' ' :- . . - V,- -j tS. ' " 3 : ' ' " " I " ' ' w j B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. Tixxvn. PUB L I S-HED MO NDAYS A ND THU RS D A YS. StiO Year, 0t la Advise. CONCORD N. C, MONDAY. APRIL 15. 1912. NO. S3 III II 'i TO BE DON jrjtfOE WAGONER ASSUMES RE SPONSIBILITY FOR IT. Contract Let to II. 0. S. Miller, And tfork is to Be Completed Within Seven Days. W ork Begun This Morning Dredge Boat Will Be Used 'Later. : . Mavr Wagoner has taken hold of fa drainage work at the creek near ihe d!"1 and -fsumed. responsibility fa the wtrk ( ii behalf of the city. (-ajtraft has been let to Mr. R..0.' s M'K1' !" "IKU the bed of the creek Ul . v t railroad bridge and I the livrk i t completed : within seven .;a. -Mi'. Miller began work this :v opening the -creek bed at this pant nan'ii of the water that is j.prta'1 uj m'.h the creek bottoms will ,e (i'iiiiictl off and an outlet sufficient (ariy away all the' lilth from the vvr will he inade.. n orilci" to completely drain the ere'ek,-li'wt'vcr. it will be necessary to ret a dredge' boat and drain, several miles. - This is not the purpose of the worlc novr, as it is being done to relieve a (fc'rous situation caused by1 the re mit fuavy rains. Plans are on foot for ercat ing a drainage district and "draining the whole creek bottoms and the outlook is bright for their fulfil ment. Mayor Wagoner is to be commend ed for his. action in taking hold, of the situation and the work -will no doubt relieve the people here of the danger that lurks in the water-covered swamps.. , City Engineer Smith stated this morning- that he would begin work mating the proper sewer connections at tiie creek as soon as the drainage work is completed. THE KANNAPOLIS BAND. Boys in Their Handsome Wagon And Uniforms Make a Hit in Concord. . Concord had some lively visitors Saturday evening-, at least had some visitors that enlivened Concord. The Kannapolis band, 20 strong, were here, the occasion being-a banquet in their honor given . by ' Mr. J. W. Can non at the St. Cloud Hotel. Soon af ter their arrival the- men played a number, of selections and proved quite an attraction to a large crowd of people who gathered to Iiear them. The band not only made 'a hit from an artistic standpoint but their ap pearance in their handsome hew wag on caused much favorable comment. each man being dressed in the neat and nifty uniforms of red used by the band. - Proprietor Rector served the band, together with the lirzt and Mr. J. W. Cannon, Jr., w ith an elegant repast. Alter cigars haaj.een passed Mr. JE. F. Carter, in a short but appropriate speech, thanked Mr. Cannon for his kindness to them. The members of the band present were:. K. F. Carter, president; J. W. Bounds,. manager; C. X. Hutchison, director; J. R. Goodman, secretary and treasurer; J. W. White, C, T. Lyttle; J. If. Mooney, Jno. L. Willett, L. G. Willett, L. J. Brown, E. J. Wentz, W. M. Boger, J. S. Harmon, Loyd Harmon, W. L. Harmon, J. C. Dennis, J. P.. Hatley, Gordon '-Chil-dress. William Linker, Luther Bounds, W. L. Hallman, R. G. Mc Guirt, D.' A. Sides. 16 11 11 1 WAS IN COLLISION WITH '10JS , BERG LAST NIGHT, COTTON REACHES NEW LEVEL. DEATH OF MRS. S. C. BOST. Occurred Saturday Morning at Her Home. A Good Woman Gone. Mrs. S C. Bost died early Satur day morning at her home in No. 10 township, after an illness of four months duration. Mrs. Bost had been in ill health for some time but for the past month her condition has been critical and her-death was not un expected. - . ' Mrs. Bost was the daughter of the late Solomon Furr, swztTwas born and reared in No. 11 township. She Was 64 years, of age and is survived by her husband and nine children, Mrs. Martin Bost, Mrs, D. G.. Bost Mrs. tra Litaker, Mrs. Mary IsenhoiirJ Mr. Minnie Biggers, Mrs. Leila Hott. of Cabarrus, Mrs, Ethel Furr, of Concord, and Messrs. J. F. Bost, ft Memphis; Ernest Bost, of Texas, an'i S. L. Bost, of Concord. . Mrs. Bust had been a devout mem- er of St Pnnl 'o T.nHi many years and was always known as 0ne of the community's best women. 