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v. v. v n n v n 11$.' v V v' 'V' V. v volxxil Price, 40 Cents ITacth. concord, n. c ;mondat:september a 1911 Elngl Ooyy, , Cents. I . : i I v J . II it II I -rTKOrcd i i. 6". all GRADED SC200L OPENING. Large Attendance at Both Schools ' MrsT J. D. Lenta Elected Teacher. Total ZnroQaent, 1161 Todsy ni an eventful day ' in the Uvea of 1,164 ear free and hap py' children, of the eity, at it marked too beginning of tho regular - school Morion of tho city graded schools. Superintendent Webb and hit oorps of 'teachers had everything in readi ness for the opening and the work of s igning tho children to the various grades moved with 'such speed and dispatch that there was not a hitch to delay the assemblies; together . of the entire school for the regular op ening exercises when the gong sound ed for the grades to march out. - Tho large auditorium and gallery were -filled with school children and on the stage sat a score or more of the alumni of the institution.' The exer cises were .conducted by Superinten dent Webb.' After the devotional ex ercises Prof. Webb made a short talk to the school. - In the course of his . well ehosen remarks Mr. Webb told the audience that the eity of Con cord was spending f 15,000 a year to educate them and be urged upon each child to get the benefit of his share of the money; "Everyone of yon can do it and I believe you will and that we will have a profitable and pleas ant er and I had much rather you would do it pleasantly, and I believe you will, but if you don't we will try some other method, for it has got to be done," said Mr. Webb. Continu ing he said: Bome of you may not be where you want to be, or where you think you ought to be and if you ai hot, the minute you show us you ought to be advanced wo will gladly do so. We will hold examinations at any time for you. We will even hold a commencement here Christmas to graduate the -eleventh grade, if they ahow us they have completed the course, but we will have to be shown."..: , -v.'.m . - The attendance showed an increase of 02 over, last year and the school authorities are highly elated over the good showing. , Every room is causing the teachers serious - concern Over in Miss Mary Lewis Harris' room there are 115 bright faced and happy , little boys and good girls who stepped ' across the threshold of the storehouse section of the first grade. Miss Rose Harris declined to ac eept the-position, as teacher at No. 2 graded school to succeed Miss Annie Hoover, who; "was transferred to Cen tral school; ahd Mrs. J. D. Lents, has been elected to that position. The. following is the list of teachers and' the number of pupils in each gradei'4'-.A-',;.;.,, -'Jv. Orads. Central School. 1 Miss Marv Lewis Harris,..., 66 1 Miss Clara Harris,.. ,. 66 2 Miss Grace Patterson....... 46 - 2 Miss Annie Hoover,. . . . Miss Rosa Phifer...... S Miss Zeta. Caldwell,... . 4 Miss Ellen Gibson,.. ... , ;4 Miss Mabel Means,... .. 6 Miss Frances mil,. . . 6 Miss Clara .Gillon, 6 Miss Grace White,. i, 6-Miss Miriam Dumville,. . , . . 7 Miss Constance Cline, 39 . 8 Miss Nrta Gressitt,. .. 8 Miss Lelia Whiter ... 10 Mr. Ball...... llMr. MeLsocV; . . ........ Total .v. . . . ; . . . .729 Last year, first day,. ......... ..712 Grade. School No. 8. 1 i, MnWAddie White,.....,...; 63 ? 1 Miss Nan Archibald,. IV. "fj 47 1 Miss Zula Patterson,. i . .V. . 40 Miss Pearl Barrier.......... 52 2 Miss Anna Sherrill,. ....... i 56 S Miss Belle Means..... ...... 4 61' 4 Miss Kate Queiy,.,, i 46 J ft--Mr. Long,' ..v. J 8 Mr. Long, ..'...'.'.'.-.., 27 Total. ,f,,f.t -j v t?t?wJ" . Last year ,.'. A........,.,,... 