VOL.XVL J. a SHEREILU Editor and PubHabe
CONCORD, N. C SATU JAY, JANUARY 22, 1915.
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ART) THEREBY; rURTHEB AO.
'- GBAVATE TENSE SITUATION. "
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iiicisMiicms.iraii
TenM Situation, at & Pm Produced
V By the Santa Ysabal lCassacre Wu
Today Aggravated By' tho Ki3inf
of Bert Akors, An American Ranch
ui at Ysleta, Texas, By a Mexi
co Cattle Butter Named Duran.
According to Carranxa Offlciala Dn
ran Claims Self Defense. State-
sent Addi That Duran Will Be
Tried and Executed, if Convicted.
(Br The A Hate rras
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 22. Tho tense
situation here produced by tbe Isabel
" Massaere, today was aggravated when
' details of the killing of Bert Akers,
an American rancher from Yslcta,
Texas,' became known. Akers was
slain, by Bernardo Duran, a Mexican
- : cattle rustler, in a fight yesterduy af
ternoon at Sen Lorenzo, Chihuahua,
a village a few miles below the bor
der.
General Cavira. commandant al
Jaurez, gave out a statement which
' he said covered the circumstances of
' tbe fight as related to him by Duran
and his brother and by a squad of
Carransa soldiers, who were near the
scene.; General Givira declared that
Dnran" claimed1 self defense. The
general said if found guilty .Duran
. would receive prompt ..punishment.
. Akers' body .was -brought to Jaurez
early. today for identification by. a
squad of. police,. " .
- Activities were begun today in El
Paso among those interested in pre
venting a repetition of the riotous de-
nionstration that followed the massa
cre of foreigners at Santa ; Ysabel
January TO- Civilian and military
authorities were' early on the alert
and plans were laid to impress the
people with the necessity of remaining
. :,. calm. V'.-v'i.:H'N'.'V
'Ysleta, -Texas," - January e 22.
- Douglass Downs, companion of Bert
. - Akers, -who was killed yesterday by
Mexican cattle and horse thieves just
WITH THZ CHTJBCBXS.
rirst Baptist..
Preaehing'al 11 a. tn. and 7 p. so.
by the postor. Subject of the morning
sermon. "Stumbling at Jeans." Even-1
mg: The Ethics of Wealth." A cor
dial welcome to all, " '
Trinity Ef ormed.
Sundsy school at 10 a. m. Preach-1
ing at 11 a. m. by Rev. J. D. Andrews, I
president of Catawba College. No I
night service. Everybody welcome tol
these services. ' '
St James Lutheran; Third Sunday I
After Epiphany.
Pastor's Bible Class, 10 a. n
itirning service. 11 o'clock, sermon ! I
A Liv:ng Faith," Young Men's B.-I
ble Class, -2 p. to.; Sunday school, 31
p. m.; Luther League, 630 p. m.;
Vespers. 7 p. m.' Sermon ' Christ's
Message to the Cbnreh at Pergamosl"
Services conducted by the pastor. All
are invited.
" Bayless Memorial Presbyterian.
Preaching at 7 p. m. by Rev. H. F.
Beaty. .
McKinnon Presbyterian. .
Preaching at 11 a. m. by Rer. H.
F. Beaty.
WTLSC-f TC3 TAMMANY?
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COURT . 3J0URNED. -
And Jodg Loaf Left Last Kight for
Cherokee Hold Court.
Tbe jury in tie esse of J. E. Fin-
Iger vs. S. J. Brt ker returned a ver
dict in favor of the" defendant. The
plaintiff alleged . iemage aa a result
I of being struct ; by. an autoeooble
driven by the dt ndnt.
In the ease of (; t Uome Education
al Company vs. James A Page tbe
I jury returned a fwsdiet in favor of
tbe plaintiff fos fl42. The suit
was for $2,300. (essrs. C A. Dnek-
I worth and T. P, Manees represented
I tbe plaintiff and I). F. Mason and L.
T. Hartsell, the fefendant
Judge lx) ng it ie tbe motion ior
a new trial in tbe! ease of Mrs. Bertie
Brown vs. Sou the a Railway la which
I the jury returned ;4 verdict of 4.000
and tbe railway eosipany cave notice
Jof an appeaL !J4 .'
Tbe creek caart against the city
I were compronu!