'The funeral was held yesterday af terr. fh at St. Martin's Lutheran church and the interment was made at the cemetery there. A large num ber of friends and relatives, many of them iivm Concord attended the ser vice's. , ' . . ' - River And Weather News Sent Price of Staple Bounding Up. New Orleans, La., April 13. River and weather news put the price of cotton "to new' high levels for the present upward rating- of values this week. The highest prices were made on Wednesday and Saturday and the low prices were made on Monday. At the highest the trading months were 57 to 64 points over last week's closer; at the lowest they were 8 to 11 points over;,' Reports from the belt indicated that young cotton was up in six States, but that it was doing none too well in many sections because temperatures were too low. In the eastern belt not a few important sections reported that plowing was being interfered with by rains. A considerable area of cotton land in the central belt jvas put under wa ter by breaks in levees and fear that the inundated area would be greatly increased before high water is over was one of the - main supporting in fluences of the markets. Spots were strong and advanced three-eights during the week. - HOOSEVELT AND WILSON Fire at the Pastime. - Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock, while the streets were crowded with busy shoppers, some one started the shrill cry of "Fire!" A quiver of excitement shot, through the busy multitude and a mad rush was made toward the Pastime picture show, from whence the cry came. The ex citement was short lived, however, as the quick work of Manager Isenliour and his assistants with the aid of a fire extinguisher soon put out the blaze. The only damage sustained was the loss of a reel, which caught when, one of the operators in the booth knocked a blow pipe against it. The spectators at the show made a rush for the door. They succeeded Big New White Star Liner Ha Bad Luck. Aid Given by-the Virgin ian And Passengers Are Now Safe. Many Other Liners Within Good Distance. 800 Passengers Now on Baltic on the Way to New York. Montreal, April 15. The new Ti tanic is afloat at 8:30 today and her engines are working. She is crawling slowly along toward Halifax and to ward the ship Virginian, which is en route rto aid her. The weather is clear and calm. The .women and chil dren are in the lifeboats ready-to be lowered if it is seen the liner is ac tually sinking.. The forward holds are full' of water but the pumps are working. It is believed that if the water tight bulkheads can stand the strain she will reach port successful ly. The Titanic is reported to have struck an iceberg. 'The news was re ceived at the Allan Line officers here in a wireless message, from' the cap tain of the steamer, Virginian, of that line. It was stated that the .Virgin ian had been in commuVication with Titanic, that she had : reported be ing in collision with an iceberg' and asked for assitsance. The Virginian" reported that she was on her way, to the Titanic. ; New York, April 15. The White Star Line officials, after a conference lasting over an hour today, issued a statement declaring that the Ti tanic is unsinkable and, they had n o reasork to believe she either had or could pounder. Montreal, April 15. First news accident received by wireless opera tor at Cape Race saying i "Have struck iceberg. We are badly dam aged. Rush aid." Within half an hour the Virginian of the Allan Line, was headed directly to the scene. At 12:27 the Virginian reported she had lost the Titantic. The Virginian was is less than two hours sail from Ti tanic when the report was received CORPSE OP COLORED BABY IS FOUND, r New York, April 15. Captain H. J. Haddock', of the White Star Liner Olympia, sent - wireless message to local liner office today that- twenty boat load of passengers were taken from the Titanic by the Parisian of the Allan line, and others were re moved by Cunard Liner, Capatha. The Parisian and Carpatha are standing by and the Baltic is reported ap proaching. It is estimated that 800 passengers were removed py by the time that the Olympic's captain sent the message. A. second dispatch stat ed that the Virginian had passed a line to the Titanic and will tow her to Halifax. . Passengers Transferred to Baltic. Montreal, April. 