North Carolina Newspapers

r- "A t f kts ky 'ky ky VOL. XXII. Prion, 40 Osata a Xonta, CONCORD. N. C TUESDAY. AUGUST 1.1911 Slmcto Oeyy. -Tp. 15 OUK WATTE BUPPLT. Col Water Creek Will Yield Fins 8pply. Bapply ia City Wells Diminishing . Present Supply Ade- suite fw DoMMtic Purposes Onlr Ob account of the almost nnnie- eedented drought, no better time "'. ever presented itself o test the va- rioua sources of water supply within tbe piedmont section of North Caiol. na. As Concord is now' eonirrooi- iar a. water 'line that will furnmli ' water for this city for probably scon s , or years. . Superintendent Kutledge . made an inspection trip along Cold . Water ereek to ascertain lint hand this creek's capacity to furnish wa- ter, even when conditions are' as they bow are, which is not likely to occur witnin ' several decades, and he re ports that he is highly gratified with the conditions. '' . v The ereek was inspected for a mile and a half above where it will be tapped for the supply.Eight inches of water was found and it showed a flow of fifty feet within thirty four sec-' onus. This measurement was taken on the surface and no test was made of the sand bottom, which is from 12 to 14 feet deep and eontainj a large quantity of water, which would prove of an rnestiranble value in a crisis in tbe water situation like the present. Another feature of the sand. bottom ia the fas t that it causes a natural filtration, which is looked upon by engineers and water experts aa a decided advantage when the pur ity of the water supply is considered. As several streams were eonsider- , ed when it was decided to enlarge the water plant an inspection was al so made of Coddle ereek, which show ed a flow, where it was found, of 10 feet in ninety seconds, but it was found to he dry in most places. . Another fact that tbe drought has demonstated is that it would im possible to get a sufficient supply of water from either of the ' creek or the river at a time like the present unless a dam was built. The "present city water supply is proving sufficiently adequate for do mestic purposes only. That is with an uninterrupted power, and, with the Catawba river in is present state, it is doubtful- if the Southern Power Co, ean furnish, an uninterrupted current. . Nothing short of this will l suffice however, aa it is necessary Jo operate tha pumpy night and day I 10 supply sumcieni waier lor aomes tie purposes only, and without do ing this it will be impossible to fur bish the supply. .It requires a 50 horse power motor to operate the air pumps that lift the water out of the wells and a 150 horse power motor to force the water to the stand pipe, and it requires continuous power to keep 4Mb ma chinery in operation. The stand pipe can be filled within three hours, but . the city is straining every resource to keep a surplus supply of water on hand in case of fire. There are. three artesian wells that furnish the supply, two on Spring street, 150' feet deep and the other 75Q feet deep but on the same vain as the larger well, ' and one at the pump station 850 feet deep. While the supply of these wells has decreased consider- ably, there appears no immediate dan ger of their., becoming exhausted. Three years ago these wells furnish ed a supply of 300,000 gallons a day. Tbe supply how measures about 150, 000 ' gallons. Government statistics show that wells geographically locat ed as these are have an average life of about ten years. And from the decrease in the city's wells it shows that it is in accord with the report. -Every property owner and resi dent should be extremely careful as to fire and use every precaution in this regard; so let thjs be a timely -warning. . Situation Serious at Salisbury. ""t' Salisbury, July 3l.