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VOL XVII. Price 40 Cents a month. CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1909. Single Copy 5 Cents. NO. 138. CHARLES WADS WORTH DEAD. Well-Known Charlotte Man Takes His Own Life at Greensboro on Monday Night Shoots Himself Through Head Not Identified for Some Time After Shooting. Mr. Charles F. Wadsworth, of Char lotte one of the best known young bu siness men of that city and related to Concord people, died in Greensboro following a mortal wound inflicted by himscjf on Monday night. The news of his death was not of public knowl edge until the body had been identi fied. All day Tuesday it was uniden tified. The following is from this morning's Charlotte Observer: "One of the saddest deaths the city has ever known was that of Mr. Charles F. Wadsworth in Greensboro Monday night. Depressed because of protracted ill health, Mr. Wadsworth took his own life in his room at the Hotel Clegg, wffcre he was a guest. The sad news' reached the city yester day afternoon, word to this effect having been brought by a Charlotte citizen who viewed the body at the undertaking establishment there yes terday morning. Last night the news became general, positive identifica tion being made by Greensboro as well as Charlotte citizens acquainted frith the deceased. "It is safe to say that no death in recent years so shocked the city at large as that of Mr. Wadsworth. He lucked but a few days of being 38 years of age, having been born at the old Wadsworth home on North Col lege street, February 17, 1871. He was the oldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wadsworth and was wide ly connected with the most influential families of this section of the State. In November 1003, he was married to Miss Sadie Ilirshinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hirshinger, of this eity. His wedded life of almost six years, in the estimation of all those who. knew and loved him, wa most happy. Aside from his bereft widow, one small daughter, Marion, survives hrtii. He ia also survived by three brothers and fonr sifters nn.nicly Messrs, James w., George P. and Joe Wadsworth, and Mrs. WE: Stitt, of Temple, Tex.;' Mrs. Frank Smith, Mrs1. A. B. Reese and Miss. Louise Wadsworth, all of Charlotte. A hnlf brother, Mr. John C. Wadsworth. of Concord, also survives him. Details of the Suicide. The following is taken from (he Greensboro Record of yesterday: "With a bullet in his right temple from which blood was flowing and with a revolver lying on the floor beside him, a middle-aged man reg istering at Hotel Clegg as "R. B. Varne, Va.," was found in his room in the hotel last night gasping for breath. Drs. John A. Williams and Roberson were hastily summoned and the unfortunate man was removed to St. Leo's hospital, where he died a few hours later. He shot himself shortly before 10 o'clock, but no one heard the shot, though about 10 o'clock one of the hotel guests went to hip room just above the one occu pied by the suicide and heard some one groaning. He notified Mr. Clegg and they went to Varne 's door, which was found locked on the inside. An outside window was raised and upon entering Mr Clegg found Varne sit ting, or rather lying in a eh air, a 38 ealibre revolver lying on tha floor nearby. Blood was flowing from the wound, which had evidently been made only a short time before. The man was unconscious and never re gained consciousness... At the hos pital when an examination was made it was found that the bullet had pierc ed the brain. Varne died " at" 12:30 o'clock and his remains were taken to th undertaking establishment of Hnntlev-Stnc.lrtnn-Hill domhanv and prepared for burial, though the time has not yet been decided upon, "Varne came to' Greensboro, pre sumably from Danville, Vs., Sunday and registered at Hotel Clegg on the European plan:- He had no baggage and as far as is known he remained in his room nearly all the time.' No letters or papers were found on his person that would furnUh clue as to his address. He had in his pock ets $5 in money and a railroad ticket from Greensboro to Danville, Va. He . wore a badge bearing Jhe ' words, "Charlotte Chapter No. 39 R, A. M." and his clothes were made by the Little-Long Company, of Charlotte. - "Upon finding the Masonic badge the hotel people communicated with Mr. Wsitei S. Liddell, a prominent Maton of Charlotte, and he promised to try and obtain some information regarding Varne, but had been nn eMe to do so np to noon today. The SENTENCED TO GALLOWS. Rapist is Quickly Convicted and Sen tenced to Hang on March 3d, at Clinton. Clinton, Feb. 2. The trial of Will Ward, for criminal assault upon Mis. Mollie McLeod, began here at 2:30 this afternoon before Judge W. R. Al len and ended at 6:.T p. m., when the jury returned a verdict of guilty. George E. Butler, assisted Solicitor