litem-:. t 5. 1 " . ' ; YOLu XXH7 ' 'pioK 40 Ota ft iZmX concord. n;c tubs day. august 22. 1911 Blngl Ooyr, . Casta, fa k -a t KB. DOUGETON GETS V CBSEBVATION' STATION. T Be- lUteUixhed "at Numerous 'fUct Crap Shooting Negro Shot . Mrs. Noel Captured Water Sltua- ttoa Unchanged.- v. Special Jo The Tribune. Charlotte, Aug. 22. According to a Jetter from Chief of the Weather Bureau Willie Moore to Representa tive R. 3: Houghton of the Eighth District a Dumber of observation sta tions will be established by the gov ernment in the fruit belt of North Carolina for the purpose of gathering data which may be of eerviee to pros pective fruit grower Mr. Dough tun Laa particularly interested himself in urging just such a step but it has only been within the put few days that Chief Moore has seen his wsy dear to taking it Special Stations will be established at the State test farm at Blantyre and in the orchards of Char les A. Webb, at Asheville, of W. T. Lindsay at Try on, of Bowling W. Hall t Waynesville, of Mrs. Aaron Cone at; Blowing Rook, and of J. B. Spar ger at Mt. Airy. At eaeh of these thermographs and specially construct ed maximum and minimum thermome ters will be installed and an expert will pay a round of visits for the pur pose of instructing the orchard own ers in the accurate reading of the instruments. - It is planned that these observations shall extend over a per iod of not less than two years at the end of which time the data gathered will be carefully collated and arrang ed by a weather department 'export Sho will later jmblish a report upon m subject. ., -t .. V ( A negro was badly ' wounded in tioldsboro yesterday under somewhat unusual circumstances. He had been detected in the act of "shooting crap", by the sheriff and gave Jeg bll. . In the chase which ensued he was - gaining rapidly when several citizens seeing the chase joined in, not knowing the comparatively trivial nature of the offense." One of these civilian assistants!. Mr. Burke Privett, realising that they were not going to catch the flying negro drew his pistol and stopped him with a bullet, se riously wounding the man. The sher iff attempted ineffectually to prevent the firing but realized the danger , too late. It is doubted whether' the ae- ifstrwjssWss.'i r3r . Charles Noel, wanted by the vpolica iot Lexington, charged with complicity in the abduction; of two young girls some weeks ago,' was ar- rested in Spartanburg Sunday, night and waived requisition papers. Her y.' husband was sentenced to 15 years in 1 the penitentiary for this crime, his .trial coming to an. end on Saturday, - and the police have been very anx ious to- lay their hands on the woman whom they believe to be equally guilty.; The. young girls were lured from their homes in Lexington and . taken to. Charlotte with the obvious intention of transforming them into fwhite slaves." Tzr " The water situation remains prac tieally unchanged, the filter purohas- ed from' Asheville not having reached ' Bryar creek station as 'yet. The 25,-;-: 000 pound instrument has met with a ' series of, provoking accidents on its ' way from the railroad siding and; will probably not be in place before to morrow or next day. In order to fa- cilitate the handling of tank cars from ' ' . the Catawba river a night telegraph - . operator has bee stationed at Mount Holly which enables the authorities - .to run tank trains day and night. By this means something more than half i-V a million gallons ean be emptied into the settling basins every , 24 hours, . h which together with the supply from , " Irwin 'a and Stewart's a creek gives -. enough to take care of all but extra- ordinary emergencies. When the Briar , :, " creek flow . is. available the situation will be easy once more. - - Mecklenburg Superior Court is in session with Judge W. J. Adams, of Sanford, presiding. No ease of gen-. era! interest is on the docket, time being consumed principally in hearing appeals from magistrates', and recH order's eoorts. l'y'-. , , , Advertised Letters. , The following uncalled for letters reman in the Concord poetofflce week ending August 21st, 1811: --. ' '.. Men. , . Will Aetherran, Mr, Brown, W. L. Bamneer. special delivery; i. Carter. Ander. CoUande, C I Corl J. N. Davis, Joseph R. Coley, Frank ' Hawkins, Alberta r Harrell, Walter Harerave. B. W. JoJinson, .Dock i.Measemer', special delivery, i Women. '-Jennie Black, Leash Bost, 2; Mro, . Miray CorreU, Mertie O. Dom, Mrs. Ifargaret Fagfrart, Nancy Foster, - Mary Helms, Dealer Kellie, Jessie Long,. Ma. A. L. Litaker, Eatherine - Parker, Lyda Reese Smith, Mrt. Mag- gi4 Tatum, Mrs. tpnnam Whitley, When ealling for the abbve please lay ' 'advertised." M. L. BUCHANAN, ' ' r ' ' Postmaster. " Most cable news is fresh, oven after passing through salt water. , ' HAUHNO KI3HT AND DAT, Charlotte Water Situation it a far- plsxing Question to Authorities. Charlotte, Aug. 21 The Charlotte water situation became so acute yes terday that the eity authorities or dered the tank ear lines- to resume night and day operations between the eity and the Catawba river.- Sine this service had been dispensed with for some days it took quite a while to get things running nicely again. Upon the arrival here late Saturday of the big pressure filter which the Charlotte authorities had purchased from the eity of Asheville, the eiti sens at once thought it would be only a matter of a short while until they would be served with filtered Briar creek aqua pura. The residents had another think coming to them, how ever, for the big filter which for some while previous to the installation of Asheville s gravity water sysem had been . the means of purifying the Swannanoa fluid for the mountain metropolis, rebelled at he idea of spending the rest of its days at Briar creek. " - ; -.'"-:-.?:' ' : . The big mass of steel behaved it self very well while in the Land of the Sky, and was loaded on the flat car without mishap. Upon its arrival in Charlotte the city 'fathers contracted with J. P. Carr to convey the filter ' to Briar creek. Trouble was Mr. Carr's por tion, for although he thought he was getting the strongest wagon in Char lotte, it proved helpless under the weight of the monster iron filter. The wagon wheel was crushed into nom erous small particles ' before he had proceeded very far;' another wheel was supplied, but more trouble came before he went mueh further. To night the filter is somewhere near Briar creek any may possibly he" plac ed in a day or so. . Looks Like Murder. : - Asheboro, Aug. ; 21r-Samuel W. Kearns, of Concord township, aged 65 years, was found unconscious in his home last Tuesday morning and, from appearance, he had wandered from' his bed; after ; having retired several nights . previous,, had fallen on the floor and left in a helpless condition. ; He was found in a state of delirium! a physician was speedily secured, but despite medical skill and the close attention of devoted friends, he died on Wednesday nights It is learned that a will that he had executed some time ago is miss ing and about $200 in cash or valua ble papers had been misplaced which suggests the possibility of other than natural causes oeing empioyea in me passing of this good man, who had accumulated a good estate by -'faith ful endeavor and strict economy. ' Death of Miss Laura Sow. . Miss Laura A. Reew, daughter Rev. Dr. J. C Rowe. presiding elder of this district; died Monday morning about 6 o clock at the residence oi her brother, Rev. Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe, pastor Of Tryon Street Methodist church, of Charlotte, after a linger imr illness. . ' ' ' - ! Miss Kowe went to inanotte lour years ago with . her brother -and his family, and' has since resided there. She took, a severe eold which settled on her lungs and which, with compli cations, resulted in death. ' Miss 'Rowe had been in declining health since November last. She had been acutely ill for four months. Miss Rowe lived in Concord for a short while during her father's pastorate of Central Methodist church. - , Will Hot Marry Astor. , Bishop David HT Greer of New York, said a few days agdt "Rest assured of one thing no Episcopal elergy man in the diocese of New York will marrv Colonel Astor and Miss Force. will not allow it. The position in life of Col. A. or Gen. B. or Capt. C or his wealth or standing in society would not weigh with me one second, I trust some day our church, like the Roman Catholic church, will not rec ognise divorce or any marriage after divorce. . The whole zounaation oi our social