North Carolina Newspapers

tr-V 4 State Library VOL. XX. : Price 40 CenU a month. ? CONCORD. N. C, TUESDAY, JULY. 5. 1910. Single Copy 5 Cents. No. 141 I . T JOHXSOjr W2UPS JIUTJLIE3. Former Champion Knocked. Dowa and Out for th rirrt Tin ta His Ca rter Ftfteea Kotmds roost' John Arthur Johnson, a' Texas ne gro, aoa of an AmeYieaa slave, U the first - and undisputed heavyweight championship puglilist of tbe world. . . James J., Jeffries," of California, - Winer of twenty-imfo bampionahip fights, the man who . never was . brought to his knees before by '.. blow, Monday night passed, into his- i tory as a broken idol. He met utter MT. PLEASANT NEWS. defeat at the hands of the black cham pion in the fifteenth round.. - ' , While - Jeffries was not actually counted out he -was saved only from . this erowt n$ l.am5 by hit, friends plading trilh J -nitru nit to li't the fallen man again. auiTtbe towi was brought into llu ring from h eor- ner. At the end of the fifteenth round Referee Tex Eickard raise J the black arm and the- great crowd filed .out - glum and silent. , . J Jeffries -was dragged 4o" his corner, bleeding from nose and mouth and a doeen cuts on the face. He had a black,' closed eye and swollen features and be held bis head in bis hands, dazed. .. . ..". ;: Johnson walked out of the ring without a mark on his body, except a slight cut on his lip which was the opening of a wound suffered id train ings ' ' " Ring experts agree that it was not even a championship fight. Jeffries ' had a chance in the second round, per haps but after, the sixth, it was plain that he was weakened and outclassed in every point. After the eleventh round it was hopeless. " After the third round Johnson treated his opponent almost as a joke. He smiled and , blocked . playfully, warding off the bear like rushes of Jeffries with a marvelous science, now tacking a blow under bis arm, again plucking it out of the air as a man stops a basebalL With the exception of a few fast rounds, the fight was tame. Jeffries did not have the power m nis punch to hurt Johnson after he , bad re ceived blow after blow on the jaw and his vital power was ebbing. But - even before this :-stage-sanie Jeffries . could not reach ' the black. The blows almost all o .them landed , with air the speed taken out of them, It was like hitting a punching bag. ' The fifteenth round started with a clinch after Jeffries .bad failed to land on the body. Johnson then tore loose and before the .spectators were pre pared fer the -finish, be sent Jeffries ' down with a lightning left and right ' . blows to the jaw. Jeffries reeled and if ell half, way through the ropes on - the west side of the ring. : Those near him saw. he had lost sense of his snr groundings, and the faces at the ring side were a blur- to 'him. - His time - bad come.' He was feeling what be had caifted, others to feel in the days . of his youth and power. , - Jeffries painfully ra'jeJ lnneif to his feet. His jaw had dropped: bis - eyes were nearly shut, and . his face was covered with blood. .'With trem bling legs and yielding arms, he tried to put up a defense but he could not stop a terrific right smash in the jaw followed' by two left books. -, Liquids were applied to the fallen champion's bruised face but bis heart was something that . could not be reached. As soon as he regained bis senses of persons ., and of the rapid -fire ventsthathadpushedhimiatoob-:bb fire" events that bad pushed him into -' oblivion be took his head ; in bis ,; hands and groaned: v. "I was too old to come back," He said. 1 " ' Qeorge Harting, official timekeeper, ' made the; following statement :','. '. " . ; "Time was called at 2.45. Johnson entered .the ring at 2.28 and Jeffries - entered four minutes later. The flg'ut lasted 15 rounds. The time for the - last round was 2.27. The figbfc was stopped at 3.41. V In the 15th round there were' three knockdowns. The first: two of these were each of nine , sedonds duration. , The last one was '. eight seconds,- then Jeffries seconds - rushed in,- and. the Referee, gave the ' decision to Johnson.