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- - f v: O ft - vV - ft- -A, r : -; ..." ffjj fjfr h 1 v - VOL. XXI. Price 40 Cent a cczth. Aero ajttd rc::crz) crnzrif SKZZZZi ATTT UT EIGHT. la ZIm 'zlUdUi Tu CI f Paraly--- i'ji tlscs Ltst, Becrabar -A Lifl . TTvU r; .t, tia Xi EHdi Ut ' After lia-Cietca f Eis Lift.: ' Capt J, M. Odell died at his bom ob North Union street last bight at 11:20 o'clock. v Capt Odell tu stricken with para- lysis last December. ' lie later rallied . from the attack sufficiently to allow tiim to go about almost - aa usual About three weeks ago while visiting - !iu daughter, Mrs. o. J.. Durham, nt -: Bessemer City, lie received toother stroke from which lie never ralKed, For several days before bis death it was known that bis death was only a . question of a short time. ; . - -; The, funeral service will be ield in Forest Hill Methodist thnroh tomor ' row afternoon at -4 o'clock; .All the business houses of the city will be closed from 4 to 5 o'clock as a mark of respeet to the memory! of the dis ' tingnished citizen., a "i' '- The service -will be conducted by Rev. W. L.:Hutchins; Capt.. QdeU's : pastor, assisted; by Kev. Dr- J. M. Grier, of the First Presbyterian . churcn. Uisoop jno. v. Kugo, of Dur ham, whI preach tne funeral sermon. , THE LATE CAPT. J. M. ODELL. y - - Tbe followill Te the: active pall-bearera: L. D. Coltrane, John M. Cook,' VV. C. Honston, Q. M. Lore, J. F.- Dayvault, E. C Barnhardt, D. - Morrison, B. Amicfc Th bonor , ary pall-bearers will bei D.'B. Col . trane, Judge Montgomery, B. E. Gib son, P. B. Fetzer, J. W. Cannon, Jos, . O. Brown, of Ealeigh, Ceasar Cone and C. H. Ireland, of Greensboro. The following arrived in Concord , , this morning to attend the funeral i J. A. Odell, Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Odell. "' 4vff riMAtiJMMi Tama-. QMn.iM ' Lancaster, S.C.; Mr. S.J. Durham, of Bessemer. Mrs. Durbam was et ber -I father's bedside when death came. A number of other friends from various parts of the State are expected to ar- ' rive tonight and tomorrow, s i t t. '' fiketch of His Lif e. ' : , John "Milton Odell, son of James a and Anna Odell, was born eight miles ' north of ' Asheboro, ' m Randolph ooanty, N. C, on the 20tb day. of ; January, 1831. He was reared on a - farm and resided at his 'native borne until 21 years old. During his boy- " hood days he, attended the neighbor bood schools with the exception of a abort time when he was a student at Middleton Academy, inv Randolph county. From the age of 21 to. 24 be taught school. He then clerked in . the store of he Cedar Falls Manu- - facturing Company for one year. The company then changed to the vedar if'alls Company; Mr. Odell tat ing an 'interest therein, but was still retained as clerk in the store of the - new company till 1868,, when be was umcu sgeuk xor uo same, ' ;; y vi The war breaking out, be gave np . .. this position, and with bis brother, Laban, -raised a" company of which be became the captain, bis brother - being first lieutenants i The company was known as tfhe (Bandolpb Hornets, and was organized in June, 1861, as Cbmpany M of ' the Twelftb iRegi- ment t wortii Carolina Volunteers, Colonel J.s Johnson7 Pettigrew being - the clonelf but later, when the ten , regiments of State trooops were or- gauuHxi, tuning preceueDcs in numnei over the volunteer" regiments, this became, the Twenty-Second Regiment. Carefully trained and disciplined by - that admirable officer, Colonel Petti grew, the career of the regiment dur ing the'entire war reflected the bigfcest credit on, the State. Immediately on its organization it was ordered to the . banks of the Potomac, and thenNto the Teninmila." Capt. Odell, who pos sessed every, characteristic that could fit hini or a corspicious military career, w. i identified with its fine rec ord on the Pototrae and in the Penin sula, until after the battle of Ceven V when tl.e rriod of (Lis c V..t i t having erpin l, an 1 the rr-' t I : rcorjanksJ, "L1:,...::-i:a cf'f. 