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PUBLIS.HED MO II DA Y S A ND TH URSDA Y S. $1J0 a Yeir, Dse in Adrtrxz. vol. XXXVII. CONCORD N. C, MONDAY; FEBRUARY 26, 1912. NO. 69 I b SnKKiJL,, sailor and Publisher. s. IS NO'V READY FOR THE LIGHT NING TO STRIKE HIM. - Letter to the Seven Governors. grie'f But Speaks in No Uncertain jerffiS , i-Hopes People Will Have privilege of Expressing Choice Through Direct Primaries. York, rcb. 2o "Iwill accept iaation for President if it is the , n, (-1't'U lilt, uuu x ouircic iu iuio I ijs -preference,1 xa vui. xue- i i jsevelt's reply to the letter Republican Governors ask- in? him to stand for nomination. 1 a i 1 1 The eagerly-awaited reply was giv en out tomight at Colonel Roosevelt's i,m- here during his absence on a rip to Boston. It was unexpectedly brie!, hwt definite. It follows,: .-'(Jtntl'enien: I deeply appreciate vonr letter and I realize to the full tat' heavy responsibility it puts upon me. expressing as it does the careful v considered convictions of the -men elected by popular vote to stand as the ic;id: of government in their sev eral States. - "I absolutely agree with you that this -matter is not one to be decided wit any reference to the personal creiices or interests of any man, lire but purely from the standpoint of the interests lof the people as a whole. I 1 will accept the nomination for Pres ident it' it is tendered to me, and I will adhere to this decision until the cem ent ion" has expressed its prefer ence. One of the chief principles for which i have stood and for which I mm staiul and which I have always endeavored and always shall endeavor to leduej to action is the genuine rule ot' the people; and therefore I hope thai so far as possible the peo- ' ile may be given the chance, through direct primaries, to express their preference as ; to" who shall be the 'nominee of the epubliean president ial 'Convention. ' . ' "Very truly yours. 1 THEODORE-ROOSEVELT. ' ' The Governors' letter follows: "Chicago, Feb. 10, 1912 We, he undersigned Republican Cloverhor, assembled for the purpose of considering. what will best insure I the continuation of the Republican party as a useful agency of. good gov ernment, declare it our belief, after a eau't'ul1 investigation of the facts, that a large majority of the Republi can voters of the country favor your nomination, and a large majority of t iio ieopl( favor your election, as the next President of the United States. "We Ijlelieve that your candidacy will insure success in the next cam paign. We believe that you 'repre sent as no! other man represents those principles' and policies upon which we must appeal for a majority of the votes of I the American people : and ' which,, in jour opinion, are necessary for the happiness and prosperity of the country. j '..' . "We believe that in view of this public demand you should soon -declare whether, if the nomination for the presidency came to you unsolicit ed and unsought, you will accept it. "In submitting this request we are not considering your personal inter ests. We do not regard it as proper . to consider either the interests or the preference of any man as regards the nomination for the presidency. We ue expressing our sincere oenei anu host judgement as to-whatris demand ed of you in the interests of the peo ple as a Avhole. And we feel that ou would jbe unresponsive to a plain puhl;e duty if you should decline to accept the jnomination, coming as the "luntarv ex-nrpssirm of the vishes of il majority of the Republican voters the United States, through the ac-'- n of their delegates in the next j-dional convention. . . 1 - "Yours truly, , i WILLIAM E. GLASSCOCK, 1 CHESTER HJ ALDRICH, "HERBERT S. HADLEY, " JOSEPH M. CAREY, "CHAE S. OSBORN, 4 'ROBERT P. BASS, ,"WL R. STUBBS;" For Presidential Primary. Lansing. puT!se to Mich., Feb. 26. In re :he call issued by Governor o weeks ago the Michigan convened in. special ses to consider and act upon "oorn tv i( "-nslaturd - 'ii todav "leasure providing for a presiden- i primary. .' ... . " Our China Fund. .--I eviouslv acknowledged Geo. IL5 linei; :. 