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CK ABLOTTE NE FEBR UARY 2, 19 1 2 U. S. Department of Agriculture, v WEATHER BUREAU. Cotion-4ioGfcs-Gra8n--Provisfo WILLIS L. MOORE. Chief. Southern Spot MatKtt tew York Cotton h'tuf York Stock Market Chicago Gram ' - - - ..-j:...-.v r - ' fTT 8 vnhi?, Tcnn., Feb. 2. Cotton spot 'advadvsnce 1-S; middling; 10 cents. Auta. Ga.. Feb. 2. Middling 10 Macon. Ga., Feb. 2. Spot Cotton ,M,-Hiii2 9 3-4. rVarleStOIl. S. .'.!' middling 9 HUil - Feb. 2. Spot C 7-8. Feb. 2. Spot Savannah. stead Ga. 9 3-4. mid- LhQTlolte Cotton 3ccd u:idii:ng .. ;o0d middling . . -;0::on seed, per bu CHARLOTTE PRODUCE do; Ezzs. rer Turkeys Kens Y?r Ctic'ieiK-. putter, pucks, i'ev Gee??- i'' Corn, ver Liverpool I er l- lb. bu . bu i 9 22 .25 .17 .12 .10 .25 .10 .OS .93 .70 Cotton Market Liverpool. Feb. 2. Closing cotton: me' srcod business done; prices 13al points Jiislier. aerican middling fair . . 6.41 6.03 5.76 5.47 5.13 4.87 iiX-a iiniiuiiiis Mlddiin? lev: middling .. "i. Good ordinary .. Ordinary The sales of the day were 12,000 s".es ef which 300 were for speculation r.i exrort and included 10,500 Arnri- can. Rpceli ts 13,100. all American. Futures opened firm and closed bare- y steady. 5.53 5.53 February . Feb-March . Marcii-Apii! April-May , Ma-'-June . June-July . juiy-Atig ., Aug-Sept .. Sept-Oct .. 0e:-Nov New gen-than ring tor o.oo .5.56 5.58 5.58Va 5.5S 5.56 5.524 5.50 Nov-Dec 5.49 H Dec-Jan Jan-Feb March . 5.49 Yz 5.49 H 5.50 Provisions. Chicago Chicago. Feb. 2. Butter steady; Creameries 29a34; Dairies 25a31. Esrts firm, receipts 1178 cases; at nar cases included 28a33, ordinary frsts 31a34; firsts 36. Cheese steady, Daisies' 17 l-4al-2, Twins 16 l-2a3-4, Young Americas IT l-4al-2. Long Horns 17 l-4al-2. " Potatoes strong: receipts 75 cars; Wisconsin l.Oal.OS, Michigan and Min nesota l.iteal.10. .... ...... Poultry firm, turkeys live 13, dressed 1?, chickens live 11 1-2, dressed 13, springs live 13. Veal steady, TalO. New York Provisions. New York, Feb. 2. Butter firm; ::eamery specials 32 1-2, creamery :rld specials 33 1-2. Egzs ties No. 1. 22a33: fresh gathered checks prime 2S; refrigerator firsts - U l-2a36. s firm and quiet; fresh gather-ix the same time the undertone of the tras 43a 14; fres-h gathered dir-jftiarket continued very y steady. Late Naval Stores. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 2. Turpentine nn 47. Rosin firm; ,F and G 6.57 l-2a6.62 1-2. FINAL ARGUMENT ON - STEPHENSON CHARGES Er Associated Press. '. ,' . '. " Washington, Feb. 2. Final argument tfc the charge cf bribery and corrup-tjc-a made in connection with the elec tion of Senator Stephenson, of Wiscon win be made tomorrow before the Ke senate committee on privileges and Sections. A re;Krt of the sub-committed which restigated the charges, completely exonerates Senator Stepnenscrn. The "d committee, however, ha 8 not unan imously accepted the report and it is ;;ectPd three senators will file dis puting opinions. KEW TITLE FOR NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Kv Associated Press. asiiinzton, Feb. 2. Non-commis-oced officers of the regular army as--?ned to duty as militia instructors -e been given the title "sergeant-i-structors" in formal war department n if" The "general corns" detailed o- tnis duty on account of the lack of -onea commissioned officers to meet rj demands of the militia for instruc ts have been doing excellent work V tave become very popular with national guardsmen. - ; ; Want coalTmines under commission flsa.ill8lm- Feb. 2. Representa-to"-coal