Tv'cHerrill. Editor and Fublisrier.
PUBLISHED TWICE A. WEEK.
ISO n Yenr. Duo idvnnoo.
CONCORD, iV. C ; THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17,1910.
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NO. 67.
flME FOR THE REAL WORK IN CONTEST
-Uxr Sixteen More Days in Which to win One of
Ihese Y diuauic i iiaco. rwc x wet ai
Work ? If Not, Why Not ?
Five additional prizes to contestants in our Piano Contest have
tiered, making eight in all. If you cannot win third prize,
, j e-Tort) you can certainly win one of the other five prizes offered
v the "irercants of our city, either of which is worth working for.
Consolation Prizes Offered!
t ,.ir tn f neourace those contestants who are somewhat behind
i e race, several of our merchants have kindly consented to offer pri
! in addition to the three prizes offered by The Times, as follows :
15 4th prize II. L. Parks & Co., a fine all-wool Ladies' Sweater,
,t style, 32 inches in length, valued at $5.50.
cth prize JLee Stone, a half dozen of the finest Photographs,
ro-'ce of stylesvalue $5.00.
fab srize lilack x snepara, i-aaies lanorea snirtwaist, or a
f ;ttly Blouse. . .
'tli prize White-Morrison-Flowe Co., a pair of Ladies' Fine Kid
i Stli prize Davis Drug Cp., a two-pound box of the famous Huy-.
r's Caiidv.
1 - r .1 1 il -1 il I II i
It will bee seen irom me aDove mat -mere is naraiy a contestant on
P lisr who cannot win one of these eight prizes. Go to work now in
lead earnest. Any one can enter me contest, it is Dy no means too
te to enter and win a prize.
The vote to-day stands as follows:,
Miss Margie McEachern, Concord 4355
Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute, . . 38,257
Miss Laura Barnhardt, Concord. . .... . . ... 11,577
Miss Marv Moser Misenheimer, No. 5 Township . ..... 8180
Company L, Concord.. .............. 8170
Rocky River High School .. . . 6555
Miss Grace Watkins, Concord 5 165
Mrs.C. C. Hill, Glass . ; 3120
Miss Ola Yerton, Newell. 2040
Miss Loula Hartsell, R. F. D. No. 7, Concord! i . . 2013
Miss Bertha Linker, Concord . 950
Miss Aylma Ridenhour .......... 450
Kannapolis School. .. . , . 250
Miss Louise Means, Concord . 250
MRS. COLE BUlffltD TO DEAI7L
r
Ixlie Hannon Pardoned.
Governor V, W. Kitchin on Wed-
sday granted a conditional pardon
Sudie Hannon, ot tins county.
is morning's correspondent of the
1 ,. o 1 t. rn :
larioiwi uoserver nas iue luiiuwmg:
'Governor Kitchin. pardons condi
nally Sudie Hannon, a young white
i from Cabarrus, who was serving a
itence of four vears and nine
iontlis, beginning in May, 1906 . The
rrii 1 j - a a
Kivernor savs: 'ine 'criri at tne ume
killing the man Stacks was not 14
tars old. If from now on her be
avior is gootl, she would be released
fore July. Several hundred citi
ijs, including manv of the best in
jabarrus, ask for her pardon. There
not a protest. All the jurors ask
r the pardon, and judge and solici
r recommend conditional pardon.
piich the Governor thinks proper.
I to her youth. She must ,re-
ain law-abiding and of good !be-
pvior.
"Governor Glenn two years ago
anned to place this erirl in a reform
er' if she showed evidence of proper
glKteiuon, and lie entrusted the mat
jr to .your correspondent. The girl
yr.r-i- .... 1. 1.1 1
f uium reoeinous, ana tne plan
eu, but at Christinas it was ob-
rved that her manner had srreatlv
panjred for tlm hptW STia
pick at her home."
fe Cannon and Gibson Mills.
