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' - Great fioutA Carols. ;
' Tb numt ideal eotton settlement
in the United States if being built
by lb owners of the new Republic
Cotton Mills At Great Falls, tx C,
. according to an observant traTeling
I man who Waited tbe place a few days
. ago. ' Tbe large new mill U practically
, complete and the contractor are bow
finishing 108 cottages for the opera
tives. These cottages are tie most
comfortable and commodious that
have been built by any cotton mill
. - corporation in the country. They
have six rooms each and are exceed
ingly well constructed. There is i a
r-. bath room and . modern plumbing
equipment in every house, with water
. and eleetrie light eonnectionsv "Why
; Hhoee cottages in some of our city su
burbs, would sell for 13,000 or more
, apiece," declared , the enthusiasts
a . traveling man in speaking ef them. f,
, The new Republic ' mills will ' be
'.; equipped -witb 25,000 spindles and ,
full complement of looms and other
n equipment for' finishing the product
from the raw cotton to the cloth ready
for the store. Two. etberimilar mills
are planned, work uponCne to begin
as soon as this one is vin- operation.
The new town of Great Falls will with
in two or three years be a flourishing
manufacturing city of 10,000 or more
people, and plans are being laid for
r such a city even now by the corpora-
i, tion that is building the new mill i A
nice hotel has already been built and
a large and handsome school building
? Valso ' ready practically. One , or
" more chnrehes are planned and a com
plete water works system and electric.
. street lighting system are being in
stalled at -considerable cost. Stores,
. a bank, . and other institutions will
. naturally follow. There will be noth
' , ing short about the new moderSouth
v era manufacturing city of Great Falls.
;. It will put Fall River, in the shade
' when it comes to comfortable homes,
- education and other -advantages. : . ;
The Republic and . the , two other
" mills contemplated, in fact the whole
development of the new town, are emr
. braced 4n thYWgh .development plans
f ; of Frank "and Haf B. Mebene, of Ala
manee. N.JC.. and the Dukes, of
'- ..Durham an jtew Yo?k, withrsome of 1
1 theic-swHiwa in ;W t onj pz .me
Southern ower Company, from which
several thousand horsepower of elec
tricity will be secured for the opera
0 "tion of the new mills, v.-
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The Bam Case la Rowan Court, :
The Superior Court of Rowan coun
ty convened this morning. Probably
the case that will attract most atten
tion is that against Rev. R. L. Bame,
who'is indicted for anon. The Salis
.' bury correspondent of )hia morning's
Charlotte Observer bas the following
' concerning the aae:-v.-i-tv .-
It .is alleged by - the iState that
Barney who conducted a store at Gran
. ite Quarry, this county, had the build
f ing . in which be was operating the
' store set on Are in order to get tie in-
' suranee on bis stock of goods. M. L.
' Parker, another white man, of Gran
ite Quarry community stands indicted
as as accomplice of Bame in tbe burn-
ingi ' Bame' was not ' at home at She
time of the Are but was at the borne of
Rev. R. L. ; Brown, some miles away.
A lot of the goods which it is Said had
been hauled off prior to the Are, were
found later at the borne of tbe men.
' The payment of insurance on the
goods Is held op pending the outcome
of the trial. The conflagration oo-
curred after midnight. Bame is a mais
' ried man with a family and resided at
iMioaresville.; Both he ImkI Parker
crave bond shortly after being arrested.
They have retained strong legal talent
- to represent tnem." insurance jom
missioner James R. Tonne, wbo was
. instrumental in working up the case
against these defendants, will employ
counsel to assist in the prosecution.
. Kiag Cotton Bounded Near Seventeen
- A new high record was established
lor the season in the cotton -market
- in New York Saturday when August
'' contracts sold at 16.90, or 96 points
above the closing ngure of Friday
" night, and over $4 per bale above the
Jow price of Friday morning. This
sensational gain was due to covering
bv belated shorts following tne issu
ance of notices which appeared to
represent all the cotton available for
V. , aeuvery 10 tue uuu teauot-s, auu uw
left the remainging short interest
' without protection. ...
( .""Si" mamfammammmtmmm-- . .