DA::Dirs fia::;zd to
ju. i;i;:;g hoi
last evening and
toe to iMurpny to
her Byers.- who
noted bv tbe
iinmissioners for a
First Presbyterian.
Prencliihg tomorrow by Rev. R. E.
Joe Johnson, Tammany Man, to Be I
Named Postmaster oil New York-
Court adjourn
I Judge Long has
hold Cherokee co
Court Stem
was recently re-;
board of county
term of two year dating from May
1015, returned tofa? to his home in
Charlotte. Jf
THE STOCK MARKET
Loven, pastor of Cannonville Pres- ton that President Wilson had select
byterian Church. Morning service .j j, Joh-gon. ione . frfenA Dt
. : 1 n I " 7
at ll a. m. evening service ai i p.
m. Men's Bible Class 10 a. m. Sun
day School at 3 p. m.
Tbe announcement from Washing-1 Gains General at tiie Opening of the
MarkelftToday.
(RV The AmAUU Fnmt
al l a. Al I . B I I .
one oi ine ngn or leu oowera ox vew York. Jan.! 22. Gains were
Charles F. Murphy, boss of Tammany general at the opining of today's
" 'w market, out material navances were
has brought about ; a storm. The mii consigned W the more specU'
President's "civil service reform hative .issues. : United States Indus-
tnends in New York believe he is trinl AlmU two more noints
Preaching at 11 a, m by the pastor. I making this appointment to placate to yesterday's senaAtional rise, touch
Public cordially invited. - Tammany for the coming national me vga on tbe news that the compa-
eonvention. Johnson hss held Beveral I nv htA mnAived an enormous order
Calvary Lutheran. . offices in Jhe city government, all of I for its products worn the French
Sunday School at 9:45 - a. m. I which he obtained because of his loy- government, but sqbn fell back over
Preaching at 7 p. m. by tbe pastor. laity 10 juurpny.
St Andrewi Lutheran, ,
. Sunday School at : 9 :45
m.
Publie cordially invited.
Central Methodist
-Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m.
by Rev. T. W. Smith. Sunday school
at 9:45 a. m. - '
Forest Hill MethodLrt.
WOEST FLOOD SITUATION
OF A DECADE IN ILLINOIS
Passenger Traffic Blocked And Towns
Left iir Darkness.
Chicago Jan.. 21. Northern Illi-
eieht points.
Conner rose- variably and lurtber
response to the extraordinary favor
able condition in that industry and
war shares ar a whole showed frac
tional imDrovements. Oils and Mer
cantile Marine Preferred as well as
American Woolen md Corn Pro
ducts also were! higher. United
anu
Preschbg at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. nois. tonight fawd the worst flood Ste,SUei11P,cr5 fn
by the pastor, Rev. C. M, Short Sun- conditions of a decade. Small streoms Bethlehem; Steel fell 4 to 4S0. Can
day school at 9.30 ar m Mr. W. R, had become torrents and larger Pe 8d fcw TkA.Cen
ENDORSES HORSE FLESH.
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iww. esf dm . , Mf w r l.j ix uladinn racmc ana xew xotk ueuimi
AJA11 -..vnAawetMrttrArft rA I 1 A-iA U- P ma lwer tllO Oil IV iCaT 1168 Of THO ml-
visitors wOl receive hearty wel- marooned hundreds of - homes, and wav Kp u" u,uu
did :dnagestimated. at many hnn-1 Jl.-, ewwwfisT IXactl UaMrt&1dk&lrt1
AtA. ttiAiiaAnaa floTTar. v'H uiwu VI piuimu.-. y-u. .
nTTTnAOO T8 SfiTNT. OF . The DCs Plaines river inundated
come, . .
Fly Five
BOBBERY AND MURDER 1 TATS-
Mexican ca:tie ana norse xmeves ju M - Whole sections of Aurora were flood. New York, Jan. 21.-A victim ot
oetow tne ooraer. aeciarea toaay inai auui ..w vvv-.yv.w-- - the so-called sleeping sickness, en
five Mexicans fired 20Q or more shots Cook Agency and Kills Policeman. Tu-n.tr it. ffnnfl.,.pnti Uenderel bv the bite of the African
at them. He said that ne ther he nor Chicatro. Jan. 21v-A ; bandit ae-Ui, PoKafnnipa nnH Snwar rivers, tsetse flv. Dr. Albert C. Pervail, was
Akers was armed. , - leomnanied bv a woman, robbed the I of inter- in a state of coma at his Brooklyn
Downs, said the. Mexicans who kill-1 tnnnQf atrsnnv nf Thnmna A. Conk I i a hi;on UnnM tnnivfit nnd in the oninion of
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ed Akers Urst urea point oianK at and goni 0f $900 today, wounded the Boats and rafts took the place of physicians had not long to live,
him but missed. -Downs then hid in cmhier. killed a Dolioeman. and es-1 . i-tnmnhilefl hi manv Dr. Pervail was bitten by the in
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capeo. - . ' - , . towns and cities. sec nve yea wmw- wiu bos-wm, -u,, Hnited States Supreme
Aecordinsr to the Dohce the deed I : V tnoa nf lifV mam rannrtoH the mncles of the Uonzo in company eattle will.
