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CONCORD. N. C. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1911.
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rUnd Grand Jury at Salisbury
- ChariM Charlotte rostaaster Wit
Detaining Kail Matter U Els Of
Charlotte Observer,
The mod jury is tit UniUd States
district court at Salisbury yesterday
returned a true bill of indictment,
containing eighteen seperarte counts,
against Mr. John B. Spenee, post
master at Charlotte, charging tin
with detaining mail matter in hi of-
nee. n ta unuersiuuu wim ut syecum
charges art that in October, 1908,
Mr. Spenee held np and refused to al
low to (0 through the maila two separ-
ate issues of the Bessemer City-Mes
senger, a newspaper edited and pub
lished at Bessemer City by John A.
Smith, who was then the Republican
nominee (or Congress in the Ninth
Congressional district. It is alleged
that -newspaper w,as mailed at Besse-
M Vllj latl wmm itowvvw - Nn
Sharlotte office, where it waa detain
I and ultimately destroyed, by the
' direction of Mr. Spenee. :,
It will be recalled that Mr. Spenee
appeared before a Federal grand jury
at Wilkesboro, a few months ago, and
gave testimony against Mr. John A.
Smith, which resulted in a true bill of
- indictment being returned against Mr.
Smith, charging him with soliciting
funds in a public building, for polit
ical purposes. The trial of Mr. Smith
- waa scheduled to come off at the re
cent term of Federal court, , in this
city, but was continued till the April
VI 1U VI UCJt J CI . .All UVW
stood that the defense desired a con
tinuance of the ease in order that
a thorough investigation of the
charges against Mr. Spenee might be
made. " , . r ..
When ihe matter alleged against
Mr. Spenee was brought to the per
sonal attention of Attorney General
Wickershop, that official immediately i
oroerea Mr. xtenry h. u Bieness oi ,
9 m ww . j. t v m M '
the Department of Justice to investi
gate and submit his report to District
Attorney Hoi ton. It is known that
Mr. O'Bleness spent several days ia
this vicinity and interviewed . many
witnesses recently. . His report waa
made to District , Attorney Holton
last Monday and witnesses were sent
before the grand jury yesterday, with
the result as above stated. The ease
will probably be tried in Charlotte at
the April term. . -The
charge against . the Charlotte
postmaster is a very serious . one if
.sustained and the ease, as well as that
against ur. emim, win- oe rojiowea cluster;, about the making or the na
with interest. In the estimation of tion'a capital moat be added one oth-
charges are regarded as political man-
uvers on tne pan oi nosuie laciionajjwith solemn Masonic ceremonies this
one crowd seeking to emberass one afternoon. The occasion waa made
leader, and the other crowd trying to j notable by the presence of the entire
do likewise.- It is harly thought that 'supreme Council of Seittish Bite Ma
anythihg will materialise from either jtoDt of the Southern jurisdiction, to-
ease.
Petition Signers And Law Enforce- i
ttenV
Durham Sun. : i
' A "prominent" white citizen of
the hustling little metropolis of Hick
ory in the western part of the state
wss sentenced to a term on the county
roads by Judge Russell of the Hick
ory Recorder's court some time ago
on the charge of whiskey ; retailing.
The courage of the court officer, and
the police department of, Hickory in
bringing to justice the prominent of
fender Has received the hearty com
mendation of the press of the entire
state. No sooner was the sentence
passed, however, than a number of
misguided citixens, including a min
ister of one of the churches, with
good intentions, started a petition to
have the iudirment suspended. All
went well until the promoters of the
petition tackled Colonel Howard
Banks, ..the editor of tha Hickory
Democrat. In him they have struck
something of a stump. Here is the
.way he states his position:".
"Tht editor or tne -uemocrai nas
been appealed to by several of the
finest men in the community to sign
a petition for changing the road sent
ence against Mr. A. H. Parker to one
of suspension ' of judgment : during
good behavioiv The basis of the ap
peal is-thai mercy which a Christian
man ought to show. Even though such
a splendid Christian man as Bev.
Harte is leading in this effort, we
cannot conscientiously sign it. We
are told thst Mr. Parker is deeply
penitent, and therefore should be forgiven.-
We feel that genuine psni-tenee-
would lead a man to say: "My
- unlanM ia inat. let me serve - it out
and then see what a different man I
will he." We reirret to have to take
' A mtmwiA ftMIMt A mMV KTllfn dill f)MW
pie, but we feel that we must do so
: as a protest against the modern lax
new in exacting the penalty for crime.
