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CONCORD, fC, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1910.
Single Copy 5 Cents. NO. 92
FIRE LAST NIGHT.
The Deaton Cottage on Spring Street,
Destroyed Baptist .Chorea and
' Presbyterian Manse Narrowly Es
cape. The Deaton house ou Spring Street
was destroyed by lire last night
"between 12 and 1 o'clock. There "was
no one living in the house and the or--igin
of the lire was a mystery. The
blaze was first discovered by Dr. R.
8. Yoang, who was returning from a
fall. The alarm -was immediately
turned in but the blase had gamed
such headway that the fire department
was unable to save the residence, al
though their arrival proved more than
fortunate for the Baptist church and
the Presbyterian manse. The roof of
the church bad caught and he whole
side- of the church was smoking and
steaming when the department ar
rived. The firemen gave their atten:
tion first to the church as it could toe
readily seen that the residence would
be consumed.
It would be impossible tq determine
in what part of the louse the fire
originated as the floors and ceilings
in the back rooms appear to be about
equally bnrned. The Presbyterian
manse is only slightly damaged but
the Baptist church is considerably
damaged. The roof on the side next
to the house caught Are and the shin
gles on that side-are badly warped.
The five handsome stained glass win
. dows on that side were ruined by the
heat from the flames and the window
facings were twisted so it is impos
sible to raise the windows.
The house is the property of Mr. P.
M. Misenheimer, of No. 6 township.
There was $500.00 insurance on the
house and the damage to the church
is fully covered by insurance.
The house burned was an old and
small one, and was for many years
the home of Mrs. M. G. Deaton. The
fire occurred at a time of night when
evrybody was sleeping soundly, and
very few people appeared on the scene.
It is the general opinion that it
was the work of an incendiary, as
there had been no fire in-the house for
some time.
Chin GroTt Bank Prosperous,
The China Grove correspondent of
th Charlotte Observer has the follow
ing in regard to the bank in our hust
ling neighbor town, China Grove: ,
The .stockholders of the Bank of
China Grove held their annual meet
ing in their banking bouse a few days
ago and the financial ireport for the
rast six months was very gratifying
indeed. The old board of directors, A.
M. Hanna, J. D.. Norwood, M. L.
Ritchie, M. A. Stirewalt, J. F. Cooper,
J. U Rostien and Dr. G. A. Ramsaur,
was re-elected Immediately following
the stockholders meeting the directors
met and re-elected A. M. Hanna, pree
' Went ; J. D. Norwood, of People's Na
tional bank, of Salisbury, vice-president
aid W. C. Sifford, cashier.
The closing year, marks the, most
prosperous one in the history Of the
bank, the abronal and. semi-annual
dividends paid amounting to 10 per
cent: while a nice little sum was placed
to surplus.
Comet Month.
1 Cornet 63,000,000
- May
miles
away. .
May 6 Rises at 2:38 a.m.',
May 6 Rises at 2:46 a. m.
May 1033,000,000 miles away.
Rises at 2 .-40 a. m. " "
' May 17 Within 12,000,000 miles.
Rises at 3:32 a. n, . - :
i May 18 Eolipse of the sun by
comet, 12:31 to 12:45 a. H."Chicago
time, -; '; .' . S:" . ;"''-'
May 19 Comet in evening sky, sets
. before-win. ' " '
-v May 20 omet ; sets ? 8:10 p. m.
Will look large as4he sun. Terrkfy
" ing in appearance to those who don t
-know that we have passed through the
i taiLand that all possiWity of danger
: la over. V-ib-;--
My 25 Sets p. m. i -.,
. May 30 8eta 11:29 and iS.grad
" rially fading away. .xAi.s:'.,;
ffk v'Mr. X. 8, Sflckley Elected Member of
' XX ' the School,' Board. Xi
": fA meeting of the eehool hoard was
V"" held yesterday .afternoon to eonsider
the resignation of Dr: W; WUUajns
' ' as a member of the board, he having
C rv " moved to Raleigh. His resignation
'i '-?: '. was aoeepted and Mr. M, B. Stiokley
' was elected 'a member to fill out the
nnexpired (term of Dr. Williams. , y
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P-t HaRey'l Comei loses Ita TaiL 1
v.vV ;r iThe observatory at Zurich officially
reporta that Bailey 's eomet was Vis-
". ibis to naked eye for 65 minutes be-
X ''.tan dawn Tuesday. Its position was
-- Sdne" east just above the horison. There
V-w -as no trace,' however, of the tail, not
even with the telescope. -. :,-,, 7.
, ' Tt mortd that the Duke's have
' '"" an octlon on 50,000 acres of land near
; . tad including Toxaway anq w u
Tlop 30,000 horse power. just across
' h goats Carolina line. X :
HIGH SCHOOL BOT8 WIN.