was the most larinff of years in this ' V,tt nn a Cliieaew. with a band of mining prospectors. ''Another thing in favor of horse urt lor wnt ot error ln
city. Ifras accomplished on one of Burlington and Ouincy train were The symptoms of the usually fatal flesh for food is that horses are prac
MURDER OF ' AMERICANS DE
CREED Df BANDIT CONVENTION.
O'lSIlIEillifflfWIB
Convsntion Held in November at
Which Tims the Bandit Leaden
Planned to Murder Americans And
Oppose tho Do Facto Government
in tho Southern Republic. Santa
Ysabel SUnchter Believed to Have
Been Conducted Pursuant to the
Convention Decree. Administra
tion Officials Look to Carransa.
Conditions Believed to Be Improved.
(By Tke A ! S fraa)
Washington, Jan. 22 ' Revolution
Mexican bandit leaders had, in con-
in convention assembled, decreed
death to Americans in Mexico, as well
as armed opposition to the de facto
government, was the outstanding fea
tures in the Mexican situation here
today.
It became known that tbe agree
ment was reached at a formal conven
tion held at Cordova, Mexico, in No
vember, according to information
which came to the State Department
at that time. Participants in the dav coach wag a sman boy. badly in-
agreement are said to nave mcuiaea
representatives of Villa, Zapata and
others.
The murder of the American uin
TRAIN IS STRUCK Uuto li0,T'
BT A 8I1 vw ELIDE.
All la Two Cars Reported EHUd or
Injured, Cars Carried Down Em-
f
bankment of 800 Foot
(SfT Tka tiiirlim ni.
Seattle, Wash, Jan. 22. Great
Northern train No. 2, the Cascade
Limited from Spokane was struck by
a snowslide near Korea station, on
the west slope of the of tho Cascade,
near the summit, this morning. Tbe
dining car and day eoaeh were carried
down an embankment of 300 feet
All persons in the two ears are re
ported killed or injured.
The train had been stopped by a
small elide, which covered the track.
Workmen had just completed remov
ing the snow and debris from the rails
snd the train was about to proceed
when an avafanche thundered d'twn
from the mountain sid;. Tbe dining
car and day coach were struck spare
ly and swept away. The other ears
snd engine were left on tie track.
Two negro porters and a trainman
are known to be dead. The dining
car is reported burning. The cars in
the gulch were not covered by snow
as in the 1910 disaster. Then many
of the dead were suffocated.
Cries for help from the cars in the
fulch could be heard on the track
above.
The first passeuger reached in the
riUOD SECTi::.3 SEE
RE1EF CiCClO Vr.t
IS SWEEFCrO EASTWARD FROM
ROCKT MOUNTAINS. '
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jured. The next two passengers were
dead.
Five employes of the dining cars
mg men by Mexican bandits at Santa I are believed to be dead. It was im-
Ysabel recently is believed to nave I possible to learn how many passcn
been carried out pursuant to the Cor-1 were ; tj)e day coachcs.
dova agreement. ,
A,Wniatrtinn officials have looked " JSJIOWn
to the Carranza, although having been I St. Paul. Jan. 22. 14 bodies have
informed as to the rebel movement. I ucen fmind in the wreck at Korea,
to prevent the carrying out of threats I c(,or(jing tQ ndvj,,cg received at the
againm imencaiis. xur, v yriWWn headquarters here
I A - 1 iL. fnittllf WAI I I v. " " "
ea w nave tut; b tucttiuu auij " i -
in fcnnd now. althousrii revolutionary this altcrnoon
leaders still are conducting opera
tions.'
a Clean, Wholesome Food.