3fl" Both schools today ............1164 Both sehoola first day last year. .1072 Increase' 92 ' Fire Near Harrlsburg. ef knowledge this morning for their . ' first- tlmev j A number .of them .were afterwards1 transferred to' the other r. An eight room dwelling house on the farm, of Mr. Z. A. tMorris, one : " mile from Harrisburg, was destroyed At list niffht - about 3 0 'loeK. i"" Th house was known as the old P. M. r " Morris homestead and has been a fa v ' tailiar landmark to the people of this county for number of years. it 4l was occupied by Mr. T, F. Butler, . who farms on Mr. Morris' :; place. Ths origin of the fire is not known ' . and the report from Harrisburg sUtes 'that it started in ;a side room, Cm, ' seeount of the fact that the house was wooden: structure ' throughout, the -'blaie gained rapid headway and the V efforts of tho neighbors and farm ; " hands were unable to check It. Mr. 1 i j Butler lost practically all his house, "boU furniture and personal effects. i9iv m is to have "eoul hospl- V -xuL" n he Mtients of course, will BEATTIE HAS HOPS; : ' , SUICIDAL 1UX0S& Guard Abount Condemned Mam's Cell is DosUed-Verdict Kills Oae .Woman. : - Chesterfield Courthouse, Vs., Sept 9. With a cynical indifferent smile on his lips Henry Cray Beattie, Jr., today sat in 'the valley of the shad ow" to await the day when he must pay the penalty for the murder of his young wife. x '. Beattie expressed the same ealm confidence that he held throughout the triaL 7 .-, , j VI have not yet lost hops," he de clared. "If that jury had given their verdict solely on the evidence relat ing to my wife's murder, and had followed the instructions of the court claaely, I would have been acquitted beyond doubt ?:- - .' "But they were impressed by the story of my relations .with Beulah Binford and they convicted me sole ly on that point. I had admitted my relations with the girl, and without regard to the testimony as to the mur der they had convicted, me. But I hope that the Court of Appeals will look at the matter in a different light." - ; It was determined today that Beat tie will be allowed to stay in Chester field jail for at least another 24 hours. Rumors f a possible attempt at j suicide resulted in the placing of a double guard about the jail with a special sentinel at the door of the accused man's eelL But the calm, cynical attitude of the prisoner be lied all thought of suicide. Within a day or two Beattie will be placed in a death cell in murderers ' row at the state penitentiary. There he will settle down for the 70 days of waiting for death. Not in recent criminal history has a murderer sat down to await death so calmly. Not a quiver of emotion or fear today distorted the sharp fea tured face of the young man of 26 whoso bright future has been dark ened by the shadow oi the crime, and will soon be shrouded in the pall of death, i -5- ;' But an aged father," broken and sorrowful, his whole life shattered by his son's plight,, is the ngure or sadness in the case. Today, with his other son and bis 17-year-old daugh ter, he law " fiChis sorrow-stricken home in a state of. almost total col lapse.' fFor three weeks fie has sat beside his son while he made his fight for life, counseling, encouraging and comforting him. There were many rumors aDroaii today that Beattie would never die in the, electric chair; that he would Ibid some' means of committing suicide when all hope of gaining his freedom was eone. Billy Sampson, his chum, ana one of the important witnesses at the trial, was Quoted as saying: "Henry Beattie will not cue in tue chair. It will be some other way." Beulah Binford his relations with whom shocked the jurymen was a fnnnmt: mim nh Hnattie's ling to- dav. but she Drobattiy never neiore ... n received as deen condemnation. Time and again be complained tnat the jury had tried him for his rela tions with the srirl of the underworld, rather than upon the circumstantial testimony pertinent to me tragedy, In the mind of father and son still flickers one hope the granting by the Court of Appeals of a new trial through a writ of error. But the pre vailing opinion in Virginia's bar is that it is a vain hope. In contrast to the peaceful scene in the jail was a little home in Richmond, seventeen miles away, where Paul Beattie, cous in of the convicted man, sat with his wife and babe, glad in his freedom from the weSrv days of detention as the commonwealthh's principal wit ness, yet sympathetic for the man for whom be bought toe zaiai gun, au ignorant of the evil purpose that it was to nil lour days uier. Woman Beads verdict ana wops .Atlanta. Sept. 9. When Mrs. Sa rah Templebrook unfolded a newspa per here, today and saw oy me neaa iina that Henrv Clav Beattie, Jr., had been found guilty, she dropped dead. ; Physicians said she had heart A Prediction Which Was Ysrifled. Charlotte Observer. ,.v,K'a-i-v . ."What do you think they will do with Beattie!5' , . An Observer man put the question to a secret service agent several days Alto. -''X' ! 