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Tribune Vol. XYIL J- B. SHERRILL. Editor and Publisher. qONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1916. Member The Associated Press. No. 5 PRESIDENT TO PLUNGE ACTIVELY INTO CAMPAIGN PLANS FOR Y. M. C. A, BUILDING ACCEPTED COLLISION OH THE .C. & N. W. RAILROAD THE ALLIES' OFFENSIVE . HALTS ON THE S0MME The Concord Daily RETURNED TOpAY FROM FUN ERAL OF SISTER. !u BE BUST U MM DBT Will Make Short Speech Making Trips. Will Make First Speech at Baltimore Monday. Will Receive Delegations at Shadow Lawn from Time to Time. From Now on Will Make Up for Lost Time and Meet Criticisms of Mr. Hughes With At tacks of His Own. President Wil son Has Mapped Out Several Points He Wishes to Discuss. (Br Tea" Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 19. President Wilson passed through here early to day en route to I.ong Branch, X. J., from Columbia, S. ('., where he at tended the funeral ot' his sister, Mrs. Annie K. Howe, yesterday. The President experts to plunge I actively into the campaign plans to morrow and to be busily engaged un til election day. Later this week he will see Vance McCormick. chairman of the Democratic National Commit tee, and with him will map out a pro gram of receptions to delegations at Shadow Lawn, and short speech making trips. His first speech away from Long Branch will be at Balti more next Monday. Saturday he will speak to at least two delegations al Shadow Lawn. From now on Mr. Wilson plans to make up for lost time, and meet the criticisms of Chas. E. Hughes, the Republican presidential candidate, with attacks of his own. Outside the speech of acceptance he has done no campaigning. He lias mapped out scleral points which he wants to dis cuss, including the settlement of the railroad strike, legislation record of the administration, the Mexican prob lem and the European questions, rec ord of Republican party and subjects affecting the Progressives. BOSTON IN LEAD IN AMERICAN LEAGUE With Detroit a Close Second. Brooklyn Still in Lead in National. (By The Associated Tress) Chicago, Sept. 10. Boston is in the lead today again in the American League race although Detroit is only .11 .i - 1 I . 1 - A . a smart uacuon nouiiiu, percentages being Boston .57!) and Detroit .571). Chicago will be unable to regain eith er the first or second place today, as Boston and Detroit meet and each is a game nnd a half ahead of the Chi cago club. Boston still has 14 games to play, and Detroit and Chicago 10 and 11 respectively. In the National Brooklyn is ahead of Philadelphia by a single game, while Boston is 2 1-2 games behind the leaders. Brooklyn and Philadel phia have 17 games each to play, and Boston has 20. THE COTTON MARKET. Showed Renewed Firmness and Ac tivity Early Today. (By The Associated Press) New York, Sept. 19 The cotton market showed renewed firmness, and activity early today". Opening at an advance of 2 to 7 points,, attracted . heavy realizing and scattered selling for a reaction. The offerings were verv well taken in on the set-back, at 15.97 for December and 15.95 for January, and the market later sold up to 15.97 nnd 16.07, for these posi tions, or about 10 to 12 points nei higher. Cotton futures opened fairly steady: October, 15.71; December, 15.94; January, 16.04; March, 16.19; ly, 16.35. r State Normal Open. GrWnsboro, Sept. 18. The State Normal College opened this morning with the largest attendance of stu dents in the history of the institu tion. The registration last year was 702 for the collegiate courses, and this year the registration is already 725. This figure might have been larger had the' accommodations of the col lege been sufficient to take in all who applied for admission. The dornr.tory space has been more than taken up, 110 students being registered who were, not accommodated with rooms on the campus. No matter what the high cost of ' the proposition, we still must con tinue to live or the price boosters will Soon run nut of victims. School days are pood days, but we seldom realise it until they have pass ed beyond, our reach. LARGE PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL. Only 29 From All Eligible Have Fail ed to Attend. Thirty-six New Pupils. There are 728 children between the ages of eight and twelve in Concord. Only 29 of this number are out of school. They may be sick or may have moved trom the city. Mr. Webb and Mr. Long are looking these up just as rapidly as they can as it is the purpose of the school to comply with the compulsory