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fk path) minltitite. . v ' . n BUU LIMtfT CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 8. 1912. VOL . XX II Pnc 40 Centi a Month. Single Copy, Fire wo. 157; RICBESON CONTE88E8. Eotton Pastor Writes Confession ef the Murder of His Affianced Bride. 1 tost on, Mass., Jan. C. The Rev. Clarence V. T. Riclieson eon f eased liis guilt of the murder of his for mer sweetheart, Avis linnell, of lly snnis, in a document made public my liia counsel today. The confession declares that the accused is guilty "of the offense of which he is in dicted," which is murder in the first decree. ' - ' Whether Rieheson will pay the extreme penalty, which, under the Massachusetts law, is death by the electric chair, no court official could predict today. The confession is as follows: "Boston, Jan. 3, 1912. "JoTi'n L. Lee, Esq., "William A. Morse, Esq., "Philip K. Dunbar, Esq., "Gentlemen: Deeply penitent for my sin, and earnestly desiring, as far as in my power lies, to make atonement, I hereby confess that 1 ara guilty of the offense of which I stand indicted. "I am moved to this course by no inducement of self-benefit or lenien cy. Henious as is my crime Ood has not wholly abandoned me, and my conscience and manhood, however de praved and blighted, will not admit of my stilf further wronging by a public trial her whose pure young life I have destroyed. Under the lashings of remorse I have suffered and am suffering the tortures of the damned. In this I find a measure of comfort. In my mental anguish I recognize that there is still, by the mercy of the Master, some remnant of the divine spark of goodnes sstill lingering with me. I could wish to live only because in my prison's wall 1 might in some small measure re deem my sinful past, help some other despairing soul, and, at last find favor with my (!od. "You are instructed to deliver this to the district attorney or to the judge of the court. "Sincerely yours, "CLARENCE V. T. RICHESON." -Bstf-Spcuiation, was-i rife t'odayras fo what 'ultimately will1 be the fate of Rev. C. V. T. Riche son, who confessed to the murder of his former sweetheart, Avis Linnell. From a source close to Governor Foss the statement came today that the attitude of the executive proba bly would be in favor of a commuta tion of sentence of death in the elec tric chair to one of life imprison ment, if the law '8 fullest penalty is imposed by the court. Members of the governor 's-council are known al ready to have been approached con cerning tlfeir attitude in case the death penalty is imposed and a pcti tition for commutation is made. ". No leniency for Rieheson on the part of the district attorney is ex pected and no less plea than that of murder in the first degree will meet 'his approval. Judge Montgomery's Condition. J . The condition of ex-Judge W. J. . Montgomery, who has been very ill vor uremic poison in the Charlotte ' Sanatorium for several days, is not ' improved today. It was hoped to .have an .operation performed yester day morning, but he was too weak for this to be done. ; He is 78 years , o age, well preserved for his years and until recently a man of remark able, vigor both of mind and body. Mrs. Montgomery remains with him all the time, and other Members of the family go over every day to see him. His son, Dr. J. C." Montgomery, . and his daughter, Mrs. E. C. Register, live in Charlotte, and are with him almost constantly.'"'" Bad Wreck on Seaboard. Petersburg, Va., Jan. 6. Seaboard Air Line passenger train No. 66 was wrecked at McKenney,- J 30 miles south of here, at 7:30 o'clock tonight, and the engine and five cars left the rails. The engine, baggage and mail cars rolled down a 12-foot embank - ment. v-- -i .-.'f .. ' Sij' Engineer, Bishop, of Richmond, and negro fireman and one passenger were probably fatally hurt, and several "others seriously, - The injured were taken to a Richmond hospital. ' Governor Kitchin has authorized 'an exchange " of courts ' between , Judges 0. H. Allen and M. H. Just 'iee."' Judge Justice will preside over , ;the Stanly county Superior Court January 16, and over the Montgom .. - ery court beginning January 22. Both . terms are for one week." , v::1 "- f C The Pastime will present tay a Kalem. idrama, "The Lost rtugtn -Car," andifo a film that you should igee, -' ' , . SHOW AXD SLEET. Concord Shivering In Grasp of Snow storm. Street Car Cannot Bun. Business Almost at a Standstill. Concord shivers today in the grasp of a snowstorm. The first snow be gan to fill Saturday night about 