North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XIII. J. B. SHKRRILL. Editor and . Pabllabcr . CONCORD, N. G, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1914 40 Cents a Month 5 Cents a Copy. NO, 530. DEAD HEROES . , . m:;od BODIES 07 THE 17 DEAD ARE BROUGHT ASHORE. ', '.. President Wilson, Secretary Daniels , And Other High Officials Partid ' pate. Bodies U Flaf -Draped Cm , kets Brought Ashore Froa ths '-' Montana Bodies Born np Broad way to Brooklyn Navy Yard. '. Chief Ceremonies ' Conducted in Brooklyn.-; New York, May 11. M itli rresi dent Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Daniels and other high officials par ticipating, the nation's dead, includ ing the seventeen boys who fell at Vera Cruz, were honored today. The President arrived shortly after 7 DAH T ALEUT KILLED. Depnty Sharif at Badam Shot By John Cox aad A B. OoU Yesterday. , A telephone message from Albe marle told of the murder of Dan Tal birt, who was shot and almost instant ly killod yesterday at Baden by John (ox and A. E. Cole. Talbirt was formerly deputy sheriff at Kaonapolis and waa well known in this section. A dispatch from Albemarle gives the details of the homicide: - "Another homicide waa added to the list at the Hardaway camp near Radin today when Deputy Sheriff Dan L Talbirt was shot and almost in stantly killed by John Cox and A. E. Cole. Joe McKinney, another officer, was beat over the bead badly but toot fatally injured. Cox and Cole are guards for the State convict camp. Cole was arrested immediately, and brought to Albemarle and placed in jail. Cox escaped and is now being bunted by a big force. - It is thought be will be located tonight ' ... "The tragedy happened about noon. Cox waa in a negro camp and Cole was standing some distance away .on T'rUu-h Ha had hi hrrakfaRt on his " "". "i private car, and then went direct tojir'to "mP nd C what . he the battery, where the bodies, in fiaj- ' dmn there rf he wer BeUln w ' . ' l ' I . a - aL - T . . a. draned eaakets. were brought ashore i"y " negroro. iwporn men from the cruiser Montana. At 7:45 the launches on the Montana and Wy oming began bringing the marines and j say that vox lnrormed Talbirt that it was none of his business. McKin ney and Cole came np about this time bluejackets ashore.- At the same timetn lamin sianea w examine some the ninth regiment of National GiumllbagfWS- supposedybelonging to Cox : he was knocked dotfn. McKinnev h. nn F(ma.iav thmn.Hi Bewed Cole and in the scuffle lost his the city hall plaza and thenee to the gon. Cole and Cox both shot and Rnwlrlvn.. wh the eq McKinney looked around Tal- ehief ceremonies were to be conduct-WM woun,led- Ib th endeavor ed. The caskets were soon placed on;' 'e two men to get away Cole was the caissons, and battery Park be- ptred, but Cox wade good hia ea- came the scene of great military ae- CB1; . ' ' tivitv as the marines and bluejackets' -" After the shooting Talbirt walk- and National Guardsmen man-Led and f about 100 yards to the offleeof countermarched in foming nes fori Garrison and died in a few the parade - .winutes. ; He was shot - five times: v v t "tt '"' tt.-n. i Twi' the side, onee in the arm, , Xew York, May "j"" to i he, . J d fa- fcMenteen American Ij; John Cox, alias "Red" Cox at Vera Crus, with President lrZJTZ : pmt. of whiskey with iim U:nn;th.:m;m than a million citizens joined in the'; Ustimonial to the dead. The ciw-l A TABOO EOO. A IVaak Spedmam Brtnfht la By Kr. M. C. Dry. ef Ka. S. Start tha mnaie, please I Anything, one-step, eat tie walk, turkey trot or hesitation. Put the "pep" U It for there is something new here. ' Net a new step, oh no! they are treated with each frequency . that they re main new no kget than the town clock ticks or, if this town's clock is going to be used, read it stops in stead of ticks. Bnt this is a new dancer, not a new step. It has been some time a-eoming but it is here. It u not a person or an individual or a party of the first part of anything of the kind but a tango egg. It arrived at this office from Mr. M. C. Dry's farm in No. 5 township