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CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1910.
Single Copy 5 Cents.
No. 135
J. W. WADSWORTH A SUICIDE.
Prominent Charlotte Business And
Clubman Killed Himself Yesterday.
The many friends in Concord of Mr.
James W. Wadsworth, of Charlotte,
were shocked last evening when the
news reached here that lie had com
mitted suicide at his home in the af
ternoon. '
Mr. Wadswortb shot himself
through the temple at his home on
North Church street, using a 32-cali-bre
Colt reveolver , and although
every possible medical aid was
rendered bim, he died about 55 min
utes after the report of the pistol.
Tbe rash deed was committed at 3:30
o'clock, and death came at 4:25
o'clock. The reason for tbe act was
given out from his borne as excessive
use of stimulants. He bad just re
turned from New York a few days
ago, and no one had the slightest
idea that he harbored any thought of
self-destruction. Several members of
the family were in the house at the
time of the tragedy, an 4, alarmed by
the report of a pistol, hurried to his
room, where they found him engulfed
in a puddle of blood.
It is believed that Mr. Wadsworth
was temporarily unbalanced mentally.
It is a matter of common knowledge
among his associates and friends that
be had been nervous, worried and un
strung for several weeks. For several
months he had been devoting unusual
energy to the details of the growing
business of the J. W Wadsworth 's
Sons Livestock and Livery company,
of which be was president, and had
been working out plans for large ex
tensions that have been recently an
nounced, calling for ao expenditure
of nearly $50,000.
Within a few minutes after the fa
tal shot was fired anxious friends be
gan to gather at the Wadsworth home.
There was no more popular or highly
esteemed man in the city than "Jim
mie" Wadsworth, and hundreds of
anxious inquiries were made at the
home and by telephone to the newspa
per offices as soon as tbe report uf
the affair gained currency.
Mr. Wadsworth was the son if the
late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wadsworth,
and a half brother of Mr. Jna. C.
Wadsworth, of Conor I. He is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. A. B.
Reece, Miss Louise Wadsworih; and
two brothers, Messn. Girge P. and
J. A. CWadsworth.
. If any trouble of a personal nature
wreaked itself upon his overburden
ed mind and drove him to despair,
this has not yet como to light. He
left no 'writing that would indicate a
desire that those ctosa to him should
know of his definite troubles, says the
Observer.
Mr. Wadsworth returned only last
Saturday from an extensive trip
North, during which time be visited
a number of the larger cities on a
pleasure seeking expedition. He went
away in the hope of becoming restor
ed from an exceeding nervous condi
tion, it being anticipated that the re
creation of travel and the allure
ments of larger cities might serve to
drive away his worries and bring
hhn back to normal conditions.
The sad end of Mr. Wadswoith is
made sadder by the fart that his
brother, Mr. Chas. P. Wadsworth,
'killed himself in a Greensboro hotel
about two years ago. Mr. James
Wadsworth 'was 35 y.ars oil, and one
of the most promine it business men of
Charlotte.
Soma of Manning'! Friends Concede
Nomination of Allen.
A special from Raleigh to today's
Charlotte Observer says:
Interest is intense here as to the
outcome of tbe Manning-Allen contest
for the Supreme Court. It looks like
W. R. Allen, superior court judge for
the sixth district, has about defeated
S. S. Manning, of Durham, mho holds
the associate justiceship of the Su-
preme Court vacated by Justice Con
ner, through temporary appointment
by Governor Kitchin. It is a fact that
some of the strongest supporters of
Justice Manning here are about ready
to concede the ultimate nomination of
Judge Allen when the State conven
tion assembles in Charlotte.
Delegates from Ward No. 1 to County
1 Democratic Convention.
Dr. R. S. Young, chairman, has ap
pointed the following delegates from
Ward No. 1 to the county convention
- next Saturday: :v- "'-'':;. t
J. B. Sherrill, Geo. H. Rutledge, J.
F. Hurley, J. W. Cannon, W. W,
Howe, Howard Tomtsend, R. C. Ben
field, E. T. Cannon, J. S. Dalton, C.
C, Horper, J. P. Howard, M. H. Sides,
B. B. Howard, Chas. H. Long, C.H.
Barrier, Marshall Sides, John M. Og
leaby, L L Davis, L. T. Hartsell, W.
