VOL. XIV. J SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
;A FOUCE SERGEAIfT
IS SHOT DEAD
AND TWELVE OTHER MEN
WOUNDED IK DUEL.
Bloody Duel Between Rival PoUct
Details lm Chicago Eed Light Dis
trict. Detectives Raided Disorderly
House And Wtn Btinf Followed
by Angry Gangsters, When With
Drawn Guns They Charged the Mob.
Polk Are Bitter Against the De
tectives. Chicago, July 1". A dozen ron
flctiug stories confront the police
heads in their efforts to solve the
mystery of the Moody duel between
rival police dc:uils in the Twenty
Second Street vice district at mid
night, in which IHstriet Serjeant
Stauley was shot dead and twelve
other men wounded. Four detectives
'attached to the staff of Moral In
spector Dannenberg were being fol
lowed by a menacing mob of gnng
atere after raiding a disorderly house.
A brick was thrown; and the de
tectives with drawn pins charged the
mob. The police detail on the op
posite side of the street rushed and
the detectives fired. Ten minutes
later the patrol arrived. The police
are bitter against the detectives be
cause they think they arc trying to
"show the regulars up."
SOUTHERN CITY PLANS
TO MOVE FARM PRODUCE.
To Strengthen the Fanner and Truer
Grower in Weakest Point.
Lake Charles, La., July 17 "u
strengthen the farmer and truck
crower in the weakest point in his
organization, the selling end, the
Lake Charles liusiiiessmen 's Associa
tion has been organized on originnl
lines. , The merchants of t he city
have incorporated an mutual com
pany, hired a manager and have an
nounced that in the future they will
accept Bnd pay cash down nt the best
New Orleans prices for all truck ana
produce brought to the, association's
warehouses.
"The trouble with our farmers,'
declared John Marshall, publisher of
the Lake Charles Times and a lead
er in the movement, "was that they
had no selling end to their business.
They had good land, were well train
ed fanners and raised good stuff, but
from the minute they took it off
their place and put it in their wag
ons they were helpless. There were
hundreds of consumers who wanted
their stuff and were willing to pay
for it and there were hundreds of
'rmers about here who wanted to
vll. But they couldn't get together.
'ir organization will see to this.
Then our agents in New Orleans gel
it on the big southern and eastern
markets for us and we get our mon
ey bock. We can afford to wait fo
our returns but lots of times the
farmer cannot and as a result takes
nny old price or dumps his stuff on
the local market .at a big loss. So
far th work of the association has
ben -r'tnarkably successful."
Fie Crop Around Mooresville.
Monrr--ville Enterprise.
Vever in so brief a time bav
"crops" come out as thev have with
in the past ten-dive. Of . course in
some sections 'where cotton 'refused
to burst from the earth during
drought, the weed is small. But
corn, cotton and peas, where any
sort of a stand was secured, arc
crowing at a very satisfactory rate.
Between Mooresville and Salisbury
along the Sandy Ridge road and all
through Steele and Mt. Ulla town
shin in Rowan and in Coddle and
Barringer : townships" in IredeH
things look much more promising
now than two weeks ago. Mr.- A.
S. McKay, who lives west of town,
says crops are . looking better now
out his way. : - ' .
, - Webb Becomes Chairman. .
Washington, July f 16. Repreeen
tctive Webb of North Carolina, was
chosen by the House Democratic
Caucus today to succeed Represen
tative Clayton of Alabama, recently'
named Federal Judge, as chairman
of the Judiciary Committee. '
Eflrd's after stock taking sale is
' now on, and "ill not dose until Sat
urday, July 25th. This is a sale to
. close out odds and ends and all sum
merchandise in order to get . in new
fall pood Se quarter page ad. on
page 5." - rt;:':1;:
' Mir. I : W. Brander, has returned
from a visit tKannga. ' .
Turkey and the Dove of Peace aro
, not affinities, . ! ,v
' COVTXBEXCB CLOSES.
Saliahory District KmH WiU Kaa
aanolis Cluck Kazt Tear.
Salisbury, July 16. The Salisbury
district conference fcaa closed its an
nual session, which waa held with
Main Street Methodist Church, this
city, and will meet next year with
the church at Kanoapolis. Delegate,
to the annual conference which will
be held at Shelby in November, were
elected as follows: J. P. Shinn, of
Norwood, who was elected almost
unanimously on the first ballot; V.
R. Odell. of Concord; J. N. .lamev
of Mt. Pleasant, and S. T. Coburn, of
Salisbury. During the closing ses
sion a stirring report was heard on
missions, and the financial report
from the several charges allowed
that to date 46 per cent of the sal
aries for the yar had been paid.