law to the letter; The census was taken in July and every child of the above class whose name appears on the census will be accounted for. , The school has no way to reach those children t hat have moved to the city since the census was taken and they will appreciate any help that any citizen will give us in hunting up the children that should be in school. If you know of any child that is between the ages of S and 12 wlm is not in school please phone the super- jt.dent, irivin- the parents and residence. Thirty-six new pup Is were enrolled Monday. There are 00 boys and 9.'t girls at the high school. Every girl, except one, that grad uated last year from the grammar school has entered the high school, and this girl has moved from the city. Several new girls have entered. Four boys that completed the gram mar sr'iool have not entered the high school. PROHIBITION IS SURE IN FLORIDA So Says the President of the Anti Saloon League. (By Tbe Associated Press.) Jacksonville, Fin., Sept. 19. Kent Pendleton, supt, of the Florida Anti Saloon .League, in a statement issued here today, announced that sufficient of the long sought for state-wide pro hibition amendment is assured when the next legislature meets in April. 1917. He declared that 24 of the 32 members of the Senate and GO of the 75 members of the House have pledg ed themselves in writing to vote for the resolution, submitting the ques tion to the voters in the 1018 general election. Last year the submission lost hut one vote when in the Senate. LOWEST DEATH RATE IN COUNTRY'S HISTORY Rate is Only 13.5 Per 1,000 Aver age From 1901 to 1905 Was 16.2. (lly Tbe Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 19. The lowest death rate in the country's history is shown in preliminary vital statistics for the year 191a, made public today by the census bureau. The rate of 13.5 per 1,000 is based on reports from 25 states and 41 cit ies, with a total population of about 67,000,000. In 1914 the rate of deaths was 13.6 per 1,000, the lowest recorded up to that time. It had been a steady decree. The average rate from 11)111 to 190a being Ib. per thousand. THE ODD FELLOWS. Are Holding Convention at Chatta nooga. Began at 10 O'clock To day. (By The Associated Press) Chattanooga, Term., Sept. 19.- Del egates to the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows got down to real busi ness today. The sovereign lodge and all branches, in eluding the Associa tion of Rebecca assemble, internation al Odd Fellows Home, and the general military council, are holding different sessions at 10 o clock this morning, BOYS READY TO GO. No One Seems to Know When Move ment Will Begin. (By The Associated Press) Mofehead City, N. C, Sept. 19. With the necessary equipment at hand to begin the movement of the North Carolina National Guard toward El Paso, Texas, Brigadier General Law rence Young, in command, said today : We are ready to go, and are now only waiting for orders." No one, apparently, knows when the movement will begin, , Work of the Joint Commission. New London, Conn., Sept. 19, The joint Mexican-American commission today resumed discussion of plans for the protection of the international border. "The American members will not attempt to force the consideration of international affairs, but the Mexi can members indicated that the discus sion on his subject as incident to ques tions affecting the border situation would not be opposed. 100 IS 10 BE 1SKED FOR II At a Meeting of the Directors of the Yonng Men's Christian Association Yesterday, the Plans Were Pre sented by Shattnck & Hnssey, Ar chitects, of Chicago, and Accepted. The Building to Face on Grove Street. Building to Contain Swim ming Pool, Gymnasium and a First Class Y. M. C. A. Equipment Gen erally. Room For Tennis Court. A meeting of the Directors of the Y. M. C. A. was held in the otlice of Mr. .1. W. Cannon, President of the organization, yesterday afternoon at 5 oVIock for the purpose of consid ering the jilans tor the building to be ej'ected. Mr. E. Ci. Wilson, of Charlotte, who conducted the campaign here for the Y. M. C. A., so successfully, was pres ent, nnd presented the plans made by Shattuck & Hnssey, architects, of Chicago. Mr. Wilson, who is thor oughly acquainted with the construc tion and arrangement of Y. M. C. A. buildings is very enthusiastic about the plans. The first floor plan is as follows: On the left side of entrance is a boys' reading room, size 14x9 feet nnd on the right side a men's reading room, of the same dimensions. Next is a