runme.
gut
VOL XXII Price 40 Cent. Month.
CONCORD, N. CM THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1912.
Single Copy, Five Cent. JfO. JgQ
mi
rOi BITUIJTHXO STREETS.
Street BtQnr Company Makes City
a Proportion. Let's Ht Bitu
lithic By All Means.
A splendid opportunity present
itself for the city to satisfy a long
felt need a bitulithic street in the
business portion. Nothing would give
Concord a more progressive or business-like
appearance. At the same
time it would be of inestimable value
to the traveling public and a great
asset to the property owners.
Some time ago an effort was made
in this direction and met with con
siderable encouragement, although
there were a number of people who
failed to give it any support. Now
a new and more favorable situation
presents itself which should give the
project a great boost The street rail
way company has made the city a
proposition to lay vitrified brick be
tween its tracks and for 24 inches on
each side thereof, between Depot
and Corbin streets, provided the city
will put down bitulithic asphalt or
other like substance.
Under the plan that was first in
augurated to put down bitulithic the
city was to pay half the cost and the
property owners the other half. If
the street car company's proposition
is accepted the portion of the street
they will eovor will save one-fourth
of the cost.
Now there remains three-fourths
of the cost. This can be divided
equally between the city and the
property owners and with the prop
er co-operative spirit on the part of
both the amount can be raised.
Now is the time to start the ball
to rolling so that the citizens and
city can be ready by the time the
street car track is put down in this
section of street.
Vanderbilt Hotel Opening.
New YorkJan. 11 With the op
ening day of the new Vanderbilt ho
tel another was added to the long
list of palatial hostelries for which
New York is famous the world over.
The hotel, which is of the sykscraper
type, occupies the site of the old
Vanderbilt residence at Thirty
fourth street and Park avenue.
So far as the exterior of the build
ing is concerned it closely resembles
other structures of the same general
class, but inside the hotel is said to
set a new high mark for costliness
and luxury. The interior fittings
alone cost three-quarters of a million
dollars. In every salon of the hotel
there is an oil painting copy of some
old master. The rugs and carpets
cost about $200,000 and the furniture
is all of the new glass top pattern,
with satin or linen scarfs beneath the
glass.
The structure is declared to be ab
solutely fireproof. There is not a
bit of wood in the construction.' The
bedroqm floors are all concrete and
the baseboards are marble. The
doors, window frames and sashes are
steel. There are no wall papers used
in the decorations, the corridors be
ing all of stone and t he walls of the
rooms painted and panelled.
The owner of the building is Alfred
Gywne Vanderbilt. He is not inter
ested in the management of the hotel,
though he has reserved one entire
floor for the use of his bride and him
self when they are in the city.
Albemarle Paper Changes Hands.
Albemarle, Jan. 10. Mr. R. G.
Mace, of Hickory, has this week tak
en charge of The Albemarle Chroni
cle, a Republican newspaper publish
ed here. Mr. Mace will run the pa
per two weeks, and if he is satisfied
with the prospects for the future
will purchase the paper and run it.
The Albemarle Chronicle has been
run for four or five years by Messrs.
A. R. Kirk, the present postmaster
at Albemarle, and Attorney I. R.
Burleyson, publishers, and edited by
W. A. Jones. This paper was estab
lished in 1904 by Zeb B. Sanders,
who was then or soon thereafter Al
bemarle's postmaster. In fact each
postmaster when going out of office
sells out to some other prominent Re
publican who soon becomes his suc
cessor in the postoffice. If this rule
is retained Mr. Mace will get the job
now open for some faithful Republi
can. Mr. Kirk having resigned two
months ago.
Mr. A. O. OdeU Promoted.
At an annual meeting of the di
rectors of the Kerr Bleaching and
Finishing Works Mr. Arthur G.
OdeU. who has held a position in the
office of the company for some time,
was elected to the position of score
tary. oThe other officers of the com
pany are: D. B. Coltraue, presi
dent; W. C. Houston, vice president,
and W, R. OdeU, treasurer.
