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i ' W Til V LHP VOL' XXII Prict 40 CcnU MoaQL CONCORD, N. C SATURDAY, MARCH 2.1912. -Single Cop, Five Cent. KQ. 203 0, .' TI3T Or, AUTO TEUCKS. ,Cpt WiUiMU, cf the U. S. Army, Spent Lut Nifht Here. Test Ante Trncki for the ffu Department. J Capt, William, of the United State Army, io charge of a party tbat ia making test of automobile ' tnlrka for tbe tvar department ar - rived inoneord Friday evening .and pent tie nigbt here, ' ' . ' ' Tbe party ia driving three large truck, two four-wheel drive trucks . and one autocar' truck. ' The four '.. wheel drive trueka are lb property "ef the government, bnt the autocar. ia the property of the factory. A fea tare of the four-wheel drive truck ia that tbe power ia driven both to the v " front and rear wheels.' The party started from Washington and will go . , to Atlanta and- Indianapolis.' The test h-lar includes trip .' from W ashington, to . Richmond, Raleigh, Greensboro over, the National High way to Coneord. " 'In speaking of" the roads Capt. "Williame said: "From Henderson ville to Raleigh in this State the roads were bad and from Raleigh to Burlington they were eves worse.'. In Guilford county they J were floe and . also, in Rowan. But in Davidson they - were tbe worst. I ever saw. In Ca rbarns the Kannapolis road, by its "grading, surface and finish, is tbe - finest piece of road I have seen in ' tbe United State, tf ,The tour is being made for the pur ' . pose of thoroughly testing the auto mobile truck with a view of supplant ing the army mule with it. The tracks '' earry a load of 3,000 pounds, mostly sand. - .When the present tour is com pleted tbe tracks will - be put to a field test." In this test they will be . driven alongside of a wagon drawn ' by army muh -and each will carry. .ijan equal load;;.,l:;';,;-;i cv- - :t,.'r-.: " ' Capt. Williams is a North Carolin ian, -a native of Fyetteville ; He -" giaduated at West Point in 1898 and graduated at West Point in 1908 and was detailed immediately ifffo regu- lar serviey in Cub during the Span- iah-Amerioan ,warv: Sine that time he has spent most of his time in the Phillipines. He will leave the pres. ent tour at Indianapolis nd-report back to his station in the Phillipines. 6I1TM053 FAB IN THE Prominent TrsTali&g Has Saya thetV Senator'! Ee-election la Certain. Mr.Mim Steed, a representative of a Urge fertiliser firm of Norfolk, was in Concord yesterday. Mr. Steed Uvea in Mount Gilead, and is a farmer in connection with his work for bis fer tilizer firm. He ir a close observer and takes especial interest in keeping abreast of tbe agricultural and in dustrial advancement of the State. Politics Na his pet aide line and be always keeps his ear to tbe (ground for the latest political news. tie ta an original wmmon man ana is staunch supporter of the Senior Senator. . ' ' ", " 'i "Senator Simmons haa by tar the greatest lead in most every section of the State," he said. "Down east tbey are rallying to- his support end everywhere I go sentiment forhim ia rapidly growing, ins ineaaa are not only sticking by him but . are working, and. from what I tee there ia nothing to it but bis re-election," be concluded. A , .''. : KXW8 F0BXCA8T TOR - , v THE COMINO' WEEK. Soma Points for tha Cotton Farmers. ;If a 16,000,000 bale crop of cotton Jii raised in 1912, yoa can't expect 1 more than 8 cents a pound. This will ' give the farmers $640,000,000, For the sake of argument, let 's cut tt i Houn'- Dog Helps Democrats. " Democrats with poetry in their souls are eoming to bat in every part of tbe United tates with protests against any further abjuse of the "ole houn' dog." ' ';. v a - " ' Years ago some unkmown poet oi the Oxarks wrote a few homely verses on a certain hound which everyone eemed to have a desire - To kick around, and now that Missouri has supplied a likely candidate for the Presidency, this plain ballad from the sine laden hills of Missouri has leap ed into national fame. A Washington newspaper has offered It prise for ad ditional verses. Even members of Comrress are competing. The first Verse of the original song runs as follows , Every time I eome to town The boys start kiclun' " my , . aroan'; . ' Makes no difference if he is They , gotta.; quit - kickin my ': aroun. . 