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'" : 1 1 ' ' - ' ...'''''.''-''' otjttt?RTLL.. Editor and PhKIIpU J p. Ji1-' ; ' Y()L XXXVII. - ' PUB LI S H E D 41 O N D A YS AND THURSDAYS. ytt U1 - uc in Advance. CONCORD. N. a. THURS DA. Y, FEBRUARY 22, 1912. NO. 6S II I : LAST I TiTE GLASS WINDOW IN WIL- TrrORD'S ! SMASHED. ,-cd About 2 O'clock This Morn- . Rooters Got Away W;th AKut $300 WorttTof Goods. City as in Darkness and High Wind tfas Blowing No Platedass or 3argiari Insurance Carried. No Clue As to Rotters. ' 'I iiij ixs plate glass window in , ,1 . i Willeford 's jewelry store . i.Lwl in fhk morning about Iu;imi i i. i ii.1l iouflrv amounting in .') '(, Cll lCtV H H' t J - D " j.jf hftuci.n $250 and $300 stolen. u-i i,:icenieJi Officers Simpson and Tom J.iaf'll. were in me cniei oi '.office when the crash of fall ,V;i -was heard. On account of JVnili'- wind I the sound was indis- , !..",, let them' in doubt as from vvji;1; .lijMn'ii if came. I hey lmme : ;l;, !v went out on the street and be ('aV n !"'ir ' inspection,' thinking the had sheltered a window front. TuV I'iuneUipitlie street on the oppo Vi oni Willeford 's and went l'al.: Mown on; that side. Their, dis covery t the location was made when ,ni. ,l tiie. officers steppedon . the laoken dass that littered the side va!k. A lantern was secured from M-( "unly. at fori & Wradswortli's stable and! when it arrived the rob was revealed. When the rob--rv 'v;ns- discovered it was about 2:30 oviock.. Mr. Willeford was notified hvA cat ae down street immediately. T!iuc who programmed the deed fr.iil.l not have selected a night more favorable for perpetrating their de u. It took 'place in the midst of the severest. wind storm that has vis ited this section, in years. The lights wore out and the whole city was in CABARRUS FARM STATISTICS. Value of Farm Lands More Than Doubled From 1900 to 1910. The census department has just is sued' an agricultural bulletin, giving statistics of farms and farm prorer ty, live stock, crops and farm rxjK?n ses of every county in the State. We give the following figures for Cabar rus county: Population, 2G,240. : Number of farms. 2r374, Of these, 1,037 are operated by owners. Value f farm property, $0,106,485. Value of farm property in 1900, $2,959,443, an increase of 10G.3 per cent. Value' of implements and machine ery, $240J511. Value of domestic animals, $731, 829. Many other statistics are given in this bulletin. There are only two farms in the county of 1000 acres and over. There are 718 farms of from 50 to 99 acres, 003 from 20 to 49. and 579 of from 100 to 174 acres. There is one farm in the county under 3 acres' and G9 farms from 3 to 9 acres. The number of acres ; in farms is 207.42G, and 83.1 per cent, of the land area is in farms. .'""' FOR COUNTY FAIR. jWATTRRSON ISSUES ADDRESS PERSONAL 1XENTIOK. Meeting to Be Held March to Perfect To the Democrats of Kentucky. Scat of the Fecplt Her Asi El I Organization, to Hold Fair. Fight Wilson to the Last Ditch. ! wher Who Cat Azd Go. 1 1 here is a movement being organ- Uenry Watterson ha iaed tit ' izeu i or me purrse oi iioiaing a rulluwir.,' appeal to the Den cwumy lair uere uunng lae laxicrjoi ins .tate: j - part of the summer or earlv falL AltTf ti ri , , . , Mr. M. I. Widea!.wue i ttenln- number of active citizens have in- T.V1 nJ Kta. jHow.n Snperior cvarl. tOrxriH iliarnCalrAC In rArminn an . . f ! .. . . Mr. T. I, Manev i ibiijax rrL. icrat !ir in Aibemarl'. IClTBirU 1 L!iIIl!'Il i'H 1 1 1 1 1 Till 1 71 H II Ur-Ul. I . .. v :. ,:. : . me m-s ganizauon ana tne work is now nn- aer wav. Thrs Iuhinri thA nrtranira-1 . . ... - ! . , . - i alii, . 