In Game Yesterday at IBX Pleasant
' With Collegiate Institute, t .
The city High School baseball team
defeated the second team of Mf.
Pleasant Collegiate Institute, includ
ing five of the first team men, yester-4
day afternoon at JUt. Pleasant by the
score of 4 to 0. '
The game was fast and snappy all
the way through and very little scor
ing was done,. Kay Patterson was on
the firing line for Concord and his su
perb pitching had tbe cadets helpless,
only two widely separated bingies be
ing secured off his delivery. Fred
Patterson was doing the receiving for
the Concord boys and he handled tbe
mystifying shoots of his brother in
a most skillful manner. His throwing
to bases was strong and aoourate, five
of the cadets were turned to the bench
wthila trying to steal on him. .
The all -round work of Morris at
second and Sherrill at first was gilt
edge. Their, hitting was also a fea
ture. Morris doubled in the first scor
ing aninuer from second with the
first run of the game. Sherrill also
met one of McEaohren's twisters
squarely for a double, scoring a run
ner from second. Wadsworth distin
guished himself by a perfect throw
from deep center to third retiring a
runner. Cook and Miller for the city
boys also" played good ball accepting
everything that came their way.
Miller for Mt. Pleasant played a
sensational game at short cutting off
several hits by his difficult stops and
catches.
R. H. E.
Concord . 4 8 1
Mt. Pleasant 12 6
Batteries: Patterson and Patterson;
MoEachern and Auten ; Umpire, Prof.
Welsh.. x
Rev. T. E. Winecoff Gaining Fame as
Poet. "
Rev. Thos. . Winecoff, D. D., who
was reared in. this county, and who
now lives at Strongsville, a suburb of
Cleveland, O., has become a poet of
considerable note, and his poems are
published often by the northern relig
ious, press. Thev following which is
from his pen, was recently published
in the Western Christian Advocate:
I make no moan,, 0vrA that whUe
The charging squadrons thunder by,
My Captain holds me in reserve ,
When Thou are ready, then am I.
For them the multitudes acclaim,
For me the long unhonored wait ;
For them the muster-roll of fame,
For me no roll-call with the great.
But when, some sadder, darker day,
The beaten columns stagger back,
'Fore Gog and Magog, to the fray
For that, O Lord, I silent wait,
My tempered steel I ready keep,
. Till men in panic need shall call
A lesser Moses from his sheep,
. Or Cincinnatus from his plow.
My call shall come, or here or there,
Some larger battle duly try
The trusted troop reserved of God
When Thou are ready, then am I.
A Sadden Death.
Mrs. J. C. Stowe died suddenly yes
terday afternoon about 1 o 'cloak7 at
her home on Simpson street after an
illness of one day. Mrs. Stowe had
a ohill the day before but was np part
of her time yesterday morning. When
her daughters came home at dinner
time she was lying on the bed drink
ing a cup "of coffee. She talked with
them and seemed to be in good spir
its. The daughters returned to their
work at the mill, leaving their mother
with the smaller children. They call
ed her about 4 o'clock in the- after
noon and she failed to answer them.
They called in some of the neighbors
who discovered that she was dead. It
is very probable that she died soon af
ter her daughters returned to their
work as she was cold in death when
her neighbors were called in to awake
her. 8he was 67 years of age, and is
survived by her husband and several
children. The ' funeral services will
be 'held this afternoon at - Meadow
Creek, Stanljr eooirty.-i;
. Dinner at Jodga Montgomery a.
Charlotte News.J, j'v;. Vi?
Mr anil Mm Ed wan! T. Gamed.
'Mrs. B. C. Register and Mr. Frank Me'
Rae spent Saturday m .Concord as
guests of Judge Montgomery and family.-
They made the trip in Mr. Gar
mH' now Bhidson ear. which he has
just jmrobased from Mr Osmond Bar-
ringer. Judge Montgomery 's nousenoia
showered its okUime Southern hospi
tality on the visitors, the judge being
especially assidioas in vis gallantries
to Mrs. Garsed. .His gratitude to her
for "a once charming hospitality is
akin to the kind that Mrs. Judge Cilly,
of Hiekory, no'ted once of a delightful
hostess: " She" is chinning woman
and does not smother her chicken sal
ad in detestable mayonaise." . "
- Judge Montgomery likes Mrs. Gar
sed "because shs gave me a splendid
dinner, and didn't serve it in ''detest
able courses.", Vv;' . '
BEER CONFISCATED.
Belonged to Robert Fnaderbork, Who
Failed to Appear to Claim It.
