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VOL. XXII PHc 40 Crti a Mootn.
CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1911.
Sing Copy, Fir Cents. NO. 118
KO&FOIX-SOUTHZSX svu . .
: TO OOKB TO O0K00KD.
That Decided Upoav-4tGteChar
Writing T the Tint of Mr. E. C
Danean end Ex-Goveroor Ayeoek te
Charlofte to see. the people there in
extending th Norfolk-Southern from
Concord to that city, the Newt says:
The. News k authorised by them
to say that if tlx people of Charlotte
will provide a right of way inko the
ity and reasonable ait for depots
that thia road wiH eertainly be ex
tended to Charlotte without delay. '.
Mr. Danean ia vested with author
ity to apeak for tba Norfolk South
ern in thia matter and ba doaa not
hesitate to aay that tba road will be
extended to Vhis point if Charlotte
will meet tba conditions eat oat
above. - '. .
It baa already been decided to
build a connecting linka from a point
near Varina on tba San ford and Trov
railway, a distance of only about 20
miles. From Colon to Troy tba line
of the Sanford and Troy railway will
"ba used. Arrangements are now un
der, way for building a link from
Troy "through Albemarle, and Mt
Pleasant to Concord, a distance of
about 40 miles. It will ba teen from
tha foregoing that only about 60 miles
of new road will bare to be buik to
connect op all the roads mentioned
above and at tba earn time give the
Norfolk Southern a direct line from
Concord to Norfolk.
The conditions upon which it was
decided to extend the road through
Albemarle, Mt. Pleasant and Concord
waa that tack of these towns should
provide the right of way in said town
and ' reasonable "Bites for depots in
each town and tha road will be ex
tended to Charlotte if Charlotte will
meet the tame conditions, that is, give
the road a right of way into the city
and a suitable site for a depot. The
Norfolk Southern asks no bond is
sues to assist in building the road,
and it will secure its own right of
way ontaida of the elty. " :
The road mean busuiesb, k baa am
ple financial backing and proposes to
r Charlotte takes aay action in the
matter or not This much, ia alreadv
.definitely -end i iiocablr '. ait)edv
The only unsettled proposition ia as
THANgBOIYINO POEM.
The following little poem waa writ
ten for a little sister, to be used in
Thanksgiving exercises, and waa com
posed by Mr. David 8. Lippaid: J
Children who read and play,? :
This much I have-to say.: ' -;-Please
remember the tstb of November
Aa well aa the 16 to, ot December.
for this t our ThankMlvtnaf ds.r -
As ever? school boy una airl eaa aay
When we have our school rest
Then we alve roasted turkey a test
And with' this feast comes a throne '
Sweet potatoes not quite three feet Ions;
- Pumpkin euetards and opossum plea
Just look: only wltlh your eyes. . -
But friends as yea eat your flnV
Do you remember the poor across the
kltlT " . . .
Be kind, be true In this brlaht day
Bend them lots of thins on a tray.
Hew often We have done wrons.
We must not foraet the Song -As
we Journey on our way, .
For this Is Thaaksglvlnc Day...
Mans of Tbankigivug Dinner at Ho
; tel Marshall Tomorrow.- f; S
' A special six-course Thanksgiving
' dinner will be served at the Hotel
Marshall tomorrow. any time from
1 to 6 o'clock p. m., price 75 cents.
The following will be tha menu:
, Oyster Cock Tail , - ' Olives
Soup
v Consumme ' Ox Tail
. -, Fish, Sheephead Sauce.
"i Turkey
':" Cranberry ; Creamed Potatoes
Macaroni Potato Chow-Chow
Goose
Apple Sauce Candied Sweet Potatoes
Hweet nekie reeenee ...
" - ' ' Desert "" ' '" '
' Old English Plum Padding with Wine
- Sauce t . i
A la Marshall lee Cream : ' ' Cake
- Pumpkin Pie Nuta Coffee
Tea Coeoa : The Cineo
Beat ". ' Then Go .
Wilson-Betta.
- Dr. Q. D. Moose left yesterday af
ternoon for Orangeburg, 8.-C, to at
tend the marriage of Prof. C. K Betts
and Misa Salome Wilson, which took
eaco thia afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr.
stte waa formerly of Mt Pleasant
and is now superintendent of schools
at'Ouintman. Or. The bride is a
daughter of Rev. Mr. Wilson, for
merly pastor of the Lutheran church
at Salisbury, and is well known in
this section. .
