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CX)NCORD.N. a-WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 13, 1911.
Einxia Copy, I Osnta.
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INTRODUCED IN SENATE TODAY
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Bill to Prevent Lobbying Paul Kitch-
in Makes Hi Tint Appeimnce--
r Protest Against Salt of Lionor by
v Social and Other Club. ' ' ,;
Special to The Tribune. j
Raleigh, January 18. One of the
most interesting bills introduced fu
that' of Wooten to prohibit lobbying
among members of the Legislaure. It
was referred to the judiciary com
mittee. " : . . "
, Doogbton, for. Bute Fish Commis
sion by-lat Legislature, submitted
report, accompanied by new bill en
titled "An Act to Establish Fisheries
Commission and to Protect Fisheries
f North Carolina." .. ;
" A bill was introduced by Cup.
Carr to levy a special tax to increase
' the pensions of Confederate veterans.
& Koonee offered another insurance
' trnst-buster bill, and this time, t bis
own request, the bill was referred to
the inmiranee committee. "'5 J
- The 0ouse calendar was taken up
and a number of local bills were pas
te: none of great importance. :
JJ In the Senate Paul Kitcbin made
his first appearance and was sworn in
by Chief Justice Clark.
J; London presented a petition from
the citizens of -Chatham county pro
testing' against the sale of liquor by
focial and other clubs.
it By Hobgood to increase salary of
adjutant general to $2,000; also by
Hobgood to declare void, tinder cer
tain:, circumstances. contracts of m-
demnity insurance. . .
.By Senator. Mart in, jo. require jeg-
Berjibip business. ,
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' N141d-Wlnter Press Meeing.
Greensboro-News, 18th. - . ,
. i The eteeutive committee of the
North Carolina Press Asoeiation heid
a final meeting at the Hufflne hotel
- , here yesterday afternoon for the pur
pose, of completing the details of the
program and for other matters with
reference to the midwinter meeting
in Winston-Salem next week and the
subsequent trip to Charleston. ; Those
present were j : President Shipman,
Secretary Sherril and R. JaY Phillips,
oi Dne committee, mm bihuik . w,n
them bv invitation and in an ndvi
. . sor eaoaeitv were W. 1 Underwood
of the Greensboro Patriot, and H. B.
' Gunter. of the Winston-Salem Jour
nal The prospects are good for an
. unusually large attendance tot a win.
ter meeting. . -.
f Secretary Sherrill will in; a few
days issue a circular letter to the mem-
-' iters oi tne masocianon in wqwb u
program for the meeting will be wit
lined, the social features, including
sightseeing, will be given, in addition
to information regarding the splendid
aids trip that is to be made via the
Southbound and the Atlante Coaat
Line roads to principal points on these
. lines, including a night in Florence and
. a day and night in the old historic
eltr ot Charleston. ; This is going to
be the most entertaining aide.-, trip
i the association has bad in , several
years, and all wbo can possibly do so
- should arrange, to go. -
Plana for Intennrban.
. A" Greenville, S. C, dispatch of pbe
17th' to the Charlotte Observer, is as
follows: v i .
' At a meeting of Nthe business men of
: Greenville field tonigni in tne rooms
of the board of trade, Messrs. J. B.
Duke, B. N. Duke, W. 8. Lee and 3.
P. "Arrington, capitalists, unfolded
their nlana for- the oromotion of the
Greenville, Anderson and Spartanburg
"intemrbaa electric railway.
The olan detailed is to connect
these three towns with electric rail
ways, this email system scrying as but
the nucleus of a system whicb will, in
the near future, develop into a system
tapping the Seaboard Air Line, either
at Calhoun Falls, Abbeville or Green
wood, and extending to Qiarlotte and
further. : The road is to be built by a
syndicate of some six or seven minion
dollars capital stock. When complet
ed the road is to be bonded and the
bonds disposed of, the stockholders
refunded tmeur pro rata enare oi tne
, returns.
Mr. It. K. Black, successor to Black
- ft SheparaVwill sell any winter coat,
eort suit, cape or dress in tne store at
b ? rrie for cash. - IM needs both
the money and the room, he says.
ZXLL NY DAY IX , .
rUBLIO SCHOOLS.
Sute Snperintendant of PUk Jn-
atractioa Joyner Designates roartb
Wednesday fat rebraary f er Pnblle
School CUktrta to Pay Tribute to
Dead Humorist Vauory:
Wednesday, February 22. baa been
appointed by Hen. J. Y. Joyner, State
Superintendent of Publie Instruction,
as "Bill Nye Day" in the publie
schools of North Carolina. A special
hour will be aet aside on that day for
Ihe teachers to read a biography of
Bui Nye,, and a brief program Of hit
wn tines will be earned out -
Superintendent Joyner has been in
eorrespondeneTwKh the Bill Nye me
morial committee of the North Caro
lina Press Association for some time,
and the final arrangements were com
Dieted Tuesday after a conference with
lr. J. P. Cook, treasurer or the com
mittee. The program for use m the
ehools, embracing the instructions
from the Stste -superintendent to the
county superintendents and the teach
ers, will be sen out by the eom mi t-
e in ample time. ' Incidentally, the
movement ; contemplates voluntary
ontributions from the school children
to the Bill Nye Memorial fund which
to be .applied to the erection of a
Huidsome building at he Stonewall
Jackson Manual Training School .
