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Srierrill, Editor and Publisher.
PUBLISHED TWICE -A. WEEK.
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VOL. XXXV.
CONCORD, N. C. MONDAY JANUARY 2-1, 1910.
NO CO
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THE PIANO CONTEST VOTE TO-DAY.
The voting in our Piano Contest since last issue has been brisk
a tharp, and many ballots wre east.
The Collegiate institute is still ahead, but Mis McEachern made
;, , a ood gain on it sinbe last count. Miss Damhardt passes the
i0, .v, ,Vp .i nice train, while Miss Watkins goes up 750 votes. Miss
; . r T I (J i 1 i i . v " li fl f , 9
erton ana .uiss . ...,- 1 t t
nf the contesianih. ..........
.'On with the contest' will now be the watch cry throughout the
Tt Rppms hardlv necessary to impress upon the minds 01 the
TWELVE CASK Of SMALLPOX.
local pDicnriGS.
V
intry
i,Vthat tnese prizes aic jui iuuii r 4
'hi'; ha- been realized not only-by those who have .entered
'! ,-Vverv one who reads tnis great offer of The Times.
iu ... . .. 1 - 1
all alike unuer similar conuuioiis uuu 110 cauuiuaic nas
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a nietime.
the race,
The field
nm I"
ulvuntage uvci wc uiw.
1 . i r .i t;-:.r i i . i. . :t. r
J)onTt UC DaSlllUl Or IIIIIIU ilUUUL USMIIjJ UCUUC IU DUUM,I1UC IUI
Timhs. If you ask anyone for a subscription, the worst thing
can do is to say "No" and nine times out of ten they will say
y, .. " and admire you for your business ability.
Did it ever strike you that " new subscriptions are the things to
hi" clTorts to secure : borne candidates are making a special et-
r.orc
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;l'C DC1-J'
t ...t I i xi -i : r
rt alon" the line 01 new suubcnpuoiis anu ineir buowuig ui votes is
';Vf them much. gratification. Subscriptioii votes count up rapidly,
O ) votes .are given ior eacn one tcturcu. x xic caicsi w iy iu yci
votes than any one else is to get new subscriptions and secure a
umber of votes on eacb one: beveral of the ladies in the city
depending on their triends to ao tne voting lor them, mis
.'1 ri 'Ht in a way, out you must get ousy aim miuw home :uierebi. iu
vnurself or your friends will become discouraged. And just stop to
1 ik vov have no right to expect yonr friends t do it all. Suppose
ou start in this week to-aay, ana get dusv. ;
The contestants snould not allow themselves to be caught 'sleep
v' at the switch," but guard well their lines and thus hold their po
isons secure. The harvest is still white and by continued persistent
fforts on their parts and the parts of their friends many votes, may be
btasned. ...'
The. vote to-day stands as follows :
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Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute. . . . ... 1 . . . . . . . . 27,oS2
Miss Margie McEachern, Concord . . . . . ............. 23,205
Miss Laura Earnhardt, Concord. ... . ..... . .... . . . . 10,417
Company L, Concord.. ... . 8170
Miss Mary Moser Misenheimer, No. 5 Township . ..... 7125
Rocky RiVer High School 6555
Miss Grace Watkins, Concord. . ... .7. , . . . . .. . . . 4165
Mrs. C. C. Hill, Glass .............. . . 3120
Miss. Ola ..Ye'rton, Newell. .... . . . 1940
Miss Loula Ilartsell, R. F. D. No. 7, Concord. ....... 1662
Miss Rertha Linker, Concord . . . . . . . . ... . . 950
Miss Aylma Ridenhour . . . ; . . ... . 45
Kannapolis School. ..... ... . . . . ... . ... 1 ..... . 250
Miss Louise Means, Concord. ..... .: . . . . . . 250
Miss Lena Ilairis, Concord . . ... . . . . . . . . ; 150
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PERSONAL MENTION.
Partial List of Those Among. Us Who
Come and Go.
.Mi'. Tom Felzer, Jr.,- of Charlotte,""
eiit yesterday 111 the city.
