J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. PUBLISH ED M O ND A Y S AND THURSDA YS. SL50 a Year, Dti la Advance. VOL. I XXXVII. CONCORD, N. C.,-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1912. At NO. 62 WORK OF THE COURT. Xannapolis Club Pleads Guilty of I Selling .Liquor .and Judgment is I Suspended Other Cases. I Kannapolis Hunting Club, selling liquor, plead guilty, judgment su- tyended upon payment of cost. 1 j Fish Brown, carrying concealed weapon, defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere, judgment suspended This verdict will probably set a precedent for the local members of the bar in such matters as it has al ways been the general practice amon? them to take out their fees when a judgment was paid. np.cn payment f X. J. Arch Frank-Xoell, of cost. er, Moan Lohen and keeping a liquor , club. Archer plead guilty and judgment Was suspended upon payment of cost. X'ol prose with leave as to Cohen and t'rowell. I Kannapolis Hunting Club, keeping a liquor club. Defendant plead guil ty and judgment was suspended upon payment of co.-.t. I lamp hllis. assault with deadly y, twoymonths on the weapon. ml kih read. I lamp" weapon, I I lamp Ellis twelve month I Alonzo Ca! 1 -v s, carrying a concealed guilty, judgment suspended. larceny, plead guilty, p on the road. dwell plead guilty of '.forcible trespass and judgment, was suspended upon payment 01 cost. Goyan Allen, false pretense, plead guilty, six months on public roads. I Will Harmon Was found guilty of u ...:n. .i.it ... " .i an uuuii. wiin ci uuuuiy weaiiuu aim and cost. Leita Isminger plead guilty to fore iihle trespass land was taxed with the 'cost. SALISBURY COUPLE DIVORCED. COUtfTY TEACHERS'! MEETING. J THE ANNUAL KICK. I A1 Calbrfrt Gets 18 Months on Gang. ! Civil Docket Taken Jjp. When court convened for the af frtenoon session Tuesday Judge Lyon .sentenced Al Colbert, who was con i victed at the morning session of lar- jeeny to eighteen months on the gang. ; Al will experience no new sensations in his new . environment. He has possibly the highest road record of ; any frequenit offender in this coun- ty." It is said that all told Al has a record of serving fourteen sentences ' in his career. He also has the repu tation of being the champion handler of a pick and shovel that ever serv ed a sentence on the public roads. Doc Blackwelder was conjvicted of larceny and sentenced to six months on the roadt . - j Out of thje many times lie has fac--ed the bar I of justice Dave Hannon made a lucky trip yesterday af ter- noon and came clear. He and Sam j Hannon were charged with the larce I ny of a watch and $8 in money, but the jury found them not guilty. The morning session of ' the court I was taken jup iin trying the case of I State vs Hamp Hepler, charged with I an assault jon Claude LaFevre. The case arose rom a fight w7hich occurr f ed at Kannapolis some time ago. I Messrs. T. ID. Maness and Solicitor 1 Wilson represented the State and Senator L.l T. Hartsell. and Mr. W. O. Means the defendant, v The argu ments of tjie counsel were concluded at noon anjl the case was given to the jury- the last of the criminal This is up r,'t tho day. cases and the civil docket was taken afternon session WTcdncs- Ciyil Docket Taken Up Case of Wil liam vs. Maness Decided in Favor of Plaintiff. The jurir in the case of the State vs. Hampj Kepley, of Kannapolis, verdict of guilty. .-, Judge a a a charged with an assault, returned a verdict of ; guilty. Judge Lyon taxed Old Story of Childish Infatuation And Consequent Runaway Match Against Parents' Wishes. Special to Charlotte Observer. Reno, Nev. Jan. 31. A pretty young girl of Salisbury, X. C, who has been here .with her vounjj sister since last Jene, awaiting the expira tion of the six-months residence nec essary in securing a divorce under the laws of Nevada, appeared before Judge Orr today and thrilled the court room with her childish beauty and startling story of domestic in felicity. She was Violet Peboleta Thompson, the child-wife of Marshall Pinnix Thompson, vstho since their separation has been connected with the Vulcan Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati, O., where