21 v cro me. sparKung waters vLit n Mrs. John t Smith. tion are farmers, merchants and ullsi-j beams a ness men ana irora now until caiur-1 wm,out aay, jbiaren me lime set lor a meei- " and. a-s ti e sun goe down, end its cross the, sparkling waters? offense to the man of war- i ' k' ir. v. . roil i Mwacm; tiie ax on baineA. Mr. T. A. Hidden, of AheviSie. t ing io peneei me orsanization. mey aii t J - . ' t will wif a thrtrniirrh invc. fir i "u ' : n v... .... fftft i 1 he Democratic mrtv has never! . Mr. CArrie LUrrinirer, of Salisbury, viMting 3lr, William Fisher. been mailed calling upon the eitizens to attend the meeting and support the organization. Although the plans 'for the fair have "not yet been perfected it is the purpose of thoe forming the organ ization to hold a strictly county fair and exhibit the products of Cabarrus county. Kaces and tournament will be held, but not by a x-rowd of racers but by Cabarrus men and boys with Cabarrus horses. The chief purpose of the fair will be to stimulate interest in agriculture and industrial products and 'the -ex hibits will no doubt reflect the best in Of the 1037 farms operated by their jboth. the agricultural and ihdustrial owners 773 are free from mortgage ; life of the eountv. . . darkne.- The wind blew at a ter rific rate and by 11 o'clock the streets Avere totally deserted. ; Some vU fun bp had of the ramditv the 1 IV IV ------ i. vind blew by the fact that the glass, was shattered within 100 yards of tiie police headquarters and the sound vas so indistinct that the direction from whence it came could not be de termined. : - There is little doubt but that two or .more men committed; the deed. The job (dearly shows that it was conceiv ed and executed in such a manner indebtedness. . Of the 1329 tenants. S4S are white and 481 colored. The principal crops are corn, oats, wheat, peas, peanuts, potatoes and cotton. In 1910 355.G50 bushels of corn were raised in the count', 85,757 bushels of , oats, 60,570 bushels ' of wheat, 1,821 bushels of peanuts. 16, 087 bushels of Irish potatoes, 38,832 bushes of sweet potatoes and yams, and 9,746 bales of cotton. Lend the movement your support and make your plans now to attend the meeting Every citizen in the county is urged to be present and join the organization. Madame Sherry, On Saturday morning at 9 o'clock seats will go on sale at the Gibson Drug store' for the engagement of " Madame Sherry" the phenomenal ly suceessfuly musical comedy which will appear here for one. night Thurs day. Feburarv 29. That the attend- where the piece ran through the heat of the summer, and that of New York, where the spacious New Am sterdam Theatre was inadequate to hold the crowds, is almost certain from the number 'of mail orders that have been received from people who Mr. Sims Favors Roosevelt. Mr. Jno. A. Sims of Cabarrus, wites as follows to the Greensboro News : Cabarrus county belongs in the Republican column and hopes to give a favorable account of herself the coming campaign, our voters are loy al, and will support the presidential nominee,' but so far as our informa tion extends our people think it . wise to nominate Hon. Theodore Roose velt we have personally interviewed a large number of our people and with but one single .exception, for Attorney D. Jackon ltol. of Char- had to meet a STeater rilHinihilitv i Inf t . v a rUit.r in , tt- -,...- than that which confronts it. The j dav afternoon. siut aruon? the Republicans crives I us the hopes that we shall elect our t ti Apt TTnM ' ; : turned to her home in Charlotte. Jtience. the supreme importance of- making no mistake in the choice of j Mr. Fred Pattcmm, ot Trinity a candidate. I Park School, Durham, is visiting hu BUTLER BEING OROOUED TOE DUNCAN S PLACE. Mrs. Furber Jones, who has Wen I viMimg Mrs. iuis .v. ivown, tia re- Mdrth4 Vtizu 211a to Gtt Nallsa Fcr Gortrte?. Mr. W. A, lh4bra4. Jaj crr ha ihm f4wtt. in txlay Uj of ti-At p4prr.t;&i3er !U!fs.j h&: The anr.ouartx-at its tt f tr to day that Prr;4ftit TafS tad ila drawn a!! NVrtlt- CrSiia ftrjwiat Siffit cwain,- it dsd. W lt f the tsuhtlxng bcrv.of it RejmUi ran State Cns.tsiltee tai eaue4 e end of pidiUcal p.wj. Il ; a tU known (act that " State thatrwaa jMurehead hai bnadcatrS the wjiu isvitation to fcu la&t?wi ber one eek frwm, toarrw. WiU m few bo art" not adherrn. la ei. Senator Itutler have ln muted, yet they u ill t. utrwhcfsg!y out numbrei. and tf rraitn i 4n. In Governor Wilson we should I ,,arenl$' Mr n.a Mr' Johu K- lal a srand ltatlrr-Mrthrad I tcrrsun. have a candidate everv sten of whnso way through the whole campaign' Trouble With the Power would be over the hidden pitfall of; The Tiuies-Tribune force tVk ten a career yet to