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NO. 213
- ITCiriCJrAIj 1CLITIC3.
. ' Ttx Fot EejUiaini to Eimincr Alder
men Em ton and Ganaoa Till Tot
- b Candida for E-lcOoa.
Local politic is beginning to tak
definite sliapa. No candidate bar
yt announced themselves bat several
,' of tb nen who were reently placed
00 tbo municipal ticket beaded by Mr.
C. IL Barrier for Mayor and signed
"Ckiaen," have been approached, and
, have stated that they will make the
rare, provided the entire ticket will
com oat a candidate... These men
are well-known and influential citizens,
all of tbem owner of considerable,
property. If they do get in the, race
the election will certainly prove in-
- tereating. "' ' C":. '
Two of tbe men who compose the
.. city board have stated positively that
they "will not aland, for re-election,
- these being Aldermen Bm ton and
Cannon. Hon of the other have yet
. announced themselves as candidal
lor another term but k is generally
understood they will-again stand for
re-eleotion. . ; "
, .There are several . citizens being
- -mentioned for the city board among
them being Mr. Claude Ramsaur, who
; is being urged by his friends to enter
the primaries. Mr. Ramsaur has not
'w yet definitely decided, but it is very
i probable , that he will yield to tbe
': pressure bis frier ds are brttiging to
bear on him and enter the race. . Mr.
; Ramasor is a successful and capable
young business man and has a large
. number of friends who would like to
h ea Mm on the board, ho ' . '
Had Dd( Excitement in No. ...
'X,The usual quiet, orderly and peace
ful community of No. 4 township in
and around Cook's Crossing was thor
oughly aroused yesterday. Tha eiti-
, sens armed themselves Vwtth death
dealing weapons ejd went forth to do
murder nnto a mad dog that had eaus
' d terror - and ' consternation : among
the citizens. The dog went to-th
. home of Mr. Charley Cline yesterday
morning and bit a large dog and killed
a puppy. From there he went to Mr.
Ben Bernhardt' and attacked ;, his
. dogs. . Mr. Robert Erta's was- the
next place visited, and when the dog
reached his hone be waa set upon by
citizens w a tna trail ojt iaa aogs
- with shotguns and various weapons.
: Several times they were close enough
' to open firs on him. but none of the
shots proved effective, although it is
- known that 1m ia wounded- The dog
is a dark colored shepherd and so
far as known ia still at large.
- Miss Mary Mooea Dead.
Miss Mary Moos died at her home
in No. 7 township." March 20ib. She
hud been in ill -health for some' time
Last Friday she suffered a stroke of
' . paralysis -from which she never re
- gained ;f consciousness. '6be was 73
7 VAH1H and 5 ihonth of sS She was
' born in Rowan county, but had made
- her homo, with Mr. Daniel M. Moose
- for tha last fifty years. - She is sur
vived by Iwo sisters, Mrs. B. F. Fraley,
of Salisbury, and airs. Monroe oos-"'-
tian,' of -China Orove, besides a boat
nf frmnrta. She was an aunt of Hon:
Theo. Klutta,. of SaliBbury." The
. funeral was conducted at Bear Creek
. . church by Revs. . Anthony - tjnuien.
wr. (C. B. Heller and-Paul Barrin-
"r. She was a faithful member of
this church for "fifty years or more.
- A Novel Publication. . .
. The Carolina Democrat, a weekly
State paper, just begun at Monroe nn
'dor the management of Mr. R.' F.
V Beasly; as a novel publication. It is
devoted to the discussion of public
auestione' from the Democratic stand
j. noint. and carries no advertisements,
The paper ia a pretty six-column, four
" page sheet, jammed full f up-to-date
- reading matter. The price is $1.00
per vear. Every one interested in
. Democracy and good .f government
should support this paper.; Boys and
girls who desire to work for premiums
should write 1 he uaronna uemocrai
Monroe, N. C, for particulars. ,
' Oklahoma furnishes a text for Mr,
- Roosevelt in his latest article in tbe
r Outlook on "Nationalism and the Ju
diciary '. He is criticising what he
calls a "merely mechanical juntru
denee' which regard the letter rath
er than the spirit of the law, and he
cites the case of the two stolen piano-
. Ia which were described in.lhe in
dictment aa 4Dianos." A new trial
. was ordered because Of that and then
th eonrt became convinced that pv
anog and pianolas were the same thing
and the prisoner was discnargeo. on
the ground that he could no be tried
twice ir itic wauiv uuoudw
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The ofTlcials of Mecklenburg county
are unable to find Ed. C. Caton, the
conditionally pardoned and escaped
convict of Sharon township, for whom
a warrant has been issued to "show
cause why, his conditional pardon
should not be revoked, it being alleged
that he h violated the conditions.
and tliftf Lis immoral life is a menace
to tbe community. . , ..