Concord. Every child in the State at
tending a public school will be asked
brine one penny or more on Thurs
day following Bill Nye day, wnien
will be Applied to this purpose.
Superintendent Joyner is taking
most kindy interest in this great
movement, and fcas responded nobly
the petitions of the committee, ; a
-operation which ls teartlly appro
Mated by the eommitteeres well as all
Uie editors of the State, who are
deeply interested in the memorial
cause.
B. and B. K. Duke at Work on In
terurbaa Line.
Charlotte Dispatch, 16th. n -
Messrs. J. B. Duke and B. N. Duke,
the former of New York and the latter
of Durham, bave arrived in the crty
and will spend the greater part of tne
week at the Selwyn. v
Mr. J. B.Duke.ia t he. moving pit
f the Soutbern Power Company, tbeJ
South 's most important hydro-electric
corporation.
Mr. B. N. Duke is likewise pro
foundly interested in the growth and
development of the Southern Power
Company. . ,
While of course no statement has
been given out as to the nature of Mr.
J. B. Duke's visit to Charlotte at this
time, it is certain that he is here for
the construction of the interorban
trolley system which , the Piedmont
Traction Company is to build through
out this section at an early dote. v :
Woodrow Wilson Advocates Sweeping
Reforms. ,
' Governor Woodrow Wilajpi Tuesday
assumed the duties of chief executive
of New Jersey, and delivered his inau
gural address. ' ;
- Sweeping reforms - in legislature,
"not the foolish ardor of too sanguine
or too radical reform" the governor
says, "but merely the tasks'that are
evident and pressing" are urged. Chief
among them are the. enactment of an
employers' liability law providing for
compensation to injured and. disabled
workmen, the perfection and the ex
tension of the direct primary law to
all elective officers, ana to party nomi
nations; a ; law restricting the issu
ance of charters to corporations and
providing for close scrutiny and reg
ulation of existing corporations; the
enactment of a conservation law and
revision of the existing method of tax
ation. ' ;- ..- - 11 -Eight
Men Scalded to Death Aboard
..' 1 ' the Delaware,; . i . j
Eight men were killed and one se
riously injured" by a boiler explosion
on the battleship Delaware, which wae
dne at Hampton Roads at 9 o'clock
Tuesday ahU-)-:'-.'-f,:-fv-!4' v
Brief wireless dispatches received
at the Navy Department Tuesday Af
ternoon said ' that the victims were
scalded to death by steam after tbe
explosion.':"-;:;-'W-'':;"''1' - j .
They were imprisoned in fbe boiler
room and had practically no chance of
escape.- The steam overpowered them
instantly and they died of tbe scald
ing while nnconscious. . gi S
: To the Farmera of East Cabarrus. '
There will be a abort school course
held in. Mt. Pleasant beginning on
Tuesday, the 24th and lasting until
Friday. - Dr. Christman, State veteri
narian 5 J. A. Conover, Dairyman and
several others from Raleigh will be
present to conduct the sohooL Among
the interesting features of the meet
ing will be atock judging, etc. 1 '
Every farmer in the eounty has a
cordial invitation to attend this school
and make it profitable meeting. -
,. - r.M - - W. H. FISIIER.'
Other local matter on Ulrd sage.
RU2AL CA&BXE& TAILS
TO MASS HIS TUP.
Mr. J. Mack Caldwell is roroai te
Beturi to Concord by aa Vnuaaal
Circumstance.
Mr. J. Mack Caldwell, rural mail
carrier on route No. 1, was prevented
from making ell of ttia trip todsy
by an unusual circumstance. Mr.
Caldwell msde the trip free from any
unusual incident until be arrived at
tha bridge over Coddle Creek, near
Poplar Tent, and there be was eon-
fronted with an impassable obstacle.