Perators in Indiana, Illi-s'ta-i1- PeEnsJ'lTania today urged the to r- Interstate commerce committee rija'tt aa iQterstate trade commis-in- ni sucb control over coal min- cVv lnterstate commerce com- -on has over railroads. ' MR- goffshows ' ' MARKED IMPROVEMENT toMxermiah Goff, who was called on "a " n ork day before yesterday feij h:?h ict of an accident which be: 4 Mr- other Mr- Rufus GofI, wir-Taj"5- Goff last night that there kotW- arked improvement in his Mr r ondition- - ' -h an 05 hurt by being struck .uvtombile. At first it vras Li ar s: ie '0US. can, v . lu"i HIS lnlnHoo u-oro vorv uu it is and now thought will, recover. that :t Cban ""&ers nas as ner guest ,,reen ctte: 'jreen. of has a host Laurel, Del. of friend in York, -Feb. 2. Cotton onn- ed firm at an advance of 9al5 points and before the end of the first halt ' factIve months showed gains or irom 18 to 21 points on excited cov ering, continued support from trade otup oraers ana more era! buying for long account uas Deen noted in the local a lone time nat ery firm cables, both as 1o spots and futures, further reports of big export engagements for February and private advices claiming contln ued strength In the spot markets ot the interior seemed responsible for the advance; and while the upward movement was checked by realizing around .9.99. for May and 10.10 for July, prices held within 4 or 5 points of the best during the middle of the morning. Trading continued active late in the forenoon although the market become somewhat less excited and prices eas- ?du?,ff from the best under realizing. While fluctuations were irregular enough to suggest rather an unset tled sentiment, the market showed a steady undertone at midday with the active positions still showing a net advance of from S to 13 points com pared with last night. 'Spot quiet; middling uplands 9.90 nominal. - rri. . ine marKet was less active during the afternoon and there was considera ble realizing but after a reaction of 10 to 12 points prices rallied to within 2 or 3 points of the best and the under ton was very steady. s ' Close New York Spots. New York, Feb. 2. Spot cotton closed steady, ten points higher; mid dling uplands 10; do gulf 10.25; sales 1,035 bales. , New York, Feb. 2. Cotton futures closed steady. Close New York Futures. Open. High. Low. Close. 10.21 . 10.26 10.20 10.2122 964 9.83 9.81 9.98 9.97 10.1Q 10,12 10.13 10.20 10.19 10.27 I New York, Feb. ' 2,-y-The . stock market was quieter than during the last two days iri the early "trading today. Quotations .held steady. -at around . last night's close. Heavy: buying of Reading was continued and it rose 3 points and Liereett and Mvors lost a point. x . , ; The runaway moyement in Reading, after yesterday's extensive rise, lift ed the price to 159 in the fist fif teen minutes. This rapid advance was not especially liked and traders put out stocks when the general market hardenell. United States Steel reacted from 61 to 60, Reading from 159 to 157 3-8 and Union Pacific from 162 3-4 to 161. Lehigh Valley sold aj point under yesterday's closing and fractional losses were sustained by . most other stocks. speculation settled down to a more j sober pace this morning after a few . days of unusual activity. The vigorous ' rise which was in progress when the market closed yesterday was continued for a, time but the demand soon fell, off and trading became dull on a lower i level Chicago, Feb. 2. Wheat" made an excited jump today of as much at 1 1-2 cent a bushel. Unusually light world ' shipments had led to urgent demand