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CONCORD, N. G, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1910.
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FINAL PLAN SUBMITTED.
For Consolidation of Lenoir College
and Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Insti
tute. The following of trreat. interest to
Lutherans and all people in this sec
tion, is from this morning's corres
pondence from Hickory of the Char
lotte Observer:
In answer to the broad proposition
for consolidation of Lenoir College
and Mount Pleasant Collegiate Insti
tute made last night by the commis
sion of the North Carolina Lutheran
Synod, the officers of the Tennessee
Synod and the committee of the board
of trustees of Lenoir College for the
morning and drew up the following
proposition to be submitted this af
ternoon to the cpmrmiesion of the
North-Carolina Synod-. It was first
submitted to the full board of trustees
of Lenoir College which adopted it
unanimously and then adjourned sine
die:
"Whereas, the interests of the
Lutheran Church in North Carolina
demand the concentration of all its
energy and means to build, up and
equip a high grade central college,
and whereas, the North Carolina
Synod has made -overtures through a
regular appointed commission to the
president of our synod and the board
of trusteese of Lenoir College for the
consolidation of the educational in
terests of the North Carolina Synod
and the Tennessee Synod.
"Wherefore, resolved, that we ap
prove of the movement and pledge
ourselves Jo carry this matter by res
olution to Synod, upon the following
basis :
"1. Itf order that a distinctively
Lutheran college shall be maintained
and perpetuated, this consolidated
college shall be conducted upon the
fundamental principles and constitu
tion of Lenoir College as established
and now conducted.
"2. That the Nortu Carolina Synod
shall be controlled and operated by
on the board cotrustees, and half
interest in the property of Lenoir
College, and be associated with, us in
the further execution of the original
trust.
"3. That in consideration of equal
representation on the board of trus
tees and one-half interest in our
property, the North Carolina Synod
; assumes the payment of one-half of
the. present indebtedness of Lenoir
College, and gives to the Tennessee
Synod .a half interest and half con
tool in1 the educational interests of
the North Carolina Synod at Mount
Pleasant, free of indebtedness and the
further moral and financial support
of the North Carolina Synod to the
consolidated college.
"4., That the consolidated educa
tional property of the two synods
shal be controlled and operated by
one joint board of trustees.
" W-J. Boger, president; B. D. Wes
singer, vice president; B. L. Stroup,
secretary; R. A. Yoder, D.' D., treas
urer, officers of Synod. W. A. Dea
, ton, James F. Deal, John J. George,
J. S. Mauney, P. C. Setier, committee
board of trustees."
This proposition in whatever form
it leaves the joint conference, is to
be submitted to the respective synods
" for final consideration.
There is a small indebtedness of
about $12,000 on Lenoir College, and
under the resolution the North Caro
lina Synod would assume half of this
debt. It is. understood that the in
debtedness of the North Carolina
Synod in its Mount Pleasant prop-
erty is' small and therefore there, is
nothing burdensome in the terms of
the" resolution that the Tennessee
Synod is to be free from any respon
sibility for indebtedness at Mount
Pleasant
"' Lenoir College has a magnificent
property with a fine main -building
whose , towering dome overlooks the
town. In it are class rooms. There
are two up-to-date dormitories, one
for boys and one for girls-, two stories
and spacious. There are professors'
, houses around the beautifully wood
ed 20-acre campus. The property is
'' easily worth $100,000.: The old North
- Carolina College property i estimate
ed(by some to be worth $40,000, bnt
-probably $30,000 would be too liberal
an estimate, and at auction it -would
not bring that. .'" r .-'.A
j-Thera. is a strong sentiment for
-v consolidation, and both synods seem
to be convinced that this is the pro
pitious time for it. , If it is effected
it may have a far-reaching effect in
the work of the Lutheran Church and
. Jt is hard to estimate all the possi-
bilities that are wrapped up in it. ?y ;
It -is possible that there may be
... a called meeting of the North Caro
' - lina Synod to consider this propo
sition. The Tennessee Synod's regu
lar meeting, is October 1 at Lihcolnton,
and strangely, enough it is to be in
"the same church where the' separa
' .tion from the North Carolina Synod
was effected in the year 1820, and the
main thing at this next meeting will
be, the consolidation proposition a
Elan for eo-operation that has possi
ilitiee of extension in it. - ; ' -i ,
, : Mr. J. A. Groves, of Albemarle, is
spending the day in ths city on bnsi
. '.peas. , , 4.. ..v -
TO SUCCEED MR. SOGERS.