Eartbquaka In Cuba.
Santiago de Cuba. Nov. 88. San
tiago was thrown into a panic early
today by an earthquake of unusual
intensity. No deaths or property loss,
however, have been, reported. ,
Eight pages today, and all of them
filled with good staff.
AT ITbU'l IEUKS.
Karrlafei af Mr. Latber WaaVUngtosi
to Mia Loala Oravan And Kr.
Arcbis riskac to Klai ray Polk.
A pre-nuptial event that will no
doabt prove one of the meat delight
ful and enjoyable events preceding
the Weddington-Craven wedding will
be aa elaborate wedding supper . at
the home of Ifr. and Mrs. K. U Cra
ven, parents of the bride-elect, this,
evening.' The guests will be Ifiaa
Loula Craven, Mr. L. A. Weddington,
Miss Mary Wiliiama, of Mooreaville,
Miss Mabel Trotter, of Charlotte,
Miss Frances Craven, Miss Little,
of Wadesboro, Mias Grace White,
Miss Catherine Goodson, Misses Zeta
and Bessie Caldwell, . Messrs. John
Weddington, Ernest and Clifford Por
ter, Carl Spears, Dr. Peeler and Ken
neth Trotter, of Charlotte, Mr. and
Mrs. B. E. Craven, of Greensboro, and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Craven, of
Statesville. v
Weddington-Oravtn.
An event that wilTbe of unusal in
terest to the large number of friends
of the contracting parties will be the
marriage tomorrow evening at 7:30
o'clock of Miss Loula Craven and
Mr. L. A. Weddington. The cere
mony will be performed at the home
of the bride 'a parents, Mr. and Mrs.
K. L. Craven, on West Depot street.
Miss Frances Craven, a sister ot the
bride-elect will be maid of honor and
Mr. John Weddington, a brother of
the groom, will be best man. Rev.
J. H. West, pastor of Central Meth-.
odist church, will perform the cere
mony. Immediately after the cere
mony the couple will leave on a bri
dal tour South,, their destination to
be kept a secret from their friends.
;: riahw-Polk . .
A mariae that will be of great in
terest to the people if Concord will be
solemnized at Charlotte this evening
when Miss Fay Polk will become the
bried of Mr. Archie Fisher. The cer
emony will be performed at the home
of the bride's father, Mr. William
Polk, at 7:30 o'clock and will be wit
nessed by relatives and "friends of
the young oouple,- Misa Ttuby Polk
will be maid of honor., and Mr. Julius
Fisher wilL.be beat man. .1 The cere
mony wiH be" performed by Bev. Dr.
Hulten, pastor of the First 'Baptist
church of Charlotte.
GEVEKAL NBWS.
Lata Items of Newt Prom Here, There
And Eoijwlieio. :
- Gilford Pinehot, personal and po
litical friend of Col. Theodore Roose
velt, in a speech in New York Tues
day night, eame out flat-footed for
United States Senator Robert M. La-
follette, of Wisconsin, as the neit Re
publican candidate for the presi
dency., "i 1 " , . .
It la announced in- New Tork that
Orville and Wilbur Wright have pur
chased one thousand acres of land at
Kitty Hawk, N. O, on which they
will establish a permanent aeroplane
testing ground.' The tract is compos
ed of giant sand dunes and wood
land..: - vwxV: 'i
President Taft'a third annual mes
sage, wnicb goes to -Congress Tues
day, will be devoted to the Vtrust
question. " The. message contains
front 5,000 to 0,000 words, ana, with
the exception or a lew references
in a general way to other, subjects,
will deal with the question of indus
trial combinations.
Whirled to Death in Cotton Gin
Shaft -
Newborn, Nov. 28. News was re
ceived here tonight of a horrible ac
cident whio h occurred at J. B. Lee ft
Sons', cotton gin at Arapahoe this
afternoon, in which one young man
lost his life and another, who tried
to save him waa badly injured.