L. Widenhouse, S. J. Ervin, Jesse M.
Howard, Dr. F. O. Rogers, C. B. Wag
oner, L. J. Curlee,
- The season for suction sales of leaf
tobacco in the Virginia and Carolina
'markets has practically come to s
close. Safes tbe past week were to
few and far between that the total
amount will not exceed 10,000 pounds.
THE LUTHERAN NORMAL.
Programme of Meeting at Misenheim
er Springs July 5-7.
The Sunday School Normal of the
Lutheran Synods of North Carolina
and Tennessee,, which is to be held at
Misenheimer Springs July 5-7, prom
ises to be a most profitable meeting.
This will be followsd by the First
Lutheran Pastors' acation School,
July 8th to 12th. A committee, con
sisting of Revs. R. L. Patterson, of
Charlotte, chairman; C. K. Bell, of
Kings' Mountain, secretary and treas
urer; John Hall, of Gastonia; and H.
A. McCullough, of Albemarle, has ar
ranged the program. Each day's
work will begin with Matins, with a
short devotional address. Then 'will
follow four periods of instruction and
general discussion. Each evening at
8 o'clock there will be a lecture of
more or less popular, character. The
Sunday program will call for three ser
vices with sermons by invited minis
ters. The Lutheran pastors of the
United Synod of the South will toe in
vited and the plan looks to the estab
lishment of a great Lutheran summer
assembly. Misenheimer Springs is in
the center of the Lutheran population
of North Carolina, and affords a quiet
healthful place for rest and recrea
tion. It is an ideal spot for a minister
to take his vacation. The sulphur wa
ter of the spring offering restored vi
tality, and the quiet country side
freedom from distraction and noise.
The hotel 'has lately come into the
possession of four Lutheran gentle
men, and they have enlarged and im
proved it with all modern conveni
ences. The following is a complete pro
gramme of tbe normal:
Tuesday, July 5.
Devotional Service Rev. Geo.
fox, D. D.
Sunday School Music Rev. E,
H.
C.
Cronk.
The Laws of Teaching Rev,
A. Snyder.
W.
E.
Biblical Instruction Rev. C.
Weltner, D. D.
Chalk Talks Mr. John L. Berg.
Practical Methods for Cradle Roll
Work Mrs. E. C. Cronk.
The Teacher Training Class Rev.
E. C. Cronk.
Biblical Instruction Rev. Cf. E.
Weltner, D. D.
Primary Work Mrs. C. E. Welt
ner. The Laws of Teaching Rev. W. A.
Snyder.
The Primary Department Mrs
C.
E. Weltner.
Round Table.
Address, Reception, Etc.
Wednesday, July 6.
Devotional Service Rev. Chas. K.
Bell.
Sunday School Music Rev. E. C.
Cronk.
The Laws of Teaching Rev. W. A.
Snyder.
Biblical Instruction Rev. C. E.
Weltner. D. D.
Chalk Talks Mr. John L. Berg.
The Teacher and the Child in the
Berliner's Dept. Mrs. E. C. Cronk.
Theology in the Sunday School
Rev. Prof. A. G. Voigt, D. D.
Biblical Instruction Rev. C. E.
Weltner, D. D.
The Laws of Teaching Rev. W. A.
Snyder.
Primary Work Mrs. C. E. Welt
ner. Sunday School Organization Rev.
E. C. Cronk.
First Steps for Little Feet in the
Sunday School Mrs. E. C. Cronk.
Round Table. i
The' Passion Play Lecture by Rev.
C. E. Weltner, D. D.
Thursday, July 7.
Devotional Service Rev. H. M.
Brown. .
Sunday School Musics Rev. E. C.
Cronk.
The Laws of Teaching 'Rev. W. A.
Snyder.
Biblical Instruction Rev. C. E.
Weltner.
Chalk Talks Mr. John L. Berg.
Round Table on Beginner's Dept.
Mrs. Jfi. V. Cronk. .
The Primary Department Mrs. C.
E. Weltner. -
The Laws of Teaching Rev. W. A.
fenyder. -
Tbe Teachers' Training Class Rev.
E. C. Cronk.
Primary Work Mrs. C. E. Weltner.