Card of John H. Pearson Announcing
His Candidacy for Corporation
Commissioner.
To the Democrats of North Carolina :
I adopt this method of making
known to the Democrats of the State
the fact that my nama will be pre
sented to the next Democratic State
Convention for nomination as Cor
poration Commissioner to succeed
Hon. Samuel L. Rogers, whose term
will expirt next year.
If chosen by- the Convention, which
means election at the polls, I propose
to serve every citizen of the State,
whether natural or artificial. My ob
ject will be to promote the welfare
and business prosperity of the peo
ple of all classes and conditions, while
I shall be watchful to protect the peo
ple from oppression. The enormous
"Tow th of corporation powers and in
fluence in all things political, social,
economical , and even educational
should warn us that the side of safety
for public rights lies in the careful
selection of public agents who are at
least free from obligation to those
whose interests are to come before
them for adjucation and control.
Without intimating that our conven
tion could mistake its man and cer
tainly without disparagement of any
possible candidate, I claim for my
self to be wholly free from any al
liance with those corporations for
whoso regulation it was the purpose
of the statute creating the Corpora
tion Commission.
Mr. H. C. Brown, who has been
appointed by Gov. Kitchin to fill the
unexpired term of the late Mr. Ay
cock (since my first annonucement in
the State papers some two months
ago) has stated his intention of being
a candidate to succeed himself. Un
questionably the successor of Mr.
Rogers should be chosen from the sec
tion of the State west of Greensbor,
which is the center. I had a former
service on the board in 1697 and 1898
anl am willing to submit the record
then made in behalf of the shippers
and tax payers of the State to the
people, as I have lived to see my views
and rates urged at that time since
endorsed by my party in the shape of
State statutes.
JOHN H. PEARSON.
Morganton, N. C.
Rooster Acts
aaIoth
isr to Deserted
Chicks.
Mr. C. A. Robinson, who lives in the
city and farms in No. 11 township,
tells of a singular occurrence at his
home. lie had a hen with seventeen
young chickens, and she deserted them,
leaving them without a protector. Be
ing up against it,, he put a large domi
necker rooster in the coop -where the
hen had been keeping her chicks, and
much to his surprise and gratification,
the old fellow took charge of the
chicks and gathered them under his
wings when night came and kept them
there. The old fellow is doing the
best he can by them and makes stren
uous efforts to cluck to them, which
art he has not yet been able to ac
quire. Mr. Widenhouse Candidate for Re
nomination. Clerk of Court M. L. Widenhouse
has definitely decided that he will
again enter the Democratic primaries
for renomination for the office he now
holds. Mr. Widenhouse has been
Clerk of Court for the past four years
and has made a capable and efficient
officer. He is the only Democrat that
now holds a county office. As the
Clerk of Court is not elected except
every four years, he was not on the
ticket last election, when the entire
Democratic ticket went down in de
feat. A number of other candidates
for the Democratic nominations will
make their formal announcements the
latter part of the week.
Twenty-fire Injured in Wreck.
A Norfolk and Southern northbound
train was derailed six miles south of
Hertford Tuesday afternoon and 25
persons . injured. Every car in the
train turned turtle, the locomotive
only remaining on the track. Baggage
W, H. Sanderlin, of Belhavenr and
Mrs. E. R., Conger, of Edenton, N.
C, were the only ones seriously in
jured. The injured were rushed on
a special train to Norfolk for treat
ment. , The injuries of others were
bruises, sprains and slight cuts'. Phy
sicians were rushed to the scene. ,
Interest in Wrestling Match. '
Mush interest is taken in this sec
tion of North Carolina in the wrest
ling match between Young Beel, of At
lanta, and Young Nero, of Washing
ton, who will met on the mat in Sal
isbury, May 30th. Both athletes are in
fine trim, Beel having spent several
days there already in training. Many
visitors will be in Salisbury for the
event. Special invitations have been
sent to the press of the State.
"'No' seat, no fare" is the nub of a
new Trenton, New Jersey ordinance,
the direct result of a well organized
agitation for better street-car ser
vice in that city. - ,
COSTA RICA SHAKE
WORLD CALAMITY.
Minister Calvo Tells of Wide De
struction There.
