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CONCOJID, N. C, TUESDAY; MAY 21.1912.
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WSXT 10 BX3 DEATH AT 12:17
Ooafeasei foUonar ef Avis Llaaell
Maintained Eis Composure to the
End Brothw WonUat Bi
' Poises Beat HlmTerteroay: Story
ef the Crime and Trial , . : -
J " Boston, Mass., May ZL Clarence
. V. T. Rieheson went to hie death In
! the letrie ebeir for the mnrder of
fAyia Linnell with a fortitude that
v amaied his pintail advisers, 'his
: counsel and tbo tbe State's witnesses.
The current, of 1000 volta was turned
, 00 at 12:10 this morning. Death was
: instantaneous. Tbo voltage was twice
. lowered andhe was shocked again.
!f The current waa on tbe last lima fif.j
. Men seconds. He wss officially pro-
nooneed dead at 12:17, after five min
r Cntes examinatiln. He went to the
death chair, singing hymns. His last
wards were: "I am willing to die
vfor Jcm' mto.f'r---: "
' i. , Ricbeson was dressed plainly in a
i black eheriot suit, a frock coat, white
'. vest, white shirt, turned wn eo.
via and a black bow tie, with fold
studs in his shirt .front, and with low
; .black , shoes, brightly shined. ' His
Bead was shaved down the middle, i
. f.'--' Among many letters addressed to
-V Kieheson which were opened bj War-
den Bridges today was one which
wat found to contain cyanide of pot
assium, It was mailed from station
K, New York city, on May 19, at 3
p. at. It contained no due to-the sen-
der, the powder being enclosed in a
..;...- y- small sub-envelope marked, beaeV
'.'.' j 'aehe powders." An analysis develop
- ed that it was poison of the same
T ; aatara as that which killed Avis lia-
' .L- Attorney Morse said that.be advia
v ' 1 ed .Warden Bridges to make public
V,"-. ; the fact of the receipt of this powder,
r Riebeson Was entirely innoeeqt of any
v " ; V knowledge of it having been sent, the
'i'?ix4 attorney declared. He. added that he
'..had every .reason! tp .believe the eon
V "; ," -f - demned man bad ho ' eapeetatiom-of
laeana al deatK.VJ.Vi.
fHiebesoa-'ioflected: yeateitday that
- i" probably had less than 12 bonrs
'i'-'A- t6"hve, and expressed a desire to see
" his brother, Douglas - Rieheson,' of
- ..: Chicago, who is inrthe eity. Tlje for
v' " '..: mer.elergymaa told hia. spiritual ad
;."' - viaer, the Bov. Dr. H.1 8. Johnson,
'.. ' v that be could meet his brother with-
IT -2 f out fear of collapsing. He had reeon
, foiled himaslt.to hla fate, he added.
MSKf d n ha , was at peace with
'.God and tbo world, Douglas Biche-
decided that, he would not gb to
f-hia-hrotherj jw
'.'C . V Kichjaoa Did Kot Die for Josui' Sake,
&ya Dr.'fatari.; - .... r
? .;::;H:fev ?::;New'Tork.' Mav"'21-The solem'-
-; V anity-and mock religious atmosphere
'r that surrounded the electrocution of
Clarence V T. Rieheson waa maudlin
' ;and saeriligious, tendifig -to; disgust
i - ' sensible people with tbe ehufch-and
'- - maka- them despise religion,'; today
Kfc doelared Rev. Madison C. Peters, paa-
.' ;' Htor of -Pilgrim Congressional church.
' ' '"Ricbeson did not die for "Jesus'
i ;fi )t sake. It is mockery. He did not even
-I die for the sake Of Avis' Linnell. He
"died to satisfy justice. Such, things
only tend to riorify murder and. at-
tract aentimentrto ' murderers. Of
f. course 1 1 believe condemned mien
V should have chance of repentance."
-: Boston, May 21. "And May God,
v n Hia infinite goodness, have mercy
on yonr soull". t .
