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.CONCORD, N. Os FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2.1912. '
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. THE OKOT7KD HOG
. . t ' SEES HIS SHADOW.
- Six More Weeks ef Winter Weather
-According to till Poplar 8uperstf-
; tion. , , . V "
v This is. Ground-Hog Day .
f This is Candlemas day; and
On Candlemas day, if too can appear,
.There'll be two winters in the. year.
'- Candlemas day, In . popular , par.
lane, ia nothing more nor leal than
"ground-hog aay"; "ground-hog
day" from the ranges of Hudson Bay
to the pines of Carolina and : from
. New England to 'California. Accord
ing to the popular fable' if Br'er
Arctomys Monai, J he ground-hog,
" efeepe out of hit hole between sunrise
and high ' noon this day and Bees its
shadow, outlined by the sunshine, the
' - little animal promptly stampers back
" into its aperture and there remains
for six weeks more. But if he fails
"to see Ms shadow, according to popu-
- lar tradition, it ia a sure sign that
.. winter is practically over and there
will be an early spring. As this is
, one of-thex "sunshiniest" days we
: - have bad this winter, the animal cer-
- tainly saw his shadow, and hence
'' 'there'll be two winters this year."
There is some dispute as ,; to the
origin 'of Candlemas . day, but most
. authorities are agreed that this eeeles
tial festival was instituted by Pope
Gelasioue in the year of 492 in com-
. memoration of -the presentation of
- Christ in the temple and of the puri-
fkation et the Virgin Mary.' Febru
t are denotes purification and in this
--month the Romans performed the cer
emony of purification of the people.
-" When the church changed this feast
;of Prosperine, as it - was called by
. Jhe Romans, it retained the proees-j
, sion feature And associated the occa-i
' sion with the purification of the. Vir-i
' ejin. r.v ji. ; .-.
: - The festival is celebrated through-
out the Christian world annually' on
February 2, and ; derives its name
from the' fact that in the ' Roman
Catboiie churches candles are blessed
-, -on Ihia day ancTcarried in proees-
awn .in,oonuuemorationQ5 the word;
of Simeon spoken -of 'the?. infant
Christ, ' A, Light to Lighten the Gen-
. v - IU as Wonderful as Ever.
' Ita gave two performances here
yesterday, one in the afternoon and
one- at night.- As we were not pres
.. ent at the afternoon performance we
will pass it by. v But, from the ex
. I pression of those who were there, she
eertainly had the femine portion of
'Concord in. a. bewitched state.
, " ' She continued her performance at
the regular hour last night. 'The an-'
dience was possibly the largest that
has greeted here yet. She continued
- her Wonderful work of telling peo
ple what they held in their hands, an
T swering questions, giving, deserip-
.. v tions, of things and performing;, re-
. markablo mental leats. wmie en
' gaged ia describing the articles dur
. ing the first part of the evening the
performance-was somewhat, marred
. by the abrupt and oftimes harsh lan
giage her manager used toward her
when she would make a bad break on
describing something. Her remarka
ble ability to answer .; the questions
propounded to her in the last , part
of the bill kept the audience guessing
- ' .and when the curtain. fell for the last
1 time she was as mysterious as ever.
- " " The vaudeville sketches that, are
put on each evening are clever and
; ' form an entertaining feature, to ' the
evening's entertainment. . -, - ., .
What Wilson and Harvey Wrote to
Each Other.
k Harvey to Wilson: 1
Whatever little hurt I may have
v f elt is eliminated by your gracious
, Nrorda. ' , ' . " '
4 There is no particle of personal
rancor or resentment left in me.
1 m I have been actuated solely by the
belief that I waa rendering a distince
public service. ' k ,
' ' The real point at the-time of our
. interview was one of fact and busi-
neas. ,M ' v , : t
,3 Wilson to Harvey: , "..' i ,
'"t Forgive me and forget mj manners.
,. t My mind is a one-track road. a 1
I am ashamed of myself for there
f is nothing. I am more ashamed of
than hurting a sincere friend. "
-' Ton have proved yourself very big.
fi . I havenwimired you for the inde
- pendence and unhesitating courage of
- t your course. J . , ; L i 1 s ; , '
' President Finley,' of the Southern
Railway Company, , announced Wed
nesday that, as a means of supple-
' menting , evtensive work being done
by the company for the advancement
of agriculture in the territory tra
versed by jts lines south of the'Po-
- toraao and Ohio rivers and east of inr
Mississippi, ; it has been decided to
, .inaugurate Southern Railway schol
arships ia the State Agncutural Col
lege in each State traversed by the
bnes of the company. - .. .
