North Carolina Newspapers

' ' i ... , - , - ." 1 . " 1 ... . , . . if H ffv" J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. P U BLISHED MO N D AY S AND THURSDAYS. SL50 a Year. Due la Advance VOLi .XXXVII. CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 29,-1912. NO. 61 CABARRUS SUPERIOR COURT, j. p. Allison, Foreman of Grand Jury. Judge Lyon's Excellent Charge. Cabarrus Superior Court convened this morning with Judge C. C. Lyon, of Elizabethtown, presiaing. ooucit tor George jW. Wilson, of Gastonia, is representing' the State. Little time was lost in the formalities of opening oourt and the work was soon under 'way. The j following grand jury was empanelled: J. P. Allison, foreman; J. M. Hough, A. R. Blackwelder, A. C. Canup, J. T. Hartmin, Ran Bost, George A. Barringer,! iWalter Patterson, J. M. Shive, A. J. Laughlin, C. J. Williams, L. M. Earnhardt, R. Calvin Boger, A. M. Faggart, J. N. Smith, and W. W. Auten. Mr. Faggart was excused from service on account of the fact that he is a member of the re depart ment, f ' Judge Lyon made a clear, direct and instructive charge to the grand jury. His charge was brief, consum ing only twenty-five minutes. After instructing the jury in the method of procedure, according to the law, Judge Lyon made a brief summary of the offenses that most frequently come to the attention of a grand jury. Judge Lyon stated that a safe rule for any grand jury to be guided . by was any act that was a wilful injury to a person or property" constituted an indictable offense. Judge Lyon called the jury's attention to a num ber of offenses, not as he stated, be cause, they wer more serious offenses . or deserved severer punishment, but "because j they were more frequently committed,. In speaking rjf the offense of carry ing a concealed weapon Judge Lyon stated that fifty per cent, of the homicides committed were caused by carrying a concealed weapon, as also was fifty per cent, of the assaults. The danger arises from the fact that a man who carries a pistol may be ! - j i . I come lnioxicaiea ana nave.a iaiuug " y : . . . . -- u out with his. neighbor and commit a S1g boarcl over his place of business week that recognized spokesmen ' for more serious offense. . Judge Lyon as Sabbage, Azarack & Azarack. Governor Wilson were . industriously classed I gambling as a serious crime Really there would be a little class to circulating the story that , the rial and stated that it made paupers, of a dress piped,' frilled and adorned reasonwhy Governor Wilson brcXe manV young men. In speaking of with 'Azarack, Sabbage & Azarack with Colonel Harvey was 'that Col violation of the prohibition law Judge lace. onel Harvey had tried to bring Mr. Lyon stated that this was an offense . Tne advantage, in name, however, Thomas F, Ryan into the Governor's we are jail interested in,jind that it is overcome by the fact that home campaign. But, until you gave cred was the1 duty of citizens to be inter- merchants are always glad to make ence to the story, it could not be in ested in seein that the law was not good a purchase when it is not satis- vested with any respbnsibile author violated. A man who iz selling liq- factory. This' cannot always be said ity. Its origin was mysterious, its uor knows he is selling it contrary to stray foreign gentlemen. At least circulation surrepjjtious. Consequent law. He sells it at the highest price no one around here has heard of any ly there has been up to this time and sells the cheapest liquor he can of that imitation lace heing returned, nothing either to deny; or recognize, get. He had pust as soon sell to a ten There is one way to avoid being "Now Senator, I know of my own year old boy as a grown man. If ''stuck' by people who you do not knowledge that that story is a lie, liquor jis needed there is a legal way know. It is the best way, the safest made out of whole cloth. If any per to get Kt. No good citizen will pat- way, the most profitable way and the son ventures to question this asser ronize blind tiger. way that will make this community tion, I have in iny possession proof Four cases on the criminal docket thrive and that is by patronizing conclusive -which I hold myself ready were disposed of before the noon res cess: j ' John W. Dees, affray, not guilty. Jay