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. . . . (state Lib-ary j - VOL. XXII. Frfos. OtvU iloziX. " CONCORD, N.C, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1911 Biagla Ocyy, NO. 57 WALTER HOSIlR RETURNS, 1 ' Cabarrus County's Big Leacvar Rs- tonka Home Interesting Dope ea us aauona uamo uauarea mm Elm. Plcka Athletics and Giants w win ue Bags, Walter Moeer. a member of tba pitching staff of tba St. Louis Ameri ca League Club, returned to bis home in this county today. Moeer baa been ill with malarial fever for several - weeks and as bis team is playing in Washington and is on its last western trip be secured Manager Wallace 's consent for him to come borne with . the understanding that he should hold himself in readiness to report at any time, during the remainder of the sea son, which closes October 8th. - Moser began bis career as a ball player with the Mount Pleasant Col legiate Institute team and later played - with an independent team in this city. His first professional engagement was with the Salisbury-Spencer team of the Carolina League. He went from there to Lynchburg, which was under the management of Earl Holt. Moe er 'a phenomenal work with Lynchburg ' attracted the attention of scouts from various big league teams and he was sold to the Philadelphia Nationals. During the season with Lynchburg he won 19 straight games, his work be ting responsible for his club winning the pennant- After a abort stay with the Phillies he went to the Tri-State League and stayed two seasons, go ing back to Lynchburg the following year. His work there was again of the sensational order and he was pur chased at the close of the season by Oakland of the Pacific Coast League. Moser 's work with Oakland, along with that of Oress, now with Cleve land and the leading twirler of the American League, attraoted the atten tion of the baseball world and he was sold for $3,500, reporting to that club at the beginning of this season. He was with Boston for two months and was soldto the St. Louis Americans. , Moser '8 success this year has only been mediocre, which he attributes to illness, having been sick with malarial fever from which he has not fully recovered. 4 -'I am not as strong this year as I was last, as I participated in 72 games then, which is the record for the number of games for a pitch er to work .in a fast league.' Some days I would have the stuff and come out a winner ,-and on others- when-1 appeared jurtfiteigoodlhefttemcn would have; it, -which meant back to the club house with me. So yon see how it goes," , "Who do you think is the best pitcher in the American League?" he was asked. "Vean Gtegg, of Cleveland, is be - yond doubt ibe best left-hander base ball ever saw in my opinion," he re plied. "With all his success this year I don't beliye he has the stuff on the ball he did;when pitching for Port- lano. m unthcud uwk He'a got the best curve ball I ever saw and he has it under almost per fect control If you want to see one tossed with' real smoke on it just take a look at his fast one. As for the right-handers there is not much to choose between Johnson, Walsh, Ben , der and Ford. When they are right they are practically unbeatable." "How about the batters up there t" he was asked. - cvMv .Tnnkann and Crawford are ' the big guns in my ppinion. Crawford waits a pitcher out and drives them harder than the other two, but Cobb and Jackson keep you guessing all the. time. There U little to choose between the two as bitters from a pitcher's standpoint, but I don't see how Jackson can beat the demon swatter from Georgia out this year, ; as Cobb has a 20 point bad. and the 1 season is drawing to a elose. I saw Jackson the other day and he told me that he intended to spend the win- ' ir in Charlotte this year and would go there as soon as the season dos ed. His work is the talk the cir nit and he is dreaded by every twirl er. , He caused my downfall in the best game I pitched this season. waa workiriz for Boston and ha things way when a couple of errors and infield hit filled ' the bases, , Up came myxoid Carolina ' friend and smashed one to the fence for a triple, putting a crimp in all my hopes for " victory." ' ' ' , " Who do you think will win out in both big leagues!" ,' " ' "I don't