VOL XXII Prk 40 Cents Moott.
CONCORD, N. C THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14. 191L
Sinfto Copy, Five Cents. NO. 130
JCZZTDTO OP B0A1D Of ' I MXT rOROITICS lUTLDDTa.
- 8EXXXAKT T1U8TSES.
Endorses Actio ef Ooauaulty.
Iwilnt to B Kssssms January 1
aaedal Bcsaioa sf Synod Asked
Far Other Xews Iteas.
Ths Board of Trustees of Hoot
iimtu Seminary met ban Tuesday
is celled session. Ths meeting waa
well , attended, every member who
ould And it convenient to ba here
waa present While it was called un
der moat unfortttnsta sireumataneea,
jet as optimistic spirit prevailed for
tbe future of tha institution. The
Board of Traataaa andaraad tba se
tioa of tba eitiaeas of tba community
is their efforts to cod tin oa tha pres
ent aeaaioB of tha school year. It
might ba stated just bars lest misap
prehension exist is tba Blinds of those
not fully informed aa to tha facta,
that tha aetion of tba people in mass
.meetings and through appointed com
mittees, did sot presume sell-oeiegau
d authority, bat Ware acting in as
emergency, in s crisis, until the
Board could meet and take action.
Tha work, interrupted by tha fire,
wilL' therefore, ba resumed January
2nd, with tha endorsement of tha
Board of Trustees. Tha Board also
.asked the proper authorities of the
Worth Utfouna E. U synod w eau
, special session of that body at tha
-earliest data possible, for tha pur
pose of discussing tha luture 01 the
school. The Board of Trustees did
not hava Dower to go beyond the
-work of tha present session.
The rteoole of this community are n.trA .v
t work with s will and determined The building coat $60,000 and was
that ia fast erystalising into bud- constructed by Joseph Saay ft Co,
etantial means for rebuilding tha in- contractors, of Goshen, Va.
. . a I 1 .Hkual
Sutuuou Dome nauusuuw iumvuit
tions, written in four figures, au dot- j0 Invwtiflkte wm "Hlfher TJp."
wri .rT.. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 14.-No
r with a number f others of no J Jury that ever met in
mean amounts. And tha work bai inot tMg . attracted attenyon tbat is
yet seen oegun. uow diiJjd in tha body that began its
?",lh! Jjld""! today. Specifically Fed-
r"1,8 r.. , - r 1 rB4i..; aral inquiry is as to whether or not
eynoa wun s aegree 01 P" 3 tb statute governing interstate trans
cannot be appreciated by those not p,,,, yuvmt baa been violat-
"JTT" m ,1 ed, but it is too general belief that
wtiera nave oeen ."" United States District Attorney Mil-S-STE
33 - " Produce evidence tending to
ui show the connection of many persons
single exception every younfr lady u miD opetions.of tba
wiU aniwer-t h name wksn-jworfc j&BlwaM,- -.
JSV " freely iiraulattoday
wawK " iT" . rLT ansVthis evidence, gathered wider the
the' Senfinarv building . burnesT- was J:. : , n-ilrr...,; mm "
the ne iBtasosl En?P Burns, Wf thsosntajlUng char-
xseto to Oat lots B
Assart January L Dsscrlyttom of
tha Ktsdanwa BBUdtsc
Oa or about Janasry 1, 1912, Post
master 1L 1. Bucbanas sad bis eorps
of elarks wiU mora into tba saw gov
ernment building, which will ba eonv
pletad by that time.
Tba new building ia of colonial
architecture and is mads of pressed
brick, stone and terra sotts. It. is
64x90 feet sad contains two en
trances, one st tba front oa South
Union street and one at tba aide. Tba
building is located on South Union
street on the lot adjoining Bt James
Lutheran church sad only 'a short
distance from the postoffles bow is
use.
