North Carolina Newspapers

- umtte. r . VOL. XXI. Wcsi 40 Ooata a Heat. CONCORD. N. (X. TUESDAYi JUNE 27. 1911 Slnxis Oosy, 5 Onto NO. 297 WOQDKEX TO ESXCT BUIUXO.j BXOTTIOS AT WHJCXaTOK. Ek eraser to fee SaUt By The Order Osnaral Orders Iimd By Omni J. to Omaha to be Most Modern West 8. Can. J- . , . I The following 'gen"! orders re Tbe foUing from the Sovere ' rding tne c, u-North laitor will be of interest to the 700 olin, WvWoil Uniud Confederste Woodmen Ubuni: Architects, engineers and routtae ton who have teen the plans fr the propoeed Woodmen of ha World building, to be erected at Fourteenth and Farnam afreets, Omaha, Neb., make very favorable comment on the beauty, proportion and propoeed con struction of the building. A clay model of the structure is now on ex hibition in the show window of the Owl drug at ore at Sixteenth and Har ney street. The architects, Holebird & Roche of Chicago, have been preparing plans and specifications for several months, under the direction of Sov. J. M. Walsbe, a well known office building specialist. The building will be 110 feet on Farnam and 132 feet on Four teenth, running up to 232 feet in heigh. The tub-basement covers the rear half of the lot and extends under the sidewalk and will contain the most completely equipped modern isolated electrie plant in any office building in the country. There v.ill be three large electric light and power units of the latest design directly coupled to four value high speed steam engines, three large boilers with "Dutch" ovens and modern coolant gratet. Coal will be dumped in the bins direct ly from the alley. The ashes will be delivered to wagons in the alleys by a modern ash elevator. A large storage battery will act as an auxiliary and furnish light and power during nights and Sundays. In the basement proper are laid out a moat complete cafeteria, or self serving lunch room with the very latest type of appearanceshrdluao br latest type of apparatus for the op eration of the most uuique of all types of restaurants. The barber shop, aho on this level, will be the mosi modern and most beautiful shop west of the Mississ ippi; arranged for ten chairs, two manicure stands, and baths of all kinds. The entrance to the building on Farnam street is the veryi height of architectural beauty, in bronse and marble ; the. doors and vestibule in statuary bronze opening into a grand imposing corridor thirty feet high, fin ished in Colorado marble, etched with "Italian skyros." Two grand stair ways lead up to ibe second floor and two ' others lead down to the base ment. A beautiful chandlier with 116 lights hangs in the center of this mar ble wall formed by (he front on either side of the vestibule are worked in, in a unique and. pretty way, two stands one for cigars and the other for flowers. Two doors also open in to the stores on either side of (lie lobby, which is in the center of the building.' '. Just back of ihe stairways are six modern high speed electric passenger elevators aranged in two groups of three on each side and enclosed in a 'handsome design of statuary bronze hacked bv late glass. Looking from the front entrance doors one sees the huge steel and concrete vault, closed in with heavy bronze gates, behind which the $13,000,000 in reserve se curities of the Woodmen of the World will rest .in view of the visitors' The fourth to the ninth floors will be occupied by the Sovereign Camp officers of the order. Above these will be the most delightfully cool, well-arranged, convenient commercial offices in the state. Every modern convenience of any practical value has been arranged for; prismatic glass in upper sash to thoroughly light he office, electrie lighting, maple floors, moderolv finished, Circassian walnut wed in all the interior finish, vacuum cleaning, hot and cold water in every room. We are sparing neither effort or expense to make this the most modern up-to-date office building west of New York Citv. and even there will "stsck p" with the vast majority of build ings, roe elegance, aiguuy mu im posing grandeur of the outside will be maintained inside. Supposed Elopers Art Found Dead Together. Cincinnati, Jn 26. Anna Kees and , Albert J. Handtman missing since Thursday night, were found in tbe Ohio river yesterday. Miss Kees was known on the vaudeville stage as Bonnie Hampton. Handtman was a young clubman and ethktte of this city. Handtman took Miss Kees out for a ride in a launch Thursday. The two had been friends for years and it was believed that they bad eloped' Their launch was found overturned and their bodies elapsed in each other's arms. It is believed the launch struck a eoal barge. ' Mr. W. A. Foil has purchased a motor cycle. Look ont. , Veterans as Wilmington on August 2nd snd 3rd are issued by Major UenereJ J. 8. Carr, commander: Durham, N. C, June 2th, 1911. General Orders No. 44. Psragraih 1. Tbe commander of the North Carolina Division of tbe Confederate Veterans has