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CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1910.
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No. 136
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SUICIDE IN SIMY COUNTY
ME. JOHN LOVE, OF LOCUST
HANGS HIMSELF TO A TREE
Had Bean Despondent for Some Time
on Account of 111 Health, But There
Was No Fear that He would Com
mit Suicide.
Mr. John Love committed suicide
last inhl by hanging himself to the
Liuib of a shade tree in the front yard
at the home of his father, Mr. Mura-
furd Love, near Locust, in Stanly
county. Young Love was found this
morning al)ou daylight by his
father. Mr. Iaivc was 25 years of age
and had been in ill health for more
than a year, and for the past two
months his mind had been slightly de
ranged, but -he never intimated to any
one that he contemplated taking his
own life. He bad been in an extrem
ly nervous state lately, and frequent
ly at nights he would leave his room
and walk out in the fields, but nothing
in his actions ever gave the members
of his family cause to wak'h him.
It is not known at what time he
committed the act as the members of
his family did not hear him leave the
house during the night.
Women's Foreign Missionary Society,
Western N. C. Conference.
Cor. Statesville Landmark.
The annual meeting of the Wo
man's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Western Notrii Carolina Con
ference, M. E. Church, South, which
met at Reidesville last week, was
lagely attended and was a most enjoy
able and profitable occasion.
The names of 178 delegates were
enrolled and a number of visitors be
sides.
Several missionaries who are at
home for rest were expected but oirlv
one was able to lie preset n Miss
Pesciid, of Raleigh.
Miss I'escud has labored for a num
ber of years in Brazil and is much
in love with her work, as all mis
sionaries appear to be, and her address
on Friday night of conference was
both inspiring and instructive.
Perhaps the happiest event of the
meeting was the offering of Miss Foy
of herself as a candidate for a fore
ign missionary. M.iss Foy is from
Greensboro and is a bright and prom
ising young woman.
Rev. (iilbert Rowe, of Tryon Street
church, Charlotte, preached the an
nual sermon on Sunday morning and
made a strong missionary address at
night.
Mrs. Lucv II. Robertson, president
of Greensboro Female College, also
president of the Woman's Foreign
Mission Missionary Society of the
Western North Carolina Conference,
will sail soon for a two months visit
to our foreign mission fields.
The conference, which includes the
young people and children, raised last
year for al purposes .isKi.lKI.'l. This
year they pledged a total of $20.00)
The annual meeting will be held
next vear in Lexington.
Patterson Renominated for Governor
of Tennessee.
The State Convention 'which assem
bled in the Ryman Auditorium in
Nashville yesterday in response to a
call from the Stale Democratic exec
utive committee, nominated Gov. Mal
colm R. Patterson for a third term
as Governor, and former Governor
Benton McMillan for the United
States Senate in opposition to Sen
ator James B. Frazier. Nomination
were also made for other State ofliees,
including Supreme and civil appeal
court judges.
The so-called independents or anti-administration
Democrats liave al
ready pnt judicial, ticket in the
Held and it js expected that candidates
for." the other offices will announce
shortly.
Child Out Herself With Razor.
Little Lois Guffy, youngest hild
of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Guffy who cut
herself badly 'with raxor last Tues
day, is getting along nicely. Mrs.
Guffy 's brother had been uhaving bim
eelf, and left his razor on the table.
The child, who n a little over three
years old, got hold of it, and in play
' ing with it eut herself on the leg.
Such a long gash was made that it
took nine stitches of the physician's
.needle to close it up.
4 A hynea and jaguar are roaming
'about the countryside," near Ebens
burg, Cambria county, Pa., and the
natives are in a state of terror.
. The pair are part of the wild ani-
trial collection of the Frank Robbine
, Circus and escaped when the circus
train was wrecked by Ktriking a rock
elide early Thursday. Two circus etn-
doyes, John Barrett, 18, and Wil
iam Bert, 21, are in the Altoona Hoe-
pital suffering from serious injuries
received in the amatfh, but will re-
STEALING FROM TEE
CANNON MILLS.
J. B. Correll, an Employe at Kannap
olis, Admits His Guilt, and is
Bound Over to Court.
J. Ben Correll, a former employe
of the Cannon Manufacturing Co., at
kannapolis, was tried yesterday after-
'noon before Squire Lore, oh&rged with
stealing goods from the mill of the
company. Several months ago a large
number of towels and other goods
were missed from the stock at the
mill, and since that time the officials
of the company have been making an
effort to find the party who stole
them. ( oarell had moved from Kan
napolis to No. 3 township, and yes
terday morning Superintendent Ross,
ot the Cannon Mill, hud a search war
rant issued and .the premises of Cor
rell were searched. Ten dozens tow
els, seVeral rolls of towel goods and
a lot of belting were found in his
home, lie was immediately arrested
and -brought to Concord lor trial.
