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EVERYBODY READS THE WANT ADS A V'' - - TIM' IONIA" ETTE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TO EHDAY8 AND FRIDAYS. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 2. GAGTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY .AFTERNOON1, JANUARY" 5, 1017. '92.60 A ,VEAH I!f ADVANCE. A GAS GAZ FE LEGISLATURE COHVEHES Ml RECORD - SPEED m FIRST M Hundred and Forty Seven BUla Fall Into House Hopper on Opening Day Senate Waa Notao Busy D. r. 11 linger, or Gaston, Elected rrfnripat Clerk of Hoa80--0'8ton Bill Introduced. Forty minutes after Speaker Mur phy called the House of Represents fires to order at 4 o'clock. Wednesday afternoon-147 bills had found their 'way Into the legislative hopper. Bills commenced to roll in Immediately V after the call for order came, in an early afternoon session the organiza tion -of the House was completed within two hours after it was called - to order, at noon. Though this is perhaps a record-breaker, for speed : many members seemed to champ at their bits in impatient desire to net their local bills through before they were buried by matters of greater importance to the State. Under the direction of Lieutenant Gorernor Doughton the Senate quick ly elected Its working force and was ready for business. The principal matter , was a reso lution to prlrlde for a committee of 10 to scrutinize all local bill! during the rush period before the time limit expires. About 40 bills were Intro duced and committees named. After election of all officers through roll call in the first session, it swung 'Into a rapid stride as soon as Speak 1 er Murphy's gavel rapped for order. ab nivu mo iuo oivaiwi duiiwi mat the introduction of bills was In order more than a score of anxious mem bers jumped to their feet and yelled for recognition. Some had arms lit erally filled with bills which they wanted put through before the big ger things begin to claim attention; few had less than three, many had more than half a dozen. 1 The Speaker was undisturbed.,As speedily as he could he recognized offerers. Pages scanfpered about as so many ants, shoving upon Reading Clerk Delllnger the great mass of matter so Important to individuals.' The bills were numbered, the titles read and hurriedly handed to clerks. , In a few minutes their desks were swamped and it was known that the session was breaking all records for speed. .Not until well, toward - mld- . night were the men in the principal clerk's office able to get the bills ready or committees to which thev . wero assigned. Organization of the House of Rep resentatives was completed in a lit tle more than two hours after it was called to order at 12:15 by Clerk Alexander Lassiter. Rev. Hlght C. Moore invoked divine blessing upon the body through a most eloquent prayer in which he thanked God for the guidance that he hoped would be given the members. Following flie invocation repre sentatives were asked to present their credentials and be sworn in. Associate Justice Hoke, of the Su preme Court, administered the oath of office. 120 members were present and sworn in. , In accordance with instructions of party caucuses Tuesday the names of Walter Murphy, of Rowan, and Ray 'McCrary, . of Davidson, Demo crat and Republican, respectively, were - presented as candidates for Speaker of the House. Mr. Murphy was cnosen, 10 21. Mr. Murphy was nominated by Henry Page. His nomfnatlon was-f seconded by Gallatin Roberts. Mr. McCrary was nominated by George Pritchard. The nomination waa -seconded by Representatives Jackson and Haymore. Following his election Mr. Murphy was ushered to the chair by Repre sentatives Grier, Page and Pegram,. He was sworn in by Justice Hoke, who used for the purpose a Bible presented to the Speaker by admir ing friends through Clerk Lassiter. D. P. Delllnger. principal clerk; Otis P.' Shell, engrossing clerk ; Alex bander Lassiter. reading clerk ; J. H. Mooring, sergeant-at-arms, and E. J. Jenkins, 1 assistant sergeant-at-arms. all Democrats, were chosen without opposition. .They, too, were sworn in by Justice Hoke. With the" ad ministration of the oath to them the organization of the House was com plete. Resolutions were In order. Representative Pegram introduc ed two resolutions-: One to notify the Senate that the. House was or ganized and ready for .business; the 'other, with the Senate's concurrence, to notify the Governor that the Gen eral Assembly would be ready to re ceive his message at noon Thursday. The latter resolution became House bill No. 1. : Doughton, Grier, Stubbs, . and Price were appointed committee on. rules.' Chairman Doughton offered a resolution that the rules of the House of 191 B be accepted. ' The res olution carried. " : - v ; . Emergency committees were ap pointed as follows: ,Number one. Grant, of New Hanover, f? Pharr, Doughton, Pritchard! Number - two, Pegram, GrieY, Daniels, Clark, of Pitt, Haymore; Number three, Win ston, Roberts, of Buncombe. :, Ward. Gardner, HcBee. - - V Representative ' Puett ; introduced a oill authorizing the city of Gasto nia to Issue bonds for constructing streets. - , ' - : . Senator Ray Introduced in the Senate a bllPto authorise the Gaston county commissioners to issue bonds to construct bridge and take car of Coating debt. The Senate was called to order by Lieutenan-QoTernor , K. U Da ugh-J BELMONT BUDGET .ft- t . . . . ..