personal ser of summons was served upon him and to Which he maie no answer nor ap pearance at trial. She alleged' ex treme cruelty and failure to provide and was granted a decree. Self-composedly and quietly, she told the story of a child's infatua tion for a man she little knew and consequent runaway match against her parents' wishes, with its repent ance at leisure. She said .she was on ly 15 years old when the marriage occurred in Salisbury in. June, 1908. There are no children. In replying to a question from the court, she said, "No, my parents did not approve of my marrying him, but I did so and tried for a time to make the best of it, but finally decided to get a divorce. I haven't heard from him for some months." A suppressed sensation ' followed her recital of her marital experiences. The two girls have made their home with the family of a prominent State Senator and have participated to some extent in the social life of the colony. They will depart for North Carolina this week. Mr. Thompson is a son of Mr. R. B. Thompson, a leading wholesale grain and feed merchant of Salisbury, and is a nephew of Maj. F. M. Thompson."- .v --r:" - - -r Pass Child Bureau Bill. Washington, January 31. --After amending the child labor bill so as to prohibit the invasion of private residences in quest of information, that measure was passed, today by the Senate 54 to 20. The negative vote was cast by Senators -Bailey, Bryan, Chilton, Culberson, O'Gar mon, Overman and Watson, Demo crats; and-Senators Burnham, Clark of Wyoming, Oallinger,' Heyburn, Nixon, Oliver, Wetmore and Wrorks, Republicans. The bill authorizes the'ereation of a bureau in the Department of Com merce and Labor for the collection of information pertaining to the welfare and children and child life. Special authority is given to investigate ques- ions of infant mortality, the birth rate, Orphanage, juvenile courts, de sertion, diseases, accidents, oceupa- early AH the Public School Teach, ers of the County Present at Meet ing Last Saturday. ! Last Saturday was an ideal day for the meeting of the teachers and the whole teaching force of the county was more nearly present than at afiy previous meeting ever held. Some came in rather late an :ttt that should be scrupulously avc:dei by the teachers the trainers of the youth of our land. The great lesson of promptness taught by example cannot be equalled in its effect' upon the future of the child by any les son that' appears on the school pro gramme. The meeting was opened at 11 o'clock, and after a few general re marks by Superintendent Boger the first number on the programme was cal'eL Mr. T. L. Grierj discussed in an in teresting manner, "The Specific Pur poses of Study." The attention giv en him during the discussion and the applause given at its conclusion showed that his efforts were appre ciated by the teachers, j His leading thought was that just as a person ex amines the chatauquas of several col leges with a view to determining' the one which he will attend, does so with a great deal more interest and minuteness than one who has no such purpose in view, so does "the child getinfinitely more from a lesson when guided in his study by a speci fic purpose. " Misses K. Lea Steele, Mary Gour- ley and Maggie Efird showed in a practical way what is meant by sup plementing the thought of the text or lesson by supplemental questions on a lesson m the first reader, sub ject; "The Bees Pay Toll.7' It was interesting to listen to the questions that this subject suggested to each of these teachers. - The recitation conducted by Prof. A. S. Wrebb, from Colgrove's "The Teacher and the School," was very intertsing. A lively discussion was provoked over the question as to whether a teacher should go before his class with a book or whether it would not be better from the stand point of teacher and the learner to be able to conduct the recitation without the use of the book in , the recitation. . . V . It was brought l)ut' in this recita tion that hearing recitations and keeping order was not school work, but that school work consisted in helping the child to realize his possi