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VOL' XXI.
Fries, 43 Ceiti V J.
CONCORD. N. O, TUESDAY. MAIXII 14, 1911. .
NO. 207
TZ3 ETC I TUCTHiOAT. .' '
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DwtLUnx Rsws Down si Brown 12111
Occnpani TJahnrt Kerxo Church
A1m D amc lUh d Oil ar Daaac
. Don. - -
' CoDford and vicinity wr visited
t 1 1 a 1 .OA - J - U V -
,Hru.j .wu , ,.c w. .
ever wind, rain and electrical storm
and tfor time the whole area of space
far m human eye could penetrate
was wrapped in darkness. About noon
, the clouds began 40 gather and in an
hour had grown to such magnitude as
to completely shroud the entire vj
' cinity in darkness, the like of which a
v number of the oldest inhabitants of
, rbe city state they had never seen be
l fore. . - . ' .
The rain storm uras' followed by
. strong wind which increased in its
' fury when the clouds broke, and caus
ed considerable 'damage . throughout
; the city. v ' "
: A four-rooni dwelling1 bouse at the
Brown mill, occupied by .Mr. and Mm.
J. 6. Spencer and tour children, was
-- blown down, while the occupant were
all inside. Mrs. Spencer was sick, in
: bed in the front room of the bouse and
the children were near tier when, the
"wash came, two of the children being
- on the. bed with her. The house fell
-- over to one side, and the ceiling broke
' away (from the roof, leaving a large
. exit through ; which the occupants
- crawled oat. Two of the little babies
' were pinned between the bed and the
wall but were qniekly rescued and
sustained no injuries. The furniture
and other household effects were scat
teredin every earner of the boose. The
. house is completely wrecked ,the par
titions and walls being broken apart
and the roof warped and twisted out
of all proportion. It is the property
- of the Brown Manufacturing Com
pany,
Thejiegro church on the ngh band
aide of the road at Surer Mill was
blown down.- This building was a
cheap frame affair, which bad been
standing ior sometime with the aid of
props, and .very, little damage "was
done. " "
. The building at the Toung-Hartsell
mill occupied by the mercantile firm
of J. B. Price ft Co. was moved put of
line about three jMKSis&fWZ
. A stained glass window in the tower
f Jame9- Iatheran ulHurh was
- A hack belonging to Walter Litaker,
-"a oloe4 back driver, was caught in
- the fury of the storm and forced to
do an aeroplane act, while he .was
driving m Chestnut street. -'" "
x ' Apportion of - the barn oh Mr.
- Charles Uarris'farm was blown away.
" Two large pine trees in the yard of
VMr.'VJ L; Norman wera blown down
and part of the roof of his barn was
- blown away. -
An old barn on East Depot ' street,
" belonging to' Mr. Anthony Bost was
unable to withstand the force of the
- "wind and went down with a crash.
The tin roofing on the old building
- adjoining the court house lot was sha
i ken jfrom its fastenings and-set sail
- on the wind.
' i- 'Part of the eornieea on the church
tower at CenTraL Methodist church
1 were blown down.
A large willow tree immediately in
(he rear of Mr. D. B. Porter's, on Bell
avenue, was uprooted. - . - r
The smoke house on the lot of Mr.
J, C. Wadsworth was upturned.
, ' The roof on the large store build
' ing, belonging- to John Laughlin, at
the Brawn mill, opposite the Missouri
City Mercantile .Co., was blown off.
The smoke stack at the Young
- Sartsell mill fell, striking the roof and
" causing slight damage. , f ; ';. f
- The Musical Georgettes.
The popular entertainers, The ku-
'sieal Georgettes," will appear in Con
eord at the Central " graded school
building on .Wednesday- evening,
. March-15 v-'..' -a
The Georgettes are one of the best
novelty musical companies" on" ' the
, road. The. little ten-year-old, dangh-
ter, who is a member of the company,
' is really a remarkable. iBhild, ; She not
, only exeeuts the most difficult selec-
lions On the violin but carries her part
through the entire torogram on the
various collection o.f instruments em
. ployed.