'C "They'll electrocute him." i "But do vou think the State by its evidence has made out its easef " "I-don't give a hang about the evidence," replied the sleuth. "When ever you get a bunch or. tanners use . . i . , i - a- inai W3 'BWKU1K UYUiUB, OUSWIUK V baeeo and whittling sticks, it means death to somobody." ; And so it proved. The way to keep boys on the farm is to naake zarm uio more aivracmo, If an actress is a star she expects to Boms ef ths People Ears and Cse- ' whan Who Corns and Os. . Mr. 3, C Cook spent yesterday in Charlotte. Dr. and Mrs. J. V. Davis arrived Saturday from East Bead. Mr. L. D. Coltrane has gone to China. Grove on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs, John Fox are visit ing relatives in Greenwood, S. C. Mr. Alfred Brower left this morn ing for Trinity College, Durham. Mr. Paul Means Utt this morning for the University of North Carolina. Mr. D. M. Lylerly, of Cornelius, is visiting his sister, Mrs. G. A. Blum. Mr. Walter Ritchie has returned from business trip to Harrisburg, Pa. Dr. C. A. Misenheimer, of Char lotte, was a visitor in the eity yester day. : Mr. Charles Stratford, of Charlotte, spent yesterday in the city with his family. Miss Elisabeth Parker, of Caldwell, Idaho, is the guest of Mrs. T. D. Man ess. Mr. Lois Craven, of York, Pa., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Craven. Mrs. W. H. Shields, of Charlotte, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Robinson. Mr. Lester Coltrane left this morn ing for Raleigh, where he will enter A. and M. College. Mr. Will Fetrer left today for Fish bone Military School, where he is gymnasium instructor. Mr. R. K. Black has returned from New York, where he has been buy ing goodB for his store. Miss Bessie Widenhouse will leave tomorrow for Durham, where she will enter Trinity College. Messrs. Charlie and Smith Barrier spent yesterday in Crescent with thoir sister, Mrs. S. W. Beck. Dr. G. D. Moose, of Mount Pleas ant, is spending the day in Charlotte on Mofessioiiat trasiness. Mr. Hugh Parks has returned from New York, where he has been buying goods for H. L. Parks ft Co. Mr. Ross McConnell, of the South ern Power Company, spent yesterday in the the city with his family. Mr. Joe B. Efird, of Charlotte, spent yesterday in the city, the guest of his brother, Mr. E. U Uttra. Mr. Ernest Porter, of Greensboro, spent yesterday in the city with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. u. a. trot ter. ' Mr. J. B. Alexander,, of Moores- ville, spent Sunday here with his pa rents, Capt. and Mrs J. M. Alexan der. Misses Laura and Francis Fisher left this morine for Maryville, Tenn, where thev will attend school this fall. Miss Frances Ridenhour has re turned from Asheville, where she has been visitintr friends for several weeks. ' Miss Helen Wilkinson will leave tomorrow for Greensboro, where she will enter Greensboro Female Col lege. , . Mr. A. O. Carriker. of No. 10 town ship, left this morning for Weaver ville, where he will enter Weayeryille College. Miss Lettie Shoaf, who has been visiting Miss Laura Ridenhour, will return to her home in Lexington; to morrow. . . Mtr. Clande Ramsaur attended the banquet of the Merchants and Manu facturers Club in Greensboro Satur day night. Mrs. Ww J. Montgomery will leave this fWitnon for Lancaster. C, a vWrit her ' dauehtor. 