bilities. The work for the next meeting was assigned and the programme will be announced later. Property Should Be Valued for Tax aiion at What It; Wodd . Bri&t at Forced Sale. FEESOKAX MENTION Sost of tht Pecplt Her Asd T2t 1 lift of Prixes to Et GiTta i n Mr. Editor: ha at least an annual kick. .viniasi every laani Then it was, if nual kick came. I take it as a matter of courpo that this last year we sailed along serenely until we gathered our crops and found them short one-half to two-third. Of course? we couldn't Juek about tat, but when Vc found that little pang. like a two million bale excess of the cttton crop cut the price al most in half, some of us began to kick, but even this was probably not too much for some and they held up till they went into settle their ia.xt not before, this an But as taxes are one of the sure things of life, and we know that it is impossible to run our county, State and national gov ernment without! taxes, we ought not to kick, and if !we would only stop long enough to think of "the advant ages and protection given us in re turn, we are constrained to believe there would be but little protest, ev en at tax paying time. But what about our system of tax ation? Is it equitable, just, fair, equal alike to allf We think not. We mean by this the manner by which we arrive "at the amount of our taxes, the assessed valuation oJLetir property. One man values his property at its real value. what it would likely bring at a forced wbrr Who Cos Asi G. Mr. I C. Cald.rlL of Siairmlk,! is here attersdisj: rosrt. Mi Jacie Those ra U tjwsdiarf tK i!ir in 5!tr- I ! V Mr. W. I) IViutrrtoa b ptti&iuz' J Ai 1. 19121 e day in' Salisbary. '. ! ' . ' Xh b-ay 5st 4a&t 4' m UrLall hoy trjiy kit ht lir l trx-k. THE BOYS tQVS CLUB, Th raU zvttmizz t rttaaU tW iVt itn Cl ta CWrst itity aad prttf u W rites: Rz!l . ! 1. Ail sr.tr.i.i r tr,i5 W ua4r 1$ Mr. Whit a PLarr i day in Salibarr. Mr. Ketner Mirnhinir, of A.'.!f. villv is vuiting irhlivr Lerr. tm T. -. . i r f i .. : .till a Concord vUitor todav. Mr. J. U)i Km in left Iat tiirhtlai fon a busmen tnp to Philadelphia. Mr. C. L. White left this morning on a busine.trip to Heidville Mies Oxa May Murr and t,f Arnrultarr Byles are Mending the day in Char- lotte. Mrs. William Webster has tm . to!r Charlotte to vuit Mrs. C. W. Tillcttj for a few davs. ' Mrs. C. W. Trice, f Ixinjrton,! sjient yesterday here with her father, ex-Sheriff William Propt. Mr. Kibler. who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Fisher, has re turned to his homo in Spartanburg. Mr. T. C. Newman has returned! from Charlotte, where he recently underwent an operation in a hospital. Dr. W. D. Pemberton and Mr. W. J. Montgomery, Jr., went to Char- morning to see Judge an 0 isvnli f fir.tttTiXt. rd f hi rk. a.acri4nl cf ! 4 iertUu-pf Ji4 a&4 itaip c-tit ft Uurt tn th tisl Uank Ueli 11 tx furtaLd hirtj. 5. llfh timber tr.ut tusd th Mruftiti hira bv t IVtxart. Pruea State prize of a frw trip l Wash. ttn, i. ( To W awarded to (W y making the lar?t ir!4! at lh ATTACKED BY BULL DOG. lvepiey w amounted ith half the cost, which to about $17.00. This was 1lie last criminal case tried. - At the afternoon session of court the civil docket was taken up. Three divorce cases were tried. Henry tM. Sloop was granted a di vorce from his wife, Sallie Sloop. Maggiei Yow was granted a divorce irom J. Q. Yow. The jury returned a verdict' in fav or of Mj A. Tinkler, who was suing ior, a divorce from Robert Tinkler. In the case of H. S. Williams against T. D. Maness, both members of the local bar, -the jury returned a verdict -just before noon of $101.81 m favor of the rjlaintiff. This was the full amount sued for. This case has aroused considerable interest! as it involves a custom that has been practiced by the members of the focal bar for years. Interest wa& also increased in the case by rea son of the fact that "the two princi pals had a personal encounter at the tune the difference arose Mr. Maness appeared for T. L weaver in a suit in magistrate court and secured a verdict of $101.81. It was several months before this ver dict wjas paid. In the meantime Mr. Beaver sold the