The company consists of "Mr. end.,..t(n- :nA. tu. .-.j.v.tinn of the
Mrs. F. L. Georgetts and their ten-Lj WM .ygtematioally undertaken
year-old daughter, Josephine, .cbkathe summer of 1908 by cooperation
of the family is snjloist on differen; Federal, Stat and local an-
jnfirumenfts. 1 The prices will
be
' adults 35 cents; children 25 cents,
"Eebel"; Representative Clash. '
.A misunderstanding bag arisen be-'
tween Gustave Madero, brother of the
Mexican insnrrecto chief, and Dr. Go
w"!, confidential agent in Washington
of the revolutionary party in Mexico.
It is said that M. Madero favored
Finance Minister Jose Yves" Liman-J
tour as a compromise for the Presi
dency of Mexico to succeed Diaz,
while Dr. Gomez irited upon fight-
ihtt
'complete overfhrow of
the entire Diaz oligarchy, of which th application Will Cannon, col
Limantour is a main part of th back- ored( (for entrant to th institutiop
tf"1." ; v" ; had been fayoraliiy acted-upon.
au. ...w
TC'AL Eim' "T CF
TS C3LLL ESTATES.
Lars Personal Estate Swept Away
by ' Endorsement . cf KoUa for
Otiisra. - ,
' Tbs Southern Loan and Trust Co,
trustees of alegars. J, H. and W. R.
qj, fe their attorney, Mr. W. M.
!QJ7 v.. Tlj TvYil .
Smith, has filed their final settlement
of h two estates with the clerk of
the Superior court, which in our opin
ion is the most remarkable settlement
in many ways, which was ever spread
upon the records, in North Carolina.
it shows in the first place that the
argo personal estates of both J. M.
Udell and W K. Odell were swept
away, not by their own'debt but as
endorsers lor other people. It shows
that at the date of the assignment to
the Southern Loan ft Trust Co., that
the Odell s were endorsers for the
Odell Mfg. Co. on ninety-five notes,
amounting to three hundred and sev-
enty-suftbousaikl, five hundred and
twenty-eight dollar and forty-eight
cents, and lor the Southern Cotton
Mills upon seventy notes, amounting
to- v two-hundred and - seventy-two
thousand Aye hundred and ninety
eight dollars,'or a grand total of six
hundred and forty-nine thousand, one
hundred and twenty-six dollars and
forty-eight cents.
. Another remarkable fact which the
settlement shows, is that Mrs. J. M.
Odell made probably the most wonder
ful fight which any woman ever made
for the financial good name of her bus-
band and that by her efforts she has
.succeeded in having each and every
one of the one hundred and sixty-five
creditors assign to her their claims.
. This account also shows another un
usual feature nd that 'is, "that the
trustee's fees and the attorney's fees
amounted to less than four per cent
of the receipts and we are further in-
&rmed, notwithstanding that this mat
ter has been pending four years and
involving s little more than fifty thou
sand dollars, that when the Trustee
struck Us balance and compared . it
with - its bank account it t agreed
to the very cent.
This settlement furnishes en object
lesson to every reader of our "paper in
illustrating the ill effects of persons
endorsing no-'f:e':lT-0:l
Tha management and settlement of
tlllNDattcf f rotn beginaintf lo sod has
been under the direction of Mr. W. M.
Smith who is the regular attorney or
the Southern Loan ft Trust Company.
The total assets of twth estate
amounted to forty-eight, thousand,
there hundred and seventy-four dol
lars and thirtv-four cents, which ar-
ter allowing credits from other
sourecg . whichhad been appliedto
said indebtedness, paid just a fraction
less than eighteen cents on the dollar,
Byron C. Piatt, , N
A prophet of the New Era, will lee
Hire in the Auditorium, Mt. .Pleasant,
N. C, Friday March 17th, under the
auspices of the "Institute and Semi
nary. Descended tf rom distinguished
ancestry and related to a long list of
notables including warriors, poets and
journalise, M Piatt ha-5 easily risen
to eminence n the Lyceum platform.
