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.... -f. i CHI NAG ROVE, NlOfi December 1 1 5 th, 1911. Np.48. .;- .) ; ... LOCAL NEWS UHTERS. - SHrt Itins Coscinici Mr People mi TBelrOBlogs. Ar Setxer went up" to 8Hs bory yMterday to see Dr. H. T. Trsntham., i He will probably bare a thght operation perform- Thornton Bearer's little child haa quite a eevere case of diph- lharia. --hv. A. W. Winecoff is putting np a new baildiag on hie . farm, near Bamner, for a tenant. C. B. Gorrell was Salisbury Wednesday on business . M. A. 4 Stirewalt waa in Salis lury last Saturday. Miis Nettie Shephei d, of ' 8tatesville, oame down to be present at the Bifferd-Shepberd nuptials. Dr. S. P. Purvis, of Salisbury, M a visitor here lvat Sauday. Mrs. H. M. Heudriz is spend ing a few days at Kings Moun tain with hei parbnts. Miss Mary Harris spent Sunday arening with friendsfher. Rev. C. A. Brqwu went to MK Pleasant Mouday to attend a meeting of the board ox t he di rectors of Mont Amoena temi nary. - Miss Mary Miller waa here Sat urday and Sunday visiting Miie Browne Ritchie. Elijah Miller was a China Grove visitor yesterday.. v L. M. Miller, who has been in Pennsylvania, visited Jas. N Day vault Tuesday, Mrs. L, F. Rogers will visit her eon, George Rogers, in High Point, during the holidays. fcttd Mya M D Janaai; of pheitlr, S. C, are expected to Ipend a few days here with Mrs. fames' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. tu Holshouser. M. A. Stirewalt took atrip to the oountry yesterday morning cn business. He denieB having been opossum huntii g. Floyd P. Bostian, now working with Stewart & Jones near Gaines ville, Ga., will spend a few day a here during the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Bostian . Prof. F. H. Bostian, of Jack sonville. Ala., will visit relatives here during the holidays. P. B. Gobel had quite a fall Monday evening and barely as caned serious iniury. He was working on A. M. Hanna's house, the feoaffolding broke ana gave him a fifteen foot fall. Me waa onlv bruised and jarred and ia now about as well aa usual. A. L. Klnttz, who has been confined to his bed for several weeks with typhoid fever and kid ney trouble, is still in a very seri one condition. Me now has a trained nurse with him and it is hoped by the careful attention he ia raceivins. that he will soon be restored to health. The China Grove oentral of the Ccnoord Telephone Company has moved into the small brick build ing recently vaoated by Black welder & Ritchie, nnar their late location. - This company has Added another section to its awltohboard and tne serv.ce is , consequently much improved, be sides beine in mire commodious quartets. JUXRij efaebiBi. Dr.A M McCaiston has just re eeived an X-ray and high f re qhenoy apperatus, which is some thin a new for China Grove. The X-ray is valuable in locating for eign objeotr, such as bullets, in the human .body and ascertaining ihe extent, of broken bones - and kindred: helps -in diagnosing. Thy high frequency eleotrieai bat tery is useful in the treatment of numerous diseases and ia general ly of uob benefit when properly J UARRU6E Kiss Core Slfferd in d Frefl R, Shepherd V Were Uirrled Yestirdif Eieelng, : . Yesterday evening, at 6 o-'clocV, at the home of Mr. aud Mrs, 4 . lt Siftard, this county, Miss Co ra, 'their daughter, beoame the bride of Fred R, "Shep herd, 'of vSalisbury. Prior to the ceremony Miss i das Stirewalt sang in her charming way, 'Ah, Promise Me." To the strains of Lohengrin's wedding . march, : played by Miss Zelia Oorriber, the bri dal party entered the par lor and took their places in front of an improvised altar of , ferns and potted plants. Misses Browne Ritchie and Nettie Shepherd, sis ter of the groom , first entered, carrying the white ribbons with which an aisle waa formed." Then came little Misa Bliiabeth Sif ferd, the attaactive niece of th e bride," carrying the wedding ring on a silver waiter, followed by the groom and his