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CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 15 1913.
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tTWO DEATHS . RESULT
: V OOLD8B0E0 SCANDAL,
Cleveland Prince Went ta Ooldsboro
; ' Hospital Yesterday, Shot Mra May
'8arter Lomax Dead and Then Shot
JTimaelf. Prince Died at 7 O'clock
Thia Morning. Mrs, Lomax Had
' : Been Hurt la Auto Accident While
' Biding With Prince.
Ooldsboro, April 15. Cleveland
Prince, who shot and killed Mrs. Lo
' max in a Ooldsboro Hospital yester
' day and attempted suicide, died this
1 morning at 7-o'clock Prinee shot
' himself in the bead. . Surgeons tried
to eare his life but failed. He died
in the hospial. The husband of Mrs.
Lomax is making preparations for
her burial, and the Prince family for
his interment. ' ;
v It is said that Prince was prompt'
A CABARRUS CANNERY.
una uaoarnu t anner Wno rut vp
2,500 CanTef Beans, Tomatoes And
Com.
. Mr." Thomas J. Sbinn, of George
jVille, wss a visitor here yesterday. In
OF I addition to farming Mr. Sbinn con-
i ducts a cannery at his home near
Qeorgeville and . is making quite a
reputation- in this line on account of
the high, quality of the goods his
cannery turns out. Mr. Shinn only
operates his cannery after the crops
have been laid by but despite the
short season he has developed a con
siderable business, considering it as
a side line. Last year he canned
2,500 cans of beans, . tomatoes . and
corn, besides canning a large" number
for people in that' section , of
the county. Mr. Shinn gives the work
his personal attention' and uses only
the best quality of goods and the re
sult is that Shinn 's beans, tomaoes
and corn are enjoying a splendid rep
utation here and wherever'else they
have been marketed. ' -
Canning, by the- way, is a profita
ble industry that has been neglected
in Cabarrus.; An observant farmer,
in speaking on the subject recently,
declared that many bushels of valua-
TAFT AND R00 SEYELT AGAIN
ed by jealousy to commit the terri-'"" "r.m l"v"um mv". BUU"e" w
. u M . J ,. . to waste each year when they could
pie seeu. , ! . . . . , f, .. ..
WOMAN PATIENT IN OOLDS
BORO HOSPITAL MURDERED.
Mrs. Lomax Slain by Prince, Who
Attempted Suicide. Parties Were
Prominent. .
: Ooldsboro, April 14. This morning
7: shortly after 9 o'clock E. Cleveland
- Prince, a prominent young business
man of this city, accompanied by a
'. .. young lady, visited the Ooldsboro hoa
' , pital, where Mrs, Mary D. Carter Lo
max was a patient undergoing treat
: -meat for a sprained ankle, -the re-
suh of an automobile accident, and
' shot her dead in her room.
Soon after the two entered Mrs.
' ; Lomax 's room the young lady was
requested by Prince to step into the
hall a moment, that 'he wanted to
' J have a., word private with Mrs.-Lo-"
'j max, and hardly had she complied
' with the request when two pistol
-mlMt. rang out jn- ibeToom anU
' through the hall end when the start- five wav.
led floor, nurses and" others hurried,' -: "''-'V'T -' "
iiriuo scene, vmey xouuu aim. juumax:-- uauway umciai w) ae ineu.
lar attention should be given not only
to canning produce but to the manner
in which it is prepared for market.
A manufacturing concern is today of
fering a chemical preparation they
call apple vinegar for sale on the lo
cal market. It is not pure apple
vinegar but it is put up, in a neat and
attractive manner. The average pro
ducer does not pay any particular
attention to the manner in which his
produce is prepared for market. For
instance it is safe to say that if ap
ple vinegar was offered on the market
by a locaTproducer it would be real
apple vinegar yet the chances are it
would1 not be put up in the attractive
manner the substitute offered by a
foreign concern' is. This has no ref
erence to Mr. Shinn 's products as
they are packed in regular packing
cans and are duly stamped and label
ed, but is to call attention to the imy
poirtance -of, having goods; offered' f of
salCt&'bc nrad teaa'y.jn' an fittrae-
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Here la a new Taft and a new Roosevelt, both connected with the new
administration, the former as a' newspaper correspondent covering the
executive offices, and the latter, franklin K. Roosevelt (wearing the bat)
an assistant secretary jf the. navy. Both are related distantly to their
moiM luinoua namesakes. ".'
TO DISCUSS RURAL
s LIFE VSf THE SOUTH.
