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CONCORD, N.CWED'. 3 DAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1017
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No. 64.
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TKlffSES!02CFWT13:a.
Dr. P. R. McFtdycn, Messrs.
M.F. Ritchie, Jmes Simp
son, CW. Andrews' tnd W.
S. Bingham on Stand. -
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-NO IMPORTANT
DEVELOPMENTS
Mr. Ritchie Said He Thought
It Possible for Automatic
Pistol to Be Discharged if
Dropped Hard Enough
-' With tbe twelve Jurors selected to
hear the evidence, the third day of tbe
trial of Gaston B. Mans, charred with
tbe marder of Mrs. Ma4e A. King, be
gan ' Us session at M p'cttwk this
morning. In order to -complete the
selection of the jnry the court waa In
' ' eewdoa yesterday evening natll well
after 7 o'clock. With this bwdness
' disposed of tbe court today waa ready
to beglu bearing tbe t tnony.
When.cwrt had t- opened Solici
tor Clement asked ti...t ad the apparel
worn by Mrs. King or the might abe
waa shot be turned over to the State
for the purpose of evidence. This ln
eluded tbe dress, -slipper,, hat .and
gloves worn by tbe deceased. To this
Mr.- Cannier ected, but stated the
defense waa ...ing that the arttcsnvln
guest ion should be rosrut Into
- andisabmltted aaevvkatu. -This
' .agreed upon,- . - -
The list of State's witnesses, sixteen
In number, waa then called, and they
wen sworn. The list la aa followa:
Dr. MacKayden, James Simpson; L.
' A. Weddlugton. M. . .Bitchie. Chan.
'8. Dry, Mrs. Chaa. ltry, C. W. Andrewa,
W. D. Rockefeller, Dr. Barmetster, Roy
' Smith, Roach,- Johnson, Garretaou,
Mack Todd, Melville, fc, s
Dr. P. R. Macradyen wa the flrst
witness called fl the staud. He testl
fled that on the night of the tragedy,
- shortly after 8 o'clock, he waa called
on at the hospital to attend person
who waa shot He had he carried to
.'the operating room and after a brief
examination piotxiuuced her dead. Gas-
- ton Meana tasd blia she was Mrs. King,
. a vis tor at his father'a; borne. - The
physician aald be later passed a probe
Into the wound, hot did not locate tbe
bullet. He did nut perfoim an autop
sy. He alxo discovered tbe outer bone
of the left let was fractured aliout
two inches above th ankle, .tie said:
, "" "" i , .r . 7 i ankle was broken. , , . "-. t i
v on Ibe ankle when the sote if fte fo.it i,, WMjieHB went dofnUha. irond about
' was turned outward. Jt wouUI not , be 100 y atul e,,, to tUe 0KtT, drlv-
neopMHsrv. he thouirht.1 for tlie entire' .1. ...--kii. A tk.
-elt f heOKKly to hathTownn ttf
wound, the hlr waa matted wtt) blood, ,a s Plater that night eapt Bingham
hnd he could not teU whether or j-WM avkr) bv Brandon Meana to come
tliere waa any a nged hair. . After he t0 the Means" home.' There h waa
. '. had pronounced the woman dead, tbej tHke(1 b. 0Mt(W Meana' father. In Gae
. IsKly waa turned over, to U A. Wed- preaence, whether or not he had
dlngtou, a local nudertaker. A dress taUle4 to anyone about the occurrence.
. and slippers were presented to- the colaati W. G. Meana also said that
witness. He said that the dress worn
by Mrs. King waa made of about auch
m iterlal. bnt be waa not sure as to .
' the Nhape of those worn by Mrs. Klny
tbe shupe o-ftbose worn by Mrs. King,
but be did not positively identify them.
The witness waa cross-examined
by Judge Osborne, who dwelt off the
probing done by Utv MacFadyeq. The
witness pointed .out the location of the
; wound, behind tbe left ear, and tbe
direction his probe took when passed
into the bead; iThe fracture of the
ankle could nave been crfused by hav
ing stepped on something which cans
ed tbe foot to turn outward. . When
bullet entered the brain, the witness
said it would cause tbe body to crum
ple up. ,.
James Simpson, assistant to Under
taker L. A. Weddlugton. was the next
witness called. He stated that he and
Mr; Weddlngroii took the body from
tbe Concord lioanttat 'to the underUk-
liig parlors; There he washed tbe hair
' and plugged .tlie. bullet wound; He
said he did not -notice any s nged hair
: or oowder burns. He said be did not
find any fa Ira balr in her"head that be
I remembered, He saw some false hair
the next day; broltirht over by some one
from tbe hospital. Bo said there was
. no sign of Mood w this false. Balr.