Dr. T. N. Spencer, a local veterin
arian, is a champion 01 norse . nes i
NO REQUEST FOR
QLEMENCY RECEIVED
By Gov. Craig in Case of Mrs. War-
(Br The AaMdateS Prcw)
Raleish. Jan. 22.-Oovernor Craig
announced today that no request for
A Cold Wars Sail By tho Wea&e? .
Bureau to Bo Sweeping Eastwapi -From
tho Rocky Monntains Today
Was Held Out as Bringing Hop
For Relief Ttoib tho Flood CooaV - -
tions, Which Prevailed in Northern -Illinois
and Neighboring . States
Yesterday as tho Result of Heavy
Rains Following tho Rapid Rise in
Temperataro. Water Polluted.
Sselal to Tke VrltaSM)
Chicago, Jan. 22. A cold wave, said "
by the weather bureau to be sweeping
eastward from the Rocky Mountain "'
region today, was held out as bringing
hope for relief from flood conditions A"
which prevailed in northern Illinois,
and neighboring States yesterday as.
a result of heavy rains, following .
rapid rise in temperature. ;
Thousands of persons, temporarily,
were made homeless and the property :.
loss is estimated at hundreds of thous- -.,
ands of dollars. Several cities also
are facing epidemics as the result of . ..
polution of the drinking. water by tno -flood.
THE WORK OF THE ' '
CHRISTIAN VOLUNTEERS.
Those Who Have Contributed. Still . ,
in Need of Funds.
Th Christian Volunteers, incorpor
ated, who have recentry established a
permanent headquarters in tne city
at 93 Academy street, are still in need .
of funds and any uselul art'.cie ior
the Emergency Home. The following
business houses have eontrmutea to
ward the opening of the work here:
Mr. H. I. Woodhouse, Clino & MooseT:
Bell Harris,. A- F..Hartsell, L. T.
Hartsell, Concord Steam Laundry, C.
F. Ritchie, 1.'U Host, 4. 1 nan-.
a Mexican rancher s chicken coop,
where he found a flint lock musket.
. With this he prepared to defend him
self, but the slayers abandoned', the
-chase.
tho case of Mrs. Ida
w.ll not be long before it will be fre- Ball Warren and Samuel P- Christy
nvently used. "d een receivea oy mm xue m.u
"It is a wholescins food because and woman are under sentence to be
horses are among the cleanest of do- electrocuted March 3 for the mur-
mestio animals," Doctor Spencer der at Winston-Salem in 1914 of G.
states. Thcv are mucli cleaner in J. Warren, the woman s himband.
their habits than cattle. In fact they " was earnen "ZA
will not eat musty, dirty, food while to, for Chris y probably would
the busiest streets of the downtown -u.-aI mamnhiKl 15 miles west of disease sebseauently developing, he ticnllv immune from tuberculosis. Of DE PRIEST TO SWEAR OUT
district at an hour when the thorough-1 Peoria, today. , " went to Paris and iwas-. under, treat- Marso 00 thin, emaeiated horso should I WARRANT AGAINST WEATESRS
SUGGEST SEPARATE PEACE fare was congested with automobiles Hundreds of families have been ment at the Fasteur institute, witn be nse a8 even a thin, emaciated
FOR GERMANY AND BELGIUM, and workers on their way home, - I driven from - their homes ; many the result that the malady was cnecK- cow j8 not fit for human consumption.
The woman did not participate in bridses have been destroyed and a ed. Ue then returnee. 10 me ongo "The fact that horses seldom nave
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Newspaper Report Thought to Be the actual robbeiy. bhe ordered a I number of factories are closed as where be remained two ana. a "a tuberculosis is worth . considering
An,i- j,,.! ' itaxieao at tne ureal. ionneni uuvci (ne regmt a nooa wnicn is sweep-1 years, returneu 10 rana ii . when statistics snow mat in pacsuis
umciauy Approvea. I.j tu , , ti.I? . Li., m: , .4 . p.. wnt tn Af. , t. .j-.i : -. ;e
nuu tfuuir 4iiVBire " 1 llltc taxouKU lue -. J.U1UOLB . nuu xuAitivauiuuv auu v.ivi w. 1 nouses, wnere Lain ai uuiicLu'u
: l iJ iA wnA kii . . . 1 1 . ... , - iq(i nnn
woman limn ill- nuu w w river vaneys. . inuu. mamtainea, soroei,u;iig over x.j,vvu 1 - - . o. T o
155 East Jackson street, the Cook I Ottawa is in darkness and there is In August last Dr. Pervail came - Wcnlar carcasses were found last aeaT. out a.Tarl'a?t..ag,n8t TZ
(By Th Amelated Pnw
London, Jan. . 22. An Amsterdam
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nispatcn states ,n a uerman vw m TheM ghe waited wIthoot no w traffic
separate peace between Germany and , thfl TObber'had entered
Belgium, says mat as long n ffl(,M. Th. eftshier. Ernest L;
For Allegations Made in the Shelby
Star Last Fall..