Tlie annual lripptinfrc rf tLa 0fir-
paters of rim. p.innn . .1
pson Mfg. Co. were held in the of-
p 01 ti.e mills at the Cabarrus Sav-
?S Lank, Tuesdav n.ftArnrrn Tho
port of the ollicei-s of these mills
ryed them to be in a most excellent
fUUltlOll. Tlift nna o V.oc u
f e ot the best years in the history of
! - 0b muusinai msuiuuons
Ijcli have done so much in the up
iiding ' and development of the corn
eal life of the city. All of "the
1 !f cers of both mills were re elect
Cannon mill paid a semi-an-l
dividend of 5 per cent, and
CiS a miU Paid a semi-annual
Knfd of 3 per cent. Among the
W tVQ stckholders here were:
?Varmo Wadsworth, of Char-L';-J'Sk,
of China Grove;
id? 7 Tf .nhardt' of Pioneer Mill;
ott nf nlei' of chariotte, and Jno.
ProSlsWd To-day.
watentiou to have a family reunion
h ? Depot Street' but
Jf to he fact that members of
?w Yori-VlU S f1ar awa some in
ro and1 oth?rs indifferent
; "i uunir7' lhls could not be
etlv "z; rrPst are
ve' me day by them-
r'lr- Prom i ic 1.
J. 1 ur very best and
Graded School Athletic Association.
At a recent meeting of the Athletic
Association of the Central Graded
school, Mr. Charles " Wadsworth was
elected manager, and Mr. Fred Iat
terson captain, of the baseball team
for this year. Arrangements are be
ing made for a series of games between
the teams of the High Schools of Lex
ington, High Point, Salisbury and
Concord. The teams of the,se schools
will be formed into a league and each
team will play the other teams in the
league three games. Among those
who were members of last year's team
and who are applicants for their old
places on this year's team are:
Patterson; catcher; Wadsworth, 1st
base; Sapp, 2nd base; Sherrill, 3rd
base; Sappenfield, short stop, and
Brower, Norman and Miller in the
outfield. There is much new mater
ial that is very promising and tne "old
men1' will have to hustle to keep their
jobs. These boys are out for the pen
nant in this league and if they succeed
in developing a classy young pitch
er they will give the teams that com
pose this league a hard race for the
flag. -
1 tr
uav
H subxt. 1 uur very best and
hoH- lal , and he and
II. lte are loved anH rwj
one
are rec
-ii mat
Prolt has thrftp n)A
who knows t.bpm a
thnleie "gratulations
-:es. 1 muuy fends and acquain-
Ktr. p,
;-tw
Kb
rxdchildreri living.
Griffin is here today.
Death of Mrs. G. R. Winecoff.
Mrs. G. Randolph Winecoff died at
her home in No. 4 township, Tuesday
morning at 4 o'clock, death being due
to an acute attack of appendicitis.
She was married in 1893 to Mr. G.
R. Winecoff, who, with five children,
three girls and two boys, survive her.
Before her marriage she was Miss Jen
nie Faggart, daughter of Mr. P. M.
Faggart, and was born and reared in
this county. . Besides her husband and
several children she is survived by her
father and several brothers and sisters,
one of her brothers being Mr; A. M.
Faggart, of this city.
The funeral services were held yes
terday at Mt. Olivet Methodist church
conducted by Rev. T. W. Smith, of
this city. The interment was made in
Mt. Olivet cemetary.
"Black Sam Jones'; Here.
Rev. A. McLees, of Chester, S. C,
who styles himself as 'Black Sam
Jones," preached at the court house
here last night. Every seat in the
house was taken, and standing room
was hardly available. The crowd
was about equally divided between
white people and negroes, with the
latter slightly in the majority.
For one hour "Black Sam Jones"
preached to them on future and
eternal punishment. He was given
respectful and attentive hearing by
the white people of the audience, and
his preaching had such a telling effect
on many of the members of his own
race that at times when he was es
pecially eloquent n warning them of
tne error of their ways tnai tney aia
not hesitate in shouting that verbal
approval.
"Black Sam Jones" is a good
speaker, and he held the attention of
his large audience throughout his dis
course. "
Good!
The South Carolina Supreme Court
Tuesday handed down a decision in
the Tillman habeas corpus case,
taking Senator Tillman's grandchild
ren from him and awarding their
custody to their mother.