The earthquake of May 4 at Carta
go, Costa Riea, was one of the great
disasters of the . world, though it
chanced at a time when the world, di
viding its news interest between the
death of King Edward, of England
and Halley's comet, did not give it
the attention it warranted.
But to Senor Don Joaquin Bernado
Calvo, envoy extraordinary and min
ister plenipotentiary from Costa Rica
to the United States, who is in Wash
ington, the catastrophe was real and
near, Indeed, and he can scarce speak
of the wiping out of Cartago, with its
loss of more than 1,000 lives and sev
eral thousand injured, without deep
emotion and in a broken voice.
Seen at the Costa llican Legation,
Minister Calvo said :
"Even now I am anxiously awaiting
official reports from my home govern
ment as to the full extent of the dis
aster. I fear .that it is worse than the
advices reported.
"It is evident that the disturbance
extended over a wide area, and that
the entire telegraph and postal ar
rangements of my country were dis
turbed. From all I have been able to
gather, I should judge that the num
ber killed instantly in Cartago exceed
ed 1,000, while probably 3,000 were
so severely injured that many died or
will die.
"Paraiso was also partially destroy
ed, and the death list there will prob
ably approximate 800. It is probable
that more than 500 deaths occurred in
the town of Oshomore.
"My information is that the shock
came -without warning. There was a
rumbling, a great upheaval of several
acres, and when this mass of earth had
been heaved up to its highest point,
there was a violent movement to the
left, a shock that Nothing could with
stand. Of the whole city of,Cartago,
I hear that only one building was left
partly standing, every other being
thrown down, among them the beauti
ful palace of the court of justice, be
ing built by Mr. Andrew Carnegie."
Cartago was the ancient capital of
Costa Rica. The seat of government
was many years ago moved to San
Jose. It is in the center of an agri
cultural district and, in recent years,
because of the salubrity of its cli
mate, has become rather noted as a
health resort. It is a favorite place
for those who become ill in Panama
and even at the time of the earht
quake the family of President Men
doza, of Panama, were there, but luck
ily escaped injury.
Another Case of Smallpox.
Tom Allen, a young negro who
works at the Gibson Mill, was discov
ered this morning -with a well devel
oped case of smallpox. Allen reported
for work this morning with eruptions
all over his face and. hands, lie was
told to see Dr. Wallace and let him
examine him. Instead of having a
physician to go to see him the negro
came all the way down town and
went in many places before finding Dr.
Wallace. No one knows how many
people be came in contact with or
what will be the result of his being
exposed. His disease was pronounced
smallpox and he was immediately sent
to the pest house.
Concord's Cleaning-up.
Charlotte Chronicle.
A cleaning up contest was closed in
Concord Saturday night. It was par
ticipated in by eighty-five boys. There
were two $25 cash prizes and eleven
other cash prizes, ranging from $10.50
down to $1, while there were other
prizes of watches, rifles and other ar
ticles contributed by . the merchants,
each one of the eighty-five boys get
ting a reward of some sort. - The re
sult of the trash cleaning campaign in
Concord was 5,842 barrels, which
shows that there was need for the
work that was entered upon by the
boys. The cleaning-up movement is
a good one and should be an institu
tion in every town. There is no doubt
of the 4act that health conditions in
Concord will be improved as a result
of the cleaning tip contest and the
town did well to see that none of the
boys went unrewarded. .-.
: Scotia Seminary Commencement.
Scotia Seminary commencement ex
ercises have been in progress this
week, and elosed this morning with
the class exercises. Last night the
literary address was delivered by Rev.
W. A. Jones, D. D.t of Pittsburg, Pa.
A large audience, many of them
whites, was present to hear Dr. Jones '
strong and eloquent address, which
was full of good 'advice to those he
addressed.. The graduating exercises
this morning -were of the usual high
order, and many of the white people
of the city were present to enjoy the
excellent music as well as the literary
programme. - - j :
Mr. Taft was recently in Pittsburg
where things always look darker than
anywhere else, but ha was mighty
eheerful nevertheless.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Some of the People Here and Else
where Who Come and do.
Mr. Elam King is spending the day
in Charlotte.
Mr. T. J. White is spending the day
in Charlotte.
Mr. D. B. Coltrane is spending the
day in Bessemer City.
Mr. Richard Gibson left this morn
ing for a trip on the road.
Mr. Mack Buchanan returned last
night from the State University.