- dead with ft pistol shot through -the
. head and Prince writhing in agony
. from a like shot, self-inflicted irame-
diately after shooting Mrs. Lomax.
Her death was instantaneous.
There was a noticeable intimacy
-between him and1' Mrs. Lomax, and
many' of the more obsen ant suspect-
ed that, an infatuation existed ,mu-
tually between them, but few, if any,
gave it a serious turn in their minds.
, Rumors, however, as rumors will, be
gan to go the rounds, and Prince
about four months ago went west for
his (health and people forgot it. He
- returned two-weeks ago, and 1 burs
. day night he and Mrs. Lomax, in the
. Tatter's automobile, lert the city to
, gether after midnight on a "joy
;"ride,''.and Friday morning the wreck
j ed automobile was found on the road
" i near the park. Yesterday Mrs. Lo
max was entered as a patient in the
hospital for nursing. , ,
'At this hour Prince is still living
' j but unconscious, and there is no hope
" . for his recovery; Tihe murder and at
.'. tempt at suicide was a shock to the
."-wholo city as both were from promt--iient
families. ,
Topic to B Handled at the. Great
Oonference in Richmond ; This
Week. .... v':
' Richmond, Va April 15. How to
make rural life popular will be the
greatest problem discussed by the
Sixteenth Conference for Education
in the South, which will meet here
tomorrow and continue in session tm
til the end of the week. A series' of
side conferences for- the considera
tion of separate places of the general
topic will be held in connection &HK
the main conference. Farmers from
all Darts of the South will meet to
discuss the best means of marketing
CONSTERNATION AMONG
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES
Cabinet Considering Requiring Them
to Go to Work at 8 Instead of 9
O'clock A. M.
Washington, April 15. Thirty
thousand employes of the government
departments here are in a state of
near panic because of. reports that
President Wilson and his cabinet is
seriously considering changing their
working hours to begin at 8 a. in. in
stead of 9 o'clock.
The proposition has been consider
"ed by the cabinet hut no decision has
been yet announced..
. From time immemorial government
clerks have been "getting on the
job" at 9 a. m. daily and quitting at
4:H0 p. m. Until eight years ago they
quit at four o'clock..
A savins of $1,000,000 ft year is
Indianauolis. Ind.. ADril 15. R. B. farm produce. Representative busi
White, division superintendent of the ness men of the South will take up
Chicasro. Hamilton and Davton Rail- the question of aid in agricultural de-
roan company, is 10 ue irwu in uw vwumwu. '"'" v" rt00;Ki0 if o, avtra Imnr
criminal court here this week on a! will be held to plan for concerted ?d to be possible if an extra hour
charge of involuntary manslaughter.
The charge is the result of the C. 11.
and JX wreck in Irvington last Nov
ember, which cost sixteen lives. Sev.
LAWYER AND CITIZEN
ARRESTED FOR CONTEMPT.
Case Grew Ont of Seixnre of 4,000;
Bottles of Beer.
Durham. X. C, April 15 W. B.
Gutberie. a pnm.incnl lix-al attorney,
and W. C. Pitgen, a resident of Kd"e-
mont, are under arrest this morning
for contempt of court in a case grow
ing out of the seizure of four thous
and bottles of beer from Charles
Evans and Calder, alleged blind timers
The beer was seized under the search
and seizure act, Guthrie and Pit itch
taking out claim and delivery painrs
for the liquor. There is much inter
est in the case.
IS TYRUS 1 COBB
A REAL HOLDOUT?
RUMOR GIVES NEW VERSION OP
COBB-NAVIN WRANGLE.
POPE AGAIN IMPROVES.
No Fever, Cough Decreasing and Gen
eral Condition Good.
Rome, April 15. The Pope contin
ued to improve this afternoon. His
physicians are encouraged and at
noon in an official statement said he
had no fever and his temperature was
ninety-eight, 'his cough decreasing
and his general condition was good.
Although he spent a tranquil night, he
is very weak. The coldest day in
April it is feared, might depress the
pontiff, bring on coughing anil cansr
a relapse. The bronchial trouble is
receding.
Rome, 2 p. m., The pontiff contin
ued to improve during the day.
DR.
WAY PRESENTS
PORTRAIT OR DR. MURPHY
The First Superintendent of the State
Hospital at Morganton.
Raleigh, April 15. Dr. J. Howell
Way, of Waynesville, president of the
North Carolina Medical Society, to
day presented to the state a portarait
of Dr. Patrick L. Murphy, first super
intendent of the Morganton asylum.