(By Tke AaaodateS Pmm
Hickorv. N. C. Jan. 22. B. H. De
Priest, of Shelby, this af temoon will
THE COTTON MARKET.
back to Brooklyn, since which time year "jhia is enormous when it is
the malady has gradually reached a con8idcrea the number of inspected
serious stage. , , and tbe statistifs not kept'
PRESIDENT MAT COME
TO ROCKY MOUNT.
gium ha not to reach a revol- prfces gtarted. at an Advance but The Vernon Castles at Pastimo Mon-
-gi r r . . . . kbd oainfullv in- , w OaSL
' A 4?.autjk Ok M. m k Aw ' 7 . I UBUBlkUV II M WM - WUViUMVW I -
"rZl:""' ' ' j?e4 and backed into a vault with The Vernon Castles are coming to
mi 3 33- i"" -"r"v i New York. Jan. aa. me cottoniine irastimo aiouunj. uicj ... tt. TLr,va
The newspaper is quoted as adding ., a, Johnson, a traffic uoliceman.l A f"! J ' r ' "tT : .1 .n u. - ,ti;n.r nt for DiviUtion Extended to Hun to Make
ii..i' d.u. ..- . I... !, I . m iimaTKBl naa a Boniewum rresuioi up-i wm uo . .
wnt xwiKiuiu, uiiiu UCGUiwBR attracted to tne scene, out lounai . .. . t,- i i .1 . vhn dim an Auaieis mens.
. considered by the German chancellor thstthe bandit had the door f. V1 nZt 3rTuSfu aJnl (Br Ta. a. Pre..)
.. .. ),,a.( aF oTtlonir. oiul thlt n. ..i . . t.t 1 " I . " . . ,1 . , T n V no tj
."" -a -vjv. . ?-r"- ower enienng. tfounsva.wae wjiub ir.i, vf . himIiaikhmI I WhM nf Tif" contains tbe onginai KocKV Mount, jn. v,- dan.
sensible Belgianspugntto do ,,tya to force an entrance when the robber " - 1SttmMA r..n- a, imitated bv some vices received here from Washington
a seller of late months but otherwise one elese, but actually danced by the state that President Wilson will give
i2E iulo iQfl uuivisr b ucaiu i it a- i H.M utL. MMeonM i t.. nmiri kae ioti ssiiinmimn I BnnflinPrfiT.iiin tn me iuvluliuu w
The Amsterdam dispatch says that The robber scattered the throng on J" "E.I'ii, irXr':;; TlL8 :r-lZnk Mount and explain
tl,;. U-tiMMMMl & MnKatimi In .A 1 -J th. against pnce wuuo uuuu iuig ,u K, v-, -r - ----- - ,
: n ZJlZ .ri"i vIvZZa i 1 . J Agure and the steadiness of Southern homes and other scenes or granaeur. tne aaminiBtrauou b yia.cui
r yv ""-"r.. " laxicao. rowum? iiin wenuou wu - . VfiRterdav evident-
bee, inspired irom omciai sources, McCabe therobber ordered h.uito urtVr scattered cov
. ".I.. . - drive awavi. but McCabe jumped. The I 4u poc.
Weathers, editor of the Star, for al-
legations made in the otar last ran.
There w jl be 100 counts, it is under
stood. The suit will be in Catawba
on account of political reasons, it is
alleged. The preliminary hearing
will be held at Newton Tuesday.
JC . AVIWMJVf av"" T " .
&TtlWad -selU
C. A. Pitts, G M.; Ire, A. B, -
Palmer, Piedmont Cafe, W. U. Hous
ton, Parks-Belk Company, T. D. Mar
ncss, Ki L. Craven & Sons, J, F?