Biblical Instruction Rev. C. E.
Weltner, D. D. . -
Tbe Question Box Opened.
Round Table.
First Bale of New Cotton Brought
. 50 Cents Per. Pound.
The first bale of the cotton crop of
1910-1911 .was sold at suction in New
York Monday and brought 50 cents a
pound, the proceeds being for the us
ual charity. This bale was picked at
Hidalgo county. Tex- weighed 4W
pounds and wtrt classed as good mid
dling cotton. A was first sold at
Houston, Tex., on June z3 for $375,
and was shipped from there to New
York. The cotton purenased will be
shipped to Liverpool, where it will
gain be suctioned. V 1
THE TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
To be Held in Cabarrus August 22
Mr. Allen, of Graham, to be Here.
August tbe 22nd has been definitely
decided upon as the da ,3 for the
opening of the teachers institute of
this county. Mr. A. T. Allen, of Gra
ham, has been secured as one of the
conductors of the institute. Two
other conductors, a man and a iady
teacher, will also be selected in a few
days and the work of arranging the
course and other preparations fur the
institute will begin. It will be nec
essary for every teacher in the 2ity
schools to attend the institute or some
other teachers training school before
they will be permitted to teach next
year.
Section 4107 of the school law says:
"All public school teachers of any
county in which institutes and school
is conducted are hereby required to
attend the same continuously during
its session, unless providentially hin
dered, and failure to attend the bien
nial institute and school shall debar
any teacher so failing to attend con
tinuously from teaching in any of the
public schools of the state for a period
of one year, or until such teacher
shall have attended according to law,
some county institute and school as
herein provided for in some other
county." The teachers are required
to bring all text books used in the pub
lic schools through the primary and
intermediate grades, as the institute
will partake largely of the character
of the regular school work.
Result of Primaries in No. 6 Town
ship. The following is the action taken
by the voters of No. G township at the
democratic primary, June 2, as of
ficially reported by Mr. Jno. A. Su
ther, secretary :
Uninstructed as to Supreme court
judges.
Congress 2.20 for Doughlon and
.80 for Caldwell.
Unanimous for Sliannonhouse, L. T
Hartsell, W. L. Morris, Widenhouse,
Swink, Harris, McAllister, Boger,
Reece Long, and Richmond. Also
unanimous for Brown for corpora
tion commissioner. No vote on other
corporation commissioners.
The vote was unanimous for the fol
lowing county commissioner : W. F.
Morrison, Jno. W. Cook, Geo. W. Dry,
C. W. Bost and W. W. Flowe.
Geo. Watts and J. W. Foil were en
dorsed for magistrates for No. 0, as
was Jno. A. Safrit for constable.
The following were elected delegates
to the county convention:
Geo. E. Ritchie, Addison Crowell, R.
M. Cress, Geo. Walker, Jno. W. Walk
er, W. D. Ritchie, R. A. Beaver, Jno.
A. Suther. The following are alter
nates: A. D. Wilson, J. Robert Cline,
M. W. Allman, A..W. Ridenhour, Jno.
Cruse, Wiley Faggart, Jno. A. Safrit.
The following executive committee
for No. C was chosen: G. E. Ritchie,
A. Crowell, M. W. Allman, Jno. A.
Safrit, J. Robert Cline.
Out for a Day's Pleasure.
Quite a number of little misses, who
compose the Sunday 'School class of
Mrs. D. B. Coltrane, at Central
church, left the city this morning in a
wagon, dressed for a day's outing
and carrying a full supply of fishing
paraphernalia for Dr. Smoot 'a farm,
where they will spend the day fishing
and enjoying themselves in pursuing
other rural pleasures. Those in the
party were: Misses Helen Troy, Hel
en Marsh, Nannie Lee Patterson, Mi
nette Marshall, Lucile Page, Anise,
Virginia and Mary . Donnell Smoot,
Elizabeth and Sallie Correll, Mary
Branson Coltrane, Dorice Troutman
and Master Charles Marion Stone.
The party was chaperoned by Mes
dames M. L. Marsh, J. E. Smoot, Chas.
Stone and D. B. Coltrane.
