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J. B. SHERRILL,, Editor and Publisher.. PUB LIS HE D M ONDA Y S AND THURSDAYS. a Year, Due la Advance. VOL. XXXVII. i. GREAT SPEECH BY HON. JOHN G. WOOLLEY LAST NIGHT. A Magnificent Appeal Made for Bet ! ter Conditions. ReV. R. L. Davis ! Makes Some Vigorous Remarks And Says He Will Back Them Up By Action.j-Advise3 Concurrent Jurisdiction By Superior Court. Says Blind Tigers Here Have ' Got . ten Rich. . I " Central Methodist church was tax ed to its utmost seating capacity last night to hear Hon. John G. Woolley, of Ohio, and Seperintendent Davis, of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League 6peak on temperance. The audience was a magnificent gathering of men, women 'and children the en tire student .body ef , young ladies fremjLaura Stinderland School grac ed the occasion with their presence. A maginifleenjt audience " greeted a great speaker, j -" Rev. J. H. West presided over the meeting. Rev W. H. Causey invok ed God's divine blessing on the meet ing, and Mr. D. B. Coltrane intro duced Mr. Woolley. Mr. Woolley easily demonstrated the fact that the is a most gifted speaker and the manner in whicli-he handled his subject bespoke of a brotherly feeling for all mankind and caused his message to fall with most pleasing jeffect. His speech was not an exhortation to bring a drunk ard to repentance but an appeal to the Christian! citizenship to stand four square tolall the winds that blow and demand jtatthe pitfalls and hell holes that speckle the path of the unfortunate inebrate, who is wag ing a bitter battle for a better life, be removed in accordance with laws of our State. ' , Mri Woolley told of consecrating his life to this great work twenty-five years ago1 when he became active in the Prohibition party. He reviewed the work of the party and told how a united brotherhood of Christian men to stand solidly together being the movement. "By tbe mercies of God." Mr. Woolley was most eloquent in his appeal for men who had been .bless ed by'Tjirth, training jand inviron ment that was such as to keep them from being cursed with the appetite of the inebiate to do their part . in helping him to fight his fight toward a better life and remove from his path the tempting tigers that held ap irresistible grip onhis depraved ap petite. His picture of , the soffering of such a man's family and the duty of stronger and more fortunate men toward such a brother was truly the picture of a master and most impres sively brought out that part of: bis text, " which is Vour reasonable ser- CONCORD. . C; THUIISDAYFEBRUARY 8,1912. : ' , UrtlnniTviN runaway. NO. 63 LUTHERAN LAYMEN'S j ; J CONVENTION OPENS. the churches, ministers, newspapers and political (conventions had turned a deaf ear toj their undertaking. He pointed out the work of the party, its failures and weaknesses and showed how from it the Anti-Salocn League was evolved. This 'qucstijon. ought to be of im portance to every man who lives his -country, his home and his own soul. There is nothing in the outlook to make us doubt that we are in the beginning of the end of liquor dom ination of American politics. There is absolutely nothing to justify a whine. ' ' There is one message that I want to impress upon the men who stand for civic righteousness and are be hind! this move and that is, that they - must make good, or in the language of the street; they must "put. up or .shut up." TJiemen who are nature 's moulders and makers of society wanl, to eommit not only their heads and hearts, but their hands to this work. After all the great achievements of the past' the fight is lost right now un less Christian, manhood of North Carolina has the stuff in them to l)ack these workers to a finish. Liq uor sellers exist in your city, and of. all men I know the meanest man is the keeper of a whisky drug store who hangs on ' the edge of the disappearing liquor traffic. Despise the man j who wilfully violates the law, and let him know that he hasn't the respect of decent people. Mr. Woolley told of the Anti-Sa loon League!, which was the offspring of its parent the Prohibition! party. o its parent, the Prohibition party, a man to quit .being a Democrat or a" Republican but the Anti-Saloon league says for him to retain his party affiliations but -Democrat or Republican j and Baptist, Methodist, Pjesbyterian