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f ' 'A 'Gill; VOLXXJ.I frio. 4fl CbW a Koala, CONCORD. N. O. WEDNESDAY. MAY 31. 1911 oiffj T0.275 Only Three More Days and Then It Will . Be Known Whether Your Little One l .f Is The Most Popular Baby in Con- r . r - cbrH and Surrounding County. . , From AU Sections of the Contlgious Territory Comet Word of a Determined Striving to Win The Time Is Very Short and If You Moment . . ;:". The race right now ia th prettiest ' Imaginable with the babies running ' neck and neck down the home stretch -' and who will come in under the wire ahead is the ..question just now. . It would take a pair of good opera glassea to determine who ia ahead now, but we expect to-see torn of the leaders puU away little by little until they will lead by bead at the finish. Saturday, Juno 3, will tee the curtain rung down on the grand baby contest which has been in progresa during the past sis weeks under the auspices of The Times-Tribune and the manage r ment of the Joyce Syndicate of Chi cago. Mr. J. T. Joyce, the general manager of the Arm, has given this ' contest his personal supervision and coneededly the enterprise has been the greatest newspaper undertaking that has ever been witnessed anywhere in this vicinity. As proof of the im mense aueeess of the undertaking it should only be necessary to state that I a i -1 J UMUu) Sn AAint linn-'H dredt of new readers to the Times and Tribune and that this ia no idle boast th management of the papers ia only too willing to prove. -- Do not be dismayed because yon think someone has a few more votes . than yon, Thia should only urge you " on to greater efforts, for there is no '' one certain of victory as yet, nor will -' any-one be until the last word has been said, the contest officially at an end. ( t'l-i Waste no time now in vain regrets (r? -about -what -yon jiii ot do "earlier ,in( ,,r mJZ . a a i a.' the race, . The tid or Dame na not timteA aninst you By any means. . Work hard every minute and you will And your friends only too willing to MEXICO'S NEW PRESIDENT. . rranoisc Dt La Bam On of Tb Big Han of The Republic . . New York Tribune. . Franciso de la Barra the New Pro visional President uf Mexico, it one of the really big men of the republic. He haa had a wide experience in pub lie affairs, and pernape has a wider - acquaintance among statesmen than any other Mexican. , He baa been a delegate to the International Peace Congress at The Hague and to the Ib-ero-American Congress in Madrid in 1892, and was head of the interna tional law committee of the Pan American Congress in Mexico City in 1901, and again flv years later, at Rio de Janerio, and was envoy to all the republics on the Atlantic coast of South America, living for a tim in each of th important Jsoutn Amen ? pan eanitals..' v.: As Ambassador from Mexico to the United States he rendered his country admirable service, and at Washington was recognised at one of th ablest members of the diplomatic corps, It . was with reeret that his mission to this country was cut short by the out break of the Mexican revolution, when President Diaz called him to Mexico - .w and made him : Minister of Foreign ,' Affairs.- Previous to coming to the United States Senor d lt Barra had represented his Government in. Bel- gium and th Netherlands, i ' The new President of Mexico was - born June 16, 1863, and titer grad . - nalinf from the College of the City T: of Mexico be took up the study of law, -. . specialising almost immediately alter gaining admission, to th courts in in lernational law. Entering the office ' of foreiam affairs, he was intrusted . with th task of negotiating treaties with various foreign powers. 4 " " ' - President de la Barra it thoroughly conversant with the internal affairs of Mexico, si be sat in the Federal Con- ' trees from 1891 to 1896. : H is rather - i below medium stature, heavy set. and hit hair and mustaeh an mingled with " erav. His. voice is oleasing. and he - speaks several languages fluently. ,. ' Th ehy water wagon b out, down ' and out. Who broke tb wagon down , or how many were on it at ih time is not known. But th ever, flying dust in the business teetion of the eity is evidence enough that the wag ' on ia out of commission. Driver Byles says that it will take about a v. - week to repair it. Why not take th . - (Ire hose end settle the ' dust in the mesntimet ' r- ; ' , ; " 8s tb Timet for Printing. Win You Must Not LoseleredH, not only to Dr. Moose's