North Carolina Newspapers

-vol. xxnv V- Trie, Omte'kXBtk. CONCORD. N. C, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 1911 Bia& Copy, Onk Ii0.4D ' 1 r TH23 ESI TTP ; ..: fob a preacheb. ' J " ,s"aaaBBal f , " BelvttloaAray Project Kipped la tie i Bod If i Who Provided Clerical 4 Clothes for. J. E. Duncan Demand .4 TWr Karon, Bat Mr. Duncan Ex- h i clilau, "Fay, Vtrlllyl" - Tba imMMti in the Kfa of 1 policeman art filled with all tha nriad elements that form tha Ufa of a com munity and frequently thev an for. 'i ad to tarn from tba task of arresting neipwar orunxard to pass in jndg- v dmiil fin nnMiiniu . W.MV.M. . h V T X1UUI v whether a man baa a right to shoot bis v aaigDDors chickens to arbitrating bia Sj domastia affaire at home. But seldom - i ara they called upon to divide tha . Yt property of men co-operatr ' v n Pnpo of conducting a vwnnoa, especially wnen that ousi r taa coflsis' preaching the gospel. !4"But' such was a ease presented to - 'k Chief of Police Boeer veaterdav bv tana young men, one by tha name of j J&. uunean and two others who did ; not give their names, :- A representative of The Tribune Iff was in the Chief 'a office yesterday (when three young men came in and aaid they wanted to talk with him. From, their manner it waa plainly evident that they had matters of se- prions importance to discuss with the ' Chief and the scribe stepped - oat to V- the front. . 4 . No sooner .had he departed than voices war heard in what sounded to ; rbe a heated discussion. That 'a inter ; esting staff going on in there, thought .the newspaper man and if they cared jto keep the matter a secret they would hardly be talking so loud, so aha journeyed back to the Chief's of- ; nee to hear the discussion. : -'r 4 When -he approached the Duncan j.-fellow was talking. He is a tall, slen W der man and judging from his conver rsation it could be. clearly seen that he was a man of more than ordinary f intelligence and much more 90 than his companions. "I want to make a clean breast of v,tbe whole affair, Chief," said Duncan. - "And I want to be perfectly frank and candid with you about it too. If you will let me tell a little of the hia tory.of.my life it will help explain matters." The Chief nodded his as aent and Duncan proceeded. : . , 1 "l am agraduate of Wake Forest v a CoBege" (fifter-leaviii college I u enteral tibr-mdniHtarr. Iiavinr linnii in- Imrham and later - in ;-- Alamance county. .While serving my last charge , sinned and was turned out of the " joainiatry. I then began work in a , ; aotton mill and learned to weave, working in mills in Danville, Charlotte ; and varioua ether places. I have been la Danville for some time and eame : from there here on account of work .. being slack. When I arrived here I -.got a job at the Locke mill and on the next day the mill-closed down. I waa then loafing' around and went to tha cafe at tha depot with the boys here. 'While at the cafe I told them that I used to preach and that I had 'made as high as $40.00 for one ser . mon. And that's the itiruth, Chief, for I hava while assisting ia- procracted meetings and the churches took eol , lection for me. Some of the , boys "then spoke up and said that work ,waa dull and why not go out on the -road' preaching. 'They agreed to go i with ma and said they would sing and pass around the bat and we could ' .have a regular Salvation Army. I ' . told them that I would certainly do tha preaching but that I didn't have "any fonda. ' The boys said they could iAx that all right so the . agreement A was made and Hickory was decided ."j Opoa as the first stopping plaee on our fvopoaed itinerary. v- - i M After we had made the agreement .1 1 told .them that -. I did not t have r elothea auitaUa tot m miouterr : and that I couldn't go unless they bought - me some dark .clothes. ' I was wear ' ;;lng this blue coat and a pair of light ,', trousers' and an automobile cap, and ' -? ypu know, Chief, that r a preacher wouldn't look right preaching in a ' pair of light trousers and an automoi .; bile cap. Then they ' agreed to buj clothes for me and we came np town and purchased this derby hat and these trousers, both of which I am ' now wearing, and they paid for them, I then told the boys that it was neo. .aaary for me to wear glasses and that , the pair I had