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LULA, OA, THIS J102XTSQ
AT 3:15 O'CLOCS, -"
E!i U Train Crtw, Clow Open the
V Cafe If the Express Cur and Get
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Special feZ The Tribune.
. Charlotte, N. C, , February 18.
r our men mu op the rest puui train
ruv xn am iita maiim hiuwiv r j i ra
'clock' thia morninf at White Sul
. phur, 0s 41 mike eat ef Atlanta".
. Thia train u not scheduled to etop be
tween r Gainesville and Toceoa. At
...White Sulphur, aix 'mile north of
Gainesville, the robbers entered the
telegraph operator 'a room and at the
point of a pistol forced him to give
the train the signal to atop. When the
train earn to a ntandstill the men cov
ered the train ereir with their gun,
' entered the expreaa ear, blew off. the
safe door and took all tbejnoney there
wes in it, $700. . They then forced the
engineer to take the train-on. to Lula,
even mile further, where they left it
for parte unknown. s.'"
40 minute and then aped on its' way
- northward. It waa reported bera thia
" morning that two men were kitted, but
tlie ia an error, and no one wai bnrt.
V. T. tfooney, of Atlanta, waa the ex-
preta messenger. There ia as yet no
clue aa to the identity of the robbera.
eniBtBBBeBeanejBBBe -
tyWf) Eemaitdad to Jaflx;
" In the babeaa eorpua proeeedinga
argued before Judge Justice in Char-
, lotto yesterday, which waa instituted
rr t he purpose of eecnring the release
from jail of-Willis wWm'M'
,. 1UJ by K'uae iMtug, JiuIHc Justice
sustained, the magistrate 'a - opinion
and- remanded Long to jail.- He has
given bond anf is now at .Liberty.
Sixteeen witnesses went to Charlotte
'o testify in the ease, 14 for the de
fendant and 2 for State. After bear
ing the evidence of 4 of the defend
. ant 'a witnesses Judge Justice stopped
. the proeeedinga by ' rendering the
above deciinon. . The State offered no
teAimony from ita witnesses,. Mr.'T.
D. -Manesa represented Long and
' ' Judge W, J. Montgomery the State. '.
If It Doesn't Paaa Somebody WO
EUy'At Soma Kext Time, . .
:: Baleigh Tlmefc-;
It is to be hoped that the Legisla
. . tore will pass the bill giving the State
the Torrens land title system. The
wld way, cumbersome as it is, getting
. more so every year, baa been put np
with long enough. Now that there is
Komething better in 'sight this anti-
. quated system is going to be relegated
- to the junk heap. We hope this Legis
lature will pas. the bill and gain the
credit for enacting the law. If this
Legislature does not da k the next
- one will, because it will be one of the
sledges the candidates will have to
- make before the people agree, to send
. them here. Better do .now.
Taft'a EUam Roller Passes Over the
. v Const,
Washington, '' Feb.: 17. 'President
Taft'e steam roller today passed over;
the House committee on foreign affair
and crushed out of existence the res
olution of - Represent atire Bennett,
Republican, from New. York, who is
looking toward the annexation nego
' tiations-,the other directing him to in
form the House of any, negotiations
now in progress was voted doirn t
meeting of the committee by a vote of
nine to one. . The meeting was called
hurriedly at the urgent request of the
President, and only laeted about half
an houft v ' 1 ,;
" Crirpa and Pneumonia in New York.
Tbceoidemie of grirtpe in New
York shows no signs of subsidence in
-4!ie number of deaths. The Board of
Health records show during January
these were 753 deaths as a' result of
pneumonia and 152 , deaths - from
irnne.
1 tie epidemie of grippe ia the most
. far-reaching of recent years. .
Tr. T: v Cat El Eire Tomorrow.
Tev. I Into Durham at I o'clock this
fiprmioii received a telegram croni
Dr. n Treston Few, President of
Trinitv College, savms that he would
1 nnkl.ln to till bis eniraniciit here
.v ,-wv nieht. as wss existed. Mr.
I i will occupy the pulpit tomoK
r r t
wbea Dr. Few waa to have
rca;
Eoose Passee EI21 that Convicts 1&H
- T.oX Wear Stripes for iLa lsde-
mea&ora. . . ' . , -
Speeisl to The Tribune. , , , .
Raleigh, February 18. The House
devoted much time to a discussion of
the bill providing that convict on
ehain gangs for mere misdemeanors
shall not be required to wear stripes.