beexplored. We I little vacation yterday. That i ould have a candidate who had j activities scre ceaed in this oilice ten made a deathbed repentance of life-1 separate and distinct times. The lack long convictions, ably expounded to of jHver wa the caae wf it all. All secure a presidential nomination, j through the day the juice kept up a Happily, before I had gone too far continual tlirlatiou with the pree in urging this candidacy, its sieeious j and linoti? jnachine. Jut ahKnit quality, as by the falling screen' be-'the time you would think it was here 1 J. : ...11. . n.nwA 4- raoenne rhOTT' toirnr VI KnncatTfl iViaUailiO Qllcl I J 111 lUlS ciij nm vvu w muuu, ,l,18vV v- relatively equal that, of Chicago, publican, report that they have not a came despicably apparent. "It may be that I take my polit ical life in my hands when I make known to the public what circum stances made to me. That is of small account. On less provocation, this with even more at stake, I have often done this before. I have not very far to go before I reach the end: Please (Jod, every step of the way shall be on high, firm ground and in the open. I know not how else to fight. And so I salute my enemies from one end of the State to the other and invite them to come and enjoj' themselves. The harder they hit and the oftener will best suit me, because when the winter is over and I get baek to 'God's country,' I am going to do some hitting myself. rflSigned.) HHENRYWATTERSON. 4 1 Naples-on-the-Gulf , Fla. ' that one man could hardly nave nn- i anxious to enjoy this delightful isled it in a short time. The glass French vaudeville: For "Madame was crashed into atter Deing cut, eun er with a diamond or steel glas cut ter. This is Evidenced by the cuts on the pieces that were picked up on the sidewalks thi morning. It was liter ally ripped open before it was struck the blow that sent it into fragments. Every piece shows cuts from the glass cutter and the larger ones are furrow ed with slashes. The window was fill ed with valuable articles of i jewelry, consisting in nnrt; nf fivA handsome gold watchesl several clocks, stone studded lockets, gold chains, brooch es, stick pins, jewelry cases watch fobs and cuff buttons, all of which were taken. v . I Mr. Willeford did not carry insur ance on the plate glass or burglary insurance and his loss is total unless the theives are apprehended and the goods recovered, which is problemat ical. Sherrv" is a novelty in every way. Its comedy is bright and refreshing. and the story is much more plausi ble and consistent than is found in the ordinary musical farce; its music is not only enchanting, but every number is the result of some situation in the comedy. In points of produc tion, cast, chorus and special orches tra, "Madanle Sherry'7 represents the last word in perfection. . single voter that favors the nomina tion of Mr. Taft, yet as above stated all are loyah We think it extremely unwise for. our state executive com mittees to make any . deliveries until the voters shall have been heard from. JNO A. SIMS. February 19, 1912. to stay, otf it would go. There i no one up here who entertains any jcc cial opposition to a vacation but the paper has got to come out cither on schedule time or some other time even if it is night time. So the aggrega tion of prin'ting artits who manipu late things in this shop want a con tinuous supply of juice so they can complete their daily tasks without constant interruption. All we ak of the Southern Power Company is to shoot i't to us. THE WELL CAVED IN. Mr. Stickley Appointed Examiner of Records at, a Salary of $1500. Mr. M. B. Stickley, of the local bar, received a notice Tuesday stating that he had been appointed examiner or records by the. government. Mr. Stickley V duties will be to examine the titles to lands purchased by the povernment for the Appalachian For fst Reserve in this State. Mr. Stick- IlV is how confined to his home ond tfcount of illness but will take up l is new duties as soon as he recov ers.' The! position pays a salary of 1.500 a year. Mr. Stickley will con tifiue his practive here, as his new H'k will not require hs absence Hvay from Concord only at short in ' rvals. Search for Body is Abandoned. Spencer, 1ST. C., February 20. Offi j'l's have abandoned the, search in i udkin river for Lacy D. Hines, who '".vstiHiously disappeared Sunday -"''ht, leaving a note saying he was 'Vin-r to end it all in that river. The H arcdi was abandoned by the officers J' the belief that Hines instead of committing. suicide, left these parts tor the South on some night train, f he officers are making every effort , io locate ; the missing man by mes sages to every possible place to which mo might have gone. Houston Fire-Swept. Houston, Tex., Feb.' ' 21. Im the wake of the most destructive fire in the history of Houston, , smouldering wreckage tonight covers an area about one and a half miles in length and varying in width from two hun dred yards to half a mile in the north eastern section of the city's most im portant industrial enterprises are in ruins; two hundred or more dwelling houses and store buildings are in ashes and approximately one thous and persons are homeless The most conservative estimate is that the monetary loss will reach at least $7, 000,000. The insurance carried will not exceed forty per cent. No casual- ies the fire. Gray-Blackwelder. A pretty home wedding was sol emnized Tuesday at 3 o'clock p. m. at the home of the bride 's mother, Mrs. M. J. Blackwelder on .East Cor bin street, when Miss Beulah Black welder became the bride of Mr. E. B. Grady. The home was appropriately decorated for the event, which was witnessed by quite a number of friends - and. relatives of the young couple. The ceremony was perform ed by Rev. C. P. MacLaughlin, pas tor of St. James . Lutheran church. Both young, people have a number of friends here, wherde the bride has always lived. Mr, Grady moved here several years ago and engaged in bus iness as a plumber, being a member of the firm of Grady-Brady Company. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Grady left for Charlotte, where they will visit relatives of the groom for several days. Our j China Famine Fund.' Previously acknowledged $32.11 asn L 300 Total to date $35.11 Split Head Open. T.Pnoir. Feb. 20. This morning while trying to put on a belt at the enoir Manufacturing Company's plant, Mr George W. Smith, an em- nlove. was hurled to instant deatli JC J 7 . - . bv his clothing coming in contact with a set screw on the shafting and his body -wound around the shaftin lis head striking the timbers near and scattered his brains in every di rection. Doctor Removed his Own Appendix. San Francisco, Feb. 20. Dr. Be- tram Alden, of the French hospital successfully operated on himself to day for appendicitis, this being the first case in the history of surgery. He took and injection of spinal anaes thetic, made the incision and remov ed the appendix while other surgeons stood by and watched the operation. Lent at St. James.. Then Lenton Season which began yesterday (Ash Wednesday will be observed at St. ''James Lutheran church with special services on each Wednesday and Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The pastor has arrang ed a series of addresses for these ser vices, bearing on the general subject of the Plan of Salvation and the Suf ferings of Christ. The Vesper ser vice of the Lutheran- church will be used on Wednesday nights. f 1 Jesus, Holy Passion," seven litur gical services for the Passion Season, based upon and in part translated from Dr. Schoeberlein's "Die Heilige Passion," by Rev. Dr. A. L. Yount, will be used on Fridav nights. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. ' Lady Precipitated in Chilling Water, Where She Remained Nearly Two Hours. Wilson, Feb. 20. During the se vere cold spell of last week, at her home in Elm City, Mrs. Land, G9 years of age the widow of Mr. Rich ard Land came near finding a wa tery grave. For some time she was missed from the house and finally after a search of nearly one and a half hours a cavein of the well in the yard was discovered by the searchers and sim ultaneously with the find cries of "Help" were heard coming from the depths. The unfortunate lady was quickly broughtto terra firma and taken into the house, where, after several hours of hard work," she was