best man, Charles Somers, of Statesville . Then the bride entered with her maid of honor, Miss Mary Sif- ferd, and together the bride and groom took their places ' under neath an archwaty of ivy, while Rev. W. H. Riser, the bride's pastor, performed the ceremony, using the.impressive ring service . Mendelssohn's wedding march wbs used as a recessional. . Fol lowing the ceremony an elegant supper was served in the dining room . which waa decorated in fhite and green. Mr. and Mrs Shepherd , left cn No. 85 for StateBville, where they will spend ten days with the " m . m . groom's relatives, alter wnicu they will make their home in Sal isbury. The bride is the youuger dauffhter of Mr and Mrs. J. - Lr Sifferd and by her charming per sonality has endeared herself to countless friends. She will be greatly missed in social as well as church oi roles here. The groom is an enterprising cotton mill man, being associa ted with the Kesler Manufactur- inir ComDanv of Salisbury. The D0DUiarUy 0f both bride and grom was attested by the num bers ox weddtns wnion tney re-: ceived Marriage Near China 6roie. John M. Barnhardt and Miss Annie Belle Sloop were happily united in matrimony last Sun day evening at 8:80 o'clock a the beautiful home of the ride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A . Sloop, in Atwell Township. Rev. 0. A. Crown officiated. Anolher Henj Pcrker. H H Peacock, the spTendid ton sorial artist, who does busineBB on the sqaure at the corner of De pot and Main Streets, China Grove, N. 0., (J. S A., sometimes also raises nogs. Having one that he has given some feed and a lot of water during a coniderable period of time, and being desirous of fresh meat, a disposition to change conditions oame over him ana tne nine piggy snoat was slain and weighed. It was not necessary to take it to a wagou scales to ascertain its hefty ess. for means of we ghing it were not wantiug. The caroui was put on the talanceandby carefully ad- iuitine the scales and verifying the figures, it was found that the sum total of this gigantio piggy shcat amounted to 87 pounds avoirdupois, guaranteed, without any doubt. Sylvester Mason, a light colored negro who has b ten in thd employ of V . Wallace & Sons fcr a month or more, was oaught Wed nesday evening as he was leaving with a pair of shoes in a papr bag. He was put unaer arrest, his room was searched and $193 worth of goods were found. - He was given a preliminary hearing Thursday morning and was bound over to the next term of the So perior Conit. . ' k CHARMlMSOCIAl; EVENT. 1 be Tbttrsdii Afteroooe Glob Ueels Wllh list Thtrsday afternoon was a typical southern day, so warm and sunny, that one would : ha we - thought it Spring time, haa it not been orjthe approacnmg noiiaay season so close at hand, as to remind us it was really De cember, and ;4ime ' to i make Christmas presents which no doubt was uppermost Ih -the minds of the stylishly dress ed club members ; carrying heir fancy-work bags and wandincr their wav to. tne atvlter. lyil, tno,Joara was tractive home of the preei- aent, Mrs. x;e vviii u. owmn gen, who proved herself a most gracious hostess on tms -a i .3 i.1 occasion, one weicomea uie guests in her usual; pleasant manner and made each one eel that it was indeed a rare pleasure to meet with her. c Afterva busy hour with needles" and tonjraes," all were envited into the . dining room where they wre amaz ed at the beauty of every thing. . The whole color cheme being pink and re presenting a "Pink tea Party" The room was darkened . and pink candles in gold cahde abras burned on each end of he table, between which, wo pinfe tea-pots were bus- pended,v from above, the center of the table, having nSnV nanavstvaomaia Anmitlff Sat the epouts to represent ai a t it t 1 ne conmmai pouring oi pmK. i ea. After all were seated at the table, the first feature was a lively. "Brain TTers" t contest, followed by compos- j ? a :i: it K 4.. i lug aiiu wnuujj xx luuguo twisting tale," which-was to be composed of a great many words beginning with-" i he etter Mt" and finished in live mintttes.