'tf ; i '' , V-'1-. Taking this for their cue, the poets got busy, as follows Champ's on the hunt with his old ' honn'- -: And he's gettinV votes in every town, The pedple are gathering for miles aroun ;.;r .-" To vote for him and his Ozark houn Every time th6 door bell, rings , ' dawg houn dawg down to 12,000,000 bales, and say it somebody raises the prices! things .will bring 12 cents per pound, which v is very remarkable.' this would bring - tbe cotton farmers the sum of $720,-, 000,000 or just $80,000,000 more than - the 16,000,000 bale crop wouhf Tjriuft. " Say that we will cut the erop-ona fourth, then, take- that one-fourth of acreage and plant in corn. If . We would use tbe same energy and use ; (lie same amount of fertiliser on this Makes no difference if we're rich as -"" kings , - They pitta quit boostin' the prices of ; - ' (hiilgs. Telephone Inventor Is 65, Washiugton, D. C, March 2. Many messages of congratulation have been received at the. home of Alexander 8,000,000 acres and make 30 bushels- rauni oei. .a, uMC.pMUu , corn per acre, we would make fzw,-; r TdLV .b i -. Ann . if ii,i.:ot the telephone. . Professor Bell was will be 65 years old tomorrow, and He corn only oost tne iarmer cents per bushel to raise, it would be worth 4240,000,000 dollars to him,-just what he is paying some one else to raise, for him, at $1.00 per btished And if by good fortune we should get 15 cents per pound for our 12,000,000 bale crop, it would give us the sum of $900,000,000. Add to : this your nUi AAA Jn11Aa AMn an A v have' the total sum of $1.140.000 ! fw in ventors who has lived to " ... ' . I T.-it..-M Af hto invantiATi nnn also reap the flnaneial benefit; of it, made his first meriments with the telenhone while residintt in Brantfprd, Ont. The invention was placedon exhibition at the Philadelphia centen nial exposition and a short time la ter the- first practical line was put 'in Deration between Boston and Sa- ' lem. Professor Bell is one of the 000. Now take from this sum $040,' 000,000 which you get for wour 16, 000.000 bale crop, $500,000,000; and For a numbe of years the inventor yoa find the differenee just one half jW" made Washington his winter J-es-a bilUon dollars. , That is just haj) Wenee. - Ha has a summer nj .k. tA iTnij Kt.t laboratory in Nova Scotia, where he Think. of Hhis," farmerst how easylvw to perfectingr the it is to make more, money By cur- taa. tailing this half billion dollars is rJollette's Manager Denounces Ted' with flying ma 'considerable more -than all the cotton mills in the South are worth today or 1 would sell for. -" -G. T. C. ' . ; , Oottoa 18V4 opu.ju " ' Stateaville Landmark. , , ' . What do you think of tbatt I It sounds good .and is a fact that a bale of cotton sold in Statesville yesterday for 18, cents a pound. - - It was not. ordinary cotton, how ever, but the long staple variety. The cotton was1 grown by Mr. A. D. Braw- ; ley, the Barringer township trucker, and is, so far as known, the first bale of long staple ever produced in Ire dell. sMr. Heftty : Steele, or jsiates- ville, was the purchaser. - ' Mr. Brawley says it costs a little more to grow the long staple cotton' but the difference in selling price more $han makes up for the cost. His bale was produced bn about two and a half acres DUl tne season wns un favorable. He thinks with a good sea son t'.ie long staple will yield a .half bale or more