dik) Unburn,
vol. xxn:
CITT ALDERMX3 MEET.
Taxes Levied Increase as Both Fro
party and Poll The riia Ordin
un Penned Time of Stmt Oar
FraacfelM Extended Biz Months.
Tbs board of aldermen held their
regular monttoy meeting at the city
ball lut night. Mayor Wagoner pre-
tidod and Aldermen King, Barrier,
Blown and Propet were present.
No sooner had Mayor Wagoner
rapped for order tfcan oie board got
down to business. Dr. King, chair
man of tha street eommRfcee, sub
mitted an agreement be fcad made
with tbe county commissioners in re
gard to tba one-half interest the city
owns in the road roller. The county
agreed to allow the eity one hundred
days use of the roller, at the rate of
$5.00 a day, the city to furnish a
man to operate rt, for its half interest.
The board agreed to accept the pro
position. '
The aldermen appropriated $30.00
to the colored firemen to aid in de
fraying their expenses to the tourna
ment, which meets in Eliabeth City.
The board decided to pay J. M.
Furr $300 on land purchased for the
cemetery and gave a note for the
balance.
The board made the following tax
levy, as recommended by fhe finance
committee:
30 cents on the $100 valuation for
school fund.
60 cents on the $100 valuation for
general fund.
63 cent on the $100 valuation for
interest fund.
7 cents on the $100 valuation for
sinking fund.
90 cents on poll for school fund.
21 cents on poll for sinking fund.
This makes the tax rate $1.50 on
the $100 property valuation in the
city, an increase of 15 cents over the
rats last year. The poll tax was also
increased from $2.25 to $2.46.
The much talked of firs ordinance
was then taken up, an ordinance pre
sented by City Attorney Hartsell,
making it unlawful for a hotel or
restaurant to clean fish within the fire
limits of the city, being passed.
'Mayor Wagoner spoke of the rela
tions between the city and water and
I'ffbJ...board,. stating JFbat these were
two separate and distinct branches of
city. government and should be con
ducted as such, 'but that this had
never been done as there had existed
for some time an arrangement be
tween the light and water board and
city whereby the latter paid interest
amounting to $6,000 annually for the
former and in return had received its
water and lights free from cost, which
would be about $10,000. The mayor
declared that this was an unbusiness
like airrangement and advocated the
city paying the water board for lights
and water and the light board paying
the interest on the money borrowed
for it. The board, however, failed to
sustain Mayor Wagonetl's position on
the matter, a motion to that effect
made by Alderman Ballior faililng
to receive a second.
The matter1 of granting the street
car company an extension of time for
their franchise, which expires Aug
ust 22, was brought up. As Is well
known by the people here the street
car franchise called for the comple
tion of tfhree miles of track within
the eity limits within two years, end
ing August 22 of this year. The street
ear company has failed to fully com
ply with this requirement, there be
ing something over a mile of track to
build yet before it is fully met. When
the franchise was granted the street
ear company put up a bond of $1,000,
which, with the franchise, would be
automatically forfeited! if the agree
ment was not fulfilled. The ear com
pany claims that various circum
stances have arisen that retarded
their work and on this account asked
- that they be given six montha exten
sion of time to fulfil the terms of
he franchise. The ,roetter was at
first brought up when the board was
in secret session behind closed doors,
and as there was no representative of
the press present the public cannot be
given a full report of the matter.
Alderman Bamer said that he was in
favor of collecting the bond and then
granting the extension of time.- Dr.
King moved that the street car com
pany be given , an extension- 'of six
months time to comply witn tne terms
ot tha contract. The motion was sec
onded by Alderman Propst.. Alder
men Propst and King voted in lavor
of the motion, Aldermen Barrier and
Brown not voting. The motion, there-
!' t M . nMmilM) .
Mr, Finley oi toe inoian penning
" Co. appeared before the board and
explained the merits ot the company
preparation as a road binder. He
agreed to furnish the binder and an
' expert superintendent ifl putting it
down for 10 cents a square yard. , Dr.