Duffy for the State and Henry A. Grady was appointed by the court to represent the defendant, who was without counsel. At the close of the taking of testimony, the case was submitted to the jury upon the evi dence without argument upon the part of the State or the defense. Ward assaulted Mis'. McLeod on January lflth and !ns been in the State penitentiaiy to prevent his be ing lynched. He arrived from Italeigh this morning under an escort ol a detail of t he local military company, and the entire company is on guard duty tonight. The prisoner sat through t lip trial unmoved and pre sented a spectacle of stolid indiffer ence. hen asked if he hal anv- thing to say why sentence should not he pascsed upon him, he stated tha! he was once injured by a blow ui Hie head which at times affected his mind, especially when he was drink ing. Judge Allen sentenced WaiV to be hanged March 3d. The trial was witnessed by a pack ed court house. All disinterested spectators vacated the court room while Mrs. McLeod was on the stand. at the request of Judge Allen. The crowd was at all times orderly. The judge's charge to the grand jury and his wise counsel in open court had a good effect and encouraged letting the law take its course in this case. Ward claims to be the son of un Indian mother and to have come from Oklahoma. His appearance indicates a decided trace of Tndian blood. $20,000,00 Cost of Battleship Cruise Washington. Feb. 2. In round numbers the cruise of the battlo-hip fleet, when if is' finished at Hampton Roads on Feb: 22, will have cost the American people $20,000,000. That cost is figured on the prices prevailing in the latter jwirt of 190V The 16,000 men aboard have spent about $G,400,000 an allowance of ftOO for each officer and man. spread over fourteen months. The repair bill after the ships reach their home ports, is expected to run up to between $5,000,000 and $i,000. 000. Rear Admiral's Arnold's third squadron of the Atlantic fleet, now concentrating at Guatauamo, is under orders to leave there between Feb. 8 and 10 to meet Rear-Admiral Sper- ry's sixteen battleships, which are to leave Gibraltar Feb. 6. Somewhere in the broad Atlantic the ships of the several squadrons will get into wireless communication with each other, and then, with Arnold's ship as an escort, the vessels will proceed to Hampton Roads. With good wea ther they may reach the Virginia capes two days ahead of time. Ar nold's squadron consists of the bat tleships Maine, Mississippi, New Ham pshire and Ida'ao and the scout cruis ers Chester, Birmingham and Salem. Durham Soldiers Hare Indoor Carni val. Durham, Feb. 2. The soldiers are giving an indoor carnival here to night with a series of boxing bouts between some light weights and local colored wrappers. Kid . Carey, ex champion New England lightweight, is managing the stunts and put on the gloves tonight with one of the visit ors, : Six negro matches at one time furnished a deal of howling. There was a good crowd present and the be t of order prevailed nnder the sur veillance of the police. r The fellow who thinks the world owes him a living should remember that the world doesn't always pay its debts. ' " -a throw any light upon the mystery of the stranger, : whose rash act can not be accounted for, as he left no note giving a reason for bis telf de struction. -.y : ; -. v.-..- .-. The dead man is apparently abivir -15 years .of age, is 5 feet 9 invar high and weighs about 200 pound. He wears a gold band ring bearing the initials "M. B. W." and on hit collar button is the initial "W.M He will be kept at Huntley-Stoek ton-Hill Company's undertaking e tablisbment until bis identity can be ascertained and some of his relatives f iim., or if this caiinot be done wi h ', ! a f v v r.s or so he will be b'jr ' i t a ' ! '." MAN EATING FISH IN EBEL LAKE Scene of Tennessee's Eecent Tragedy one of America's Remarkable Bodies of Water. New York World. Dr. Mitchell Parker, of Chicago, owner of a large tract of land in Ob- ion and Lake counties, Tenn., on his way home stopped at the Waldorf yes terday to keep an appointment with a New Yaork friend who has been his chum in hunting expeditions in the mountains cf Tennessee for the last twenty years. "I am just from Reelfoot Lake," said Dr. Parker, "near which my property is situated. I was not there at the time of the Night Rider trage dy, but I knew the murdered man, Taylor, and the survivor well. It is difficult for Northerner's to under stand the dense ignorance of civiliza tion that exists among the hunters and trappers in the vicinity of the lake, and their total lack of appreciation of the beauties of nature in the coun try in which they live. "Reelfoot lake is one of the m ist remarkable bodies of water on tin American continent. It abounds in bass, buffalo, drum, pike and perch, and a voracious tish