It is long time nntil Christmas
if you happen to be very young.
TO TET FHTSICIAW
rOB WIFE MURDER.
Much Marrying Doctor Has Too
Many Wives and Gets Rid of One.
Oregon, 111., Jan. 11. Intense in
terest is manifested in this section
in the approaching trie! of Dr. Harrv
Elgin Webster, the young Chicago
physician who is charged with having
murdered his wife and thrown her
body into a lonely rav:ne in the
southwestern part of this county on
September 16, last. It is expected
the case will come to tnl in the
Ogle county court next week, though
the defense will make a hard fight for
a continuance.
Webster '8 case is one of the most
interesting in the criminal annals of
northern Illinois. The young man
was reared in this section and his
youth held forth every promise of
a bright future. His ambition to
secure a medical education was ful
filled through the assistance of his
parents and sisters, who denied them
selves in order that he might have
the money necessary to go through
a Chicago medical college.
The victim of the murder, Mrs.
Bessie Kent Webster, is said to have
been the third wife of the young
physician. In 1904, at Racine, Wis.,
he is said to have married Miss May
B. Graff, a young Chicago woman,
who later divorced him for desertion
and cruelty. A year ago this month
Dr. Webster married Miss Zoe Var
ney of Cedar Rapids, la. The same
week, according to the facts brought
to light by the police investigation,
he secretly married Miss Bessie Kent,
a young nurse whom he met in the
Chicago hospital in which he was
serving as an interne.
His love for his second wife, Mrs.
Zoe Varney Webster, is believed to
have furnished the motive for his de
sire to rid himself of the third wife.
His term of service as an interne was
about finished and it was his inten
tion to join his second wife and es
tablish himself in the practice of his
profession.
On the morning of September he
is alleged to have lured Mrs. Bessie
Kent Webster away from Chicago
on the pretext that he wished her to
meet his parents who resided near
the town of Dixon. Arriving at Dix
on the couple drove away in an auto
mobile and that was the last time
the young woman was seen alive.
Some days later her body was found
concealed in a ravine. The victim
had met death through a knife wound
in the back of the neck which the
medical examiners declared could
have been inflicted only by a person
having a knowledge of surgery.
There was evidence that the young
woman was drugged before she was
killed.
The discovery of the body led to
the arrest a few days later of the
husband of the victim. Following his
arrest Dr. Webster is said to have
admitted the murder, but later he
denied that he had made any confes
sion. In view of the strong evidence
against him it is generally believed
that the defense will make a plea of
insanity.
Paris Threatened by Floods Again.
Paris, Jan. 9. A repetition of the
great flood of 1910 is believed to be
imminent here today following the
rapid rise of the Seine.
A heavy rain has been falling for
more than twenty-four hours, and
the authorities have warned merch
ants in the Port de Bery to evacuate
at once. The lower quays are inun
dated for the entire length of the
city. A rise of 20 inches is expect
ed in the Seine by tomorrow. If this
results a' disastrous flood is believed
inevitable.
500 U. S. Troops Sent to China.
Washington, Jan. 9. Five hundred
American troops were today ordered
to Chinwantao from Manila.
The battallion will be transported
on board the transport Thomas, now
at Manila, and will be used to guard
the American concession of the rail
way between Peking and the coast.
The batahon, which will be made
up of the Fifteenth Infantry, now at
Manila, will probably sail tonight,
arriving in China in about six days.
A Baby a Day for Three Days
Cheyenne, Wis., Jan. 10. Mrs
Helen Carbon has given birth to one
baby each day for three successive
days. The third youngster, a girl,
was born today. The other two are
boys. All the babies apparently are
healthy.
The Emerson Hotel, built by a Tar
Heel and one of the nest in the
country, will be the headquarters of
the North Carolina delegation to the
Democratic convention when it meets
teein Baltimore.
Penny Column Ada. are CASH.