Mr. W. R. Odel! spent Sunday at
lessemer City, with his sister, Mrs. S.
. Durham.
Miss Ruth Crowell and Miss Janie
'atterson, of Charlotte, spent y ester
ay in Concord. ,
Mrs. J. II. Witlierspoon, of Lancas
ter, is visitms: her father. Judsre W .
Montgomery. -
Mrs. T. P. Sniith, of Charlotte,
ent yesterday with her daughter.
Iiss Josepliine Sniith.
Miss Fannie Paul Tvpv wVin ha
Ken visiting- in Concord, will Jeave
bmorrow' for Charlotte to visit.
Mr. A. S. Davvault SDent vesterdav
Fith his fatl
nd will return to Concord to-nijrht.
Mrs. F. S.'Starrette, of Mooresville,
i! has been .visiting here several
iHS, Will rctllPK lirTiii tlnS! oftuviinmi
Miss Annie Palmer, who has been
sum? Mrs. M. B. Stickfeyior sever
tnontlis, returned to Vipr linnipi in
Fton, Va.. Fridav. .
Jii's-. 11. -b. Lott returned to her
ome 111 Winston Friday after visiting
Jir. vj. U. Jtamsaur, lor
Services at First Presbyterian Church.
The special services conducted at
ther First Presbyterian Church last
week by Rev. R. C. Anderson, of Gas
tonia, closed with the- service Sunday
night. Mr. Anderson preached twice
each day for seven days, and those
who heard him were fortunate. He
is a preacher of the plain gospel and
nreaches it with simple but forceful
directness. His thoughts go . home,
and his manner is an aid to his speech.
He ensrasres the attention of the hearers
and holds it. The services generally
were attended by good-sized congrega
tions, and six Dew members were
added to the church. These are the
visible results, but all the erood done
cannot be known until it is finally re
vealed. Mr. Anderson left this morn
ing for his home.
May Become fp&enac Vzcrisatisa the
Osly Preventive.
There are twelve well developed,
genuine cases of smallpox in this
county. . The cases to far reported
I and examined bv the health author
ities are as follows:
Wilson Phifer, colored, who lives
on Happy Hill, this city ;sAdam Black
and wife and eight children, who live
about two miles from Flowe's store, in ;
No. 1 township, and WiLson Garland, i
who lives near Mill. Hill church, iu
No. 10 township. All are negroes.
It is rumored that there are several
other cases, but as yet do others have
been reported to any of the physicians
of the city. There is aj grave danger
of an epidemic of this dreadful disease
throughout the city and county, and
unless the citizens of the countj' co
operate with the health authorities it
is more than likely that there will be
as many cases here as there are now iu
High Point, where they were recently
compelled to resort to compulsory vac
cination, and were later com peilea to
close all places of public worship, their
public schools and all places of
amusement. There many of the best
people of the town were victims of this
disease.
The disease affects persons who may
be exposed to it at all ages, and re
markably few people who are unvac-
cinated are able to resist the infection,
not more than from one to five per
cent. The nefirro race is peculiarly
susceptible, and in this race the rate of
mortality from the disease is usually
very high. Smallpox is more com
mon in winter and spring than in the
summer, perhaps because of the crowd
ins in th. houses of the poor during
the winter months.
The contagion of smallpox is spread
m several ainerent ways airectiy,
that is by contact with the patient's
body and clothing, and indirectly, by
the air, insects and animals.