looked cheap and that I needed a pair of gold rimmed spec- taclea. . They hesitated on these but V finally purchased them for me, and '' evervthinar was ready for the trip. V'Whaa the time to leave eame one of them said: 'Fellows' this ain't right' ' and f ram that they backed out. They wanted me to give them the clothes ' and spectacles bpt I told them I would '.' sot do so; that I waa ready to carry ' out mv end of the agreement. We were drinking a little too, Chief, so ,V we came on back and unpacked oar - grips." -r. " All wam ia mj ciuhibb iwui said one of tha men. "I did enter in to the agreement but we didn't go and ha has got no right to my - 'elothea"-'? ... v.--? Chief Boger told" the mon" that they should settle the affair among them- aalves but he thought Duncan ought te pay tha man for the clothing. "That is what I an mini in An. Chief, but I doa't intend to give them oaca 10 aim. 1 will pay him pay day but I am rain to keen thm now." . The three men then walked ant af tna office, two of them with mad and euuen expressions on their faces, whilr'Duneaa walkad in tha tmi with his new derby hat at a right in uim wcra top aeaa, wearing his perfectly pressed new blue trous ers and raxinr at tha nuainv rnnn. lace over the gold-rimmed spectaelea.' xia may return pay day. j 771.415 BALES GXNXED. Ginning Report Shows This Number or Bales Cotton Ginned to Septenv bar t .V ? Washington. D. C- SodL 8. Tha first cotton ginning report of the sea son, issued today, by Director E. Dan na Durand, of the Bureau of the Cen sus Department of Commerce and La bor, shows that 771,415 bales, count ing round as half bales, has been ginned from the growth of 1911 to September 1st, compared with 353,- iui oaies 01 the erowtn 01 1910. rain ed to September 1st, 1910, 388,242 bales for 1909, and 40229 bales for 1908. ; The ginning of cotton of the erowth of 1911 was carried on more active ly throughout the cotton belt to Sept. 1 this year than in any similar per iod in the history of the industry, at least as far as accurate ginnings rec ords have been kept This' is shown by tne first ginning report of the sea son, compiled by the census bureau from reprots of its correspondents in the cotton-growing states. A total of 771,415 bales had been ginned up to a week ago. This is greater by al most three hundred thousand bales than the previous record made in 1905. The continued hot and dry weath er in a greater portion of the belt, es pecially in Taxas, was chiefly respon sible for the increase. These condi tions meant the early maturing of the greater ginning. Farmers have been mora active in getting their crop to the ginneries and, it is said, is some counties of Texas, where the balk of the increased ginning was reported, the entire crop practically already has been ginned. Little relation appears to exist, ac cording toreensus bureau experts, be tween the sis of the crop and- -the quantity 01 cotton years , 01 lswa, 1906 and-. 1908: - each, of which pro duced more than thirteen millina bales. An these years the percentage of the crop ginned to September 1st was 2.8, 3.1 and 3.1 per cent respec tively, while the crop was 10..800.000, 4.5 per cent, of it was ginned by Sep tember 1st. Last year J J. per cent 01 the total crop was ginned to Septem ber 1st. dosing of Maine Campaign. Portland, Me., Sept. 9. One of the most bitterly; fought and most stren uous campaigns ever known to .New England ended in this state today and on Monday the voters of Maine will decide by their ballots whether the policy of constitutional prohibition of the liquor traffic, which has prevail ed for more than a quarter 01 a cen tury, shall be retained or not. Both sides in the fight have been extremely active and for many weeks the state has been flooded with campaign liter ature.? Meetings for and against the proposition : to eliminate prohibition as a constitutional feature wereield by the score in all parts of the state. The press was divided upon the ques tion and each aide devoted columns to arguments and attacks. Speakers of both parties presented their espeetive sides to thousands of attentive listen ems and even women and children were drawn into the agitation by the prohibition element. ; Constitutional prohibition, in which Maine was a pioneer, waa first adopt ad in 1884, In 