system is threatened, I be lieve by this divorce eviL Respect for marriatre trone, respect for moth erhood (roes with it. and my mind stands appalled at the prospect." Mrs. Noel is Arrested While Prepar- - j- lag to Skip. SDartanbunr. S. C- August 21. Wanted on a charge of abduction in Lexington, N. C, where her. husbana was sentenced on Saturday to serve 15 years upon conviction of the same, Mrs. Charles Noel, of about 26 years, was arrested here tonight charged with having enticed Clara Belle Gibbs and Vertie Kindley aged 13 and 14 years respectively, from their homes in Lexington. When arrested the wo man was packij; her belongings pre paratory to leaving the city. She at first denied that she was jars, jxoei, but upon being confronted by certain letters admitted her Identity. She de clared that she would not go back to North Carolina without requisition. Vh out Penny Ooluan-lt pays. H3LS0XAL MEXTIOIT. : Some ef the People Ear aad Else where Who Corns and Go. Miss Lucy Hovis is visiting friends is Greenville, S. C. Mr. Robert Orier is spending the day in Charlotte. - i Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Propst are at Connelly Springs. Mr. T. D. MaAees is spending the day in Salisbury. Mra. John W. Cline is visiting rela tives in Salisbury. . ."--:. L Miss Dees PhOhpa is visiting rel atives m nowan county. 1 Miss Mattie Forest is visiting friends in China Grove. Mra. Andrew Winecoff is visiting relatives in Rowan county. Mr. Clarence Erwin, of Durham, is visiting friends in the city. Mr. M. A. Hamilton is visiting rel atives in Union county. ' Mr. T. J. White has eone to Char lotte on a short business trip. j Mr. W. R. Odell hss eone to Greens boro on a short business trip. Rev. R. L. Patterson, of Charlotte. is a visitor in the city todsy. Mrs. 8. N. Watson has crone to Asheville to visit Mrs. J. V. Moon. Miss Vivian Douglas, of Oklahoma. is the guest of Miss Willie White. I Miss Maggie Parks, of Statesville. is visiting Mrs. M. P. Alexander. Mr. Mack Ritchie, of China Grove,' is a business vistor in the city today. Mr. H. I. Woodhoue wil leave in a day or so for New Jersey to visit relatives. "" Miss Elmetta Lipe, of Misenheimer Springs, is visiting at the home of Mry E. F. CorreU. Mr. Tom Johnson, of Greenville, S. C, spent Sunday with this mother, Mrs. B. M. Johnson. Mrs. W. F. Goodman has returned from Hot Springs, Ark., where she has been for two months. Mrs. W. A. Foil and daughter, Miss Ethel, of Atlanta, are visiting' Mrs. Foirs -parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Propst. -;' Miss Beatrice Blake and Mrs. Clar ence Flowers, of Charlotte, spent yes terday here, the guests of Miss Myr tle Pemberton. Rev. S. N. Watson and sons, Paul and Hack, have returned from Green ville, S. C, where they, have been vis iting relatives. Rev. and "Mrs. J. H. Barnhardt have returned to their home in High Point, after , visiting relatives in the Duty for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Morrison have returned to their home in Winston- Salem, after visiting Mr. Morrison's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Morrison, for ten days. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Johnson and little daughter, who have 'been visiting Mr. Johnson's mother, Mrs. B. M. Johnson, have gone to Tarboro for a few days before returning to their home in Richmond. ' - The Concert Last Night The concert given by the singing class of the Odd Fellows Orphans Home, of Goldsboro, at the opera house last night was an entertain ment that pleased a large audience that filled the seating capacity of the play , house. ' The children were under the direction of Mr. R. D. Ber ry, of Raleigh, grand secretary of the order, and they snowed a care ful training and talent of high or der. The sum of $100, which will be used toward educating the children now in this worthy institution, was realized. ; The members of the sing ing class were th. guests of the local Odd Felows while here, and much of the success of the entertainment last night is due the Concord lodge for the work they have been doing to bring out the full house that was there last night. --. To Seek Uniformity in Food Laws. Duluth, Minn. ' August ' 22. The problem of how best to bring about the mucn neeaea unizormiiy