to the Mt,(ICvJ'"'' . The seed sell for $2 per" bushel but Mr. Brawley has no seed for sale. He will plant the seed from this bale ' -sind will try long staple again this season. ' ; ' dy in Strong Terms, Portland, Ore., March 1. Walter I Washington, D. CTMareh a-Prea- ident Taft, mong the numerous en tries in U presidential race, promis es to be most in the poblis-eye" dur ing the week, owing to his estern trip. The President is going to Chi cago to apeak. Saturday night at a meeting to. be held under tbe auspices of the Illinois Swedish-American Re publican nesftue in celebration of the semicentennial anniversary of the battle Between John Eriessoa'a Moni tor and tbe Confederate ram Merri mae. On his way to-Chicago, the President will stop in Toledo, rBere, it is announced, he will make a apech that will be an ansyer to Mr. Roose velt 's recent speech at Columbus. - Several of the Southern States are to receive attention from - Harmon J and Wilson, the rival aspirants for the Democrakfe presidential nomina tion. Governor Wilson haa accepted an invitation to address tbe Maryland legislature Thursday evening, while Governor Harmon " is expected . to peak before both the Maryland and Virginia lawmakers -, during c the week..-' ':' :'',:-:..- State conventions to eboose dele gates to the Republican national con vention will be held during the week Alabama, and New Mexico..: It is regarded as likely that fights be tween Taft supporters and Koosevelt upporters foif control may develop in each of these conventions. : President Taft, Cardinal Gibbons and other men of national prominence will take part, in the twelfth annual meeting of the National Civie Feder-I anon, wnicn-wm meet in n asuingion Tuesday for a three days' session. Industrial Peace and Progress" will be the general theme of consid eration, with an exhaustive discussion of the practical operation of trade agreements, between employers . and employes. i , ; ', : r - At a meeting called . lor Kansas City next Monday . plana are to be perfected for the formation of a ter ritorial federation of railroad shop employes that will, include every rail road operating west of the Mississip pi river. As soon as the organiza tion is launched demands are to be made for a general advance in wages on every road. - - : As a result of the municipal elec tion Tuesday, Seattle may be the first large city of the "United States to adopt the single tax. On th4t day the voters- will pass on the Erickson simile tax amendment to the city charter. ; Broadly, stated, the .amend ment proposes- to exempt all build ings and personal property from eity taxes and confine the taxes wholly to land values and the franchises of pub lic service corporations; CAinraALII Df FEEfilA. Fathers Imported E'-nf (Tbildrw ia Famlsa-tarictea District. Was'hingtenT Mares j L-6tartling allegationa of cannibalism among the starving Pemaaa are aantained in Ut ters from Teheran- to: tbe - Persian- Americaa Edneational - Society . here from Dr. Susan L Moody, formerly of Chicago.' . ..' 7 v ' . She declares father are eating their children and children are eating each other ia Northwest Persia, in the vicinity of Hamad an, where fam ine haa foDowed the sacking of 25 towns and villages by the rebel troops lX Sslar ed Dowleh, brother of tbe deposed Shah. , V ' " Forty thousand people -are starving ia declared, and the- society haa started a relief fund. The American National Red Cross will also be asked for assistance.