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J. B. SHERRILL,, Editor and Publisher.
PUBLISHEDjiMOND AYS AND THURS DAY S.
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VOL. XXXVII.
CONCORD. N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1912.
NO. 56
FOR BITULITHIC STREETS.
Street RaUway Company Makes City
. -a-x-ivyuMuvu.; uev s xave una-
.uuucuy iuimeans."
. A splendid opportunity presents
it.-Vlf for the city to satisfy .a long
lilt' need a bitulithic street in the
business portion. Nothing would give
Concord a more progressive or busi-
iie-like appearance. At the same
time it would be ot inestimable value
J0 the traveling public and a- great
ii'sstt to Tthe property owners.
,-?uiue uuic tifew au cuui t ym uittue
in this direction nd met with con-
'.iueruuie cuwuiagcuicm, tmuougn
there were a number of people; who
failed to give it any support. ' Now
nw and more favorable situation
presents -itself which sho'uld.give the'Seina,,-Thatis-fcufficient; we
project a great boost The street. rail-
way company has made the city a .
proposition to lay vitrified. brick be-
tueen its tracks and for 24 inches on
each side thereof, between Depot
andiCorbin streets, provided the city L"e apparent inconveniences, mere
will put down bitulithic asphalt or are a n.umber of new names on the
other like substance. To1-. Jt Proves beyond question the
-' 'Under the plan that was first in- correct location for the school ; it
aupurated to put down' bitulithic the 13 loc that wiU not down.
citv was to pay half thecost and the The year 1912 Promises much in a
property owners the otheri half. If material way. It will go down in
t lie street car company's proposition history-as-the; year when the rail
is accepted the portion of the street roads note the plural were built,
they will cover "will save one-fourth- The building of the Norfolk South
of the cost. I em is practically a sure thing, as .re
Jr.w there remains three-fonlfhs cent developments indicate. The
of the cost. This can be divided
eouallv between the city and the
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er co-operative spirit on the part of
nrnTprTv owners nnn wir.n T Mp nrnru I
UUtU HJt fumuuuu VUU UO 1HUCU I
Now ishe time to start the 'ball tnoi verypi.juwn iu
to rolling so that' the citizens and Peasant has a distmguisheoVxit
city can be, ready; by the time the 1Z m the person of Mr. H. H. Mar
street car track is put down in this shal- fT' Marshal is a Confederate
section of Street. i veteran I and one of tbe imen who fol-
Albemarle Paper
Albemarle, Jan,
nfcancrpa iTans I
10.-Mr. R. . 0.
iuace, ot mcKory, nas mis wee iaK-
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en charge of The Albemarle Chroni-
cle, a KPubhcan newspaper publish-
ea uere. jurv Mace :iym juii, ine pa-1 gieT1OI1. Friday night-the -19th instl
ler two-Aveeks,' and he t is satisfied1? The'tast number.. of' the vLyceu"m
with tne prospects lor the iuture
wnn tne prospects ior tne iuture
M ill purchase the paper and ruri it.;
The Albemarle Chronicle has been
rim for four or five years by: Messrs.
Wt A. Jones. This paper was estab-
lished in 1904 by Zeb B. Sanders,
who was then or soon thereafter Al-1
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bemarle's postmaster. In . fact each
postmaster when going out. ot prhce
sells out to some other prominent Re:
publican who soon become his sue-
.cessor in the postpffice. , If this rule
is retained. Mr. Mace will get the job
a. it. lYirK ine present posimasier nj0ying strictly high class entertain
at Albemarle, and Attorney I. R. ment; a new system of lighting has
Burleyson, publishers, and edited by hpfi ;nstaned in' the auditorium
now open for some laithluL Kepubli- Mrs L- A ST:ent ,last week
can. Mr. Kirk .having resigned two ai Black Mountain visiting her daugh
months ago. i . , ; : ' ieYm (Mrs. Lee Bernhardt.
TJ aIa mU fll MAT) Vi TT1 IT A I
xbtucigu wwcck vf wvxu.v.
Kaleicrh Times. 10th.
