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0 - VOL! XXII W 40 Cents a UootB. CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1911. Slniryf :tiw9 Cants. - NO. 09 r- I it . " 4' - :-'V r;'' " ' - ,'.' AOiisnox BET. 1. WALTER gMPSOH. Bays Ha Wu Denied aa Expreasioa Concerning Hia Motiva by the City Aidcmea Monday Night. Mr. Editor: Having bees denied by oar city fatbera Monday Bight a privilege that the eonatitatioa of tba State of North Carolina and of tba United States grunt a petitioner, eitisen and Us payer, via.; the right of expressing oneself upon a matter of grievance, I beg apnea in your paper to make this expression to the eity board and to the public general ly. Now in doing this I am perfectly eognixant of the fact that a man, whether he be preacher or layman, who champions the cause of right eousness or the maintenance of the dignity of the Jaw makes himself lia ble to abuse and vituperation. It has been so all the ages through, it is so all the world over even now. ' Oo back to the age of John the Baptist, It waa perfectly all right for him so long as his ministry was the voice of one crying in the wilderness, but the moment John approached the court and told that high official of his sin he had John beheaded, Today, be cause of our plain preaching against public evils and for the enforcement of law, civil and moral, an attempt has been made to behead our influ ence and usefulness as a minister of the gospel by the sharp cutting sword of abuse, vituperation and slander. I ask this spare not for the purpose of -defending my character I am only too willing to have the self-respecting, law abiding and moral or gospel loving citizens of Concord serve as jurors, and I am only too proud to abide their verdict. This space is asked only to make the expression that we had hoped to make Monday night concerning the motive of the petitioners in filing said petition with the city board. It has been said that the motive is altogeth er one of prejudice, occasioned by Vie Widenhoo.se being sent to the roads. He went to the roads in. September last. Perhaps'-it is not a matter of common knowledge but it is a fact nevertheless, that this same griev- . sues waa lodged with the mayor, eity attorney and ehairman of the Dem ocratic party two years ago, and af ter two years of patient' endurance " the situation is none tbe.-betUt; twj fhflndred or more of the citizens in this .. eection of your city sought to lodge this grievance through . the medium of a petition which petition was not een permitted to be read. - Wherein the prejudice T It strikes us that ' this prejudice comes from a different direction. Aa a petitioner, I assure yW I entertain no prejudice or malice towards ny man or set of men,' but am' n nil not. ttV with all AI1T faablA . powers to do our duty as a moral leader in creating and sustaining a ' healthier moral atmosphere in onr 'eity. - "' Too, it is said that the motive be hind said petitipn is purely one of politics, that is a Republican game. - Very much use is being made of the argument. Who waa it that lodged the grievance with the above named gentlemen two years agot A Demo crat. Today we deny the charge of it . being a political movement with the petitioners. I certainly expected that my party affiliations were known to . the people, of Concord. " Vet I am classed as a Republican. The fact that I am a South Carolinian, ought to establish my politics. But if that isn't specific enough, I announce that ' I am a South Carolina .Democrat, simon pure, and I am proud of it. But, I say it candidly, frankly, if -.. Democracy means the forcing h of 'sumptuary lawajdown my throat in the shape of whiskey barrels, demi johns and privileged blind tigers, I am no Democrat. If Democracy means that I must swallow gambling tables and privileged gamblers, I tell , you candidly I am no Democrat. If Democracy means the ' enacting . of laws denying the eitixenship the right of free speech uponthe matter of grievance, I am no Democrat. . The , Democracy I stand for and whose '-banner I would never suffer to be "' trailed in the dust is that Democracy which assures "Equal rights to all and special privileges to none." No, there ia no polities connected with ' your petitioners, it ia purely a move ment in the eause of righteousness. ' And I entered into it with heart and UU1, Kill HI, awauftwiauv ww v.iii iui, ...nr. im. rna, i I waa doing my duty to uod and to tha citizenship of our eity- and was conscious at the time I signed aaid petition that it meant the sacrificing of friendship on .tha part of. some, Aa for sacrificing 'principle for friend