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CONCORD, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6.1912.
VOL XXII Ptki 40 Cents a Montfl.
WOMAN LOSES HE L
: lot nt rn.E.
Kit Thurmai Eudy Burned to DmUi
TUi Morning. Fire Caused by Ex
ploding Lamp.
' Ae result of her clothing eateh
' ing-flre from what ia thought an ex
ploding lamp Mre. Tbunnan Eudy, a
young whit woman, Waa burned to
death about 8 o'clock thia morning at
ber homo on MeGill atreet while alone
with two little children between one
and four yeara of age. Mr. Eudy
- and her children were at home and
the first alarm of the fire was given
' when one of them ran to Mr. Dick
Atwell, who -was pawing and said:
"Mother is burning up." Mr. At
well rushed into the house and in a
- few aninutea he was joined by Mr. Ed
. Misenheimer, a near neighbor. But
they arrived too late for assistance
as the unfortunate woman was dead,
' her body being charred almost be
yound recognition.
The fire alarm was turned in, oth
er neighbors rushed to the scene and
in a few minutes the fire, which bad
consumed the bed, was extinguished
The house is a small four room
structure and it was in one of the
' front rooms that the tragedy occurr
ed. In one eorner of the room was
a email table and on it was a lamp.
The cover of the table was burned
and just above it could be seen where
: the flames had licked the walls. It
- ia thought that when Mrs. Eudy
made an attempt to extinguish the
' blase her clothes caught and she
rushed to the bed to smother the
blase.
Her husband, who bad gone to his
work at the Gibson mill, was notified
but when lie arrived his wife was
. dead. ix
Tive Bites Offered for Female Col
lege In Salisbury.
Salisbury Post, 6th.
The soliciting- committees for the
. Salisbury Female College were busy
', yesterday and today and report fine
r progress. Already a large sum has
been subscribed, sufficient, it is be
' lieved to insure the building of the
college.
Five sites for the institution have
' been offered and other offers are ex
' pecle Sytb he mane." The people are
united in the effort to establish a col
lege at Salisbury and if money and
sites will count the school will be
. built here.
The members of the committee are
greatly encouraged with their splen
did success so far and will 'continue
their work of taking subscriptions.
To Examine Richeson for Insanity.
Boston, Mass., January 5. That
Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson has giv
en way under the strain and that he
today is raving and believed to be
a maniac in his cell, was learned to
day from a source close to the de
fense. It was stated that late this
afternoon application will be made to
the court for the appointment of a
lunacy commission to examine the
minister. If they find he is insane
the court will be asked to have him
transferred to an asylum. Richeson
at times screams and yells incoherent
phrases in which the names of Avis
Linnell and Violet Edmands are dis
tinguished. At times he doesn't rec
ognize his attorneys if they happen
to be visiting him. - ;
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Meedames ; Kimmona. . Propst ' and
-' Boger to Eentertain.
The following invitations have
been issued: .
' Mrs. John Addison Kimmona
t Mrs. Hugh M. Propst ,
' Mrs. Luther E.' Boger
t "at home
" Thursday; January eleventh '
; ' , three to four-thirty
-'.at two hundred and seven North
- - .. Union street. -
.- No Plan Formulated., 1
Charlotte Observer.
x An important -. preliminary confer
ence to discuss a possible- uniting of
Lutheran educational work in this
State was held here yesterday. It
was that of the joint commission of
the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee
- and North ' Carolina Synods. The
1 session was held in St. Mark's Luth
" eratt church. " No plan was formulat
ed, but the discussion was full and
frank.
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It is reported from New, York that
Gorge Harvey, editor of Harper's
i Weekly and the strongest advocate
of Woodrow Wilson tor i President,
has ArnnrvA Wilson. ' ' "
Martin E. Olmsted, who has repre
- tented the 18th Pennsylvania dis
trict in Congress for. sixteen years,
baa announced his intention to re
tire at the end of his present term.
