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CONCORD. N. C, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20.1911
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coroner's verdict retoer
; ed in hawkins' case ,
. .'5 ' this mornino.-
Investlgation to Bs Continued And;
)! Evidence to Ba Submitted to Grand
. i-Jnry. . -.k : - . - . ..- -.
Special to TU Tribune. ,
Hendenonville, Sept 20. The eor
i oner's jury met thi morning at
,Y . 10 o'clock and rendered the follow-,
-ing vordict in the case of the death
of Miss.Myrtle Hawkina: ; ; .
. i We, the jury, in the ease of the
death of Myrtle Hawkins, find, from
the testimony introduced that she
. same to er death at the hands of
some unknown person or "persons in
, 4 manner and means unknown to us."
-i After the verdict had been render
ed Coroner Kirk made a statement
. saying that the investigation would
be continued and all the evidence,
- would besubmitted to the grand jury.
1 i lOSS GRANT ON STAND,' '
Toung Lady '-Wrongfully Brounght
' f Into Hawkins Case Testifies.
' $ Hendenonville, Sept. 19. When,
- the coroner's inquest into the death
Of Hiss Myrtle Hawkins, whose body
was found in Lake Osceola Sunday,
September 10, was resumed at 4.40
p. m. this afternoon, Miss Eetelle
Grant, a trained nurse, and niece of
former Congressman J. G. Grant,
took the stand.- Jfiss Grant's name
, had been brought into newspaper ac
counts of the ease and she desired to
.testify in order to set herself right.'
v 'She said that she, was at the home, of
An MoCall Saturday night after the
girl 'a disappearance. -' She .'stayed
'there Saturday night and left Sunday
morning. The prosecution asked Miss
"Grant when Ab McCall knew of flnd-
, ing the girl's body, and. she said Ab.
told, her, JSunday morning iboui. $
o'clock that' a body had been found
in the lake. ?WAv Smithy leinael
for Miss Grant, asked her questions
intending tor;, set her right ofBciallyJ
in view or the notonety that bas been
given her in connection with this ease,
..the readers of some papers iq this
; and other states having been given
I to understand that she was suspected
' of being implicated in the murder,
some even going so far as to state a
warrant charging first degree murder
had been issued.
Upon the stand this afternoon Miss
Grant related her movements from
Wednesday before the tragedy until
i Sunday, accounting for all her time
: substantially as has been related in
j these dispatches. '; . '
No Additional Evidence, r
Hendenonville, Sept 19. The eor
( oner's inquest into the death of Miss
- Myrtle Hawkins, whose body , was
i found in Lake Osceola, near here, was
eontinued today. The ' proceedings
during the afternoon brought out no
. r additional evidence which was con-
sidered of value in the unraveling of
the mystery .of her death.
The coroner's jury in the Hawkins
, inquest refused to return a verdict at
' the close of the evidence tonight on
Z the around that the members were
tired, and the verdict will be announe-
od at 10:30 tomorrow mornings .
"i - Dance Last Night .
x The handsome lodge room of the
; Elks' Home was the scene of a de-
lightful informal dance last night be-
- tween the hours of 9 and 12 o'clock.
. ; Those dancing .were: , Misses Louise
, Means, Alice and Lucy Brown, Caro
i line Jones, Charlotte, Ha Thompson,
Salisbury, Winnifred Bouschee, . of
Austin, Texas, Wilms Correll,- Mar-
guerite Brown, Mary Linn, of Salis
r bury, Kate-Morrison, and .Ashlyn
' Lowe; Messrs. Fred Correll, A. ; R.
Howard, T. "F. and B. L. Morrison,
" " ' Earl Brown, John Porter, A. L. Tay
lor, A. F. -Goodman, Luther Brown,
. William Moody, Fred Patterson and
" W. dL Montgomery. Jr. Chaperones:
, Mr. and Mrs.. J. W. Cannon, Mes
dames J. W. Cannon, Jr., A. Jones
Torke end 8. J. Lowe.