tbe pleas ure of announcing that the next an nual reunin of 4hi division will be held in the city of Wilmington, on tbe 2d and 3d days oi August, 1911, in accordance with the invhation ex tended and accepted at our last re union. Out comrades and other public spirited nhd hospitable citi zens of our "City by the Sea, are determined to make this reunion one of the pleasantest ever held in this state, and they will gave a warm and hearty welcome to all veterans who may attend. Par. 2. Wilmingnon l as long been famous for its generous and refined hospitality, and at no city in the south is the memory of the Confederate sol dier more tenderly and fondly cher ished. An intere.iiing program is be ing prepared for the occasion and ev erything possible will be done for the comfort and pleasure of all veterans who at lend. Veterans who are unable to pay their meals end lodging will be cared for free, if they will, no later 'than two weeks before the reunion, notify Adjutant L. Leon at Wilming ton, o that accommodations may be provided for them. This is important and must not be neglected by any eteran who wishes free accomoda- 10I1S. Par. 3. Application has been made to the railroads for the usual low ra e of one-cent a mile, and the exact fare from any station may be learned by inquiring of the local agent- Par. 4. The annual election of the division and brigade commanders will be held on the first day of, the re union, as heretofore, and only those camps will be allowed to. vote which have been reported by General Mickle as having paid their dues. By order of MAJOR-GENERAL J. S. CARR. 1L A. LONDON, Adj.-Gen. and Chief of Staff. . School for Feeble-Minded to be Lc cated at Kington. Raleigh, June 24). Kinston Lets the State school for the feeble mindeJ, for which he Slate is tu provide buildings and equipment to the va'ue of $05,000. The trustees and the Council of Sluto tonifint formally chose the Fields place, K'nston, hav ing 9i2 acres with a railroad siding to be placed wherever the trustees de signate and with free water and lights for five years by Kinston. The place is west of the town and the land extends to the river. Lillington was the closest competi tor with a .proposition to give 990 acres of land and a considerable cask donation. The trustees and Council of State adopted resolutions thanking Dr- Ira M. Hardy of Washington, author of the bill for the school, for his un tiring effort in bringing about the establishment of the sohod, and to State Senator Baggett for the attrac tive offer made through him by Lill ington and Harnett county. Meeting of Grand Lodge of B. P. 0. Elks, Atlantic City, N. J., July 10-18, 1911. On acount of the above occasion the Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets to Atlantic City at greatly re duced rates. Dates of sale July 7, 8 and 9, with final limit io July 20, and tuckets can be extended until Aug ust 20, by depositing same and pay ment of $1.00- Following round trip rates will ap ply from stations named : Charlotte, N. C $1920 Concord, N. C. .... 18.55 Stotesville, N. C. . 18.65 Salisbury, N. C-': 175 High Point, N. C 16.85 iSpecial Pullman cars will be ar ranged and possibly a special train leaving North Carolina Saturday, July 8th, arriving at Atlantic City, noon, Sunday, July 9th. Applications for reservations in through ears shold he made to R. H. DeButte, Traveling Passenger Agent, Charlotte. N. C. nnraiAL or kb. smoot. Kamaina Laid to Bast as Boat Elver Charon Yesterday. Salisbury Post, 27th. The funeral and burial of the Iste W. B. Smoot took vlace at South River Methodist church in Scotch Irish township yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, a large number -of Salis burisns attending. Tbe funeral party left the Smoot residence on South Church street at 6:30 o'clock. On account of die distance, 18 miles the ladies of the party were conveyed to Wood leaf in automobile and tbe roads from there being in bad condition for automobiles 4 hey joined the funeral procession and made the remainder of the trip in carriages. The services were held at 11 o'clock, being conducted by four ministers, Rev. Dr. Parker Holmes of the First Methodist church, pastor of the de ceased, Rev. Haywood Harper of the South River church neighborhood, Rev. Mr. Higgins pastor of the church, and Rev. J. P- Rogers of the Metho dist children's home at Winston. Special music was rendered by a quar- ett, Prof. N. V. Taylor, J. W. Ride- outte, John W. Webb wid H. A. Ellis. The church was packed and a great crowd was forced to remain in the yard- The burial was with Masonic honors, being conducted by members of the Salisbury lodge of which Mr. Smoot was a member. The officers of the First Methodist church, of which the deceased was one, attended in a body as did his Sunday school class of young ladies. The Salisbury Bar Association was also represented by a committee. The casket was opened at 'the church, nearly every one present