S Ringing in the ears of the tall,
.; i powerfully built, waxen faced man
v", on whom- the stern mandate - of the
;'law waa carried ontf in tbe death
. house in Charlestown: prison early
- today were those words, uttered four
. months and two weeks ago to him,
f, as ha clung to the railing-, in tbe
. crowded courtroom in . Boston, ; "by
'Judge Sanderson, aa the latter int
Doeed the only penalty 'oossible for
4 bis admission of the most cruel mur-1
3 der in the history-oT the State. Bev.
JC. V. T. Rieheson, Baptist minister,
I who first betrayed and then -murder-.
tt od" confiding', trusting Avis Linnell,
: - belle of the little village of Hyannis,
"Si
down on Cape Cod, had hoped by bis
open confusion, to avoid tbe lgnom-
inous death in. the cruel chair. His
lawyers told him that he could "prob
ably earn a commutation of the death
L sentence by clearing up - a murder
"' mystery which, no patter bow con
clusive tho evidence, would si ways
have left suspicion in the minds of
- those opposed to circumstantial- vi-
' donee in cnpital cases And the man
. who had ( displaced his boly cKn
naapinc at to straw naa Bscaitt a
v -guilty in the hope that after all he
.'might' sav his life, even though
doomed to spend tbe remaindor of it
in rvison. -
L. t the closli" words of t' a I' k
robed, stern factJ ju..ge broiiut t,.e
. realization of how slender his hope
. .was snd Kiclip'on bnd to be carried
" "out-of tie"conrtlio to" tl.e rrmn
van that rci.u'ited laa to !' e Ci . '
' strent jnil' where jut.t of tl.e t..,.e
i 1 sontdnce h It en- s. ent.
' '1 ''" .1 t-it. y tliat le
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court, although a formula dating
from past eeotuo, meant that his
only hope waa in the God whose catl
ing be betrayed and ever since his
waking and sleeping hears have been
haunted by the spectre of the broad
arm chair, ithsita bright metal base
and cruel network of wires.
'Begiinintr in the littl Cape Cod
village of Hyannia, the love tragedy
which culminated in the murder and
today's execution waa the world old
triangle two women and a mam.
Back in 1909 Rieheaon, - graduated
only a few moatha beforaFrom the
Newton Theological Seminar, was
called to the pastoraU Of the Hyan
nia Baptist church. Handaoihe, pol
ished in manner, with a wonderful
amount of personal magntism, ha waa
soon a social favorite, . Young and old
were attracted to him and the church
congregation waa donbled in the first
few months of his incumbency. Lit
tle "comment waa occasioned by the
faet that ae was seen frequently in
the company of eeventcen-vear-old
A via Linnell, the brightest of the lo
cal high school students. . Sbe had
been baptised and received into the
church by, the young minister and
tbo old gossips of tho little village
-j a ...I i .
euwuuerea iikhu naiuraiiy aiiraciea
to each other and looked for them to
wed. r . . .' -v': .. . 'C :
There waa no formal announcement
of the engagement. 'But .Miss lin
nell had given np most of her social
diversions and waa spending nearly
all of ber time in ehureh work. She
was the "right hand" of the -pastor
in most of tha, events and took bis
part in a dispute that arose from
bis methods of preaching. , It was
Rieheson "s boast that he always call
ed "a spade a 'spade," and bis foree-
lul preaching, in whictL. he assailed
sin in every guise, soon split the con
gregation in factions. In April, 1910,
Mr. Rieheson resigned - and stated
that he had accepted a charge in Im
manuel, Cambridge. :.He had planned
to stay there only a short time and
later to marry Miss Linnell, accord
ing to what their friends understood,
ana go to unina as a missionary.
men avis unnll, who - bad a
splendid voice tttf- the httle eountrt
village and went to Boston. - She
stated that she was going there to
study in the Conservatory of 'Music
so that aha might be better able to
aid her husband" in his( church
work. , A t tha t time she was 'wearing
a handsome diamond ring, which it
was - understood hv her neonln hail
been the irift 0 the minister. :
Meanwhilr Rrehesow ha been in.
