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CONCORD. N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1911
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; TEE LEGISLATURE. '
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Tho Eoadinf of the Oomet'i Mes"
Began thia Morninf at 11:18
O'clock.
Special to The Tribune.
Raleigh. N. C, January 5. The
Governor's message was read in the
House thia morning, the reading be
ginning at 11:15 o'elock.
During the reading of the message
in .both house there were occasional
punctuations of applause, one of these
being especially noticeable in approv
al of the idea of a mountain educa
tional training school. The passage
referring to the recommendation that
water powers and elect rie light and
power companies be placed under the
control of the State Corporation Com
mission was received with silent at
tention, as was also the reference to
needed insurance legislation and inti
mation of anti-trust laws application
to insurance matters. His recommen
dation for the suppression of the mil
eage book exchange for ticket nui
sance which are so explicitly made,
met with evident approval. The two
cent per mile feature of that recom
mendation seems -to be regarded as
possibly an effective entering wedge
to bring the railroads to terms in this
matter. The. amendment to constitu
tion recommendation among which is
the one extracting most of the work
from the Legislature, In matters of
petty legislation, was dubiously re
ceived by some legislators. The peo
ple are as jealous of their rights as
ever and some of the Secretary of
State's classifications are not regard
ed as petty. The recommendation that
the Governor of North Carolina be
invested with veto power will cause
discussion and opposition, although
North Carolina is one of only a few
States that withhold this power from
its executive. Asked as to their opin
ions, most of the legislators regard the
messagt- a an able document, though
(as is :$pmaiWZt&,
Governor Kitchin) one that answers
opposition in some respects. The Cot-ton-Torrens
land registration system
got a nine boost from the Governor.
LLEWXAM.
Special interest attached to the
speech of acceptance by Speaker
Do a d, made yesterday, especially his
reference to increased support to State
educational institutions, he having
been president of the Baptist State
Convention that protested against in
creased support as detrimental to de
nominational colleger. He stirred ap
plause in expressing the liope that the
State's higher institutions of learning
would receive the most generous
treatment at the hands of the legisla
ture, not only in maintaining stan
dards, but in extending their equip
ment and scope so they will compare
most cerditably with those of other
States in all respects so "far as the
needs of the State will justify.
He urged that public -service cor
porations be made to eralize that they
are the servants of the people and
must observe the law. Still he wants
every worthy interest in- the State
protected an dencouraged. lie ex
pressed the hope to soon see electric
belt lines connecting the principal
towns of the State. He appealed that
nothing be done to disturb the busi
ness interests of the totate.
"Horned Man-Monkeys."
What, are described as skeletons of
a strange tribe of horned man-monkey
pigmies are being exhumed from
an ancient burying-ground discovered
near Jackrabbit Lodge, in the delta
of Topango Canyon,, near Santa Mo
nica, Cal. . Forty-four skulls and al
most as many complete sets of torso
and limb bones have been recovered,
together with strange antiquities ap
parently used by the tribe as weap
ons, and many stone mortars.
The tribe is thought to have been
the last of the kind and it is asserted
by a legend of the oldest Spanish fam
ilies that Aztec Indians exterminated
them npon their invasion into South
ern California. ' ;
, The bifit of the late Senator Matt
W Ransom will be unveiled at the
Caotiol Wednesday mgbt, January 11,
and the ceremonies- incident to the
unveiling will be held in the hall of
the House of Representatives, The
member of the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons of North Carolina will attend.
The bust will be presented by Hon
J. Bryan Grimes, chairman of the
North' Carolina Historical- Commis
sion, and it will be aeeepted by Got.
W. W. Ktchin. Other addresses will
1e made by ex-Judge R. W. Winston
Hon. A. H. Boyden and Hon. B. S.
POPULATION OF
NORTH CAROLINA CITIES.
Concord 8Unda Tenth Among the
Cities of too State is Population.
