VOL. XIV. J- B. SHERRILL. Editor and PublUhtr CONCORD. N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1914
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m THE ROCK
HILL SUFFERERS
CROPS RUINED THBOUOHOUT
THAT SECTION.
Many Art In Need and Bom in Des
; tiiut Circumstances. Cabarrus
Van Bet ami From That Section
And Tells of the Disaster Wrought
Nothing Left of Fruit, Garden or
Crops. One Man Had 13 Head of
Cattle Buried in Hailstones And
They Were Frozen Stiff. Help
' Asked for the Sufferers.
Mr. W. M. Auten, of No. f) town-
ship, returned yesterday from a visit
to South Carolina. Mr. Auten visited
in the section r-nr Hock Hill, which
" was visited by the terrific hail storm
recently.
; Mr. Auten brought with him a
number of stalks of cotton und corn
tbut were beaten by the hail. Cot
ton stalks more than two feet high
were beaten leafless, bruised and
' barked. Corn also met a like fate.
Trees were also damaged, the sides of
many on which the hail fell being
barked and in cases of the trees were
beaten into the sap. Nothing is left
of fruit, garden and other vegeta
tion in the district visited by the hail
storm, which was from three to five
miles wide and about 75 miles long.
An idea of the force and devastat
ing power of the storm may be gain
ed by the fact thai on one man's
farm 13 cattle were killed. The cattle
sougufc shelter in a gulley about 12
feet dect which was filled with hail
stones about the size of goose eggs,
according to Mr. Auten 's statement.
When found they were frozen stiff.
Practically nothing of value re
gains of the crops in that section of
Bouth Carolina and -the farmers' loss
is heavy. In many cases they are in
destitute circumstances. To aid the
unfortunate farmers ,of that. section
The Tribune and Times will he glad
to receive contributions, which will
be acknowledged in these columns.
A relief committee composed of
AV. J. Roddev. Ira B. Dnnlap and
other well known business men has
been appointed to handle the contri
butions and distribute the funds
where they are needed.
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KIDNAPPER PETTY IS
CAUGHT AT LEXINGTON
MISSING ATLANTA WOKEN
Does Not Deny Stealing Nettie Hold
er in Harnett County. Child With
Him.
Lexington, July 13. I. M. Petty,
wanted in Harnett county for kid
t oping Nettie Holder, the 12-year-.Jd
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
W. Holder, was arrested here this af
ternoon late by Deputy Sheriff
Fletcher Caudle. He and the girl
were traveling in a buggy. At this
hour they are in the custody of Sher
iff Shaw, who is trying to commu
ncate with the Harnett county an
thoritics.
"V Pettv is about 50 years old. He
wear a heavy mustache and beard
' end so' "is to be a very excitable per
fioni. '1'e says that he has been teach
ing' t'H little airl music for tlrree
years, end has become very much at
tached to her. A few months ago
tho child's father, he says, lost all
that he hud and moved to a small
station ' named Manor, somewhere o-i
the new railroad that runs through
Harnett, and since going to thit
place he has not been treating Nettie
right.-,, In fact he states that the
' father has became so debased that
" Ue has made of his child a prostitute
end that he has been living off of
Tier earnings. ' He said that it was
' for the purpose of rescuing her from
this Sort of life that he carried her
- nway from Spring Hill church, . in
narnett county on ''July. 6. He re
lates a number of instances tending
to show that his story is correct, and j
cays that he can prove it. r . n
The ' little girl bears him out in
': liis story. . She saya that he is telling
the -irotb and. that she lias no de
.." sire to go home to her mother. ' She
- also says that' he treats he well. She
is a slender little girl. She says that
she is twelve years old and she looks
It..'. She is certainly not much oldp
, She hag a good face, with very flue
eyes, and she is very modest in de
, meanor.. She has made good im-
" -pression on all who have seen her.
' Possibly Huorta would hasten to
resign if the people of Mexico City
should vote H dry. c :.J ' , i!
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If They An Dead, What Has Become
of the Bodies?
Atlanta. Ua, July 13. "The
strangest story in history" is the war
Atlanta newspaper men describe the
mystery of the Nelms girls. They
have traced every elne, followed everv
trail to its end, but Eloise Dennis snd
Beatrice Nelms, missing more than a
month, seemed to have vanished into
thin air.