Declaring that the company had
treated their respectful petition for
an infrp'flSA in salarv with contempt.
twentv-five motormen and conductors
in the employ of the Carolina Power
& Light Company!; abanodoned their
nrs: n Tn wlpviIIa RtrPfit at noon
tnrtav nnrl rrolrkorl n sUfll t.hp. P.mwd
that gathered , on the street as soon
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as the news became known. Not the
least violence was manifested by any
of flip TTiPTi. -thoiiffh thev " kidded' M
the ten raortormen' and conductors
.who remained" oil their jobs;
Tlio cti-ant ziarc -w&m m i n n Pil v V1 Hi
in half an hour after the strike was
declared by linemen -and the i office
force: At any rate, the cars were be-
in? operated and f)y 1:30 the public I
could not have told that anything out
ot the ordinary had occurred.
Paris Threatened j by Floods Again.
Paris, Jan. 9. A repetition of the
Teat flood of 1910 is believed to be
imminent here today, following the
rapid rise of the Seine.
A heavy rain has been tailing tor
more than twentv-four hours, and
tht authorities have warned merch-
ants in the Port de Bery to evacuate
at once. - The lower quays are mun-
dated for the entire length of . the J
city. X rise of 20 inches is expect-
e.d in the Seine by tomorrow. If this
esults a disastrous - flood is believed
r
eyi table, h- .'. "
Mr. A. G. Odell Promoted.
At an annual meeting .of the di
rectors Lof the Kerr Bleaching and
vFinishing' Works Mr. Arthur G.
Mdell, who has held a position in the
office of the comnanv for some time,
was' elected to the position of secre-
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lary. The other ! officers of the com
pany are: D. B. Coltrane, presi-
dent; W. C. Houston, vice president,
and W. R. Odell, treasurer.
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Penny Column Ads. are CASH.
MT. PLEAS A-iT NEWS.
Inconsistency Still a Jewel Lndwi
iiwHrry ooaexy iiiDate Jrer-i
,
Inconsistency is a grand old jewel,
Not long since the Mt. Pleasant
community was severely criticised in
certain quarters for " pernicious ac-
tivity" with respect to the steps tak-
eu loosing 10 me reDuiioing or 31ont I
oena oeminary Deiore tneisorthl
Carolina Synod could meet in extra
session, yet these ; same critics are
o - v B.v-lvl '"""
4?at on our part. We repeat, incon-
, y &" jcnci.
This evening at 7 o'clock there will
be a (citizens' mass meeting the the
auditorium. The call simply states
""-rsiana. "
e noiea last Week tne new open-
"i seminary ana tne return
uie.ieuiar regisierea , stuaents.
H01 only are they here, but despite
SalisburyMonroe roadvis not yet a
lgiuine pasi, so inose onng
Ifltpcf tnfnrmflhnn flccarf Tf ic n nf I
vet to late for us to be at the cross-
mg ot the roads. - "
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llowea ir'ickett in his iamous charge
a't Gettysburg. Though sometimes
1!e."?y if. fndf,d7J
know 5t not, yet what 1 1 they did
Ulomm AVAr hA fnr(ynffpn.
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The postponed. pubUc exercises of
the .Ludwigteraiety will, be
',11 iia tw Ward ni, th n.
ditorium tonight. It is one - of - the
best attractions on the road and
.jf be the last chance this season for
hi h will -add greatly "to 'the per-
v,f
r. i.. f;Aac -toJII
wuttiiciiy cuuiuiuuiuu D5iuvso,-i.i
i,e held"- in the Lutheran church Sun-1
ay morning at the 11 o'clock ser-
vice, conducted by the- pastor, Rev.
r. A; Goodman.. Rev. . J. . J.. Long,
pastor of st John's will preach at
the evening service.
MLss Ruth -MilleV. utf Jefferson; 6.
mj., is visiting ncre. "
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Dr. 'and. 'Mrs
Brown Simpson; cff
Nashville, Ark.f, are spending, a week
wilSa Mrs. Simp-.on's mofcr.er,VMrs. J.
H. Thayer
Rev. and Mrs. P. W. Tucker, of Al-
b marie, spent last week here.
Mr. Sam Kindley, of Charlotte,
spent bunaay nere.
Mr. C. M. Cook has returned from
a visit to Winston.
Having spent tne nonaays at
home, Miss Bertie Barrier; has ' re-
turned to Barber Junction to spend
the remainder of the winter.
Mt. Pleasant, January 11, 1912
Insurance Agent Gets Away With
Good Haul at Newbern.
VpWWn. Jan. 10. Quite a sensa
tion was created here today, when it
,iad become known that the authori-
ties were searching for Harold T.
