North Carolina Newspapers

If - f. -: " - 1 'V - J) K ' ' ' ' ' VOL XXII l Prk Carta t lioctH. CONCORD, N. C.; FRIDAY, BRUARY 9.1912. s" A BX?JEiSB MAUIAQE. ' i ,1 . ; j Mr. fcetl 8. Caldwell aad KJas Lala , ; Jay BinUWti Thursday After- J-wnJ:, - A-"-'.: j -A niarriage that wQI be of wids in- terest to the people of this section ; wee solemnised yesterday af ternoon at 1 o'clock at, the homo . of Mr. Shakespeare Harris at Poplar Tent, when hit niece, Miss Lula Jay Harris, became thejbride of Mr. Clell 8. CaldwelL Tbe homo was jappro , prietely. decorated for tho event and lumber of friend and' relatives witnessed tho ceremony, which waa performed by Rev. J. E.' Summers, pastor of Poplar Tent Presbyteris.fi church. Immediately after the eere- . mony Mr, and. Mrs. Caldwell drove to Concord and left on train No. 7 . for Wilmington' to visit Mr.' Cald- welly brother, Dr. Morris CaldwelL " Mia Harria is a highly popular . young lady .of the county. - She is a graduate of Elisabeth College,; Char lotto, and has been sponsor at a num ber of Confederate Veterans' reun ion for several years. Mr. Caldwell is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Cald well and is a progressive young farm er of No; 2 township.-; - Stanly County : News. Albetarlo Enterprise. I Cotton reached ten cents on this market Saturday,-and nearly two hundred bales were marketed here Monday. The same rush kept - up Tuesday until a slight drop in price caused a -lull. There are many bales in tho county being held for ten cents or more. ' - - " " A pretty marriage was solemnised at Richfleld Monday? wnen Miss Jen nie Parker, the pretty and popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. fart er and sister of our townsman, A. C. Parker, became the Jtride of J. Rufus Morton. Mr. Morton is located at ..Union Bridge, Md., as foreman under a bridge constructing company. The Mt. Gilead correspondent of tWTroy Montgomerian has this bit of information: "We learn there is a proposition on the part of tho the Southern Railroad to extend its line from -Norwood to this place if Nor wood and Mt. Gilead wit build the bridge across the Yadkin." The En terprise has heard no confirmation of this rumor, but if the Southern wants to extend its road, it may be safely stated that Center township -will do its share; Death of Mr. George A. Gray. sQastonia, Feb.. 8. Mr. George A. Gray, one of the- best known cotton manufacturers of Qastonie and of the State, died at the City Hospital here at 10.20 o'clock, this, morning of pneumonia, which developed "follow. - ing an operation', for appendicitis which he underwent three weeks ago. ' He was; recovering from the effects of the operation when pneumonia de veloped .. . Until yesterday he seemed to be holding' his own, but a sudden turn. j . i 1 1. S ii. lor we;worse came lasi-nigm ana u was gnbwn this morning that he could not Eve. Very few people knew of bis serious condition, how . over, and the announcement of his death shocked the town. No funeral arrangements have as yet been made. ' Surviving are his wife. ;nnd eight children, Mrs. J. H. BeparkMrs. t D. Berkley, J. Lanier Grayr G, A. Gray Jr., Charles Gray and Misses Blanche, Maude and Myrtle Gray. He also leaves one brother. Mr. R. W. Gray and three sisters.- '".f To Discuss School Problems. "St. Louis, Mo Feb. S-St. iouis in npenarinsr to entertain a large gath ering of distinguished educators the last three days of this month, when the department . of superintendence . othe National Educational Associa- - tion wilHiold its annual meeting in . this tU.f The local committee in charge of arrangements is in receipt of advices indicatingthat the meet ing will be. unusually weii auenaca. More than s, score of college preed- dents are expected together with well known professors and ' superintend ents of schools-from all parts of the country. ;.'"