1901 bill for the re submission of the subject was before the legislature. . In 1907 a similar proposition was again defeated, but only by a narrow margin. But at the last election a Democratic governor and a Democratic legislature wers elected and resubmission was voted. The issue will be decided next Mon day, but. although both sides claim victory, the result of the election is extremely doubtful t .;;. .;,. j The case of Mrs. Frances Holmes! in which she sought to Lave a por tion of tha property of her husband, Reuben J. Holmes, set apart for her maintenance, end which bad : prom ised to be .exceedingly interesting, came to an abrupt end in- eahaoury court Thursday afternoon. When H was called Judge Show of Greensboro one of the attorneys for the plaintiff, agreed to a voluntary non-suit.' 'Mrs. Holmes waa formerly Miss Frances Lyon of Greensboro and ia oxrannentt ly connected. ' ? , ! The Statesville Landmark tells- of tha death of Dr. Daniel MoOilvary, a devoted missionary of the Presbyter ian church, which occurred in Siara, after 53 years of service among the people of that country. Ills death oc curred on August 22, after a short illness. .. . ". , .'. BBATTXB MUST DIB FOB VOTE'S XUBSEB. Verdict of Jury pnaaimous on First Ballot To Ba Electrocuted Koran bar 2. ... - ; Chesterfield Court House, Va, Sept. "" ugima xarmers knelt at dusk tonight in the obscurity of the email jury room of Chesterfield Court House, praying fervently that they might paas judgment aright on Henry Clay Beattie. Jr.. indicted for th murder of his wife. Grimly determin ed they arose a moment later and si lently, one by one, recorded the unan imous verdict of "guilty." raosing in solemn contemplation for fifty-eight minutes, weighing care fully the meaning, of their decision and once more on banded Vn&oa w seeching Divine assistance that they uuKii 001 err, mey nied into the hush ed stillness of a crowded court room and with startling suddenness twelve voices, instead of the usual one of the foreman, spoke the single work The Court of ADDeals. to h will be sacked to erant a writ of ar- ror and a new trial Young Beattie, cognizant of the legal weapons yet at his disposal, did not surrended. In stead, he eonsoled las broken-down father, white-haired and wrinkled. and comforted him as he whispered: "I haven't lost yet, father." For 58 minutes the iurv wera to gether in deep consultation, a jury of simple farmers, who each morning sang hymns and strove te forget the story of dissipation with its filthy chapters, as related day after dav on the witness stand. What had been gen erally predicted was true their minds had been well made up before they left the courtroom. They ballot ed, and it was no surprise, thev af terwards declared, that all voted alike. At 0:2b p. m. the mrv returned tc the courtroom and announced its ver dict of murder. It was sent back to fix the degree and after beiner out about nine minutes returned with the verdict of first degree,. The defense then made its fight for 90 days within which to file its peti tion for a writ of error to the state Supreme Court of Appeals. Prosecu tor Wendenburg objected to what he termed the unnecessary delay in the administration of justice in this case. - Mr,' Carter, claimed tha defense had already !been forced to an earlv trial. but November 24 was finally set as the day to which execution would be deferred. History of the Case. Henry Beattie, Jr., drove his motor car into Richmond, Va., on the night of July 18, and unloaded the dead body of his wife. I The young husband's story that the murder was committed by a rough-b- arded stranger, and that he wrested from the murderer a single barreled shotgun was discredited by the police authorities. . The state Bhowed that young Beat- tie killed his wife in order that he might be free to continue relations with Beulah Binford, a young woman of the underworld. Meanwhile Beulah Binford left the scene of her notoriety and. after be ing released from jail, hurried to New xork to accept a stage engagement. . The jury last night returned a ver-i diet of murder of first degree. Beat- tio was condemned to death by electro cution, and November 24 was fixed 101 the execution. , Greensboro Han Killed by Train. ! ' Greensboro. N. C Sept. 8. Curtis Nail, of Revolution cotton mill vil