called the alliga torgar. There is mure sport in land ing one of these fellows than all the tarpon that wiins, and I am an enthu siastic fisherman at that. The gar is a man eater, ami far more to be fear ed than the man eating shark of the seas. "It grows to a length of from twelve to fourteen feet, and if' swift and agile. The shark makes a partial (urn in seizing its prey, but the alli gator gar makes the attack directly with wide open jaws that bear some resemblance to the jaws of an alliga tor. A side of pork or a big chunk of beef will be seized from beneath the surface and drawn under with incred ible swiftness. It is exceeding dan gerous to bathe in certain parts of the lake. The most powerful swimmer has no more chance with a full grown alligator gar than a, mouse, has with loatjn An nnfaMjtahed'roora''---- '-'I don't -know5 of any recent loss of life, because the people are more core ful, but twelve or fifteen years ago there were several instances of the voracity of this fish, attacking men and dragging them down. The bodies of the victims are . never recovered and the popular belief is that they are carried to some subaqueous cave and devoured piecemeal. Reelfoot can never be 'fished out' owing to its peculiar formation and the manner of its supply. The lake is not quite one hundred years old. It came into existence on the afternoon of November 16, 1811, following two violent earthquake shocks, thirty min utes apart. Where the lake now stads was a fiat river level. The quake caused the earth to open and sink into a saucer like depression. The waters of the Mississippi rushed in, and some of the old accounts still preserved in Obion county says that all boats were torn from their moor ings, trees uprooted, cabins uplifted and all hurled into the maelstorm. "It took probably a year for this great cup to fill np, and then there was formed a lake forty miles long and five miles wide, and a depth of 125 feet, shallowing to twenty feet near the south shore. There are places where a lead line has failed to find bottom at 400 feet. The reason that Reelfoot Lake never can be fished ont is because the annual overflow of the Mississippi restocks its waters with an abundance of pawn and young fish. "The apjjrjncV to the ru.tt road winding around a high bluff on the north i one of surpassing beu!y. High cliffs that look like watch towers guard one side, and a luxnrian'. forest the other. .The water of the lake is crystal like in its clearness, and -me mysterious power keeps thr. in if see constantly in gentle nndulataions, so that in the bright sunlight it looks like a carpet of quivering diamonds. The effect by moonlight is even more beautiful. The surface then resem bles moving rbeet of molten silver or quicksilver. ; Word cannot . be Coined to convey adequately the fas cination of the scene, but on the minds of the ignorant creatures who cannot understand why they should be een sored for luring unarmed men from their beds and murdering them the magnificent spectacle makes' no im pression ' ' - - - "The hostility of the fishermen and hunters, who oppose private owner ship, dates back forty years, when, a Mr. Galloway, resident of Nashville, obtained a grant from the State, and 1..5.,1 it to An'.ew '. lows for CABARRUS OOU1.T ADJOURNS. Judge Council Adjourns Ooort Dis posing of Many Oases A Pretty Clean Docket, Only a Few Oases Being Carried 0rfr. The "second day of thesecond week of the Cabarrus Superior Court pret ty nearly cleared the docket of both criminal and civil eases, only a few of them having been carried over, many cases having been disposed of by jury trial and by compromise. At the conclusion of ike session yesterday afternoon Judge YPi B. Council dis missed tbe jurors and adjourned court for this term. The civil docket was taken up Monday and the following cases have been settled: James R. Woolridge vs. M. C. Brown, executrix, L. As and J. L. Brown, executors. This was an appeal to the Supreme cosrt in which the judgment of the lower court was af firmed. ', The State and ffargaret Hinson vs. Jackson Honeycutt for dastardy; judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant. Southern Loan and Trust Company trustee for the Concord Wholesale Grocery Co., vs. Boger 4 Co.; judg ment for the plaintiff to the amount of $27.00. R. W. Safrit vr. W. L. Robbias, judgment for plaintiff u the amount of $7.50. . ' Wilbur Stork Food Co. vs. J. S. Tuckerjudgment for plaintiff in the sum of $75. Caleb Melehor vs. J. S. Caldwell, judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $260. O. W. Revels was .restored to the rights of citizenship, John K. Foster vs. Robert H. Bost. judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $200. I John Henry vs. J. R. Blackwelder. judgment for plaintiff for $26.40. BUSINESS CHANGES. Frank Carroll Buys Out John O. -HaltVa