- ' 'i ' Until new crops bavi been grown and harvested there will be no oppor tunity for the homeless people to help themselves, The peopl of Tehersn, Dr. Moody says, have been raising money to relieve the distress and have forwarded $500 with which to buy food, i , v - Salar ed Dowleh, who led tbe reb els, has been placed; in official posi tion as Governor- at Tribis, in tbe Russian sphere of influence in North ern .Persia. Kecenuy tne rersian government signified its ; willingness to grant him about $11,000 a year and restore to him tha. $80,000 con fiscated by order of W. Morgan Sinis ter, while he waa Treasurer-General of Persia. This was- conditioned on his living abroad, v V-f lien and' tv-'r'-S" Forward". Cam- ;' vV I ' - ' ' ';- ' Oalland, Cal., Harch 2. The final Wranrjneiit8 have been eompletod for the ( ' -i of tbe I.Tn and Ko Hion Vor.-. 1 ?.'ov-.,,.nt -in Oak land, IVrke: y and A' -iie.la. ; The campaiipi proper '.l op. a in tins city . tomorrow af.oi'nooii, w S.. i r'yir"' ! 1' ' b's wi'.l !r.- a niii- , .. , , i- , ri ! ' ' : .. ; 1 v Li Houser, chairman oJt the LaFollette Kstinnal 'CamoaiirB Committee, v de clares that Theodore Roosevelt had ' 4 double-crossed." , LaFollette, who TTnuser asserted, entered the fight for the Republican nomination1 for Pres ident at the. '.'earnest solicitation" o the former President. ; Houser said LaFoJlotte- was still in tlie" field and would not withdraw inspite of efforts on the part of Roose velt. He affirmed that Kooseveii? urg ed. LaFollette to declare himself a candidate, and-then went olh, to tell of -I Roosevelt V'i "wire a puUing' through Karfield, who for a time was believed to be Roosevelt's? personal choice for llie nomination, to steal La roueites iuuuwiuk.- , i . , t ,, - "Roosevelt is not'jk real Progres sive and does not represent -the real PronTessives. ' ' said Houser; "Lar oi WtA Ac: and he will stay in the Tifty-SeTen Lives Lost In Collision. Victoria, B. C-, March, 1. Fifty seven lives were lost in a collision of the .steamer Mori Mam and Kicha Maru, details of which, have Just oeen broujrht by the '-steamer. Awa -Maru from the Orient. - The two veHcls 'founilered after the collision in Gcn kai Soa l'ubruary 10. : v e cLvTTZ fcv::d tad. ' Just before we go to press we luain. that Dr. i'vub B. Kluttz, a dontist of Pitcher Fnllenweider May Stay in V?-: Bi'. Show. ". : Marline; Tex., Feb. 28. To the of ficial scorers of the National League, greetings: - ' Master Pfeieffer Fullenweider (he spelled it that way himself), pitcher, maue nis nrst auueanintD ui uu with McGraw's reeruits this after--noon at Emerson Park and there' is grave danger of-him sticking around in the big tent. ' - - - Master What-chn-call-im is squarely eonstrncted young man, who favors -utis uranaau as io pnysicai formation, and after he had finished a brief turn on the mound, Wilbur Robinson, the coach of the pitchers, gravely shook his head and: said: "He acts like a wise oirane cer tainly does." But, and also, However, as we nave remarked before, this is .the 'spring. time. . v f Contest for Bailey'i Seat H ' Temple, Texas, March 2. J. F. Wolters of Houston came to Temple today to formally open his campaign as a candidate for the United States Senata to succeed Joseph W. Bailey. The 'recent withdrawal Congress man .Sheppard , leaves the 'senatorial contest a three-cornered race between Wolters, Congressman Choice B. Ran- dell, of Sherman, and Cone Johnson, of- Tyler,-; Notwithstanding the fact that State-wiae prouioiuon uaa uu ui- reet- beamier : upon v the senatorsmp, this question -will be one of the chief issues of the campaign. It is the gen eral opinion that the anti-prouiDi- tion vote will be diyiaea Between Woltejs and r Randell. f-. This may prove of benefit to Johnson, as he is the oniyproniouionisi iu iu iww. vThe Lsnti Literanr Society. The Lents Literary Sootety held its regular meeting Friday f -afternoon. The programme was as follows: .- Recitation-by Miss Manme isber, entitled, "Dump's Story.- - Recitation M4ss Kathryn Crowell, enUtled ymot t Playi'V Recitation by Miss Pons Cline, en Utled, "Tbe Battle. V i . Recitation by Miss Helen Furr, en- hit led, "The-Drowned Singer." ; , - Kecitation Dy miss uua recx, en titled, "Guilty or Not Guilty." -Recitation, "The Unkn6wn Speak er," by Miss uraee i m. Recitatipn entitled "The Sword of Robert E. Lee,' MissVDessa Pha Hps. ' l'-"-'--.'': - . '' ..'