It waa Anally passed.
Another important bill passed was
that limiting liability of Moronity and
fidelity insurance companies. ' .
The Senate passed emergency out
fit for accidents in factories bilL De
ferred on objection of Kitchim
BtU passed bouse authorizing Ifu-
tuaf Insurance Association, amended
by making iramoer of insurance 60
instead of 25 or. over, snnlying to
mills, etc.
LLEWXAM.
: Baleigh, NT. , Feb. 17. Tonight
the joint eauens will begin the attempt
to pave the way for the latter work, It
is stated among other important party
concern to be considered. : There are
conflicting interests, originated by as
pirants for nominations in the future,
in several of the districts and if the
purpose to create ten Democratic dis
trict prevails it is going to be a hard
matter to arrange the- counties so as
to avoid clashes of this nature. .
Kett Tuesday baa been set by the
joint committee on the Revise! tfor
hearing those who wtsh to appear be
fore. them concerning the Senate bill
concerning text books in the city gra
ded schools, and whieb proposes to
change the selection of these books by
the city school aathoritiee and place
it ia the bands of the State Board of
Education, etc It is expected 1bat
delegations from a number of the prin
cipal cities and towns will come here
on that occasion. 9,v:. ''..-.v
' The House r (Conner) ; bill which
seeks to relieve the employes of rail
roads and especially those of the At
lantic Coast Line (which the bill seems
to have been principally drawn to ben
efit) in the matter of being required
by the common carries to connect
themselves with what ia known as rail
road "relief organizations" and eon
tribute out of their 'Wages stated
or which benefits" "are paid
employee 'a injured while in the em
ploy of the companies, and which (be
cause ol agreements they arealleged
to be compelled to-eign, releases ths
carriers from all claim for damages
because of such injuries) is enlisting
so much interest, pro -and eon.1 Go
much so that the way has been made
hard for ita final passage. ; While on
third reading last week it was recom
mitted for a joinf committee hearing
It is expected that it will be reported
back within a few day now and be
disposed of finally, j. - -
llisslonary Institute. ; -
Dr.- . B. Bawlings, of Xasbvills,
Tenn.", Educational Secretary for the
Board of Missions with Rev. H. K.
Boyer, the Conference Missionary Sec
retary, will hold a missionary institute
in Central Methodist church here next
Wednesday afternoon and night .1 The
Christian Advocate aaya of Dr. Raw-
lings: ' --is Vi:-': V ' -.'''
"Dr. Rawling's suecen in the Vir
ginia Conference aa Missionary Secre
tary is known : and- commended
throughout Southern Methodism. The
laymen and pastors in and around the
places mentioned will bavs a rare op
portunity to get full information as
to the practical working of the jay-
men 's Plan ,the Policy of the Board
of Missiofls-and the policy for, the
Sunday School. V ; -
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; ;Hnrt by railing Tree. -
The condition of Mr. Then. Rose-
man, who was seriously injured Wed
nesday by being struck by a falling
tree at bis home near the Rowan-Cabarrus
line, is unchanged. Mr. Rose-
man and another man were sawing a
log with-a cross cut saw and hir son
was cutting s tree nearby.' Mr. Rose-
man failed to hear the warning cry or
bis son in tuns when the tree fell and
he was caught beneath the boughs and
seriously injured, sustaining a broken
arm, several fractured ribs and inter
nal injuries, of probable serious na
ture, i..'- :4
Birthday Dinner lit. J. 8. Harris,
Miss Lula ILti-ris'gave ber uncle,
Mr. J. Shakespeare Harris, a birthday
dinner yesterday at .their country
home near Poplar' Tent, The guests
consisted entirely of Confederate vet
erans: John O. Alexander, John Gra
ham Alexander, Geo. Williamson and
Will Rankin, of Mecklenburg county
Gen. Pink Carlton, of Slatesville; Col,
Bob Wallace, of Etutilnld, and H. S.
Puryear and Clias. McDonald, of this
city. It -was an enjoyable occasion.
The age of Mr. Harris was not given
but he was the youngest man present.
lo tne mart; tut, !,on you are
chopping woo.: i.a i. ...k tLe toe.
LZATX CP 17. 3 HAY FITT3."