Clothing Czsghl fire fro Stove, zzi
Death Uesdttd in Fcsr Hosts.
The last issue contained an account
of the death at Goldsboro Sunday
night of Mrs. Lucy P. Cole. A tele
gram was received here Monday
morning by Mr. R. S. Wheeler, from
her son-in-law, Mr. C. A. Pamphlint
simply saying that she died Sunday
night, and would be buried in Car
thage Monday, It was not until the
Charlotte and Raleigh, papers came
Tuesday that it was known that she
was so badly burned as to cause her
death. A letter received yesterday
morning from Goldsboro to parties in
Concord stated that Mrs. Cole was sit
ting in her room reading her bible,
and the wood box caught fire. Mrs.
Cole stated that she thought she could
put out the fire herself instead of call
ing some one, but in doing so her
clothing caught fire.
The Goldsbrro correspondent of the
Raleigh News and Observer has 'the
following account of the distressing
affair:
"A horrible calamity occurred here
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. L. P. Cole,
an invalid, while alone m her room,
was so badly burned that death re
sulted. The room caught fire from a
red hot stove and the flames reached
the unfortunate woman before the
flames were seen by anyone and ;aid
could reach her. The skin of., her
body mainly her face, shoulders and
arms were literally cooked, presenting
a most horrible sight. Her cries were
heartrending.
"Her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Pamp
lin, and son-in-law, Mrs. C. A. Parap-,
lin, who is freight agent for the South
ern Railway in this city, were the first
to arrive upon the scene, being attract
ed by the screams of the burnt Woman,
and when they reached her the rroom
was in a mass of roaring flames "atfd
full of smoke. The daughter rushed
to her mother and tried to put the fire
out, but was unsuccessful and : in a
few moments was herself enveloped
with the flames and would have also
been burned to death but for the pres
ence of mind and cool judgment of
her husband who snatched up a blank
et from one of the beds in the room and
threw it around her, thus smothering
the names. The daughter then be
came frantic with fright and rushed
out of the house to the sidewalk and
began screaming for help, and when
neighbors reached, Jier side she had
fainted. She was painfully burned
but her injuries are not considered of
a serious nature. When the doctors
arrived at the home they at once gave
up all hope of saving the life of the
mother, and said it would be a bless
ing for her to die, as terrible was a
poor word to use in expressing the
suffering the poor woman was indulg
ing in, and a few minutes after eight
o'clock Sunday night the Peath An
gel came and the soul of the suffering
woman took its flight to the other
world. Sunday was the firat time the
invalid woman has been left alone
since she was stricken helpless. She
told her nurse, who is her companion,
that she could take the children of her
daughter and go to Sunday school and
the nurse had only been out a short
while when the awful calamity hap
pened. The fire department was not
called out as nearby neighbors, after
some very commendable and heroic
work, succeeded in putting the fire
out before it had gained dangerous
headway.
Messages were dispatched to rela
tives in this and other States who to
day have been arriving in the city on
all- incoming trains. The deceased
had many warm friends in this city
and formerly lived in Concord.
Mrs. Cole was conscious to the end
and endeavored to thank rescuers for
their kindly offices. The funeral
was held from the home at one o'clock
conducted by Rev. D. H. Tuttle, pas- j
tor of St. Paul M. E. church, and the
remains were taken over the Southern !
to Carthage, N. C. her old home for
interment."
Movement for New Church Building.
Rev. S. N. Watson, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of .this city, an
nounced at the services at this church
last Sunday morning that a congrega
tional meeting will be held next Sun
day for the purpose of taking the ini
tial steps in the erection of a new
churcK. There has been a rumor to
the effect . that this congregation in
tended to build a new church, but this
is the first official announcement con
cerning it. The site for the new edi
fice has not yet been decided upon,
but it is very probable that it will be
erected on the site of the present one.
Mr. Watson is doing a splendid work
here, and under his ministry the pre
sent church has become inadequate
for the fast growing congregation,
and if they decide to erect a new
church the work will come under the
guidance of a man who is in every
way capable of assuming the arduous
duties of building a new church and
at the same time keep up the work of
pastor of a congregation.
