North Carolina Newspapers

rl em$w Bum - :mwme, vol. xxn. Pries, 40 Cents UocU. CONCORD. N. C WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23. 1911 EJafls Coyy, NO. 34: 1 : ASSAULT WITH . . . MURDESOUS INTENT. Ajed Negress And Ear Boa Amult- edWhila Returning From Church ' ' ' lUa Escapes Woman Thrown la ' Old. Well Bnt la Rescusd, I ,' Special to The Tribune. j Mount Pleasant, N. C, August 23. . One of tha moat horrible stories of - attempted murder reached bare last sight.' Sunday night, en old negro' - woman, Hannah Jones, or 'Hannah Palmer, .aa she-- wa known by aome, . and bar aon wore on their way home ' f from preaching at Horning Star, in tba vicinity of Misenheimers Springs. About 12 o'clock that night, when -they were in the neighborhood of Mil Cngport, they were attacked by aome parties, the identity of whom has . not yet been fully established. The old negro woman was thrown into an unused well about 40,feet deep, with 1 Jen or fifteen feet of water in it. She "Waa thrown in bead first, so she re lates, bnt turned in . the fall and eaoght at the top of the water, on - aome logs that bad been thrown in v some time before and was saved from drowning iutright The yillains at tempted to throw her son into -the ' well bnt be proved too strong and made his escape. In order to make .their job complete they threw in logs and stumps aa. large aa the diameter of the well would permit, rocks weigh ins) 150 (pounds, old stoves and irons until the well was almost filled, but none of them hit the negro woman or caused her to sink beneath the wa ter, though she was very nearly sub- merged. Monday afternoon,, about 3 o'clock Mr. Eudy chanced to pass : ; by. Hearing sounds from the depth of the old well, he went for witnesses to the ghost, as he believed it was, and returned. The old woman recog nized his voice and called him by : name.-.Immediately they set to the - rescue, which was accomplished about two boors later, with the old woman more dead than alive. She knows the parties, but perhaps as much from fear as well as from physical exhaus tion, she had not at a late hour yes terday named the men. so far as we ' could learn. Her son is a half-witted, idiotic boy, with but very few' words of the English at his command. He tried toe tell the names t the " men bnt could not dff.'Bo.tpith flUfftcient clearness to fasten the guilt with any .degwe of. certainty." It watf reported .ihere last night that one arrest had ".been made and at-least another would would. The old negro woman is the possessor of some property, and it is said t&Wkn tedtlo secure her prop erty by making way with her and fiber heir.,- B. - Opinions Senatorial Race Via . , ( : h ' Washington." : 4 "E. B. Lewis, of Kinston, sovereign ' manager , of the Woodmen of the 1 World, who stopped ovef in Wash-- ington for few days, says that.Gov . ernor Kitobin will surely be the next United States Senator from , North Carolina. He says he has traveled " ' extensively in that state and he is ' . eonvineed that the Governor, will win - , over all contestants. Mr. Lewis thinks that former Governor Ayeoek: will un a close second, to -.the Governor and tnat it may no necessary to now a second primary in order to decide jthe contest. i There were several "other visitors !in Washington today who are equally as confident of Senator Simmons '.sue--'eees as Mr. Lewis is of the Govern or's. One man sized the situation np -,. ' thuslv: ' ' "There are some strong shots being fired at both Kitehin and Simmons by the leading Democratic organ. J I ' "think Simmons has the strongest ,- working organization in the state 'more compact and one tnat win stana ' i by him to the last. Kitehin 'a organ " - laation is being pretty well built, but not is as good shape as the senior Senator: '" Extra Session Comer to End. Washington", Aug. 22.The extrsr . - ordinary session 6f the sixty-second eoegress, the- most active session in many years, 'closed at 3 o'clock this ".'afternoon.'- Today 'a proceedings in cluded receipt of the president's veto r of the Cotton tariff revision bill. The ' 'House alreadv had created a commit. 'J tee to notify the President that Con - Egress was ready to adjourn and the 'Senate did likewise. The veto mes " aaire. together with the vetoed bill c ' waa referred- to the House ways and ' "means committee. - Then the House .