With fieine be says, "Wa do not pos
sess our ideas but are possessed by
them. They eize us and force us iuto
the arena where", like gladiators, we
must fight for them," and witn
Edward Markham. "But what avail, 0
builders of the world, unless ye build
safety for the soulT", American
Morals, i the Mas Against the Man,
and Jesus Christ in the New Era are
subjects upon ' which Mr. Piatt lec
tures, and each of these has peen pro
nounced by competent critics a mas
terpiece. The public U cordially in
vited to avail themselves of the op
portunity -to bear this masterful
speakert.v'v-''1 V--'-.'. td
Modiflation of Bouthern Cattle Qnar
: -."; ; " antine, .1 '
Nearly 11,000 square miles of addi
tional territory hag been released from
the Federal quarantine for Texas fe
ver or tick fever of cattle by an order
of the Secretary 'of Agriculture taking
effect March 15. This action is taken
as result -of good progress made-dur.
ing the past. year in the extermination!
of cattle ticks which spread tne ais-
area
released Trom
thorities how amounts to nearly 140,-
000 squsre miles, and includes terri
tory in the States of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Ar
kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Califor
nia. The released territory exceeds
in extent the combined area of Sonih
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. -
x In North Carolina it includes the
oonnties of Stanly, Montgomery, Ran
dolph, Chatham, Wake and Franklin
A ."teiaram has been received from
.the asylum at Ooldsboro stating that
EAILEOAD ELECTION TOD AT.
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Townships of Zowan and Cabarrai
to Vote Today oa Bonds for Pro-j
posed Xoad from SaHsbnry ts llovi
m. .. !. r i :-- .(
Todsy an election will b held in
Nos. 6, 8, 9 and 10 township, in this
county and in litaker and Salisbury
townships in Kowau county on tbs
propositionMa issue bonds for the
building of the proposed railroad from
Salisbury to Monroe, ."k-
In Nos. 6, 0 and 10 the proposition
is to vote on sirbacrtbing 19,000 to
the capital stock of the Salisbury
Railway Co., and in No. 8 to subscribe
to 140,000 stock. Salisbury is to vota
on a proposition to vote $75,000 bonds
to the road, and Litaker township to
the amount of f40,000. -
The Salwbary vorrespondent of tbs
Char lot Observer says that consid
erable opposition has developed to tbs
proposition in Rowan, especially in
Litaker township, but that later sen
timent has been erystlising in favor of
voting the' bonds. -';-'-. l - -
There has also developed consider
able opposition to the proposition -in
No. 10 township, in Cabarrus, the up
per and lower sides of the township-'
being arrayed against each t other.
Most, of the people of No. TO would
prefer .to have a railroad from Con
cord to one from Salisbury. ' ' :
A telephone message received afT
o'clock today from Mr. Sam Black, of
No. 10 township, states that at that
hour the bond,, only lacked two votes
of carrying. Out of the 183 registered
voters in the . township,- 9a had al
ready voted forbonds, when only 97
are necessary to carry the proposition.
Mr. Black said no one was working
against the bond issue, and that U
expected that at least 120 votes would
be secured for it. . r
We also called up all the other pi
einots where the election is being '.held.
At 1:30 o'clock in ML pleasant out
of 217 registered voters 130 hadbeen
east for bonds, thus carrying the prop
osition there. . v
In No. 9 at 12 o'clock out of 123
regkmered voters 40 had been cast for
the railroad, -leaving only 22 more to
be secured. . , v
It looka like the bond issue will not
carry in No. 6.. Out of 161 registered
Lyoicra only 26 'had 'been cast for it at
i -cioex as oo more are neeaea it
seems that the bond issue has not car
ried. v::;-iri;-,;v?;: :iS'., ,
Charlotte in Midst of a Municipal
r : . Campsign.
Special to Greensboro News.
Charlotte, March 13. A. real live
municipal campaign, such a one as
would do credit, or discredit, as the
case may be, to a metropolitan center,
has begun in Charlotte during the past
few days. The contending parties are
the candidates for the mayoralty.
Thomas W. Hawkins, the present ex
ecutive of the city, is a candidate for
re-election. Mr. Hawkins is opposed
by Dr. Charles A. BJand. Both gen
tlemen ahvo i a; large t. following or
friends amTboth are conservative bus
iness men, each capable of doing the
city credit in the administration of
its affairs.' ",
Both sides of the contest have es
tablished headquarters and the adver
tising columns of he local papers are
being well patronized by the contest
ants. Facts and figures are being hand
ed out galore and the whole situation
gives promise of developing some good
live matter for newspaper columns at
most any moment. .- - - x
Suprem Court Sustain Corporation
. (Washington, March. 13. The cor
poration tax provision of the Payne
Aldrioh tariff act were sustained to
day a constitutional by the Supreme
Court of the United States. The de
cision, of the court was unanimous At
13 :2a Justice Day began to deliver
the decision. He first announced that
it was within the .power of the Seatite
to insert the corporation tax provis
ion in the tariff law, which originated
in the House. Justice Day said, as it
appeared to those whe listened to him,
that the court held the tax as an "ex
cise ' tax on the doing- of business,'
which is exactly the basis on which
the government has defended the law,
1
h fccsineis
j sTke who
It encouragea ecenotny, 'establishes your credit, makes sending
money away- or paying bills ' with Check easy, besides
safeguarding your cash, ; -. . ,
V.ly c;t ".irt yesf Ctccklrj tr Privste Acccz-t v.:i
a ...