and has remained here since, cresting curiosity and otherwise : detracting from the work of the employes of this castle of labor and those who call here.' In appearance it resembles an or dinary looking egg that may be pick ed np in any ordinary hay loft. It has the same kind of shell bnt it weighs 0. Possibly this is where it gets its tango propensities. It stands stiffly, in a kinder castle walk position. A simple toueh and it ia on with the dance. A light touch produces a alow waltz step while a touch not so gentle brings forth the glides, dips and other rapidly executed steps. - P. S. While this ia beinar written Prof. C. E. Boger is standing by a desk watching the egg execute its steps. - If any of Our thousands of readers (circulation statement, not sworn to in this) doubt the above re port being authentic they are respect fully referred to bim as he haa ap parently become greatly attached to the freak specimen. ;"-"r - : O HERE To Settle Alabama Governorship. -; Montgomery, ' Ala, May 7 11. -Tor the second time within a month thj Democratic voters of Alabama today engaged-in a general primary. To- waa Toaid ' here t mUv I aid ta be a fugitive from justice. J day 'a primary was in the nature of a w;i n.Vnif F J reported that be is wanted in run-off contest to determine the can. .JX0 ''fcoottne; a man. He didates for places on the State and r ana every possum ir . . fl . . . -.l-j-v u:ml ... ..... .t-i, M,u. he nesrro camp. - - -Vi-- , ; Jof-the primary last month were not The Hardaway Construction Com.-1 decisive. The State ticket today eon- was banked solidly along every loot of the line of march. ' After a march altihsr; Broadway the-great procession pany haa offered a reward of $100 for the capture of Cox, and Deputy Sher- tained only six names, B. B. Comer and Charles Henderson being the con wl.e -''f .'"jof the law has been the victim." v hddreaa as he laid a taant wreath or .t). - - : - . II. n. I . - iff Earnhardt added $50 to it. - i testants for aovernor. Dr. A. A. Per- i'Nevebefore line so promment a ana :-j A ade for eommisfdou- killed . on ' the feWhitney orchida and bav leaves on the eais son of one of the three New York bovs among the dead. . The President's presence in the parade waa a surprise. It bad oeen reported that be would appear only at the memorial services in the New York navy yard. .He was in an auto mobile with Secretary Tumulty and . Dr. Grayson. ,T ' CHILD'S PECULIAR DEATH. Catewba Lad Went to Sleep in Some - jDUsnes anu im iwvu Hickorv. Mav .9. A six-year-old mm of Pink Banter,: who lives in the ' Barger neighborhood near this city, was so badly injured this morning by -a falling tree that he died this even- tna. The little fellow bad gone wit u an older brother to cut some trees and while his brother was engaged in cutting a tree be went to sleep near by in some bushes, the tree fall- ing on him and fracturing his skull. . ; . - Historic Poplar Tent. - To the Editor of The Observer: ' One. of the most picturesque his , , torical sites in Cabarrus county is Poplar Tent Church.-: The large old oak trees standing in the grove could till manv a story that would make . .-n liiaitrv and mminCL doing out to visit the churcti In anJ ' automobile at this time ot year ue upturned soil in the blackjack eouu try may be seen,, and many patches j of red clover give color to the land ' scape. Some mountains in the' dis tance and glorioua usnset complete the picture. - : f ' ' Maj. R. P. Young and bis gallant son, Capt. John Young, lie asleep in the burial ground ; at Poplar Tent ' Church. - A. G. . - Concord, May 8. ,. - .. . , , . : The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. has a new ad. today. ,. ... . i Corporations to Be Dissolved. In Sunday 'a Raleigh 1 New8 - and Observer there is published a list of corporations which will be dissolved for failure to make reports to the State Tax Commission. The follow ing are in the list from Concord : , Concord Ice and uel to. Concord Riding Club. The Dayvault Co. Diamond Bottling Co. Excelsior Home Club Co. " Forest Hill Club Co. -: Louis