-marked time until the fixed hour of - adjournment. .;" Both houses convened at noon. The ' -- committee appointed to wait upon the i President and notify him tnat eon- ffresa had completed its business, paid ''its formal call at the White House . . - abortlv after Congress convened. , V Members of both houses were hap- f m over the close of the session. Vice .President Sherman left this after v noon for Utica. Speaker Clark leayes tonight for .the west- h , The Cinco baseball team will go to -'Davidson tomorrow where they will Top row Dusenberry, outfielder and pitcher j Clark, outfielder; Bell, manager; Bingham, outfielder; Orier, 1st base. ' Middle row 0. Sappenfield, 3rd base; Patterson, c; L. Sappenfield, short; Wadsworth, outfield; Bar rier, infield. Botton row Wood, infield; Cook, outfield. Standing Bell and Cline, pitchers. This fast aggregation of clever yonng diamond artists is just finish ing a season in which they have made a most brilliant record, winning four teen and losing six games out ol w. On the whole the team made a re markable record when the numerous obstacles that - prevented forming a. winning combination at the start are considered. Without the aid of a professional coach they began the season in a somewhat disorganized condition. . The, infield was fast on field and basea but, sadly lacked in teamwork, which was responsible for several of the defeats that are cred ited. The outfield, composed of Wads worth, Clark, and , Dusenberry ; with Cook as utility formed a-combination ONE NEGRO SERIOUSLY . WOUNDS ANOTHER. -t V .VtfaW1 Frank; Goodmaa J and .Will , Morris Have a Misunderstanding. Good man Gives Morris i Hard Blow on Frank Goodman and Will korris, two negro laborers employed in dig ging t)he new pipe line to Cold Water creek, Ibecame engaged in a conversa tion rjesterday Afternoon wjiile at their work near the creek. Apparently there was no sign of ill feeling-be tween them and nothing from their conversation was beard by those work ing with them to give rise to this be- linf an thov stfitAH. hut snddanlv Goodman picked; up a etiok about lour feet long and hit Morris a temnc blow across the side of his face, knocking him unconscious, in which condition he remained fov some time He was later brought to the city and placed in the care of a physician. Morris took leg ibail op the course of the Three Mile brandh and has not yet Ibeen captured. As soon as he darted away Contractor Foil, . wtho was in charge of the laborers,' put them on his trail but them efforts to catch him proved futile. The race only lasted a few minutes as the fifteen heavy-footed . negroe workers stood about as much show catching one scared negro as Boston does of over taking the' New York Giants in the National League pennant race. The negroes who were working near Goodman and Morris at the time the blow was irwk say that they heard nothing to indicate, that the two were at outs with each other and what provoked the blow caa, only be con jectured. ' ,v ' ; ' v :'"?. if " The police state they are making an effort to catch Goodman' hut up to the noon hour bad not been success ful. ,-. . , Mr. SherrUl's Mother EL Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sherrill left this morning for Denver, Iredell county, being summoned there by the serious illness of Mr. SherrUl's mother, Mrs, M. V. Shemll. Mrs. Sherrill has been in ill health for sometime and a tel egram was received yesterday after noon by Mr. Sherrill stating that her condition was worse. On account of her advanced age the members or ner family are apprehensive aa to her re covery. 1 ' , Will Let Contract for Paying , The city will award the contract for 4,500 yards of cement Monday that was recently authorized by the board of aldermen.' Bids have been advertised for and a number have been received. The bids also include 1,000 feet of curbing. The cement and curbing will be put down on the principal streets of the city and will CINCO BASEBALL TEAM. mat any amaiuer learn migut weu oe proud. Cline and Bell did the bulk of the pitching and with even medio cre support they had little difficulty in emerging from a fray with the big end of the score. Cline is a veteran in amatuer circles, and when in con dition is right up at the top in that class. Bell budded forth early in the spring as a pitcher and before the season was well under way he loomed up as a formidable horsehide Dinger. He has terrific speed and fast break ing curve and if he will overcome' a tendency to aviate under fire he should easily become a winner in high er circles. Dusenberry, Episcopal High Sohool young pitcher, was used mostly in the outfield on account of NEW BAGGAGE RULING ' Will Be In Effect September 1 Other Changes In Department Commenc ing July 1, 1912. The Southern