'lei 1 'i l a retired from- t'Le ecrvi , , p.!.fr8f1ed ia orsmand f U 'i Captain OdtH, on retaruing I -mel resume 1 his con on v.. ils vxiari - C r. t-! , . , a Falls .Maiwf omir.g a tx as business than forty in msiMjf having a 1 7, i ia it, k 1 acting i. ' Thus for taore j le irst e:v "-d. .; la Kor'.i Car. ...a, c .".r.iv-tioB wiih't at y other manufacturer business t' now liviiv i among ( a mer.t 1 i vario;n t la til. posit km n Company, a t i...e t,Ute, and" eta- ling .- t au.'- .!J to..evs l tlit Importance ut tie ;-ris. , sv - " 1 cf 1. 3 he resigned lis ::: t cf tLe Cedar TaUs ii roved to Concord, where te e: -.4 ia ' tn. xLandlaing under the Era came of Odeil-Ourtis 4 Co, "which firm did a very large wholesale and retail business until 1874, -when be sold all bis interest in Concord and moved to Greensboro. There be continued p the wholesale and . retail merchandising business under the firm name of Odell & Com pany, for soma years. ' V He was on of the charter members of the National .Bank of Greensboro, wnicn organized in 1876, wben be was elected . a director in the said bank and served till 1907. t - ' r In 1877 he boug-ii the McDonald cotton mills in this city, which -was incorporated in 1878 as the Odell Manuiactunng Co., with J. 31. Odell as president. His home,however, was still m urocniiuoro, nam iosu, vaea me again moved to Concord and devoted most of bis attention to the business of the said company. . r ... ' : In 1881, about $100,000 was added to the capital stock: of the .company; a new building 72x131 feet,! three siones oign, was .onut near cue old mills and filled with the latest and most improved machinery.- In 1886 tbe buildings were again enlarged and up to the time of the fix several years ago they were among tbe larg est mills in the South, manufacturing not only colored goods, bnt also seam less Dags, towels and sheetings. . -Up until some years ago Capt Odell was also president of the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Co., Durham; The J. M. Odell Manufacturing Co., Bymims, Chatham county, N. C; the Salisbury Cotton Mills, Salisbury, and was at one time president of tbe Can non Mamtraoturmg Co., and,, also the Concord National Bank. " On March th, 1854. he was bao- man, of Randolph county, Vho died in u. f in Augwst. J.8U1. me iwas mar ried to Mrs. Addie A. "Wbite, daugbter of R. W, Allison. "He. is survived by his wife, his son, W. R. Odell, of Con cord, and - ais daughter, Mrs. S. J. Durham, of Bessemer City. , Capt Odell 'a life was one of re markable success. He was always a model of morality and lutein r anil was one of tbe finest types of South ern Christa;n gentleman, having for many years Been an officer in the Me thodist church. Though strict in all business transactions be was always very imerai ana ms deeds of tin ness and charity bave been many and large. - , - - t x An an organizer "and manager of employees "Uapt. Udell had scarcely a upriur. - n was gentle, Kind, ur- :. tt. .... . . . Kama a - ' 2 1L a 'if v """I u misvtucipune. : jno stnaes, no fnctioh, nothine ever oc cured to mar the peaceful and pleas ant relations . existing between him ana uis employees. . . When Capt. Odell fell anon Wn. there passed one of the State's fore most citizens, a captain of industry ranaing among the leading business men oitnis section of tnevination Concord recognizes in bim the found er of its (present -industrial Droereas. j. ne oeatn 01 lew - men : could be a greater loss to the State and the sense of bereavement will-be in the hearts or a pultitude of iaen..i. A Distressing Tragedy In Iredell "A1 distressing tragedy 'occurred in the northern portion of Iredell county early Wednesday morning, wben Miss Annie Moore, a respected young wo man or tbat community, either aoci- denally or intentionally' shot and killed iierseif with a revolver. The .bullet passed through bey heart and death was almost instantaneous. Wihiln there was a rumor that the young wo man bad taken ber. life because of love affair, tbe f amilv and : intimata friends, of the.-girl say tbis report is uniounaea ana at u the general be lief that the tragedy was an accident Miss Moore got op early Wednesday morning and after eatina breakfast went to the room of ber brotber to clean it np for the day.