." : ' -: - At'tbe coming meeting, for the Irst timein the history of tho associa tion,, the sera departments will meet jointly. The divisions' are: Na tional Council of Education, Depart ; mentl of Normal , Schools, . National Soy of College Teachers'. Eduea vtionJNational Committeo. on Agricul- turat-Education and the Educational : r Press' Association of America ; ' ' Hearing for Strike Leaders. ; ' Lawrence, Mass., Feb.! 9. Joseph ' J. Ettojy leaders of he cotton mill strikers, and -his principal, assistant, Arthur Giovannitti. editor of a New -York Socialist VPr weri miKft ' f before Judge Chandler today for " a preliminary hearing on ehsVge of I being accessories in tho murder of ,Xna Lbpizziran Italian- mill worker ' who was shot in the street riots here "two .weeks ago.' The .riots and the . killing of the Lopissi woman follow ed a proclamation .alleged to have . been issued by Ettor and his assist- ' , ant : counseling the atnkers to use vioWnce. It hold to the grand jury the. two. accused men probably will be obliged to , remain in jail, until the opening of te April term ot conn. - Mr? Nevin Fetter left this morning for A. end M. College, Kalclgh, to re- - sqme his studies. itrxou or rovx. nxx : DC IA1XX0H TEAOZDY. Waiter Arrested for Stealing rrom - . m-Yeted Benson Men. ' Raleigh. Feb. 8. A aeasational torn was given tho mysterious ease of asphyxiation of the throe Benson" oon, w ben this aiternooa William Hunter, bead waiter ot Wilson's Chop House, connected with appart- menta in which tho tnpleiragedy oc curred, was jailed on tho charge of the larceny or a revolver and- 9100 from tho ill-fated men. Officers hint at developments showing foul play. Raleigh, Feb. 8. The coroner's nrr onmnlaUd for tho. nresent its inquest into tho deaths -of he three young men from Benson found dead Monday night in the Wilson apart- rments-and took a recess yesterday evening to await annalysls .of tho stomachs of the men, . One or the jurors, In speaking of thia- action said, " in 'the meantime tho police and dceteetives must do a great deal of. work. There ts mystery about this ease,' "Ho referred to how there eould'have been deadly accumulation of gas in room 4 for so many hours without its pervading other portions of the building tor a most noticeable degree to tho testimony of an em ploye, of tho. gas company tnat be blew out the pipes in the building at 5 o'clock Monday: evening and de tected no odor of gas around the lock ed room, and -to the testimony of Cjiiefof Police Stcll that he found he. could lift the door up and without instrument of any kind open the door although locked on the inside. Dr. Alderman Will Not Run For .GoTernoT.' Charlottesville, Va Feb. 8. The attention of President Alderman, of the University of Virginia, was call ed today to the repeated mention of himself as a possible candmate ior Governor of Virginia, and to Dr. Thomas Nelson Page's interview, in K Washington paper referring to tne mention of his own name in a similar way. Up to this time Dr. Alderman has refused to make any statement about the matter. The demands for a ward from him about it have be come so insistent, however, that to day he said: "1 don't wish to seem to tate a newspaper item of. this sort"' too sol emnly, for I am sure my -name is norbeing seriously considered oy any body for political office, but if I must answer your question. I .venture to say this: There are b circumstances conceivable to mv mind under wnicn 1 would be willing to quit the field of education for the field of politics, or any other field. Education is my task,, All my life has been given to it thus far, and I trust all the life I have left may be speht in its ser vice." . - Caucus Downs Henry and Bryan. Washington. Feb. 7.--By a vote of 115 to 66 the-Democrats of the House tonight declared their confidence in the standing committer and refused to create a special committee to in vestigate the Money Trust. The resolution oi Kepreseniaiive Robert L. Henry, of Texas, for a spe cial committee to make this inquiry was referred to the Banking and Currency, Judiciary, Elections and Inter-State and Foreign Commerce Committees. . " i The Banking and Currency Com mittee will soon begin 'an inquiry looking to legislation to reform the currency system Mf the country. The result of the vote was a big victory) for Representative Oscar W. Under Wood, of Alabama, majority leader of tho House, and an overwhelming de feat for .William J.' Bryan, who de clared that the standing committees were unfit to conduct the .inquiry. . -V Duncan on Top. '- National Committeeman Duncan aDDears to have gotten the upper hand at tho White House again. Pres. I ident Taft today named two ot bis men, Christopher ,-Dr Jones, collector of customs of tho district of Beaufort and. William A. Mace,, postmaster at Beaufort It is said that Mr, Taft is going to withdraw . the name . of Join DibbhvM collector at Vewbern, and name Dan W. Patrick, Mr. Dun can's personal friend.