MURDER IN riRBT
DEGREE TOR ROSS.
To Be Electrocuted February 16.
Trial of Gladden Begins Today.
Shelby, Jan. 10. John Ross,, con
fessed murderer of Mo. John Dixon
on the night of December 12 at his
home near Fallston, in the upper
part of Cleveland county, was to
day sentenced by Judge James L.
Webb, presiding over the special term
of court ordered by Governor Kitch
in to try the alleged murderers, to
die in the electric chair at the State
prison at Raleigh February 10. Frank
Gladden, the white man who was im
plicated in John Ross' confession as
the instigator of the diabolical crime,
will be tried tomorrow, first on a
charge of the murder of Mr. Dixon,
in that he enticed him out of the
house and to the barn for Ross to
deal the death blow, and if the State
fails to make out a case on this
charge, he will be tried for the mur
der of Mrs. Dixon.
Will Ross and Clifton Hoyle were
brought from the jail and Solicitor
Wilson told the court that the State
had bem unable to And any evidence
against them and ordered their dis
missal. The grateful negroes repeat
ed their innocence and thanked the
court as they turned from the court
room.
Frank Gladden was brought into
the court room by three ofiicers and
he showed signs of extreme nervous
ness. He is a tall, well-dressed man,
about 30 years of age, but has a hard
face and a reputation that will work
against him in his defense. He was
a painter and farmer by trade, hut a
few days after t lie tragedy his con
duct was supicious and he moved to
Shelby, where he rented a barber
shop and donned the best clothes he
had. The State will contend that he
knew something of the $800 Mr. Dix
on was to get that week and that his
purpose in committing the deed was
robbery. Mr. Dixon's purse contain
ing $25 or $30 was missing from his
dead body and John Ross says Glad
den told him that he needed this
money to move on, but that he would
give him $100, if he would lay the
crime on Will and Hack Ross, whom
they knew had unsatisfactory deal
ings with Mr. Dixon about a mule
and a hog. Gladden is married nnd
has three children. His father is a
respectable citizen in that neighbor
hood, and he is fighting for the life
of his son, even if it costs his little
plantation.
The local military company will
continue to guard the jail, where
Gladden and John Ross are confined.
Everything is quiet now and there
is no danger of an nt tempt to storm
the jail, though many would like to
see the condemned negro pay the
penalty for his crime here in their
presence rather than in Raleigh.
Judge Webb has ordered Sheriff Wil
kins to take the prisoner to the State
prison at Raleigh, and this will be
done as soon as Ross testifi s in the
Gladden case. The presence of the
militia at the jail in the meantime
will be more to prevent a possible
escape than anything else.
Raleigh Street Car Men Strike.
Raleigh Times, 10th.
Declaring that the company had
treated their respectful petition for
an increase in salary with contempt,
twenty-five motormen and conductors
in the employ of the Carolina Power
& Light Company abanodoned their
cars on Fayetteville street at noon
today and helped to swell the crowd
that gathered on the street as soon
as the news became known. Not the
least violence was manifested by any
of the men, though they "kidded"
the ten mortormen and conductors
who remained on their jobs.
The street cars were manned with
in half an hour after the strike was
declared by linemen and the office
force. At any rate, the cars were be
ing operated and by 1:30 the public
could not have told that anything out
of the ordinary had occurred.
Insurance Agent Gets Away With
Good Haul at Newborn.
Newbern, Jan. 10. Quite a sensa
tion was created here today, when it
had become known that the authori
ties were searching for Harold T.
Pratt, who up to a few days ago was
the general agent for several well-
known insurance companies and was
well known in business circles, but
who disappeared Sunday morning
I aving behind him several thousand
dollars in unpaid bills, an alleged
forged note for $350, a large number
of checks which he passed off on un
suspecting friends and which were
returned on account of no funds.
Building to the value of $321,000
was constructed in Greensboro dur
ing 1911, and it is said the building
record for 1912 will be even larger
PERSONAL MENTION.
