0L XXI.
CONCOKD.N. O. TIIUnSBAY. MAHCH 9, 1911.
Single Copy, 8 Caste.
NO..203-
"LUwiaa" VTrites Interestingly of
ti. Expiring Legialatnre.
Special to The Tribune. "
Baleigb. March 0. We are all vM
ecsionallv of "barmy and "joy-
ful" deaths, bat the only oaea of
that description thai I aver witnessed
personally ia tba - mortuary luxury
which tba General Assembly of North
Carolina indulges in biennially, .
. The huffling off of the" Legislative
coil which torn two hundred people
. (eounttar both legUJators and the
- "attacheee' undergo in the Stata
eapitol building every other year ia a
, moot harpy' event" mun foe
' genatore and ' Representatives . who
have dona .enough work ainee .they
came here to present a semblance of
v- actual activity, if their statements are
to be accepted verbatim t literatim.
Riiim nt thorn "nnonlv daelare at the
close of a session hat no inducement
could tempt them to play; the role
again 4hey are that tired and.dis-
yuaiea. uw umi me mra
answering to the roll call the very
next sessionand -then -'sOe more,
very often, if their eonstitnents Ibink
enough of them to tend them back
. - again. - ' y i . .
it ia moat V inexplicable, too. For
- among these are soraetimea numbered
tba verv beat and moat earjablesnd
' valued men in both branches, the men
" without whom (or substitutes lhat
would be hard to find) tba interest of
- the People and the State-would on
questionably suffer at tba band of
their own law makers a largo number
Of whom are so incapable and an-
suited for this kind of work that they
-ought sever to be aent bare to impede
-legislation. -which is about the one
'thing of a public character that do
accomplish. The reason (if it can be
: called a reason rather than a misery)
why men of high grade continue to
' 'come here (men like Dooghton and
' . Conner and vary email handful of
others in tba Souse, and Uka Brown,
.-, of Columbus, and Boyden, of Rowan,
and Hart sell and Fharr and Uraham
' and Barnag and Hick and a very few
other Senators) is probably a ebjpe
v kinsman to that whicVkeepa the mre
talented newspaper men. in the busi-
. nes of journalism when they eouM
mora rapid at other callings wnieu
- they eould fill with ability.. -
Like the born newspaper man finds
it oat after be has ' gotten printer's
ink on hia angers" (sometimes almost
. . accidentally), so thee born, parlia
mentarians and law makers fall into
a congenial groove bere and f'eome
AaiilpM nnmfw fit Inv Am mpb
" And as I have Stated, it would be a
aorry and -incapable . body withrt
-them. ' :-.
- And they are not all lawyers, either.
r Senator Brown and Senator Boyden
-,. for instance, -are' not lawyers. UlYet
there ia no lawyer in this legislature
that n at accomplished more than ei-
, ther of these ? laymen" ( who are sm-
' gled out and referred to for the par
pose of illustration) and they - and
several like , them are the best assets
the State baa as lawmakers today,
joui as a maner otc isot, cnis iiegis
stature ia not actually dead or aa yet
. y "laid out' for the undertaker. It is
only the session that hag reached its
close. : There ara really twenty-two
. months of life' left to the General As-
' will neve assemble together again un
. lesa the Governor, in the event of
some ' extraordinary ' ' occasion deems
r ' it necessary or advisable twall them
together again in an extra aeanon,
, The test of the session just closed
- baa developed really less than an av
i ' . ' 1 " 1
. erageoi sirong men in mis wuj, name
. a doaen in .the Senate and a score in
the House and you have got praeti
' eally tbe entire bunch whose work and
acta amounted to a "continental
darn.' The balance eould have been
left at home for the good of the State,
for tbe presence of some of them actually-
impeded and interfered with
' tegislation. , . 1 .
Wrhen pay stopped last Monday
' there were many vacant chairs. Next
day the empty seats increased in nwn-
. ber. But, nobody cared. ' Aa matter
of fact moat of the legislators who
have the work to do anyway .were ob
viously glad (and not in the least sur
prised) to note their absence. And it
is the God's truth to add that the in-
- teresta of the State were helped the
minute some of those decamped be
cause tbeir pay bad stopped
The gool old State has enough par
Ko. izzkxa roR 125,000.