15, 2 p. m. The Titanic 's passengers will be trans ferred to the -White Star Liner Baltic this afternoon and will be taken to New York, where they are due Thurs day. ' The Baltic is the same ship that brought in the rescued passengers from the sinking Republjc in January, 1909. i - test Returns Increase Roosevelt's Vote And Delegation Will Be Prac tically -Solid for Wilson. ' Philadelphia, April 14. (Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's sweeping vic tory in PpTiTicvlvoTiiQ of Rafnrdftv's primary, election kept growing today, as the returns continued to come it. Incomplete returns give the former President 56 of the State's 76 dele ite in the Republican national con vtnti(,n. The Roosevelt supporters are claiming 67 and later returns may cany the figures to that total. Col onei Roosevelt, won 53 of the 64 dis-v'f-t national delegates and his fol . 1 overs' elected .'enough delegates to tl'f- State convention to give them eoUr.-.l rf iiiof "VkAir "TWRfnfo.p.on- ver.t ion will - name twelve delegates- at-Inr,p overnor Woodrow Wilson of New er"y? who had no .organized oppo .jon, will have 74 of the "76 dele gates from Pennsylvania in the Demo crstic convention. In the ' eleventh cnsregational district, the two Dem r" ratic national delegates elected are 1 a v c .-rable to Governor , Judson Har !ll n, but they are not pledged. ' in setting out quickly but kept their fiATJuv DT'-MTsravT tta"M"TA wits and averted a panic. The reel CARRY PENNSYLVANIA. . , ,rtrtfll an(1 WaS 111 lilt! HI! -lliiCVA UUUIU v.v- was . no possible way for the flames to escape. The reel was made of cel luloid and, of course, was quickly con sumed. - y - Simmons' Club in Mecklenburg. v Charlotte, April 13. "We have at least 1,000 names enrolled as mem bers of the Simmons Club in Meck lenburg county, '"said Cameron Mor rison this afternoon lmmeiaateiy .101 lowing tbe mass meeting at the court house, which the new club was for mally launchedThe organization was effected with Mr. Morrison as temporary chairman. W. S. Pharr was elected president of the perman ent organization, "and will henceforth ho thft official bead of. tbe Simmons qiub of Mecklenburg, with J. H. Mc Lean as secretary. -. .' , Friday's Greensboro Record: Mrs. jj. C. Herring has returned to Con flnrd from Greensboro, where she has been for several days with her daugh ter, Miss Nell Herring, who was taK en seriously ill a few days ago with appendicitis. Miss Herring's condi tion is very mucn improvea ami sue able to be up in the infirmary at the State Normal College, .where she is a -student. .... - .' license to marry has been issued to iMr. J. F. Little and Miss'Maggie Thornburg, , . ' ' Wanted: A Self-Pronouncing Regis-xer. Mr. James J. Pappatheodorokau mmmountourgeotopoulos, of Bing ville, and Mr Alex, Vankenthouele nsteinhousenbougbenklatzer,' of Rural City, are among tbe prominent ar rivals at the Ct. Cloud. Mr. Charlie Cook, the obliging clerk, has spent he day firgurmg out the first name, and Mr. John Ervin, familarly known as "Uncle Johnny", the clever night clerk, will spend the .nignt pondering over the last nage. They will report tomorrow at lunch. At Waddell's store you will: find aoy big bargains in new spring gjods. , Little girls' $1.50 dresses f or vO cents is one of the many bargains nered. See ad. in The Times today. Marriage of Rev, A. O. Lindley. Rev. A. O. Lindley, pastor of Anne Street M. P. church, was married to Miss Annie Daftron at Liberty, last Thursday."" Mrs. Lindley is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Daffron, of Chatham county. ' Mr. Lindley is a native of Chatham, and married a sweetheart of his childhood 3ays. Mr. and Mrs. Lindley have been in Concord since Friday, and - many friends congratulate Mr. Lindley. on his good fortune ' Seen by Colored Man While Cleaning ; Oat the Stable. Child Had Been Dead Two Weeks, But Body Waa Well