Yesterday afternoon Chief of Po
lice. Boger was informed by a party
that a man had delivered a wagon load
of barrels at an empty store house at
"Frog Pond" near the furniture fac
tory.. C;bief 'Boger went over to the
place and on searching the 'store he
discovered ten barrels of beer. He
had been told the man's, name who
hauled the beer there and on investi
gating the matter further found that
the beer was the property of Robert
Funderburk, who up to -a few weeks
ago conducted a near beer stand near
the depot. Funderburk was cited to
appear at the Recorder's court this
morning at 9:30 o'clock.
The beer was seised yesterday after
noon and was brought to the' city hall,
where it wag securely locked up. Fun
derburk failed to put in his appear
ance at the Recorder's court this
morning, and after his name had been
called out, Chief Boger was sworn
and stated that he had cited Fuuder
burk to appear there. City Prosecu
ting Attorney Uartsell asked the
Court that the beer be confiscated and
turned over to the county commis
sioners. Recorder Puryear granted
this request and the beer is now in the
hands of the commissioners. Imme
diately after court adjourned a war
rant was sworn out for Funderbnrk
and it is very probable that he will
be tried tomorrow.
The law states that after tbe seiz
ure of spiritous liquors and it has
been ordered to be confiscated and
turned over to the county commission
ers, they can sell it, to some person
who has a legal right to sell liquor and
the proceeds go to paying the ex
penses of the seizure and the balance
to tbe public school fund. The com
missioners can either sell the beer or
pour it out. If they sell it' someone
out of the State will very probably
buy it, as the only person in this State
who has a right to sell spirituous li
quors is 'a druggist, and it is not very
probable that aipy druggist would
want ten ban-els of beer.
Graded School Commencement.
Th Alnarnir exercisea of -the Con
cord Public High School Will -take
place at the Central buiiaing emnrae
ing Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
May 8, 9 and 10.
The annual sermon will be preached
Sunday at 11 a. m. by Rev. Plato
nnrhnm nd the annual address de
livered on Monday evening at 8J
o'clock by Rev. T.-A. Smoot, of Wil
mington. The class exercises will
take place on Tuesday at 8 o'clock
p. m.
The following compose the gradu
ating class: Helen Frances Archey,
Edwin Neil Brower, Edna Camm
Campbell, Mathias Boger Fink, Char
lie Clinton Graeber, George Sidney
rirooW Marv Buena 1E11. Mary
Frances Ha'rtsell, Martha Novella
jaughlin, Daisy Lippard, Uzama Jtturr,
Caroline Adele Pemberton, Mary Mil
ler Propst, Margaret Grier Query,
Margaret Gertrude Russell, Leroy Al
lison Scott. Lee Roy Sapp, Willie May
Stratford, William Montgomery Sher
rill. Miwrre Estelle TJtley, Alexander
Viola, Jr., Elizabeth Invin Wood
honse. Concord Boy at A & M. BanQ.net.
Last Saturdajy night the Junior
class of the A. & M. college gave a
banquet at Gierseh's cafe in Raleigh.
The banquet consisted of eight
courses. The Raleigh News and Ob
server says among other things in
speaking of the banquet:
"The enthusiasm of the class cheer
leader, R. L. Morrison, was keyed to
the highest pitch and it is to him that
the honors are due for the forcible
way in which the -yells and soflgs
were conducted." J ' ' ,
"R. L. Morrison who recounted
honors of the class and advocated uni
ty as a motto for the coming senior
elass.' Be impressed the class with
the responsibility of choosing the best
members of the class as officers of
class and the 'Agromeck' and of the
'Red and White.'
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P Cabarroi Caaea in'Snpreme Court. .
: in the Supreme' Court several cases
from Cabarrus were argued this week.
They are': Dry. and Blake vs. State of
North Carolina; Sye Forney "Pos
tal Telegraph Company; Lunn Heilig
va. Southern Railway Co.; Dan Por
ney vs. Postal Telegraph Co. In the
ease of Miss Alice Bost vs. Cabarrus
County for damages, a petition was
filed by defendant to dismiss." No
opinion has been handed down yet by
the , Supreme ; Court in any of the
above, eases. . . .; . . ;f-,
The Washington Sta observes that
Russia would hardly have parted with
Alaska if she had known that it con
tained 16,000,000,000 tona of coal. It
may be added that because, they do
know so -much -the Guggenheim r
unwilling to part with it v v. .:, v.
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LITTLE LOSS TO. TRUCKING.
Fruit and General Crops in this State
Have Suffered Little, from Cold
Snap.