- A -pistol, belonging to bim. was on tbe mantel in the room. Soon a shot was beard and when Mrs. Moore ru hed to the room she met her daughter at the door. .The young woman fell to the floor and died in a few minutes. The pistol iwas found on the floor. It is keueved that the gun was discharged when the young woman Kicked it nn to place it elsewhere. 1 ' i,rr. J.r. :i fij for r a CONCORD, N. C, ' WEB THEY MOBBED t - Watchman Bays Mob Committed aa Atrocions Outrags . oa tbs Tarn . Detectives. .". ,v.:-, ' .. Nothing ba yet been beard of the three blind tigfjr detectives who are missing in Salisbury. " The . Wateh- man says m ttgnri to the matter: "Just. why tbe witnesses did not show up la as yet a matter of con jecture,- although circumstantial evi dence indicate feral play at tbe hands oi a moo composed or about J went y five persons. Threats bad. been made, the detectives had been hovering pret ty close to tbe police all day Monday and the officers were on the lookout for their safety, the last having been seen of them they were sitting on the court house stops.'- A . watch bad been stationed at tbe depot, but noth ing unusual -occurred there and f it was thought that all was well until rumors- were afloat Tuesday morning as to their treatment some time, in the night. - - -: "Tbe story -that seems most per sistent Is about as follows t The de tectives were in some way enticed to enter the old-vacant livery stable on North Main street,' just below the postoffice. ; Upon entering they were grabbed and severely pnished. one re port being to tbe effect that their faces were beaten into a jelly. They were then placed in an automobile ana taken out of town with an admonition never to return. One report says they were taken toward (Spencer and an other is to the effect that they were carried to Gold Hill. " Some think tbey were weighted and thrown into tbe- Yadkin river and others think tbey will be found at the bottom of a shaft at Gold Hill. Most likely tnese rumors are greatly exasperated and tbe men will soon show up up, in fact it is asserted tbat they bave already been located. - Others claim the 'men were bribed and agreed to leave At any rate the matter has an ugly face on it; but it is honed that it is not eerious as some would bave us believe." . - - Items from tbe Lutheran -Visitor. Rev. Dr. C. Armand Miller, pastor of St. John's church. Charleston. C. will spend hiTvaeation at Liberty, N. j X., in cue Adirondack mountams. . v Rev. W. H. Hiller, of Columbia, has been ill, for several weeks with a severe case of, typhoid fever at the Columbia 'hospital, . and is now improving rapidly. - . sa - Rev IL A., McOnllougb, pastor of tne Jf irst liutneran church, Albemarle, N.ftC, is enjoying-a visit to former parishioners at Cameron, S. C, where he preached in St. Matthew's church hist Sunday;., Before returning to bis pastorate he will' visit the 'old borne near Newberry, S. C. - -Prof.-Jaa. P. Cook, of our- church at; Concord, N. C -is unselfishly at work in the interest of the Jackson Training School for boys of iwhioh ne 19 onairman oi trustees, itus recent specb before ! the North Carolina Press -Association in behalf of the proper training and are of the ibovs of our land is being highly commend ed. Tbe school has room only for sixty noys, ana nas besides three hun dred applications. ' -, ' Rev.-jS. L; Keller has removed from Waynesboro. Va.. to Dakota iCitv. Neb., and entered upon the work if ms newfleld of labors ; , j - Drowned Himself in Court ' Sanare Ajobn Morrison, f aged. 72 vears. an an agent for the Virginia life Insur ance company,; committed suicide at Asheville some-time Wednesday night by drowning himself in the fountain in the rear of the county courthouse grounds'." His body was found " float ing ; in the. four . feet of water this morning by Janitor Dan Smith, of the county ourthouse.