King, chairman of the street commlt-
tee. stated to the board that several
Stietdies of the macadam streets .of
. the eite needed a binder, this being
- especially true of Spring, fieott and
Una Section OI OVUl'U umvu urai mni.uin viia wj . uvjan wut
is now being macadamised. . Tha mat- $1,000 worth of tha. binder to be used
ter was referred to the street com -
Price. 40 Oenta i IfcmilL
TO PUT DOWK
ASPHALT ROAD BTSDZS
Oa Kannapolis Road To Cost $1438
Par Mile To Preaem Road And
is a Great Improvement
The board of eonnty eommissioners
this week contracted with Mr. Samuel
F. Finley, sales manager of the In
dian Kenning Co., to put down the
company's liquid asphalt road binder
on five miles of tha Kannapolis road,
beginning at the cemetery and con
tinuing to the end of the macadam,
ata a cost of $1,238 per mile, the
company to furnish the crushed stone.
The famous Kannapolis road was
built three years ago and has been
toe delight of the eutomoblist since
that time, with the result that tie
small stone that always proved a
satisfactory binder for macadam
roads before the advent of the auto
mobile, has been blown to parts un
known and tne road is rapidly becom
ing out of repair.
The material that will be nsed is
the same kind that is now in use on
stretches of rtod in Forsyth. Guilford.
Iredell and Mecklenburg counties in
cms tate and in a number of coun
ties in the South. and is used to a
much,larger extent in the East where
the automobiles first became numer
ous.
In putting down the preparation the
road is made level and smooth. The
preparation is heated and applied in
that state, at the proportion of three
quarts to the square yard. Crushed
tone adheres to the binder, forming
soon as the unnatural heat leaves the
stone adheres ot the binder, forming
an asphalt surface that is d listless
and water proof.
The life of the binder depends to
a large extent to the amount of travel
and the foundation of the road. One
of the first experiments that was
made with this binder was in Camden
county, N. J., and reports from there
state that it is in good condition now,
with the exception of places where
the foundation has given way. The
weather has very little effect on the
binder. In extremely hot weather it
is claimed that it never becomes soft
enough to adhere to wheels of traffic
or in winter to become brittle enough
to break or crack.
The work will begin in two weeks
and will be under the personal super-
vision of an expert from the Indian
Penning Co.
Sixty-first Birthday Anniversary
Celebrated Other Items.
The beautiful country home of Mrs.
Jane White was the scene of much
happiness and good cheer yesterday,
August 8. This was the sixty-first
birthday of Mrs. White, and the high
esteem in which she is held by all
who know her was manifested by the
large number of relatives and friends,
who gathered to celebrate the occa
sion, and by the numerous hand
some presents which she received.
All morning mends and relatives
from all parts of the country and
town came until the large grove
which surrounds the house was filled
with people.
At noon a Jarge improvised table
was placed on the lawn and was soon
overflowing with one of the best din
ners ever served in this country,' An
invitation was ' received from Prof.
Walter Thompson to witness a game
of baseball between the boys of tne
school and Rimertown, and at three
o'clock quite a number of the guests
availed themselves or. this opportun
ity to witness a spirited game of ball,
One hundred and fifty guests were
present and all departed in a happy
frame of mind and wishing Mrs.
White many more such birthdays,
The store of Mr. James Hudson, at
White Hall, was entered 'Monday
night and a number of small things
were stolen. - This store has been
broken into a number of times, but
so far the guilty parties have escap
ed.
Messrs. Witt Pharr, Lee White and
Ellis Morrison, of White Hall, left
Monday for Moore county to spend a
week's vacation,
Those who attended the birthday
dinner at Mrs. Jane White's yester
day from Concord were: Mr. L. A.
Talbirt and family, Mr. Joe Sills and
family, Mrs. H. B. Creech and daugu
ter, Miss Mary Creech, Mrs. V. C,
Parish and daughters, Misses Mae,
Zeta and Bermce. Mrs. James Cur
rage and Misses . Kate linker and
Claude Cline. - ' l.
August 9, 1911.