It seems incredible that in these
modern days two grown women, one
of them a business woman of more
than ordinary intelligence and reg
ularity of habits, should take a train
or the South, be seen as far as Hous
ton, Texas, and there disappear abso
lutely. But there ttie rrail ends.
The story of Eloise Dennis and her
sister Beatrice Nelms has filled the
wires from Maine to Mexico and it
seems as though one of the girls, if
Either is alive would by this time have
seen the press dispatches which re
veal the excitement their disappear
ance has caused and would commun
icate with the mother, who is half-
crazed by grief.
Eloise Dennis, divorcee, and Bea
trice N 'ts left Atlanta early in
.Tune, Eloise presumably going to
New Orleans to join one Victor In
ries, a lawyer who procured her di
vorce in Carson City, Nevada, and
who is said to have since receive!
sums from her amounting to mor.
than $10,000. Beatrice went with
her, remonstrating against her sis
ter's giving her all to this man an! for trial.
determined to obtain from him re
stitution of the funds or at least
receipts to protect her sister against
fraud. The two girls were last seen
on a train from New Orleans to
Houston, Texas, on June 14.
A nation wide search for Victor
Irnes, the man in the case, resulted
in finding him in Portland, Oregon,
where he was with his wife and baby.
He admitted having secured Mrs.
Dennis her divorce hut insisted that
he had neither seen nor heard from
her in more than a year. On the oth-l
er hand, he is known to have been
in the South in the past few weeks
and receipts were found in the be
longings of Mrs.' Dennis' "Indicating
that she hnd forwarded him express
orders for large sums of money witli
ing the past few months. There the
authorises are at a less. Mrs. Nclm
mother of the two girls, insists that
Ennis be arrested and charged with
the murder or abduction of her girls.
T3nt the lawyers point out that there
is no legal ground to hold him, it is
not even known that the girls are
dead or that he had any concern with
their disappearance.
Atlantans are beginning to 'believe
that Eloise Dennis carried, out the
threat in a letter she wrote to her
mother which she said she had kill
ed Beatrice and was going to kill her
self. But if the two girls are dead,
what became of the bodies f That is
worrying the police of a dozen cities.
Latest Developments in the Case.
Atlanta, Ga., July 14. Atlanta
and several other cities are still fev
erishly awaiting news fruu flic miss
ing sisters. Mrs. Elois Dennis and Be
atrice Nelms, who have so mysteri
ously disappeared. The latest de
velopments in the case today are as
lollows: s
Mrs. Margaret Mindes, of San . n
tonio, Tex., was found and denied
knowing the two girls of Victor Li
nes or any knowledge of them.
Despite this, it is certain that Mrs.
Mdes wns seen with the two young
women m Corpus Chrisli, lex., as
late as last Sunday night, and they
answered the description of the miss
ing women.
Mrs. Nelms, mother ot the girls.
has 'at last come to the conclusion
that tbev are dead and their bodies
in the Mississippi river at New Or
leans. She offered a rewar d for
their bodies, "dead or alive" in the
hope that the river men will search
for the bodies.
Mrs. Nelms revealed today that
there had been certain intimacy be-
tween Innes and Mrs. Dennis. She
said Louise feared . the government
officers were on her trail on a white
slavery charge, and also that Innes'
wife was having her brother trail
her through jealousy.
J. W. Krueger, an Atlanta govern
ment employe, said that he saw in
nts, whom he knows well, in Atlan
ta early last May. .
Marshall Nelms, brother or tn
missing girls, is on his way from Cal
ifornia to Atlanta and will arrive tonight,-
He knows nothing beyond
what has been published.
Mrs. Nelms has issued an appeal
to: the Shriners of the country and
to all members of women's clubs to
aid in the search for her daughters.
i The first copy of the "death mes
sage" received from Louise Dennis
was made public byr Mrs. Nelms. ,.' It
read: : .," , ' ' .. vv"'. "v
".After sending the telegram from
mm parties
ARE SURPRISED
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TWENTY WOMEN AND ESCORTS
ARE ARRESTED.
All the Women Were Fashionably
Gowned, and Members of the "Best
Circles." All Were Bundled Into
Patrol Wagons and Taken to. Po
lice Station. Wild Confusion Caus
ed by Raid of Police, Who Enter
Attired as Women. All Furnish
Cash Bail.