ship I never have and never shall, i Now, so far as this chapter In tha history of our eity ia concern ed, I as dona; with it, unless, perchance tha . attorney for the office in question fit to earrv out tho threat be made Monday night when flaunting his flat ia mr face, and have tha petition - era indicted. In aueh an event I aa - lure him that I hide behind nothing, ' aava tha bloody cross, and that I shall for tba Superior Court or even lie ia your aoanty Jail or crash rocks spoa jour publie highways and let the world know that f am Suffering and enduring it patiently and cheer fully for the moral uplift or reforma tion of the eity of Concord, North Carolina. And doing it, too, with the fullest assurance that right will eventually triumph over the wrong. We may be crucified on the eloea of slander, but our last breath will be spent in the eause of righteousness our last drop of heart blood will be shed in defense of the borne and wives snd mothers and children of the land. J. WALTER 8LMPSON. Death of Miss Hedrick Believed to be Suicide. Lenoir, Nov. 7. The deepest mys tery surrounds the ' death of Miss Laura MeNeely Hedrick of Salisbury at Blowing Rook Saturday morning, but from all information obtainable, the general belief is that it was a ease of suicide. The story as given by people coming here from Blowing Rock is about as follows: Saturday morning about breakfast time Miss Hedrick was found in ber room in a dying condition. She was lying on the bed with a bullet hole in her breast and on a chair nearby was a pistol with the handle of the weap on turned toward the door of the room.' A physician was summoned immediately but death ensued before he arrived. It is said that no one has been found that hesrd the pistol fire and, as the physician and those in the room when he arrived thought it was a ease of suicide and no investigation was necessary, the coroner did not hold an inquest. The body was prepared for shipment and brought to Lenoir Sunday morning and later taken to Salisbury for interment. Miss Bessie Hedrick, a sister of the dead woman, accompanied the remains. Agreement ia Reached by Southern And Telegraphers. Washington, Nov. 7. -An agree ment was reached between the South ern Railway officials and their : two thousand telegraphers and station agents today. By the terms of the agreement the men get an increase of approximately $80,000 a year, which if. divided equally among the men, would amount to about 40 a man.Uut the matter of division for increase bos not . yet been decided. The committee and the officials of the railroad are at work on this phase of the proposition and will reach an agreement within the next few days. Other concessions made to the men include a reduction of hours at Greensboro and Charlotte from nine to eight hours a day and an annual vacation of fifteen days for all tele graphers who work as much as four hours on Sundays and legal holidays. It ia also provided in the agreement that employes who have been in the aervice 5 years will be given an an nual pass over one general superin tendent 'a division; 10 years, over four divisions; 15 years, an annual pass for the employe and his wife over the entire system. Advertised Letters Remaining uncalled for in the post- office at Concord for week ending November 6, 1911; Man. Frank Auston, E. D. Dobson, Har vey Holshouser, Harold Harworth, J, S. Hartsell, Arthur Locust, Chas. Lit- tlejohn, Dan MeMoeoes, Willie Koss, W. H. Stewart, W. F. Searboro, 2 R. S. Wimbnsh, Erlie Wotson, V. S. Young. . Woman, Ada Baal; Etta Barter, Mrs. Ed. Baker, Mrs. J. C. Sury, May Johnson, Mrs. Cora Lynn, Halle Lunds, Lame Lafler, Flossie McCoy, Nannie Mo Grath, Mrs. Anna M. Nordine, Mrs. 3. L. Tarleton, Sis PowelL Hellen Pearson. - When calling for the above please say "Advertised." M. L. BUCHANAN, Postmaster. "Tba Girl and tha Tramp." In "Tho Girl and tha Tramp" which will bo seen for one perform ance only at he Concord Opera House Thursday night, tho 9th, an automo bile ia used on tba stage at tha en trance of Flo Randall, the little bow ery girl, who ia tha chief fun maker 1 ,,aiUJg. , Years before tba play ia supposed to begin the tramp a borne is broken np and his child is lost. He and Flo, a girl from tha eaat aide of New York eity, become interested in aiding a husband and wife, who have been kind to Flo, to become reconciled. La ter tha tramp finds in little Fid, the bowery girl, his own long lost daugh ter,. There ia m strong human inter est in tha play besides a ceaseless lire of eomedy situations induoed by the Girl andjhe Tramp.; 1 ". ' 11 1 ' v All purchasers of, tickets from 