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CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1910.
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No. 132
DREAM LED TO POT OF GOLD.
Visions of Richmond Man Impel Him
to Visit Old House.
For over three years E. L. Thomp
son, a well known Richmond business
man, has dreamed time and again that
a vast amount of gold lay hidden be
neath the hearth in tire old homested,
in Hanover county, says the Times
Dispatch. Many times so realistic did the
visions become Mr. Thompson was
awakened from bis slumbers, feeling
almost compelled to hasten to the spot
and unearth the treasure, but he
would think of the absurdity of the
thing and the matter would be for
gotten. On several of these ocrasions
he informed his wife of the clearness
and vividness of the dreams, and only
a short time ago discussed the matter
with a few friends, laughing with
them at the impossibility of it and
passing it off with the remark that
"millions of people dearm just such
things as that, and if they found it did
no good to investigate, then wh
should I trouble myself over doing
SOT
But fortunately for Mr. Thompson,
he did investigate, and as a result he
4s many thousands of dollars ahead
for his pains. Sunday afternoon Mr.
luompson was taking an outing
through the country m which the
homestead, winch is now almost
ruins, stands, and the sight of the old
house bringing his dreams concerning
it (forcibly to his mind, he decided, for
curiosity's sake, to go inside and make
4n investigation.
Tearing up a few stones in the old
-hearth, his surprise and awe may well
be imagined when he saw before him
a pot of gold.
. Further investigation showed that
; the walls and floors of the house were
literally filled with gold, exceeding the
-most lavish of the many dreams he
had had concerning the hidden wealth.
Mr. Thompson gathered the gold to
gether and brought it to his ome
here.
He refuses to say how much of the
yellow metal he found, but admitted
the amount will exceed $10,000. Th ere
are some old pieces in the collection,"
said mjv Thompson, "that were dated
as Tat back as 1(70, and olhers that
range between 1829 to 1838. Those
dated around 1770 are English srold
pieces." He is displaying niramber
or toe older coins m the show fin
dows in his Broad street plaee of busi
ness.
Mr. Thompson's theory ns to how
the gold came to be hidden in the old
house is reasonable and quite likely
the right one. He said that Mrs.
Thompson had a grandmother, who
was considered exceptionally wealth v,
but who died before the Civil War
without leaving a dollar to nnv of her
kin. No one ever knew what she had
done with her fortune, and the matter
had been practically fonrollen, al
though the mystery still remained.
"That she hid the monev is nlnin
enough, but why she never told oif its
hiding place, or how I came to dream
so often and so vividly of it, are ques
tions to which I expect no answer in
this world," said Mr. Thompson, in
concluding the story of the find.
After Operatives for the Locke Mills.
Mooresville Enterprise.
A young man made a canvass of
our city this wtvi. it is 'said, seeking
desirable help lor ihe Locke Cotton
Mills, at Concord, where, it is claim
ed, 400 hands are wanted. . The agent
found little if any help here, as an idle
; man is Beldom seen.' The agent learn
ed that Mooresville is wide-awake and
that men who do want work get it here
and are contented. 'However, it is
gratifying news to learn that the big
mills will soon start up. The Locke
mills embrace the old Odell mills.
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? it t iOn a6eount National Educational
If! 1 1 Association, Boston, Mass., July 2-8th,
1910, the Southern Railway announces
20th to July 2, -with final return limit
. to reach the original starting point
- JUiiv nth. with oriviiese or an ex-
' tension until September lath, by per
sonally depositing ticket with Special
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Prooortionallv : Jew rates from other
points.
Mr. Editor: Some on baa said
-' that yon can tell a man of sense by
i . the. way he runs his automobile. A
. gentleman oi sense noes leisurely
. .1 .. sod eareiuuy s look recklessly and
raoidlv. It is funnv to see a little
dusuU .fellow get him a little-hat or cap,
, n );dBb, off, looking in every direction to
aee who u looking at. mm, and flat-
ev-
Jnncesth.t
RECKLESS ATTTOMOBILING.
Citizen Asks if There is No Way to
Stop It A Fearful Responsibility.
Mr. Editor: I wish through your
paper to call the attention of the offi
cials and the public of Concord to
the rapid and dangerous speed ot au
tomobiles on North Main street from
the factory to the fire limits. While
manv gentlemen go at a moderate,
safe speed, there are others who go
rapidly and recklessly, 30 to 50 miles
an hour. There are many children in
that part of the city. Parents are in
.-oust ant fear that those children will
be run over.