Pr-ntf . who im to a few davs ago was
th eneral ao-ent for several well-
known insurance companies and was
well known in business circles, but
who disappeared Sunday morning
1 aving behind him several thousand
dollars in unpaid bills, an alleged
forered note for $350, a large number
of checks which he passed off on un-
suspecting friends and which were
returned on account oi no iuuus,
Of Candidates in Field Now Bryan
Favors Wilson.
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Philadelphia, Jan. 10. A .Phila -
delphia evening newspaper quotes
Bmn as follows on. the Democratic
r.rp?idpntial situation:
"I have not yet decided upon my
candidate. ' I want a strong progres
Live. Of the candidates now in the
field, Woodrow Wilsorr seems the
1 mnit rtr'osrr'essive. tarn not in favor
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0f a third party movement
The annual meeting of the stock-
holders of Craven Bros. Furniture &
Undertaking Co. will be held in their I
rooms Tuesday night, January lb,
at 8 o'clock.
LINKER-BROWN.
Pretty Home Maniae Last Erea-
ijr at Mr. Georre W. Browa'av
A pretty wedding was' solemnized
at the home of Mr. and Mrs George
W Brown on South Union street
last evening at 70 o'clock when
their youngest daughter, Miss Eva
May Brown, became the bride of Mr.
William .M. Linker.
Jhe home was most attractively
decorated for th event; Th riaJlor.
where the ceremony was performed,
was aecoratea in rea ana green, in
one cornr ag aniimprovied altar
coverea wiin wniie lace ana Deanii-
fully "decorated with white narcissus
and hyacinths. Here the ceremony
tonV nlr ' i -
The wedding party entered to the
strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march, most skillfully rendered by
Miss Alice Marshall Browne First
came the bride's attendants, Mrs.
Mark M. Linker, dafce U honor, and
Miss Mollie Brown maid of honors
They were followed by the ring bear
er, little Miss Sarah Ellen Gibson.
The bride most) becomingly attired
in a blue traveling suit with hat and
gloves to match, entered on the arm
of her brother, Mr. Frank Brown,
and was joined at the altar by the
groom, who. entered wiih his best
man, Mr. Mark MJ Linker, a broth
er. The ceremony- was performed by-f
Rev. Dr. J. M. Grier. j Duriner the
ceremony Miss
Brown rendered
Traumreii
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immerlmre v nTTPT rriA (tpwmrvnv
and Urs ukeT 6r &
UlUg lUUl viiav TT 111 cuiuiavc TUUkS.U
a number of Southern cities.
The out-of-town guests here for. the
wedding were: Mesdames P. Br
Beard, R. W. Price and T., John;
son, of Salisbury; W. L. Wiseman, of
Spencer; Misses Bessie -MeEachern,
of Mount Pleasant.;-Mary Sims,, of
O - Hottte, .It. M. F. Teeter
and Miss Claude Teeter, of Harris-.
burgv;
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For
Stale raraeraJJJnion IVar-
va.-cububi wmuicu
Fuaers H0? Warehousa Company
oi North Carolina -as soon as a loca-
tlon'f decided upon tor the principal
are worked out, after which stock
will be solicited from members . of
each local -union in the State".- The
company will" not f begin business un
til not ' less than $35,000 stock has
. . . . ..
)en PaJ? m. The executive commit-
tee of the Union . will meet in Ral
eigh Thursday for the purpose of de
ciding on a place to locate the cen
trar warehouse. Efforts will be made
to locate tit in Raleigh. - .
New Store For Concord.
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Messrs,1 M. P. Jones & Co. will soon
open up a variety store in the King
block in the room formerly occupied
lby the Liberty Tailoring Co., next
to Isenhour's restaurant They will
handle hardware, .crockery, china,
glassware and notions of all kinds.
The room is now being remodeled for
them and as soon as it is put in shape
which will probably be in", about 15
davs thev will open their store
Mr. Jones arrived here
yes
terday from Statesville, "and
will
leave next Thursday tor .New Yoric
to lay in his stock of goods.
500 U. S. Troops Sent to China;
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Wa'shington, Jan. 9. Five hundred
American troops were today ordered
to Chinfantao from Manila.
The 'battallion will be transported
on' board; the transport Thomas, now
at Manila, and will be used to .guard
the American concession of the rail
way. between Peking and the coast.