Preserved. Well Developed Mulatto Baby. Evidently a Caae of Murder. No Cluo as to Who Mother Is. While cleaning- out an old si able'on Bell .avenue in the rear of the resi dence of qujre G. M. Lore, John Monran. colored, shoveled out the corpse of a little male mulatto baby Friday afternoon about 6 o'clock! The nejrro has hauled several wheel barrow loads from the stable to the garden and as he attempted to clean beneath the trough the horrible dis covery was made. At the time Mr. Lore M-as standing only a short dist ance from the barn. The negro call ed for hira and told him what he had discovered. Mr. Lore looked at the corpse and sent a call to the police headquarters, instructing them to no tify the coroner. The sl.eriff was al so notified and in a short time a cor-, oner's jar v was empaneled. .Messrs, Boyd Moose, I. I. Davis, T. T. Smith, W. T. Wall, H. M. Shinn and John W. Propst composed the coroner's jury, ltiev visited the scene with Coroner Isenbour in a short time af- ter the' bcxly was discovered. After making an examination of the sur roundings the jury decided to meet at 9 o'clock at Bell & Harris Furniture Store. The body of the baby was remark ably well preserved. It is supposed to have been in the stable about two weeks and there is little doubt but that it va put there immediately after it was born. The baby weigh ed possibly nine pounds. The hair was slightly kinky and every appear ance strongly indicated that it was a, very light mulatto. Over iUTmouth and nose was tied a v rag which had been drawn so tight that the features of the face fere hardly discernible. There is little, doubt but that the rag tied around1 the baby 's mouth and nose for the- double purpose, to murder it and suppress it's feeble cries. A short time before the in quest Dr. R. M. King and Dr. R. S. Young made a post mortem exami nation at the furniture store where the body had been moved. Both of the physicians stated that in their opinion the child was a well-developed and normal when born and that it was a case of murder. At the coroner's inquest John Mor gan, colored, testified that he was hauling litter from the stable for Mr. Lore in the afternoon and as he went to clean out the trash from beneath the trough in. the stable his shovel struck: something soft and the baby's little feet shot up out of the trash. The witness said he then called Mr. Lore, who was a few feet away and that Mr. Lore came and said that he would notify the police. Mr. Lore was examined and cor roborated the witness V testimony. He said that he 'phoned for tbe police and told them to notify the coroner. He then told Morgan to put the body back where he found it and await in structions from,the authorities. Dr. R. M. ICing testified that in his opinion the child'had lived; that its lungs contained air and in ap pearance there was nothing to indi cate that it was not a healthy well developed child at birth. There was no other evidence sub mitted that would in the least reveal the identity of the murderer or mur derers. After going over what facts! that could be gathered the jury ad journed To meet Friday night, April 15 Every phase of the case is filled with shocking, revolting features. The perpetrator of the crime is as myste rious as when the body was louna. The "jury, however, has evidence to which they attach strong credence as to the time the body was placed there and, taking this as a basis, they hope to unravel the crime. There are two other facts that stand out clearly in the case. The "crime was commit ted by some one who was familiar with the surroundings and there is lit tle . doubt but thnt more than one person is guilty of the heinous slaugh ditions attendant with such a, crime officers, are going to sift the mat.ter to the bottom. Although they have nothing tangible now they feel that the natural circumstances and con ditions attendant upon such a crime will furnish them with 'a source to ?ather evidence that will fasten the crime ufjon the party or parties who committed it. I IS ill IHE-fflllS ARRESTED IN GEORGIA AND BROUGHT HERE YESTERDAY. touest