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CONCORD, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1910.
Single Copy 5 Cer' , NO. 102
KIKG OP EfSGLAND DEAD
ILLNESS OF ONLY ONE WEEK
DEVELOPS FATAL PNEUMONIA
End Cam Peacefully News Was
,:..; Not a Snrprisa-Prmca of Wales
Automatically Succeeds to Throne,
and George V Now Reigns.
Loudon Dispatch 7 th.
King Edward "Til, wio returned to
x Eugland from a vacation ten days
ago in tbe best of health, died at
11:45 o'clock last uieht in the prea
' ence of his family atfte? an illness
of less than a week, which 'was seri
f"' :.' ' out hardly more than three days,
v -I . The Princa of Wales succeeded to
the' throne immediately, according to
" . the lavrs of the kingdom, -without of-
' fleial ceremony. His first official act
was to despatch to the Lord Mayor tbe
'" announcement of his father's death,
in pursuance of custom. His title is
George W
. His Majesty, the King, breathed
his last at 11:45 tonight in the pres
ence of Her Majesty Queen Alexan
dra, the Prince and Princess of Wales,
the Prineess Royal, the Duchess of
Fife, Princess Victoria, Princess
- Louise and the Duchess of Argyll.
The intelligence that the end of
King Edward 's reign hadcome was
not a surprise at tbe last. Tbe people
had been expecting to hear it at any
moment since tbe evening's bulletin
was' posted at Buckingham palace and
. flashed throughout tbe kingdom. The
Capital received it 'without excitement,
- but sadly, for the King with Iris own
v-' - people was unquestionably one of the
most popular rulers in the "Vrorld.
They regard?! biih as one (.f tbe
strongest forces mukiuz 1' r tb-j sta
fi . bility of tbe peace of the Empire.
Pneumonia,- following bronchitis, is
believed to have been the cause of
diaib. but thi l.n;ljr i tins far k.sve
refused to make a statement. Some
of the King's friends are convinced
that worry over the critical political
situation which confronted Lira, with
sleepless- nights, aggravated if it did
'not cause the fatal illness.
'One of the last utterances attrib
uted to King Edward was:
''Well, it is all over; but I think I
hav done my duty." . '
He seemed then to have reached
.-. !jirfulN?ealiatiott- that- his-end -was fast
: approaching.
Concord's Public Building. ''
" - A Washington special to the Char-
1otte Observer dated Yesterday gives
J the following information in regard
to onr proposed public building:
- Representative Cowles when asked
the status of the Concord public build
." ing said: "I called at the Treasury
- Department some time ago and was
advised that the bids made were all
under the amount of money available
and the department has asked the
four bidders, James Seay & Co., Pe
tersburg. Va.; Richard ft Son, Hamp-
- ton, Va.; Richardson & Burgess,
Washington, D. C; and D. J. Phipps
. i' .ft Co.,. Newport News, Va., to bid on
betterments in adition to what they
" , have already considered. Supervising
r : - Architect Taylor will know within
V " - . ten days who will secure the contract,
?--u. The amount available is $60,000 for
the buildingrtbe site cost $10,000.
Olasa Eye Explodes.
Mr. Jake Isenhour, a machinist em--
. ployed at the Spencer shops met with
, V a; peculiar accident Thursday after
noon., lie has an artificial eye and
.1 ' . had been suffering some in that side
.V; V of the face and was in Salisbury to
; "' "see Drv Brawley, . the eye specialist,
'.";-' ::.;; and as be ascended the stairway lead
' ;Jng to the doctor's office the artificial
s:v ,j"eye barst with a loud report. Fojrtii-Vf-H.f,"'"Wy
00 injury was inflicted and Mr.