-t5" ' The recitations were ta aeerne what three would be the best tb represent the Society at. the-publleeOntegt n March 21, Air of the recitations were good but Misses Kathryn .Crowell, Nannie Fisher and Grace P urr were ehoeen. ' :' -' The debate: Resolved, "Tlrnt cap ital punishment should be abolished. ' The affirmative speakers were Messrs. Joe Hendnx - and Ed Morgan and isses.Jd8 Porter and Marvin Misen- heimer. Thenegative were: Messrs. Ernest" Norman, Walter Fnrr and Miss Janie Morrison. The judges de cided in favor of the negative. Mr. Bull- was critic of the day. V New officers were elected as fol- lna . Mr. Tj Crowell.- president and Miss Laura Gillon, viee ; presi dent, and Mr; Joe Hawthorne, sec retary. ? A rising vote was given to tne re tiring officers, after which Mr. George Harley, the- retiring president, thank ed the society for electing" him .and nnred it to (rive1 Mr. Crowell the same support hewas given. : Mr. vMcLeod was appointed to lead the. hew presi dent to tbe chair, who thanked the society for electing him its 'president Mr, Webb was made honorary pres ident. ' ' , SECRETARY. niliili!, was this n f -1 lie 1 t d ud in his V VH M W'"1 x : Kt. Linney to Eun. Salisbury PoetTx . " it is understood that Mr. Frank Linney, of Watauga,, wrants to be the Republican nominee for Congress in this' the eiehth district, i Mr. Linney is solicitor of Thirteenth judicial ais- tri..t II has let it be known that he has a hankerin' for the position. Ttv is practically . eertain Mx. Tlnin'hton will have no opposition for t , the nomination for a second term, ana it is likely ttiis opponent in the elec tion will be Mr. Linney. , . ' One Car ITottnough, Anyway. For three days the street car has been idle. Not a trip has been made in this time and 1-nt for the ever- remlv linoks tb l ulilic vould be at Mm incii'V i f tl.e system. "We iriv'e them" a farnr.liie free i t v! t we want w (."rvii," said i t! FXE80KAL MEHTI0H. Soma ef tbe People Sara And Else vbare Who Come And Oo. Miaa Maude Gibson U visiting friends in Charlotte. ' . Mr. O. F.". Brown has returned from a business trip vest. ' Miss Ashlya Lowe has gone to Du-- ham to visit Miss Lncy Stokes. Ubs. Vane Henile, of Statesville, is the guest of Mr C. J. Harris. Mr. J. Frank Smith and son, of Mecklenburg eonnty,' are here to day. - . ; - Mr. W. L. Williamson, of No. 10 township, are visiting Mrs. G rover Love. ' Mis Lola Sappenfield has gone to Charlotte to visit-. Mrs. L. B. Sam mond. ' . Mr. M B. Stickley returned this morning from - a businexs trip to Washington. - Dr.' and Mrs. J. C. Montgomery, of Charlotte, spent a few hours in the eity last night, , Mr. B. L. Umbcrger will leave to night on ia buBinatriy to Washing ton and points in Virginia. Mrs, C. V.Henkel and two children, dren, of Statesville, arrived last night and Are visiting Mrs. C. J. Harris. Mrs. D. B, Privett and little daugh ter, Anna Montgomery, left this morning for Goldsboro to visit rela tives. ''. . ' Mt. E. L. Efird has returned from New York, where he has. been for a week buying good for EHrd's depart ment stores. ' s 'i Mr. and Mrs. M. Cameron, of Albe-1 marie, will spend Sunday here with Mrs. Cameron's sisters, Mrs. HoMard Caldwell and Miss Kate Nicholson. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Holt are the guests of Mr. and MrsJ. Locke Erwm. Mr. and Mrs. Holt are en route to their home 'in Burlington from Savannah, where they have been spending the winter. .'