Senator La Follette and Chairman
Underwood, of the House Waya and
vommiwee,. wm uvo mwn
Itaken to reconcile the dierences e-
, , jr. 7 Tv. ii
for the full conference committee, are
in an unquestionable deadlock with
the possibility of remaining so and
thus forcing an adjournment of tha
session without final action on either
of these measurea. ' t i
I toittee with power to act. From the
statement of members of the boartl
last night it is mora than probable
1 on the street named above.
CONCORD. N.
DLLS BROTHER OP
HIS SWEETHEART.
Albert O. Butler, af Concord. Bared
From St Louis Mob by Police.
8t. Louis, Mo., Aug. 7. Albert O.
Butler, age 23, who yesterday after
noon shot to death Eugene L. Walsh,
age 20, came to St. Louis last month
from Concord, N. C, where he and his
brother, Pierce Butler, have a farm.
A dispute growing out of attentions
paid by Butler to Walsh's 17-year-old
sister, Nellie, led to the shooting, the
scene of which was in the Walsh
home. Just as Walsh's widowed moth
er appeared, the revolver in Butler's
hand was discharged and Walsh, shot
in the forhead, fell dead in the arms
of his brother, Joseph.
Pacing up and down his cell today
Butler at times burst into the lines
of various church hymns and at oth
er times muttered to himself, "It was
an accident." At times when he ap
peared to be in a normal state of mind
he would stop and mutter, "The trig
ger slipped, I know it did," then he
would resume the pacing of the cell,
singing at the top of his voice.
He protested that he was innocent
and that he only drew the revolver
for a "bluff."
Questioned for a motive for the
shooting, Butler declared the Walsh
boys had been hostile ever since be
attempted to change the religion of
their sister from Catholism to his
faith, Methodism. He boarded at the
Walsh house until the religious con
troversy forced him away. Twenty
minutes before the shooting Butler
started home from church, where he
had taken communion.
"Nellie and I were sweethearts
from the day of our first meeting," he
said today. ' ' Once this church subject
became an open one, I could see that
the boys Eugene and Joe had it in
for me. Alter I left the house I pur
chased a gun which I always carried
when near the house.
"I had to pass the house on my
way to and from church. As I near
ed the place yesterday the family was
on the porch. Joe called me, using a
vile name, and asked me to come over.
As I wished to settle the difference I
went over. Eugene rushed out in his
undershirt and threatened me.
"Fearing that serious trouble
would, happen if a fight started, I
drew my revolver and tried to bluff
Eugene. The next thing I knew the
gun went off and he fell. Then I ran
away, and it seemed as though the
whole world was chasing me."
Butler was saved from the mob by
the police, after finding temporary
refuge in his pastor's home.
The Tribune was in error Tuesday
when it stated that the Albert G. But
ler, who killed his sweetheart 's broth
er in St. Louis, was not known here.
The dispatch stated that Butler own
ed a farm near Concord. A Tribune
reporter went to the courthouse and
the tax books did not carry the name
of a man named Butler. Other in
quiries were made and no one knew
the Butlers. It afterwards developed
that the Butler referred to came here
in the spring with his brother and the
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l WO WUrtMJU UU 1U1 . Li. a. .Ifivnio
farm at Harrisburg. His brother, who
married a Miss Lefler, is still there
The young man left here about a
month ago to visit relatives in Mis
souri. Althougn not very wen Known
in the city, the men who are acquaint
ed with him speak well of the young
man, who they say was a quiet, unas
suming young fellow who had good
habits and was very industrious.
Both of the Butler boys are Bap
tists, and not Methodists, as the dis
patch states. There being no Baptist
church near they they came 10 con
cord nearly every Sundaytto attend
services at the First Baptist church.
Mora Britons to Sea Canada.