at Liverpool, Paris and other European centers and had frightened shorts in Chicago. Besides ' the re- was advanced 3-4. Loriliard ceipts northwest of . here, which were expected to be liberal, proved in stead to be under last year's figures. Opening figures were l-2a5-8 to 1 1-2 higher. May started at 1.03 to 1.03 3-4, a rise of l-2a5-8 to 1 l-4al 3-8 and held firmly around 1.03 5-8. In corn offerings were light and purchasing seemed the general or der. May opened 3-8al-2 to 3-4a7-8 up at 68 3T-4 to 69 18 and steadied at 68. " Oats followed the ascent of other grain. May started 1-4 to 3-8 higher . at 52 7-8 to 53, touched 52 3-4a7-8 and j climbed to 53 1-8. Despite heavy stocks of product on hand here the market for provis ions responded to the advance in grain. First transactions were 2 1-2 lower to 5a7 1-2 up with May deliv ery 16.20al6.22 1-2 for. pork, 9.32 l-2a 9.35 for lard and 8.72 1-2 for ribs. Wheat suffered no Important set- Jan . Feb May June , July Aug Sept Oct . Nov Dec , . 9.55 . 9.71 .9.80 . 9.87 . 9.97 10.01 10.06 10.10 10.14 10.18 10.02 9.60 9.67 9.81 9.85 9.95 10.00. 10.05 10.06 10.11 10.18 10.19 9.6567 9.7677 9.8486 9.91--93 9.9597 10.0405 10.06 08 10.07 09 10.1415 10.1719 10.2021 New Orleans Cotton New Orleans, Feb. 2. Cotton futures opened steady at a net advance of 11 to 14 points on good cables and a gen eral demand for both accounts. Reports of a continued good spot inquiry came from the interior and from foreign markets. Shorts covered heavily around the first call and many stop loss or ders wer reached on the short side a little later There was comparatively little profit taking by longs in the ear ly trading. The weather map was again very favorable but it attracted no at tentlefl. vfntereet'' was; -centered oirthe spot situatlonTtt was eaid that Mem phis shorts were among the heaviest buyers and that they accepted heavy losses. At the end of the first-half hour of trading prices were 22 to 26 points over yesterday's close. Toward the middle of the morning longs took profits on an increasing scale and their offerings checked the advance and brought about a reaction. in the morning the suicide of Charles D. Finley and the failure of the firm of Finley and Simpson were announc ed. Both were due, in the opinion of the trade, to the long continued rise in the price of the staple. This was the second failure in two days. The general Impression was that the firm, which has been m business only a few months, was not heavily involv ed, and prices-were not affected. - At noon the trading months were 10 points down from the highest. In the afternoon session the market was- quiet, i Selling for both accounts increased. At 2 o'clock prices were 9 to 10 points over yesterday's close. Close: New Orleans Spots. New Orleans, La., Feb. 2.-Spot cot ton firm 1-8 up; middling 10c; sales o nthe spot 2,300 bales; to arrive 250. Low middling, 9 1-4; strict low mid dling 9 5-8; middling 10c; strict mid dling 10 5-16; good middling 10 9-16; strict good middling 10 3-4. Receipts 3,746; stock 264,302. Opening New Orleans Cotton Futures New Orleans, Feb. 2. Cotton lu tures opened steady. February 10.09 bid- March-10.17 asked; May 10.24a 10.25; July 10.33al0.34; August 10.19 bid; September' 10.20 asked; October 10.18al0.19; December 10.25 asked. New Orleans Cotton Seed Oil. New Orleans, La.; Feb. 2.-Cotton seed oil: Prime rennea in Darreis y 550: choice meal 8 per ammonia per long ton .2800; cake, ditto, ditto, 2,700. cent choice Close WHEAT May . . . July . . . Sept , . . . . CORN--May .... July Sept . , . . . OATS May . July . Sept PORK, bbl May . . . . " July .... Sept .... - LARD. 100 May . .'; July . . . . Sept v Chicago High. . 