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vol xxn. Price, 40 tatoft&kO. CONCORD. N. CV SATURDAY. OCTOBER 7.1911, NO. 72 DEATH, TKB UAPE1. -Mies Unto Hlchobea Paaaad Away at I O'clock Tbia Manioc Ami ' Kit, A. W. Omii at :Sa . Miss Klin bet h L. Kieholsoa died this morning at 2 o'clock at bar bom on. Franklin vena after an UlneM ' of several months duration. , Miss Nicholson tu taken ill last spring and hw recovered from tb effect of bar illness.- A boat two weeks ago her condition grew won end eoo tin ned ao until bar death this morning. Miss Nicholson .made bar noma here with bar thro tin ten, and tha bean v tiful devotion that existed between . them waa not only familiar to their ' friendl bnt waa often commented np on by people bar. Throughout bar ' illnees their loring hands were eon - stantly at bar aide and even though aha suffered long she waa patient and . considerate of their welfare even ' more than her own and at no time did 1 sh even murmur or complain. Miss Nicholson is survived by three sistcs, Misses Jennie, Kste and So. She was a young lady of highest Christian character and by bar kind ness and gentleness to everyone at tracted many friends. - She waa a de vout member of the First Presbyter ian church and-always took an active interest in its work. The funeral will be held at the home tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock and will be conducted by the pastor of the deceased, Rev. Dr. J. M. Grier. The . interment will be made at Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. A. W. George. y Mrs. A. W. George died this morn ing at 6:30 o'clock at the home, of her father, Mr. J. C. Lippard, on Spring street, after a lingering ill ness. Mrs. George had been in declining health for more than a year and about eight weeks ago she went to St. Leo's Hospital in Greensboro for treatment. Her condition was serious then and heroic efforts were mad to save her life. Her brother, Mr. Crooks Lip pard, went to Greensboro and sub mitted to an operation, transfusing bis blood into his sister's body. For a time after the operation ber con dition improved and she came here about three weeks ago to visit -tier - father. Soon after her arrival, how ever, her condition grew 'worse and continued; so until her 'death: f - Mrs. George was reared in this city, and before her marriage she was MLw Fannie Lippard, daughter of Mr. and Mn."J. C. lippard. She was married Jul v h. 1906, to Mr. A. W. George and they have been -living at Elkin for some time. ' Mr. George has ben here for some time, and. was at her bedside when' th death summons earner Mrs. George was 36 years of in and since her childhood bad been a member of th Reformed church, where ' the funeral will be held to morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, and will be conducted by th pastor, Rev. ' W. H. Causey. Cunningly Hidden Distillery round. States ville, N. C,.Oct. 6.-t-Deputy Revenue Collector Davis has return- ed from Alexander county, where he i- and Sheriff Adams, of Alexander, 4a- i- stroyed an illicit distillery located on - a little stream in th Brushy moun ttains about fonr miles from Teylors- - villa. - Mr. Davis says the still was one - of tha best concealed he has ever found and its presence might never have been detected had the moon ' shineVs found a way to get rid of the - smoke from their Turn see. They had carried everything to and 'from the still by band and had been careful not to make path, going by differ- ent route through th woods on each trip... There was no one at the still when' the officers arrived, but it was evident that it had been in operation regularly for some time. . About 100 -s gallons of bear was on band. i( kiwi rc&xoAiT ro TUB COKXHO WEEK. lUIIlsTH WILL KZST NEXT TUESDAY RIGHT. Washington, D. C, Oct 7. Prasi dant Taft will spend the first three days of th week in th sUt of Wash ington, speaking in Taeoma, Everett, Seattl and other leading cities of that -aommooweelth. Wednesday night will find him at Portland, Or, where he will speak at a banquet of the Commercial Club and remain in the city until th following morning, when be will go to Salem. From the Oregon capital a will travel south ward Into California, arriving at San Francisco Friday and taking part the next day in th ceremonies of break ing ground for the Panama exposi tion.,, v ... ' ,. - . Th governors of a number of states have designated Monday, the anniversary of tba great Chicago fire, for th first observance of "Fire Pre vention Day," when th people are requested to clean up their premises and take other steps to reduce the danger from fire, with a view to less ening th appalling annual wast of property and resources. Th Supreme Court of the United States will meet Monday to begin the fall term. The docket basnt any thing nearly