-The water sit- nation in Salisbury has become acute ' and tbe shortage-thut now stares the -it:o'S in the fuce hu caused much anxietv An the Dart of the mumoi v ' pal authorities." Mayor P. MThonip son has addresed a card to all tili - sens to save their water ami warns nil against a waste at this timo. The supply comes from a ereek neat tin citv. which has shown a raaiked d ' eline. and. until it rains, the shortage will increase, v There is talk of run ning a pipe line to the Yadkin river north, of Spencer at a cost of $100 " 000, and placing a large filtering ' plant on -the plant. ' , A Suggestion to Auto Driven. ' X X has the following in the Sal isbury Post, which applies every where just now : - N ' Editor Post Plemite allow through vour caper a suggestion that the auto mobile, drivers show some considera tion for a man who "lives in a bouse by the side of the road." During when no water is available for . sprinkling the dust is simply awful. ' Drivers can win the, ingratitude1 and praise of many citizens by running tbeir machines at a low rate of speed so as to, keep the amount of flying dust at a minimum. '', Mr. W. C, Houstim fa visiting rela tives ia Monroe. . " ; !: , DELIGHTFUL HOUSE PASTY. Jolly Week Spent at Flows A Time Always to be Remembered, Written for Tbe Triban. Tbe young people who left last week on n boose party trip, chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Graham Robinson, thor oughly enjoyed themselves and it was a perfect success ia every way All of them had tfce time of their young Uvea. Tbe party was given in the Burleyson borne at Plowes. - ", All kinds of amusements were en gaged in, dancing morning, noon and night. A grand old-fashioned aquaro dance' was participated in by all. with delightful music .furnished by a darkey with an old ; time melodious ;. banjo, and every ' one retired V when daylight was ap proaching, not to deep, but to think or the jolly time all were having. A little country store was . visited daily by tbe crowd for coco-cola and stick candy, which was even better than Huyier'a. Watermelons were to be had at all times and were delicious. On Wednesday night at the big square dance were visitors from town, Misses Nellie Herring, Mary Griffith, Mildred Wallace, Louise Means, Frank Morn- son, Paul Means, Mike Uomseur, of China Grove. Thursday night, Messrs. Uowan Dusenbery and Fred Patterson came out to see the happy crowd. On Friday a- big barbecue was prepared by the chaperone, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. and mm. w. u. ttobinson spent the day with the jolly house party. jFTiaay nignt we young men bad a stag hop, which couldn't have been surpassed. Several young men came here from Uamsburtr and took oart in tlhe dance. Those who were on this delightful house arty were Misses Kathleen Smith, Mary Bingham. Alice Brown. Helen Archey, Jean Moody, of Rich mond, Va., Louis Beason, of Lexing ton, . C. Mrs. Bertha Mood v. of Richmond, Va., Messrs. Frank Crow- ell, Wiham Moody, Warren Moody, William Snernll. Unas. Wadsworth. John Porter, Cy White, Donald Smith. Chaperones, Mr. .and Mrs Graham Robinson. - - Here's hoping that this meets with the approval of the entire party and that we may meet again in the new future. . Knights of Columbus Gathering" Detroit, Mich., August 1. The -an nual convention of the Knights of Columbus, which opened here today with a solemn mass at Holy Rosary church, has brought thousands of members of that order to Detroit. Every State and Territory in the Uni ted States, the Dominion of Canada, Mexico, Cuba, fortinco tun. even the Philippine Islands are represented in tbe gatbenng and many of the knights are accompanied by their wives and daughters. , The convention will last three days and will be de voted to business as well as pleasure. Today was principally devoted to the reception and registry of the arriving knights at Columbus clubhouse. The program for the evening includes a banquet at the Hotel Cadillac to dele gates and a minstrel show at the club house auditorium for the visiting knights. Ensign Young Must Report to Nor- , folk. , Washington, Jiuly 31. Dr. Young, father of Ensign Robert S. Young, Jr., Who recently placed the young officer in a sanitarium suffering from a com plete nervous breakdown following his disappearance in New York has been instructed