The body Vss" prepared for burial
and waa sent Iway from' here on train
No. 12 at 8 : o'clock the following af
. temoon. It was a gray covered casket
- metal casket bearing name plate
' "Maude .A. King." Tbe witness waa not
: cross-examined at tbls point the 'de-
fetue reserving this right later;
: , M.F. RUcMe.
M. F. Ritchie.' secretary and treasur
i er of the Hltchle Hardware Company,
wafffne next witness called. lie stated
that on Friday before the accident
' Gaston Means Came to the store and
r parens Red a rifle. On Monday be again
came to the store and wanted to buy
' an automatic-pistol He showed Means
- a Colt 2H ealilire pistol, bat Mean aald
. he wanted a larger pistol. Tbe witness
told him he had no 82 calibre automa
tic, but he would try to get one for him j
In; Charlotte.' In Jbe meantime Means
took the cniinre gun, ami uier mac
lay he told the witness he had decldel
Ittchle could not find the larger one In
Charlotte for hint He also purchased
a Msrlin rifle and cartridge lor the
Pndth and Wesson pistol, for the 25-20
J. irlin rifle and lor the - volt wmcn
nwvl steel boiler. He said he had used
a 2a foit in i making lens, to see
what distance It would leave, powder
marks on shot Of white paper. The
pwder marks were dUttnct" on- the!
white paper at a distance of IB Inches. 1
lie said on the bight of the tragedy he
saw the body tt wall being taken ont
of the a!itoroobr aj th hospital The
evsct time was I '.reive minutes till nine
o'clock. ' " -'
"'he witness then demonstrated to the
.1rv the met hoi rrf ' shooting M autv
mntlc Colt, show Ina tbe safety catclW
I that the nMl would not fire un-
lii the sprint xoety on the- back, of
tl" handle wo reiiei1, r A
n er ox i.'.iit'i.n i. Mr. CaiiW.
t i wi' i f 'i '' 1
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ped hard rooujrh. although bt had aft
er beard of nrh a thing happeuuig. .
- C W. Aadrwrft. ...
C W. Andrew. l tJallsbury. Blht
clerk at tbe Yadkin Hotel, waa tbe
aext wltara called. , Ha testified that
"U. B. Means, of New Tork." registered
'it that hotel on th itlsht of Anew
18. air. Jaa.. C King waa also reg
istered at the time, Meana reg
istering foe both, i Tby were asslgn
ed to rooms 110 and 113. Ther left
the follow lnf morning. ,
On ere examlnstloo Mr. Andrews
aald that lir. Meana and Mrs. King
had come In on the train from Ashe
vllle, which waa late that night, tbey
had rotten to Salisbury too late to
catch the train from Salisbury to Con
cord. 'He aald that ho had received
tbe Impression they bad arrived In
an automobile from Mr. Ambrose, af
ter cotnluf to Concord.
W. 8. Bimraaj.
Capt. W. 8. Bingham waa next call
ed to tbe stand. He told that on tbe
Wednesday evening of tbe .tragedy,
while be waa at supper he heard an
automobile born In front of hla home.
He went out and Oaston Meana waa
there, and Invited him to go to ride.
He naked for a few atfnutes to finish
hla supper. They then got Into the
automoiiile and proceeded to tbe
Means borne, after a few stops. There
Mrs. King, Uaston and Afton Means,
he and the colored driver got Into tbe,
automnb.le. They went out the ML
Pleasant road, and at the forks of
the Uold Hill road. Afton or Oaaton
Instructed the negro driver, Ernest
Kury to turn ta the left They proceed
ed to tbe Blackwelder spring, which ta
on an abandoned road about 200 yarda
from the highway. When they arriv
ed at tbe watering trough near the
the automobile and walked on down
spring, tbe" witness said be got out of
the old road, possibly 140 yarda, stop
ping at intervale to see If he could
see young rabbit The automobile
turned around lust after be got out
of It. He went down thia old road
until he crossed a bridge over a little
branchr and. about fifteen yards be
yond tbe bridge. He then turned and
earn back to the little bridge, where
be met Afton Means, who had tbe rifle.
After talking here for only a moment
or two, tbe witness said be beard tbe
report of a pttitol, wh'ch sounded tike
1 the .25 calibre automatic. He and
Afton Immediately went to the spring.