brought around all right, and, strange to say, that notwithstanding her ex treme age, no bad results have fol lowed her involuntary bath. The water in the well was eleven feet deep and, when found, her hair was floating on the surface, with on ly her nose peeping out of the water, while she was holding to something she knows not what. It was a bitter cold night, and why she did not freeze to death is a mys tery, tor about the -same time, a lew miles from Wilson, Mr. John Owens had three hogs to freeze to death- they having gotten out of their pens and, being unable to get back to their beddinsr, were found the next morning cold in death. We copied from the Salisbury Post a few days ago a notice of the death of Mr. A. W. Kluttz, of Organ church, in which his age was given as 65 years. This was an error, as Mr. Kluttz Jacked only 28 days of being 78 years ofage. He was one of the best men in Rowan county. Mr. Norman's Creditors Meet The creditors of V. L. Norman met here Monday. His assets were estimated at $5,000 and his liabilities at about $7,000. The creditors elect ed Mr. John M. Hendrix trustee and Messrs. John M. Cook, J. A. Kennett and C. A. Cook appraisers. Meeting of Stockholders of Barringer Manufacturing Co.. A meeting of the st6ckholders of the Barringer Manufacturing Co is called by order of the board of di rectors to be held in the office of the Cabarrus Savings Bank at Concord on the 4th day of March at 11 o'clock j Postoffice Now Occupies New Govern ment Building. The postoffice has moved into the new government building. The change was completed last night and today the postal business of the city was conducted in the handsome new bui 1 din gy T he-otlic e ah&e ryecLS unday hours today, the occasion being Wash ington s birthday, but by tomorrow the business will be moving along as smoothly as of old. With the increas ed facilities at the new building there is little doubt but that the efficient service of the past will be improved upon. The building recently vacated is the .property of the Morris Kealty Company. The fixtures in the build ing are also owned by the Realty Company and have been sold to a firm in Alabama. County Teachers' Meeting. The County Teachers' Association will meet at the graded school on Sat urday, the 24th, at 11 o'clock. The following will be the program rendered: A discussion led by Mr. W. J. Weddington, subject, "Memory as a Factor of Study." A discussion led by Mr. James Gourlev, subject, "Organization of Ideas." Misses Emma Erwin and Nina Cook wil ldiscuss "How to Make the Work Practical," in reading, spell ing, language, etc. The recitation to be conducted by Prof. A. S. Webb from Colgrove will embrace pages from 254 to 317. Oration by Dr. Alderman. Philadelphia, Pa.,; Feb. 22. Follow ing an annual custom inaugurated in 1S26, the University of Pennsyvtnia . i i itt-i.: k:n- toaay ooservea mbsuiuiuu b uuiu day "with exercises apporpriate to the occasion. The principal exercises were held this morning in the Acad emy of Music, where a large crowd fathered to liten to an oration by President Edwin A. Ahbrman of the University of Virginia. At the con clusion of the exercises a number of honorary degrees were conferred by the university. rally "Ex -Senator Ha! Icr will attend th Morehead ba&qmrl and Chairmaa Morehead;ha invite him to rt-jaJ to the toat iPrinci4lr of Our Par ty" mt 4.inv kindred !uW t. Mr. Butler i no bendini: hi rncrie to uccccd E. ( D inAt a nalinujj rt.iui5ittccma, Tl c charti.an of hm Republican . ' Vommittre. in Sanpon cotuity ha written an article fr llm pre, whirl U copied in Mr. Buijcr t auranini! wita jrrcjit prominence, ad. vocatKit; the r-Scnaf.r fr thi head, idiip of tic party in the T.vr Heel ctMunmnwcalth. The Slate committer- meeting Ke!. ruary 2S w ill ntrt t he Republican field in earnest. The general opinioa seem to that two State convta tion will be held, our in May to-elect delegates to the uation.il convention and a feeond one in A new I to noxm nate a State ticket. The pl.m or or ganization at present provide that the State ticket i Mdeetcd, but a But. !cr man, who doe not lie in Raleigh, predicted here that thin rule could be changed and