- There - is no doubt that independent of this ac , tion, Jeffries' would have been count ed out." , , - ' In many cities ' rioting between . whites and blacks followed the an nouncement that Johnson had whip- - . ped Jeffries. v , ' y , ' - . . . Trouble was narrowly averted - in Atlanta when the police arrested half ' a dozen whites and one negro. The .'. negros yelled "Hurrah for Johnson" on a crowded downtown street. : He . held a knife in bis hand and in an instant several white men bad struck 'him.- The police nsed ' their clubs ' . freely after the., whites bad chased . ' the netrro into an allev. ' ' , There was trouble in -Roanoke, v Pittsburg, New ixork, " Waslnnctoni . . St. Louis, BaTtimore and many otier . places, several negroes being killed. A woman is always making a stren uous effort to not look ber age. - lfr. D. D. Barrier Sella Els Store Chaaga at Livery Stable Blcyclt . Accident Mrs. Welah Doing .Well After Operations-Personal Kotea. ' One of the biggest modern . day farces was, completed last Thursday Hating property. The month . of June is by all odds tee poor man's month, a period wherein all nies are equal, in that they possess very little of this world's goods and what they do have is of poor quality. It is won derful when we come to think about that so mcny people in the throes of abject poverty during the month of. June should oossess sufficient recuper ative power, from a material view point.' to live through another year, And yet they do, getting poorer as the years go by. Our soil and climate produce wonders, when we see two dollar hogs in June develop into 500 pounders till Christmas, twenty dol lar mules raise another big crop, six dollar cows overstock the market with butter and so on down the list. And looking at the proposition from an other direction, what a striking con trast between insuranco values &n$ those for taxation. Mr. D. W. Mullis has purchased the grocery store of Mr. D. D. Barrier and will conduct a grocery store at the same stand in the future. Mr. Bar rier will devote bis time to his exten sive farming interests. A business change has taken place at the Fisher-Foil Livery Co. stables whereby Messrs. F. W. Foil and P. 'R. Moose will have charge of the busi ness, Messrs. DeBerry Foil and Thorn ton Fisher retiring. Miss Grace MiUer is visiting rela tives in China Grove. A message received here yesterday evening says that Mrs. Mary n,ua Welsh, who underwent an operation in Charlotte last Saturday, is recov ering nicely. Jier many mends are glad to learn of the favorable condi tions. v Mr. 0. A. Barringer is spending sometime in the national capital look ing after some real estate deals in which he is interested. Messrs. G. F. McAllister, P. A. Moose and Miss Ethel Corzine spent gunday;4n Cbina Grove, - - - Mrs. Same Jllisenheimer baa gone to Misenheimer Springs to assist in. the dining department during the rush for the next few weeks. ; . ' Mr. D. D. Barrier spent Sunday in Charlotte with his sister, Mrs. M. E. Welsh. Mr. Fred Morrison, of Spencer, spent yesterday iere. Mrs. Albron Peck, of Concord, is visiting ber mother, Mrs. Ueihg. Miss Nina Nussman and Mrs. C. F. James have returned tfrom a pleasant stay at Misenheimers. Rev. J. P. Miller will leave in a few days for Sonth Carolina and Georgia in the interest of Mont Amoena Sem inary. . ' : Arthur Green had the misfortune to be thrown from his bicycle this after noon which resulted in a broken arm. Dr. Moose set -the broken limb and be is reported as setting along nicely. Mrs. W, A. Elliott, of Charlotte is visiting old friends here. This was Mrs. Elliott's former home a number of vears ago. Mrs. Kate Foil and Mrs. M. A. Foil are guests at Misenheimer. ; , . Mrs. Joe Arthurs, of Charlotte, is visiting ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. W. Eudy. s , , Mt. Pleasant, July 4th. AUTO AND BUGGY COLLIDE, ; lfr. L. E. Line's Machine Knocks Out a Buoy Driven by ths Cook Boya. Sunday afternoon the machine of Mr. LJ E. Lipe.and a buggy occupied by Duncan and Otto Cook collided in a pea field, a short distance