oj. me food laws of the various states of the Union was the main topic of discus sion at the meeting of the Associa .. . ;t M 11 tion of State and National Food and Dairy Departments, which wss held here today. Secretary of Agrucul- ture Wilson, who is one of the strong est snoporters - of ithe , uniformity movement, was present at tne meeting and delivered an address, in which he explained the existing conditions and oledcred mmseii to do overyining in his power to bring about uniformity of food legislation. , Former Governor : Montague, of Virrinia" is dead against Senator Mar tin and charges that he is head of the machine that has dominated pol ities in Virginia for eighteen years. BEATTXE TRIAL BS0XX8. ' . i Pleads Hot Guilty to Murder of Wife. The Jury 1 Selected. The trial of Henry C. Beattie, Jr., for the murder ef his wife, began at Chesterfield Courthouse, Vs,, Monday. Beattie pleaded not guilty when formally arraigned. r, The defense made unsuccessful ef forts to secure postponement of trial, which was denied. - The defense counsel Vated that in ability to eiamink auto in which Mrs. Beattie was lulled hss interfered with prepaxatioa of ease. The jurors, all but two of them, are farmers from the county. The two exceptions are a quarryman and a contractor. ' t Beaulah Binford, the pretty 17- year old "girl in the ease," did not appear at the courthouse. She is held at Richmond as a material wit ness, but it wss not deemed neces sary to bring . her monday. Paul Beattie, the prisoner's cousin, and one ef the commonwealth 's chief witness es also was left In his cell at Rich mond. I - Bareheaded, ehlwing gum and smil ing, Beattie swept np to the Chester field county eoumhouse in an auto mobile at 10 o 'click. The tiny room Iwas jammed as the proceedings begai . and to discourage the curious and it le the court ordered that all dis in teres ed spectators stand up and remain standing. Two women newspaper writers) were the only white representatives ox the feminine sex in the yard or eoart building. It became known. Monday that Paul Beattie will '.be the weak spot in the case of the , prosecution at which Harry M. femith and Hill Car ter, two oiVigima's ablest lawyers, will aim the big guns of their defense. The fact already) established that Paul did not tellft the whole truth in his story of buying the second-hand shotgun for Heniy, with which the killing was done, will form the basis for the defense. A sombre, black-clad Catholic priest may become the lever with which the defense will trjnto pry Henry Beat- tie loose from the death clasp of the electric chair. It became known Mon day that the day' his eousin was in dicted Paul Beattie, who is a Catholic, summoned a priest to his lonely cell .... t t : " 1 " T i a in xieunco suuuijm jwk : ukuu , iu his black-clad bosom that priest car ries the secret for which the attor neys for the defense would give all the wealth they could command. The heavy pall of the contessional surrounds the story that Paul Beattie told the priest and it is beyond the pale of the law. But the lawyers tor the de tense may call the confessor to the stand and place before the jury the moral effect of the priest's refusal to tell the story related by Paul Beattie. the strength of this course with a jury of farmers can only be conjectured. Severe Case of Hookworm is Treated In Wilmington. Wilmington, Aug. 21. Several weeks ago a severe case of hookworm disease was taken to the United States marine hospital in this city at the request of the state board of health. The case had been given up as fatal by the family of the patient. The boy is 16 years old and when brought to the hospital weighed only about 61 pounds and when his condi tion was estimated under the micro scope it proved to be only 14 on the basis of 100. He was taken to the hospital on a stretcher. Since then the boy has gained over six pounds in weight and his blood has increased from 14 to 20 on a scale of 100. His bloated condition is rapidly decreas ing and an enormous. ulcer which he has had for eight years is healing. The case has attracted considerable interest and several ocal physicians,; who have seen the patient, Beem to hope that he will recover. ' Threw Away Vast Crop. Colorado Springs, Co-' Aug. 21. Farmers of the United States need lessly threw away 8,896,000, bushels of winter wheat this year, not to men tion an enormous 'loss in other farm products, simply because they failed to prepare against drought by taking steps to keep moisture in the' soil. This is the declaration or, secretary John T. Burns, of the Internationa Dry-Farming Congress, who is now preparing to conduct ,the sixth con gress, which meets in inis eity ne October.'