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CONCORD. N. C. MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1911
NO. 153
X - DEAD MEMBER FROM MONTGOM--;
ERY EULOGIZED.
Tin Standing Commfttaes Appointed
si Senator Hartaell "One M the
. Handsomest Members of the BeatU
Matters of Legislation to Coma Up
!aligh,N.C January 9. The pro-
' reedings of the Legislature today were
principally confined to the announce
ment of the death of Representative
0"' Stewart, of Montgomery, by-MoGill
in the House, followed by an eloquent
tribute to the deceased by General J.
S. Carr, who eulogized him as a brave
Confederate soldier. Speaker Dowd
announced tea of the standing com
mittees only, stating that the balance
would be made ap from day to day.
-The chairmen of those announced are;
Judiciary, No. 1, Battle, of Wake;
Judiciary No. 2, Connor, of Wilson;
Finance, Doughton, of Alleghany;
Propositions and Grievances, Koonee,
of Onslow; Banking, Carr, of Durham;
Fish, Mc Williams; Agriculture, Als-
paugh; Health, McPLauL
The Senate adjourned also in mem
ory of Mr. Stewart to meet at noon
Tuesday.
Senators Boyden, of Rowan, and
Hartsell. of Cabarrus, are classed
among the "good lookers "of the Sen
ate and they are known to be among
the brainiest men in the "upper
branch " of the new General Assembly,
promising great usefulness to the State
and their respective senatorial dis--v
tricts.
-It is too early to pick the few
members in each house who are to be
the "leaders" in gneral legislation,
"' - but it goes without saying that Brown
v. ; - of, Columbus, will oe one of these
7 because olhjs fine ability, long expe-
' -" S x " 1 J " UX-kA.n .aaiiMJ
manshlp to wtiiclfhelias been assign-1
ed.As the head of the Finance Com
mittee, the most important task to
which lie wil laddress himself is that
of. securing legislation looking to the
better equalization of tax assessments
on real property one of the most
needed reforms in our State.
Tour correspondent has just been
talking with him on the subject and
finds he is very much in earnest in
this matter and we may hope with
confidence for some good results from
his efforts; He has already begun the
work and today pointed out some in-
stances of such inequality that were
- startling.
I find that there exists at the out
set much opposition to the bill intro
duced a day or two ago to increase
the salary of the governor to aut
thousand dollars. Of course the act,
if it should' become a law, would not
affect the salary of the present gov
ernor, because of the Constitutional
inhibition, but would' apply to the
next governor to be elected next year
and ,his successors. The pay at pres
ent is certainly inadequate, but it is
exceeding doubtxul whether any in
crease ..(even to $5,000) will be made
by this Legislature.
'Despite the Governor's recommen
dation, it is not certain by any means
thai the necessary step will be taken
looking to the investing of the chief
Executive of North Carolina with the
veto power strange as it may appear,
believe there is but one other State
now which withholds this prerogative
from its 'governor, and when one seri
ously considers the character' of some
of the bills . which -successfully run
the gauntlet, especially in the closing
days and hours .of a legislative ses
sion,' it does seem that it would be
a good thing for the State and the
people as a wbole 11 tbe governor nao
rthe authority to decapitate some of
,these traversities.
.. V Donghton, of Alleghany, who has so
f long figured prominently in the House
' and at the last session was really the
' (floor leader and "party whip" when
matters of the highest import were
' - under rconsiderationP.jilJready ' looms
np with full stature in the" present
House. -. He is one of the. strongest
men in North Carolina in br ont of
the House. ' .. , 1. ,
v The prospects appear to be excel
lent for the advocates of two of the
three proposed new counties. Wake
and Johnston, are almost certain to
yield portions of their territory to
the new ' county of. Ransom, .while
Cumberland and Robeson will con
tribute jointly to make the new coun
ty of Hoke. In the first instance
there will be little or no opposition at
all, and in the latter ease the affirm
ative of the proposition seems to have
the right-of-way. The bill creating
the county of Hoke has been intro
duced and is now in the hands of the
Senate, committee on counties, cities
and towns. This week the bill creat
ing Ransom county will be intkodubed.
The third proposed county (to be
ealled "Piedmont". I believe, if the
brat ever reaches the Christening pe
riod) is destined to have hard sled
ding as Randolph (especially) and
Guilford are both fighting the project
by which it is proposed to appropri
ate portions of their territory. All
this is not exactly "hearsa,y" al
though based on information gleaned
by your correspondent through talks
with legislators.