The batalion, which will be made
up of the Fifteenth Infantry, now at
Manila,
will probably sail tonight
arriving
in China in about six days
A Baby a Day for Three Days
Che'vehne. Wis., Jan. 10i Mrs.
Helen Carbon has eiven birth to one
baby eai?h day for thee successive
I davs. The third youngster, a girl
I was born today. The other two are
boys. All the babies apparently are
healthy.
Th Emerson Hotel, built bv a Tar
lL;i
jHeel arfd one of the; nest in the
country,! will be the headquarters of
I the North Carolina deleMtion to the
I Democratic convention when it meets
teem mitimore.
Called Meeting of Farmers Union
There! will be a called meeting of
Uiip Cabarrus Countv-Farmers' Un
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ion at the court hoase in Concord, on
Saturday, January 20, at 11 o'clock
a. m. i
J. L. D. BARRINGER, Pres.
It is long time until Christmas
if yOu happen to be very young.
, CITY FATHEB8 HEET.
Areepent With Street Car Coa-
tutj. Recorder Pcxyear Ee-eltct-'
ti Eontlnt llatten.
The regular monthly session of the
city .fathers was held Tael.v night at
city halL - The meeting was in the
cature of a private one, not that tne
fathers objected to anyone being
present, but the usual number of cit
izens who watch the deliberations of
the board with interest were conspic
uous by their non-presence. Plain,
ordinary, routine business held a firm
grasp on the board last night, caus
ing the deliberations to move along
with a common place monotony. All
in all the proceedings "were marked
by a sad lack of manifestation of
any "animated moderation."
The board and' the street car com
pany reached an agreement whereby
the track of the company would not
he constructed in the business sec
tion of the city from the Lutheran
church to the square until March 1.
jThe city contemplates putting down
some kind of pavement on the street
in; this section and if the company
built. the track now it would have to
be torn up at that time. On account
of the winter weather the board is
of the opinion that if the Davin?
;work Was started now it would have
a paralyzing effect on business in this
faction as the work could make very
Hint .' t . ..
uuie progress aunng tne baa weath
er. The regular election of a record
er; for the municipal court was held
and Recorder Puryear was re-elected.
There, was no other applicant for the
position and Mr. Puryear received
the -full vote of : the board with the
exception of Alderman Barrier, who
voted ' against him. ;
The reports of the various commit
tees were received and all bills ap
proved by the finance . committee or
dered paid. ' :
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Hx. -Boyden Weddington, Out After
- Accident.
B. M, Wcddington'of No.'l
i tnsbipyc was in Cdnf otd Tuesday
forj the first time sineef he met with
an-, aeeident on Thursday December
28. He was going home form this
city in his (buggy when, -just beyond
the Brown mill, an r automobile ap
proached. His horse turned around
and started to run, being frightened
by the gay decorations on the ma
chine. The buggy was turned over
in a gulley and Mr. Weddington
hrown out. He was pretty badly
bruised and was laid up for several
days. The young men who were driv
ing the ear got out and rendered
him every assistance possible. They
caught the horse, hitched it again to
the buggy and Mr. Weddington was
able to drive on home alone. No
blame is attached to the drivers of
tht, 1 machine.
James Gives Himself Up in Greens
, boro.
Greensboro News, 11th.
L. S. James, a deserter from the
United States Navy, yesterday hunt
ed up the police station and gave
himself up, stating that he wished
to return to the service. Sergeant
Barnes made the arrest and will re
ceive a reward of $20, together with
te expenses of sending the prisoner
back. James claims that he is from
Atlanta, and left the service in Oc
tober. He wrote the naval author
ities, and when they told him he
would have to pay, his own expenses
back he found that lie did not have
the necessary coin and so placed him
self in the way of the police. He was
from the United States ship Maine.
Southern Loan and Trust Company.
The directors of the Southern
Loan & Trust ;Co. held their annual
January meeting Monday afternoon
in the offices of the company here.
The reports of the officials- of the
company were very gratifying in
deed. A semi-annual dividend was
declared and ordered paid. The di
rectors are: Messrs. L. J. Foil, D. B.
Coltrane, W. M. Smith, W. W.
Flowe, Paul Barringer, R. S. Young,
R. J. Mebane, C. A. Isenhour, W. C.
Houston, J. A. Cannon, T-W. Smith,
J. P. Allison, J. F. Goodman, and
John M Cook.
Miss Bertha Honeycntt Married.