" A woman never means it when she
aaya she doesn't care how she looks,
DEMOCRATS EXPECTED
- v . TO GO WEST.
The Choice of a Convention City
May Ear Important Bearing en
Nomination.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 6. St.
Louis, Kansaa City, Chicago, Denver,
Baltimore, New York where shall
the national convention of the Dem
ocratic party be held next summer f
Thia ia the leading question to be
considered and aeted upon by the
Democratic national committee at its
meeting in this eity Monday. Many
members of the national committee,
together with numerous other Demo
crats of wide prominence, arrived in
the capital today in anticipation of
the meteing of the committee and the
banquet to be held at the Raleigh
Hotel Monday night in memory of
the patrons aaint of Democracy, An
drew Jackson.
The speakers at the banquet will
include a number of the most promi
nent Democrats in the country, sever
al of them candidates for the presi
dential nomination. The list is as
follows: Senator James A, 0 'Gor
man, of New York, toastmaster ; Nor
man E. Mack, chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee; Speaker
Clark, Judge Alton B. Parker, of
New York, Representative Under
wood, of Alabama, William R. Hearst
of New York, Governor Woodrow
Wilson, of New Jersey, Senator
L.. Taylor, of Tennessee, Governor
Baldwin, of Connecticut, William J.
Bryan of Nebraska, former Governor
Josepr W. Folk of Missouri, Senator
Francis C. Newlands, Governor Thos.
R. Marshall of Indiana, Senator
Pomerene of Ohio, and Representa
tive James T. Lloyd, of Missouri.
The choice of the party for a con
vention city promises to be brimful
of politics. The contest for the Dem
ocratic nomination between recogniz
representatives of the conservative
and progressive wings of the party
makes the choice of the convention
city one of the main factors to be
considered by the national commit
tee. If it were a foregone conclusion
that any certain candidate would be
nominated by the Uemocrats, it would
not matter "touch where the conven-
tion was held. As the situation
stands, however, the choice of a con
vention city may have a most import
ant bearing on the nomination.:
The first matter to be determined is
hethe'r the convention shall be held
in the East or the West. No Demo
cratic candidate for President has
been named in the East since the
civil war and many of the party lead
ers believe it would be poor politics
to take the gathering away from the
West at this time.
Many influential Democrats are
more than half inclined to believe
the convention will go to Chicago.
They predict' that if it does it will
go as far west as Kansas City or
Denver. The claims of St. .Louis,
hich is well able to take care of
the convention, will receive consider
ation. New York apparently is in earnest
in her desire to secure the conven
tion, but if the gathering is held in
the East it is believed that Baltimore
will get the prize. The Maryland
city was the first to put in a bid and
has been conducting a hard campaign
for nearly a year. If the Democrats
are superstitious and believe in luck
they certainly will hold their conven
tion in Baltimore, for Baltimore and
Democracy have four times proved a
winner, which is more than can be
said of Chicago, St. . Louis, Kansas
City or Denver. ;
Chicago would be regarded as neu
tral ground for the convention.' The
selection of New York, on the other
hand,: would, in the opinion of many
Democrats, give the nomination- too
much of a Tammany taints Denver
as the convention eity would give; the
progressives an- advantage over , the
conservatives. The selection of, St,
Louis or Kansaa City might possibly
be ; construed as an advantage ; for
Champ Clark-or Joseph W. Folk.
but the possibility is so remote that
it is not likely to interfere with the
chances of either eity. - :
Politically speaking, Baltimore may
be regarded as favoring Harmon for
President. The Democrats in the
Maryland city belong to the conser
vative wing of the party. At the
same time it iff believed that the Har
mon managers and those of Woodrow
Wilson as well would prefer that the
convention be- bold in the West. In
this, matter , they; share the belief of
many other Democratic leaders that
the nomination or Governor Harmon,
Governor Wilson,' or any other Dem
ocrat,' for that matter, u brought
about: among the progressive Demo
cratic communities of the West,
would be more satisfying to the rank
and, fiU of the party. - They argue
that, if it shall turn out that Gov
ernor Harmon ia a stronger candi
date in the East than in the West,
then it would be a good thing for him
if he were nominated in the West.