' T : -Quick Justice.
. Warrenton. ' Sept. 10. Unprece
dented in the annals of the criminal
history of the state stands the speedy
enrture. trial and condemnation of
Norvj. 1 T r '.iall, the negro who late
Pi.fiir.l,iv jl'lornonn. criminally - .as-
sa,,'.t!.l I.' 3. J. E. Chapman, and
wliia Ju.'.te Justice this-afternoon
sentc""ed to die by electrocution Fri-
c' '. ( .,!.or 29, little more than one
n. ...'. f. a V e date of the commis
sion of t' c: no. , . ;' ,
j a v m and she vill ad
r c 1 t 'e.
THE ?ASS-EILX. CO II? ANY.
Haw Store for Concord WO Open
Tomorrow Morning. Reception
Tonight . '
Tomorrow will mark the birth of a
new business firm in Concord, when
the Parks-Belk Co. wUT open! the
doors of their -department, stores To
tne public or this city and section.
The opening will be preceded by a
reception to the public tonight which
will be held in the storeroom. Music
will be furnished by a brass band and
the large and spacious rooms of the
various departments have been attrac
tively decorated for the occasion. The
three bur show, windows, that . were
especially designed for this firm, have
been decorated by Mr; 1L P. Duff, a
window decorator of Charlotte, and
nave attracted no little attention.
Mr. J. G. Parks will have the ac
ute management 01 the firm and will
be the head of the various depart
ments. Mr, Lacy Dick, Misses Jesse
Deaton, Bessie Lents, Myrtle Broom
and Mary Cline will be on the dry
goods and notions side, and Messrs.
Phifer Propst, Cy White, : Walter
Thornburg and Carl Broom will be on
the shoes and clothing side. V
The Parks-Belk Co. hss an ideal lo
cation in the Lowe 4 King building,
one door from the square, and their
floor space is all that could be desired.-
The building has been recently
remodeled under the personal super
vision of Mr. Parks and is modern in
every particular. The ; three large
plate glass show windows have greatly
added to the appearance of that busi
ness block, and special care will be
taken by the management in decorat
ing these. Mr, Parks has eone to no
Uiltle expense in arranging the recep
tion tonight and the public is cordial
ly invited to attend. Ton will' have
the opportunity of hearing good mu
sic by the bandwnd inspecting the
large stock of this' firm which theyj
tell you 'about in a page ad. today. Mr.
B. F. Matthews, of Charlotte, is here
to attend the reception and assist Mr.
Parks in extending a welcome to all
visitors. K - , . '
Tried to PuU Girl Out of Window.
: Greeasbero. Sept.-19. Last fnieht
near 11:30, while Miss Isls.CauseyJ
wu reaiuw.ou. !-!! .. vvasningion
street, was studying her lessons she
rwi -w J-t 'rtUcessiv heatU went to his room
heard knocking at the wiafowdtj wha e wcovirifil ? from'iUHlness
jrot 4?p..to. see. what caused - The
oiner memoere 01 tne iamuy naa re
tired earlier in the night, though her
sister was sleeping in same room in
which she was studying. When she
looked at the window." much to her
surprise she found the blinds" open.
Raising the window she reached out
to close the blind and someone caught
her about the waist and attempted to
draw her out the window. Owing to
the fact that he top sash was lowered
and the bottom one but slightljr rais
ed, the villian failed in his 'design
and1 desisted when Miss Causey
screamed. As he ran but the side
irate he was both seen and heard by
members of the family, who had risen
. 1.1 -m r' ri -
irom oea wnen xaiss causey scream
ed. , , ' . . 4 7 " ' ,'
The police officers were at once no
tified and they hurried to Mr. Cau
sey's home. Although Miss Causey did
not recognize the man. still the officers
have a good idea of who he was and
should they see him he is bra fair
way for several years on the county
roads. - - -
"Blackhander: May Go to Uor&an-
j ' ton Asylum. t
Salisbury, Sept. XV, The case
against Charles F. Stewart, for using
the mails for fraudulent purposes,
was called in Beeorder Miller's court
in Salisbury this. 'morning and the
defendant failed to appear. It is gen
erally reported here that efforts wuf
be made to place Stewart in the in
sane asylum at Morganton, -as his
mind is thought to be affected, It is
common talk that Stewart's, mind is
affected and that the ease against him
will be suspended upon the condition
that he be placed in the state hospital
for twatnmt.,;'V;s-Ki'S;'i
i.