The first floor eon tains s work
room 39 z. 60 feet, where tha mails
will ba made up and distributed, s
money order end postal savings bank
depository and the postmaster 'a of
fice. The main lobby on this floor
is 14 x 00. Ths floor of the lobby is
of marble sad tcrrssM and the walls
of ornamental plaster and cornices
with quartered oak wainseoating.
The basement contains a awing
rooom, furnished with a divan and
comfortable chairs, which will be ne
ed as s recreation room for the city
carriers when not on duty. The base
ment also,' contains dressing rooms,
storage and boiler rooms.
The 'building is equipped through
out with modern furniture, including
desks, mailing racks, filing cabinets,
etc., all of which are made of hand-
to pay for which the young Mdii
been giving "a number of 'enU
1 had
entertain-'
acter. No attempt 4s being-made by
the authonwts to obneeal 'tpeif pur-
ments. One of these was in progreasl fc nen ..higher npM
wKn hA fli sift rm was nven. .' I:, B . ,
-.7 rr T -Z ic. r loen rae ncnamaras oroinerg to jus-
The nAt JJJS tie by rayealing the existence of a
Course will tete.CoMdto 8yndiyft,Jof dyiamfters nation-wide
v,anei1 "rrizi v: scope., r ...
20tn. IMS IS one- 01 mo yory ua on.. .m.i. e .
sttraetions on ths road, and those Bi.u lj Jto of the InWnation
who, see it'willpe fa-Vwith a SbTol Std't
ireei seconu iu wk. "roci m
fall house and the management is
n50UP.ln"1 ?f .7 lu"V ident frank M. Ryan, of Indianapolis,
T rm ol !th. CoUegmte y. President E. A. Clancy
JL o Francisco, M.'J.j Young, 4
juarwu u, Boston, P. A. Cobley, of New Orleans,
tendance an4 good wort Jhe cadeto U g of E J, Hen-
are now looking forward to the com- , . . . v w
W?f ?T'.Ufrf- , . w of Peoria, J. T. Butler, of Niagara
The Ludwig Literary Society has FalIgi j. E Munsey, of Salt LakeCity,
posiponeu w "ri" W. Reddin. of Milwaukee - James
ecneauies lor nen wevn, u"i"
Coufdilin, of - Chicago Richard W.
Smith, of San Franeiscoi William
Shupe of Chicago.' P. J. , Smith, of
Cleveland, F E. Thomas; of Chicago,
R'-V. Pollman of Seattle. -D.. F.
th hurnimr of Mont Amoena Semin
ary, the debate will be held early
in thejnew year. - ' ' :
Mt-O. H. Lylerly,-of SaUsbury,
sua t nr. ttupiey o,, Dwyer, o Oakland, and Fred Sherman
Pleasant, have enrolled as cadets at lf -Tn,ianapolu
UV lUBMlUNt . .
air. i.uKe v.orzu.,,, - .... Boy rimnera Entertained.
puLher Company, of Charlotte, spent Washington, Dee. 12.-Twenty
mj h.r. stonmnff over on his yun(f fanners, whose ages range
way to Mobile, Ala.
Mrs, L. J. Foil is spending the day
in Concord.
Mrs. Rogers, of Coddle, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. W. S. Hartsell.
The borse to Cook $ Foil Co.'s
dray ran sway yesterday afternoon,
Knutine no little excitement. The
boy was on a trip when the horse
tumma friirhtened and started to
BftXSS ASD HTJSBAXD
AU C1UXLLT HUBDE&ES.
Clenlaad County ths 80ns sf OkssV
ly OrtsMTws Vecroas Arrested
Chaned With the Ortms.