- NatnM tranishes. God punishes. Man
must punish if he would have good
government ':
, Synod Data Changed.
Charlotte. Oct. 17. A called meet
ing of the Presbyterian synod of
North Carolina, which was held here
today, voted unanimously in favor
of change of date for holding the an
nual meeting of synod. The standing
rules for the opening synod wss sctl, Mission Society, have been ob
aside and the time was fixed for Toes- to leave the city. The news'of
day, November 7, at 8 p. m., instead the missionsries' withdrawal from
of Tuesday. October 24. The ehsngeiHsn.Ysns was received in a cable-
was mads on account of the fact that gram from Shanghai, received today
the date first set conflicted with theAt the headquarters of the society, in
Mecklenburg county lair ana u wouw
l. . v..h i;mn1t in iMitri ntertain -
net for synod thsn two weeks la
tr.
to xrsx tissues or dead.
Experiments in Transplantation i
Hopkins SecceasfuL
Baltimore Son.
Taking the lead of American medi
cal institutions, Johns Hopkins Hos
pital is to instill in its clinics the
extensive transplantation of
tissue from one body to another
something that baa been the dream
of surgeons for centuries.
Experiments in this direction hire
been made for years, and the method
has been used with success in several
European institutions, but, following
a sense of experiments by Hopkins
phyisieians, the Baltimore institution
is ready to save the life of a pationt
by the ase of part of the body of an
othereither living or dead or, if
a human cannot be found, tissue from
an animal may be grafted with sue-
as on the body of a person.
The most striking feature of the
method is that living material taken
from one patient may be stored away
and kept until there is need for its
use in an operation on another. ' It
has been found that tissue from a
dog, stored away in an ice chest for
eight days, grew successfully when
granted on the leg of a cat. In other
experiments the material was kept
50- days and grew when transplanted
to another body. Much human mater
ial, gotten in operations, is now
thrown away. This will now. be kept
for nse in the operating room. In 62
exp riments on dogs the Hopkins phy-1
sician transplanted parts or the bod
ies from one animal to another, and
to animals of another kind, with re
markable success. ',
Many deaths occur annually from
the disintegration or collapse of dis
eased blood vessels.
Many lees , and arms, containing
good blood vessels are cut off every
year. The economy ia to nse them
if or patients buffering from - artery
and vein trouble. Skin obtained in
operations wui dc storea away ior tne
A ia i , a .
first patient who comes along with
a bad bunt The blood vessels and
tissues obtained from animals have
been need successfully on humans. :
It is said that cancer may be van
quished by cutting away the affected
part and placing in its place good
flesh from another body. The trans
plantion of muscles and bones, it is
said, will be a common operation in
the future. .-i
Tw-Million-Donar Temple.
Washington. D. C OcL 18. To
the many -memorable events - w;
" . . h
the $2,000,000 Scotuh Bite Temple
gether with large delegations of the
membership of the order from "Vir
ginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Dela
ware, New Jersey and the District of
Columbia. Five thousand participat
ed in. the big .parade through the
city to the 16th and 8 streets. North
west, where the new temple is to be
erected and where the eermonies of
the day were held. '
The ceremonies opened with an in
vocation by Bev. William T. Snyder,
chaplain of th Supreme Council.
James D. -Kicbardson, of Tennessee,
Sovereign Grand Commander of Scot
tish Rite Masons for the Southern
jurisdiction, delivered '.the , opening
address, after which John Russell
PopS, the architest of the temple, de
livered the Masonic implements ap
propriate) to the occasion to the grand
master. -The Masonic rito of laying
the cornerstone was thsn performed
according to ancient usage by Grand
Master J. Claude Keiper, of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Bev. Richard Par
dee Williams, canon of the Episcopal
Cathedral of Sta. Peter and Paul, pro
nounced the benediction. , The musi
cal features of the programme were
furnished by the Scottish Kite Choir
of St. Louis, Mo.
Suffragists Gather in Louisvills.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. -18. Promi
nent woman suffragists are already
arriving in considerable numbers and
committee meetings are being held in
preparation for the annual convention
of the. National American Woman's
Suffrage ' Association, which will be
formally opened here tomorrow. The
convention this year promises to be
the most notable in the history or the
equal rights movement. A fine array
of talent has been engaged to address
the various meetings, consisting of
prominent men and women who have
became famous for their devotion and
labor along different lines of human
activity. The indications are that ev
ery state will be represented at the
aunvantion.