hux jfcwa. Waives Examination And Was Coa zaitted to JaiL Traced to Georgia By Chief of Police Boger. Cast Without Requisition Paper. Horace Furr was tried in the Rec order's court this morning on thrt- charges of torebreakinr, one for en tering Kichmoud-Sioan CouiiAnr, mi Kannapolw; one at Ritchie Hardware Company, and one at Furr & liot tore. Furr waived examination and was placed under a $600 bond, which he failed to give and wa$ Committed to jail. He was rvprefCtited by Mr. W (. Means, Furr was arretted Friday in Stok bridge, ia., a short diMnnre from At lanta. Chief Boner went to Georgia for the man Friday night and return ed with him yesterday morning. Mr. Boger traced Furr to Stoekbridire and wired the officers thrc to arrest him. A short time afterwards he re ceived a message stating that' -the 1 man was in jail. Mr. Boger instruct- ed the officers to find out if Fun would come without requisition pa pers. On being inforned that he would Mr. Boger left here for the prisoner. . The arrest of Furr brings the num ber of arrests for the recent . -st ore breakings up to four, Bud Ridenhour,! Arthur Furr and Bob Ritchie being: previously .arrested on the same! charge. Chief 'Boger now thinks that he has all the men engaged in the recent thefts and he deserves ' special men-! tion for i working up the cases and making the arrests. Yetrg Lt&et rxu ta Oust ft! Ra& frrteaa! Kc'.ev -Mr, &4 Mr. V. Hiw tin Irate tit Ut Alt1U, Urm ttr U, Mr. J. K. 'Ko aid rJ4f2t will t lUle tftt fi Mr. lln ta Wa ta teie t ri t&&b$t br fc L a m;U, CKina Grv J r! m--?! cLa with her fAtWr, Mr. Taal Ktft)K(u Mr, M. B. l ktn.a sr. 4 eluldrta ar. nrlalhrt :iti 'atf ttiU fir m 'few. wclit Mr. C. 11 ilraifd. fef CUtt4S, Ienl 8andy iu tijy hi family. Mfin, H. I). Mabry an M. A. 0ddtnn jetit a ftv hut ia 8U bury jeterily ith frutuK Mr. Kd, Gt4dton, of Spray,, it endjns a fe day in lerd mih hi broil irr, Mr M. S. O tddt, Mr. POUND ' UGLY LOOKING ; CLASP KNIFE IN MAN'S POCKET. (I the IUrra !i,iU!hik txiein m Sal-u!mr- yectrrdyf ' Mr, M. B. jwni Sator- day nisht in CKar-btttr itji hi fri-rd. Mr. "Js. A. FoVb r. lri in Mr. Itrt tuii' u!.;r.Me Aleirik, W. It, !Wntin ud K. T. (Joldsilon ' cn,t a fr hour in Sali ur'yetertl4y making tl.e round Miki I-rf'na Hall Fih"r pd a party of her (mnd n-ut lUter Monday at Pat !rroV mill, pifuiek ing. Another party of pirniK-Lflm ar rived on the wene and win a of ball had beti arran?d. At tb rKtfp of the game the More w-lG to Irt and Miw Fiher' team a inot 1C. Mise Helen Fi!.er, I-na Uatt Fisher. Ruth Djv and IVulah 1 sen ium r did wrae ;. very bi.jfb f U ball playing. Mr. John Go1dtn ent lt week in'-Mti Otlead with relatie and friend. . ROOESVELT SWEEPS CABARRUS COUNTY. Arrested After Twice Forcing His Way Into Private Part of Man sion. Claims to Be a German Sub jectSaid He Didn't Intend Any Harm to President Taft Washington, April 13. A man giving his name as Michael Winter, was arrested at the White House to day after he had twice succeeded in forcing his way into the private part of the executive mansion. The guards found an ugly looking clasp knife! in the man's pocket. This is' the first time in years that an unwelcome vis itor has entered the Presidential home. The man claimed to be a Ger man subject, and said he had applied unsuccessfully to Count von Bern- stofT, the German ambassador, for a letter of introduction to President Taft. When Winter reached the White House he ran up the steps and dash ed past the doorkeeper. For a mo ment he was lost in the darkness or the hall from the searching ushers A few minutes after being ejected. Winter repeated the performance. He said that be lived in Baltimore, and protested that he did not intend to Warm the: President. Winter is 30 years old. - ALLENS CHANGE THEIR MIND. He Sure "Slugged 'Ea Out th Ropes" Here Friday Night. Col. Roosevelt 4 slugged 'era over the' ropes" in Concord, not a vote l ing cast against him at the Rcpublt can primaries Friday nijbt. although one ward' wan unintrueted. The pri manes -were held in the city wards at 8 o'clock. Onlv a raall num!er