Likewise, if a convention held in the
West were to nominate an Eastern
man like Oovernor Wilson, it might
strengthen the latter in his own section.
The Lentx Literary Society.
The Lents Literary Society of the
Coneord High School held its reg
ular meeting yesterday afternoon.
The programme waa opened by an
essay, entitled "The Wireless Tele
phone," by Miss Blanche Boger
which was greatly enjoyed. Another
entitled "The Use of the Telegraph"
by Mr. Walter Furr. A recitation by
Miss Ella Peck followed, entitled
"Horse or Husband," which was
very humorous and brought forth
much laughter. Then followed an
essay by Miss Florence Graber en
titled "The History of Our Flag."
The programme was short on ac
count of a recitation and an essay
being omitted.
The program was closed by the
debate, "Resolved, That the United
States Should Certainly Strengthen
Her Army and Navy." The affirma
tive speakers were Messrs. Millard
Alexander, Leslie Correll and Misses
Fannie Morrison, Lethia Bruton.
The negative were Misses Misses
Grace Furr, Nannie Fisher and
Messrs. Carl Furr, Ed Morgan. The
judges decided in favor of the nega
tive. Officers were elected at follows:
Mr. George Harley, president; Miss
Mabel Lippard, vice president, and
Charles Watson, secretary.
CHAS. WATSON.
Practically Barred From State's Cap
ital.
Raleigh, Jan. 5. Additional inter
est is lent to railroad speculation in
this section by the -statement by
James H. Pou, a prominent attorney
of this city, that the things which
keep the Atlantic Coast Line and the
Norfolk- and Western from entering
Raleigh are not physical obstacles,
but two laws on the statute-books.
These laws, passed for- other cities,
making it obligatory on the part of
railroad company to enter the un
ion depot in towns of 2,000 or more
and require the railroads to penetrate
to the heart of the city on the peti
tion of a proper number of citizens.
This would force either the Coast
Line or the Norfolk and Western,
both of which are desirous of build
ing to Raleigh, to pay at least $500,
000 for rights-of-way to the union
depot, and is a penalty they will not
stand for. It is believed that the
legislature will be asked to change
the laws so as to enable these roads
to enter Raleigh.
No Attacks on the Colonel.
Washington, Jan. 5. Word was
sent broadcast today to supporters
of President Taft that under no cir
cumstances would the President coun
tenance attacks on Col. Roosevelt, no
matter what the ultimate intention
of Mr. Roosevelt in regard to the
Republican Presidential nomination
might be.
It was said that the President has
expressed himself, as being at a loss
to account for reports that relations
between him and Colonel Roosevelt
were seriously strained.
He has not taken opportunity to
reply directly to any utterances of
Colonel Roosevelt that have been in
terpreted in some quarters as attacks
upon the policy of the Administra
tion, and it is said does not wish his
friends to go any further than be
has. . , .
Locking the . Door After the Horse
is Gone.
Salisbury Dispatch.
The popping of firecrackers and
acting off of fireworks in this city is
history so far as the present adminis
tory so far as the present adminis
tration is Amcernid. The ordinance
waa suspended .Christmas Day and
waa badly abused, and the result ia
that the board raised the tax on the
selling of fireworks from $25 to $500,
thus making it practically prohibi
tory. -
Leal Drunkenness, Says Capt. Mor
rison. -
Winston Sentinel, 1st.
''I have been running passenger
trains for 20 years' said Capt. Mor
rison, of the Charlotte train, this
afternoon, and thia ia the first
Christmas holiday season that I have
not come in contact with a drunken
man." Capt. Morrison believes, that
State prohibition is responsible for
this Splendid atate of affairs.' , He
remarked that he knew of only one
road conductor who was an anti-pro-
hibitionist.