There they found Mrs. King tying on
I her back, with her head up the hill.
her feet down, tbe blu, about lour reeM
from tbe base of the tree. Gaston
Means waa on her right aide, kneeling
over her. . Her aima were by her aide,
and her but ami bag were on tbe
ground nearby. There was mo slipper
J,, her Jeft foot( ,ud he thought the
BprtiwTfai. w.-W rbe MsJ
mme go to the spring and
nnd jj,. vtM ,nd Mng It In. Witness
dld wltn nart. to the spring
that same night
During tbe questioning or Alton
Meana actions. E. T.Cansler. of coun
sel for tbe defense, declared he wanted
to show what Afton Means, had said
and done because, "I think the state
wiir-trv to show Afton Meana guilty
of complicity with .Gaston Meana, tn
the killing or Mrs. uauae a; rung.
Conrt adjourned until zsw o cioca.
Hnnrt reconvened from tbe noon re
cess Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock and the
examination of talesmen waa resumed.
M. F. Teeter, of No. 1 township, the
second one called, waa peremptorily
challenged by tbe solicitor, this being
the flrst of the State's four peremptory
Challenges.
The next talisman. H. K. Moneycun,
tanner, of No. township, after ex-
aminatlon by counsel on notn siuea,
was accepted as the fourth juror. -
The fifth Juror accepted was James
E. Wright, weaver, of this city, who
waa the thlra man cauea airer -sir,
UnnA,iif . ii1 tnnw nnmher nlv was
I iviui; u... v.... jh.v. :
found In the person of J. C. Williams,
fanner of No. o township, wno was
the next man called.
The defense exhausted its sixtn per-
emntorv challenge on talesman John
LG. Parks, the forth-flfty man drawn
to oe examinea. : ; - -
J., Frank Goodman, farmer, of No.
8 townshlB. and r a member of the
board of commissioners, was the ev
entb juror passed and sworn ln.He
was' the fifty-seventh talesman called.
A few minutes later the fifty-ninth
uienoin J. u. wmws, ol nu. w
eel mi both side aatbe eighth juror.
r ur.u, nr ft tnwnahin. a
! farmer! thrf alxth-flfth toleaman, waa
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accepiea as juror uuwurr ww. .
VL'ini. t nn fnrriinr of No. 8
township, wa the teuth m accepted vote of tba board of Aisitors -for 4 'un
to sit In the. Jury:boc-;Hi wajshe patriot. anCdloyai;jf aot.seditious
tlnety-fourth man examined, i utterance' made, in an addres at
- Rhnrtlv afterward R. P. Hilt a mill Sweetbriar college last week.' Action
operative. Concord, was accepted as
I juror number eleven. "
Tbe last juror waa not iouuu uuui
1 i but to of the talesmen had been
taken. It waa then that J. H. Header,
ot Kaunfpolls:- mlU operaUyewM
th inrv tnr thn case. . s
;, The list of the twelve jurora is as
82 niinwa-
j. c. E. Culp, farmer, of No. 7 town-.
shin.
v No. 2. R. B. Bachanan, mill Opera.
at tlve, concord.
i
8. M. M. LIpe, farmer. a 8 town
hln ''- . ' - .! " y.
4. It. N. Honeycutt, farmer, No, 9
tnwnohln. " .
r 0. Jaa, E. Wright, m:u ,, operative.
Oncopl. - . t i - --
6. J. CT. WJlllania, fanner. No. 5 town'
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1. J.' rrank Goodman, fanner, No. 8
J, , 'Vhlta,-farmer, No, town
9. O. T. Walker, farmer, No. 8 town-
thin
li. Woi. 1. Irvln, farror, No. 8 town;
'y l
il. n. lK Hill, mm ojM.rllve, will'
- iMr.
- AIX TO CIT THANKS. .
Nati yiU Otiani Thaaaarirmt Pay
Waahlncua. D. C. 'ov. 28. The
nacbat will aOserve ThaaJugivIng bsy
tomorrow nader roadltiuna radically
different from tnoas attending any
stmiUr celebration In the past WU
tbe nation at war. It la Ukely that tbe
true spirit of tbe day will be more
manifested than ever before. Tbe
minds of the people will he occupied
with thoughts more serlona than the
enjoymenta and festivities with which
It hss become customary to associate
the boldkiay. A larger attendance
than usual la likely to mark tbe ser
vices of thanksgiving in tbe churchm
throughout the land. Tbe family re
mi too will be something more thsm
a mere festal gathering, aa tbe vacant
chair at the dinner table reminds those
present of tbe loved ones who will
pass tbe holiday In camp or canton
ment In tbe trenches on European bat
tle Add, or on aome grim warship fly
ing the Burs and Stripes.
It will be a real holiday, however, for
tbe boys hi the service. Keporta from
the military camps and the naval sta
tions in all sections of tbe country tell
of tbe elaborate preparations for cele
brating tbe day. Thousands of tbe
soldiers and sailors in training hare
given leave . to return to their-
homes for the holiday.- Those who are
too far distant from home to make tbe
trip wll have ait enjoyable time of It
In camp or barracks, oti ahip'or ashore.