Sobs of th Psopls Ear and Us
; vkars 'Was Corns and Oa.
Mrs. J. M. Harris, of Cliffside. is
visiting st Mr. J. F. Harris .
Jodg and Mrs. W. E. Homes, of
Boydton, Va, spent yesterday in the
city ,rh guests of Rev. and Mrs. Plato
Durham. v.-" : '. .. -
Messrs.'. Earl Crown and W. J.
Montgomery, Jr, will leave tonight to
attiend the Stats meeting of the B. P.
O.iE- at Ota-ham. , c".
lie John Weddington. of Kannap-
olil,-has gone to the Presbyterian
ilijspkal in Charlotte, where he- will
undergo an operation.
Messrs. W. T. Efird and James
Gantt, of Albemarls, were here yester
day afternoon. They came up in Mr.
JCfird's Ford for Mr. R. F. Coble, who
a witness at Stanly eourt
Miss Virgis Cook, daughter of Mr.
J. Wytis Cook, left this morning for
tirfensboro, -where she will undergo
an (operation for appendicitis. She
was accompanied by Dr. L. N. Bur-
leyson. .-
Tonng . Ladies Foreign . Missionary
f 8odetiy.
The Young Ladies Foreign Fission-
ar Society of the First Presbyterian
church met. Monday-afternoon. Offi
cers for the ensuing year were elected
as lollows: :
, . President Mrs. D. O. Caldwell,
- Vice . President Mrs. Richmond
Seed. ' .' . r,
t Secretary Mrs. W. F. Morrison.
Treasurer Mrs. N. F. York.
Recording - Secretary Miss
White, y"-X,H.-r--:,
T
Programme and Music Committee
Mclames J. 6. Womble, C L. White
and Miss Lucy Lore. ' ,
It was decided that thig society and
ths Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety would support a missionary in
the foreign field this year. '.
- ; Our China Famine Fund.
Previously-, acknowledged .1.. $162.15
Baraca Class, Epworth Sunday .
seho&L; ."I 7.10
Bible Class, .Epworth Sunday-
. school 2.05
Mcs. Sarab RngseB,- M.. Pleas.. . J
' ani ;;...Jt.ri"'?r 1.00
Mrs." John A, Cline 1.00
Total
...-...-$1730
Columbus
A Great
Discoverer.
? So be was. It was a great
- land he found when he landed
among '. the American Indians
; with letters of introduction
they ould not read.
The man who planned build
ing and loan was, too, a great.
' man, for he found the simple,
r the ideal way of co-operative
saving. Thia man is deserving
of a great memorial, and that
' memorial should be an IDEAL
,' AMERICAN HOME, filled with
thrifty, happy savers, always
: remembering the great benefac-
- tor who planned such a helpful
way of saving. -
It is never too late to begin
to save. If yon never tried, re
member April 1st. If you hasa
tried, try again as never before.
.' How close these two discov
er stand to each other and how
close to toiling humanity stands
Building and Loan. , ,'V
If you ar interested, some
today, ' - .
; J. M. EENDBIX, ':-
Secy, and Treat, "
. In. Concord National Bank.
With this Back b helpful not ody to cca
hut to eTery cua tsd wessn
h&s tay hushes trr:2ct:ci.
WQOplOW WILSON
TAXES QSOlluIA.
Eafled is Atlanta as tbs Next Prsst-
dsns "Souta Has 'Ossm Back "
Atlanta Journal.
Exospting presidsnta sad expresi-
dents, there baa never been a visitor!?" of Monris, wu rearrested after
to Atlanta who ha. received mor.114 n freedom sn the charge of
to JUianU who has received, mors
marked - attention and been more
warmly greeted than Gov. Wood row
Wilson, of New Jersey.. Everywhere
be is being hailed as one of the fore
most members of his party. But this
unusually hearty greeting in Atlanta
due to the fact that be is a Southern
man, and a former resident of At
lanta, where he began the practice of
law. ,
Governor Wilson was tendered a
luncheon Thursday evening by Gov
ernor-elect Hoke Smith, on which oc
casion be was bailed a ons of the
greatest men in the Democratic party
and the most likely man for the presi
dential eandKtacy.