-;.v v ; - '' ' n - . I ' Bryan "Deciding Fore. Detroit. Mich..' Aug. 21. Arthur II Jones, a prominent Democratic leader who several times - nas . siumpea nis state for Bryan, said today that Bry an still was so great in bis party that no man whom he opposed could obtain the Democratic nomination for the Presidency next year. - '. ; Champ Clark ' is the Mebraskan's first choice, said Jones, hut either Governor Marshall, of Indiana,, or Governor Wilson, of New Jersey, will be acceptable if Clark cannot win. , Doctors may take lifts easy end still manage to avoid arrest, ; MILLS CLOSE DOWN AdADT. Unprecedented Conditions Her Wheels of Industry Paralysed by Long Drouxht Only Two Mills in Operation. Never before in the history of Con cord baa a period of dry weather caused such condition of so serious a nature as the present one. Not only are the ereeks and watering places dry but the wheels of industry are paraly sed and practically every loom and spindle here is idle for lack of water. All the mills thst are using primary power can .secure sufficient power to operate their machinery, but several of the mills haven't a sufficient wa ter supply to use in the process by which the goods are treated in man ufacture, especially in the dye houses and bleacheries. The Cannon, Cabar rus,' Franklin, Brown, Young-Hartsell and Locke mills are now idle and will remain so until their sources of wa ter supply are replenished by rain. The Gibson mill and the Brander mill are the only ones in operation. Inventor of the Bessemer Process. Pittshttig, Pa., Aug. 22. Today saw vue centenary or the atria oi Wllliaim- Kelly, who is generally credited with the invention of the Bessemer process for converting melt ed east iron into malleable steel, a dis covery which revolutionized the steel industry and nelped to make Pittsburg and the neighDoring towns one of the greatest industrial cen ters in the world. Kelly was born in this city Aug ust 22, 1811, and early in life mani fested an uncommon ttptitude for meolanks. In 1845 he removed to Ktntucky, where he acquired an iron works on the Cumberland river. Here it was that he conceived the plan of dispensing with fuel in tho process of raining and decarbonizing iron by the introduction of a current of au1. After several years of experi menting 'he finally perfocted the pro cess, which was long known as "Kel ly's air-boiliug process,' and which was used for the manufacture of boil- plates before Sir Henry Besse mer was known. When toe latter brought out his process in England in 1856, Mr. Kelly, asseittetd that Bessemer had obtained his knowledge i' ii . b n ' f- i ' ' i " oi lue process irum .cngiuui work men employed bj 'him ii. America. Subsequently both inventors applied for patents in the United States, but the commissioner issued one only, to Mr. Kielly, acknowledging the pri ority of his invention of the process. Asking Too Much. An old negro preacher did the hon ors, and the candidate for baptism was a coal black negro woman. The preacher led his victim far out in the stream where she could be thoroughly immersed, and at the auspicious mo ment he cried in a loud voice. "Be stiddy, sistah, be stiddy, an' you 11 come up whitah dan show. "Oh, parson," she exclaimed, "dat's askin' too much; a cream col on 'ill do." A 3-year cou.se in Agriculture will be given hereafter in all the country schools of Oklahoma. It will be in the sixth, Beventh and eighth grades. IT PAYS TO TRADE AT The Remainder OF OUR Summer Dresses To Clean Up I Lingeries, All-over Embroideries and Cluny Linen Lace Trimmed $7.50 Valuei, - G4.89 $695 Values, - Q3.95 By Today's Express New shipment of those POPULAR SILK BOOT STOCKINGS, Black only at ....... 60c and 59o Pair Motion Section Narrow Scalloping in Pink, White, Black and Navy Blue . v, v . 