Bach arid every one of them la assured
of a turkey dinner with all the "trtin-
minga." :;-.
Although turkey la not en the armr
bill of fare. It will be served tomorrow
in every one or the military training
camps. Generous donations from so
cieties and Individual-. wtU enable
t'ncle Bam to give a regular Dehno
nlco tone to tbe Thanksgiving dinner
for tbe soldier bora.
In one other rcwaect the Thanks- p
giving Day of 1917 is likely to he long
remembered. , It for no other reason.
It is likely to be well impressed naoa
tbe public mind by the high coat of
tbe turkey dinner. But aa tbe email
boy remarked of Christmas, "It comes
bnt once a year," so the people of all
classes are preparing to forges about
old H. C. of L. for the time being and
aevote themselves to tbe enjoyment of
the "spread" which tradition and cus
tom have set un aa the chief featim
of every Thanksgiving. Housewives in
every nook and corner of tbe country,
it is sate to assume, are carefully In
specting their pantries today to make
sure that no purchases for the big
Thanksgiving dinner have been omit
ted. Despite tbe sugar famine and
tbe shortage and high prices of other
necessities, th. preparations for thri
Lfeast have been made along tbe usual
iinen. ai lucernes r. nas oeen maaepium
puddings have been mixed, cakes
baked, crantierrtes made Into jelly, and
cast taito molds for tomorrow's dinner
table, and turkeys stuffed hi readiness
for the big feast. -t;;.?.--,-;.;,,,.;.;.
Official Washington la mighty busy
these days, but it is preparing to knock
otf work tomorrow for the customary
Xhanitsgivuig Day celebration. Prac
tically every church In the etty has ar
ranged pwmr service Tbf toJnorNv.v
morning. The. biggest cetegratlou
from the standpoint of official impqr.
tauce, of course, will be the annual
Pan-American, mass at ' St Patrick's
Catholic t'hureh.' . This will be at
tended by tbe President, members' of
tbe diplomatic corps, as well as other
distinguished citixens In public and
private life. Mgr. Russell, pastor of
the church, will be the.colebrant and
tbe papal delegate. Mgr. Bonrano, will
assist in tbe mass. It la expectd also
that Cardinal Gibbons will come -over
from Baltimore to be present at tbe
ceremony. ' 1 .', ',.'.':,
Several of -the cabinet officers and
bureau chiefs have left Washington to
spend Thanksgiving at their homes.
With tbe same idea of having a houw
celebration of the . day, '. tbe : Urge
majority of senators and representa
tives, who ordinarily would be troop
ing into tbe capital in anticipation of
the opening of Congress, have delayed
tbelr returrr until the end of tbe week.
so that thy might enjoy their Thanks
giving with their families, friends and
neighbors. . .
Tbe President's Thanksgiving dinner
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lat the White House Is expected to be
purely- a family affair. All . week
parcels and packages billed from many
the country have been arrtr-
ig the executive mansion, contain'
big choice edibles sent by friends and
admirers to add to 't tie holiday menu
of tbe White House dinner... It is one
of the few occasions of the year when
the White House rum barring the ac
ceptance Of such gifts la likely to be
slightly relaxed,- probably because of
th presents are altogether, too tempt.
lng to be refused. : -
WHIPPLE DISMISSED -'V
FB0M THE FACULTY
Virginia University Board Take Ac-
Charlottesville, Va., 'Nov. 27.
Leomdaa n. WdiddI. adjunct Drore.
I sor of journalism .at the Univertity
J nT..ViMvin,A-. aj1v ' ' ; aa L H i am i Mid
.
1 from" tn iaeultv b In unaminoua
bv the board waa taken at -a special
meeting to consider chanrea of dis-
lovoltv made bv the alumni And per
sons prominent in Virginia .affairs.
fuipfijiji Si-frMwivri-''s;
TO LEAVE VNIVERSm.
Says He Has Nothing t Say and Has
i 1 Made No Plan. I ;'.
'r :. (By Tk A sd frsss)
Charlottesville, Nov. 2& Profaseor
Ionldas Whipple who wa preparing
today (o leave the University of Vir
ginia after bis nnmiKai yesteraay tor
tbe chair of Jonrnallam, said he had
no statement to nuke, and -for tbe
present he had no plana lor tn rutur
employment. -- -j-v. ''
The Board .of 'Viewer removed
Whipple from the University because
"of unpatrlotle and disloyal. If not
editions uterem." , --: .i .
naoolla.';C r'-- '
It will be seen from the above that
th lury Is composed ho of only
two Oiviinaninis, rsnnnra anu bkmiii
tjtlll opet'stlves. eUrltt of fbr fornior
hieocg:i!xe
hi.' isiiimoPrJiis
Basis For a Joint Action
; Against the Central Pow
I ers, Will Be", Determined
Upon, It is Indicated.