lage, a young man, 20 years of age, was instantly .killed near Danville, Va., shortly before midnight last night while riding on top of a north bound freight train. . While the train was passing under a dry bridge, just this side of Danville, he was truck full in the face by the overhead timbers and his head badly mashed and mu tilated. Trainmen took charge of the body and turned it over to an under taker. The body was brought back here today for burial, 'Nail was an employe of the Revolution mills, and was identified by his pay envelope of last Saturday. His relatives did not know that he had left home until the newa of his sudden death was com municated to them. . - ' Glidden , Pathfinders off on Tour ' Through Dixie. . , Tew York, Sept. 8. From the na tional headquarters of the Automobile Association of America two Flanders ears started this afternoon on the pathfinding trip of the 1911 Glidden tour from New York to Jacksonville, Fla. A. L. Westgard is the pathfind er. His trip will cover 1,400 miles, - Tonight the pathfinders were due in Philadelphia and at ; Gettysburg, Pa.. : on Saturday. The route runs through Staunton and Roanoke, Va., Winston-Salem and Charlotte, N. C, Anderson, S. C, Atlanta and Valdos ta. Oa.. thence to Jacksonville. The pathfinders are scheduled to reach At lanta September 15 and will , leave there the following day, reaching Jacksonville September 19. ' H- TUB COMTJTO WEEK. Washington, D. C, Sept. 9, Next Friday, on kia 54th birthday aaaiver- aary, naatdeat Tan will start from Beverly oa tha most important trip mat no aaa planned sine bo baa been ia the Whita 2onse. . The trip will 1 1 a 1 . laxe nun urouga nearly tna whole of tba Southwest and West, as far as the Pacific coast Hia first stopping place will be Syraeuse, N. Y- where he will attend tha opening of the New York state fair. Following one of tha moat inter ing campaigns that New England has aver known, the voters of Maine will ballot oa Monday to determine wheth er the policy of constitutional prohi bition of tha liquor traffic, which haa prevailed for more than a quarter of a century, snau Da retained. A general investigation into freight rates on live stocky packing house products and- fresh meats in effect throughout that portion of the coun try west and southwest of Chicago, will be opened at Oklahoma City on Monday with a bearing before reore- sentatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission. - v- Saturday will be the anniversary of Mexican independence, ordinarily a day of great celebration throughout the republic Fear of an uprising against the government will result, it is said, in almost all the' celebrations being postposed this year. The eyes of Christian Endeavorera throughout the world will be on Ayl mer, Quebec, Tuesday, when an ad dress and banquet' will be tendered to the ttev. .Frances E. Clarke, the founder and president of the organi zation. Dr. Clarke- was born in Ayl mer, and Tuesday will be the sixtieth anniversary of his birth. , With tho near approach of the date of the election, public interest in the political campaign in Canada is ex pected to reach the high stage. Sir Wilfried Laurier will devote the week to a speeebmaking tour of Quebec. while Mr. Borden, the leader of the Opposition, will carry his capaign in to Nova Scotia. ' The most important gathering: of the week will be. the annual confer ence of the Governors of the States of the Union, which will assembly Tuesday at Spring Lake, N. J., for a sossion of Ave daisAIha-ehief exec utives of at least thirty state are ex pected to attend. Employers' liabil ity, inheritance tax, fixing of inter state rates, public utilitties and pris on labor will be the principal topics discussed. The first convention of national park superintendents and official of Interior Deparment will meet Mon day at Yellowstone park. The conven tion will thoroughly discuss the pro posed bureau of national parks which Secretary Fisher hopes to have estab lished shortly. Other conventions of the week will include -those of the Trades and La bor Congress of Canada, at Calgary; the National Association of Postmas ters, at Omaha; the National Associa tion of Stationary Eneineera. at Cin cinnati; the National Society of the Army of the Potomac, at Providence, and the Atlantic Deep Waterways