Pretty Artist. Charge That. Gaston
- Bullock Keens Jilted Ear. ' '
The following from Tuesday 'a New
Tork World "will be of inter to Mr.
Means' many friends here: . -Justice
Newburger'a vacation of an
order requiring Edith C. Poole to sub
mit to an examination before trial,
granted today, discloses a sensational
breach of promise suit for 135,000
damages for a broken heart brought
by Mis, Poole, a petite and beautiful
art student, against" Gaatoa Bulloqk
Means, related through the Bollocks
io former President Theodore Roose
velt. - -. y
Justice Platsek last month directed
that Miss Poole answer question pro
pounded by Means' lawyer before tri
al. ' She asked . Justice Newburger,
through be reounsel, Etroose ., ft
Strouse, to set aside the order as "kn-
providently granted.' Thia waa done,
enabling Miss Poole, who is nineteen
years old, slender, Juno-eyed and an
accomplished hngoiat and musician, to
retain possession of ber bundles of
loye letters and other secrets of ber
suit against Means until the - ease
comes to trial. . . yT
' y Pledges ia Love Letters. '
Mm Poole claims that Means, who
is eonnected with the Cannon iMilla at
Concord, N. C.,'and who haa offices at
no. S3 Worti street in New York.
promised to marry, her in July, 1909,
and tbat he set tbe date of the cere
mony as vlater in July.' The prom
ise was repledged in hundreds of let
ters; written ifrom various cities in
the United States, which teem with
ardent love and protestations of aft
faction and loyalty. These letters will
be produced at the trial; They will re
veal jueaas, it is said, as a wrtraver
of the grand passion in high literary
SK1U. n!s.,s,&r Vi.VJ..i:i,.r,.'V
"I know it seems ordinary to sue a
man because he haa not kept bis prom
ise to wed yon," said the eharmuur
plaintiff today,- Vbut my heart has
been broken and I've lost interest in
the, world ana everythinsj since -be
jilted me. am sure,-however, that
women wno nave loved, aa I did, and
who have suffered and been-wronsed
by a man who pledged ni replied.
himself ti:me',s6 fteni'ilOindeQii
stand tbat am justified m bringing
But who tarns tbe whole glaw down!
and dreams it 'a all today T .
And oh, there i no glory, dear, when
all tbe world ia done, - 4-
There ia no splendor lasteth ont tbe
sinking of the ana ;
There is no thing that lasts but one,
no one bat this you love me.
All tbe rest fades with the world
away but you, from "Bun." .
The trial of tbe suit may reach the
calendar at the end of March. : 3fisa
Poole U living in selusion with rela
tives and expressed much cbargin that
the details of ber suit had become pub
lic, Bhe u slim and thick of tbe Elsie
Jama type and ber mannerisms and
choice aof words express refinement
and education.
Wednesday 'a World baa another
article in regard to the matter, from
which tbe following is an extract
First 6aw Her ia 8nrf.
.When she waa graduated in 1906 te
Colorado altitude had pot ber heart
in fine throbbing condition. She went
to Atlantic CUy. and from tbe board
walk Means beheld her splashing daiir-J
tily in tbe ocean. 'She didnt know
about this at that time but says she
became acquainted with the fact when
tbey were introduced in this city
month later. . -. yy; !
Misg Poole saya (Means became most
devoted to her and kept tbe mail
rierg busy when he was away from her.
Sbe has seventy-five tetters and tele-
grama which she proposes introducing
at tbe trial of the suit, which is sched
uled for the ears of a jury the latter
part of this month. .
- . A Burning Love Missive.
Here ia a letter which arrived by
special delivery at ber borne and was
dated November 18, 1909
Mv Darling Little One:
When I arrived in New York late
yesterday it eemed as though my
heart would, break without yon bere
to greet me, as you have been for the
past three years, but we must be of
good cheer and full of courage and ev
erything will come out all right. Just
as soon as I bave looked ever the situ
ation here 1 ara going to my, borne at
Concord, C, (for a. few days. No
matter what may happen J love you
with my eoul. 1 kve you as trmcn
a-t3 ixxwbte-for e-tean- to4ove.;If
yosfqfi you- will always love me we
will get married. we are not afraid
that we can't make a" success of bfe.