phar- '' ' " loosen their purse strings for your dear little baby, now that their assist ance means so much to yon ', Sit down and think over th offers that we are making this week and then get np and go to work and aee how many votes you ean pile np before Saturday night at nine o'clock; 3,000 votes for every three months, 9,000 votes for every sis months, 27,000 for every year, and added to this for every sixty months you tarn in you receive a bonus of 100,000 votes. Just bring in your subscriptions and we will keep a re cord of them and when yon have six ty months to your credit we will give you a receipt for the votes. The con test manager has one request to make of yon and that is not to wait until the very last moment Saturday night before making your report. Report to him as early as you possibly can, k will make it easier for alTeoneern- ea. wore up unm ine last moments as we will accept guoDcnpiunu uuui i the last moment at 0 o'clock. The contest will come to a close ai that time as we have already stated. Promptly at nine o'clock the doors of the contest room will be loekod, so be sure you get in in time to get yonr votes in the box. The contest manager can offer you out one wora oi savice v vuusi,t Salem, V a. late hour and that ia to do your very " Mt John Cook, of Concord, was best and do not Uy down for one see-1 visitor here vesterdav. ond. A few subscriptions now may mean victory for youj get every one yon -can. All arrangements for the final close of this mammoth contest hare rapidly sngTorwafAI testants should report at tnia omee by eight o'clock Saturday night to that yon may have time to deposit your voting certificates. GENERAL NEWS. Late Items of Newa from Hex, There and Everywhere. , The Supreme Court handed down an opinion allowing drugs to he label ed cures, whether they are or not, iw 1 .u.....j. '.i- :ii-:-i.lPe!tinK ho Edison storage battery i . i.. vr. Kir. Mass when the Dwight and Clucopee Manufacturing ComQanies closed down indefinitely. - Both houses of the Wisconsin leg islature have passed a bill granting suffrage to women. Th bill will be submitted to the voters of the State for approval. If endorsed it Will be come effective in 1913. . i i ' ; The Senate hat Axed June 12 as the date for a vote on the joint resolution providing for th election of United States Senators by direet vote oi to people. The resolution already hat passed the House. Judge Emory 8 peer fit the United States Circuit Conrt, threatened B. Felder, Attorney-General-elect of Georgia, with disbarment unless ne quit describing th negro plaintiff in a peonage ease as a "nigger." : AU American who have suffered loss ot property or nave oeen otner- wise iiijureu .wut sectuv reuuuunn- Campbell CUn will twirl against De ment from Mexico, according to th vidson and Swaringen will probably State. Department ' The department already baa received ome individual claims, but haa refrained from sub mitting them to th Mexican Govern ment in order to give tune lor ine reorganization following .the revolu tion. . ', , , . A horrible tragedy ' occurred Sun- day evening near Soudan, Va. Mr. A.UU the country round Chapel Hill, S. Campbell, a man about 45 years I heard Gov. Woodrow Wilson, of New old-in his attemDt to eut his wife's Jersey, deliver the principal address throat afier hsviue beaten- ner into insensibility, drew hit knife and was in the act of making th fatal stroke when, with hit knife drawn he was shot by his little son, twelve years old, and fell dead with th knife by his tide. ' Cabarrus Boy Wins Orator's Ktdsl Mr. George Robert Misenheimer, of Bost Mill, won tb orator's medal at the recent commencement of Gem- moos School, of which Prof. J. F. Brower, ia principal. , The contest for tbe medal waa a warm on and. it ia quit a credit to th winner to have secured the medal. '-The subject of Mr, Misenheimer 'a oration waa "It is Not Luck but Pluck that Winter Master Elliott Springs, of Lancas ter, S. C, ia spending th day in th eity with relatives. TEE HEWS Or XT. PLEASANT." Dr. kooa Fate la New 8oda Fotat- ainMr. Hilar Conclude EU t Work ri tonal. . . Tli latest in th list of improve ment it th ntw fountain installed Monday by Dr. A. W. Moos. It ia fitted with all fa up-to-date appli ances necessary for to dispensing of largs variety of cold drinks, band- torn ia appearance, and la a treat maeeatieal establishment, but to the town. ' ' With the services Sunday -night at the Lutheran church, Rev. J. P. Kil ler concluded his work as