see a show for any club ' except the Atletics in the American and. the Giants in the National Con- nie Mack baa a copper "riveted einch in the Americana and it is the opin- ion of the. circuit that the Giants will cop the gonfalon in the National." JiIf these two clubs win who do you pick for the winners in the world's championship t" . "I believe it ia a toss up with a shade in favor of Mack's club. The odds on the betting around the cir cuit though will favor the Gianta. Mack's team is so well balanced that there is no such thing aa the 'heavy end of the batting order.', They all sting the ball and . one is about as dangerous aa the otner.- me uianis are there with the speed stuff, though, and the Athletics will have to go the limit to atop them. With Marquard and Methswsoa against Bandar And iCootnbt there ia rsry littl to choose, so I would advise all of those who 'bar any intentions of staking their rolls on tb result to keep tba eoin 'in their pockets as it will be too cloaa to even risk a bat" , DEATH CAUSED BY - T ,V WXLL CAVING IN. Bea Long, Colored, Loses Els ' Life While Working ia a Wall at Lan Ben Long, colored, who waa work ing in the bottom of a well belonging to Mr. U. A. Linn, or Landiar who waa having it .cleaned out, waa in stantly killed when the well eaved in on him yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock. . ----- . ' ' Mr. Linn and his son. Mr.!' A. L. Linn, ware operating a windlass over tba top of the well and the negro went down into the well to clean it out. - Before he reached the bottom the walla eaved in, burying him in the well, which ia about 35 feet deep. A force of bands waa at-ones set to work taking out the dirt which had caved in, and about 6 o'clock they eame to the negro 'a hands about twenty feet from the surface. His hands Were extended upright above his head and it was over two hours more before his body could be remov ed. He was, of course, dead, when round. v "V No blame can be attached to any one, as the accident was unavoidable. Stewart Had No Confederates. Salisbury, Sept. 18. Officers who have been; busy at work on a possble clue to a gang operating under the name of "Black Diamonds," in con nection with the arrest of Charles F. Stewart, the alleged black hand, near Salisbury Friday night, have so far ben unable- to connect others with the plot to extract $5,000 from W. F. Snider, cashier of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, and was tho vic tim of the plot. Numbers of people visited the Stew art home two miles south of Salis bury yesterday viewing with interest the post upon which the money was to have been, placed. This was locat ed in the corner of his own. yard, not more than fifty feet from his resi dence., The bell which he used to sig nal the man who carried the suppos ed package of mpneyis of j particu lar interest,' it being improvised by the use of a tomato can in which had been placed an ordinary nail for a clapper. The whole affair is regard ed as clumsy and the work of a no vice. 1 It is not now believed that Stewart had confederates in the attempted blackhand. He is a cripple and could not have ran from the officers who took him while still holding as tring giving the signal as prescribed in his mysterious demands that $5,000 be placed in his bag under .threats of death to Mr. Snider. It was on ac count of deep sympathy for the man that Mr, Snider went on his bond Saturday night. ; t Advertised Letters. The following uncalled for letters reman in the Concord postofflce week September 18, 111: Men. Frank Beachem. Jas. W. Brown. Jake Boat, - James A. Barrier,, Sam Boiler, John Cress, C. H. Clifton, H. A. Cline, H. R. Everhart, Harry Freeze, Walter Furr, - Isaac Harris, W. S. Kirkley, Fant Le6. ' i i - Women. Daisy Boat, Mrs. W. B. Bernhardt, Mrs. Victoria Bernhardt, Willie Burns, Mra. A. T. Cain (2), Mrs. Liz zie Campbell Mrs. Mary Cross, Janie Camson, Mrs. Esetelle Faggart, Alice Harris, Mra. Bessie House, Miss Ma mie Jones, Sarah Peterson, Lydia B. bnutb, Mrs. Mary Jane Smith. When calling for the above please y " ad ver tiaed. " ' : - M. L. BUCHANAN, v ; - ," ''' ' . : Postmaster, ' - Lincoln Memorial Committee. Washington, D. C, Sept. 19. Ow ing to the absence of President Taft on his western trip, the