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VOL XXL
Pries.
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Bnra ooxsmcan).
- Lawyers Bat Xt U WorQilss Conaii-
oration all Day li ths Boom.
Special to Tbe 8ribune.
' . Raleigh, Hareh 1 Tbe Turlington
anti-trust bill, draws by Attorney
Geoenft Bkketi, consumed all tb)e
tins of tbe House after tbe mominf
hoar,' Douybton moved an impor-
- 'Unt amendment, striking oat private
prosecutor, section five, and subsitu-
. ting that judges may allow solicitors
- such fee as he deems fit. Other im-
port ant amendments pending. Law
J yen say it is "worthless, r - 1.
V :i i-LLEWXAM.
" 7 THE IXTE&TnUBAX.
Cliarkrtte-CUstonia-Klnj's .Mountain
Una Among rirst links of ths In.
terurhaiL . '. .
- Charlotte Chronicle.
Ths people of Charlotte and of tbe
' piedmont section of North and Sooth
Carolina eenerallr will -learn with in
-.. terest and pleasure ofr the decision
arrived at by the building syndicate
ohtfe eta ng allE :aeMi a shrdtaoa
of the interorban railway at its meet
. ing at New York yesterday to begin
.the actual construction of the pro-
.v posed lines at once. . This action was
,-. anticipated in yesterday's Chronicle
and, while it does not come as a snr-
' prise: ft is nevertheless gratifying.
' Present at the meeting in New' York
Z were Messrs: J. B. Duke, of New
York, B. N Duke of Dnrham, Elli.
: son A. Smyth and Lewis W. Parker.
of Greenville, S. C, ,' Eamnel Me
V Roberts, of New York, and W. S. Lee;
Jr., Charlotte. . . .
The first ' lines in -the big system
" will be from Charlotte to Oastonia
and on to King's Mountain on the
North -Carolina end of the proposi
tion, working under the charter of
the Piedmont . Traction Company
and from Spartanburg to Greenwood
on tJie South Carolina cud, thi? work
to be dona under the charter recent--V
ly granted to the Piedmont 4 North-
-.- era Railway Company. iWork is to
begin at several point' as soon as
1 : contracts -can be If t arid construction
jifws "-gotten; idgeer,.-proj:iding
. there are ' no ofcBtaces presented, in
- ( the way, of refusals to give righ
rhU of
,'way, etc that would prevent the
1 prompt completion of - the . several
Charlotte is more vitally interested
at present in the line from this city
- to Oastonia and ' King's Mountain
-which will extend from the present
' terminns of ., the Hoskins line to
f Mount Holly,!; then to Gastonia, Be-'
- E semer City and on to King's Moun
tain. ; Most of the surveys and esti
mates for this line have, beea om-
pleted, including the two bridges", the
i first over the Catawba, " at ; Mount
- Holly, and. the other over the South
Fork, between Mount Holly and Gas-
toia. r'r H':;-"'?5"'u
" It is altogether probable that work
on the South Carolina end of the sys
tem will be ' pushed simultaneously
with that on the Chariotie-G'astonia-King's
Mountain link and that by the
.-time these - are compLeted work will
'. have started on the connecting link
and on the line North from Charlotte.
v- As has been stated before the lines
tO be eonetroeted will be of easy
grades, heavily, ballasted and with
S heavy rails. In other words the road
will eompare with the best railroad
lines ' that have been built in the
-"United States in every respect. It is
expected that by far -the heaviest
business on the road ' will ; be of
freight and tbe lines will be such as
to accommodate withont dancer and
' .with tbe least .possible wear and tear
- the heavr freight train tnat will pe
used With the plentiful supply of
power and with the best rolling stock
'that can be purchased exceedingly
fast schedules will be maintained and
this also js argument for the. hevy
! road that- will be laid.",' .
' The whole ' piedmont ; section ' as
awaiting the completion of the inter
urban,' the operation of which will
mark the beginning of a new era of
Commercial and - industrial develop
ment for this section. , ' 1 f; v
ShemweCl Obeying the Order Issued
. - - by Judge Long.
t ' . The Greensboro Record of Wednes
day afternoon contains the following
. : interesting item:"" ' :'";'':
"Barter Shemwell, the gentleman
of railroad fame, convicted in a' prior
session of criminal court, in this eoun-
ty on the charge of assault with a
- deadly weapon, and who haa been out
j since on good behavior appeared be
' -'. fore Judge Daniels this morning and
declared that hs had kept well within
the confines of the law since last term.