This in an increase of several )er
cent over the reixirt at the confer
ence last year. The church fire insurance-
society, now being gotten
under way by the annual eonfenenee,
was indorsed and recommended to
the churches of the district. Two
voung men were licensed to preach,
S. T. Mauldin, of Forest Hill, Con
cord. iM'd V: H. Barnhardt, of Rocks
Grove church, on the Salisbury cia
cuit. Several churches and parson
ages were reported as just finished
or now in course of erection.
Mr. Bryan
Strong For
Woman's
Suffrage.
Wellington, July 16. Secretary
Bryan, in a formal statement issued
tonight, came out for woman suff
rage. He declared that he would
ask no political rights for himself
that he was not willing to grant his
wife, and announced Ins intention ot
supporting the proposed state con
stitutional amendment extending
the franchise to women to be voted
upon in Nebraska next Novemler.
Woman, Mr. Brvan said, had prov
ed herself equal to every responsibil
ity imposed upon her. and would not
fuil society in this emergency. But
cbove all other arguments in favor
of giving Ii.t the ballot he placed
the right of the mother to a voice in
ile moulding of the environment ot
"A mother,"" Hie sec
retary said, "can justly claim the
right to employ every weapon which
can be made effective for the pro-,
tection of those whose interests she
guards, and the ballot will put with
in her reach all ot the instrumental
ities of government, including the
police power."
Death of Mrs. N. S. Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson, wife of Mr. N. S.
Johnson, died at their home in Kan
napolis Thursday morning at 6
o'clock, after an illness of two
months. Mrs. Johnson was a devout
Christian and loved by all who knew
her. She was a member of the Meth.
odist Church in Mooresville. She will
be missed by a large circle of friends.
She is survived by her husband and
six children, four sons. John, of Aus
tin, N. C. ; Nathan, Marvin and Otto
Johnson, of this place, and two
daughters, Mrs. J. L. Fortner and
Mrs. J. L. Tolbert, of .Mooresville.
Rev. Mr. Kirkpatrick, of Mooresville
Methodist Church, preached the fun
eral today at the residence, after
which the body was interred at the
churcib vard in Mooresville. J.
KannaiKilis, July 16, 1914.
Carbajal Ready to Retire in Favor
' of General Carranxa.
Washington, July 16. Francisco
Cn.bajal, successor to General Huer
ta, as provisional president of Mex
ico, today advised the i nited Mates
government that he intended to re
tire in -favor of General Carranza,
the constitutionalist, chief. Mr. Car-
bajal wishes only that a general am
nesty be proclaimed and protection
given to the property of those who
opposed the constitutionalists.
inis statement, logeiner wuu me
announcement, from Monterey, that
Carranza was willing to enter into
negotiations with Carbajal relative
to the transfer of authority at Mex
ico City, was regarded here tonight
as assuring the restoration of peace
in Mexico. ' , : ,
Insanity Menace to Hungary .
' Budapest; July 17. That no less
less 12,000 insane persons are ' at
large in Hungary and are a danger to
society and public safety because the
insane asylums are overflowing, was
the starling statement made today by
the' Minister of the Interior in the
Hungarian parliament, in pleading
for greater appropriations.. , He de
clared there are 11,000 inmates in the
state institutions for insane and 12,
000 at liberty. One institution ar
ranged and equipped for 1200 has
double that number of inmates, scores
of them having to sleep in the eorn
ders and on the floors. '
: LET THE CHILDREN SEE TEE
FAMOUS StT'T TNO KIDS - AT
THE PAETOIE TODAY.
CONCORD, N. C,
ItMV rfttTir nr
aw LioiLhU ur
M WERE KILLED
TWENTY-ONE INJURED IN AC
CIDENT NEAR NORFOLK.
Some of Injured Are Expected to
Die. Two Wooden Care Complete
ly Wrecked. Many Excursion
itea on the Trains-Bodies So Cot
Up That Identity is Difficult.
Motonnan Accused of Criminal
Negligence.
Norfolk, July 17. Developments
show that six instead of four were
killed an( twenty-one injured early
this morning in u collisiou at Fairr
mount between an electric train at
three coaches and a Virginia rialroaf
coal train. Son e of tli injured are
not expected' to live. An investiga
tion to fix the responsibility is in
progress.