5.00 " 'T a V: ' . Total to date $40.11 - i L ; Spectacles founi;'; Describe them and pay 25" celts for. this notice. , -tribune office. - - ."A .' - . -: . . DEMONSTRATION WORK. Mr. George M. Cress, of No. 6, Ap- pointed County Director. Salary j $800 a Year. Messrs. C. R. Hudson an A. S. Millsaps, of the Department of Arri- X culture, Washington, were here Sat urday making final arrangements for beginning the farm demonstration work in this county. It is the purpose of the Depart ment of Agriculture to establish an organized method of farm demonstrac tion work in 'every, county. The Na tional Department and the State De partment are co-operating in the work. By the plan they have adopted each county appoints a director of agriculture. His duties in advancing the work of agriculture are of the same character as those of a county superintendent of schools an in structor. The director will work un der the direction of the State and National Departments of Agriculture. Each county also co-operates in the work and pays half the salary of the instructor, $400 a year. There are twenty counties in this State that have joined in this great movement of agricultural education. The gov ernment will spend in North Caro lina about $20,000 this year. The county director will supervise the demonstration farms and give in struction to any farmer as to the best methods of cultivating his crops. They propose establishing a number of demonstration farms in this coun ty." The farms will be established in to do is to furnish the land and la various sections. All tbo farmer has to do is to furnish the land and la bor. They will be cultivated in strict accordance with the advanced meth ods of farming from the departments of agriculture and will be under the direction ofythe county director. He will keep strict account on the yield and expense and visit they at fre quent intervals.. The Department of Agriculture earnestly - desire the co-operation of the farmers of Cabarrus county in this work. At these farms they will see the methods and theories of ad vanced agriculture (put into practice, heretofore the departments have been mailing out this information in book lets. Of "course "the "booklets- will" be i continued but by visiting the demon stration farms the farmers can see the valuable information they con tain applied. J There were a number of applicants for the position of county director. After going over the list of. appli cants Mr. Hudson and Mr. Millsaps appointed Mr. George M. . Cress, a well known farmer of No. 6 town ship. Mr. Cress is counted among the county's best farmers. Last year he produced 900 bushels of corn-from 30 acres of land. This is about 30 bush els to the acre, which is twice the av erage yield per acre He will take up his new duties at once. Mr. Cress will receive a salary of $800 a year. The Department of Agriculture will pay half and the county half. MR. TAFT DEEPLY HURT. Feels Keenly the Necessity of Engag iricr in Onen Contest With His Former. Warm Friend. Washington, Feb. 25. Newspapers and' the; office of the Washington, cor respondents were beseiged today and tonight with personal and telephone calls from politicians and statements askinar what Calonel Roosevelt had to say. President Taft was given a copy oi his predecessor's letter, but he would make no comment. White House offi cials also were reticent, but they made no attempt to' disguise their in terest. The Taf t campaign bureau was dark tonight, Director William M. MeKinley having left Washing ton at noon for Chicago. . " The only remark emanating from the President during the day- that at all bore upon the tense political sit uation, was made to a Senator who asked that his name be not used. It was this: "I know that we are right and I am confident that we will be success- ful." -iz:z2ZZZi&z It has been only in the last fort night that President Taft has been willing to admit to his closest friends that he believed Colonel Roosevelt would enter the race against him for the nomination. It is doubted wheth er up to the last minute he was fully convinced that any announcement coming from his predecessor would? be without a string attached. That President Taft was deeply hurt to learn that from now on he must engage in an open contest with the man under whom he had served for many years, became known soon