Chicago, July 14. Twenty fash
ionably gowned women and their es
corts, members of three "slumming
parties" , were arrested early this
morning in a raid on Jordan's cafe,
in the old red light district. They
were bundled into patrol wagons de
spite their hysterical protests, ml
I ooked at the police station as "in
ii ates of a disorderly resort." The
police entered the resort attired as
women. The wildest confusion was
creuted by the raid. A girl, who was
playing a piano, jumped from a sec
ond story window. Many of the so
ciety women attempted to get down
fire escapes, while the men fought the
police. All furnished cash hail, it not
being expected that they will appear
Convict Knocked Home Run and ia
Bmming Yet.
Atlanta, Qa., July 14. Baseball in
convict camp is doubtless very com
mendable, but the guards at the
AdniiiKvillc, Fulton county, gang, will
be more carefnl as to ground rule in
the future. Will Jones, a life (ton
ict. knocked n home run, rounded
(; bases and tailed to stop running
S . Ti.r as is known he is running vet.
lit "oi awav in the excitement over
his l.'i ami reached tho woods.
DEATH Or ML L L NEISLER.
Ho. 6. Fanasr Baocubs to Typhoid
rerer. Funeral at ML Camel
Tomorrow,
Mr. Luther I. Neisler, of No. 5
township, died this morning at 3
o'clock at the Concord Hospital.
where he had been undergoing treat
ment fur several days. Mr. Sender's
death is attributed to typhoid fever
complicated with other diseases.
Mr. Neisler was 49 years of age and
s survived bv his wife and one son,
('let us Neisler, eleven years old. He
is also survived by one brother,
Adolprus Neisler, and two sisters.
The funeral will lie held at Mt.
Carmel Church tomorrow.
HUGE PETITION IS
PRESENTED TO STUART
Prohibition Advocates Have Secured
69,936 Signatures to Their Docu
ment. Richmond, Va.. July 13. Out of
an estimated total of 140,000 iualitied
votes in Virginia, 69,936 have signed
letitions calling upon Gov. Henry ('.
Stuart to call a state-wide election
!.i decide whether or not liipior shall
continue to be sold in the state. The
petitions have been certified to the
secretary of the commonwealth ami
will be presented to Governor Smart
tomorrow. He is expected to call
the election for September 22 ns pro
vided by the enabling act passed by
the last legislature.
Of those who signed the petition
33,567 come froom conntiies. Ric'i
riond furnished only 1.976. while
Norfolk had 2,137. The total is four
times the number necessary to uu
thoriize tho calling of the electio.i.
The enabling act provides that if the
"drys" carry the election, Virginia
will banish liquor on November 1.
:nc.
Jim Conley Wants to Serve his Sen
tence. . ,.,vv
At Inula, Ga., July 14. Jim Con
ley, accused ami convicted as acces
sory to l.eo Frank in the, famous
l'ha:-;iti ease, is getting tired of wait
ing in .jail while his lawyer wastes
tiiK trying to appeal the ease. He
sent 'void to the judge today that he
wanted to get out on the chain gang
and serve his sentence. The judge
probably will accommodate him.
Three Story Brick Building Wrecked
By a Bomb.
Buffalo, July 14. A three story
brick building was wrecked by the
explosion of a bomti. Orlander. who
live,! there, had received Black Hand
letters. He with his child in hw
arms, fell into a cellar and was ser
iously injured, when the stairs were
blown out.
The Carman Trial.
New York, July 14. Celia Cole-
, i , .
limn, the negro mam ot me i.armnu
household, will take the stand Wed
nesday when it is expected that she
will tell a different story from the
one she told the coroners jury. Mrs.
Carman will take the stand thurs-
riay. Dr. Carman received a let
tei from Mrs. Carman containing ar
senic. Suicide Epidemic at Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, July 14 Four per
sons committed suicide and four oth
ers attempted it at a fete in a sui-
Mial epidemic roaay.
Golden Jubilee Formally Opened.
Denver, July 14 With the formal
opening of tHe fiftieth annual session
if the Grand Lodge of the Benevo
lent Protective Order of Elks, the
Golden Jubilee Reunion of that order
.a in full swing today. The last of
the special trains from nil section
of the countiy nrrived during the
night.
