last year
Overcash Reunion.
The Ch'iah..3eiiMpi
at Enochville, N. C, August . 1914.
The public is cordially invited.
Come and bring vour picnic baskets
full of something good to eat. There
will be an interesting programme.
Bring your friends with you
C. D. OVERCASH, Pres.
L. H. OVERCASH, Sec.
KING BAGGOT NEEDS NO IN
TRODUCTION TO THE PUBLIC
OF CONCORD. SEE HIM AT THE
PASTIME TODAY.
YOU GET THE CLEANEST AND
PEST HEATING COAL FROM A.
B. POUNDS. 9-6t.
Miss Rosa Lee Wilson, of Winston-
SHlem, is visiting Miss Hose Harris.
A SLAVE
that neither eats, drinks nor sleeps, but one
that works for you loyally night and day, - is
the dollar that you deposit in a strong bank.
The interest that it earns makes it begin to
grow at once.
A little dollar will start a big account at
this bank.
This week has already far overshad
owed any previous week and before
tomorrow is over tho indications are
that it will double any period in the
contest.
And all of the time the race seems
to he growing closer between the lead
ers and some from behind are coming .
up and getting in a position to win.
All are laying aside a big reserve
vote and a great many will be sur-.
prised when they see that some can
didates whom they have not been
counting on, are well np in the lead
and will be winners of some of the
prizes.
Tomorrow is the day to make the ,
last appeal for help. No one can put
you off tomorrow as their subscrip
tion will do you no good later. You
will either get it or know that you
are not going to. You can also tell
whether your friends that - have"
promised you their help really mean
it. Tomorrow is their last ohance as
well as yours, and it is up to you to
;et them started if you can and to get
ns much as possible from all of your
promises.
ULSTERMEN OPENLY
DEFY THE LAW
Four Hundred Volunteers Most Sir
Edward Carson Carrying Rifles.
Belfast. July 10. In open defiance
of the law against carrying arms, four
hundred Ulster volunteers, carrying
rifles, met Sir Edward Carson upon
his arrival from London and escorted
him to Craigavon, where tho first
meeting of the Ulster provisional gov
ernment was held with the wildest -
enthusiasm. The preamble of their
trust for the United Kingdom."
Today Is Big Day in History.
here., pointed out' thai today is ' a -"big"
day in both-American and
foreign history. On July 10, 1584,
William of Orange, who led Holland's
war for independence, was assassin
ated. The statue of King George II at
Bowling Green, N. Y., was overturn
ed July 10, 1776. Two years later
Rochanbeau arrived at Newport with
6,000 French soldiers.
On this date in 1790 Congress de
cided to meet for ten years at Phil
adelphia. The first steamboat arrived at "Chi
cago,, July 10, 1832. Col. John C.
Fremont became governor of Califor
nia on this date, 1846.
The fortress of Gibraltar was cap
tured by the British, July 10, 1704.
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