without regard to sect, when4 the'jiquor question confronts us come forward and fight it. Mr. Woolley said thatit was necessary to be reasonable and he would take his text from the words of the 'Apostle: "I beseech! you, therefore, brethren by the mercies of Cod, that ye pre- ' sent your jbodies a living sacrifice, holv. acceptable unto God. . which is your reasonable service." I be seech you in the gentle spirit of these words. I 'don't believe in scolding. The spirit of criticism is rampant in minds of the reformer. Scolding is worse than drinkincr liauor. The ?coldinr teacher, Treacher, wife mother anjd husband make all about them unhappy. The day for the scolding reformer has passed. -Twen ty-five years ago men were asleep j and it was: necessary for Frances Wil lard and cjthers to go out on the trail and scold men to action. But that day has passed. V Brethren," that shows the found ation of Christian brotherhood and Democracy : -that must be j of pur work. jfThe speaker Christian the basis made a most convincing appeal, for vice, What is it you present t Songs, prayers, tears T You might as well play .a guitar to a deal bulLdog as to. try., to talk- a barroom man into repentance. But it is your bodies that you must 'present. If you have blind tigers and Kquor selling drug store your ojBeersare not capable or they are dishonest. You got the kind of blind tigers you deserve. It is your fault if the blind tiger poli tician doesn't have a wholesome fear of you. The trouble with our reli gion is that 'does not have . body enough. It has' got a good "bead" and a good "fiz" as : the barroom man would say But it does not have body enough." You take a barroom man he is on the job morning, noon and night. He is all there working, thinking planning. He is there body, arms, all and a real man when it comes to standing for his occupation. "Whenever 'the Christian man gets to be as true to his church and his intellect as the barroom man is to the god of greed you won't have any liquor drug stores or blind tigers." Tha spirit of criticism balks us at every turn. It is not honest to let some hired minister do what Gobi in trusted us to dp. The proxy devil is the worstrthat ever, broke into the church. Do it now. What would you think of a soldiers when ordered to present arms to turn and ask ' 1 when? " The voice of God Almighty is ringing through' the land tonight calling on you to present your bodies to this great work. It is time for you to take your stand. Don't be like some men who are watching pro hibition religion on one side, blind tiger politics oh the other and their neighbors in between 'until -they get so wall eyed that when they weep ov er the liquor traffic tears run down their backs. -"AVe can break good men of this country . from wearing the collars of political slaves. The liquor traffic ought to die. The Christian man can kill it. Come on make good. At the conclusion of Mr. Woolley 's address Superintendent Ri L. Davis, of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League, made a talk. Although Mr. Davis made only a short talk it was a vigorous appeal for the churches to bring their strength together in a unitedpersistent effort toward a bet ter enforcement of law. He said we have whisky drug stores in Concord, and added: "If you have whisky drug stores or blind tigers here, it is because you have officials that are incapable or dishonest and the peo ; pie themselves are responsible. There isn't body enough in our religion. The officials haven't a wholesome fear of the people. When the Christian man is as true to his cause as the whisky man is you won't have any whisky druggists or blind tigers.77 "Here is a town," continued Mr. Davis, "that has had prohibition for 26 years, and get blind tigers have gotten rich here and own thousands of dollars worth of property. You men - ought to be ashamed of your selves; go home and put on mother hubbards and let the women clean! up the town. "I have been keeping in touch with the situation in your town and I want to give you some advice. One of the things is that you make a fight in the legislature for concurrent jur isdiction. Another is that when you have another election see that the men you vote for are men who will enforce the prohibition law. I know your officers and I was in school with some of them. And I want