judgment to Mr. Wil liams. WThen Mr. Maness collected it he took out the sum of $20 as his fee for professional services. He sent ions, jects. legislation and kindred sub- sale for cash. This, we believe, is correct. But what about the man,flo'tt is who returns his fifth its real value, and then takes anPlonlSomery oath that this is correct T Or what Mr- and Mrs. J. P. Fisher will about that horse that cost you $200 Heave this afternoon for Spartanburg, casn, and you wouldn't take that WIiere ineJr Wlil yi&11 relailvs or tor it, but you return it for Dossiblv wek 5o.uu, when you know that even at iorced sale . it would bring $150 1 What about the man who returns his Mr. Ernest Faggart arrived yester day from Porterville, Ca- and will f " "V avoojjivui Ui UVC ..J fVlonHc 7 iu.niu.cu uuiittiB, wuen ne nas possi- Diy that many thousand dollars worth Qt house furnishings alone T But then this is very largely the moral side of this question, only. Wnat about the injustice we do our Mrs. J. JR. Boulware and children, who have been visiting Mrs. S, J. Lowe, left yesterday afternoon . for their home in Lenoir. HarrU 1 Jo. 00 solid oak Coltrane Kivt Dollar a DUtnet Vriu: . First vntr, f 15: iMfnd. $120; 'third fourth 13; fifth. $A. v ! tVanty prie a ftll hat ba irurrd. but have cl rrtxrd aW to the order: Yorke & Wadrib ad4!u tline & MtHm 1 sark uaiio SIX II. L Parks & (V 1 hat. Ivey Shc -LV -1 pair! 'ItT peeials. Bell & nrker. D. B. gt Id. J. B. She trill SnWriptioaa s Times and Progressive larmar. J. F. Dayvault & Co. Ona pic. Cabarrus Savings Uank-10 !sit in Cabarrus Savinpi Bank. J. B. McAllister One hand-ai aad hammer. F. C. Nibloek Book rase, ratauoa finish. ! J. F. Honeyeutt A dollar tia. Enrdfs$5.00 fiit caM. Craven Br. Ifirniture Co. iron bed. ' Iirown Cannon Co. One suit, hat. I I Ritchie Hardware (.A Lyneb burg or Cliattanooira two-hors ehill ed plow, either right or left hand All these prizes will be awarded to those making the greatest yield at the least cost per pushel. j Several others have indicated their willingness, but have not designated the article. ! J Methodist Laymen in Salisbury Dis trict. Salisbury Post, 31st. At a meeting of the quarterly con ference of the First Methodist church last night the movement to have a laymen's iconvention covering the Salisbury district held in Salisbury this summer took definite shape and it was decided to have the meeting in May if possible. Committees will become active at once looking to th preparation of a programme and 54 is expected to have a large number oi Methodists from the district here for the conven tion. Dynamite Demonstration Next Tuesday. The dynamite demonstration which was to have been given on Mr. Jno. A. Sims 1 farm last Monday, but which was postponed on account of the very bad weather, will be given next Tuesday, February. 6, at the same place. No doubt a large num ber of Cabarrus farmers and others will attend the demonstration of what dynamite" will do for the farm er. There will be shown a simple and economical method of sub-soiling, planting trees and growing stumps. An Ordinance Which Seems to Be i Dead Letter Here. A bull dog belonging to Mr. Mark um attacked Master David Pember ton last evening about 7 o'clock wmie lie was riding a Dicycie on North Union street. The dog bit David on the leg and caused a very painful injury. There is an ordinance against bull dogs running at large in Concord. It has been on the law books of the city , for several years. Not " the slightest effqrt is made to enforce it. If the dog had attacked a little child last night it might have resulted fatally. As has been stated before the law against children skating on the side walk is enforced, but the law against bull dogs running at large is not. Does Concord consider bull dogs of more importance than. children? Rural Delivery Service Section 89. Failure to maintain in passable conditions at all seasons of the year the highways traversed by rural car riers will be considered sufficient rea son for the withdrawal of established service from a locality. Postmasters at rural delivery offices shall prompt ly report all cases of bad and impass able roads, unsafe bridges, danger ous fords, or obstructed . routes, to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral, Division of Rural Delivery. Afiss DiimlrlA Rnrdpn. who lia& hn benes .in me assessed valuation ot visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A. Cannon, real estate? Take a case like this, for several weeks, left yesterday af- rf .