North Carolina Newspapers

" Oft' ' ! 0 VOL. XXU ' Pric 40 Cntt a Mon'm. CONCORD, N. G, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1911. UncW Cop Fto Ccota. . NO. 103 f a: A.4 ' I J 1 : Hi Bill SIIK! DUYS Will Build Road From Raleigh to Concord, Says News and Observer. Mr. E. C Duncan,' Acting for Norfolk South- ern, and Hit "Attorney, ex-Governor Aycock, Return from Concord and Make Announce ment That the Raleigh & Southport Road : Now Belongs to the Norfolk Southern and " Will Be Extended to Concord as Soon as the Rights of Way Into That Town Are Secured. Th Raleigh Newt sod "Observer of Joday haa an article on the new rail , road situation which will be on inter est to all our people.- We have felt ture that the "Norfolk Southern waa aure that be Norfolk Southern waa behind tbia movement, and thia now tee ma to be established. The New, and Observer says: v Raleigh haa just begun to grow. The engine that will, pull the train the Norfolk Southern will run from Raleigh to Concord, will soon be mak ing music in the Union Pepot. Al though the men who know all about it say that their present plan is only to go to Concord, all the world knows that when the Norfolk Southern rail road's line running from Norfolk, through Raleigh to Concord, gets to the capital of Cabarrus, the progres sive city of Charlotte will make such inducements aa will'' give a direct line from Raleigh to Charlotte. How ever, that is another story. ' The News and Observer states to day upon authority that the' Nor folk Southern Railway Company and interests allied with that company, Jmve pnrehaeed from Mr. John JLiJBSSa. MdwttineaaUhat the-anew Mills and his associates the Raleigh and Southport Railroad and all Us ) properties. It has also purchased from Mr, Leaning and his associates the railroad known as the Durham and Charlotte road, which is now arid has been for years in operation from Cumnock to Troy. The Norfolk Southern: will construct this .'. roag ' from Raleigh to Concord, either uh der its own charter or nnder the char ter of the Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern. Railroad obtained from the last Legislature by leading citizens' - between Raleigh and .Charlotte and " purchased some weeks ago by Mr. E; ' C. Duncan, acting for himself and his ; associates now turning out to be the ". Norfolk Southern Railway Company. Thia announcement will be received , with great pleasure, not only by ev erybody in Raleigh, but by all NortH -- Carolina, It means that this big . railroad system, now running from Raleigh to Norfolk and controlling by . lease the Atlantic and North Caroli- na Railroad from Goldsboro to Mora v head City, haa determined to pene ' trate Piedmont North Carolina and ' to tie the capital of the State i with all the towns and flourishing country Between oaieigu ana ioneora ana Maryland Methodist Conference Calls' Attention to Chorea Rule. especially the "round dance,','. cardJ playing and similar "wordly amuse ments,' were tbe subjects of animaUJ ed debate at this morning a session of the Virginia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Soutlv , President E. H. Rowe, of the South ern seminary at Buena Vista, offered' . a resolution against dancing and in , explaining, said that he ' wished to . discourage the Jesire for that form of amusement on the part of some of ' the young women who attended the i seminary. Other' speakers declared that the conference should wot con fine ita disapproval to dancing, butt 1 should. go on record aganist similar i "worldly amusementa.'' i (. ;. '1 A substitute resolution waa finally adopted calling attention to ti church's rulingon these questions. -;. Bishop Kilgo made strong aW dress in which he pointed to tbe Beat: tie ease as an example of the evils to; which dancing led. ' A reception in honor of Bishop Kil: go waa given thia .evening at which i 'about one thousand persona, were .. present. '. - - ..''V,. " - Wsstera Union Diacriminatlen , . Against Postal Stopped. ' '-. The publio service commission : of New York baa decided a fight which baa been going on before that eomrnia stop between the Postal Telegraph ' Company- and, the Western Union for a n. ter on tie the Capital to Charlotte. It is not conceivable that progressive Charlotte would fail to secure the completion of tbe road to that city when it geta aa near to It aa Con cord. It may be that the terminus of the road will be Concord for some little while, but the road will go to Charlotte before many moons wax and wane. Concord Big and Prosperous Town. The people of Eastern North Car olina are not fully advised of the importance of Concord, but the rail road people are. During the past year the town of Concord alone has paid to the Southern Railroad in freight $480,000. It ia the only rail road that goes to Concord, and of course it baa monopoly. The di vision of thia business will at once make a big income for the Norfolk Southern.