At a breakfast tendered aim by the
Young Men's Democratic League Fn
uay morning uovernor Wilson wag
again eulogized as the next president.
Everywhere tribute is being paid u
mm as the leader of the party.
, That Woodrow Wilson is one of the
strongest and most significant figures
in ths -Democratic party is evidenced
by his' cordial reception in Atlanta. At
the breakfast Friday morning the
speakers, with not an exception, paid
tribute to him as one of the most
likely candidate for the presidential
chair.
Range to be Given Away Free.
At H. B. Wilkinson '8 big furniture
gtore all this week there is being con-
SI STkwXlltr lMttV JarnnnatVMitiAm
the Cameron range.' Hot biscuits and
coffee will be served free every day.
With each cash purchase at their
store during the Demonstration week,
or with each dollar paid on account
during me wees, tuev wui give you a
ticket, and on Saturday evening at 5
o'clock they will give a : Cameron
range away free. v.'
Don't miss seeing the Vitagraph and
Lthe Edison.- "The Rajah.M from the
play by William Young, at the Pas-
tune today. . x ---.
Another Shipment
OF
Muslin Underwear
Just in, , and is made up better
- and -of the bt material at the
price ever. AH we ask of you
is to look the garments over.
vEvery&ing in Gowns, from ;
7 Infants', to the Ladies'
Extra Sizes.
r Irtfant8and misses' Gowns. . . 50c, 59c, 69c -
Infants' Pants and Bodies. 10c, 15c to 25c
. Misses' and. Ladies' Drawers, ............... . .25c up
v Ladies' extra good gowns. ,50c,69c, 75c $1 up to $1.75
Anticipate your wants.
-These are unusual garments.
Corset Covers
' An unusual variety of beautifully made-upr trimmings of
embroidery and lace at, 10c, 15c, 25o, 35c, 50c to $1.00
Short and Long Skirts
New long nodtli cf
Tea CcrjeU jsst
El L. Perils to
. WIDOW OPPOSES PARDOK.
Ktrong Pressure Bsing Brwochc to'
Bear Against Stripling.
Atlanta, Ga- March 13. Edgar
Stripling, who, while serving a ebief
of police of Danville, Va, under h
murder, will not get a pardon from tbs
Georgia board if the widow and re la- -
tives of th man he killed ean bring
sufficient influence to bear.- This state ¬
ment wag made today by Mrs. G. M.
Nelson, of Harris county, formerly
Mrs. Connett, widow of Stripling's
victim. Speaking of those whs ar
seeking Stripling's pardon, Mrs. Nel- :
son says: "Tluy seem to forget that
thers is a widow, children, aged father- .
and mother and sisters (for h was -the
only boy in the family), to whom
the loved on whom Stripling's shot
killed, can never return."
Other petitions and letters against -the
pardon also are being received by
the governor, some coming from Dan
ville, Va. On the other hand, however, , '
hundreds of let ter j and messages are
being received urging the pardon of
the prisoner on the ground. that dur- v
ing his freedom he led an exemplary ' ;
life and reared a large family wbj will
suffer by his incarceration. The prisV
on commission will hold its next meet--
ing early in April, when it is probable
the stripling case will be taken op. .
Bryan Dine With Wilson. ,
Princeton, N. J., March 12. Col. .
William Jennings Bryan was the guest
of Gov. Woodrow Wilson at a small
informal family dinner at the Prince
ton Inn tonight. , .
Both Colonel Bryan and Governor
Wilson said after the dinner that they . '
bad not discussed polities.. Colonel
Bryan declined to express any opin-
ion about Governor Wilson as a Pres-
idential possibility. .-
Colonel Bryan spoke for an hour
and a half this afternoon' to on of the
largest audiences ever gathered in
Princeton. , His topic was ''Faith." i
The Galveston News, after mature '
deliberation has hande out. this one:
"The way to a man's heart is through
his stomach, and to his pocket is "'
through his appendix1
that are sure to pleaseyou.
Royal Worcester and Eca
ia. V"
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