The reports that have come in from
all over North Carolina indicate that
while cotton is damaged slightly in
some parts, the extent of the damages
was at first over estimated. A dis
patch from Wilmington says:
While light frosts occurred in the
Wilmington section Monday night, the
temperature having recorded as low as
40 degrees, inquiry from the truckers
discloses that there has been little, if
any .damage to vegetables and straw
berries have suffered none, the only
effect of the cold having been to re
tard ripening, an end earnestly to.be
desired in view of the heavy ship
ments just at present and the glutted
conditions of the market. In. spite
of the cold snap today's shipments
from the territory were perhaps the
heaviest of the season, the refrigerator
car line people estimating the move
ment at 100 cars, 32 of which went
out of the Wilmington and Weldon
section.
Commissioner of Agriculture W. A.
Graham expresses the opinion that
Nortj Carolina fruit and general
crops have suffered very little from
the "cold snap." He believes the dam
age will be slight over the greater
part of the state unless the exception
be in the Asheville section. The fruit
is so well grown and the leaves devel
oped to such an extent that they af
forded ample protection to the fruit.
Reports from the section around
Charlotte show that fruit and truck
were not seriously injured, though late
crops will be the result of the unprec
edented cold weather.
The most serious situation that con
fronts the planters is the shortage of
seed, says a Charlotte dispatch. But
for the alleged seed famine the situa
tion would not be serious beyond the
certainty of a late crop, for there is
ample time for replanting, but unfor
tunately there is no seed to replant
with. That the next crop in this
state will be meagre is a foregone con
elusion. A special dispatch from Montgom
ery, Ala., dated April 26, says:
There is conflict of opinion among
cotton men here as to the scarcity of
seed with which to replant tbe erop
destroyed by the freeze which has
swept the south. Montgomery dealers
declare there is plenty of seed at nor
mal prices. From other parts of the
state reports come that no seed is to
be had and that prices have advanced
sharply.
Today the local offices of a large
cotton oil" company instructed every
seed-crushing mill under its control
to suspend operations and to buy all
the seed offered. It is declared that
the seed will be sold to planters at
normal prices.
Reports have been Veceived from
every county in the state showing that
all cotton plants above ground have
been killed .
More Rowan Gold.
Statesville Landmark.
For some months a mining engineer,
a foreigner, has been prospecting for
gold in the vicinity of County Line
and the edge of Rowan county and re
cently he has found small quantities
of the valuable mineral on the lands
of Mrs. Rave Steele, in the edge of
Rowan, about three miles east of Oak
Forest, this county. Two prospectors
from the North came to Statesville a
few days ago and drove from here to
the Steele place to examine the sam
ples of ore and look over' the ground,
and it is said they were favorably
impressed with what they aaw. It
is not known whether mining opera
tions will be attempted. Small veins
of gold have been found at a number
of places in Rowan and Davie coun
ties, but it has not been fodnd profit
able to mine the ore. ; - .
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. CONCORD NATIONAL BANS .
Capital f 100,000 ; Burploa 30,OCO
Health Commissioner Urges War on
Fly.
County Health Commissioner A. L.
Ziliak is urging Princeton people to
make a light against the diseases car
ried by flies. In a statement Tuesday
he .says :
"Screen your homes. Now is the
time for every householder to screen
the windows and doors of their homes
with closely woven wire to keep out
the fly. This detestable fellow walks
in the home without wiping his feet,
and leaves filth and disease behind
wheiever he goes.
"He thrives on refuse from the
garbage can, decayed animal and veg
etable, manure, etc., and then if per
mitted through carelessness to enter
your home, leaves his excrement on
your food and body.
"Remove every particle of filth,
dirt, decayed or useless material about
your premises. Place your garbage
in a can with a tight cover. When
emptied, sprinkle with kerosene oil,
lime, or other disinfectant. Keep all
food screened, whether on the table or
not.
"Run daily excursions in your home
on a schedule time table to swat the
fly, for he is a carrier of many de
structive diseases."
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The Cabarrus S
New Star Appears in the East.
Charlotte Chronicle.
"Can Halley's tail be seen 1"
This is the question that 4s being'
constantly asked. . 1
Mr. G. E. Woodruff, of Dilworth,
walked into The Chronicle office this,
morning and engaged a reporter in'
very interesting conversation on the
subject. " . -C ,;
"1 set my alarm clock for 4 o'clock!
this morning and rising looked into!
the heavens. In the east I saw a!
large red star, larger than Mars or!
Venus, but I don't know what it V?.f
There seemed to be no tail to thei
star, and I cannot believe that it is?
Halley's for we are not to see that
wonder until next month. This star,
however interested me as it was so
large and red. Thinking of it, I be
lieve it was more bronze than red. "It
was just above the tree tops and
seemed about the size of a man's der
by hat crown. I wonder what it is." ;'
No one in the Chronicle office
could answer him and information
on the subject would be gladly re
ceived. In view of the subsequent silence,
we infer that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.
Pinehot surely must have sworn each
other to temporary secrecy.
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desire to have their money
foi' to open as account.
with sound banking, to
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