In some, way James Bennett, the
20-year-old son of Ed. Bennett, of
that place, who was employed at the
gin, became entangled in the shafting
of the gin an t was whirled around lor
a number of, times. . , '
The engine was nrougni to a stand
still as soon as possible and the man
gled remains of the .' unfortunate
young man taken from the shafting.
Una ieg.was completely torn from
the body and the other , was barely
hanging. The young man lived for
about three-quarters of an hour ar-l
ter the accident. x v
Cold Thanksgiving is on Weather
' Another icy wind is swooping down
from the Northwest, the third one for
this month. - The weather man says
that the indications are that the mer
cury will drop to 24 by tomorrow
morning. '.',- . J.
So far the lowest temperature in
the wake 'of the wave baa been four
degrees below sero, at Sheridan, Wy
oming, Tuesday morning. ,The tem
perature has already started drop
ping, but the real cold is not expected
to arrive until tonight.
ELKS' MXM0UAL BEIVICB.
Te Be Eeld Next Buaday Oevernoi
' KitchU to Deliver Address. .
' The aanaai memorial exereisee of
the Elks' Ledge of Concord will be
held in the opera bona next Sunday
afternoon at 4 'clock. These exer
cises are always of a most interest
ing natnre, and thia year will be
especially so. . -
. Gov. W. W. Kitehin will deliver
the . address on this occasion. Gov.
Kitehin is an able and finished
speaker, and our people will be glad
to hear him. -They have beard him
several times before, but always on
political subjects.
, The music will be in charge of Miss
Mary Lewis Harris, and thia state
ment ia enough to insure that this
feature of the exereisee will be up
to the standard for these occasions.
The musie will be rendered by a mix
ed quartette composed of: Mrs. J.
B. Womble soprano, Mrs. H. L Wood
house contralto, Mr. Ed. Sherril
enhouse contralto, Mr. Ed. Sherrill
tenor and Mr. Lloyd McKay barri
tone. Messrs. R. E. Cline, T. F. Morrison
and A. T. Goodman compose the mu
sie committee and Messrs. Jno. M.
Oglesby, L. A. Bikle and H. D. Town
send the programme committee.
After the devotional exercises and
opening ceremonies a duet will be
sung, after which Bev. J. H. West
will lead in prayer.
The following are the officials of
the Elks' Lodge this year:
A. R. Howard, Exalted Ruler; M.
D. . Townaend, Esteemed Lading
Knight; Hugh Parka, Esteemed Loyal
Knight ; C. E. Correll, Esteemed Lec
turing Knight; R. E. Cline, Secre;-
tary; A. P. Qoodman, Treasurer;
Ernest Query, Esquire.
. Candidate For Hero Medal
Statesville, Nov. 28. D. L. Sutton,
a representative of the Carnegie hero
commission, is in Statesville invest
igating the ease of Robert Berkley,
who rescued a veteran well cleaner
from a well last fall. . It is believed
that, the commission will look with
favot on tha case) of Tonne Barklev.
James C.: Page, a "veteran well clean-;
er, of Statesville, and a Confederate
veteran,, was at work in a deep well
on the Berkley place east of town.
Ho gave the signal, for his helpers to
draw him out, but after a few rounds
of the winllass was made the weight
of the man was gone and it was real
ised that he had fallen back to the
bottom of the well. A Call for a vol
unteer to go down after him was
made and young Rodger Berkley re
sponded, waa let down into the well
and fastened a rope about Page, who
was in an unconscious condition. Page
was first drawn out and then Bark-
ley.. When Berkley reached the sur
face be reported gases in the well and
it was realised that it was the foul
air which had suffocated Page and
caused him to fall back. In the fall
Page was hurt about the head and he
remained unconscious for an hour or
longer after being brought from the
well Berkley waa only slightly af
fected by the gas m. ,
Utter Written By Beattis the Day
' Before Death.
Richmond. Va- Nov. 28. W. H.
Gates, non-sectarian, who took a deep
interest in Henry Cray Beattle, Jr.,
while he was in prison, today made
public a letter from Bcattie, post
marked 2 o'clock the morning of the
electrocution. The letter says in
part:
"So many things in the Bible yon
explained to me which I never under
stood before. I only hope and pray
that you will be able to enlighten
others, so that they may be prepared.
