North Carolina Newspapers

J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. PUBLISH EDM ON DAYS AN D THU RSD AYS. tO i Year, Dae Ln Advisee. VOL. XXXVII. CONCORD. N. C.; MONDAY; JANUARY 8, 1912. NO. 55 . . KIlS - . WOMAN LOSES HER LITE IN FIBE. "Mrs. Thurman Eudy, Burned to Death " Saturday Morning -Fire Caused by "Expyoding Lamp. I ' j. As a , result of her clothing catch ing fire from what is thought an ex- Iploding lamp . Mrs. Thurman Eudy, a young .white woman, wag burned to .death about 8 vo'docjc Saturday at I her home on Mcuill street while alone l with two little children between one a n d four years of age. . Mrs. Eudy Land her children were at home and the first alarm of the fire was given when one of them ran to Mr. Dick At well, who was passing and said: tl Mother is burning up. ' ' Mr. At avcII rushed into the house and in a lew minutes he was 'joined by Mr. Ed ;Misenheimer, a near neighbor. But they arrived; too late for assistance .as the unfortunate woman was dead; her body being charred almo.it be yound recognition, j . : The fire alarm was turned1 in, oth er neighbors rushed to the scene and in a few minutes the fire, which had consumed the bed, was extinguished. The house is a small four room structure -and it -was in one of the front rooms that, the tiap;edv occurr-, ,ed. In one corner of the. room was a small table and on it was a lamp. The-cover' of the table was burned and just above it could be seen where the flames had licked the walls. It is thought that when Mrs. Eudy made an attempt to extinguish the blaze her clothes caught and she rushed to the bed to smother the blaze. ' - ! V ' Her husband, who had gonevjto his work at the Gibson mill, was notified but when he arrived his wife was dead. v. : ' i. ' , ' j '. Record of Rain for 1911. I Our good friend, Mr. Milas ISa frit,;of No. 6 township, keeps a rec ord every, year! of the days on which irain falls, and is kind enough to furn ish us a copy of it for -publication. ? The following shows the number of f tames rain" fell, in-. each month... i January '10 ; 'February 8 ; March I 12 ; April 15 ; May 7 ; June 11 ; July 12; August 17; September 10; Oc tober 10; November j9; December 12 .This, shows that Tain fell on 143 of the 365 days. Sometimes this rain fall was only a few drops. It will be hard to convince many people that rain fell so often during the summer .months, as last summer is known as one of the driest we have had in many years. ; J Mr. Safrit says there were four Fridays oh which the sun was not seen, as follows; January 20, Febru ary 17, December 15 and 22. Handkerchief Showir Miss Mollie Brown deliglitfully en tertained at a handkerchief shower Saturday aftenoon at the home of Mrs. Walter Calloway, -in honor Of her lister. Miss Eva; May Brown. The honoiee was showered with & large number-of dainty handkerchiefs dur ing the evening. ' A delicious salad course was then served. Miss Brown 's truest s were: Misses Eva .May Irovn. Marv nnd Adeline Morrison. ( Geneva Parks. Loiila Query, J ulial McConneli; .Lola Walker; Mattie Lentz, Agnes White. Blanche Brown, . Maude Brown, Wilma Cprrell, Louise Means. Marguerite and Alice Brown, ;Zula Patterson, Bessie - McEachern, ;-Ad(lie Goodman, Mary Sims, of'Char 'lotte. Rose. Willeforcl and Mrs. Mark - Linker, Misses Nannie .Alexander, 1 -Tssie Burkhead, J Maude Gibson, l.bnfh and Elma Bovd and Edna v ori el. ' Death of An Infant. ' The day told infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Sloan, of Charlottedied Thurs- iay mornmg. The t remains; amv d here tha afternoon and the interment was made . at Oakwood cemetery. . Irs. Sloan is. a-daughter of Mi, and Mrs. Jj A. Sims and she :nd Mr. Sloan have the sincere sym pathy o.f a .number of friends" here in their bereavement. Bad Wreck on Seaboard. - , . ! t i Petersburg, Va., ft an. 6. Seaboard Air Line passenger train No. 66 was wrecked at McKenney,. 