1 ISn Corri Boyd's Condition.
v A letter received this morning from
- . Miss Lottie Boyd, who is at Danville
with fcer sister. Miss Corns Boyd,
' sava that the latter condition is
. more favorable. Her fever is not so
high, and although ber condition is
' very serious it is not necessarily con
sidered dangerous. She left Concord
- some days ago to Tisit her. friend,
- - Mrs. Pickert (nee Miss Nannie Sims)
, and was taken ill with peritonitis.
..Many friends here will be glad to
. know her condition Is better and will
tqpa thai $ way too cQver.
fiSTLBT PASTOH HSia3Ti
Err. 0. r. SherrtU edns Pastorate
oa Account ef Throat Trouble
Goes to Charlotte.
The Shelby correspondent of this
morning's Charlote Observer bas the
folloeVing; , . " -
Rev. Charles F, Sherrill, pastor of
Central Methodist church, bas resign
ed the pastorate of the church at Shel
by to become effective at middle of
September, at which time be will move
to Charlotte, where he goes to accept
the position of district manager of the
Pena Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, with headquarters in the city of
Charlotte. Mr. Sherrill leaves the
ministry at this time on account of
his throat affection, which bas been
growing worse for several months,
and hk physicians advise the course.
It is needless to add that Shelby peo
ple generally, regardless of denomina
tional affiliations, regret the departure
of Mr. Sherrill and bis estimable fam
ily, for they are universally popular
and highly esteemed in Shelby.
Mr. Sherrill is a brother of Mr.
John B. Sherrill, of Concord, and k a
graduate of Randolph Macon Col
lege, and was afterwards chaplain of
that splendid institution. 6ince, be
has served tbe pastorates at Beaufort,
Franklin, Lenoir, Newton and Shelby
twice, and also as presiding elder of
the Waynes ville, Morganton and Shel
by districts. He was pastor in Shelby
when the new Methodist church was
built here, and it stands s a lasting
monument to bis energy, seal and
ability. He aha s served the church
this year most acceptably.; Large
congregations have attended : every
service and bis membership bas in
creased greatly during the yearf and
especially bas be bad a strone - hold
upon the young people and they have
been put actively to work in the
church. s The church and the town
would welcome his return here next
year to serve this charge, but for bis
decision to leave the ministry, tem
porarily at least AIT or the progres
sive movements o f the church have al
ways bad his heartiest approval and
most earnest and zealous leadership,
and m is a forceful and effective
preacher, and a successful and popu
lar pastor, and leaves this chuieh in
fine condition, and- the outlook was
eWr TpghteR. . Cbariotte"7 Is'io- - be
congratulated upon' the' acquisition of
this splendid family.; Presiding Elder
Scroggs will fill the vacancy in the
church here until Conference in. No
vember. -
The Teachers' Institute.
The Institute began this morning
at 9:15. Fifteen minutes time was
given to the rural teachers to get in.
The balance of the week the Insti
tute will begin strictly at 9 o'clock.
practically ail tne teacners wuo
were here last week are back tnis
week. Several new ones were en
rolled. A -slight ohange of program
bas been , made. Agriculture ..will
fake the place of Home Geography
and Prof. N. C Newbold will have
the Pedagogy, and Prof. Allen will
start a class in Agriculture,
His first lesson today was a study
of how the plant gets its food from
the soiL . , '
1st. The plant food must be in li
quid solution in the sou.
2nd.: This food is taken up by root
'hairs.
1 3rd.' The food la taken up by what
is known as osomosis. ."
Experiments were made with an
egg in colored water) and directions
were given as to an experiment with
milk on tomorrow. ; Another experi
ment tomorrow will show the constit
uents of the soil. w '
Don't forget, that Friday is Bally
Dry and 'all the committeemen of the
county and friends of education are
invited to come to the Institute. Sev
eral good speakers have been secured,
to address the people on this occa
sion.' i '
Farmers' Convention at Raleigh This.
-Week.
During this week the gates of the
Capital City will be thrown open to
tbe farmers of the State, who will be
there to attend the Farmers' State
Convention, which, will convene at the
A. & M. College Tuesday and be. in
session through Thursday.
