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Editor1 and Owner.
Entered at the Port -uffice wt second -clam mail matter.
SUIISCRIPTIGN KATKS (t'ayublo.ir. advance.)
i year - 41.50 binonih - $.75
4 months - J. jo 3 month $ 25
More than 1100 bona-fide ubscrlb';ri on May 15. 1916.
Circulation mainly In Cleveland and tiaston counties, N.C.
INCREISE IN THE BUSINESS OF THE tUtLROM
(Continued from front pass)
Normal ngnii. TI10 Hi.rn!d
comes out tills week iit normal
proportions. It hns eight panes
and carries Its full quoin or now,
both local and 'general. Wo are
just now emerRing from the con
ditions brought on !y the flood.
When express communication
was cut off frotu Charlotte it left
the flood between os and out
palter supply. Last week's pa
per was printed on paper t-rotiRlit
across llio Catawba river on the
editor's shoulder. TI10 week be
fore wo were able to publish
through the courtesy of the
Castonia Gtzetto. Hut this week
all is niMit again. We Wish to
thank our subscribers for thei
patience with us dnrinp the past
few weeks,
W. . . . . . .
10 tnoso who iiavo been so
keen for the stoiy carried in the
Hirald wo arc glad to announce
its re appearance this week. It
starts In right where it quit off
before the storm and ?e hope
you will bo able to get the connection.
can't help but admire Captain
Koenig and his nory.v orew, Wo
arc 'glad that they lidr.scapc pn
liprmed with their groat sub
iiii'rsib'e, That is one case
where German ingenuity out
witted the aUted powers. Tliey
merit admiration. While vre ex
pect to see the allies ultimately
win in tho great war wo arc re
uindcd thut they have some big
heads to" think against
0;t pago Ihreo of this issue we
"givo "tho present military stand
ing -of tho warring European
countries for the beginning of
'tho thir l year of tho war. The
suwumi.y shows that while Ger
many has lost heavily in man.r
respects she holds more territory
- in liurope than it did twelve
months ago. It shows fait the
Allies have over fifteen million
- men in their armies while Ger
many and the central powers to
gether haver ouly a little! over
mine millions. .By reading the
.r&view of the past year of the
iwar you will. Qnd that while the
Germans and other central pow
ors together have three-fifths as
nnany soldiers as the Allies they
have lost in killed and wounded
seven-'iinthg as many. Germany
is on the losing side.
As 1 lie Herald sees tho situa
ttou it behooves eve-y person
who rides on a train or who pays
freight or uses anything that has
to bo freiKbtedj to discourage
the impending strike of ovtr
100,000 railroad employes. The
railroads aro off"ring perfectly
fair In tho matter. They want
to refer f'o matter in contro
versy to th e I n tc rs la le Cot 1 ra e rec
Commission Tor mediation. As
wo see it that is perfectly fair
and that that is the proper way
to 8tltlo the mat'or.. 'If the
strike is called it wilt mean the
greatest tie up jn railroad facili
,li'! the United PUal'-s has ever
st !t'ii. and wt'll all fee I it If the
employes forc! the railroads to
their proposition it will inevitab
ly mean higher freight and pas
scugcr rates. The consumer
will have to pay . the increase. I
Discoun.ge the strike ar.d en
3tirage arbitration.
: It begins to look like that we
are facing a greater demoraliza
tion of business than that
. .brought about by the flood or
the war. The rupture in rail-
.road transportation ciuscd by
' the' recent stotm and flood has
- brought some of us to seo how
v; nearly wholly dependent we are
upon the railroads. A neater
rupture is pending. The em
ployees on 225 of the "biggest
railroads i the United States
' art) planning a nationwide strike.
1 The vote is being taken aid is
, leaning heavily in faver of the
strike. The railroads have , of
fered absolutely fair ir .the mat
; ter. ? They offer to refer the mat
' ter to Federal inquiry and lot the
1 Interstate Commerce Commision
! sewe 11. - as we soe it that is
perfectly fair.Jf only we could
realise. what it will mean if this
strike is called we would atouse
ourselves, It will mean either
, of two things. - First, traffic both
: freight. and. passenger .will be
: tied up all over the country for
" an indefinite period .which will.