Mr. and Mrs, L. T. Hartsell and
son, Luther, little Margaret Virginia
Ervin and Miss Mabel Means 'left yes
terday for Wright8ville to attend tbe
meeting of the State Bar Association.
Dr. L. N. Burleyaon returned yes
terday from Wrightsville, where he
attended the meeting of the North
Carolina Medical Association.
Thirteen. Years of Successful Experience.
: l Paid in Capital . $100,000.00
; ; ; t Earned Surplus and Undivided Profit. . . 50,000.00
With Resources over......; ......... 700,000.00
All combined to equip us to serve you. We want", a large number
of New accounts small accounts as well as large ones welcomed.
The Cabarrus Savings Bank.
THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK.
Semi-Annual Dividend of 5 Per Cent
Declared A Strong Financial In
stitution. The board of directors of the Con
cord National Bank met in the office of
the bank this morning. A semi-annual
dividend of 5 per cent, was de
clared. Mr. Jno. M. Hendrix, for
many years associated with the bank
as book-keeper, was elected assistant
cashier. Today is also the 22nd an
niversary of this strong institution,
which has always been a powerful
factor in promoting the material and
industrial welfare of this section. The
Concord National Bank began busi-
ness 22 years ago today, the institu-
lion i being organized by Mr. D. B.
Coltrane, who came here from Mis-
souri and succeeded in having the cit -
izens in this section subscribe for the
capital stock. He has been actively
engaged in the management of the
hank since its beginning, first as cash
ier and later as president, being suc
ceeded as cashier by his son, Mr. L. D.
Coltrane. Under the guidance of able
officers and a strong board of direc
tors the bank- ihas been a paying in
stitution since its start. During the
22 .years it has paid 44 semi-annual
lividends and in 1905, when the cap-
uai siock was mcreaseu irom ifau,uiw
to $100,000 it paid a stock dividend
of 30 per cent. During this long pe-
nod of business activity the present
president of this institution has never
taken 'what is known as a vacation
and is seldom away on account of sick-
ness. The bank begins the business
of the next half year 'with the bright-
est prospects, the officers being as M -
lows: President, D. B. Coltrane; Cash-
ier, L. D. Coltrane; Assistant Cashier,
J. M. Hendrix; Bookkeeper, Jno. M.
Cook,
Vote for Solicitor in Mecklenburg,
The vote in Mecklenburg county for
solicitor, after all the returns were
received, is as follows :
David B. Smith 2,011
Frank M. Shannonhouse 1,9B2
C. E. Childs 00
Smith's plurality 49
It will be seen from the above that
the vote of this county will be almost
evenly divided.
The total vote of the judicial con -
vention which 'will nominate a solic-j
itor is 240 divided among the coun
ties as follows:
Mecklenburg 85 votes; (Cabairrus
,12; Gaston 51; Lincoln 20; Cleveland
40. The necessary number to nomi
nate will be 121 votes.
The following will be about the
vote on the first ballot :
Smith 75, Shannonhouse 70, Childs
30, Wilson 45, Mangum 20.
All the candidates have strong
friends and it is not expected that any
of them will 'withdraw for many bal
lots. It looks like a long and hot
tight at Gastonia July 7.
No Excuse for Loafers.
Charlotte Chronicle.
The Chronicle last week carried an
item from the Mooresville Enterprise
to the effect that an agent for a big
cotton mill in Concord, was in
Mooresville in search of cotton mill
labor. He wanted four hundred
hands, but could find none there, all
the available help having employ
ment. On the front of an incomplet
ed building in Charlotte, the contract
or has posted a large sign, calling for
one hundred laborers to go to Great
Falls, where he has large building
contracts to fill. These are but signs
of the times and a caution to town
officials to have a care for the en
forcement of the laws against vagran
cy. In these days of demand for and
scarcity of labor, the loafer has no
excuse for existence and should not
be allowed to exist. Where employ
ment cannot be found in mills or in
construction work, the farm is al
ways furnishing absorption for labor.
It's not always the early bird that
catches the worm. The Browns-Cannon
Co., are offering a lot of cheviots,
cashmere and worsteds in the season's
newest patterns and colors, at greatly
reduced prices. If you are out to
save money, here 's your chance.
"Your Bank Deposits
and Our Best Service
is Yours.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Some of the People Here and Else-
where Who Come and Go.