a important as the Standard Oil and Tobacco dissolu tion suits, but there are a number of important matters that will come before the court for settlement Cases involving the intricate questions of interstate traffic are among the most important on th list. Early in th week there will be a large gathering of notable in Atlanta for th dedication of a monument erected in that city to commemorate the "peace mission" of the famous Gat City Guards, who toured the northern states shortly after the close of the war to promote fraternal feel ing between the North and the South. The senate committee appointed to investigate the election of Senator Larimer of Illinois is to resume its sessions Monday in Chicago.' Tba International Dairv Show. which is expected to be the greatest exposition of dairy cattle and dairy products and machinery over held in the world, will open in Milwaukee Tuesday and continue for ten day. -Wednesday is the day set for th beginning of th trial in Loa Angeles of the McNamara brothers, officials of the structural iron workers' union, who are accused of murder in'eonnee- tion with th destruction of the Los Angeles Times building a year ago. At a special election Tuesday . the voters of California will decid the fat of several proposed amendments to the stat constitution. Most in terest .centers in the proiosed grant ing of suffrage to womeo.-Another of the amendments provides tot the ini tiative, referendum and recall. Hugh K. Robinson, the aviator, is scheduled to start from Minneapolis Wednesday on an aeroplane flight down th course of the Mississippi nber to New Orleans, a distance of 1,917 miles. The end of the week will fee the gathering in Baltimore of eminent prelate and laymen of the Roman Catholic church in America to take part in the celebration of Cardinal Gibbons' jubilee. 1 The celebration will begin with religious services Sun day and continue through the greater part of th week.-."- -. Important among th. conventions of the week will be th annual meet ings of the Grain Dealers' National Association in Omaha, th Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association in Chicago, the National Association of Railway Commissioners in Wash ington, the Southern Commercial Bee- retariea' Association in Memphis, the National Association of Luc Under writers in Chicago, the ' American Prison Association in Omaha, and the National Guard Association of the United States in Buffalo. .-, . Policemen to Be Baled at That Tim Petition Again Election f Policeman Braswsfl. The board of aldermen will bold their regular monthly meeting Tues day night at which time police offi cers will be elected. As yet there baa been only on applicant and be i not now a member of th present lore. Only a mild interest was 'manifested in the election nntil recently, when a petition against the re-election of Policeman Braswell waa started. The writer lias not seen the petition and does not know th exact reasons set forth by the petitioners why he should not be re-elected, but it is understood that there are several and that it is being signed by quite a number -of eitisens. On the other hand Mr. Braswell has a number of strong sup porters and should he apply for re electionwhich he has not done up to this time it is more than likely that they would wage a strong fight that be be retained. It is also un derstood, from information from a very reliable source, that Mr. Bras well maintains his innocence of the charges set forth in the petition and says that tbey are absolutely ground less. The outcome of the fight will be awaited with interest by the public and at the same time add a flame to the otherwise smoldering local politi cal pot .. Over cash Reunion. Interesting Data. China Grove Record. On Thursday, October 19th, the Ov ercash descendants will gather at Enochville to picnic, to renew friend ship and kinship ties; to organize for research and perpetuation of their family history and to plan for future and more extensive reunions. The only Overeash's to come South of Pennsylvania, previous to the last few decades, was Jacob, George and Francis; They settled in Litaker township, Rowan county, priol to the Revolutions! war. AU of Ueorge'c de scendants, bearing the Ovcroasb name, are in Illinois. Uthers are Fox 'a, of Alexander county, Valuers, Clarks and Browns, of Kowan. Airs. Mary Ann Beaver, now over. 80-of near Bostian'a X .Roads, being granddaughter. Jacob's and Francis' descendants are scattered throughout Iredell, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Row an and th Western states, principal ly -around Enochville in this county. It is earnestly requested that all at tending bring any records appertain ing to the Overeash name. Everybody invited and remember the baskets. MOKE VSA1 POETET. China Ore Cosaaaj Back at