FLAXXID TO EI2. ' I
Mrs. oyatar'i Act th Result f Ma-
;.rV' te baratloa.-: ; :
Qreensbore News, 21st. '.-'".,v
' Mrs. Farrar Royster, the young wo
man who made a tenia t ion al attempt
at self -destruction by shooting herself
in the right breast in the ladies' room
of tbe Guilford hotel Saturday after
noon, was vesting comfortably at the
hospital last night and it is said that
she has a splendid chance for recovery-
- j
Mrs. Royster baa been allowed to
see members of her family and few
friends. Sunday nigh she she talked
of the attempt at suicide. To one per
son aha declared that she bad planned
the entire affair three days before.
Nothing definite has been beard
from - Farrar -. Royster,' the husband
and for whom warrants charging
abandonment bare been issued " in
Guilford and Alamance counties. It
was learned yesterday upon good au
thority, however, that b was in Hous
ton, Tor- Sunday aad Monday. -
At the request of Mr., and Mrs. A
C Mitchell, Mrs. ' Royster 's parents,
the Rev. C. Brown Cox, pastor of the
Lutheran church, of Burlington, visit
ed tbe young woman yesterday at the
hospital. To him she stated that life
had an entirely different meaning now
and that she was sorry she attempted
to end her life. "I didn't realit
what I bad done until today," she
said, "and if I had known that, I
was to have suffered so I would never
have attempted to end my life, j I
thought it would,all be over without
pain.
Physicians attending her have been
anable to locate the pistol ball, being
unable to state Positively whether it
passed, through the lung or only par
tially. Pneumonia has set' in follow
ing the tracks of rne bullet wound.
though at a late boor last night the
disease bad not spread" from the-immediate
vicinity of tbe wound,. The
physicians entertain strong hopes for
rapid recovery if they succeed m con
fining the pneumonia to thejrounded
area, .r- - -i .
Mrs. Rorster is only 18 years jot
age, instead or 23, as stated in oun
day's newspaper account, i I.iS",
A Rncni in P publican Ranks.':? .
t5reeuiboi-d tie.'"' JPw'&yi
Col. Jaka NewelL of Charlotte, has
written an open letter to Chairman
Morehead, published in tbe Charlotte
Observer of yesterday It marks the
"parting of ways" between these two
gentlemen. Col. Newell was staunch
friend of Morehead in the chairman
ahiti light last cummer, and was a can
didate far assistant dis'triet attorney.
Un learning from a "reliable source
thai another, , luon. Uus s?nee was
soon to receive the. appointment (Mr.
Price was a eftout opponent of Mr,
Morehead) ba naturally felt that he
was getting a raw deal in being-stood
aside by his political friend and see
ing the reward go to former foeman
of that friend. ').-. .- ; , ;
CoL Newell writes in a cutting
sarcastic strain. Ha assume -that
Chairman Morehead must have been
cognizant of the status of the' matte
when he talked with Col. . .Newell
"night before last," and did not men.
tion the fact, an assumption ba would
seem to have a perfect right to enter
tain from the position held by Mr.
Morehead.; On the other band, if. the
chairman did not know about it, and
the thing was done in a corner and
without his knowledge . or consent.
then hU friends who elevated hinr to
the chairmanship will have causa to
change him with. inattention to their
claim. ' If he favored the appoint
ment of Mr. Pnee, hu political
friends will feel that fa baa not been
faithful to them, Taking eitbet born
of the dilemma,, it is a rucus.