- ' The purchase of these properties and building of the links and eonsoli. dating them and giving this big sys tem of. railroads, backed by ample capital, means that -Raleigh will be the center of the system, and should of thjs big system will be erected .in Kaieigh. Mr. Duncan and Governor Aycock Back From Concord. Mr. E. C. Duncan, acting for the Norfolk Southern Railroad, who some weeks ago purchased from the incor porators the charter of the Durham, Charlotte and . Southern Railroad Company, and Ex-Governor C. B. Aycock, who accompanied Mr. Dun can as his attorney, have returned from a trip to Albemarle, Mt; Pleas ant and Concord where they went to discuss with the poeple of those three communities the matter of building a railroad from, Raleigh to those towns.1' A reporter say .Governor Ay cock yesterday 'afternoon and he said V-V1 V , ; ' :.. ; . "The reception at the hands of the citizens of these three places was all that could have been askedThey were enthusiastic in support of the idea of; building the road and they set to work' industriously to guaran tee the securing of the rights of way and station grounds for the roads. They did everything that could have been reasonably asked of them and are most cordially behind the move-' la-jmeni .to nuiia raurpaas." a year and a half. The commission holds that tbe Western Union haa been . ' practicing ' discrimination against the' Postal, and haa ordered that it be stopped. It appears that where the Postal Company haa mes sages destined to points not reached by 'the Postal lines, the- Postal Com pany has carried them aa far as it could and then turned them aa far as it could and then turned them over to the Western Union has 'insisted that from three to five words be add el to the messages and that the Pos tal p&j for the transmission of these additional words.' . The public service .commission decided that this ia an illegal charge and orders the Western Union to discontinue it. ; Tbe decree says! "Clearly a pub- lie. aerViee corporation must' extend precisely, ' the . 'same : facilities to a competitor aa it does to the entire world., . It jean, stake no distinction between .those offering business. ' It must charge them alike and serve t hem alike. t ,y. .v ' v:v,-; : Thia decision may.ha'ie an import ant bearing on the do-nand of the independent telephone eompaincs that the Bell companies shall furniHh the former' wlth-the sama iccihtiea which are furnished to' the pnblia. - It means a large' saving of money tq the Postal Company. ; , Rev. J. A. J. Partington' went to Charlotte today to occupy his new1 pulpit at North Charlotte tomorrow. He expecta to move hia family about the middle of next weak,. . . v. TEX WEI8KT CASES. ' A Ensy . Coart Today. Pisdaoat Clab Vet Guilty. Haetints Pleads Guilty Edwards GaUty aad lined 1150. Drlvini Clab Also Fined. Total r'iaaa aad Costa, M.S8. Reeorder Pbryear had a busy ses sion at bis eourt thia morning, there being three liquor eases to occupy the attention of the eourt. Tbe first ease called waa that againat B, W. Means, manager of tbe Piedmont Club, charged with selling beer to Coy Spong and liquor to Earl Calloway. Judge W. J. Montgomery and Mr. H. 8. Williams represented the defendant and Senator Hartsell represented the State. . Spong testified that one night af ter a baseball game here he and Cal loway went to the Piedmont Club and that Jie bought four bottles of beer and that be drank two of them and Calloway the other two. Calloway testified that he purchas ed a half pint of whiskey at the fame time. ' The defendant testified that he was in the elub when tbe men came up and he asked them if they had a key or if they came up with a member. They replied that they did not and. that the door was open and they walk ed in. He said that the men wanted to buy something to drink and that he told them if they had a member's key they could go to the locker and get what they wanted that he had nothing to do with it. The witness said that he men got boisterous then and be caught hold of Calloway and took him to the door and sent him down - the steps and that when he did Calloway turned to him and sail: "IH get even with you." The defendant 's testimony was cor roborated by Mr. Ralph Boyd, ex cept that he did not understand what Calloway said to Means aa he went down the steps. Jim McBride also corroborated the testimony and said that he heard Cal loway say that he would get even with him. Henry Winecoff testified that he heard Calloway say that he didn't know where he got the liquor, but it was up to him to tell something. In discharging the defendant the eourt said that the evidence of the four disinterested parties caused se rious doubt , in ' lii tn'mi j to tbe guilt. Cleve Hastings, who clerks in Laughlin'a drug store, was tried for selling