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: v. vwxn&. ' VOL. XX. Price 40 Cents a month. CONCORD, N. G, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1910. Single G . No. 116 BIO DEAL IS CLOSED. Salisbury Oar Line and Electric and Gas Plants Pass Into New Hands. Salisbury Post, 23rd. Official anouncement is made today toy Mr. W. F. Snider, of the purchase by the Piedmont Street Car Company, a local corporation, of a controling in terest in the Salisbury-Spencer' Elec tric Railway Company and the Salis bury and Spencer gas - and electric plants, of E. N. Dean & Co., bankers, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. While the cosnideration is not staed the amount involved is necessarily large since the Dean properties are among the most valuable of their character in the, State. They have a monopoly vof the street, oar and. lighting facili ties for both. Salisbury and Spencer, the plant' are in fine condition and the service of a superior character. With- no likelihood of competition so long a the present excellent service is maintained (and assurances is given that it -will be improved) the Pied mont Company takes over one of the biggest and best propositions in Sal isbury. ' 'The directors of the Piedmont will not meet until June 1st and in the -meantime the old officers W. F. Sni der, president; T. H. Vanderford, vice president; T. J. Jerome, secretary, and W. F. Snider, T. H. Vanderford, Sr T. J. Jerome, M. L. Jackson and T. D. Maness, the latter of Concord, will officer fhe company,, with Mr. II. W. Frund, who came here with the Dean people, continuing? as general manager. . Two big things are planned by the Piedmont. The gas mains both in Salisbury and Spencer are to be ex tended, giving a service not now en joyed by some of the most important residential sections of the two cities, and the interurban line between Sal isbury and Concord is to be pushed to early completion. The Concord line, which will be finished in a short while, is also owned by this company. Danville's License $1,500. The Common Council of Danville, after a lengthy session-has adopted an ' ordinance fixing the liquor license in the city. :'. ' The license for a retail liquor estab lishment was fixed at $1,600, for a wholesale liquor house, $2,500; for a retail bouse with shipping and ex press priviliges, $3,000, and for a wholesale malt dealer, $1,000. The city license is in addition to the State and Federal license, which will make it very -expensive to go into the liquor business there. The Common Council fixed the open ing hour for saloons at 6 a. m. and the closing hour at 8 p. m. . The same restriction s in force in Danville several years ago, forbid ding screens, tables or any amusement features were adopted. The action of the Common Council will have to be concurred in by the Board of Al dermen before becoming effective. "Bitten by a Copperehead. Salisbury Post, 23rd. ' Hugh Miller, 14 years old, was bit ten by a copperhead snake near his borne in Providence township yester 1 day afternoon and for a while his con . dition was serious. The lad was in pasture when the snake, unseen by iiim, struck him just above the right ankle. Be hurried o his home but before jhe arived the poison, from the snake's fangs had begun to' take ef- feet and the limb swelled rapidly. An old-fajbioned remedy was resorted to and relief ; was obtained. A young chicken was kil ed and its warm body . placed over the wound. The swelling soon vegan to subside and when the chicken waa. removed the part applied to the bite was black. ' News from the yonng man today is that he Is considered out of danger. . Dr.3$ronghton Declines Call. ',. ' Atlanta'Constitnti&B, 23rd. !- " Dr. Leu 1. Broughton will remain in Atlanta to continue his work in the ". establishment of a 'great church in- stitution. -V.V'v-c'-'j - -' - "-' He made this announcement to the members of bis congregation at. the Baptist Tabernacle last night in a ser mon, which left his audience in eus : pense to the last. minute. - , r v When the climax came and he made the statement that be intended to de cline the call fronfChrist church, Lon- " don, he broke into tears, and all the members of his congregation ' were - visibly effected. - Albemarle, North Carolina, has the unique record f- doubling its popu lation nearly ten times in fifteen years. It baa grown from a village-of 400 to a ckv of more than 7.UUU m , the past six years. Itis known aa the ; "Brick Town" its entire business dis trict' being solidly built of this ma : teriaL " A $3,000,000 electri genera ' ting station eight miles away on th Yadkin Elver will Boon eliminate all need of other manufacturing power in the big cotton, textile an dother mills - . . . . . i ... i 01 tftis young lnaucmai giant at wei central ortn Carolina. - . MUSICIAN DEFRAUDS PEOPLE. Blind J. M. Maasey Works the Fake Check Backet. The Monroe corespondent of the Charlotte News has the following con cerning the doings .of "Prof." J. M. Massey, who is known in this section : "The case of J. M. Massey, a blind music teacher of Monroe, is exeiting much interest throughout this section of the country. Maseey has defrauded people in Union, Anson and Mecklen burg, and it is expected that his bosrus checks have not all been heard from. His plan of operation is to have an