- He bad deft his cap on the bank near the-fountain and Smith saw him floating under the wat er. ; When taken out he was found to be in bis. stocking feet bis shoes be ing found in bis room.' He was ap parently feeling gloomy and downcast Wednesday.; He came here from New York about a year ago and -lived with bis wife and sister. He was ft member of the First' Preshvterian church, and made a number . of friends who (were shocked-to hear of the rasb deed, s ' , " j l With This Bank Which has I made - marked, gains ; in ; its i earnings and . resources since ita organ ization' ia-.r 1879 indicating.;. ita;V;in6reaaed ability to handle your account with Safety. j Every modern' banking facility extended. ! ' .7 Your Checking Account invited. . -- , ' if 'V.-j Prcnts..i...;-.::;-3.c3.co FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1910. PEESOXAL. Some of tbe People Hare tad Else- wbere Wbo Oome and Go. ' .-, Mr. J. P. Cook baa returned from Lincolnton. v . - ... . Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stone are now at Connelly Springs, Mr. A. F. , Goodman is spending the day in Greensboro. Mr. and Mia. E. T. Cannon returned this morning from Norfolk. . Mrs. Theo. Smith bas returned from a visit to friends in High Point. Mr. R. W. Williams, of Birming ham, is spending tbe day in the city. Miss Susie Love, of Gastonia, is the guest of Miss Myrtle Pemberton. Miss Nancy -Young left yesterday afternoon to visit friends in Char lotte. -J - Miss Virginia' Adams, of - New York, is the guest of Miss' Ida May King. ' ' v Mr. M, E. 'Nathan and 0. F. As- bury, of Charlotte, are business visit ors in the city to-day. Mrs. H. W? Fryling and daughter, Miss Kith, have returned from a short visit to Richmond. . Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, of At lanta, are visiting Mr. Smith's fath er, Mr . J. M. Smith, on Corbin street. Miss Margaret and Master Robert Walthall left yesterday afternoon for Harrisburg, where tbey will visit friends. ' Mrs.xT. J. Gattis, of Charlotte, was here yesterday, having come over to attend the ' funeral of Mrs. R. S. Wheeler. r Miss Mary Branson. Coltrane has returned from Gastonia, where she has been visiting ber sister, Mrs. D. A. Garrison.' Mesdames G. C. Thomas, Obrien, Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Hansel! Thomas, of Winston-Salem, are spend ing the day in the city, traveling in a Cadillac. Mr, and Mrs. W L. Widenhouse aud ehildren left yesterday-afternoon for Monroe, where they will visit Mr. Widenhouse 's sister, Mrs. W. T. Albright . Mr. L. F. Fox, of Roanoke Col lege,' who has been spending several days in the city in the interest of the college, left this morning for Charlotte. Mrs. L H. Eldridge and little daugh ter, Mary Lilly, who bave been spend ing several weeks with Mrs. W. H Lilly will return, to their borne Greensboro to-morrow. : ' in Clark Nominated in the Sixth. . Oscar'L. dark was m Thii'sday district convention which ; met at Wrightsville Beach. The first ballot was taken an.l con fusion and wild shonts, of the dele gates. It resulted as follows:' Godwin - 115.79 MoClammy : 42.83 Cook" '-..; " 4J.87 McKinnon !.' .10 Brown. '-''.10 Forty-three ballots were taken.' On the 43rd ballot Robeso.i county threap her solid strength to Oscar L. Clark. of Columbus county, on the 43rd balloii and. thereby gave him taa necessary vote for nomination. The convention promptly adjourned, k- A contest; is imminent betwen ihe defeated candi date knd Mr. Clark. ' . ' 3; It seems very apparent thnt the Godwin forces are preparing to ignore ary action the reg-ilar convention nay take and wul eoVen whtpvi is done and carry tbe mailer before the State Democratic executive com mittee, .'j-; 4 , t w . Morris' Scbool Scholarshipg to tbe Leading Colleges, The scbolairehips. f or Concord, to the leading colleges of the State bave oeen awarded , to the Moms (school for next year. . A grade of faieb roer cent, must be mad or no scholarship will be awarded. When Morris cer tifies that your boy or girl is ready for college you can depend on it. Con sult him about your child. for the coming year. ' ,- 2t. Single Copy GIVE 1000 TO THE TBAINIlfO SCHOOL. Mr. and Mrs." Wm. N. Reynolds, of Winston-6alem . Contribute ' Tbis Amount to Build a Stable