I Reed," a. d. w., guilty, $10 and cost. - ' Joe Blackwelder and Bud Aldridge, two white youths were charged with larceny of two fan tail pigeons. They plead guilty to forcible trespass and were taxed with the costs. : licpnns TIipv I rymg a concealed weapon ana was lincl .15 and cost. lljtlie cases Judsre Montgomery is I retained in were continued until next court,1 This is the first court in more than forty yars that Judge Mont gomery was not present ito take an active part in the proceedings. This excepts the time he was Superior Court judge and Solicitor. School House Destroyed Jby Fire. The Flat Rock school house, : one ahih I o. jww, ir fl PriJship has had the excitement of the night about 9:30 o'clock. The exact n n. . i . i .a -I un 01 tne nre is unKnown cui n is thought it was caused by a defective flue.f .The school house was located a short distance from the residence of Mr. C. W. Swink. The fire could be easily seen from tho streets here and! attracted ronsiderahlA atten- tion I Surprise Party. Miss Catherine Crawell was delight fully surprised Friday night ' when a merry party of young people sud denly called at her home, making her thej honoree of a happy gathering, which came as a complete surprise. About thirty young people were in thej party and the evening was filled "with merriment, and nloncnrp . !7 : rv,v xu.wuer mowing uemonstration Post- -nn-n " . The'demnnstrfltinT, nf T.ffo Pqwder Co., which was to have been given today o?i Mr. Jno. A. Sims tarm near the city, has been post- ponea to some.tuture day an account of bad weather. The date will be an nounced later in The Times and The iribune. -Ir. S. J. Lowe Las gone to Greer, P v, i. 1 1 ' a auurt ousmess trip. MAKING PEDDLERS PAY TOE LICENSE. Peripatetic Venders Made to "Come Across' By City Tax Collector. Saturday morning City Tax Collec tor W. J. Montgomery and the local police left the. city hall and went up North Union street, their exact mis sion being Xo arrest three peddlers who had not paid their license tax. After waiting a considerable length of time they apprehended the men who were competing with local merch ants without so much as paying taxes. When told that they were expected to pay taxes to do business in this city two of them finally agreed to "come across" with the coin. The other one contended that he was not liable to a tax. Possibly he had an idea that the city should be glad for him to sell goods while the other merchants here, who" pay rent, pay clerks, pay taxes and contribute largely to the growth and upbuilding of the place were required to pay a tax for the same privilege he was en joying. A warrant was sworn out for him and his case set for Monday morning. Later in the day, however, he decided he would pay the privilege tax. The case , was then dismissed. Their names were Michael Sabbage, A. Aza rack and J. Azarack. They were sell ing short waist dresses and laces. Laces, laces, laces. Where have we heard that name before ? Oh yes, just about a year ago when a" number of matrons of this fair city were made such' easy marks by buying some kind of stringy, imitation stuff for real lace. It is hardly probable that they will do the same thing again but you know what Mr. Barnum said. Really, though, they do have one advantage and that is in a name. This could hardly be called an advantage if you would consider the old theory that there is nothing in a name, but nevertheless you can't find a home mprrVinnt. iTcVin tins nnv sncli RnnnrJincr I home merchants. North Carolina Leads in Pellagra Mortality, Washington, Jan. 28. Pellagra caused 368 deaths in the census bu- ' I ynnii nntl. vniVt 4-1 n n-nn J .-. J I - ... "Hr-; ' v 1111:11 uo uj. 11m viciiiLis, or 71.5 per cent, were females. Ofll the deaths from this cause returned for the registration area of the United States for 1910, three- tenths occurred in North Carolina mnniMnalitipc nf 1.000.". rrmnlnfirm m,, r . Jnn,i tered were in Raleigh, 23; Durham, 17; Charlotte, 16, and Wilmington, 8. The city with the highest mortality trom this cause within the registra tion area was Atlanta, Ga., with 69 deathg re rted - - Mother Dead and Young Man Does Not Know It. 