- an unnsnally spirited one. Mrs. Hanna was the lucky winner of the first prize, two hand-made tea dolies. The consolation, a package of tea, fell to Mrs. Swink. An elegant salad coarse was tnen served, iouowea by cake and coffee, after which all returned to the parlor to resume where they eft off on their work, and social chat, but, finding that the afternoon had been so pleasantly spent that the time for bidding adieu to the charming hostess had arrived all unaware, each one de- parted feeling that they had had a most delightful time. Those present on this oc casion were: Mesaames w. J. Swink, Luther Gillon, W. C. Sifferd, W. H. Riser, McL. Richie. Frank M. Thompson, A. M. Hanna and Dewitt C. Swaringen. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Swink. Fire at Salisbury. The Grace Furniture Compa ny's plant at Salisbury was to tally destroyed by fire last night, The plant waB situated on the south side of Salisbury along the railroad. The fire is thought to have originated in the finishing room on the second floor, but it it not known from what source the fire started. The fire department waa summoned and arrived on the scene promptly, but they wers ouable to fight the fire as no water was close enough to ubo the hose. For some reason this plant ne6ms to be doomed as this is the second time it has been de stroyed by fire ' in resent years. Part of the loss to the Grace Furniture Company is probably covered by insurance. Geo. L. Arters and F. L. Lipp- man who came here from Balti more a little over a' year, ago, have had entire charge of the plant, have kept it going pretty regularly and, we understand, were, doing a very satisfajtory business. It is an insorporated firm and Bfr. ArterB ia president and Mr. Lippman, secretary and treasurer. Aacording Jto an in ventory taken last September the total assets were said toe about $78,000. ; The : insurance will moant to about $50,000. ; : Wtt RE-QPEfijJUllURY M. Actioa of till Boarisf Directors of Moat -; Aooesa Semioai. Rev 0. A. Brown attended the meeting of the B6&rd of Directors of Mont Amoeha. Seminary last Tuesday, December 12th. Following ia-the action of the board relative ip the future work of the Seminaryl .Mont Amcena Seminary, locat ed at Mt. Pleasant, N. C, having been totally destroyed . by fire on the night of the'SOth. of Novem- dalled Jonas the ohairmian. Cant. Cook to meetfn extra session in Holy Trinity L. Church, Mt. Pleasant, KOoii Tuesday, Decern- ber 12th, 1911, tat 10 o'elook :a m, to consider the future intereati of the work of tha institution in fe male edubationlwhicb, under the effioient manament of Prof. J. H. O. Fisher haa been for a .num ber of years ao luooeisfnliy carried on in the build,ing that is now in ashes. - .-.' - . .. After thorough investigation and consideration of the oircum- stancee and oonditioha involving anl lrounding the female edu cation of the by nod, the Board feels that it ia very important that the wrk be continued . unin- teruptedly, ;and, to this end nntmmnnal nuinmmAndi ,thlt y z- u synod oe caiieo in exm Session by the President of Synod at aa early a date aa possible to consider v the conditions . and de ' vise plana whereby the ' work ; of the seminary in female education may J be uninterruptedly contin ued.