Dr. R. H. Lewis, of Raleigh, who
made the presentation speech to the
Governor, expressed the hope that the
people of the State to erect a me
morial to commemorate his great ser
vices. Many relatives were at the
exercises.
ARMISTICE ARRANGED.
Will UO JIOIU W AW v. - U'.fi
press action and other, conferences
era! of the higher officials of the com- and social centres,
will discuss plans to make rural life
more; enjoyable through the medium
of the country churches, the schools
pany have been indicted and it is
expected the White case will determ
ine whether these indiotments will
"stock." The indictments against
the officials were drawn on the theory
the the officials had failed to comply
with the law providing for the in
stallation of a block signal system
pproved by the railroad commission , try, and who believe that the largest
of Indiana. It later, developed that factor in the production or mis wei-
the railroad commission had given! fare is the right education oi an ine
ic company until January 1, 1913 people for the duties and responsion
to install the block system.
WANT THE SCHOOL
r ... . . CHILDREN TO STRIKE,
' Aa Unusual Proposal of the I. W. W,
; ' Leaden at Patterson, N. J.
- Patterson, N. J.,' April 15. I. W.
W. leaders have issued a call to con-
; aider a strike of eighteen thousand
school children. They say the teach
rs ridicule silk strikers as anarch
, ists and propose a strike of the
children, as a protest. The , authori
ties say if the strike is called, tfhey
will arrest the parents and children
, under the-truancy. law.
Important Suit Comes Up.
Chicago, 111., April 15. The in
junction suit of the government
against, the. sanitary district or wu
cago, involving the pumping of wa
ter from Lake Michigan, was caiiea
for trial in the Federal court here
today. The petition of the Jfederai
authorities has been pending ior sev
eral years and has been waiting the
iWision of the War Department re-
centelv rendered which denied the
application of the sanitory board to
t ".T 1 A AAA V: fAAl
pump an aaaition au,uuu cuum ac
of water per second irom iue lane
. Bi Bale at the Parka-Belk Oo.'s.
The Parks-Belk Co. will have a big
sale of early , summer merchandise,
: beginning Thursday,- April, 17, and
' continuing for ten days, or through
: Saturday, April 26. They say they
are selling goods in many, lines for
less than they can buy the same goods
for now. i Although- they have two
whole pages in today's paper, they
haven't room to mention half the big
r bargains .hey have for yon.
" Ball Oama Postponed,
But for the interference of the Hon.
. J. Plnv. the annual struggle between
' the Has-jBeens and Cinoos . would
f have 'been enacted at Cinco park this
afternoon.' However, , an . agreement
The Conference for Education in
the South is not a teachers' associa
tion for the discussion of the techni
que of the schoolroom, nor is it a
mere business or industrial confer
ence. It is a coming together of the
representatives of all classes who
have at heart the welfare of the coun-
itics of industrial, civic, social and re
ligious life. The conference was or
ganized in a very simple and inform
nl wav at Canon Springs in 1898, and
held its first three meetings there. Its
larger activities began with the Win-
stom-Salem meeting in 1901. hmce
the annual meetings have been held
with increased interest and attend
ance at Athens, Ga., Columbia, S. C
Birmingham, Lexington, ttneuurst,
Atlanta, Jacksonville and several
other leading cities of the South.
For one Secretary of the Navy
Daniels has announced himself op
posed to the proposition for an eight
hour day for government employes.
Secretary Daniels has ninety ciuck
ens and is lequired to garner the
eggs every morning before going to
his official duties. He declares that
he could not get to his office at 8
o'clock in the morning and attend
to the chickens and eggs.
"l do not think it would be fair,'
he said'" to make the clerks report
before their chiefs. I would not or
der the employes of the Navy De
partment to get at their desks at 8
o'clock when I couldn t net at mine
before 8:'t0 at the earliest."
Montenegro is Now Almost Isolated in
Her Hostility to Turkey.
London, April 15. An armistice
has been arranged between Turkey
and Bulgaria. The Greeks have rais
ed ti'ie blockade over southern Al-
been withdrawn from Scutari, leav-
been withdrawn from Ccutari, leav
ing Montenegro almost isolated in
her hostility. It is believed now that
there will be an early resumption of
peace negotiations.
OSBORNE NOMINATED.
Concord Man Who Saw the Great
Outfielder Perform in Charlotte
Says It is Rumored That Cobb and
Navin Have an Agreement and
That Checks for Cobb's Exhibition
Game Were Made Payable to the
Detroit Club.