OmmWi-V h&tar mA lamas O. and HV h. Blame Buys Oat W. F. Morrison. A business dual that has been hang ing fire for several days matured this morning when Mr. Frank Carroll bought from Mr. John C. Smith, the grocery business in the King block. which has been and is yet one of the most up-to-date grocery stores in the city. Mr. Smith has been forced to quit business on account of his con tinued ill health and it has been known for several months that he would go out of business here and move bis family to Aeheville, where he has purchased a borne and is making arrangements to take up his perma nent abode there. Mr. Carroll has been associated with Mr. Smith for a number of years and i& quite familiar with the trade and has had charge of the business for the past eight months while Mr. Smith has been absent from the city. His many friends through out the eity will be glad to know that there will be practically no change in the affairs of this store, except in name. Another deal was consummated yes terday was the purchase by Means. James C. and M. L. Bluine of the gro cery store of Mr. W. F. Morrison, who has been conducting successful bu siness in the Dove building next to Dove ft Bost for the past year or lon ger. The Messrs. Blums took charge yesterday and will conduct the busi ness nnder the name of Blame Bros. Mr. Morricon has not yet decided ss to what he will do other than look after his fanning interests. He will continue his residence in the city, however. Expert Cotton Claasiflsrs Begin Work - Washington, Feb. L The commit tee of expert cotton classifiers, re cently appointed by Secretary of Ag riculture Wilson, to fix official stand ard of various grades of cotton, be gan its work at the department of agriculture today. :-. The committee ia composed of nine members, in addition to three special assistants, representing the leading cotton concerns of the country. In its effort to establish tbe nine grades of cotton as provided for by act of congress, the committee will have use of eotton standards of cotton ex changes of this country and Europe. A week probably will be required to complete tbe work of tbe com mittee. ;'; ';' ''-'rt---: 'v time on the feeling baa been bitter, there have been numerous encounters, and Ithink one shootir? affray pre vious to the last cowa 'y assassina n i f T ln !ro Ts'.o h shocked COTTON EXPERIMENT STATION NEEDED Prof. Jean Napolean Ingram. Gluh! Trotter and Philosopher Discourses on Agriculture and the Financial Conditions of the Times. Chariot's N'ew jTomssor.-JC.iii .vap'lean Ingram i- in town ?rj n his farm ;it ('!ar ; 'i-e;. Cabarrus ounty, after mi :iln.ri- l several i Ho r?p.ir l!m. llu outlook (or cotton r In:-' In-, ceived -n ijiwavd lift by t ie hue ii in prices. Political p;ir:i .i .im c l an early Ur.b n cjtion value v. lu-n apresid'i'. -j r.).iii(;.f in T.'ie ' life" has t ikn i;- time in .la uu. and ben !i' coming. I'mih. 1 . has be" i n i imeiH led recently ii' the moral uplii'.- of :l.e ,-oti..n .e. . , than in in tn:iiifi:tl upheaval: a il late orat' I'- havi- stra'isjvly omitt any consolation or encouragement touching the fleecy staple. But the professor thinks that !ho upward movement in cotton quot I'ion sti :ihi be like all small favor?, tha lk fully re ceived, and greater expected rises ap preciated arcordingto proportions. He thinks that vviety farming will be generally followed the coming season through the cotton region; one crop will not be depcnde.i on, an ! cotton will cease to i'ui n ac apncalfural monopoly; the i oi um.i freshets showing the f ii!.' of such iiidusrriO indiscretion. He thinks that a federal cotton experiment station should be established in the Piedmont section, and that our delegates at Washington should urge congress for such an av propriation. He say? Oklahoma re ceived a $30,000 yearly donation for such a purpose soon after it territorial organization, over 15 years ago, and is doing great national service. Such an institution in North Caro lina, the professor claims would test the many varieties of cotton produced in various countries in different parts of the world, and determine the varie ties most productive and best adapted to the seasons, climate, soils, latitudt and elevations of the Piedmont sec tion also the Vst kinds and method of fertilization and cotton cultivation and insect extermination. It would likewise discover many foreign plants. grains, fruits', berries, nuts and other products adapted to the Piedmont re gion, whose cultivation would be prof itable. Cone's apple orchard at Blowing Rock might be given a few chapters of instructive information and made remunerative. The best equipped and managed cot ton experiment station in the world the professor asserts, is located in New Orleans, under the auspice of Profesor Stubbs, of Virginia, which is of great value as an agricultural