The author of -the old Stnbbs measure-(revived
from the "table" of last
session) has renewed hopes of secur
ing what it provides for a State Con
stitutional convention. But it is not
yet apparent that this General As
sembly has made up is mind to adopt
it desirable from some points of view
as it may appear.
LLEWXAM.
Mr. Walter Moser With Boston Team.
Under the head. "Coast Wonder
for Red Sox," the Boston American
of January Cth, contains the follow-
which will he of much interest to
Mr. Moser 's friends here:
"President John I. Tavlor. of the
Red Sox, has announced the acquis!.
Hon of a new man for his pitching
staff, in the person of W. F. Moser,
another Pacific Coast man.
"Moser played with the Oakland
Club of that League last year and
ranked sixtb among the pitchers for
the. season He-, won. thirty-ne tU
of the fifty-one game u-puened, and
was seen in more contests than any
other pitcher in the League.
" Moser 's home is in North Caro
line, but spends a greater part of the
winter at Trenton. N. J. He is a big.
rangy fellow says President TaylorJ
and from his build is the sort of man
who likes plenty of hard work.
"Most of the men who Tavlor has
brought from the West have made
good with the Red Sox, and at times
there has been a large delegation of
Redwoods on the team. Tbe Pacific
Coast League is fast company for most
players, and has always been a fertile
field for the Eastern scouts."
Mr. Lipe's Will Read at His Funeral
Salisbury Post, 7th.
Something out of the ordinary oc
curred at the funeral of Mr. Jacob
Lipe at Mt. Mbriah Lutheran
ehurch, at Land is yesterday afternoon
when, following a request, the pastor,
Rev. D. L Offman, proceeded to read
the last will and testament of the de
ceased from the pulpit. Mr. Line,
who was a devout member of the Luth
eran ehurch, bequeathed his stock in
the cotton mill at Landis to the Luth
eran Orphans Home' at Salem, Va.
The amount of this stock is $S(
though it is worth considerably more
than par. The bulk of the remainder
of the estate, which is estimated to
be worth between $5,000 and $6,000,
is left to Lenoir Colelge, the Lutheran
institution at Hickory.
Decides to Extend Albemarle's Limits
At a meeting of the Albemarle
board of aldermen Friday night an
order was passed to make an applica
Hon to tbe Legislature to change the
charter of Albemarle so as to take in
a part of West Albemarle. ... The peo
ple in that section of the town are
asking to be. taken in and but few
citizens now inside kick at them for
wanting to eome in. The line will be
run from Enrd Mill No. 1 north, tak
ing in the Second Baptist church, run
ning from there by , the Woodland
Mfg. Co., to the old line below the
Southbound depot. - Thar will add
at least 1,000 to Albemarle's popula
tion. -".v 'A '. '
It the Parlor Match Doomed?
' The parlor match is to be prohib
ited if a bill introduced Thursday by
Representative Mann, of Illinois, be
comes law. The bill prohibits the
HfranBportatiion of white or yellow
phosphorus matches nnder the pen
alty of a fine of $1,000 and Imprison
ment for three Tears.
Recent investigation -by the gov
ernment has shown that the use of
phosphorous in the making of matches
is attended with' such danger to the
health of the employes that President
Taft Urged in bis message legislation
looking forward toward the better
ment of conditions.. ' i .
XANNAPOLIS HEWS.
The "Marrying Parson" Aimin
8peaking Tuesday Night Presents
to Overseers Other Notes.
Our "marrying Parson" Rev. W.
T. Tarbirt has been busy again. On
Saturday night he said the ceremony
which united Mr. J. T. Baker and
Miss Mary Stoker, in the holy bonds
of matrimony, in tbe presence of a
large number of friends of the couple
at the home of the bride's father, Mr.
J. D. Stoker, on Maple street.
The Rawies family, a trio of New
Zealanders, entertained a very ap
preciative audience in the Y7 M. C. A.
auditorium Saturday night, remaining
oevr Sunday. Mr. Rawies delivered
a very instructive and inspiring lec
ture Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
on "From Savagery to Culture." Mr.
Rawies kept his audience interested
from start to finish and all were de
lighted, many shaking his hand after
the service end expressing their ap
preciation of the let-tnre.