Some of the People Here And Else
where Who Come And Go.
Mr. Eugene Fink is sending the
day in Salisbury
Mr. G. O. Dudley is sending the
day in Salisbury.
Mr. J. G. Parks spent the morning
in Charlotte on bur.mess.
Mr. John Braswell. of Charlotte, is
spending the day here with friends.
Mr. W. B. McCall. of I,enoir. is
a business visitor in the city.
Mr. W. H. Red t ern, of the Char
lotte News, is a ('uncord visitor to
day. Mr. C. W. Johnston, of Charlotte,
is a business visitor in the city to
day. Mr. M. L. Cannon returned this
morning from a business trip to Ea-
tonton, Ga.
Mr. Colb Morris, of West Point, is
visiting at the home of his father,
Mr. Z. A. Morris.
Mr. W. H. G. Bclk, of Baltimore.
is here to attend the stockholders
meeting of the Young-Hartsell mill.
Mr. John M. Young, of Washing
ton, is here on business connected
with the government building.
Mr. W. D. Carmirhael, a well
known hotel man, of Marion, S. ('..
is a visitor in the cilv, the guest of
Mr. J. B. Rector.
Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Oalcs have re
turned to their home, in High Point,
nfter visiting Mr. and Mrs. Y. ('. J.
Caton for several days.
Miss Helen Kuester, of Roanoke.
Va., who has been visiting Mrs. J no.
M. Cook left yesterday afternoon
for Columbia, , C, to enter school.
Mr. David Lippard, principal ol
Pinaclo Public School, spent Monday
and Tuesday nights at the home of
Mr. John McAnultv.
Accused of Embezzlement.
Special to Charlotte Observer.
Greensboro, Jan. 10. Frank Win
eskie, director ajid manager of the
Standard Mirror and Pittsburg Plate
Glass Companies' branch ollices at
High Point, and one of the best
known and most prominent citizens
of that town, was arrested Into this
afternoon upon a warrant charging
the embezzlement of $30,000. The
charge against Wineskic was made
by Frank McKnight, president of the
Standard Mirror Company.
It is due the defendant to slate
that he, as well as many friends
and business men generally here,
who know him best positively deny
the allegation. They say this charge
is absolutely preposterous. The
writer, in conversation with Mr.
Wineskie tonight, was told that dur
ing the seven years of his connection
with this company here his books
have been regularly audited by ex
pert accountants. The last auditing
was done in January, 1911.
For State Farmers' Union Ware
house, A charter will be procured for the
Farmers' Union Warehouse Company
of North Carolina as soon as a loca
tion is decided upon for the principal
warehouse and office and other details
are worked out, after which stock
will be solicited from members of
each local union in the State. The
company will not begin business un
til not less than $35,000 stock has
been paid in. The executive commit
tee of the Union will meet in Ral
eigh Thursday for the purpose of de
ciding on a place to locate the cen
tral warehouse. Efforts will be made
to locate it in Raleigh.
New Store For Concord.
Messrs. M. P. Jones & Co. will soon
open up a variety store in the King
block in the room formerly occupied
by the Liberty Tailoring Co., next
to Isenhour's restaurant. They will
handle hardware, crockery, china.
glassware and notions of all kinds.
The room is now being remodeled for
them and as soon as it is put in shape
which will probably be in about 15
days they will open their store.
Mr. Jones arrived here yes
terday from Statesville, and will
leave next Thursday for New York
to lay in his stock of goods. ,
Of Candidates in Field Now Bryan
Favors Wilson.
Philadelphia,, Jan. 10. A Phila
delphia ' evening newspaper quotes
Bryan as follows on the Democratic
presidential situation: , .
"I have not yet decjued upon my
candidate. I want a strong progres
sive. Of the candidates now in the
field, Woodrow Wilson seems the
most progressive. I am not in favor
of a third party movement."
MT. PLEAS AKT NEWS.
Inconsistency Still a Jewel Ludwig
Literary Society Debate Per-onals-
Ineonsistency is a grand old jewel.