'King 'a Daughters ean have tha same reserved at Oibaon'a . Drug Store. TUB ELECTION! YE8TEBDAT. BepabUcaas Eegaia Control of tba New York Legislature. Results in Other States. Elections held Tuesdsy in many States and cities throughout the eoun-' in tl.e Big Cold Water Drainage dis try resulted in the election of Demo-jt net sppeared before the Clerk of eratie Governors in Massachusetts, Court yesterday to discuss the matter Kentucky and Mississippi, a Repub- i.f finally declaring the proposed dis lieaa Governor in Rhode Island, a trict a regular drainage district. The Republican assembly in New York, which will challenge the continuance1 of Governor's Dix's policies; a New Jersey legislature with majorities probably not in accord with Govern or Woodrow Wilson, of that State, with results of the State elections in Maryland and New Mexico still in doubt. Socialist gains market elections to day and gave that party power in dis tricts where heretofore it had been unable to muster a counting vote. In Schenectady, N. Y., the Social ists elected a mayor, all city officials except one, and a majority of the county board. In addition, the as sembly district in which Schenectady is located, returned a Socialist assem blyman. Ohio was another winning ground for the Socialists. In Massachusetts Governor Foss, Democrat, claims bis re-election by a reduced plurality of about 12,000 but the election is not conceded and the result will be oen to some doubt un til more complete returns are receiv ed. Now York State elected a Republi can assembly thus depriving Govern or Dix, Democrat, of the support he has heretofore had from a legislature Democratic in both branches. The present New York assembly has. a Democratic majority of 24. The newly-elected assembly will have a Re publican majority of upwards of 30. New Jersey elected a legislature which will probably give continued support to Governor Woodrow Wil son, Democrat, but the legislative ma jorities are still in doubt. Early returns trom the State elec tion in Maryland were inconclusive as between Arthur P. Gorman, Dem ocratic candidate for Governor and Phillipps Lee Goldsborough, Republi can. On the first meager returns, Re-puhlicau-State Chairman Hanna claimed the State for Goldsborough la Kentucky James B. Mclreary, LmMt, ,Hs elected Governor by a majority estimated at 20,000 to 40,- 000. A Democratic Legislature also was elected, which insured the choice of Congressman Ollie James as Unit- States Senator from Kentuckv. The first election held in the new State of New Mexico is still in doubt, both the Republican and Democratic candidates for Governor claiming election on meager early returns. In dications point to a Republican leg islature which will elect two Repub lican United States Senators. Hughes Not Candidate. Washington, Nov. 7. Under no cir cumstances will Justice Charles E. Hughes, of the United States Supreme Court, permit his name to be used as a candidate for the Republican nomi nation for President. Justice Hughes was seen tonight re garding the associatioin of his name with the Republican nomination, and made it plain that lie is in no way to be considered in that connection, that he is not and will not become a candi date for the nomination and that he will not even allow the use of his name for the nomination; in short, that he is out of politics for good. Salisbury Post ; There will be fifty three Sundays in this year, which is rather unusual. Not until 2020 will this oceur again, 109 years hence. As will be remembered New Year's Day fell on Sunday and 1911 goes out on Sunday, which accounts for this unusual condition of affairs.. If IT'I J HUBSTtOlt or urxrr-oriH m CKtctiMO jeeovrrt rr ri monbt roo hud met Mtf TO H4WM OH HASD-VIT DM VMur rat amovvi MIOID. WHtTW . IVt A HOVMIHOLD deoooHt on rot tuuHtft rwotu OBD RATIONAL BANK. Capital $100,000. 8nrplna 133,000, 4 Par Cent Interest Paid on Time 1 I : ' : 1 J II! till MATXU 07 ORACrAOS. Those Interested la Drsiaago of Big Coll Water Before Clerk of Court Tueiday. I a niimDer or toe parties interested preliminaiy survey had already been made and the engineer and board of viewers has recommended that the creek be drained. There were a um ber of interested parties at the bear ing bulk for and against the propo sition. There was a lengthy argument on the matter but with the exception of one man the beet of feeling pre vailed. Mr. J. Lee Crowell repre sented the petitioners and Mr. W. O. Minns those opposed it. Clerk of Court Widenhouse decided in favor of the 't it toners. The judgment in part is as follows: t "It appears to the satisfaction of the