Honeycutt, W. a Arcmoaia ana ne
eral other small amounts to the extent
of $55.00. The organixation as outlin
ed b the establishing will require con
siderably more than has been given
up to this time. The officer in charge,
Major and Mrs. A. T. Andrews, wish
it to be known that the amount of
good that can be accomplished among
the people they will reach depends
upon the interest shown and aid given
by the citixens of the city. Already
a pitiful ease B4a been 'recommended
to them by Mr. Phillips, of Fortst
. , 3 .. All
Hill Grocery otore, ana reiieveu. . .
emergency cases will be taken care
of as far as possible, until better ar
rangements can be made. Further
donations by firms and individuals,
will be appreciateiandoisea for work
in the city Openiairand other ser
vices will be roJncted during the
week with AdjatjBt.nd Mrs.. Her
lan assisting. - - .
Mr. J. H. Stieffel, who died Wed
nesday in Shelby. as buried here
Thursday. The funeral was held at
3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Black
welder on East Corbin street and
was conducted by Rev. Dr. C. P.
and the interment was at Oakwood.
WHEAT SOARS SKYWARD.-
nTU Whirl nt lAfn " contains Drosram.
anm nt the best eomedv seen in any Unusual interest is being manitcst-
Rebels Win Battle.
(By The Auodate Frew)
Pekine. Jan. 22. The rebels
in
iBped up an alley.
lowed
Litaker-Sides. -
On last Sunday evening at 5 o'clock
Mr. Oscar Litaker and Miss Lonuie
Sides drove to the home of Rev, Mr. ?.
Terrell and were married. Immed-
lately af r the ceremony tney orove
to Mr. Litaker's home where a good
slipper was oerved. .. y
The best wishes oi tne yoims n--ple's
friends go with them. T. -
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jwmm tiA wadir nnn ktii'mk i hia vas v nmnn a hhi. n whn mi i ii inn uuooiuiui v va. -' - i - ' -
bandit hesitated a second and then LtY since Rocky Mount Yunaan have deieated a nooy or gov-
iiiuF""""" -"ft j r --- - i --o .- i . . .. n : i j: I (mnm nnii are mo vine I
. l ine with Mareb selling up from 12.30 musical successes before he ever danc- is m tne secona von(
New HiffV Record for 191R Cron at lowed, bbe gasea ior a momenni v 1oSS tft 12.58 -j h h. nmW vein tnct and represented
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tne jate pi ne aeaa pouceuwu, uu, j nw fMnl 10. ba tn 12.72 or iitu whirl T.if" that will cum. majority leaaer in tne xiouse,
-i .1,-,,! I nUU VLtuUW. .v... - I 111 11 A "VJ ' ' . I ' . - -
The woman iol-l. 5 ... i n:- .. loinl .i v n. I ia in th second Congressional dis-
She gased for a moment at w. fro 10.55 to 12.58 Li ,nA h baa woven a comedv vein trict and represented by Claude Rat- northward
ernment troops and are
A message was veceived here to
day stating lhat Mr. William Blick
,Mor vu Bcriouslv : sick c at " his -
home in Irving, 111. Mr. Blackwelder ,
moving was born and reared in Cabarrus ano
I is a brother of Mr. J. A Blackwelder.
1 Today's Rally.
(By The AaaaelateS Pieaa
according Jo witnesses, seemed about f fi M t hi her
Chicago, Jan; , 22-Wheat " today IZ.IIa Z Thl ZZa :r 3 Cotton ures opened steaay.
ran up to a hew high record price t"w t " : r I January, 12.20; Marcb, iz.6i May,
for the 1915 erop. The buying which 1 r H 1256; July 12.67 aid October 12.65.