stalled in toe fashionable Cambridge
church.: Hero hia work was Crowned
with success and he became a favor
ite with many members of tbe con
gregation who professed to hevharm.
ed with hia plain talks from the pul
pit. Une night at a church reception
the youhg pastor was introduced to
Miss Viola- Edmands.- She. was the
daughter of Mos Grant Edmands,
one of the wealthiest residents of
Brookline, and reputed to be in pos
session in her own right of a half
million dollars received from the es
tate of her grand father.; r 4
Miss . Edmands v was . a . different
type froh' the little country 'villaee
maid who had dona so much for the
preacher down on Capo Cod. Proud
and imperious in manner she was at
tracted toward tha 'young minister
and aoon he, was paying devoted at
tention to her. in a short time? he
was her slave and soon -she told her
intimates that aha and the "minister
were 'to. wed soon.; -vs
Whether Avisjinnell knew of the
other woman-at this time is' it not
known". "Rtf OUlin, however, ithat
early in tbe ' summer she took 5 the
diamond ring; from iher finger -and
wore u .no more. put. mere was no
announcement to the home people
thai tha engagement had been broken
and there were only a few people
who knew that another woman had
come between the preacher and hia
little country sweetheart.
; Miss Linnell went home in August
and shortly afterward Rieheson also
came to Hyannis to spend his vaca
tion, trior to that the minister
had been noticed -dining in Boston
restaurants with Miss Linnell and
in Hyannis, and the old' town the
couple were much together and the
rumor was soon afloarthat they had
patched up their differences
and
I would eventually be married.
In September Richsod returned to
his pulpit and Miss Linnell vent
back to ber music studies. At time;
her friends '.' say, aha seemed . much
distraught and troubled. Finally on
Saturday, uctober 14, the young mu
sic student told her girl, inendr at
the Young Women's "Christian Asso
ciation, where she boarded, that she
was going to take dinner with her
"gentleman friend." Although ; sbe
did not call Rieheson by name ahe
was understood to mean him by -ier
friends,
No- one saw the couple at . their
mnl. The last time they are known
to have bt- n a -en on the street to
getlier was the day before Miss Lin
nell s mother, who pod-been visiting
in Boston, returned home. . Her
daughter aeeomnanied her to the rail
v y stal on anj after her train left,
according to the story of George ta-
Vi, .of Hyannis, who was there,
i.ii'heson joined IJibs Linnell. They
Vt the d"ot t""-".ir.
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ing adjoining rooms beard groans in
tbe bathroom adjoining- Miae Lin
nell 'a bedroom. They broke down the
J I . . L . 1 t ;
avor pbi i am gin iwcame aoeeoscMna a
and dlftd hfori a nhvaieiAn rri rA I
For a short time it was, believed that
she had killed herself. It wss sug
gested that Richest had .told her
be was to wed tbe "other woman"
and that this fact had caused her to
end her lifeAa autopsy, however,
revealed that aha waa about to ba.
eoms a, mother and that cyanide of
potassium had been tha cause . of
her death.'- " -
The faet that the girl waa in a del
icate condition aroused suspicion and
the police began to shadow Rieheson.
If" developed that, when the little
country- girl waa found - dying her
nearest chum telephoned to Rieheson
who demanded to know whether she
had said anything about him. When
told that ahe had not t is alleged
that he demanded why' he had been
called and notified tbe girl to tell Miss
linnell 'a peqple and the police.
Ricbeson immediately deserted hb
lodging and went to, the Brookline
mansion of Moses , Grant" Edmands,
where fhe stayed in strict seclusion.