London. Aug, 9. Under the pilot
age of the Duke of Sutherland, who
has acquired extensive interests , in
western Canada and built a home
there with a view to making it his
residence during a considerable part
of each vear. a distinguished party
of English legislators, journalists ana
others sailed on the Olympic today to
become acquainted with the wonders
of the Canadian west, Alter lanaing
at New York the tourists are to travel
in the Duke's yacht up the Hudson
river and through the Erie canal and
the Great Lakes to Fort William, un
Urio. From that point they are to
go by rail to .Winnipeg and thence
to tne properties ot ine uum ui oum-
riand in Alberta. The party will go
as far west as Vancouver and Victoria
and will return to England about tbe
and of October, .
Loving Onp.for Gaynor.
New York. August 9. Mayor Gay
nor was presented with a massive sil
ver loving enp today to remind him
of his narrow escape from assassina
tinn lust one vear atro. when ha wai
shot by tne aisonargea city waicu
man, Gallagher. ! The cup was sub
scribed for by a committee of leading
eitixens of New York. " It was pre
sented to the mayor in the alder
manic of the city ball. United States
Senator O 'Gorman made tha addrew
of presentation, i , ' .
O, WEDNES DAY. 'AUGUST 9. 1911
PEB205AL marrxoH.
Soma af tha Peonla Hereaad Use
where Who Come and Oa..
Mrs. M. L. Brown is spending tbe
day in Cbadotte.
Miss FJma Suther is visiting Mrs.
Roy Page in Charlotte.
Mrs. 8. J. Lowe is visiting friends
in Lancaster, S. C.
Mrs. B. C, Anderson, of Dayton,
Ohio, is tne guest of Mrs. R. E. Cline.
Senator L. T. Hart sell spent yes
terday in Charlotte on professional
business.
Mrs. Maggie Stainback, of Mem
phis, Tenn., aa visiting Mre. C. F.
Ritchie.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Howerton. of
Durham, are Visiting relatives in the
city.
Mr. R. T. McPherson, of Raleigh,
was a business vistor in the city yes
terday. Mr. Gaston B. Means , of Chicago,
is visiting Ma parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Means. -
Mrs. A. J. Torke and ch: dren have
returned from a stay at Ashorille and
Hendersonville.
Mrs. J. W. Cannon, Jr., has return
ed from a trip to Hendersonville and
Asbeville.
Mr. C. J. Williams and son Master
Claude Williams, left yesterday on
tbe Norfolk excursion.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Freeman, of
Dunn, are visiting at the home of
Squire W. J. Hill.
Miss Mary Hartsell has returned
from Asheville, where she has been
visiting for two- weeks.
Mrs. D. L. Bost has returned from
Mount Gilead, where she has been vis
iting her sister, Mrs. C. W. Wooley.
Misses Lillian and Addie Cline and
Ollie Foil, of Mount Pleasant, are
visiting their aunt, Mrs. J. O. Moose.
Miss Bessie MoEadiern, who has
been visiting in Mooresville, returned
last night to her home in Mt. Pleas
ant.
Miss Elsie Miller, of Hickory, who
has been visiting hee-bxother, Rev. L.
D. Miller, of Mount Pleasant, has
gone to Charlotte to visit friends.
Miss Esther Hatchett and Mnster
Johnnie Hatchett, of Atlanta, will
arrive tomorrow to visit at liev T.
W. Smith's. They are now at Jack
son Springs.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Snyder are
visiting in Union county. Mirs. Sny
der will return in a few days, but Mr.
Snyder will remain some time as
he is assisting in a series of meteings.
County Matters.
The following special school tax
was levied by the commissioners this
week in accordance with section 4115
of the revisal of 1905 :
District No. 5 of No. 1 township,
20 cents on $100 valuation.
District No. 1 of No. 6 township,
20 cents on $100 valuation.
District No. 4 of No. 11 township,
20 cents' on $100 valuation.
District No. 5 of No. - 4 township,
20 cents on $100 valuation.
District No. 2 of No. 2 township,!
20 cents on $100 valuation.
District No. 2 of No. 1 township,
20 cents on $100 valuation.
District No. 3 of No. 10 township,
20 cents on $100 valuation.