Missionaries Flea From City of Ban
Yang
Boston, Mass- Oct. 17. The situs
tion in Han Yang, Hupen Province,
where the Chinese revolutionists have
already captured the government gar
rison, haa become so threatening that
the missionaries attached to the sta
tions of the -.American Baptist For-
this city.
t
- l TnnieKt Beileb Buck Quartet, at
Centrt .'iool Aniporitrnv ., , ,
KITCHEN SHOWEX.
At Kssideaos of Mr. H. A. fttrea
is Sonar ef Mr. Freak Petrea and
Kiss Cornelia XiUa, Brian tad
Grooavto-b. .
Kot withstanding the showers of last
evening when the natural elements
wept so profusely, another shower,
more ia touch with human hearts,
was enacted when Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Pet res, at their pleasant home at No.
25 Meadow street, gave a "kitchen
Shower" in honor of the bride and
groom-to-be, Miss Cornelia Odell
Mills and Mr. Frank Keller Petrea.
The happy party of invited friends
were received at the door by Misses
Minnie UUey and Katie Suthev. The
handsome decorations consisted of
beautiful Mendings of rosea, honey-
suels and ferns. The prevailing color
of the parlor was white and the din
ing room pink. . The tables sparkled
with lighted candles when pink iee-
cream and other good things- were
gracefully served by Misses Ida Suth-
r and Myrtle Petrea.
The social features of the evening
were, enhanced by an exciting contest
of answering a list of queries over a
penny, the prise, .a beautiful china
cake plate,- was won by Miss Annie
Petrea who in turn completed the pro
gramme by presenting it to the blush
ing bride-to-be.
The climax of the enjoyments wss
reached in the overwhelming load of
kitchen utensils showered upon the
happy couple. . Upon opening the
bundles, it waa interesting when dis
covered .that there was only one
article duplicated and one friend did
not know what the oth r was contrib
uting.
The happy couple company dispers
ed at a late hour feeling that the joy
and pleasure of the occasion were mu
tual with the "two hearts that beat
as one." . Y.
Football Notes.
Yale has made the best showing
among the eastern teams so far this
sesson.
Walter Sugden, Harvard's old cen
t r, is officiating in football games in
the middle west.
Captain Bob Fisher, of Harvard,
kicked eight goats from touchdowns
last season and made no misses.
The Syracuse team wil again take
a western trip, meeting St. Louis Un
iversity at fit. Louis on Thanksgiving
Day. -
The Harvard substitutes and second
team have been putting up a great
game against he' Harvard rst-string
- Pennsylvania's', baekfield is very
fast and is as good as when Bill Hoi-
Hnbeh ""d Andy S mith were in the
combination.
The Brown University team will be
very light this year, with probably
not more than two men weighing mors
than 180 pounds. -
The Army and Navy will meet this
year on November 25, conflicting with
the Yale-Harvard date. The Cadets
and Middies have agreed to play oa
Nov; 30 in 1912.
When the Harvard and Princeton
teams meet at Princeton on ' Nov. 4,
the soccer teams from the same uni
versities will meet in a morning natch
also at Princeton. "
Johns Hopkins hold the honor of
being the first team to cross the
Navy's goal line this season. During
the entire season of 1910 nnapolis
was Sot scored on:
North Carolina Synod. .
Presbyterian Standard.
It has been said repeatedly that tne
Synod of North Carolina compares
favorably at least with the best in
its activity, enterprise, well concert
ed schemes, and inspiring resolves, u
is not the largest, but there is only one
largear, yet, the percentage of its
possible roll at ita meetings shows a
surpassing average, attendance. It is
a realty great body. The large num
ber of average and over average min
isters at work in ita Presbyteries is
notable. It has 208 ministers at work
in its Presbyteries. It rsve to For
eign Missions last year $72,207, lead
ins all other synods in this great
work. Its energetic and aggressive
Home Mission work has for years ar
rested the attention pf outsiders and
oroved to be a source of eneourege-
ment and inspiration when its work
ers report at its meetings what tney
have done in the field during tne year
and the prospects that appeal more
and more for men and money.
Man Who Held Up Booth era Train In
Georfia, Overpowers Guard.
Milledgeville, Ga Oct. 17. William
(Old Bill) Minor and two other pris
oners at the state farm here overpow
ered a guard this morning and escap
ed. Up to the middle of the afternoon
they had not been captured although
a posse with dogs were on their trail.