97 . 95 . 691s , 68 . 68 , 534 48 . 43 . . lb.io .. 16.52 . . 16.75 ros. : . . 9..40 -.... 9.52 . . 9.67H RIBS, 100 May .v. July .:. Sept , . lbs. 8.82'$. 8.S5 8.9716 Grain. Low. ' 103 96' 944 6S4 63 68 52 48 42 16.20 16.40 16.60 9.32V2 9.47 9.62 8.72 & 8.80 8.90 Close- 104 . 97 94 69 68 68 52 48 - .42 16.27 16.45 16.62 9.37 9.50 9.65 8,77. 8.82 8.95 with relatives. MISS WORTH , . HMrf. William Anderson has as guest her sister, Miss Worthy Tt.wYi ia sl member oi. Worth family which is so ly identified wltn ;the history or North Carolina. Mr. and Mr'sTVc. Wads wort n. will Bpend the week-end in Lenoir her the liusmess contracted considerably in . back. The close was strong with May the second hour but there was a steady : at 1.04al-8, a net gain of 1 5-8. improvement in values. .' U. S. Steel I Corn remained firm. Closing figures and Reading rallied a point from the i were 5-8a3-4 net higher at 69 for Ma v. iow ngares and union Pacific 1 1-2 Some issues, including Lehigh Valley, New York Central and . American Smelting shoyed a lagging tendency. Selected stocks were lifted to a higher level with the individual trans actions in some" issues becoming larg er as the price advanced. Many ! blocks of 1,000- to 2,500 shares of U. S. Steel were bought, sending it up to 61 1-4. Union Pacific and Reading also hardened and there was a belated rally in Lehigh Valley . Speculations become -extremely dull when prices were restored to the high level of the forenoon or above. The market closed steady. Profits were taken late in the day and the market declined. Reading fell back almost to yesterday's close. Le high .Valley was especially weak and gave way 11-2. Union Pacific and Untied States Steel, in common with various other important stocks, sold down to below yesterday's final fig ures and the whole market took on an appearance of heaviness again. Pacific Mail was -active and rose 2 points. In the last few minutes prices were bid up again in a rather brisk-fashion. New York Stock Chicago, Feb. 2. Cash grain: Wheat No. 2 red 1.00 3-4al.02; 2 hard -l.02al.05; 1 northern 1.12al.l4; 2 do 1.10al.l2; 2 spring 1.03aLll; vet vet chaff and durum 93al.06. . No corn. ! . Oats No. 2 white 53 l-.4al-2 ; standard 52 3-4a53 1-2. Rye No. 2, 93al-2. ' : . . Barley 75al.30. r Timothy 12.00alo.00 Clover 15.00a22.25. St. Louis Grain. St. Louis, Feb. 2 Cash: Wheat No. 2 red 1.00 l-2al.01; 2 hard 1.03al.l2. , Corn No. 2, 65 1-2; 3 white 65 l-2a 67 1-2. Oats No. 3r53 1-2; 2 white 54 1-2. Cattle Market List. Last Amalgamated Copper .. American Beet Sugar . . American Car & Foundry American Cotton Oil .. .. American L6comotive .. American Smelting . . . American Smelting pfd , American SugarRefining Anaconda Mining Co.. .. Atchison . . ; . . . .. Atlantic Coast Line . . Baltimore & Ohio . . . . Brooklyn Rapid Transit sale. Gl 55 49 49 b32 69 bl03 119 34 104 135 102 7S Chicago Cattle. Chicago, Feb. 2. Receipts market slow. Beeves. . . . 4t80 Texas steers .. .. .. .. 4.60 Western steers 4.80 Stockers and feeders .. 3.85 Cows and heifers .2.20 Calves . . . . . . . " 6.00 Hogs, receipts 24,000, market 5 higher. 