pas sing by and viewing the remains, among them being some fifteen or twenty colored sonants and friends of the Smoot family. AinruAL MEsnjro TAB r. EBIT0B8. A Warn Wakana By OoTsraor Hew - land and Baply By Mr. Daniel. Special to Newt and Observer- Lenoir, N. C, June 26, The big gest delegation of editors ever present st an editorial convention arrived here on a special frain at 7:30 this afternoon. It . was a pleasant trip, made enjoyalle by an hour's stsy at Hickory, where refreshments were served at Hotel Huffney by the Hickory Board of Trade. An address welcome was deliv ered by EditsV Howard Banks, and responded to y Editor W. C. Ham mer. Arriving at Lenoir, editors were met by scores of the. men and women of the town and given a royal wel come. Tonight, in tbe chap 1 of Davenport College, the address of welcome was delivered by Lieutenant-Governor Newland. The response was by Editor Josephus Daniels. The editorials pary was met at Hickory by a reception committee from the Lenoir Board of Trade, com posed of Messrs- J. H. Beall, E. F. Rcid, H. C. Martin, R. L. Gwyn, D. F. Clarke, P. 0. Grist and J. L. Cot trell. Governor Newland spoke without notes, and in extending the hearty welcome of his home town was espe cially happy in its delivery. The earnestness of his welcome, which was so apparent, was appreciated by all presettt- The Mendacity Medal. Charlotte Chronicle. The mendacity medal of the North Carolina Press Association, founded by The Chronicle, is on display in the window of Garibaldi, Burns & Dixon, tbe manufacturing jewelers of Char lotte, that firm having put the com pleting touches to it- 'The medal car ries ten bars. The first winner was The Concord Tribune. It will pass from one champion liar to another for eight more years and the last man who wins it will have a trophy worth talking about. The presentation of tbe medal to the 1911 winner will be made at some convenient lull in the procedings as Lenoir, next. Wednes day, by Colonel Robert M. Phillips, chairman of the committee on award, who will take opportunity, as evidence of the beneficial results of the contest The Chronicle has inaugurated, to hold up several second-raters for hon orary mention. Since the founding of this mendacity medial, there has been a distinctly more entertaining class of literature passed oat to the readers of North Carolina newspapers. And the inspiration has been caught by some of the very fellows who need ed it. Small Clubs Will Not Get License in Charlotte. Charlotte Chronicle. It is understood that when July 1 arrives, the time for all businesses to secure yearly licenses, that only the Southern Manufacturers' Club and the Cononial Club will be among the social clubs of Charlotte to apply to Tax Collector John M. Wilson for privilege to operate during another year. The Roval Club is said to h.ivs al ready suspended operations at their rooms on South Church street and Mr. Sam Anderson, the proprietor. has accepted another position. The doors of this club have been closed for a week or more and it is said that Mr. Anderson will give up his char ter. ' The only other clubs operating now besides the. Manufacturers' and Colo nial,, are the Catawba and the Tar Heel, both being located on Fifth street between Tryon and College streets. Doings of the Stonewall Jackson Circle. There was in attendance last even ing: at the meetting of Stonewall Jackson Circle of Kings' Daughters twenty-five membe.-s- After the devo tional exercises led by Mrs. C. P. MacLaughlin, the general business was taken up and discussed with much interest by all present. The different committees reported the work of the month and it was found that much suffering had been relieved in many needy homes by the. distribution of food, clothing and medicine. One of the Coaeord physicians asked if the Kings'.Qaughters could contribute as much as $10.00 toward paying the hospital expense of two small children who needed the medical attention of the best medical experts. The money was generously and cheer fully given for that purpose. The fololwing committee, Misses Jenti Coltrane, Belle Means, Znla Patterson, Mrs. A. E. Lontz and Mrs. Dr- Herring, was appointed to make arrangements for a bazaar to be held late in :he fall, a bazaar in which the whole of Concord can participate. C. P. J raaojAL immoi. . Soma ef the People Ear aid where Whs Goose and Gl Mr. S. J. Lowe is attending tbe day in Charlotte. ' Miss Rose WilleforJ went to Salis-1 bury Sunday. Miss Edna Correll is visiting friends in High Point. Mr Smith Barrier is visiting rel atives in Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fink spent 1 Sunday in Salisbury Mr. Lee Crowell, Jr., is visiting rel atives in New London. Mr. Alfred Brower has gone to Laurinburg to visit relatives. I Mr. W. B Ward has returned from I a visit to relative in Ashboro. j Mr. G. F. Brown has returned from a ten days visit to Asheville. Mr- and Mrs. Arthur