'Mrs. J: I H. Witherspoon. . ; : ):ry: ; ' ( Miss Anna Edmunds, an cxpen- nnMd milliner of Baltimore.' arrived this morning and will haoe charge of the millinery department at Fishers. Miss Lelia White, of Henderson, arrived - Saturday and began her work as teacher in the graded school today. . Miss White boards at 1U. J. U mrtseus. v--i Miss Jennie Swink. of Norfolk, who has been vwtuur Miss Nell Herring, left this morning for Asheville where she will enter the Normal and Indus trial school. -' ; . . t Mr. Zinsky Hinohara, a Japanese student, who recently graduated Trinity, is visiting Dr. and Mrs.' W. C. Houston. He will enter Vanderbilt Universty ths falh- ' Miss Dora Smith, of Laurinburg, arrived in Chncord Saturday evening, and spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. R. A. Brower. She returned to BODY rOTOD XV A T.AKT., Mysterious Death ef Miss Myrtle ' Hawkins of Eeadarsosville. Special to Charlotte Observer. - Hendersonville) Sept. 10. The still ness of a boentitnl Sabbath day in the mountains was ssddenly transformed into scenes of ths wildest excitement here this msroisg, when it became known that the 'dead body of Miss Myrtle HswkinsJ'the pretty 17-year- old daughter of fir. and Mrs. W. H. Hawkins, had been found floating in Lake Osceola, a bent three miles from Hendersonville, en the road to Ka nuga. The girl had been absent from her home since Thnrsdsy morning and a quiet, though determined, search had failed to locate her or rain even the slightest clue as to ber whereabouts. Her mysterious disap pearance had sot become generally known, however, and when word reached town th: morning that her dead body had rush was made round, a mad r Lake Osceola. Several little ys throwing rocks inu the water wi frightened out of dark object was their wits when seen slowly to the surface, and when one of their number summoned up courage enough to investigate, he shrank in astonishment that the ob ject of his gazeae a human body and the face he peered into was that of Myrtle Hawkins, possibly the best known and most ) popular of 1 the younger girls in Hendersonville. A post-mortem? examination was made and no marks of violence were found, and yet it Was evident that death was not dn to drowning. There was no evidence. available, however, and the coroner's verdict was that she "came to her death in a manner unknown to the jury." By this time ths air was thick with rumors, some saying suicide, otners proclaiming foul play and still oth ers voicing the opinion that death was accidental Citizens gathered in small groups and discussed all theories and all suspicions, out no one is reaay to say tonight , that he is satisfied as to how Miss Hawkins came to her death. - Mr. Hawkins stated that his daugh ter left home Thursday morning at o'clock without announcing her destination, and 'when she did not return at dinner time, or that evening, mey presumea sue imu, kuuo w vu a friend and had decided to remain over night. No alarm was felt Fri day morning and the search was not begun until Saturday, when investi gation had proven that she had not been seen since Thursday, had not visited anv ffirl friend and had not been seen by anybody after she left her home. Miss Hawkins was a re markably briught ,girl for her age and her parents had no fears that she was not perfectly safe in the town oi Hendersonville. ! The family states that there was no known love affair nor other cause for suicide, and this theory must lose some of its weight when all facts and circumstances surrounding the finding of the body are considered. From the condition of the body it is rea sonable to assume that it had been in the water for some time, but ample evidence is also there to show that the girl was dead b.fore ber body touched the water, and it is also rea sonable to assume that if a person placed her in the water after she was dead, this same person had some knowledge of how she came to her death. On the other hand Miss Hawkins had no enemies, so far as is known, she had no considerable amount of money with her when she left borne, not is there any motive for the crime, provided it was ' foul i play, ! To strengthen the theory that it was not foul play, the coroner and tne pnysi- cian who made the post mortem ex amination both state ', emphatically that there were no marks pf violence whatever on her body. tr in J Quurioti, r or unrr-owt 4 .. . cnfvifo jccouni WITB tBt UOMMT rov hub tries i mr to mr oi - HASD-IVIT DMJm 9AILT