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If!! WA VOL XXII Wm o cnt a Uoota. CONCX)RDf N. C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1911. s-7r. cti. NO. 133 r 1 national oojrvxsnoH or TH ANTI-SALOON LEAQTTB. A Omi KmUm la Washington. -Mr. Umberger OKrni Hit top- ate ef It, Mr. Editor: I nave had three days of feasting on good thing v. not all for the palat and stomach, bat large quantity for the mind and heart - As a delicate to the National Coo Tantion of th Anti-Saloon League, I htve nt with tbo moat cosmopolitan ' exowd in my experience. ' Too week's work reached ita eli . mai Uat night in a bauqo'. where ' between foor and 1t hundred repre asntativs eitisea, including 'Gorer-I aors, ex-Governors, Judges, Senators,, angraman, Bishops, D. Da, 1L Da aad Ph. Da, ministers, business men, ladio and gentlemen, from thirty nins Btatea mat, toasted and roasted, i Howard H. Russell, D. Dt, waa master of ceremonies. Rousing good speeeh aa wera mada by Senator Owen, of Oklahoma; Monia Shepherd, Con gressman from Texas; ex-Governor-nor Hanley, of Indiana; George Stu . tot, of Tennessee; Bishop Wilson; Senator Curtias, of Kansas, and oar; v splendid and handsome Congressman Webb, of North Carolina, who made good aa usual. There wera seventeen in the North Carolina delegation at tjie banquet, including oar Congress man Doaghtoa. The meetings regular daring the week were presided over by Biahop Lather B. Wilson. The meeting today with the banquet as a forerunner, waa in answer to call for national conference to consider the growing evils of the interstate liquor traffic This call waa initiated by the Anti-Saloon League, and sign ed by many Governors, United States Senators, fifty Representatives, many Judges, Attorney-Generals, Bishops, and eitiiens of affairs all over the' United States. At the meeting today Governor Mann, of Virginia, presided. Secre taries and other officers, speakers, V ota, wera men ' from California to Mains, and from the Lakes to the Gulf. Among them I would mention Judge Blair, who won fame in the prosecution of vote-sellers in Adams eounty, Ohio, recently, where he dis franchised 1900 voters. Ex-Governor ... Hanley, who stated that "The time - has eonavfoav throwing aside all ties, of political parties when they refuse to respond to the will of the people on the liquor question. There are now eight States which have state-wide prohibition, and over half of the United 8tates is dry by local option, yet the Federal Government continues to issue licenses in this territory, thus acting in aeeord with the saloon in terests. Senator ' Curtiss stated "(he question of interstate commerce in liquor bad been before the public for fifteen years, and 'twas time to strike the last blow. We want a bill - which will give the authorities of :. prohibition States the power to set against liquor as soon as it crosses the . 8tata line." Representative Shepherd, of Texas, said: "Even the opponents of prohibition admit inai it is plainly wrong not to give a sov ereign State the power to atop ship ments of liquor from other Ststes, when it has prohibited ita manufae ture and sale in that State." P. A. Baker, of Ohio, originator of the Anti-Saloon League, was prominent in the work,' and has a new organiza tion now to launch, "The Men of To morrow," a splendid plan to train tha youngster. The Oklahoma dele- gationNras conspicuous being com posed1 of talented men, such at Attor- vey .'-1). Uameron, senator uore, vr. i iWilev-eto. -Wi' : -,;. Jh- K The beat talent and laymen diseuss- ad alTday the prospective bill, desir- ing of course to frame it to stand the ' teat' of Suoreme Court rulings, and one which w eould all endorse, after which we will present it on Capitol ' Hill and set behind it, pounding, ' pounding by every fair means until it ia annroved. If -the present Congress can't ap ? prove it because it grates on their , nerves, in time, wt will sleet a Con- ... grsas who wui see u in aaoiner ugus. , Tha ririit will prevail. : ; . ' Finally, wa through our business ' committee, appointed a committee of tea most capable attorneys, stsies men and the like, to