Is there no "way to stop this out
rage T Are our officials helpless or are
thev careless t There is a fearful re
sponsibility resting upon the officials
and also upon the automobile owners.
If through non-enforcement of the
law some child should be killed I think
the officials would fare badly.
The owners - of the automobiles
should remember that if they exceed
the speed limit and an accident occurs
they are in law responsible civilly
and criminally.
It . does ' seems that the officials
might stop this recklessness and give
peace to the mothers and fathers of
the citv. CITIZEN.
Democratic State Convention.
The formal call is issued by Chair
man A. 11. Kller and Secretary Alex,
J. Field for the Democratic state con
vention to meet in Charlotte, Thurs
day, July, 14, at noon, for the nomina
tion of a chief justice and two asso
ciate justices of the Supreme ourt
und two members ot the corporation
commission to adopt a state platform
and transact such other business as
may be brought before the convention
Chief Justice Walter Clark and Asso
ciate Justices Piatt D. Walker and
J. S. Manning are the candidates for
the nomination to succeed themselves,
and' Just ice Manning is the only one
having avowed opposition, Superior
Court Judge W. K. Allen, of Wayne,
being urine race against Judge Man
ning.
in the nominations for corporation
commissioner there is a sharper eon
test peidiug, with conditions rather
mixed. The nominations are to be for
the place on the commission now till
ed by Commissioner S. L. Kogers, of
Macon county, and 11. C. brown,! oi
Surry county, whose 18 years resi
deuce in Kaleigh as secretary to the
commission has given him both cen
tral and western claims. Mr. Kogers
retires with this term, and Mr. Brown
was appointed to succeed the late B.
F. Ay cock and serve until the conven
tion and election. He is a candidate
to succeed himself ,and is opposed by
li. C. Bagwell, traveling man of lial-
ci;li. For the western seat there are
in the race V. T. Lee, Waynesville;
W. A. (iraham, Oxford, present speak
er of the house; J. 11. I'earson, Mor-
gantoii.
Charlton -Confesses to Killing His
Wife.
The Lake Como, Italy, murder mys
tery is solved. Porter Charlton, an
American youth of good family,
sought by the police of two continents,
was arrested in lloboken, N. J., short
ly after noon Thursday as he stepped
from the 'North Oermau Lloyd liner
Princess Irene. In less than an hour
he had confessed without a tremor
that in a tit of temper he had beat his
wife into insensibility with mallet.
jammed her body in a trunk and sunk
it hi the waters ot the Italian lake.
Charlton said:
"My wife and I lived happily to
gether. She was the best woman in
the world to me, but she had an un
governable temper. So had I. We
frequently quarreled over the most
trivial matters, end her language to
me was frequently so foul that 1 know
she did not know the meaning of it.
"Ihe night I struck aer she had
been quarreling with me.. 1 Sue was in
tle worst temper I had ever seen her
in. 1 told" her if she did. (not eease I
would leave her and put a stop to it.
She stopped for awhile and started
again. (
"I took a mallet which I had used
to do some household repairing and
struck her three times. I thought she
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waii ueau. x put tire ooay in a trunn,
in which I also threw the mallet."
Judge Manning. - I t
Durham Herald. . i "- ' ' '
' The friends of Judee Manning have
not liau a word to say against Judge
Allen, but can-the f riends .of Judge
Alien say the same T
If Mr. Manning is to be knifed, for
no other reason than that lie is a
friend uf the governor, then those of
ua'wiio ar friendly to the governor
should 8,laud'by liim f ' ' i
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JUNIOR ORDER MEETING.
Interesting Sessions Held Last Night
and This Morning.
The first session of the district
meeting of the l."ith district, Jr. O. U.
A. M. convened last night at the ar
mory hall at 8::t0 o'clock.
The session was opened by an ad
dress of welcome by Mr. L. T. Hart
sell, State Vice Counsellor, of this
city, on behalf of the Cannonville and
Forest Hill Councils. The address
was responded to by Prof. Palgett, of
the Southern Commercial Schools, of
Winston-Salem, who in a very inter
esting and humorous manner, express
ed the appreciation on the part of the
visiting delegates of the hospitality
extended to them by the local coun
cils. Rev. T. W. Smith welcomed the
delegates on behalf of the lodges of
the city. His speech made a fine im
pression on the large audience as evi
denced by the prolonged applause at
the conclusion of his remarks. Mr. J.