- Gazette. Bureau, ' 'Belmont Hotel, v . '... Jan. 4, With the vbad weather of the past two or three days, the approaches to the toll bridge at Sloan's Ferry were fast becoming impassable. Today, however, a gang of men has been laying-a plank causeway over .the muddy stretches and covering this with a thin layer of sand, the whole resulting in an admirable track. Owing to a delay in the shipment of the furnace for the heating sys tem, the installation of which will take a week or Ibnger, the - new school building will not be ready for occupancy for another week or ten days. School will re-open for tne spring term Monday, January 8. Mr. A, J. Rankin, Of this place, one of the representatives in the Lower House of the General Assem bly, from Gaston county, left a few days ago. to occupy his seat. A bill to be Introduced by him will author ize a bond election by the town of Belmont for sewerage and wacer works. With the close of the holidays tne boys and girls home from college have returned to their respective schools as follows: Misses Alice and Annie Hall, Mary Gaston. Mamie Leeper, Clara Armstrong and Ruth Llneberger to the State Normal at Greensboro, Elizabeth Llneberger 10 Queens. Charlotte, Elsie Johnston and Helen West to Flora McDonald College, Red Springs, Bertie Stowe to- Peace Institute, Raleigh, ana Messrs. Frank, Davidson and Walter Hall to Davidson, Ned Leeper and Falls Garrison to A. & M., Price Llne berger to Smlthdeal's. Richmond, ana Ray Armstrong to the University. Out-of-town teachers who will ar rive within the next few days are Misses Durham, . Watt. Ward, Ran kin. Teague and Hogan. Stock-taking and restoration to normal conditions have been the gen eral order the past week with local merchants add business men. De spite the high cost of living the past year has been a good one with local merchants. Cash sales for the last two weeks of December were far in excess of those of any previous holi day trade, say local dealers. Master Royall Hand while our hunting during the holidays had tne misfortune to lose one of the toes on his right foot. He was standing witn the gun resting on his foot and in some way it was discharged, the load tearing off his big toe. He was unin jured otherwise. The Charlotte high school boys' basketball team will be the guests of the local quintet in the first game or the New Year Saturday, the 13tn. Other games with Kings Mountain. Cherryville, Winston-Salem are to follow in succession. Messrs. R. L. Stowe and W. B. Pu ett are pushing the work on their new residences. These two houses, representing an outlay of several thousand dollars each, will be a meng the handsomest and, most mod ern ly designed in the county. Pauline Frederick Ideal Saturday. AX INCOME TAA. On Every Man Who Earns as Much as $20 a Week Likely Would Pro duce Large Revenue to Carry Out Preparedness Program. Greensboro News, 4 th. Washington, Jan. 3. The' Dally News correspondent learns today from a very reliable source that tne administration will ask Congress to pass a law amending the Income tax law, so that it will include every per son in the United States whose salary, or income is f 1,000 or more a year. It is figured that by adopting this plan sufficient revenue can be raised to pay for the large number of bat tleships and cruisers, so urgently ad-, vocated by Secretary of the Navy Daniels and at the same time pay for the additional 160,000. troops to ne Included in the American army. As Representatives Page. Kitcnin. Webb and others said when tne "preparedness" publicity propagan da, which cost millions of dollars, was at IU height, the large Increases would come back to haunt those wno advocated them when there waa little if any. need for such appropriations. Now the government must meet a deficit of $300,000,00 and the' small salaried man, the farmer and others must bear the burden. 