Railway has posted important notices in its passenger stations in 'regard to checking bag gage. The notices contain' recent rulings, which will govern the bag gage department of tfhe road in the future, and read aa follows : If pasengors value their baggage at more than $100, on and after Sep tember 1, 1911, before the baggage will be checked the value thereof must be declared to the egent and tariff charges paid on acub vr.luo in ex cess ox $100. .Baggage exceeding $250 in value will, not be accepted from any one passenger for trans portation in the baggage car. The size of tie piece of baggage to be accepted is to be Iiruted, as tho following will show : Up to and including June .30, 1912," no single piece of baggage exceeding 40 oubit feet in size will 'be accepted for transportation. " Commencing July 1, 1912, for aniy piece of baggage, ex cept immigrant baggage checked at port of landing, the greatest dimen sion of which exceeds 45 inches, there will, be an additional charge for each additional inch . equal to the charge for 10 pounds of excess baggage. Commencing" July 1, 1912, no piece of baggage . the greatest di mension of which exceeds 70 inches, excepting immigrant baggage check ed at port of landing, will be trans ported in baggage ears. State Council of Junior Order. Asheville, Aug. 22. More than one thousand people filled the city audi torium tonight to welcome the Jun ior O. U. A. M. State Council of North Carolina in its twenty-first annual meeting, to listen to eloquent address es and responses! and to enjoy the splendid program of orchestral music, songs and recitations. Owing to de lay of arrival of train No. 21, about 200 delegates the meeting did not arrive in time for the openig session. Robert Ransom Williams delivered the first address of welcome on be half of Asheville, and to this address R. T. Pool, of Troy, responded. There was prolonged applause during Mr, Pool's response, when he referred to Locke Craig as the next Governor of North Carolina. . , , , The address of welcome on behalf of the local councils was delivered in an eloquent manner by Hon. William J; Cooke, and was responded to in a short but pleasing talk4y State Coun cilor L. T. Hartsell, of Concord. . Mr. Craig delivered the chief ad dress of the evening, speaking on the principles of the order. He was at his beBt and completely captivated his , n. m injuries, but showed class when call ed upon the firing line. To the pitch ing of Cline, Dusenberry and Bell, Patterson's catching and timely bat ting and Grier's sensational game at first is largely due the success of the team although every man played a steady, safe arid accurate game and never let up at any stage. Never, at any time during the season, did they receive the patronage that the article of ball they played deserved and on account of the lack of attendance and interest on the part -of the patrons they were' ' greatly handicapped throughout the season for want of funds. But fa record of 14 won and 6 lost is some record, inspite of such an adverse condition. w- BEULAHJ'ATRAH). 'Other Girl" Declares Friendship foi Beattie at End. Richmond, Va., August 22. Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., if acquitted of the charge of wife murder, preferred against him by the commonwealth, there will be no further friendship be tween him and Beulah Binford, the girl for whose love the prosecution charges that the crime was commit ted. Sitting in her cell this after noon, on the eve of the resumption of the case et Chesterfield court house tomorrow, she not only expressed the hope that "whoever is guilty will be convicted," but' added that she was aiEraid of Beattie and could never be his friend again. ' It was the 'frankest interview ishe 'has granted since her arrest as a material witness more than a month ago." "I Ihope that Henry is innocent," said girl. "Once I would have gone through fire at his word, but now I would bo afraid to go on the street with him after dark. If be comes clear .of the murder charge I hope never to see him again. 'Most of all I want 'to get away from Richmond, wtiiero I know people will not follow me on the streets. I -know absolutely nothing about the murder. I do not even recall that Henry ever mentioned his wife's name to me." Beattie spent a quiet day in jail, refusing' to see anyone except his young sister Hazel, and an aunt. He will be taken to Chesterfield tomor row, where the task of completing the jury will be taken up again at noon. Paul Beattie, his cousin, who has sworn that, (he purchased "the gun with which ; Mrs,, Beattie was' shot, lounged in tthe jail corridor, refusing to discuss the case. -' . Methodists to Hold Series of Wom en' Jubilees. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 22. The Southern extension' committee charg ed with supervision a series of inter denominational womens' . missionary jubilees have given out the following i'ubilee dates for the South from the leadquarters here: ' ; . Norfolk, October 11-12; Greens boro, N. C.. October 13-14; Charles ton, October 17-18; Jacksonville, Oc tober 20-21( Atlanta, October 24-25; Birmingham, October 27-28. Mobile, October '31, November 1 New Or leans, November 7-8 Little Rock, No vember 7-8; Oklahoma City, Novem ber 13-14 Houston, November 16-17; San Antonio, November 20-21; Dallas November 23-24. ' : , The proposed jubilees are the out growth of the semi-centennial cele bration of woman's missionary board work. It is expected that $75,000 will be raised by the Southern Jubilees for missions. ' " '-"- ' " : y, It's only when some men get tight PERSONAL MENTION. Some of the People Ear and Else vLaa Who Coma and Go.' Mr. Gesrge Corl has returned from Ashovillo. 1 Mr. J. W. Dyer, fcf High Point, is a Concord visitor. . - Miss Annie - Griffin is visiting friends in Charlotte. Mrs. W. A. Foil spent yesterday afternoon in Charlotte Ma D. Davis, of Rockingham, is visiting Mr. Francis Ball. Mr. A. R. Hoover has gone to High Point on a business trip. ' Miss Dollie Blackwelder is visit ing friends in Salisbury. Miss' Susie Williams is visiting her mother at Mr. R. S. Wheeler's. Mr. M. E. Nathan, of Charlotte, is a visitor in the city today. Mr. J. C. Rankin, of Lowell, is a business visitor in the city today. -Mrs. W. G. Caswell, of Salisbury, is visiting Mrs. J. C. Wadsworth. , Miss Ruth Wagg, ' of Denver, is visiting ber sister, Mrs. J. P. Fisher. Miss Pearl Forte, of Pikeville, will arrive Friday to visit Mrs. Richmond Reed. Mrs. Z. A. Morris has returned from a stay of several weeks in Moores ville. Miss Lillian Krueger, of Charlotte, is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. H. Rut ledge. Mrs. Ida Hodgson left this morn ing for Worthville to visit Mrs. N. G. Hodgson. Miss Glenn Starbuck, of - the Greensboro News, is a visitor in the city today. . , Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Aderholt, of Barber, are the guests of Dr. and Mis. W. L. Ezzell. Miss Cora Lee Montgomery, of Monroe, is visiting at the home of Mr. J. B. Sherrill. Mrs. M. J. Corl left yesterday for the mountains of North Carolina to spend several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Linker and Miss Bertha Linker are spending the day in (Jluna Urove. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Fisher have re turned from Alta Pass, where they have been spending ten days. Miss Jennie Maxwell has returned fliom Montreat, where she has Ibeen visiting for several weeks. Miss Ruiby Sapp has returned to her home in No. 5 township after a weeks visit to friends in Salisbury! Misses Myrtle Slither and Mattie Lentz will leave this afternoon for a visit of several days to Salisbury. Miss Lucy Richmond Lentz and brother, Master William Montgomery Lentz, will go to Lenoir Friday to vis it relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ward and lit tle daughter, Millicent, will leave next Monday to visit relatives at Randle- man and Asheboro. Mr. J. O. Moose has returned to his home in No. 8 township from Hen- dersonville and Lake Kanuga, where he spent the summer. Mrs. David Ritchie, of Georgia, passed through the 'city this morn ing en route to Mount Pleasant to visit Mrs. Alonzo Bladkwelder. Mr. David Lippard, who spent the summer teaching at the Jackson Training School, has returned home, where he will spend two weeks vaca tion. Mrs. H. P. Guffy has returned to the city after spending the summer at Black Mountain and other places in the western part of the state and Tennessee. . Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Means, Misses Mabel Means and Wilma Correll and Mr. Paul Means have returned from Hiddenite, where they have been for two weeks. They Were Married. Monroe Enquirer. You probably remember seeing in the last issue of The Enquirer ah account of the flogging of a young man, Columbus Spradley, near Aiken, S. C, by the relatives of a young woman, named Hols-tein, to whom Spradley was engaged to be married If iyou recall the article you will re member that Mas. Ben .Spradley died of nervous , fright ' because of the Hoggins given the boy and her hus band. We call attention to that mat ter just to say that a day or two after the flogging and after the Holsteins who took part in it were safe in Aiken county jail that Columbus Spradley and the Holstein girl slipped off and were married. All of which goes to show that when a boy and girl take a notion to get married they are going COMMITTEE FROM A8 SEVILLE 1 TO VISIT TRAINING SCHOOL. Dr. Byid and Supt quaint Themselves Methods. era Gazette-News, 22nd. Dr. C. W. Byrd and Prof. R. J. Tigbe left yesterday for Concord for the purpose of aenuainting themselves with the methods of the Jackson Training School, so that they can re port to the board of aldermen and the county commissioners with reference to the establishment of a reform school on the old waterworks proper ty, as was proposed some months ago. They will report at the next meeting of the commissioners and the alder men. A committee was appointed several weeks ago to make a report to these two bodies, after the committee had visited the proposed site of the school; it was then thought better to visit trie school at Concord and see how the school is conducted there, so that the committee can make a more intelligent report. It- is said that there is a move on foot to get Henderson, Haywood and Madison counties to join with Bun combe in the establishment of the school. In certain quarters regret is ex pressed that the aldermen saw fit to abolish the probation office, until it is built. There is a necessity, it is contended, for some provision of this kind, for some one, or some institu tion, that will have authority over boys, who are too young to send to the county roads. Boosting the Northwest. Boise, Idaho, Aug. 23. The North western Association of Commercial Club Executives assembled in this city today for a three days' conven tion. Delegataes from the chief cities and towns of Washington, Ore gon, Idaho, Montana, Utah and the Dakotas are included in the atten dance. The various methods of ad vertising and their relative value as a means of aiding in the development of the Northwest by the attraction of settlers and capital is the leading subject to.be discussed. SCHO BLE I COLORS. HAT OF THE 84.00 FOR 1,1 PRICED $3.00 $3.50 EL L .. ffTZS.T: THE HOME OF GOOD MEIXIIAUDISS ea.4S).SY . -a t FATAL JOT RISE. - "jd and Tost Xsarssl Was ''' TCar Turns Turtia. 7 . . Henderjionville. August 22. Death and diflaatcr perched oa the seats with .-a Henderson vilk Mtomo bile joy riding party which left bare -this morning at 4 o'clock for Spartan- burg, and whkfc ended with the in stant death of the driver of the ma cfeine and the possible fatal injury of two passangera. r, 8. A. Prnett, of Henderson yiOe, driving bis public service ear, .was instantly killed this morning at 8 '' o'clock between here and Spartaa burg. Two of bis passengers were ' probably fatally injured. Jn the ear with Pruett were Mrs. fiodgeta, ot Macon, Ga, a wealthy ad haodeome widow; Mrs. Meanly, of Richmond, -Va.; Mrs. Hegaman, of Black Moon, tain, N. C, and C. P. Bamette. Which . two of the tadies are injured is not known here. . , The dead driver was 40 yeras old, and leaves a wife and two children. Be was counted a -very careful and, competent man. Be kst control of his ear in trying to swerve it from a ditch on the cut off between the ns- ' tkmal highway route and Gieers, 8. J. ' The machine turned completely over, crushing Pruett to death, breakinsr the back of one of the women passengers, creasing Vbe Jog of another and in flicting serious bruises and possibly internal injuries upon lL" Tba In jured are being eared if or at a nearby ' iarmnouse. Tne remains of Praett were brought here tonight The fu neral will be neld tomorrow. v ' Suspect of Jamestown Murder Under Arrest at Raleigh. , 'Raleigh, August 22. Lonnie Cham belee was brought from Dor ham to ' Raleigh today to answer the charge of stealing a mule in this county two years ago, a charge that be admits and for which be proposes to throw himself on the mercy of the courts he eaye He is suspected of being guilty of robberies in Burlington and Greens boro; also suspicions have pointed in his direction in the ease of the brutal murded of Mrs. Joel HiU at. James town, t - WE ARE DISPLAYING THE NEW FALL STYLES IN A VERY LARGE VARIETY OF SHAPES AMD fit-: THE SMOOTHNESS OF STYLE M 'SCHORLS" HATS WILL AP PEAL TO ANY WELL-DRESSED MAN. s jU--.".- . WORKMANSHIP AND HATTTJLAL IS GUARANTEED IN EVUZY CAT. WE HAVE A CHAPS THAT mr, PLEASE YOU WEAR A CCZ:.in HAT. W Vlay the ivijion team. cost approximately fu,uuu. - audience. that they turn themselves loose. . to get married.