' ' t Isanbour was given attention for his
: revioua trwnWe and r another eye
l""?TNtV; will.t".'iiiert4 in the right socket,
the ont afflicted. . . ' -;'
.J lj Mr. B. L Umberger returned last
i'V night- from Albemarle, ' where he at
' J " tended the sessions of the North Caro-
. lina Lutheran Synod. Mr. Umberger
t - i ' r was' elected as one' of the nine dele
v f"' tlle Genvral" Synod - oT-the
chureh, which, meets in Richmond in
frfi-i September. Rer. V; Y, Boorer, presi
k5 "ident of the Synod, Was taken suddenly
ill Thursday, and the session -waa pre
, sided over by Vies President Shenk,
'; , . from that time until the Synod ad-
7 jurne v' ; ' ' " -iy "
ilMfillls'MnCtiidM for
3f ; - - . Jndga. '''T
.i i - Announcement was made in Salis
bury last' night by R. Lee Wright, a
' prominent member of' the Salisbury
' ; bar, that he will be a candidate for
the Superior eourt judgeship to.sne-
V eeed Judge B. F. Long, of Stateaville,
in the Tenth judicial district- The
u " term of the latter will expire with the
' 4 present year, and tbe nomination -will
v -be sought with a determination to win
, by Mr. Wright. -.
'.. 'r'. priat U in tha papers and let tha
fl world know thafyoa belief it. ,
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
TO BE MOVED.
Will Probably be Consolidated With
Lenoir College at Hickory Synod
Adopts Resolution Providing for
the Change.
Ycsterdayat Albemarle the North
Carolina Lutheran. Synod adopted a
resolution, after a heated discussion
lasting nearly all day, providing for
the consolidation of the Collegiate In
stitute at Mt. Pleasant with Lenoir
College at Hickory. The following re
port of the discussion is sent by the
Albemarle correspondent of the Char
lotte Observer:
Nearly the entire day was spent by
the North Carolina Lutheran Synod
on the question of moving Mount
Pleasant Collegiate Institute. A com
mittee which had been appointed to
consider that matter and report this
afternoon adopted a resolution recom
mending that the synod appoint a
committee, consisting of three minis
ters and four laymen to negotiate with
the Tennessee Synod as to tbe consol
idation of the Mount Pleasant Insti
tute with Lenoir College. '
- Tis resolution provided that if af
ter sixty days the committee should
fail to come to satisfactory terms with
the Tennessee Synod in regard to tbe
consolidation of the two institutions
they were to give all cities and towns
within the jurisdiction of the North
Carolina Synod a chance to make of
fers and that the place making the
best bid, all other things being equal,
would get the new college. It pro
vided, however, for the running of an
other term at Mount Pleasant, but
the adoption meant a removal from
Mount Pleasant.
When the report was read by Rev.
W. A. Snider quite an interesting dis
cussion immediately took place. - Mr.
J. P. Cook, of Concord, made a touch
ing plea for Mount Pleasant. "I love
old North Carolina College' he said.
"She is as a mother to me; she has
made it possible for me to grow three
blades of grass where only I could
grow but one but fo- her." He ob
jected to consolidation with Lenoir
College stating that the Tennessee-)
synod had not a fee simple title to
the college property. He said this was
not mere hearsay, but that he had in
vestigated the matter and was positive
that tha. title was - invalids Heaid-
aluunt neasant was as good a site as
was necessary, citing the State uni
versity and other institutions in the
woods, as be said, as examples prov
ing that it was not necessary for an
educational institution to be in a large
place. He closed by stating' that if
the college must be n-oved, in the
name of Qod and in the name of jus
tice, do not throw off on Monnt Pleas
ant. His fight was a gallant one. The
majority was against him, however,
and the resolution was adopted and
North Carolina College will shortly be
a matter of history.
Rev. W. A. Lnts of the Tennessee
Synod differed with Mr. Cook as to
the title to the Lenoir College prop
erty causing quite a heated discussion.
MR. J. W. CANNON NAMED.
May be Witness Before Federal
Grand Jury in New York, Which is
Investigating Cotton PooL
The Charlotte Observer of this
morning contains the following -which
will be of much interest to Concord
people: -
' Charlotte mill men and 'manufac
turers generally were greatly sur
prised yesterday to hear of a report
emanating from "New York to the ef
fect that Mr.. Charles W. Johnston,
president f the Highland Park
Manafacturing Company, of this city
was to be called as a witness before
the Federal grand jury In New York
in the government's investigation of
tbe alleged cotton pool participated in
by certain well-known, "bull' brokers
and influential Southern cotton spin
ners." . " , " ' , - : '
. The situation yesterday morning
was further complicated- by the re
ceipt of several telegrams that eame
in over the cotton wires to the effeet
that subpoenas has been issued for
service on other prominent cotton
mill men in the South, the list includ
ing the names of Mr. J. W. Cannon
of Concord, -Lewis Parker, of Green
ville, S. C, Leroy Springs, of Lancas
ter, C, W. Johnston, of Charlotte, and
others. It was stated also that cer
tain questions would be .put to those
gentlemen 'as to the alleged "pool"
which the government is seeking . to
investigate on: the ground - of - con
spiracy. ':;',' -il'.'.'l-. ':.
