North Carolina Newspapers

' . . t i ' --i K .'1- 1 ft jtd sS JS. ! n n i r n VOL. XXI. Price 40 CenU a month. CONCORD, N.C TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1910. Single Copy 5 Cent. No. 9 after innjicxtoi uek. Property ITied on for Tax ler' A CiarwUt Sketch of a Worthy llu xWhlc They Say They ar. Not LUbl J .' j ' Several -weeks .go tm,lT"-- "7i" . of the Standard Medicine or Spartanburg, S. C. located here and began soliciting orders, throughout the city and couirty. f . There is' a tat of $200 on peddlers of medicine in this county. Sheriff Honeyeutt attempted to collect the tax a few days ago and the men rs fixed to pay the same. He immed- lately levied on two of their bones, . buggies and harness, and advertised v the same for sale for taxes July 30th. - Mr. T. A. Adams, an attorney of Char lotte, representing the company, came .over to Concord Monday afternoon and gave bond for double the amount of the taxes and the property was re- leased..- ,"; 0 " ' The representaves of the coni . pany claim that they are not liable ;for the taxes and that they have a right to solicit orders for the medi cine. They also claim that they do oof delivered the oodi at the time . the sale is made but send the. order to the house and deliver the goods at a later date. The county authorities al lege that they keep' the medicine at a , certain place in this city and when they make a sale come back to the city - and get the medicine and in a few days deliver it. - The r-company contends that they have the same right to -' take orders for their goods that - any other traveling salesman has, and for this reason " they decline to pay the tax. : They do not deny having a :. large stock of various kinds of jnedi- cine stored lore, hut they put forth the claim that they had already re ceived orders for it. If the goods come here in hulk with the name of the purchaser on ach separate pur- , chase they, would be liable to the tax, out tne county tam;nomies ctaun that they do not do.thk, but ship it here altogether and go out and make the different sales and pretend that &r the order will be sent to the house, ' but instead of that they come here to i their store room and get . the goods. : - v." The salesman of the "company in this county have 'been doing a flour ishing business. The following is an order which was filled by them for an r .aSrf - , rurnwnea one ot wie county Dlnc,1fl while 'inVeating''il;he'J;.oitteT,''l bottle of Life, of The Blood, 1 bottle Digestive Compoundl boHte of Pru- sniida,'! bottle of Climax Cohe Be lief and 1 bottle of Bucan Compound. They alf sell Jap Hairiner."77" and various kinds liver wafers, tonics, etc. The representatives s of the com- oanv intimated' that they would fight . i' to a finish any attempt to collect the .tat.- 'V Mail Carrier Heglar Loses a Horse, . 'While Mr." W. H. Heglar was driv ing his family horse on his rural mail route last Saturday the animal got sick, and in 20 minutes after it fell near the Kocky tuver manse was dead. It '-was Mr. iBeglar's driving horse, a sorrel. The horse showed signs of being sick at Mr. Ed. JSrvin's, but got better. At Mr. PauU Stalling 's it Showed signs of sickness again. The . animal began to stagger, and Mr. Heglar led. him forward. When near . the manse about ten- minutes before 12 o'clock, the horse fell, and at ten . minutes 'tefter 12 was deadl . The ' Animal was 8 years old, and was val ued at $200,, Pis death was caused by sunstroke. , - . . dsn Life to Save Son. . To save the life of jhisison, -which iw8 imperilled by a a mad team pull- ing a wagon, Robert L. Mills, a farm er and hero, who lived near States- vine, gave Jus own Monday afternoon, The father, in his effort to'stop the '-ni!nawky8;''irM''eaaght-1etweeii a box ' car and the iwagon and a few min utes later his dead and mangled body was taken from Mthe wreckage. "The distressing accident occurred near the passenger stationand was witnessed by the son and several bystanders, . who were powerless to assist.. , -v , Advertlfled List at the Concord Post- ' office, July 18th, 1910. . ffM- MEN. ' Eldon BaBten, Bob Lewis. Alex ander Martin, F. M. Patterson, L. V. Plott, Tom Williams. ' i . WOMEN. ' : ' Mrs. Victoria Dean, Mrs. J. J. Jet i (ferson, Mrs. Nettie Ann Lefl er, Mrs, Furl v fiharoe. Mrs. George Smith. When calling for the above please aay "Advertised." II, L. BUCHANAN, Postmaster. s IT 3 Avry froa Esse. Cc :1 1 :la leave the city, r.r a i rt or lorj st?y -t i" t noTint" a or rs- - ;i i ; ; 1 tj cr:r