Reynolds, of' Salisbury, spent loot night in tbe city. ! Miss Lucy Brown has returned from ' Salisbury, where she has been visiting ! friends. I Mr. and Mrs- Harry B. Hopkins re- 'turned last night from their wedding1 tour. Mrs. Emma Wright has gone to Mill Bridge to visit her cousin, Mr. I John Fisher. Mr. Fred Patterson has gone to Lawndale to spend ten days at a house party. i Miss Gene Moody and Mr. Warren j Moody have returnel from a visit to Charlotte. j Master Brevard Harris, Jr., of! Eatonton, Ua. is visiting at the home of Mrs. VV. C. Boyd. Mr. George Hamilton has returned' from Union, countv. where he ha-f ; been visiting relatives. Mrs. E. B. Jones has returned to her home in Hickory, after visiting Miss Maude Brown for a week. Mrs. I. H. Eklridge and daughter, Mary Lilly, of Greensboro, are visit ing Miss Anna Douglass Sherrill. Miss Corrinne Morrison R'as return ed to her home in Statesville, after visiting friends in ihe city for several days. Miss Lizzie Edwards, of Ports mouth Va-, and Mrs. T. A. Smoot, of Norfolk, Va., are visiting Mrs. J. E. Smoot. Rev. S. N. Watson and sons, Paul and Charles, will leave tomorrow for Wrigb.sville to spend several days on the coast. VOLUMES WANTED. A List of Books That; Are Needed at the Public Library. Below is a list of books that are needed t h. Concord Public Li brary : The Girl of The MmtM-rlost. Freckles- R-tecca of Sunnvbruok Farm. Hed Rook. The Rosary. The Mistress of Shenstone. Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch. Iiovev Mary. The Trail of (he lonesome Pine. Snow Fire. The Martydom of an Empress. Gordon Keith. In Old Vinrinia. Polly. Two Little Confederates. The Li tale White Bird. The Sowers. Alice of Old Vincenim David Harem. The Sheperd of th Hills. The Little Slieerd of Kingdom Come. Sky Pilot. Eleanor. Diana of v lie Crossways. Rhoda Fleming. The Rose of Old St. Louis. To Have to Hold Molly Make Believe. The Testing of Dima Mallory The Little Brother of uhe Rich. Brewster's Millions. The Divine Fire. The Dominant Strain. The Yoke. The Circuit Rider's Wife. Sarasinesca. Mai -ella. If any of the subscribers of The Times or Tribune are getting two pa pers, we ask them to notify us at once. We have added several hundred new subscribers to each paper, and some of these no doubt, have been re ported to us as new subscribers when their names were already on this list. In this way they would be receiving two papers. tf See the Times for Printing. BASEBALL NOTES. Ins reeent gams, with Brooklyn tbe Pittsburg Pirates mad three doable steals. ; " a) Manager Jack Dunn's Baltimore team is coining strong in the Eastsra League race. The Chicago Cobs bsve refused to waive on Lefty Russell, Connie Mack's "$11,000 beauty." Outfielder Roy Miller, of tbe Bosloa Rustlers, continues to lead the Nation al League in baiting Pitcher James, the Toledo honver, displayed some fine goods in his debut with the Cleveland Naps. bobby Csrruthers, the old Balti more piayer, has been dropped from the staff of Three I League umpires. With Manager Hal Chase back in i he New York Americans did great work against the western teams. Covington, Works and Lafitte of the Detroit Tigers are one, two, three in the list of winning pitchers in the American League. First baseman Daubert is tbe only Brooklyn player hitting for .300 or better, and the Cubs haven't got a single man in the charmed circle. Umpire Rakph Fray, who has made good in the Northwestern League, is to be added to the National League staff in the near futurt. The Detroit Club has signed Pitch er Joe Harrington of Wakefield, Mass., an old battery partner of Catcher Case now with the Tigers. Jimmy Callaham has been a great help to the White Sox this seaosa. Few if any players have anything on James when it comes to the fine points of the game President Ban Johnson says that St. Louis, Boston and Detroit will erect steel pavillions next season, and all the cities in the American League will then have fire proof baseball plants. In Pitcher Benn the Dubuque, la., club claims to have the original "Wild Man of Borneo." In three games that Benn started he pitched a total of nine innings, in which ha issued 24 passes to first base, hit two batsmen, forced in two runs, made a balk and an error and was nicked for 9 safe hits. . Mr. Walter 0. Fink Again Promoted. The many friends of Mr. Walter C Fink, of New Orleans, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fink, of Concord, will be interested to learn that he has again been promoted' Mr. Fink has been in the employ of the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph Com pany for the past several years, and had charge of the office of this com pany in Charlotte w.'iich he filled so acceptably that he was transferred to the Tennessee division, with the principal office at Harriman. Aboti six months ago he wr.s ' transferred from tne Harriman office to New Orleans. His st"ict attention to business and ii is obliging