It was ordered by the board that
S. J. Stowe survey the National High
way from the Mecklenburg line to the
Jackson Training School, coming by
Pharr 's mill, crossing the railroad
south of the Teeter place at or near
the place where the big road crosses
northwest of church between church
and Zeb Morris-Allen house and old
road near the Helms house. Also sur
vey old road from Teeter crossing
to Helms house.
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APPLICATION DEXTXD.
Judas Walker Refuses to Issue Writ
of Habeas Corpus For Release of
Young Man Prom Training School
Detention There is Not Punish
ment Charlotte Observer, 9th.
An interesting case tried before
Judge Piatt D. Walker of tbe State
Supreme Court yesterday was in the
form of an application for a writ of
habeas corpus to secure the release of
George Watson from the Stonewall
Jackson Training School, near Con
cord. The effort failed. Watson was sent
to the training school August 27, 1908,
three years ago, and the formal con
tention of the plaintiff was that his
detention was illegal, since 30 days
is the limit for which one can be im
prisoned for vagrancy, whereas the
sentence imposed was for seven or
more years, since he may be made to
remain until he arrives at legal age.
He is now 16 years old.
It is said that George Watson him
self has no desire to leave the school
and the proceedings were institut
ed by his father. The boy was arrest
ed for larceny to vagrancy and
home, it is said, and his father was
serving a term on the chaingang. Rec
order Smith, therefore, changed the
charge from larceny to vagrancy and
had him committed to the institution.
When he went there he was illiterate,
but now, it is testified, he is not only
better equipped mentally but physi
cally as well, being located in a health
ful, homelike environment.
Superintendent Walter Thompson,
of the Jackson school fas a witness,
as was also Desk Sergeant and Acting
Chief of Police J. M. Scullion; who
produced the records of the record
er's court.
The institution was represented by
Messrs. Luther T. Hartsell, of Con
cord, and F. M. Shannonhouse of this
city. They contended that commit
ment to this school was not a punish
ment and is not to be considered as
such. There is a special stafute gov
erning such cases. The management
of the training school is" constituted
a guardian of the boys committed to
its care and stands in loco parentis
until such time as the officers in
charge believe that it is wise to al
low them to depart andfaee-tbe world
again. This is a consideration involv
ing character development and mental
and industrial training, all of which
are results sought to accomplish at
the school.
Judge Walker held with the attor
neys for the defense that the commit
ment was not a punishment, but was
in lieu of punishment. Hence he de
nied the application for the writ of
habeas corpus.
Dr. Rogers Hore.
Mrs. B. F. Rogers returned yester
day from. Charlotte, where she has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Yorke. Mrs. Rogers was accompanied
by her son, Dr. F. 0. Rogers, of Gal
veston, Texas. Mrs. Rogers will leave
tonierht for Baltimore to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Gorman. Dr. Rogers
will leave in the morning for Ashe
ville, where Mrs. Rogers has been for
several weeks. It is probably that
Dr. and Mrs. Rocers will tro from
there to Galveston before returning
to Concord.
WEAR
American Lady Corsets
AND BE COMFORTABLE.
A MODEL FOR EVERY HOURS
95c ta $5.C0. -
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81aU Copy,
WHEELBARROW MAX
IK GOTHAM.
Frank A. Orr. of Charlotte, Wins
Wafer By Long Push.
New York, Aug. 7. Mayor Char
les Bland, of Charlotte, N. C,; W.
Phifer, Mayor pro tem.; A. II. V earn,
eity elerk and treasurer, and the en
tire ex eutive board of Charlotte tes
tify by letter to Mayor Gaynor that
"the bearer, Frank A. Orr. a citisen
of Charlotte, has undertaken to roll
a wheelbarrow from Charlotte to the
metropolis."
Frank, who is 26 years old. six feet
tall, with broad shoulders, bronzed
face and sturdy legs, rolled the wheel
barrow all right from Charlotte to
this city, arriving here Saturday
night. He appeared at he city hall
shortly after daybreak to deliver the
letter to Mayor Gaynor. Down Char
lotte way, he said, the mayor of that
town always showed up at his office
during the early market hours.