from the borne of Mr. J. Lee Stone, on the Kan na polls road, with the resul; that the top of the buggy was knocked clear of the -running works and the occu pants were sent -whirling .through space for a distance of fifteen feet, Duncan took receiving several pain ful bruises. The buggy and the ma chine were going in opposite direc tions and just before they met each other the horse became frightened and made a mad dash across the pea field. The machine also took a spin out in the field, and when about fifteen (feet from the highway the two collided with the above results. Lipe claims that he saw the horse was frightened and run his machine out in the field to avoid a collision. Cook testified that be gave Lipe the signal to stop the machine, but instead he drove out in 'the field and met the horse and buggy. From the evidence at the trial this morning it seems that both of the parties made a strenuous ef fort to avoid each other but made the mistake of going in exactly the same directions to do so. Mr. L. T. Hart- sell appeared for Cook" and Mr. T. D. Maness for Lipe. At the conclusion of the evidence Recorder Puryear taxed tiipe witn the cost in the case, amounting to $6.00. The case was ap pealed. Knocked Ont in the First Hound. A certain negro of this city, well known for his insolence, and possess ing a common failing to many peo ple, that of talking too much, was nat urally very much elated last night over the fact that Jack Johnson re tained his title as champion of the world in the fight Monday afternoon. It was all good and well for him to talk and shout the praises of .John son, as loud as he pleased, but be seemed anxious to debate the matter with someone and made the grave mis take, which he is no doubt painfully aware, of selectinsr the wrons man to discuss the matter with. . The negro waiKe4int store Monday night and aproacned one of Concord's quiet young' men and began to discuss the tight. The young man told him Ao cut it out, that be did not want to talk to him.- The negro kept his tongue going ana on oemg told tne second time to stop bis tongue he made some insolent remark, whereupon the young man picKea up a siooi and proceeded to do ior tne negro what Jeffries fail ed to do for Johnson, put bim out with the first lick of the first round. The negro will no doubt let up in bis gloating as his experience last night should awaken within him a feeling of sympathy for the man who has re ceived a knockout blow.' OOUirrT MATTE2S, ; i Jafori for Auguat Court Soma Other Items of Inter. The following are tbe orders made by the board of eounty commissioners That J. M. Barrage, u. . aui and J. P. Momson be appointed a committee to investigate bridge over Reedy Creek. t The same committee was appomwju te investigate road in No. 1 township, Pharr's mill' to the Mecklen burg line as per petition and report at the meeting next Monday. That J. M. Burrage and the county surveyor make a survey of the road from Faggart's to Bost Mills. , That G. Ed Kestler be appointed a committee to arrange settlement with the sheriff and report at the Monday's meeting. That a survey of the road from I Glass to Bethpage be accepted. The following is a partial list or tne pay orders passed by the board: . To J. M. Burrage, chain gang ex penses for month of June $657.13. To Dr. J. W. Wallace, services a the county home and jail for month of June, $16.00; smallpox cases, $80.75. Jno. J. Cox work on road in sio. & township $14.15. J. E. Parnetl, part payment on grad ing road near li. jr. uarnnarai s, $100.00. Jno. A. Lener, work on road in wo. 11 township, $8.75. The bonds of C. L. Sims and W. u. Gannon, road supervisors, were ap proved and accepted. The board adjourned until Monday July 11th to hear complaints as to tax returns and transact any other business that may come before the board. The following is a list of the jurors drawn Monday for the August term of court: Lewis M. Shaver, H. A. Cruse, Travis Eudy, C. A. Murph, C. M. Ross, Ed. L. Isen-hour, Robt. Y. Gray, Joe Sossamon, J. J. Bunn, Ed. S. Ervin, G. L. Teeter, S. A. Linker, J. S. Gray, Clarence