-. '., Reunion at Mr. J. Wallace Cook's. The home of Mr. J. Wallace Cook in No. 5 township was the scene of a happy family reunion Thursday, the occasion being the 76th anniversary of Mr. Cook's birthday. Twelve chil dren, three great grandchildren and many friends were present, making a party of fifty in all. All the gnests brought well filled baskets and sump tuous birthday-dinner in honor ot Mr. Cook was served on a large ta ble in the yard. The party lasted un til 5 o'clock in the afternoon and dur ing the day Mr. Cook was presented with, many birthday presents. - Among tbe out-of-town guests pres ent Were: Mr. and Mrs. F K. Cook and six children, of Lando, S. C; Mr, and Mrs. Tucker, of Spencei1; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Melnnis and family, and Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cook. - WOXAJT'8 MISSIOHAST TJinOK Of Mecklenburg and Cabarrna Bap ' tlst Union to Meet Here Next .. Thursday. ' --' - The second annual meeting of the Wpman'a Missionary I'uiua of tbe Mecklenburg and Cabarrua Baptist Association will meet in the First Baptist church her Thursday, March 7, 1912. The following will be tbe programme: Morning Session, 11 O'clock. Musie. . . , Devotional Exercises Mrs. C. E. Crsven. Address of Welcome Mrs. H. a Williams. Response MVs. E. P. King. . Enrollment of Delegates. Viee President's report. Musie. ... Associational Constitution. ' Discussion and Adoption. Appointment of Committees. . -; Report of Societies. Music, Recommendations of Central Com mittee and Associational Aim Miss Eva LiddelL Closing prayer. . Luneh hour from 1 to, 2 o'cloek. Afternoon Session, S O'clock. Music Devotional Exercises Mrs. J. R. Pace. Standard of Excellence Mrs. W. C. Dowd. " ' - Sunbeains-MVs. C. B. Floyd. Music. ;.- Women in Foreign Fileds Mrs. E. E. Botnar. Young Women's AuxjiliaryT-Mrs. T. W. ChambUss. ' ' , ' Musie. Problems-in Country Church Mrs. J. D. Withers. - Observance of Week of Prayer Mrs. F. D. Uthco. Closing prayer. Evening Session, 7:30 O'clock. Musie. Devotional Exercises. Mrs. L. R. Pruett. What the Bible Teaches About Tithinif Mrs. C. E. Mason. Recitation, "The Missionary s rw. f TT S Wlliama Music. Election of officers. Report of officers. Report of committees. Unfinished business. Collection of minute fund. Closing prayer. jCOKCOED PEESBTTEST HZZ7S. Eer. E. A. Lapsley ft ml ml m& . Er. 0. B. H slier Eeclyd, Salisbury, March 1. A eall meet ing of the Coneord Presbytery, Rev. D. Byron Clark of the First Presby terian church ofj this city moderator, w held in this church today for the transaction of two matters of import ance. One of these was the dismissal of Rev. R. A. Lapsley, pastor of the" ebuieh at Newton, in order that he may eonneet himself with the, Wil mington Presbytery to nceept a call, to Clark ton, and the other being for the reception of Rev. C. B. Heller from tbe Reformed church of ' the' United State to become pastor of the Presbyterian churches t Spencer nd Chestnut Hill, this eity. Arrangements were made for the installation of Rev. Mr. Heller Sun day, March 17.. A number ef visiting ministers will participate in tbe in stall tion service, they being Rev. E. P. Bradley of Mooresville, Rev. E. W. Shipley, of Kannspolis and Rev. . ' M. L, Kirschner, of Speneer. A reg- nlar meeting of the presbytery is to , be held in this eity beginning April : 23, when it is expected that eighty ' or more delegatea and ministers will i be in attendance. : v .;. . ; Death of Mrs. Jr A. Flowe. Mrs. J. A:. Flowe died this morning at 7:10 b'clock at the home of .her wt.v Mr! Samuel Flowe in Ho. IU tnwnshin. Mrs. Flowe lived. In Spen. cer but went to No. 10 township about week am to Visit ber son, bhe suf- fered a. stroke of paralysis Wednes- dsy and her condition continued to grow worse until her . death this morning-. vi. ' -vjn'ra.: Flow moved ' from No. 10 township to Spencer about five years ago.. .She-had a large numoer or friends and relatives in .uiur eouniv. Mrs. Flowe was 65 years Tld and is survived by ber husband