No question of his veracity was raised
; and his statement was accepted,, Mr.
"Shemwell will have to show up once
. more, next February, and be
charged."
We admire the judgment of those
who egres with us.
43 Cesta a llon'X
DAITYILUl PCUC3 " "
crrnrr auuisted.
Oommitted Murder la Georgia 14
Years Afo Under a life Sentence.
Special to News nf Oberer. "
DanrHIe, V March 2. Edgar
Strrbling, for Ave years chief of police
of Dsnville, under the name of E. E.
Moms, was arrested here today aa an
escaped murderer from the Atlanta,
Us- pnsoa. la 1897 he was tried for
murder, convicted and sentenced to
life imprisonment. He escaped pend
ing a motion for a new trial. Strib
ling confessed his identity when tie
requisition papers were read to haul
He will be taken tack tonight.
Tbe arrest oad exposure of toe
chief of police was made thi after
noon by Secret Sernee Agent J, W.
Smith, and Deputy City Sergeant W.
w. ttoiesesa and created widespread
senastion.
For the past six years Stribline has
been living here, no" onr for a mo
ment suspecting his identity. Efforts
were made a number of times to trace
up some shady spot in his past life
in criminal trials, but hot. an inkling
of tis -prison career wa brought
out. . He was first employed as night
watchman for the Southern Express
Company., About five year ago- be
elected a a patrolman on he
Danville police force and after serv
ing about six months was .'advanced
to chief. '. His advancement was due
in a great measure tj his cool nerve
and fearlessness. . .
Stribling, in his : official capacity
here had many influential friends. ' : -
Stnhling shot and killed Wmiam
Cornet t,- in Georgia, and - was Wng
held in prison pending a motion- for
a new triaL. His brouier-in-Iaw who
was implicated in she .tilling, was
given long term, but was pardoned.'
Alter his escape from prison Stnh
ling was Joined by his wife and three
omldren. ; He now has ten children.
He was allowed nearly two hours
tonight to bid his family a farewell
at his' home.- He was under guard
of t6 offleers and never for ft ? mo
ment did he break down. 1 "t;l -
jStiribling wiirbe taken to Georgia
tonight.' Before leaving he said he
killed Cornett for assaulting his sisier.
He "said that; Jje .hoped t get . a
pSMot);
BreenHboroIai'ch CUJhiefTol fo-
lies E.' E. Morris, whose real name is
Edgar Stribling, and who wag arrest
ed in Danville today for the murder
of a man named Cornett in Harris
county,. Ga., in. 1897, paased through
the' city this evening en routs to Geor
gia to pay the penaly for his crime. "
JTo a reporter of The (Daily News
be talked freely, admitting that he bad
killed Cornett. ' He declared, however,
max ne oia ii ia-Keep vorneii urom
killing him. -Cornett had, Morris de
clared, insulted his" sister and had
also made threats against hu life. -
The detective, on., the other hand,
says that the murder was done iff cold
Hood, that Morris, or Strrbling, shot
Cornett through e window, 1 .' .-4. -
Morris told the renorter that he ho
ped, to get a pardon.; His brother-in-
law, who was convieted at the same
time he was . for being an accessory,
was pardoned several yearg ago. . ,
. , The . Crime of . Long go. v.
Under 'the above head the Adanta
Constitution today, has the following
about this ease: v.-' r
..The crime for which Stripling is
wanted in Harirs county was oommot
ted on the nigh t .'of Beptember 4, 1897.
W. J Cornett, the man who was kill
ed, was. found dead the next morning
with several Bullet wounds m v his
body. : He was alone In the hbnse that
night and there was evidence that he
had been shot by a party or parties
standing near the window on the out
side of the house.
' Edgar Stripling 'and Terrell Huff,
hi a tmf)iA.inlAW : vhn' ni ' maioh
fbon. of Cornett were indieted for the
murder, f were found guilty with a
recommendation for mercy and were
sentenced by the court to serve life
sentences in the penitentiary.