Kaaaas- ! Joaf. Mr. Editor: j - Tba following i written in raply to soma poetry which appeared ia your pa pits son time ago with ref- erene tor game of ball, wnieli wrs played on th Kannjapoha grouuds on September 27, and) w aiveatly re quest that' yoa pleas publish this poetry thst people iiay bear onr side of it. . . Vary truly yours, B. L, WEDDINGTON, China Grove, N. C. Oa Saturday afternoon at Kannapo- lis a few weeks'-ago China Grave and -Kannapolis quit playing ball bow use their umpire wouldn't give afc a fair show. But Kanns polis sayi .comc back boys, well get WattlMoser and treat you right. I So on th following Saturday we went back for another tight, And when our pitcher fooled us, and we had to let parger piteh the balL We saw it would be a struggle if we won the game at nlL So when the game was ended -they only beat us on rnn And while we didn't win that one we had all kinds of fun. Even then the pennant waa ours, and was willing to quit right there, Kannapolis says come - once more, boys, to show 'em that you are fair. So last Saturday we played them again and what we did was enough, For now they can readily see we no longer ean be binned. Oh, you Kannapolis, you thought you d win the game, But China Grove had you out-classed all the same. With all your rooters, Efird, and Cin- eo a to boot, We made you all look like an Old Vir ginia Cheroot. MiV And wherrihcTrhrkh 'wsslplayed, and the score stood three to one, Ton looked so very sad when we car ried off all the "mon." But cheer up, Kannapolis, Manager Stratford will get the game at last With the Grant's Creek Sluggers, who are more in your class. Flood Destroys Town. Lacrosse, Wis., Oct. 6. The situa tion at Black River Falls, the pros perous city of 2,000 inhabitants which was swept by a flood this afternoon when the waters of the Black river swoolen by recent rains, washed through the embankment of the La crosse Water Power Company's dam aat Hafield, is tonight worse by far than was even feared when the flood swept upon the city. Half of the business section has been destroyed, together with a part of the residence district and it is al leged by the townspeople who have taken refuge on high lands that the city will be wiped out. Whether or not lives have been lost, is not yet certain. The people have been scat tered and tonight canvasses arc be ing made to determine how many, if any. are missing. Thus far two per sons have not been accounted for. ' Da of Prayar Observed. Friday waa observed as a day of oraver bv the Home Mission Society of 'Central Methodist -church, i: :' Th hour observed were .from 11 a. m. in A n m A most interesting oro- gramme bad been arranged and was 'carried out Luncheon was served at 12:30 o'clock at th parsonage, Mrs. Pemberton, of Little Rock, Ark., one .j of the general pffloers of the society, v was' present and made'a most edifying . talk. Several ladies from the society ' at Mt Olivet church were present, ' namely: Mrs. J. 8. Stroud, Mrs. Jno. A. Scott, Miss Ida Winecoff, Mrs. Mollis Barnbardt and Mrs. J. N. ; Winecoff. - ' ' -" ' C A thank offering of fl5 was made. ; ' - A Hew Disease. - ' Vjwt.nn News. 1 ' . '.". A Newton man on bis return front a trip to the country this week said that at a place he stopped a small boy had stumped bis toe, and his mother--' ly littl sister, assuming a tone of au thority, said to him: "Now yon go right in the house and get your toe . wrapped up or yon'will bav toemain ' Poison." - - - '''' " , "Swords and ' Hearts" Biograph . feature film at Thatonum today, , Feast of Tabernacles. ' New York, Oct. 7.-In all the Jew ish temples and synagogues of the metropolis special" services were held today in celebration of the feast or. tabernacles. This festal day is called in Hebrew "Sueeoth" and falls upon the 16th of Tisbri in the Hebrew cal endar, and lasts ight days. The eighth day. i called "the day of sol emn assembly." The festival commemorates the bar- vest season of the ancient Israelites and is a period of thanksgiving for the blessings received. Ihe Israelite who, in obedience to th divine com mand, left his bouse for th week of the festival, and took up his abode in a booth or tabernacle, and lived through as it were,- an important epoch of hie people' history, baa thereby replenished tne springs oi Jewish sentiment He was also there by taught to remember that Just as Israel in the wilderness was protect ed .by God, so is he being guarded in his earthly pilgrimage. "The President will swing 13,000 miles,", ssys a contemporary. Sup pose something should "bust" when he gets to the limit of the are, "Whar would be land!" fZESOVAL XEXTXO. ef th People Sera and Else where Wke Come and Oe. Mr. W. R. Odell has ion to Nash ville, Tenn, oa a easiness trip. Mrs. Walter Ritchie and children are visiting relatives