to serve notice on the liquor people in this town and the officials if they don't clean out things I will come here and do it. I will remove the things here this town that cause jurist- people to hang their heads in sliame ana i win see iu n iuai mo place shall not be a blot on the map rdace shall not be a blot on the map. . . . . . I" V' J? 11.. The Anti-Saloon League is iui me "purpose of educating the people in this great work and that is why' Mr. Woolley is now on- this speaking tour." n ' . XJ? ' Mr. Davis told of the necessity for funds to continue the work and a collection was then taKen. .axany present agreed to. give a ceitain amount .each month. Inspiring , Addresses by Prominent Men From Other States Heard a Opening Services. S Salisbury, Feb. 7. With the in spiring strains of Martin Luther ' great battle hymn sang by 700 men, the Lutheran laymen's convention be gan its first session today. Govern or Kitehin delivered the address of welcome, saying that . while he had welcomed many conventions" to the State, he had never welcomed one that was of as great importance as this. He sounded clear call toymen for consecrated femce. ;. , Dr. George B.iCtra responded in -a stirrihg addmsVpc the responsibility; cf layinea, PresW dent R. I Frit, "of Lenoir ' CoRege,- and W. C. Stoeyer,' president ot ".-ttojf rlMhfeed Hem Causes Buggy to , Turtif Turtle On Kannipolii Road , lUi'XIcrning. ; "' iMr. Ira Meh&ffy was badly bruii up and Mr. James Wbeatlej, a trav eling salesman for W. 11 Crawford & Co dealers in spice, teas, of Baltimore, sustained several pain fful injuries this naornirig when a horse they were driving became frightened at a wheel arrow in front' of the Luberger place and turn ed the buggy over. Mr. Mehaffy was. more seriously injured of the two. lie -received a number of cuts and bruises, two ugly cuts on bis face fenhipg the most seriou o his inju ries. i When: the boggy turned turtle the horse--stopped and this gave the men. k chance to escape. They caught ipe norse and continued to the aty. Lutheran League 61. America, ;tnadeiVliy they arrived their elothing was eoyeired with dirt, mud and blood but theyCaood their. misfortunes brarely fend after " a visit to tha doctor and changes of apparel eame but smiling it slightly disfigured. - J inspiring addresee. w wja; dresses of thti' Wednesday: eWrang'' session made a perfectly- ' rounded pfogramme. - ; ' , ' i" In the opening address Dr. Edward Thorn, of Philadelphia, gave in unus ually profound, and scholarly .pre sentation of his subject. "An Awak ening World." President J. Henry Harms followed with a clear, thrilling call of the opportunity' of thisgener-r ation. T V, ' The climax of -Ihe evening session was the address of Rev." S. P. Long, of Mansfield, O. With the power of the born orator Dr. tbng moved his audience -form laughter and applause to the most profound silence of conscience-stricken -conviction. Every train id 'bringing delegates. The convention lodge, the Lutheran coat of arms, is much in evidence. Twelve States are; represented in th registration books; ' A numter of large delegations " are expected on Thursdaj and Friday. . 32 Indictments Against Union Labor Officials. Indianapolis, Ind., , February 6. - Union labor officials and agents, said to number between thirty and forty, whom the government holds crimin ally responsible with the, McNamara? J aim vyriie xj. ixuiYXiiiigai lur. perpe trating more than 100 explosions which occurred in cities from Massa chusetts to California in the last six years, and in which the . wrecking of the Los Angeles Times building was an incident, were indicted today. Thirty-two indictments were re turned. Capiases for arrests have been issued, and all the men indicted are to be taken in custody on a day secretly fixed by the government, but known to be within a week. March 12 has been set for the ar raignment before Federal Judge A. B. Anderson in Indianapolis. The papers for the arrests designate the amount of bond which the defendants may give in the Federal districts in which they reside for their appear ance here. The amounts of the bonds in the individual cases were not made known, but it was said in the aggre gate they would total $3QO,OO0r . FSRSOKAL MENTION. flomtof tha Teople Here Ancj'RUa- l : where liTho Come And Go. v Mrs. "S. J..Ixrwe spent yesterday af ternoon