Mr. Morehead re elected at the tirt conentton. Th Caucasian, the orn of Mr. Butler, lat week intimates that, in addition to choosing delegate to the national convention who will make Butler na tional committeeman. Morehead will then b re-elect cd State chairman, and at a KubM-juent convention nom inated for Governor. notwithtandinj tiie alicacy ot ttie Hon. Thoma Set. tie jn certain .quarter of the arn camp. His Geese Pick Cotton. Humboldt, Tenn.. Feb. 2l. Dr. It. O. Williams, of Humboldt, ho ia also a farmer, claims to have a tloak of geese Which he has trained to pick cotton. , There are ten i?eee in that llock, and Dr. William claim each goose will pick on an average of 75 pounds of cotton a day, and that of ten his flock will gather auflkieat seed cotton in one dav to make tma large bales. The doctor aya he fint Uusht hu gees to do the picking act by placing grains oi corn in me open boIU ot cotton in such a way that in order to get the grain the gooe would bav to pick out the cotton. The Holiday in Washington. I). Feb. 22 The Raleigh Tiger Ablt to Put Up Ciih Bond. Raleigh, Feb. 2I. W. C. PoUnd, white blind tiger who came to Ral eigh from Atlanta, and has served a. term of imprisonment for a liquor of fense against: the federal law, i jmt convicted in the police court and giv en twelve months on the road, lit put up $500 cash bond and apialed to the Superior Court. It was in De cember that he finished his federal sentence and took the pauper's oath to escape f200 fine. His putting op a $500 ca.h Ixind came as a comid- -erable surprise. Boy Scouts Strong in Dallas. Texas, Business men of Dalla. Texas, have become, con vinced of the valu of the Boy Jcotit movement. . They have guaranteed a fund of between two and three thousand dollars a ! yca'r to pay the exjKT'-es of an eree- Mrs. C. G. Montgomery'' and Misses Jennie and Lilly Montgomery left Tuesday morning for Charlotte, where they will visit relatives until Wednes day night, when they will return to their home in Mobile. Mr. H. G. Hedrick, of Lexington, is a visitor in the city today. a. m., to take action on a resolution ; n.f-nal canital kei.t the customary w-ertnrv r.r .mellv t tal- passed by the board for the amend- holijav today in celebration of the charge of thevork in Dallas From ment of the charter of the company, j is0th anniversary of birth of George tjjeir hUuiv of the activities thev feel increasing the capital stock and au- j Washington. Meetings of patriotic Mire that "greater itwmI wilt be aeeom thorizing the issue of preferred stock , oeietie5 were held in commemoration n!ished bv hiring men to sncnUo ana proviamg ior us reurrmem --j0f the day, all or the executive ue-jt,e r,iav 0f tjl0 jy icr a perioo ot etia ii & uAcu.iun. , iartments ol me zovernrncni mcicl ... ' ... . or interest. To Promote Physical Education. Montreal, Que.. Feb. 22. A num ber of eminent medical men and phy sical directors of various colleges of the United States and Canada are here to speak before the nineteenth annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education, hicb began a three days' session today. In addi tion to the addresses and discussions, and elaborate programme of Canad ian winterh sports will be carried out for the benefit of the visitors. while the members of Con- i irress assembled in the Senate cham ber to listen to the reading of Wafh iinirton's "farewell address" by Sen ator Kern, of Indiana. The . Hilderbrand-Crater Publishing Company, of Greensboro, publishers of the Greensboro News, has filed an amendment to its charter, changing!1 the name to the Greensboro Newsjc Company. P. O. S. of A. On the .night of Februarv 24. be ginning at 7:30 o'clock there will ld a publie speaking at Watts Cross Roads. Washington Camp, No. 16. The district president will visit camp No. 16 on the night of the 24th and make a public talk for the benefit ot the order. Everybody is invited to ome out. GEO. W. WATTS, Secretary. The hunters have only eight mores days in which they can kill birds law fully, in Rowan. After the Brown reception last ev ening a delightful dance was givea at the Elks home. - . J I I
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