A marriage that will be of inter
est to the people of Concord took
place in Charlotte Sunday morning,
when Miss Bertha Honeycutt, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Honeycutt,
of this city, was married to Mr. John
Elliott. Miss Honeycutt had been in
Charlotte several weeks, being pian
ist at one of the pieture shows, there
and the announcement of her mar-
T-ifla-o htti as ouite a suronse to her
family. and the public here.' Mr. and j an increase over .1900. of 6,497. "fhere George Oehleri Martin Cline, Esther -Mrs,
Elliott are now living in Char--are 9,074 negroes, an increase over Cline, Maggie Cline, Mack Cline and y
lotte.
exchesoh; sentenced.
To Bt Elettocsted Hay 19. Now Up
to Gevtmer Fota.
Boston, Jan. 9. A plea of railtv
of murder in the first decree w a
made by Kev. Clarence V. T. Riete-
wn in the Suriur Court today and
be was sentenced bv Judirr Sander
son to death by etmnxution me
time during the week of May 19,
1912. Jifhon hd rtl
guilty Sen arraied after hi in
dietment on the charpe of murdering
Avis UnneiL of Hyannis Mm., hi
former fiance, but following a writ-
ten confession made public Saturdav
lat he today retracted that plea and
made a formal plea j guilty. It it
understood . that a petition may be
made to Governor Foss and the exe
cutive council of the State to com
mute the death sentence to imprison
ment for life. I
While displaying remarkable Moie-
ism, the young Virginian appeared to
those who Crowded the little court
room as if he were conducting his
own funeral. Yet as he walked out
of the courtroom there was a trace
of the oldtime jauntiness that zero
ed to many to indicate that his fight
was not yet finished.
To the half dozen questions which
.
tnr. on (tM j i-!,.-
ment of giilt he answered without
tlje slightest emotion, always in the
atfirmative. I
Richeson's counsel declared after
the proceedings' that an appeal for
executive clemency would follow soon
and that everv effort wonW he marie
to obtain life imprisonment instead 11 w Kn?wn 1041 lM ar nttr
of death a thi nuniahment. Ptts familiea in the city ufferinf from
Uppn what ground the petition will
be based has not yet been decided.
Miss Ollie Fisher. .
Mr. J. Clyde Pounds and Miss Oilie
Fisher were married Tuesdav eve at
7:30 o'clock at
the home of the I
brideV -parents
Mr. and Him..Geo.llhencedy.ircrying' to yon how. Will
E. Fisher, on i West Corbin street,
The ceremony was witnessed by only
relatives and friends of the vounc I
people. "Bev. Dr. J. M. Grier, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, per-1
formed the ceremony. . Mr. and Mrs.
Pounds left on train No. 35 for Greer,
S. C, where vhey will visit Mrs.
Pounds' sister, Mrs. J. B. Moore.
Meningitis in Texas Causes Alarm.
Dallas, Texas, Jan. 10. Ati in
vestigation of the meningitis epidem-
ic in north and east Dallas, which
threatens to continue spreading, is
the State Board of
hundred cases with
a high death rate are officially report-1
ed f rom several Texas cities.
Austin, Texas, Jan. 10. Fifty
families, mostly women and -children,
seeking a haven from the meningitis
epidemic, have arrived here Irom
north Texas points. A large number
of families, it is said, passed through
en route to ban Antonio, where me
disease has not appeared.
Judge Montgomery's Condition.
Mrs. W; J. Montgomery returned
this morning from Charlotte, where
she has been with Judge Montgomery
at the Sanatorium almost constantly
since he was taken there for treat-
ment. Judge
Montgomery rested
fairly well last
night and the indica-
rtions were that he held his own. If
he does not suffer a serious set batk
:and responds to treatment with any
degree of satisfaction to his phy
cians he will undergo an operation
in about a week-
Rock Hill Citizen Dies Here.
Mr. W. R. Howie, an azed citizen
of Rock-Hill, S. C, died here Mon-
day morning at the home of his son,
Mr. B. M. Howie, near the Cannon
mill. Mr. Howie hadbeen here for
several weeks visiting his son. He
was 64 years of asre and is survived
bv his wife and ten children. The
remains were shipped to Rock Hill, I
where the interment was made.
State to hold annual elections.
A Query.