liquor and beer. Zeb Calloway testified that he and several other boys "chipped" in and purchased three half pints of liquor trom JHastinge, while he was at work in the drug store, . Coy Spong testified that he bought two bottles of Blue Ribbon beer from Hastings on the 8th of October and that he made the purchase in tbe rear of the drug store. Thia is the third time Hastings has been convicted. The court fined him $200 in the liquor case and $50 in the beer case. In passing sentence on him Recorder Puryear said that if he did not know from outside sources that the defendant's physical condi tion was bad be would send him to the roads. Horace Edwards, manager of the Driving Club, was tried in two eases, one lor selling-beef and one for sell ing liqnor. There was also one ease aginst tho elub. Mr. Means repre sented Edwards and also represented Hastings. i Coy Spong waa also a witness in thia case. He testified that he had purchased two bottles of beer from Edwards in the club room, one be ing Hoffbrau and one Red White and Blue. He said that he had bought beer so many times in there he could not name them. . . When questioned by Mr. Means as to why be testified, he testified that he was summoned there and required to testify and .that he did not want to come. : In a colloquy between the witness and the attorney as why he waa summoned they both mentioned a preacher aa being the cause of his being there but did not call the name of the minister, .v Earle ' Blackwelder testified that he bought a half pint of liquor from the club add paid 30 cents' for it. He also testified that he .couldn't tell the number of times he bad bought liquor there. ' . , Mr. Hartsell also introduced the government license to handle liqnor held by. the club. I The defendant introduced no evt denre. ,.vvv - i '-'.t - v '.- --' . Edwards waa fined $100 for selling liquor and $50 for selling beer The elub was fined $150 for selling liquor. The total fines and costs amounted to 165185. r" . - 80.000 Ia Revolt Peking, Nov. 16 Thirty thousand troops in uangebow have revolted, defeating the Imperialists in a pitched battle and are now manning on Nan- ku.g, swearing o put all Manchns there "to the aword in revenge for the massacre joi Uninese there. BIG RAILROAD PUaun A!3 DEVELOPMENT. The Raleigh News aad Observer of today haa tbe following editorial the new railroad cit nation: ; 'K Tbe biggeat thing yet far Raleigh ia announced today in tha local umns of Tbe News and Observe!. ik It is that the big ard rick Norfolk and Southern Railway system, wninf'tfce line from Norfolk to Raleigh Hh half a doieu lateral lines touching !tbe nencst part f fcautern Novth Caro lina, and onti oiling try lease "tbe At lantic and North Carolina Railrfad from Goldsboro to Morehead City, baa purchased the Durham and ChiiWte Railroad, and tho Raleigh ard Santa- port Railroad and perhaps other reads. . This is the best aanounccnieot'tpa't Raleigh newspaper has Qtade.for Raleigh and railroad developments ia a deeads. ft is the fulfilment of A long cherished dream aad the ein flrmation of reports and rumor that have been printed in thia paper or some weeks. It has been well known for weeks "ihat "a ben- waa on'jin the railroad world and that somebody was going to buy the Durham A Char lotte railroad. Exactly who the pur chaser would be and what combina tions might be made were not known and the interested pa. tie derUawd to give any information until fhey had perfected their plans. it The plans are now perfected and er- rVihing is in readiness. The Nor folk and Southern has purchased the Raleigh and Southport iRailroad from Mr. John A. Mills and his associates-' Th- city of Raleigh, the eitv of Fay- etteville and all the section of coun try loucnea dv thai railroad owe "a lasting debt of obligation to Mr. Mills for tbe pioneer work that be has done and their rejoicing in seeing this piece of road he has constructed and winch has done so mwh to develop the section through which it runs is SPECIAL TRAIN TO RICHMONlJ. Account of Football Game Between University of North Carolina And University of Virginia, Thanksgir ing Day, November 30th, 1911, I On account of vfootball game be tween Virginia and Nortji Carolina, tbe Southern' Railway will operate special train consisting of first- class day coaches and Pullman cars, from Charlotte, Salisbury, High Point, Greensboro. Reidsville,, Dan ville and intermediate points to Rich mond and return. The special train will leave Charlotte 8:15 p. m., Wed nesday, November 29th, and arrive at Richmond 6 :30 a. m., November 30th, and returning will leave Richmond at midnight, November 30th. The fol lowing low round trip rates will apply from stations named: Charlotte, ..... .$5.00 Concord 4.50 Salisbury, 4.00 Mooresville, .... 5.00 Albemarle, .... 