1 mean starvation in the cities and
. untold inconvenience e very
; where else. Second if the ,rail
- y roads grant the new schedule 0
: hours and prices asked by em-
- ployes it . will add heavily . to
freight ratos and the people will
; have it to .pay; The railroad
i people are already the best paid
' people we have. Why all this
: industrial disturbance. Let the
' Government settle it. It can
' handle the Mexican and Euro
v pean situations, why not the
railroad proposition?
In his speech hern Tuesday
niicht Mr. Charles E Gree" laid
jttl the blame for ten-out sugar
on the policies of the Democratic
party .b j t he never mentioned
fourteen-cent cotton. Wonder
who's to blame for that? If. "he
was going to discuss so gar, why
not cotton? When Mr. Newell
was around two years ago beg
ging tho pople to let him sit it
Mr. Webb's chair up at Wash
ington he blamed the Democrats
for low cotton, but fourteen cent
cotton finds no place in a speech
for the chair. President Wil
son's Mexican policy is a sweet
morsel to the RepobKcans but
we have yet to heir one offer a
reasonable, say nothing about a
practicable; substitute for his
policy. Mr. Green said that if
the people would send him to
Congress he believed he coi'ld
revive the monazite industry in
Western North Carolina' but he
didn't say how he would go
about it. Ho simply said that
he was waiting for the "applica
tion of Republican-policies.
als and other incoino chnrges.
The comparison with J915 Is
made for thin rearon that in 1915
tho effect of the b'tsireca - de
pression was reflected Enough
tho revenues of the Company.
Gross revenues, June '101ft,
?,).u(rt,u-t. sn mciece s co'n-
parcu wt.tn ivia- 01 1,04 or
19.70 ,mt cent, and as compared
with ;914 of 313; 721 or 8 i-2
per cent. .
Operating expenses, taxes and
uncollectablu railwaj revenue,
June 1918 $ ",01 1.809 an increase
as compared "vith 1!'12 ot $107,
741 or 11.31 ,.er cent, and 11 de
crease as compared with 191 1 of
$147, 339 or 10.03 percent
In addition to tho foregoing
operating expenses, the Com
pany Spent ia June 1910. for im
provements to its roadway and
structutfcs $713, 383.33 as against
$529,781.83 during June 1915 and
$570,. 052.48 during Juno 1911.
Corresponding result for the
iwoive monttis peruus are as
follows: I
Gross revenues this ear 09,.
997,075, an increase us compared
with 1915 of 105 of $7,798,100 or
12.54 per cent, and a decease as
compared with 1914 of $853,322
or 1.00 per cent.
Operating expenses, taxes and
uncollectible railway rfvenues
this year $18,993,070, an inctease
as compared with 1015 ot $191,
215 or 0,40 per cent, and a de
crease as compared with 191-4 of
$5,440,309 or 10.00 per cent.
In addition to the foreyoiLg
operating expenses, the Com
pany spent during the twelve
months this .fear for impiove
ments to its roadway and sti uc
tures $8,550,432.08, as against
$8,970,905.50 during the same
period in 1915 and $2,970.688 09
d'l.-ing the same period in 1914.
PICNIC AT OLD TUN
IT HOUSE SITE
The Doutcshland escaped safo
jw.ft M in .a. hollow log. We
. Experiment Station and
State department of Agricqlture
The rec8ntflood8 in Western
North Carolina have destroyed
many of the cropj in both bottoms
anthuplands. It is in many cases
of the highest importance that
ecby be put in, if possible, to
provide feed for the work and
other animals that may be on
the farms. '
It is probable that on most of
the bottom lauds it will be some
weeks yet 'before they could pos
sibly be plowed. For this reas
on, most farmers in this section
of the State Will have io depend
largely upon- their uplands for
produsing these .emergency
crops during this summer and
the early fall. .
On Saturday, the I9th day of
August, upon the site of "Old
Tryon Court House," (which is
on the Macadam road midway
between Cherryvi'le and Bessem
er City), ther3 will be a reunion
of the descendants of Christian
Mauney, one of the Pioieprs
from Pennsylvania, who migrat
ed here befort tho Revolutionary
War.
HON. A. NiXON
of Lincolnton, N. C, will ad
dress tho crowd on tho history
of Tryon, Tryon Court Houso,
and tho Tryou Declaration of
Independence, which was de
clared in 1775r ircluding other
topics connected witTi the Maun
ey family.