after the Roosevelt letter was made public. Manager Vdes received a telegram from the manager of"Black Patti" stating that the show would be here tonight without fail. The prices are 150 and 75 cents. TRAVELERS HAVE TROUBLE. Street Car Pails to Get to Depot and They Had to Wade Through Mud And Walk Up Town. i Last Saturday the street ear did not attempt to go to the deooU It I stopped on the top of the hill on West J Depot street. The passers had the delightful privilege of walking j down the slippery hill in the rain. Down at the bottom another pleasure awaited them in crossing Corbin street. At this point streams of wa ter from two hills met, making: a slushy area of earth not equalled this side of the Dismal Swamp. Compar ed to it 'the sandy bottom of Buffalo creek would be as welcome to a-pe-destrain as an oasis to a desert wan derer. It was through this the lady passengers dragged -their skirts while french bells went down to undiscov ered depths. The male portion split the mud. They tried to steer clear but the task was impossible and by I the time the distant shore was reach ed their trouser legs resembled those Jean Valjean was wearing when he came forth from the sewers of Paris. Tain No. 7 had an unusually large crowd to get off here. The few hacks were filled with a rush. Those not so fortunate to catch one were left at the mercy of the street car. They crossed, or at least waded through, the above mentioned slushy area and toiled up the slippery hill. On reach ing the crest another disappointment awaited them. No car was in sight It was raining, andraining hard. Of course the street car was not respon sible for the rain, but if it had made the entire trip the crowd could have stayed under the shed at the station and waited for it. Instead they eith er had to wait and receive a drench ing or walk and receive a drenching Many walked. At least they did until they struck the cement. That is, where the cement is supposed to be. It is covered up now and has been for a number of days. But it really is there for the city recently put it down. The bank in front of the Walter1 property fell down some time ago and it has been allowed to lay there until now the rain has wash ed it all along the sidewalk, complete ly: uA- eringup the ement.:iniplaces.'4 A "nigger, a mule and a scraper could fix it in a few minutes but the weather, will be good in a short time and thenthe people can walk up the other side. Forest Hill News. Mrs. R. F. Coble returned to her home in this city today after spend ing several days in Bessemer City. Mrs. H. C. Raimer and Mrs. J. L. Cook went up to Salisbury this morn ing to attend the funeral of their cousin, Mr. Jno. T. Foreman, who died Sunday morning from a attack of pneumonia. Mr. Jno. L. Robinson, of Columbia, S. C. is spending a few days in the city with hs sister, 'Mrs. David Cor- zme. Mr. Robinson has resigned his position at Columbia and will go to Atlanta. Ga.. this week, where he has accepted a position. Mr. John Waldon, of Hope Mills, arrived in the city yesterday and will spend some iime here with friends. Mr. R. F. Fisher's family arrived here last Wednesday and are now oc cupying the boss spinner's house at Buffalo. Messrs. W. A. Wilkinson and Tom Widenhouse left this morning for a few days visit to Baltimore markets to buy summer goods. Business Change at Kannapolis. Mr. C..E. Lowe has sold Tiis inter est in the Patterson-Young Mercan tile Co., in Kannapolis, to the com pany and has organized the firm of Lowe Bros. & Company. Mr. Lowe has been manager of the Patterson Young Co., at Kannapolis for three years and has made a number of friends in that section. He will be manager of the new firm which wil begin business this week in the store room occupied by the Patterson Young Co. They will handle hard ware, furniture and groceries. - The Patterson-Young Co. has rent ed the new store building next door to Richmond-Sloan & Co.. and will move their stock there this week. Mr. Hammill Still Unconscious. A telephone message from No. 7 township early this morning brings I the information that Mr. James Ham- mill, who was hit on the head last Thursday by a falling tree, is no bel- ter. He is still unconscious. An op eration on him