Late slumbering members of the
irder were awaked at 9 o'clock this
ii'ornin'. hv the music ot t lie vnanii
Lodge oi-eting. Many matters of vit-
nl inttiest to brother Klks ol the
country were taken up hut. as the
sessions are all secret nothing was
mown of what was done. On Thurs-
oay or r nuay new granu loogc om
rers will be elected. It is almost cer
tin that Raymond Benjamin, of
Napa. California, will be elected
urand exalted ruler, as lie has no se
rious opiosition.
The afternoon was spent by the
visitors in various forms of enter
tainment. The local Elks had pro
vided plenty of dancing floors for
the visiting brothers, who delight in
the tango, and all of these were
crowded during the afternoon. Music
has been provided for the dancers
until midnight. Tonight n large num
ber of "stunts" have been provided
including the White-A oakum 20
round fight.
FROM THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL TODAY
THE TRANSPORT HANCOCK
SAILS FOR VERA CRUZ.
Ready for Dispatch to the Haytian
Coast 8hould Farther Disorder
Make it Necessary. Censorship
Over Reports of Investigation of
Ensign Richardson. The New Ha
ven Report.
Wasliingli J 1 1 1 14. -A complete
censorship over I in- report- in the
investigation of Knsign W. Richard
son by the board of inipiiry has bee 1
established at era Cruz.
Filed with marines lor possible
service in Haiti and Santo Domingo,
the transport Hancock sailed from
Vera Cruz for Giiantanamo to be held
there ready for dispatch to the Hay
tian coast, should further disorders'
make it advisable for the adminis
tration to take a hand in the affairs.
Official reports at the Navy Depart
ment said that many foreign refugees
are boarding the Chile line steamer.
Seirino'iC. at Puerto Platan' fleeing
from the re o!utiona! trr.uble in Santo
Domingo.
That die effect of tin New Haven
report be to widen the breach
between the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Department of
Justice is indicated. The department
takes the position that there is no
law under which the New Haven Di
rectors can be prosecuted. The de
partment also contends that restitu
tion in the suits are entirely up to
the stockholders themselves and not
matters of federal attention. The
Interstate Commerce Commission
holds that it is entirely within th
power of the department to bring
criminal prosecutions for the New
Haven "conspiracy."
Skirmishing at San Luis Potosi.
Chihuahua, July 14. Skirmishing
l" i vi n the a !v. ce ruard of th
Constitutionalist army and outposts
at San Luis Potosi is already in pro
gress according to advices received
here. A general assault on the
stronghold will not be ordered until
General Gonzales, wro will take per
sonal command, arrives. From Gau-
dalajara word is received that Ob
regon will start the main body of
the army toward Mexico City in a few
'ays.
Commissioner for San Francisco Ex
position. Raleigh, July 14. Governor Craig
commissions II. H. Brimbley execu
tive commissioner to have charge of
the installation of whatever exhib
its North Carolina has at the Pana-ia-Paeilic
Kxposition and the prep
aration of all literature to be dis
tributed there exploiting the State
and its resources.
JOHNSON WAS PARTY
TO BROTHER'S MURDER.
Mrs. Joknion Saya She Killsd Her
Husband Be-aost She Loved 1L
Brother.
Tarboro. July I.I. '! am mlling
t take all the i,!tne for the di-a-h of
my brother if that will help he- anv,
vid if either of us have to die for
the crime I want to w the one."
The foregoing statement was made
this afternoon I your rorrpsKe dot,;
Jnd Sheriff .1. C. Crawford by Arrh
.Trl"son, in .jail in WilliiamK'oji. oM
a warrant barging Mm with b i: g-si-
accomplice Ih-I.oc ' (. fart i. tin
in wh -,i M- K1 yjiheth lv,il.
J" 1 nson st - i ! : i-t. with ' -murder
of her himhiiiiil, Joe John
son, near Oak City, in Martin coun
ty, on the evening; of Saturday, July
4th. Johnson further stated that he
would not deny the statement made
by Mrs. Johnson relative to the kill
ir.a and the art he played in it.
Prior to this occasion Arch John
son had refused to make any state
n cut other than that he knew noth
ing of the matter and that he had
nothing to do with it. "I loved my
hiother but I loved bis wife more and
it was because of this fact that I
allowed my -elf to get into this scrape.