'And this, too. In the face of the fact that about the only pepople who have benefited by these large appro priations have been the steel trust and other large interests who came to Washington and urged the appropri ations which are now embarrassing tridge. ' Senators were sworn in. . several at thev time, the oath being adminis tered by Chief Justice Walter Clark. , The presiding officer declaring that the Senate was ready for business, Senat6r J. E. Long nominated Sena tor F. C. Harding for president pro tern. 6f the Senate. As a formality Senator' Jonas. Republican, nomin ated Senator Ezra Parker. Harding was elected by V vote of 40 to 8. R. O. 6elf was . elected principal elerk. " Isaac W. Hughes waa elected en grossing clerk. . C. C. Broughton waa elected read ing clerk. ; W. D. G aster was elected sergeant-at-arms. r C - JohnW. Alexander was elected assistant sergeant-at-arms. - TIIfY PETITIONS 00T WILL HAlfE JWO TH0U5AKD r SIGKERS General Assembly Will be Asked to Repeal the Law of 1015 Providing for Change of Gaton-Clevelanl County Line Mass MeetinK Will be Held Next Friday A Search Falls to Locate the Poll Book I'mhI in This Election. ' ' Interest in the, probable outcome of the civil suit that Is now pending between Gaston and Cleveland coun ties relative to the 1915 county boun dary line election continues to grow. The latest action taken in the case was that made ify the board of com missioners of Gaston county at Mon day's session calling for a special meeting of the board for( Friday, January 12th. At this meeting a general discussion of the merits of the case and Gaston county's part in the suit will be gone into. The citi zenship of Gaston county Is Invited to this meeting in order that the sen timent of each locality may be ascer tained, y Petitions are now being circulated in every part of Gaston county ana will be presented to, the commission ers at their special meeting next Fri day asking the General Assembly to repeal the law of 1915 which pro vided for the change of the county line. It is learned that there will be fully 2,000 signers to the thirty- odd petitions that are now being cir culated. The petitions read as fol lows: We, the undersigned citizens, tax payers and voters of Gaston county, North Carolina, do respectfully peti tion the General Assembly now in session and the senators and mem bers of the Lower House representing Cleveland ajid Gaston counties 10 repeal Chapter 203 of the Public Laws of IT1. providing for trie election and change of the line be tween Cleveland and Gaston coun ties, and restore the two counties to their former status upon such terms as to expense incurred in roads since the election as may be jus.t and right, upon the grounds that we are relia bly informed that there were grave irregularities in such election, and without making any specific charges against any individual or individuals, we do not think such election was fairly and legally conducted. Attorney X. F. McMillan, who is employed as counselor by Gaston county in the suit, returned to the city the first of the week from Shel by and Kings Mountain where he had been In the interest of the case. When seen yesterday morning ne stated that he had just received six additional affidavits charging that fraud occurred in the election. On being asked for something definite as to the truthfulness of the report that the poll book had disappeared, he said: . "There is no question about the tfid that there is some suspicion in the minds of the people of Gaston county as to why the registration book of the county line election was sent to the clerk, of the court, at Shelby since October 7tn, last year, while the poll book is missing. "It is very essential thaf this poll book should be produced as there is some question as to the qualifica tions of some of the names on 'that book, and it should certainly be open to public inspection in order to satis fy everybody. "A diligent search has been made for the book by myself and others and by the clerk of the court or Cleveland county, a Shelby, but it has not as yet been found. An ex planation from the registrar and those in whose custody the book is supposed to be is anxiously await ed." Pauline Frederick Ideal Saturday. Robert Lilly." colored, was smoth ered to death beneath a mass of cot ton seed in the plant of the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company at Charlotte Wednesday. , President Wilson and the balance or. his administration. The proposed plan would take in the grocery clerk who gets 20-fa week; the railroad clerk the rail road fireman and brakeman and in fact practically every men who is now barely earning a meager ex- There Is 'going to be an awful howl from the people "back home" when the attempt Is made to put through such a plan. " But the money must be raised. The big Interests who urged Secretary Daniels .and Secretary of . War Garrison to-appropriate such large, sums will of course pay their small part. They will not miss the amount, but the farmer and the grocery clerk will miss the a mount and it will make a great deal of difference in his cost of living. The present plan, according to the Daily News informant, la to place sn income tax of 1 per cent for each and ererr'man who draws a salary of jjroni $1,000 to $1,609 for thevfirst year and then n additional iunoa axe needed the proceeding automatically goea to- 2 per cent or even, more if It appears that' such' an : amount is necessary.