in Charlotte. I .'Squire C. A. Pitts has gone to Troy., on a brief business trip. ''Mrs. C. C." Howerton, of Durham, is ' visiting relatives in the city. . Mr H. Bryant, of . Randleman, is a .business visitor in the city today. ; Rev. A. 0. Lindley has returned from a" visit to relatives jin Thomas Ville: ' . ' j . Mr. J. S. Turner and Miss Etta Turner, of Thomasville, are visiting Mr. E. C. Turner. - U Mr. Sam Sloop has returned to his home in Providence, R. I., after vis iting relatives in the city for several days. - Mrs. William Webster edfrom Charlotte, where she has heerr4Jbe for a week. ;- " j ; " - Miss Ethel Hooks returned yester day to her home in Dunn, after vis iting her grandparenjs, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Archibald, for seferal weeks. Ma37or C. B. Wagonerj and A. R. Howard have returned jfrom Char- DYNA2HTE DEMONSTRATION. . Large Ncnbcr of rarsmi Art Si awn What Dmacite WEI Do Oa tt rara. Kxpert desKJ-Hratora of nhit dj namite will do for farrcr wr nt here Tuesy by tb JtStrm Powder 0mny t'f Birmi&chani, Ala,, and pave a dtmonstrattcKS trodr the direHioa of th local iali of the minYt the Kitrhie Hardware Compiny, cfi what a great agrot dy namite is in advancing the work of the tillers ef tb oiL The demoest ration was held at the farm of Mr. Jno. A. Sims and was ai teoded by a hundred orMnore fano ers form variouj ection of the county. ' Large stumps, tap root and all. were blown into kindling wood. Holes were bored in the ground at a specified distanro apart and dynamite discharged in them, The result proved tBat this is the most com plete method possible of going down beneath the surface of the il and preparing a subsoil. Many other tests that would be beneficial to the farmers in cultivating lands in an improved and more profitable way were made which clearly showed that the use of dynamite in modern fann ing has become essential in order that a farmer can secure the best results at the least expenditure of labor and expenses. A TRIBUTE TO MR. FETZEB LAID TO REST. Tzztal Seme Om ktsalts tt Sv rtutr H4a Wt4aeslaj Jlcrxiig. - j T " The ftt6ral of tU iiSi'lir. I U. Ifr vis sUU VtbeftiT at o'tlack as tte Us a Uevfgu Ars The cc rt4adM , lir Dr. J. M. Oner, futr p( U dwaed. aJ4i!d byv Rev, T. . 7. Smith add wa attended .ty si targ ga taring of friesdt a&! rUUvea U evf ry tatka of Ufw. Ma&jr cwstai. firent floral deaiags wtr Wat hf friends and admirers free try at ticn of ihm ecm&try as toktta.f t teem for the beloved citucs. j After the services were erla4e4 the inttrxaent was made at Oakwtxod cemeWry. Tke active t!l beams were: Messrs. a It. VTsgtcef, A Jone Trke, E. L. MrrUJa. J. Hartsell, W. W, Flow. E Wj. rrtrasw of High Point, C L. Wtiu aad A.1 Hoover, lloorary rirtarrrs wcres Messrs. J. W. Cannon. W. J. HiU, E. Gibson, D. R. Morrison, U. L Woodhoujand J. P. AHuko. . Iaring the hour ef the fcftera) lb btmne4 horn and backs wtf s. ed at a mark of renjiect for a st& who hsd nlsved kueh mjx ifrrTr4nt . -f - w II rt in the business life of mcr.ity for many yesr. THE OREAT LUTHERAW MEETING otenax he eotv has return- he Masonic in the fra- Iotte, where they rode goat to a higher degree ternity last night. I ! Miss Laura McGill Cannon has re turned from Durham, where- she has been visiting ber sister, ) Mrs. Julian S. Carr, Jr. Miss Cannon was ac companied home by Miss Lida Carr Vaughan, who will be her guest for some time. - A spirit of sadness, a sigh of sor row, a something akin to patho seems to pervade the hearts of our people today because of tfce death of one of its most loved citizens. In the twinkling of an eye he went from among us to that 'home from which no traveler ever returns." It is so hard to realize the fact that P. B. Fetzer is no more in .our midst to strengthen and brighten the live clustered around him." It seems as if a great benediction! has left us forever. Only last week it1 w'as he who stood forth at his post of duty, the noblest of the noble; with" all that stands for the highest and grandest in human life encircling him, with a character so high, a souj so sublime; and today we weep above his. bier. This is-the saddest thought, that one can imagine in- this vale of tears to those who knew hirn. Surely a prince has fallen-in our midst. His place will be hard to fill again. There are human souls along every path that cjiarm