Manufacturing .Co. Missouri City Mercantile Co. West End Club Co., - Standard Book Co. Concord Realty and Renting Co. The Arbutus Club, of Kannapolis, is alstf on the list. - -' ' ed of agriculture and William L. Martin and D. II. Riddle for attorney-general; The definite results of the primary will not be known before tomorrow. - It's Senator Underwood After Today Montgomery,' Ala., May 11. Ala bamans today went to the polls to ratify the choice of Oscar W. Under wood, Democratic floor leader of the House of Representatives and the framer of the tariff law, as Unite.! States Senator. Underwood is chos en to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator Joseph i . Johnston. He was nominated over former Rep resentative Richard Pearson Hobson at a special ' primary election on April 6. The actual election of United States Senator for the long term beginning March 4, 1915, and of state and county officers will be held next November. ' Seven Great Needed Reforms. Elbert Hubbard. . . First Votes for Women. Second International Disarma ment Third Good Roads. FonrtlhTrce Planting. ' Fifth Children's hardens. Riith Oral Righteousness. Seventh Asrrienltnro in All Pub- lie Schools. ' War Opens the Canal - Governor Goetbals h asddeeided to a bartre service through the" Panama Canal about May 10, thus bringing it into commercial use much earner than had been anticipated. : This decision - waa Brought "about by the interruption of the Tehuante pee Railroad route across Mexico i Just Wait Till Teddy Cornea. Baltimore Son. - - - 1 Para, Brazil, May 7. Leave today for New York. Hold the Mexican train till I arrive. T. Roosevelt. ; Mr. E. B. Grady, the plumber has I a new ad. in The Tribune today. Put !C2 ccr.ey a - a j v., cr':r!i t3 y:i c 13 Va VETEiAHS PAT TBIBTJTE TO TUB H0K0BX9 DEAD. Exercises Held at Oeotral SchooL Several Hamdred Attend. Ad dresaes Made By Mesan. D. B. Col- trane, John Bnady and H. 0. Mc-AIlister--SeiitiM Trihntes Paid tha Son of the Southland Who Followed Lee and Jackson. Mon ument to Confederate Dead of Ca barrus Decorated. , Several hundred people gathered at Central graded school yesterday af ternoon to attend the memorial ex ercises held by the local Chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy. The audience waa composed of Confeder ate veterans, sons and ', daughters, grandsons and granddaughters of vet erans and others who, while not of direct lineage from the' heroes of gray, share equally with those that ore in reverence and admiration of the sons of the. southland and joined them in the hallowed anniversary on the day that will be forever sacred to south ern hearts. On the stage at the meetin:; were several followers of Lee- and .lai kso.i who were the speakers of the occa sion and the officers of the Daughters of the Confederacy. ' The exercises were presided over by -Prof. A. S. Webb,- superintendent of public schools, and son of a Confederal chaplain. The exercises were opened by the Rev. Jacob Simpson, cliaplain of Cabarrus Camp Confederate Vet erans, after which there was a son;;, No Shadows Yonder," by a nuar tette composed of Misses Patterson and Harris and Messrs, Ed. Sherrill and Kay Patterson accompanied by Miss Josephine Atkins. The quartette accompanied by Miss Atkins, also ren dered excellently three other selec tions.: ' ; The addresses were delivered . by threa Confederate Veterans. Messrs, D. B.Colfrane, John Bundy Wf HvC McAllister.- Turning- back the clock of time 50 years over a period which hewn with the darkness or rccon struction only to be followed by the lieht of a new awakening and blossoming forth of a new south, daz zling with hope and opportunity ana which change these men played their parts, they stood again, despite the half century that has intervened gallant young soldiers of the Army or Northern Virginia and spoe with of Northern Virginia and spoke with only equalled by their bravery at Spottsylvania, Chamberlain 's Run and Gettysburg. . '; ' A patriotism that knew no lear anu was willing to sacrifice all, was the compelling power that made the Con- . i i i . e