BYNG'S MEN ARE :' "
, MAKING PROGRESS
The Indications Are That the
Opposition to tne Bolshe
vik! is Rapiy Gaining
Stredgth.;'!
Bepresenntlvesref tha AUled powers
are hi Paris for a conference npon
Which tbe future cobrsa of the war's
activities probably wUI depend. The
ranch leaders nave lolaed br reore-
keuUtivea of tbe Vulte States, Great
uriuun aua-itaw.-- v, - j " - "
A basis for joint action against tbe
Central powers win b determined at
this conference It is Indicated, and fu
b"i pollciea tower Raaaia may be de-
ci..ed upon. ' .4
Attboogh tbe HoUhevlkl will ap
parently b unable to extend their
power over Rnsalii: esdppt in. tbe re
gions of Petrograd and j Moscow, they
M continuing their effdVts toward an
armlstle ana peace.' t
It was announced Mnelally Ust
night- at tbe BoUbevlu beadquarters
at Petrograd. representatives of Gen.
Krywnko-, th Bolshevikt commanderN
In chief, bed crossed- to the .German
side and had entered Into negotiation
with military authorities. It waa re
ported that German officers have arriv
ed in Petrogradto aid fee Maximalist
leaders with their ad rice nnd counsel.
The indications are that opposition
to the BolHhevlkl is. rapidly -gaining
strength and a conference of antt-feol-shevikl
leaders' at Russian headquar
ters for the, purpose of forming a
coallltlon government It f s reported.'
- Meanwhile Gen. Kalenilines, who Is
reported to be In coutro of tbe gratu
territory of southeast Ri Rsla, It grow
ing in power., ' Many an ly officer op
poeer to tbe Bolshevik! have Joined
hi forces, including nkmbera .from
the front - ' 1 ..
As tbe BrlUsh press (toward Cam-
bral they eucouutered ' more stubborn
resistance,; '--. " fc
Gen Brae's men. however, are mak
ing progress against thsj strongly re
inforced enemy. More than- SO men
were captured Tuesday.
Undismayed apparently by the losses
sustained by the fruitless) effort of tbe
past two weeks to treak the Italian
line between the Brent ana ptave
raaieiathwAvnrtroeraMin wrttno!
to send fresh troops ivgamst the ue-
fehilers of the passes of the Venetians
plains;,. Tbe latest attempt waa against
the left wing In tne Hreta vauey. An
entire division waa used in an attempt
to break the Italian defenses. , It at
tacked five' times in a mass formation.
bnt were unable to break the defense
of the Italians. - -' -. v
i Fear of Germany's threat that she
wOuld seize a base in Denmark should
Norway permit the allies to obtain a
base ta her territory is reported to ne
behind thr conference of tbr three
Scandinavian Kings In CbrlstUnla.
THE DE SALXLES TRIAL.'
Claimed That Mrs. de Saullee Waa Not
Accountable When She Stmt Her
HosbaiieV VV' . .. . '
- (By Th Associated Frsaa)
Mlneola. N. Y- Nov.- 28. What la
exnected to be a lengthy battle between
med'eal experts over Mrs.' Blanca de
Hannes' cam that ber physical conai-
-tton Droduced - lapse of accountabil
ity wnen sne low n uimrau u
barid. was Initiated in the young wo
man's trial on the charge of murder in
the Supreme Court hero today, ;
ltk.''l B Wlifhf Mra, ln RsnlW
physician since the. tragedy testlfled
that the patient' - ounaiuon, iuuuw
lng the shooting, id lent ed-that aha waa
suffering from enfeebled function of
tbe jthyroid ' gland -rrom an inade
quacy of secretion of this glad. This
bring about look of runctioning. atra,
de Haullese attorneys claim the con
dition outlined by tbe physician pro
duces a bralu ami nerve cemer cqmu
tioa, which, eventually end in "a men
tal tnflrmlty." . v s, J
;., T0881TM 'SITPEB.h;
Served to Vlsttlng Htnntm Men at
i ,f1 the St. -ClesMi Ottot $&4n
Vlsttlii newspaper reporters and
their, wives! aad witneseea here from
New- Votk Hi connection with Means
trlak were glveh a treat last evening
at the 8b' Cloud Hotel by the popu
lar .manager. Mr. E. F. Borne,
when he served them a delightful 'pos
sum dimtev after the regular dinner
ITV. ' ...4n.nl. mm.MmM K
Mr, M. r. Ritchie, ana were.upnatea
for-: the purpose. : f .-
Beside giving many of the visitors
their .first taste of tbta Southern de
licacy. The host also had served ra'bblt
and other dishes that were greatly
relished. " . , v
About eighteen or twenty visitor
were present to enjoy this hospitality.
