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V 'ft i ; i ins i 'V-r.- : u air ( i 11 VOL. XVI. J B. SHERRILL. Editor Publiibw- CONCORD, N. CFRIDAY,r DECEMBER 31, 1915. 40 Cents a Month 4 Cents a Copy. NO. S3, O HCE EI3T IS LAST DAT AT POSTOITICE Beeicnation Of Assistant Postmaster Effective New Year'a Today U the lest day in which Mr. - .' it iviJminii Kill urva aa L'.. Mw'nflMTi anr ' assistant .poatmaaUr, hia resignation STAKED WHEN NEGBOES KB. .f&tJenuary X having been . M mi 99 tun AWTUBtW I a a s i - Let Tnai mactr iSOTII STATES GO AT liailOalGIlT DEB A WHITS OVEESEEB. It!E KECEOES - REPORTO) . BUtD Excitement Canned Thronga the Soe ; tion Near BUkely It the Clashes Between the Whites and 31acka Ee ported to Bare Subsided Somewhat Inflnential White Citiseni Work ed TJnta Lata List Sight in an Ef fort to Prevent Further Breaka. VUipigui sn'Oyeriner, Tiruiee a Negro Child And is Later Shot in . toe Bade, ' Yi. ; .- , ' " ' By Vmm AaeartefS Pi) suiUv nL Ik. 31. The excite- mmt ..nA thronshout this aection by clashes between posses 'of white men and negroes near nere in wumu aeven negroes were killed and two whites were hurt has not entirely ; died down today.;, Influential white eitiaens, who were busy antil late last night in an effort to prevent far ther breaks, expressed the belief that v there will be no' more trouble. hot and killed and two others were burned to death, :: ...nvA'nv fn rannrta received here, as a result of three pitched battles r ktvAAn the nezroes and various bands of whites seeking to capture Daniel Goolsby, a negro farmer, and hia two sons, Mike and Elysses, ac eased of assaulting Henry Villipigue. en overseer, who had thrashed one of the younger Goolsbvs. Villipigue - was tshot in the back Wednesday night and bis wife narrowly escaped death f rasusBYeral .afcetajfeed after The negroes reported dead, after . as all day hunt, which started Thnrs- day aoraing, after news of Villipi- gne's death spread tnrougn tne couu- tiij nl emcDtod bv Postmaster Mdler and the Fostoffice Department I several veeka ago. Mr. Weddington naa oeen mmv ant postmaster since the office was .mmiA Hia anrvica haa been eon- apicuous by bis thoughtfulnesa and nnriiiv tn the natrons of the office, to many of whom hia resignation will cause regret':.v ".:": Mr Wadd'.nirton nlans to engage in business for himself bnt ia not .. yet ready to announce just what line u will rA in Vnr uvnrftl week he will nut V tea " be engaged anperviamg the erection f midenre. which he started on his lot on South Union street aev- Mr WMidinrton'a successor - naa luan nnnniu-itil. When the resig iiinii flrnt announced Postmas ter Miller stated that he bad not de e'ded on whether s recommendation tr.r ti ndvanrement of. the mem bers ?f the present force or a tenta tive appointment, auDjecv 10 a vu service examination would be made. The Department at WasBington, ox course, has been fully advised about the situation but the officials there .ta Pmfmiitfr Miller have not yet reached a definite decision on the matter, it ia understood. t iECENTLT ADOPTED PEOHIBI- tlOX LAWS BECOME EITECTT7E iitiiiiiiii f 5 RECEIVED IK 8EOTI01T AKD TO BB TEAKSLATED TODAY. rtEiEm: uso sikds : i sote M. JAKE NEWELL WEDS . MISS FAUNIE BLACK, oIm M'&rria.p In Charlotte. WKil-Known Lawyer ' and Politi- cian Becomes Benedict Charlotte Observer. 31. The Law That Becomes Effective in South Carolina Was Adopted at a 8peclal Election Sept 14 Last by an Orerwhebning Majority. In '. dividnals Under the Law May Ob. tain On Gallon of Linor Per Ifonth for Personal Use.