Mr. Cameron McRae, of Chapel
Hill, is a Concord visitor today.
Mr. Thos. M. Barnhardt, of Char
lotte, is here today.
Miss Ashlyn Lone left this morn
ing for Lenoir to visit friends.
Mr. F. C. Niblock is spending the
day in Salisbury.
Mr. Ed. Serrill left last night for
i u imnngton on a snort pleasure trip.
: Mr. C. M. Isenhour left last night
for a business trip to Birmingham,
Ala.
Misses Ida and Ferry Dorton, of
Salisbury, are visiting Mrs. E. F.
White.
: rimritv n.l Children: "AfW I1
Mr. Iiallev didn't make much of a
discovery."
Miss Laura Ridenhour left this
morning for Lexington, where she will
visit friends.
Miss Nannie Alexander will leave
this afternoon ifor Mooresville to visit
her sister, Mrs. F. S. StaiTette.
Mrs. J. C. vruds.v).,ii an! fin, W.I
liam Wadsworth, left this morning for
Charlotte to attend Ilo funeral of
.nr. James W ich, .'or: h.
, Ml.s j B sherrill, Miss Anna Sher-
rill and Cottrell Sherrill will eave to-
morl.ow ,llonling for a weeks at
Davjs Springs, Hiddenite.
,r . T .
TI.M,r "n4l(Mrs- M- J' Freeman, of
: " wer.e J"? 'f erd. to
r,hbun"1 ,f Mr-1John "
' Mr9' Fma:1 S brot1,er-
Mrs. W . II. Lilly returned this
m"i'ig on train No. :t(i from the
' i,aT Sanatorium, lller matiy
friends will be glad to know that she
: is greatly improved.
j Misses" Peari Zeigler an( m,
derbrand, who have been the guest of
Miss Annie Laurie Boger for the past
.week, returned this morning to their
home in St. Matthews, S. C.
Mrs. Beltie M. Johnson has re-
turned from Richmond, whiere she
had been visiting for some time, and
where she attended the marriage of
her grand daughter, Miss Lucile
Werne.
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THE DEEP CUT
Continues All
How about a mid-summer
Hat ? The season is nearing
its end and all this week you
can buy Hats or Shapes -in
our house at quite 'a saving
in price. Come in the first
of the week, the selection-is
better. No trouble to show
you.
Today's Express brought a
new lot of Summer Ribbons.
E L. Parlls Cd
SALISBURY'S Bid FOURTH.
A Big Celebration to be Held Next
Monday.
There will be held at Salisbury,
next Monday, July 4th, 1910, the big
gest celebration ever held in Rowan
county. Arrangement has been made
for a monster parade at 10 a. m. con
taining 1,000 horsemen, decorated au
tomobiles and carriages, the fire de
part ments, t lie military company, two
hands of music, city and county offi
cials, speakers in carriages and floats..
The parade is spectacular in many
ways.
Something will be doing all the
day.
Senator Lee S. Overman will de
liver the leading address.
In the afternoon there 'will be horse
ami automobile races at the fair
grounds, baseball and other sports.
The city will be beautifully decorated
and at night there will be an electrical
illumination surpassng anything ever
seen in Saisbury.
Following the illuminations a grand
4th of July ball 'will take place. This
will be the leading function of tbe
season.
Stanly County Nominees.
In the Stanly county convention
Monday Manning received 47.19, Al
len 11.81 votes for Associate Justice
(if the Supreme court. Long received
42.33, Wright 133.33 and Bailey 3.34
votes for judge oif the tenth judicial
district. Brown received the unani
mous support of the county. For
Congress, Murphv deceived 29.20,
Caldwell 13.38, Dough-ton 10.42. R.
Lane Brown was nominated by the
convention as Representative in the
House of Representatives.
W. II. Bostwick, on Sunday at At
lanta killed two policemen, wounded
three others and barricaded himself in
his house and threatened to kill all
who approached. Gov. Brown or
dered two companies of the national
guard rushed to the western part of
Irwin county to aid in the capture of
Bostwick. Bostwick was wanted on a
minor charge. He killed Chief Davis,
of Ocilla, and Deputy Sheriff Cheffield
when an attempt was made to rush his
house. He was later killed by the
posse.
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