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CONCORD, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1911
Sin! Copj 5 CmU. No 152
; A SHORT 8ESSKW. ' j
Legislature Disposes of Day's I Mines
la Half an Hour Solona' Anxious to
Go Home. ' . '
.Raleigh, "N. C, January 7. It re
quired lee tbaa half hour today ia
both Senate and houa to transact
legislative day 'a business.
Among the new bills was one by
MePhail in the House to prohibit the
sale of cigarettes in North Carolina.
By Senator. McLaughlin to estab
lish the new eoutny of Hoke out of
parts of Cumberland and Robeson, i
By Senator Johnston, amendatory
of landlord and tenant act.' .
By Representative Stamp, to regu
late interest.
By Representative Ewart, to pro
hibit payment poll tax of voters for
the purpose of influencing votes.
The Corporation Commission sub
mitted ' report as to investigation of
freight rates to interior from North
Carolina ports.
Speaker Dowd announced that he
would announce most of the important
standing committees Monday.
LLEWXAM.
The session of the House Friday
was lull or important matters and in
teresting incidents, True, the local
bills, were there, but sandwiched in
were matters of large importance. No
tably, Mr. Battle's bill, looking to a
reform of the administration of the
criminal law; Mr. Koonee's measure
seeking to curb the alleged extortion
ate charges of fire insurance compa
nies as suggested in Governor Kiteh
in's message; Mr. Stubbs' bill calling
for a constitutional convention; Mr.
Pace's bill 4 protect labor organisa
tions, and the resolution of General
Cany removing the charter limitation
which prevents Trinity College from
holding more than two million dollars'
worth of property.
Judge Ewart made the first speech
of the session in the House and made
it so well that he secured thel&ssage
of bis resolution, favoring NewOT-
senator uranam also introduced a
bill requiring the Southern Railway
to operate between Raleigh and
Greensboro two additional passengei
trains, one to leave Greensboro about
7 o'clock in the morning and arrive
in Raleigh not later than 9:30; the
other to leave Raleigh about 8 o'clock
in the evening and reach Greensboro
about 10:30.
Mr. Barnes submitted a joint reso
lution ratifying the Sixteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the Unied
States, an amendment which provides
for the laying and collecting of taxes
on incomes. "
Albemarle to Entertain Editors.
' The Albemarle correspondent of the
6th of the Charlotte Observer says:
At a meeting of the board of gov
ernorrof the Piedmont Club last night
the question of bow to entertain the
State Press Assoeiatioin came up. It
was decided to spare no pains or
money in giving the editors a warm
reeeptioin during their stay of an hour
here on their WinstoiKsalem-to-Char-leston
trip over the Southbound on
the 26th instant. Lunch will be served
and generally a good time given. Rev.
Geo. H. Atkinson and A. C, Honey-
eutt were appointed a committee to so
licit funds to defray expenses of the
entertainment. Messrs. J. Harris,
W. L. Mann and Dr. G. M. Feagin
were appointed, a committee on enter
tainment. These gentlemen are enthu
siastic ovr the editor's stop here and
will leave nothing undone for their
comfort and pleasure while in our lit
lie city.
. : " To Skip a Tobacco Crop.
. By a practically unanimous vote
"., growers of white bnrley tobacco, used
'. in the best grades at smoking ' and
chewing tobacco, decided in conven
- tion at Lexington," Ky., Thursday to
plant no crop for 1011. The delegates
represent the most important produc
ing industries in Kentucky, Ohio and
Indiana, where this special quality is
crown. - . . - -yv: ..
-Crops in other years havarun to
300.000,000 poinds, with nearly 100,-
000 growers The action was taken
? - beeanse bf heavy stocks unmarketed
- and resultant declines in prices.
Nearly all of the 1910 crop remains
' unsold and warehouses in Louisville,
Lexington : and f Cincinnati report
.8,000,000 pounds in band from , the
pool of 190..ii:a,;-e'':--.