-.. ? The fellow drawing more than i. 500 will be taxed in proportion to what he receives. The present rate on income exempts all married men from 1 4,000 or leas and single men from. 13.000 or lea. The proposed plan, it is said, will reach practically every skilled workman in the conn try. v fillSTflllln JD GflSTOIj LT WENTS ' IN , TOWN AND JOUHTT Horn To Mr. and Mrs. George McKee, Wednesday, January 3, 1917,. a daughter. lr. Pattenton to Preach. Rev. Dr. R. S. Patterson, field secretary of the Lutheran board or home missions will fill the pulpit of the Lutheran church here Sunday ... I - A , ..',. 1 . 1 1 . ..-.:! iiiiMiimg bi I 1 u uiutn. ne win preach at Bessemer City at 7 p. ni. (Mtttou .Medical Society Met. The regular monthly meeting pf the Gaston County Medical Society was tield In the city hall Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Nothing but routine business was transacted at the meeting. Farmer Union Meeting. . The regular quarterly meeting of tne Gaston County Farmers Union will be held at Dallas on the second Saturday In January, the 13th, at 10 a .'"in. All locals are urged to send delegates. Mr. W B. Gibson, or Statesville. State business agent for fertilizers, has been invited to be present and address the meeting. Has Fox Horn a Century Old. ' Mr. W. C Abernethy, of this city, has just received from Mr. Sid Un derwood, of Mecklenburg county, a large fox horn which was the proper ty of his father. Dr. James Aberne thy, more than 35 years ago. The horn itself is over 100 years old. but is stij 1 in fine shape, and may be used for many more years. New Bank Will Open Tomorrow. Begfnning tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock Gastonla's Morris .Plan Bank will be opened for business with offices in the Citizens National Bank building. Owing to the heavy rush during the Christmas holidays the bank was not started on January 1st as previously announced. Offi cers of the new institution are: President, C. B. Armstrong: vice president, A. G. Myers; secretary treasurer, W. II. Adams. Office In Realty Building. Mr. II. C. Dwells, of Lexington, who represents J. U. Hightower, of Greensboro, a certified public ac countant, arrived in the city Wednes day and has already opened an of fice on the second floor of the Realty building where he will be temporari ly located until the new First Nation al Bank building Is completed, when permanent offices will be secured. Mr. Dwelle Is an expert accountant and has done work for a number of large manufacturing enterprises in North Carolina. Vital MHtlstioK. During the year ended December 31. 1916, there were 538 births in Gastonia township. Of this number 397 were in Gastonia and 141 .out side of the city limits. There were 24 r deaths In the township. Of tlijs number 191 were inside the city and "4 outside. The, statistics for the year for the entire couuty are nor yet available but will be published as soon as the records have been fil ed at the court house The records of births and deaths during December show the follow ing figures: Gastonia township, out side of this city, white, births four, deaths one; colored, births four, deaths three; Gastonia. white, births 27, deaths 16: colored, births six, deaths ". Total births 41. deaths 20. I'ostal Receipts Increa-. December's business at the local postoffice was the largest for any month in the history of the town. The total receipts were $2,400.53 as against $1, 779.55 for December. 1915. an increase for the month of $620. 9S. For the quarter ending December 31st the receipts were $6,420.21 as against $5,153.39 for the corresponding quarter in 1915. an Increase of $1.2G6.S2. Post master Rankin says there was a large increase in December in the- parcel post and special delivery business. The extra holiday business was handled with less trouble than ever before, due largely to the fact that the public mailed packages early and were more careful than usual In properly wrapping and addressing them. An Unusual Event. Several Gastonia Masons will go to Raleigh to attend a communication extraordinary of Hiram Lodge. No. 40 on Monday January 15th. The purpose of this communication Is to close the communication of that lodge which was In session on tne evening of April 17,, 1865, and which adjourned unceremoniously without being closed in due form. , The lodge was in session when the news reach ed Raleigh of the assassination of President Lincoln. Kllpatrick's di vision of Sherman's army occupied Raleigh. There was great excitement and the immediate destruction of tne city waa threatened. An officer of a Maine regiment, who waa a Mason, went to the Masonic ball, called Wor shipful Master John Nichols out and told him to close the lodge and send th members home a any kind or a meeting was likely to inflame the soldiers. - Nichols, in the excitement of the occasion, failed to close the lodge bnt sent the members heme lnstanter. Now that communication is to he closed and