form the bill to " conform to the ideas expressed, which we in tarn, with friends of a square deal throughout our country, will np- hold., Tha proper steps to present "Vv same to Congress were taken, t The League at this meeting receiv ad stacks of resolutions of endoree- ' mania from practically every church ' - and church organization in the eoun 'v try," and twenty-aii societies, lodges, nnrnni nations, etc. i-.'i vr:'- ''t- , One conspicuous and V gratifying f mint to me. was the large represent- -stioh from ths Sooth, and the fre- quest references to our section's he-, eomplishments and movements. The orchestra at the banquet received sp- 1 planes only when playing Southern We 'were entertained one evening - by Mrs. Blain's "Colombia Girls a play illustrative of the progress of temperance. This waa fine, and ia it too Booth and Southern tones, set to appropriate words, wars cheered to the echo. Don't fail to see and bear the "Columbia Girla." : ; I trust that the action of this na tional gatherinf will be approved. by all the good people ia Cabarrus, and North Carolina, and whatever bUl ia . i . i : ; . r ii presented by tiua eomnuttee, it will be poshed by your influence. -Ton should take a stand qa this question, if yon have not Tha whiskey elenssat has every gambler, anarchist, kidnapper . and dangerous eitisea-you don't want to stand with them, yet, that is where yoaareifyoa play "hands off." Ja our .State wo bav goaa about aa tar as possible as long as Uncle Same remains guardian to the whis key business. Let's get him to take his protecting hands off of such a vil lian, and leave him to ns. Tours truly, B. L. UMBEBGEE, "The Tklef" at Bpartanburg. ' "The Thief," which will be pre sented at tha Concord opera bouse to night, waa played in Spartanburg recently, and the Journal says of it: Two houses say "The Thief" pre sented at Harris theatre yesterday, and each voiced its vigorous approval of the production and of the troop which ia presenting it The play ia by no means of ordinary or conven tional nature. Much praise is deserved by the company which presented the play here yesterday. Raymond, the griev ed father, and Fernand, the son, as portrayed by Messrs. Bennet and Sel msn, were highly satisfactory. Both parta demanded the utmost reserve and yet a world of feeling: The same might be said of the part of Isabella. . But the brunt of the tragedy falls upon Miss Ketchnm and Mr. Harvey as Mariae and Richard. Their work waa of the beet order. Miss Ketchum held the audience almost breathless daring her confession in the second act. Again it may be said that the play is a remarkable ona, and the troop well balanced. Like the Duel, ' a French translation which took this country by storm several years ago, it ia pnsely a problem pUyf and tt-ia the best of its kind seen here in many a day. Dead Whits Infant Found. Salisbury, Dec. 16. The dead body of a white boy baby, fully developed and apparently two or three days old, was found this morning about 10 o'clock in a field near Livingstone College. The child wss wrapped in old pieces of cloth and bad evidently not been at the place found long and had hardly been dead longer than a day. It was found by Lovey Har grave, a negro boy. Officers placed the little baby in charge of Eveline Bernhardt, an old colored woman who lives nearby, and it will be kept at her house until tomorrow morn ing when Coroner West, who is out of the city today, will hold an in quest. The mother of the child is unknown to the officers. An investi gation will be made. - Gibson Mil Items. , Mr. William Roland died Monday night at the home of his son. Mr. Sam Roland, on Allison street, was buried at Oakwood cemetery Tuesday at three o clock. Mr. Charles Johnston, of Mount Pleasant, has a position at the Gib son mill - . Mr. Fred Howell, electrician at Locke cotton milL who fall from a ladden an! sustained some bruises, is improving rapidly. ' Dr. Marsh is having his building on McGill street made lower, when it will be ready for rent. The Gibson mill ia running at night and by so doing the employes are expecting a good rest at Christ mas., i 'j-. - -' -Ji i ";, Negro Woman XOlsd In Kowan. Salisbury. Dec 16. A negro festi val, plenty of boose, rasors, cards and the killing of Lucy Hobson by Jim Bernhardt characterised a gath ering at Bear Poplar, Rowan eounty, last night The festival was a typical one and ended in the Usual way when Bernhardt fired a load i of shot through the Hobson' woman, because, it' is said, shs would not dance with him. Bernhardt was landed in jail to await trial.