- Mr, v More- head, the State chairman, made a fight for Dibble and on, nut He confirmation was held up at the in' stance of Mr, Duncan. Mr. Duncan's position as one of the committee on arrangements -gives bim deeided ad; vantage. A i " 'i - 'f:. k f,'':. "Health Daw" in Granite 8tate. ft Concord, VI. Feb. 9. Pursuant to a proclamation issued by Govern or Bass today was set aside' for the observance f ot 'Health " 1 Day" throughout New Hampshire The ob servance is believed to be the first of its. kind to be held in any part of the country. In all file public schools the pupils were given instruction re lative to, preventable diseases, .par ticularly those of the winter season, and selected -speakers told of the yearly cost of tho eommon maladies to the individual, the State and the nation. The State Grange, the local boards of health, women clubs and other organizations throughout the State co-operated In tho observance of the'aay. ' - - . N Mr. M. F. Ritchie has - gone RicluluU on s bublnes strip, v .. to M2XX8 ZK .KOBTH CA&OLZKA, ieport of Oownlssioner of Labor and Printing oa Us Industry. - Raleigh, Feb. 8. North Carolina's cotton, "woolen and silk mills and knitting mills come in for interesting presentation in a chapter ' ot the forthcoming annual report of Com missioner of Labor and Printing M. L. Shiptnan 'just made public ' It shows 300 of the eotton, woolen and silk mills and 65 of the knitting mills. The cotton, woolen and silk . mills 3,332,811 spindles; 66,997 looms, 630 braiders and 7,432 cards and use 136.652 horse power, end require an aggregate-of-299,202,761 pounds of raw material. Employment is given to 45,207 people who provide support for about 153,647 people dependent on them. Reports from 75 per cent of the . mills show improvement in the- condition jt the operatives, and 95 per cent, of the reports show the labor laws being observed. , Wages for male employes range from 68 cents to 12.60, and for female from 56 cents to 11.35. The 65 knitting mills have a eapital of $3,043425. They have 48,692 spindles, 7,762 knit ting machines, 583 sewing machines and use 4,735 horsepower. Wages for males range from 62 cents to $2.29 and for females 51 cents to $1.44. There are 6,475 employes reported. G. 0. P. Pow-wow at the Capital. Washington, D. C. Feb. 9. The arrangements completed for the an nual banquet of the League of Re publican State Clubs at the New Wil liard Hotel tomorrow night give promise' of one of the most notable affairs of the kind that the capital has, seen this winter. Six hundred prominent party leaders will attend the function. President tan will be Ipresent during the evening, and ad- dresses will be delivered by Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana, Governor Hadley, of Missouri, Governor Goldfe Dorougn oi naryiana, jwiii nuji Hammond, of Massachusetts, Job Hedges, of New York, D. D. Wood mansee, of Ohio, and J. Hampton Moore, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Simmons is Confident. Charlotte Observer. Mr. Cameron Morrison has return ed from Washington, where he spent several days on important legal busi ness. Mr. Morrison called on Sena tor F. M. Simmons, in whose candi dacy for re-election to the Senate the local attorney is thoroughly interest ed. Senator Simmons expressed him self, to. Mr. Morrison as .being well pleased with the outlook and particu larly :overNtbe fact that "the -choice of candidates will be made in open primary. All four of the candidates have agreed to -enter tlie primary. Senator Simmons has many friends in Mecklenburg county and in this part of the Stater - ii Sit 1. 