Aftec th repast, snort aner ainnor
talks were made by many ot tboee
present. " -
V THE COTTON MARKET.
Decltne f I to 2 Petnto Today,
,. January Selling Off to 2t.lt..
j (By Th Aassstofd )
New Tork. Nov. 88. Th cotton
market ooened steady at a decline nt
9 to 29 points today, wnn January
elUng off to 29.10 and March to 28.72,
on reports ot Increased spot offering
In th South and pre-hollday realising.
Early offering were readily absorbed
on demands from Liverpool and trade
sources, however, and the . market
turned firmer with January selling up
to 20 87 and March to 80.83 before the
and of I ha flrst hour.
Cot ton futures openmj steady. De
cw-Ikv, ?..'..:! January, J!.Mi Mnivh,
BLAIX OOICIJLSS.
Mr. J. R.
WMf.rXU.BUr.ef WsastashSaW
A arris) of sseeh totem, to many
friessl throagboss; th State waa sol
emnised Here last night at 0:311. whea
Mr. J. a Dooglaa became the bride
or Mr. D. H. UUlr. of WuMto-8alem.
The wexldug was very auM affair.
awl waa performed at tbe borne of tbe
bride' Barents, Mr. and Mra. J. W.
Caaooa by Dr. D. Clay Lilly, of Wln-
sron-tiains.
The bsst man was Mr. John J. nialr.
of WUmlagtaa. and the bride entered
leaning m tbe arm of ber fatbrr. There
were no attendants. Aa the nartv
autered tbe wedding march waa nlaved
by Mra, E. T. Cannon.
Mrs. Douguiaa la tbe flrst dsnrhter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cannon, and is
popular In larg circles throughout tbe
State. The groom la prominent law
yer of Wlnston-Sslem and one of that
dty's best dtlsens. He Is a brother
of Mr. W. A. Blair, president of the
rVacbovla National Bank, and of Mr.
John J. Blair, superintendent of the
City schools of Wilmington.
-The room where the marriage occur
red had been most tastefuly decorated
for tbe happy occasion. After tbe cere-
mony a supper waa served
to the
guest. .4 - ,
Mr. and Mra. Blair left on
train
some
N. ,32 for New York to spend
lime. . .. .
The following guests besides tbe
members of the family were present:
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Blair. Miss Mar
garet Blair, Mr. John C. Blair. Dr. D.
Clay Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. ('has. C. Hill,
of Winston-Salem ; Mr. John J. Blair,
of Wilmington: Mlfwes Eva and Mar
tha Blair, .of High Point: Mrs. Rosa
B. Young; Miss Marie Pharr, of Phil-
aneipma : Miss Dorothy Held, Ade
laide and Barney Douglass, of Win
ston-Salem ; Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Grier.
of Concord.;
FOKTY-FOlB DEATHS IN
LAST ELEVEN DAYS.
Disease Has Taken Appalling Toll
Frs Banks f Soldiers at Camp
Beauregard.
Alexandria. La. . Nov. ' 27. Al
though there... were no , additional
deaths reported at Camp Beauregard
tonight it was announced by Dr. 0
carj Dowllng, president of the state
board of health, that 44 soldiers have
died during the past 11 days. Twenty
rwm meaisies ana lour rrom spinal
meningitis. No cause was given for
10 of the deaths. The total deaths
for tbe past three days ending at noon
toaay totalled zz. - i
Three Mere Victims at Camp Wheeler.
Macon. Ga Nov. 27. Six addition
al death from pneumonia among sol
diers attached to tbe Thirty-Unit na
tional guard division during the last
24 hours -were announced tonight at
Camp Wheeler headquarters. -
j Exclusive of the deaths announced
tonight there has, been 57 victims of
pneumonia at the local camrjdnrlng
th .last IS days, according to base
hospital records.
GYPSIES AND BOOTBLACKS
As Both, They" Will Come 'Voder the
Maryland Compulsory Work Lew.
