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VOL XXL- Prks, 10 CecU a lloclli. CONCORD. N, C, TUE3DAY, JANUARY 17, 1911, Blngla Oony, f Cents. NO. 159 1 ...,t aim; lulh.iliw,i LJL.J THE HOST IMPORTANT BILL IN TRODUCED AT TODAY'S . ::-r SESSION.'' - Incoms Tax Ameadment Set for Jaa- - nary 20ta Other Bill Introduced. ' 'Special to The Tribune. .' -';T '" Raleigh, January 17 Senator Boy den introduced the most important bill . in the Legislature today. It create a state building commission and pro " vide for the "erection -of a state ad' mi nist ratfve building for state offices; " The bill U each that it ia believed it will meet the approval of the Legis lator! and solve a question that baa - beeneausing much anxiety for several ; yearaf ; " ..-'v - : To . Senator Barnes income tax amend ment to Constitution of United States with its T f avorablsr repor . is set , for . , January 20th. , In the Hoom Koonee presented a petition against the licensing (he sale of near beer and urging our Congress , .. men to devise means to prevent ship ment of liquors into this State. Bill by Doughton, to make owners -- of dogs liable for damages in certain : By Rose, to regulate knd surveying, ; By. Roberts, to protect tlie water powers of North Carolina. : ' Bv Cox. W equalise the pay ' of - elerka in various State office? , ,- Senator Boyden, in speaking of his ' administration building till referred ' o the deplorable lack of. facilities at the present and the danger from fire of valuable papers and documents. The bill provides for the appointment of seven commissioners bythe governor ' to carry out the terms of the act Pro y. viwoiidefeve et. ' forty yeslond' issdVof one million and the'jstate building lg to be erected 1 on the block part of which is bow oc- eupied by the Supreme Court and Ag ' rirultural buildings. - - - LLEWXAM. IMPORTANT LEGISLATION KOT YET MAPPED OUT. Our Special Correspondent Writes About Many Things of Interest Be fort ths Legislature, Special to The Tribune, , Raleigh: January 17. The present band of lawmakers eouatituts about as democrat is a body as I recall ever having seen assembled at the capital during th twelve years I have been reporting the proceedings of the Oen eral Assembly.. '. .. Not many of them are given 1 to wearing dress suits (though 1 saw one; such with the tallest. kind of silk tile,' rigged out in a Prince Albert splitting the atmosphere' of main street Sun day all by -bis lonesome) but if any of them have Tuxedos stowed away in tneir grips tbey win fee given an op portunity to get into them next week. The first social State function has been set for Wednesday, January ,25, at which time the Governor will hold his first reception in honor of , the members of the Legislature. " , Thursday of this week (19th) is the anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee and the General Assembly will pay the usual tribute to the South 'a great est hero by adjourning when the hour for adjournment arrives, jn honor of bu memory. " There are not etiough Republicans and Populist fusionists here this time to enter even a protest. -And it is equally true that the corporal's guard of tbem in this Legislature will not have the effrontery to suggest a rep- the proposed new county of Hoke, whioh they tried with eonsKisravie how of success at one time to ereate at the hands of the last Legislature. - No. they are not "lobbyists." They will go -right op en the floor and tackle the most toelicoee appearing "servant of the people" right in his seat, and if he tries to dodge them there they dig him out at his hotel or boarding house I made here in the past few days. Mr. or anywhere else they trail him. R. Kindlcy haa gold hia roller mill One of these Macs whom I knew as known aa the Buffalo Flour Mill, to a legislator in a previous session and hi eon,' Mr. W. A. Kindlcy. The real who is cere again this time, tackled I transfer wjll take pace February 1st, me this mornitig. apparently, under! when Mr. W. A. Kindley will take DEALS Uf ILEAL ESTATE. A Property liKo.1 Changes Hands Broad Interest Growing and Pa tittoa is Eeady to Present to County Commissi oners Asking for Election Other Items of Hews. Some important deals . have been great stress of mind. I have been invited to visit a clnb " aaya he "tell me where I am to And it." ". . . "Further down street, sromptlv, "Oh, bnt I am informed it ia close to the capital btuldintv Where f" "Only one within call of the wewt- etition of that disgraceful act that blots' J.h Journal of a Fusion Legisla ture oi the nineties. There will be no adjournment in honor of the old arch miscegenationist, Fred Douglass. Arrangements have been made for an appropriate observance of Lee Day on the evening of the nineteenth. - The exercises will be .under the direction of Johnson-Pet tigrew Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy of Ral- eight and will take place m the ball of the House of Representatives. The speakers will be General Julian S. Carr and Judge E G. Ewart (both members of the House antfthe latter a former Republican congressman from hejenth district who is so unlike hia party fellows aa to be unrecognizable fit1 timesfc-'An'othef speaker'- will be fWoes tamediatdyriwrTf bf the cap- POUND DEAD IN BED. charge. The mill is now in successful operation and ia having a fine trade With Mr. Jno. Crowell se miller, which position he will continue to hold after tb property changes hands. : Dr. A. W. Moose and Mr, Sidney KUtte have bought the tract of land known as the ebankle plaee from Mr. era entrance is that one over there, W,' R. Kindley. Surveyor Long is and ina s a woman's cub." ! Itoeating tbe metes and bounds of the "Well, ain't that where I belong" tract today for tbe new owners. This "Not on your life if you are look-lis a most desirable piece of croDertv ing for a drink." ; , especially, in the view of the land . Iha other three or four proposed I boom which is about to come. new counties also have "delegations" ; Messrs. MoCanlesa, Miller and Rag- here this week more or less numerous hn,. of SalisBbry, are spending a few and effective. It takes a special large-(days here in tbe interest of the new size furniture van every morning; tot railroad. The prospect brightens as remove the printed "literature" on I the days go by. The petition for the tme subject, from the Senate t and bond issue baa alreadv manv more House before the Legislators can find than the necessary number of signers ready, meana . of . locomotion to their I to insure its being granted. Some of seats. Next day it i worse and to-lthev interested voters have asked for morrow it will be wusser. lhe most important legislation is npt yet mapped out. But there are many important bills already in the bands or committees." the special privilege of placing tbeit names on the honor roll Miss Mary Nussman, of Salisbury spent a few days here last week. Hiss Anna Bells Barrier is visiting Tbe favorable report on some mess-1 friends in Murphy, nre thus far are looked at dubiously Miss Elms Welsh is visiting her sis in. certain quarters. The pressing: teri Mrs. S. H. Lonar, in Charlotte. matter of providing a fireproof build- 'Miss Bessie MoEachren is spending ing for State records and books and fa days in Mooresville. museum, it is believed, will get atten- Mr. Hal Garmon ia spending a few tion sueh as will resnlt in something day with friends here. tangible this time. 1 . . r Messrs. J. J. Stone, John Tbacker, As to the proposed new State build- Robert Christmas, of Greensboro, will ing, for the accommodation of most Vtrrive today to spend some ttime of the several state departments, It is with Rev. J. K. Richardson. They clearly and inevitably a ease of bonds, wiu ftpend a few days hunting. And there are calls for bonds and Miss Myrtle Barrier, of Mont bonds.. Some of the plans are dead Amoena' Seminary, spent Sunday ait certain to get an expeditious Jnp to I her home in Kmier. Shs was accom the land where the woodbine twineth. I panted by her friend, Miss Ruth Frey. some of the legislative colts are ad-f Mt. Pleasant, January 17, 1911. .uvn.uijj III, nuniw 'TO Wfl Lja'-fc r i - SAYS E5Z3M08 EATB PEAKY. Commander's Companion . 14 Years Ago States Cook Is Loved. A curious letter from tbe Arctic Cir cle, written by "Mens," one of the party of Eskimos whom Peary took to the Far North 14 years ago and who the preparation for Peary 'a dash for were need for scientific purposes in the Pole, has been received by Royal A Stanton, of Cobleskill, New York. Mr. Stanton, now a student in the Western Theological Seminary here, formed an acquaintance with "Mene" while the two wera in New York and they became intimate friends." Mebe" was ths only one of the Peary party of Eskimos who escaped death 14 the Pole is yet to be found. Cook 1909 journey. Tbe letter was sent from Kjobenbo- an and is dated September 2, 1910. In regard to the Cook-Peary contro versy, "Mene" says in part: "I know you will expect something about' Cook. Well, Rob, I have gone to the bottom of the matter and no body up. here believes that Peary got much further than when he left his party. His name np here is hated for his cruelty. Cook made a great trip North. : He has nothing in the way of proofs here that I can find.. I believe that we went as far ag anyone, but the Pole is yet to be found. Cook is loved by all, and every Eskimo speaks well of him and hopes that be had the honors over Peary. Has he t I will know all soon and will let you know. "Come up here and I will show you how to find the North