in Richfield. Mr. J. P: Rawleigh. of the Char lotte Obaerever, is a visitor in the city today. Dr. Robert Lafferty, of Charlotte, is visiting his parents, Dr. and Airs. S. Lafferty. Mrs. Charles Hill, of Tbomasville, is visiting ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Cannon, Mr. B. L. Umberger has returned from a business trip to various points in Virginia and Tennessee. Mr. S. W. White has returned from Clayton, where be has been visiting his son, Mr. A. Ssm White. Miss Ha Thompson, who haa been visiting ber sister, Mrs. A. Jones Yorke, has returned to ber home in Salisbury. Mrs. J. A. Bernhardt and Miss Ida Barnbardt left last night for Washington, where they will visit for several weeks. Mrs. H. B. Adams has returned to her home in Monroe, after visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Houston, for several days. Mr. H. P. Montgomery has return ed to his home in Montgomery coun ty, after attending the Archibald- Sberrill wedding. The 28th series of the stock of the Cabarrus County Building and Loan began today. Take some shares no better way to aave. Mrs. James Atkins Has a Very Nar row Escape From Death. Asheville, Oct. 6. A special from Wavnesville to the Gazette-News savs: Mrs. Atkins, wite of .bishop James Atkins, narrowly escaped death in an automobile accident yesterday after noon. She was leaving her residence en route to the fair, when Bhe lost control of the mschinc It shortly overturned and Mrs." Atkins was thrown out But for the fact that the machine had a top on it, prevent ing a complete capsize, Mrs. Atkins neck would have been broken. As it was she is seriously injured, although her condition ia not dangerous, most of the injuries consisting of bruises. 10,000 Killed in Recent Fights in China. " Pekin, Oct 6. American mission aries in Changtu, the recently beseig ed capital of Suze Chuen province, have telegraphed that they estimate that ten thousand persons were kill ed during the fighting ' between the insurgent and government troops, Of the dead, two thousand were soldiers The Methodists state as a result of the 'uprising thousands of natives are homeless and many booming desper ate, have committed suicide. j Richmond Papers Indicted. Richmond, Va Oct. 6. Indict ments charging the publication and mnilinir nf imnrooer matter in con nection with the Beattie murder case land the. others rebels. were returned here today against The Richmond Evening Journal and The Richmond News-Leader, afternoon newspapers, by the grand jury in the United States circuit court. The eases-are based on an interview with Benlah Binford which appeared in The -News-Leader while the girl was held in jail aa a witness and the pub lication by The Evening Journal of certain parts of the evidence given during the trial at Chesterfield. Post office Inspector Saffel was the princi pal witness against the papers. To Celebrate Peace Mission. Atlanta. Ga Oct 7. Four govern ors and a number of mayors, in ad dition to many of the most famous military organisations in the United States will be in Atlanta ID nrsi three days of the coming week for the celebration in connection witn the unveiling of the Old Guard mon ument at Piedmont Park. The mon ument ia to commemorate the mis sion of peace" on which 'the Gate City Guards of this city made a tour of the North sdon after the close of the Civil War. Rev. Plato Durham will go to Char lotte tomorrow afternoon where he will deliver the annual address to (ha Vniinff fn'a Christian Associa- 'tion. ' . 'i I Firemen's Parade and Smoker. In compliance with the proclama tion issued by Insurance Commission er Jas. R. Young, and approved bv Governor Kitchin, naming Monday, October 9, aa the day on which all cituens of North Carolina are re quested to examine all flues and eliuv neys and remove all trash and rub bish from their premises that voulJ likely cause fire, and by m doing help ing, td lessen the great 9r wa3te in North Carolina, the Concord Fire De partment has decided on the follow ing programme Monday afternoon at o clock: A parade consisting of the Forest Hill Band and all the emipanie of the Concord Fire Department, will form in front of the C'ty bail and parade all the principal streets of the city. The firemen respectfully invite the Hon. Mayor and Beard of Aide Tien i ad all other citizens, who wish to do so to join in this paraco. At 8 o clock, the same evening tbe Concord firemen will give smoker at the court house to which every citizen in Concord is cordially invited. Ministen of Lexington to Bagfat Crusade Against Lawlessness. Lexington Dispatch. The ministers of Lexington are to start a crusade for a cleaner and bet ter Lexington. Their concern will not be physical cleanliness, for this within the province of the Lexington Civic League. What the minister" are after is