-a j j; A,, M-f . It is stated that Bob Leonard, who is in jail at Lexington on the charge of killing Charles Everhart, of Thom asville, about two weeks ago, is rap idly declining in physical force and it seems thst he will not live till court convenes, which will be in Feb ruary. - , :L A thrilling railroad story, based on s recent happening in the West, "The Express Envelope" will be on th. programme at the Pastime Thea tre today. ' jTOKFOLX SOUTHERN TO CHAJLLOTTS VIA 0OK0OSO. Norfolk SonUera Deddes to Sails' Line at Oace. Daacaa Confirms leporta. The following special in today's Charlotte Observer will be of much interest bare: Washington, Dee. 17. The Obser ver, correspondent waa told today on trustworthy authority that the direc tors of the Norfolk Southern Rail road bad decided to connect at the earliest possible date with Charlotte. This news eomes from New York, where a number of prominent men connected with the road met within the last day or two.. Work will be gin soon. The road to Charlotte will run from Raleigh to Fuquay Springs on the Raleigh ft Southport, and thence to Colon, on the Seaboaid, and to Troy, on the Asheboro ft Aberdeen, and terminus of the Durham and Char lotte. From Troy a track will be built to Concord. By going to Charlotte the Norfolk Southern will connect with the South ern Railway. Before it reaches there it will cross the Seaboard and Atlant ic Coast Line. The correspondent's informant, as to the purpose of the Norfolk South ern to go immediately to Charlotte, constructing the necessary lines, thinks that the Rockefeller interests, which own the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound road, connecting Chica go and the Pacific eoast, are behind the Norfolk Southern. Confirmed by E. 0. Duncan. Raleigh, Dec. 17. E. C. Duncan, a Norfolk Southern Railroad director, who is engineering the great exten sions of this system, including the Raleigh to Concord and Charlotte through line, was seen tonight and confirmed the reports that definite efforts are on foot for not only the Raleigh-Concord line but also for the building of the road right on from Concord to Charlotte as well. He says the final arrangements have not been perfected for the immediate construc tion of the Concord-Charlotte section of the proposed road, but there is the highest degree of assurance that this will be the outcome, and that the Raleigh-Coneord and Charlotte con nections will be put through without interruption. ' Harrisburg Happenings. It it with extreme pleasure that we announce to the friends of Col. W. Ed. Harris that the Colonel now re sides in the city that bears his name and any one wanting to know the very latest news will find the afore mentioned Colonel at his beautiful residence on Taylor street. Harrisburg is undoubtedly the happiest place on earth, just for to day at least, for one last night four hearts were made to beat as two, and James Plott no longer gets his breakfast in bachelor quarters ss his monotony has been broken up by Miss Dena Lefler now Mrs. Plott. The other couple was Mr. Roacoe Auten and Miss Anna Belle Smith. No sickness to report at this time. Mr. Dick McEachern has had his last chill and is feeling like he will not be bothered soon. When young men drive twenty-six miles to see young girls there is evi dently some charity in the deal, but such a drive was taken last night by Dwight Morrison and Zeke Howie. Rot. W. P. McGhee in Extremis. A message was received from Char lotte this morning stating that Rev. W, , P. McGhee, formerly pastor of Concord circuit, who wss taken from his home to a hospital in Charlotte several days ago seriously ill, was very much worse and that the attend ing physician