by the Navy Department to have the young man report to 'the commandant of the Norfolk navy yard wnen be is physically alble to do so. A court of inquiry will probably , be necessary to determine what action, if any, shall be taken in the case. . - ' Dane Last Night - ;" There was a delightful informal dance at the Elks'Jiome last even ing. Those dancing were: Misses Ashlyn Lowe, Jean Moody, Hohi Ar chey, Louise. Means, Louise Reason, of .Lexington, -and , Alico Brown; Messrs. Ross Cannon, William, and Warren Moody", John Porter, Fred Patterson, Eugene Bamhardt, Gowan Dusenbery, Luther Brown and Frank CrowelL Chaperones: Mrs. J. W, Cannon, Mr. and Mm. E. T. Cannon, Mrs.. S. J. Lowe and Mi. and Mrs. E. C. Barnhardt. The proverbial "million dollar rain" soaked Minnesota and the Northwest Sunday. From points in every state in the wheat belt eame the reports that water enough to eary growing crops through the crucial state has fallen," The Winona potato growers assert the rain there for the late crop; Advices f from North Dakota say that a good flax erop is assured. v r All records for high temperature on the Mojave Desert were broken early last : week, when , the thermometer reached 140 degrees at Salt Basin in Death Valley.; " :.- - Mr, John Cannon is visiting friends n Winston-Salem. ; - . XX POLICE OOTJRT. Duncan Cook Up Oa a Charga of Lar- eeny and Sailing Liquor, Duncan Cook, a frequ-nt offender in police circles, is again in the limbo and will have to satisfy the court be yond a reasonable doubt that be k not guilty on tbe charge of larceny and selling liquor before be is allow ed his freedom. From the facta that have been given out concerning tbe ease it seems that Cook and L. C. Canop a young man from the coun try, were together yesterday after noon and night. When the timo came for Canup to go home he states that Cook induced him to spend the night here. The two securing adjoining rooms at the St. Cloud. ; The following faet are from tbe account of the robbery as told to Po liceman feloop, who made tbe arrest: Canup stated that he was awakened by Cook and told to get up ae it was time for him to go home. He got np and eame to tbe front of tine hotel, where be looked at his watoh and found that it was 2 o'clock and when be put his watch in his pocket he sed his money. He told Police man Sloop of tihe matter and he ar rested Cook. Cook declared that he was innocent and told tthe officer to search him. He was searched but no money found. Cook was locked up, however, and during the morning he told the officer where the money was, and he in company with the police man went to the lear of Gibson Drug Store, where tfhe wallet containing the money was found in a coal box. It ia believed by the officers that Cook put it there while Canup was report ing the matter to Policeman Sloop. Canup stated that he 'had $12.00 when he went to bed but only $9.00 was re covered. Cook is hlso. charged with buying a fiint of liquor for Canup during the evening. John Koonce, colored, was fined $24.88 for being drunk and firing his ttristol at .his home near Lovetown. Good Roads Picnic at Earrisburg. At the last meeting of the Harris burg local of the Farmers' Union, we decided that the most important thing confronting all our ,cople today was tbe permanent improvement of our public- highways. And in order to arouse, the feople to-a duller: concep tion of what we were loosing by bad roads, it was agreed that we would have a "Good Roads Picinc" at Har risburg on Wednesday, the 23rd day of August. We hope to have with us some of the best informed load builders in the state, and also some one from the National Bureau of Public Roads, to make addresses on the subject of im proving our common dirt or clay roads. Everybody interested" in the improv ed condition of our roads is invited to be present and help along a good cause; Everybody interested in the improv- tain the crowd, and as many as can will be expected' to bring baskets and a regular picnic dinner will be spread. itetreehment8 will be served on