Not long since the Mt. Pleasant
community was severely criticised in
certain quarters for "pernicious ac
tivity" with respect to the stes tak
en looking to the rebuilding of Mont
Amoena Seminary before the North
Carolina Synod could meet in extra
session, yet these same critics are
guilty of even greater activity than
that on olir part. We repeat, incon
sistency is a grand old jewel.
This evening at 7 o'clock there will
be a citizens' mass meeting the the
auditorium. The call simply states
"Seminary." That is sufficient ; we
understand.
We noted last week the new open
ing of the Seminary and the return
of the regular registered students.
Not only are they here, but despite
the apparent inconveniences, there
are a number of new names on t he
roll. It proves beyond question the
correct location for the school; it
is logic that will not down.
The year 1912 promises much in a
material way. It will go down in
history ns the year when the rail
roads note the plural were built.
The building of the Norfolk South
ern is practically a sure thing, as re
cent developments indicate. The
Salisbury-Monroe roaj is not yet a
thing of the past, so those who bring
latest information assert. It is not
yet too laic lor us to he at the cross
ing of the roads.
It is not very generally known that
Mt. Pleasant has n distinguished cit
izen in the person of Mr. H. II. Mar
shal. .Mr. Marshal is a Confederate
veteran and one of the men who fol
lowed Pickett in his famous charge
a!i Gettysburg. Though sometimes
the brave may he around us and we
know it not, yet what "they did
there" can never be forgotten.
The postponed ptublic exercises of
the Ludwig Literary Society will be
given on Friday night the 19th inst.
The last number of the Lyceum
course will hold the board at the au
ditorium tonight. It is one of the
very best attractions on the road and
will be the Inst chance this season for
enjoying strictly high class entertain
ment. A new system of lighting has
been installed in the auditorium
which will add greatly to the per
formance. Quarterly communion services will
be held in the Lutheran church Sun
day morning ut Hie 11 o'clock ser
vice, conducted by the pastor, Rev.
K. A. Goodman. Rev. J. .7. Long,
pastor of St. John's will preach at
the evening service.
Mrs. L. A. Lenlz spent last week
at Black Mountain visiting her daugh
ter1. Mrs. Ie Bernhardt.
Miss Rjith "lille.', of Jefferson, S.
C, is visiting here.
Dr. and Mrs. Brown Simpson, of
Nashville, Ark., are speiiling a week
wit:h Mrs. Simp. on'.-, mot'tcr, Mrs. J.
II. Thayer.
Rev. and Mm. P. W. Tucker, of Al
bemarle, spent last week here.
Mr. Sam Kindley, of Charlotte,
spent Sunday here.
Mr. C. M. Cook has returned from
a visit to Winston.
Having spent the holidays at
home, Miss Bertie Barrier has re
turned to Barber Junction to spend
the remainder of the winter.
Mt. Pleasant, January 31, 1912.
CaUed Meeting of Farmers' Union.
There will be a called meeting of
the Cabarrus County Farmers' Un
ion at the court house in Concord, on
Saturday, January 20, at 11 o'clock
a. in.
J. L. D. BARRINGER, Pres.
IP lt'1 A QUSSTtOI
OP MFBTT-OPBH A
CHECKING ACCOUNT
WITH TUB MONMT
rOV FIND NBCtS
i JUT' TO HAP OH
HAND-tUST DHAW
y.HLT rr amovm
NEEDEV, WHETHl
IT S A HOUSEHvLD
ACCOUNT OR FO
tvstNEfs pvteom
CONCORD NATIONAL BANK.
Capital $100,000. Surplus $33,000.
I Per Cent. Interest Paid on. XifM
jjjj &"t I jj
Deposits
LINKER-BROWN.
Pretty Home Marriage Last Even
ing at Mr. George W. Brown's.
A pretty wedding was solemnized
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Brown on South Union street
last evening at 7:.iu o'clock when
their youngest daughter, Miss Eva
May Brown, liecame the bride of Mr.