C. Fink also made a most interesting
talk on the work of the Junior Order.
At the close of the speechmaking a
most enjoyable informal reception was
tendered the visitors by the two local
Councils, assisted by the Daughters of
Liberty. A delightful course of re
freshments was served consisting of
ice cream, cake, lemonade and fruit.
The Forest Hill and Cannonville
Councils are entertaining the visitors
in regal style, and the delegates are
enthusiastic in their praise of Con
cord and the hospitable welcome that
is being accorded them durng their
stay in our midst. The council held a
secret session this morning at the ar
mory and the following is a pro
gramme of the meeting:
Morning Session, Part 1.
Opening ceremonies at 9 a. m.
Heading, scripture and prayer by
Rev. J. A. J. Farrington, of No. 20,
Salisbury.
Calling roll of Councils and enroll
ing delegates.
Reports from representatives of
the condition of Councils by calling
roll of Councils.
Discussion on the Following Topics:
Do we recognize the lauding upon
our shores of the ignorant, the vicious
and the lawless of the old world as a
constant menace to our institutions,
and believe that it should be viewed
with alarm by the loyal and patriotic
citizens of the country, by Councils
No. 2.), 12, .r0, 270, 82, 20 and 18.
Can a truly loyal American citizen
join onr fraternity and pass through
our grand initiatory ceremonies with
out feeling a greater responsibility
in the welfare and prosperity of this
great republic of ours by No. 65, 100,
251, 90, 153, 59, 291, 22 and 229.
Shall we be instrumental in having
laws passed in our State to provide
that the children attending public
schools, if our state be furnished with
their text books free of all cost, also
passing compulsory education laws,
No. 242, 248, 38, 94, 184, 19G, 274,
195, 223, 230.
Shall we encourage class initiation
in our local Councils, that every loyal
citizen, even though of foreign birth
will sav "God Speed You," when they
fully understand the full import of
all the Jr. O. U. A. M. stands for be
fore the world.
Good of the Order, by Hon. C. B.
Webb, Past State Councilor of No.
18, Salisbury.
Bicyclist Run Down.
nauling a party of merry picnick
ers to Dixie, a popular resort near
Charlotte, a team of spirited horses
ran away Thursday and trampled up
on a bicyclist and threw the occupants
of the surry several feet to the
In the surry were Mr. and Mrs. W. V.
Ledwell, Mrs. E. M. Dooley and five
small children. No one but Mr. Led
well, who was driving knew the
horses were running away until after
they had gone three-quarters of a mile
and done the above damages.
O. J. Rader was riding out to his
farm, which is situated five miles from
town, when the accident occurred. He
'beard the horses coming after him, and
turning around, realized they were too
close on him for him to turn to one
hide. In attempting, however, to avoid
being run over he turned abruptly in
to the ditch, and much to the aston
ishment of everybody the horses fol
lowed him.
Mr. Rader was trampled upon and
otherwise seriously injured by becom
ing entangled "with his bicycle. Mrs.
Ledwell suffered a broken ankle and
severe bruises, and is in a serious con
dition. The other occupants of 4 he
surry miraculously escaped any injury
more than a few scratches.
The oroner's jury met late Wed
nesday evening at Monroe and order
ed the indictment of Z. B. Plyler on
the charge of murdering Carter Parks,
who was killed several days ago. Ply
ler was committed to jail without bail
to-await trial at the next term or
eonrt. .Geo. Mayfcew and John Me-
Manus, colored, were also' arrested,
charged with being agents Of Plyler in,
the murder.
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STORED FOR HIGH PRICES.
Forty-Fire Million Eggs Placed in
Cold Storage at Newark.
Forty-Hve million eggs have been
placed in cold storage by the ware
housemen af Newark, N. J., to re
main there until the high prices of
last winter are duplicated.
The eggs have been shipped into
Newark since April 1, and are mostly
from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
They were purchased at an average
price of from 23 1-2 to 24 cents a
dozen. Two cents a dozen is added to
cover insurance, storage costs, etc.,
which brings the total cost up to about
20 cents a dozen.