In attendance upon the sessions of
the convention will be many of the
leading farmers of the State, who will
discuss matters of interest end meth
ods of improving farms and farm con
ditions, . . ;'.:.',.. ii-s''-r":-; Ti'-',
The nneninff session will bn Sinld at
10 o'clock, Tuesday morning, the ad
dress of greeting to be delivered by
Commissioner of Agnonlture William
A. Graham, who will, be followed by
President 1 H. Hill, of the A. & M.
College.
An interesting end instructive pro
gram bas been prepared for all the
sessions.
, Dr. John A.' Thames, of Greensboro,
will soon move to Wilmington,' where
be will open a sanitarium for the
treatment of diseases of women and
children. 'He formerly lived in Con
cord, and married a daughter of Rev.
J. W. Cecil
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THE JUTrrTXT! OOXYEmCX.
Detailed Sepoit ef This Zsterestiog
Meeting in Salisbury Last Week,
The twenty-fifth annual convention
of the Woman's Home end Foreign
Missionary Society of the North Car
olina Lutheran Synod was opened at
ot-wonn'a cnuron, balm bury, iTiday
afternoon et 3:30 o'clock by Mrs. J.
A. Linn, president. Misses Ore Hoov
er, of Concord, and Agnes Itulcr
of Charlotte, were appointed e com
mittee on credentials. There was a
large per cent.- of the Woman's,
Young People's and Children's Socie
ties represented. Mrs. Linn read tbe
annual report. This was the best re
port in the history of the Society.
From the report briefly is gleaned the
following: , - .
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary Society of the North Caro
lina Lutheran Synod' was organized in
Concord, on April 24th, 1885 twenty-1
live years ago. Tnere were six local
societies in the Synod at the time with
a membership of 160. Ths amount
raised that year was $275. Tbe organ
ization now has eighty-seven societies
with a number of auxiliary societies
Toung People's and Children's So
cieties. ' The amount raised this year
is $448X74 which is a considerable tar
crease over last year.
The society was organized by Rev.
W; P. Swartz, a missionary to India.
There Iheve been two new children's
societies organized since the last meet
ing, one at St. Michael and one at
Lexington. ,-,,' .
Misses Agnes Phifer and Marie
Teager were appointed to arrenm e
special program for a children's meet
ing in St. John 's church Sunday night.
.After the reports by the President
and the treasurer. Dr. M. M. Klnard.
pastor of the church, made e few re-j
mam Bidding the ladies .welcome to
Salisbury. He was responded to by
Mrs. R. L. Patterson, of Charlotte. -.
St. Mark's church. Charlotte, is th
banner society this year, having raised
$404.38. .The evening session, on ac
count of rain, was delayed in opening,
out oy h:ju a good crowd bad gath
ered. After devotional exercises Miss
Constance Cline read , a historical
sketch of the Society. ' This was en
excellent account of the Societv's
work during its existence of twenrv-
flve'yeara,,4.'' surn-'i
Rev".., J. E. Shenk, of Greensboro.
delivered the opening address of
the convention, beginning with the
words "God bless the Christian wo
men," His subject was tbe words of
the Master "Whom shall I send or
wbo will At the close of Rev.
Shenk 's talk Dr. Kinerd announced a
reception by the local society. This
was 'held in the Sunday school room
and was a most delightful affair.
ine Saturday morning service of
special importance were reports from
xlome Mission points. High Point and
Greensboro. Rev.- M. L. CanuD ore-
sented the report from High Point and
Mr. fchenk from Greensboro.-- At the
afternoon session officers for the year
were elected, which are-as (follows:
Mrs. J. A. Linn, president; Mrs. J.
Q. Wertz, first vice president ; Mrs. R.
L. Patterson, second vice-president;
Xfiss Constance Cline, third vice-presi
dent; Mias Mattie Miller, recording
secretary: Miss, Alary Brown, corres
ponding secretary;. Mrs, P, N. Heilig,
honorary, treasurer : Mrs. A. W. Wine-
coff. active treasurer.
Mr. C. N. Brown, of the Salisbury
Post, presented the delegates and vis
itors at the Convention with beautiful
white satin badges:
: The badges contained the following
words: ''Jubilee Convention, W. H.
and F. M. Society." A business meet
ing was beld Saturday night. Ber. A.