The Sporting. Club of Charlotte or
ganized a syndicate, which wagered
$500 that Frank Orr could not or
would not walk from Charlotte wheel
ing his barrow. He started July 4.
making the trip of 800 miles in 30
days. Under the terms of the wager
he was neither to beg, borrow nor
steal, although required to start on
his trip without a penny and no food.
His only impediment besides his cloth
ing and the wheelbarrow fas a can
teen to be used for carrying water.
Urr was required to depend wholly
upon voluntary hospitality to gain
food and shelter on the wav. While
in these respects Orr fared well in
the country districts, be says that cit
ies through which he passed were
coldly inhospitable, and as for New
York, since his arrivel here, he adds,
no one has offered him a crumb.
He has no money with which to re
turn to Charlotte, but he says that
does not feaze him, as he has strong
arms and legs and can work as he
walks his way back to the town of his
birth.
Orr's only companion during his
walk was a spry little fox terrier
Prince, which alone broke the condi
tions of the agreemeut, for Prince
begged, borrowed and stole at every
opportunity for sustenance.
Use our Penny Column it pays.
If you were right sure that inside
of every pair of Shoes you bought ;
here during the next few weeks you ,
would find 50c pieces, $1 and $2
bills, you'd buy some Shoes
wouldn't you?
Well, you can find it, and it's yours
honestly and squarely. Keep it--"
the only difference is, we hand a
the money back to you in change; A
instead of putting it inside the shoe.
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Men's, Ladies', Boys', Misses' and
Children's Summer Footwear must ;
be sold regardless
sell New Goods
$1.50 and $2.00 Oxfords, Sale Price..08c .
$2.00 and $2.50 Oxfords, Sale Price.
$2.50 and $3.00 Oxfords, Sale Price.
$3.00 and $3.50 Oxfords, Sale Prlce....$2.25.M
$3.40 and $4.00 Oxfords, Sale Prlce$2.75 '
$4 and $5 Oxfords,' from. ...-.$1.95 to $3.98
Don't miss this Qreat Shoe . Opportunity,
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Casta,
i'stata'tarT
MARiaTririaHT. .
Partial Cams to Concord to be Mar
ried, awl '8qBire Walter Taeatp
soa Ties tha Knot, ,
Dr. E. F. Lone, of WallhridM. V
C, and Miss C. E. Irby, of Richmond,
were married last night at ' 10:30
o'clock in tha parlor of tha St. CleaeV
Hotel, the ceremony being witnessed-
oy aoout a onsen guests of tbe St.
Cloud. The young people had beea .
guests at a boose party in Sooth Bos
ton, Va., and were engaged to be aw
tied, the wedding to take place in the
fall. While at the house party they
changed their plans and decided to
come to Concord at once and be mar '
ried by a relative of tbe bride, Rav.
A. O. Lindley, pastor of tha Metho
dist Protestant church. They arriv
ed here last nighf on train No. 35,
which was about an hour la,te,' and
found that Mr. Lindley was oat of
the city. .
They then drove to the St. Cloud
Hotel and decided to have the cere
money performed there. With the
assistance of Mr. Charley Cook, tha
clever clerk of the St Cloud, the
groom went to the home of Regis-
ter oi ueeos McAllister and secured
the necessary license. An effort was
made then to secure a minister to
perform the ceremony, but they ex-
perienced some delay in finding one.
About this time 'Squire , Walter
Thompson, who by the way is just a
young bquire, having been elevated
to that lofty and honorable position -
in April passed the party on - his
way to tne training school. , He
was stopped and asked to perform tha
ceremony. To this he readily agreed
and the party returned to tha hotel
where the ceremony was performed. '
the genial 'Squire performing ' his
part in a manner that clearly show
ed that his fellow countrymen made '
no mistake when they elevated him
to that office.
Dr. and Mrs. Long have the appear
ance of being people of culture .and
refinement and made a most- favor
able impression upon those with
whom they came in eontact while
here. They left this' morning for
Stanly county, where they will visit
relatives before returning to their
home in Wallbridge.
Penny Column ads are cask. ''
of cost as we will
next season.
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