ism i. t f-a ly izz'A ' m. rr: It v ' 1 ""9 JESSE SKEEH. James P. Cook has the following true character sketch of the iate Mr. Jesse Skeen, whose death occurred recently at bis home in Mt. Pleasant: - Newspapers have made men out of sorry material:, and they have -de stroyed men made out of good ma terial. - ' -. ' . - The public prints herald to the fur thest limits of the earth the achieve-, menta and the death of certain folks! The author, even. of wicked .books, has broad publicity when he comes to die. The. sot, who brought terror to hundreds of hearts, goes down 'in death with newspaper song and praise and the murderer in the electric chair has his last words sent by wire to the ends of the earth. But our victim of death iwas a plain man; he lived the simple life. He was blacksmith, who gave to his oc cupation and trade a dignity , that drew me, n my boyhood days,' so forcibly that my young arms wanted and did "strike for him" because I loved to be with him. ' He loved the boyhe loved humanity. He did and could pull off with a nicety the hyp ocrisy or tne vain and the false, but not a word of malice and not a sting. His 'neart was pure gold, and his soul wns white. He was every inch a man. I am announcing the death recently t ' Mount Pleasant,- North Carolina, of a man, who probably was not known by a hundred people out side of his community. But in that region every man, woman and child, white and black, knew him and as teemed. He was just plain, useful blacksmith with a heart overflowing witH; love for mankind. He lived a religion that touched mankind and this word, and rebounded as if of it own accord and registered for him "a well-done" in the heavens. He sought no office, no promotion, no notoriety, no popular favor he only wanted to Mve a simple life and to do his honest part in making a community. -.- ; That man was Jesse 'Skeen, who reached almost four score years, and 'wnen ne died no two people in the whole community could sit and whis- a md nmmitx idid swallowed nb an woalrnu jftiajr swallowed up any weakness lhat i may have appeared in his long life,; He was the first man in the community to learn of the illness and distress of anybody and he was the first man o go, tendering bis serviees; This man of iwhom I am writing has visited more - sick and administered : more doses of medicine than any man in North Carolina. He was 'not a .doe tor, neither was he" a trained nurse, but he was as good a doctor as half of them and the best nurse I ever saw. That was his contribution to the com mon good. Don 't you know that every normal person, if he fulfills what the creator: intended, will have a work, the accomplishment of which means a bettement of mankind, and a work in which he has no pecuniary interest and which is primarily and absolutely uiusemsa To visit-the sick, to render aid, and do it in season and out of ' season, without charge and without price, just" for th love, of it, to give his grand soul a pleasure, was the unsel fish work of Jesse S. Skeen,; God rest in peace this man; whose rough, (har dened, busy hands have lifted the -heads of more suffering people than any man in Morth Carolina, and mm. letered to their needs in the darkest hour. Oh, for thousands of Jesse Skeens,- ' , . - A Few Short Weeks. . MrT J. S. Bartell, Edwardsville, HJ1., tvrites: "A few months ago my Jrid jeya become congested. I had severe backache and . pain' across the kid neys and hips. . Foley's Kidney Pills rected the action of my kidneys.' This was brought about after my fusing them only a few short weeks. I can cheerfully recommend them." Ca barrus Drug Co. - V - AtJftshers this week one of many stocking values is a $1.00 silk stocking for 69 cents. See new ad on last page. r 1 With Which has . J , Evejy modern banking facility extended. , , ,? :, x-'Yoxa Checking Xccount invited.- t T , !-r ;., . ;,)'-' ,,-,, .'.. ::,.' ;-..J' .',.-..,. L-:l ';'- ' ' 1 ' ? " . e . apitsl, Surplus and Profits ... $150,000.00 NEWS rROM MT. PLEASANT. Dr. Moose Has a rreak Damaga by Lightning Prof. S. J. Ludwlg Goes to Albemarle Other .Notes. : Dr. A. W. Moose is , laying the foundation for an interesting museum. The latest specimen to be added to his collection is an eight-legged kit ten. Eight feet are perfectly formed and look like they were intended for use instead of preservation in alcohol. This freak was donated by Mr. L. A. Lipe. , " " ; rri , A moving picture man stretched his canvass in the Auditorium Saturday night. The usual run of old time films were showed but the Jeffries Johnson fight -was not in evidence. As to the latter film, Mayor Shop ping has not yet committed himself as to what will be the legal view of displaying it here. , In view of the fact, however, that the little Bono fight has been produced hundred times over by small Jeffries and small Johnsons, both white and black,' on tne streets and about tne mills, the original film will not likely be sup pressed. -' ..;-;- .