8005 TO TBT FJMMXL CASE.
rameos Case to Be Tried ia St
, ' Louis Next Week. '
6L. Louia, Mo., Feb. L Attorneys
for both aides are busy at work pre
paring lor the trial oi the famous
Kimmel ease, which is set to begin in
the United States court in this city
next Tuesday. The trial is expected
to attract wide Attention on account
of the many strange features that the
Lease presents. . ...
The ease to be tried la the smt
brought by the receive, of the Farm
ers' state Bank of Arkansas City,
Kaa., against a New York insurance
company to recover the amount of an
insurance policy held by George A.
Kimmel,- who was cashier of the
bank at the time of bis mysterious
disappearance in 1S98 and was heav
ily indebted to Jhe institution. The
whole ease hinges on the question of
whether Kimmel- is living or dead.
This will be the third time that the
suit has been tried. At the first trial
verdict for $8,000 was returned in
favor of the plaintiff, but it was re
versed by the court of appeals. On
the seeonq trial the jury .disagreed.
The insurance Nsompnny claims a
man known as Andrew J. White is
in reality the missing Kimmel.. When
first discovered this man was serving
a term at the Matteawan Asylum for
the criminal' insane. At that time
he gave a number of startling facts
about himself purporting to prove
that be was Kimmel and upon his re
lease from prison a year or so ago he
went to Niles, Mich., where Kimmel
waa born and raised and endeavored
to establish his identity as the miss
ing man. - Many old-time residents
of Niles declared that the man .was
George . A. Kimmel .whom - they had
known intimately. On the other hand,
Mrs. Julia E.. Kimmel, the mother,
and. Mrs. Edna : K. Bonslett, the sis
ter, after studying the ex-convict
carefully, denounced the man as an
imposter, . .......
At the"- approaching trial the at
torneys for the '-receiver of the Ar
kansas City bank : will seek to dis
prove the claim of the insurance ;com-1
panv 4hat. Whit and Kimmel are one
and ihe same man by the testimony
of -witnesses who knew Kimmel and
by the statement of John Boone Swin-
ney, a New Mexico ranchman, who
declares he saw Kimmel killed in an
Oregon forest, August 14, 1898, which
STATE NEWS.. N.. N.. N.Ni.
J. B. Brown, of . Salisbury, was ar
rested last week on the charge of de
serting the regular army. Brown
says thai he has bis discharge papers
and does not understand the- arrest.
It is announced, that- the executive
committee is quietly looking for a
site with a view, of moving Ruther
ford College within the net 18 months.
It is at present situated a mile and
a half from Connelly Springs, half-
wSy between Hickory and Morgan
ton. . It is half a century old.
i MrsEliza Wooten Sanderlin, wid-
ow of former State Auditor George
W. Sanderlin,' died Tuesday night at
the home of her son-in-law, Postmast
er Willis Briggs, in Raleigh.
North Carolina loses 6,000 lives an
nually .from consumption. This
means a total annual loss in cold dol
lars and cents, from their productive
value alone, of not les sthan 30,000,-
000, estimating a human life at $5,-
000.'
, Wilson Speaks in Richmond.
Richmond, Va.i Feb. 1. Four thou.
sand people, including members f
the general assembly and big delega
cy. w:i .i..k ;
uvwiiuiu nvwiun lliuuu uuu lu
Richmond, Staunton and Charlottes
ville, gave Gov; Woodrow Wilson, of
New Jersey a tremendous demonstra
tion when he delivered an address on
"The Democratic Opportunity," at
the city auditorium tonight. A large
part of the audience had expected to
hear some reference to the Harvey-Watterson-Wilsoh
incident, but " the
Governor passed' it' over in dignified
silence. ft'
There was ' vociferous V applause
when he declared that he was not ah
insurgent, outran organization man,
adding that a party's success is lm
possible without organization. , "The
difference between organization an,d
a machine," he said, "is that organ
ization is the systematio co-operation
of men for a common purpose, while
a machine is. the systematic co-opera.
tion of men for a private purpose.'