10 o'clock and during the night about three inches of snow fell. Yesterday the day was slightly warmer than Saturday and during the afternoon there was indication that the weath er might be warmer. At midnight, however, the mercury dropped decid edly and this morning was about. as low as at any time during the winter. Sleet began to fall about 7 o'clock but in a few minutes it changed to snow, which continued to fall steadi ily throughout the morning hours, coming down and enveloping the city and vicinity like a great white sheet. As a result of the sleet and snow trallic here is almost at a standstill. Horses can hardly retain a footing on the frozen snow covered ground and dray and delivery wagons are only being sent out in extreme cases. This is the first test of the storage battery car on a track covered with sleet and snow and up to the present time the snow has triumphed. The car made a few trips this morning and then stopped. The track was soon covered with snow and when it resumes operation it will be neces sary to either shovel it off or wait until it melts away. There are many homes in the city that are without the necessary fuel and food to keep them from feeling the cruel hand of want and intense suffering from the biting cold. The cold, bleak outward appear ance is the strongest reminded that there are people suffering from the weather. There are too many benevo lent associations and big, warm hearted, charitable people in Concord not to respond to the needs of all unfortunates within the city. The snow and cold wave present an opportunity for every individual to practice the great charity that drives away the sorrow of misfor tune and comforts the suffering by contributing something towards pro viding the destitute with the neces sary, comforts of life., . . ... . r Let some' organized effort be made at once in their behalf. Extra Meeting of North Carolina Synod. At the request of the Board of Trustees of Mont Amoena Female Seminary and the constitutional num ber of the ministers of the synod, together with the other officers of sy nod concurring, I as presidcnt-of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Ministerium of North Carolina, do hereby call an extra meeting of said synod to convene in St. Mark's Evan gelical Lutheran church, China Grove, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 16, 1912, at 10 a. m., to consider, the rebuilding and future of said female seminary, whose building was burned on the night of November 30, 1911, at Mt. Pleasant. N. C. The lay delegates of the last con vention of the synod, held in Wil mington last May, will be duly ac credited lay delegates of this extra meeting. M. M. KINARD, President. J, E. Shenk, Acting Secretary. Pastor Granted Vacation. At the morning service at the First Presbyterian church yesterday Rev. Dr. J. M. Grier, the pastor, announc ed that ho had been granted a month 's- vacation oy tne congregation, ur. Grier will leave Thursday for Lake land, Fk., and will spend a month there and at other places in Florida. During his absence there will 'be reg ular services at the church, full an nouncement in this particular will be made later. This is Dr. Oner's fist vocation in three ye:. Honor Roll, Harrisbnrg ScchooL Following is the honor roll of the uarnsburg edbool for December . Kathleen Alexander, Blanche Alex ander, James Alexander, Morns Au- ten, 'i Taylor ' Autefl, " Nettie Auten, John Davis, . Martha Davins, Jimmy Gore, -Edith Gore, Adam Hudson,, Evelyn Morrison, ; Robert Morrison, Annie Lee "Morrison, Bud Seals, Mary Siras. John Hugh Taylor. - " MARY GOURLEY,. Teacher Death of Mrs. Chas. W." Alexander. Mrs.. Charles W, Alexander died yesterday morning at her home near Hileman 's : mill in No. - 5, township, after an illness of several Weeks. The funeral was held today at New Gil ead church. On account of being un able to get in communication with that section of the county ttoday, full details eonwrning the death of the ,"? . , . ";.; it,, U'. r .. f: tJse our Fenny Column It Pays. BRYAN WILL LAUNCH WOODKOW WILSON LOOM. Will Let Bygones Be Bygones, It is Said. Carlos Eager to Enow His Plans. Mr. H. E. Bryant writes as follows today from Washington to the Char lotte Observer: "Joseph us Daniels, national com mit teem an from North Carolina, came in with Colonel Bryan from Raleigh today. Mr. Daniels is at the Shoreham. He said tonight that be is for Baltimore for the convention and Woodrow Wilson for the presi dency. "Mr. Bryan and his friends, Mr. Daniels said, will not be influenced by any letters