- Strit)linar on the witness stand de
clared thafihe shot and killed Cornett,
but that 'Huff was not a party to it
and knew nothing about it until after
tbe.errme was committed. :
: "I killed him because he had in
suited my wife and my married sis
ter," said Stripling"and because he
had made threats to take my life.
lived in fear of hkn for days and was
afraid even to go out of the house in
the daytime for fear that he would
make good his threat."
While the prisoners were waiting
in the Harris county jail to be deliver
ed to the penitentiary authorities.
Stripling escaped, and from that day
until hia arrest by Sheriff Smith in
Danville Thursday afternoon nothing
hs been known -of his- whereabouts.
On Saturday afternoon, in the store
room next to the Water and Light of
fice the ladies of ' St. James Luth
eran 'church will sell candy, potato
chips and different varieties of cakes,
including angel food, pound snd nut
cake.1. j. . -. v.- .
CONCORD. N. a FRIDAY. MAECH 3, 1911.
rczscxAi. :
Boms sf lbs People Car and Cs
where Wha Coma and 6a.
Miss Bath Gibson is visiting friend
in Charlotis. . .-, .
Mrs. J. Locke Erwia isspeBilinrtbe
day in Charlotte. :. ' , '
i
Mia Grsce Brown is spending
dsy in Salisbury.
Mice Maggis Parka,' of StatesvilW.
ia visiting Mrs. M. P. Alexander. f
Bev.iJ.'C. Keever, of China Grovel
ia visiting Rev. J. A. J. Farringten.
Mr.'J.'C. Cochranrof Newelhu is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. E. F. Cor
rell. , ' " : v . :-
' Little Miss Mary Penelope Cannon
has gone 4o Wilmington to visit het
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Borden,
Mr. Paul Banner Wolf, of Babi
more,' Md., is visiting his uncle, Mr.
S, A. Wolff. He will leave this af
ternoon for Ocala, Fla.
. Mr. J.
C. McEaehren, of ;No;fltfj
township, passed through the city yew
terday afternoon en route to Salisbury
to confer with the officials of the pro
posed railroad railroad from Salisbury-!
to Monroe. ' -'. -,
Concord Fin City Of Ooarat-Jtlaj
Mrt Joseph Fetzsr, familiarly knowit
as ' Uncle Joe,'' who is sojourning in
Concord for a few days writes to the
Greensboro Record;wand says among.
etner tnrngsC':' ?.
'Concord is a fine little city.- Its
greeu. lawns, pretty flowers and the"
advanced stage of vegetation indicate
an early spring. Surely there : has
been no winter here. Such a mud elk
mate. - ' ,
"Concord is a mil ltown proper, hut
it has many other industries.- . The
business part is built up solid , with
brick, the streets are well paved -and
the stores' will . compare -favorably
with ' any in the" State; they are so
Well ordered and look so clean and
fine that one .would think that Easter
was righf here.. It isn't far off, I am
hankful tojBay.," And. right in ha;
midst of this business mart is brother
Sherrill with.; his. Evening TrrbuneJ
that has luvnirin 1 knwJtfiM'iuiMa.
aityTslill Wlppiitf awiy f or dear 4ife.H,i ttil 4kw th w will w
Beer Joints Broken Up in Albemarle.
Albemarle, March 2.2ol. R. L.
Smith, who is employed by the Law
and Order League of this county to
prosecute violators of the prohibition
law, ia making it hot for the social
clubs, near beer dealers and blind ti
gers. me a as almost driven them out
of Albemarle. A few days ago he
made a dive into Norwood boozers and
a-a result 20 to 25 cases are added
to the Superior Court docket.
Col, Smith reports that numbers and
numbers of witnesses were examined,
and out of those who testified that
they were members of the Norwood
Clubs, eight or -ten were negroes as
black as Norwood eould produce. Also
among those who were members' with
the colored brethren were those who
called themselves leading citizens, and
there were church.. -members among
them. This kind of conduct will not
be longer endured by the good people
of Norwood, and tney say tbe social
clubs must go. Some of the people of
Norwood were wondertng how tbe
white men of tbe clubs entertained the
colored brethren sexually.