accomplice draw a check dated ahead of time, on some bank of this section, and forge some fictitious name. Mas sey would then proceed to have the checks cashed. So far seven of these fake checks have been protested, and the endorsers are kicking. The checks were all dated within two weeks of each other, and about ten days ago, the time when he knew the first one would be protested, Massey skipped out for Virginia. Chief of Police La- ney, of Monroe, has traced him by let ter throughout Virginia, and has finally located him at Henderson, N. C, where he is in jail in default of a $50 bond. Chief Laney has wired the uemlerson authorities to send Massey to Monroe as soon as he is tried there. The chief of police stated that he had Hieen seven of Massey 's checks which have been protested. These checks are for amounts varying from $20 to $35, and are dated from May 1 on. Mr. Laney stated that another worth less order was cashed by Massey in Raleigh, and that the biggest check of all that Massey is known to .have drawn, for $125, has not yet been heard from. "Massey is said to be a good musi cian. He came to Monroe several years ago and engaged in the business of touring the country and giving mu sical entertainments and recitals. He is known as "Professor" Massey. Chief Laney said that since he has been chief of police, he has received no less than fifty letters fromthree states, complaining that Massey had "done" the writers. From some be had obtained money, from others he had taken violins and what-not, pre tending to make repairs. ' ' There is another side of the ce from which sensational developments' are - expected. Massey had an agent to write the checks for him, for he is blind, and could not dj it himself. The police here know who this person is but no arrest has yet been made. The reason for this, it is reported, is that the person who drew the checks for Massey was fooled into it and did not know that a crime was being commit ted." Durham Doesn't Want Bishop Kil go to Move Away. Durham Dispatch, 23rd. The return of Bishop Kilgo from Asheville, where he attended the con ference, naturally gave rise to the question of his residence in the future, and in answer to such a query this af ternoon Bishop Kilgo said: "For the present.I am concerned about Trinity college commencement being on hand and the closing of the year being upon us. As for jny future residence, I cannot say anything now. That matter hasn't been decided and won't be for some time yet." While other places in the state are putting in their claims for the newly made prelate's residence, Durham people haven't brought their minds to the view that Dr. Kilgo will leave Durham. He likes no city better than this, and it is not supposed that any other municipality would like him bet ter than Durham. Death of Mrs. L. 0. Hubbard. Rev. T. W. Smith 'receiyed a tele gram this morning stating that Mrs. L. C. Hubbard, mother of Mrs. Smith, died this morning.' Mrs. Smith re ceived a message yesterday morning saying that her mother was very ill, and she and Miss Sudie Smith left on the morning train for Clinton. , ' ; Mrs. Hubbard was 86 years of age, and is survived by - seven children : Messrs. L. H. and T..L. Hubbard, of Clinton; W. L. Hubbard, of Virginia; Moseley .H. Hubbard, of -West Vir ginia, and C M. Hubbard, of Fayette ville; Mesdames T. W. Smith, of this city, and J. D. Kerr, of Clinton, Jtfrs. Hubbard had several times vis ited Mrs. Smith here, and bad a num. hereof friends m Concord, among whom she was greatly esteemed, . ' Eclipse of -Moon Last Night. - Those who sat up late enough' last night were well repaid by seeing a total eclipse of the moon.. The comet in the earlier part of the night had lost interest to gazers as it' was hardly large enough to see. The total eclipse began about 12 o'clock, and lasted about two hours. ' The eclipse was visible all over North America. ; Senator Dick wilThavano opposi tion within bis own party for re-election- to the Senate. Ohi6 must be feelings its Democratic oats this year. THE PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. Deeply Chagrined at Mistake Made In Sending Greetings to Methodist Con ference. Despite the protest that the action might binder union with some other church the Southern Presbyterian church in General Assembly at Lew isburg, W. Va., Monday afternoon adopted an optional form of convey ance whereby future donors niay be assured that their gifts will remain forever in that organization. The committee ou marriage and di vorces submitted reports. No action was taken upon them. Whether a church may take fa vorable action on prohibition in a regular election, must be acted upon by the assembly. Upon recommenda tion of the judicial committee the as sembly .organized a -commission of - 27 to hear the complaint of Rev. W. I. Sinnott against the Northern Alabama Presbytery. That Presbytery is charged with having taken Action un der such circumstances. The assembly is deeply" cliagrined at a mistake which is said to have crept into the greetings sent to the Southern Methodist Conference at Asheville. In the message the as sembly referred to Isaiah 52-7 as expressing its sentiments. Instead of the brotherly passage about the mes sage from the mountains being cited, it is understood the rference when it arrived at