that Wilson may have written against Bryan in former cam paigns. Bryan knows that Wilson wrote such letters. He is not wor rying about that, Mr. Daniels says. "Democrats are coming in from every section to attend the national committee meeting and the Jackson Day banquet tomorrow. The wild stories about what Colonel Bryan will do when he gets busy in the com mittee and when he gets going at the banquet have brought hundreds of people here who would not hove come under ordinary circumstances. The curious are eager to know at the earliest possible moment just what Bryan is going to do. The Demo crats are awed by his rampant pres ence. "Woodrow Wilson, Judson Har mon, Champ Clark. Oscar Under wood. Joseph Folk and others who iave been more or less prominent re cently have paled into insignificance besides Colonel Brvan within the last forty-eight hours. Everybody is talking about the Nebraskan." Forest Hill News. Mrs. lizzie James has gone to Mooresville to visit relatives a few weeks. The Ifamilies of Messrs D. R. Hen derson and J. P. Wheeler arrived in the city Saturday night and will make their home here. Miss Lucy Freeze lids returned to Concord, after spending a month in Belmont with her parents. Mr. J. L. Settleniire and family, of Chester, S. C, are moving to Con cord today, where Mr. Settlemire has a posi'lion at it he Locke Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dry have re turned to Rock Hill, S. C, after spending a few weeks in Concojd. Mr. R. F. Coble, of High Point. spent Sunday in the city with his family. Mr. C. E. Stratford, of Charlotte, spent Sunday in the city with rela tives. Rev. A. D. Wanchope, who !ins been confined to his bed for the pajt weok, was able to he out yesterday and preached to his congregation at the Mclvinnon church. Bitterly Cold All Over Country. Cold weather records for the year, and in many instances for many years were broken today, and will be broken by the succeeding 24 hours in the territory within a 1,000-mile ra dius of the Great Lakes, according to the prediction issued by the Chi cago weather bureau. In the immediate vicinity of the lakes, where the open water temper ed the blast, temperatures were mate rially higher than in places farther away. A low record for many years for Chicago was established shortly before noon, however, at 9.6 below zero. Tomorrow's figure is predicted to be 15 degrees bolow zero. West, as far as the Rocky Moun tains, and south into Canada, low temperatures for today, it was pre dicted, would be forgotten in the bit ter blasts of the next 24 hours. -51 shrd shr shr shr shr shrdl shr Wilson Boom Launched at Seattle. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 8. An organ ization that will endeavor to secure delegates from the State of Washing ton who will favor the candidacy of Woodrow Wilson in the Democratic national convention was formed here today" at a conference which was at tended by a. number of well known party leaders. The Harmon support ers already have organized and a spirited fight for control of the State delegation is in prospect. After Charlotte Mint. Washington; Jan. 6 The . House committee on appropriations carrying out its plan of economy, is after the Charlotte mint - again. '- Representa- tive Webb will try to hold it. Rep resentative Page, who is a member of the committee on appropriations will assist. An effort to abolish the Charlotte mint was thwarted by Mr. Webb during the last Congress. By a personal fight on the floor of the House he saved it. PERSONAL MENTION. Some of the People Here And Else where Who Come And Go. Mr. and Mrs. J. Locke Erwin spent yesterday in Charlotte. Dr. Parks King, of Charlotte, came over last night on No. 12. . Mr. Joe McKay, of Charlotte, was a visitor in the city yesterday. Mr. W. H. Tomlin, of Statesville, was a visitor in the city yesterday. Mr. M. Cameron, of Albemarle, was a Concord visitor -yesterday. Mr. H. W. Culp. of New London, is a visitor in the city today. Mr. J. Lewis Carpenter, of Green ville, was a Sunday visitor here. Mr. George Richmond is spending the day in ( barlotte on business. Miss Mary Sims, of Charlotte, is the guest of Miss Eva May Brown. Mr. J. B. Rector has returned from a short business trip to Marion, S. C. Little J. L. Pipkin, Jr., who has been quite sick, is some better to day. Mr. R. F. Coble, of High Point, spent vesterdav here with his fam ily. Miss Llie Myers has returned from Rowan county, where she has been visiting Mrs. M. J. Trexler. Mr. R. S. Wheeler, of Greenville, spent yesterday in the