In tbe cenius figure given ont
Wednesday by Census Director Du
ra nd eight municipalities increased in
population from below 5,000 to totals
above that number. Tbe thirteenth
census statistics show 20 such cities
and towns in North Carolina in 1910
compared with 12 in 1000. Not a
single loss in population was recorded
in these placet during the 10 years.
In point of increase in population
Rocky Mount holds first place with a
274 per cent, increase. Durham fol
lows closely behind with 273 per cent,
and High Point shows a 228 per cent,
gain. The larger cities rank as fol
lows in percentage of increase:
Charlotte, 88 per cent ; Greensboro,
58.3 per, cent ; Raleigh, 40.8 per cent ;
Asheville, 27.6 per cent., and Wil
mington, 22.7 per cent.
Following is the announcement of
the director of the census of all cities
and towns of North Carolina having a
population in excess ot o.uuu:
Cities. 1910. 1900.
Asheville 18,762 14.(594
Charlotte 34,014 18,091
Concord 8,715 7.910
Durham .18,241
Elizabeth Citv 8,412
Fayetteville 18,241
Gastonia 5,759
Goldsboro 6,107
Greensboro 15,895
High Point 9,525
Kinston 6,995
6,679
or
4 610
5877
10038
4.163
4,106
Newbern 9,961 9,090
Raleigh 19,218 13,343
Rocky Mount 8,051 2,937
Salem 5,533 3,642
Salisbury 7,153 6,277
Washington . 6,211 4,842
Wilmington 25,748 20,976
Wilson 6,717 3,525
Winston .... 17,167
10.008
The figures given above show that
Winston-Salem stands third among
the cities of North Carolina in popula-
tion. Charlotte is first with over
34,000 and Wilmington second with
Over 25,000; Raleigh is fourth; Ashe-
lle fifth and Durham sixth; Concord
is tenth.
Improved Service to Knoxville, Oin-
xinnati,aiOBivilU mnAJPoJnlttS
.Effective with the inauguration of
the Southern's new train the Carplina
Special which is a solid through train j
from Charueston, S. C, to Cincm
nati, Ohio put .in operation on Jan -
uary 2, 1911, passengers for Knox -
ville, Cincinnati, Louisville, and points
west, cap leave Salisbury on train
No. 21, at 2 :30 p. m., which is a solid
through train from Goldsboro to
Asheville, with parlor car, arriving
at Asheville at 7 :40 p. m. and Cinem
nan at v:vv a. m. iiie varouiia
i? i "i rt t mi. - r i;
as
Special makes close connection at Lex -
ington. Ky., for Louisville and points
west. This gives three daily connec
tions from this section to Knoxville,
Cincinnati and points west, and very
greatly improves the service.
Great Earthquake Recorded.
New York World, 4th.
Seismographs in the scientific labo
ratories of many colleges throughout
the world, as indicated by despatches,
recorded last night that unusually vi6-
lent .earthquakes were occurring. The
tremorg were stated to be most severe.
Tbe vibrations began at 6:41 p. m.
and continued until 8:03. The maxi
mum tremors were recorded between
7:15 ind 7:45 being equally intense in
the north, south and east-west direc
tions. It was estimated that the shocks
were 3,500 miles from Washington,
D. C. Prof. Cady, of the Lawrence
(Kan.) University, said it was his
opinion that the disturbance was in
the vieinity of Chili, -although it was
calculated at the St. Lous university
that the shocks were in the region of
Iceland.
Death of Mr. Jacob S. Lipe,
Mr. Jacob S. Lipe, one of the most
prominent men of the Landis commu
nity, died yesterday at 5:30 o clock, p.
m. The funeral service will be held
at Mt. Moriah E. L. church tomorrow
at 11 am. Mr. Lipe's wife died just
three weeks ago yesterday, Mr. and
Mrs. Lipe bought a house and moved
to Landis abont 8 years ago. . He sold
bis farm to his' nephew. After his
wife died, and as he had no children,
he moved back to his old home to live
with his nephew, where he died. Mr.