Miss Canaille Durham returned to
her home in Charlotte yesterday after
spending several days in the city the
guest of Mrs. E. J. Braswell.
LOCAL PLKCnriGS.
Short Iteas cf Leal h&rest te Oty,
Ccssty tzi This Section.
Mrs. J. W. Cannon enterUined the
Emory Club Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. E. F. Correll has been confined ;
to her home on South Union street for
several days on account of illness.
Miss Minnie I)msx is verv sick
with pneumonia at the home- of Mr.
Roy Propst on North Sprinjr street I
Mr. W. R. Blackwelder has resign
ed his Dosition with ilr. W. J. Okt
and is succeeded by Mr. S. O. Eddie-
Mr. J. F. Hurler. . editor of the
Tribune, has been confined to his
home for several days on account of
sickness.
Marriage license has been issued to
Mr. J. W. Yates, of the Gibson Mill
and Miss Victoria Rabon, of No. 4
township. .
Mr. Matthew Sides, formerlv a no-
hceman here, who has been living at
xs.annapoiis tor some time, has moved
nis iamiiy bade to Concord.
Mr. M. M. Gillon has resigned his
toosition as book-keeper at the Ritchie
Hardware Co.. to accept a similar pos
ition with H. L Parks & Co.
- Mr. Hawley Petrea will return to
morrow from the Presbyterian Hospit
al at Charlotte, where he underwent
an operation for appendicitis.
Mr. J. W. Carriker, of No. 10 town
ship got a turnip out of his patch a
few days ago that weighed 7 pounds,
and was 26 inches in circumference.
Mr. J. H. Long has been very ill at
his.home on East Depot street for the
past week. Messrs. H. C. and Mur
ray Long of Charlotte, two of his sons
are here at his bedside.
Dr. L. A. Bikle has been elected
principal of Rocky River High School
toisucceed Mr. Homer Winecoff, who
resigned last week. The work of the
school will be resumed Monday.
Master Brice Willeford has secured
the agency of the Charlotte Chronicle
and will deliver the papers every after
noon to the Chronicle's subscribers in
this city. -
WcAl and Cotton Reporter: "It is
reported that the . Young-Hartsell
mills of Concord, N. C, which spin
cotton yarns, will install looms at an
early date, and weave their product."
The Hamby 'phone line " was
completed this week and is now in
Ojperation. This line runs from Con
cord by the Phoenix Mine to the home
of Mr. J. E. Carter, a distance of -half
a mile beyond the mine.
Mr. Brice Baker, son of Mr. H. T.
Baker, of No. 10 toAvnship, while
coasting on the snow and ice a few
days ago, had the misfortune to fall
and sprain his shoulder. He will not
be able to do any work for two or
three weeks. ,
Mr. L. E. Boger, who has been
State agent of the Jackson Automobile
Co., has resigned the agency for this
car. Mr. Boger will not retire from
the automobile business but he has
several offers under consideration for
the agency of different nigh class ma
chines. Mr. Elmer Henrv, of Forest Hill,
will move his family next week to
Stanly county where they will make
their home. His little son, Harry
Henry, has been an apprentice in The
Times office for several months and is
a smart and industrious boy. We re
gret very much to see him leave.
The members of the several councils
of Jr. O. U. A. M. of Concord and
Cabarrus will have a large delegation
at Greensboro on February 22 to 24,
to urge the election of Mr. Luther T.
Hartsell as State Councilor. Aside
from Mr. Hartsell's own fitness for
the position, Cabarrus is one of the
strong Junior Order counties in the
State, and should have the omce.
Rev. Dr. J. C. Rowe, Presiding El
der of the Salisbury district, passed
through the city yesterday on his way
to Mt. Pldasant, where he will begin
a series of meetings in the Methodist
church. Services will be held every
morning and evening. The quarterly
confernce will be held Saturday and
there will be preaching Saturday
morning at 11 o'clock.
Greensboro News, 14th: "A negro
man entered the residence of the Rev.