pastor of th church. He begins his work at once as president of Marion Female College. His successor has not yet been secured. Rev. N. R. Richardson left Mon day for a fortnight's vacation. He will spend a few days at' Durham, at Trinity commencement after which he will go to his old home, near Ral eigh, for a short rest. Dr. M. A. Foil, Misses Mary Bar ringer and Stella Foil have gone to Newton to attend Catawba College Commencement. Mrs. J. A. Peck, of Concord, is vis iting her mother, Mrs. Heilig. Miss Katie Foil is visiting friends in Salisbury. Mr. Roy Thayer, who has been en gaged on a large government contract ij.,, ::, h-,a mnth j h Xhaver. Mrs. J. J. Irvin, of Cameron, is vis iting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Matthews. Miss Delia Moody, of Albemarle, is yjgiting her sister, Mrs. H. W. Barrier, Mi tithivn PrnhfrAA onanr Stun. Uay here Defore grtlng to her tome Mr. -P. R. Moose spent yesterday in Salisbury. Miss Elma Welsh goes to Charlotte tomorrow tq visit , her sister, Mrs, i?-? JJI1 KImu-i.:' ""VJ Mr." waiter H. CrowalL of Virgili- Prof. J. Kiger, of High Point, was a visitor in town Sunday. Mr. T. A. Moser has about complet ed his work for No. 8 listing property. His books will close on Saturday, June 9th, bnt for the convenience of a few not yet listed, Mr. Moser will be in Ht. Pleasant on Friday, June 2d. Mt. tfeasant, May 31, 1911. Amazed at Concord's Growth. Mr. J. M. Cherry, of Rock Hill, S. u, Bpent yesterday in the city m- wrth new w buying one for the Rock Hill urban line. In conversation with a Tribune reporter Mr, Cherry said that this was his first visit to Concord since the electric light plant was established, about twenty years ago when he came here to inspect that with - a view7 to building a plant at Rock Hill, and I hat he was amazed at the growth and progress of Concord since that time. "From a small town at ithat time Concord has developed into a live progressive city with large modern stores, strong and resourceful banks and modern and beautiful resi- dences, and on. every hand is evidence of prosperity and progress," he said. Baseball Tomorrow. .. The baseball management ia making every effort to put forward the most formidable baseball aggregation that can be fonnd in the eity against the and Charlotte Y. M. C. A. Friday. The game will.be played at the graded .ehool grounds. Kay Patterson be the hurler against Charlotte. Come out and encourage the boys in giving Concord a ball team this enmmer. What is perhaps the most tremen dous crowd ever assembled under the dome of Memorial Hall composed of students, townspeople and people from I at toe one nunarea ana sixteentn corn- mencement of the University of North Carolina Tuesday, . We request that - all persons getting subscriptions "for Th Times and Tribune, when accept- ing checks from their ' patrons hav. the check made payable to themselves, and get them cashed before turning in the subicrip- Hons at Contest Department, of The Times and Tribune office. Af- ter tonight w will accept nothing but cash. For the benefit of those e livinir nnt nf town wn will accent postoffic money orders. This rule will be strictly adhered to. W are making this announcement ia tinut an it sill not imwinvaniimM ayone, fiaSCJTAL afZXTCOV. Sobm f th fraon&t San ami b when Wh Oosa aa4 O. Mr. EL a Bits ia pending tb day Charlort. : t Mr. Sidney Low ia visiting in Fort Mill and Beutfmer City. , Poet master M. L. Boehanan ia spending the day in Salisbury. Th postal savings depoaitory will be opened at the psMtoffie tomorrow. Mr. W. Q Means spent yesterday afternoon in diarlott on legal busi ness. I. Mr. Psul B. Means has returned from the University of North Caro lina, f Mr. W. H. Bngland, of Salisbury, was a business .visitor yesterdsy af ternoon, -t Miss Pattie sUucfaam, of Washing ton, N. C, will arrive tonight to visit Miss Margaret Lents, Miss Man qriffln, who has been visiting Mia Frances Qoodson, has returned to her bom in Wilson. Mr. M. B. Stackiey has returned from Raleigh ' where he attended a meeting of the board of trustees of A. M. College, j f Mrs. R. P." Benson, whn has been visiting her father, Mr. Geo. W. Best, at La Orange, tar some time, will ar rive in Concord this afternoon. Charlotte' Observer: "Miss Jnlia Barrow, of Concord, who was one of the graduates at! Converse last week, arrived in the eiry yesterday morning with Miis Beatrice Blake and will be her guest, for two weeks. Miss Blake attended! the Converse com mencement