-If. w ot our.own knowledge, ternoon for her home in Wilming mat mis is a. irne Dili : jvir. A. has J to a iarm, and the' assessed valuation of that" farm for taxes, is $15 per) The Salisbury Convention. AH De- acre, very well. Some capitalist nominations to Be Reuresented. i o 1.. .1 i omes aiong irom a distance and While the Laymen's Missionary wants to buy just such a farm. The Convention, to be held in Salisbury owner asks him $75.00 per acre fori February 7-9, has been arranged for ii, anu me ouyer agrees, Deiieves ne the Laymen of .the Lutheran church wilLtake it. Very naturally he em- in the Southf deT the direction of ploys a lawyer to look into the title, the Executive Committee of the etc., and while in the register's of- Laymen's Missionary Movement of fice looks to see the assessed valua- the Lutheran church, yet it has just hon for taxation, and, lo, and behold! been jearned that representatives 'tis valued at only $15.00 per acre. from other denominations have reg What is the result? The party calls istered with the executive secretary off the trade at once, arrives at the aiid are piannin? to attend. For in conclusion that because he is a stran- stance a the pastors of Statesville ger he is being taken advantage of. a d many of their iaymen are among hereasfrf the land had been assess- j thoca rpnstered It is expected that ed for taxes at, say, $60.00 per acre!, many pastors and laymen, other than flirt f rct A s Ti'Anl A liorA rrY It rnn frn I ' . a w i II 1 L.a ,,wUx , . . 1"x""?." Lutheran, irom llign roini win ao nn s!,;n;n flnH tht tl. .im.l htr and probably a a most desirable cit- tht same. So from other nearby slr(.t hh Ktiff joiu an, lzen added, and through his lntluence i : i. ,xt i . . . ..... " ttt , , iowJ auu ik v r- main above the earth. II he ea many others as well. We have no ed that there will be attendance byUlis ,hflflow ,,e wiU huM,e hack to his only done . ourselves an injustice but many of all churches. Hence it would ozv nook Mnw am, uait unti, lU i X m- not be ont of PIace to suwest to the W eeks of bad weather, ),vus " 111 "J-: pastors and laymen oi i.oncora, mai !awav DUlu?CiB' if you are interested, send your appu-i "Well, what about all this? Do cations to Dr. E. C. Cronk at Salis you want to increase taxes at such a bury. Pastors are registered free, rate as this? Not by any means, only AH laymen are expected to pay one increase the Assessed valuation of dollar. all property, both real and personal, nd it does appear that it will be to something like its true value, and WOrth while to spend a day or more then reduce the rate of taxation to jn attendance upon that convention. bring in the amount of taxes neces- The information, inspiration and sary for an economical administra- practical benefits to be derived can n M TIT 1 l T . . A A tion oi anairs. vve oeueve it is or-inot be calculated. A greai program way or Sweden, at least some one of has been prepared, among whose the foreign countries, that insists on speakers are J. Campbell White and the property owner returning nis Robert E. Speer. Dronertv at its true value, or the : Tomorrow U Ground HofDay. Tomorrow the ground hog will tak full charge of the weather, and all other prophets will take a bark peaLr After t lie siege of freerintf weather we are in hojes that the! veteraji ground hog will not see his shadow and that consequently .there: will fol low six weeks of gwd weather. Many re hoping that . w hen the sleepy an- mal puts his nne out if his hol In he jrround rridav, there will le no Rev. N. R. Richardson has gone to Greensboro to attend the meeting that TTprWt Booth. Mr. Richardson wilT be the guest of his sister, Mrs. Jos. J Stone. A Mr. Willi n f r, o;i Tuesday or JNew lorfc, where- tney der, $81.81. Mr. Williams refused to