-; The lightning last Thursday might struck one of the tenant houses, '-occupied by Steve Williams, on Mr. W. R. Kindley 'a Shankle place. The bolt struck the stove flue, ran down into the cook stove and completely de molished it. The chimney at the op posite end of the house was also partially knocked down. Fortunately no one was at home. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church gave an ice cream supper on the church lawn last Fri day night from which they realized a neat little sum to help along their work. Mr. Chas. Thayer is home for a few days from an extended trip throuh South (ioralina and - Georgia. Mr. Thayer is an expert gin sharpener, using the machine invented by his father which has been pronounced a wonder by machinists. . Prof. D. B. Welsh is spending a week at "Davis Springs, Hiddenite. " Misses Katie Barrier and Lillian Cline have returned from the summer school- at the University. Mr. J. Y. McEachern has resigned hia position at Mr. , G. Heilig's where he has been for a number of years. Mr. McEachern has not yet fully decided npori his next position. , Mrs. J. P. Miller anL. daughter, Miss Grace, are visiting relatives, at Newton. '- ' '. '- Miss Elma Welsh spent ' Sunday with her mother in Charlotte. ; -.Miss Ethel Corzine left Friday night forEgypt, Ga. to spend a fort night with her school mate, Miss Claudia Kiefer. ' ') :-.- Mr. Lee Foil spent Sunday in Char lotte, going over in hia motor car. - Mr. S. J. Ludwig has been elected a teacher in Albemarle graded schools. Inasmuch aS the election: came un solicited on the part of Prof, Ludwig as well as unexpected, he has not de cided whether or not he will accept. Mr., and Mrs. H. W. Barrier are spending a few day with Mr. Bar rier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Barrier. v- . Mt. Pleasant, July 19. -t '". :.' ' OoL Brown the Only One This Time. News and .Observer.- f . - In the past fifty-two years, three Democratic State Conventions shave been held in this city. ' There was only one delegate here today who was in attendance fifty-two years ago, two years' ago, and today. That delegate is Col. James N. Brown, of Cabarrus county. He served in the Mexican war and in the Confederate army and is a fine type of the real,-, old fashioned Democrat, who clings to "the ancient landmarks . which the ; fathers . have set. ", He received a glad welcome, and hearty greetings on ail sidfo. At the convention her in 1908 there were three other delegates who were here in 1858 Elder: P. D. Gold, of. Wilson, then a lawyer, of ; Cleveland'. county Col. Roger Gregory, of Greenville, and Capt. W. T. Everett, of Rockingham. Only CoL Brown of the four veterans was here in the flesh, but I doubt not that all were present in the spirit. ' ; See The (Times for Job Printing. ' This Bank made marked gains m i earnings and resources , since its organ ization in 1879--indicating its increased ability to handle your account, with Safety. SAD TEAOEDT IN OZTOSD. t Tounx Man Tire Upon His Step- Mother and Then Kills Himself. Monday afternoon at 4 oVbvk at Oxford Otis Brown. 21 veara nlrt. hnt his step-mother m a fit of anger, and then killed himself. Panic-stncken relatives and friends lifted Mrs. Brown from a nnol nf ih Bi- OWn blood and summoned melical as sistance. She had a bullet just above her heart, having passed through the ten arm and lodged near the heart. The bullet was extracted. nA it said Mrs. Brown will recover. Mr. J. S. Brown died several years ago and left hia estate. wkiVh was vahied at $10,000, to Mrs. Brown dur ing her life time, bavin? th ntmnoi confidence in her ability to manage na xaxe care or tne estate. She has been generous and kind in advano igtf money to younr Otis Brown, who was just a tittle over Zl. Having ad vanced him $100 lately, she was slow to pay over the demand Si day and in a fit of irritation the tra- uy louowea. . Miss Yerton Entertains. A, v. JWWWj d Kluttz and Mamie Marshall, of Concord, Miss OUie Yerton, of Har risburg, delightfully entertained a number of her friends at her country home Saturday evening