--SUte Senator Carlisle of ' Spartanburg Annonnces He Will Introduce a Bill Making the SUte Entirely Dry - ' : (B The A. cUte rim) CanXr.iL will tA nnmhnnul amnnc the I prohibition States after midnight to night The State d:spensary system, under which 15 out of 44 eounties nnsrtJ liminr ' dioDensaries and around which, the political battles of ih Rtnto hftva mntered for nearly a quarter of a eentury, will cease to efc ist at sundoyn this afternoon. The law. effective at midnight was adopted at a special, election held 1 8ept 14 last, by an overwhelming majority, Individuals under the new law, may obtain one gallon oi liquor per month for personal use. Certain spirits are permitted 'for the Church, art and science,, accord ing to a recent decision oi tne auor- ;nanoue ym. - , - n . A surprise roarnaKe oi Th fixator- Carlisle.- of ' Soar terest took place lrr'" several a' a'eloek when Miss ranme oww . vrzrr' , married to Mr. Jake F, Newell,Jhe( woumance caremon, be ng performedDy ev v, nSSffl! d-ith lawmaking the atate entire. place at the home " or tne -w - , '7 : : ,?' hridfl'a father. Mr. C. A. Black. 300 South Cedar street. There were no attendants, the wedding toeing . wit '' Sik: O&ers Dry. WnnhinsAnn.' Dfi. 31j-Statff Wide prohibition ;of the "sale : and manu- anenoanis, ue wcuuiujs piuuiuibiuu ' Bu nessed by only a few relatives and 1 facture oi .intoxicating liquors will trianAa , . :,: .''-; r ..',' v Iuwmtia AfTeptivn in seven states at r. ant eulminated in pitched bat- ties in he afternoon, were oranoe'- , The event nad been maintained inVidnieht tonizht. putting out of bus- son Goldshy, his two sons, ootn ?r tjw gtrictegt 8ecreCy and only a short, iness more than 3,000 "saloons, ' a wlinm vara nnrned in a canin in . . ... it.. tari 1 P Wm 1 ht!u1a. XT Ltl ! IltnC UUiUI O UUUC DCfc w ' " ICbl UUUIUCI V. . UIV."Viivu, - " mndA of the'.nlo linim dniiaoii and distillaripg. UillK n"w..- - uu.u '. . plans. Mr. ana Airs, rteweu jj.i. -ine iaieBiwmcn are iu euwr i shortly after the conclusion of the 'dry column are South Carolina, Iewa, ceremony lor unutw viu uiuruuu, uivu, . , , nouiuwu, wliioh tVipv ou?ht refuse JewelT, Charles 'Holmes, James Bur ton and Early Hightower, OiBdals Who Bead the Unofficial re ply in Dispatches Trom London Ap parency Were. Mucn Gratifled at Its Natura. Dangers of a Break la Diplomatic Relations With Aua- j tria-Hnngary are No Longer Con. s: sidered , Imminent. Additional Correspondence, en the Subject, However, is Considered Certain, time of PubUcatlon BTot Known. ' ir The Aaaiala Ptc , S Washinirton. Dee.' 31 The official A-rt of th AnatriaiL Aneona note was received early today at the State Department. The work of translat ing it 'from the diplomatic code will fake several hours ana arrangemeni for publication will be made later. " The reply came in sections. Secre tary Lanainr said this forenoon that one 'section had been translated and that he expected the complete trans lation would be in hia Bands oeiore night. ;v. ',:'.:" i: Officials who had read the unom eial reDlv received in dispatches from liondon, apparently, were much grat- ifld at its nature. Dancer oi a oreaK of diplomatic relations with Austna-j Hungary was' no longer considered imminent. , Officials said here that additional eorresDondence on the snb- iect was sure to ensue. Secretary 1ansinz declined to ; comment upon the reply Until he. had the complete 7,fttip1 fAirk hafnrn him. v. if . v : ; AktvA doubtful that the official text would be given out tot pnblicat'on either today or tomorrow unless some provision for such publi cation has been apended to the' text hv Ambassador Penfield at Vienna. ' . Secretary Lansing ' has : received from Ambassador Penfield a brief re sume of the contents of the note. He declined, however, to make public this dispatch or comment upon it. - ' BIG SALE AT BELL ft EASEIS rUENITUEB OO.'S Here Than f2ff,000 Worth of rsmi- tnre at Qreat Bedoctton in Prices. On Wednesday, January 5, at t o'clock a. mn there will