Killed Bald EagKvv;
Mr. J. B. H. Isenhour, of No. 4
township, killed a large bird last Mon
day which has been pronounced a bald
eagle by those who have seen it He
killed it near Trinity church while
in the field picking cotton. - The bird
measures about 4 feet from tip to
tip. Mr. Isenhour had the bird here
yesterday exhibiting it on the streets.
About two years ago Mr. Have
Winecoff killed a bird exactly like the
one killed by Mr. Isenhour yesterday
only it was a larg.r one. . i .
Death of Kr. W. G. Watson.
A message wss rc-'ivl hore this
morning announcin.t tlie dtiih of t't.
W. G. Watson, uhich occurred at Bul
iabury this morning at 2 o'clock af
ter an illnes of several weeks of
paralysis. L'a f!an"!.' ITrs J. E.
Smoot. was at l.s 1 -Ie ulen the
end came. The lu:!..! v ill take place
tomorrow nionuBj?. Dr. J. E. Liiioot
sr ! fliilJren went to Salisbury this
afternoon on No. 43.
1 . LEAD BT OWN QVTf.
Dr. William A. Grahaia, of Dnrhaa,
8ulcideo. JTo Motive for Act
Durham, Sept 10. The desth of
Dr. William A. -Graham by his own
hand today gave the city one of the
rudest shocks that it has over re
ceived.
With a pistol in his right hand
and sitting almost straight in his
Morris chair, Dr. Graham was found
about 1 o'clock this afternoon dead,
not another eireumstanee tending to
show what caused him to terminate
a career that had been marked .by
brilliancy all along its course.
The coroner wss quickly called be
fore the body waa movesvHe found a
single empty shell in the revolver and
the face 01 the dead man turned to
ward the door. There was no doubt
as to the way death came and no ac
tion waa necessary. The family ac
cepted the verdict of the awful cir
cumstances and an undertaker took,
eharge. - . . .
At this time the tragedy is with
out any explanation. ' There does not
appear to have been any premeditat
ed work about it. - Dr. Graham used
bis own revolver that had been kept
about the house. He hadn'tbeen
well and it does appear that he was
despondent the last few days. Yes
terday he was heard to remark. "I
am down and out Ttfat was con
strued to mean that he felt ill. His
practice was all that he could, have
wished, he owned his beautiful home
on West Chapel street, he knew that
his reputation as a surgeon and prac
titioner, had been made,, his family"
life was avowedly ideal and the town
thought ; most highly of him. The
meaning of the utterance bas not been
caught yet.V It is remembered only
because it was unusual for him to say
such things or feel that way.
Former Concord Man Accidentally
Kills Himself in Florida. :
News was received here yesterday
of the death of Mr. J. Pink Jones,
which occurred Monday afternoon
at Kissimmee; Fla., where - he . has
been working for several months. Mr.
Jones' death resulted from a wound
caused . by . the accidental discharge
01 a pistol in his own hands. He had
been jworkiag at his trade, that of a
arpeaier, wuen nq-'oaeame ui iron
. 1 1 it
it is said he-.got ononis pistol and
was cleaning it up when it was acci
dentally 'discharged, the ball entering
his abdomen. He was shot on Sep
tember 12 and lived until the 18th.
Mr. Jones was 46 years of age and
had lived here for several years and
was formerly policeman at the Brown
mill, v He is survived by a wife, tour
sons and two daughters. The' remains
have been sent here but have not yet
arrived. On this account definite ar
rangements have, not been made for
the luneral. lie was a Woodman and
the members of this order will have
eharge of the funeral. .