TO TALKIUTT.MAD. T
Proainaat Ofidaia of Dsraaa 4 Char
lotte Care Today to & Our Paopls.
A telephone message waa received
by The Tribune this morning from Al
bemarle, stating that Mr. J. B. Blair,
of Troy. Mr. Toll, superintendent and
engineer of the Durham A Charlotte
railroad; and CoL Glenn, of tbe U. S.
army, were en route to Concord in an
automobile o meet tbe citizens here
an4 discuss plana of extending the line
of lbe Durham A Charlotte railroad,
wcrh now. operates tbrouirb Moore
oi 'Montgomery counties to this city.
. The exact proposition these gentle
men have to submit to tbe ekixena of
Concord eould not be definitely ascer
tained bat it is needless to say tbat m
will be well worth tbe time to meet
with them and hear tbeir proposition
as to a railroad, y -
Tbey took dinner dinner in Mount
Pleasant and arrived, at the St. Good
hotel this afternoon. It M earnestly
hoped that a large delegation of eiti'
een will meet these gentlemen at the
hotel this afternoon. No committees
hajre been appointed and tbe meeting
will be altogether informal.
Go to the hotel this afternoon Mr.
Business Man, as this meeting may
result in another railroad for Concord
OUR FAMINE FUND.
him to court, lie wrote me of Ma love
for me from all corners of America, u know the happiest moments of my
I was young and unsophisticated and
he was tall, handsome and of excellent
family, and devoted to me when we
met and for a year. - 1 .
i Money Can't Salve Her Heart.
"A law suit, and even a recoverv
df damages from him can not mend a
confiding girl's broken heart, but it
will be a lesson to-Mr. Means. I won't
say another word.".:"
Miss Poole had just been graduated
from tbe Loretta Heights Convent in
Denver, CoL, sbe aaye, when she came
to New York to visit relatives in WBt
Seventy-second street, with Whom she
now makes ber home. She proposed to
enter New York's art schools and con
tinue her love for painting. An ac
quaintance with Means ripened, into
inendsbip and then love, and he was
accepted, she says, when a proposal
followed. Miss Poole 'e father, for
mer prominent 'Denver lawyer, is dead.
Jueans travelled considerably for the
Unaon- Malls, in wbichbis y family
members of the". Bullocks of "Geor
gia," made famous by one of O. jHen-
Several Contribution Hade ' to It
. Since Last larae.
' Not a day passes but that adds one
or more contributions to our China
famine fund, which now stands:
Previously acknowledged .....$100.50
Ladies Mis.- Soc. Trinity Re- :
forjned church ....1 8.50
Mrs. C. P. Cline . .1.00
cash ....:.. ..... 1.00
Cash. ... .. . .. . 1.00
Mrs. W; W. Flowe 5.00
.Total .
....fllT.OO
ry'g stones on- President . uooeevelt,
are. interested,: and during his trips
wrote two 'and three times ft day to
Mass Poole. She says, he composed
odes to ber beauty, wrote poems of ber
charms and penned romances of their
happy future in. letters with which
he is now ready to confront him.
Twice some of her letters have been
stolen, she says, but she has plenty of
rei terations , of Means 'a. promises to
substantiate ber claims.
DarUngest Uttto SdHh.'- ??
(Miss Poole waa reluctant to reveal
the eon-tent of any of Means 's letters.
She blushingly confessed that be ad
dressed her as "My Darlingest little
Edith" and nsnally signed himself
"Hon." . One letter dated .Chicago,
October, 1909, read in part! t V s:
. "It hurts me because I cannot fa
thom, as I like to do, the last letter
you sent me. . . Remember, 'dearie, that
all I said I mean. Yon ought to know
enough about 1910 ' m realize
that a Bullock never fail, to keep a
promise. I love yon with alTmy heart
and soul yes, body and souL ; I will
marry you soon, dear, and you and I
life hive been spent with you.