Norfolk, Va., July 17. Six are
dead and more are expected to die
us- it result of the accident el one a.
i'i today. The two wooden cars of
the electric line were completely
wrecked. Many excursionists were
iii the train. The injured were tak
en to the Norfolk hospitals. The
bodies of the victims were so cut up
that officials exierience difficulty in
identifying them. Reports about
town, are that Motormnn Atkinson
should be arrested for criminal neg
ligence. The passengers maintain
that they warned him about the
speed of his car. All of the dead
are from Norfolk and Portsmouth.
WARNING TO BE CAREFUL.
Secretary Garrison Wires Officers to
Avid Meetings.
Washington, I). ('., July Hi. Kec
ictnry Garrison today telegraphed
Brig. fien. Bliss, commander of the
American troops on the border order
ing American officers to refrain from
participating in any niertings or con
ferences with Mexican officers of nny
faction.
Mr. Garrison wired Gen. Bliss th:it
he bud rend newspaper reports say
ing that an American commander
had met a Mexican officer on the In
ternational Bridge at El Paso. He
took occasion, however, in his tele
gram to point out the danger of mis-
I'.nderstandings that might result
from such meetings.
"No matter what the purpose,"
said Mr. Garrison today, "such meet
ings would he misunderstood. Fur
thermore, I believe it is the duty of
the army to leave all dealings with
any of the Mexican factond to the
agents of the State Department.
BIG VICTORY FOR WILSON.
London Papers Congratulatory
On
Success of Diplomacy.
Ijondon, July 16. The resignation
of General Huerta as president of
Mexico is regarded ns a victory for
President Wilson's policy and is wel
comed by the Bhitish public and of
ficials as a possible solution of the
Mexican problem.
' )eaeefiil end t o the complex
situation is greatly desired here on
nc count of the large British finan
cial interests in exico. Most of the
London newspapers, however, ex
piess doubt as to whether conditions
will be any better under Carranza.
The Pall Mall Gazette points out
that if Carbajal surrenders to Car
ranza "it may soon be possible to
exact reparation from Ggneral Villa
for the murder at Jaurez of William
S Benton, the Scotish rnnchur..." ,
Wire Tappers Arrested.
Montreal, Julv 17. Ten men al
leged to be members of "wire tap
ping" gangs, working in connection
with the races here, were arrested
ia a raid on apartments which qon
taihed "cold" telegraph and tele
phone instruments, also several
thousand dollars in bills and sever
al "honor, rolls" Mne prominently
connected in the racing game are
believed to be involved.
Snflragette Destroys Famous Paint-
London, July 17. The famous
painting "Thomas Carlisle" by Sir
John Milhas was completely destroy
ed by a suffraagette with a hatchet
today, ; ' v " - .
Terrible Hurricane in Kentucky.
Henderson, Ky., July 17. Two are
dead, several injured and there is X
damage as a result of a hurricane
here last night. i i , 1
The contractors will begin work
tomorrow putting down the concrete
base for the permanent street pave
ment on Union street. - The work
will begin in front of the postofllce.
FRIDAY, JULY 17. 1914
. MILITARY BOTI" OFF
Te MoreUed Otty to Attend the An
a! Encampment at Camp Glean.
The members of Company L will
leave Sunday evening oa Iran No. 12
for iMorehead to attend the annual
encampment. The company will be
in eliarge of Captain L. A. Brown.
The "boys" fave been drilling regu
larly for the pt few weeks and
Captain Brown states that they are
ready for the ramp. The following
is a list of the officers and privates of
the comimnv:
Captain, L A. Brown; first lieu
tenant, E. C. Barnhardt. Jr.; second
lieutenant. R. ('. Thompson; first
sergeant, S. V. Whitley; quartermas
ter searg.ant, J. A. Bentield. sear
geant.t, Z. B. Tibornburg, II. J. Rich
ardson, Clarence McCachren. J. M.
Rowe; Corporals S. X. Nash. I.. M.
Beaver, V. N. Faggart, V. A. 1'rice.
W. M. liorton, W. C. Morris: cooks,
C. M. Irwin, C. E. Clark; musicians,
E. V. I'arrisli, A. T. Miller, artificer,
V. I.. Elliott; clerk, F. R. Bost ; pri
vates: N. C. Alston, Guy I.. Barn
hardt. R. S. Barnhardt, J. T. Barn
hardt E. (i. BentteM, R. F. Brinklev,
M. I.. Barrier, A. J. Blnckwelder, W.
I). Ilb.kwelder. F. B. Cook. I.. 1.
Cook. 1'. I. Cook, F. L. Craven. ..