At the trial Correll did notdeny
taking the goods hut gave as his rea
son for so doing that he had been
ilocked by the company several times.
The books of the company show that
he had been docked on two occasions,
44 cents at one time and 40 cents an
other time. The goods that were re
covered are valued at about $05.00,
and the authorities at the mill say
tluit they have missed about $200.00
worth of goods. Correll was placed
under a $200.00 justified bond, which
Ins lather put up for him.
GOVERNOR TO STOP FIGHT.
It Cannot Take Place in California,
He Says.
Governor Gillette, of California,
has instructed Attorney General
Webb to stop the Jeffries-Johnson
light and the attorney general will
take the necessary steps at ouce. The
governor says that he -was determined
to stop the tight at all hazards.
It is believed that this action on
the part of the governor is due to the
stand taken by the ministers alliance,
which has been working for sometime
and bringing every influence at their
'ouimand to bear to stop the fight.
There was consternation in the
camps of the lighters when the news
was received. Tex Rickard says if
the governor of California stops the
tight he will take it to Keno or Utah
He says the fight will take place and
that unless he receives assurances
that the authorities will not interfere
he 'will immediately make arrange
ments to have it take place elsewhere.
Mayor McCarthy, of San Francisco,
aid: "Governor Gillette cannot stop
the tight. As mavor of San Francisco
I i in the only man who can stop it
and 1 won't. The fight will take
place.
When Jeffries head that Governor
Gillette had decided to stop the fight
he said he did not believe it. He will
go on training just the same and
says it would take but short notice to
go to Nevada. He is waiting for
more particulars., He cut out his
work for the day on hearing the news
and went fishing.
Negro Fined for Running Over White
Man With a Carriage.
Rov Ritch, a young white man of
this city, was struck by a carriage
yesterday afternoon while returning
from the ball game at the Brown Mill
Jake Peav, colored, 'was driving a car
nage containing the members of the
ball team and while coming down the
long hill the other side of the depot
his carriage struck Ritch, knocking
him down and causing him to receive
several painful bruises. The carriage
had a heavy load for the horses to
hold back and they naturally had up
pretty good speed down the long
grade. The roadway was crowded
with people returning from the game
when the team driven by Peay came
dashing down the bill. All of them
managed to get out of the way but
Ritch, and it seems that he and the
driver both became badly confused,
neither of them being able to dodge the
other. Peay iwaa tried in the Re
corder's court this morning, charged
with an assault. He -was fined $10.00
and given until tomorrow morning to
raise the amount of his (fine. If he
fails to pay the fine, he will be re
quired to work thirty days, on the
road.
Child Fatally Cut
harlolte Observer, 16th.
A shocking accident occurred on
the Beatty'a Ford road four miles
front .Hunters ville Wednesday after
noon when little Helen Wilson, 8
years old. accidentally eut herself on
the knives of a lawn-mower against
which he stumbled in the street. She
was badly cut under the left knee
and -within three hours had bled to
death before a physician could reach
the scene. She was the daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. Mack Wilson.
"Mid the Cannon's Roar," a thrill
ing love story of the civil war at The
Pastime today. .
BALL GAME A TIE.
Concord Boys and Bloomer Girls Quit
Even After 12 Innings.
The ball game between the Western
Bloomer Girls and Concord yesterday
afternoon at the Brown mill grounds
resulted in a tie score after twelve in
nings of play, each team making six
runs. The game was slow and listless,
neither team showing anything that
resembled classy work. The Concord
boys seemed content to keep the score
even and at no time during the game
did they make any special effort to
win. ttoss aiuion was doing the
twirling for the locals and during the
first part of the game he had both
the man bloomers and other bloomers
whilling at everything he offered them,
but in the latter part o( the game he
began tossing thin over and the bloom
ers managed to tap -a few to the in
field, a number of them being thrown
away allowing the visitors to tie the
,... m, X:i h: ..i.. i . i
two innings but m that tune she man
aged to dispose of "Bud" Goodman
and Pearly Cook by the strike out
route. She was succeeded by one ot
the three men ot the aggregation
who held Concord safe at all stages
of the game. Concord had a very
creditable team but they showed an
utter lack of anv desire to win but
if they had they could have easily
walked away with the game. The
game was witnessed by a large crowd.
A Letter from "Aunt" Rachel Fitz
gerald.