the grounds at moderate prices. Let all who are interested in the improvement of our roads andi the uplift of rural conditions come and help us enjoy the day. Very rospeotfully, W. W. AUTAN, L. H. QUAY, J. E. THOMPSON, Committee. The Farmers' Institute. " The fanners' institute is in session here today and a ,'arge crowd of farm ers and their wiv s are in attendance. Tii session for the men is being held at the court bouse as we go to press and the the following in the program : boil Improvements and Legumes E. S. MiUhaps. Poultry on the Farm J. P. Kerr. Plant Diseases und Spraying Dr, F. L. Stevens. . General discussion. The ladies meeting was held at the Elks' Home and most interesting talks on tle following subjects were bad: v , Health in the Farm Home Mrs. Emelia Orr. . .: The Cooking of Meats Mrs. Char les McKinnon. " 1 Moral Training of Our Children Mrs. Orr, A report of the. meetings will ap pear tomorrow. ' , Change In Express Business. i New York,' August 1. In accord ance with arangements - previously made the Wells-Fargo Express Com pany today took over the business of the Pacific Express Company, whicit has-been operating over the Wabash. Wheeling Lake Erie, Misssouri Pa cific, Iron Mountain, Cotton, . Belt, Texas & Paoiflo and International & Great Northern railroads. : v - Believe Hospital in New York has established n training school for mid- wives. : Tho fact that the stork made 52,000 visits to United States homes in 1910, without a doctor to welcome, Convinced Bellevns f the need. - . PZRSOXAL HXVTXOX. .Boms af tao Peopl Est and ZUa ' wkare WW Ceeas and Oa. Mr. Carl Spears has returned from a week's visit to Jlontreat. Mt. Roy. Duncan, of Norfolk, Va., is vwiitng fneads n toe cty. Miss Elma Byles has returned from a visit to friends in Charlotte. Miss Ashlyn Lowe wil leave to morrow for Lancaster to visit friends. Mr. E. Y. Correh has returned to his home in Ranyod.' Miss Olivet Cline and Carrie Heilig are visiting friend in Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Cannon are spending the day ia Winston-Salem. Miss Helen Suther has returned from Durham, wheio has been vis iting relatives. - Mro. H. B. Slack, of Mebane, is vis iting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. N. R. Richardson. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Allison left last night for Atlantis City to spend sev eral weeks. Miss Annie Belle. Mills, o2 States ville, is visiting Miss Emma Cannon, of No. 2 townshp. Miss Sallie Murr, of Charlotte, is visiting her mother, Mrs. George M. Murr, on East Depot street. Mr. Ernest Porter left this morning for Greensboro- where he will enter Page's School of Pharmacy. Miss Hattie Ross ias returned from Sanford, wiero she has been vriting her mother, Mrs. J. Id. Ross. Mrs. J. C. Hill, who has b.en visit- ii.g Mrs. W. C. Correll, iics returned to her homo in Abbeville, S. C. Messrs. W. W; Flowe, V. R. Archibald and W. S. Bingham have gone to Linville to spend a week. Mr. and Mir F. J". Haywood, Jr., Mrs. R. O. Burton and Miss Burton will leave Friday for Blowing Rock. Mr. F. B. Crooks', of Jacksonville, Fla., arrived this morning to visit his mother's family here for two weeks. Miss Lucy Brown will arrive to morrow from Tarboro where she has been visiting Miss-Elica Pender for a rortnignt. Miss Bessie Bangle will leave Sat urday for Portland, Me., to visit Miss Alice Hersey. Miss Bangle will also visit in New York. Misses Carrie Heilig and Ollie Jane Cline left this morning for Wilming ton, where they will visit relatives for a week. Mrs. George Riehmond and little son, Caleb, of Valdosta, Ga., are vis iting at the home of Judge Mont gomery. Mrs. Grover Love has returned from No. 10 township, where she has been visiting her father, Mr. Bunyan Green. Samuel Pemborton, wiho has been visiting at the home of Dr.W.D.Pem berton, will leave tonitflt fo" Freder ickshurg, Va., to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Deal audi son, Walter, who have been visiting at the home of Mr. John W. Cline, have re turned to their home in Salisbury. Rev. J. Walter Simpson left this morning in his Maxwell car for Rock Hill, S. C, on a visit to his father, Dr. I. Simpson, who is an invalid and is reported much worse. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Robinson are sp' nding the day in Salisbury. They intended to go on No. do, but missed the train and were taken up by Mr. L. E. Boger in his automobile. Mrs. C. W. Hopkins, of Atlanta, is visiting at the home of Mr. T. F. Hopkins. She will go from here to Pittsburg, where she will join her husband and go from there to Niagra Falls. - If ITi J QUESTION, or unrr-ons a CHICKING JCCOUNt ' with tat fowar roo find Kcf- tdtt TO HATt 0 HMSD-JVIT DM VMir thi duomn ; NEEDED, 0HtW IT i' J HOUSBHOLD ' Account, on ro tuuntrt-rwosu t. a 'OONOORD NATIONAL BANS Capital 1100,000 Surplus $39 0' - Deposits. 4 Per Cent, Interest Paid on Tim n rn. i I I 1 ill - MILLS SHUT DOW. Drought Closes 162 Plants In The Carolina. Can't Get the Power. Charlotte, Jury 31. As a elimax to the unprecedented drought this sec tion ia experiencing, 152 cotton mills in North and South Carolina shut down today because the water in Ca tawba river is so low the Southern Power company cannot supply the plants with power. . It is estimated that 70,000 opera tives are thrown out of employment. It is expected that work will be re Biany weeks since rain of any conse quence baa fallen anl local weather bureau records show a deficiency of mis section. Creeks which have not rone drv in 45 years are mudholes, and distress among the rural population depend ent for water on wells is great. Mountain streams to tbe west, upon which flouring mills, tanneries and cotton mills are dependent for now er, have dwindled to mere brooks in some instances, and many enterprises have been torced to shut doWn. Crops are burning up in the fields. Many iarmers in tnis and adjoining coun ties, despairing of a corn crop, have chopped down the young corn and are using it lor feed, while the hot winds are playing havoc with the cot ton Cities and towns to the north and west of the city are facing the or deal of a water famine that this city is now experiencing. At Salisbury, Concord,, bpencer, Monroe, Wades', boro and othere places the water sup ply problem has reached tbe serious stae and measures of economy are being rigidly enforced. The situa tion in Charlotte has not been im proved materiiilly, thonsrh the author ities are working night and day on the problem. 1 eehng that the distress of the peo ple is not being relieved as promptly as wns hoped by means of tank trains from the river at Mount Holly, the offers of water from Gastonia, Shelby and Liucolnton were today accepted and tank trains tonight brought in a0,(00 gallons from each place. This is being pumped into the city mains by means of fire engines, and an additional steamer borowed from Columbia, S. C, will augment the local fire apparatus in this work tomorrow. It is hoped by Wednes day to resume an economic service through the mains. It has been cut offlf since early Friday. Special prayer services for rain were held in churches throughout the section yesterday. There was a brief shower this afternoon and rain is fall ing lightly tonight, with atmospheric onditions that promise relief. Mississippi Primary. Jackson, Miss., August 1. A Dem-, ocratic primary election is being held throughout Mississippi today tor the purpose of nominating a United States senator, members of the legis lature and State officials. The three cornered senatorial fight, in. which Senator Leroy Percy, ex-Governor James K. Vardaman and C. EL Alex ander are the rival contestants, is the all-absorbing feature of the elec tion. ' We again ask our good friends, when telephoning to the office, to give the message to the one who ans wers the 'phone, whenever it is pos sible to do so. Miss Sue Nicholson is always in the office near the tele phone, and will be glad to take any item of news or other message. Medium Figure Try Extra Long American Lady " Fishers STCLEASS OVER A MILLION. Gratifying Increase Shows in Amount of Pre party Listed for Taxes. In Cabarrus. The following is the aggregate amount ox real and personal property listed for taxes this year in tbe va rious townships: Ward 3. 