J. Allison, W. O. Porter, F. A Lipe. J. R. Kizer, D. la.. Pless, J L. Fry, R. C. Kizer, W. A. Peninger, J. A. Sims. C. F. Wagoner, Jno. W, Phillips, B. H. Revels, W. HjHeglar, Jno. C. Shmn, H. U. Calloway, U. a, Troutman, J. L. Johnston, J. E. Trout- man, Mike Garmon, P. P. Townsend, Jno. W. Morris, of Ho. i and J. X Edy. BIG STRIKE A VESTED. Railroad Employes in tbe South Wm Get a Big Increase. F. P. Cnrtisa, vice president of the Order of Railway Conductors, has an nounced tbe bssig of increase of pay to be giveq to conductors, flagmen and traveling baggage masters of railroads in Southeastern territory involved in he wag controversy just settled un der tbe Eardman act. The increase will be allowed in two installments. The first was dated back to take ef fect from July 1 and the other to go into effect April L 191L The follow ing is the increased new scale on the basis of 100 miles: conductors on passenger trains! rrom $2.20 to $2.50 and on April L 1911, to be raised to $2.75. Traveling baggagemasters from $1.10 to $1.35 and later to be raised to $115. Passenger flagmen and brakemen from $1 to $1.25, later to be raised to $1.50. Conductors on through freights 9 Alia i .n . . num o.o io $j.od, later to be raised to $3.75. Brakemen and flasmen freights from $1.75 to $2.35 later to be raised to $2.50. Conductors on local freie-hta tmm $3.80 to $4.15; later to be raised to $4.25. Brakemen and flasrmen nn 1i vol ! freights from $2.30 to $2.63, later to ire lucreasea IO sz.Yo. Excursion to Richmond, Va. The Southern Railwav Will Anovafa their annual excursion to Richmond, Va., Tuesday, July 19, at very low round trip rates. Tickets will be good iciuru on regular trains up to and including Thursday, July 21, allowing two days and one night in Richmond. For further information as io rates schedules, etc., see your nearest agent! i "W! . n. ueButts, Passenger Agent, Charlotte, N. C. The train will leave Charlotte at 8 p. m., Harris burg at 8:33, Concord at 8:50, Glass at 9 Kannapolis at 9:03, stopping at all stations. The round trip fare will be only $4.50 from all points from Charlotte to Linwood, inclusive. Mrs. W. F. A. Propst and Mis Wil. son spent yesterday in Salisbury " . 50,000 Sleepers Strewn About Coney Island Beach. Following & sweltering night, dur ing which the mercury registered 85 degrees- an dthe ;: percentage of hu midity was the highest for the sum mer, New York awoke Monday gasping with no prospects for an immediate change, ' . The parks, roofs, fire escapes and beach resorts were turned into camp ing, places Sunday night, where thou sands tried vainly to get refreshing sleep. The humid atmosphere eaused more suffering than , when the mer cury i was' hovering about the 100 mark, and the emergency 'hospitals and regular institutions all reported cases of prostration. - - ' , , Five deaths directly due to the heat have been reported to tbe police and many of the prostrations were re corded as "very Berious." , It .was estimated by Police Cap tain Michael Galvin, commanding the Coney Island precinct, that more than 50,000 spent the night on'the sands' at tbe beach resort. . 1 Spencer Shops Running Full Time. Effective Saturday the working hours of the employes of the Southern shops at Spencer -were increased from eight to nine hours a day. The order came by wire from Washington and the men were at once placed on full working time. This change gives greaj; satisfaction among the men and he increase in the pay roll will amount tb a considerable sum, approx imately $10,000 a month. Tom Settle Lands a Job. 1 homas Settle, of Asheville. has been apointed by Attorney General Wickersham to assist Assistant Attor ney. General Lloyd in the conduct of suctom cases.., His headquarters will be at New York and his salary will be a year. The nomination of ex-Judsre SDen. cer R. Adams aa United States District Attorney in Western North Carolina to succeed Eugene A. Holton, may be expected ; shortly. This information was given-out today by a friend of the Republican State Chairman, who says that the aoDointment will