Tbe next day he went down town
and engaged an attorney to represent
bis interests. -' '- -"--v 1 y
On October 19, William Haiti.; a
druggist .in Newton Centre, : where
Ricbeson attended theological school,
told the police that be had sold Riehe
son cyanide of potassium. :f"
"He told me that he had a net dog
that he wanted to kill," Hahn told
tha police, V and I told him that he
ought to use ether.. He said that he
didn't like the odor and then I sug
gested eyanide. I gave hina pack
age but ho Insisted on more. 5 Ai he
was leaving he. cautioned me to say
nothing about tbe matter." ',
On this evidence and the known
acquaintance of the minister with
Miss Linnell the arrest of Rieheson
waa determined on. 1 Tbe police sur
rounded the mansion on the nfeht of
October 19, but admission was refus
ed - Finally early next morning they
were admitted and found tbe minister
in bed. Ha was formally arrested on
murder charge and protested his
innocence. . , . . , . T. J,
The theory of the police from tths
start wss that the minister was re-
ponsible for the girl's condition and
tbat he had promised to get ber med
icine which would effectually hide her
shame from-the world. Instead the
latter admitted he cava ber capsules
ffillad wita.dieya
lieving impuotty in the minister, par
took 01 tbe deadly drug believing it
was in reality medicine for the pur
pose intended.
After ' his arrest - the members of
the Edmands family stood by the
-minister. . They proclaimed their be
lief in his innocence and it was an
nounced that they would finance his
defense. On Thanksgiving Day Miss
Edmands sent flowers and dainties to
the accused man in his cell and said
she had implicit confidence that he
would soon be free and they would
be wed in the- end.
On the night of December 20 Riehe
son waa heard moaning and crying
fin his cell. Knalljr-bexteked a guard
to- send tor doctor. - une was soon
there and investigation revealed the
fact that the minister, probably in
momentex mental aberration, - bad
leariuuy muiuaiea muiseu wiiu
. .VJi.i.l i i m ' ...
piece of tin he had secured - and
sharpened to a raior'a edge - on tha
floor of the cell. So serious were, the
wounds inflicted that the doctors who
were hurriedly called were forced to
complete the operation the man had
begun and. for a time he was in grave
danger of dying" from "blood poison-
That Ricbeson had planned to have
the operation he attempted figure m
his defense was charged by the prose
cutor and he was little surprised
when,' on January 6 last, he was furn
ished with a confession of guilt by
Rieheson 's lawyers. When the con
fession was repeated in court on Jan
nary 9, ythere was nothing for Judge
Sanderson td do but Impose the only
penalty by law for first degree mur
der. Friends of Rieheson started an
muted to life , imprisonment, but the
governor and his council refused to
act. . A petition claiming insanity was
filed. in the case but promptly over-
rsuled.'"'.!' -v ''
Confession Which Sent Bar. 0. Yt T.
Bichcson to tha Peatlt Chair.
"Gentlemen : - Deeply penitent for
my sin, and earnestly, desiring, as far
as in my power, lies,' to make atone
ment, I hereby ednfess that l am guil
ty of tha. offense of, which I stand In
dicted. ..,',-
"I am moved to this course by. no
inducement of self benefit or leniency.
Heinous as. is my crime, God "has not
wholly abandoned me, and toy eori-
soienco and manhood, however1 de
praved and blighted, will Dot admit
of my still wronsnng by a public trial,
her; whose pure young life I have, de
stroyed. ' - - -t
, "Under the 1. :Mnrs of remorse
have suffered, and aiQ suffering, the
torture of the d. . 1 la this I find
a measure of comfort"
"In my enl r - U I recognise
that there is s .1 of t .n wrcy of the
t of utvuie spark
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SIX YOUHa WOL A3 MT.tLEAB-
AKT 00KTXST T0 E0X0ES.7
Mr. T. L. Broad Wlni the Madal
Taoufh It Waa Ei21cil Matter to
t
Decids. Mr. Eln Waa OoU Med
al as Ber'Tebatar.-)ther onv
aienoement Kotos- ' . " , ; ,
Moant Pleaaant, N. tl,
Itay 20.