ii.i L:r2 a Vat- Meeting of Reformed Church Synod. Lancaster, Pai May 11. Delegates from every section of the country are arriving in Lancaster to attend the triennial meeting of the General Syn od of the Reformed Church in the United States. : Numerous matters of vital interest to members of the de nomination are scheduled for eonsid eration at the sessions, which will be gin tomorrow and continue for one week. - Rev. James I. Uood, the re tiring president of the synod, will de liver the opening sermon, following by the election of his successor will tako place. - Mother and Daughter Face If order Charga. ' - Chicago. 111.. May ll.The unusual spectacle of a mother and daughter being arrigned for trial on a charge of first degree murder was furnished in Judira MacDonalds oourt today, The accused were Mrs. tPasqualena Forte and her 19-year-old daughte Eraa. Thev are to be tried on charge of having killed Antonio Mo rasso, who was the daughter's fiance. The killing oceured on April zw, iwjw, Detroit Tigart Meet Fittaborg, Pittsburg, May ll.-i-Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates: today were scheduled to play the first game here nince these two teams elashed for the world 'a title in 1909. Both teams :ad today open on the regular sche dule and on February 17, Hughie Iimnins signed up his nine to meet i'red Clarke's Corsair erew. Pitts jurghers, expecting a . great eontest crowded the field. KEW CAB SCHEDULE. Can Every Half Hour to Oibaoa Mill Aad Every SO Minutes From South Union to the Depot. The Public Service Company, which operates the street railway in tbia city, announces a change of sched ule beginning Thursday, May 14. The ran will run as follows : Ona car will run from the Hotel (o Gibson Mill and bark. The other car will run from the depot, down South Union street and back. Be ginning on the hour, the car will leave the hotel for Gibson Mill everv thirty (30 minutes. At the same time this car leaves the hotel, the othe car will go down South Union streer, making connections with car which has come in from Gibson Mill. In going from Gibson Mill to the depot, it. will be necessary to change cars at the hotel. It will also be necessary to change can at the hotel in goin; from the depot to Gibson Mill. Also going from Gibson Mill down South Union street. In order, to make this schedule, which will give the patrons of the line much better service, it will be necessary, at all tines, to keep the rear door of the car closed, and have the patrons enter and leave the car at the front end, paying the motor man, who will also act as conductor, as they enter the car. This of couree will cause some confusion at first, until the people are familiar with the operation, but, in a short while, it will work as nicely as is done-now. As soon as possible the company is going to put m operation two new cars, known as one man pay as you enter the car. Such cars as these are being used by a great number of companies and have proved to be satisfactory in every way. The new schedule will be printed in The Tribune for the convenience of patrons. B LEASE URGES MURDER. ttt: n Marriage at Mount rieasant. Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock Mr. lames Allmon and Miss Effle Row- und were united in marriage. Rev, '. F. Fhpmll performed the cere v. I, r. Al'mon ia the son of the a I'r. Llilve'.'.ie Allmon and !.i.rs. iion. is t!9 dai'tuter of Mr. and . J,.' i r.,' n,l. federate soldier a type of warrior that will ever stand out among the mili tary pages of history was the tribute Mr. Coltrane paid to the men who formed the army of the Uontederacy. Patriotism and love for and protec tion of the homes, he said, were the forces that drove them into battle. Honor, courage and bravery in and off the battle Held nave ever oeen me characteristic of a true Confederate soldier and made them not only ad mirable soldiers but high type of cit izens. he said, - v1 : The protection of home, the pre servation of liberty, the right of free government were among the causes pointed out by squire flica.iusier that the Confederate veterans fought for and gave their lives for.