lobby for each, size 8x12 feet. On the right side is a men's social room 37x17 feet and on the left a boy's social room of the same size. Next is the general ollice, with the of fices of the general secretary and the physical director. On the extreme left end there is a boys' club room, size 14x12, and on the extreme right a men's room, exactly the same size. On the left, in the rear, is a swimming pool 18x45 feet and on the right the gymnasium, 3(ix(i() feet. Tn the cen ter are the lockers for the hoys' and men's gym suits, etc. In the center, there are shower baths. The second Hour is arranged as fol lows : In front are eleven dormitory rooms, each 9x12 feet. There aie pantries. linen room, wash room, shower baths, kitchen, etc. Then on the left there are a club room, a lec ture room and a banquet room, all of which can be thrown into one when needed. On the other side is another ymnasium, the same size as I lie one below. Bids will be asked for at once for the erection of the building, which will be placed on the Lippard lot on the corner of Drove and Spring streets. The building, it is now in tended, will face Grove street.. It will thus be less than one block from Pnion Street, the main thoroughfare of the city. The size of the lot is 112x147 feet. This, buildings as proposed will be about 100 feet square. This, it will--be seen, will leave room on the upper side on drove street for a tennis court. With the Theatres. Ben Wilson in ''Beyond the Trail, m two reels; and two reels or. - l eg the Ring" with Francis Ford and Grace Cunnrd, at The Past n:e today "The Slave Girl will be presented bv the Else Mcfieorge Company at The Strand tonight. Tlrere are also good pictures on the programme. The Theatorium Theatre returns to t ie Mutual programme today. "The Ostrich Tip," a two reel Centaur, starring Margaret Gibson and Wil liam Clifford; and a two reel Vogue coTredy, with Paddy McCJuirc aud Ar thur Moon, are on the programme there today. No. 1 Democratic Primary. The Deniocratic primary of No. 1. township voted as follows: House Rev. Paul Barringer. Sheriff M. L. Brown. Treasure): C. W. Swink. Register of Deeds Uninstructed. Cotton Weigher W. B. Boger. Surveyor Walter L. Furr. Coroner Dr. J. A. Hartsell. Commissioners W. W. Morris, L, A. Lipe, Sam Black, W. C. Graham, Jno. W. Cress. All were unanimously nominated no division. Township Executive Committee Jno. A. Earnhardt, A. J. Allen and Lindsay Bost. All who expect to vote the Demo cratic ticket in-Novcmber are appoint ed as delegates to the County Con vention to be held in Concord on Sat urday, the 23d. JNO. A. BARNHARPT, Chairman. BUILDING TO BE" ABOUT FEET SQUARE. Read the PENNY COLUMN It Far. PROB Accident Occurred Four Miles North of Hickory. Henry Winkler, a Brakeman, Was Badly Scalded and is Not Expected to Recover. The Trains Were Running Extra and the Responsibility for the Accident is Not Placed. Trains Met on a Grade This Side of the River One Engine Was Knocked Back 50 Feet. Neither Engine Left Rails. (By The Associated Press) Hickory, Sept. 19. Three train men were injured, one probably fat ally early today when two Carolina & Northwestern freight trains collided head on four miles north of Hickory. The injured are Henry Winkler, head brakeman, riding in engine, badly scalded, not expected to recover, and engineer Avery Bass, and fireman K. K. Land, slightly hurt. Both trains had orders to proceed to destination one from Lenoir to Hickory, and the other from Hick ory to Lenoir and met on the grade this side of the Catawba River. The freight trains were running extra, and the responsibility for the wreck has not been placed, although the trainmen said their orders were is sued yesterday in Chester, S. ('., for both have right of way. The boiler plates of both engines were smashed in, and the running gear stripped off. The southbound engine was knocked backward 50 feet but neither of "the trains left the rails. PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS TO GO BACK HOME. And Are to Be Replaced by the N. C. National Guard on Border. (By The Associated Press) San Anotnio, Texas, Sept. 19. Three regiments of Pensylvania in fantry will be sent home from the border when the North Carolina Na tional Guard, three regiments strong, reaches the stat'on at Kl Paso, it was innouneed today at the southern de partment headquarters. THE WHEAT MARKET. Prices Tended Downward in Wheat Market Today. (By The Associated I'ress) Chicago, Sept. 19. Wheat prices tended downward todav, owing to an ncrease in