' Whether you know it or ; not you
are one of the brightest and sweetest
of women to be found anywhere. With
all of the love in my body and a mil
lion kisses for my darling little one,
your, , " . v HON
. Miss Poole is : Hving here with
friends and refuses to' reveal hef ad
dress. I She was seen yesterday and de
clared that even a verdict for the full
amount would , not mend ber
heartstrings. ''
"I was young and unsophisticated.
she said, ''and now my heart is bro
ken. Other women who loved vainly,
as I have, will understand why I am
taking-tbig tender matter into court,'.'
Means is now in Chicago. Accord
ing to his answer to the complaint, be
found that sbe and 'the influences of
life in a convent were total strangers
and tbat she also suffered exceedingly
from thirst His answer records that
she admitted these things to him,
whereupon, he alleges, be told her that
there would be no wedding bells." !
Concord Real Estate and Insurance
y Company Elects Officers.
At a recent meeting of tbe Concord
Real Estate and Insurance Co., which
was chartered a few days ago, the fol
lowing officers were elected : President,
C. B. Wegonerf: vieepresidenty A. J.
xorke; secretary and treasurer, H. M.
rTopst; manager of the insurance de
partment; W. A. Stone. The company
win do a general insurance and real
estate business, act as guardians, ad
ministrators, trustees, collect rentals
and transact other busnnes of this na
ture.:" The office of the company is in
the utuena IBank and Trust Com
pany buiHingy ; . , , , ,
Another Bnmmage 8ale. -
The ladies? of Central Methodist
chureb will have ; another rummage
sale next Saturday,, lasting all ..day.
They will have the sale in the store
room next to the Citizens Bank and
Trust Co, recently vaeated by , the
Cline Bros. Co.T Tbey will bave men's,
wtneR-Rd obildwa's elotldngaftd
many-useful things for sale. . ,, '-:
The James Knitting Mill hag been
bartered at Mt. Pleasant. The capi
tal is $10,000 and the principal incor
porators are C. F, and M. K. James.
xixnsa E0U&2 fox ookoobd.
AbomT Sixty Kamas Entered u Msav
bers f Woman's Betterment Asso-
cUtioa Yaaterday.
About sixty namea were enrolled
yesterday afternoon by the Woman's
Betterment Aesoeistioii at the graded
school and the list will probably be
doubled before the mee&ig next 'Wed
nesday. Committees were appointed
to canvas the town for membership.
As was before stated, there is bo fee
for tbe ladies, tbey give tbeir work;
the men, however, may become honor
ary members on payment of 6 cents a
piece. -Tbis Zand will make a nest egg
tor further amounts to be raised by
tbe association.
The membership committee is as fol
lows: Jdiss Maude Brown, chairman :
Mrs. J. C. Fink, Mrs. H. C Herri e,
Mrs. MY B. Stickley. Miss Mary King.
Miss Constance Cline, Miss Fannie
HilL Mrs. Richmond Reed.
Mrs. Brown called the meeting to
order and read the origin of the Wo
man's Betterment Association io
North Carolina. Dr. (Mclver's name
is inseparably joined with this move
ment along with bis great educational
campaign. "
Mrs. J. A. Garrison, of Gastonia,
was present yesterday and gave an in
formal talk ontbe Gastonia : Better
ment Association. Their work is de
partmental the Literary, 6anitary,
Civics, Literary, and Grounds commit
tees -working as distinct organizations
but holding one union meeting month
ly. Mrs. Garrison gave wonderful
'.'send' to her words by her enthusi
asm and ber valuable experience in
Betterment work. -
, The membership bids fair to included
the finest womanhood - of Concord.
Those who were unable to attend yes
terday sent their names. The fsorosis,
Christian Reid and Julia Magruder
clubs joined in a body and other clubs
are at ill to oe heard from.
In the meantime th. membership
committee i at work to report next
Wednesday afternoon at the graded
school building at 3:30, At this meet
ing permanent committees will be as-
pointed and tbe real (work will be on
derway.
" Uaa oar Fenny Coiumn it pays
. fe&soital mnoi
iaw ef tbe People Hart and Bs .
wkare Was Come aai Oe.