ahortlv be announced from Beverly, the sum mer mome or the President, in com pliance-witn a promise made by Mr. xai.b emijf iii iue -winier. . - . ; - Statesville has just taken a relig ious census and it develops that the various- (denominations' enroll 2J633 members, in addition to 383 church members owing allegiance elsewhere andv125 Christians Without denomi national affiliation. , . . So tat two candidates are in tbe field for speaker of the bouse of rep resentatives, they being lion. R. H. Battle, of Raleigh, and Editor W. C. Downd. of -Charlotte. J ? C . . .... i.r ti . Rowan Democratic Convention. The action taken in. the Demochatic primaries held in Rowan county Sat urday June 25th, was ratified by the Democratic county convention beld in Salisbury Saturday. The convention took no action as to nominees for State officers. Repub licans who attended the convention state that it moved off like it was greased. The only contest in tbe con vention was for places on the county board of commissioners which was settled amicably by the leaders. The nominees named include the following For State Senate, A. H. Boyden; for the Bouse, W. D. PetLel and R. D, Coleman; county judge, B. B. Miller prosecuting attorney. Kerr Craig clerk of the superior court, J. Frank 'McCubbins; register of deeds, K 11 Miller; Sheriff, J. II. McKenzie. The convention endorsed Judge Walter Clark for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Piatt D. .Walker for associate Justice. ' Judge Manning got 14 and Judge Allen 5 votes for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Endorsements were also given for Henry C. Brown for Corporation Com missioner: R. Lee Wright for Judge in the Tenth Judicial District; W. C. Hammer, Solicitor Tenth Judicial Dis trict ,"' Walter Murphy was endorsed for Congress from the Eighth Congres sional District. CHIEF JUSTICE DIES SUDOEXLT Justice Melvffla W. raSar Strkkaa With, Heart PaHaxe, aad Diss. In fulfillment of aa oft-expressed wish that be might end bis long life in tbe very room where bis - wife breathed ber last, six years ago, tbe venerable chief justice of tbe Supreme Court of the United States, Melville W. Fuller, died suddenly of iteart ' failure early Monday at ' Sorrento, Maine, bis summer borne. Not .only s did the leader of tbe American judi ciary round out bis days in the same room where bis wife bad passed away,' but it was in the state of bia nativity, , the state be loved so well, that bis long ' life ended. Chief Justice Fuller -was 77 years old. Justice Fuller bad not shown any symptoms of illness. Sunday be at tended the church of tbe Redeemer, (Episcopal), where the Rev. Freeman conducted the services. He retired -about the usual hour, and to all ap-' peara rices, in bis customary health. ' His daughter, Mrs. Francis, beard a call tfrom her father's room early, Monday morning, and upon answer ing it, saw at once that her father was seriously ill. Summoning the Rev. . , Freeman, Mrs. Francis sent him for a physician, but when the physician arrived the justice was beyond assistance. Merchant Ends His .Life With PistoL .During a fit of despondency, eaused by ill health, Earl Johnson, aged 35 years, a merchant at Troutman, Ire dell county, shot himself in the breast Sunday morning using an old pistol to commit the deed. The ball entered over the heart, glancing around, com ing out on the side and Johnson is ait his borne in a precarious - condition. Some months ago be completed a term of service in the United States army and was later operated upon four times for appendicitis, leaving bim an invalid. This is supposed to have induced him to. end his own life. Special prayer meetings were beld in four negro churches in Chicago Sunday in behalf of Jack Johnson. In the negro quarters excitement was intense. - " :"r -.vr 4'x"r' "':')'" Ladies' White A special train carrying B. N. Duke, his wife, son, physician and nurse, leff Durham Saturday night for At- latic City, where be will spend bis convalescence from six weeks typhoid fever. . 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