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Death of Little Soq of Mr. and Mrs.
.-' . .T. J.-Gattls. :
. A mes8age,' waa received here yes
terday announcing the death, in Char
lotte of1 hltle T. J. Gattis, Jr.,. aged
14 months, vhioh-ocsurred at 2:45
o 'clock. ' ; He was. taken fill, ' Wednes
day afternoon of; central pneumonia.
Every specialist in the city was call
ed into consultation bid all efforts
were fruitless. ; Mrs Gattis was be
fore marriage Miss Mayflold Cole, of
Concord.' Mr and MrsrGattis hav
the sympathy of t , many Concord
friends in their sorrow. 1 -
COTOT ADJOUEirS.
Mr. Dayranlt Awarded Damages for
" Injury to Stock. Other Cases . .
Cabarrna Superior Courts adjourn
ed this morning." -AU the eases that
were not . triedi were eon tinned until
next term and. there will be no court
next week. ,. : ' - . ... .
Three cases of J. F. Dayvault
Co against the Southern Railway
were tried and the jury returned ver
dicts in favor of the plaintiff. The
cases were for damages to etoek in
shipment here and the jury awarded
the plaintiff the suras of $21024,
$40 and $20. The defendant gave no
tice of appeal to the Supreme Court.
In the ease of W. A. Joyner vs.
J. A. Skipwith & Co., the jury re-1
turned a verdict in favor of the de
fendant. This suit was for the re
covery of the value of a bale of tot-
ton a tenant on Mr. Joyner 's farm
sold the defendant ' company. Mr.
Joyner alleged that he had a claim
on the cotton at the time. The ten
ant testified, however, that he had
permission to cell. '
The case of Viola Simpson vs the
Gibson Manufacturing Co.. was com
promised by the defendant paying
the sum of $500 and cost. The plain
tiff alleged that she was injured while
at work f or the company. t v
A compromise was reached in the
case of Lillie May Noles vs the
Southern Railway by the defendant
paying her the sum of $100. The
plaintiff was a young girl and she
was suiner for damazes for beiner wit
off the train at Harrisburg, when her ft.
proper destination . waa Neweiis.
WOMEN EIOT FOE EGOS.
Pull Hair and Tear Cloths for a
Chance to Bid on Trash Hen Fruit
Superior, Wis., Feb. 1. The high
pnee of eggs has caused ' such a
scarcity here that a decision to auc
tion, off seven dozen absolutely .fresh
eggs caused, such-a scramble of wo
men to gaze on realty zresn eggs tuat
many of them in the riot suffered pull
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' jSomefeven elknbed to ..the window
of the building, where tiHTegS nrera.
being sold, in order; to gaze upon
really fresh, hen fruit. -i ; '
The eggs auctioned were those laid
during the poultry show just closed,
and sales of a dozen eggs at a time
brongb such prices that it was finally
decided to auction off the remainder
in lots of three. Those, who were
outbid were allowed to gaze upon
the eggs before they left the building.
TL F. D. Carriers Under Civil Service.
An executed order,' dated Deo. 11,
1911, has been sent to all Postofflce
officials, which places Rural Mail Car
riers under Civil Service, which means
tiiax upon appointment no inquiry
shall be made as to political or relig
ious opinions or affiliations and that
such appointees shall take no active
part in polhics. Regarding the lat
ter, the order reads:
"Persons employed as rural car
riers, while retaining the right to vote
opinions privately on all : political
subjects, shall take no active part in
political management or in poUtactfJ
campaigns. Any rural earner taking
such part shall be removedi from the
service or otherwise deseiphned, re
commendations as to the penalty to
imposed in each case to be made by
the civil service coyimissaon." ;
Mr. V. L. Norman Bankrupt.
Mr. V. L. Norman, formerly pro
prietor of the St. Cloud hotel here.
and for the past several months pro
prietor of the Blue Ridge Inn at
Hendersonville, was adjudged a bank
rupt in the United States Court at
Greensboro yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Norman was well known here where
he lived for several years, being pro
prietor of the Hotel Normandy for
some time, which was later consoli
dated with the, St. Cloud. Uis ram
Uy now resides here. v In the petition
filed - his - indebtedness was given at
$3,600 but the exact 'amount of his
assets wasnot given; l; The' matter
Was referred to WI S. O'B Robinson,
referee in bankruptcy at Charlotte.