V. Drv, J. F. Dry. J. II. Dillnrd. J.
W. Eiliott. W. J. Faggart, II. W.
(Irillin, O. Orav, C. I). Hat lev, 1'. M.
Hartsell. C. R. Honeycutt, .1. A.
Helms. V. B. Jovner, L. K. Kinlev,
N. W. Miller, H." C. Oven-ash. J. E.
Parnell. Jr., C. C. Sanders. W. S.
Sanders. F. K. Smith, L. W. Stall
ings. IT. B. Stallings, H. M. Shep
pard, J. E. Seahorn, C. B. Sid., W.
A. Iseiihour, O. D. Talbert, 11. L.
Tucker, M. Wishon.
ASA CHANDLER GIVES
ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
Goes to New Methodist University
to be Established in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., July 1(. Atlanta
was selected as tin- eat of the uni
versity to be established east of the
Mississippi river by the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, at a meet
ing In re today of the education com
mission appointed by the general
conference of the church to choose
a location for the proposed institu
tion, r.irminsham, Ala., and Hen
(iersonville, N. ('.. were strong con
tender for the university. The vote
sileeti Atlanta was announced us
12 to L.
Announcement by Bishop Wiine.i
A. Chandler, chairman of the coin
mission, that Atlanta had been se
lected was immediately followed by
i.ffieia! confirmation of the report
that $1,000,000 had been siven to the
new university ty Asa u. i anaier,
of this citv, a brother of Bishop
Candler.
In announcing the donation Mr.
Candler said that lie had determin
ed to ninke the gift regardless of the
commission's action in selecting the
location for the university. In hi
letter Mr, Candler said that he had
made the endowment because he was
impelled bv n deep sense of duty to
God and anearnest desire to do good
to his fellow man.
It was stated on reliable author
ity today that the university as con
templated will represent an invest
ment of $5,000,000. Tt is expected
tnat work oon the biuldings will be
started before the winter.
The university in this city with
that at Dallas. Tex., will have the
full Rupport of the Methodist Epis
copal church, south.
Top of the World Today.
Denver, Julv 17. The Golden Jubi
lee Reunion of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks was brought
to a clone today and the delegates by
tomorrow will begin to disperse to
their homes. Several thousand visi
tors today took advantage of arrang
meiits made by the local lodge and
went on an excursion to Corona the
Top of the World, it is called here.
Corona, on the iMottat road!, is we
hkhest point reached by a standard
gauge railroad and is a region of per-
ipetual snow. Betore the day is over
the Elks expect to stage a real snow
ball fight on the 'mountain topj.
.The Urand Lodge otneerg new an
informal session today and completed
their work.
Huerta to be Protected by Large
Guard.
Vera Cruz, July 17. General Hu
erta and suite expect to reach Puer
to this afternoon. Huerta will be
protected by a large guard station
ed in the railway yards. . The party
will spend the night on their private
cars. As no boats sail for Europe
until the 22nd, it is expected that the
fugitives will accept the offer to use
the warships of Gemany and , Eng
land, -v. :"lL: ;.-
I r- .1.1-11 i i . i 9 -i. v .
PROGRAH AT THE PASTIME
TODAY IS ESPECIALLY INTER
ESTING ' TO CHILDREN. LET
THEM COME.
40 Cota Month I
TENTATIVE PIAN IS
BY VILLA
FIVE THOUSAND TROOPS TO
OCCUPY MEXICO CITY.
After Carbajal Surrenders the Gov
ernment to the Revolutionary Par
ty. Carranza Will Head Troops as
Commander in Chief. Carranza
Will Later Take Over Civil Re
sponsibility And Angeles Will Be
Placed at Head of Army Death
of Gen. Ortega.
Juarez. July 17. After ('amliiii.il
surrenders government to ilie v..,..
I'tionury wrty, Mexico Citv I,,.
occupied by a.000 troops, euch of il.
three divisions of I lie ci.nsiiini I
alists' army to he headed bv Curran-i
za as commander in chief. This ten-
tative plan of Carranza is approved
by ilia. It is understood that Car-!. A ,ra''1 "f ares has been offered
rnnza will then take over the civil!"' "ruil1 ''i'ti owes its devel-
responsibility and that General J
geles will lM. placed at the head oH . br",,u'1'- J'r- Candler is
the arniv. General Oitr-.r., .,r'"'s" interested in this section P
Mlla s most trusted otlicers, died from1
the effects of wounds received nt
Aacatecas.