Ia Tar Away Korea Vhere i Ws&t
Last Joly aa ITiwriontry. ,
Ths entire city as saddened when
the announcement was mads today of
the death of Miss May Pitts, which oc
curred ia Chunji, Korea, where she
went last July ss a missionary from
the First Presbyterian church, of
Charlotte. The announcement of ber
death was received by Mr. Geo. Wil
son, of Charlotte, senior deacon of the
first Cfcnrcb, who notified Mrs. N. F.
Yorke, a sister of the deceased, of its
contents. Ths message gave no details
whatever concerning her death and it
win probably be about 24 days, the us
ual tim required to get a letter from
that point, before the full details call
be learned. The cablegram only stated
that Miss Pitts died on th 14tfc
instant. ' , ' , -
The announcement earns as a great
shock to her relatives and friends as
letter waa received from ber Sunday
in which she stated that she was well
and nappy and contented. " Miss Pitts
went to the foreign mission Acid as "a
trained ' nurse and was mads bead
nurse of the mission hospital at Chun
ji and lived with Rev. .and Mrs. Tate.
Before going to Korea Miss Pitts was
trained nurse and made ber borne
here and in Charlotte, At the time
of ber departure she - stood in the
front rank of her profession in North
Carolina and her services were con
stantly in demand. She was a lady of
the . highest Christian character and
many homes in thia section have been
blessed - and : made bsppier.in which
she exercised the offices o fher profes
sion. ' A
Miss Pitts wss 34 years of age and
was a native of this city. She is sur-l
vived by ber father, 'Squire C, A.
PittsT two sisters, Mrs. N. F. Yorke,
of this city, and Miss Lucile Pitts, of
Statesville, and three brothers, Messrs,
Dallas Pitts of Atlanta, Paul Pitts, of
Alabama, and John Pitts of Phillipa-
buiw. N. J. . - . '
Ths interment will be made in Ko-
tki Hunteni' Llcenss lt,.$;f
1m Thursday's issue we mentioned
the fact that only two non-resident
hunters bad secured license to bunt in
"tfcel0eBes5tlaieaeV - tsAaAttsjs-CjksV aef J(flPaWJs1
being that the law was being evaded.
We had overlooked the- fact that the
$10 license tfee is a State tax, and Tii.nd that the
paid to the sheriff of any county in the
State entitles' the nunter to .hunt in
any or all the counties of the State,
Thus a hunter who pays the tax in
Halifax county, r for ). instance, can
bunt in Cabarrus or any other county
m North Carolina.
Cabarrus people are always gladJ
to have the gentlemen who come here
regularly for a few days bunt, and
woiua iiks xor avm to corns oitenor
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and in larger numbers. Tbey spend
a good deal of money with oua people,
In many cases they pay the taxes on
lands for the. privilege of hunting
on mem ,aua very onen oo not exer
cise this privilege.
''h?? President Jy Direct- Vote. '
In a speech at Grand Rapids, Mich.,
Saturday, Theodore Roosevelt declar
ed himself in favor of he election of
President by a direct vote of the peo
ple. 'The ex-President would do away
with 'the electoral college that now
chooses the Nation"s executive and
give the since of President to he man
who received an actual plurality of
all the votes east. A constitutional
amendment io bring this about, was
advocated. Mr. Roosevelt also spoke
in favor of Canadian reciprocity end
the election o f United States senators
by direct vote. ,,,'. - ' ,
'Widow Injured While Plowing,
While plowing on a farm near Mus-
kogee,COkls, Mrs. Mary Eastman, a
widow, was severely injured in a run
away. Sue was without medical at
tention for three days.' The team be
came, frightened and Mrs, . Eastman
was tangled up in the plow and bar
ness. . A horse trampled on her and
broke on arm in several places. After
recovering consciousness she dragged
herself to a cabin, where - neighbors
found ber. She was brought to Mus
kogee.;: Mrs. Eastman has three chil
dren, .,tev:" '14: ::hv"'
Our Capitat, Surplus and Profits of
1 150,000.00 furnish ample means not
only to assist the business man, but to
protect his deposits.
Yon are cord'aUy lavltsi to
your account !'.h t- TzzX
place
i t FZr.CCITAli LI ..."illCSf.
ie ef tie Peopl Ears and Use
i where Who Corns and Go,
llr. Fred Correll is spending the day
ia Charlotte. .-.- - . r
Dr. J. S. Laffertv baa returned from
BtLand,Fla..
