V ' i ' , - ' " ' ' J. B. SHERRILL,, Editor and Publisher. PUBLISHEDjiMOND AYS AND THURS DAY S. Sl-50 Ytar, Dee I in A4rac 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 1 i ... I 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- V... i! TT' 1 1 At-' 1 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 . , ' I 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 j x i ... 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- . J. ' ' lary. The other ! officers of the com pany are: D. B. Coltrane, presi- dent; W. C. Houston, vice president, and W. R. Odell, treasurer. ...-"'-. 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. - " . I . - 1 I 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. J 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. " . ... ' T 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. , HI! 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 I - C"l - 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 ... . , .4 . 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; , ... 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. . i 1 . 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; i 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 .1" : ' 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. ' : :- : ' 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. if j Ii i