I bought t'e pistol with which the
killing was I'-me and gave it to Mrs.
Johnson on Saturday morning before
the killing thai night; I knew what
she was iroing to do with it." Mrs.
Johnson, it. is reported, says that she
and Arch Johnson planned the crime
and that Arch told her to throw the
pistol to the side of the road so that
he could get it next morning. She
s,.ys that be told be he would stick
to her through it nil and when told
of his confession this afternoon, stat
ed she was satisfied with it and that
be was doing as he said he would.
"There is no use in our telling any
more stories." she says, "for God
knows the t rut ) anyhow, and that's
what counts. All that I can say is
that it was love that brought us to
this for T loved Arch Johnson."
Johnson broke down and wept bit
terly as be told the story of how he
was implicated and said he did not
want bis folks to know about it. He
is about 21 years old. Neither of the
'principals have as yet retained attor
ueys. Johnson will be given a pre
liminary bearing in the morning be
fore Justice of the Peace 1.. I!. Wynn.
Tt will bo recalled that Mrs. Johnson
confessed some days ago, that she
shot her husband, though at. the time
she did not implicate any one. Arch
Johnson was arrested at his home
pear Oak City by Sheriff Crawford
and brought here and placed in jail.
Messrs. ('. B. Wagovr M. L.
Marsh, B. E. and C. J. Harris and
H. M. Propst spent yesterday at
Blewett Falls. They own a large
tract of timber land near there and
spent the day inspecting the property.
Britain will not exhibit in Snn
Francisco and is doubtful about ths
sort of exhibition it is to mnke in
Ulster.
Mexico has been raising Cain so
long that it may he reluctant to go
back to Us other-crops.
At last reports, oratory and water
were still flowing at Niagara.
Don't Agree With Us.
Salisbury Post.
Several North Carolina papers are
still classing Colonel Roosevelt among
the small men of the earth. Within
the past few days the Greensboro Rec
ord has discovered fresh evidence to
this effect, and the Concord Tribune
says amen. We tniiiK tnese euuors
are making a great mistake to so
classify the Colonel. He is a big man
and a man of great nsefulnesss, and
nfver forget the fact, dear Democrat
ic friends, he is the "runninest"
wan ever on the American political
sncedwav. He has more different sort
of friends in more sections of, the
country and can rally them better
and quicker than any one yet at the
bat. It is, we think, utter foolish
ness to class Colonel Roosevelt out
side the top-liners.
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Sewing Party.
Misses Horton. Livingstone, Petrea
and Stafford, who are the guests of
Miss Catherine Crowell, were the hon.
orees at a delightful sewing party
given this morning by Miss Estelle
Dick at her home on North Union
street About 27 guests were present
and th," event proved a most enjoy
able one. Refreshments were served.
SEE KING BAGGOT IN "THE
"BAITED TRAP," AT THE PAS
TIME TODAY.
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WB CASH CHECKS
:ks
-6t. Iliew Orleans I got rid of B. T. there,
and have come " out here to ' find
Marshall and send him to follow her.
I have sealed her fate forever. ' Slip
is now in the unknown land and I
am glad I did it. ; I left B. to go the
unknown pat n away irom an wnere
no one will And her or myself. I
only, hope the animals of the water
will have eaten us both before you
get-this letter." I
This signed in writing very elose
lv like Mrs. Dennis, if not actually
here, was mailed from San Francis
co, and was the firsa mention , that
anything was wrong. y ,-, ,.
Sex Hygeine in Schools.
Berlin. July 14 That the work
of instructing school children in sex
ual hygiene and enligthening the
child's mind.in sexual matters should
he delegated to school physicians.
was the opinion expressed by Dr.
Gettkamp of Berlin in 'the annual
conference of German School Phy
sicians, appointed by the authorities,
for medical inspection and to lecture
ppon hygienic subjects. , It was Dr.
Gettkamp's view that plain talks
r.pon sexual matters should be a part
of the school curriculum and that the
srkool physician can better instruct
in such matters than other teachers.
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It's a safe bet that no river doubt
flows by Kcrmit's castle in Spain.
We cash checks drawn on any
bank in this city, or on any bank in
any town in this or in'other states.