There is one measure above all oth
ers to be used in the prevention of an
epidemic of smallpox, and that is vac
cination, which by its benehcent in
fluence has changed smallpox from a
common and fearful scourge of man
kind to a disease that can be con
trolled and easily cured if the public
will co-operate with the health au
thorities by being vaccinated and com
pel their servants also to be vaccinated
vaccination when properly per
formed, and when an active vaccine is
used, may be said to be a sure pre
ventiveof smallpox for a very consuK
erable space of time, if not for the
lite-time or the individual : but it is
safer to be vaccinated every few years,
and every year if exposed during an
epidemic. ISot only does vaccination
protect the individual for a long
period of time, but it also modifies the
severity of smallpox if the patient
contracts the disease before vaccina
tion can completely protect him.
rhter.
peral week
h-s..-J.'l); iiatcliett returned Satur
ate her home in Atlanta, after vis-
lS ner parents,- Rev. and Mrs. T.
fcHiith, for some time.
h'. Ed. ,S. Efird returned Fridnv
fm Pohkton. where he had been on
Visit to hi fofV,ow.'o
".er jus rpconf in
irs.X. E. Boerer returned last, nio-ht
fom Sumter. S. C. wherft sh has
visitinjr relatives; Shfi
Warned by Miss Mildred Hall.
1Ir-1. H. Eldridge returned to his
ome m Greenshnm tVii mnrnin cr off aw
jxinainir RtiTiflav ha rrritu r i?i
jTj w f , Abu. OJJAVL
?U2"e anrl .1 . . i. . i tr tit tt
'lily s. ...
2Ir- John A. Cline returned Satur
from Columbia, S. C, where he
oeeu attenrli
of missions of the Lutheran
uurch, South. -
Mr. Jno. M. Crayen to Leave Concord.
Mr. John M. Craven, secretary and
treasurer of the Craven Bros. Furni
ture Co., and one of Concord's leading
business men, will move to Binning
ham the 1st of March to become asso
ciated in business with two of. his
brothers, Mr. Craven and his brother
came tb Concord about ten yaars ago
and organized the Craven Bros. Fur
niture and Undertaking Co., which
has become one of the leading business
enterprises of the city. During his
residence here 'Mr. Craven has become
closely identified with every phase of
the business and social lite, being
most agreeable and pleasant gentle
man. He has made a host ot warm
friends, all of whom regret to see him
and his excellent family leave here.
Short (tens of Lea! fcteral b City,
Ccssty si This Secthx
The Lenten season eo 31 me nor Feb
ruary 9, which is Ash Wednesday.
Mr. Baxter Gillon and family hare'
returned to tte city from China
Grove, and are living in the Deal
house on Georgia arenuel
The Christian Iieid Book Club has
issued enirraved invitations to an At
Home with Mrs. P. B. Fettcron next
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Milton S. Brown, of Salisbury,
died last Friday following an illness
of several weeks. She was one of
Salisbury's most estimable women.
Rev. Wm. T. Walker, of Rd
Springs, was last wcek elected super
intendent . of the Orphans Home at
barium Spnngs to succeed the late
Rev. John Wakefield.
The next term of Cabarrus Superior
Court will convene January 31, Judge
Jones presiding. This will be Judge
Jones first visit to Cabarrus. The
civil docket will be called February 2.
The Dayvault Co. is liaving another
big sale, which began last Friday and
will continue until r ebruary 1. This
firm is determined to close out the en
tire stock as soon as possible and oilers
some very low prices.
We publish on page six an interest
ing account of the big snow of 1857,
copied from the Charlotte News. If
-
we remember correctly, the late Sir.
J. W. Mehaffey, of Concord, was also
on this tram referred to.
Among the attractions to be given
soon under the auspices of the 31 1.
Pleasant Collegiate Institute is an en
tertainment in the auditorium, Febru
ary, by the noted Swedish impersona
tor, Karl Jansen.
Rev. J. Brice Cochran, of Gaston
countvwho recently received a call
to the pastorate of MeKinnon and Bay
less Memorial Presbyterian churches,
has accepted the call, and will be here
to occupy his pulpit next Sunday.
. Messrs. Jno. C. Correll and Clias.
E. Stratford have bought the stock of
merchandise of D. L. Seahorn, who
recently made an assignment, and will
continue the business.. The sale was
made.by the Southern Loan & Trust
.Udiipany. '
Rev. E. Garver Williams, D. D.,
until the first of the year pastor of St.
James1 Reformed Church at Mt. Pleas
aut, moved the first of last week to
Crescent, where, it is understood, lie
will have charge of the orphanage of
the. Reformed Church.