390,060; increase, 38,154 Ward 4. 896,511; li-crease, 93,188 No. 1 $ 441.665: increase. 1133.204 No. 2... 491.071: inert. 112JUK No. 3 288,971; increase, 80,387 io. 1,0441; increase, 86,469 No. 5 205431; increase, 33,773 No. 6... 208,995; increase, 41,695 No. 7 169029; increase, 36.711 No. 8 477,062; increase, 76,182 No. 9 259,650 y increase, 53,734 No. 10.w 520,179; increase, 119,818 No. 11.. 510339; increase, 100,273 Ward 1.1,034,630; increase, 50,606 Ward 2. 623,966; increase, 57,201 7,362,565 1,122,763 To Probe Postal Rates. New York. Auirust 1. The mem bers of the commission appointed by rresiaeni rail, to examine the re ports of the Post Office Department, its officers, amenta and emnlnvmi. nnrl the exisiting evidence taken in res pect io me cost to the Uovernment of the transportation unH handling f all second-class mail matter, and such evidence as may be presented by per sons having an interest in the rates to be fixed for niwnnd-Alnaa mottar of Associate Justice Charles E. Hnghes, of the United States Su- nreme Ponrt. rhnirmAn! A I awranna Lowell, of Harvard University, and it ti . . narry a wneeier, vice president or the United States Trust Company of Chicago. Colley E. Bell is the secretary of the commission. The re port is to be made to President Taft on or before December 1. Mrs. E. S. Foil returned yesterda from Spencer, where she went to at tend the funeral of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Nussman. Those attending from Concord and Mount Pleasant were: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Foil, J. C. Foil and son, Fran cis, Mr. and Mrs. A. Nussman, Misses Nina and Lillie Nussman, Mrs. Sal- lie Misenheimer and little daughter. IT'S A GOOD ONE! Make it a Rule to make our Store your headquarters. We Buy and Sell Everything. We save you money. - .' -X . - ' ' v n' " Pleasant salespeople to show you. Ask for what want, ew have it. ; v ... t... Forty Veterans Leave Tain Xcnlag. Per WOnrfnfton, Forty members of th Cabarrus Camo of Confr.U-L Vln.. L.ft I this morning for WUmingtosi im. ' chanre of Commander H R PiAi tr attend the State reunion. Tbe Veter ans choir is among t jo party - and ' their musis is now a special featur of all reunions. ' Those in the party, were: D. C Dayrault, W. M. Wed dington, D. A. Caldwell, C A. Pitta, S. R. Andrews, & O. S. Miller, a B." Parks, a C. Caldwell, John VM S. W. White, J. C. Thompson, M. M. Gillon, Rev. Jacob Simpson, P. R. Lents, C. W. llman. IL CL McAllie. ter, O. V. Manaey, J. C. Johnson. J. R. Bradford, W. H. Hudson, J. W. Walker, William Hunsaekar, Neal . Ovcrcash. Robert RIxJ-mIv Tt If Safirt, A. L. De more us, Joto Lowry, w. A. uavia, O. W. Isenbour, P. C Earnhardt. CUvmrn Rnat. J ft Rm M. B. Goodnight, B. & Gray, C. Hol shouser, P. M. Faggart, Joan Cook, C. R. WILite, Alfred Klntts and C. F. Walker. -. . Alliance Want. ts Unite wttk rnrm- rs Union. Seiisbum Julv 28. Just before ad journment last night tbe North Caro lina Farmers' Educational and Co operative Union fleeted the following delegates to the national convention,,. wiucn leets at Shawnee. Oklahoma, the first Tuesday in September: Dr. H. Q. Alexander of Mecklenburg, C. . a Wright of Wilkes, J. Z. Green of Union, K. J. Farns of Gaston, J. M. uox ol rltt, T a. Hill of VinrUina. Va.; alternates, J. M. Templeton of Wake, P. E, Shaw of Duplin, A. F. tar bo rough ol torsyth, a. A. Earn hardt of Rowan, A C. Shuford of Ca tawba, R. L. Nunn of Stokes. A representative of the State Farmers Alliance was present last night and made overtures to, units. with tbe f armers Union. The mem bership of the alliance af present is small A committee was named to investigate the matter and report at a future meeting. The State, meet- ' ing of the alliance will be held at Hillsboro Thursday of next week. - 8a the Tunes for Printing. i I 1 i !, ( mm -