D. M. Li taker, on Ashboro streets yes
terday morning, and after casually
looking around, selected a nice over
coat, hat and umbrella and quietly
walked out. The police have been
working on the case, but like the nu
merous other ones during the past two
weeks the burglar left little to work
upon." -I
Salisbury correspondence Charlotte
Observer: "Arrangements are being
made by the Rowan County Board of
Commissioners to purchase a dredging
machine which" it is proposed to use in
dredging the creeks and rivers of the
county. This work, it is said will,
render hundreds of rich farming land
tenable and greatly improve the health
conditions of this State. Other coun
ties in this State have tried the plan
with splendid results."
Yes, After AH,
ifs p to Vs!
PROGRESS, which spells PROS
PERITY, Is but another way of spell
ing PUBLICITY.
In ADVERTISING, In making things
known from man to man, from wo
man to woman, lies th secret of SUC
CESS for which individuals and com
munities seek. . ,
The day of waiting for BUSINESS
to step In at the door and SUCCESS
to blow in at the window Is past
We must go out and corral BUSI
NESS and coax SUCCESS, r
And the one way to do 1ft Is spelt so:
P-U-B-M-C-I-T-Y.
Efirds have a full page of interest
ing reading for your perusal in this
issue. .
-
Mr. J. Lee Stone has purchased Mr.
Lacy Cochrane's interest in the Pas
time moving picture show.
H. L. Parks & Co. have a half page
full of bargains for Saturday and
Monday. Read the ad.
, Mrs. H. M. Propst will entertain
the v lrginia Daref Boo Cluo to-oior
row afternoon.
Black & Shepard have a change of
ad., calling your attention to; dainty
muslin underwear. '
Miss Laura1 Barnhardt is very sick
at her home on Spring street with in
flammatory rheumatism.
Mr. John F. Moose will have a pub
lic sale of personal propeity at Misen
heimer Springs, on" Friday, March 4.,
See ad.
Announcement of the approaching
marriage of Mr. James Theodore Ab
ernethy and Miss Minnie WindleCost
ner, of Gastonia, has been " made, the
wedding to take place April 27. The
bride-to-be is well known in Concord,
where she has visited!.
Two new reels will be on the pro
gramme at The Pastime to-night,
"Father Rescues Daughter" and 4A
Trip to the Frozen North." Eyery-
body should see this picture, , as it
shows many pictures of the arctic re
gion, and you can form a good esti
mate of the many obstacles that the
arctic explorers wereicbnipelled to ov
ercome. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hancock, of
Austin, Texas, will arrive the latter
part of the week to spend several days
in this city. Mr. Hancock is in the
interest of missions, under the direc
tion of the mission board of the Pres
byterian church. He was a mission
ary to China for several years, and is
now ' at home on a vacation. It is
very probable that he will deliver an
address on missions at the First Pres
byterian Church while he is here.
While in the city Mr. and Mrs. Han
cock will be the guest of Mr. D. B.
Morrison.
The many friends of Rer. J. E.
Shenk will be glad to know that he. is
again able to be out after being con
fined to his home for several weeks on
account of illness'. As was stated -in
The Times several weeks ago, Mr.
Shenk has been granted six months
vacation by the congregation of St.
James Lutheran Charch and he- will
leave about the 15th of March for
Misenheimer Springs. . Mr. Shenk
will spend several months at this well
known health ; resort" and it is very
probable that he will visit other resorts
during his vacation.
Mr. L. Windsor Hutchins', formerly
of The Times force, is now in New
York attending the Empire Linotype
School, where he is learning to operate
a type-setting machinef He was on the
printing force of this paper for over
two years, and was . one : of our
most faithful, and valued employ
es. He was pains taking, energetic
and capable, and always to be thor
oughly relied upon. He has contract
ed with the Seaman printery at Dur
ham to operate a Merganthaler ma
chine as soon as he learns it, which
will be in about two months,
lESG
A Pirtu! list cf Tfcs Assrj Us tTb
CcxtzA Ox
Mrs, W. C. Hoon
parents ia Mosro.
H. W. JefTsUL of Tttyatmj.
spent ywOmUy in ih city.