Lipe leaves a (good estate. He has
been a director in the Linn Mills at
Landis since its organisation. He
was an exemplarary Christian man
and wise counselor and will tie
greatly missed by his church and the
community. -
f Postmaster W. Henry Hobson, of
Salisbury, Tuesday had the distinc
tion of opening the first postal sav
ing bank in North Carolina one of
the forty-eight established in the
United States. ..
Other local matter on third paie.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Soma of the People Ear and Else
where Who Coma and Go.
Mrs. Join Hopkins is visiting
in Spencer.
Miss Mabel Means is spending the
day in Charoltte.
Mm Josephine Smith is visiting
trends in Florida.
Mrs. P. M. Keller is visiting friends
in Kings Mountain.
Mrs. O. C. Russell is visiting
friends in Salisbury.
Mrs. Ted Maffit, of Charlotte, is the
guest of her brother, Mr. T. T. Smith.
Mrs. S. A. Wolff left this morning
for Gastonia to visit for several days.
Misg Isabelle Tet,-m, of Maryland,
is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Gibson.
Miss Eloise Farrow, who has been
visiting in Charlotte, Is expected home
today.
Mrs. C. R. Soars has gone to Salis
bury to visit her danghter, Mrs. M. J.
porter
Messrs. L. E. Boger, Fred Correll
and . A. Pol are spending the dav in
Charlotte.
Mrs. Joe Wallace anil daughter.
j Miss Llin, of Tyler, Texas, are visit
ing Mrs. W. W.Morris.
' 'ss Maue' Means is spending the
1 Charlotte. Miss Anna Slierrill
'eacn'nS fr her today.
1 Mr. Sidney Buchanan left this
morning for the University of Mary
land to resume his studies in medicine.
Misses Laura Noell and Kathleen
Smith will leave tomorrow morning
for Hamilton School in Washington,
D.C.
Mr( D. 31. Coltrane lias gone to
Greensboro to spend the day with his
: daughters, Misses Ruth and Elizabeth
; V.oltrane ot "'eensnoro remale Col-
lege.
Mrs. Galloway and Miss Laura
Noell, who have been visiting Mrs. P.
IB. Means and Miss Kathleen Smith,
will leave in the morning for Hamil
ton School, Washington, D. C.
, Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Barnhardt, who
have been visiting Mr, Barnhardt 'S
father, Mr. J R. Barnhardt, of No
8 township, returned this morning to
their home in High Point.
Night School at Forest Hill.
JW mu Methodigt ehurol,, has
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building on McGill street. The school
will be conducted on Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday nights. Up to the
present time about 15 young men have
enrolled. It is expected that a school
jfor girls will also be opened in a
o
aWt Hmo Tl,; i f n.
1 purpose 0' offering an advantage to
the boys of the city who have been
denied the opportunity of an educa
tion. The effort is a most commend
able one and Mr. Hutchins should re
ceive the encouragement and support
of all who are interested in the wel
fare of our citizenship.
Mrs. Taft's Dream Came True.
On June 10 next the president and
Mrs. Taft will celebrate their silver
wedding anniversary. The last event
of the kind in the white house was in
the administration of Rutherford B.
Haves. Mrs. Taft was there as a
young girl and it is on record she told
President Hayes, who was her father 's
law partner and her god-father, that
she would never be married to a man
who would not become president.
Hayes advised her to become an Ohio
man's wife if she wished to realize
I that dream.
Death of Mrs. Nash.
Mrs. M: M. Nash died suddenly fol
lowing a stroke of apoplexy at her
home on Kerr street yesterday after
noon. She was 45 years of age and is
survived by 8 children. The funeral
service was held this afternoon at 1
o'clock at the Methodist Protestant
church, conducted by Rev. A. 0. Liud
ley, and the interment was made at
Poplar lent.
There may. be such a thing as a
man of very few words ibut who
ever heard of a woman like that ?
Depositor and
apital,
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furnishs ample means not only to assist the business
mantimt to protect his deposits.
You are cordially invited to place your, Account with thia Bank
The Cabarrus
THE DOG QUESTION.