Mr. Editor: Cncle Boyd Gibson
has been sick for several months and
his wife too, so Mrs. Judge Montgom
ery told them sonic time to come
around and get some little refresh
ments, so they called round and 'were
sitting talking to me. They set
awhile and talked about Mr. Lent.'s
death; how nice he had been to them;
he would tell them to come to Jiim for
anything they wanted, then Miss Mary
always sees after them too; she would
send for Aunt Lizzie. She didn't in
tend they should suffer 'while they
were there. You know Miss Mary
is a chip off the old block, always
open-hearted. The Montgomery's liv
ing open-hearted; they have been
helpiu the niggers all their iilfi-s.
They bundled up two baskets of ra
tions and give 'cm and they went
home smiling and rejoicing over 'what
the Lord had done. Also Mr. .urn
Hill -helped; he has been so good to
them. 1 know two or three men who
will have stars in their crowns and
that's lr. Young, Dr. Houston and
Mr. Rogers. You know Dr. Lilly's got
his; you know those men have cer
tainly been faithful to the niggers.
You know Miss Mattie Rogers is got
hers, she always helps us; she is train
ing the young little Mrs. Rogers the
same way. For my part 1 want to
get out before the old folks get out
and their children what was started
right. Old I'nele Bob is passed over.
Dr. and Mrs. Houston stood to him
like a shelter in a mighty storm. Al
so at the same house Dr. Young and
Miss Nannie stuck to Aunt Linda;
that is a heap to say ami I know
all of them will he blessed for what
they have done for our race. I know
Dr. Young don't get credit for all he
do, but 1 know he do that. There is
a heap I coul call over but haven't
got time to do it. Uncle Pent ami
Miss Zeta, I will go -with them to their
grave. In lexington Dr. Buchanan
and Mr. Montcastle are my warm
friends, also Mrs. Hunt; they tell m
when 1 get out of a home to come
to them; also don't forget the IMuuk
ett race. God bless the town, they
are all good.
I expect to leave Concord soon and
I will 'write the ladies a letter. I re
member my trouble when my little
grandson died.. Mrs. Lentz and Miss
Sfiirley come down and consoled 'with
me in my trouble. I was no ways,
afraid; that made me uplifted; so
many wouldn't hardly come to the
door. They come to see if I wanted
any little clothes. I will never forget
them.
And I musn't forget Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Sherrill and the Miss Nichol
sons. The Lord will put many stars
in their crowns for their good kind
ness to Uncle Caleb.
RACHEL FITZGERALD.
Ridenhour-Phillips.
Mr. Earl Ridemhour, of Charlotte,
and Miss Maggie Phillips, daughter
of Mr. John W. Phillips, who Jives
just above the cemetery, were married
last night. The wedding took place
at the bride's home at 8:30 o'clock
and was performed in the front yard
by Rev. W. L. Hutchins. Ouile a
good many relatives and friends of
both parties -were present. Mr. Mar
tin Eudy was the groom's best man,
am Miss Lillie Phillips, sister of the
bride, 'was maid of honor. The bridd
was the recipient of a nuinlier of
handsome presents. Mr. and Mrs.
Ridenhour left today for Charlotte,
where Mr. Ridenbour is engiged in
the business of a tinner.
The Pastime has a change of ad
today.-
10,000 MEN LAID OFF.
Railroads in Northwest Start Re
trenchment with a Vengeance.
The policy of retrenchment threat
ened by railroads is being put in force
Irders have been issued from head-
ipiarlers in St. Paul and Chicago to
stop practically all new construction
work in the Northwest. So far it has
meant the laving off of about 10,000
men in this section.
How far it will affect employes gen
erally has not yet developed. The
Northern Pacific has given orders to
lay off 1,."00 men, the Great Northern
:j,(ni and the Northwestern GOO.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Paul laid off between 1.000 and 1,200
in the Northern district alone. The
Sante Fe has laid off 4.000 men and
the Rock Island 1,.")00.
Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific, gives three reasons
for this action of the roads:
First Steady increase of taxes.
Second Increase in pay demanded
by the men and in the price ot nia
te rials.
Third The very great power given
Stale and national commissions to
name rates and the tendency to re
duce the. latter.
CRANK WITH GUN SEEKS TAFT
A Miner from Cumberland, Md., Al
most Gains Private Office.
Armed with a 3S-calibre revolver,
James Strickland, a miner from Cum
iierland, Mil., gained entrance to the
Executive offices at the White House
Thursday and almost succeeded iu
passing the doorkeeper who guards
the private office of President Tal't.
Strickland is a man of prepossessing
appearance and was well dressed, lie
walked briskly into the Executive of
fices, announced that he hail an ap
point incut with the President and by
his manner succeeded in avoiding
suspicion until he was at the thresh
old of the President's office.