As to the ease in question, develop
ments may be expected m .'-a day or
two. It may be that Mr. jonnston ana
the other gentlemen oncerned will
be summoned to New York to testify
before the . grand jury and yet again
they may not.' : :". -' Z?:".-' 1
By the wiH of Samuel L. Clemens
(Mark Twain), tha entire estate is left
toOlara Lang ion Clemens, wife of
Oseip Gabrilowitsch. The boms,
Stormfleld, is valued at tCO,C0O and
there ia thought to be about $150,000
on deposit ia banks.-: .
MR. JNO. C. SMITH DEAD.
Former Concord Man Died Yesterday
Afternoon at 6:15 O'clock at Ashe
ville. Mr. Jno. C. Smith died yesterday
afternoon at 5:15 o'clock after an ill
ness of several years of consumption.
Mr. Smith's death had been expected
hourly for several days, and his
friends here and elsewhere were pre
pared for the announcement.' His
death occurred at Asheville, where he
had lived for about two years.
Mr. Smith was $6 years of age, and
came to Concord 14 years ev with
his mother. He ran a restaurant for
several years, and later became a gro-
oery merchant. By his courteous
treatment and inendiy manner ne
soon won many friends and-enjoyed a
splendid trade. About two years ago
his health failed, and he moved to
Asheville hoping to be benefitted.
There was never any pronounced im
provement, however, and for two years
he made a brave tight for bis life.
Mr. Smith was the only son of Mrs.
T. N. Holden, and on November 27,
1900 was married to Miss Carrie Me-
The Lata John C. Smith.
haffy, daughter of Mrs. J. W. Mehaffy.
Both his mother and 'wife survive
him. No children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Smith.
Mr. Smith was an honest and up
right man, and was above a mean or
little thing. He had a strong charac
ter and opinions of his own. Nothing
could swerve him from his conception
of diitv. He was a consistent mem-:
ber of Central Methodist church dur
ing his residence in Concord. He had
friends by the score, because he madj
bimseir rnendiy and treated every
body right.
The remains of Mr. Smith will leave
Asheville this afternoon at 2 o'clock,
accompanied by his wife and mother,
Messrs. A. G. Bost and Frank Car
roll, also representatives of the Ashe
ville lodges of Elks and Pythians. A
number of friends and relatives from
Richfield 'will meet the party in Salis
bury and accompany them to Concord,
arriving here tonight on train No. 35.
The remains wil be met here by
a committee consisting of five mem
bers of the Pythian and Elk lodges
and carried to Central Methodist
church, where the funeral wil be held
tomorrow afternoon by Rev. Plato
Durham, the hour not yet having been
decided upon. The interment will be
made in Oak wood cemetery.
COMMENCEMENT AT
GRADED SCHOOLS.
Annual Sermon TomorrbwMAnnual
Address Monday Night and Gradu
ating Exercises Tuesday Night.
The commencement exercises of the
Concord Graded Schools will begin to
morrow morning at 11 o'clock. Rev.
Plato T. Durham, pastor of Central
Methodist churoh, will preach the ser
mon to the graduating class. On ac
count of the annual sermon to the
graduating class, there will be no ser
vices in the chaurohes of the city
tomorrow, all uniting in the service
at the school as usual. ; ,
The following ' is the program of
tbe exercises Monday evening:
Prayer.,"1' -v
Presentations of certificates Dr. J.
E. Smeot, chairman of school board.
- Annual Address Rev. Thomas A.
Smoot, of Wilmington, N. C.
Rev. T. A. Smoot, of Wilmington,
will arrive Monday morning and deliv
er the literary address Monday night.
Mr. Smoot has been elected a delegate
to the Laymen's Conference, which
meets in Edinburg, Scotland,4n June.