'Waxhaw, Jad. 27. Vance own- Grange disappearance of one of : its vnun? men. Not a word has been ? --- . ' w JL6,?. him,ln three pm' g1 T&Tt,0 th f on ,of J' Carlton sold two bales of cotton m Charlotte nearly one hundred days fgofi and since that tim the father has not seen or -heard of him. About mother died, probably the gnef ov- er her son's strange disappearance iiaviiig Bumciuiu6 uU xm iienuj Wro- Qfn A itn if death. H. L. Parks & Co.'s Semi-Annual Clearance Sale. iwice a year, in January ana ouiy. H. L., Parks & Co. have a big clear ance sale. The sale will start next - T o-l 1 'M 1 vveanesaay January s, ana wn iasi auuut ieu "B- XL1" ,ue closed Tuesday at noon to get ready, and the sale will start" promptly next mrnnS at.119 ,J clock. - During this saieiney.wiuuuH ui- m in DeSL uiciciiaiiuioe in au-n .'a !! goods, notions, millinery, lu dies' and children's clothing, hat?; etc. See big ad. on page two today of both The Times and The Tribune. , Mr. Dayid Julian, of Salisbury, is a Concord visitor today. IS A GRUAT BIG LIE. Didn't Ask Ryan for Help for Wil: son's . Campaign. Says Wilssa Knows It is False., . r :. . Washington, Jan. 2u Interest in the controversy between Woodrow Wilson. and Col. George Harvey and Col. Henry Watterson, over Mr. Wih; son's aspirations for the Democratic presidential nomination ..was revifi- fied tonight when Colonel Watterson.; gave out correspondence that had passed between himself and Senator. B. R. Tillman of South Carolina, yes terday and today. The correripont dence indicated that the break be tween Colonel Harvey and Colonel Watterson on the one hand, and Mr. Wilson on the dther, was due to Col onel Watterson 's appeal for nancial aid to Thomas F. Ryan of New York. Mr. Watterson wrote to Senator Tillman demanding on what authori ty the latter made the statement; "J had given Henry Watterson credit for more sense than , to try to.'foist off a story like this with the material facts concealed. ' ' . Senator Tillman replied as follows: "In-your statement j to the press you described-in detail the rupture; between Governor Wilson and Col onel Harvey-but said nothing as to. what caused it. All the leading pa pers of the country seem tovknow. why Governor Wilson , served- rela tions with Colonel Harvey and you: as a leading newspaper man and selfi confessed expert groomer of presi dential candidates must have 'known it at the time- your statement . was published. - I very properly eonclud ed that you knew the reasons' for the rupture, and when yotf ; made public the manner in which J, it occurred without giving the causes, y on were unquestionably concealing the vmate rial facts." - To this Col. Watterson replied, and among other things said: T hava Knon awaro -fnr noarlv to place before your honest and truth seeking mind. "I do not accuse Governor. Wilson of originating or circulating this in vention, manufactured to make a hero of him at the expense of the fv OTt A wVirk lmC mnof ofTotnalW CATV- jTl f Z Zi. tu j- ivu tioouxxic ui uc aware of the dastardly work being done by his alleged' agents, hut the fact remains that Governor Wilson knows as well as I do that the story is false. He may, or maynot feel that he owes any obligation to Col onel Harvev. That is a matter of which he must be the judge. But do insist that he owes it to" his honor to repudiate that story and to dis avow those who are striving to in ject the calumny into the - public mind. "At Governor Wilson's instance, I had undertaken to assist his accred ited managers in raising the consid erable, sums of money, needful to the prosecution of Jiis campaign, and in this my efforts .were not wholly unfruitfuL Xs the business proceed- I -. , J. ' ea, tne name 01 lnomas -J. rcyan not unnaturally came into my mind, Jle is a Democrat. He is a Virginian, -g ig my frien(L Knowing him to be & man, having.no axe to grind, I.hopid- that I might :niWfl i,: tn Wl f wht t iuHv. Wilson s;rnanagei4 were deUghted the suggestion. Colonel HaWey and, as fair as I am awar, knew noth mg about it. "Throughout this unhappy affair T Vl fl VA VlAfiTi on nTTxillW or fnAcc in its consequences, somewhat of an in n-cent bystander having been up to the hour of the Harvey incident, a sinCfre believe in Governor Wilson. He iXa man of ability. In some ways hp 1llf: nrnro onn- nf n-h abilitv. but I fear that if ho.hwam cur President, we might discover, all