'
Governor Kitchin commissions Edi
. tor R. R. Clark, of The Stalearvilie
Landmark, a member of the board of
directors of the Western State Hos-
. pttal for the Inserts at Morganton to
- succeed L. H. Armfleld, deceased,
The bachelor who marries an old
- flame never expects her to get np and
,;. kindle the kitchen Art.
""V a OABARftua nrnnrroa. ;
Greensboro Capitalist! - Considering
Manufacture of Cotton Chopper.
Mr. R. L. HartselU of No. 10
township, a brother of Mr. J. L. Hart
sell, of Concord, recently received
letters of patent for a cotton chopper,
which, Jt a said, is better than any
thing of the kind that ia before the
public. The Greensboro News of Fri
day says:
R, L. Hartsell, of Smith's Ford, an
inventor and patentee of a cotton
chopper tn combination, is in the city
Lin the interest of bia invention with a
view to hivng practical testa made
before a - party of local 'capitaifistsi
who arc considering the formation of
a company ror toe manuraetnre ox
eotton chopping machines. A practi
cal machine is being constructed in
one of the local shops from, the small
model on which the patent ras se
cured. It will be completed in about
a month, and it is likely that if a
suitable demonstration is made a com
pany capitalized at $75,000 will prob
ably be formed, and the plant erectec
here.
The eotton chopper is built with i
double edge oscillating hoe, cutting at
each stroke ,the hoes being properly
shaped at the edge for this, and is
driven by a change speed gear, cut
ting any desired stroke from 6 to 15
inches in order to suit the thickness.
The bearings of the hoe staff are pro
vided with a spring so as to give up
when in contact with stone or other
obstacle, and with a hand-lever to
raise or lower same to suit irregulari
ties of surface. The boe can be ad
justed by a lever to make the desired
strokes and for cutting cotton to a de
sired stand. Following the hoe are
a pair of angle scrapers, adjusted and
cushioned with springs to suit hard
land or loam, scraping ihe young grass
towards the middle of the row. .
It is provided with cultivator plows
following the scrapers, turning loose
clean soil baek upon the row, thus do
ing ihe work of. about eight or ten
men the old way, and doing it so as
to suit the most fastidious person.
This machine is so arranged by me
chanical skill that every part is an
anjustable one independent of the
other. To suit the irregular surface
and by means, of an arm and sleeve
the entire, machine can be raised to
of one lever. The machine as an en
tirety is perfectly adjustable at the
operators' pleasure, chopping the cot
ton, scraping young grass away and
cultivating the eotton all at one time
and by one operator.
Minister Bounced by Conductor.
An Asheville dispatch of the 6th
to the Greensboro News is as follows:
For failure to produce his ticket or
pay his fare, the Rev. George Cates,
a Baptist evangelist, was forcibly
ejected from the new Southern train,
the Carolina Special, at Arden, yester
day morning and was brought into the
Biltmore hospital today for treatment
of injuries which he claims to have
thus received.
Mr. Cates alleges that be came to
Asheville from Canton yesterday, en
route to Hendersonville, and that he
did not have time to exchange his mil
eage for a ticket as required by rail
road regulations in this state. On
the train, he claims, be offered bis
mileage book to the conductor and
cited the recent decision of the Su
preme court of this state, which de
cided that conductors should accept
mileage when offered them on passen
ger trains. Mr. Cates further alleges
that on his refusal to pay cash he
was put off the train and thereby sus
tained internal injuries.
Railroad officials state that the
conductor in questior offered to pay
the cash fare because Mr. Cates was
a minister, but that the latter rejected
the offer on the ground that he was
"not an object of charity.",
Fatally Crashed Under Falling Mass
of Iron.
Rev. R. P. Brysod, of Spencer, met
instant death in the Southern Railway
shops there Friday afternoon by be
ing crushed under three pairs of en,
gine truck wheels and axles, which
were being lifted by a huge crane, says
a" dispatch to the Charlotte Observer.