Citizen of No. 11 Township Sayi
Something Worth Thinking About,
Mr. Editor: Will yon please be so
kind as to give me space in your val
uable paper for me to give my views
on this most cussed and' discussed
question the dog question. The pop.
ulation of North Carolina is 2,206,187.
1 find in taking the school census in
district 3, township No. 11, that we
nave. 18 population, 74 children of
school age. I ulso found 36 families
owning 45 dogs, that being VA dogs
to the family, nearly one dog to ev
ery four people. If (he ratio for
Cabarrus county was like this school
distiict, there would be about 6,500
dogs in this county. If the State
uiuintajned the same ratio there
would be in her borders about 550,000
dogs.
What will it cosi to keen a doe
twelve months t I think 2l2 cents per
day would be very reasonable. That
would be 9.12 per year. That.being
the case North Carolina spends for
dog feed alone more than $4,950,000.
What do tiie dear people spend everv
year going to the Pasteur Institute!
I asked Mr. Kestler, then chairman
of the board of counry commission
ers, if he could give me about the
number of cases of rabies in the
State. He said he thought it would
average about two to the county. If
that's approximately correct we
spend considerable in this one item.
1 ts'ked willrone patient and he said
it cost him about $150. Multiply the
counties of the State by $300 and we
hnd another item of about $28,000
What would the losses from all other
sources be? We throw away every
year on account of the dog as much
as we spend for education of the chil
dren. Forty years ago nine farmers
out of ten that I knew had sheep.
How is it today f I don't believe one
out of every len keep sheep. I don't
know whether all quit sheep on ac
count of the dog or not but I know
some of I hem did. What else is .i-e
about to accomplish? Drive out the
hog. It is time to call a halt when
pork steak is worth 20 cents on the
block, with chances to go higher. I
see there were only 5,977 hogs re
turned for taxes this year. That's
less than one pig for four people
to 4wntj off breeding stock. They were
returned for a little more than $4
per head. 1 notice there were 117
dogs rot timed for a lit tle over $7
per head, nearly twice as much as
the hogs were returned at. What has
been the loss f rom hog cholera ? There
is no known agency that equals the
dog for the distribution of chol.ra,
for he will eat the carcass of a dead
hog and go ten miles, so to speak, to
lick the trough of a well hog and give
it the disease. The owner is at a loss
to know how his hogs caught the dis'
ease. He doesn't seem to know his
pet dog did the mischief. Who can
tell what the amount of losg through
the destruction of eggs and young
game?
I noticed in the Times of a recent
date that the Farmers' Union asks
that a tax be placed upon his head and
that he be confined as other farm
animals. I am not in favor of a tax
on the dogs. I want everybody to
keep as many dogs as they want and
when I say "keep" I mean keep
them on his own prynises; not him
claim and other people keep them. If
he or she, as the case may be, don't
keep them on their own premises,
they belong to the public, subject to
be killed by anyone that sees fit to
do so, without fear of prosecution or
a fine. This is my view on how to
denrease the number (of worthless
dogs in North Carolina. At the ra
tio of oar school district there are
more dogs in this county than there
are hogs. Sad indeed when hogs are
shipped in at the rate of about 100
head per week, which means for the
season of about five months in the
year, about 2,000 head,
We don't mind it so much as long
as the price of cotton is higlu I also
notice that there are 92.) sheep val
ued at a fraction over one dollar per
head. If our woolen clothes was to
come off the backs of Cabarrus coun
ty's sheep, some of us would go shiv
ering in the cold. Mr. Editor, I will
close before I say too much, lest it
should find its way to the waste
basket. . D. V. KRIMMINGER.
lXcL bylthi3 bank which endeavors at
all times to learn the 'needs of the . Farmer,
Merchant, Firm, Corporation and Individual
meet them in a helpful manner
Surplus and Profits of $150.
Savings Bank.
SMALL r ASMS.
What Is Needed in thU Country ii
More Tanners and Smaller Farms.