Mr. T. H. Yasderford. of SaUabnrv.
is bere today. . . v. -
Representative W. L. Morris retain- .
ed yesterday afternoon from Raleigb. '
Miss Nellie Herring is spendinc the
day in Salisbury. ,.,
Mr. B. H. Revels is movinr bis fata-
iry to Hillsboro todsyr '. . .
Mesdames T. D. Manesa and 6. N. '
Wateon are spending tbe day in Char-
lotte. - - y -
Mrs. C. C. Stone, wbo has been visit- -
tag ber parents, Capt. and Mrs. J, lf.v
Alexander, has returned to ber borne
in Charlotte. " . . . .
Ligbtaing Strike Home and Kills Girl'
Wadesboro, March 8. Anson conn-
ty suffered a severe electrical storm
last night and reports from several
sections today tell of outbuilding
struck by lightning. In only one in
stance, however, was a dwelling
struck. On the farm of J. T. Allen,
in tbe Flat Rock neighborhood, tbe
house occupied by Pleston Croneh
was struck and his 10-year-old daugh- -ter
instantly killed. Her clothing waa
set afire and her body badly burned.
Other members of the family were
severely shocked.
To
Methodist
Pay Debt ott Central
Church, '
A meeting of tbe board of stewards
of Central Methodist ehureh was held
MorJny night and ; also last: night
Cfive steps are being taken to pay at
once the small debt on the church and
parsonage, which amounts to $1545.00.
raiiand ftMMI.fMt nf this amnnnt atul ihav.
men are going to pay the balance on
March 30.
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Col. Theodore Roosevelt, former
President of the United States, wiH be
the chief attraction -of tbe Southern
Commercial Congress program in At
lanta today. : He will speak on "The :
Sontb's Obligation in States man ship
and Business, Endeavor
session. ' '
at the night.
trbtie sons in every Legislature to .hall always be happy. I have not
keq a quorum till all necessary busi
neM ig transacted, even should it be
- found necessary to remain a month
, overtime without pay. - ' . ; , . . y
The only discordant sound ia the
general "glad .acclaim" that marked
the clong scenes, wag that of a few
, !;;'. y...i- who protested over guxuch
that they were ii -ervious to anything
the "newspapers" niight say or had
- said about them. But none of tbe
abler and broad-minded lawmakers
vas numbered among these.
been untrue to you even in thought.
Send me your most intimate soul's
yearnings on bow yon love me.
, Eut Love la Poetry.
On another occasion Means penned
the following poetry and wrote that
it best expressed his heart t
So little while, so little while.: the
world shall last for us,
TheVs is no wsy to keen.it, dear but
lust apend it thus; .
There ia no hand r-" f?p'tlie sand
from flowing f 4
Engraved visiting cards, wedding in-
aitnttAMfl - tvAHfittn anAnaaaMaa(a
w v iotiuuo viwuiug uuvHUVWUDUiia
; llnest made. - The Times-Tribune III
office, Concord, N. C. ' r.v 'JJ;
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"The rich and poor are on equal
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This experience ig for you to
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' ' April 1st ia the date ef oar
opening of the 27th Series of
the Cabarrus Association.- Ex
pecting yoa to calL . .
' , J. M. BENDBIZ,
- Secy, and Trea.
la Concord National Baak. 1
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AS WELL AS LARGE ONES ARE
welcomed here You need not wait
until your business has assumed great
proportions before. opening . an ac
count Do so to-day. v
Our patrons, regardless of the amount of business done, re
ceive every courtesy ia all matters of business entrusted to us,
and there is nothing in safe banking we cannot perform,
Ttio Ccbarrus Savings Dr.n!u
New
Spring
I'lerctnadise.
Everv freight and express
brings us New Spring Merchan-,
dise and many Special Bargains
will be shown Friday and Sat- :
urday in Hosiery, Novelties, No
tions. Muslin Uncterwer, Silks
and Cotton Silk Poulards, White
Goods; Percales, Galatea; Ging
hams, etc, etc.
New Novelties in Skirts,
I Coat Suits and Shirt'
waists.
Don't fail -to take alook at
,-oiir . beautiful line of Spring ,
'Footwear. :
H1; L. Poriis'