5.00 Rates from all branch line stations on same basis. Tickets sold for this special train will also be good return ing on regular train No. 15; leaving Richmond 10:45 a. m., December 1st. Passengers from branch line points will nse regular trains to and from junction point, connecting with spe cial train. A rare opportunity to see Rich mond and the greatest football game of the season at small cost. ' For Pullman reservation, or any other information, see your nearest agent, or write, H. a. DeBUTTS, Traveling Passenger Agent, Charlotte, N. C. Examination of Pupils. High Point, Nov. 16-By the sug gestion of the Board or Health, and through the action of the school di rectors at their ecent meeting, the physicians of High Point commenced their-medical inspection of the pu pils of the different grades thia week. Upon the examination of each pupil, a slip will be filled ont, signed by the examiner and sent 40 be parents of tbe child examined. - By this work, which , is carried out systematically and under the supervision of the hy giene committee, is ia possible to give to the parents in a condensed form the physical status of each child. Superintendent Haynes, bis teach ers and all the progressive patrons of the schools are in fullest eo-operation with this laudable work... Thia inspec tion' work is purely voluntary and the medical profession of this eity deserves much credit for the unset fish and ' valuable, services. Engraved Wedding Invitations Aad AnnonnewMnt. . . ' We bop our friends will not f off set that w furniah th most elegant marriage invitation and annonne ment that can be obtained. We have a book ahowing a beautiful Una ef amolaa-of th. vary latest styles, whish will b ent to anon on re quest. All order re nidered trietly conadentiaL -.''-. tt Iseiensd bscaaas of tbe retirement of Mr. Mills. He ia oae of ahe moat pop alar aad netful captains of indaatry in North Carolina. Of eourae, be has sold oat only a poo such terma aa have eoeapaBaated bim for bis work. In the full vigor of nature manhood, with aa optimism that ia eontagiooa aad inspiring, Mr. Mills will continue to be a power for pregi and develop ment in North Carolina. For a long time tbe Durham aud Charlotte road baa been the problem in railroading in North Carolina. It started si Colon, a little station a few miles from Sanford, and runs by Gulf to Tray. The folks in Durham and Charlofie have expected it to go to those cities, but nobody haa known what it owners intended, and for year they have not extended their lines but ran tbe road conservatively and well. It is owned by Philadelphia capitalists who are highly esteemed in North Carolina. All tbe men who have been connected with it have made fine impression on the North Carolina people, and the chief a'Uorney in the State, Majoh Guthrie, has conduct ed its affairs in tbe very best way pos sible. It forms an important link in the system between Raleifiti and Con cord and Charlotte and its purchase means that the Norfolk and Southern is to go into terrtiory which is de veloped and they will continue to de velop it. The consolidation of these railroads which have been built up by pro gressive men, although beginning with small capital and building their roads first to carry out lumber, means that wherever they have not been laid with Hie best rails and cross ties for through traffie, they will be improved and strengthened and tbe system will be made in perfect condition from Norfolk to Concord, a unified system with good tracks and good service- Southern Trains Ho. 29 and SO Will Carry Drawing -Room Sleeper. President Finley of tbe Southern Railway company, announced yester day that effective Sunday, Novem ber 26, trains Nos. 17 and 18, now operated daily, except Sunday, be tween Richmond and Keysville, Va., wiR be extended and operated daily between Richmond and Danville, Va., and that through Pullman drawing- room sleeping-car line will be estab lished between Richmond, Atlanta and Birmingham on these trains in connection with trains Nos. 29 and 30, the Birmingham special of the Southern Railway south of Dan ville. May Borrow Boom For Bite. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 17. In a rul- ! ing just made by the North Carolina Supreme Court in the case of the State vs. George Mitchell, from For syth county, it is definitely settled that under the North Carolina pro hibition law be who loans whiskey to another with the understanding that other whisky will be returned for it is guilty ef selling and sub ject to punishment. Possibly the only exception, de- cures Associate Justice Krown in writing the opinion, would be the case of a person bitten by a snake or oth er venomous creature, and having no I other means of procuring an antidote. I To Check the Check Flasher. Mr. J. B. Rector, who is secretary of North Carolina Hotel Men's As sociation, received a telegram thia morning stating that there are three other "check