city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McKay. Miss Wilhelmina Antley, who has been visiting Miss Pearl Barrier has returned to her home in Orangeburg, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Irvin, of Sal isbury, spent Sunday here, and re turned home this morning on No. UG. Miss Mabel Mcintosh, of Gadsen, Ala., who has been visiting Mrs. G. H. Sergeant at the St. Cloud, has re turend to her home. Miss Mildred Lott has returned to her home in Winston-Salem, after visiting her sister, Mrs. Claude Ram saur, for a fortnight. Mrs. L. R. Jordan, of Wilson, and Mrs. James McDonald, who have been visiting Mrs. R. K. Black, left yesterday afternoon for Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Misenheimer have returned to their home in Spencer, after visiting relatives in the city for a few days. Miss Effie Bangle has returned to her home in Norwood, after visiting her sister, Miss Bessie Bangle, for several days. Mr. J. C. Widenhouse, of Bost Mill, returned this morning to Ru therford Colloge to resume his stu dies, after spending the holidays at home. Miss Elizabeth Coltrane will re turn tomorrow morning to Greens boro, after spending the holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B, Coltrane. Mrs. J. Hazel Witherspoon and lit- tleson, James Harvey, of Lancaster, arrived last night and are at the home of Mrs. Witherspoon 's father, Judge W. J. Montgomery. Officers Elected at St. James. At a meting of the congregation of St. James Lutheran church yes terday morning an election of offi cers was held. The election was the first held under the new rules of or zanizotion made by the church in De cember. Under the rules the govern ing body of the church has been re duced from eighteen to nine officials and the terms of office increased from two to three years. There is a pro vision, however, that gives the church the right to elect from time to time men who have been efficient officers of the church for any length of time to the office of honorary deacons. The newelv elected officer sare: Elders, John A. Cline, John M. Hendrix, and Charles A. Cook; Deacons, John H. Rutledge, R. E. Ridenhour, John M. Cook, R. E. Cline, A. R. Hoover and Dr. W. L. Ezzell. Ginners' Report. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 5. The Na tional Ginners' Association gives the amount of cotton ginned up to Janu ary 1 as 14,371,000 bales. The amount srinned by states as fdllows: Ala'bama. l,(rau,ww; ArKansas, voa,- 000; Florida, 87,000; Georgia, 2,640,- nun- Tunisian a. 352.000: - Mississim 1,050,000; . North itffolina, 980,000; - fOklahoma, 912,000; - South Carolina, 1592.000; Tennessee. 395,000; Texas, 3.953.000: Virginia. 113,000. Total 14.371,000. ,, .' The Young Ladies' Guild of St. James Lutheran church, will meet to night at 7:30 o'clock at the parson age.', " - HOW TO GET RICH. Millionaire Bays Amy Young Man Can Do It If He Wants to. Los Angeles, Cel., Jan. 7. Freder ick Weyerhauser, the St. Paul mil lionaire, rules today on how to get rich. He said, in art : "Work at something really worthy of work and work hard. oave money and invest what you save. "Don't be afraid of long hours. "Any young man can gel rich, con succeed in business; if he saves, if he lias a definite and honest purpose and is soon fitted with the purpose that work ceases to be a hardship and becomes a privilege. "Look at things with optimism in your heart, go into some small busi ness and work to make it into a big one." Five Sites Offered And Cash Secur ed for Female College. Salisbury, Jan. 6. Five sites atid a considerable amount ot cash have been offered for the proposed Salis bury Female college, which a com mittee of active citizens are endeav oring to land in this city. So far the citizens' committee has met with much encouragement in the matter and it is expected that the proposi tion to establish such an institution will take definite shape soon. The opening of the Salisbury pub lic library early next week is looked forward to with great interest here. Miss Elizabeth Hedrick, a thorough ly competent young woman of Sal isbury, has consented to act as tem porary librarian and the success of the undertaking is assured. Already a large supply of choice books have been placed in the building and the place will be thrown open to the pub lic next week. Advertised Letters. ' The following letters remain un called for in the postoffice at Con cord, for the weok ending January 8, 1912: Men. 0. A. Barringer, Marshall Caskey, John Dalters, Mr. Flalzand, Frank Farrell, Isam Hutchison, J. C. Hur