2,000; Canadian Pacific 228 Chesapeake & Ohio .... Chicago & Northwestern . Chicago, Mil & St. Paul Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado & Southern .. , Delaware & Hudson . . . Denver & Rio Grande . . Denver & Rio Grande pfd Erie .. .. .. .. .. .. . Great Northern pfd . . Great Northern Ore Ctfs Illinois Central . . . . Interborpugh-Met Intrborough-Met pfd . . Louisville & Nashville . . Missouri Pacific Missouri, Kansas & Texas National Biscuit . . National Lead . .. .. New York Central ... .. ; Norfolk & Western .. .. Northern Pacific . . . . ; Pacific Mail .. .. .. Pennsylvania' .. ; . People's Gas .... . ' . - Pullman Palace Car . . . Reading .. . Rock Island Co.. .. ... Rock Island Co. pfd .. .. Southern Pacific Southern Railway . . Union Pacific .. United States Steel . . United States Steel pfd . . Wabash . . ....... .. . Wabash pfd ..... Western Union ... . . . . Lehigh Valley. .', . . International Harvester . General Electric . . 141 106 26 45 171 b21 b43 30, 128 i 37 : 135 17 56 bl49 . 39 27 D146 . ; : 53 i 110 108 116 32 124 106. 158 157 23 49 107 26 162 Light Mixed Heavy . Rough . Pigs .v Bulk of Sheep, to. strong. Native' .. Western .... Yearlings . . . Lambs, native Vestern . . sales . . receipts 8,000; 5.65 5.85 5.9o 5.95 4.00 6.10 8.50 5.80 7.15 6.00 6.75 6.50 slow 6.20 6.32 6.35 6.10 5.30 6.30 market steady 3.15 3.50 4.70 4.40 4.60 4.65 4.70 5.50 6.75 6.75 Repot t On Live Stock by Government By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 2. There ,were 200,601,0001iead of horses, mules, milch. cows, other cattle, sheep and swine, valued at' $5,008,149,000 on farms and ranges within the 'United States on January 1 according to an estimate of the department of agri culture. . , The total number, value a .head and aggregate .value of the . various farm animals on January 1, with com parisons for 1911, follows: Farm Per Total Animals. Numbers. Head. Value. - Horses 1912.. 20,508,000 $105.94 1911.. 20,277,000- 111.35 tU8 109 7 . 17 bS2 15S bl05. 157 London Stock Mules 1912.. 4,362,000 120.50 1911.. 4,323,000 125.92 Milch cows 1912.. 20,699,000 39.39 1911.. 20,823,000 - 39.97 Other cattle , 1912.. 37,260,000'. 21.20 1911.. 39,679,000 20.54 Sheep -1912.. 52,362,000 3.46 1911.. "53,633,000 . 3.9ll Swine ri912.. 65,410,000 8.00 1911.. 65,620,000 9.37 $2,172,573,000 2,259,891,000 525,600,000 544,359,000 815,064,000 832,209,000 790,064,000 815,184,000 181,170,000 209,53000 523,328,000 615,170,000 McMunroe. London, Feb. 2. American securi ties were quiet during the forenoon. Prices opened a fraction higher but support was lacking and a part of the list eased off during the first hour. At noontne market asqW v. uu ,vay Association, former Illinois state yesterday's New York close. Several shares ieii Deiow parity u Death of George H. By Associated Pres?. Daytona, Fla., Feb. 2. George H. McMunroe, of Joilet, Iill., treasurer of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water A , UIO CHARLOTTE, N. C. FEBRUARY 2, 1912. Fair Tonight and Saturday. Colder tonight. .' f'-i '-A,i2 .JMJk-rjSS-''- 4. - EXPLANATORY NOTES. Obs3ivtior.s taken at 8 a. m., 75th meridian time. -. Air pressure reduced to sea level. Isobnrs (continuous lines) ta.8 through points of equui air pressure. Isotherms (dotted lines) pass through points of equal temperature; drawn only for e?Q, freezing, 90, and 100. O clear; Q partly cloudy; cloudy; rain; ) snow; report missing:. Arrows fly with the wind. First figures, lowest tem perature pasi 12 hours; second, precipitation of '.01 inch or more for past 24 hours; third, maximum wind velocity. ' ' .4 a Is THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR NORTH CAROLINA. BOTTLES OF BEER FOR VOTES Fair tonight and Saturday: colder to night. ' Moderate northwest winds. V WEATHER CONDITIONS. By Associated Press. I Washington, Feb. 2. "J was elected by