If I were free,, I -would ask for no
greater joy than to bring others to
God.",, .
It has been made to appear that
Champ Clark waa ; really Bryan's
choice for the nomination next year,
but only a few. days ago he turned
loose and lambasted the man from
Missouri to be beat the band. 'He's
agin Harmon, agin Underwood and
agin Wilson and agin Clark. Who is
he for Bryan T - It is one or tne
aueer things that a man thrice de
feated should even attempt to ouctaie
to the party what it should do. Even
Roosevelt, possessed of all the cheek
any one wants and more too, ia not
this bad. Greensboro Record. -
Charlotte needs a few more rail
roads to carry her crazy aldermen out
of town. They keep on playing poli
tics and besides filibustering to keep
from filling another vacancy, a row
lias been started over tha opening of
a street, where the aldermen want
one thing, the property holders sn
ot.', o". Charlotte's population should
by reduced by -rending some of her
aldermen to : China , 01 Hussia,
Green Record. , :'
Yon will find some comedy in the
Elngraph film at the Pastime Theatre
today. ' - .,
raSOVAX. MXHTXO. ' j
Soma af tha People Hera And Else
where Who Come And Go.
' Mrs. J. C Gibson ia spending the
day ia Charlotte.
Miss Myrtle Broom has gone to
Waxhaw to visit relatives.
Misa Dora Grier. of Fort MilL S.
C, is the guest of Miss Ashlyn Lowe.
1 Miss Marion Little, of Wadesboro,
is the guest of Miss Zeta Caldwell
Mrs. J. J. Laughlnhouse, of Ral
eigh, js the guest of Mrs. B. F. Rog
ers.
Mr. L. W. Brander has gone to
Richmond to spend Thanksgiving with
his mother.
Mias Florence Burkhead left this
morning for Norfolk to sprnd Thanks
ng with relatives.
I Miss Nell Pender, of Statesville,
will arrive tonight to visit Miss Ruth
Coltrane for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Maness will
spend tomorrow in Charlotte, the
guests of Mr. William J. Polk.
Misses Olivet and Constance Cline
will leave this afternoon for Mt. Ulla
to spend Thanksgiving with Miss
Minnie Miller.
'MWcs Marguerite and Louise Lud
low, of Winston-Salem, will arrive
(his. afternoon to visit their, sister.
Mrs. J. F. Cannon.
Mrs. J. A. White and little Miss
Mary Lee White, of Mooresville, are
visiting Misses Nicholson on Frank
lin avenue.
Mrs. D. A. Garrison, of Gastonia,
will spend Thanksgiving with the
family of her father, Mr.' D. B. Col
trane. , Mrs. Edward Cunningham, of Pine
rille, and Miss Ella Parks, of Wax
haw, are guests ef their brother, Mr.
J, G. Parks.
Miss Carrie Leaser and Mr. A.
Leaser, of Mooresville, will arrive
tonight to spend Thanksgiving with
Mrs. D. G. Caldwell. .
Mr, and Mrs. A. R. Johnson" of
Springfield, M04 "will arrive this af
iernoen - to visit , Mrs. ' Johnson's
brother, Mr. D; B. Coltrane... , , '
Miss Kennedy, of the faculty of
Randolph-Macon Institute at Dan
ville, Va., will arrive on No. 35 to
night to spend Thanksgiving day
with Mrs. N. A. Archibald. .
Miss Ha Thompson, of Salisbury,
who has bene visiting tier sister, Mrs.
A. Jones Yorke, left this morning for
Richmond to attend the Carolina-Vir
ginia game.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ridenhour left
this afternoon for Winston-Salem to
spend Thanksgiving with their daugh
ter, Miss Laura Ridenhour, of Salem
Female Academy.
Mrs. A. B. Young, Miss Liuie
Craige Young and Miss Mary Erwin
Young, of Davidson, and Miss Fran
ces Craige, of Columbia, Tenn., will
arrive tonight to visit Mrs. 'J. P. Al
lison. .
Mr. A. M. Gibson, who has been vis
iting his father, Mr. R. E. Gibson,
left last night for his home in Sway
nesboro, Ga. Mr. Gibson will stop
in Savannah to witness the automo
bile races.