Master Sidney Dick, the young son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Dick, under
went an operation for appendicitis at
the Wbitehead-stokes sanatorium in
Salisbury yesterday. The operation
was successful and he is improving
nicely. " - '
Real Estate.
For Sale or Rent The D. P. Day-
vault house, on South Union btreet,
All modern conveniences. .
- For Sale One 7 room ' two store
house on West Depot street, close up
town.
For Sale One six room cottage on
West Corbin street, hear new post-
office. Can be bought lor Sl.uuu.
For Sale.--One four room house on
Loan street, $850.00.
: . v Farms For oau.
. 200 acres, four miles Bouth of Con
cord, . fronting on public roa4 one
mile; $30.0 Oper acre. s ,
t 100 acres, font miles soutn 01; con
cord, on public road .
1 60 acres, one mile east of Jackson
Training School, can be bought for
' - E. F. WHITE.
Dred'.Brd!
Good Flour always means Good
Bread use - .
, Pcrcc! fl::r :
and ha convinced that yon have
the BEST at a Low Price.
Dove-Bost Co,
' -rhonea l anl 42L
Du. J. S. LAFFERTY
rrnlce ltmltpfl to Slye, Ear, Nom
and anroat and Fitting Olasses,
OfP'-s In tha Morris bulMtng Rooin
No. IQ ever Cabarrus Savings bank.
. . FEEJJC3AL lS3TI02r.
Some of the People Ear aai Else
where Who Coma aai Go.
Mr. W. R. Johnson is spending the
day in Cerseent
Mrs. J. S. Lafferty k spending the
day In Charlotte. ; ,j,
Mr. Bay Ivey, of New Loadoa, is
visiting friends in the city, i
- Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Haywood are
spending the day in Charlotte.
Mrs. H. M. Uoodms4 a visiting
Mrs. M. A. SUrewalt in China Grove.
Mrs. John M. Young atid Mrs. John
Boger are visiting relatives in Sal
isbury. ' I v't '',.
Rev. Plato Durham went to Win
ston-Salem this morning, and expects
to return tonight , v- - ,
Mr. C. W. Johnsea, fbf Charlotte,
waa business vishof inthe city yes
terday aiternooa. . - I
1
Attorney T.
a Maneea left last
night for Montgomery, Ala., o pro
iessionai ousmess. - - - , .
Mr. James Grier left this morning
for Richmond to resume' his studies
at the Union Theological Seminary.
Rev. J. W. Long, who has been vis
iting friends in the city, left this
morning for his home ia Greensboro.
Miss Caroline Jones, ho haa been
visiting Miss Lucy Brown left this
morning for St. Mary 'si School, Ral-
feighv . 4. :.
Mrs. Plato Durham Returned last
night from an extended, visit to the
family of her father, Ret, J. N. Cole,
at Raleigh. v ;-- .i:'rfei4i ,:
Mrs. B. F. Rogers wil return to
night from Baltimore, where she has
been visiting her daughter for sever-
al weeks. ' . .-'
Mr. Eusrena Bernhardt has return-
ed from Chapel HilL where he has
been visiting friends at the Univer-
sity for several days.' :! .. . .
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District Conventtoni Rehecca Lodge.
The district convenuon 01 the Ke-
u 1. j. . ri w.n :n k-
iwuva luugw ot uuu ituu
neio nere tonigut ana tamonow. xue
district is composed of Mecklenburg,
Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba,
Cleveland and Rutherfordton coun
ties and "h. nutober'f "delegates are'
here. . The first session of the eon
vention will meet tonight at the Odd
Fellow 's lodge room in the Pythian
building at 8 o'clock and will be at
tended only by the members of the
order. The meetings wilr be presid
ed over by the district president, Mrs.