- ; '1 MhfcBoardaiMly and-unanw mcnsiv enuoraea t ne - actum vi Prof J H 0 Fisher the faculty, and the citizens of Mt. Tleasant in their endeavor to continue the sohool to the close cf thesejaion, endins Mav. 1912. The sohool will re-open January 2, 1912. A Kitchen Sbovar la Honor at Ulsa Sifferd. A very pleasant entertainment in the way of a kitohen shower. and in honor of the bride, Miss Cora Sifferd, was given by Miss Zelia Corriher Saturday even ing from 8:80 to 5 o'clock. Miss Corriner received ner guests in her customary agreeable, manner and made all feel at home and at ease, a nveiy nower contest was engaged in and enjoyed, Miss Misa Mary Ros9 winning the prise, a handsome handmade jabot, whioh she gave to the bride. A delioisus salad course was serv ed and the table was suitably deo orated, the centre piece being i doll dressed as a bride. - This was followed by Miss Elizabeth 8ifferd, a neioa of the bride bringing in a quantity of kitchen utensils, useful in housekeeping. Miss Corriher proved har ability to entertain and made the even ing one of pleasure to all who were so fortunate aa to be present. The guests were as follows: Mrs D. Ox Swaringen, Mrs. A. M. Hanna. Mrs. W. O. Sifferd," Miss Elizabeth Sifferd, Miss Cora Siff erd, Miasea Mary R ose, Annie Rose, Ruth Thorn and Browne Ritchie. A Uillioaalra's Wife is Sentenced. New-York. Dec. 12. Mrs. E. Virginia Evers, "wife of Frederick E. Evers, million aire was today sentenced to three mor.ths in the peniten tiary, charged with crnelty in Dealing Alice Hilizabelh Randolphf her psuedo ward. The prison officials declare Mrs. Evers is unqnestionably the wealthiest woman ever sent to the penitentiary from New York. With many ot her society friends .at her side Mrs. Evers collapsed wnen iae: sentence .was pro nounced. She will be taken to the penitentiary this after toon. She pleaded guilty to the - charge of beating the child - with . av ridintr whiD. The girl's body was covered with welts and bruises, ' ANOTHER BOMJS OFFER. 15,050 .pRt.10.mQ Secood. 5,000 Third. ; '; A 6rui -OpporfB'Blff for GoateitaBis. r j This week'we are going to make three bonus offers, one of , 15,000, free votes to the lady auring the largest number .of , subaoriptions for week ending ; December : 19th, 10,000 to : the- one securing the next largest numbbr and 5,000 to the one securing the third largest numberr. Subscriptions must be in this office by Tuesday, 2. p m. D. comber 19th. ' There is still excellent chance for any one entering now first or . seoond priaje and ; we will hold the offer - of :'1000 votes with nomination open for one more week, ' Stop a minute and calculate, any one can enter now and with faithful systematio workrsecure the 15,000 ; FREE-VOTES and thus plaoe herself At once with: the leaders. -Now just a word to the conteis- cantr, don't underestimate tne valo9 of consistent and aystemat you know, call on every family you come near, aeleot a section or route, and call on every family. A hit and miss plan never won a prize; use system, nememoer vou are not confined to any terri tory, subscriptions can be secured any place in- the a united States and you can gel any one to heh) you no win, r , Anotherw . rd of warning ; pay no attention to any rumor ? re garding the standing of any con testant!, just get all the aub scriptions you can and you -will at the end of the . contest, glory lb work well done. Start now and endeavor to secure thr 15,000 vote bonus. ' ' ' -" Thfire is no change' in the standing of the .contestants this week Miss Lingle is flist, Miss Feiperman ia secondhand Miss Wiley third, and the others have crawled up some too, but tne valuable prize ia still almost a pick-up for any active person. Think of winning a splendid piano, like this in a 80-day . dash and think f buying one i on tne installment plan, with the three- year grio4nd haioUectac.:om: ins around every week or so. it costs nothing to join and win this instrument and the other way is anything but pleasant. Lilt of Contestants. Salisbury. Miss Masey Ridenhour. . . . do Ruth CornehtOD do Margente Harris ..... do ' Jessie Proctor.. ....... do Peirle Wiley do Roxie Earnhardt,.... do Jasaie Witherspoon.. . do Eloise McNeal ....... do Nbllie Kesler do' May Cuthrell. ....... do Hattie Baker do Blanohe Charles . . . do Mattie Chilson. . . . do Sallie Canup do Maggie Julian do Ida Fee per man. . . do Daisy Trexler. ..... do Mary Rufty do Grace Ooggins .. . . do Reta B. Howell. . . . Mrs M S Varner Spehckb. Miss Olive Thomas., do Dolly Webb Babbxb. do Mary H Barber Rockwell. Lulu Sifferd. i Lucy Fesperman. R C Earnhardt Mount Ulla. Merle Shoaf Ruth Arey do do do do do Richfield. Ada D Shaver.. .. Delia Wyatt do do Mrs C L Basinger. Cleveland. do Winnie Harris do Annie Lee Kino aid.. . . Golp Hill. Miss Lucile Shaver. ........ do Ida Mcrgan..... do Hanna Jenkins...... do Maui Earnhardt..... Moozsville. Miss Belle Fleming. Miss Mary Hobson Coolekuee. t do Mary Tatum.. Landib. do Esther Fisher. ? . PBCVIDE5CE. do . Eleanora Brown. China. Gbove. do Anna Rose. . .",. Mrs Lewis M Hojehouser. . do Eleota Lingle.. .. , . . . - WlLEISBeilO. do Clara Marlin., . ' DOUBLE IflJROER AT SHELBY. Fanner lad Wife iralaHi' Slala With aa j Axe. Negroes Saspected. The following from the Char lotte Observer of yesterday give a an accounVof a horrible murder near Shelby. N. C;f which u similar to the Lyerly murder in hia county near Barber several years ago ; ; ! ' Shelby, Deo. 18. A pretty lit- tla eonhtnr hnma that was iroitar. A . u - - - , happiness and 'thrift and pros perity was in the early hours of this morning the scene of the most horrible crime in the annals of Cleveland oonnty. Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon were brutally and horribly' murdered before daylight in their new home, 10 miles above 8helby, just off of 4 A m A k "AA1 Ua4 mmmAt, TJllA.. lnd Lwndale, and Hack Ross i and John Ross, jtwb negro' brothers, are held as suspects of the crime. -- .A thoutand or more people stood about the desolate home to day as the coroner's inquest pro ceeded, hoping that evidence would plaoe the . guilt on some party, ao that they may avenge the crime. The sentiment is strong agsinst Hack Ross and if the coroner's jury. fixes the blame on him, lynching may be expect ed. , Sentiment is at fever heat. but the good citizens are deter mined to be sure of their movtj before they taka rhe law in their hands. They know Haok Ross msde a threat -that therewould be "somebody missing in the neighborbocd" if they took his meatt and Mr. Dixon had a mortgage on Roes' hog. Ross ould not pay for the hog and brought it back to Mr. Dixon Monday, but the aentiment seems iibjaUiiat.thia iwiiiglgVndl ly feeling waa feigned to cover up the awful crime he had planned. And, too, Ross lives about a quarter of a mile from Mr. Dixon's aud tracks were found by Chief of Police Jetton and Deputy Nelson Lattimore that exactly correspond to the shoe Robb was wearing because of the heavy tacks in the heels. When neighbors reaohed the scene this morning young Mr. Dixon, who is only about SO years old, was lying dead, face down ward, at the barn, aud his wife, with lr twelre-mouths-old babe by her side, was dead in a bloody bed ip tneir sleeping room. Dra. S. S. Royster and E. A. Houser made the examination of the bodies and testifiied that the husband came to his death from a blow by a sharp instrument, supposed to be an axe in tne left temple. Hia temple bone was crushed in and a stream of blood three feet long coursed frcm his body. Mrs. Dixon had a blow from a blunt instrument in the middle of the forehead, a deep gash from the.biade of the axe in the same plaoe and a crushed temporal bone at her right eye. An axe covered' with blood is the weapon used. Several human hairs corresponding to Mr. Dixon'a hair were 'found on the axe. The physicians say the fatal bruises fit the poll of the axe. ' The only evidence bearing on A. 1- J . . - . mo maraer 13 mat ot fdfjor Stroud and John Ross, two negro WJodcboppers, who passed by a bjut daylight.". The road reus close to the housa and both testi i fied that Mrs. Dixon beckoned for them to come to the window. iney asaed wnat was tne matter aud she didn't know. but. with her head in her hands and bleed ug from r wouud in her forehead, she inquired where ner husband was. She said two white men had called him out to help get a mule oat of a ditch and that he had not come back. Stroud testified that h6 knew somethingbad was the matter be cause her