Minor, with Tom Moore, serving
a ure sentence for killing bis orotn
er, and John Watts, in for 20 years
for murder, gagged a guard named
Bloodworth, secured bis revolver and
took to the woods,
Minor wss the leader of the gang
which on the night of February 18
held up a Southern railway train at
Gainesville, Ga., blew the express safe
and got a considerable sum or money.
He was captured and given 20 years.
waTuTln W.B.hInVo;T.to;mform Weight, and .4.nce you 8
ish Columbia for train hold per pound; on same, eharging
He wss
snd British Columbia for train hold
ups.
"As a reader Mrs Buck proved
most pleasing and each member of the
company gave their numbers in a way
that both pleased and gratified the
audience." Toi;: jht- .
PEXSOHAL MENTION.
ef the Feeplt Here And Else
where Was Cose Aa Q.
Miss Lou King, of Kingwood, is
visiting Mrs. Elam King. '
Miss Lacy Poiasoa, of Wilmington,
is visiting Miss fcdnn Coir 11.
Miss Helen Brem, of Charlotte, is
tne guest or Mrs. ruto Durham.
Mr. C M. Cox. of Greensboro, spent
yesterday in the Oty with relatives.
Mrs. W. F. Goodman ia visiting her
aiece, Mrs. W. Jt. Bobbins, in North
mariotte.
Miss Frances Craig, of Columbia.
xenn., is visitino: ner aunt. Mrs. J.
r. Allison. - !
Mrs. E. H. Lawrence and little
daughter have returned from a visit
to relatives ia Hickory.
Mrs. W. T. Klutta kas returned to
J hom 8slisbury, after visiting
her mother, Mrs. W. G. Boyd,
Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Pemberton left
this morning for Charlotte to attend
the MeClintock-Blake wedding.
Mesdames A. E. Lents, C. L. Smith,
J. Braswell and Miss Manraret
Lents spent yesterday in Charlotte.
Mr. MrF. Teeter went to Salisbury
today to arrange for an auction sale
of horses he will hold there in a few
days.
Mrs. Milam Lents, of Stony Point.
and Mrs. C. D. Ovewash, of No. 4
township, are visiting Mrs. J. C.
Smith. . ,
Mrs. Psul B. Means has returned
from Providence, where she has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. B.
Kimball.
Mrs. Nicholss Sloan! who has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
A; buns, has returned to her home in
Charlotte. ... j
Mr. Robert Graeber. of the depart
ment of agricultural spent last night
in the city with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. a. A. Graeber.
Rev. D. C. CoxTBevj W. H. Causey
and Dr. M. A. Foil, ot Mount Pleas
ant, have gone to Hickory to attend
the Potomac Synod. :
Mr. D. C. Caldwell has gone to
Smyra, S. C, to attend a meeting of
the Presbytery of the Associate Re
formed Presbyterisn church.
Mr. and Mrs. Gales Pickard, who
have been visiting Mrs, Pickard 's pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. . JLLansv have
returned to their home in Danville.
Mrs. S. A. Wolff left this 'morning
for Dallas to attend the -Bulwinkle-
Lewis wedding. Prof. Wolff will go
to Dallas tomorrow. He will play the
wedding march at the wedding.
Misses Beulah Buck, Harriett
Jones, Marjorie Paddock and Mrs.
Charlotte Harmon, of the Buelah
Buck Quartet, arrived this afternoon
and are stopping at the St. Cloud.
Mr. F. L. Smith has gone to Ral-
igb to attend the State Fair. Mr.
Smith is a member of the Harmon
reception committee, of which General
Julian S. Can is chairman. Mr. J. B.
Sherrill is also a member of the com
mittee, bat could not attend on ac
count of illness. :
Foley Kidney Pilto
Supply just the ingredients , needed
li build up. strengthen aJ restore
the natural action ot toe siuaeyi
and bladder. Specially prepared for
backache, headache, nervousness,
rheumatism and all kidnej, bladder
and urinary irregularities. For Sals
by M. L. Marsh, druggst, :
Tonight Central
School : Audi-
torum. .
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0ON00BD NATIONAL BANK -
Oapital 1100.000 ; SrpH Wf
4 Far Cent Interest Paid a Tim
Dapoalta. .-.v.
We .will accept your eotton at
.yon U cents per montn to cover
' IhSulinir. insurance and storage and 6
per cent on the money advanced.
CANNON MFG. CO.
: Par N. A. ARCHIBALD, Buyer.
Res. Phone 65. Office Phone 338.