William L. Linker.
The home was most attractively
decorated for the event. The parlor,
where the ceremony was erformed.
was decorated in red and green. In
one corner was an improvised altar
covered with white lace and beauti
fully decorated wit h white narcissus
and hyacinths. Here the ceremony
took place.
The wedding party entered to t he
strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march, most skillfully rendered by
Miss Alice Marshall Brown. First
came the bride's attendants, Mrs.
Mark M. Linker, dame c f honor, and
Miss Mollie Brown maid of honor.
They were followed by the ring bear
er, little Miss Sarah Ellen (iibson.
The bride, most becomingly attired
in a blue traveling suit with hat and
gloves to match, entered on the arm
of her brother, Mr. Frank Brown,
and was joined at the altar by the
groom, who centered with his best
man. Mr. Mark M. Linker, a broth
er. The eeremonv was performed by
Rev. Dr. J. M. Crier. Dm 'ing the
ceremony Miss Brown rendered
Traumreii.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Linker left on a wed
ding tour that will embrace visits to
a number of Southern cities.
The out-of-town guests here for the
wedding were: Mesdames P. B.
Beard. R. W. Price and T. T. John
son, of Salisbury ; W. L. Wiseman, of
Spencer; Misses Bessie McEachern.
of Mount Pleasant ; Mary Sims, of
Charlottte. and Mrs. M. F. Teeter
and Miss Claude Teeter, of llnrris
burg. A diner in a New York restaurant
remained at the table nine hours
Christmas day and finally the police
had to come and take him away.
Special Values in
Blankets, Quilts
and Underwear !
Cotton Blankets for single beds 49c to 79c
Extra good Cotton Blankets, values up to
$1.25 Special 89c 98c Pair
Tan, Grey and White.
Extra size and weight Grey and White 11-4
Blankets Special $1.25
WOOL BLANKETS UNDERPRICED
$5.00 Values $3.48
$3.59 Values $2.98
Crib Blankets 49c
Wool Aviation Caps 39c 48c 98c
35c Boys' and Girls' Union Suits, first quality,
up to 10 year sizes 25c Suit
Other Union Suits 50c
Ladies' Vests I9c 25c 50c
$1.00 Ladies' Wool Vests and Pants to match,
Special 69c Each
Infants' Garments, Cotton and Wool priced
at 25c and 50c
Let us know your GLOVE wants.
Dry Goods 'Phone
Grocery 'Phone
. L. PflHB & 80.
The . Home of Good Merchandise
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of News From AH Parti of Ut
Old North SUU.
G. E. Cagle, of Candor, N. C, who
was shot in Baltimore by Herbert
King, formerly of Atlanta, died in a
hospital in that eitv todsv. and Kin
is held on chartre of murder. Carta
charged King with marrying the girl
lie was engaged to, and the shooting
was the result of a quarrel over the
girl.
Ir. A. A. McFadyen, returned
medical missionary of the Praabv.
tcrian Church from China, was in
Fayetteville a few days last week
Dr. McFadyen was physician there
two 'years previous to his going to
China. He is now at home on leave
of aibsence for one year on account
of the health of his wife. He will
send the year at Linden and Bea
ford. Dr. James McKee, superintendent
State Hospital for Insane, died in
Raleigh Wednesday nisrht shortly af
ter midnight. He was 68 years years
old and had been supenntendent of
the central hospital twelve years. He
was a native of Raleigh, had an ex
tensive medical practice for many
years, and for six years secretary of
the State Medical Society.
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 its repre
sentatives 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.
Ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, of Greens
boro, is in Jacksonville, Fla., as
counsel in Federal court for John L
Casper, formerly of Ivinston, now
under indictment by the government
on charge of using the mails to de
fraud. Casper was tried here last
spring on a similar charge and ac
quitted. The government is making
a determined effort to get a better
result this time, but Casper's coun
sel hopes to save him.
116
130