too iate, that he possesses personal ..,, ,. .. rx-hio to astrous. We want in the White House a man f broad mind, as well as pol ished intellect, of heart grateful and kind, no less than daring.' ' Mr. W. H. Redfern, of the Char- lotte News, is here today. LUTHERAN LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY CONVENTION Great Interest Manifested in tha Coning Meeting in Salisbury. -v Begins February 7. Interest continues to grow in the first generast convention of the Lay men Y Missionary Movement of the Lutheran chiircb in the South, whieh will be held rin Salisbury February 7-0. ManyLjLutbcrans of this city and section will attend. It is expect ed that the gathering will be attend ed by as many if not more Lutheran laymen than ever assembled at a meeting in the South. On arrival in Salisbury the visitors should report at the convention head quarters, where they can secure an auditorium ticket and a convention badge. Admission to the floor of the convention will be by ticket. This ticket will cost $1.00, which will be used to help pay the necessary ex penses of the convention. This fee can either be bent to Rev. E. C. Cronk,, general secretarv, at Salis- bury or paid to him on arrival, k case ot ministers, college and theoPl0lina Farmers' State Alliance kue ogical students the fee will be waived but it is necessary for 'them to reg ister just the same as if the fee were required. The committee in charge of ar rangements has made ample accom modations for taking" care of the visitors. At all the hotels the rates will be from $L75 to $3.50 a day, American plan. There are good boarding-houses from $1.00 to $1.50 a day. A list of these will be furn- ished at" convention headquarters. In order to provide for the convention many citizens have offered to rent rooms to delegates for 50 cents a day or $1.25 for three days. Two per sons occupying same rooms; $1.00 each for three days. Meals may be had at the hotels for 50 cents j-, or at the restaurants, served a la carte, at a reasonable price. The first session of the convention willTregin at 3:30 o'clock on Wednes-" day afternoon, February 7. The last session will end Friday night, Feb rharyS, hetween 9:30 'and 10 o'clock. The program numbers many lead ing divines, educators, public tnen, who form a great coterie of brilliant speakers. FOREST HILL NJJWS. 1 ' Mr. Goldston Moves Illness of Mrs. Sharp and Mrs. Goodman. Per sonals. Miss Mamie Stewart, of Charlotte, spent Sunday in the city with her mother on Church street. Mrs. J. L. Goldston will this week move into the house of Mr. L. G. Johnson on N. Church street, recent ly vacated by Mr. Jesse Parker. Miss Ada Fesperman, of Landis, spent Saturday and Sunday, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Calvin Beaver. Miss Lou Faggart has gone to Mooresville to visit relatives for a fortnight. - Mrs. W. P. Hurt and children left Friday for a month's visit to rela tives at Spartanburg, S. C, Asheville and Forest City. Mr. A. C. West spent Sunday at King's Mountain with friends. Mrs, J. Q. Foreman, of Salisbury, spent a few, hours in this city last week with Mrs. J. C. Cook. Mrs. A. C. West and children are at Hope Mills visit jng home folks for a week or two. j Mr. Wm. Johnson, of Jackson Springs, arrived in the city yesterday and will spend a few days with rela tives. 1 Mr. Joe Sherrill, of Bessemer City, spent Sunday in the city with friend3. - . m :ii Mrs. ivn ere line onarp is vexjr m at her home on East Buffalo street. Mrs. Sharp has been under medical treat- mont fnr several montns.' but nas made no progress toward recovery. Mrs. Ed. Earnhardt has been very ill for several weeks and her condi tion is such as to give grave concern to her close friends and relatives. ' Work on the Car Line. Work on the street car line was stonoed today on account of th wet weather. The work has progressed so ranidlv that it will take only a few more davs to complete the line to the Gibson mill. This will be done as soon as the rainy and wet weather ceases. The officials of the company state that it wilt take about ten morals Washimrton, Jan. 20. Nicholas ...... I X ll. I 1 - t davs to complete the job. A rmtl-.pr storage battery car has ordered. This car will be heav ier and will contain more batteries than the one now