NEW! rOBECAST FOX i
THE OOMXNG WEEK.
Washington, D.C, Jan 6. The
week promisee to le prolific of inter
esting news relating to polities and
affairs. The Democratic national
committee will meet in Washington
Monday to fix the time and place for
the national convention. Coincident
with the meeting of the committee
will be the Jackson Day banquet to
be given Monday bight at the Hotel
Raleigh .and which will have among
its speakers all of the leaders whose
names are mentioned in connection
with the Democratic presidential
nomination. !i
The aub-eommitfee ' on arrange
ments for the Republican national
convention, of which Harry S. New
of Indianapolis, is chairman, will hold
its first meeting in Chicago Saturday.
The senate committee which is in
vestigating the 'election of Senator
Lorimer will resume its sessions in
Washington Monday, when Mr. Lor
imer will take the witness chair and
testify in his own defense.
Attorney General Wickersham is
expected back from Panama early in
the week. His first work, it is ex
pected, will be directed towards
reaching a basis of settlement of the
government 's two biggest pending
"trust" cases 'those of the Interna
tional Harvester ' Company and the
United States Shoe Machinery Com
pany. '
Important decisions are expected
from the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States when it reconvenes Mon
day after the holiday recess. ;
A special election will be held on
Tuesday in the Seventh congression
al district of Kansas to select the suc
cessor to the late Representative E.
K. Madison. '
Georgia will hold a special election
to confirm the results of the recent
primary election for governor. The
leigslature will meet January 24 to
receive the returns and Joseph M.
Brown, the new givernor, probably
will be inaugurated' the next day.
A convention will' assemble at Co
lumbus to frame a' new constitution
for the State of Ohio. .Many import
ant questions will be brought up, in
eluding 4 ha - initiative mt'ihe-tef etan
dum, the recall and liquor licenses.
During the week the legislatures
of New Jersey, Virginia, South Car
olina and several other States will
begin their regular sessions.
The Dominion parliament, which
adjourned early in December for the
holiday recess, will resume its ses
sions Tuesday.
The important event of the week
in Europe will be the general elec
tions for members of the German
Reichstag. The elections are regard
ed as the most important since the
formation of the present German em
pire. The main electoral issues are
Morocco and the foreign policy of
the government, the high cost of liv
ing, a demand for a revision of the
tariff, reform of taxation with the in
troduction of an inheritance tax,
and a curtainment of the power of
the Catholic Centrum.
Record of Bain for 1911.
Our good friend, Mr. Milas Sa
frit, of No. 6 township, keeps a rec
ord every year of the days on which
rain falls, and is kind enough to furn
ish us a copy of it for publication.
The following shows the number of
times rain fell on each month:
January 10; February 8; March
12; April 15; May 7; June 11; July
1; August 17; September 10; Oc
tober 10; November 9 ; December 12.
, This shows that rain fell on 143 of
the 365 days. Sometimes this rain
fall was only a few drops. It will
be hard to convince many people that
rain fell so often during the summer
months, as last summer is known as
one of the driest we have bad in
many years.
Mr. Safrit says there were four
Fridays on which the sun - was not
seen, as follows; January 20, Febru
ary 17, December 15 and '22.
Speaker Champ Clark ia HI; Threat-
. ened With Pneumonia.
Washington, Jan. 5. Speaker
Champ Clark, who has fought off a
severe cold ever since, hjs return from
hia western, trip, was- forced toqay
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o faae 19 nis oeq. .i is xeareq inai
he ia threatened with pneumonia, but
his physicians hope that thia can be
averted.' The speaker presided in the
house today, but immediately on his
return to bis home was compelled to
retire. ''(: y
The speaker contracted ' a' -r alight
cold during his speaking tour in Ok
lahoma. - Hia friends' tonight declare
that the speaker will be out again
within ft few days, but his family and
physicians are taking no chances,
Yon don't have to lead some men
to water to make then-drink,
DOINGS IN SOCIETY.