ley, T. A. McClellan. A. C. Penland, George A. Robinson., A. B. Tyson, J. A. Vinson. Women. Mrs. Allison Davis, Mrs. Ferguson, Mollie Fisher, Ellen Fry, Mrs. Pen inah Hanoy. Mattie Harris, Mrs. Bes sie Long, Mary Lilly, Mrs. L. R. P. Miller, Mrs. M. L. Moore, Mrs. Anna Moore, Ethel Rachester, Mrs. Sarah Scott. When calling for the above please say "advertised." M. L. BUCHANAN, Postmaster. Mr. J. A. Kimmons has accepted a position wi'ih Lippard & Barrier. IF IT'S A OVESTtOS OP StFETT OPEN A CHECKING ACCOVN1 WITH THE MONET TOV UNO NECE&- -' tART TO HAVE OH HANDIVtT DRAB ) TtAlLY V' AMOUkX NEEDEV. WHETH& IT S A HOVSEIlyi.D ACCOUNT OK FOE , tVSINEfS fWFOSEi CONCORD NATIONAL BANK. Capital $100,000. Surplus 133,000, Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. 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Priest Favors Law Forcing Males to Wear Badge of Fidelity. Aurora, 111., Jan. 7. Married men ought to be compiled by law to wear as a sign of their estate a gold band on the fourth finger of the right hand, according to Rev. Father Leon Linden, a prominent priest of Aurora. He says "it would be a ' look-bef ore- you-leap' admonition to tirls more eloquent than a wealth of worldly warning. The clergyman's suggestion grows out of a bill presented bv a New- York legislator to put a ban an flirt ing. He says: "The ring has alwavs been a svm- bol of fidelity and has been the adorn ment of the wife, the nun, the bish op and the king, to signify their fi delity to the position they hold in life." Handkerchief Shower. Miss Mollie Brown delightfully en tertained at a handkerchief shower Saturday aftenoon at the home of Mrs. Walter Cnllowav, in honor of her sister, Miss Eva May Brown. The honoree was showered with a large number of dainty handkerchiefs dur ing the evening. A delicious salad course was then served. Miss Brown's guests were: Misses Eva May Brown. "Mary and Adeline Morrison, Geneva Parks, Loula Query, Julia McConnell, Lola Walker, Mattie Lentz, Agnes White, Blanche Brown, Maude Brown, Wilma Correll. Louise Means, Marguerite and Alice Brown. Zula Patterson, Bessie McEachern, Addie Goodman, Mary Sims, of Char lotte, Rose Willeford and Mrs. Mark Linker, Misses Nannie Alexander. Jessie Burkhead. Maude Gibson, Blanch and Elma Boyd and Edna Correll. Snow Cream Party. "The Boys from Rector's" will en tertain a number of friends at a snow cream party at their apartments in the St. Cloud Hotel tonight. Doc Cook will shovel in the snow and serve the boys in other ways. I The Cold . r; site! Don't you need some Quilts, Blankets, Underwear, Gloves or Hosiery-? If it is too cold to: come out, 'Phone No. 116. We are always pleased to serve you. The Home of WILLIAM 3. BRYAN ;,r SPEAKS ZN RALEIGH, Introduced by Former Geranor 4j. cock and Greeted By An Enthus iastic Audience. T ' Raleigh, Jan. 6. Coloael Brraa arrived in the eity . this afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock from 'Char leston, where the eoJonel spoke' last night. He was met at the depot by a committee of men and driven di rect to the Yarboronrh, where manr - of his admirers gathered to shake his hand. ' . Mr. Bryan was introduced bv ex- Governor Aycock, probably the most polished speaker in North Carolina, and the things he said about theTls- ltor were calculated to cause enthus iasm. Incoming trains today brought many people here for the speaking, and several of those who came frank ly declared that they came as much to hear Mr. Aycock as Colonel Bry an. The platform was occupied by practically all the prominent men of Raleigh. ....... Speaking on "The Trend of events throughout the world," Mr. Bryan brought to a close his address with an appeal for the initiative and refer, endum. He said he believed if North Carolinians understood the princi ples they would be overwhelmingly for tbem. Mr. Bryan announced that he would say a few words in reply to Senator Lodge, who spoke here in November. He repeated that he was not a candidate for office, because he does not believe he is the strongest man, but will fight the element of the party that would, represent Wall street. He spoke gratefully of North Carolina, the first State to' endorse him before his Chieago speech, ' '- The visitor was given a rousing re ception, but his appeal for the .ini tiative and referendum did not ap peal much. Governor Aycock got an ovation when he introduced the speaker. At least 4,000 people were present. -- ; Miss Maude Brown will entertain a number of friendB this afternoon in honor of Miss Eva May Brown. ) a? Good Merchandise. jrty v'V-