caused the upturn was based on an w TIW6U ArnM' 1 i Closes Steady.. ,
opinion from. Liverpool that, the max- , vaupori, ouiss., dan. a mu l Mew y0, Jan. Za. ine cowon
Jmiim nf tho advance had not vet who gave his name as J W, AtwelL maTket closed steady. January 12.19;
been reached. After opening a quar- but who; tbe police say is . W. 1- 41 12.33;' May 12.57; July 12.71;
ter to 34 and 7-8 lower, with May I well, or ureenvuie, s. unaer un-i October 12.71 and December iz.ojv
at 131 1-2 to 132 and Julv at 125 1-4 der sentence there to servo 7 years! r- j.yvr '
to 125 3-8, prices fluctuated rapidly for manslaughter, was arrested here Live Stock Arriving for Big Show at
over a range o imore tnan a cent anaitoaay on a wuiie bibvo nuisg.,ua -'.t'"--- pausoury. y; ,
.c-- ,tmu -oantonlnTi'a Ihnirnr hlrl fnr tho FAdnrnl anthnrities I C.liohiir .Tun 91 . MAnv innuir-
finish. lat Pensacola, Fla. . .. : lies are being received daily from
, , ,, .. . o. W. Tidwell. Sr., also known as narties interested m' the 1 big live
Attention, --Civio. Leaguev J f;' G ;w.,.Atwell, was .convicted ' at stock exhibits and meeting to be held
The regular meetine of ' all . the Greenville. S; C about two years ago in Salisbury next week. L. L: Case,
members of the Civio ImDroVement I f or killine R. " Emmett Walker, a I reDrsesentini the animal industry di
League will be held in the -Central prominent young man 01 this place, lvison of the A. and M. college, ana
school buildinir at 4 n. m. on Mondav. Aftar hia trial hA .waa admitted toithe Amenean Aberdeen Angus oreeu-
Janiiarv 24th. .. Not only the officers I hnil in the sum of C5.000 and later lers association, arrived in Salisbury
of the League should be there,' but disappeared.".' ... ." (last night and has taken charge of
every individual member.- wno can . .. .. . ttbe eame ina are arnvuig n. wt
D08siblv ao. ' '' -''s u'il i tiineolntoA has let . cbntrhct to Southern stock pens at Spencer.
Everybody, except our City ath- the Noll Construction Company, oil " About l pens 01 poultry are ma-
ers, is asking, " What is' the ' Civic Chattanooga,, Tenn for some addi-lsured for exhibition in a room oppo
Tjeasne Doinsrf'. ' Lct .ui all meet 'to- Mml tret tiavinc This is the site the Community building. The
fetner end make one mora -effort,' to ' eomnanr which has the contract tol live stock, hn?9 cows and hogs wl!l
aronse interest and co-operation. - cut down twenty bloc' 1 (f ravirv i j I V s ch ' t ia f". n InnlJ and
do vou good to see. . who is opposed to certain pnases oi
thralling and pulsating drama, virile by the administration. If the Presi-
with hie- biLnnenuurs. nnex- dent accepts the invtatwn to come
pected and strongly dramatie situa- to Rocky. Mount persons here in
tions. "The Whirl of Life" comes charge of the tentative arrangements
nearer embracing the whole catagory propose w uv
of requisites 6f the successful film H parts of the State to bring citi-
plan than any other production of tbe en
year : av "
U. 37 Ut.riftllihll.
Accident Occurred on Mobile River
Bridge. No One Injured.
.(Br Tke Aaaeelatea Free.)
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 22s. The south-
Accused TJ. S. Consul Quits Cairo for
. " Italy.
Cairo. Egypt. Jan. 2L Egypt ap
pears perfectly quiet and under con
trol of military authorities.
. Ai inl,1 TTwif Krntoa I nn.
li .iV.:-. .U;n. hnm .haiwa bound New York-New Orleans Iim-
ma ;th th Rtt TJenartment I ited.' operated Jointly by the Louis-
Aant be, amomr ville and Nashville and ' Southern
..u.v- . - - - , AJi.-. '-..A
iVisn. hoiniT th .nmiRation 01 nnneu-nwuiwoy ouiuctu won vnvuo .
fri nttATunena. ia now on 11 is way iu 1 iibiukwui n "' -
Italv, aboard the TJ. S. S. Des Moines, day on the Louisville and Nashville
He is reported to he ill. ' ,
AORC THAti
one THOUSiinD pcoplc ,
Hi4YE JlLRCDY J01KCD OUR
CHRlSTAi BAKIAG CLUI;
VC WOULD BE CUD
TO MVt YOU iDD YOUR
tiAIW TO THIS U&T
bridem over the Mobile river. 15 miles
north of here. Railroad officials said
Frank M. Hoover, Jr.. a Charlotte no passengers or memfcera of train
boy, who has been ill in a hospital at crew were injured. The eTne iri
Genoa,' Italy, ii c-wted to arrive in I reported en'.. '7 cT t:.e r r 1 n
Nw York if- ' ' r '-y """-l t"' ' c r J '- i- t '.V 5.
PUBLICITY C0M"ITTF 2,. .'Oastonia. . ' "