beg'n s great sale of furnitere, te at the store of the Bell 4 'Harris Furniture Co. In this great sale will be included furniture, bouse furnishings, mnriral instrument and in fact everything from s teaspoon, to a piano, ins sale will continue for ten days, and durinr this t'me the roods will b offered at s big reduction. This sale ill be in eharre of Mr. H. Tracy Odont. of the Progressive Sales Co.. of Montjomery, lis. Everything will be. marked :n plain firures and sold for cash onlv. In th's imner. today yon will And a bit double pa"e d vart'aaTvnt whieb t.Ha von abont this sale.. Read it and get ready for the Bale, , ' - , kick!;:?: TEE NATAL GOES DOW1T POL- LOWING AN EIPLOSIOjr, , mm mm o oi' NEW YORK COTTON , B datively Pirn Cables Cassea Pries . to Advance Substantially. v- w (By T A rlae ri New-. York. Dee." 31. Relatively Arm eablea vrere followed bf ooening of six to nine points advance on the ! Official Announcement of the Loss of the Ship Was Mads Today. Wae Sank Yesterday WMls ia ' Harbor As ths Result of an Internal Ex plosion. There Were About : 400 6urvivors.-7-Only Ship of Aay Con. seaosnce Lost 8inc ths Sinking of' the Triumph and ths Majesdc - at- the Dardanelles Last Hay. Stay. . ed at New York Two Weeks. 4 1' - j ( By T AaaartattS IW) w'.- London, Dee. 31. The British ar mored cruiser. Natal, has sank af- tast evnlnoiAM f'irfijii a fcr sfe nr it rt UU I wa ssu pivioavM viuviw mtm .ivuvu- cotton market here today. Prices. ment to this effect was made here to- wcre about 12 to 14 points above last, day. night's elosin? figures. January sold at 12.24; March at, 12.52 and May at 12.75 before the end of the first hour.' T''.y Cotton futures opened steady. Jan uary. 12.19; March 32.41; May 12.67; July 12.82; Uctobery 12.4. :::... Tha Katal waa unnk vaatcrdav af. - ternoon while in the harbor,-as the . result or an internal explosion, lnere were about 400 survivors..- . i -, .The Natal 's sinking is toe severest, loss which :the British nay yhas snv . tained in several months.. No Brit ish : naval vessel of importance has ' been sunk since last jnay when tne Majestic and Triumph were torpe. v doed at the Dardanelles.. The Natal, -althoujh a powerful maiv' of war, ' was laid down' eleven years no and : Charles J. Webb 8 Co. Buy Control of Modena Mills. ,. , . Gaston" a, Doc. 23. A was learn- CU III I C IV) U a Y A 1 V ill .1 11 a ii , . . - - UB I'UU uunu gigiu jkws ,j,,v sowrce that -Charles .K, Webb, ft ,o fcer dis'plaement: was only about. one O.) UilC Vl'tt V Vlia i. ICQ VV VI MlVi UinpilUjViUV'U W khu vuj wwuw uaaw Philadelphia yarn brokars,,have. se-vi'slf of the largest British sea nVht-, enred a . controlling - interest in me i Modena Mills: of -tbie uface. h" firm . has for a long time owned, one foiiTth of the capital stotk of the Modena, pnd.' thrimgh. the' acquisition ers.. The JJatsJ'a compjetement was. . , 704, men. Her. displacement was 13(-: . ;,-: 000 tons.", v J - She was 4S0 feet long and 73 feet : of beam. : Her largest guns were' 92 '- of additional 8tock.;.will in "-the fu- inch. Of: these -she errried 'three .. ! t i . . - ! : " . i ii . tfa. - ' ml L'u. ' tiff - Itnra nntmV t 'It i eeiieralLV .De- rorwara ana turn ait on '"' iii .i i it ;ii T. . . Hi.nj.MH?iiH ni.i 4r-,h. mum .I fninn. r.evca mai were wni ue some cuBii'ico cm w " :'n the' mnnnement of te mills, three poun t.Vonch nnthmw of this kind has as iuoes. EEPEESEKTATTVE TO - : ANSWER CHARGE. Representatiye Frang Buchanan, of v ninoia to Go to,- tw York for Trial - f; v (Br TS Ajuoctatet Prcaa) Washington, December 31. Former R.nmnfst;va H. Robert : Fowler. Henry ;B. Martin and Herman Schul nA with with the Labor StOh AVWVtav " - I National Peace Council, and indicted ' in New .York under the Sherman an-ti-trnst law for conspiring to restrain trade in munitions, demanded a pre liminary hearing when they appeared today before United States Comis sioner Taylor to" make a formal re- v indir-tmnnt.