and court eous treatment of those having busi ness with him have won another pro motion, this time he will be trans ferred to Mobile, Ala. The Mobile and New Orleans districts have been consolidated with offices in Mobile, and Mr. Fink will have charge of the Mobile district, tricing charge July 1st. His steady nee ra his business fe has been watched with interest by his friends here, who are yet expect' ing that he will soon be called to 'come tip higher. Baseball players Arrested. Jacksonville, Fla., June 26 Nine members of the Jacksonville Baseball Club who participated in Sunday's game, were arrested here today. It is said the arrests were caused by the club owners themselves, who wish to have the Sunday baseball law put to a test. The entire club was released on a signed bond amounting to $100. The arrests are not regarded serious ly and k is not believed that a jury can be found that will convict the players.. . , , Scholarships at) the A. ft M. There are three scholarships to be given ait. the A. &. M. College through the Educational Department of the State Federation. We require a rec ommendation from the principal of the school where the applicant last attended. He also must not be able to attend college any other way. If there are any boys in the county who wish to make applications for these scholarships, ttiey can do so eithe rthrough Prof. Webb of the City Schools or County Hiiperirtendent Boger. Mexico City has ben warned by the observatory in that region that another earthquake ii approaching. ' mm h sa am t Those desiring to travel faster than a modern race had better have them selves sent by telegraph. Bad Effect of Drought, Whiteville, June 26 Captain Wright, of Columbus county has re turned from a visit 'o Pender county and says a great many large oak trees in the Cape Fear riven swamps are dying, supposed to be on account of .the prolonged dry spell. Tne water courses of this county were never so low within the memory of tbe oldest inhabitant. The large creek that drains Sole's swamp has stopped run ning, and the creek in White Marsh one of the tributaries of tbe Wacca maw river, is reduced' 'to stagnar holes. Mr. W. S. McDaniel who with a party of gentlemen went on a camp fishing to Colonel Shu)Win, 700-acre pond, says they caught a load of fish, but the pond is fast drying up and they walkeddry shod over land thalt always had to be traveled in boats. But crops are not suffering. Complaints are general, however, Death of Mr. Harry Alexander. Mr. Harry Alexander died last night at 10 o'clock at the Presby terian hospital, in Charlotte, after an illness of three weeks with typhoid fever. Mr. Alexander was taken to the hospital about ten days ago and for a week or more i; was thought that he would withstand the diseass. but for the last few day very litile hope was entertained for his recovery. His mother, Mrs. M- 1'. Alexander, received a mesagj ;.eteiday after noon stating that her son 'a condition was critical. She wcitf to Charlott? on train No. 7 and was with him when the end came. Mr. Alexander spent t!..' wirier in Florida, where he worked at an orange j grove and returnej ti Concord abou. 1 two months ago. He vm 2 vearr o. age and the only son of Mrs. M. ''. Alexander. The remains will arrive; here on train No. -Id Him afUrnocni and will be tak'n ' l-ately to. Rocky River church, wTierc the fun eral will 'be held al 5 o'clock coi ducted bv Rev- James Lapsley. 1I I The test of a collar isTSff$ !$t the number of its trips YjS$; (111 Coiliss-Coon M Wedding Tomorrow Evening. An evenlt that will be of interest to tbe numerous friends of the con tract ine Darties will be Uhe marriage of Miss Kate Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs- P. G. Cook, and Mr. L. a. Bost. of Columbia. S. C, at the home of the bride's parents on Simpson street tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. W. H. Causey, pastor of ths Re formed church, and the young couple will leave on train No. 35 for their home in Columbia. Cbrliss-Coon K Collars and keep tab on their laundry trips. You will 6nd that they not only re sist wear, but also hold their shape. CortiM. Com Cs, Ifaksn Mrs. B. K. Black Entertains. Mrs. R. K. Black delightfully enter tained a number of friends yesterday afternoon alt her attractive home on Soring street in honor of Mrs, E. B- Jones, of Hickory. Hearts Dice was the gasie of the afternoon and at the close of an exciting contest, niiea witn nleasin? amuse men, it wee found that Mrs. O. H. Richmond had made thA highest score and she was award ed the prire, a beautiful box of eandy, Th miMt nf honor nrise. a beautiful about wells drying up, and some 'hand painted picture, was presented farmers have to haul water from a to Mrs. Jones. , distance for stock and household . purposes. See Ths Times for Job Pi inting. ASK TO SEE The Newest Collar out. 50c Silk Half Hose; 3 pair for $1.00. Silk Lisle Half Hose, 25c. H. L PARKS & CO.