eye was bloodshot and she was nervous. . She asked them to go for help, so John Boss start: ed to Thomas D. Dixon's the dead man's father, who lived a- bout a halfrmileway, and Stroud itarted t9 Dennia v Wright 'a and Fallston for she . doctors. John Robs says he went throng h the bam, which was on his way, and a white jman stepped tjut of the shuck stall- and asked him where he baa going . Hia ' reply waa '. that he- waa: going to cut wood. The atrange mau asked where John Dixon was' and h.4 re plied that he did pot know. Af ter . that-; another atrange man, rather tall and wearing a far cap, oame out and two started off .'to gether through the wooded John Rois then , delivered -hia message aa qU;ckly . as p issible. He say a h? did not jee the dead bod 3' of ; Mr.- Dixon in the barn yard, though he rati within nine - yards of it and would have crosaed" ex actly over it had he gone straixbs. Little faith; is pnt in- this atory old by the negroes. Stroud is a reliable colored man oi. advauced age, but Kcbs is suspicion and the impression is he he ki.ows . more than he' told There ia no cause why highwaymen . should murder thea two happy people, as both were quiet ' and have uo enemies, a Mr. Dxon was one of the ' most prominent farmers in the county and belongs to a lead ing family wbiie Mrs. Dixon was Miss Cloyton Cline , of - another prominent' family . They were thrifty and prosperous and had a sweat little baby girl. The child was found beside its desd mother, when neighbors reached the acenfe, with its mother's blood - ou its' night , clothes. - Some ;- thohght robbery hap. prompted strange men to ransack the hasi and cover up all evidence ty kill tag the husband and wife out, but $49 which Mr.: Dixon was known to have, yes terd ay. was nn d isturbed . ti Hack Bess, who threatautd to kilf Mr . , Dixon if he took hia meat, was not at home tbia morn-. iftjg n5 search. He-had gone with; hia wife ta Ut. M!auney's, near- Cleveland;: M ills, to cut wood, and ,theyv foillowed after him When placed under arrest he was intensely nervoui and frightened, bnt made qo at tempt to get away. A- blood spot was on his overalls and when " I asked to explain to the jar, he told them that he had tripped a. mntkrat on the creek and got , the v blood on his pants Mondaj, whaa he skirned it. When asked if ha got up about 2 o'clock to wait on the baby and ha did not retire a gain but helped his wife churn and get breakfast in order to get an early start. v Hia stepson aboui 12 yeari old, added to the suspi cion of gui.t by his testimony. The tracks that correspond to Rots' No. 10 shoes, freshly made in the ground between the two houses, seems to be the strongest evidence. Ross is about 40 yes re old, haa IndUn b'ood in nis veina and a bad character to make tha mspicion stronger. : Sheriff D. D Wilkini and dep uties brought John and Haok Rocs and Hack's stepson to Shel by, where they were lodg id in jail without any demonstration cn tne part of citizous. Tha coroner's iary did not return verdict, but sent the negro sus pects to jail to await a mere com plete examination of witnesses at a preliminary IriaU Friday. Tha prisoners are in separate celis and there is a strong belief tonight that Major Stroud will tell tha truth nd p'acfl the blame on John Ross, who could have committed the crime - before coming to Stroud's houe thia morning to sharpen his axe. There is still a deep mystiry to be cleared away. ; lu an humble home in a ta I urban street, the bxlit of Mrs. Fannie Nar Pinuix aud her hue hand, William O. Pinnix, L Wednesday night lie d-ad as a re sult of a dual homicide at 4L o'clock thia afternoon committed by the huiband. Pinnix, who ia a former employer of the freight department of th Southern Rail way and mem ber of a promintnt I North Carolina family lef t lettefi and memoranda showing that flha I had planned the tragedy as Ions ago aa Thaakagtvtng day. A-' m i
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