Well 'trained in the art. of -declama-
tion, tbe aix young men, representing
the preparatory department of i the
Collegiate Institute who joined In the
contest this morning for the piece
of gold, made for themselves a repo-
Utioa for pubUc epeakiag seldom at-
tained by amateura. It had beea fore-Cmu,
easted by those in touch with the
work being put npon tbe. declama-
tions by the contestants, ' that the . O'Gorman, a . Sunday journalist
speaking would be close, Very close, H. M. Faggart.- :, . -and
this prediction 'waal fulfilled to . jjm Blyadea. a mediean atudent F
the last word. The" committee of tbe T. Harkev " .
decision bad by far the more diffi-
cult part of the problem in trying to
come to a eonehmioa 'aa to whom
should be given the medal. Having
carefully, considered the, small points
each production, .the: committee
gave the honor of winning the medal
to Mr. F. L. Broad. , It was a deeia-
ion in which the smallest fraction of
merit and the inlVsst Infraction of
declamatory rnles.; afoa. or lostT The
programme follows i;
"Old Mistisamnk ;j Auten,
Charlotte-..- , . - :;X 1
"HU Last Song"U-Frcd V Broad,
epeneer. -i.jJ-J ej".i ?
Spartacus to the Gladiators" Geo.
F. Conrad, Lexington, t - -.-f; ; ,- i
"The' ruahed Flower '"Gilbert
Qendrix, Coneord. . , ; v
"The Confederate j Dead" Fred
Pack," Mt. . PleasantH :: - s&- -.
4 My Mother, ? My Cduntry, I My
God" Clyde- O. Ritchie. Concord.
Tha Debate,
ResolvccL. That the .National Gov-
Aiurmaiive apeaKcrs; na a. vress
m n, ...V.1... n xrs r.u
. m. i- . I . w n- . : I
3Si ! TTJLU
live : J. Dk Thomas, Faith ; Jas. .
r-.i v n: Ai...
The query is on that appeals,
once to tbe average man who makee I
use of roads. Ho these roads should
be best constructed and maintained
men throughout our country and that
VUO UUUUB Ul lUUUaulUl I
there is a diversity of opinion on the
subject was clearly set forth in the
IS! '.
public highways should not be built
L mainteincd at the expense of the
vt..:.i !. o. t I
MA tt-t .ZXTr , 'aSS;; kZl
1
gave !tSrSrrah dfTTSl
zIa i ipu:. poser who boards there, treats Mary I
aT1" ' no 'construe d to mean, how-
ever, that the negative waa not there
with an abundance of proof and argu
ment in protest ' againat tha govern
ment undertaking this work,'' and so
logically and convincingly did they
phold their contentions that it was
believed by numerous friends that
they bad triumphed in the contest.
a unet TOiune oi ims one panic oi
skjll and brains for supremacy in de
bate. A gold medal waa offered for
the beet address made by either of
tK. AmhmtMrm Thi. hnnnr ... L
the debaters. This honor was awari
ed Mr. King. ;vi,-
notes.
The weather man is with us unan
imously little dust, no mud.'
-The Kindley cotton mills, the Tus-
carora Cotton mills, the James knit-
ting mills and the Mt Pleasant Lum-
ber Company anut down tneir plants
thatHheir operatives might have an Lanneelot becomes a famous eompoa
opportanity to attend the closing ex- er. , They have a final chapter greet
ercise of the twin institutions. . , ing and all ia Lanneelot lovely.