There will be a public speaking in
the Junior Order Hall here Tuesday
night ,at 8 o'clock, in the interest of
the P. O. S of A., by Rev. E. W. Fel
ton, of Richmond, Va., national or
ganizer. The public is cordially invit
ed.
We failed to state in our last com
munication that a number of the over
seers and their assistants in the Con
non mill were very kindly remembered
Christmas by the hands in their re
spective departments. Mr. G. D. Mc
intosh, overseer of weaving, received
a beautiful watch fob. Mr. R. L.
Coley, overseer of the bleacljery, re
ceived a very pretty watch fob. (Mr.
H. R, Rowe received a gold monnted
umbrella. 'Messrs. C. W. Wright
and J. K. Ward each received hand
some presents also. We are glad to
see such friendly feeling existing,
whiclr shows that the relations be-
t
ween the overseers and tneir help
is friendly.
Tneie will be services in "the new
Presbyterian church next Sunday ev
ening at 7 o'clocs. The subject of the
sermon will be "Total Depravity."
Rev. T. B. Anderson is the pastor.
A committee consisting of Dr. S. B.
Klutts, J. E. Ewing and A. C. Huney
cutt. has been appointed to draw a bill
allowing Stanly county to vote for
bonds for good roads.
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Deposits.
"Buster Brown" and his Big Compan
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Our Capital, Surplus and Profits of
$150,000.00 furnish ample means not
only to assist the business man, but
protect his deposits.
Yon are . cordially invited to place
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WELL KNOWN MERCHANT FILES
VOLUNTARY PETITION
IN BANKRUPTCY.
Announcement no SurpriseCreditors
; Will Receive Very Little-Mr. Mil
; let Now Out of the City A Meet
iing of Creditors to be Held Here
i
i January 25th.
Mr. John L. Miller, a well known
nterchani of this city, through his at
torney, Mr. W. G. Means, filed a vol
ujitary petition in bankruptcy in the
United States District court in
Greensboro Tuesday, and has been
duly adjucated a bankrupt by W. S.
O'B. Robinson, Jr., of Charlotte, ref
eree in bankruptcy.
He left here Tuesday accompanied
by his son, Lester Miller, about 17
yenry of age, and told his wife that he
was going to Newberry, S. C, and
place his son in Newberry College,
and that lie would go from there to
Charleston, S. C. He intimated to no
one in his immediate family that his
business affairs were in bad shape, and
his wife did not know o fthe impend
ing trouble until yesterday morning
when she received a letter from him,
written in New Orleans and mailed
about 11 o'clock, in which he stated
that lie was going to eaten a train in
a few hours for the West and that
he never expected to return to Con
cord. 'He stated that his son, Lester,
was with hiin then. The news was
quite a shock to his wife, who has the
sympathy of a large circle of mends,
Mr. Miller was secretary ot the
North Carolina State Firemens' As
sociation, and always .attended the
meetings of the Association and was
exceedingly popular with the firemen
of the State. He recently issued the
minutes of this Association but an au
thentic statement as to his accounts
pQiild not bo obtained. He is under
bend to the Association.
iThe announcement "tff Mr. Miller's
failure did not cause a' ripple of sur
prise among the business men of the
city, as it had been known for some
time- that his business condition was
on an unsound basis and such a move
on his part was inevitable. A com
plete statement of the status of the
business affairs of Mr. Miller could
not be obtained this morning but it is
the general opinion of those-closely
connected with him that his creditors
will receive very little if anything
for their claims.
Mr. Miller is probably known by
as many men as auy man in the coun
ty, having for a number of years been
a merchant here and also been active
in polities, holding the position of
county treasurer for two years, and is
now chairman of the Democratic ex
ecutive committee of this county. He
is also chief of the fire department of
this city, secretary of the State Fire
mens Association, and holds several
important offices in fraternal orders
here. He is assignee tor Bost-Stowe
& Co., Merchants of the Young-Hart-
sell mill, and Carroll & Caldwell, gro
cers of this city, who made assign
ments during last year. Mr. Miller
has filed an inventory of the stock
of these two firms, but has not yet
made complete settlement of their af
fairs.
Mr. Miler is now out of the city
but there will be a meeting of his cred
itors in the law office of Mr. W. G.
Means, on Wednesday,. January 25th,
at which time his counsel says that he
will be present.
y, at the Opera House, January 12th.