meeting of the Lincoln Memorial Commission which waa to have been held at the white' house next Monday, probably will be deferred until the return of the President to Washington the first of October. President Taft is a mem ber of the commission, which . has been-authorized, by Congress to ex- pend $2,000,000 on the erection of a monument in this city to commemo rate the life and public services of President Lincoln. . . . V.A College for Millars. , ' State College, Pa., Sept, 19. A school for millers, said to be tba first ever opened in the United States, baa been established and will begin its sessions atthe ' Pennsylvania State College tomorrow. - The school is to be under the direction of B. W. Deli rick, the college instructor in milling ana-nuu engineering.., Applications for admission to the school have been received from prospective millers all over the country. i. , t - ' A&&ESTS MAT POIXOW. Additional Witnesses. Yet to Be Call ed la Hawkins Murder Case. , : Henderaonvilla,'Sept 18. The re convening of the coroner 'a jury here this afternoon and the proceedings of the dsy failed to bring forth very much ot that "startling information that the public has been led to believe would be disbed out. The efforts of the state this afternoon were directed chiefly in an effort to establish the state 'a theory that Bradley waa seen with the girl shortly before her death and had at least some knowledge of her death. : Ulorta were made by the state to contradict Bradley's state ment that be did not see Miss Haw kins on Wednesday before her death. Several witnesses were examined with the purpose of showing that Bradley had been seen with the girl Wednes day. , It was while directing the ex amination along these lines that an adjournment was taken until 3:30 p. m. tomorrow. ' It is stated here that some arrests may follow the ending of the inquest. Several more witnesses are yet to be examined. One report has it nine more witnesses, another four. One of the developments of the day was the presence at he inquest of Judge H. G. Ewart, who who refuses to say by whom be is employed as counsel, but it is generally supposed by the McCalls and Bradleys, the per sons upon whom it appears the state is trying to fix the crime. Bessie Clark Guice, the mysterious in. the case, has not been located by the police, but is wanted here as a witness. She lives at Penrose, Transylvania county. The state believes that she may be able to throw some light on the Lake Osce ola tragedy. . The state hopes from some of the witnesses it has summoned to be able to refute the testimony of the Mc Calls and the Bradleys at the time of the crime and just preceding. It is said that Detective Bradford has dis covered letters having an important bearing on the case and implicating people who have hitherto been unsu spected. These, it is promised, will be produced before the ending of the inquest. Just after resuming the hearing this afternoon, Coroner Kirk made a rather arraignment of some of the newspapers for what he termed un fairness to the authorities and for making" false statements in their re ports of the case. This move of the coroner for a time brought about a critical situation for newspaper men, since they were threatened with ex clusion. It was finally decided to have the bearing open to them. Mrs. Reuben Wright was the first witness today. She lives near Osceola Lake and sajd she heard piteous screams Wednesday night between 10 and 11 o'clock from across the lake in the general direction of the barn of Dan McCall, whereat Robert Wad dell had testified he smelled peculiar odors and that a body had lain on some of his toesacks. She said her daughter fonnd Myrtle Hawkin'sJ watch in the spillway of the lake Sat urday before the finding of the body Sunday. Miss May Grainger, the next wit ness, said she saw Myrtle Hawkins pass her house, which is a mile, and a half from Hendersonville, Thursday afternoon from 4 to 5 o clock with a young man she did not know. Asheville, Sept. 18. Another phase enters into the Hawkins case in the discovery today of evidence indicat ing the possibility of assault and la ter murder. , Detectives working on the case were not inclined to discuss what effect this discovery would have on the case. This later