Th .ntnmnhila eenana of Mt. Pl.sa -
ant tonight ia the largest ia our hia-
tnrv ' -.'.,jt (: :- .- ... V. 'w,E.:;-r-
. Xee, Jackson ana tbe. wnoie uoo -
federate army arc again on the march
thrnn(rh lha land of .nn.hina. kin
cotton, and pretty girls, but the jour- ad decided advantage behind the
ney they are now pursuing is a mis- footlights. Miss Crabtree, aa "Mere
sion of peace, patriotism and oratory, ly Mary Ann," was auperb. She not
We should erect a monument to their
memory for the medals theywin.
nun (a mrvm in thm mmnmmiv nt inAamm
Tf l.FM&llialjr axnjmta tn iMkt
for, the different contests of tbe In-
stitutehe wUl find the task much
it tf ..n K. mtnnnA in m.h
fashion that the eotftestante wUl be
farther removed from each other in
nnint mi .hilit: Not manA mn are
similar to that of passing sentence on
wiuinK to unaerv.it. secona hw
the deelaimera' contest thia morning. I Ohio's first preference primary to
Mont Amoena Seminary lies in ash-1 day.. Forty-eight delegates will be
es the oldiiuilding does. Would yon I selected. Taft, Roosevelt, La Fol-
guesa it F Do the !are 'number
visitors in town sti. t it! Uoes
the eliaraeter of the exercises indicate
itt la there a hint of it anvwheroT
The fact is mentioned occasionally,
'tis true, but no tears are falling,
have our vision turned on the larg-
leller, the p n.;.r, t ie new
Mary Ann." Among, then wa foU
Morrison IL CaldwelL Eaaand Mr.
J no. M. Ogleeby, f Concord. Mr.
Oglesby, city editor of tbe Tribanc,
kindly coaseoted te relieve the Trib
une correspondent hero of tbe dram
atis comment apon the play, allow
ing tha eorrcapondeat'a limited sup
ply of adjeetivee te be reserved for
future use, for which kindness be is
duly appreciative. , ' .
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"MXiELT MAST AXX" , 'A
- ' . ' -""-' LAST HMHT.
A Saperb FresenUtioa by aa Excel-
caUant Amatear Oast Flay Will
Be Frescnted Hers Tharsday Kifht
"Merely Mary Ann" was reader
mA mt' If nnnft PIabAiiI lmmt nioltt hm
1, sngpieea of the expression de-
rt - wmt f Want aac-n.
xho play waa directed by Miea J. Ett
iv. r.Mr. ,nA th. fiu. a i.
cut 0f characters: '
- Lanneelot, a composer F. L
Broad. -
Mr. Peter, in business C. H.
, , ' ,
Hart Brahnwm :'a mi.Ie nnMiWi
n. u Welsh.. .
-, Rev. SamnaLAmedm. a conntrv fc
ear G. P. Conrad.'
- Lord Valentine Foxwell, a. Gilded
Youth & B. King.
Mary Ann, Merely J. Ethlyn Crab-
tree. V ,s
Mrs. Xedbetter, a lodging house
keeper Mary Tost.
Rosie. her danehter Helen Misen-
Ihcimer.
i - The Sisters Tripitt, music hall dan-
cere Mary and Laura Heilig.
LAdy uneimer, a poor peeress
Margaret McAllister,
' Caroline, Countess of Foxwell, her
mend-Mary. Heilig.
Lady Gladys-Foxwell, daughter of
tbe Countess Helen Misenheimer,
The Maid Ethel Mae Cobb.
Dick-A Canary. s -.-Bird-notes
by W. C. Newell.
' For several minutes before the cur
tain waa raised every one of the 500
seats were taken and 'it was neces
sary for the ushers to provide chairs
in the aisles for many Before the
curtain arose there was a still hush
. - . .
Igun ihan one was impressed with the
uu Bwuna UBU kllD uv. UIMUW W
tot - thafc the pky and the efforta of
" -jUi ili T
lanJimci - To give a detaileg-ae-
T'a IZ LIZZ
" , , . r z f, - TZ
Te "T"" Ti,
If11 2 J'd. 1 .fe
a 1. a V 11 a.. (
??",a Lw., "ri'.tT
' oorapu:T.Xrrr
" w" hr' J??,"
r.- u ' . "
,MfcfcTlknJk?t!d
She came up through the knocks and I
hardships of the boarders and under
the oppSssive hand of an iron-heart.
life. She . , unemdiately . reciprocates
his treatment by falling in love with
him. Lanneelot is wedded to hia art
but the publishers refuse his compo
sitions on the ground that they arc
too classical and beseech him to use
his recognized ability in writing music
to catch the popular ear. He refused
to prostitute his gifts for the sake
...... . , tll. H
trrows blue and disconsolate.