had given up hope of Us recovery. This will be sad news to Mr. McGhee t many friends in Concord and Cabarrus. Christmas Exercises at Locust On Saturday night, December 28, Christmas exercises and a tree : will be given by the Sunday school of the Presbyterian church at Locust. Ex ercises beginning promptly at six o'clock. Anyone outside of the Sun day school who wishes msy put pres ents on the tree msy do so if brought not later than 5:30 o'clock. Every, body invited to be present. ; ' Will Shoot Firecrackers. ! The ordinance against shooting firecrackers in the city limits has Men suspended by the board during the time between 8 o'clock and mid night Saturday night -and from sun rise to midnight Monday, - Mr. Coble Goes to High Point Mr. R. F. Coble will leave tonight for High Point, where he bas accept ed a position as superintendent of lf the Pickett Cotton Mill, a large new mill recently constructed there. "The Thief" st the opera house tonight 1 . AIL DOVBT IS EEMOVED. Evidence as to OviUf sVeas Negroes Now Consists.' -Special 'to Charlotte Observer. Shelby, Dee. 17. Bert Gardner is the last negro to be arrested in con nection with the doable murder of Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, the promi nent Cleveland eounhi farmers. Gard ner is in jail here, being held as a material witness against the Ross negroes, John and Will, who are held in the Gastonia jail, and Hack, who rests for safe keeping in the Char lotte tombs, as suspects of the dast ardly murder. - . Gardner voluntarily, old his neigh bors shortly after tkt sffsir that he beard John and Heclf Ross planning the killing at a .seT shacking st Mark Beam's three ,br four weeks ago. As soon as the officers beard of this evidence, they-beeught Gardner here as a material 'witness in the prosecution. He .is'vsa old negro, well thought of in silie community and much will rest ojt his testimony. Gardner ssys Joan sad Hack Rxms had their heads close together and wrre talking in an undertone about Mr. Dixon taking tbeir mule and meat, and they made the threat that Mr. Dixon would not live until Christmas. When this conversation was beard, the crowd, at the corn shucking was gone an the Roes ne groes did not know Gardner was near enough to hear them. 1 Gardner says he would have told s before this, but that Hack is a talkative negro and he did not put. ary faith in the threat. f ' Sheriff D. D. Wil$ins returned from Gastonia this' morning. He says there has beeii nb further con cession on the part of the negroes, but that each one claims that the other two committed die deed. The prisoners will be kept away until court convenes. It i thought that Governor Kitchin wilt name Judge ,J. L. Webb to preside? over the spe cial term of court as be is at home on a vacation lasting iintil January 15. : Centenary of Noted Merchant. New York, Dec. 18. 9Pho diy good trade in 'ihe toetropolia joined today in a suitable observance of the cen tetnarv of the birth t Horace B. ClafUu, one of " tb .freateBtr mer chant Amenta ever produced. Mr. Claflui was born in Milford, Mass., December 18, 1811, and engaged when boy in the di"y goods 'business, r rom humble beginning has business grew to the largest in .the country. The argairifcatSon which he perfected is still one of the largest in the worm and its sales in a single year have ag gregated more than $75,000,000. Mr. Clafljn's claim, to fame rests largely upon his shrewd financing during the panwe that oisturDea in ou-siuess world during Vhe greater portion of his life. He not only weathered ev ery panic, but his financial stability supported the largest menwumie en terprise in the country. $260,000 For Resort at Waynesville Has Already Been Secured. Evancelist George R. Stuart says that practically $250,000 has been ra:sed for the aumemr resort which the Laymen's Missionary Movement is to establish at Waynesville, and re- Dorbel fin progress in, the preumi- narv steps. Quite a number, of Gieeneboro people are intere ted in this resort, pledging $10,000 in Aocn at a banquet held there last summer, at which Mr. Stuart, with several others, were eoeeeoi. One thousand acres nave