30 miles 'south, of here, at 7.:30 o'clock tonight, . nd the. engine and five cars left the r.'iils. The engine, baggage and mai ;irs-rolled down a 12-foot embank niont i Engineer BishbpJ of -Richmond, and lif'ivo fireman and one passenger w'ere .probably, fatally hurt, and severa others' seriouslyJ , iThe injured were taken to a Richmond hospital . n r .Mr. Gj H. Richmond is having (plans Tnnde for th ovonfinri nf Q linmo nn 1 us lot . on Georsna J Avenue. Mr Richmond plans to begin work on the lio usein April. SNOW AND SLEET. Concord Shivering in Grasp of Snow storni. Street Car Cannot Run. Business Almost at a StandstilL Concord shivers today in the grasp of a snowstorm. The first snow be gan to fall Saturday night about 10 u ciuck auu aunng me mgni , aooui three inches of snow fell. Yesterday the day was slightly warmer than Saturday and during the afternoon A 1 f 1 ? . ... mere was indication mat the weath er might be warmer. At . midnight, nowever; the mercury dropped dead edly and tbis mornihg was about as low as at any time during the winter. Sleet began to fall about 7 o'clock but in a few; minutes" it changed to snow, which continued to fall steadi ily throughout the morning hours, coming down and enveloping the city and vicinity like a great white sheet. As a result of the sleet and snow traffic here is almost at a standstill. Horses can hardly retain a footing Qn the frozen snow covered .ground and dray and delivery wagons are onlj: being sent out in extreme cases. This is the first test of the storage battery car on a track covered with sleet and snow and up to the present time the snow has triumphed. The car made a few; trips this morning and then stopped. The track was soon covered with snow and when it resumes operation it will be neces- sary 'to either shovel it off or wait until it melts away. ' , There are many homes in the city that are without the. necessary fuel and food to keep them from feeling he cruel hand of want and intense suffering from the bitinjr cold. The cold,' bleak outward appear ance is the strongest--reminded -that there are people suffering from the weather. There are too many benevo- cnt associations and big, 1 warm hearted, charitable people in Concord not to respond, to the needs of all unfortunates within the city. ' The snow and cold wave present. ah .opportunity for every individual i . .. it j i t 1 'a a 10 praeuce me . great cnarity that drives, away ' the' sorfow; "of-tnisfor-. une and comforts "the suffering by contributing something, towards 'pro viding fhe destitute with the neces sary comforts of life. ' ' Let some organized efforf be made at once in their behalf.. r Extra Meeting of North Carolina ' Synod. . -. At the request of the Board of Trustees of Mont Amoena Female Seminary .and the constitutional num ber of, the ministers of the synod; ogether with the other officers of sy nod concurring, I as president of the Evahsrelical Lutheran Synod ' and Ministerium of North Carolina, do hereby call an extra meeting of said synod to. convene in St. Mark 's Evan gelical Lutheran church, China Grove, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 16, 1912, at 10 a.' m., to consider the rebuildingand future of said female seminary, whose building was burned on the night of November 30, 1911, at Mt. Pleasant, N. (V, The lav delegates of the last con vention of the synced, held in Wil mington last May, will be duly ac credited lay delegates of this extra meeting. 7 . M. Ml ICINARD, President. J, E.' Shenk, Acting Secretary. Pastor Granted Vacation. At the morning service at the First Preslby terkm church yesterday R e v. . Dr.- J. M. Grier, the pastor, announc ed that he- had been granted a month's vacation by the congregation. Dr. Grier will leave Tlhirsday for Lake land, Flia., and ; will spend a month ihere and at other plaees in Florida., During his absence there. will be reg ular services at the church, full an nouncement in this particular will be made later. This is Dr. Grier fist Vacation in three yedis. , Honor Roll, Harrisburg Scchool. Following is the honor roll of the Harrisbursr school for December: - Kathleen Alexander, Blanche Alex ander, James Alexander, Morris Au ten, Taylor Auten, Nettie Auten, John Davis, Martha