J. W. Sellers, of Charlotte. The as
sembly president, Miss Beck, of Win
ston-Salem, is also here attending the
meeting.
nut urogram ux mo cuuvouuuu una i
not been made pubUc and wiU consist
of subjects of interest to the order.
The conventions will hold two sessions
tomorrow.
Southern Given Till October 1
to
Comply With Ordinance.
In order that the Southern Railway
SrS
fioient time to arrange any schedule
that may be necessary, Mayor Wagon-
or and tha eitv authorities have decid
ed to eive the company until October
1st to comply with the ordinance
passed by the board at the last meet
ing requiring the road to stop 5 all
trains at the Corbin street crossing
only a few feet from the, depot Chief
of Police Boger states that he will
send his men to the depot on that date
and the first time the ordinance is
not complied with arrests will imme
diately follow.
f
Throw 01!
The Shackles !
Do you expect to pay rent
all your life and never . own
a cosy, little hornet
If you doL't, see us at the
earliest possible moment . For
we will help 70a rid yourself
of .the. irksome shackles of
rent - ' ' ' 1 ' '
. SAVE. That's t3w keynote.
Bring your savings to us and
'before long you, will -begin
building a home of your own.
It will be the proudest moment
of your life. We are at your
se. vices. .
CABARRUS COUNTY B, L.
& SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.
In Concord National Bank,
J. M. HENDRIX, Sec ft Trees.
"Prudent Bavini." v
TRIED TO WRECK TRACT. ;
Dastardly Attempt to Flaagt Passes
gar Train Into Crook NoarOaa-
toala. r
Gastoma, Sept 19. A dastardly
but nnsneeeesful attempt to wreck
northbound Carolina and Northwest
era railway passenger train No. 10,
duo to arrive in Gastonia at 930 a.
m waa made this morning by an un
known person or persons. Had the
plans of the would-be train wrecker
not miscarried the entire train, with
seorae of passengers. . would have
plunged down 60 feet to the bed of
Crowders creek and many persona
wouia nave been instantly killed and
many more doubtless severely injured.
As it was no one was injured and the
would-be criminal's plans were noil-
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ed. The train's escape from beinir
hurled from the trestle wss almost
miraeuloua.
The train came on to Gastonia and
the local police department was at
once notified of the attempted wreck.
Chief of Police J. W. Carroll, Police
men Hord, Craig and Conrad, togeth
er with Messrs. J. W. Fletcher and
Hyde Ross of the Carolina and North
western J. Lean Adams, J. W, Hol
land, L. C. Pegram, and others left
at once for Crowders creek, taking
with them a bloodhound.
The posse, which went to th mn
of the attempted wreck this morning,
returned to Gastonia about 2 o'clock
this afternoon without having obtain
ed any elue to the perpetrators of the
deed. There was found plenty of evi
d nee that the attempt had been made
but the guilty party or parties doubt
less had several hours to get away, as
no train had erossed the trestle since
some time last night
Beore Ton Beach the Limit.
of physical endurance and while your
condition is still rnrnhla tV
Kidney Pills. Their quick action and
positivO results will delight you. For
backache, nervousness, rheumatism,
ana au kidney, Madder and urinary
itiuuuies. cur erne oy m. ju. imarsn,
am&n.
Mr TT R Wiiiinma haa
- ' ' : "
Monroe on prolessional business.
SEE
FISHERS
IT PATS.
Art Department
vpiii nvwirpo vivflpd a vn
snanPH tw BTiMPvn
LIBRARY SCARFS IN STAMPED
LINEN PIECES.
NOVELTY LINEN HAND BAGS
WHIST BROOM HOLDERS AND
CALENDERS, ALL TO BE .
EMBROIDERIED IN. COLORS
M. 0. IN WHICH WE
uax waurux.it, awx. wi
- - dHADo.
WASH EMBROIDERY; STLK IN
ALL COLORS AT
3c a Skein.
BY TODAY'S EXPRESS
NEW SHIPMENT WHITE FELT
, HATS.
FISHERS
, ON THE SQUARE.