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FK1C1 OF OOTTOa
rsyettoville Wants reople to Bay
Each a Bate ef Oetto. aa4 Keep It
Greensboro News. V
Fsyetteville. Oct. 17, The Fsv-
etieviue enamoar or commerce ia the
originator of a plant to elevate the
price of eotton to a figure allowing a
i air enumeration to the oroduc
This plan is contained ia er esolution
passed by th. chamber cf commerce
urging each mbsen of FayetUville.
merchant or clerk, manufacturer or
tneenanie, tradesman and professional
man, who can by any posible means
so so to buy at toast one bale of eot
ton on the Fayetteville market and as
long as he is able to do without the
funds invested in it to let that bale
stand before his door aa a sign of
bis rnendly cooperation with the pro
ducer or tne Boutn's greatest crop.
u is estimated that ir southern
towns and eiti a generally would
adopt this plan at least 3.000.000
Mies would be bougnt by individ
uals who are not eotton buyers and
that probably half of this smount
would be held until spring. This, it
is pointed out by the chsmber of com
merce, would not only appreciably
increase the price of the fleecy staple,
but would bring about a new era of
increased good feeling and coopera
tion between the town and the coun
try.
"The cause of the farmers." ssvs
the chamber of commerce, "is the
cause of all," when the farmer suf
fers the whole jountry suffers. The
merchants and business men generally
are taking hold of the matter heart
ily and confidentially believe the far-
reaching plan of the chamber of com
merce will be snecesful."
Judson Harmon ia the Guest of Old
North 8utc
News and Observer.
Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio,
is tne guest or North Carolina, and
with him is Hon. A. P. Sandles, com
missioner of Agriculture of Ohio.
They arrived in the city from Asbe
ville yesterday morning at 10:40 and
were escorted to the Executive Man
sion, where Governor and Mrs. Kitch
in acted as host and hostess at lueh
eon. Yeatorday aftornoon Governor Har
mon and Mr. Sandles visited
the State Fair, returning at 8:30
o'clock to the Executive office, in
the state eapitol building where an
informal reception was given.
es at the RalelguAudltouinoY-4
Last night at he dedicatory exeras-
ernor Harmon occupied a seat on the
stage beside Governor Kitchin. To
day at noon he will address the peo
ple of North Carolina at the State
Fair grounds.
The Girls As They Ware.
Storling, Kan., Journal
Backward, turn backward, O Time
in your flight, and give us a maiden
dressed proper and right. We are so
weary of switches and rats, Billie
Burke dusters and peach-basket hats,
wads of jute hair in a horrible pile.
stacked on their beads to the height
of a mile. Something is wrong with
the maidens, we fear.. Give us the
girls as they used to appear. Give
us the girlies we once knew of yore,
whose curls didn't come from a hair-
dressing store. Maidens who dressed
with a sensible view. And just as
Dame Nature intended them to. Give
as a girl with a figure her own and
fashioned devinely by Nature alone.
Feminine style's getting fierees each
year oh, give us the .girls as they
used to appear.
Attention Veterans.
The time for the payment of our
annual dues which is 15 cents per
espita, is now at hand. Please pay
the same to the undersigned or W .
M. Weddington, '
H. B. PARKS, Com.,
Camp No. 212 U. C. V.
Get season ticketa for remsimng
Ave numbers of Lyceum Course only
fl.76 for single ticket.
Leaders of Men
Save Their Money
The men of influence in ev
ery community are the men
who have saved their earnings
not necessarily ' those who
drew the fattest pay envelopes
' every Saturday night, n'
. .' These men began young the
best tuna in' the world to culti
vate the habit of thrift and
they have followed it every
since, -:;.'
You 11 be surprised to find how
easy it is to save and how
much pleasure yon will derive.
Well tell you HOW YOTJ
can rise to the toj , own your
home and be independent if
you will ealL write or Vhone
TODAY.
CAXAXS.TJ8 COUNTY &, L.
IAVXS33 ASSOCUnCN.
In Concord National Bank,
"iruuout bavuif.""
DISSOLUTION A BLUTFf
AKcney Oeaerala ef Three States
Will Meet la New York Thursday
to Make Careful Exaadaattoa ef
tk Plaas ef the a rlni Tebaeoa
Cosaaany.
Baleigh, Oct. 17. T. W. Biekett.