and .Vm the recipient of many charming ' social courtesies while there." Mist Barrow has visited in Charlotte frequently and has a host of friends here.T . ' .. , na, Ya., a native of New London, se cured patent for a bag stringing ma chine for some time ago, that bids fair to nil a need in the tobacco manufac turing industry that hat long been a great handicap to the manufacturers. The machine is a device lor stringing tobacco bag, a problem that the men engaged in tne industry nave been trying for years to solve. The bag is placed on the machine, the string run through, tied and the bag folded again and it is claimed the machine will string 12,000 a day. This work has heretofore been dons by hand, mostly by women of the poorer class who live in the tobacco monufaeturing towns and take tbe bags home and stnng them at odd timet. Mr. Crow eU has a number of associates with him, some of whom ar prominent tobacco manuf act units, and they are enthusiastic over the manner in which the machine works and they are high ly satisfied with the results to far ob tained. ,They say it will, beyond doubt, revolutionize th present meth od of stringing bags. Tb machine weighs 1,400 pounds and it cost $500 to build it. Mr, Croweil hat spent his entire time for several years on per fecting the patent. He is a nephew of Mr. J. Lee Croweil, who is asso ciated with him in putting out the machine. ' ' Gray Haired Veterans Receive Their Diplomu. Durham, May ' 29. Eighty-eight gray b Aired Confederate , veterans who, at the outbreak of th civil war, were students in th University of North Carolina, and left their books to take up arms in the long conflict between the states, today received de grees as bachelors Of art. The bestowal of tb long deferred graduation honors waa in accordance with special act of the North Caro lina legislature. Many of the old soldiers had not met from the time they left the university to go to war until today, when they occupied seats of honor at tb alumni banquet, With this b hntineis t!3te who It encourages economy, ' establishes your credit, 'makes sending money away or paying bills with Check easy besides safeguarding your rash, Viky iol slrrt ycer Cbecklog or Private Account wia POISONED TOUNO BRIDE. Irtdall Boy Confeaaea Crime, Declar ing E Waa Tired of Hit Wife, Though Only Wadded Thm Months, fitatesvill, May 30. Confessing that he had deliberately poisoned bis young bride of three months, Reu ben Combs, an 18-year-old Stony Point farmer, was committed to jaU this afternoon without bail by the coroner's jury. Last Friday moraine Combs arous ed bis neighbors with the announce ment that he had found his wife in the cow lot nesr tbe house. He claimed that he awakened, missed her from his side and went in search with that result. There was no apparent rev son to doubt his statement, and tbe young woman was buried Saturday. Shortly after the funeral ugly re ports were circulated and these gain ed such headway that the county au thorities decided this morning to ex hume tbe body and this was done. A large quantity of strychnine was found in the woman's stomach, and Combs was immediately arested. Be fore h could be locked in the cell in Statesville jail the young fellow broke down and confessed to the sheriff that he had tired of his wife and had murdered her. Everything is quiet and there is no danger of a lynching, as some feared this morning might be the consequences. The coroner's jury rendered s ver dict that the deceased came to her death through poison administered by Reuben Combs. Combs married the girl in March. She was 18 years old and he is only 18. Both of them attended pub'ic school last winter. BABT PICTURES AT PASTIME Baby Pictures and th "Fall of Troy" to be shown at th Pat- tim tonight. "Th Fall of Troy," without a doubt, la th moss magnificent motion pictur' ever made. Th pictur it in- atnutivn anil nfcrfc&iiiiii and should be seen by, every teacher and scholar. Th baby pictures will be shown the balance of the week at the Pastime. Afternoon at 4 o'clock and evenings at 8:30 o'clock. It IT I A QUESTION or xtnrr-oni cmcum account with rat UONMT rOV FIND NECtS SAKT TO HAft OH HAND-JUST DA DAILT THK AMOUNt J NEEDED, WHETHtH IT I A HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT. OK FOE tUUNEfl-TUVOSE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK Capital 1100.000 Surplus $30 0 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Tun Deposits. NOTICE. The public is hereby notified