If eggs retail at 45 cents a dozen
for other than the "strictly fresh,"
as they did last winter, there will he
a profit of 19 cents a dozen between
the warehouse and the consumer. The
warehousemen are frank to say that
I hey believe their storage of eggs
will help to put the price next 'winter
at the high level of last winter. Thus
the total profit on the stored eggs
would be something over $700,000.
Dealers in Jersey say that there is
little prospect that the output of the
Jersey hen will decrease in price. A
prime Jersey favorite is the white
Ijeghorn egg. For some reason the
white Leghorn seems to be either idle
or permanently decreasing in num
bers. A Report That Alarmed the Curious.
Boom! And there was a loud and
4artliiig report on Union street this
morning, just as the town clock was
striking the hour of 9, that made the
curious ones jump up and take notice
and interrupted the pleasant siestas
of the summer loafers.
"What was it V cried the crowd in
chorus.
"Dynamite at Marsh's," cried one
as he made a wild dash toward the
scene 'whence came the roar.
"it is one of them imfernal ma
chines I have beam tell of," said one
of our oldest idlers, who had just got
located on his favorite goods box to
while away the morning hours whit
tling a stick. He immediately arose
and hurriedly tossed his quid of to
bacco in a trash can and struck a gait
up the street that alarmed his ac
quaintances, who had not seen him
get up so much speed since his boy
hood davs.
By this time a crowd had swarmed
in Marsh's, around Marsh's, and in
front of Marsh's. "What was it?"
cried the belated arrivals of the spec
tators they met departing from the
scene.
"Ah! Nothing startling," they smil
ingly replied, "only one of the front
tires of Dr. King's Hudson has
burst." Exeunt omues.
The Land of Oz.
Selig's third edition of the "Oz'
series has arrived and we can assure
our patrons that it is far superior to
the two preceding subjects. We find
onr little friend Dorothy and her hap
py companions successfully combatting
circumstances in the Mystic City ot
the Emerald Isle. The rebellious
armv of General Jingar showing my
riads of Leith soldiers in glittering ar
ray. No time or expense has been
spared to make the Land af Oz one
of the most interesting and entertain
ing of all fairy stories in film pictures.
This interesting film is shown at the
Theatorium tonight.
Miss Wilma Correll left this morn
ing for Spartanburg to visit at the
home of her uncle, Mr. V. C. Correll.
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Wonderful Beyond Description, Say
Passengers of Deutschland.
The Deutschlaihl, the Lusitania of
the sky, is tugging at her anchors at
Dusseldorf, Germany, ready for her
300-mile scheduled return trip to
Friedrichshafen, with a score of first
cabin passengers.
Reports from the Berlin office in
dicate that bookings are being made
several weeks in advance, prospective
passengers lighting for the privilege of
paying $50 to take the air-line voy
age. The first passengers on the air liner
are enthusiastic in praise of her per
formance. "It seemed (hat we were anchored
in the air and the world was passing
in review beneath us," said one of
them today. "We simply sat in the
magnificently appointed Pullman com
partments amidships ami viewed the
panorama. Below us was the Hliine
and its wonderful mountains. We
passed over cities ami open country
with eipial facility. The vibration of
the motors was the only sound that
reached us. We maintained an aver
age height of 300 feet. At times we
traveled as fast as 44 miles an hour.
Not once did kp waver on our course.
The great airship ran more smoothly
than an ocean vessel."
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Vampires Get $15,000,000.
According to the officials of the Na
tional Association 'for the Study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis more than
15.01111,11110 is paid by the public for
lake coiisiuiipt ion cures.
Several hundred of these so-called
cures and treatments have been in
vestigated by agents of the associa
tion, and in an official report made
public it is staled that a majority were
li. iui,l to contain "harmful and habit
funning drugs such as morphine,
opium and chloroform."
None of I hem will cure consump
I io", Ihe experts declare, although
some $3,000,000 is expended by the
manufacturers in advertising them.
When Henry Thompson Brown, em
ployed at a saloon at Maryville, near
Helena, Mont., il'ouml two nickels and
a dime on the floor Friday, he began
laughing at his good fortune and
continued l'i laugh violently until he
lei lover dead. It was found that his
violent laughter hail resulted in the
breaking of a blood vessel. Brown
was colored ami sixtv vears old.
According to The Times, a Raleigh
man declares that he will lie the hap
piest man in Ihe country if only the
Raleigh baseball team gels two of the
three games from (loldshoro, and if
Jcll'ries thrashes Johnson and if his
side wins in the Wake primaries.
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