Dene pur chased on which to build the resort, which will be one of the finest of its kind in the Souli'h. A lake five miles in circumference is to be built. Mr1. Stewart said that the bottom of this lake would be 000 feci higher than the highest church steeple in Aslie ville. Eighty Millions for Good Roads. Washington, D. C, Dec. 18. Ex actly $80,000,000 is proposed to be ap propriated by Congress during the next five years under a Mil lntrodiwnu today by rcfmesentattve Prouty, of Iowa,' who advocates nation :U ami State co-operation in road oonstnze tioi, and maintoi-enee. He proposed that Con green appropriate and appor tion among the various state- $V 000.000 in 1912: $10,000,000 in ltf: $15,000,000 in 1914 ; $20,000,000 in 1915, and $30,000,000 in 1010. The Federal expenditure m each road is Routed to one hn too total cost. Dr-Abbott About Seventy-Five, Now York,- Dec. 18. Dr. Lyman Abbott, the noted clergyman, author and editor, received many oongraW lations today on tas eventy-sxxty birthdav anniversary. J)r. ' Abbott was born in Koxoury, tpAaea., Decem ber 18, 1835. Roosevelt says he is not going to endorse Taft or anybody elese next himself. Looks as if the Republicans might just as well disband. , PERSONAL MENTION. noma of tao People Hare And Else where Who Dome Aad Oo. Miss Lena Leslie is soendinir the day in Charlotte. Miss Mabel Mesne is spending- the day ia Charlotte. Mrs. T. D. Msness is snendine the dsy in Charlotte. Mrs. J. S. Lafferty ia spendine the day in Charlotte. Mr. M. B. Stickley has gone to Ral eigh on professional business. Mrs. C. T. Troy spent yesterdav in Thotnasville with relatives. Mr. Walter Lambuth, of Charlotte. was a visitor in the city yesterday. Miss Bruce Landis, of Marion, will arrive Friday to visit Mrs. Parks M. Lafferty. Mrs. W. L. Robinson is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Shields, in Charlotte. Mr. Wright Tucker, of the Univer sity of Maryland, is nt home for the holidays. Mr. M. E. Nathan, of Charlotte, is a business visitor in the city to day. Mesdames J. F. Qoodson and H. B. Hopkins are spending the day in Charlotte. Miss Leitha Bruton and Miss Pau line Stratford spent yesterday in Sal isbury with friends. Mr. J. Locke Erwin has returned frrm an extended business trip to Southern and Western cities. Miss Myrtle Broom has returned from Waxhaw, where she has been visiting relatives for several weeks. Dr 0. A. Misonhoimer and Mr. Jay Misenheimer spent yesterday in the city with Dr. Misen'ieiruer s mother. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ramsaur and Miss Marguerite Brown witnessed "Naughty Marietta" in Charlotte Saturday night. Miss Catherine Goodson has re turned from Charlotte, where she has been visiting Miss Jesse Buchanan for several days. Mrs. Fred Barkley and Miss Blanche Gray, of Gastonia, arrived this morning to attend the Sanders Brown wedding Thursday night. Miss Sallie Cox arrived Saturday from Davenport College to spend the holidays at the home of her father, Rev. D. C. Cox, in No. 5 township. Mr. William Fctzer, of the faculty of Fishburne Military School, and Mr. Nevin Fetzer, of A. and M. Col lege, Raleigh, are at home for the hol idays. Mr. Hope Bonds will arrive Thurs day from Lenoir College to spend the holidays at the home of his father, Mr. D. C. Bonds, in No. 2 town ship. Miss Pauline Davis, who has been visiting Mrs. Gowan Dusenbery, re turned this morning to her home in Charlotte." Miss Davis was accom pained by Mrs. Dusenbery. Mrs. Sallie Mills, of Rock Hill, S. C, arrived this morning to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Simpson. She was accompanied by Master Robert Simpson, who has been visiting there for some time. Every wife, every husband, every lover, every sweetheart in every city in the country should see the tmer, which parades the endeavors of a wife to please her husband and to hold his love by stealing large sums of money with which to buy hats and gowns. The liner, comes to tne opera house here tonight, , or unrr-onH s CKMCKINQ JCCOUKt vnu rai rowr , rov hup wtcfs- UT TO HAH 0 VAtvr rr duoun . Mtocn rttirarf. Ifl 4 MOUtthvtD , jceoeMT o rot tVUKIM-TWOiU CONCORD NATIONAL BANS. Capital flOO.000. : Bnrnlas f 33,000. 