Davins, Jimmy Gore, Edith Gore, Adam Hudson Evelyn Morrison, Roteit Morrison, Annie Lee Morrison, Bud Seals, Mary Sims. John Hugh' Taylor. , 'MARY GOIJRLEY, Teacher Death of Mrs. Chas. W. Alexander. Mrs. Charles W. "Alexander died yesterday morning at her home near Hileman's mill in JCo. 5 township, after an illness of several weeks. The funeral was held today at New Gil ead church. On account of being un able to get in communication with that section of the county today, ful details concerning the death of the deceased are unavailable. RICHESON CONFESSES. Boston. Pastor Writes Confession of the Harder of His Afianced Bride. . ; Ikston. Mass., Jan. 6. The Revi Clarence V. T. Rieheson confessed his guilt of the murder of I his for mer sweetheart. Avis Linhell. of Hy- annis, in a document made public my his counsel today.1 The' confession declares that the accused is, guilty "of the offense of which he is in dicted' which is murder in the first degree. . Whether Richeson will pay the extreme penalty, which, under5 ! the Massachusetts law, is death by the elect rie chair, no court official could predict today. ' ' i : The confession is as follows: . "BostonJan. 3 1912. "John L. Lee. Esq., j '. "William A. Morse, Esq.. j ! ? "Philip R. Dunbar, Esq., M "Gentlemen: Deeply penitent for my sin, and earnestly desiring, r as far as in mv power lies, to make atonement. I hereby confess that I am guilty of the. offense of which I stand indicted. ; , "T am moved to this course! by no inducement of self-benefit or lenien cy. Henious as is my crime God has not wholly abandoned me, and ray conscience and manhood; however de praved and blighted, will not I admit of my still further wronging; by a public trial her whose pure I young life I have destroyed. Under the lashings of remorse I ha suffered and am suffering the tortures of the damned. In this I find a measure of comfort." In my mental anguish I recognize that there is still, by the mercy of the Master, some remnant of the divine spark of goodnes sstill lingering with me. I could wish to live only because in my prison's wall I .might in some small measure re deem my sinfulpast,? help some other despairing soul, and, at last find favor with ray God. ! ' ' You are - instructed to deliver tliis ..to the district attorney or" to the .ju'dgebf the court. 1 1 Sincerely yours, , " CLARENCE T. RICHESON,-' ' Boston, Jan. 6. Speculation was rife today as to what ultimately will be the fate si Rev. C. V. T. Riche son, who confessed to the murder of his former sweetheart; Avis Linnell, From a source close to Governor Foss the statement came today that the attitude of the executive proba- bly would be in favor of a commuta-J nuii ui aeiiivmre ui ueaiu in tiie eieu- trie chair to' one of life imprison ment, if the law 's fullest piehalty is imposed by, the court. Members of the governor's council are known al ready to have been approached con cerning their attitude in case the death penalty is imposed and a peti- tition for commutation is madei No, leniency for Richeson on the part of the district attorney is ex pected and no less plea than that of murder in the first desnee will meet lis approval. b ' t j - Judge Montgomery 's Condition. The condition of ex-Judge W. J. Montgomery, who has been very ill or uremic poison in the Charlotte Sanatorium for several days, 'is not improved today. It was hoped to have an operation performed ; yester day morning, but he was too j weak for this to be done. He is 78 years of age, well preserved for his; years and until reeehtlv a man of remark able vigor both of mind and bodv. Mrs. Montgomery remains with him all the time, and other members of the family go over every day to see him. His son. Dr. J. C. Montgomery, and his daughter, Mrs. E. C. Register, live in Charlotte, and are with him almost constantly. After Charlotte Mint. Washington, Jan. 6.