To Organize Vocal Class.
: Miss Addie , White, of Salisbury,
af in Concord yesterday in the inter
est or securing a cia&s in vocal music,
Miss- White is a fine vocalist and a
thorough and competent musical in
struetor, and Concord will be fortu
nate to secure her-for the purpose
mentioned. ' Our city haa much mu
sical talent, end it is proposed to form
a choral society. here. We hope Miss
White will secure at once the number
of pupiLj necessary to justify her
coming here. - " s -
S: Mr, P. M. Keller and family, who
have been living an Concord for sev
eral months, have gone to Bessemer
city, where they will live. - Mr. Kel
ler was manager.of the Roberta mill,
which was destroyed by fire last De
cember.
r
AS WELL
proportions
count. Do
Oar patrons, regardless of the amount of busibess done, re
ceive every courtesy in all, matters of business entrusted to.os,
and there is nothing in safe banking we cannot perform.
T!i3 Ccbarrua
WClZf'S ZZ7TL
' " AS3OCIAT105 TOK OOITOOKD.
Om lecently Organisai Ears Kssd
' af Xt Xssnly Fsfc
Those who attended the Teachers'
Institute hers last summer may recall
the- appointment of officers for Bet
terment Work in Cabsms County,
Mrs. &. A. Brown, of Concord, was
given tbe offlee of president and sines
that time she haa teen studying the
woman's work in other towns in the
State in order to determine the best
methods of organisation for her own
work.
No doubt Dr. MeCormaek'a lecture
precipitated this organization in Con
cord, and on Friday morning, Febru
ary 9th, at 10 o'clock aftfos homo of
Mm. J as. Gibson, the first association
in the county was organized for No.
12 township (Concord). Mrs. Brown
and ths presidents or representatives
of the Julia Magruder. Christian
Reid, Sorosis, Study. Virginia Dare,
Floral and Social clubs were present,
The concensus of opinion was that
Concord needa such a club as this,
and needs it badly. Jueh president
it
came with, a message from her club
that they would take part in whatever
plans were made. Tbe offtcera elected
are a follows President, Mrs. B. A.
Brown; -Vice President, Mrs. J as.
Gibson; Secretary, Mrs. Plato T. Dur
ham ; Treasurer, Mrs. J. F. Ooodson.
The public can not fail to see the
significance of hi organization. The
membership of a hundred women in
nus club will mean a greater leverage
for the health and beauty of tbe town
than possibly any other force. .The
effectiveness of such work has been
fully demonstrated in Gastonia where
lelUrur results have been obtained
T Streets fefe washed, unsightly
boxes and barrels are conspicuously
absent from the sidewalks, store fronts
and windows are shining with fresh
paint and Bon Ami, flowers and shrub
bery are the result of free seed and
prizes offered by the club, decayed gar
bage and papers are destroyed in back
lots and unsightly sign hoards are
rapidly disappearing. .
: What would be the effect if such
improvements, could be mads on -our
already ' naturally i. beautiful cityt
Let as hope that every woman , will
honorary members,
, OONSTm xlON.
Article L
This dub shall be called the Wo
man's Betterment Association of Con
cord. - v Article TX - r
The purpose of this Association
shall be:
1... To bring about the enforcement
of the present municipal laws regard
ing cleanliness and h.alth.
2. To add to the attractiveness and
beauty of our town and community. -
A. To create a more lively senti
ment along these lines among the gen
eral public in a word to improve the
physical and intellectual environment
of our entire citizenship. -
If tr t A QVtSTtOlt
or iAnn-onn a ,
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mtrm tbb. monst
roti hsd Htcu-
MAKT TO HAH OM
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accoost ok roa
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CONCOBJ) NATIONAL BANK
Capital $100,000 ' c ,8nxplw 3P " '
. Par Cent. Interest Paid on Tims
Deposits,
AS LARGE ONES ARE
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welcomed here. ' You need not V'ait
until yourJuslness has assumed ceat
4U'
before opening;
to to-day. r'
an
Savings ' Czn!:.
BiaHs Copy, S
ArtfcUXn.
Anyone interested in the objects of
this association may become a member.
Mo fee shall be charged the women but
the men shall pay 60 cents in order to
become honorary members.