The Good Roads meeting, called by
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geolo
gist and Secretary of the Good Roads
Association, to be held in Raleigh on
January 27, should be attended by
advocates of good roads from every
section of the StBte,
Marriage lktae la beea i3ed ia
Mr. S. L I laid broths, I tarrt Hill,
and MU Naank Alexander, of ML
Pea.a&L. .
Mr. O. D. Peirea ha aooejej a -lition
with the Dor t Bot Co. Mr,
Petrea was until rrceutly a clerk in
the Erocerr stort of Blame Bros,
We think TllE Tlx E todr it wtxrth
the money, don't yoaf In additioa to
iplendid batches of local. State ami
general news, we publish a letr fmm
a Chinese miacilotiAry, and an article
about the Jackson Training School by
Mr. Hunt, of Charlotte, Iloth of the
will be read with interest; know.
Tlie Cent.Ciimedy' Co., which
was hooked for a weeks enpigemf nt
here at the local ojiera house hx d.
baudetl. 31anaer Biles, of theojirta
house, received a Ulesrrain from the
nuinagt-r of the company yetenly
moniin, say inir tlat the oomiatir liad
disbanded and that thev were cotn-
pelled to cancel their engagement
here.
An etforl U being made to place the
North Carolina Christian Adv-ate in
every home; in Central MethotlUt
Church, and this end lias almost been
accomplUlied. There are about 80
families represented, and all but a
very few take the Advocate. If this
movement succeeds, Central Church
will be the first church in Southern
Methodism which has the church pa
per in every family.
Rowan soil gets a boost in the South
ern number of Collier's as a corn pro
ducer. In an article under the head
ing, . "The Next West," by Clarence
H. Poe, appears this item: "A Row
an county boy with improved methods
made ninety bushels, (corn) per acre
on part of a field in. another part of
which a tenant, using old methods,
made onlv ten bushels ter aere.w
" J " " L ' " ! . . t mmrn .
I Killing ner inAianuy. me uur was
Charlotte Observer : 'Mr. Bingham I also struck by several of Ue ihoU.
Deas, of Cabarrus county, who set the but it was only slightly injured.
Concord lockup afire with a view to After his wife was shot, Flow nail
acquiring his own liberty thereby, he ran out of the back door of tho
may not be an exemplary citizen, but house, and as he was running up tho
he will never rise to any bad eminence hill he recognized Pink Dry and Gas-
tlirongh brain power. The mental ton Blake, both white.
Drocesses of men who. drunk or sober. County physician Dr. J. W' Wal.
W ' i ' "
engage in performances like this arc J lace held an automy oyer the body of
S1S is fill Umi a Utr On dst
tTiiiEff u Hrr Inrt, hX
. A dI.Urra a& J n4d tk4l ta-arv
der was eoc&miluJ in N, I Livmib
Ssiardar night aKai 8 oVJxk. wi?-
rof, wife of Arthur FVw.
wml, w at lwA thrwah th hurt
with a ho$"4n j j jxrt la b in Um
nandi f nnk IfT, a m h.T ttn of
Usat tieihUhotj, U la kt?
itrinjr of a?Trn x;t h;m. td
wh kx m-rrtA mil vrX mArryi
on tlie calr.jfrsr of ths n4ntr. cm
of which was for l.:r. IVn Falk
ner, an o'J invro, bmt lo intn
a witlioat tlje s2ihtet
i.irnrr I lo wara OU4 w 1 1 1 rt t cm t
U Ue iicro mmve rarlr TmJrtxL
morning and .-itnrunne!f a urr,
vtitnl tmmt of the dr m uktn eti
dene and inrrmtiktift the crtJiv,
Thrre wa onlr one itnr Ui th
crime, Anliur Klowe. h Jttr.d of U
murdered wotnan, ho jpue the f4
lowing evidence:
He ars tlut he And hit wife wem
tting in their home aUut t VSwk.
and that he was multnfr wh-n
tme canc to the door and
Hello. He rl up and went U tho
door U ee w)mi it wn. and a h
looked out tome one fiml a htun at
hira, being ao clo tlat the fowder
burued hi face. Hii wife Uien ran to.
the window, holding her young baby
in her arms, and raird it u lok out
and see who it was, and while she was
looking out the window jTer huthand
asked her who it was, and nhe sakl it
was Pink Dry. .-'Jut as slie made 'this'
statement, a seccmd shot was Ami,
the whole dLliarge from the shotgun
striking her full in the bmot, Sev-.
eral of the shoti penetrateil her heor'
killing her inMantly.