a. large number of Masons from all over the State are expected to attend. ARE SulllGJEPTASOPHS SEEKING 40 RECOVER CH INSURAXCE ' -. i- - i". . ,. ...r-;-' -; f T , Twenty-Four Gastonia Members - Have Brought Halt Against - Int. proved Order Ileptasopha in an Effort to Recover Amounts Paid 'With Interest lremluras Have Been Increased, They Claim Mult Is Muillar to the Williams Caso at Newton. Twenty-four citizens of Gastouia have this week instituted suit against the Supreme , Conclave, Improved Order of Heptasophs, a secret order having as its foundation an insur ance feature, seeking to recover tne amounts they have paid into tae organization in premiums tvlth in terest. Five of these suits, have been en tered in Superior Court by as many of the older members who have been in th.e order for a Jong number of years, their claims amounting In some instances to more than $500. Each one of these nve men have claims which amounts to more than $200. They are: Messrs. C. C. Cornwell. G. A. Jenkins. J. P. Culp. John S. Jenkins, A, R. Anders. There are , 19 other cases for amounts of $200 and under which have been instituted In the magis trate's court. Practically all of these suits were brought before 'Squire W. M. Adams, who refused to reveal their names to. a Gazette representa tive today saying that the cases would not be tried until the first of next week and that he was afraid that the plaintiffs would -object to their names being published at this time. All of the suits started are similar to those of Mr. S. K. Hoey's of Shel by, an account of which is carried on page six of today's Gazette, and Mr. F. M. Williams, of Newton, who has already been awarded a verdict by the Supreme Court. These men joined the order and took out insurance policies when tne premiums were less than oie dollar per month, but the premiums have increased until the premiums have been doubled and In some cases trou bled, amounting now in many cases to more than $3 per month. The facts in the Williams case are as fol lows: . ' The decision of the Supreme Court affirming the judgment of the Ca tawba Superior Court in the case of Mr. F. M. Williams vs. the Improved Order of Heptasophs, where.by Mr Williams recovers something more than .1.000, is of interest to former members of that fraternal iuanrance order In North Carolina. Mr. Wil liams paid his monthly premiums on a $2,000 policy for 17 years, until the management of the Heptasophs put all the old members into an in surance class to themselves, forcing them in effect to Insure themselves, denying them any advantages and benefits accruing from new .members of the order and increasing the monthly payments, in Mr. Williams' case, from about $3.80 a month on $2,000 to nearly $9 a month. Mr. Williams quit and brought suit for the .amount of the premiums paid in, about $700, and interest. It is of interest to the members of the Heptasophs in Gastonia and Gas ton county and it is very likely that other suits will be started within a short time. Pauline Frederick Ideal Saturday. CLOHKD GOOD YKAit. Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Gastonia Mutual Building & Loan Association Held Yesterday lie port of Hecretary Shows Excellent Record for the Association Di rectors and Officer Selected. The annual meeting of the Gasto nia Mutual Building & Loan Associa tion which was held at the city hail yesterday afternoon, brought to a close the thirteenth year's history or the institution. The report of Uie secretary, Mr. E. G. McLurd, showed that 1916 had been the most success ful year of the association. The earn ings were greater, there being more than twice as many shares sold dur ing 1916 than in any previous year. This report showed that the time ror making loans during the year was from seven to 10 months from date of application. Mr. S. A. Robinson acted as chair man of the meeting with Mr. J.-.M. Holland, Sec. There were sold dur ing the year 1,933 shares in the two series which were opened. Seven hundred and forty-four shares were matured during the year. On Janu ary first there were 4,814 shares in force. The total profits during the year amounted to $19,924.76 while the profits paid out to stockholders was $7,354.75. Total assets of the association are $182,156.76. During the past year loans amount ing to $66,113 were made by the as sociation to its members. The actu al cost necessary to mature the stock amounted to $83.50 all of which ma tured in 334 week. - An advance sale of 400 shares nas been made on the new series. The opening date of the new series wiU be tomorrow, January 6th. Directors for the association were elected aa follows:, Messrs.- 8. aA. Robinson, B. T. Morris, E. N. Ha&n, A. J. Kirby, C. M. Crowder. J. White Ware. J. M. Holland, V. IE Long, J. E. Phlllipps. L. 11. Balthls. J. I Price. 