As sociation at Richmond, Va. Events abroad that will be of more or less interest to American readers will be the annual maneuvers of the German army, the annual meeting of the British Trades Union Congress at Newcastle; the Thirteenth Interna tional Congress Against Alcoholism, at The Hague; the International Con gress for. the Protection of Infants, at Berlin, and the celebration of the 500th anniversary of St Andrews Un iversity, Scotland. The attitude of ministers in refus ing to marry John Jacob Astor and Miss Force has caused indefinite post ponement of the wedding, it was said. IF ITS J OMiTKWV ; or unrr-omt A . CBMCUMO JCCQVKt : Win TBt MOHMt T roc n"D HBCt- 4t TO MJrB OH 1 BSHD-JOiT DBA MIX IBB JMOUMt I. HUDBV, WBBTMB ir$ '4 HOVItBOLD ACCOUNT, OB BOB Bvmut-tsvom A 7 C0X0OKD RATIONAL BASS Capital 1100,000 ; Carplna $3? 0' 4 Par Cans. Interest fall aa TJma t ) ry W PEZS05AL KEXTX0V. Soma of the People Hare and Else where Wke Coma aad Go. Mias Bessie Lents Is viaitinr tnttnAa ia oauaoury. r f 1 Mr. C. M. Porter, of New York. i. . uiuuuub nmior in tba eity. Attorney Kerr Craige. of Salisbury waa a visitor in the eity yesterday. Miss Maggie Beasent has irom a visit to friends in Charlotte Mr. Claude Ramsanr haa vnvenaooro on a short business trip, rs i ... 7 Mrs. George Richmond and r; Mary Hart sell spent yesterday after noon in narrisDurg. 'Mis Ruth Coltrane will return in. night from Charlotte, where been spending the week. 'Mr. F. R. Richardson, of Monnt Pleasant, has gone to Durham, where ae wm enter Trinity College. Messrs. Gowan Dusenberv and Gowan Dusenbery, Jr., are spending tun usy in oansoury. Mrs. J. M. Odell'has returned from Bessemer City, where she has been visiting Mrs. S. J. Durham. Mrs. D. B. Coltrane will return to night from Asheville. where she has been visiting friends for ten daya. Misses Katie and Helen McAulev have returned to their home in Mount Gilead, after visiting Mrs. D. L. Bost for a week. Mrs. G. H. Rutledee and children have returned from Charlotte, where they have been visiting Mrs. Rut ledge's parents. Mr. Leonard KJuttz. who haa been visiting relatives in Mount Pleasant for several weeks, has returned to bis home in Florida. Miss Rosa Phifer, Mrs. N. D. Fet susr and George and Sam Fetzer hav. returned from Montreat, where they have been spending the summer. Mr. Penninger Improving. A report from the bedside of Frank Penninger, who was ehot yesterday by L. B. James, states that 'he is improv ing nicely. James imill be given a pre liminary bearing Monday. On ac count of -the tld man 's mental condi tion it is" very probable ffiat be "Will again (be committed to the State hos pital at 'Morganton, where- he 'has pre viously spent ten years of 'has life. It is likely that an application will be made for him immediately after the trial and that he will be committed to the institution as soon at the request is granted. A Correction. Mrs. Annie C. James, of Buffalo street, telephones us that we were in error Friday in stating that the mind or her son, who is in the army, was seriously affected since his return to the army. She says lie has been re cently promoted to the cavalry, and thati his mind has never been affected. He is now stationed at Port Meyer, va. We cheerfully make the correc tion for this mother, who has Trai- sympathy in a series of troubles which have been almost more than she can bear. 1 . When the Baltimore Polytechnic In stitute opens its doors on Wednesday for the new school term it will have the largest enrollment in its history. About 1.000 boys will enter its portals for the purpose of acquiring education that will fit them to grapple with the practical things of life which are now calling so persistently for the atten tion of minds trained in technical channels. Suppose The Wolf Should Gome Tonight Are you prepared for emer gency t ; ; Are you fortified against misfortune f It is impossible for us to read the future and none can tell when the wolf may coma. ' The -afe way (the only way) is to take time by tha forelock. Lay by a nest gg. , We have a proposition that will forstall trouble. We know it will ' interest .you. Sap pose you see us today,'.; , . . OABABBTO COUNTY B L. SAVINGS ASSOCIATION. : In Concord National Bank, 'Prod ant SaTing." Centrally Located. THE BACK HOME