evidence, how ever, the coroner stated tonight, will be presented to the jury at tomorrow 's hearing. Attempt Made to Crack Safe of Spen cer Concern. Spencer, Sept. 18. The safe in the office of the Spencer - Clothing and Shoe Company, in Spender, was at tacked at some unknown hour before daylight Sunday morning and badly battered up by the would-be robbers.' An entrace to the store was affected by breaking open a; Tear window. A hammer and an axe were left in the office by the intruders and these tools, which were used in battering off ,tbe combination of the safe, have not yet been identified. The robbers failed to open the safe and left it in such shape that the owners have not yet been able to get into it. ( ' . Mayor Wagoner Puts Ban on Binford .r;- pictures. "Dod you think the pictures- of Beulah- Binford should be prohibited from being exhibited here t Mayor Wagoner was asked by a representa tive of The Tribune last night v "I certainly do," emphatically answered the Mayor. "I do n6t think the people of Concord would approve of them and besides I think the whole Beattie matter baa been given too much pub licity in the public press and the soon er it ia forgotten the better," he con cluded. - : ' . . , J We never miss the summer till the watermelon's gone. PEiSOIfAL MCTTIOIT. ' Some of the People Hers and Else where .Who Come and Go. Mrs. H.1 M. Barrow ia the guest of Mrs, J. B. tzer. : ' Mrs. W. D. Pemberton is spending the day in Salisbury. . ' Mr. J. Lacy MeLain, of Maxton, ia visiting xnenda in the city. Mr. R. F. Stokes, of -Charlotte, was a business visitor in t! city yester- aay. Miss Ellen McGill of Kings Moun tain, ia the guest of Hiss Mary Hen drix. , -, Miss Kate AbernathV. of Charlotte, comes today as teacher at Sunderland Hall ' Mr. J. M. Shaping, of Mount Pleas ant,' is spending the day in. Salis bury. .i . Miss Nan Cannon !and Master Frank Cannon are visiting relatives in Uoldsboro. Miss Alice Wilson has returned to her home in Winston-Salem, after visiting her grandmother, Mrs. R. S. Harris. .) Rev. and Mrs. J. J.' Long and chil dren, of St. John's have gone to New berry, S. C, to visit relatives for two weeks. Miss Pearl Fort, who has been vis iting Mrs. Richmond Reed for sever al weeks, has returned to her home in Pikevillo. , , Mrs. W. H. Shield, who has been visiting here parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Robinson, has returned to her home in Charlotte. Mr. James McDonald has returned to his home in Charlotte', after visit ing his daughter, Mrs. $. K. Black, tor several days. . Miss Ruth Coltrane has returned from Greensboro, where she attend ed the openig of the Greensboro Fe male College. -,. Miss Laura McGill Cannon will leave tomorrow for Winston-Salem, where she will resume her studies at Salem Female Academy. Mr. Archibald Hooks, who has been visiting his grandparents, ,Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Archibald. --f or several days, has returned to Davidson Col lege. Mrs. J. B. Womble and Miss Rosa Mund have gone to Statesville to at tend the funeral of the infant of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Caldwell, who died yesterday. Misses Grace M. Sample and Carrie A. Rigg, after a vacation spent a Chautauqua and among friends in Illinois, returned to resumed their work at Sunderland Hall. Miss Winnifred Bouchee, who has been visiting Miss Kate Morrison for several weeks,, will leave tomorrow for her home in Austin, Texas. She will be accompanied by Miss Morri son, who will visit her for several weeks. Mr. Burris Dies of His Injury. Spencer, Sept. 18. Pearson Burris, 45 years, owner of a large cotton gin at Big Lick, Stanly county, died yes terday as a result of injuries sustain ed Saturday at the gin. While work ing with the machinery an arm was caught in the gin and torn off at the shoulder. An operation was perform ed with a hope of saving his life, but without avail. So great was the blow that the entire machinery was stopped by the arm being caught. He is sur vived by a wife and several chil dren. ' Throw Off The Shackles ! Do you expect to pay rent all your life and never own a cosy little hornet ' If you dou't, soe us at the earliest possible moment. For we will help you rid yourself of the irksome shackles of i rent, i .