Rev.
is
m: j. Hpnth
Hstor of tUis circu.t Qf J
-I'lS0nriol ni 1 1
I1 uurcnv nas organizea
ffi1" No- 11 township, to
Oak Grove Church. The lot
ln'ii- 011 anu worK on 1
UU(ilDg will begin in a few days.
Doptnrn 13 81111 racing about
S kI Coo A dispatch from that
j'sjtne information that he
eve tha u;".r... "jr ow" .uc:
- v wic may oe vinaicatea.
Story of the Insurgent West
What is to be the effect of the
Insursrent movement -in the Republi
can party? Is it to result in break
ing ud that Darty and is there to be
a new party maae irum me x-ru-gressives
of both the present big
political parties? Is the Insurgent
movement merely a passing ractionai
event or has it a deeper significance,
does it mean a lasting 1 e vol t? These
and other questions which arise be
cause there is an "Insurgent West '
discussed by Ray Stannard Baker in
the February number of lhe Ameri
can Magazine under the general title
of "Is The Republican Party Break
ing Up? The story of the Insurgent
West." His conclusion is that while
the Insurgent movement "is well
suDDiied with' Garrisons and Philip-
Dses and Sumners, what it needs is a
Lincoln" to make it a result. .
The Emery Club will be entertained
by Mrs. J. D. Lentz this afternoon.
The following ladies will be present:
Mesdames J. W. Cannon, E. A. Moss,
P. T. Durham, P. B. Fetzer? J. M.
Craven. A. J. Yorke, M. L. Cannon,
J. F. Cannon, Irving H. Eldridge, J.
H. Witherspoon, D. B. Privett, D. L.
Bost, and Misses Shirley Montgomery,
Jenn. Coltrane and .Lilly Mo we..
Weather Report for 1909.
. Mr. L. C. Dry sends us the follow
ing weather report for the year 1909,
which he kept daily :
Ram fell on the following dates
during the year 1909 :
January 4, 5, 7, 12; 13 and 14 freez-
' -ate. -V Y
ing rams; lb, 10, zo.
February 9, 21, 22, 23, 24.
March. 3 heavy hailstorm, 4 hail, 6,
8, 9, 13, 21, 24, 27.
April 8, 13, 30 heavy rain storm.
May 2 last frost,- 20, 21, 22, 25, 26.
June 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 14.
June 17. 20, 26, 28.
v July 3, 6, 7, 13. 15, 27, 30, 31.
August 2, 3, 6.
September 4, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23; first
frost on the 30th.
October 5, 11, 14, 21; firstice on the
31st.
t. Novembers, 8, 17, 23.
December 7, 13, 18; snow 19: 25.
There were 70 rains during the year
1909. ' .
Mr. M. Safrit also kept a report of
the number of times that rain fell dur
ing the year, and his report is as fol
lows: January, rained 8 times; February,
12; March, 12; April 8; May, 13;
June, 18; July, 17; August,. 14; Sep
tember, 11; October, 7; November, 5;
December 6.
It rained 131 times in the year 1909,
and 1 did not see the sun for two r n
days in the year. ' v,
past anv
sion."
human being's comprehen-
Charlotte Chronicle: . 'That fine
comet now visible with tlj naked
eve in the southwestern heavens after
sunset is not Ilalley's but an as yet
unidentifietl visitor. It was discovered
in South Africa, though, needless to
say, it did not originate or specially
visit there. It will onlv remain in
easy view provided the weather per
mits for a few more nights, mores
the pity."