- The House committee on appropriations carrying out its plan of economy, is after the Charlotte mint again. Representa tive Webb will try to hold it. : Rep resentative Page, who is a member of the committee on appropriations will assist. An effort to abolish the Charlotte mint was thwarted by Mr. Webb during the last Congress, fey a personal fight on the floor of the House he saved it. . ' Snow Cream Party. "The Boys from Rector's" witi en tertain a number of friends at a snow cream party at their apartments in the St. Cloud Hotel tonight.! Doc Cook will, shovel in the snow; and serve the boys in other ways, j The. Young Ladies' Guild of St. James Lutheran church, will meet to night at 7:30 o'clock at the parson age ! SPEAKS IN RALEIGH. Introduced by Former GoTenior Ay cock and Greeted By An Enthcs iastic Audience. Raleigh. Jan. 6 Colonel Kr a arrive in the city this afternoon shortly after 4-o,cloek from rw. Ileston, where the colonel spoke last night, lie was met at the depot by a committer of men and driven di rect to the Yarborough. where many of his admirers gathered tb shake bis hand. j Mr. Bryan was introduced 'by' ex Gmernor Ay cock, probably the most polished speaker in North Carolina, and the things he said about the vis itor were: calculated to cause enthus iasm. Incoming trains today brought many people here for the speaking, and several of those who came frank ly declared that they came as much to hear Mr. Aycock as Colonel Bry an.; The platform was occupied by practically all the prominent men of Raleigh. fepeafcing on "The Trend of events throughout the world' Mr. Bryan brpnght to a close his address with an appeal for the initiative and refer endum. He said he believed if North Carolinians understood . the princi ples they would be overwhelmingly for: them. Mr. Bryan announced that he would, say a few words in reply to -Senator Lodge, who sjioke here in November. 'He repeated that he was not a candidate for office, because he does npt believe lie is the strongest man, but will fight the element of the party that would represent Wall street, j He spoke gratefully of North Carolina, the first State to endorse him t before his Chicago speech. : tThe Visitor was given a rousing re ception, but 'his appeal for the ini tiative and referendum did not ap peal much. Governor Aycock got an ovation when he introduced the speaker. At least 4,000 people were present. V . ( f ; i: Forest Hill News. ) i'1rs- I jziftl. James has frone to Mooresville to visit relatives a few f 4 weeks. The ifamilies of Messrs D. R. Hen derson and J. P. Wheeler arrived in the city Saturday night and will make their home here. Miss Lucy Freeze has returned to Concord, after spending a month in Belmont with her parents. , Mr.' J. L. Settlemire and family, of Chester, S. C, are moving to Con cord today, where Mr. Settlemire has 4he .Mms. Mr.' and Mrs. Howard, Dry have re turned to Rock Hill) S. C, after spending a few weeks in Concord. Mr. B. F. Coble, of High Point, spent Sunday in the city with his family? ' Mr. C. E. Stratford, of Charlotte, spent Sunday in the city with rela tives. . Rev. A. D. Wauehope, who has been eonfined to his bed for the pat Veek, was able to be out yesterday and preached to his congregation at the McKinnoh church. Bitterly Cold All Over Country. Cold weather records for the year, and in many instances for many years were broken today, and will be broken by the succeeding 24 hours in the territorv within a 1,000-mile ra dius of the Great Lakes, according to the prediction issued by the Chi cago weather bureau. In thes immediate vicinity of the lakes, where the open water temper ed the blast, temperatures were mate rially higher than in places farther away. A low record for many years for Chicago was established shortly before noon, however, at 9.6' below zero. Tomorrow's figure is predicted to be 15 degrees below zero. West, as far as the Rocky Moun tains, and south into Canada, low temperatures for today, it was pre dicted, would be forgotten in the bit ter blasts of the next 24 hours. -51 shrd shr shr shr shr shrdl shr Real Leap Year Marriages. Greensbor, Jan. 7. Mrs. Flora Cook, a middle aged white woman of High Point, set up an unique sort of record in Guilford during the past week, 'when with one trip-to Greens boro