-.-'i"i;'v-' SAVE. . That's tho keynote. Bring your savings to us and Ibefore long you will begin . building a homo of your own. It will be the .proudest moment of your life. We are at your ' se. viced, v V-'-'-" CABARRUS COUNTY B," L. k SAVINGS ASSOCIATION. In Concord Kational Bank. J, M. IIENDRIX, Sec; ft Treas. "Prudent Savinf." V ' DETERMINED TO WED. Miss Mary E. Connor, of Terrell Ca tawba County, Secures License in Baltimore to Marry Man of Her Choice Baltimore Sun, 17th. "Determined to marry the man of her choice, who she said she 'stole' from his niece 'a friend at college, Misa Mary E. Conuor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas f ranklin Con nor, of Terrell, Catawba county, N. C, went to the court boose herself yesterday andv obtained a license to marry Mr. John Alvice Morton, of Macon, Ua. " 'Yes,' said Miss Connor demurely last night, 'I have been engaged to Jonn, oil and on, for six years, but it was not because I had to be. If I thought I had to wait that long I would never marry any man.' "A decided blonde of the artistic type, Miss Connor speaks of her mar riage in'a simple, matter-of-fact way, oxcept when she fears that something might happen to "keep her fiance from arriving on schedule time. 'If he fails to come, I might jnmp in the river,' she said, 'and I will certainly never go back to North Carolina. If John fails to anuear. I would get a position in llaltimoie first.' "Miss Connor came to Baltimore with her father, who is a merchant in Terrell, about 10 days ago, and while he has been doing liis fall buy ing she has been helping and at the same time completing her trousseau. She bade her father good-bye several days ago, when he return home. She will be married at he homo of a friend at 14 East Pleasant street at 9 o'clock Monday morning. " Publicity Hastens Wedding. Baltimore Sun, 18th. A romance which bean several years ago came to a culmination yes terday afternoon when Miss Mary E. Connor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Connor, of Terrell, Ca tawba county, N. C, was married to Mr. John A. Morton, of Macon. Ga., by Rev. S. S. Klyne, pastor of Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal church. As was. told in the Sun on Satur day, Miss Connor secured the license for the marriage, which she stated would not take place until today. But on account of the publicity given to the approaching ceremony the couple decided not to wait. A few minutes after they had been married Mr. and Mrs. Morton took a train from Union Station for a trip North. Cotton Men Will Discuss Weights. Memphis, Tenn., Sept 19. In ac cordance with a call issued by Presi dent Williams of the Memphis Cotton Exchange a meeting will be held in this city next week, in which every cotton exchange in the South has been asked to participate. The pur pose is to formulate plans for the su pervision of weights, in American spinning centres, to consider the amount of tare to be allowed and to discuss ways and means for the es tablishment of competent and satis factory methods, as well as places, for arbitration. Other subjects of in terest to the cotton men of the South are likely to be discussed at the meet ing. Boy Deliberately Burned His Baby Sister to Death. Statesville, Sept. 18. The peculiar ly atrocious burning of the two-year- old child ot h. C. r nday; a prosper ous farmer of Iredell, by her brother, four years old, came to light today. The elder child deliberately lighted small torch and applied it to the clothing of his baby sister, the latter dying shortly afterwards in horrible agony. When asked his reason for committing the fiendish act the child replied "just because." He has been caught repeatedly in the act of setting fire to furnishings of the bouse and is possessed of a mama for fire. If If! 4 QUISTIOX or tAFtrr-ons j CHtCUNO ACCOUNT witn rat honbt rov nsD ki di nar ro KArt OH HAND-1VMT DHAW VAllX THt AMOVNf NEEDED, WUKTHtm. If! A MOUItHOLD account. on ro tVSINtft-JWOtU OapiMt I10U.UOU . Surplus S3i"v CONCORD NATIONAL BANS 4 Far Cent. Interest Paid on Tims f 4 i ' ' ' M H I 1 ' II!! ' ! ' .- .; Jj.i t, . ' tr at nntrty ' III! it i a us . 