us for a time with their magic and eloquence. There are others that be the lart gathering of iJ appeal to us by the gradeur of their ev?ryLeld in tho Smth. an.j intellect and strength -ot character. McCurdy-Hudson. This evening " at 6 :30 o 'clock", ' at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hudson, in No. 10 township, Mr. C. Samuel McCurdy and Miss Lena Hudson will be mar ried. The ceremony will be perf orm ed by Rev. Jas. Lapsley, the bride's pastor. A large number of friends of both theNiontracting parties have been invitedto be present. Mr. Mc Curdy is a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. McCurdy, of Concord, and is one of the most progressive young farmr ers ot iso. iu townsmp, wnne me bride-to-be is a most popular young lady among a large circle of friends. They will at once begin housekeep ing at the D. B. McCurdy home in No. 10. Live Stock Men Meet. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 8. The an nual meeting of the South Carolina Live Stock Association, which began a two days' session in this city to day, has attracted an unusually large number of breeders from all parts of the State. g,The chief purpose of the meeting is to consider ways and means of eradicating the cattle tick and increasing and bettering the live stock industry in South Carolina. in ian Judge Montgomery to Be Brought Home This Afternoon. It is now expected that Judge W. J. Montgomery will be brought home this afternoon from the Charlotte sanatorium on train No. 46, due at 3:40 p. m. His condition is stiU se rious, but it has been decided to him home. Colorado Republicans for Harmony. Denver, Colo., Feb. 8i Next Mon day will be a notable day for Colora do Republicans, if plans jnow complet ed are successfully carried out. .A big "harmony" conference is to be held here on Jhat day,f and the ex pectation is that peace will be restor ed among the rival f actions in which the party in this State has been so long .divided. Supporters of Presi dent Taft and the followers of Roose velt and LaFollette, standpatters and progressives, all have been invited to join in the conference,; and the Re publican editors of the State will be here in masse to help the peace plans along. The State committee will meet in the forenoon to fixe upon the time and place for holding the State con vention. In the evening a Lipcoln Day banquet will be held with former senator I5evenage oi muiuim chief speaker. AU Roads Consolidated. Raleigh Times, . 7th. j ThA Raleigh. CharloUe & soumero Railway Company c'arpe into exist ence officially today arid the Norfolk Southern, Raleigh & Southport, Aber deen & Asheboro and Durham & Southern officially went but of ev istence. All these roads have been amalga mated into the greater railroad, with Mr. E. T. Lamb, xf Norfolk, as pres ident, and Mr. E. C. Duncan, of Ral ei2h,"as first vice president. Thus .Raleigh city kill figure on the stationerv of one bf the greatest svstems in the country, and the Others for a time gain our love by the benefits they strew to neighbors and friends. But seldom do all the finer attributes of life combine in one as they do in our friend just gone. For years and years he lived in our tnjdst without a fear or foe, without anevil thought or unkind act towards any man, and all the high and low, the good and bad vripe tears from their eyes that he is gone. This is the highest tribute ever paid to any man. His memory' will live in 'other lives for years. ' In after years as we trace the men of character and worth that helped to build our loved city his name will lead them all. His life will be the ideal life towards which we can teach our youths to try to emulate so as to reach the best that comes to mortals here belw. It is an inspiration that such men yet live in this sordid age. PreeioLs was his life and character, Bright his words and deeds of love, First citizen, first patriot, first Chris tian. Every day he loved his fellowman. Trust in God, trust in man his motto. Zealous that the good and just should live, Eventitle gathered hira to his sweet rest Rest amon? !:vrels in heaven. G. E. K. Varner EnL-aiiistic -Over Under wood's Presidential "Candidacy. Lexington, Feb. 7. Mr. II;. Var- Salisbury Entertains Laycea's Cca vention Covered By All Tha States in the Seuth. , Salisbury hotel aetommodatiena have been exhausted and