- These principles of government, he declared, wen the principles oi government absolutely essential for the welfare of anv free government Mr. McAl lister grew reminiscent and told most interestingly of many incidents ot the great struggle of the conflict between the States. " ' -' '- "There were no social classes in the Confederate army," declared Mr, John Bundy. "A man's standing in that army was determined by how tie fought. All men wen equal there and were judged only by the standard of loyalty and courage. The harships tha privations and sacrifices of the men who composed the army of Northern Virginia bound them into a closer bond of fraternity that has avar Minted. ' Not onlV did ' tbe men l A L- iuf.jML Awnv- tuiMniA closelv cemented - by the bands oi brotherhood but their bnvery and he roie deeds upon the battlefield, eou-4 Died with their manly demeanor at all times, has caused the Confederacy veteran not only to oe nonorea ana respected in this country but through . i11!..J A.1J one taa civiubvu wvw. Following Mr. Bundy speech the t j . a - lit axernisea -i Wen . conomuea "wiva nraved bv Rev. Dr. J. M, drier, r , ; i.. Fnl owlntf the exercises b me school a numbe of the daupUten or the confederacy gathered at the eourt house and deconted the monument to the Confederate Dead of Cabarrus with flowers. This monument was erected 22 yean ago yesterday. Makes Violent Attack on Proposed Medical Examination in Schools. Greenville, S. C, May 8. Gov. Cole L. Blease, denouncing in the cam paign here the proposed medical in spection of school children, declared he would pardon, any. father; j;wo kill ed a physktau. attempting, against the fathers will,. -tq make a physical examination of his daughter Governor Blease asserted that the proposed law -would furnish an op portunity to on unscrupulous physi cian to blight forever the life of an innocent girl who was the daughter of a political enemy by making a false report as to her purity. Governor Blease asserted that if he had a daughter and a physician should attempt, against his will, to examine her he would kill him. He told his audience of 1,500 cotton mill workers that if a physician should at tempt against their will to examine their daughters and they should kill the doctor he would immediately tele graph a pardon to the slayer. DR. POST, OF P08TUM FAME COMMITS SUICIDE With Bullet From Rifle Which He Had Concealed, He Shot Himself at Winter Home. Santa Barbara, Cel.. May 9. With a bullet from a rifle which he had con cealed. Charles V. Post, millionaire manufacturer of cereal foods, killed himself at his winter home hen early today. Kvading the nurse who had been attending him since he returned from the east a few weeks azo. he went to his apartment, placed tbe i muzzle of the rifle in his mouth an I pulled the trigger with a toe. j Mr. Post was convalescent from an i illness which necessitated a major operation some time ago at Rochester, Minn. Returning here recently he seemed to be exceedingly nervous, and Mrs. Post engaged traiued nurses to attend him. - Mr. Post arose at bis usual hour this morning, had breakfast and lounged about until 10 o'clock when he excused himself, telling the nune on duty at the time that he wished to go to his apartment to lie down. What happened then is a matter of conjec ture. A shot was heard; Mrs. Post and a nurse rushed to the apartment upstairs and found the millionaire stretched on the floor dead. Both Mrs. Post and the nurse said thev did not know how Mr. Post had procured the rifle. Its presence in the room was taken by them to indi cate that he had planned his death sometime in advance. HAVE THE REBELS TAHPICO? REPORT IS WITHOUT CONFIRM ATION AT JUAREZ. t The Report Came From Verm Cruz That the Rebels Under Gen. Gon ial e Had Captured Tampico. Of ficer! Say That Villa's Army Ia Soon to Be Augmented by 5,009 Troops Following Carranza'g Visit to Durando. El Paso, Texas, May 11. The con ftitutionalits headquarters at Jua rez is without eonlirination of the re port from Vera Cruz that the