moral nneleanness and tbey are going after it with a vim. Next Sunday morning, in every church in Lexington there will be sermon on local conditions, scoring blind tigers and blind tiger sympa thisers and exposing lawlessness of all kinds. "Swords and Hearts", Biograph feature film at Theatonum today trin j ooMtrmt. of unrt-onN cHtctura jccount mm tmm moHMt rOU HUD KMCMi I4IT TO o MAHO-JVIT, Djm. VAiur rn Afootn Kuon, ra-imwt IT'i 4 MOUtlMOLB COED RATIONAL BANS Capital 1100,000 :1- fnrplM t i 4 Fc Cent Interest Paid n Tim Deposits. WITH THE CBTUECHES. . Central Methodist. Preaching at 11 o'clock by tba pas tor, Rev. Plato Durham, who will preach a special sermon to th Pyth- loer will be no evening ser vice on account of th absence of Mr. Durham, who will deliver the annual address to tbe Charlotte Y. M. C. A. tomorrow afternoon. Sunday school tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. An Saints Episcopal Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. Holy eomm union at 8 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 o'clock. Ev ening prayer and sermon at 7:30 clock. W. H. Ball, rector. Forest Hill Methodist The services at this church at 11 'clock will be conducted by the pre siding elder, Rev. J. C. Rowe. Servi ces at night and preaching by the pastor. Worms Destroying Cotton Bolls as Well as the Stalk. Mr. J. W. Stalling, of No. 1 town ship, brought to our office today a stalk of cotton taken from one of his fields. Every leaf on the stalk bad been eaten by worms, and not only that but the little pests had also destroyed the smaller and younger bolls. When the worms first appear ed in his crop Mr. Stallings says be did not paymucb attention to them, as he supposed tbey would eat only tbe younger leaves in the top of the stalk, which would do little damage. Later, however, he discovered that they were taking everything green on the stalk. They even attacked the full grown bolls but could do but lit tle with them. The worms, which have destroyed nearly all the cotton stalks in the Harrisburg section, are about ly, inches long, and are black strip ed. A Query. Why not muzzle the bull dogs and let the little children skate f 'POSSUM HOUND. The Young Ladies Missionary So ciety of the First Presbyterian church will meet Monday afternoon at four '-kMk.ith Mrs. D. G. Caldwell METHODIST WOEX ZH XXS8X0 FIELDS The Fia Shewing ef a Great Church Mad at ta Toreat Meetta. Toronto, Oct 6. Statistics rela tive to "Resource ia Man and Maaaa in Methodist Mission fields," as giv en today by Rev. James Lewis, of Cambridge, England, proved interest ing to th delegate from seventeen countries, who attended today's ns of the Eenmemaal Methodist Conference ia this city. - . from tbe detailed report present ed it appeared that during tS last, year there were 2,528 Methodist for eign missionaries. - These inelnded 918 ordained men and 120 physicians, 63 of the doctors being women. Native workers numbered 20,847, while th number of missionary stations and sub-stations was 6,763. - The mis sionaries represented 708405 baptis ed Christians and 1,444292 adherents of whom 458,165 were Sunday school teachers. The ordained ministry at the beginning of 1910 was 5278, of ' whom but 11322, of five per cent, counting foreigners and natives, were in tbe mission field. "Of our total number of ministers throughout the world," said Mr. Lewis, "the average is one to every 174 Methodist ehureh members. In ' heathen countries the ratio is one Methodist minister to every 303 mess-.. bars. - Our means, as expressed by tbe in come of tbe missionary societies in 1910, totalled about 7,000,000, a sum' which represents about eighty , cents to each of the 8,751,434 Methodists." They All Stop How, OoL Harria. Charlotte Chronicle. Says Charity and Children: "Coo cord thinks it is big enough to de mand the stopping of all Southern trains, no matter whether it furnishes . the said trains any business or not It is a strange proposition to force a flyer to stop at midnight just to let the agent look at it." The next time Editor Johnson wants to go by Con cord, he should have a care to board a train that does not stop there. - "Swords and Hearts" Biograph feature film at The tori ma today c SAVING AND Home Owning This b The Day to Commence Saving. Beginnuig of 28th Series. 0ABABEU8 0OUHTT &, L, a BAvnras associatioh. Ia Concord National Bank. "Prident Satinf." Saturday and Rftett Monday J 2,000 YARDS of Pure Linen Lace and Insertion, worth up to 15c yard, and up to four inches wide; SATURDAY AND MONDAY, 5c yard or 50c dozen Round Thread and Val Laces and In sertion to match worth up to 10c yard.' SPECIAL, 5c yard or 50c dozen. New lot of $1.50 Tailored Waists S3c Let us show you the New Silks. ' : H. L. Parks & Co.
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