selling pressure, and an absent of urgent demand. Opening prices which ranged from ' to l'4 lower, with December at 147'i to 148V4 to 149. were followed by mod- rr.te additional set back. SHERIFF KILLED BY NEGRO IN GEORGIA Was Attempting to Arrest Him. Slayer Escaped. (By The Associated Press) Cuthbert, Ga., Sept. 19. While at tempting to arrest an unidentified ne gro last night, Sheriff W. S. Taylor, of Randolph county, was shot and kill ed by the negro. The slayer escaped. A posse is pursuing him. First Fall Display at Efird's to Con tinue for Ten Days. Efird's for ten days will continue their first fall display of serges, suit ings, dry goods and ready to wear. More than 2,000 pieces of Amoskcag and Atlantic all-wool French and Storm Serges to gi on sale at lower prices than mills ask for them today. They Are receiving new goods for the ready-to-wear department every day. Do your shopping early while you, can get these bargains. This store is bet ter prepared to deliver the goods tlr.s fall than ever before. See their big two-page ad. in this paper and see their line of goods before buying. With Our Advertisers. Good vaudeville and pictures at The Strand tonight. Big sample line of gloves at the Darnell Mercantile Co. See their new ad. today. New fall styles and fabrics at M. R. Pounds'. See th's. new ud. in this paper. Fresh brains at H. A. Graeber & Son '8. See ad. today. Fall millinery and latest styles in shoes, for sale at Fisher's. See the'r new ad. today. Packard shoes for sale at the Dar nell Mercantile Co. See their line of goods and read ad. in this paper today. THREE INJURED. ONE ABLY FATALLY. FOREST HILL NEWS. Personals And Other Items From the Forest Hill Section. Miss Helen Slither is visiting in Durham, at the home of her sister, Mrs. K. C. Stone. Mr. and Mrs. John Scherf have re turned from Bus. c City. Ya.. where they have been visiting Mrs. Scherf's sister, Mrs. Min k Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Lut er Jones have re turned from Salisbury where tliev at tended the Woodmen encampment. Mr. Scott Walters sent a few days last week with relatives in Hope Mill. Mr. an.l Mrs. J. T. Howell. Mrs. Welker Crooks and Mrs'. .1 in Smith spent Saturday in New Ixmdon With relatives. Mr. Fred Fowler has returned from a week's visit in Asheville. Mrs. George Donnell, who lias been visiting Mrs. II. ('. Rainier, has gone to Greensboro to vis her sister. Mrs. Percy Mendenhall. Mr, Ueere Sedberry has returned from a business trip to Taylorsville. Mr. and Mrs. .dm. L. Beaver and Mrs. ll'riam Beaver spent Sunday near Mission with friends. Mr. Lew's and Miss Blanche Miller sham, of Charlotte, spent Sunday here with Mrs. J. C. Cook. Miss Vera Wood has gone to Rich moiul to spend several weeks with her brother. Mr. Janes Wood. Mr. Charles West of (iastonia, is visit ng at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. West. Mr. Taylor Hunter has returned from a week's visit to friends in Salis bury. Miss Iva Cook, of Mount Oilcad, is spending this week n Concord with' her brother, Mr. J. C. Cook. Miss Rctta Howell has returned to her home near China drove, alter spending several davs here with her sister. Mrs. W. T. Linker. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patterson have returned to their home near Lex ington after spending several days here at the home of Mrs. .Ino. W. Patterson. HUGHES IN ILLINOIS. Will It Be Hughes and Harmony There? It Don't Look Like It. Chicago, III.. Sept. 19, The pres ent visit ol ( bancs 1. Ungues to Illinois is attracting far more atten tion in political circles than the tirst visit of the Republican presidential candidate here several weeks ago. In the interium the Slate primaries have been held, leaving many sore spots in the Republican ranks as a result of tbe victory of one of the rival factions and the defeat of the other. Whether the visit of Mr. Hughes will aid . in restoring harmony in the party, or whether the long-standing feud will be carried into the Novem ber elections, is the big question that is agitating the minds of the political leaders. Democrats as well as Re publicans. The Hughes it'nerary has been arranged with a view to giving him an opportunity to meet the leading men of all factions and in all parts ot the State. At noon todav he is scheduled to address the State convention at Peoria. Immed iately after concluding his Peoria ad dress he will take a special train to Springfield, where he is to speak at the. Mate lair, tins atternoon I o tnorrow and Thursday are to he de