Court that G. M. Lore, C. L. Er vin and F. F. Wetmore (the latter being a civil engineer recommended by the State geologist) as viewers have filed in this office their report as require,! by the statute, and that due and lM;al notice has ibecn given and posted -as reqnired by law, setting forth that on November 7th, 1911, at 11 o'clock the Cow t will hear and de termine and objections that might be offered to said report. The said re port was hied in this office on Octob er llli, Hill. Aud at the said hearing it ivju found that it would be neces sary to go further up the creek 'tlian the north line of W. C. Eddlemaii, where said north line crosses said cieek, and thereupon it was ordered by the Court that said north line be the end of said drainage district of said creek. . ; 'It was further ordered that the boundaries of said drainage district be as follows: "All the valley and the Big Cold Water creek and its tributaries lying between said Eddleman's north line on said creek and Chas. Isenhonr's lower line where said lower line crosses' said creek, and on 'both sides of said creek where a horizontal plane three feet vertical height above the flood line of said stream would inter sect the bluff line of hills at the side of the valley of Big Cold Water creek ami ifs tributaries.. "After hearing V full discussion o'n said report. theNWrf does hereby declare tho establishment of the Drainage District as above defined, and shall be known as Big Cold Water District No. 1 for the (abject and purM)se as herein set forth. And the court hereby refers the report of the cntrineer and viewers back to them to make a complete survey, plans ami specifications for the drainage or oth er miMovements. and nie weir reiMin in this ollice wit Inn b days irom uus date." Senator Lee S. Overman is expected home Sunday from Panama, where he has ibeen for nearly a month, being a member of the congressional in spection committee to the canal. To Every Pocket Knife ft THE TRIBUNE Who Pay a: Year ; . . Advance. Ml Until farther notice we are going to five to every subscriber of THB TRIBUNE who pays a yaar In advance and all arrea.es, if any, a SPLENDID MILLER BBOS. POCKET KNIFB. Tha reputation of thia firm's goods is wall established. We bava five or six styles to select from. Nuf cad. The C0N00BD, K. 0. TO THOSE WHO PBEFEB IT, WB WILL GIVE KINFB. A PAIS INCH SPEINO TENSION SHEARS. If you are already paid in advance. you ean take y paying np XX8SX0VARY JUBILEE. Exercises Commemorating tba Fif- tietk Amsiveraary of Woman's Mia- i Ttr k. I NVMlf ffVI. . , . . . laianuY waa a rail i r .ir J I Christian womanhood in Concord. A great missionary jubilee, commemor ating the fiftieth anniversary of wo man's work in missions was held at Central Methodist church. It was a meeting together of the women of tba eity and never before was the modern and ever growing idea of religious unity more fully exemplified than at this meeting. Ladies who bad been neighbors for years and who met each other over cups at tea drinkings, sewing circles, club meet ings and various social gatherings met for the first time at a religious gath ering where each was a great part of a great meeting. Much of the suc cess of the great jubilee meeting was due to the elBcient work of the com mittees and the interesting and prof- itable programme that had been ar ranged by them was a great element in the success of the meeting. The morning session w as opened by devotional exercises by Miss May White. Miss Melissa Montgomery then made a most instructive talk on the Western woman in eastern lands. Miss Montgomery showed a thorough familiarity with her subject and told of the work in a clear and concise way. Miss Montgomery s talk was followed by five minute re ports of the mission work by repre sentatives of the different denomina tions These reports showed a com parative view of what each of the various societies of the difforent de nominations of the city is doing in the mission work. The Lutheran church was represented by Mrs. C. P. MacLaughlin, the Baptist by Mrs. S. N. Watson, the Presbyterian by Mrs. John P. Allison, the Reformed by Mrs. W. H. Causey, the Episcopal by Mrs. J. C. Gibson and the Metho dist by Mrs. W. C. Houston. Mrs. H. S. Williams read a most carefully prepared paper giving the history of the jubilee from its start in Oakland and tracing its spread to Chicago and from other Western cities to New York and thence down the coast line. At the close of Mrs. Williams' paper devotional exercises were conducted by Mrs. K. L. Craven. At 1 o'clock a delightful luncheon' was served at the home of Mrs. W. C. Houston. This