Shelby, Dee, 13. Weltering is Hfe
blood which stained the garments of
the innocent month-old infant, who
slept unharmed st her breast, neigh-
bora this morning found the dead
body of Mrs. Jobs Dixon, a bride of
s year, and 100 yards away, ia bis
barn, discovered s few momenta la
ter, the horribly mutilated remains
of her husband. Aa axe served the
purpose of the murderers and the in
strument, covered with gruesome tell
tale evidence, waa found later in the
Dixon yard. Tonight officers arrest
ed John and Hack Ross, negro tea
ants of Mr. Dixon, charging them
with the double Tracks around
the premises that fit the peculiar hob
nailed shoes worn by tha negroes
their conflicting tales of th.-ir where
abouts this morning, and the further
fact that Mr. Dixon held chattel mort
gages on their crops and that they
had been beard to make threats
against him warranted the county of
ficials, according to their statement,
in holding them without bail. The
coroner continued the inquest begun
today until tomorrow and no verdict
was rendered. Talk of lynching is
free and trouble may follow the re
sult of the inquest.
Mr. and Mrs. Dixon were about 30
years old, wealthy and bocially prom
inent and the tragedy has stirred this
whole section. They lived in a hand
some country home ten miles from
Shelby.
' When neighbors reached the scene
this morning young Mr. Dixon, who
is only about 30 years old, was . ty
ing dead, face downward, at the barn
and his wife, with her twelve-months-old
babe by her aide, was dead in a
bloody bed in their sleeping room.
Drs. S. S. Royster and E. A. Houser
made the examination of the bodies
and testified that the husband came
to his death from a blow by s sharp
instrument, supposed to be an sxe, in
the left temple. His temple bone was
crushed in and s stream of blood
three feet lone coursed from his body.
Mrs. Dixon had a blow from a blunt
instrument in tha middle of the fore
head, deep fcasb from the blade 01
the axe in the same place and a
crushed temporal bone at her right
eye. An axe covered with blood is
the weapon used., Several human
hairs corresponding to Mr. Dixon's
hair were found on the axe. the phy
sicians say the fatal bruises fit the
poll of the axe.
Danville Has Big Fire.
Danville, Va., Dee. 13. One of the
most thrilling fires in a decade threat
ened Danville's best business block
tonight, destroyed three large three
story brick structures occupied by
merchants and required the utmost
efforts of the entire department for
over two hours to control. The dam
age is estimated at $125,000, practi
cally covered by insurance.
Various other properties and
stocks of roods are damaged by
smoke and water, but the chief de
struction was confined to the Boat-
wright Brothers printing and station
ery establishment, the Virginia Hard
ware company s three-story siore,
the Main street restaurant and the
Waddill Printing company. Other
threatened properties were saved by
intelligent work. '
from 12 to 17, are guests of the De
partment of Agricultnre. The boys
are the winners of the rewards offer
ed by the department for the best
showing of corn grown on acre plots.
They are all members of the Corn
Growers' Association of Illinois and
Southern States.
This afternoon the boys called on
Says
Carry
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, who
k tuflost no time in vacating presented them with departmental
bis seat for s safer position on moth- diplomas.
sr earth. . The horse made s bee line f? .u f onT
2 .1 T ri a tnrn- dent Taft and on Thursday will tell
oW Sly in front of the .tore the House Committee on Agriculture
!.ilnmolished. Tbe runaway I" how they did it." In the mean-
was brought to an abrupt end when tuns, accompanied by Agnoi
ha feU on the .
pavement av me vaoarru " 1
Bank, merely musing we our piaw
glass front.
Mt. Pleasant, Dec. 14, 1911.
Bale of Cotton Killed Fanner.
Statesville, Dee. 13. Adam C.
Troutman, s farmer living some miles
from Statesville, was so .badly crush
ed beneath s bale of cotton that be
died today. - Troutman and his son
' , 'J Ths Mats of John If.
Und and eea is dif-
' fnn tha everwdav matter of were hauling their cotton from a gin
- fact romance, especially iwben it takes and when within a half mile of home
in s shipwreeK ana a wmu a owe oa w no
with the waves, adrift on a reiti It is from the wagon and he was caught
s pretty story of hopes deferred, but beneath it. Tbe son released the fa-
- finally realised in s most unexpeeVed ther and with help carried, him to his
wsv "Tb,e mate Of John M.'' will borne, where efforts of physicians to
appear st The Theatorium today, save his life were In vain. He was
There ia so much that is picturesque 70 years old snd is survived by a
ad emotionally impressive about this large fanuly,
; it nil hahlirhlv aiwreaoi-l "
; 7;tawH. , - VH out Penny OoJumn-n Pays.