Honor Boll Harrisburg School
The following are on the honor roll
of Harrisburs school- for January:
James Alexander, Margaret Alex
ander, Kathleen Alexander, Morns
A tit en. TavlorAuten. Rob Cope, John
Davis, Martha ;juavw. r-aua uoro,
Jimmy G.re Annie Lee Morrison,
Evelyn Morrison, Kutn juornson,-.
HnghTaylor. '- ;-v G.
, Harmon, 183 Wilson,.: 164 j Clark,
118: Brvan., 16; Wilson or Harmon,
10;.: Wilson or, Clark, 5t Harmon or
Clark 4, -. '.'V.v.-'.'-'
This is the" poll' of .twentythree
counties in the St VTe' of Maryland
taken by The4 Stimore Sun, for the
purpose of showing the dnrt pi po
litical sentiment in that fctate. ,
r TT .. . 1 r ,.1 V. .... r. P Unmkain11i '
is a visitor in the city. . -
SATS BET AH IS MITCH
STKOHOES THAN WILSON.
Congressman Donxhtoi Says Wilson
Can't Poll One-Third, as Many
Votes at Bryan. .
' Mr. ' Parker R. Anderson. Wash.
ingtou correspondent of the Greens
boro news, sends the following to
that paper under date of February 1:
"Wood row Wilson, if nominated
for the Presidency, could not poll
One third aa many votes as William
J. Bryan," said Representative Rob
ert L. Doughton, of the Eighth North
Carolina district, at his office in the
house -omee building today. "I have
not said' who I shall be for for the
nomination," 'continued Mr. Dough
ton, "but whoever the Democrats
nominate that man will have
to declare for the Sherwood pension
biU. Speaker Clark may have injur
ed his cause for the nomination by
voting for the bill, but in toy opinion
if he is nominated this one thing will
get him a lot of votes, and any man
we nominate who. declares against the
.Norwood pension bill will just as
surely be defeated.
"I am against the pension bill and
voted against it in the house. But I
have not lost sight of the fact that
it is going to play a great part in na
tional politics this fall. Oscar Under
wood, .of Alabama, in my opinion,
fieasures up to every requirement for
he Democratic nomination, but his
vote against the Sherwood bill has
lost him any chance of being elected,
Iphould he be nominated."
And there are other Democrats in
$hj house who think just as Mr.
.uongnion does. They realize that
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theorist, has too many -Bryan policies,
and has made too many attacks on
organized labor to become President.
fit is true that Mr. Wilson has a pub-
fhcity bureau that is hard to beat. He
has selected some of the most ag
gressive newspaper men in the coun
try to run his publicity campaign.
He'maintains offices in New Tork and
Washington and has representatives
'raho receive high salaries to get his
campaign .documents in the daily pa-
beginning to ask how a poor school
teacher got such enormous sums to
foster these bureaus.
Scarlet Fever.
Dr. H. D. Stewart, health officer of
Union county, has the following in
the Monroe Enquirer regarding scar
let fever:
The scarlet fever age is 5 to 12
years. The susceptibility lessens un
der five and over twelve. t
Cold is synergistic or favors the
development and action of scarlet
fever and other contagions diseases.
Heat is antagonistic and hinders the
development and action of contagious
diseases. Hence they naturally abate
or become milder in warm weather,
Keep your patient protected from
cold and from the -heavy winter diet.
Period of incubation of scarlet fe
ver is one to sixteen days. '
The danger is to the kidneys, the
lungs and the blood.
The Big Sale of Cannon & Fetser
Co. Continues.
The big semi-annual sale at the
Cannon & Fetzer Co.'s. which began
January 20th, will continue .till
Saturday night or 15 days in all
They are selling thousands of dol
lars worth of clothing, shoes, gents
furnishings, ' etc., at largely reduced
prices. All goods in their store ex
cept Stetson hats are offered in this
sale. See big ad. in The Tribune to
day. '. " "
A Kansas man has secured an in
junction restraining his wife from
beating him. what more does wom
an want than this acknowledgement
of her superiority - v :
ir in -j oomtwmt
of lArtrr-opw
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BUND TIOEB CONFESSES.