A Concord man who recently vis
ited Charlotte and who is an ardent
baseball fan tells a story which gives
a new light on the Cobb-Detroit
wrangle and which, if true, shows the
whole squabble to be nothing lees
than a publicity scheme for Tyros
Raymond and the Detroit baseball
club.
As is well known by the followers
of the national pastime, Cobb col
lected an aggregation of baseball
players a few weeks ago and indulged
in a barnstorming trip, playing teams
in this State, South Carolina and
Georgia. At the time these games
were being played the Detroit base
ball team was in Louisiana at their
spring training camp and Ty was
playing the role of holdout, demand
ing a salary said to be $15,000 a year.
The public was led to believe there
was a great difference between the
great outfielder and President Navin,
of the Detroit Club, and the sporting
pages were adorned with daily dis
patches telling of Cobb's opinion of
Navin and Navin 's opinion of Cobb.
In the meantime Ty was drawing
crowds on the barnstorming expedi
tion. But, returning to ' the Concord
man's story. He declared that when
Cobb's team played in Charlotte that
the check the Charlotte management
turned over to the Detroit star for
his share of the gate receipts was
made payable to the Detroit baseball
clu,b so he -has been reliably informed
by a man who says lie saw the. check.
If this statement is correct it
throws a new light on the Cobb
Navin controversy. It shows that
there is no misunderstanding between
the ball player and the president of
the club, but on the other hand they
have a working agreement whereby
the star adds shekels to the club's
treasury, 'columns of press agent
stuff for the player and club and
causes the public to be genuinely
bamboozled.
North Carolinian Will Be Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue Page's
Nomination. Sent in.
Washington, April 15. The Presi
dent today nominated William H.
Osborne, of North Carolina, to be
commissioner of internal revenue,
Walter H. Page, of New York, to be
Ambassador to Great Britain and
John E. Osborne, of Wyoming, to be
assistant secretary of State.
Stereopticon Lecture.
The Children's Missionary Society
of St. James Church has secured the
rnnArin as well aS a number of the,rvices of Rev. IS. C. OronK to qe
stioa a diiW.lv interested in the hi lecture, illustrated with
outcome of the suit, owing to the al- many colored plates on "A Survey
legation inai anv buuuiuubi uumuiuj ni me uuiuwu
would result jn a lowering of the lev
els of the great lakes and thereby in
terfere with shipping.
Suffrage Spells Progress.. ,
Jackson. Miss., April 15. In her
Addiwsa onenincr the annual conven
tion of the Mississippi woman bui-
frage Association here today Mrs.
Iilv Wilkinson . Thompson declared
that "in the order in which v the
States reeoraiae the right of women
to vote, in that same order may tney
be classified as to progressiveness.','
Prominent leaders of the sum-age
movement from many States are at
tending the convention, which . will
continue until Thursday.
Are Turks Considering Surrender?
l ' Cmifttsntinonle. ADril 15. The
Church in the
South." The pictures include uius
trntinns of the various institutions in
this country and, or. ine missionary
work in Japan. In connection with
thA work of the Lutheran Church in
Japan, Mr. Cronk has secured -some
van, interesting slides, made in Ja
pan, which portray many character
;,;. r .lanan lue ami . uubmmuo.
There will also be thrown upon the
screen an illustrated song, six verses
Vn the Dav is Over," which
will be sunt- by double quartet,
This lecture, will be given tomorrow
iht. Wednesday, at 7:30 o'clock in
fit .umnB i nnrcn. ins wiuw
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dially invited. No admission wiu oe
charged. A silver onenng wmue
en.: Come and nnng your hum
Voting on Commission Form in New
Jersey Cities.
Hohoken. N. J.. Apul 15. Fought
by the Democratic machine," Ho
boken voters today arc balloting upon
the commission form of government,
as are the men of Jersey City, Bay
onne and Union Hill. Petitions call
ing for the elections were filed some
eeks am; more than the prescribed
umber of smnatures having Deen se
cured: There is little contest in Jer
sey City, except from the Socialists,
who declare the plan means more ueu
tralization of power. County Judge
Robert Carey, who helped draft the
enabling act, predicts overwueimuig
victory for the commission iorm to
day in the four cities.
l to as been reached vereby the game
will be played Thursday ' afternoon.