There. Mr. J. P. Cook, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Stonewall Jackson Training School, received the following latter this morining: Mr. J.' P. Cook, Chairman, ' Concord, N. C : Dear Sir When I visited the Jack son Training school, in the early sum mer, l asked Mr. Thompson what be thought was most needed at that time at the school. - He replied, he thought a stable was most-needed, and that be thought it probable that one could be built for the sum of five hun dred dollars. - It gives me great pleasure to send the Treasurer, Mr. Coltrane, by this mail, a check for one thousand dol lars, the gift of my husband, to be used in building a stable at the Jack son Training School, r Should all of this amount not be needed for. the stable, would suggest that the re mainder be used to purchase white spreads for the boys' beds, and sheets and towels for the boys. We feel so much interested in the work of the school and in the success of the management, under your ca pable directors. With all good wishes for you and Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and the boys, I am, most sincerely, MRS.: WM. N. REYNOLDS, Winston-Salem, N. C. 644 West 5th St. Mrs. Reynolds is a member of the Board of Trustees, of the Training School, and has always taken an ac tive Interest in advancing the welfare of the school, and this gift on the part of herself and husband will prove a great blessing to the State by ma terially aiding the noble work-of sav ing the wayfaring youth within its borders. - Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Penmberton, Miss Myrtle and guest, Miss Susie Love, and Master David - Lowe are spending the day in Salisbury, travel ing in a Regal. .Mr. W: M. Smith ig-spending'the day in Salisbury on legal business. mm Big Surnmer Clearance Sale! 2 A SS1i':kM:-:iAS'- Opened this morning Vith'a large 1 crowd oi eager buyers looking ifor the ,; r v Genuine ij . Always to be Had at ' ' -J Parks' Sales! This Sale WUl Continue for c:. Ten Days! . : New Specials will be put out ev- ery day. Watchevery advertise ment. . Come every day! . , No Goods Charged at Sale Prices H. . ii Jul Sj 5 A . library ' J "CHICKENS (SOW George T. Winston Sued by Millionaire Rowland. The crowing before .'day rf '- tha - chickens of Dr. George T. Winston, ex-president of tbe University of North Carolina, of the University of Texas and a benficiary of the Carnegie Fund, caused a warrant to be issued for him by Police Judge Cocke on the complaint of tbe son of R. H. How- . land, a millionaire of Rhode Island, ' former owner of the Providence Jour nal, wbo bas a fine estate adjoining -' the Winston plaee in Asheville; " - No law could be found to prohibit chickens fronr crowing,- so Howiand invoked a State law which provides ' that if the owner of chickens allows them to go on the premises of another after warning the court shall send an officer to shoot them. - - Howland claims that Winston's " chickens arose before day and flew on the porches of his cottage and: made such noise the tenants threatened to leave. Dr. Winston declares the cottage tenants are Christian Scientists and -ought to regard ths crowing as some-. thing which really does not exist in . their imaginations. Constable Jones is running for re-election and, fearing to offend voters, plays safe by assert ing he is too poor a ebot to hit even ostriches. Mr. Donghton Here. lion. Robert L. Donghton, tbe next congressman from this district, is spending the day in Concord.' He al ready has many friends bere, and -makes new ones of all he meets. . Mr. Doughton says the district is in fine shape, and he feels confident tbat one term is all tbat Charley Cowles will get in Congress. Mr. Doughton bas selected Mr. Hay den Clement, of Salisbury, as his cam paign manager, and the selection is a good one. . Foley's Kidney Remedy will enre any case of kidney and bladder trou- ble not beyond the reach of medicine No medicine can do more., Cabarrus Drug Co. ' . Christ left us not a-system of logic, but a few simple truths. B. R. 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