He is a delegate from Grace Street
church, Wilmington, die wiH also vis
it other places of Interest while
abroad. He is one of the foremost
young- ministers in the : State, and
those who hear him Monday night will
be fortunate, c - ;,;-'-- . - '
A suggestion has been made that on
account of the hundreds of people
that wm gather in the big auditorium
to attend the exercises that all the
ladies leave their big hats at home or
else remove tbem. -: : "
- Never can tell when you 11 mash, a
finger- or suffer a eut, bruise, burn or
scald.! Be prepared. ' Dr. Thomas. Ec
leetie Xhl instantly relieves the pain
quickly cures the wound. Sojd by
all druggist.- ' ,
The bird has faith in. its wings be
cause it knows how to use them.
BALL GAME YESTERDAY.
Charlotte Defeats Concord by a Score
of Three to Two.
In a game featured by the lack of
terest and enthusiasm ou the part
:' both Dlavers And t.hn
the Charlotte team defeated Concord
yesterday afternoon by the score of
3 to 2. Time and time again each
team had opportunities to score and
on each occasion they would throw
them away by reckless 'base running
and poor judgment. Both the teams
played listless ball and only one time,
in the ninth when Concord scored two
runs, was there any show of enthu
siasm or interest on the part of either
the players or spectators that resem
bled a'real live ball game.
Neither team scored in the first
inning. Charlotte scored one run
in the second. Carr singled, and stole
second, scoring on a wild throw at
tempting to steal third.
Charlotte added another run in the
fifth. Orr made second on a combina
tion of errors and scored on a single
by Andrews. In the eighth Osborn
singled and stole second, scoring a mo
ment later on a wild throw.
Concord scored two in tlie ninth.
L. Sappenfield doubled ; Cook singled,
Sappenfleld out at third; K. Patter
son safe on Crayton's error; O. Sap
pen field singled, scoring Cook; Bar
rier out third to first. Patterson scor
ing. Morris out third to first ami
the game was over.
Butteries: Patterson and Patterson;
Carr and Clanton. Umpire, Clinc.
The Mummy and the Humming Bird.
Mr. Paul Gilmore. the eminent star
in "The Mummy and the Humming
r;,.,i " kl,i v 4-u. i
-" wuwftcu me up; i u nouse
the night of May 10, is a society comedy-drama
in four acts.
The play tells a very good story of
a young man who becomes deeply ab
sorbed in his work and, while he loves
his newly married bride, does not give
Lher the devotion called for. She be
comes acquainted with an Italian no
bleman who takes a fancy to her and
she appreciates his affection. He en
treats her to run away with him arid
she partially consents, but finally re
gains her senses and refuses to go.
Her husband, with the assistance of a
poor organ grinder, who, it develops,
has lost tha love of 'his wife as a re
sult of the interference of the count,
gets revenge.
Mr. Gilmore, one of the most pop
ular actors on the American stage,
will head the company which has been
selected with great care and includes
Miss, Adelaide French. This attrac
tion will be the society event of the
A ft M. College Commencement.
The commencement of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical Colege wil ltake
place May 29 to 31. The baccalau
reate sermon will be preached by Rev.
David W. Howard, D. D., of Nonfolk,
and the alumni address will be de
livered by Prof. J. O. Sehaub. There
are 58 graduates this year.
Paul Gilmore 's Performance to Begin
at 9 O'clock.
Manager Byles authorizes ns to
announce that "The Mummy and the
Humming Bird" performance will be
gin at 9 o'clock on account of the
graduating exercises at the graded
school next Tuesday night.
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English Repps, every gar
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same garment priced, in
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$4.95.
Other Wash Suits $3 50 up
Those Dainty Waists at
$2.59
Another lot on sale Monday.
Middy Blouse Waists, 89c.
Neatly . trimmed -with navy
blue collars, jaBt the garment
ioe nuBses warn xur uw itauici
A ; 89 cents. - ,
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We are headquarters for Children's
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OF STOCK OF THE
lilliig ul to :kMx
WILL BEGIN
Saturday, May 7th, 1910.
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OFFICEBS:
W. C. Houston, President
C. B. Wagoner, Vice President ' : , -. .
v ; John Fox, Secretary and Treasurer.
Office at Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
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