in use. The, motors will be larger and will be more pow erful in many ways. a vol rtA deal has been con nmrnatftd whereVv Mr. W. J. Glass Mr. George H. Rritledge on Grove riPnTTlftS LliV II Ll Ci tut iigiuvuiv , i street. THE COTTON CROP OF 1H1 la PrcdacticalTJiey Must D Shall tie Farcer Prelt cr Lc By : lemine, . : To the Producer of Cotton in "Sotxh Carolina: The premrnt crup exeredft the re quirement of the rotstuerre of the world, consequently the price c:ear. a 1oa to the farmer. To increase the price to remunerative f.are there must be a reduction in amount pro duced. . There hare been fur the pxt ix months many meetinjr and much re oluting on this abjeet. The time for action is at hand. To affect the price of cotton now on hand otte re liable ojinion must be given the men interested as to the probable amount of the crop that will be produced thi year. To this end, as relates to North Carolina, the Commissioner of Agri culture representing the farmers' de partment of the State government, the president of the North Carolina branch of the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America, and the President of the North Car this address, inviting the farmers in terested in the cotton crop to assem ble at the court house in their re spective counties at 12 oclock on Saturday, February 17th, 1912, and take action by enrolling the names of those who will agre to a reduction on their premises. The plan of Farmers' Union is thought most feasible, viz: "That I promise to plant at least one acre in some food crop foFeach acre that I plant in cotton this year." Blanks will be furnished by the Farmers' Union and in counties where the Union is not organized, upon application to the Secretary, Mr. E. C. Faires, Aber deen, N.'C. Those present can arrange for a canvass of the county by appointing persons or committees to cover the territory. Every business and pro fessional man is interested in the price of cotton and contributions to defray the expenses should be solicit ed ' The carrierswon the free delivery routes can be used to great advant age in this work and would do it very economically. The paper when sign ed should be forwarded to 'the sec retary of the Union or the Commis sioner of Agriculture. The purchase of unnecessary com merciai iertiiizing material, in amount or kind, which could should be produced on the premises is a great drain on the farm and is) as much a loss as the purchase o food or. other supplies which can b made at home. This subject should be given careful attention; it is poor policy to spend v for unnecessary goods what has been saved upon a self supporting farm so far as ref lates to rations. Let the farmer prol duce at least his nitrogen by legum inous crops and the elements . ii barnyard manure, and many thous- anas oi aoiiars tnat now go out win remain with him. The North Carolina farmer has surpassed his brother in almost ev ery line of farming in which the si uation is such that he can compete. But there is no place to rest, each year makes its peculiar demands. Let us meet those of 1912 as they arise and with thanks to a beneficent Prov idence for the blessings of the past and a praver for strength to meet the obligations oi the luture with a stout hearts and steady hands. Respectfully, W. A. GRAHAM, Commissioner of Agriculture. H. Q. ALEXANDER, Pres. N. C. Farmers' Union. J. M. MITCHELL, Pres. N. C. Farmers' State Alliance. Raleigh, N. C, January 25, 1912. Wilson to Visit Rhode Island. Providence, R. L, Jan. 27. Politi eians here are looking forward with considerable interest to the visit of Governor Woodrow Wilson, who is coming to Providence tomorrow for the purpose of conferring with the Democratic leaders of the State up on the coming presidential campaign and the general situation in Rhode Island. During his stay here the New Jersey executive will be the guest -of former Governor James H Higins. s .' Takes Messager From Roosevelt Taft. to Lonsrworth. son-in-law of Colone Roosevelt, but a supporter of Presi dent Taft, spent an hour today writ h . T- 1 i TT 1 . tne rresiaenj. lie nrousrnt a ntes- ed vesterdav. but refused to 4a ay wnai ic was or 10 give any inn ma- . 