That President Cannot
Indiana.
Washington Herald, 13th.
A political sensation, following the
harmonious session of the Republican
National Committee, was sprung last
niirht when Republican State Chair
man Lee, of Indiana, and former Sen
ator Beveridge's lieutenant, issued a
formal statement that President latt
could not carry Indiana. His asser
tion was instantly met by an emphatic
denial from National Committeeman
Harry S. New, who added that Mr.
Lee's attitude was inspired by pre
iudica. The fact that the Republican
State chairman was willing to openly
aritagoniie the President, following
the similar position of Republican
State Chairman Brown, of Ohio, nev
ertheless led to much comment.
Honor Memory of First President.
Alexandria, Va., Dec. 14. In ac
MrdiuiM with an annual custom a del
egation from the Masonic lodge of
Fredericksburg, Vs., visited Mount
Vernon today and placed a wreath of
flowers on the tomb or Washington,
in commemoration of the Anniver
sary of the deaib of tbe first pres
ident. ,
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For International Peace
Washlnarton. Dec. 14. The board
at trustees of the Carnegie endow
ment for international peaoj ;neki its
annual meeting in the, capital today
Tha annual report .of the, executive
committee was received Snd plans
discussed for the future work of the
organisation.
4 ,'
FEKHOH WA1XAJTTI BZU.
BssU Class' Visit to Ue OU Sol
osiers And tha Widows of Sol
diers. The State of North Carolina acted
8aata this morning to the Confeder
ate veterans and widows of Confed
erate veterans whe are without
aa sbuudanee of tbia world's goods,
by ending tbe sum of 18,088 to Clerk
of Court M. L. Wideabouae to bs dis
tributed among those that are oa
tbe pension bat from tbia county. The
following is a bat of ths pensioners
sad the classes they are ia, those ia
tbe second elaaa receive 96, third 148
sad fourth $30, widows 30:
Beeotid class: u. u Kiaer, John a.
Moose and Jacob Simpson. 8.
Third class: T. R. Alexander, G.
P. Austin, Cyrus D. Alexander, E. H.
JJowelL James O. Leslie and John
Lowry. 8. -
Fourth class: Cyrus W. Allman.
W. p. Baas, John R, Benfleld. Colunv
Blackwelder, David M. Black-
welder, Nelson T. Blackwelder, D. R,
Bradford, James H. Bradley, J. C.
Brumley, D. Green Barringer, W. R,
Blackwelder John A. Barrier, J. M.
Bernhardt, Henry J. Blue, James N.
Drown, Bailee Andrews, S. L. Carroll,
A J. Cashion, Samuel Coble, D. M.
Cress, P. A. Cress, W. H. Clay, Jacob
A, Cline, J. W. Clark William Coley,
W. A. Coleman, W. A. Davis, A. L.
Demarcus, Levi T. Earnhardt, P. A.
Faggart, James A. Freeman, H. C.
Freeman, B. S. Gray, Jr., B. 8. Gray,
Br, M. A. uoodman, J. L. Hartsell,
A. JL Hinson, James M. Hartsell,
E. J. Hill, M. H. Honeyentt, N. W.
Honeycutt, David Huff, William Hun-
sneker, John W. Herron, Crawford
Holsouser, Joel A. Hegler, H. W.
Iaanhour, H. V. Johnson, John H.
Joyner, James C. Kesler, O. V.
Ifooney, Harrison Miller, Q. A. Mis
snheimer, C. B. Muse, John M. Mil
ler, .A. D. Melton, John M. Perkins,
Solomon Plummer, John A. Propst,
George Rice, A. W. Ridenhour, James
Russell, John P. Robinson, T. C.