Mr. Jsjw Eilrd of !Ii Lin t w
iting hi brother, Mr. Inl KSrd.
Mr. J. M. Odell and Miu MsJ!i
Whit spent yimlay in ClsrkU4L
her ton. who it in tchunf i A!r.
dri. Va.
Dr. SL W. Williams Itti thi.
ingon butiness trip to th rattrra
panel the Mat.
Mrs. E. W. Fnrrt and XiliU Mii
Alice Elizabeth, of UiU lnl, are
visiting Mrs. Frtrxe s twrrnU. Cs ra
il. B. pArks.
Mr. Leon Cxxh. who hss brn riilt.
ing at the home of Mr. J. U lUrU!!.
wm return to-morrow to hi homo ,ia
Winston -iNdem.
Mrs. Brsswtil Ecterteiss.
Mrs. EL J. Braswell was hrwtL- nn
Monday ereninir at a delightful VJ.
entine party, given in honor of her
nouse guests, iluses Camilla Durham
and Essie Stokes, of Charlotte,
The frame of the evening vii mt.
back, and the , prue was awarded to
Airs, milium Uibaon. The score
cards were in the shape of bouts, and
the decorations and refreshments wen
appropriate to the ocrasion. The
guests, in addition to the honorees,
were: Mr. and Mrs. William Gibson,
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Patterson,
airs. it. A. Brown, Misses Grace and
Maude Brown and Mary King, Messrs.
R. M. Odell, Dr. It. M. King. L. W.
Brander and Cameron McKae, of
Greenville, S. C.
No MNi-Beer" for Moeroe.
If onros Journal.
No near beer for Monroe, neither
for Bentonville, nor the regions
roundabout. Mr. J. R. Kundcrburk
came to Monroe last week from
Salisbury, rented a small store room
in Bentonville, got license from the
sheriff to e!I near beer, unloaded
several barrels of some kind of hojr
wash from a wagon, and was about
ready to create a little hell for the
people of that community, when
something happened. Tbcy didn't
threaten him. they didn't Intimidate
him, they didn't say they would bum
him out, or shotgun quaiantine him
or night rider him, or anything else.
One of the leading men who Uvea
over there just went to Mr. Fundcr
burk and persuaded him to hitch up
and go back where he came from or
somewhere else. It was a simple
case of moral suasion, of good chris
tian argument so to speak, and it
was put to him so earnestly that Mr.
Funderburk said. "Well, if the sher
iff will give me back the money I
paid for the license, I'll quit"
"It's a trade." said the gentleman
who was doing the talk, "and if the
sheriff can't give the money back It
will be found somewhere else."
Sheriff Griffith was only too glad
to return the money and cancel the
license, because he wouldn't issue
one of the things at the start till the
Supreme court said he had to. Mr.
Funderburk got his money back and
on last Friday he loaded up his near
slop and went back.
Mr. Funderburk is not so bad,
even if he did want to sell such stuff.
You nave often heard that no one is
altogether bad who is subject still to
moral suasion. And Mr. Funder
burk was subject. And the good
folks who live over on Benton Hill
believe more than ever In moral suasion;
No near beer for Monroe.
Newfy-Bsra Bsbt Ksrfed frca Speeds
Wednesday morning Coroner Pea
cock, of Thomasville, received a tel
egram from Linwood stating that a
dead baby had been found between
the two tracks hall a- mile below
Holtsburg towards Yadkin river. Dr.
Peacock went to the scene and held
an inquest and the following was the
folding of the jury.
'That the white male infant had
been dropped or thrown from some
moving northbound tram and that
said infant came to its death from
having been thrown or dropped from
the train and striking an extention
cross-tie. That said infant was new
ly born and had not been bathed or
dressed. That said infant came to
its death at the hands of some un
known person, said person being on
one of the early northbound trains."
The county and railway authorities
will use every effort to find the
guilty" party. Fresh blood marked
the place, sshowing that it had been
killed only a short time. The bead
was burst open and its brains were
scattered tor about fifteed feet be
side the track. When first found
two buzzards were found eating and
fighting over the body.