ARE PARTICULARLY DESIRED
by this bank which endeavors at all
times to learn the needs of the Farmer,
Merchant, Firm, Corporation arid In
dividual Depositor and meet them in
a helpful manner. "
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Z Savings Bank.
A DOG LAW.
Petition Now Boing Gotten Up to Got
Bid f Worthless Dogs.
A petition has been drswn and will
in the eourse of a few days be sub
mitted to the voters of the county
which advocates a tax of $1.00 on all
dogs in the county, one-half of which
will go to the school fund and the
other half for the protection of birds
and other .game that have proved ben
eficial to the farmers of the county.
Those who are behind the measure
say that if it becomes a law it will
result in killing off half of the worth
less dogs in the county and at the
same time the valuable dogs will be
made subject of lareeny and protected
by law. They also, claim that $1,500
is a conservative estimate of the rev
enue that will be derived from such
a law.
If a majority of the voters of the
county signify their approval of such
a law by signing the petition the rep
resentatives in the legislature from
this county will introduce the meas
ure and work for its adoption.
Mr. Henry Bost Doing Well.
Referring to the condition of Mr.
Henry Bost, who was run over by
train 43 here last Friday night, the
Charlotte Observer this morning: says:
Mr. Henry Bost, of Concord, who
was brought to the Presbyterian hos
pital here early Saturday morning af
ter having been run over by a South
ern passenger train at Concord, is
doing well. His left leg, which was
mutilated and left . hanging by
shred, was amputated below the knee
Saturday. Mr. Bost 's experience was
a terrible one. It was 1:30 o'clock
Saturday morning when he was found
on tne main track. Whereas it is
Supposed that the Injury was in
dicted by train No. 43, which passed
Concord a few minutes before 10
o'clock Friday night. In all that
time the wounded man did not lose
consciousness. No hospital accom
modations were obtainable in that
place at that hour and the man was
placed on a Charlotte-bound train at
2:30 o'clock.
Other local matter on third page.
Spring Ginghams
and Galatea Cloth
We have on display today FIFTY
NEW STYLES in Pretty SPRING
GINGHAMS and GALATEA CLOTH
for making house dresses, children's
and boys dresses and bodies.
Ginghams in Small and Large Checks,
Plaids and Stripes, colors absolutely
fast priced,
32-inch Ginghams in nice New Pat
terns, an 18c cloth at, per yard,
Galatea Cloth in Neat Stripes and
Solid Colon for Fash skirts, toys'
clothes and shirts according to qual
ity, priced,
12 15c, 18c
One counter piled full of Ginghams
and Percales in short bolts that are
worth up to 15c, special,
Buy your Spring Ginghams now 1
Ring No. 116
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PERSONAL MENTION.
...
Borne of tat Peopla Hart and Else
where Who Coma and Go.
Mr. D. R. Hoover has cone to Souih
Carolina on a businesa trip.
Mr. S. J. Lowe hag gone to Ruther
fordton on a short business trip.
Mr. M. L. Cannon will leave to
night on a business trip to Eatonton.
Ga.
Mrs. Fletcher F. Smith, of Salis
bury, is the guest of Mrs. M. L. Can
non. The infant daught.r of Mr. J. F.
Harris, of North 'Spring street, is very
ill.
Mr. Richard Webb, of Greensboro,
will arrive this afternoon to visit his
brother, Prof. A S. Webb.
Mr. Qowan Dusenbery has recover
ed from hi8 recent illness and left this
morning for a trip on the road.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Allison expect
to leave January 30th for San An
tonia, Tex., to visit relatives.
Mr. and 'Mrs. A. E. Reynolds, of
Salisbury, spent yesterday in the city
the guest of Mrs. R. A. Brown.
Mrs. W. J. Hill, who has been vis
iting Mrs. John Fox, returned this
morning to her home in Greenwood,
S. C.
H. L. Parks & Co, have on display
today fifty new styles of pretty spring
ginghams and galatea cloth. See new
ad on first page.
Mrs. D. B. Privett and children will
leave Wednesday night for Galveston,
texas, to join Mr. Privett, who has
been there for some time.
Representative W. L. Morris
spent yesterday with his family at his
home a short distance from the city,
and returned to Raleigh this morning.
Mrs. Theodore Smith, who has been
visiting at the home of Mr. W. M.
Smith, returned this morning to her
home in Lynchburg, Va.
Mrs. Bertha Moody left this morn
ing for her home in Richmond, after
spending some time here with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Robinson.
Other local matter on third page.
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