voted to a tour of rear plat form speech-making that will take to him to the extreme southern end of the State and thence back to the Wis consin line. INCREASE TODAY IN PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC An Increase of Four in Deaths and 20 in New Cases for Last 24 Hours. (Hy Tin- AHHiiclnted Press) New York, Sept.,1!). Thirty-five new cases ol uilantile paralysis, an increase of over 20 cases over yester- lav, was shown in the health depart ment bulletin, issued for tbe 24 hours ending at HI a. m. today. There were ten deaths an increase of four. North Carolina Troops to Break Camp Thursday. Morehead City, Sept. 18. F,n trninment orders were received here today from the war department for the movement ot the units ot the North Carolina national guard. Brig ade headquarter, troops A and B ol cavalry, first field hospital, ambu lance company No. 1 and the first in fantry will leave Camp Glenn for El Paso Thursday afternoon. The second infantry will follow on Friday and the third on Saturday. Railroad equipment is arriving, and it is said everything will be in read iness for the movement of tilt' troops. A homely face .often hides the sweetness of 8 heart of gold. BAD WEATHER SETS IN ON THIS FRONT. wm of i en mm Allies Have Won Many Sqare Miles of New Ground, Being in Four Miles of Bapaume, Virtually Surround ing Combles and Seriously Weaken ing the German Grip on Peronne and Chaulnes. Notable Artillery Activity in the Champaigne Dis trict. Germans Make Five Suc cessive Attacks on the Russians Tfcere. In the Saloniki District. (Br The Associated Press) Bail weather has set in along the Sonmie front, m northern France, and the Anglo-French offensive has halt ed. Both London and Paris report cessation of the heavy attack by the British and French which have won them many square miles of new ground and carried the British with in four miles of Bapaume, virtually surrounding Combles, and seriously weakened the (ierman grip on Pe nnine and ( haulnes. Meanwhile the Germans have made a diversion in the Champaigne dis trict, where the Krench last year made their offensive. Yesterday's reports from the Champaigne region tell of the notable artillery activity that was followed today by the an nouncement from Paris that the tier mans last night made five successive attacks on the Russian troops there The Russians checked each drive with artillery and machine gnu tire, the French war ollice reports. An interesting situation is develop ing in western Macedonia, where the Serbians, the French and Russians have driven the Bulgarians out of i'lorina and adjacent territory. Mon astic in soul h western Serbia, is now threatened by the Allied advance, and it is reported that the Bulgarians are evacuating it, removing the Bui;- irian irchives to 1'tskuh. Military observers point to the pos sibility that the main thrust of the allied Saloniki nnnv may be directed from the (Vrnu vallev. in whid. li,. ''iorina and Monastir, toward Prilep. The Serbians are advancing eat. of the Ccrn.i and are reported bv Paris today to have successfully withstood two Bulgarian attacks. There has been no sustained offensive movement in either the Vardar region or thrt. of the Struma. The other possible lines of advance for the Allies are in their Macedonian campaign. NEGRO TRIES; TO BOARD PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE CAR. Is Arrested By Secret Agents in Ral eigh. Sentenced to 30 Days on Roads. (By The Assorlated Press) Raleigh. N. C, Sept. 19 William Mallette, a negro, was arrested here early today by I'nited States secret service agents alxmrd President Wil son s special tram, atter he had threatened and attempted to board the private car occup'ed by the Presi denl and his party, returning to Long Branch, X. .1.. from Columbia, S. ('. The negro had purchased a ticket for Washington hut had missed the regular train, which left here shortly after midnight. The President's spe cial following, made a brief stop ar I'nion Station ami Malelte attempt ed to hoard it. lie was taken into custody by secret s vice men and de livered lo the loea! ' dice, who enter d a charge of di u.ikcniiess and dis orderly conduct. In the municipal court this morn ing he was sentenced to serve ol days on the county road, hut was re leased on a bond of $200 when he ave notice of an appeal. STRAND THEATRE Tonight "THE SLAVE GIRL" Featuring ELSIE McGEORGE and MAE BERNARD Souhrette . Pictures ''OLD CLOTH SHOP" and "JERRY THE GUNMAN"
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