approximately 25,000 votes. Throw out very f radulent vote claimed against me and you will not reduce my . majority more than 220 votes," said j Dr. Richard Bartholdt, Of St. Louis, jto the house committee on elections to- Slightly warmer weather is reported day whe his contest witbv Charles J, tnis morning trom the Atlantic coast states, but temperatures are consid erably lower with distance westward toward an area of high pressure cen tral just west of the Mississippi river. Zero weather prevails over Iowa and Minnesota, witlT a considerable area j of snowfall tothe westward of these states, where changes in temperature are being experienced. i Light rains have occurred in central Florida and snow about the Lakes and in the northwest. In other sections the weather has been generally fair. The indications are for fair weather tonight and Saturday, in this vicinity, with colder tonight. O. O. ATTO, Observer. Maurer, democrat, was called up Mr. Maurer's petition recited -that each of 150 votes was bought by two bottles of beer. Bartholdt stated that he had paid his own election expensess. Crude Cotton. Seed Oil. Atlanta, Feb. 2. Crude cotton seed oil 33. R& V7. Railway' Schedule In Effect June 11, 1911. 10.20 am. Lv Charlotte So. Ry, 5.50 am. 2.05 pm. Lv. Winston N&W 2.05 pm. 4.09 Lv. Mart'ville1 N&W Ar. 11.40 am:" 6.25 pm Ar Roanoke N&W Lv 9.15 am-? Additional trains leave Winston-Salem 7.20 a. m. daily for Roanoke. v Conncts at Roanoke for the East and West. Pullman sleepers. Dining"' cars. . Vf If you are considering taking a trip to California- or the Coast, get out variable Round-Trip Fare. The inform mation is yours for the asking, withv' one of our complete Map Folders, r ! W. B. BEVIL, T7. C. SAUNDERS,: Gen" Pass Agt. Asst. Gen'l Pass. AgW Roanoke, Va. i v.'" Mississippi, fair tonight and Satur day, continued fold tonight, with frost. 1 Louisiana, toijight fair, frost nearly to coast; Saturday fair, warmer; light variable winds. : Arkansas, tonight and Saturday fair, warmer Saturday. Oklahoma, fair tonight, warmer; Saturday fair, colder in the west por tion. , . j . East "Texas; tonight and Saturday fair, warmer,, tonight, and east portion Saturday; light north winds. West Texas, tonight faif, warmer in southeast portions; Saturday fair, colder in north portion. South Carolina, fair tonight and Sat urday, colder tonight; moderate north west . winds. Georgia Fair tonight and Satur day, colder tonight,' feeezing temper ature. Alabama Fair tonight and Satur day, continued cold Jonight with frost. Florida Fair tonight and Satur day; colder north and central por tions tonight; frost. . r .J.LJ-,-u-,,- ., .J, L,,, ,,rTru-.j-,.--u-- We do no over any of these and as we ' have a few on hand we will make anespeeially low price. fore noon. Later xew ions ouenus depressed the entire lisr. The closing was easy. " ' New York Cotton Seed Oil. New-York, Feb. 2. Cotton seed oil closed firm. . Spot 5 41a5.70 February 5 43a45, 100 sold at 5.43; March 5.50a co oftrt snld at 5.51: April 5.54a56; zenafiv- .Time 5.63a67: July 5.76a, 77, 400 sold' at 5.76; August 5.81a83; Sept. 5.85a86; . : Sales between senator and one of the largest orange growers in Florida, dropped dead last night in the bath room of his winter home here. Apoplexy is given as the cause of death. . - . third and fourth calls 800 Marcn o.Bi; wh.iui 500 July 5.77; 200 Sept. 5.87. Total sales 13,400. v , . , . - . Call Money 7 New York, Feb. 2.