was to be performed at his home today by Dr. Strong, of Charlotte, and Dr. Lentz, of Gold Hill, and it is hoped that it will be successful. Present your keys to lock boxes to the old postoffice to Postmaster i Buchanan and have them redeemed ; None can be redeemed after 60 days ifrom this date. See notice elsewhere I in this paper. jlf I Oil ill 1? ' "LL -DISQUIETING RUMORS THAT WE ARE TO BE ON BRANCH LINE Of the Norfolk Southern Guarantee Made With Distinct Understandinx That Concord is to Be on Trunk Line. Nothinf Lately Heard Frea Road's Officials. Surrey Fronv Al bemarle Here. ' There is much speculation here as to the plans of the Norfolk Southern concerning Concord. The officials have not given out anything definite ly to the people here since Mr. Dun- Lcan and ex-uovernor Avcock were here and assured the citizens that the road would come to Concord. The survey from Albemarle here will soon be completed, probably by next Sat urday. On account of this fact in terest has been revived on what loca tion the road will decide upon for a depot. By reasons of the fact that the survey is so near finished the people here are expecting some definite an nouncement from the officials of the road about their plans for Concord. The present status of the road from a local standpoint is that Mr. Dun can came here and assured the citi zens that if the proper guarantee for depot facilities and rights of way was raised the road would build a runk line here. An acceptable guar antee was raised and Mr. Duncan stated that the road would certainly come here. Since, that time he has reiterated the statement. It waS spe cifically stated that Concord was to be. on the main line. As the time for actual operations on the road begin the people are growing more and more impatienX tor some action to be taken here. The surveyors will probably reach Con cord Saturday and by that time an official announcement is expected from the road. The Charlotte Chron icle had the following in Saturday 's an be iSSuerWhiche piblishr-for- what it lslThe funeral will he .held tomorrow worth : Charlotte people who are interested in the coming to Charlotte oi the Norfolk Southern Railway, or the Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern, as it will be called, will be pleased to learn hat surveying parties are working on several proposed routes from Troy and Mount Gilead toward Charlotte. It has been understood that in all probability the extension westward would be from Troy, via Albemarle. Mount Pleasant am) Concord to Char- otte. Several routes have been sur veyed. .for this line, however, and the exceeding roughness of the . country, which will mean many curves, great er mileage and much more expensive construction work, will probably cause the abandonment of this route in favor of that by Mount Gilead. the route from Mount Gilead to Char lottA beinsr on a ridge and allowing the building a straight line, with com paratively little grading. It has been very reliably reponea that the corps of surveyors now tak ing preliminaries from Troy to the Pee Dee river has run three lines, tne shortest about sixteen miles, trom Trov to the river, whereas the dist ance by a direct line is only 10 miles. The country is so rugged and rougn that it is necessary to make the dist ance in order to get the grades down to the minimum, as the surveyors have been instructed to do. This will necessitate a number of 40 to 60-foot cuts. The distance from Troy to Mount Gilead is 12 miles, 4 miles from Mount Gilead to Pee Dee river, which makes the distance the same from Troy via Mount Gilead to the river. One of the greatest things in favor of the route from Troy at the begin ning as the straight line and shorter distance. Since. The engineers now - find that the route ny jvioum uueau will be just as short, considering the curves, and that the construction work will be cheaper, it seems that the probability U that the latter route will I)e selected. In this event AlnSmnrlA will be cut off the line and Concord will probably get a branch from the main line instead of the main line itself. Republicans of North Carolina Will Be Annihilated. Asheville, N. C, Feb. 24 Accord- r-i r c: T.nslr. thp Republican 111" LU V '1 . , . " - ' I I party in North Carolina stand, an excellent chance tnis year ui oem completely annihilated. He says that in the last factional fight in the party two years ago the party lost 10,000 voters and that the fight then was nothing as compared to te one that is going to be this year between the ti-Taft factions. Unless there is a eomDromise. he savs the.imr the public schools at Landis, and party this year will be virtually wip- as a precautionary measure, the ed out of existence and he added that school has been temporarily closed, the anti-Taft faction has no idea of Prof. Peler, the principal, is there compromising. Jfore at home for a few days. DR. YOUNG A dATE . " J For Delegate rrca This District to the National CcsTtitica. Dr. IL 5. Youcs. o&r of $1 mi prominent phyweiaA ( the city, and a tnneh appwrter of Go'rrr.or Wocwlrow ibia. will Ue a randiiUt for place on tb North Carolina dele gation to the Detoorrtiie cxartctiaa, whieh meeU in IUUtfcort-.v Kach ( onsTrt-sional dUiricl will hare two delegate and Dr. Yocn will be a candidal for one of the places from tbe-Kuhth dutrict. Two alternate will al be elrtd. Dr. Young i not only an ardent admirer of Govtrnor WiUon but ha long been a ela peryosal friend of bis. They were student together at the University of Virginia, Dr. Young being in the mediean depart ment and Governor Wilson in the law department. He attended Gov ernor Wilon inauguration end one of his original snpporters for the Democratic nomination for Pres ident. Dr. Young stated yesterday after noon that he wonld not engage in any swpiabble for the place but he would like vcrv much to !h on the delegation. Dr. Youn? wa surgeon sreneral of the State for several term and enjoy a wide acquaintance with public men. who will actively support him for a place, in the delegation that roes to Baltimore. Death of Miss Jane L. Bost. Miss Jane Bost died Saturday at one o'clock at the home of Mr. Coliirnbii (iiMidtnnn in H t.wn sln'r. wlern sI.a 1ml hn vU-Uiim for some time. MUs Bost made hcrl TIh r,'r,M w,rk Wa ,a,!3 hata home here with her-brother. Mr. An-j?ml r' e f-t-m1" 'f th- entrap, thonv Bost. Yeste-vlav a wwk a:oH tneu- she went to visit Mrs. Goodman and the night after she arrived she suf fered a stroke of paralysis. Her con dition continued to crow worse until her death that morning. Miss Bost was a native of this county and - was GS years of age. She was a sister of Messrs. D. L. Bost and Anthony Bost, of Cmc-c.-d.- She had been a life long member of St. John's Luther aii"church and was a vxnuli of con secrated Christian character. morning at 11 o'clock at St. JohnT Lutheran church and will be conduct ed by the pastor of the deceased. Rev. J. J. Long. Bridge Party in Honor of Mrs. E. H. , Brown. Mrs.' Earle IL Browu was the hon oree at a delightful bridge party Fridav afternoon, given bv Mrs. Iv- erson I. Davis. r our tables of (iMv Company and the Southern Pow aution bridge were played. The giiet -er Comjany. of honor prize, a pretty cut glass bonr bon dish, was presented to Mrs. NEICES LOST TOR ' Brown. Mrs. Davis' guests besides the honoree were: Mesdames A. Jones Yorke. R. Reed, Charles Harris, R. S. Saunders, J. A. Cannon, W. H. Gibson, Claude Ramsaur, W. W. Fiowe, R. K. Black. L. E. Boger. II. M. Propst, John Fox. and George Richmond. Misses, Mary King, Fan Hill, Maude Brown, Leila White and Nan Cannon. 1 At the elose of the games an ele gantly appointed two-course luncheon was served. . Mr. Durham as Presiding Elder. Rev. J. B. Tabor writes as follows from Farmington to the North Caro lina Christian Advocate: - "Bro. Durham, our young, scholar ly, brilliant, genial presiding elder, has been, with us and made a good impression on all who have met him. To have a man of his ability and cul ture on the district mixing and ming ling with preachers and people is a :'A ur.e ; M; ac" x-coue ling every uay. ine ume ire toAuc i T : Winning ,j 4u ti i Mocksville on that cold, windy Fri day of January 5th is an experience he will not soon forget.' Death of a Very Aged Lady. Mrs. Mary Ann Gardiner died Friday at the home of Rev. A. D. Wauehope. pastor of MeKinnon Pres- i i ,;, fr2 ixsi ivo they have uncovered a plot onlv a few days or pneumonia. Mrs. Gardiner was 12 veacs of age and had J? takf thp .ve of the men nd that made her home of- the family of n. "'f 'nt tn-. He Mrs, 'Wauehope for more than 3ojuld not give bond and in vears and had lived with Mr. and) 'Z , ' T Mrs. Wauehope since thev were mnr- The Oklahoma imocra ;c Mat ried. She moved here with them sev. "convention, arly I ndav adopted th era! months a?o from Oklaho-na. i,T A !a h1 a Murr, The funeral was held this after- !