J. Stirewalt, the Children's 'Mission
ary, arrived Saturday-for the conven
tion.
Excursion to Winston-Salem.
Mr. C. Hoke Peck end others "will
run an excursion, from Concord to
Winston-Salem on Saturday, Sep
tember 10.V Fare for 3 round tnp,
$1.25. Train will leave here in the
morning," and return Bame night, via.
Barber Junction. ' - -
Rev, D. A. Braswell returned to
his home in Gibsonville. ' Mr. Bras-
well and family will return here to
live October 1st. Mr. Braswell is re
turning to Concord on account of the
ill health of bis family. '
It has earned
Capital.
m .
Surplus and Undivided Profits.
Resources over r' V. , : --
Tiiz Cabarrus
Monday; august 29, 1910.
THB SUPOIOa COURT. j
Judge Long Presiding rannie Jef-
farson Submits to Second Degree
Murder.
' Cabarrus Superior court convened
this morning with Judge B. F. Long,
of Statesville, . presiding, and Solic
itor Heriot Clarkaon, of Charlotte,
representing the State. The follow
ing is tbe grand jury: -
P. P. Townsend foreman, J. A.
Sims, Q: H. Troutman, J. L. John
ston, G. T. Wagoner, J. R. Eizer,
Travis Eudy, W. H. Hcglar, E. L.
Isenbour, J. T. Eudy, R. Y. Gray S.
A. Iitaker, J. 8. Gray, 'J. W. Phill-
Vps, J. J. Bunn, H A. Cruse and J.
E. Thompson. The following citizens
compose the petit jury: E. S. Ervin.
U M. chores, j. W. Morris, S. C.
Kiser, C. M. Ross, W. A. Penninger,
C. H. Fisher, Mike Garmon. C. T. Al
lison, T. A. Lipe and Joe Sossamon.
Tbe first ease on the criminal dock
et to be taken up was that of State
vs. Henry Staten, Sank Pless and
Dewey Boger, three little negroes who
ere sent up from the Recorder's
CDort on the charge of stealing corn
nd selling it. They admitted the
charge and were sentenced to four
jnonthg in tbe county jail with the
commissioners having the privilege
of hiring them out
i The next ease called was that of
(he State vs. Fannie Jefferson charged
with murder. Her attorneys Messrs.
Hartsell and Maness, tendered to the
&tate a plea of murder in the second
degree, which plea was accepted by
the Solicitor. Several months ago
a small negro baby was found dead
in the branch near the Buffalo mill
and upon investigation of the ease by
tbe officers tbe child proved to be
the grandchild of the Jefferson wo
man, who had been keeping him since
tbe death of his mother, a few weeks
before the murder was committed. A
strong chain of evidence was gather
ed against the woman and ber case
fas set
Hut at
ity and
set for the last term of court
that time she feigned insan-
and while in the prisoner's seat
4 waiting her case to be called, she
alarmed the court and spectators on
several occasions by wild cries and
shrieks. Judge Long will pass sen
tence on" the woman asjioon as the
evidence is concluded. "
X'JieiC axe ivv umw wuiuor .vmkv
on the, docket, namely :. . rink my
and Gaston Blake for killing Myrtle
Flowe, and Isam Brown, colored for
killing a negro on the railroad force
at Glass. The court is. for one week
only.
5-.. PbJDips-Hicks.
The following marriage invitations
have been received here : .
Dr. and Mrs. William Norwood Hicks
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
. Frances Heigh
: , '- ... to
Mr. Clarence Eugene Phillips .
on the morniner of Wednesday, tbe
seventh of September, et nine o'clock
Two hundred and seven Broadway
. Durham, North Carolina -
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4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Time
t , f Deposits.
CONCORD NATIONAL BABE
Capital $100,000 . Surplus $30,009
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THIS b-ajstk:
As a Depository for Your Fundi.
the confidence of business firms
and individuals alike since its organization
. $100,000.00
.--- 60,000.00
700,000.00
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TELEPHONE LUTE COJCPLETEO.