THS MKOVMf HUDtV. WMKtwn. ir$ 'J BOVttUOLD 4ceoanr.oK to avtiHtM-fimrout CONCORD NATIONAL BANS Capital 1100,000 Surplus ttf f 4 Per Cant Interest Paid n Tim t rising J . Ar , U FOREST ETLL 1TEW8. WSSMeSB ' Lochs Mills Team Defeated at Mc- Adensvilla. Three Boys Enlist In ths Navy A Dellghtfnl Concert Personals. Misses Lurhne Graham and Nina Cook, of China Grove, and Miss Etta Baker, of Lowell, spent Sunday in the eity with Mrs. W. W. Crooks. Miss Minnie Ryson, of Charlotte, spent Sunday at the borne of Miss Mamie Stewart on North Church street. Miss Bessie Ctley spent Sunday in Graham with Miss Annie Kime. Mr. Lee Mills has been confined to his home for several days with an at tack of neuralgia, but is convalescent now, we are glad to add. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. West spent bun- day in Kannapolis with friends. Mr. 4. C. Cook spent a few hours in Charlotte Saturday with friends. Messrs Marshal Mills and T. P. Moose, of Kannapolis, spent Sunday in the city with relatives. The Locke ball team retnrned from McAdenville Saturday night with a tale of woe, acknowledging de feat in a score of 7 to 6. Our boys secured a goodly number of hits, but many of them died before reaching home base. McAdensville secured only two hits from Bell, but received a number of free bases from balls. Mr. H. T. Utley is recovering his house has added a new room and making other improvements to his home on North Church street. Mr. J. C. Stowe hss gone to Dan ville, Va., to spent a few weeks with relatives. Messrs. Trip Goodman, Charles Smith and Crowell Swearingen went over to Charlotte a few days ago and enlisted at the local recruiting office of the United States navy. A very delightful concert was giv en at the home of Mr. W. B. Bruton last Wednesday night. An orchestra composed of Messrs. W. P. Hurt, Ja son Fisher, Chas. Rogers, D. M. Mc Lemore and Paul Peacock, assisted by Miss Lethia Bruton at the piano, ren dered very enjoyable music. A few invited friends were plesent and dur ing the evening a three course lunch eon, ices and fruits were served. The guests were loath to part from the hospital home of Mr. Bruton. Greensboro' Telegram Sold. The Greensboro Telegram' Saturday afternoon announced that its sub scription list, good will and a part of its plant has been sold to tne dreens boro Daily News. The price paid by The News for the paper is said to have been $3,500. The Telegram is a little more than 14 years old. For seven years it was conducted as an afternoon paper, but in 1903, soon after its purchase by Mr. R. W Haywood, it was changed to a morning paper. This spring Mr. Haywood sold the paper to Mr. J. T. Fain, of Anniston, Ala., who soon changed it back to an afternoon pa per. Financially the paper has al ways broke about even, but has-never been a money maker. Mr. .rain tne editor and owner, has not determined his plans for the future, but will re main in the profession. Most of the staff and employes have obtained oth er positions. Capt. J. D. McNeil, mayor of Fayet- teville, was in Raleigh Thursday, witn samples of "No-Tax" labeled as a strictly temperance Beverage and as put up in conformity with the purs food act and "the prohibition law of North Carolina." flttayor McNeil says this drink is being sold in Fayet teville bv the former near beer deal ers and that certainly it is being sold as a cloak for blind tiger outlawry. S3 I You, Too, Cant Have a Home of Your Own. I Don't envy other people's good fortune and lament you own lack, of opportunity or ill luck., ivVrjF , Yon can possess a horn Of yonr own and be Just as happy and independent as your neigh bor. ' ' i.