Mrs. H. S. Williams is spending the
day in Charlotte. : . c' ' ;
Mr. N. F. Yorke has returned from
business trip. v ; -
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Miss Grace Brown is spending the
day in Salisbury. v. U -' ;
Mm, Nicholas Sloan, of Charlotte, is
visiting Mrs. J. A. Sims. - -
'Miss Lucile Pitts will srrivs this af-
ternoob from, StateeviUe.- -f ;
Mr. Cullen Howerton, of Durham, is
visitor in the eity today. .' !
Ma Jobd C Rankin, of Lowell, is
business visitor in the eity today. .
tin R. F. Long, of Newberry, S. C,
is visiting bis brother, Rev. J. J. Long,
of St; John. .
Mrs. Will Johnson, of Salisbury, is
visiting ber parents, Mr. and Mrs.
JohnA.Simi
TATT'S TEN-STRIKE.
Cbarbitfe Chronicle. -
' For once, a Republican "President
and the Democratic party are coupled
with the biggest thing ever done 'for
the'; country theengineering of the
the ; countryr the engineering of the
not. understand bow at least two of
the North Carolina Democrats in Con
gress found themselves on the wrong
side of ths wall. This reciprocity
agreement is t great stroke of policy
on part of Mr. Taf t and to quote The
Kiehmon-Tunes Dispatch, in the lat
ter part of an outspoken editorial, it
means that the President is bigger
than his party, that is to say, than the
old liners who .forget . nothing and
learti nothing;, that be is a builder,
not a destroyer; that be sees what is'
coming, what must come, in the Unit
ed States is ever, to become one of the
great Commercial - nations . of the
world. It mesne that the Senate must
p - the treaty now, or that tbere will
u eta sossion .of Congress when
Ui watynsilf 1i-pBssa f thltrths
interest" are losing tbeir strangle
hold on the- prosperity of the country,
-'amiAhld man" in Th
White House' las developed suddenly
into a regular fighting machine with
all the i best ammunition on his side.
More than this, it means that: the
Democrats, have proved, by ' their
course on this question, a quality of
statesmanship some ill-advised per
sons have thought they did not pos
sess; that they are not hound by mere
party lines to antagonizsjbound legis
lation, when the national good is the
stake at haeard. They will do a great
deal better when they get under way,
to which happy time we are looking
with confidence m the srving common
sense of the American people.
The Proposed So ad from ObarlotU to
. . . Norwood, l'
Charlotte Observer.
The proposed railroad that is to run
from Charlotte to Norwood and later
to Mount Gilead will be about 48 miles
in length, It is about 40 miles from
Charlotte to Norwood and about eight
miles from Norwood to Mount Gilead
The line leaving Charlotte will run
out either through Mint Hill or dear
Creek, crossing the lower edge of Ca-
barns, and then passing into etanly
through Ihe southern portion of the
county to Norwood. "This territory is
at present untouched save by tne
Southern which operates a branch line
from Salisbury down to Albemarle and
on to Norwood. This line, however,
does not reach any of the fertile
southwetsern or middle southern sec
tion of Stanly county which are ad
mittedly the richest to be found any
where.: This une to Ubartotte would
open up all this country and would
prove to be one of the best feeders to
the business interests of . the Queen
City imaginable. .
One of the very best rolls for break
fajt s a prompt roll out of bed. -..
Tb TtaHt for Job Mnlaag.
are; partxoularly desired :
by this bank which endeavors ai all
timet to learn the needs of the Farmer,
Merohant, Firm, Corporation and In
dividual Depositor and meet them in
a helpful mannar. wauV'
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St, Andrews latbaran. , .
There will be . services tomorrow
nigbs at 7 o'clock at St. Aadrsws
iMtbersn church, . conducted bv the
pastor, Rev. C R. Pless. '
' n rorert am KetbedM.
Usual services at Forest Hill Meth
odist, church at 11 o'clock, conducted
by the pastor. Mr. T. C. Newman will
sing a sola ' At the close of the ser
vice ths quarterly conference will be
held. ' The congregation, will unite
with the Central Methodist church at
night." , , .
Trinity Reformed Obnrca,.
Sunday school 10 o'clock; Church
service, 11 o'clock. , Foreign Mission
ary service by the Sunday school 7
p. m. .- .. - v
St. James Lutheran Church. ;
Sermon subject for morning service.
"Etower, Seed and boil." vening,
"Compulsion in Religion." Regular
services conducted by the pastor.
' First Presbyterian Chnrch. .
The usual services,.' morning1 and
evening, will be held tomorrow at the
First Presbyterian church, by the pas
tor. ;
' Central Metbodirt Church.