Baltimore. Nov. 27. The status of
Gypsies and bootblack was establish
ed a Idler here today, and they will
come under the . provisions of the
Maryland compulsory work law. Fol
lowing a conference between. Police
Marshal Carter and George A. - Ma
hone, state director of the work bu
reau, a number of Gypslea were round
ed up. TBey declared they i bad
work and stated that some weeks thev
earned 1000 as horse dealers and coppersmiths.-
The men were . fined $3
each for not having - registered as
idler, and .Louis A. Mitchel, their
Chief, was notified that all mnat 1m
the city immediately.
- .Magistrate Johnannsgen . fined Wil
liam Cole, colored, an employed boot
black, for falling to report for work.
He had been assigned to work on
the state roads,' Tbe magistrate said
people should shine their own shoes
during tbe war.
GREAT DEMONSTRATION
IN BUDAPEST T0Z PEACE
SociaUata Want An . Armistice
or
Paaoe, Cays Berlin Paper. -
I By Th iiacUM Press) -
' Amsterdam. Nov. 28. Great -mo
ans' 'dexonsfvation in Riirinnat. nn
Sunday in favor of an armistice and
1'eace is repoited in a Berlin -news-
Pper. -., . , .... .
Special Servla at St James Lutheran
; . s Church.
Tomorrow evening at 7 o'cloeb
TbankKgivlng services will be held at
Nt. J sines Lutheran Church.. This In
la accordance with the President's pro
clamation, un Friday evening . a
special service of x repentance and
humility win be held.' Tbls Is to be
our customary preparatory service
preceding the celebration of tbe Lord's
Supper on Sunday. It is also In ac
cordance with a request that such a
ervlce be. held by the War Commis
sions of the Christian 'Churches of
America. ? : '-
Offerings will be received at both
services. It Is requested that tbe offer
tor on Thursday , evening be a liberal
one since It Is our annual offering to
the Orphan Home, -e -. . - ? -?- ...
The general publle I Invited to these
services. . ' ' PASTOR.
AT THE
NEV-PASTII1E
" , thursdAy. ,
a bluebird
extraordinary
rupert juuan0
- . AND ..
RUTII CLIFFORD
b th Most Beautiful Phot
. . uraimi ever turned,
"MOTHER 0' r.3NE"
'It U'l Clueblrd Id Cot tt tt
GERMANS
T Ope X,gstlall s
far ArsaisUe a AS tYsssta.
- FMrwgrad. Nov. ga Hepressutotlve
sent by tUudgn Krylenko tbe Bubshevlkl
comoiauiler In chief of tbe Bstosiaa
anuirs. have been reed red in the Gor
man lines aud uifurmed by th German-commander
that th Germans
hav onVlally consented to Immediate
negotlatkwa for aa armlstle on all
front of tbe belligerent coon trie.
The Germsns hav set December 3
for a conference for tbe negotiations
of sn armistice.
Enidgn Krylenko sent three repre
sentative with Instructions to re
quest tbe Germs a commander In tbe
sector tn which tbe crossing waa ef
fected to Inquire of the German com
mander In chief whether It waa agree
able to him that representatives br
sent for Immediate negotiations for an
armistice on tbe fronts of all tbe bel
ligerent countries., and in case his
renponse wss satisfactory to flx the
time and place for a conference for
representing both sldtes.
Krylenko's emissaries crossed ' the
German lines at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and were received by the
German commander of the sector. A
reply was promised st 8 o'clock. At the
appointed time the Germans gave offi
cial consent to' conduct negotiations.
A conference was set for Decemlier 2.
A NEW WITNESS.
Defense to Offer Unique Exhibit, Plas
ter Cast of Forked Tree,
Special to New York Journal.
Concord, N. C, Nov. 27. The de
fense lit the truial of Gaston B. Means,
who Is charged hy the State of North
Carolina with the murder of Mrs.
Mwtide A. King, will have a unique ex
hibit to introduce, that of a plaster
cast of the forked tree in which Means
culms to have placed the small auto
matic pictol with which Mrs. King was
subspiiuently killed. This was learn
ed today while the trial was delayed
await ng the arrival of the 190 ventre,
men called by the court.
The defense will hare as a witness
J. L. Freeman, of High Point, N. O, the
maker of tbe cast.
Freeman, who claims ta have an ex
pert knowledge of flrearms, bt ex
pected by the lawyers for the accused
man to offset the prospective testimony
of CaptHln William Jones, pistol ex
port of the New York Police Depart
ment. t-
Tbe tree, close beside which Mrs.
King breathed her last, stands approx
imately thirty feet from Blackwelder
Spring, over which Means claims he
he was bending when he heard the fa
tal shot. The defense will allege that
Mrs. King took the pistol from the
crotch of tbe tree against tbe advlnc
of Me m, and will then say either ac
cidentally shot herself or committed
suicide.