and seven children, Miss. Ida lowe, oi Roan oke, Va. Ed. and Sam Flowe, of No. in fnvnihiA: Morton Flowe, of Con cord; Mrs. James McCurdy and Cebe Flowe, of Spencer, ana y Dorton, of Salisbury. . . TW fnnoml will D6 neia tomorrow oflarnnnn t 1 . O 'ClOCK t ' BOBWr' Chapel and will be conducted by ReV; T. W. mitn. ' , Abolish Charlotte Office. Washington, March 1. The sub committee, of the house appropria tions committee, in secret session to- niu-ht. unanimously Voted to establish the Charlotte assay omce ano au as sava offices, except Nw York and Philadelphia. It is also recommended that the commerce court snd the mints at San Francisco and New Or leans and San Francisco be closed. This, they say, will save the govern ment $2,OOU,oou annuaiiy. lnmA in snd iret one of our 1912 V&t Pneket Memorandum Books. If you need more than one, get two. The Heroes of the Mutiny." Heroes are not made they are dis- mwmit when duty calls. They may h. W of trratitude. or tove, or pa triotism. Opportunity to snow neir loyalty to 'friends, home and country vnlwt themirhen we least expect. In the mutiny of the natives of iar-away rn;. arBiiMt Kninisn intervention, poor slaver in acknowledgement of binHnna. TTnOea IO U1TO BJ ,,mn.- anj i vonnn soldier.', in ' the fervor of his love for the British offl- r' itanohtor. faces ; " 'h to warn the British garrisonof f-.a ipproach inenemcv. Thi historic drama Will he !. n'iu all ito nulitant situatio Rt 1e Pastime Theatre today. -Jt win incite a feer-? of apprecta 1 i ' tion 1 f tne motive o CAPITAL SURPLUS $100,000 .33,000 NOETH CAROLINA NEWS. Th..CiiTMuw&E'tr- Co. anvita vo uto come to Ithelr store Monday and Tuesday to meet Mr. Bosenberger, of the custom tailoring department of Schloss Brois & Co., of Baltimore. His line will include new colors and fa brics. Items of News From AU Parts of the , Old Horta State. . . - . y. Yadkin: county has probably sent . more people, to the West, according . to population, than any eonnty in tbe State, and they're still going. The " -Journal says a colony of 23, includ- 4 ing four families, all from Yadkin, ; boarded tbe train inWinston this , week, Iowa being the!r3estinat ion. , s Clem "Wilsoti, clerk '. in a," club in . Charlotte, was convicted . in the ree- ; i order's court in Charlotte of selling " liquor and given his eboiee of . 30 days ; in jail and a fine of $300 or seven months on the roads. The first al- . ternative was accepted . Recorder Smith announced that every club and ' drug store liquor seller in Charlotte hereafter convicted in his eourt will receive a road sentence," no matter what his standing in society. ' ' ' . The Charlotte News haa elosedTits straw presidential election, which was . conducted for ten days. A total of-. 376 votes was cast, which -"consider- , ing that there was no partieHlar- re" : son for anyone to- vote we consider i ; ffood." the News says. ; The result m .ftnnonnced :f ollw i i Woodrow Wilson, II; narmon, -Roosevelt, 36; Bryan, 21; Undrewood, . 16; Oark, 8; Debs, 8 Kitchin, 3i . Hoke Smith, 1. -. When in doubt Use s Penny Column. $3;50 SL33S Close Out at to (lew Accounts large or Small Welcomed at ' ThlsBanL . Concord National Bank. FOTJE PER CENT. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. One lot of Ladies' Fine Patents Leather Shoes, in the Newest StyleToe, 16 Buttons, 7-inch Dull Kid Top, Sizes 3 to 59 Regular $3.50 sellers to close out quick for ; . r For Sal el A twn story. ten. room . dwelling with all moderen conveniences elec tric lights; bath room, hot end com water, on a good street near tho busi ness, po.rtion -.oi 'W;:v.;;;y., i Thirty acres cf land on Charlahtc public road. Rented this year for 10 per ent-on price of land J7HITE As Ve are making room for our Spring Line, you will find very attractive prices on all our shoesr now. n i 33 L m 8 o 1 F::F 1 t 1