from o to ii o'ciock. iainty and delight ful refreshments were served, and the young people enjoyed the occasion very much. Those invited were: Misses Addie Eluttz and Mamie Marshall, of Concord; Annie McKin ley, of Augusta, Ga.; Mary Alexander, Lena Taylor, Evie Oglesby, Lula Bar bee, Winnie Yerton; Messrs. Wirt Oglesby, DeWitt Morrison, Charles and Louis , Alexander, Ira Taylor, Walter Turner and Tom Roe Query, of Harrisburg. On the body of Frank Milk', a young farmer, who was killed oy lightning near Lancaster, - South Carolina, a few days ago those who were preparing the body for - a, jcxxCTii, pic ture of a tree trader which he was stttndin? when he was killed hv ,th bolt. The outlines of the tree are perfectly depicted, even' to the small er branches. ' " . " 10 Days Imm fewe Me! To Begin Next Friday Startling Prices will be made on all odd lots and regular lines of Sum mer Goods in every department of our big store that will move them in a Hash. For Prices and Details Look for Circular and ;Ad. in :;: the Next Issue of The Tills ; Summer Clearance Sale ! will be rood news to thousands of people - for many ; miles around Concord The buying public know the genuineness of our sales, and this one is planned to eclipse all sales in the past nn S00.00O CROSS TIES. The Dukes Make Big Order rrom Greensboro Tinn. Greensboro News, 19th. - A contract of treat ieiMfoaruut m ettled in this city Saturday between the oromoters of the Duke tmllv lin project and targe local lumber firm. i n . i . ' wuen in letter received an order from the Dukes for 300,000 crossties. The significance of the contract lies in the fact that it may mean the hennninr of construction at aa eary date of a troney system between the two Caro- unas. i For a time this oroW.t hut Kaah t a standstill, to the public at least, but u seems tnat oelow the surface 'far from the maddeninsr crowd's iimohl strife," there has been something do ingthe unconquerable determination of the Dukes to push through any business project they once begin has been at work. Several months ago it was given out the buildin&r of the line betwMtn nrt.h and South Carolina was an assured tact, but dunne the interval in th announcement the proposed line has been nearly lost to the public mind. Some who were most interested in the project had feared that it had failed. However, when the enormous con tract for 300.000 crossties m mad with a local lumber firm on Saturday, hope was immediately rekindled, any one of sound reason realizing that no corporation, however, wealth v erf ul, could afford to buy crossties in mat manner just for the fun of the thing. With this most recent devel opment the people may now be as sured of the trolley line, which will be more powerful toward opening up and developing certain districts and rural sections along the route than any otner enterprise, and which will act as rapid transit for freight and passengers. Sunday School Convention of No. 2 , Township. The Sunday School Convention of No. 2 township will be held at Pitt's school house August 3, 1910. All the schools and pastors in the township are invited to be present and take part in the exercises. A choir from each school is expected to be present and help with the music. Ice water free. Everybody invited. - w J. - Mclaughlin, pres. : J PMIS' STATE KEWS n ball in ml Jl sensational con test in Ivx2 hy nominating Governor Kitehin a successor to Senator Sim mons in a double column editorial of high commendation and warm praise. Beloved, why not let that 1912 con test be 'deferred until 1912t The recent democratic congression al convention of the tenth district was held in Aiheville on .the 13th day of the month. It was in session thirteen . hours. It was composed of delegates from thirteen counties. The Aah. ville Gazette-News offers these facts as possibly explaining the disorderly nature of the convention. Last week at the ilairv frm Af Ur ' A. A. Privet, on the outskirts of Wil son, Albert Ureen, a negro helper, while bending over ' a watering trough, was gored by an - enraged bull. He was earned by the enraged animal a distance of ten feet on his horns and dashed to the ground and his Hfe is despaired of. ' : COME ON! We can do your JOB PRINTING of every description Cards, Billheads, Circulars, .uo tion and Show Bills, Pamphlets, Law Blanks; Briefs, Blank Books Labels at Reasonable PrlMsI' THE TIMES PRINTING OFFICE, :L CONCORD, W. 0. V" v ., ,Tfi; ;;' Vert':' 11 P Tiies. It T A. t l, I t t" J I. , r.rJ tie t' i : j. ' - . v 1 T 1 F1 '