flashers' operating in thia section in addition to the one who "stuck" the hotels here, in Charlotte; Greensboro, Lexington and other places in this State about two weeks ago. The hotel associations in every state have been notified and are making a concerted effort to appre hend tbe forgers. WeddingtonCraven. The following invitations were sued here today: Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Craven invite you to he present at the mar riage of their daughter Loula to Mr. Luther A. Wellington on Thursday, evening, November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven at halt after seven ' .' o'clock. Concord, North Carolina - Farar Union. The December meeting of the farm er', anion will meet with the bt. John ' local December 2nd, at which time all officer will be elected for another year. All local are required to be repre sented and torn very important bus- inea concerning onr warehouse for! another year to be attended too. , Be prompt and on time. "Meeting opens at 10:30 a, m., with afternoon session. A. H. LTTAKER. , ..-' .'.ii'i ,1 ' i-. w- ''". : Uat our Penny CoInma--t part. rzMovAL Mnrno. Sobm ef tea People Hart Aad Else where Waa Come Aad Oa. Mr. C. R. Sears haa gone to Salis bury on besinesa. Mr. Will Yates apent yesterday af ternoon in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. O. Robinson' are spending the day in Charlotte Mr. J. P. Newell, of Charlotte, ia a business visitor in the eity. Mr. Martin Boger has returned from a short business trp to Chsrlote. Miss Mary Piastre, of Enochville. is spending the day in the eity. Misses Elma ami Helen Sirtber are visiting Mrs. Rov Page, in Charlotte. Mr. F. C. Odell, of Greensboro, is visiting at he home of Mr. W. R. OdeU. Mr. Ernest Correll arrived this morning from a week's trip on the road in South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Gillon has re turned from China Grove, where they have been visiting relatives for sev eral days. Mr. P. G. Cook, whose illness, was noted a few days ago at his home on Simpson street, is still confined to his bed. Mr. J. Brice Cochrane, of Bartow, Fla., formerly of this county, has been been visiting old friends in Ca barrus for several days. Mrs. S. J. nooks, of Dunn, who has been visiting her father, Mr. F. A. Archibald, for several days, will leave for her home tomorrow. Rev. J. H; West, the new pastor of Central Methodist church, will ar rive in Concord this afternoon on No. 46 and will occupy his pulpit tomor row. A. couple of Charlotte citizens went 'possum hunting in an automobile. They left the machine beside the road and went into the woods to chase the marsupials. When they returned some hours later tbe automobile was a pile of scrap iron and ashes hav ing been burned up. How the fire occurred they don't know. iiliren s feiiDii IS OUR SPECIALTY;! No two pairs of feet are exactly alike nor do any two. pairs develop alike. This explains why we carry to many"1' CHILDREN'S SHOES. We want to give eacH pair of LITTLE FEET Shoe so nearly made specially for them, that no possible harm can come to the CHILD'S feet. It means Styles, Widths, Lasts and Leathers in almost endless variety. - ' The child whose feet we fit from babyhood to maturity, will have well-formed feet, such at nature intended. '-. V Prices: 50c, 75c, $1.00 to $2.00. BRING OR SEND THE CHILDREN HERE TO BE FITTED. WITH TEX d But Library , . - -nsssaJ fcatW'ar XafsrasM Prytriaa. Owing to the critical illness of hit' father at Roek Hill, 8. (X, Rev. J. Walter Simpson, who ia at ak bed- ' side, will not be able to occupy feia pulpit here tomorrow, i Central lfatkadist. Rev. J. H. West, the new pastor of Central Methodist church, will aees. py that polpit tomorrow saoraiag and evening. Trinity KafamM Charca. 10:00 a. m, Sunday school; 11 K a. m., church service; 74)0 p. aa. Home Mission Day service by the Sunday school. This is an interest- ' ing service and we hope we nay hare a large audience. All Sainta EpiaooaaX November 19th, XXIII Sunday af ter Trinity. Services aa follows: Son day school, 10 a. m.; Holy commun ion and sermon, 11 a. m.; Evensong snd sermon, 7:30 p. m. W. H. BalL Rector. Fint Preebyterian Charca. Regular Services tomorrow at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m., conducted by pas tor; Sunday aebool at 3 p. m. Im portant congregational meeting after morning sermon for purpose of elect ing four additional deacon. . McKinnon Praspyteriaa Chorck. Services tomorrow at 11 a. m., eon ducted by Rev. L, M. Kersehner. First Baptist Church. Preaching service tomorrow at 11 a. mil and 7 p.m.; Sunday achool at 9:45 a. m. Epworth Methodist Rev. J. A. J. Farrington will preach at Epworth church Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Forest HOI Methodist. I There will be preaching at Forest Hill church tomorrow, night at 7V o'clock. No services in th morn ing. - '1