(v r WMlrow u ,lM'n Rt" adr at the home and was conducted by Rev Dr M G Theinter. ment was made at Oakwood cemetery. . Scarlet Fever at Landis. Rowan Record. Little Miss Mary Lee. daughter losi. The convention then took p re of Mrs. Fannie Corriher, is ill witbjcess .scarlet lever. zhe had been attend- jC1QHT mXES KILLED BURNING SHATT. Ore Han Sua 3iia-i.StTta i Hart Bta Ecccrtrtd. I Me.Urtf, Oil.. !Vk ZLtof-ai jsntir lilkd oii: s4 ce u t&tMitjr at a trtnil S thm 5f ia KAt. No. 5, of S Wrura Coal a4 here. Oae ha&4red ajJ Mwsty t&m vtr ia the trice mhrix ll Cm hrxAe it at Bws yeierday. .Ill b-t 10 ; edL . , Hitit dead UmIms had Wt r misl'thi ttHrtiiu: ael . t&aza aa later tttnt4 alir. The nunc lnua a tn of th driest aad hottrit ca the lt. Th fire aaid to ht lm ttarted by prinUinir tb dua ilh Mt It U till rarnrtn, ad there apfiean bat ilight boje of rrwaiftg the ofee saaa till miinsr. Heretic (ttrtic. a err unable to pea et rate far into Uie orliRc UUv a account of the flarr,c. ar.d utile the miner in m foanJ h ill Im aa doncd to hi faU nd the u.tr.e aled. A youns Mevican m and Cbctttr Caldwell, a miner. aed a wore of live by ruhifnr llirotish Ibe variou viaj;c and prethni: the aUrta. The miner. tha martlet eejprd. The (iovenmaent niine rceue crew from Me.VleXrr went to the cn and a nero a the frrt man found alive alter tin etplortnsr rty enter ed the mini. ... In the frame riHtn, however. th even dead cfe Tj'iind. VA n.rn be-- lievt-d to c tlf.n! rr ivrl whrti they n-aehii! the ouUide air A BIG ENTERPRISE. French Syndicate Taking Options to . Develop Power on the Yadkin. - Salisbury, Feb. 23. With a view In developing a two million d&llor water and electric jwer plant oa the Yadkin" river two miles below the bij Whitney Reduction plant, near Albe marle, a French lyndfrate b now tak ing option on property in that Mo tion. C M., Armstrong, of Troy, if representing the syndicate w htrh. pro kcs to furni.h the money for the development of the dan. The line of the new Raleigh-Charlotte rail road U to croM the riverat the name place, and when the survey ha beta completed it is stated work on the new electric Mtem will be started. The new company, it i underwood n ill be in eomitetition with the WhlU FORTY LONG YEARS. Prominent Bostonian Now on the Way to North Carolina to Claim Them. Boston, Feb. 21. A prominent Bostonian is now cji route to Hay wood county to claim hi niece who have been lost for forty year. It U claimed that they have been hidden away and the affair is a great myt tery. 1 Read Adrertisements in the Tribune and Times. The merchants who want buine should want it had enough to auk the people "for their trade. The Time and Tribune are the only mediums through which they can rcaeh the 1 leople of Concord arfd Cabarru county. v We ask that our friends and read ers watch the advertisemet t in th Tinies and Tribune, patronize the lire- merchant who think enough of your .buMnes to tell you what they've tiot j . j M SCI I. Let u all work together for ilding of Concord, our horn !the unbuilding of Concord, our horn merchants and the Concord Tribune 'and The Times. Police Find Plot in Bemon Caie. Raleigli; Feb. 22. Fete (io, of Durham, wa held todaya a uitnete for the coroner jury in the death of three Benson men asphyxiated ihere on February 5. The ofTicers ar j igging tn or me fttaie jtt the National convention tor WI r m . ' ir j. v, AW 1 the nomination for President. An I amendment to the 'compromise reo llution -providing for the endorsement of Clark was lost by a vote of 314 to Mr, E. L. Efird has gone to New York to buy goods for Efird ' depart ment stores. Daring his absence Mr. Paul Efird, of Gastonia, is ere at Efird's. . . :- -: ::Jy7:- -::::'' : -r'::y: . V -"Si
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