FEFiSISENT WILSON v
'. WORKING ON ADDRESS
As Tot Hla Bpca to B Mad te
Ooncnsa is in the Rough Draft
rnytra -ass amst r r ?" :
Wachinerton Nov. 28. Presidenl
Wilson continues to work ' ' on .his
address to t lie otening of Qongresa
which will be delivered in person
next Tuesday. As yet the speech is
in roush draft, and probably will be
finished only a short time before the
delivery. On that account it wUI hard
It be furnished in advance to the
newspapers. The capiJol today lav
under a heavy, blanket of snow: anil
slush, and the 'President remained in
his study to work on his address.
wntinjr on his own . typewriter. .
North Carolina Teachers Asembly.
Charlotte, N. C Nov. 2a Charlotte
Js rapidly filling with visiting teachers
who are nocking to the city from all
quarters of the State to take part in
the annual convention of the North
Carolina .Teachers' Assembly. Com
mittee meetings, the reception of the
visitors, and other preliminaries oc
cupied today. Tomorrow and Friday
will be devoted to the regular sessions.
A number of educators of wire promt
nence are on" the program. .
BIEWSEISDES
V.:
BUILDING
OPENS ON
Saturday,
At The Cabarrus Savings Ban!?:
the Concord Perpetual.
Building and Lo - Asscd:i
. Starts Its 59th Scries
This Association has
Series of Stock acrjntbg to ' ' ; 1
Dtjtft ntss this 0;p3rt"dty ta Start St::!: r.
I. IV,
iiMM!OFli:V:'
PREVIOUS EXECPTIQIiS
All PersonsSub?ct to : the
Selective Draft Service ire
Charged With Knowing
. the Law and Regulations.
FAILURE TO COMPLY:.
A MISDEMEANOR
Failure May Also Cause Im
mediate Induction of the
Transgressor Into the Mili
tary Service.- " '
- ' " 1
(r Tfc Am tots Fr s)
Washington, Nov. 28. All person
subject to tbe selective service law.
Provost Marshal Ueneral Crowder an- -
nounced today, are : charged with
knowing tbe Ust and the accompany
big regulations, and failure to comply ''
will be considered a misdemeanor and
punishable by a year's Imprisonment.
Failure may also cause Immediate in
duction into military service, and wilt -operate
aa a waiver.
General Crowder pointed out that '
all previous exemptions are revoked
under a section of 'the regulstlons.
On its part the local board Is to re '
everything possible to acquaint regis
trants with their order of liblllty. It
bt necessary that each registrant shall ..
know his order number.- The board is -to
mall to registrants notice of Its .
action concerning them and any duties
thev are required to perform, and -'
notice of it disposition of c la Una of
other persons ; regarding registrants
shall be mailed to registrants aa well. -
SIXTY-THREE MEN
OF ACTE0N MUSING
American Steamer Waa Sunk Tester-;
.day By German Submarine. ;
(By Tb AsMMlatsd )
Washington, Nov. 28. Sixty-three
men are missing three are unaccounted
for of the American steamr Acteon.
whiob was reported yesterday torpn :
doed by a German submarine. . The,
navy's official report aaya .one boat ,
with twenty survivors waa landed at
F'nlKterre yesterday and adda nothing '
more to the published account of the
sinking. i, , . . . .....,;
, CROSS TO GERMAN SIDE.
Representative f Krylenko Enter Into ,
Negotiations With German Military .
AuthoriUes.;'; W;-t ;"
(Br 1 Associated Prm
. Petrograd, Tuesday Nov. 27. It I ,
announced officially that the Smolny .
natltntj the headquarter the Bol
shevlkl. the ft of men tails7 f ' th
Krylenko, the Bolshevlkl commander in
chief, has crossed to the German aide-,
aud entered into negotiations with the .
Germsn military authorities, v.
- ' i .' r - j - -1 it -
All Mllitaata Reieaed. .
. . iBr Tfc As slatsd Frsss
' WasMngton. Nov. 28. All militants
of the womans' party, who remained
in Jail after yesterday' release of
the hunger strikers, twenty-two In ,
number, were: released today. - Thbi ?
entirely cleared tbe Jail and workhouse .
of I lie picketing White House suffra
glts. " ' '" ' - J A -
v Six Dutch Seamen Drowned. ',
.; (By The Aaaselaiad IT)
Balto, November, 28. Six men U
member, of three Dutch stemmships
lying atthls portswere drowned and
nine rescued early today when a launch
carrying the men to their ships'-oap-sised
in thebarbor. All were Hollan
ders. - ) ; ,
Most every man laiyV but be
doesn't Ilka, to admit it ? v '
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and LOAN
Dec;: 1st
matured aad paid cf! 43
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