Over in Anson county, North Caro
lina, at Wadesboro, a company, called
the JJixie Development Company has
bee norganized with the purpose of
purchasing large traeU of land and
dividing them into small farmg and
selling these small plats to men of
moderate means. The company pro
poses to sell on easy annual payments
and at a fixed rate with a provision
for insurance in order that the pur
chaser may be protected from loss of
the amount paid in in case of death.
This is the beginning of the execu
tion of a long-cherished theory that
the South would prosper most when
tbe old plantation could be sub-divided
by proprietary farmers instead of
depending upon colored and other
tenants. The best stimulus to the
white farmer, native or immigrant, is
the open door of ownership of a 20 to
40 acre farm. The best incentive to
the colored man is the open door of
ownership of a farm of comparatively
small area a number of acres that he
can take care of himself.
Big plantations have meant, ever
since the civil war, a dependent ten
ent tenancy and a helpless poverty for
the owner. The tenant system on the
old plantations practically precludes
that diversity in farming that makes
for the best success. Cotton ! Cotton !
Cotton! and Poverty! Poverty! Pov
erty! Spiritless povorty! have been the
rule. Small farms, owned by their oc
cupants, mean increased population
and greatly increased thrift among the
owners.
When this movement has made a
fair start in its development there will
come the opportunity to inaugurate
the German system of land loan banks
on the mutual plan to furnish credits
for those who have not all the money
to pay cash down for a small farm
and a home.
NOTICE.
The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Citizens Bank and Trust
Company will be hel.! in the office of
the hank on Monday, January 9th,
1911. at 10 o'clock a.'m.
CHAS. B. WAGONER,
C-d3t. Cashier.
Relay lay
Ladies' Light-weight 54-inch Black
and Tan Striped Rain Coats, most all
sizes
$4.95.
$8.50 Ladies' Tan Coats, presto col
lar, guaranteed rain-proof
$6.95.
Misses' and Ladies Storm Rain Coats
with hood attached, $5.00 values-Special
Parasols for school children under
priced at
49c & 69c
Ladies' .guaranteed .rain-proof .Um
brellas, $1.00 everywhere our price
89c.
Ladies' Umbrellas, extra heavy top,
fancy and plain natural wood handles,
$1.25 value Special
98c.
Our showing of Umbrelals at
$1.50, $1.95 up to $3.50
are splendid value.
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COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS.
Apportionment of Funds Mad U the
Townships of the Comity by the
Board of Education.
The county boar. of education met
Monday ud mane tbe apportionments
for the various fchoois of the eounty
for the ensuing year. Tbe total net
fund received and to be received is
$24,377.81. Of this amount $3,205.00
was reserved for the purpose of pay
ing the expenses of the board, salary
of Superintendent, treasurer's com
missions, etc.. leaving a net amount
to be apportioned to the schools of
$21,177.31.
-Tb following is the apportionment
of this amount to the schools of the
various townships of the county:
So. 1 township $1,637.50
No. 2 township 1,698.30
No. 3 township L134.60
No. 4 township 2,152.20
No. 5 township 730.60
No. 6 township 1,193.80
No. 7 township 794.40
No. 8 township 616.30
No. 9 township 840.40
No. 10 township 1,706.20
No. 11 township 1,263.00
No. 12 township 6,400.00
Mount Pleasant 850.00
To Concord for adjoining
district 160.00
Total $21,177.30
The apportionment to the various
townships of this county averaged
over $2.00 per capita. This is the lar
gest amount of money ever appor
tioned to the schools of the county.
Dr.
Marvin Smoot's Child Has In
fantile Paralysis.
Salisbury Post, 4th.
Dr. and Mrs. M. L, Suioot return
ed Monday night from Baltimore
where they had been with their daugh
ter, who is suffering with infantile
paralysis, and where the little girl
was examined by eminent specialists.
They brought the child home with
them and were not greatly encourag
ed by the doctors. The many friends
of Dr. and Mrs. Smoot hope their lit
tle daughter by reason of its age, will
soon overcome the disease.
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