Attorney General of North Carolina,
announced tonight that he and the
Attorney Generals of Virginia and
South Carolina have asread to ro to
go to New York Thursday of this
wees ior a earerul examination of
the plan of dissolution of the Ameri
can Tobacco Company,-as filed there
under the order of the United States
Supreme Court with a view to de
termining whether or not they will
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nie protests and resut the confirms-(gun
uun oi tne pian. ineir protests, if
made, to be in the interest of the to
bacco planters of the three states,
which constitute the bright tobacco
belt of the United States. Mr. Biek
ett says they do not know vet wheth
er they will fleht the plan or not. this
depending entirely upon what their
uupeciion oi tne details or the plsn
develops.
If aa newspaper reports state some
days ago, the plan merely eontcmplst
ed the separation of the trust into
four or five divisions with the same
interests controlling all, they will cer
tainly resist the plan as smounting to
no dissolution at all. Attorney Gen
eral Biekett and Governor Kitchin
have been conferring for several days
as to this course and the Governor is
co-operating in the movement.
How to Select a Jury.
The Statesvoille Landmark and the
Charlotte Observer are justly alarm
ed by "the wave of murder which is
sweeping over North Carolina." Af
ter deprecating the mushy trash that
goes in the guise of mercy now-a-days
toe Landmark says:
The first effort, we believe, should
be directed to securing a change in
the law which permits counsel for
the defense of capital cases to select
the jury. Numerous attempts have
been made in this direction, all of
which have failed because lawyers
in the legislature would not permit
the bills to pass. If anything is to be
accomplished we should begin now to
agitate the question and urge the peo
ple to see to it that candidates for
the legislature next year, whether
lawyers or laymen, are pledged to
this reform and pledged in no uncer
tain terms. The people can force
the change if they will, and it should
..tta.lw:
the seriousness of the situation, to I
constantly urge upon the people the
importance of the change.
Tonight Central
School Audi-
tonum. '
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MOTHERS:
Are Your Boys
Wearing The
Xtragood Brand
of Clothes ?
' If not you are wasting time and money by taking;
chancel on other brands. '.XTRAGOOD Brand is beat by
teat.V:';'0;v;..;''-:yi rNi'v f- -; , . ;
A LARGE ASSORTMENT is to bt found in our
Clothing Department
Our clothing men will be pleased to show you the
advantage in BOYS XTRAGOOD CLOTHES.
All sizes 4 to 1? years.
Tii"i:c":c
SNOOTS B&OTXXB'S NXAD OFT.
Bate And Epay strewn, Oolarsd, ef
He. S Township, Beeeau Engaged
in a ScvDa Over Oa Fnmnslna sf
a Shot Qua When ft ia Discharged
And KUls Ue Former.
Bufus Brown, 18-year-old son of
Tom Brown, colored, of No. S town
ship, was shot and instantly killed
yesterday while be was trying to take
a abet gun from his brother, Epsy
Brwon, 12 years of age. The two boys
were at home yesterday morning to
gether with a number of smaller chil
dren, when Epsy picked np a gun
and was handling it around in the
bouse. Bufus made an effort to take'
boys waa at a eotton gin nearby when
1 v witvu u ovBruy win
waa discharged and the load
struck the older brother full in the
forehead, literally blowing the top of
his head off. The father of the two ;
boys wss at a eottin gin nearby when '
the tragedy occurred and only the
smaller children witnessed the shoot
ing. Mr. J. B. Ross, our correspond-
ent from No. 3 township, said thatv
he secured the above facta from
'Squire Hamilton, who investigated
the affair, and there is no doubt but '
that he killing was entirely ' scci
dentaL -
What the Good Women Han Dona.
Greensboro Record.
Persistency seldom fails. We all '
remember when the efforts of the
Women's Christian Temperance Un
ion were made fun of; we called them
poor, misguided, but earnest Christian
women, the somewhat general idea
being thst the leaders needed a guar
dian. Discouragements were met on
every hand, enough and more to have -sent
the organization adrift years ago '
but it was just like a woman to hold .
on and they held. They met defeat
hundreds of times, but came back -
again stronger than ever until at the
present time the organization is more ' '
powerful than ever before. Not only
this, but its efforts have been crowned
with success in that prohibition is ef
fective in more cities, towns and lo
calities as well as states than ever.
All of which shows whst persistency '
will do. These thoughts are suggest-'
ed by the annual convention which
met in Greensboro yesterday and will .
be in session until Wednesday night.
An earnest, consecrated body of
Christian women are in attendance'
and their deliberations will of course,
be productive of further good.
Join the ftood people who have sie-
Course for Concord. It is all for
.Concord's best interest. "Second at-'
traction of course tonight at Central
School . Auditorium 60e admission
for a grown-up, for a fine concert.
Us our Fenny Column it Pays.