that the City of Concord will not be. re sponsible for damage caused to tres passers on the property known as the City Rock Quarry. The water in said rock quarry deep and dangerous and parents are notified not to allow their children to trespass on said property. By order of the Board of Aldermen, W. H. GIBSON, Clerk Bank is helpful not only to men bat to ererj man and woman has any business transactions. RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED. About Twenty Merchants Join Mr. J. E. Davis Elected Pnaidan. A number of merchants of tbe eity formed a re-organization of th Retail Merchants Association. This associ ation was organized several years ago and for a time it was effective, but interest Anally lagged to such an ex tent that about all the members drop ped out. For tbe past several months there has been a neffort made on the there has been an effort made on the here to re-organize the association, and a call was issued for a meeting of tbose interested last night. About enty responded and manifested con siderable interest in the work and decided unanimously to perfect the organization. The charter of the former association is still in effect the organization was perfected un der this. Mr. J. E. Davis was elected president and Mr. Lewis Hartsell sec retary, i The other officials will be .elected , Monday night when the association : 11 meet again and adopt by-laws for i permanent organization "and elect delegates to the State meeting of the association Which will be held in Hen dersonville June 20, 21 and22. A thorough canvass of the merchants of the city for members will be made between now and Monday night and it is expected that the membershio ill be greatly increased at that meet ing. Are Incensed at Brvan. Washington. Mav 30. A hitter! fight will be precipitated in the Demo- cratic caucus at noon over the bill for the revision of the woolen sched ule of the tariff bill framed by the Democrats of the ways and means committee. The contest threatens to even disrupt the party if Mr. Bryan's anviee prevails. The Nebraskan has activelv enter ed into the fight against the com mittee bill, because it does not pro vide for the free importation of raw wooKnd is charging' hhi followewn1mity',to to the Prttbytery it to bolt the caucus if they cannot make tneir views prevail The SeltolJie it There is no quandary when choos ing this make. It is the GRACE in -EVERY line; the cleverness in every detail that make SELBY Shoes stand out in bold relief above all others. New lot of One-Strap Vevet Pumps- $2.50 to $3.50 Oxfords, Ties and Pumps in all styles and leathers, from .$1.25 to $5.00 White Pumps for children from --90c to $1.25 ILL PATiS a A GREAT NEW PEACE AGENT. Launch of he Monstsr B teenier "TV tan tic," Largwat and rinsst la tb World. Belfast, May' 31. Edthosiasti crowds lined tb banks of tb River Laffan and cheered lustily as tb White Star Lin' great steamer "Ti tantie" was launched with appro- ' priate ceremonies this morning. The "Titantie" will enter tb Whrte Star's New Tork-8onthampton service 1st in the year, but. her sister . vessel "Olympic" steams from South ampton two weeks hence for New Tork, end these two sea monsters, each 45,000 tons register, 882 feet long and 92 4 feet broad, boast th distinction of being the largest and finest vessels in the world. 1 . These massive ships are als not-' able for the enchanting beauty and the unusual spaciousness of their pas senger accomodations, and in first. second and third class th greatest comfort is promised. On both steam- era are swimming pools, tennis and handball courts, and Turkish and eiee- trie bath establishments ar. for th pleasure of the passengera. Viewed in the light of their inter national commercial importance alone, the "Olympic" and "Titaneie" will accomplish wonders in cementing ra- -cial friendships and thus more smrely advance the cause of world-wide peace than could many flying squadrons of frowning dreadnaughts. Rev. William D. Grant, th North Cumberland clergyman, waa convicted of heresy by the Presbyterian General Assembly, sitting at Atlantic City, H. J., because of startling statements on Biblican matters made in bit sermons, such as the following: "No snake ever tempted Eve. The evil earn from within her own heart" "Christ and LazurMs attended card garnet and danced with the Bethany sisters." "There is no Jonah." The Pennsyl vania clergyman will have an oppor- he will recanlr on th counts' npon which he was found guilty. ' 11