Revv Dr. J. N. Cole, of Raleigh, will
occupy the pulpit at the morning ser
vice tomorrow. Dr. Cole is superin
tendent of the Methodist Orphanage
of the Eastern Conference and is well
known to Concord people who . will
hear bim with pleasure.
Honor Roll of Pinnacle School.
' The Pinnacle school in No. 11 town
ship places on the honor roll all pupils
who are present every day in . the
month and are not tardy during the
time. -The Jionor Roll for the past
mourn is as rouows:
Joseph: and Rutledge McEachren,
Horace, Paul and Sidney Walker.
Carrie Meismer, Willie Faggart, An
nie, Mays and Ourlie Tucker and Bu-
ford.Cox. , -- - ," ;
" Otler looaf matter on third page. "
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Will be good shopping days - '
for early spring buyers at , 1
P aA R K,
Extra Good Valueson DRY.GOODS r
NOTIONS and RE23LDY.TO-WEARv
SKIRTS. :: :: :: , :: :: ;s"
New 60c Spring Dress Goods in black and all col-
lore, per yard 48c ,
,AU colors in New Silk at, per yard 25c, 39c, 59c
12c quality White Checked DimityL--i0c
Spring Ginghams, in good patterns at per yard '' t
.5c, 7jc, 10c and I2c
Special values in Embroideries 5c, 6ic.np to lQc ;.
Une lot of 60c. 75c and fl corsets, opecial..h.ayc
$1.50 American Lady Gort.;.69c
Qood lot of Pearl Buttons at.i.5c, 10c and 15c
Fine Muslin Underwear
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Children's Drawers and
Children's Muslin, in fine assortment..;...
Ladies' Drawers, extra well made garments..
Large assortment of Ladies' well made Muslin, spe
cially priced at .. 39c, 50c, 75c and np
;New Sprigs Skirt Specials.
$2.50 Bkirt values, $1.98, v .
$3.00 Skirt values, $2.25 and $2.49. v : ;.
- -: $4 and $5 Skirt values, $2.95 to $3,95'
12c quality Domestic
10c Fine Sea Island Sheeting.
We appreciate your
O: L
G23TEBAL
Late
Items ef Krws from
Ksre,
There and EvsTywbars,
Ia two years 12 million dollars bas .
been ssved farmer of Missouri by bog
cholera prevention, according to a re
port Issued by the Missouri College of
Agriculture. One thousand and sigh ' -ty-five
herds were treated.
A Chicago dispatch say ths pries
of eggs 16 eents f or the best stock 1
reached 4he lowest price oa the Chic
ago market this week for three years. -The
drop wss doc to the heavy re
ceipts and ths sals of egg that bava
been in cold storage. . , .
The deadlock in the Albany Legista .
tare continues, not witbstanding soma -changes
in ths vote for United States
Senator yesterday. Plans are said to .
be making for a fight to drive Charles
F. Murphy not only out of Tammany
Hall, but out of politics. ,. '
The "most valuable farm land ia' '
the United States is found ia ba .
District - of Columbia, ' according 'to
flbures show that in the District
there are 214 farms comprising 6,-006
seres with a value of 6,301,000. Ths
high values of the land is due to aba
fact that all of it is located in the su-' .
bnrbs of the national capital. ,V
Lukewarm water is now used as an -
anaesthetic in most operation far ap- -pendioitis
at Johns (Hopkins hospital, -according
to the statement of a sur- ;
geon of national refute, connected ,
with the institution.' Ia an operation
for appendicitis, declared the surgeon, -al
that is necessary, is U eject Juke-
warm water in sufficient qnenatitiea,
under the akin m the vicinity of the .
part operated on. .'". - (
George D. Fry, of Pawhuska, Gk- a
cattleman of the Osage reservation -says
this bas been the .finest winter :
for range cattle be has ever seen ia,
this part of toe country. The absence
of snow and rein has mads it possible
for ths stock to get feed, and tne very;
lild weather has enabled them to eomi '
through in fine shape. A large num-,
ber of . Osage cattle will be on thv '
market early, be says. v " i 1
v--vi r i- i ' V
WhaEeWTTnay be the straits of ths
hog he always has sTspare rib Or tw1
.Al" J, AH.1.
Bodies and
Corset Coven
-.-10c
15c
25c'
.....
.10c
.81c
.trade. Let us -how you,