Three wagons, all of them loaded with
from two to three bales of cotton, were
standing on the bridge, with the driv
ers and teams idly standing by, un
able to move them. The three wagobe
had been driven on the bridge and af
ter they bad advanced a short dis
tance the ice waa so deep the teams
eonld not stand up and the men- were
forced to unhitch them and leave the
wagons on the brodge, completely
blocking traffic. After viewing the
situation and finding that he was hope
lessly prevented from completing bis
daily journey, Mr. Caldwell about
faced and returned to the city. x
The Qilwood Charge, v
The eonstitutents of Gil wood charge
of -(be Reformed ehnrch near Concord
have erected a splendid cottage with
six rooms which has not. been occu
pied unil last week. On last Thursday
nearly thirty-five persons . arrived
early at the parsonage to make ready
for the coming of. the first pastor,
while others went to the depot for bis
personal effects. On the arrival of
the pastor's family and wagons an
elegant dinner waa made ready in the
front yard (bs the day was like a mild,
clear, wpnng day) at which all ate and
were filled. Quite a large amount re
mained uneaten. Also the pantry :
vested the fact that it had been visit
ed by those that possessed kindly feel
ing. Alter dinner much time was
spent in social conversation and the
consideration of plans for future work.
Late uHhe day the company dispersed
with the very best wishes of the fam
ily that remained following tbem.
A D. CCOX, Pastor.
Receivers of ..WMtney Company are
The last court entry in the long
fought ' Whitney company case was
made Tuesday when ' Judge J. C.
Pri'tchard, of the United States Cir
cuit court, dismissed the receivers,
who have managed the affairs of the
company for several years.;.!)
Upon orders of the court the prop
erty- of this hydro-electrie develop
ment compny, was recently sold under
tbe first mortgage held by tbe Bank
ers' Trust Company, of. New York.
Following the sale the receivers filed a
report of the same, together with
supplemental report of their work,
which was approved. : V
. l Quick Justice for Negro.
North Carolina bad a record-break-
wig criminal trial Monday when Na
than Montague, a oegro, wae taken
from the penitentiary at Raleigh un
der military escort and conveyed on ft
special tram to Oxford for trial, dur
ing which troops were on guard to
prevent any attempt at lynching.
. The prisoner was charged with at
tacking and murdering Miss Mattie
Sanders, tailing her father and little
niece and burning their bodies in an
effort to hied the enme. ' v
The train reached Oxford" al XB23
'o'clock Monday morning and at 4:10
o'clock that afternoon the jury re
turned a verdict of first degree mnr-
Judge Ward immediately sentenced
the negro to death by electrocution
February 15. The prisoner wae then
taken back to Raleigh. '
Mr, Neal a Confederate Soldier,
In the notice of the death of the
late Mr. A. W. Neal The Tribune fail
ed to make mention of tbe fact of
Mr Neat's being a Confederate sol
riier. He was one of the first from
this county to volunteer and served
throughout the war as a member of Co,
B, 20th North Carolina, regiment, with
a fideirv . and braverv that won
for him the admriation and respect of
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fin ois cumrauee. . - v . -' -
a helpful manner.
Our Capital, Surplus and Profits of
fl50.000.00 furnish ample means not
only to assist the business man, but to"
protect' bis deposits. , y ';
You are cordially invited to place
your account with thli lank, y ' '
PERSONAL MENTION.
Some ef the People Her and Else
where Whe Com and Go. ' '
Miss Janie Patterson is visiting rel
atives in Charlotte. ..v .
t Mr. F. J. Haywood iiss gon to New
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vim. vu BUNDtnt
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Mr. C M. Sappenfield is spending
the day in Charlotte.
Mr. T. J. White is epending the day
in Charlotte on business
Mrs. . Mack Caldwell is visiting
relatives in otatesville.
t'Mr. J. J. Jenkins,' of Pittsboro, is
business visitor in the city todsy.
Mr. Ransom Scott, of Charlotte, is
visiting friends in the county.
Rev. E. L. Patterson, of Charlotte,
is a Concord visitor today.
Dr. Branch Craige, of Salisbury, is
spending the day with his aunt, Mrs.
J, P. Allison.
Mr. Joe Bill has gone to Statesville
t enter Dr. Long's Sanatorium for
treatment.
Mr. H. S. Shaw, who has been visit
ing at the borne of Rev. C. P. Mae-
Laughlin, left last night for Richmond,
Grand Opera at $1.00.
' Oscar Hammerstein, of New York,
18 now tinder contract to refrain from
presenting Grand Opera in America
for a number of yearg and his mag
nificent Manhattan Opera House has
been given over to vaudeville.
At prices ranging from $2 to $20
per "sir,' every seat ui the vast Me
tropolitan., opera house has been
bought in. advance for every perform
ance of tne entire season. This means
that'the publie and visitors are abso
lutely denied for a year at least, the
only " possible chance of hearing
Opera in the largest city in the United
States. "
Grand Opera at $1. with at least
ope of the principals of the Manhat
tan (Hertht Heyman) is wiMnn our
reach, a mere matter of fifty or sixty
of our serious minded folks, our vocal
and instrumental students and our
musical loverg subscribing for a few
seats, tie money in advance and priv-
ii$ftji MBeUiigwbMrpHm Xot
any unavoidable reason.