Ealalch Man Named by Est. B. L.
- Davis Hakes Public Confession of
His Gnat
Raleigh, Feb. 1. Growing out of
that most sensational episode of Sun
day afternoon, when Rev. R. L. Davis
displayed mubh whiskey before an
astonished people, W. P. Matthews,
characterised by Mr. Davis as "too
well known for introduction," has
tendered to Judge Walter L. Watson
plea of guilty, and asked the merey
it his court.
In his letter addressed to the Police
Justiee of Raleigh, Matthews says:
lear fair: 1 write to you to make
confession to the charge of sellimr
whiskey, of which charge I am guil
ty and confess the charge to you and
ask you to be as light on me as pos
sible. . I commit myself into .your
hands, hoping to hsve your best feel
ings in .the matter, as I know that I
hsve done wrong and furthermore, I
know I have made a living without
and in a more honorable way.
Trusting that you will not make any
arrest, I am at your command at any
time. Tours very humbly.
W. P. MATTHEWS.
Raleigh, Feb. 1. W. P. Matthews
pleaded guilty in police coutt this
afternoon to selling liquor January
20 ana was nnea ifauu and costs and
required to give $200 bond that he
would not violate the law for a year,
and this, he must do to the satisfac
tion of the court every ninety days.
Matthews was one. of the six "blind
tigers" so sensationally exposed Sun
day by Superintendent R. L. Davis
of the Anti-Saloon' League and the
nly one who has confessed.
Mr. W. Gould Brokaw, the New
Tork millionaire, who owns a great
deal of property near. High Point,
where he maintains a wonderful lodge
and beautiful grounds, has purchased
property in Long Creek township,
Mecklenburg county, where he will
expend $60,000 in improvements and
will have erected another home for
himself and where 'he expects to
pend a large'part of his time. "
Penny Column Ads. are CASH.
PARKS'
Ten Days Clearance
started Wednesday.
a Good One'.
Fine Bargains in every De
partment. Takfe your time
and go all over the store.
Come Every Day.
Something New
And don't fail to .visit the
Shoe and Clothing Depart
ments if you want Good
Shoes and Clothing at a very
small price. , v . ;
This me will last 10 Days.
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PEESONAL MENTION. - '
Some of the People Here And Els-.
whrre Whs Come And Go.
Mr. Charles Smart, of Coolomee, is
visiting relatives here.
Mr. J. W. Steed, of Monnt Gilead.
is a business visitor in the city.
Mr. R. H. Westbrook, of Greens.
boro, is a Concord visitor todsv.
Miss Sallie Murr, of Charlotte, ia
visiting her mother, Mrs. George
Murr.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Sanders will
leave tomorrow for Greenwood, S. C
They will go from there to Florida.
Mrs. R. T. Grant, who has been
visiting friends in the city, has re
turned to her home in Anderson, 8.
c '
Mr. Claude West, of the faculty of
Trinity Park School, Durham, ia vis
iting his parents, Rev. and Mrs. J.
H. West.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fink and Mrs.
J. B Womble will go to Mobile dup;
ing the Mardi-Gras celebration and
to visit Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Fink.
Miss Bessie Brown, who has been
visiting Miss Elizabeth Gibson for
several weeks, has returned to her
home in Centerville, Md.
Miss Josephine Smith will leave,
tonight for Richmond. Miss Smith
received a message stating that he-
mother, who is undergoing treatmenir
there, was worse.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Lsfferty, Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Rntledge, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Ross, Misses Mary Bunrell,
Mary Fry, Blanche Brown,- Duralde
Borden, Myrtle Pemberton, Lueile
Pitts, Virginia Foushee, Ashlyn
Lowe, Louise Means and Messrs. F.
L; Smith, Luther Brown, Euien
Bernhardt, Ross and E. T. Canncn,
Noah Correll, E. H. Brown, Cam leJ
Cline and A. R. Howard witnesse-I
tha Pink ' ady in Charlott: last '
night. .
The Odd Fellows of Kannapolia
will give an elaborate banquet Sat
urday night in honor of the members,
of the lodge and xhetriamriies:
Sale
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