Sloan, M. 0. Sherrill, M. O. Spears,
Jackson Stancil, George Stamper, J.
H. Stamper, Daniel Stiller, G. R.
Sutber, G. R. Swink, John Stancil,
Alexander Safrit, James Seaborn, W.
M. Small, Alexander Shoe, J. F, Stire
WS1L.W. F. Talbirt, H. M, Troutman,
jW.' M. Talley, B. F. Taylor, W, "A.
Thompson, Tobias Weaver, J. A.
Walter and J. L. Walker. 86.
Widows: Mesdames Margaret All-
man, Catherine Bernhardt, A. C. Bar
rier, Elizabeth P. Byrd, Sophia Black
welder, Melinda Blackwelder, Caro
line Boger, Martha J. Burleyson, M.
E. Bass, Ceny A. Barbee, Mary
Blackwelder, M. J. Bernhardt, Es
ther Brafford, Margaret Carriker,
Eliza Cassle, S. J. Cleaver, Sarah H.
Cress, Mary C. Campbell, Mary E.
Cope, Margaret C. Crowell, Margaret
Cranford, Elisa J. Easley, Eunice
Edgerton, Joicy Eudy, D. S. Edwin,
Martha J. Eury, Margaret Faggart,
Annie Fisher, Janme M. Foil, Caroline
Griflin Mary Ann Gourley, Margaret
A. Green, Elizabeth Hegler, S. M.
Hartsell, Nellie Honeycutt, Annie
Hopkins, iMlartba P. Murphy, E.
Hartsell, Sarah Honbarger, Mary
Hopkins, Mary M. Isenhour. Ema-
line Lowder, Martha P. Murphy, E
Morgan, Margaret A. Myers, A.
M. Murr,' Martha Ann Overcash, Sa
rah Parker, Mary Pennington, F. R.
Plyler, Frances I. Pharr, M. C. S,
Safrit, Julian Safrit, Christina Sides,
C. E. Stowe, R. A. E. Shinn, Mary A.
Smith, Margaret Suther, Catherine
Shoe Elizabeth Smith, Lucinda Swar-
ingen, Mary Troutman, Esther A
Troutman, M. F. Trull. Julia Upright,
Ehzageth Ann Woodall, Elizabeth M.
Williams and Barbra M. Yost. 68,
la wnrxcorr
HAS A 0L08B CALL.
Vegrs at Oouaty Heme Whoa Hs
Had DisdnUasd Saape Ou st
Hia.
A few dsys ago it became neces
sary for Mr. Ira Wineeoff, keeper of
the County Home, to discipline one
of the inmates for misbehavior, a
young negro named George Parks.
Thinking it waa all over Mr. Wine
eoff paid no more attention to the
matter. Bnt the negro, the next day,
went over to Mr. Chas. Crenshaw 'a
and told him hia father-in-law, Mr.
James Fink, who is employed by Mr.
Wineeoff st the Home, wanted to
borrow bis guu to go bunting. Mr.
Crenshaw gave bin gun to the negro,
who took it back to tbe Home, and
hid it in a straw stack behind the
barn.
When Mr. Wineeoff came in from
ploughing and was unharnessing tbe
horses st the bara ths negro went
behind the barn, got tbe gun, slipped
around the aids f the barn and
pointed and cocked it at Mr. Wine
eoff twice. Just st this time the ne
gro who works on the farm accident
ally came between the gun and Mr.
Wineeoff. The negro not wishing to
shoot the hired man, waited for an
other chance. Mr. Wineeoff, leaving
the bara at that time, escaped being
killed.
Sheriff Honeycutt went out Mon
day and got the negro and placed him
in jail to await the next term of
court.
Small Firs at Albemarle.
Albemarle, Dec. 13. There came
very near being a serious Are in thie
place last night in the plant of tbe Al
bemarle Mantel Co. Fire caught in
some trash in ths engine-room and was
making great beadway iwhen discov
ered. The discovery was very time
ly, for had a few minutes more elap
sed before it waa found out, the en
tire plant would have been .destroyed.