morning for ew ork, where they accepi it and broucrht siiit fori tbft will spend ten days buying goods for full amount. - ' Black's Ladies Store. Wednesday morning in Raleigh W. A. Simpkins and A. T; Bial engaged in a fisticuff, which was fast and fu rious, and which resulted in Mial's face being severely beaten and, bruis ed. Simpkins emerged from the en counter without a scratch. Simpkins is a well known cotton seed man and a Primitive Baptist: minister, while:- Mial holds a position with Carver s livery stable. The two men quarrel ed over an account and during the dispute it is said that Mial Called Simpkins a liar. 1 doubts government steps in and takes the The Elkin and Alleghany Road, property at his return price, and sells There is to be no hitch, it is said, it, after paying him his price, places n the plans of General Manager Jno. the balance in the treasury. A. Mills to put in operation the first Our laws ought to be so amended section of his new railroad. The that we would show to the outside Elkin & Alleghany, Elkin ! to Thur world the true value of all our prop- mond, a distance of 13 miles, by Feb erty, and then, as seated, reduce the rnary 1. He has bis train equipment rate of taxation. - on the scene and bis: freight and pas- JOHN A. SIMS. senger schedules are all ready for the business to begin, n the mean- Senator Overman Will Send Vegeta ble Seed. The following notice, whirh will b of special importance to tle .farmer of this section, was received from Senator Lee S. Overman yesterday! I wish you would kindly, let it b known through the eolumni of your valuable paper that as long as my quota lasts I will be glad to have snt to any of your readers, j desiring them, a liberal assortment of freah vegetable seed upon application. On ly a postal eard addressed ' to me at Washington is necessary to secure the seed. ; '.. The Statesville Landmark very much whether Charlotte should Judge Montgomery No Better. time the work of construction is be- A 'phone message from Charlotte ing pressed on with all possible speed this morning stated thaOudge Mont- to Sparta, thirty-six miles west of gomery's condition was not improv- Elkin through territory that has nev- ed. He is criticallv ill, and the worst er before had railroad invasion. The is fpirpd The lanre number of his early summer will see this extension friends here and elsewhere through- completed and then, the construction. out the State will regret to hear this, is to go torward across the mountain. and will hope that his condition may soon change for the better. Dr. R. M. King returned Wednesday ifrnm Philadelphia wheer he has sion into the coal fields of Tennessee and Yinrinia with a view of making . - ' i . . i : i: ns roau a coai carruu huk 1 The Big Sale at the Cannon & Fetzer Co. Continues, j The big j-emi-anriual sale at the Cannon & Fetzer Co. s, whieh began January 20th, will continue till Saturday nizht or 15 days in all. They are selling thousand of dol lars worth of clothing, s!oe, gents furnishings, etc., at largely reduced prices. All .goods in their store ex cept Stetson hats are offered in this sale. ' See big ad. in The j Time to day. " . . 1 ! BIr. Fetzer Undergoes Operation. Reporta from Jhe bedi!e of Jf r. P. H. Fetb-T. who underwent an op- deration ut Pennsylvania, hcpiiaif from Sparta into Tennessee, connec tion to be made with the Southern TJnilwnv at' Mountain Citv. There is to be later, ix all probability, exten- iaI enco ira-ing undertake to handle the removal of j been for several days with Mr. P. B. Davidson Colleo-rt' nnlpsc bpr ticht Fetter, who underwent a serious op- few davs atro at the Penn-j rnWJvlnia hnsnitaL Dr. Iving said this f Mrs. J. W. Foil left Wednesday .n.,;.,, ac.nt TsTcit-Uv, v,of Afi- Fpfrpr was imnrov-1 for Ilitrh Point, where she will en4 Southern affair.' ' ' j ing as well as could be expected. ter a hospital for treatment. I The - ojenilion:- was very j-u-cesstul 'and Mr. Fetzer is ituprovin- as rap idly :as eon!d be e.xiM-ctfL No citizen of Coneord is held in M-U' U-ti than Mr. Fetzer and the jod news froinlhi bedside will be n. rratify- to his great nur.Ver cf friend. icg "is.'