A Concord man went to sleep one
night and left his wife talking. The
first thing he heard upon awakening
the next morning was her talk, which
. t ar
led him to ask: Mariar, are you
talking adn or yitT" Is Mr. "Bryan
talking 'agin or.yitt"
The census' report for North Caro
lina, made public this month, gives
Rowan county j a total population of
37.521, an increase of 6.455 over the
1900 census. There are 2S.445 whites.
11900 of 959.-
SUPREME COUHT HAS
AKKUUXO K C, LAT7.
Ilftlij TUt tit EUUU f KtS
co&stitslksfiil .
North Cafv4i&a Utst cf IPOS. wkieH
rnalitrd .railrvA! for rfaiRr lm
arrept for ialenUt roosaett.
The ro&titatioaalitr of thm taX
ty law ti malted w tea tie SuatWa
railway waj tsed hr Heid a4 IWara,
of Rutlrfurdtoa. N. for rrfmal
to receive a earioad of tisrle for
hipment to SootUrille, Teca.
The court aUo feided that Mr.
D. L. Hrtd, who wsa deliyed (of fltr
day in cetticc the Stiathem flail.
way to receive bee ouwhold good
for khipment f nm Charlotte, N. C, ?
to IUvi,V. Va.. wa r.-l rntuled
to 250 j jnalty aoJ "5 a dam-
airr under the ttatute.
In thia ease the Supreme Court of
North Carolina held that tbemrt
fact that the railroad had no rmb-
lished rateH under the interrelate eom
merce law- ''from Charlotte to Darit
and could not hip the frot!i Wit boat
a fixed public rate did mt eicu tl f
railroad. The Suireme Court of ilf i
United State todav heJd that tb
federal government alone could rrru-
Iate th receipt of good.
Calls for Help rrom the Poor.
The call for help has Ik n rang in
at the police headquarter. It corneal
from tho unfortunates who are feel
ing the ating of the cold and pans
P hunger. More calU are expeeUd,
pnvauona or m neeeMary eom.
!"Iorw ,CDlel iHger purctiasea ome
wpoa in answer lo one eaii. i ne eiiy
finnnl KvwAwar tv& tk nnlw
little from one and a little from an-,
other together with the aaaiatance of
the various benevolent tocietie will
relieve the situation. The toic of
yen stay closed irrvy our comfortaMe
home or omce and re fus to listen to
it T The time for the answer i t-
day. '.. . ' ;
, ' Wilson VictWy.
1 The Washim-ton1 Pct.: in it
fit remark in telling f the re
sult of the Democratic National
Committee meeting juti held in
Washington, ayn :
"With the backem or Woodrow
Wilson jubilantly asserting that re-
cent events had proved that the New
Jersey Governor would be the Demo-
j cratic nominee for President, Hal ti
I more selected as the scene of the eon-
vention, and June 25 fixed as th
day, the meeting of the Democratie
National Committee came to a bar
J monioua end yesterday.?
j Card Prom Dr. Oner.
Dear Mr. Editor: In addition to
what you bad to say in yetterday-'s
paper in reference to vacation ei-
tended me by session of First Pres-
byterian church, I wish to say that
present release from service is grant-
ed at my own request The church
has been exceedingly kind in grant-
me vacauon every summer since
1 became pastor, but for past two
or three years owing to various rea-
Uons tbe?e have not been of much
profit in the way of rest.
Very- sincerely,
J. M. GRIER.
January 9, 1912.
Missouri Democrats In a Quandary.
St. Louis, Mo.$ Jan. 11. With two
aspirants for the presidential nomi
nation! Speaker Champ Clark and
ex-Governor Joseph W. Folk, the
Missouri Democratic convention soon
to be held is certain to develop into
a bitter contest unless one or the
I other " of the candidate withdraws.
The situation will be dicued to-
morrow when the State! Committee
I meets to select the place for the State
convention.
In Honor of Miss Brows.
Miss Maude Brown entertained at
a most charming dressing table show
er Monday afternoon in honor of
her cousin, Miss Eva May Brown,
who will be married tomorrow even
ing at 7:30 o'clock to Mr. "William
M. Linker. Twenty jruests.were pres
ent and the bride-elect was the re
ciment
of many tuweful and valu
able presents. After the shower a
delicious salad coure was served.
Poplar, Tent School.
The following pupils attained the
honor roll from the primary depart-
I ment jof th Prmlaf Tnt school:
C. J. Allison.
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