rebels under General (lonzales have captured Tampico. Constitutionalists officers in Juarez are anticipating that Villa's arm, operating near Saltillo, will soon b augmented by 5,000 troops follow ing Carranza's visit t" Durando. Will Cut Off Their Ean. Washington, Mav 10. A report has reached the foreign legations here of a threat Zapata has sent from time to time to leading citizens and their wives and daughters that if captured Zapata would cut off their cars and eat them fried. Another from Zapata to the duugl ter of a merchant is said to have in formed her in revolting language to prepare to become his wife on his tak ing the town. The chief fear in diplo matic quarters as to the city is that it will he ruined and looted by these people. , - Death, of Mra. Milaa Coleyt ... . V.MW, Ella E. Coley, wife of Mr. Miles E. Coley, died Saturday after noon at her home at Gcorgeville, af ter a lingering illness. Mrs. Coley had been in declining health for a year or more and for the past six months her condition was serious. Mrs. Coley was a daughter of Mr. P. F. Widenhouse, of (ieorgeville. She was 34 years of age and is survived bv her ibusband. The funeral was held this morning at 11 o'clock at Center Grove Church. Seven Rowan Men Are Without Op position. Salisbury, May 10. The time limit having passed for entering the Dem ocratic primaries by candidates in Rowan and it being taken for granted that as heretofore nomination by a Democratic convention in this county is equivalent to election, one is able now to know who will occupy at least seven of the ollices for the next term. Those who have no opposition are P. S. Carlton, for county judge; T. C. Furr, for prosecuting attorney; T. W. Summersctt, for coroner; P. C. Bernhardt, for surveyor; B. B. Miller, for State Senate; W. C. Coughenour and T. D. Brown, for the house. In all 4:! candidates qualified for the race for the different offices. Mme. Lillian Nordjca is Dead at Batavia. Batavia, Java May 10. Lillian Nor- dica, the singer, died here tonight. Lillian Nordica was an American singer of world wide fame. Her ad- mirers ranged from the men of the Bowery section of New York, where she had sung at mission meetings, to the most critical box holders of grand opera houses in all of the world's great musical centers. The purity of her voice, employed in many tongues, had delighted hundreds of thousands . . . 'in l a i since the flay, w years ago, sue nrsi appeared in public as soprano soloist at -Grace Church, in, Boston. Joiepli G. Cannon, former Speab P !' n, "..nal house of r rrwi.t Newspaper Company Chartered at Kington. Raleigh, N. C, May 11 A chartec was issued tor me ounston urea Press Company, of Kinston, with a capital of $25,000 authorized, and $8,- 000 subscribed by N J. Rouse and others to take over The Free Press. Contempt Cases Dismissed. Washington, May 11. The Su preme Court dismisses the contempt cases of Gonipers, Mitchell and Mor rison, of the Federation of Labor, on the ground of statute of limitations; .; . , VipeConsul Liberated, ,. Washington, May 11. Vice Consul Silliman has been liberated at Saltillo, according to a statement of refugees to Consul General Hanna, reported to mc state ueparimeni. Death of Dr. V. E. Turner. Raleigh, May 11. Dr. V. E. Tur ner, former president of the State and National Dental Societies, died here today, aged 77 years. Judge Dayton Impeached Washington, May 11. Judge Day ton, of the northern district of West Virginia, was formally impeached in the House todav. For Rent Five-room cottage on Church street. Has sewerage and electric lights. Apply to J. B. Sherrill or Southern Loan and Trust Co. tf. Delegates to United Synod. Burlington', May 9. The election of delegates to the United Synod to meet in biennial session in Columbia, S. C., next November resulted as fol lows: V ' ' ' : Ministerial : M. M. Kinard, D. D., . Y. Boozer, C. P. MacLaughlin, R. L. Patterson, D. D., George H. Cox, D. D. B. S. Brown. J. L. ' Morgan. A. G. Voight. D. D.. R. C. Holland D. D.. and J. E. 6chenk. 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