Mrs. II. B. Adams, of Monroe, is vis
iting her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Hous
ton. iMrs. R. K. Blair and children, of
Charlotte, are visiting Mrs. J. P.
Cook.
Mr. W. B. Erwin, of San Francisco,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Frank
Brown.
Mrs. T. D. Maness will leave this
afternoon for Albemarle to visit her
parents.
Mrs. Sue Willams and little Kathe
rine Wheeler left this morning for
Reidsville.
Mr. L. T. Hartsell is attending the
National Building and Loan Associa
tion in Charlotte today.
Mrs. Gowan Dusenbery will leave
this afternoon for Charlotte to visit
friends for several days.
Mrs. G. C. Love retnrned this morn
ing from a visit to her father, Mr. J.
B. Green, in No. 10 township.
Miss Catherine Goodson will arrive
tonight from Raleigh, where she has
been attending Peace Institute.
Sheriff Honeycutt returned last,
night from Raleigh, -where he carried
two prisoners to the penitentiary.
Misses Cassie and Atha Watson re
turned last night from Winona, S. C,
where they have been teaching school.
Mr. A. D. Redditt, of Kinston, is in
Concord for several days, on business
for the State Agricultural Depart
ment. jRev. and M". W. L. Hutchins re
turned this morning from their bridal
tdur to Washington and other north
ern cities.
tfrs. "ft' C. Odell, w ho has been
visiting at the home of Mr. W. R.
Odell, left last night for her home in
Greensboro.
Mr. Clarence Norman will return to
day from Chapel Hill, where he has
been attending the University of
N'orth Carolina.
Misses Blanche and Lucy Brown
will return tomorrow night from Ral
eigh, where they have been attending
St. Mary's School.
Mi. Wil4iam 11 Wadswortlj re
turned yesterday from Philadelphia
where he has been attending Jeffer
son Medical College.
Misses Francis Craven and Nellie
Herring returned last night from
Greensboro, where they have been
attending the State Normal.
Mrs. B. M. Johnson left this morn
ing for Richmond, where she goes to
attend the marriage of her grand
daughter, Miss Lucile Wearn. She
will be away about a month.
Miss Merrie Richardson passed
through the eity yesterday afternoon
enroute to her home Li Mt. Pleasant
from Greensboro, where she has been
teaching in the graded school.
Miss Eva Nicholson, who has been
visitng Miss Blanche Boyd, returned
last night to her home in Salisbury.
Mrs. D. B. Coltrane will return to
night from a trip to Hendersonville
and Asheville. Mrs. "Coltrane will be
accompanied by Mrs. Leithe, of Knox
ville, Tenh.
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SUNNYSIDE.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rodgers and Mr.
Vio Rodgers, of Concord, spent Sun
day here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rainey spent
Saturday night at Mr. George Lipe's,
of Prospect.
Mr. Frank Jones, of near Moores
ville, was here one day last week.
Little Shelby Litaker who has been
right sick is improved.
Mrs. T. II. Edwards is visiting her
brother Mr .Jim Brown, of Mt. Ulla,
who is right sick.
Children's Day will be observed at
Unity next Sunday beginning at 10
o'clock. There will be a program by
The candies that will please her most ; that
will please everyone who desires the best, are
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PETTICOATS
BLACK HEATHERBL00M
PETTICOATS
just in, all sizes and a good
range of prices. Every one
guaranteed to wear. Priced
$1, 1.50, 2.00 up to 3.00
Big Showing of Muslin
Underwear
Corset Covers 19, 25 and 35c
Gowns, special at 50 and 75c
Gauze Vests 5, 10 and lSc
H. L. PARKS k CO.
The
,. Is has grown steadily since organized in 1897.
The revised State Bank law makes its Stockholders liable, the
same as a National Bank. . ; V :
It desires the Accounts of ; Farmers, Merchants, Firms and
Individuals. . . :
It pays 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates of. Deposit.'
It cordially nvites your account to-Day.
the children and several addresses by
ministers.
Mrs. M. A. Edmiston is spending
some time with Mrs. Minnie Good
night. DERMIA.
Col. Roosevelt "saw the German in
a sham batle." He'll see the Amer
icans in the real thing when he comes
back.
If the enumerators no not measure
up to the expectations, there will be
volcanic eruptions in every city in
the union.
It is now up to our friends the ene
my across the big pond to build a
bigger-than-the-biggest battleship.
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