HELD UP NEAR DEPOT.
Saturday's Charlotte Chronicle:
"Mrs. Frank O. Rogers jturned to
her home in Concord yesterday morn
ing after spending several days, in the
city with Mrs. J. F. Yorke. While
here Mrs. Rogers was the recipient of
many charming social courtesies;"
Two of the children of Mr. 'W. F.
Carter, who lives at the- oung-Ilartsell
mill.died last week within 24 hours
of each other. His son eight years Of j
age died on Thursday night, and on
Friday the one year oia infant passed
away Ikth deaths yrfere caused by
pneumonia following; the measles.
Monroe Journal: Who ever heard
before of the best wells and springs be
ing dry as a bone in January .? They
are that way nbv in many parts of
this county, andit is causing a vast
amount of trouble and work to farm
ers, many of Svhom are forced to haul
water for both domestic Use and for
stock.
Joe Johnson Knocked Down arJ Robbed
by Two Men Saturday NlghL
Joe Johnson, a white man who
the woman, and reported to the cor
oner's jury that she came to her death
from gunshots teuetratmg the heart.
The" coroners jury. awuxiww"d of
the following: It. H lkt. 1. B.
Downain, W. D, - TurVer, J. W. Tk
and J. I), Smith, reached Ine follow
ing verth'ct: ?
Tliat Mvrtle Flowe. carne to her
death by a gun!iot wound through
the heart. e, the- jury, nccordinir
to the evidence by Arthur rlowe.
have rcasonn to believe that Pink Dry
and Gaston Blake lire supecU in tho
crime. . ..
Dry and Flowe ordered some liquor
together about Christmas, and they
had some trouble over the division of
the liquor, and it is alleged that Dry
has threatened to kill Fiowe for sonwi
time. Blake is a well known cliarac-
1: 4 u . .... I u"iC "tn kuui
uvca ttnuouiwpuu iuoi, unu u u i . m i.t, n .U1P ..(.imn ..,1
and robbed m the big cut under the ln. n
overhead bridge at the depot Saturday . hi . mtl!tp u ' mn
Medals for Sasday School Attendance.
As the Sunday School of Central
Methodist church yesterday the gold
crosses were given out (to the members
of the school who had not missed a
Sunday during- the year 7 of 1S09.
There were 21 pupils who had not
missed a Sunday during the past year,
their names being : Messrs. W. C. Gib
son, J. M. Fisher, Earle Dayvault, R-
P. Benson, Leslie Correll, Lee Crow
ell, Jr., Ernest Kluttz, Robert Fisher,
Jethro King, Archie Gibson, William
Glass, Ralph Dayvault and Ingram
Harris, Misses Josie Hill, Elouise Day
vault, Grace Gibson, Helen Troy
Virginia Smoot, Nannie Lee , Patter
son and Mary Crowell. .
Misses Maude and Grace Brown
will entertain at euchre next Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock in honor of
Mesdames Separk, Barkley, Bernhardt
and Moms.
Raleigh correspondence Greensboro
News,. 22d: "Master Luther Collins,
an incorrigible 12-year-old boy, who
has proven too much for his parents
to manage, was last .evening sentenced
to the. Stonewall Jackson Training
School I His father, a respected car
penter of this citv. told Judge Cooke
that he could do nothing with the
boy?
The present term of Stanly criminal
Superior court adjourned Thursday.
Thej docket, with the exception of a
few ? cases, was cleared. Solicitor
Harhmer made a statement after court
I had adiourned that the docket was the
J w . . , . a - 1
nearest clear tnat u naa ever uecu
since he had been solicitor of this dis
tn it Thft Albemarle chain erang re
ceived several recruits.
fcharlotte Observer : 4 'Here is a Ca
barrus farmer who does credit to his
cctunty. Last year he sold 945 pounds
oft butter, for which he receivea
Ht61.30 and 360 dozen eggs, receiving
6k 54 for them. His sales of butter
in one month reached 148 pounds
TljUt farmer's family did not live on
7fM,lprTi hamn tou mav be sure.