Pole. I will make you king. Then if you want meJ will eo back to New YoTk'with you. I will -wait for' you here, but come before I am frozen in the igloo with the crowshed pointing west." red:iUtter Unprotcctear : Prominent Citdssn of No. 6 Town- 7 ship Dies During the Night. , Mr Elias Cress, a highly respected and prominent eitisen of N. ft town ' ship, as found dead in his room this morning. He had not complained of feeling any worse -than usual when he retired last night and his death was a complete surprise to his relatives. He made his home wit hj his sister, Mrs. ' Raehel.Beatty, who after having called . him several times to come to break fast, and, getting no response, went to K big room; to find him cold in death. It is not known at what hour druing tht night he died. .There was no evidence of a struggle of any kind, death tak ing him instantly.' He died from in firmities of old age, . being 80 years ' old, -k';-V''jvvy'-s y ;-. Mr. Cress wag never married. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Rachel Beatty, and one brother, Mr. Daniel Cress. . The funeral services will be held at St. Johnls chnreh ' tomorrow at 2 "o'clock p. m. and his remains laid to- ,. rest in the cemetery there, lir i -S vji. Mr. Black Purchases Interest of Mr. ' -' ; . Shenari;;ftV'-g; A deal that has been banging fire for several days has been eonsumma - ted whereby Mr. R. K. Black has pur chased the holdings of Mr. James C. . Sbepard in ths firm of Black ft Shep- . : ard, and is now sole owner of ths busi ' Tiess.r Mr. Black will continue to con' duct this popular haberdashery at its '. present location.. under the name of hv. K. Black." , - - Mr. Sbepard, the retiring member ' of the firm has not definitely decided . what business hs will enter.4 He has - . a large number of friends here who :t wish him every success in whatever course he pursues. Mr. Black's own " ership of ths business will osure the contimiution of its well deserved suc cess of the past. r,;.'';vi',"r' ? Trinity Reformed Church. A splendid audience was present Vast night to bear Dr. Gner. His ger. mon was excellent characteristic of the man. Tonight and ' Wednesday night Dr. W. B, Duttera, of Salisbury, will preach. - The hour for service will be 7:30 o'clock. ' ' ' . ' . Tlie editor of The Tribune went to Greensboro this morning to attend meeting of ths executive committee of the North Carolina Press Association. Robert Ransom Williams, a grandson of Gen. Matt Ransom and grand ne phew of Gen.. Robert Ransom. t A man with such a lineage onght, on such an occasion, to have something to say worth while. -,; . ". The first gnn of thfl Bond-Issne-for- Higer-Education will probably be fired this, evening at the meeting of the Board of Trusees of the State Univer sity, which, is to be held in the office of the Uovernor, this being the semi annual meeting of that body. ; An ur gent request was sent out to the Trus tees "as matters of great importance are to be considered" and it is under.' stood at this writing that the meeting will be the largest attended one held in years. , Although Mr. Battle, of Wake, haa already - introduced a Commission Form of Government bill in the House by the terms -of whioh any town or city may adopt that plan, it has not yet been considered by the committee and will not be until after some im; portant developments of the - latter part of this week, when the North Car olina Municipal Association will bold its annual meeting in this city. ' The sessions begin Wednesday and con tinue through Friday, On the latter date a special committee having charge of the matter of recommending Commission form of government bill to the Legislature will meet and for mulate or adopt the draft of a meas ure. This may be the Battle Bui to a large extent at least, or it may fif fer from the measure ' of the Wake representative, which is understood to have an eye especially to Raleigh. Uapt, Thomas Z. Mearest of . Wil mington, tbe secretary of the Associa tion ia expected here daily to arrange the, preliminaries. : Mayor Tate,1 of High Point, is president of the Asso ciation and'the meetings will be held in the rooms of the Chamber of Com merce. Mayor Wynne will welcome the association and among the speak ers during the, meetings will, be Gov ernor Kitohin, and the mayors of a number of cities, especially Mayor Hawkins, of Charlotte, Mayor Gris wold, of Durham, Mayor McNeill, of Fayetteville, who have special subjects whioh they will present.. An add&J by Dr. Kankin on "Municipal Sani tat ion" will also be a feature. ) - .The address most germane to-the oipal subject of interest at this meeting will be delivered by City At torney Clement Manly, of Winston, his subject being "The Commission Form of Government." Following Mr. Man there . will be sther speakers' on the same subject and some very divergent views (it is understood) will be thresh. Cd OUt. , -.' y '.''', ' There are a lot of "God-blessed Macs" in ths capitol building at this writing. Aioet or tnem are here as workers (they don't confine them selves to the lobbies) for and against A petition was presented in the House Monday morning by Represen tative Kellum, of New Hanover, from women of the Cape Fear section of the state urging fl.nt this general assem bly make an appropriation for the erection of a monument to the south ern women of the Confederacy, to lie erected at Richmond by the partici pance of all the states of the southern Confederacy. : KOSTH CAXOLDTA sTSWf. Items sf XstsTsst fro all Parts tf . tU Old Korth Stats.' ' Sentiment among the members sf the legislators, it is said, is sot moee inclined toward the creation sf anv new counties st this session. "Ths heaviest bog killed in the 8tais this winter, go far as wa have beard, is one killed last week by ex-Sheriff ' Milliken, of Chatham that weisbed 815 pounds, and was two rears old last August. ' i-" t The Washington Post says: "It will . help the Republican party to via. ths national election in 1912, if a South- -ern man is placed on the ticket as a candidate for Vice President, accord- . ing to Zeb Vance Walser, former At torney General of North Carolina.':'" Col. W. J. Hicks, for 13 years sup erintendent of the Oxford orphanage, died there at 3 o'clock Saturday morn ing. Col. Hicks retired from the su perintendency soma time ago, but waa et UN here serving as " a labor of love ' ' as tbe Masons expressed it. Hs wss 83 years of age and bad been in fee ble health for quite a while. Lexington has a population at ths thirteenth census of 4,163; at twelfth census, 1,234 ; eleventh census, 1,440. The figures were announced Monday. Congressman Cow lee has an engage ment with President Taft at which time several patronage and party mat ters will.be discussed. The president is apparently seeking light from sev eral sources before disposing of ths district attorneyship and other ap pointments. The Vance Cotton Mills held its an nual meeting of stockholders on tbe . 13thwhen a dividend of four per cent for the six months ending December 31 wa8 declared. The directors are also taking steps to enlarge the mill and the capital stock will be increased to $300,000. The mill is now running on full time and has paid regularly 8 per cent dividends throughout the period of general depression among cotton mills though this one seems not to have been effected, says ths Salisbury Post. ' .Other local matter oa thiri pagt. ltol square (all covered with lane Satinhnrr Pout ?i ... . . . . i ouimaigBBnanaaQsomenomesatpres-i a- tw no..i .k . , . . - I '' VlUCl VS. JL VqtlUflQlVI UbUC4(Vl eiii. ana xne use oi a meaaiy appropn- Hitchcock, whu went into affect on at ion oi a rew million to . erect jftnuary ,i 1911, hae torn the postal M,2Tm unary pues. dcDertment to nieces and the nostmas- WhVMAt labalhAMatkl rn. I " . . nujuw MkViUVMUUI iRHUIir las. mnA wwfI alavwa A filial W th . . . lists sjsssu ioiM vivino ssr uucu w uu JSV MAtllil Si AACiltt etan AH a.. I . -v- vvum m vuakj 1T VUQ BB1 string tnsti my Thn Awlav nolrAn tt ?tht nd,ua110? th famt own eomplete revolution in the handling v nvvts tun VUBUiv. " ,-: I v MmataMul mail MmotawiH jsast. re aemt alivnv in thn mtn.iI nnnrotpct Tart Against Huge Penaiong. led.- A record is kept of the letters President Taft is represented as dis-1 tbe same as heretofore but in handl- ratisfied with the' action of ths House ing them the envelopes often. become in passing ths Sulloway bill to in- torn and the enclosures could easily crease the snms paid to soldiers of b extracted. There is really no way the Civil and Mexican wars as ace to trace the loss to any letter should pensions which would involve an an- the eontenta be stolen. nual increase of $45,000,000 in . the pension roll, : whioh now aggregates I over f idU,uuo,0U0. - It is stated that if the bill comes I to him, b will jreto it on ths ground of economy. . Influences are at work to tioid the tjiu up u ths Senate so that the President will not be But to the necessity of writing bis veto across the face of the measure. .-' Would Start Paresis Post." - The plan of Postmaster-General Hitchcock for the establishment of a limited parcels post service on rural free delivery routes, as an experiment .was Monday approved by the Senate committee, which favorably reported to the Senate the Burnham bill in tended to grant- such authority. It provides for. the delivery on rural free delivery routes of parcels weighing as much as 11 pounds, the weight lim it lor the international parcels post. 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