1. S. Boyce. -H. B. Moore, K. G. McLurd, Miss Georgia Connelly. The directors chosen elected , tne following o facers! President, S. A. Robinson; vice-presidents. - "B. : T. Morris and V. : Long; aecretary treasurer, E. G. McLurd; attorneys, J. W. Timberlake and P. W. Garland. ip sociflLcmcLEi utkt tos jH;nYs j::- '"'Ty ;i 1 v '1 . FRIE.viiLV MATROX. ''.',", WITH MI1H. 8EPARK. ' The Friendly Matrons Club held us regular meeting Tuesday after noon at 3; 30 o'clock with Mrs.' J. It. tepark at her home on Second ave nue. Only Club members were present. Refreshments were served In two courses, a salad and an ice course. 1.--; ;". """. dixxei: for : i: FLDEUM. S '''.y-.'S-M. Vy'.S, At the manse" on South Marietta street this evening Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Henderjlte will entertain the members of the session of the First Presbyterian church at a 6 'o'clock dinner. Their guests will be Messrs. J. A. Hunter, B. O. Bradley, J. F. Thomson, G. V,' Ragan. A. M. Smyre. J. H. Kennedy. J. F. Jackson, J B. Baber, H. Rutter. J. E. Page. Judge A. C. Jones, and Dr. C. E. A da ma ANNOUXOEMEXV. ' VOj : J; Vi 's Mrs. R. O. Rankin was hostess, at h A" si ttfmtttwi liAtna annn . v4 V city. Wednesday afternoon, at a beau tifully appointed New Years party given ostensibly as a regular meet ing of the Original Thirteen Clan, but which proved to be of deeper in terest than the usual club meetlnc. After the guests had assembled they were invited to the punch room and.- Kankln - announced that tn the mew Year were in order. Mrs. r ur tr.j 1 1 . . - responded with toast V original verse, wnicn as sne proceeded re solved an announcement of the ap proaching marriage of Miss Lucy Boyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Boyce, and sister of the hostess,. ml vrt f n xirtt, ., mi. .... .1 . 1 .1 uib lumnjtuujuuuv 10 occur in tne spring. f airs. .vv. u wetzeil then proposed a toast to the bride-elect and Mrs. Colt Rnhlnimn nf I .nival I In charming verse, toasted the long-, suffering and much-neglected groom. The toasts created much Interest anu pitjavurstuic eAuiieiDeiu among .t- t - the ruARtit anfl Mill Rovpa was thm - game of cubical hearts . was played during the afternoon and at the con clusion of the game a delicious two- , ..uuiBv luuyicuu was lei rcu. du tiful white and yellow narcissus and blooming .pot plants added to the . charm of the attractive rooms. Miss nnrrfl. rni nnnnrM vnra a nnotitirni gown, a utuy uun uordon model in navy blue charmeuse and georgette crepe. . . FIFTl'-FOUR LYNCHED. Record for 191 0 Shows Decerease of 13 Over Irevlous Yeae Flftv An. groes. Four Whites. . Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 1. Fifty- four persons were lynched in the United States during 1916, accord-, lng to records of Tuskegee institute -here made public today. Fifty of the victims were negroes and four white persons and Included in the ' record are three negro women. Six- ty-seven persons were lynched in 1915, thirteen . of whom were white men. ; . In a statement presenting the re- ' pun nuuerin. mo von. president . 01 the institute said: '. ' "Fourteen or more ' ttiaii" one fourth -'ot the total Iynchings occur red in the state of Georgia.' Of those ' put to death, 42, or 77 per cent of iub luitti. were cnargea wua onenses. other than assault, v The charges for which whites were lynched , were murder, three; suspected of cutttlng a woman, one, (this a Mexican.) "The charges for which negroes were put to death were: Attempted assault, nine: killing officers of the law, ten; murder, seven: hog steal ing and assisting another person to " escape, six; wounding officers of the law, four; assault, three; Insult, two. For each of the following offenses one person was put to death: Slap ping boy, robbing store; brushing a gainst girl on the street; assisting cape; entering a bouse for robbery or some other purpose; defending: her son, who in defense of his moth- v er killed a man: fatally wounding a ' man with whom he had quarreled v speaking against mob in. act of put- -ting a man to death; attacking a man and wife with club. . t "Lynchings occurred in the fol lowing - States: Alabama, one: Ar kansas, four; Florida, eight; Geor gla, fourteen; Kansas, . one: Ken tucky, two; Louisiana, two; Missis sippi, one; .Missouri, one; - North Carolina, two; Tennessee. , three; Texas, nine." 4 Held Watch Night Service. V v ;V- t A watch night service was held Sunday night At Main Street Metho dist church, beginning at 10:30 o'clock and continuing through mid night. This was in accordance witn a suggestion from the college of bishops of the Southern Methodist Church who asked that every Soutn- -era Methodist church hold such serv ices and pray especially for the movement looking toward the unifica tion of the Methodist churches in tne United 8tates. Talks were made by Revs. H. H. Jordan, O. J. Jones and E. P. Stabler. - . "" - Concord 13 t- have more paved streets. Upci the . completion of paving now t rt c:rm another rc"e and a half will be la: J. -