MOVEMENT. Important Conference to Be Held in Charlotte Next Tuesday, -j : Next Tuesday, September 12th, there will be held in the eity of Char lotte a conference of a number of prominent newapaper editors, com. mercial aecretaries, railroad men and other interested in immigration to organize a state "Back Home" Asso ciation, a kind of publicity league, cauea logeiDer oy the Ureater Char lotte Club. The basis of the organi sation is to be the "Back Home" movement or the return of North Carolinians from the west, north aad southwestern states and Canada. Al though this movement has been work ed in the South by some of the rail roads for several mouths, North Caro lina is the first Southern state to ef fect a formal organization to promote it Letters are being received from all parts of the west and northwest ask ing for information about the South. The organization created here will, besides urging the return of former citizens of North Carolina, use them as media through which to personal ly, and by all literature advertise the state among the mass of home seek ers drawn west by the advertising and personal solicitation of the railroads. There are yet manv million acres of unused land in this state which, notwithstanding the fact that land values have more than doubled in the past ten years, are still much lower in price than usuable land can be bought for id the west or Canada. The enormous expansion of manufactur ing in North Carolina makes the use of this land imperative in order to supply foodstuffs to the industrial population of the state. - J Busy Week for Rival Leaders. Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 9. With but one full week to run before the day of election, the political campaign in the Dominion will be carried forward with a rush during the ensuing seven days. Both parties have prepared tp put every available speaker' in ' the field. The Liberal standard bearer, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, will put in the week in Quebec. Mr. Borden, the op position leader, will continue his cam- pain in Nova Scotia. rthrr nt Is ready for your inspection; ;Ey. t erything that ?is new,; ; best jn:j t fabrics and 1 designs, :we havee.' j Every suit is all-wool and "gutirari- j teeu in everj uaiLicuiai. aiixiiia : 1 .-ll-JLl.Il---Sf. iook ineiu over, r OrVEl HIS BLOOD ' , . WB ST5TEM LOT, Mr. J. Crooks Llppari Submits to 0. ' TJtlonyi,IrarfD'Hrrif T". T B Staia library -Mf7J. 'Crooks Tj niirJTiM from Greensboro, whan am U7Am- ' day be submitted to aa operaiioa whereby blood waa traaafased frea his body to that of Ida sister, Mrs. A W. George, of Elkia, who has bee dangerooaly ill at St. Lee 'a hospital for a month, v. , , , . About a week age Mra. Geom'a' condition grew worse and the phyaU cians saw that they would be forced to resort to heroic treatment to save her life. Tbey decided that if an Op eration of this nature waa performed that the ehaneee for her recovery would be much greater. Mr. Lippard was called to the bedside at hia (la ter and when the proposed treatment waa made known to nun be vary wil lingly offered to make the sacrifice. With a Spartan 'a eeurara be atom beside the operation table while Dr. J. W. Long, the physician, isonneet ed a transfusion tube with; the arter-' i s of bis body and caused the red blood 01 health to flow into the weak ened and anaemic body of his davot ed sister. How long he endured the n severe test or how muck blood waa drawn from his body Mr. lippard ia unable to tell, as the ordeal was so rigid that he became too exhausted to remember. . Mr. Lippard stayed in the hospital ' two days and returned to the eity this morning and with the excep tion of an ' incision on his left wrist, he appears to be in bia usual good health. It will be grati fying to the friends of Mrs. George, who was formerly Miss Fannie Lip nard, to know that she is greatly im proved by the operation and , the ' chances for her recovery are good.' v A fee of 1,000 to. marry John Ja cob Astor and Miss Madeline Tal- :. madge Force has been refused by the Rev. Edward C. Johnson, D. D, pea- . . tor of 'the First Baptist church of Newport, R. L Dr. Johnson, was call-. : ed to the office of a local attorney oav August 29, according to hia statement, today, and there the offer was made. rTUtArn .it. 1 - t