HON. CLYDE R. HOEY ;
of- Shelby, N, C, and other
speakers will address the people
on interesting subjects and remi
niscences of the' past.
E rerybody come iFriends and
Kinfolks) and briug dinner and
let us. have the largest ..and
most interesting gathering ever
held in t h i s s e c't io n. A
BioeraDhical sketcfh
lne of all the families, from the
Great-Grand-Father down, i s
being prepared and will be read
on that day. Trusting to raiet
all of my friends and kins -people
oh that day, I am , i
Very respectfully,
'' . W. A. MAUNEY,
Of crops tor ,ha.v, , probably
German Millet and Sudan Grass
are the ones.thit may generally
be most relied upon. These, in
order to get a cutting bsfoce
frost must-bj pnt in at the ear
liest da,te possible, . ,
HAS BEEN INVITED
An invitation has been ex
tended to Governor Stswnrt of
Virbinia to deliver the main ad
dress here on October Seventh
Ttje , invitation was ."extended
through Governor.Craig of North
Carolina from the Kings Moun
tain Battle Momorial Association
but as we go to press Governor
Stewart has not been heard from.
Governor Craig has promised to
attend the' telebrstion officially
if Sovernor Stew rat comes. - No
other invitations have so far been
Lesteuud.
GREAT LAYMEN S CONVENTION
IS ON AT LINWOOD COLLEGE'
The great Laymen's Cd'nvLii
tion of the Associate Kefonncd
Presbyte.-ian chu-fch is in full
blast at Lin wood Coileg(. Dele
gates begun to pour in Saturday
from every (juailer of the do
inaiu oi tho denomination. The
meetings began Sabbath with an
address at nine-thirty ty Dr.
Blackwood, Services have been
going off all the week and dele-.
sates Irecep coming. -'
; Tho program for the -'
maiudcr o! the weok is as Id
lows:
8:00 a. m.
9:30 a. 111.
11 a. in.
7.00 p m.
,8:00 p. m.
8:30 a. m.
9:30.a. m.
11 a. in.
7:00 p. m.
8:00 p. m.
8.r0 a. m.
9:30 a. in.
11 a. in.
7:00 p. m.
8:00 i). m.
9:30 a. m.
11a. m.
3:00 p. in.
8 00 p. m.
THURSDAY
Dr. lilackwood".
Dr. Carroll.
Conference Education; Leader: Rev. J. P. Knox.
Vesper Service Dr. Carroll.
E. W. IV'ssly, M. D., and Dr. Joseph Kyle.
FRIDAY
Dr. lilackwood.
Dr. Carroll.
Conference flotne Missions; Loader: Dr, Miller,
Vesper Service Rev. Sloven.
Rev. J. 11. Prersly and Rev. Joseph Kyle.
SATURDAY
Dr. niackwood . "
Rev. Steven.
Conference Laymen's Work; Leader: Mr. J. H. Rowsu
Vesper Service Dr. Joseph Kyle.
Rev. Steven and Dr. Joseph Kylo.
SABBATH
Rev. Steven.
'Dr. Joseph Kyle.
Foreign Missions-Dr. Parkinson and Rev. Steven.
Df. Joseph Kyle and Rev. Steven.
Fifth
Atlantic City
Excursion
Via
aiiway
-0-
30 minutes stop in Washington for breakfast
a. living rtuauuc wiiy ior qoon meal. ; ,
Southern Railway will operate their fifth ex
cursion of the season from North Carolina terri
tory to Atlantic City, N. J., Thursday, August 17.
All tickets good for fifteen days and will permit
of sfopovers at Phifadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington on the return trip. Schedule ancK
round trip fare from Charlotte shown below.
L've Charlotte- 7: p.m ; Farel
Low round trip fares from all intermediate
points sa rife basis. . - '
Tickets good only on special train; but return
ing will be honored on all regular .trains within
limit, which is fifteen days. Passengers ironi
branch line points use regular trains to nearest
main line junction point with special train.
Special train will carry both day coaches and'
Pullman sleeping cars. Pullman reservations
must be made in advance.
Ample time for side trips to,New York." Boston
and many other points. Atlantic City at this
time will be most attractive place for your va
cation.
For Pullman reservations or other informatio
see nearest agent Southern Railwayor writeW , i
g. H. DeBUTTS, D. P. A., CharIotier N.XS ! :