3 WHY. MARTI OH. EDITH! Boyhood Friends Discover They Hats Harried Each Other's Wrm. Los Angeles, Sept 18. A matri monial tanela whemhv two kiuKJ. who bad been boyhood friends ma- nea unknowingly each ot tier's wives when each had been divrn1 Ihix years was disclosed yesterday when me i wo eoupies met oy aeadent in a hotel lobby here and found Lv a com parison of datea that thov h&1 tr. eled across the continent together on lue same train. The DrinciDals in this tanel am Mr and Mrs. George H. Richardson, of Sew York, and Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam S. Holmes, of Boston. Mrs. Richardson was Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Holmes had been Mrs. Richardson. The men had shaken bauds cordial ly and each turned to his wife to proudly introduce her to his ol.l friend when the women spied their divorced husbands. "Why, Mary!" said Mr Richard son. "On my word, if it isn't F lith!" exclaimed Mr. Holmes. Tie women giggled and laughed merrily. Concord Girls at "Salem." The Misses Laura McGill Cannon. Mary Hartsell, Margaret Morris, Mary Lou Morris, Adele Pemberton Laura Ridenhour, leave this week foi Winston-Salem to enter Salem Col lege. This is the institution which recently completed the raising of the $300,000 endowment fund, having been given part of the amount by the General Education Board of New York. This college is highly rated by the board, being named as one of the seven leading colleges for women south of the Mason and Dixon line. Rural Carriers Meet in Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 19. A pro posal that rural carriers be permitted to furnish lists of people along their routes to business houses and the adoption of the domestic parcels post will be discussed at the annual con vention of the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, which opened in this city today. The carriers are of -the opinion that these two steps weuld go far toward wiping out the annual $25,000,000 deficit in the mail service. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE WITH US ' O Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 18 and 19. We have FIVE HUNDRED DIFFERENT STYLES of WOOLEN FABRICS from which you may select your FALL SUIT. Come in and look them over. EVERY SUIT I H. L. Parks & Co; I BBwBytiBgasagPHBSHgaBrJi RETURH Or "THE CULXZlLkX." . ArrsAxssMata Ooaplstt Far Local Eagagaatat of Flay. ' After aa arawiM f Um. mm from this section, the fantoas Thomas Dixon success, "Tho CUasman," has been riven an labors L ravin I tnr a tour of the South this season. - NSWS to this ftffaftt ku -inat to aseertainad from Uuun Rvl a the opera house, who states that ho -" has completed arrangements . with George IL Brennaa, manager of tbe 1 . I . . i, , -w ouutuvm AJuuaemenf vempany, lor -an engagement in this city on Satnr day night, September 30.- . An entirely new scenic production has been provided for tho big revival and the forthcoming performance hero will be an occasion of unusual imrjortanfta in thatrial iiw1a 'TV ' Clansman" is too well knows in this city to necessitate lengthy comment. - Suffice it to ear that tha amane nwi.' al will be the seventh year of unpro- ' ceaeniea success wnieh tho great Southern drama ha mWivI.' r ! plays can boast of such . a record. ' "Jine Clansman" is the only play of ' Southern life thst has won nnivaraal success and popularity. ' Canada's Premier Confident on Era of Reciprocity Fifht , Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 18. Asserting , that he limelight of campaign pub- v : licity bad driven the annexation bo. -gey to haunts known only to oppo. sition leaders and that an overwhelm- ing majority of Canadian voters are , prepared to vote favorably next , Thursday for ratification ot the rcci- ., procity agreement, - Sir Wilfred Lau-. rier tonight stirred to remarkable enr ; thusiasm an audience which filled tho -: largest auditorium here. 'If I were as sure of my eternal salvation as I am that Canada will ' ' ratify reciprocity throe days hence,"- my soul would be at peace," declared the premier, and his hearers gave him cheer upon cheer. , . A Card of Thanks. ' '' We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to our friends for their kind-'; is to us during the recent illness and death of our daughter, Miss Ben-. inn jfinK. MR. AND MRS. R. F. FINK. V,. if I r GUARANTEED. ra '.it .11 v 5