Asheville, was Isaiah 53-7. This passage tells about ' ' lambs led to the slaughter." "Coming just after the election of seven bishops," the Rev. C. R. Hyde, of Little Rock, Ark., told the assem bly, "our Methodist brethren may think us officious." lie suggested no more references bo included in greetings. B. N. Duke Quite 111. The condition of Benjamin N. Duke, who is ill at Durham, is practically unchanged, though there is no reason to doubt that he has typhoid fever. The disease isn't unusually malignant, though his temperature has been very high for the early stages of it. He has received a few visitors and from New York there has been a swarm of telegrams to the family. The big pa pers of the north, are sending out in structions, to thir representatives at Durham to keep them" posted nightly as to the tobacco magnate's condition, and it is being done. The diagnosis has been verified by bacteriologists in the university lab oratory at Chapel Hill and in Ral eigh. Benjamin N. Duke is credited with being one of the eight men, or estates, who control the enormous Tobacco Trust through their ownership of a majority of the $40,003,000 common stock of the American Tobacso Com pany, the parent company. These eight -men or eslnles, are James B. Duke, Thomas F. Ryan, Anthony N. Brady, Benjamin N. Duke, Col. Oliver H. Payne, the estates of William L. Elkins, of Philadelphia, and William C. Whitney, of New York, and Peter A. B. Widener, of Philadelphia. Some Corn. Mr. J. P. Allison has some corn in his garden that is growing some and then some more. He planted the corn the middle of March and last Satur day be measured some of the' stalks. On that day the stalks measured six feet. On Monday they measured six feet and four inches. Today they measured six feet and ten inches, which is surely growing -some. This corn has never been worked with a plow or hoe and at the time it was planted no fertilizer was used. If Col. Wade H. Harris will come over we will allow him tha privilege of elimbyig one of the- stalks so as to get a good look at the comet. Suits Against New York Cafe. The Carolina , Bottling Co., II. L. Parks & Co., Gibson Drug Store, G. W. Patterson, A. J. Scott and W. F. Morrison brought suit against James B. Smith, trading as the New York Cafe, for accounts they alleged were due them by the cafe. Smith claimed that he has sold the cafe to the par ties who are now operating it and that he was not responsible for the debts. Mr. L. T. Hartsell represented Smith and Mr. W. G. Means the merchants. Sqnire Pitts rendered a judgment against Smith for $109.64, the amount of the accounts. Smith appealed the ease to the Superior Court. Do You Belong? The 'Boosters' Club of America, Uti limited, has passed the million mark in its membership campaign. - There are no dues, no initiation fees, no assess ments, no insurance premiums, no re galia tax. Its one fixed requirement of every candidate is this creed and covenant which packs a" century of progress into an instant of hearty res olution: v , '- - ' "" ' . . "I will Push Not Drag. - V- ".v . I will Pull Not Lag r : "If I must Knock, I will do it-witb a Booster's. Hammer on the door of my town's opportunity," -., PERSONAL MENTION. Some of the People Here and Else where Who Come and 3o. Mrs. S. J. Lowe is visiting relatives in Fort Mill, S. C. Mr. Paul Lady has returned from a trip to Richmond. Mrs. Ella Willeford Ruff is visiting relatives in Concord. Mr. Julius Fisher has returned from a business trip to Baltimore. Mr. V. L. Norman left this morning for Misenheimer Springs. Mrs. J. E. Smoot has returned from a trip to Asheville and Wayncsville. Mrs. R. A. Brown will leave June 1 for Ohio, where she will spend a month visiting friends. Mr. T. H. Vanderford, of Salisbury, is-si ending the day in the city in the interest of the car line. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Garsed and Mrs. E. . Register, -of Charlotte, will spend tomorrow in Concord. Rev. T. F. Haney, of Hartsville, S. C, enroute to Belmont, stopped over last night with Col. J. N. -Brown. Mrs. M. S. Ferris, who has been vis iting her son, Mr. J no. Fox, returned this morning to her home in Kershaw. S. C. Miss Marv Sims, who lias lippn vis iting Miss Kva Mav Brown, rnfnrnpj yesterday afternoon to her home in Charlotte. Mr. J. M. Hendrix is attending a meeting of the North Carolina League of Building and Loan Associations in Charlotte today. Mr. J. L. Brown, who is engaged in work on the Misenheimer Springs ho tel, spent Sunday and Monday here with his family. Misses Grace Sample and Mabel Griswold, who have been teaching at Sunderland Hall, left yesterday for Black Mountain, whore they will spend several weeks before returning to their homes in Louisville, Ky. Miss Agnes King, who is attend ing Guilford College commencement, will come to Concord to spend two or three weeks -before going to her home in Texas. She has been at the Durham Conservatory of Music. Monday's Salisbury Post: Mrs. Lee 'Barn hard t and children, who have been visiting at Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Barnhardt's old home, for the past month, are spending the day here. They leave tomorrow morning for Black Mountain, where Mr. Barnhardt went twelve months ago for his health, and where they will reside. Guards Kill a Convict. State