she bought marriage licenses for herself and son, who is juslt of age. Saturday evening the licenses were returned properly signed and the fact became public that Mrs. Flora Cook and Mr. Calvin A. Wagner were mar ried Thursday morning and an hour later Jeter Cook and Miss Hattie Hayworth were married. Jeter Cook is 21 vpars df are and a son of Mrs. Flora Cook. The. mother and bride attended to all ihe arrangements and financed both weddings. ; '. The cradle manufacturer- is natur ally out for the rocks. DEATH Or MR. Wr EL HENRY. r Occnned trridiy Homisg at Sutt Hospiul is Morgiatoal A elejnTLa w rnrtvfd Friday (rt'in Moricalon Utia? that Mr. W. II. Henry di! tWrr lint ing at 1 oVIock. The remain will b sent here immediately and tb fun eral was held vunday aftrroooa at 2 oVkk at the b'Mce of Mi, R- W. Henry, a on of the deee&4. The 'service was conducted by Rer. Mr. Wauehoupe, pastor of Mc Kinqon Presbyterian; chtireh. Mr. Henry was 5S year of ag and a na tive of Iredell county. He mored to Concord about 20 years ago and en gaged in business here most of his time being devoted to ibe livery bus iness, conducting a stable at Forest Hill, where he was well known. He was active member of iths Presbyter ian church and had been an elder in McKinnon church since it was organ ized. He is survived by sevtn chil dren, two daughters, Mrs. J; R. Tur ner, of Columbia, S. and Miss Clara Henry, of this city, and 'five sons, Messrs. J. E., B. W and W,.A. Henry, of Concord, Frank , Henry, of Fort, Riley, and Troy Henry, of Barium Springs. Five Sites Offered And Caah Secur ed for Female College. Salisbury, Jan. 6. Five sites and a considerable amount of cash have been offered for the proposed Salis bury Female college, which a com mittee of active citizens are endeav oring toland in this city. So far the citizens' committee has met with much encouragement in the matter and it is expected that! the proposi tion' to establish such an institution will take definite shaje soon. The opening of the Salisbury pub lic library early next week is looked forward to with, great interest here. Miss Elizabeth Hedrick. a thorough ly competent young woman of Sal isbury, has consented to act as tem porary librarian and the success of the undertaking is assured. Already a -large-supply of choice .booksfiave beeri placed in the building, and the place will be thrown open to the pub: lie next week. ' Advertised Letters. The following letters remain un called for in the post office at Con cord, for the week ending Januarv 8. 1912: ! Men. ' O. A. Barringer, Marshall Caskey, John, Dalters, Mr. Flalzand. Frank Farrell, Isam Hutchison J, C. Hur-. ley, T. A. McClellan, A. C. Penland, George A. Robinson,, A. B. Tyson, J. A. Vinson. ; . Wwajn. ! Mrs, Allison Davis, Mrs. Ferguson, Mollie Fisher, Ellen Fry, Mrs. Pen inah Haney, Mattie Harris, Mrs. Bes sie Long, Mary Lilly, Mrs. L. R. P. Miller, Mrs. M. L. Moore, Mrs. Anna Moore, Ethel Rachester,! Mrs."Sarab Scott ! When calling for the above please say " advertised." ! M. L. BUCHANAN, ! Postmaster. Senator Overman Is Always on the Job. : In answer to a question, Senator Overman told the Salisbury Post, that he was against the j pension bill and would do all in his power against it; that he had voted against these bills for years and with the present lights ahead of him he expected to keep on. This is no news, however. to those who know Senator Overman and have kept up with! his record. He does not make a great big noise, but he is always on the job and car ries a level head all the time. Ed. Caton Pardoned. Raleigh. Jan. 7. Governor Kitchin today granted a pardon for E. C. Caton, Mecklenburg county, who has served since December, 1901, on an 18-months sentence to the; roads. Caton has been stricken with -pel lagra and his life is endangered. The laera. The solicitor who prosecuted recommends the pardon, I as do the county authorities, and the brother of the man is anxious to take the pa tient into his home" and do what he can for him. The pardon is condition ed on good behavior. ,1 Wilson Boom Launched at