Misses Margaret and Louise Sloan
and Netta Crowell, of Statesville,
Mrs. Ernest Miller and little -daugh.
ter of Mooresville, and Mrs. Coch
rane, of Norfolk, are visiting at the
home of Mr. U. U. fafka.
Mrs. E. J. Braswell has gone to
Charlotte to spend Thanksgiving with
her parents.. Mr. and Mrs. V. w,
Johnson. Misses Margaret Lents and
Kate Means will go to Charlotte this
afternoon to witness the Hurt from
the Golden West" as the guests of
Mrs. Braswell.
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MT. PIXABART RXWS,
Thankful For What About to Ke-eeJve-"Miai
Fsarlsss Company to
Be Repeated. A New Sign of
Rainy Personals.
Tomorrow we return thanks for the
manifold blessings of another year,
but for nothing are we more thank
ful, from a material view point, than
for the thankfulness we hope to ex
press next Thanksgiving day upon
the building of our railroads. Most
towns are thankful to get one road
and we are not depreciating a one
road proposition, not at all, a lot of
towns have just one but to get two
roads in a little bit ia a fit subject
for thanksgiving on a large scale. It
is neither jest nor fiction b)ut fact,
and nothing, can prevent na- getting
thse roads save business polities.
By special request the sparkling
comedy, "Miss Fearless and Com
pany," will play a return date at the
auditorium tomorrow night, Thurs
day. Thia comedy, by the splendidly
organized company of young ladies
of Mont Amoena Seminary, was giv
en here some time ago and waa ex
ceptionally well received. Those who
have not seen the play will have an
opportunity tomorrow night. The ad
mission fee, 15 cents for adults and
10 eents for children, will go to the
library fund of the Seminary.
Everybody believes in signs of
some kind or aonther. That is a
broad statement and there are those
who will deny it, but deep down
among tne wee finger feelings of eon
science the belief in a sign lies safe
ly snoozing. School teachers, that
they may emphasise modern thought
in our higher civilisation as well as
to completely divorce themselves
from anything that savors of the
dark ages, most strenuously combat
the sign idea. Yesterday, unexpect
edly, one of the best teachers broke
over, and not only expressed a be
lief in signs, but announced the dis
covery of a new sign. Rain signs
were under discussion: "I knew it
was going to rain,'.' he remarked,
because children had been so noisy
and restless U day. That's the kind
of decorum that proceeds rain; it
never fails." The professor, in ques
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C3. L PAGEIS :Q 60.
The Home of Good Merchandise.
tion has made a long leap forward,
in the sign eeienee in getting a way
from the moon. "
Mr. H. W. Mollis, who has been aa
gaged in the grocery business berm
for a year or so, sold oat hk steak
of goods at auction yesterday. H
will leave in a few days for Nov
lork, where be has accepted a
tion with a large contracting
psny.
The schools close today for Thanks
giving vacation. Many of the stu
dents will spend the short rest at
their homes. Work will be .resxuneel
Monday.
Mr. G. D. Moose left yesterday for
Orangeburg, 8. C, to attend ta
Betta-Wilson marriage. He will ba
best man to the groom.
The football team play their last
game tomorrow with Lenoir College)
at Hickory.
The young gentlemen of tne town
and community were given a most
enjoyable reception by the young la
dies of Mont Amoena Seminary Sat
urday night.
Miss Ella Moose spent a few day
in Charlotte last week.
Mrs. George Phillips, of Alton, HL,
is visiting her father, Mr. G. B. P.
Miller.
Mt. Pleasant, N. C, Nov. 29, Mil,
Leonard Held By Jury.
Thomasville, Nov. 28. After fif
teen minutes deliberation this after
noon the coroner's jury called to in
vestigate the mysterious killing ot
Charles Lee Everhart returned a ver-.
diet placing his death at the door of
Bob Leonard, his cousin. - Leonard
is held without bail on the charge ot
murder.
It appears to Coroner J. W. Pea
cock that the right man in the per
son of Robert Leonard has been se
cured, and hardly any doubt exists
in his mind as to his guilt, according
to the evidence which has already
come to the jury of inquest. Their
minds are practically a unit, as to
the guilt of the suspected man. Bee)
Leonard is 26 years old, has a wife
and two children, the youngest a bow
two' years old. .
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