The doorkeeper noticed a slight ex
pression of excitement in the man's
eyes and thought rs he aproached
the door that he see ued to be under
high tension. Just as he was about
to turn the knob the doorkeeper
changed his mind and called De
tective Sergeant Dalrymple. Dai
ry tuple questioned the man and soon
decided that he was not iu his right
Mind. lie searched Strickland and took
I lie revolver and . 100 in cash from
him.
Mr. and Mrs. Bangle.
Speaking of Mr. Floyd Bangle, and
his bride, nee Miss Grace Wat kins, of
Con cord, the Charlotte News says:
"Mr. Bangle owns a pretty home
in this city and he and his bride will
begin housekeeping al once.
"The bride is an unusually talented
and charming young woman. She
graduated with honors al the Normal
Institute at Asheville, and has since
been teaching in Concord.
"The groom has been connected
with this paper in several capacities
for twelve years. He is one of the
nmsl reliable, canable anil trustworthy
men in the shop. By his uniform
courtesy, efficiency and integrity in
matters both small and great he has
won and holds the esteem of Mr.
Dowil and the entire force."
The Dog Had Rabies.
A telegram was received here yes
terday from the Pasteur depart
ment at Raleigh, saying that the dog
which bit Mr. Frank Kluttz, of No.
(1, last aSt unlay, the head of which
had been sent there, hail rabies. Mr.
Kluttz was at once advised, and left
on train No. 44 this morning for
Raleigh, acompanied bfiy his brother,
Mr. K. A. Kluttz, to receive the Pas
teur treatment. His brother expects
to return Sunday.
See The Times for Job Printing.
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CONCORD NATIONAL BANS
Capital'$100,000 - Surplus ISC,'" 5
THE HARTIS'S ACQUITTED.
Verdict of "Not Guilty" Rendered
Yesterday Afternoon at Charlotte
at 3 O'clock.
Will and Henry Hart is, of Meck
lenburg county, charged with the mur
der of Robert Simpson last Novem
ber, were acquitted of the. charge in
the Charlotte court yesterday al II
o'clock. The verdict created great
surprise ,and was no doubht due to
able manipulation by Hartis' attor
neys. The Observer says editorially
of this latest miscarriage of justice,
under the caption "High Time to
Halt It:"
"For the third time within three
years a Mecklenburg jury has let fla
grant murder go unpunished. The ver
dict brought in yesterday was re-j
ceived, notwithstanding the two thai
had gone before, -with amazement and
downright horror by all he thanking
portion of this community. What are
we to have if such conduit by juries
coul nine's? It might almost seem that
the relatives of murdered men, since
the Uiw will not punish, must take
justice into their own hands restor
ing primeval anarchy. Then, at least,
murder conuld not be committed with
assured impunity. But the people of
this county are altogether unprepared,
and with reason to confess the fail
ure of law and order as administered
by i hem. While sharing a state of
public sentiment which regards mur
OUR UNSETTLED
WEATHER
SPECIALS ARE
WINNERS!
Did you save in any of
the bargains ?
Sale continues Saturday
and Monday.
If you can9t come. Tele
phone No. 116 for
your wants.
H. L. PARKS & CO.
Try opening an account with
checks. You will find it a eood
that you need moiipy, remember we always give our depositors
the preference in loaning funds. Help us and we will always
do our beat to help you. . ,, , t k .
The Cabarrus
der as a minor and easily excusable
offense where no race feeling is in
volved, their instincts are still sound.
We expect to see a sirong demand
make itself fell that in the next Leg
islature .Mec klenburg's representatives
shall .stand unitedly for better jury
laws - bins nut adapted to choosing
juries -which will acqiui irrespective
of their oath and the evidence. It is
only tilting that this county, diagraced
by three outrageous failures of justice
within a brief period, should be con
spic t-ly zealous for better condi
tions." The Democratic executive com
milee of the Tenth Judicial distiret,
nu t in Salisbury Tuesday night and
named July 8 as the date for holding
the judicial convent ion at Lexington,
Havidsoii county. Judge B. F. Long,
of Statesville. and 1(. U-e Wright, of
Salisbury are the only candidates in
the field for the judsliip. So far So
licitor W. C. Hammer, of Asheboro,
ha.s not announced 'himself for re
election, and it is not known who will
be in t lie race for solicitor.
The last issue of tho Hickory Dem
ocrat left the impression that Ca
tawba College was no longer lo enter
tain members of the fair sex as stu
dents. Now coiiics along the Newton
News with the emphatic statement
that the i nst i nt it ii will remain co-ed-in-al
ioiuil.
To The Farmers!
It isn't stffp to keep monev in your houee
these days.
A Bank Account is a great safe-guard and
profitable in morn ways than one.
this bank pay your bills with
way, and wheti the time cumea
Savings Bank.
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