Rev. Mr. Bryson, who has not been in
the active ministerial work. for. the
past year, was employed as ma
chinist in tbe chops and was attending
to his usual duties when the tragic
accident occurred. The crane bearing
bearing the ton, or more , of truck
wheels suspended by a chain was pass
ing over bis head nd thai chain sud
denly broke, precipitating , the mass
of iron down upon the bead of Mr.
Bryson who was caught at an un
guarded moment, and he never knew
what killed him. , f
W. 0. Hart, of New Orleans, tells
this story: An old negro was brought
wp before the judge charged with
ehdeken stealing, and when tho usual
question was propounded, "Guilty, or
not guilty!" be said: "I don't know,
boss; I jest throw myself on the ig-
DR. "WINE 00 IT IN ALASKA.
Factor' of First Methodist Oharch at
Fairbanks.
Rev. Thos. E. Wineeoff, D. D., who
was reared in this county, and is well
and pleasantly remembered by oar
people, is now pastor of the First
Methodist church at Fairbanks, Alas
ka. In writing us to send him The
Times Mr. Wineeoff adds :
"I am here in eharge of the prin
cipal Methodist church in Alaska.
Fairbanks is a good little modern city,
witb electric light, two daily papers,
eta- apd as quiet as old Concord, in
spite of the fact that, by good report,
- i ,i :a i a. n fin nnr
its annau goia output u iu,iwv.uw.
They say it is the latest fall ever
known here. "No cold weather yet,"
etc It is only 40 degrees below to
night. It will be colder by morning.
It goeg as low as 70 degrees below la
ter in the winter. (But it doesn't
bother us. It is far and away the
finest climate I ever saw nq rain, no
wind, no blizzard, no drifts, just clear,
stilL "bone-dry" cold.
I enclose a clipping that may in
terest my old Cabarrus friends. I
believe I has at least a few left yet
Very cordially yours,
THOS. E. WINECOFF.
"P. S. Am called to the Methodist
church at Dawson, Y. T., (the famous
Klondike camp) at a good salary.
Don't know whether I shall go or not;
but I like the place."
The clipping is a poem of Dr. Wine
eoff 's printed in the Fairbanks Sun
day Times, and ia as follows :
(The Pacific coast salmon returns
at the end of four years to fresh wa
ter- and always to the same stream
where it was hatched to spawn and
die.)
Homing Salmon.
My wander-years are o'er, my hom
ing near;
O'er all the sullen roar of far-flung
seas
The home call of the mountain peaks
I hear
The love that ne'er forgets freights
every breeze.
The stormy joys of secret seas are
spent;
The little brook bat j. bathed, me at
Wii Aniafc nnnla rhrA :
Their wireless call for me around
the earth.
Through all the lonely leagues of
salted seas
The same home-hunger haunts my
silvered mate,
Nor stream unknown, nor seas un
charted, atay
The heartthat only home and love
may sate.
My bleaching bones no yeasty sea
shall stain,
No stranger stream my dimming
eyes may lave;
My last long look to skies shall turn
again
That smiled upon my birth and my
on my grave.
: THOS. E. WINECOFF, D. D.
The Rev. Dr. Wineeoff has the ra
ther unusual distinction of being one
who not only gets his verse published
by Eastern journals, but even- gets
paid for it, which is rarely done even
for good verse. "Homing Balmon,"
written for the Times, not only
tonches a subject familiar to Alaskans
but voices the homesickness, also pain
fully familiar to many a hardened
sourdough, even.
("Sour dough" is Alaskan for
"old resident.")
Found Dead on the Ere of Their Wed
ding. At the home of Mr. L. F. Blosser,
at Cumberland, Md., last Saturday,
bis daughter, Miss Grace, and Chas.
Twigg, a prominent citizen of
Keyser, W. Va., were found dead
seated on tho sofa in the parlor. They
were to have been married next day
and were making arrangements for the
wedding. Keyser had called and the
two sat in the parlor talking. After
a time some one went into the room
and found them both dead.
Death was found to be due to poi
son, bnt the idea of suicide is econted
and the affair is a mystery. The wo
man bad been married and was di
vorced. Our Capital, Surplus and Profits of
$150,000.00 furnish ample means not
only to assist the business man, but to
protect his deposits. ; y . '
Yon art cordially invited to place
your account witb this Bank.