Mexico City, July 17. Two trains
bearing constitutionalists troops are
enroute from Celaya. It is not
known whether or not they will en
ter the city. All gambling houses
have been closed by order, Carbajal
holding that gambling concessions
was one of the biggest grafts of Hu
erta 's reign.
BRYAN TO CHANGE.
Report Secretary of State Will Live
in Carolinas.
Halcigh, X. C. July 1 (i. Willi..,,,
J. Bryan has sol.l his l.iiwol,, TK
home and bought a residence in Ashe
ville, Kttleig.li visitors from the moun
tain city say. Asheville people offer
ed 1 'resident Wilson 11 K I rill mm mot-
deuce last year, but the Cresid-cut
declined. Some time ago Fred Kee-
ey, former owner of the Atlanta
Georgian, gave Mr. Bryan the lot and
offered to lend him the money witii
which to build, it is said, but Mr.
Brvan replied that he had sold his
Xebrnka home and didn't need t ho
money.
The Asheville story says Secretary
Bryan will make North Carolina his
permanent home, but it is not contem
plated that he will come lucre until
his close of office. He has not built
his Carolina residence. The Secre
tary has not mado any other an
nouncement than that replying to the
offer of the loan, it is said.
Mrs. Pankhurst Taken to Jail Some
More.
London, July 17. Mrs. Pank
hurst was carried to an ambulance
to go to make a speech. Detectives
boarded the machine and took her to
Holloway jail today.
Two Christian Science Healers Ar
rested. Richmond, Ind., July 17 Two
Christian Science Healers have been
arrested her for practicing medicine
without license.
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ATLANTA JUBILANT
Over Winning the Big Metftcdiat Un
iversity Over Birmingkam.
Atlanta. Ga.. Jlv 17. All Geors-ia
is jubilant today over Atlanta's win
ning the great Methodist univemitv
les,Hte tin. Haim. f B.rmingh.m.
wlurn had raised a fn, of $67.0,000
in rash as an endowment. The dec is.
in was mad- bv . commission of
diurc I, leaders who had spent several
lavs 1Pr,.. )ln, ,,. Vn y, 0
m tiivr f Atlanta.
The gift s followed llt ,.,, )T
an n.moun.-emeht by Asa (i Candler
that . , irii(, unv ImIjin M&n
'" ,',"lon 11 iversitv. There were
t rings tied to the gift, no pro
vision that others must raise anv
''""t. It was straight gift to the
eollegv.
Tin- commission will soon take up
the .inest.on of site, and probably
will decide hrantiful tract in
lru,d lhlls. .1,,. new nd popular
residential suburb which now has the
ones, nom,.s , Atlanta, wilii.h
proli
amy will i. nM sj,() f 1llp
ne new gov-
T"'"' s ma!''"n when the State de
i ""Ps IO e
"lient t.i
Koi
rrest Adair and George
I city, whic'i. is better adapted than any
oiner ,rtion ot the viibiirhs for such
;.m institution as the Methodists will
, build.
COLE MURDER TRIAL BEGUN
Badin Man Faces First Degree
Charge for Killing Deputy Sher
iff. Albemarle, July lti. The case of
Slate vs. Allen Cole, charged with
the murder of Deputy Sheriff Dan
Tolbert at Badin two months ago.
was called for trial yesterday morn
ing, and is now well under way. The
State is contending for a verdict of
murder in the lirst degree, and a spe
cial venire of (id men were practically
exhausted before the jury was ob
tained to try t,he case.' The defend
ant is represented by Attorneys G.
I. B. Repnolds and A. C. Honeycutt.
of the local bar. and Bert Seawell.
of Carthage, (uite a number of
Moore county citizens are. attending
court as witnesses for the defendant
Cole. The State is represented bv
Solicitor Walter Brock, of Wadcs
boro. County Solicitor R. L. Brown,
and R. L. Smith. The case is beinir
hotly contested.
The case of State vs. Walter Ken
nedy, charged with tlve murder of
John Morton, at Oakboro, several
months ago, has been continued to
November term of Stanly criminal
Court.
Won't Pay Huerta 's Debts.
Monterey, July 16. "General
Carranza will not recognize the va
lidity of the debts of Huerta after
l e enters Mexico City and establishes
a constitutional government there,''
was the statement made here today
by high constitutionalist officials.
The statement was in answer to
questions concerning n statement said
to have been published in the Unit
ed States that foreign nations had
made n demand through Washing
ton that Carranza agree to recog
nize the legality of the debts of Hu
erta and grant amnesty to all polit
ical prisoners.
It looks bad for Villa. He has
hired a lawyer.
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