Connection Made by Local Tina wita
Hlb Point, TbomasrDla, LexJ&ftoa,
Greensboro, tUUsbuTf and Other
Places. .-i
Tbe Concord Telephone Conroenv
completed ifs long distance' line Sat-
urday afternoon from this - city ' to
Greensboro, making e direct connec
tion with tbe local "phone srstem in
High Point, Tbomasville, Lexington
and Asheboro. , This gives tbe com
pany e, direct connection with about
2,500 telephones in this section of the
Mete, including tbe 'phones in thk
and the above named cities. The com
pany also bas toll service in Greens
boro; Salisbury and Winston-Salem.
A line will be constructed at an early
date to Statesville, connecting with all
the local phones in that city.
The Concord Telephone Company
has made a rapid growth in the past
rew years and u now one of the city's
most important business enterprises.
Besides the excellent system it bss es
tablished and maintains in this city
the company bos extended its lineeinto
foreign territory in the face of"1be
most strenuous opposition, therebv
greatly increasing its field of useful
ness and at the eame tune rendering
its patrons a more efficient service at
a greatly reduced cost.
Attempt to Wreck Fast Train No. 38.
Last Saturday night at Ruffin, some
miscreant placed a crank car on the
track of the RnnHWn nilmm! not
ahead of thcNew York and New Or
leans limited, No. 38, which was struck
oy tne engine or this train, tearing
the pilot of the engine off end other
wise scarinsr ut the same, but without
other serious results. It is believed
that some one of a party of negroes
who attended a nemt Siimta-v uliAnl
picnic there Saturday is the guilty
one and a anAciil admit of tli rait.
way is now working op the case and
!l - A 1 ...I, . . 1 . .1 "m.
u la expected win soon nave ine guilty
party Denind the oars.
There was a large stay-at-bome
vote in Georgia this time. The number
of votes cast wan about 30.000 short
of that east in the primary two years
ago. -
Material For
School Wear
We have just received a Nice Lot of
GINGHAMS and MADRAS for boys'
and girls' school wear. The patterns
are New and the colors are guaran
teed, and are under-piced at
10c and 2c yard.
Galetea in solid color 'and stripes for wash
skirts and boys' suits, priced, the yard
2z and 15c.
18c Striped Linen, good dark colors, special
I2c yard.
15c quality White Madras, 40 inches wide at
' 10c yard.
Ask to see the special values in Shirtwaists
; : At ; 89c, $1.25 and $1.69. .
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NOTICE- avAtnvJiOBILI3T3.
Chief Boftr Gives Fair Waning .
That AH Violators of tat Speed
Limit Will Be Prosecuted.
I bare numerous complaints from
all parts of the city in regard to
parties exceeding the rate of speed
with their antomobiles; also running
their machines without displaying
tbe proper lights as required by law.
The officers bave been too lenient in
the enforcement of this law hereto
fore, but - from this date this law
must be enforced. I will instruct...
each oflker to keep a close watch for
any and all persons violating either
of the above end wben any one is so
reported I will immediately swear out
a warrant - for, bis arrest.. I bop
that any citizen who sees any of the
above violations will report tie same .
to me end the matter will be attended
to at once. Thia is being done for
your protection as well as the citi
zens. I bope this warning will be
sufficient. J. L. BOGER,
Chief Police.
Smart No. 10 Hog. . i
"I read the story in your paper
a few days ago about the bog letting
down the bars to go into a corn field,"
said Esq. H. C. Cook, of No. 10
township, this . morning, "but I
think I have one that will beat it.
Some time since one of my hogs was'
found every day in my corn field. I
went around the fence and stopped
all the holesand still the next day
the animal would be found in the field
as usual. I decided to watch bun,
and' to my surprise I sew him mount
a stump on the side of tbe fence end.
jump over into' the field with ease."
The Tent Meetings.
About one hundred conversions at
the tent yesterday. Let everyone that
can . hear the sermons the next few
nights. Thursday night there will
be a sermon preached illustrated by a
chart. Excursion trains (have follow
ed from one city to another to bear
this sermon on the "Deatb of Christ,"
a second and third time.
W. W. SMITH.
Occasionally a man gets so much
self-respect that he can't enjoy life.. .
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