U1U bmhuk -aaaaaa u aw w
Mary
"uT; " nlttw deeidea
Pthiaes wrtb him.. He Jthen decides
nn notices his demeanor and sym-i
to ' leave and take Mary Ann with
him. Suddenly by a dime novel turn
of events Mary Ann becomes heiress
to a vast fortune.' Launeelot then re
fuses to marry her onjtecoant of her
newly acquired riches. She -pleads
with him but all in vain. Finally they
separate, Mary Ann going into the
I wealthy circles ol London uie ana
1 All the young people deserve Blgh
prtiae for their exeeUent work, but
1 sueciai gwuiiiu a uuv mi. x-. , u.
1 nro.uM wunnuw, uu
Yost, aa Mrs. Ledbetter, the board-
ing hoUSC keeper, both of whom show-
oniy poesesaea wga w miwi wm
possesses the art of bringing it forth
I HOD) OCT .BBUllBUW. DUO UH wu-
Isented to present the play at the
opera house here Thursday night and
if Concord people give t,tne support
it deserves there will be a good bouse
w wnnesa . - r-... r y -;-;v
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weather is reported in all sections for
of lette, Harmon and Wilson supporters
I are encouraged by tbe rair, warm oa;
There waa a heavy early vote.
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I Mrs. James Card and Master James
for Card, Jr., of Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs.
D. R. Lackey, Mrs. Robfirt Wood and
?"Vs KaOiryn-W'ood and Mr. Victor
Ufint, I,.,i-g I,.attie Jolmson and s r.
Wl;: n Jlm---tn, of Lkhmond,"
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MAT BE HOT TIMS XV K0WAJT.
Several Oaatests Probable lm Dema-
craUc County Coaventioa. '
Salisbury, May 20. Iadirations
pout to warm time in the Demo
cratic county eonventioa next Satur
day. There will be contests for tbe
legislature, county commissi oners
and township tax collector for which
positions no one -seems to have been
chosen by Saturday 'a primaries.
There ia a difference between the
popular and the declared vote that
may spell defeat for soma who led in
tbe vote Saturday. E. H. Miller, tbe
present register of deeds beat bis two
opponents also. It ia probable none
prosecuting attorney beats hia two
opponesnta also. It ia probable none
of tbo present board of commission-
era wUV be renominated. A heavy
vote waa polled, about 2300, and at
least one Saliabary ward voted many
mora than all parties voted at the
but election. The counting of votes
waa not finished till after 1 a 'dock
Sunday morning. . - .
la the summing np of tbe total vote
east in the Democratic primaries in
Kowan Saturday it transpires .that
the candidates receiving the highest
vote were, McKenne for sheriff 1,981,
KJotts lor county lodge 2O10, Kes-
ler for treasurer 1,945.
Another Club Chartered.
Charter has been filed at the clerk's
office for the Farmers' Club and Res
taurant Company. The new club will
have quarters in the Correll building
on West Depot street. W, A. Joyner
and J. S. Draugban are the managers.
Tbe objects of tbe club, aa act forth
in the charter, are to "conduct a so
cial club for the use, comfort and ben
efit of tbe members; to engage in ath
letic sports and pastimes; to conduct
an eating house and. do-such other
things as may be desirable and. nec
essary to carry out the purposes of
the organization." .
The capital stock is authorized at
15,000 i with 250 paid in. The fol
lowing are the stockholders : A How-
its, W. A. Joyner, J. S. Draugban,
W. M. Smith add J. W. Stowe.
v Cobb Not Beinstated.