. , FERSOVAL XESTX0V.
Soma of the People Sara tad Cac-
' vitre Who Come and Go.
Mr. Eugene Fink is spending the
day in Charlotte.
Mis Annie Hoover 1s spending the
day in Charlotte.
lit, P. M. Keller is spending the day
in Charlotte on business.
Rev. C. P. MacLaughlin is spend
ing he day in Charlotte.
Mr. Brice Caldwell has returned to
A cV M. College, Raleigh.
Mr. D. O. Cash, of Charlotte, is a
business visitor in the city today.
Mr. Robert flrier has gone to Meck
lenburg county, where he is teaching
school.
Mi's. M. C. Barrier has gone to Lex
ington to visit her daughter, Mrs. S.
W. Beck.
Mfss Emma Rudolph, who has been
visiriiig friendg in the city returned
to her home in Greensboro today.
Waterway is Opened.
Ta-cnty-five hundred people, includ
ing many men prominent in state and
nation, attended Friday a public cele
bration of the completion of the first
link of the proposed inland water
ways canal from Maine to Florida, on
the banks of the waterway near Beau
fort. The celebration was preceded
by a parade of naval and government
boats, headed by the revenue cutter
Pamlico.
TJie canal has been under construc
tion since 1907 end was completjbd
last December. It shortens the dis
tance from Oriental, New Bern and
other points to Beaufort and south
ern points about 90 miles and gives
double the depth of water. The canal
is 90 to 230 feet wide and 10 feet deep
at mean low water, which at hirh tide
will give about 12 feet. The length
is jO miles, five of which were cut
through dry land, the remainder by
dredging and straightening Adam and
Cars creek. It connects 3,100 square
miles of navigable sound wateot and
1,700 miles of navigable rivers as well
as 'giving an inside ronte to coastwise-
vessels, enabling them to avoid
treacherous Hatteras and Cape Look-
To Prohibit Near Beer.
News and Observer.
All the daily papers yesterday, ex
cept the New sand Observer, carried
big headlines over the Legislature pro
ceedings, declaring that a bill had
passed the House to prohibit the sale
of near beer in North Carolina. Every
where the news was read with pleas
ure, alike by the opponents of prohi
bition and those who advocated it,
for this unlooked-for abomination and
nuisance has few friends in the State.
Unfortunately, it must be stated the
bill that did pass applied only to
Macon county. It is to be regretted
that Representative Ray did not make
it applicable to the whole State, and
such a bill ought to pass and will be
hailed with pleasure by four-fifths of
the people of the State.
Little Folks' Party.
Little Miss Lura Caldwell enter
tained a number of her young friends
at her home on North Spring Street,
Friday evening, in honor of her vis
iting guests, Oena and Thomas
Church, of North Wilkesboro. Those
presentwere : Isabelle Ooodson, Lau
ra Gillon, Miriam Morris, Minette
Marshall, Lena Hall and Johnsie
Fisher, Elizabeth DILck, Frances
Young, Virginia and Annis Smoot,
and Bet Lilly Caldwell. Refreshments
were served, and many happy mo
ments were enjoyed by the little
misses in playing games.
Both the Speaker of the House and
the President pro tern, of the Senate
are Mecklenburg men and the Char
lotte papers have almost admitted
that for once, for the time being
they are satisfied for Mecklenburg.
Statesville Landmark.
Colonel A. B. Andrews has secured
the names of all the Confederate vet
erans who are members of the Gen
eral Assembly and will give a dinner
next week in thear honor.
ARE PARTICULARLY DESIRED
by this bank which endeavors at all
' times to learn the needs of the Farmer,
Merchant, Firm, Corporation and In
dividual Depositor and meet them in
a helpful manner.
The Cabarrus
Savings Bank.
WITH THE CHURCHES.
Assodita Reformed.