. To Complete Blewitt rails Plant I
Raleigh) March 20. A four million
dollar electric power company, the
Yadkin River Company,: was charter
ed thi afternoon for the speciflo pur
pose of taking over the Blewitt Falls
power plant in Richmond county, com
plete it and set on foot electric trans
mission and power enterprises in the
operation of public utilities', aale of
power . and internrban tinea. This
mean a vast amount of development
of this kind throughout the son
available for the operation of the
company, which includes Raleigh, this
city being specified at tbe horn office
of the new corporation, ' - . c
" Oapt, Cox on List w -Salisbury
Post. - 1 1 1 -
Capt. W. R. Cox, of the 4th Co.
Coast Artillery, Salisbury, -has receiv
ed the following notice from State Ad
jutant General R. L. Leinster, dated
March 17: :;'- -
; "I have the honor to notify you
that your nam is on the list of offi
cers recommended to the War Depart
ment for detail to attend th army
manoeuvers in Texas for purposes of
observation and instruction." . ' .
(Capt. Cox is a son of Rev. Dr. Geo.
II. Cox, of Enochville, and is a Spanish-American
war veteran, having
served in Co. L from this place.) .
SATS 3AT& WANT TO TIGHT XL S.
Hollander Declares Uikada'i Psople
Hate America.
Waahington. March 10J. de Sav-
ornie Lohman, a eitisen of Holland who
ha arrived in Washington en route to
the Netherlands, expresses surpis
over the "indifference" aa be terms
it, of tbe American people generally
toward tb attitude of Japan. -
fie says be found the Japanese peo
ple generally indignant over the exclu
sion of Japanese ladorer from the
United State and everywhere an in
dication that they were expectant of
military struggle with the United
State. In (peaking thus of the atti
tude of the Japanese people, a it ap
peared through - his spectacles, Mr.
Lohman said he did not care to be
considered an alarmist. - - : - v .
lie is a son of A If. Lohman, who
is a member ofthe International. Ar
bitration Court from Holland. :
said Mr.' Lohman, "I have. been sur-
VSinee'my arrival in this eountry,"
prised at the indifference of the Amer
ican people toward tbo attitude of Jh
pan. 1 mingled with all classes of
people in tbe different cities of the
Japanese Empire and wherever I went
it -was th main topic of conversation
that Japan hatesV America - and the
"They do not conceal this hatred.
They are possessed of a aupreme con
fidence that they can -crush this na
tion. : Japanese Army officers and
army milkary attaches of foreign na
tions stationed in Japan are of the
opinion tfiat in a war with the United
States Japan , would win, : The Jap
anese have their eyes first on the Phil
lppines,' then on Guam, Samoa and
Hawaii, i Why T. Because the Japanese
are indignant and incensed at this
country because it has placed a ban on
Japanese immigration. That there is
going to be trouble the people of the
Asiatic countries fully believe.. There
is no doubt in tbe mind of anyone who.
has recently visited Japan that the
eountry is a beehive of industry in
preparation of war. - There is only One
thought, that this war mnst be- direct
ed against the United States,' -
Refused Wadding, Has Stays Abed
'4. j'l j.., , ; ... . i. 1
iuer prevenieu nis marriage w ine wo
man of bis choice, Joseph tPlummer, of
Milton, N. H. has remained 40 years
in bed. i He u now 71 yean old. ...
(The girl he loved is dead, but tbe
old man has not been, told; in fact
he refused to speak of her from, the
very day when he said to bis father
"If you will not let me have her.
then I will go to bed..' He went to
bed.. The father, thinking that this
perversity of youth would pass in
few days, carried him bis meals - But
he did not' get up. (He continued in
bed day after day,, week after week,
year after year,
Now -he' is so weak from ma long
inactivity that he baa lost the use of
his legs entirely. " ' - . ,
Boy Played ; Policeman and Killed
" - Himself. :
Atlanta, Ga.f March 20. "Watch
me, I'm not- afraid," cried Robert
Harrieon, aged 14 years, as be placed
a revolver to his head while playing
policeman today. He pulled the trig
ger, bis playmates yelled and he only
cartridge left in the magazine explod
ed. : He died in a few minutes without
speaking a word. . The boy 'a play
mates, including , bis brother, were
armed with toy pistols.. 'Robert slip
ped into tbe house and secured a 32
caliber revolver belonging to a brother
who was asleep. The other children
were afraid of th pistol and in an
effort to reassure them Robert placed
it to his bead and fired with fatal
'.results.