Several Social Eventa of Interest to
Society.
Mr. L. W. Brander entertained
merry party of young people last
night at a chafing dish party in hon
or of Misees Durald and Mildred
Borden, Elizabeth Brown, Isabella
Turpin and Keata Harmiaon.
Bridge Party.
Mrs. M. L. Cannon very charming
ly entertained at four tables of
bridge yesterday afternoon in honor
of Mrs. J. B. Douglass, of Winston
Salem, Mrs. C. G. Hill, of Thomas
ville, Misses Keats Harmiaon, of
Baltimore: Mary Frye, of Greens
boro; Mary Burwell, of Chase City;
Durald Borden, of Wilmington; Mil
dred Borden, of Goldsboro. At the
close of the" game an elegant lunch
eon waa served. Mrs. Cannon's
guests were: Mesdames J. W. Can
non, Jr., C. J. Harris, E. T. Cannon,
J. A. Cannon, W. H. Gibson, J. F.
Cannon and Miss Shirley Montgom
ery. Linen Shower.
Mrs. John H. Rutledge was hostess
to a delightful linen shower yester
day afternoon in honor of Miss Eva
May Brown, who will be married
January 10th to Mr. William T. Link
er. Hearts dice was played during
the evening and at the close of the
game the prizes were awarded. The
prize for the highest score, a pretty
handkerchief, was won by Mrs. Mark
Linker, and the guest of honor prize,
a handsome center piece, waa pre
sented to Miss Brown. At the close
of the game the door bell rang. Mrs.
Rutledge answered the call and re
turned with a large basket, which
was addressed to the honoree. It
was filled with many pieces of dain
ty linen for the bride-elect. Delic
ious refreshments were- then served.
Mrs. Rutledge 's guests were: Misses
bva May Brown, Blanche Brown,
Ruth Coltrane, Mary and Adeline
Morrison, Emma Rudolph, Margie
McEachern, Bessie McEachern, Mry
tle Pemberton, Maude Brown, Lucy
and Marguerite Brown, Rose Wille-
ford, and Mary Heudrix, Mesdames
Walter- CaJhjwajr, Harry- Hopkins, Z.
M. Moore and Mark Linker.
Book Clnb Meeting.
Mrs. W. D. Pemberton was hostess
to a very pleasant and profitable
meeting of the Virginia Dare Book
Club yesterday afternoon. After a
most interesting programme had been
completed a delightful lunch was
served.
BELOW ZERO WEATHER,
Entire Middle West in the Grip of
the Extreme Cold.
Chicago, January 5. The entire
Middle West is held fast in the grip
of the most severe weather of the
winter. In many places the low tem
perature records of the last four or
five years are broken by tempera.
tures ranging from two below at
Havre, Montana, to 32 below at Su
perior, Wis. Suffering is intense in
Chicago, where 150,000 are out of
work and the relief organizations are
unable to take care of the families.
The police stations and lodging hous
es are crowded with the sufferers.
The indications are tor increasing
cold weather.
Wilson Denies It.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 5. When Gov.
Wilson was shown the articles in the
New York Sun and New York Herald
today to the effect that he had brok
en with Col. George Harvey, editor
of Harper's, he said that so far as
his information went the speculations
contained in them were entirely with
out foundation. He continued: .
"My attention has, of course, been
drawn to the fact that the last two
numbers of Harper's Weekly have
made no mention of my name, hut
this is certainly not due to any
breach between Colonel Harvey and
myself. Colonel Harvey runs the
weekly entirely on hia own judg.
ment.
Bryan's Nm la On,
Lincoln, Neb., Jan, 5. William J.