prison guards found it neces sary Monday to shoot to death a con vict in order to prevent the escape of a number of convicts who bad evi dently conspired to break away from their squad even at the cost of killing a guard or so. The convict killed was J. L. Fox, who was serving a 12-year sentence for manslaughter from An son county. He escaped from the pri son neraly a year ago by making up a dummy that he left in his cell to fool the guards while he made good his escape over night. The dummy was tucked 'away snugly in the cell cot. Very recently Fox was recaptured in New London, Conn., and brought back to the prison. He was a comparatively young man and nice looking when dressed in citizen's clothes. He is said to have killed two men and was regarded as a desperate convict. Sheriff McEenzie Had Narrow Escape from Death. Sheriff McKenzie, of Rowan county, had a narrow escape from serious in jury Saturday night in attempting to arrest a negro suspected of running a blind tiger. With Deputies Jim Kri der and .Lock McKenzie on their way to East Spencer, they came upon a negro in a buggy. Finding a quanti ty of whiskey in the buggy, the sheriff stepped betwen the wheels to arrest the negro, when the latter whipped his horses furiously and jumped out. To avoid being run over, Sheriff McKen zie clung to the vehicle and was drag ged about 100 yards, Anally falling the 'wheels passing over bis body.' He was severely bruisedbut not seriously hurt." Several shots were fired at the fleeing negro, but without effect. - Ile8celles, Body Cremated. The body of Sidney Lascelles, who died eight years ago in Asheville, charged with being the bogus ','Lord Beresford,' a bigamist 16 times over and a forger as well, was cremated in Washington Saturday and much mys tery surrounds the disposition of the ashes. . . - ; ' .'' ' ' '. The body was shipped from Ashe? vilte on JTriday. - Lascelles' wife No. 1, eaid to be a woman of a prominent New York family, is said tohave or dered the cremation, but any efforts to fix her identity have been zutue. ROLL PAP EX for adding machines always on, hand at The Tribune office.' . Old Cotton is Scarce, Charlotte Observer. A diligent search into the outhouses on the farms of Mecklenburg county and in the warehouses of the city would perhaps disclose the fact that there is less cotton in possession of the farmers now than at any similar period in a number of years. One prominent farmer of Providence township sold a large lot last week and it is nnderstood that he was one of a very few who have held their cotton so long. Of course, it is seldom the case that any except the larger and best-to-do farmers in this section hold on until so late in the year to bring a large proportion of their crop to the market, being driven by the mere force of cir cumstances to sell at i a earlier date in order to meet their obligations, if not for the reason that the price is as attractive in mid-season as later on. Until, however, a few weeks ago. considerable cotton was scattered over the county, but this has to a very large extent been disposed of now at prices little it any advance of what was offered early in the sea son. There was some indication of fab ulous prices being offered during the pruig, on account of conditions at tendant upon the closing of the season and also on account of reports from io new crop which generally be come a jwleDt factor in influencing the PETTICOATS BLACK HEATHERBL00M PETTICOATS just in, all sizes and a good range of prices. Every one guaranteed to wear. Priced S7, 1.50, 2.00 up to 3.0O Big Showing of Muslin Underwear Corset Covers 19, 25 and 35c Gowns, special at 50 and 75c Gauze Vests 5, 10 and 15c H. L. PARKS & CO. ' ; Is has grown steadily since organized in 1897. ... : The revised Sate Bank law rpates its Stockholder! liable, th same as a National, Bank. -:. , -' , It 'desires the Accounts of Fanners, Merchants, Finns and Individuals." , . V' -; . : V ' .-V-- ' . .It pays 4 per cent interest on ' It cordially invites your account to-day. .,-. -. market during the time of spring planting. These usual circumstances failed, however, to give the market any extraordinary boom and the price has clung around the figures which were prevalent during the entire marketing season. Getting Around a Difficulty. A friend of mine, who was once county clerk, of Des Moines, Iowa, told me of an experience he had while hold ing the office, with a woman who made numerous calls upon him, in company with a man who was always in a state of intoxication. The purpose of their visit was to secure a marriage license. As a matter of coarse, the clerk each time refused the request. The last time the woman appeared as usual leading in her drunken friend, the clerk, in a most impatient mood, exclaimed : "My dear woman, why do you al ways bring this man 'here to get a license when he is drunkt" "Because," said she naively, "I can never get him to come along when he is sober." "The world is growing better," says John D. Rockefeller. Mr. Rock efeller should be immensely gratified that it is so, in view of the fact that it is largely his world. Whether or not you rare the ar chitect of your own fortunes, you have need of pletny of sand. Cabarrus Savings Batiks Time Certificates of Deposit.
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