4 Per Cent Interest Paid oa Time I voposnn. ft g i Mesdames Brews to Entertain To morrow Evening. The following invitations have been issued. Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Brown Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Brown at home December Ninet enth Nineteen hundred and eleven Eight to ten Two hundred and one South Union Street. Miss Grace Brown Mr. R. S. Sanders Coggin-DcMarcus. The following marriage invitations have been issued: Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo DeMareus request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Bertha to Mr. Nissen H. Coggins on Saturday afternoon, December the twenty-third Nineteen hundred and eleven at five o'clock at home Kannapolis, North Carolina. Grier-Cross. The following invitations have been received here: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burdett Cross invite you to be present nt the marriage of their daughter Virginia Lucile to Mr. William Presley flrier on Wednesday evening, December twenty-seventh Nineteen hundred and eleven eight o 'clock Robinson church' Charlotte, North Carolina, R. F. D. No. 9. County Teachers' Meeting Postponed There will be no county teachers' meeting next Saturday as was pre viously planned. The meeting will be postponed until the last Saturday in January. A man isn't necessarily, a tax pay er because he has i.w.'e mon.-y than brains. 'Phone 130 FOR Christmas Finest Finest FLOUR CHEESE MACARONI BUCK WHEAT COUNTRY HONEY PICKLES HORSE RADISH MUSTARD Libby's Line of Bottle Goods. Our Coffees and in Town. 10,000 Christmas 50 Turkeys to come Wednesday. Send order at once. . , Finest Finest ORANGES NUTS CANDIES RASINS COCOANUTS FIGS CHOCOLATES COCOA The National ' Biscuit ' Co's Line of Crackers and Cakes. ; V ; ; Blue Ribbon Extracts. t ; , ' -V See our line of Toys and Chinaware. n-i Dnnr7Q a on OEIEKAL im Late Rama of News Frost Kara, There Aad Evorywaare. Eflorts to authorise the sals of the hull of the battleship Maine to pri vate parties who desire to exhibit it st various ports of the United States snd charge an admission fee to visi tors were defeated in the Hones of Representatives Saturday. - The latest sensation in Washington was a banquet at ths Arlington Ho tel, st which forty-four negroes, in-' eluding, of course, Booker Washing ton, were guests of Assistant Attor ney General Lewis. This official is the Boston negro sppointi d by Presi '' dent Taft on Wiekersham's staff. Oregon will be the ftrt state to express a preference for presidential candidates. The Democrats and Re publicans will vote at a primary ons April 1 for delegates to the national convention of each party, and at ths same time the voters will ballot for tbeir choice for President The construction of thousands of insurance policies, it is claimed, hinges upon the outcome of the legal contest opening in the supreme court over the payment of $15,000 life in surance policy carried by Samuel Me Cue, former mayor of Charlottesville, Va., hanged in 1U05 for wife mur- d r. An entire family, Mrs. Mary A. Morner, a " widow, her daughter, Edith, aged 20, and Blanche, aged 17, and a son, Arthur, aged 28 years, were murdered Tuesday on the Mor ner farm near De Freestville, five miles from Albany, N. Y. The bodies of the three women were discovered late Wednesday night near a barn where they had been hacked with a hatchet and battered with a stick and thrown into refuse pit. A search ing party Thursday morning found the body of the son with the throat cut and otherwise mutilated, under . the barn floor, the boards of which had been ripped up and replaced af ter the murderer had secreted his victim. A woman doesn 't admire her photo graph unless it flatters her or a man, cither, for that matter. Groceries KRAUT CANNED PEACHES EVAPORATED PEACHES DRIED APPLES PRUNES TOMATOES CORN- HOMINY Canned Meats and Teas are the Finest Candles, all sizes. SALADS OLIVES OLIVE OIL ASPARAGUS CREAM WHEAT OAT FLAKES GRITS 1 MACKEREL . V ' ita.ii w.-? : ar e. i
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