Bryan's name haa been advanced for
a position on the Democratic primary
ballot aa ft preferential candidate for
the presidency by a petition placed
on file with Secretary of State Wait
here today. , Tbe petition ia signed
by 26 voters, headed by A. A. Arter,
of Omah't-?vtt:!v.":P:,ivvj,
Chna. W. Bryan, brother of W. J,
Bryan, said today -Kv
"Thia filing was done against Mr,
Bryan's wishes and without his
knowledge. , Both Secretary Wait
and Mr. Arter will be asked to have
the petition withdrawn. There will
be no legal proceedings unless they
should become necessary." , ,
NOBTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of News freem AH Parta of the
Old North 8tate.
Mr. J. Tilden Hedrirk. of Lexing
ton, has offered to build a Sunday
school building to coat not leas than
$0,000 for the First Reformed church
of that town on condition that the
church buy a lot for the purpose
It is announced in the current is
sue of the Presbyterian Standard
that Rev. Dr. J. R. Bridges, former
head of the Presbyterian College of
Charlotte, will have charge of the
Standard pending the selection of a
permanent successor to the late Dr.
Law.
A Wilson man caused a sensation
by leaving home yesterday in his
horse and buggy and not returning.
A search found the buggy near a
bridge and a note threatening suicide.
Arrangements were being made to
drag the creek when a telcgr.im
came from him saying he would re
turn that night and he did.
A great State convention of the
Anti-Saloon League forces of North
Carolina has been called to be held
in Raleigh on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, January, 26, 27 and 28. The
convention is to have in it represen
tatives from every section of the
State, and there will take part in it
speakers of national reputation. The
convention will be largely attended
and will be held in the auditorium.
The people of Pomona mill village,
a suburb of Greensboro, bitterly re
sent the action of the North Carolina
Public Service Corporation in charg
ing a fare of 10 cents from the vil
lage to Greensboro and in addition
to sending a signed letter to the man
agement of the car company this
week protesting against the increased
fare they have resorted to the boy
cott and that weapon of warfare is
now in active use.
The man who is considered a "good
fellow" by the boys down town is
seldom that kind of a chap when at
home.
Tno.CoM H
Don't you need some
Quilts, Blankets,
Underwear,
Gloves
If it is too cold to come
out, 'Phone No. 116. ,;:
We are always pleased
to serve you.
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The : Home of
PERSONAL MENTION.
Some ef the People Ear And Sat.
when Who Come And G, Y .
Miss Irene Krider ' ia visiting
friends in Salisbury.
Mr. C. A. Cook ia spending the
day in Charlotte. '
Mr. T. D. Maness is avendinr-th
day in Salisbury on business.
Mr. C. W. Pearson, of Greensboro,
is a business visitor ia th iHr.
j -
Mrs. a B. Fowler, of Charlotte.
is the guest of her sister. Mrs. Louis
A. Brown. -
Mr. T. H. Webb haa returned from
Salisbury, where he haa been viaitine-
relatives for a week.
Mrs. D. G. Caldwell baa returned '
from Mooresville, where abe has been
visiting relatives for a week. I
Mrs. A. L. Petrea, who baa been
visiting Rev. W. M. Robbina. haa re
turned to her home in Greensboro.
Miss Mary Hartaell will return to
Winston-Salem Monday, where abe
will resume her studies at Salem Fe
male Academy.
Mrs. P. B. Parks has returned to
her home in Yorkville, after visiting
tier parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Sims, for two weeks.
Mrs. Bertha Orndorff, who has
been the guest of Mrs. E. T. Cannon
for several days, haa gone to Char
lotte to visit friends. She will re
turn to her home in New York Mon
day. - ..
Mrs. W. J. Montgomery, Mrs. J.
B. Sherrill, Messrs. C. R. and W. J.
Montgomery, Jr., and J. B. Sherrill
went to Charlotte this afternoon, be
ing called there by the condition of
Judge Montgomery.
Governor Judson Harmon will open
his campaign for the presidential
nomination in Illinois in East "St.
Louis, January 12.
There's one thing we admire about
women : Few of them are ealled
"Professor." ; '
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Good Merchondics.
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