-r-Money on call steady 1 3-4a2 per cent; ruling rate. elosine bickand offered at -J. ., Timl loans, firmer; , sixty day bills 2 l-2a2 3-4 per cent; ninety days 2 3-4a3 ; six months 3al-4. months Sal ' ., tt . Prime mercantile paper 3 l-t to pel cent. - ,. . - Sterling exchange firm with actual business .in cankers bills at 4.84.50 for sixty day bills and atT4.87.50 for demand. N Commercial bills 4.83. 3-4. Bar sliver 58 1-4. Mexican dollars 47. Government and railroad bonds steady. ' Without Redress The lass who minds the . telephone is busy as can be: -She has a most, convincing ton, And though you cannot see Her face you fancy there's a frown upon her classic brow. When she remarks and , turns you down: ,. "The line 13 busy now." Although the rich and wise and great , in. power may be sure She is the one who holds our fate Within a grasp secure, x In silence yqu are left alone, You wonderx why. and how. When she exclalmsin placid tone: "The line is c busy now." . No redress sure. When you Insure here, there will be always some oie to wait on you. "The line Is not busy now." Come" in and we will give you 'the best Insurance on the market I.C. N.G. Butt Co. INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS. Mis. Weddington Died Last Night A Lovely Christian Woman Passes After a Year oj Suffering- H as Native of David sonLived Here 25 Years The Funeral. Mrs. Carrie Sloan Weddington, wife of Mr. J. Y. Weddington, died last nignt at 9:30 at her home on -North Graham street, of heart trouble. Mrs. Weddington had been a sufferer for a year. She had been confined to her room since September 1st. Patiently she accepted tne mission of suffering Vouchsafed to her for long months. No murmur or complain; came from her lips. I A Christian in heart, profession and; life, she showed forth daily and hourly fortitude, Christian patience and res ignation. She passed away fortified by the rites of the Methodist faith, of which she was a strong adherent. She was an excetionauy nne cnaracter a woman of noble traits, of unusual ex cellence. , , Mrs. Weddineton was 60 years of age. . She was born near Davidson. Her father was the late E. B. D. Sloan promintnet citizen of that section. She came to Charlotte shortly after her marriage and had -lived here for 25 j years. She leaves- mo children. Sur-i viving her are her husband and one sister, Mrs. W. S. Caldwell, of Hunters ville. ' ' The funeral will be conducted this ; afternoon at 4:15 at the residence by Rev. Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe, pastor of deceased.' The pallbearers will be-: ; Messrs. J. C. Lanyoex, M. F: , Kirby,v John C. Watson, D. H. Anderson, J. C. Hunter and J E Wearn DEATH OF THIRD BASEMAN JAMES DOYLE, OF THE CUBS i By Associated Press. ' i Chicago, Feb. 2. News of the death of James Doyle;, third baseman of the Cubs, at Syracuse, had a depressing effect at the headquarters of the club here last night. r V ' - -Although a comparatively new addi tion to the team.cDoyle. won popular ity among the patrons of the game by" his modesty as much as by his ability. At present Lennox appears to be the only man available for third base. Zimmerman has played the position satisfactorily but he recently anrounc-1 ed his intention of quitting the ganw.' - ; ; :: 'V ' ; '.imp m n ra ti 'm h W; , I m L en W - L I bT. COPYRIGHT 1911 jps" : n H; 'V--1 V4 3-4 m oats I Cut Nearly In The Middle and would be altogether in the middle had we marked them with the us ual credit profit. Coatsv These, too, go at nearly half price. Kerseys, Worsteds and phevicts. Just look at this week's prices. ; CO. Cseb essaaa ssas
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