Philadelphia, pa,. May 2L The
American Leaerue magnates are sched
uled to meet here today to fix the
punishment of the Detroit strikers,
who are in Washington prepared to
play this afternoon's game. Ty Cobb
has not been reinstated and it is not
knoiw-Wwhea he will- be.-. President
Navin, of the Detroit elub, aaid be
would pay any fines-including Cobb's.
The magnates are considering this
proposition which violates regula
tions. '
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Use the Penny Column it pays. -
aisjlMMl0lillMW
Waists; Iressss
-and Coat Suit
This We3lL.'.':
A big line of Summer Waista worth up to
$1.50, twelve different styles, well made of
beautiful quality of Linen Finished Batiste
aa long as they last 1 98c
CLEAN UP
blouse Dresses
$3.00
$1.50 House Dresses
Sample Line of White
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SPRING COAT SUITS IN CREAM, SERGE .
7 AND ALSO IN STRIPES ,
$18.00 Suits 1 : -.-$9.85
$18.00 Suits I.'.:---.--1.411X3
$22.80 Suits' .1 "-. ......tli-SS
SPECIAL PRICES will continue all tU week
in Ladies', tosses, an4 Children's READY
TO WEAR HATS. .
LET US
PATJJOTIO 01DE OF - . V
. SOHS OF AMXilOA."
State KeetiM Vv ia Seasioa Sara,''
FaUia MerUnf at Cent SosaC v
The town ia filled with delegates to'
the aaeeting of tbe State Camp P. O.
8. af A- The first seasioa waa held .
this aaorning at the Pythian building.
Tha meeting waa presided over by
Mr. T..D. Brown, ef , Saliabary,
president of tbe State camp. Reports
of tbe officers vera read a ad shewed
a membership of aaore ' than 1300..
Thia is tha first year of the order ia
tbia State, tha camp baring bee or- -ganiaed
at Lexington last year.. Offi
cers for the ensuing year were aom- -inated
tbia morning and tha alactioa .
will be held at the, afternoon aaccioo.
- -There will be a public meeting at
tha court boose tonight at 8 o'clock..
Msyor C. B. Wagoner will make the
address of welcome an behalf of tha
eity andMr.; J. M. Barrage cm be
half of tbe local lodge. Tbe reaponae
will be made by one of the leaders of
the order. The public ia cordially in- -vited
to attend. . V
' Haa-Bcena And Oincoa Tharsday.
The "Has-Beena" and Cineoa will ' -meet
Thursday afternoon. Thia much- -ly
discussed ball game between tbe
stars or near-stars of former daye
and tbe hustling Cineoa will be pulled
off Thursday afternoon, at the new
baseball park. The proceeds will be -given
to the public library. .. Tbo game
will abound in fun and with a very .
ticket sold will be a guarantee that- '
yon. get yonr money 'a worth. The
Cineoa say they are going to win, the
"Has-Beena" aay differently. You
will have lota of fun if you go out
and see who ia telling the truth. The -
following Is the line np the "Has-"
Beens" will send upon the new diam
ond: 'r':- '"Vt :- A'fiL
Soger, c; Clinr, p; Weddington, 1;
Oglcsby, 2; Morrison as; Davis, 3; .
BrasweUr Ui Means, e; uingnam, n.
Tbe Cineo liue-up will be published
tomorrow. ,. ' .
". Aaothar Arlator Killed. 1
Dayton, Ohio, May 21. After hav-' .
ing forced the lock on Wright broth
era' hanger and against the , advice
of the mechanician, attempting his
first flight unaided, Fred K. Southard, - "
aged 24, a atudent aviator of Minne- ....
apolis, was instantly killed . thia -morning
in the Wright aviation field,- -near
here. The machine turned tdr- -tie
100 feet in the air.
Mrs. Linnell -Thimta. UcJMutt 'Waa '
-. . . t Insane.
give Rieheson: I am firmly convinced
that he went to the chair an insane-,
man," was the statement made today v
by Mrs. Edgar Linnell, mother of.
Avia. - '' i
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Dressea Special, " " "
$2.88, $3.48 TO $4.85
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