As it was, however, there was not any
great damage done, and this was cov
ered by insurance.
It is not worth while now to ad
vise folks to keep cool; the weather
man will see to that.
SEEXIJra A FABDOX '
rot WB3TS03L
Man Whe Becaaed And Was tMas
Aa Exaaxplary Ufa.
Raleigh, Dec 13. Lieutenant Gotv
ernor W. C. New land ia makiaa;
special effort to iadoee Gov era as
Kitchia to grant a pardon for T. B
Whiteon, who thirty years ago was
charged with ths murder of a ataa
named Kitburg, waa later convicted
and is now serving aenteaee under re
markable circumstances. T. B. Wait
son snd his brother, Will Whitaoa,
were convicted of the murder aad
sentenced to bs hanged and Gov asses
Carr commuted to life imprisonment.
Two years later T. B. Whiteon eeeaaw
ed and fled the Stole aad Will Whit
son was pardoned after three years
service.
T. B. Whitaoa located ia Kentucky
when he escaped and prospered, lead
ing an exemplary life and raising aa.
interesting family. He became ca
pe rintendent of s Sunday aehooL Tba
congregation became involved ia a
factional fight regarding their pas
tor, one faction insisting .that he was
insane and tbe other, led by T. B.
Whiteon, insisting that bs wss not.
The minister waa committed to aa
asylum. Whitson gave bond for bis
eare and took him to hia home. The
leader of tbe other faction set about
to undermine Whitson, found out hia
North Carolina record, reported him
to the State's prison authorities aad
brought about bis return to North
Carolina and re-commitment to tba,
prison. He is now on the State fans
in Halifax where he has been sine
last March.
It was Governor Newland who pros
ecuted Whitson as solicitor when as
wsa convicted many years ago. Now
he is seeking the pardon and county
authorities and the people generally
are represented to be urging the par
don, which may be granted at say
time now.
Ensign Young Exonerated.
Washington, Dec. 13. The Navy
Department today exorerated Ensign
R. S. Young, of Concord, of the charg
es preferred against him for deserting
his post last summer.
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Programme of North Carolina Day at
the Graded School, Friday, 15th.
Song, "Ho for Carolina."
"Holding a North Carolina Calf,"
recitation.
"The Cotton Industry of North
Carolina," an essay.
"The Old North State," a recita
tion.
"North Carolina Poets," an essay.
Song, "United."
"North Carolina's Part in the Rev
olution,' an essay.
"October, a recitation.
"North Carolina's Part in the
Civil War," an essay.
"Carolina," a recitation.
"The Cabarrus Black Boys," an
essay.
Debate. "Resolved, That the lu
ture of North Carolina Depends More
Upon Agriculture Than Upon Menu
factunnsr.V
The exercises will be conducted by
the Philomathean and the Lents Lit
orary Societies. They will begin
promntlv nt eleven-thirty and the
public is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Brown and
Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Brown will
entertain on the evening of December
19, from 8 to 10 o'clock in honor of
Miss Grace Brows and Mr. K. t. ban
ders, who are to bs married on the
21st. -
From Santa Claus at Concord's
Great Christmas Store.
You will find thousands of useful gifts In Dry Goods,
Notions, Millinery, Clothing, Men's Furnishings,
Shoes, Groceries and China ware.
10 Days' Doll Sale.
FRIDAY MORNING We will put on sale the Largest and
Best line of Dolls ever shown in Concord. On display ia
the Dry Goods Department you will find every Doll the
very best of its kind and the price will be less than other
stores.
China and Bisque Dolls undcrpriced.lc to 25e
Dressed Dolls underpriced $ to Sic
Jointed Dolls Sc to $1.(8
Kid Baby Dolls underpriced T lotto SMS
This Doll Sale will last udtil all are sold. '
E3.L. PARKS 3 GO.
The Home of Good Merchandise.