12 YARDS AT 25 CENTS.' Fishers . ON THE SQUARE. Ifisbers . A BdTEDAT PARTY. . Little Miss Elizabeth Black Enter tains a Number of Guests on Her Eleventh Birthday. Little Miss Elizabeth Black was hostess to a bevy of attractive young luture belies ot Concord yesterday afternoon at her home on Spring: street, the occasion being her eleventh birthday. Hearts dice was the game of the afternoon, at which Miss Min ette Marshall excelled and was sward ed prise, a pretty fsn. The consola tion prize, a box of mints, fell to the lot of a little Miss from Monroe, Miss Fannie 'Person Budge. Lit tle Miss Black 's guests were : Misses Margaret Virgima Ervin. Lucy Rich mond Lents, Elizabeth Smith, Mary Branson Coltrane, Mariam Morris, Minette Marshall, Elizabeth Gillon, Isabelle Goodson, Nannie Lee Patter son, Virginia and Annis Smoot. Mar garet Louise and Nancy Carr, of Dur ham, Fannie Person Rudge, of Moi roe, and Margaret Yorke, of Char lotte. Cats Attack Garbage Men. New York, Aug. 2L Scores of cats. left homeless by their owners going away for the summer, have created suob a reign of terror among the po lice and street cleaning department men in the East New York section of Brooklyn that yesterday the S. P. C. A. was appealed to. Four drivers of garbage wagons have been bitten by cats, driven mad by hunger, and a huge tomcat went so far as to walk into the Liberty avenue station and try to bite Lieu tenant Martin. The garbage men say the animals followed the wagons around all night, and when chased away come back in crowds and attack the drivers. To Enjoy Life. Only to those who are enthusiastic can come ecstacy of living, only to the enthusiast does the horizon of the future show , always the red and gold. AlwayB the future! Live every moment to the fullest, but do not for get that he next one will bring you redder, richer wine. Work! There is nothing in the world so delightful work. Sara Bernhardt, Actress, aged 66. Instantly adjusted in ADvJUSTO m ' mm m m Adjusto : . i : -r $3.00 Bon-Ton Corsets . .T.. Royal Worcester Corsets -... $1.00 to (&63 . .Others at. i l25c, 39c and 60c. . A Corset for Every Figure. New lot just in. You are assuted ot perfect comfort and wear in every one of these Corsets 1 YOU CAN THE HOME OF 8CS00L8 ICss Julia roster, ef apaitanhvrg, Beaigna and Miss Constaae CUa is Elected. At a meetin of 'the hUJ WrA last night the board decided to open tne graoea schools of tne tttr Sep tember 1L '. . : "Miss Julia Fester, of Spartanbnrg,' who taught the eighth grade last year and was re-elected this year, tendered -her resignation, which was accepted. Miss Foster has been elected a teach er in the Spartanburg schools mad will remain there this year. Miss Constance Cline was elected teacher, for the 7th B, grade and Miss Leitha White, of Hendersonville, who was, recently elected, will be assigned to" the 8th grade. . ; Big Business in Patent Medicines. 1 ' Washington, Aug. 21. Nearly sev en million dollars worth of "patent .' medicines" were exported from the' United States in the past year, and for the past decade the aggregate amounts to more than 80 million dol lars. These figures, as compiled from -the official records of the Bureau of ; Statistics, Department of Commerce ' and Labor, include only that class of exports designated as "medicines, patent and proprietary," of which the exports in 1911 were $6,783,000 to foreign countries and more than a quarter of a milion dolars worth to the non-contiguous territories of the United States,' and do not include ' the numerous articles exported for use in the preparation of medicines, such as ginseng, which amounts to more than a million dollars annually, roots, barks and herbs, and other ar ticles of this character. Minnesota Temperance Bally., , Faribault, Minn., August 22. Tem perance workers from every section of the state, among them many noted temperance speakers and lecturers, are gathered here to attend the Min-, nesota state convention of the Worn-, en's Christian Temperance Union, which opened here today for n sewion 1 of our days. Nearly two hundred' delegates are present. - : v-'.- ' --. While there is life there is hop for everybody but the undertaker.- '- - TV "the twinkle of an eye' V ; GET IT AT GOOD MERCHANDISE NON-RUSTABLE . . ' If

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