- 'Hearing waB set for January zo. North and will spend two weeks in j Washington, Philadelphia, and Hew York. Upon their return to Char lotte, they will be at home at 407 Sunnyside avenue, fieamom. The bride is tne eldest aaugiirer oi r.. 1 r r A m.Ab- anil llMU BUT, ana. iiira. x. wwvi. w auuo' j a, hi - - nvontinnllv har antira UEJ . in ! !Had that the nneration or ail II- BJCHH . T . I , this city. She is a young womia of quor licenses at midnight tonight much attractiveness and excentirmd render liquor sales on New Year mental gifts and has .many friends unlawful. : - V in Charlotte. i Accord:ng to one aumomy oetwu L J A .banana UV IUU l nauuu. . -j. In Colorado: district attorneys at a moonf niAAfincra. acrraad that techni cally the constitutional i prohibition I . .e i J. amendment ana tne eniorcmg siaiuu An not hncome effective until mid night January 1, but it was also de- TEE STOOE MARKET. tw - T anders and three' terpedo yet taken piaco. to Rabbita Are Classed as Menace . ; ' Trees.: Washington, Dec. 30. The cotton tain rabbits are classed with pine pine mice as constituting a menace in Eastern States to fruit and orna monta! trea and shurbs as well as to " ' . ' Garden and other farm products, says 'Representative Frank Buchanan, oi ; g rt of tbfl rpaent 0f Agri ictad on the same charge,; culture. ine aubsto inuufcc w bits are in such succulent foods as two million and three million dollars ,12,000 share at 89 to 89l-2, i . 3-3 e i: - . fl- nvernicnt pain Of tWO POintS has been expended, for liquor In Col orado in the last wees. ' Exchange Opened With ' Wide . and General Advances on Last Day or Year. c (Br The AaaoelatcS rnaa) New York, Dec. 31. The last day of the year on the stock exchange opened with wide and general - ad- Mniwr thn outcome or ine Ausinun aifnntion. hpinir sisrnaliMd by a broad buying movement. . United States ! Steel's initial 'offering consisieo oi an overnight gain of two points and duplicating its maximum oi tne last, five years. Snares or. tne socauea war class were one to three points higher, with special strqngth for Studebakcr, Baldwin Locomotive ana Bonnhlii.. Rtnel Honnera rose more moderately, likewise rails, but oil DinnerParty. , , Miss Janie 'AleTinder Patterson delightfully entcrta'ned at an.elegrnt doincr party Irst even'n? at 6 o'clock at her home on Nortb Union street. Mips Patterson 's guests were : Mr. and Mrs. John K. Parson , Miss Mable Means. Miss Wlma Correll. Misa TTalen Pntterson and Messrs. C. B. Wasoner, S. Kay Patterson and i John M. Oglesby. , Tho Natal' broucrht from Ports mouth the body of Whitelaw. Raid, AmenVnn ambassador at London, af ter his death in 1912, remaining at yew Yorfe ror two weexs; . . Beception This Evening. 1 A social event that promises te-be one of the most elaborate and large ly attended ever'gived by the local Elba w'll he the dance and reception at the Elks' Home this evening from 9 to 2. Quite a number of out-of-town aruests will attend. A feature of the lofcfsion will be the music, ..which DAMON AND PYTHIAS AT THE , wai be furnished bv Johnstone's Or PASTIME TODAY.