The proceeds will be given to the li
brary. - 54
Porte sent a wireless message order-
Martin Reported Found,
TjinAtm. Anril 15. Joseph W. Mar
tin, the millionaire' Memphis cotton
broker, missing since April 3,,i.-
ino the commandant' at Scutari to
AmnAk Till H1BV Ka AvidAnCA
that the Turks are considering a sur- ported to have been found in
render. , . subnrDan nouse. : -
A Concord Girl Honored.
Miss Willie May Stratford lias
been elected Chief Marshall at the
Vormnl Colleire in Greensboro. This
is the highest honor that can he be
stowed by her schoolmates. Miss
Stratford represented her society in
the Thanksgiving debate last fall.
She is an honor graduate of the Con
cord Public Schools and has made a
fine record at the Normal. She is the
daughter of Mr. C. E. Stratford, who
recently moved trom l oncord.
his
To Prohibit Publication of Crime
Details.
Washington. April 15. Passage of
his bill prohibiting the publication
f dfltnils of erimes and serious ac
cidents in newspapers wthin the
District of Columbia will be advocat
cA Worn the Senate this week by
SftTiator Works of California. Me has
prepared a lengthy speech dealing
with manv of the phases of modern
journalism as a factor in the develop
ment of public morals.
Man Who Was " Killed' Came to
Ufa.
New Orleans. La.. April 15. L. C,
Hull, of Kansas City, a pine expert
of the Sara lumber company, at cay-
mt Sara. La., "killed" by a falling
L A ' A . ,. ' ..11
tree and brought : here in a easxei
came to life in an undertaking par
lor and objected to being fcuried, Phy
sicians sav he will recover. . A blow
at the base of the brain caused the
trance. ...
The Play "Next Door" to Be Given
Here Friday Night.
"Next Door," an up to date com-
dv. which was so successfully pre
sented at Kannapolis recently, will
be presented at the Concord opera
house next Jfnday mgut, April io.
It will be played by a well-drilled
company of voung people from For
est Hill Church. The prices win ue
15 and 25 cents, with 35 cents for re
served seats.
Suffragettes Burn Another Residence
St Leonard, on the Sea, England,
April 15. Suffragettes burned the
costly residence oi Annur uucross,
a member or. parliament." militant
literature was scattered about. The
loss is fifty thousand dollars. The
residence was unoccupied.
At Bath, "England, telegraph and
telephone wires were nut. .
Forest Hill News.
Misses Madge Wilkinson and Nell
Utley have returned from Bessemer
City, where they were visiting Miss
Evelina Coble.
Mr. Newt Wingate. of Greensboro,
spent Sunday in Concord with
friends.
Mrs. R. T. Gaddy, of Bessemer .
City, is spending this week in Con
cord with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jno. Mclunis.
Miss Minnie Stratford has return
ed to ber home in Wilmington after
visit insr Mrs. 11. (". Rainier for several
days.
Mr. B. L. Amick, of Bessemer City,
spent Sunday in Concord with his
family.
Messrs. John Crowder, Marshall
Sutlier, and Rev. A. D. Wauchope
and Misses Pauline Shinn, Ida Sides
and Verga Sutlier were in Charlotte
yesterday as representatives to the
Baraca-Philathea Convention,
Mr. E. T. Goldston, who lias been
yard overseer at Locke Mill for sev
eral years, has resigned this position
and accepted the position ot second
hand in the finishing room at Gibson
Mill.
Memorial Exercises.
At a rectut meeting of the local
chapter of the Daughters of the Con
federacy, Mrs. J. C, Gibson and Mrs,
R. S. Young were appointed dele- -gates
to the District Convention,
which will be held in Lexington on
the 2Gth of this month. The chapter
is arranging a beautiful and appro
priate memorial programme for me
morial Day. Mr. NL a. Laidweu wui
made the Memorial Address."' The
exercises will be held in the opera
house. ' . '
To Lecture in Concord.
Rev. J. L, Vipperman, pastor of the
Spencer Baptist Church, has been en.
gaged to deliver a number of doctrin
al lectures at the Second " Baptist,
church in Concord, of which Rev. J.
L. Rogers is pastor. Rev. Mr. Vip
perman has delivered his lectures at a
I number of places in the : State, in-
Mirrors Removed Because Girls Stop-
ped to .'Primp."
Wheelinar. W. Va'.. April 15. Doa-
na1 nt mirrors have been removed
from the High School building be
.. ir atnAnta who- Stormed "to I
primp ' ' were delayed every recita- j eluding fitatesville, Morganton, i Al
tionk ' - .,' ''''V" I hemarle and other points. ' .