-v ..;,;, .., Yon haven't th money T That makes no diffrno-w have ths plan by which yon can milt yonr ambition. W are helping the people of Concord and vicinity grow in dependent and happy in their homes. W can help yon, too. , , OalL writ or phon. -f : , i . CABARRUS COUNTY B, L. ft SAVINGS ASSOCIATION. In Concord National Bank' . "Prudent Saving." ''Cestrally Located," THS NEW HIGH BRIDGE. Thirty-One Test Higher Than Old One, Which Was Highest Railroad Bridge in the World. I Danville, KyM September 11. I The new High Bridge of the Q. A C. ! ... - ,1.. . a - ' ruuia over me JveuiurKT nver was put in service at 10 o clock a. m. to day, according to an anouneement made by General Manager Horace Baker. This bridge spans the gorge of the Kentucky river and is thirty one 'feet higher than the old bridge it replaces, which was for years the highest railroad bridge in the world. The construction of the new bridge was a remarkable feat of engineer ing, it having been built on the same foundation as the old without inter fering with traffic. The new bridge like the old was erected on the cantilever principle and is of steel throughout with stone piers. It is 1230 feet long and the track level is 308 feet above low wa ter mark. Something over seven thous and tons of steel and 178,500 field riv ets were put in the bridge. The new bridge is designed to car ry double tracks and its great strength will allow the use of much heavier locomotives than have been run over the old bridge. The increased height will also give a much better grade at that point of the line. To Attend Collegiate Institute. The following is a partial list of the boys of the city and county who will attend the Collegiate Institute this year. This list does not include those living in Mount Pleasant: G. W. Barrier, Webster Barrier, Paul Barrier, F. Barrier, Phillip Bar ringer, Willie Boger, Jno. Boger, Jno. R. Cress, H. M. 1 aggart, J. (i. Har- key,' Gilbert Hendrix, Harry E. Isen hour, C. H, Lipe, H. M. Pennninger, M. W. Petrea, C. E. Ridenhour, C. O. Ritchie, C. H. Ritchie, Robert Lee, Jay Cress, C. H. Safrit, W. J. Sifford, Ernest Stalhngs, Horace leeter, Frank Teeter, Donald Widenhouse, Frank Cress, Ralph Ritchie, Paul Starnes. If vou can't destroy the flies, you can scatter some lime. That will help avoid tho doctor. Wilkeslioro Chron icle. i:.A &m rAir . ,.; licliettiiliftf loipi';a:i FINE CLOTHING Is ready for your inspection; Evn erything that is new,; ; best, iri fabrics and designs, we have.8 livery suit is all-wool and guaran teed in every.particular. Call and look; them pver.' r . :; J 'A; ai;L-'PAni5 (7; STB I. MAKES THBTXIXXh Stalwart Sons lis in Bed for Years , . Under Hyyaetie tfSL Although reputable physieiaas, k mane officers and many others have J .1 . I . m ' uoun inree siaiwsxi sone oi sir. and Mrs. John Bennett of the town of Hope, Hamilton county, New York . and find nothing the matter' with them, the three men have been cost, fined to their beds from six to ton years, They were placed in this paemliar plight, by the boypnotie influence of their mother, who has told them they are suffering from heart diseasa. . iieorge, 32 years old. baa been in bed eight years; Ward, 28 years old, has been in bed ten years, and Frank, 27 y ars old, has not been oat of bed for six years. . , -v . Not one of .these, strong, almost perfect specimens of manhood, has. in the opinion of those who examin ed them, the least thing the matter with them. ' : i - "' . Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett insist the men are suffering terribly, . and both scoff at the idea that they have been hypnotised. The town of Hope has offered to have ths men sent to a hospital for treatment, but th pa rents will not allow. Hundreds have been interested in the strange ease and have visited the home, but no one has been able to fathom it. : ' - Ths Glidden Ton. ' Th - official Automobile Association of America car has left New York, en route to Jacksonville, Fla., for th purpose of establishing official hot Is and supply stations for th contest ants in the coming New York to Jack sonville Glidden Tour, which leaves New York on Saturady, October 14th, and will finish at Jacksonville on Wednesday, October 25th. . . u This car, with a representative aboard, will pass through Concord about the 13th of September, next Wednesday. '' - A new metal 40 per cent. . lighter than aluminum will make airships safer, but not so safe as walking. , Mr. T. D. Manesa is spending th day in Salisbury. & i ; KOTHEX'S M if n t, w I J be praised to the skys. . - , v . : 1 I her home this moring,