and educational seat to the planters in the Mississippi valley, and is of much benefit to tbe Southern cotton industry. The professor also found in his world travels that Uncle Sam has es tablished under Jared Smith a creditable experiment station in the Sandwich Islands, our new territory in Polgnesia. Took White Man's Ours for White Kan's "Boose." Minneapolis, Feb. 2. Twenty Sis- seton Indians will leave the Keeley Institute tomorrow to return to their reservation in South Dakota. The white man taught these Indians to drink whiskey ; so they came to the white man to cure them of the whis key habit. The Indians are the sons and grand sons of chiefs who used to fight the white man instead of fighting bis fire water. . All who are left of the Sis- seton tribe seem to have taken the bottle astheir totem. For, lo, these many moons they have been coming, by twos or threes or fours, to Minne apolis, seeking the "medicine needle" entirely willing to be jabbed in the arm. These 'twenty were the-only ones of tbe tribe's aristocracy who bad not taken the treatment and, they say, they hope they are cured. "Siehi (bad) Indian once; hope washti (good) Indian now," said Sit ting Bear earnestly today. The physicians " of the Institute eonld not discover that whiskey af- feet no man differently from white. The learned doctors, after close stndy, decided that when - man,' red - or white,' Is drank, ia an "Indian "often on the war path, too. : Rejected Witkont Tbaaka. New York MaiL . . The editor of the Congressional Record sends bis compliments to Rep resentative Willett and regrets that whie rejection itnpie no act of iter FROZEN TO DEATH IN BOAT. Wilmington Man Suffering from Inju ries Dies from Cold and Exposure. A Wilmington Special of i!ie m) to the Charlotte Observer says: Startling news was received in this city this morning to the effect that Mr. Edward X. Wright, the eldest son of Mr. M. F. Wright, of this city, had been frozen to death while in a gas boat on the I'amlico river last night en routs for thi city. Searching parties were immediately organized uikI started down the river looking for I lie missing man, his father leading the party. The gas boat Lena was lo cated near the Black bom .,', -v.; ,uiv mile from this city and was tov iim a raft of logs for this city, t'pon boarding the boat llie .earch ing party found young Wright lying in the bottom of the boat, with blood spattered all over t lie interior and h body frozen, his skull being crushed ii. Ills body , i iciliateh j rought lo thi, city and Coroner Joshua Ta.vloe viewed the remains! lit decided no impiesct was necessary as there was no evidence of Ion I lay. In an interview Dr. Tavloe state to the Observer correspondent that the skull of Wright was fractur- H. L. Parks $ Co. Department Store. New Arrivals in Silks ! We are showing a good variety of ad vanced Spring styles in Silks, exclusive patterns for waists and evening dresses that will please the most discriminating layers. Moderately priced the yard, 33, 49, 69 and 89 cents. Would be pleased to show you. Needle Art Work Special for To-day Center Pieces, Pillow Tops, Art Squares, Laundry Bags, Mats, Etc., for Monday. Variety is largeprice very much in your favor. Sale price 1 to 89c We carry everything in Embroidery Flosses, both silk and cotton Embroidery Needles in all sizes. H. L. Parte Co. The Home of Good Merchandise. RAINY DAY SPECIALS Warm Wearables for Frosty Days Rain Coats $12.50 to Q30.00, ..... Guaranteed. Rubber Shoes 75c to QI.OO, " " the Best. UnibreHas $1.60 to G.OO. See our $1.50 Umbrella, walking stick length, with 28-inch Spread. .. Something new. Drovns-Cannon C- ed in three places and he thought the youyng man had in some way become entangled in the machinery of the boat, which had caused the head in juries, and these together with the ex posure to the weather while in this wounded condition caused his death. Another similar news item is this coming from Asheville under the same date; .'ohn Ingle, a white man, according to information received here today, was frozen to death Saturday night wliile crossing Bear Walla mountain near the Henderson county line. Par ticulars as to the death of Mr. Ingle are not obtainable further than it is -aid he was attempting to cosy the mountain by the trail nhc.i he was overcome by the intense cold .mil was frozen to death. The body was iataer found and taken to Frui'Hi'.!. where the interment occurred vesrrdnv. 1 1 i-s learned further toda ythat there was much suffering here Satur day night when two or three nersonB i.aie near freezing to death. A recent hurricane in Nicaragua drove the water from tht river against the houses in the town of Prinzipoiea with such force that most were destroyed. - cl.ief of police was r. 1 " tut; he cou!J ; s'? n-.i
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