Article XT...
The office re of this aasociaiioo shall
be a president, rice-president, secre
tary and treasurer, who shall be elect
ed annually.
. ArttcU V.
The association aUall meet regularly
one a month, or oftener at the call of
tbe president. -
. ArUds VL
The' following officers shall compose
aa advisory board to keep the asso
ciation in co-operation with the eivie
authorities, via.; Superintendent of
the city schools, county superintendent
of publie instruction, tnsvor of Con
cord, chairman of, street committee,
sanitary oraeer. .
Extra Session of Congress Before
" v Aprfl 4.
Washington, March 2. Tbe last
vestige of doubt that there will be an
extraordinary session of Congress
called by President Taft in order to
have some action taken on the Cana
dian reciprocity agreement in the now
practically certain event of the failure
of that measure in tbe present Con
gress, disappeared today when it be
came known that Republican leaders
had been called to the White House
fo ra consultation. rw
- ''The die is cast," said one of the
Republican senators, after returning
to tbe eapitol. "Mr. Taft has decided
that there must be an extra session
and that he will eall it earlier than
April 4."
A flO Fountain Pen for fl.
We eall attention to the window
display at Gibson Drug Store of the
fountain pen exhibit selling at $1.00,
no more, no less, all sizes and styles,
This pen is not made by the trust
whose prices are from $2.50 to $10.00
for the same pen. . All pens are war
ranted 14 karat gold and a guarantee
for one fear u given with each pen.
This sale will close Saturday at these
prices. Come early and avoid the
rush. , , . , v ,
H. L. ParKs Co.
Ad Expert . Cutter and Fitter
with 15 years' experience with
Kahn Bros., Tailors that sat
isfy will be with us , : ;
Friday and Saturday, V
March 3rd and 4th
With a A Fashionable Line of
Spring Woolens for Tailored-t-S
Order Suits. :
. . ..' ', -
.Five Hundred Patterns from I
which to make your, selection. :
Fit and Satisfaction guaranteed.:!
Affords us pleasure to show you.
IirL..FcirIIsQ(C-:
NO. 0T
. OUX OH1XA FAKXX? IUX3.
Seraral Dollars Addsd ia 1 Teday. -Our
China Famine Foad atiQ
grows. Ws have sev ral contributions
to it todsy. All ths money we have
by tomorrow will be then forwarded
to the American Red Cross Society at
Washington, from where it will be
cabled to tbe stricken distrieta. Onr
fund now stands:
Previously acknowledged $34.50'
miss uosa nuler - 2.00
Mrs. Kate Noell S L00
Mrs. N. D. Fetzer 1.00 '
Miss Mary McCartney SJttO
Geo. H. Cline . QXK)
Miss Victoria Dry L00
On Wednesday we forvanfcd '
cheek for $20.00 to the American Na
tional Ked Cross at Washington, and "
today we received the following re
ceipt: ;
Washington, D. ?,' March 1, 1911. '
The American National Red Cross
scknowledges, with thanks, the receipt
of twenty dollar from the Concord
Tribune, Concord, N. C, contributions '
received for the Chinese Famine Fund.
A. PATT ANDREW, Treas.
By CHAS. L. MAGEE, Secretary. ; .
Cutting Affray Last Night
Sam Ellis and Ed Saddler., colored. -
became mixed in an affray in front of
the Cabarrus Savings Bank last
night about 7:30 o'clock. Ellis cut '
Saddler on the hand and fas with a
pocket knife, inflicting several urlv
gashes. The cause of the trouble eould
not be learned aa the Ellis negro made
his escape and has not yet been cap
tured. This is the second euttinc .
scrap between negroes that ha oeeur '
red on the side walks of tbe business
section of the city recently, the other
one occurred several weeks ago' in '
front of the Citizens Bank and Trust
Company. -' .
"Lassoing Wild Animals in Africa."
The most , wonderful picture ever
shown is the. "Lassoing of Wild Ani
mals" by Buffalo Jones and western
cowboys. A. cowboy lassos a zebra
and then rides him. They are chased
by a lion and rhinoceros, but fall to
the lasso. ,Intwo reels at the Pastime
today and tomorrow.
Cents.