1 uuu, Ui. i 1 - tviiiiciiia. tiiLmiim - 1 tion could be ' learned at the White I House following the conference. j Olr. Louis A. Brown is spending the dav in Salisbtrrv. TEHPESANCE TOSCES UEET. cd. Lav lisai B Z4lrt Es forced. ' f irtil u dntrn frwsa t! 8ts! la eosk tuforrtatrat, it wtl cttclssUy ortr Chariot U enai racd th crrstij f lh North Cmrvlica Atti aLxj Ia- pi tcrt thU afltmia fur ltrr rffirrt fa xur tl ecsctiDccl hr CRj:rrwk of iht Wehh-SiiffprNird Kenton bill to inUntst Ur- mentt of liquor to prtScrt dry ur Jrttory. AtKiut twenty !rantjrn la., the State rrtp rrprrntr4 in ih opening eiua. mher dtlesrttc ar exptrtl tontjrht ar.J SaIumUj. A. bis audience f Iccal tci! jotned tWle jratc Umisht at lt audttrinat to hear the addrc of wlco?a by Governor Kitrhin and an addrr oa the ntion-witlc ttsranc caa by Dr. A. V. Baker, upfrintfndfnt ot th Anti-Saloon lrairu of America. Rev. Livingston Johtuoti S'fUrrrKl- an addrca on "Prohibition and Mia ion, tti prcial Ira turf of whieit was a declaration that In hit opinion there should be step taken to.se that tlx? law is enforced in commun itiea where jury convictions now well-nigh tmiKMMiible. He neotiootxi Wilmington in particular and declare ed that the reft of the State hoult Iour on Wilmington such torrenl of sentiment of law enforcement that that community would tx forced to redeem itself. He adrocated the rt moval of cases from such romtnuni ties for trial of offenders in prohi- hition law enforcement. Taken th State over, he did not believe thert is more than a tenth of th drunken ness now that there was prior to pas sage of the prohibition law. In welcoming the North Carolina. Anti-Saloon League, to the city for the fifth annual convention, (Jover or Kitchin declared tonight that tha issue of paramount importance is th spread of temperance sentiment. Of ficers of the law, he said. mut tip , port the majority of the jtcople ia thir territory before the bt how, ing of the law nforreroent could bv expected. He jjrclare! the present prohibition law f the ret enforeetl that anv State df the Union hn had and predicted rapid advance in thU rcjicct. W hen prohibition wa en acted there were G9t000 voters. 0tr 40 per cent, of the people opposed it. and hundreds of them were as good and honest and patriotic in sen timent as the best of those who voted for prohibition. Many ot these har come over to prohibition but. risrid and complete enforcement of the law? could not 1k expected until tho real opposition to the law U j reduced to a minimum. Over one thousand violators har been sriven terms!; on road and other punishment and I there are over flv hundred now Moving terms of sent ence. Remarkable law enforcement, he declared. OtHer lawn viclated, h said, have aggrieved parties to tart . and help prow-cut ion. but the party hat buvs liquor feel that a great favor is done him bv the violator of he law and would not think of pros ccuting unleK he gets mad about something eUe. Then such tcntimony is rightlv discounted il! it courts. Another handicap to prohibition law enforcement l that prosecutions must be started by trand jury or mad men." He predicted steady ad vance in elTectiveneis of; the law and appealed for more attention to spread ofj temperance sentiment ia stopping personal drinking. Something About Ita, Commencing tonight J the muth advertised and heralded v "IU opens a week's engagement at tha Concord Opera boose. Who is I tat She is a 1 -year-old girl from Los Angeles California, who far the past five years has startled the English-. speaking countries by her remarkable mental administrations. Until Sw year ago she appeared in only tb larger theatres in the) j big cities of the United States, Canada, and E3 land, but failing health forbade bet continuing the nerve-racking exhi bitions in the larger ritie and dar ing the past season, Dr. Rinaldo, her father and manager, has placed her in the smaller towns where the rig ors of the performance are material ly lessened. She gives ia performance that must be seen to be appreciated and the fact that she! has been re tained in Anderson. S. C. during the past "two", weeks shows sire, rnnt b a wonder, .no claim is maie m ufc fhe has done elsewhere. bt?t an hon est request is made by her manage ment to theatre goers in Concord to come and judse for thernclve- Mon day night. Vaudeville and picture comprises the balhnCe ;of the bill.