1 VAUGHAN KESTER ' 1 E HAVE secured the vv publication rights on this great storv that horn lan- v ef ! . . .. ; uarjr to - December. I91i;was - The Best Selling Book in Aperica C vT--. . t ' "": y , " .:V , - ' X: - V; . It it a story that itandt out head and shoulders, above the average mod ' em story because of its mystery, villainy, love, adventure, liumor, pathos and dramatic thrills. . " 2 . MAD IT Tool Fcl There Is No' . Lackcf Excltemed ' ; ,v hLj :ry - nmaxar DErrtsraa v EXST;q 1Y.8ES8I0H. Sanest And . FotWu V Addresses Heard ai Grtat Lqtheraa Gather- tng to Salisbury.";;; Salisbury', Feb. 8jSeeaion by ses sion the interest in the Lutheran lay men's convention deepen. Men who expected to stay only one day are changing their plans and wiring or pnomng ineir ineuoa o join uien in Salisbury. , , " ' ' . This afternoon A. H. Kohn, of Co lumbia, 8. C, presented the respon sibility of the .Lutheran eburch to tho unctmreoed maaoea ot America. Rev. W. C. 8ehaffnr, Jr., of Atlanta, Ga, Mdi an .wmtt and foreeful address on tho reflex inflaenee of mis sions. Tho session, as pre-eminent- a laymen's scenic ay ad the seven minute addresses ', By- business and professional men-were; full of inter est and progressive spiritl Addresses were made by President C B. King, of Elisabeth College sjC. W. Polvogt, of Wilmington; Peot'G. F. McAllis ter, of.Mt. Pleasant Vt. E. W. Peefy, of Lynchburg,- VM & Lv. Umbcrger, of Concord, -and JE. Cooper, of Manchester. Bound -aiter round of applause greeted Jh, appearance of J. Murakami, of thf Lntbsran. mis sion at Eumamoto, Japsn, who spoke through tho Bev, J. Stirewalt. One of the great addresses of the con vection was the closing address of this session by DrW. H. Greever, of Columbia) 8. C, v Tonight'n session was one of in tense interest, -Prof. B, B. Copenhsv er, of Marion, gripped the audience from the -first words'; of his address and held them by the strength of his words no less than 'by "his fine ora tory. , , Prof. 2t. L.- Stirewalt 's address on admissions in, the curriculum of the Christian college caused much inter ested comment when-he stated that Lenoir college required mission study in its course for a degree. Dr. E. T. Horn, of Philadelphia, said that the theological seminary .'should be one of the strongest centers of mission ary influence. Dr. L, B. Wolf, who spoke in -the mornitig, was greeted with enthusiasm tonight in his ad dress on the Mohammedan problem' as it relates to India and Africa. Many delegates will come in for Fri day 's session, when j J, Campbell White and Robert ,E.!"Speer, of New lork, will bo among the speakers. . A telegram wa received from the Presbyterian convention, at Chatta nooga and the general secretary was instructed to 'send eretinlorH Chattanooga convention. :r-' Secretary's 'Daughty's Address: Salisbury, Feb. 8. The crowning feature of the convention of the Lu theran Laymen's Missionary Move ment at balisbury was the address to night 6f W. F. Daughty, of New York, educational secretary of the laymen's movement .for the United btates and Canada. Mr. .Daughtv's subject was, "Prayer as a Primary and Central Missionary Force." His inspirational message 'found .a wait ing ear from the gathered "thousands and awakened great enthusiasm. The convention greatly enjoyed the ad dress by fh"e representative from the Far Boat, J. Murakimof Munamoto, Japan. Ho told the convention im pressively of 'the people and their needs. The addresses, and there full programme, were all nointed and strong and held the close atten tion of the vast, audience that packed the hall. Tomorrow will be the clos ing day and two national characters are to address the mee'ting- J. Camp bell White and Robert Ei Speer, both or ew xork, and each a noted work er in the laymen's movement. Christian Endeavorers Meet I Sal8m,s",ere.. Feb. 9. Foil of en tnusiasm tor a successful meeting, several hundred members of the So ciety of Christian Endeavor gather ed here today for the annual conven tion of their btate ' organisation. Leading features of the programme at the opening session this afternoon were addresses by G.. Everet Baker, president - of the State society, and Dr. Levy T.' Pennington, president of Pacific College.' The convention will continue over Saturday --and Sun day. , ; Judge Montgomery at Home. .' Judge W. J. Montgomery returned yesterday from the Charlotte Sana torium, where he has been undergo ing treatment for several weeks. . He was brought over on a stretcher and accompanied by his son, Dr. J. C, Montgomery, his daughter, Mrs. E. C. Register, and Miss Hill, a. trained nurse. ,; There were no apparent ill effects of the trip m his condition, which remains very critical. VeH-Fed Brwst ,. - - , "and ,", iHetMiy Boij Can Do Things " , Grape-Nuts ; ; . rooo - Bauds Both patio Ka orrar cause , . uyirecEsaAST