the eitlseaa are opening their hwne to be dej. gates to. the Lutheran laymen's ooa vention wbich opei) WdnMday.. The territory covered by the eos vention consisU of the SutJ of Vtr ginia, Tennessee, North Csrolina. South Csrolina. Georiria. Florida. . w 3UisuMppi sod ALabftma. but the rre istrauon boots slrcady sbdw that men from tnif a dozrn other States will bo in attendance In addition to the lavrcen shout two-thirds of the entire clerical mem bership of the church in ti e South have registered nepsrratioa are not hnlited to men of 'the Lutheran church, and the, ungual str n pruramnjr U attract ins; men of other deiiorainfitjona who are forming partita to come in from nearby' towns. The convention will unUt4tinab!y . 4 jiiierana uiil af. tnattona Hrt unity ml and ion. ford to men of other denon an well -as Lntherant an opt to hear f;peakcr.4 of natto; some cf international reputa Join tha have ay to blame in thia Mayor Wagoner Invited to Benedicts. If -Concord don't soon "mayoress" no one ill be but Mayor Wagoner. For good leap year the handsonie bache lor Mayor has been granted the priv liege of joining the benedifU. Tke invitation is of the genuine varietj and is extended bv a nersoh eattabl of safely conducting the Mayor into" the realm for she is none o her thsn a lady and a Chsrlotte ladjr at tbaU The. Major received a Icttejr yester day and judging by its eojs tents he has received one of a similar nsturi before. The letter was a probucal and a request to send along a mk d which tradition requires thkt a tya should donate to a young lady ubo had proposed to him daring leap year and was not accepted. Tha young lady prefaeed her redtiest with a proposal, .bc then gives the fol lowing description of the llres he deircs: "Sky blue preferred. iSire 48. Ungth of skirt, 42. Waiit bhe must be some heft have a 40 inch waist', was the only comment the Jlayor would the contents of the epistle. 40." y girl to offer on Mileage Bill P.-icj in 8outh Carolina Coluirbia. S. C. Feb. 7.-Tfae Sen ate today eoncurrel m tlie amend- ner. who spent several days in Wash-?ments mad; in the mileage bill by ington last week, has relumed afire with enthusiasm While in the capita the great House lead vinced that Mr. Vd fight to stav rnderwood. talked with and i3 con r'd ia in the is the sr ond choice of practically all the Dem- the IL uac, ti e bill .having passed me enatfc last year, and tlie bill re quiring railroads to accept mileage oh trains instead of having it ex changed for a ticket as is the case now, was ordered enrolled n an aeL It will now go to the Governor for his Dring ocrats in tli:? section, and when they -nature. The return cf the bill to smaller roads will lose! their identity. Southerner 11 this is the resulthias well known. ill 1- U- ILa realize that he stands a good chance for the nomination they, will rally to himr as or." iran. "The South for a thehcttle-crv. of the purchase by thejNorfolk Sou; ern of the smaller and the consolida tion of them all into the Raleigh, Charliotte & Southern! Railway Com pany. ' j . f f.V. the Senate caused a flight dlhate ov er the time for the change t iect, which is Mav h lOVl II Everybody likes a cjaie child and everybody should see . "Baby's Choice,, at the Theatorium today, it's a good comedy film that will Shirley 'Montgomery make you sit up and take notice of j weeks left Tuesday the doings of a baby. respective homes. Misses Mary Fry, !of Greensboro, and Mary Burwell, of Chase City, Va., who have been j" visiting Jliss for several Lexington Iip-teh: will rere i iear tii-U i.':-.:y l.i.i? Suaduv i.-i-ir;Ju''. At night for their rd?s have arriiusrf-d vt- irices for Friday, Sat ardi a. . '' day in dres skirts shirtwaists, ov spring dreo goods, etc New spring , th !ah!j $1 t dress ginghams at o cents: $1.00 b wisi da u-r c' i ;'itf r auc io n flouncii.es at C9 cents; 60 dozen white ' of hep . i.g .c had iz U L shirtwaists at 79c cents are a few the many splendid offerings they w have. See big ad. Tribune todsv Miss Wilma CorreU the day in Charlotte 13 Spv.dlS not spoken a word Mnce jhl,ongh is perfectly eomcioui. C. N. Fields, who visium Mi.s Bertha Hill, bkis return- V. , i i "t i i L ed to ner nome in ucarioue. take ef- r trie r.ds Irs. W.1J stroke i ad i u&i she She ;er has been I i t ..i 'i 1 V
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