Seattle. Seattle, Wasj., Jan. S.An organ ization that will endeavor to secure deleg-ates from the State of Washing- ten who will favor the candidacy of Woodrow nson m the Democratic national convention was formed here today at a conference which was at tended by a number of well known party leaders. The Harmon support ers alreadv have organized and a spirited fight for control of the State delegation is in prospect. personal xnsmox Scat of tit Ptejlt Hett As4 C', wLcrt TSTfc Caet A&i Oo. Mr. and Mr. J. lri rtia" tprai. jirrdar in CtarMfip, Dr. Park Kief . f Ckht Uittt atsf ottr last fciirit NV 12. Mr. Jot McKay, of CKrUu, a a nsltor in lK ritt y?UnUy. Mr. W. H. Ttcdi6, ef SutetrilU, a a vuiti-r in tbe city cterd-y. . Mr. M. CaneroB. i?f AlUxrarU, wat a Concord iitr r4erdsir. Mr. II. W. Calji. of NV tmdoa i a vUitor ia the rily today, Mr. J. Ii Canfatf f (rt villie. n Ssdy viiUtur- Her. Mr. Cjeire Huhmond U fcdi& the day in Charlotte ri bu.inr. Mis Mary Sim, of Charlotte, U the gort of MU Era May Itrowu. Mr. J. R Krtor ha rrturotd from a short bnin irip to Marion S. C. little J. L. !ipkin, Jr.. iho bu len quite iek, is snie better t day. ' ' j Mr. R. K. Coble of !liSh Ient yeterdav here with his fam ily. . - . : Miss IJie Myer -has returned fmm Rowan county, Where she has hn visiting Mrs. MJJ. Trexlr, . Mr. R. S. Wlfclcr, of Ureenvitl spent yesterday in the city, the gttest of Mr. and Mrs. J. L McKav, , MisH Wilhelmina Antlcy, who has. been visiting Miss Pear! Barrier has returned to her home in Oranjrrbuix, S. c. 3dr. and Mr. F. B. Irvin, of SaL isburj spent Sunday here, and re turned home this morning on Nx Miss Mabel Mclntonh, of Gadsent Ala., who has been visiting Mm, 0 I. Sergeant at the gt. Cloud, has re urend to her home.. ? - ) ? Misslilildre6VItt bas rtumer to her home in WinstooSalem, after visiting her sister, Mrs. Claude Ram saur, for a fortnight. Mrs. L. R. Jordan, of Wilson, and Mrs. James McDonald, who ha? heflivvisitimr Mrs. R. K. Black. left vetlterdav afternoon for Charlotte. .Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mienbeimer have returned to their home in Spencer, after visiting ' relatives ta. the city for a few days. . i Miss E(Tie Bangle has returned t ier home in Norwood, after visltinj heT sister, Miss Bekie IUnglej for several days. ; ' ' . Mr. J. C. Widenhouse, of Boa Mill, returned this morning, to Ru therford Colloge to resume his stu dies, after spending the holidays at home. Miss Elizabeth Coltrane wiH re turn , tomorrow morning to (ireeM boro, after spending the holiday here with her parents, Mr. and Mr. D. B. Coltrane. Mrs. J. Hazel Witherspoon and lit- tleson, James Harvey, of Iancasttr, arrived last nipht and are at th home of Mrs. Witherspoon's father, Judire W. J. Montgomery. Officers Elected at 8t. James. Atva metinir of the eonirretratioa of St. James Lutlieran church yes terday morning an election of offi cers was held. The election was tbV first held under the new rules of or- zanization made by the church in De cember. Under the niles the govern ing body of the elrureh ha leen re duced from eighteen to nine iTicjals and the terms of olbee increased from two to three years. There is la pro vision, however, that given trje church . the risht to elect from time to tim men who have been efficient office r of the church for any length of timo to the office of honorary deacons. The nmplv elected, officer sare: 'Elder, John A. Cline, John LHendrix, and Charles A. Cook; Deacons, John II. Rutiedsre. R. E. Ridenhour. John . Cook. U.t. Cline, A. R. Hoover and Dr. W. L. Kzzell. Oinnerf Report. ilemphis, Tenn., Jan. 5. The Na tional Ginners Association give the amount of cotton ginned up to Jano- ov- 1 14 fl71 AOf hales. The amount rinnel bv states as follows: AlKam?. 1 fi-20.000: Arkansas, 7& 000 Florida. 87.000 : Georgia, 2,C40r 000; Lopisiana, 352,000 ; 3Iississipi, l.ajOMW; North rolina, 9$0,000; Oklahoma, 912.000; South Carolina, 1592,000; Tennessee, IJ03,000; Texas, 3.953,000; Virginia, 113,000. Total li.371.000. Mr. J. A. Kiramons has accepted a. position wi"ih Lippard Barrier. i