' -Supposed Mad Dog. - "
" -A big, white bull dog, supposed to
be mad,- caused great excitement on
Church atreet this morning about 8
0 'clock. . The dog attacked the big
shepherd" dog belonging to Mr. David
Harris, near his blacksmith shop on
Means street back of Corl A Wads-
worth "Co.,' and went from there up
Church street out by T. J. Smith A
Bro.'s store and it said be bit several
dogs on that street. Nothing further
has yet been beard from him. ;, f ?
IVitli this Bank U helpful not only to cea
'i besbets bat to every man and wesan
who
It e9couragea ecenomy, establishes' your .creciit, makes sending
monev awaY or Davinp: bills -'.with Check easr, besides
safeguarding your cash,
: .ty ec! s'irt yczr Ctcckkj cr Private Accent r.r.i
0 p.
Some ef th People Ear and XOas-
. . wker Who Coma and Go.
fiiv, C R. Pies is spending th day
in Charlotte. . 1 ' ,
-Miss Shiriev 'Montgomery if srend-
ing the day in Salisbury.
Prof. C E. Boger returned this
morjiing from Charlotte, - "
Mr.' J. W. Cannon, Jr, is visidnt
relative in Winston-Salem. -
Mr. W-W.-Stnak of Old Fort, is
visiting" Mra. H. I. Woodhouse. v -
Mr. R. O. Alexander, of Charlotte,
wag visitor in the city yesterday.
i Di. T. 0. Roger ha gone to Solis-
oory today, on proicssional business.
, M. and Mrs. Hinsh'aw, of Millaboro,
are Visiting Airs. K. T. Boat, at Boat
.Mr. J, F. Shinn, of Norwood,, spent
yesterday .afternoon in -the city on
business. . r . ,
- Attorney J, L. Crowell spent yester
day afternoon in Charlotte on profei
sional business. . - -
- Mis Irene MeConnell has returned
to tfte State Normal College, after
spanning several days in the city.
1 Mrs.- Walter Thompson baa return
ed from Statesnlle, where aba ha
been ,. vuiting
weeks. v.
relaHivea for several
troopa Nearly Drowned Out."
Galveston, Texas, March 19. Rain
fell; in torrent, at Fort Crockett last
night and. almost drowned out the
2,600 soldiers who arrived yesterday
irouv tnc nortn on transports and
spent the night under the inadequate
shelter of their dog tents. It was
the: 4rat lime it bad rained here in
week and the downpour occurred at
the worst possible time for the troop
before they could get their big tents
: Sevenxy tenia were blown down and
thos of the smaller ones that stood
were rendered practically uninhabit
able.'., i'Tbbugb most Tjf the soldiers were
soakotV to the skin, they came up amil-J
ing when reveille 'Sounded this morn
rag; "id cVmrwitB ewthusiasw into
tliei'work of setting" their camp inir-'
-'The. board of aldermen will meeV
tonihgrt for the purpose of appointing
-registrars and judges of election. '
Do
You
Realize
; Do you know how small ia the
' expense item with ust : No
- business of equal importance
' ia conducted at so small, ex
pense as building and loan. -...This
association - spend a
very small amount each year,
and this, of course, means bet-f-te
results to shafeholdcrs. Put
your dollars where they will be
safe, earn interest,' give yon
small concern and soon mature
a. creditable amount. .. ,
Do you ealixe what it is
Worth to be one of the larje
number k of savers who each
week may be traced "to the
. building and loan office. Our
pass book is an effective letter
.. of introduction to the business
. -world. . .
How man shares do yon
' want in our next fieriest ..
,V; ;-J. U HENDRIX,
In Concord National Bank.
"'Aw.:!-.-.--.''; rj-::y.-v-i' '-.
THE DATE APRIL lt
hat any besiaett tr&mctiszs.
' K0BTH CAS.0LCTA HZWS.
Item of Interact from all Parts of
, th Old North State
The annual convention of tbe Bap
tist Woman's Missionary anion of
North Carolina, will be held at tbe
First Baptist church, Wilmington, on
Wednesday, Thundsy and Friday of
thi week.