delay T laral Mail Carriers. A Tew Words Every Patron Should Read. We trust every reader of this pa per who lives on a rural free delivery route will read the following sensi ble and timely, words from the R. F. D. News: A great deal of the time of rural letter carriers is each day taken up needlessly by the people whom they serve on their route. Tlie persons causing this delay by not having their letters stamped, sealed or addressed, or worse still, by dropping a couple of pennies into the box; instead of sticking a stamp on the letter, do not seem to realizethat the carrier has one hundred or more other stops to make before his route is com pleted. The government has estimated that two minutes are .now required by the carrier each box on his route There are about forty-thousand rural carriers in the United States. Taking 100 boxes as the average number on each route, we have 8,000.000 min utes each day which are allowed by the government for the carriers to serve mail at the boxes of the coun try. Now, if each patron of the route wpuld have the letters which they in tend to write all ready, stamped, seal ed, addressed and in the boxes, at the time when the carrier is due, it would save each one just half the time or 100 minutes each day, and the last patron on the route could read his mail one hour and forty minutes sooner than is now the case. If the public would stop and figure' what 'this means to the man who. through all kinds df weather, and many times undor severe difficulties, serves them with their mail, the daily task of the rural letter carrier would be greatly lesswred. Do Birds Get Drunk? Of Course - They Do. Shely, Feb. 7. A question - of whether birds get drunk or not" has arisen since Capt. S. A. Hoey came up the street the other morning and pick ed up two robbhis on his way. Capt. Hoey says the robbins were found un der a Chinaberry tree and that they had eaten so many berries that they were drunk and could not fly awawy.-i As he approached to pick them up, they fluttered and made an attempt to get away, but ho recovered them without a chase. 'Ha savs the Ibcrnes are something like wild cherries and that when a bird feeds too freely on tbenid; J)ecomes uitaxicatodi and lean not fly.- Must Wrap Parcel Properly. Washington, Feb. 8. Parcels im properly or inadequately wrapped will not be accepted by postmasters for mailing. The postofnee department has re ceived complaints, particularly from foreign countries, that parcels col lected in the mails from this country have been received in a damaged con dition. Postmaster Oeneral Hitch cock today issued an order- to all postmasters instructing them not to accept for mailing any parcel ,tliat was not securely wrapped. The Farmers' Union of Stokes county . have docided to organize a bank and to build a tonacco factory at Walnut Cove. A canvass of the Un ion members in the state is to be made for stock in the two enter prises. P I mm It ITI J QOKSTtOX Of MFETT-OP&N A CHECKING ACCOVN1 v WITH THE UOSEt rov FISP HECE tAET TO MdfE OH HAND-tVST Dt.19 , NEEDEV. WHETU I IVi A HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT OK FOE 9UUHES i fvtrosu ... CONCORD NATIONAL BANE Capital $100,000. Surplus $33,090, 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time " . . -' Deposit?. - - 'BROTHER BOB'S BABY. J I , (Comedy.) ' THE DEAD CANARY. ' . (Drama) N. it TflBATORluM CAiniOX ft FETZEX CO. - t Mr. Bernard reiser to i sUte library Concord and Be Connei... iu the Business of This Firm. ' Although the firm of Cannon A reiser Co. has suffered the loss of Us bead, the lamented Mr. P. B. FeU ur, under whose guiding hand the business bas been directed for manv years, the business will continue to be conducted at the same place. Mr. Bernard Fetzer, who has been in Mexico for several years, engaged as a minii.g engineer, will remain in Con cord for-some time and will be ac tively engaged in the management Of the business. With him will be as sociated the able corps of energetic young men who have been with the linn for several years. All of these young men are recognised as capable young merchants and eommand the highest confidence of the community and under their guidance the firm of Cannon & Fetzer Co., will no doubt continue to play an important part in the commercial life of the city. In Family Fight a