was the social fea ture of the day which is a feature of all jubilee celebrations. Ibis lunch eon was given by the ladies of the city and 83 guests were present, The denominational rallies, conducted by tlie presidents of the different socie ties, Mesdames J. C. Gibson, R. S. Harris, W. C. Houston, S. N. Wat son, W. II. Causey and Miss Con stance ('line was a feature of the ses sion. Lacli society held a separate meeting and pledged the amounts they will give to the work next year. The following, were the amounts pledged: Methodist $70, Lutheran $50, Baptist $8.25, Episcopalians $27.50, Presbyterians $20 and Reform- Subscriber of in INSTEAD OF THE 07 SPLENDID 8- advantage of thia offer lor anotner year. v Tribune 'ed Making a total of $182. A mass meeting waa bald at 7 JO , o clock. 1 be devotional were conducted by Rev. C. P. Mae- Iuirhlin A snlanftiH fMlnrw nf l. I " I " I levenimr session was tlx "PUi tn ' ('hri.L.n 1 n,.. " k- Christian America," by the young people's missionary society of For- est Hill Methodist church. The young isuies oi i lie society were dressed in the costume, of tl.e various nations and Mrs. W. U Hutehina wss dressed i as America. I Each young lady would come into the ' etmreli and make her plea for help u npirauiug me gopei in ine coun try which site represented. It was a most beautiful snd impressive pre sentation. Mrs. J. P. Campbell, of the Metho dist Church, South, who has been a missionary in China and Korea, made a most excellent addres. on mi ;,,,,, Mrs. Campbell congratulated the! women of Concord on the jubilee and commended most highly the beautiful spint or unity it manifested, which she claims prevails much Chore in for- cign lands than in America. Mrs. Campbell's address was a strong plea that the women of this country realize the seriousness of their undertaking in this great work. "You are the criterion of tire Onental woman and you are to Ret tor her the mode of1 ui-huu i iic of.n;srtci said. Before the close of the meeting the ladies, by a rising vote, extended a unanimous vote of thanks to Mrs. W. C. Houston for her home for the luncheon and to Mr. J. B. Sherrill for the use of the columns of his papers in arousing interest in the jubilee. Graded School Notice. Mrs. Campbell will visit Central School in the morning and will con duct the devotional exercises. Our exercises begin promptly at nine o'clock. Our exercises are always open to the public and we are al ways glad to have you come and bring your friends. Resertfullv. A. S. WEBB, Supt. Good, better, best ! The best Range on the market is the Globe, say the Bell & Harris Furniture Co. ntim lMn)l I M mm Ask for one the only Corset worthy of its name. Look for the name, BON TON or ' ROYAL WORCESTER, stamped on the in side of every pair. Insist upon getting them and insure yourself against corset troubles, A wide range of models in Batiste, and Cautil, for every figure and every pair guaranteed to . fit. wear and satisfy. '.. i.-:.":'-' Bon-Ton, - 03 00 to 05.00 Royal Worcester,01 to 02.50 E3a La az fZRSOBAL XEBT10X. . Soau of tba Paopk Bora iai Baa waera Was Coats Aa4 Oa. Mrs. Z. A. Morris is spend in the ,"'v 111 oaHsoary. Mr. W. T. Wall is snendmr I ha t.. in Charlotte. (r tl w p . . . L rL. . i f Cnr,t. U " Mr. John H. Rutledge baa cone to Salisbury on a short business tnn. Mr. A. J. Yorke has rone to Wins- I'in-Salem on a short business trip. Mr. A. P. Cannon bae gone to Spar tanburg on a short business trip. Mrs. J. W. Cannon, Jr., is visit ing relatives in Winston-Salem. l, 1 V f. j-. j... V L ' T"" . "Pu "e 1. "mam- 1 , . , . Mean s spending the i.y ln Salisbury on prefsesional bus- I "' Mr. Jesse Hopkins, of Arkansas, is visiting his siter, Mrs. M. L.' ; Marsh, via n L,,. "fw V w"? f"'8'', "d Mra' C' W' John- We are glad to note that Mf. D. A. Caldwell, who has been quite sick,. , is now much better. Mr. W. R. Odell left yesterday af ternoon for Statesville to attend the 1 Western North Carolina Conference. Miss Frances Craig, of Colombia, Tenn., who has been visiting ber aunt, Mrs. J. P. Allison, has gone to Salisbury to visit relatives. H Rev. J. M. Grier, Rev. G. N. Thorn- al as, Dr. D. G. Caldwell, Messrs. Jonaa Query and R. Henry are attending the , Presbyterian Synod in session at ; Charlotte this week. K. of P. Notice. Special convention of Concord Lodge No. 51 K. of P. Thursday even ing at 7 o'clock sharp, to act on peti tions for 'big night" on Friday night. Come on the stroke of the pliwl? nnrf flniali tha vrnrlr in 3A min. utes. A. F. HARTSELL, CC. A i l . Deposits. . ? ' Da only WO giau-io om arnugneu w : . m1 &'!mirtj&tj "