of voVei were eatf the result bein;j a ollows: Wanl No. 1 Roosevelt 11; Taft 0. Ward No. 2 Roocvelt, 0; Taft, 0. Ward No. 3 Roosevelt, 1; Taft, 0. Ward No; 4 Untntructed. The primaries in the county wer held next morning at 10 o'clock bat up to the noon hour the rcwrt liad not come in with the exception of No. 4 towuiihip, where Roevelt con tinned hi sweeping aetivitif-, not a vote leing east against him there.' The county convention will be held here Saturday and it i more tbin prokible that Cabarrus' 19 vo!r in the State convention will be tnt rutt ed for the candidate from Oyitcr Bav. Iater reports from No. 11 and No. 2 township how that IU"evelt re ceived ercry vote in the two precintt. Chairman Williams has not yet rr ceivetl the rcfrults-from the other pre cincts. 80 far not a Vimrle vote baa been registered for President Taft. AMENDMENTS OFFERED BY SENATOR SIMMONS ADOPTED Didn't Want to Be Triec at HUls ville at First; Now They Do. Bristol. Va., April 15. Although a Detition for change of venue 'was filed some weeks ago by members 01 the Allen gang, now in jail for shoot ing up the courthouse at Hillsville, they have all decided that they wish to be tried at Hillsville, according to Judge N. P. Oglesby, of. this city, former judge of the circuit court of Carroll county, and now attorney for the members of the clan in the Roan oke jail. Judge Oglesby says that be advised them to be tried in their home county and they they decided that it would be best. Friends here will be interested to know that Mr. .Joe Hartsell, son of r Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hartsell, has been appointed resident physician at St. Mary's Hospital in Philadelphia. Mr. Hartsell 7 is a member of the senior class at f J efferson Medical College arid -will receive; his r degree in med icine at the coming commencement. PLOT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT MADERO. Plot Also to Dynamite Public Build ings in Mexico. Twenty-Five Ar rests Are Reported Police Are Trying to "Suppress News. New York, April 13. A plot to a sassinate President Madero. of Mexi co, and to dvnamite tbe public build The body was turned over to Belljjng3 nas been discovered, according & Harris for burial. An old face reappears in our ad vertising columns today that of the old reliable firm of the Cannon & Fetzer Co- They , have a splendid assortment of fashionable spring and summer styles in.bluesrays, browns and blacks. Read the ad. to advice received here today by fin ancial interests. It is reported that twenty-five arrests have beeri made. Advices say the police are trying to suppress the news. New shipment of little boys' and little girls' Milam hats in by today's express at Fisher's. - Three Hundred Thousand Dollars of the $800,000 is to Begin Work There at Once. Washiny&n, A pril 3 3. the Sen ate eornmiVfe ' on commerce today adopted three amendment offered by Senator Simmons adding in the a? grezae 00,000 for North Carolina waterway' to the river and harbor bill, has it pas.ed the bouse. Tbre hundred thousand dollar of the amount is appropriate! from begin ning the work on the harbor of re fuge at Cape Iokout. tbe total cost of the project thus adopted pill b $3,500,000; $300,000 of-. this amount is for the new 2-ft project for the Cape Fear river at and below Wilmington; the other 4200.000 U for the inland waterway from Nor folk to Beaufort. The river and har bor bill, as it paased the hotie, car ried for North Carolina waterways $055,000, so that the $500,000 added by Senator Simmon today will give North Carolina $1,455?000. In addi tion to these items Senator Simmons expects to add a number of sarveyi for other new projects a well as other additional appropriations. Programme of Closing of Wlnecoff t High SchooL Sunday, April 20th, sermon to school, Rer. W. T. Albright. -Monday, April 21 t: 10 a. m., reci tation contest ; 3 p. m. declamatioa eontest; 8p.HL, concert by primary and intermediate grades. Tuesday 8 p. m-,- drama,'" "Red Acre Farm," by High SchooL ; . ' 1 i 1

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