- , v ehestra, of Rock Hill, S. C ' TlKnnia. indicted on the same charge, sent : word to the Department of Justice today that be would waive all questions of immunity, and go, to New York as quickly as possible and 1 within aveek furnish bail and adopt no dilatory tacticsv ; Born, December 23, to Mr. and Mrs. G. W, French, a son. China to Begin 1916With Conscrip- . ,-.v tion, V'f , Pl!: T)ia. 30. China ia to have compulsory nuiHarjr Bci vice 1 moaerateiy, iisewiHe : nus, uu :; Government has announced tnat con- gronps added substantially to recent mill k. innnmiMfdn ml .Tnn. . . r . DAMON AND PYTHIAS AT THE PASTIME TODAY vavatahlaji. clover and alfalfa and fflllnn fruits, and when snow cuts off their food they frequently kill trees and shrubes , by gnawing, the . oars, often causin financial losses to nurs erymen and orchardists. India's coal production lias passed the 12.000.000 ton mark, annually and electrical machinery is being intro duced into its mines, ' ' nrmt'nn will be inauTurated on Jan 1, 1918. It wia nrst be pui inio ei fejt in Chill Province, in which Pe king is located, and Shantung rrov ince, which adjoins Chill Province on the south. Details have not lyet been arranged, but are now under consideration by the General Btatt Tt hna also been decided by ' tne Oanprel Staff to organiae an aero- Start NEW YEAR Right By Starting Your Fires With A. B. Pounds Quick Starting Coal ; f " ; , i ,..', 1.' '." "' -J"' '' ' Al- - ... ' " " 1 - -' i - : ' . "''-' Entra wacono on for tho bis miih tomorrow. Order early. gains. W. Q. Lyon to Become Managing Edi. , tor Balelgh . Times. :: Kaleiah. Dec. 30. It is learned that W. C. Lyon, a newspaperman wail fcnrtwn in North Carolina, will editor of The Ral- cigh Times January 1. He haa been in Union.'!! several monms as mau- plane corps, which will have its ager 0 iphe Associated Press bureau neaaouuriera u- i"w' " j j rnr aiternoon newspapers.; ut where, the Government's ; ovjation , intej presg n. end a successor o Mr. Lyon from New Orleans. , 1 Mf T.vnn amn to Raleieh from the- New York offices f The Asso ciated Press. He was for a number of vears member of the staff of The Charlotte Observer and the Char lotte Chronicle. . j; : 5 VV'-vM school ia located. Nanyang is in Ho- nan Province, southwest of Poking . ' Hearts Dice Party. r . . , ir T Cf....t . n ,1 Ti aa JHrS. 1 nrKS XVI. uiuoiii u ...... Louise Coffey, delightfully entertain ed a number of friends last evening at the home ef Mrs. I.afforty on North Union street, in honor of their guest, Miss Ophelia Hartt, or piar lotte' and Miss, Gladys Coffey, of MATnton. The hours were xrom 8:30 to 12 and about 30 guests, were present. . Hearts dice was. -puyeo. Following the game reiresnmeuw were served. ;: v . -Into the bottom of a tew traveling bag is folded a water tight nnura suit so that a person can use tne ai- fair as a Ine perserven, we pa u ing bouysnt, enough to hold him up in water,". ,:, : '. I UTom than Ab varietiea of rice are (nHivatml in Siam. one of . which I7M A III Wa Da a I7T 111 MM . KlUak nn M W 9 an M 1 K ml M H iiaiiui iiniiu nuuui nuwv viv a . Chicago Wneat. -i " (By The AaaeelataS Pfaaa) ': PVunrrn. Wtrt. 31. Wheat develop ed fresh strength today largely bo- : cause of higher quotations' at Liver pool, and owing to reports of urgent demand there from millers, upeninn figures-which ranged from to 1-8 advance with May 'at im to jya and July at 11 - to followed . by further gains and then tr-moderate reaction. ,,;-'...-,'. n,. .rtnlW nraetieal. An battery has been invented for use in a French vest pocket cigar lighter. , ; ' ) - ''lBWiLafc3''" THE PLRN IS THISj DEPOSIT S OR 0 CENTS OR 1 OR t CENTS F6R THE ORST WEEK. THEN INCREASE YOUR DEPOSIT THE SAME AMOUNT EACH WEEK. S:';V" IN 50 WEEKSi !M v ''V i : ? 1-CENT CLUB PAYS $ 12.75 . - ; i H f I-CENT CLUB PAYS , .50 . . i C i 1 B-CENTCUUB PATS 68.75 , ' , ' ' 10-CENT CLUB PAYS U7.50 YOU CAN DEPOSIT 15 OR 60, CENTS, OR S1.00 OR MORE EACH WEEK.' S.V ?v?''r COME IN-WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IT. John Pert., nrCm . a ,tAMaVHica. Ami " ' aji aTti i a i ur - , J I II ' . r niveau il v '! . J10KTH UtKOJ-irVi. ripens in 70 daya from planting ana DAMON AND PYTHIAS AT THE others in six montae. PASTIME TODAY, v
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