One of the greatest Improvements
anada in vcars in the family ran re it
the device furnished with Cole's Hot
Blast Ranze for broiling meats, game.
fish and ham slices. This device
consists of broiling box' which is
set before an upright grill in die
front of the range which forms the
front of die fire box. The odor and!
smoke from broiling is carried through
the range and .. up the chimney.
With this modern method of broil'
ing the juices in the meat are- saved
so that none of the flavor is lost
No grease csn drop on the coals and
the smoke and gases from the hre
cannot come in. contact with the
meat and taint it. , . -
This is a patented device which
can be Ved only on Cole's Hot
Blast Ranee. All up-to-date house
keepers will be interested in seeing it
Range in operation each day at
our store xror.t '18th to 2C 1.
Call and bring your f . Zj.
RITCZra EAUDVAILU CO.
ROW ZN ALfinfftHT.ti OFFICE.
Aaaiftaat Postmaster Discharged Be
cause of BUteaents Mads to Xa
pector. " 7 'v '
Albemarle, Stpe, 19. It' haa '.' just
come into public notice here that on
Saturday afternoon, when AssisUnt
Postmaster J. M, Vanhoy went to
leave the postoffioe, Postmsster A.' R.
Kirk followed him. to the' door and
demanded the keys, informing Mr.
Vsnhoy that his erviees ' were " no
longer needed.' This waa news to Mr.
Vanhoy that hie 1 services , were no
occurrence. ' !. i -. ,
It seems that the trouble arose ov
er statements made, under oath, by
Mr. Vanhoy last week, to Postmaster
Inspector John W. Bulla, as a lesult
of which Postmaster Kirk it is re
ported, has been cited by the depart
r
GRAND REVIVAL
OF . , '
THOMAS DIXON'S
CLANS DAN
PpsiUvely The lest Cppcrfcdly
- " The Record-Breaking Success
Specially Selected Company '
Two Car Loads of Scenery
r .;: : rTroop of Cavalry Horses
N. B. The Farewell Tour of "The Clansman" is limited to fhr
mora important cities of the South.. Secure your seats early an;
avoid tha overcharge by ticket speculators. Direction of Southern
Amusement Company, George H. Brennan, Manager. , ; ,
tliti'-'I tir jiltiiij:
"They
.Look'
Good
To Me"
':te- M'sbhi'-li:
A
They are coii4c in
M
product for 1th loudly dressed but the. pro v.
' perly selected Toe--the smart and well-fitting, " '
) '". that gives the iuch of good taste to the care- ,;,
fully dressed .yomafi.' ' They ; show the su
premacy of Jrvh;s reached by years of careful
JiOhoe studyi We have these styles in Black ,
r ' - Suede, BlacJ. Velvet, Patent Kid with cloth ;
ailjti. lyntplcid toP3 Tan Calf, Gun Metal, cloth top;. .
UCJS (!i4'c' K-'l plain and tap" toe. . !
r r i We sell Shies that people like to wear and -
s "?ACan afford t live in. Alwaya a pleasure to '
eVinw vnu. . 1 .;,':(
M
ment to show eause why hi should not
bo ousUd as postmaster f jr IueotEfv
teney.' Mr. Kirk is not making any
statements for publication.
Whew seen today Mr. Vanhoy had
the following statement to make : -"I
was summarily disehsrged by the
postmaster for testifying, under oath.
boron a- pos toffies inspector eoneern-
lng certain matters effecting the ad
minstration of the postofiiee at this
place, which was not in aeeort with
the wishes of the postmaster. Furth
er than. this, I do not care to make a
statement just now for publication. I
might say, however, that my dismiss
al from the aerviee does not end the
matter by any means."
Just what was disclosed by Mr.
Vanhoy when examined by the post
office inspector is not known, but in
teresting developments are expected '
in the next week or so. -
Virata 25U.
V
That's
What
Thiey
AUSay
Mkjt- to' bi
style-not the freakish -1
in
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