The matter of securing for Charlotte
tbe branch orphanage of th national
council of the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics has been tem
porarily dropped by those who hav
been pushing tb matter; . ...
The postoffice department is to ex
periment with the installation of mail
boxes in street ears. When tbev arc
installed there will be no excuse for
street ear travelers wbo bring borne
at night tbe letter which they were
eommissioried to mail in the morning.
Relatives in Goldsboro, N. C, hav
ing declined to send for his bodv. C.
G. Kornegay, who was shot to death
in his office at Shreveport, La., by
Mrs. Leotah Haynie was buried Sun
day in a local cemetery. A telegram
was received from -the dead man's
brother in Goldsboro stating that the
wite of Kornegay is in straightened
circumstance and would not be able
to send for the body.
Raleigh voters Monday defeated the
commission form of government by
a vote of 886 to 437, only one ward,
tbe second, having given a majority
for the measure provided by the re
cent Legislature subject - to adoption
by the people of Raleigh. The present
city administration favored the com
mission government plan. The oppo
sition claims the result is a forerun
ner of the overthrow of tbe adminis
tration in tbe May election.
Senor Don Francisao' Leon de la
Barra, the Mexican Ambassador, at
Washington, has received telegraphic
adviees announcing tbe - arrival in
Mexico City Sunday evenine of Senor
Limantonr, Mexico's Minister of Fi
nance. ' No-see roc is made of the fact
that Senor Limantoar ltrs impor
tant data on tin situation as it affects
Mexico and the United States and that
this information will be eonveved to
President DiaX. 1 , ,'',
I Spring Styles Here. :
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We extend to our friends and patrons a
Spring greeting and a renewed welcome
to this STORE of GOOD SHOES. .
OurlMen's Ladies' and Children's Foot
wear for the new'season is now ready
and it will afford us the greatest pleas
ure to show you what's new at any time.
We've all the new styles in Suede.
Cravenette, Patent, Tan, Gun Metal and
Vici Kid, with one, two and three straps,
and one and ' two eyelet ties. Prices
range from $1.50 to$4.00 in ladies';
from 50c to $205in?children's ; $2.00
to $5.00 in men's.,
We invite you to
calland see the ;
season's best and
.; buy at your
' leisure. ' . -t
GENOAl KTjrS.
Lat
Items ' of News from
Bar..
Than aad Evarywhar.
' Great preparation ar being mad ' -
in Londoa for tbe coronation of Kin ' '
George.
It is reported that President Taf
will take the lead ia urging redactions -in
several of the tariff acbedul.
' (Postoffice official ar pleased with
th -result of tb two month' trial of
postal savings bank. -
- Tb laasiflcation of coal lands own-
ed by the government shows a total of
more than 70,000,000 acre. .
. Not until nine more State hav de
clared in favor of it will the income
tax constitutional amendment be ef
fective. -
The final provisional census return
give the total population of India as "
315,000,000. This is an increase of
20,500,000, as compared wkh 1901.
Neither the Standard Oil aor to- .
bacco trust ease was decided by the
Supreme Court of the United States :
Monday, although many expected one
or both. The court took a recess for
two weeks until April 3.
Rev. Charles F, Aked, who has
resigned the pastorate of Fifth Av
enue Baptist chureh, New York, to go
to San Francisco, told his audience
Sunday that the story of the Hood was
a myth. , . -
Edward Hartley, a farmer' was re
cently released from jail in Washing
ton as "the most unsophisticated maa
or the biggest liar on .earth.". Hff
swore he didn't know whiskey would "
make bim drunk.
The Carolina, Clinchfiel'd A Ohio
railroad announces an increase - in.
wages for conductors and trainmen.
The increase ranges from 10 to 15 pes --
'cent, according to the positions beld.
The regular train crews are guaran- '.
teed 26 working days per month. - ' -
News was received by relative ia t
Atlanta Monday of the death of Rev. :
David B. Anderson, bead of the Soo -Chow,
(Methodist) university at 8oo
Chow, China, on March 16, of pnen- -monia.
. Dr. Anderson formerly lived '
in Augusta, Q and . was well known .
throughout the South." , 'v -y
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