Tbiev ulived at home" and fared well
Counting the saving in cost of living
thvough home produced milk, chick
Js and eggs, the profits on the butter
a?ad egffs sold were very large. Every
i inner who pursues this course not
finiy maaes money ior nmmcu "
iaas to the .wealth, oi nis eonimmmgr
nisht about S o'clock. Joh nson "Was
at the depot, and John Edwards, who j
also lives at the Gibson mill and near
Johnson, came up to him and asked
him to come on and go home. John
son hesitated for some time, but Ed
wards finally persuaded him to go
home with 'him. Johnson" says as
they approached the overhead bridge
Edwards was several feet behind him,
when some one struck him from be
hind, knocking him down, and while
ie was struggling with the man he
called Edwards to help him, and that
Edwards, instead oi helping him,
caught him in the back and held him
while the other man searched his1
pockets. They secured all the monej'
he had in his outside pockets, $3.35,
but they did not take some money be
had in his inside, pocket. Johnson
told the men that ne was going to
have them arrested, and Edwards told
him if he did he would have him ar-
accessory to the crime. He i almost
half-witted. Dry and Blake are nqn
in jail.
' "" mi 11 n,,'jmr
frfislit Train Srnl at Claw.
Southbound freight train No. 73
was wrecKeu at uiass last nignt
about 11 o'clock. The train was
heing run in on the side track to
allow one of the passenger trains to
pass, and just as the engine came on
the side track one of the rails spread
causing the engine to jump the
track. The engine ran a fhort di
tance after iamping the track, and
tell over on it s sider. A wrecking;
crew was soon at tne scene oi tne
wreck and after a delay of teverml
hours the track was repaired and the
trains allowed to pass.
Harried Last October.
rested for being. drunk. Johnson
came on -back to the; depot and re- Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Cline. of No. S
ported the affair to officer ttentieid. I township, announce the marriage ox
tie naa oeeu annmng, anu mr. vu-1 meir aaugnier, mis lvian, to Air.
field was doubtful about the truth oi Lloyd M. Flowe, of Denta, which oc-
his statements, but on investigating curred in Charlotte October 28,
the trouble he found Mr. Will Davis, Miss Myrtle Suther, of Concord, and
an overseer at the Brown mill, who Mr. JL P. Gibbon, of Charlotte, were
said he was standing on the embank-1 witnesses to the marriage. Theyounar
ment near the bridge and heard the I people met in Charlotte on the above
men wnue iney were scuimug i oaxe ana ueciaea w gex marnea.
gether. Johnson came up town and I ter the ceremony the bride came bade
had a warrant sworn out for Edwards I to the home of her parents, and the
and Jim Holdbrooks, who he says was I matter was kept a profound secret tin-
the other mam boon after the war-1 tu a few days ago. 3Irs. Howe left
rant was sworn out, Chief of Police I last Saturday for Derita to join her
Boger. who was watclnng lor me I husband.
men, saw them in front of the hotel
and served the warrant. I xfr. Jamea F. Hamilton died Satur-
Ed wards says that he was only play- morning of tuberculosis at his
ing with Johnson, and that he never home on Gedar treeL He had been
thought of robbing hum Holdbrooks a rodent Df Concord for a number of
denies positively , that he was there at ycarg, being employed in one of the
all, but Johiison states that he was the mjlls here. Hewas63 years of ag
man who assaulted hiin from behind, anda native of Montgomery county,
and that he recognized him in the funerai jerrices were held at the
struggle that followed. ; ; . home vesterdav and tlie interment
Edwards and Holdbrooks are two of I m&de jn Qakwood cemetery.
a number oi tougn cnaracxers wno
hnrn hftn rangintr trouble around the
depot for a number of years, Edwards The Lenoir News says that the
having served a sentence on the chain mill operatives in that town have or-rano-
of this county for breaking in cranized an anti-"ct2ssingM league.
freight cars. They will have a hear-1 and propose to impose a penalty up
inff in the Police Justice's court Satur-1 on the "cusser"! of five cents per
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