Sabbath school at 10 a. m. At 7
p. m. the pastor will preaeh a second
sermon especially to men. Text, John
19:22, "What I have written, I have
written." Public invited. No 11
o'clock service, as pastor will be at
Kannapolis.
St Andrews Lutheran.
There will be services at St. An
drews Lutheran church tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock, and tomorrow
evening at 7 o'clock.
Central Methodist.
There will be the usual services at
Central Methodist church tomorrow,
conducted by Rev. T. W. Smith. Sun
day school at 3 p. m. Evening ser
vice at i p. m.
Rev. J. Walter Simpson will preach
in the Y. M. C. A. hall at Kannapolis
touiororw morning at 11 o'clock.
Commendable Action of the City Au
thorities.
Chief of Police Boger, by instruc
tions of Mayor Wagoner, held up the
sale of tbe furniture and other house
hold effects of Josh Gasky, which were
being auctioned off in front of the
court house today at noon, on account
of the fact that Gaskey's wife re
cently died of tuberculosis. After a
certificate from her physician stating
that the furniture was not in any way
contaminated with the germs of the
disease, the sale was allowed to con
tinue with the understanding Pat
when the auctioneer sold the bed
clothing he would state that they had
been exposed to tuberculosis. Gaskey
stated that all the household effects
used by his wife had been destroyed
by fire.
This action on the part of the city
authorities is to be highly commended.
With tho Clubs.
Mrs. J. P. Allison is hostess to the
Christian Reid Book Club this after
noon. Mrs. A. J. Yorke entertained the
Euchre Club this afternoon.
The Sorosis Book Club met with
Mrs. W. W. Morris this afternoon.
fey
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
Misses' and Ladies Storm Rain Coats
with hood attached, f 5.00 values
Special
$2.95
Parasols for school children under
priced at
49c & 69c
Ladies' .guaranteed .rain-proof .Um
brellas, $1.00 everywhere our price
Ladies' Umbrellas, extra heavy top,
fancy and plain natural wood handles,
$1.25 value Special
Our showing of Umbrelals at
$1.50, $1.95 np to $3.50
are splendid value.
Ring No. 116 for Your Wants. ,
SI 1. PaAs C.
RUIT OVER BY TRACT.
Mr. Henry Bost Had Left Log Badly
Broken by No. 43 Last Fix hi.
Mr. Henry Bost, a well known cit
izen of No. 11 township, was struck
by train No. 43 last night about 10
o'clock near the trestle a short dis
tance from the power house of the
Young-Hartsell mill. He was seen
around the depot earlier in the even
ing, and appeared to be under tbe in
fluence of liquor. Soon after No. 43
passed he was found on the side of the
railroad track in a serious condition,
having sustained a number of broken
bones and bruises. A physician was
summoned, who found tbe bones of
his left leg broken in a number of
places. He was taken to Charlotte on
train No. 29 and is a hospital there.
It is very probable that it will be
necessary to amputate his leg.
Mother and Child Asphyxiated by
Gascons Air from Heater.
Mrs. II. Q. Bannister, wife of the
manager of the Western Union tele
graph office at Raleigh, and her 17
months old son were abyxiated Fri
day afternoon in the bathroom of
their home.
Mrs. Bannister prepared for a bath,
using an instantaneous gas heater.
Her child accompanied 'her. Later
a servant, hearing the water flowing
into the bath tub for an unusually
long time, investigated and was horri
fied to find the lifeless form of Mrs.
Bannister on the floor and that of
the child across a chair. Just how
the accident occurred is not known,
but Mrs. Bannister evidently turned
on the gas without property lighting
the heater and was overcome by the
deadly fumes, the child suffering the
some 'horrible fate. The servant
braved the gas fumes and had the
presence of mdnd to turn it off.
Physicians were summoned, but life
was extinct in both mother and child
when they arrived.
Charlotte claimed 50,000 and- got
34,000; Greensboro claimed 42,000 and
got 15,000; Raleigh claimed 25,000
and got 19,000; Durham made no
claim at all and got 18,000. Raleigh
Times. '
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