Why waste time and words T f letro
Maseagni is one of the greatest living
composers and his "Cavallena ttus
ticana" with its immortal "Inter
meszo' is an intricate .composition
wliich could not even be attempted by
ordinary singerg or musicians.
With these facts before us the nec
essary, subscriptions should be forth
coming promptly. At the Loncora
Opera House January 30th.
Mr. T. D. Dnlin, who lived near the
Bala mill, died this morning of pneu
monia. He was about 60 years old,
and leaves his wife and five children.
The hurial will tak okee Thursday
at Rocky River, and the service will
be conducted by Rev. A. u. Londiey.
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CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
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JTper6ent Interest Paid en Time
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by -this bank which endeavors, at " all ' '
'times to Jearn the needs of the Farmer,
Merchant, Firm, Corporation and IiK , r
dividual Depositor and meet them ,in
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NEW PULLMAN BATES.
Redactions in Some Lower Bertha and
a Uniform Price for Uppers Win
te Established February L -
Charlotte Observer. '
The local ticket offices of . the
Southern and Seaboard Ah- Line rail
way companies have been advised of
new tariff on Pullman travel to be
put on by the Pullmn Company Feb
ruary 1 on all trains carrying eueh
cars. Wbil the rate for lower berths
from Charlotte, for instance, to
prominent cities in tbe north end
South will remain for the most part
the ssrae as they have been in the
past, e uniform rate for upper berths
will be put on, this being exactly 80
per cent of the charge for a lower
berth. .
Tbe tariff oheot baa not yet been
aent out by the company, but the
ticket office have been notified that
it will be forthcoming in a few days.
The minimum for lower berths will
be $1.25 and for uppers will be $1
No change will be made in the rates
for drawing rooms and- compart
ments except between points where a
change is made in the lower berth
rate. Seat sales will remain prac
tically the same.
The rat? from Charlotte to New
York which has been $4 will be re
duced to $3.75 and the upper berth
rate will be $3. Where $2 rates have
been effective between Charlotte and
other cities, a uniform charge of
$1.60 will be made for uppers. Where
the $3 rates have prevailed between
Charlotte and other points, a uniform
rate of i?2.40 will be established for
uppers. No change will be made in
the price of lowers from Charlotte to
Washington, but the 80 per cent sys
tem will apply uf this instance on
uppers to Washington.
Honor Roll for Rocky River School
Intermediate Room Mary Morrow
Lapslcy, Lois Reid, Iris Bailey, Coram
lNiarr.
Primary Room -Lela and Laura
Kiser, Rose and Clell Hagler,
The Southern Loan and Trust Co
has qualified as the administrator-of
the estate of the late Andrew Neal
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Our
Semi-Annual
Clearance Sale
Wili Begin
Friday,
at 9 o'clock.
Our store will be closed
Thursday at , noon to make
preparations.
Look out for next ad-vertisement
NORTH CAROTIN! EST. 1
ef Interest from til Parti ef
the OU North State.
Rev. W. L. Cunninggim, presiding
elder of the Raleigh district, died at
he home in that city this morning at
1255 o'clock, aged 55 years. His :
death was caused by pneumonia..
Lexington and ' Tbomasville have
made fine records in population. Thorn.
asville hss 3,377, while Lexington has
4,163. Tea years ago Thomaeville'a
population was 750 and Lexington's
1,606.
The house committee on liquor traf. .
fie announces that R will hear argu
ment ' Wednesday ' of next week for
and agamst state-wide prohibition of .
tear, beer and other .drinka of this
class. Tbe bill under consideration ia
that of Representative Kent, of Cald
well eounty.
The movement to take Cleveland
from the ninth and place k in the
enh congressional district to make
oe latter surer democratic wiu oe -strongly
fought by Congressman E. Y.
Webb and his-friends. Congressman
Webb is in Raleigh to direct the fight,
he movement, however, will not ae-
sums form until congress settles the
matter of representation under the
cent census figures. Congressman .
Webb's majority in tbe ninth last No-
-ember was over 5,000, while Con- ,
aressman Gudger won in the tenth by
ily 1,000.
The trustees of the University of .
North Carolina, in annual session
Tuesday, received the report ot Pros-
ident Venable and that of the commit
tee on memorializing the General As
sembly, the principal feature of publie
interest in which was the recommen
dation that the university in special
need of $2o,000 increase of income
and $500,000 for additional buildings,
to" put' the institution on a proper,
footing. The trustees adopted bis re
port and will press upon the assembly
the necessity of coming to the aid of
the institution to this extent.
Mr. Ernest Rogers, manager of the -Postal
Telegraph office here, baa been
transferred to Greensboro. He is sue
eeeded by Mr.-Crites. , ,v
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