Son 'm Father. Greensboro News. 9th. A horrible shooting affair that did not become generally known until yesterday occurred last Saturday night in High Point, and resulted in the death of Dan Hill, of that citv. in a High Point hospital Wednesday night at (:J) o'clock. JHr. Hill re ceived the fatal wound at the hands of a son, who was quarrling with a brother. The son admitted shooting his father, but said it was an acci dent, amt seemed very penitent at the sad outcome. Both he and his brother are now In the High Point Prison, arrested on a warrant for murder sworn out by tlie High Point Chief of police. The so-called accident is said to Ibe the result of a quarrel between the two brothers, happening when the fa ther intervened for the purpose of making peace. ' Whether the bullet was intended for the brother, or just went off in the tussle that ensued .vhen the father attempted to make peace, Is not known, aud- makes the case complicated. The real trouble not known, and there were only a few witnesses to the affair, whose minds do not secii to heiclear on the real point of contention. 'The people" of Union county are going to have a chance to vote, on a bond issue for good roads. The county commissioners have named March 23rd as election day. The proposition is to issue bonds to the amount i.of two ! hundred thousand dciUwo -tof -ron f ofr-farty --'years and to bear tour per cent, interest, take the money the (bonds iwill bring and biuld the roads at once, 1 For Men Only! Today, Friday and Saturday- We have with us a Special Representative of Isaac Hamburger & Sons MERCHANT TAILORS Baltimore, Md. Mr. Beaman is an expert measurer and guaran-- -tees a fit. We especially invite you to call!-' and inspect the Clothing. 500 Styles Clothing Department. Btrw-"vi nr oOjrCOED. .. Making tarrty Front - albewarU U Oeaoerd far VewXaQread. Messrs- D. W. Lam, J. K. Clark and F. L.Kietioloa, of tho surveying corps of the Norfolk Southern BiU road, "pent- Uat night in the eity. They enme cere from, MC Pleasant. The party is snaking the sorrey from Mt. Pleasant to Concord by Mount Pleasant and .axe making good pro gress with the work. The entire corps will reach here in a few days, the work now beingsin the vicinity ef Mount Pleasant. ' The men left this morning for that ! part of ibe county but will return here to spend the nkht When th line of the survey1 reaches here it ia very probable that the engineers will begin making surveys and plans for the road to enter Concord. -. '. t ; It is understood that a Bomber of routes will be surveyed and it will likely take several weeks to deter- , mine just what route ' for enterina Concord will be adopted. ' " y ihere are three corps of surveyors in the field,; One between Troy and the river, one between the river and Albemarle' and one between Albe marle and Mount Pleasant. The eorne between Troy and the river are eamp. ing in the Uwharrie Mountains. They will likely remain there for three months yet. " This is the critical see-, ; tion of the route. . The entire distance from the river to Troy leads through ' the center of the. chain of Uwharrie Mountains and it- will be .nceeaaarv. - should this route be adopted, to cut - , tne very neart or thenr for the line. As the situation now is this is the ' ' most likely route to be adopted. It has been the' opinion of many men , who are familiar with' the section of -country beyond the river that the" , route leading from Mount Gilead to Albemarle would be adopted by rea son of the fact that natural condi tions were much more favorable to ward building the line at less cost In the section along this route there are ' no hills of much consequence as the line could run what is known as the - river ridge and this would not neces sitate near so much grading as the line from Troy through the hills., It . is not likely, however, that this route -will be adopted as it would make the road seven or-eight miles longer and : one of the engineers stated thatr it J was the shortest possible distance the officials of the road were working r for. For this reason he is of the opinion that the line will go out from the A. ot A. at Troy. &cV little Miss- Blanche. Young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dick, is ill of pneumonia. - . newest in Men's i Spring on display : In our o a;