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-VOL XXII Prk 40 Cents Ifontn.
CONCORD, N. C.; WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 14.1912.
Kora HOGPENS
BOARD ; PASSES OEBXKAKCE
AQATJfST THEM AND WILL
stick 10 IT.
A Bur Session Bald Lest High!
Ordinance Passed That All Vicious
Dogs Be Mauled. ret Dairy Lv
(Pctof-Drainiaf Creek at Depot
Asphalt 1b Business Section.
Other Matter.
The board of aldermen held a busy
meeting lsst night. A number of new
ordinances were passed and many
questions of interest toward the wel
fare of the city were discussed.
Among the most important of the
new orders made by the board was
the passage of an act prohibiting hog
pens within the eity limits of Con
cord and that all bull dogs, bull ter
riers and other vicious dogs be muz
sled. Mayor Wagoner presided and
all the aldermen were present.
The eity tax collector requested
the board to advise him as to the
collection of privilege tax. He stat
ed that there, were several firms be
ginning business and that they were
anxious to be relieved of paying the
full tax as there was only a few
more months of the fiscal year. Af
ter discussing the matter the board
decided to let the matter stand as it
is now, which requires that the full
tax be paid for either a year or a
part of a year.
Dr. W. D. Pemberton appeared be
fore the. board and asked that the
ordinance against bull dogs running
at large be changed so as to include
bull terriers. Dr. Pemberton stated
in the course of his remarks that
there was a certain amount of fear
on the parts of the parents here
while the bull terriers run at large.
After discussing the matter the
board passed an ordinance requiring
that bull terriers and other vicious
dogs be muzzled.
City Attorney Hartsell reported
that the county , had. agreed to pay
r -flalf the'eosf in improving the cross
ing at the Marsfcall'Houee, .The mat
ter was referred to the street com
mittee with power to act. The com
mittee will no doubt put down a
cement crossing at this point.
Mr. H. M. Propst requested the
board to grade Ann street, near grad
ed school No. 2, so that cement side
's walks could be put down. The mat
ten was referred to the street com
mittee with power to act.
- The board changed the privilege
tax to sell candy on the streets from
$10 to $2.50, the same as the tax on
ice cream. I
At this juncture of the proceed
ings Alderman Brown aroused the
liveliest interest of the meeting when
he asked what the board was going
to do about the hog pens this year.
He very candidly added that so far
as he was concerned there would not
be any.
This much mooted question has
been up for consideration before.
The board passed an ordinance pro
hibiting hogs in the city limits two
years ago. No piece of legislation
aroused as much opposition here in
years.; The people who were against
-it organized in a solid body while
those who favored the action took
no definite steps in support of it
The opponents of the ordinance went
., before the meeting armed with a pe
tition Containing about 1,000 names
and after a hearing the board revok
ed the ordinance.
From the discussion it aroused to-
night the ghost (not the kind that
'stalks about Valentine night) of that
opposition was present. Mayor Wag-
. oner, r who has. , always came - out
sauarelv and vigorously for the meas
ure, stated that he considered hog
pens "a voluntary infliction on a civ
ilized community." . ;
Dr. King said that hog pens are
breeders of flies which were spread
era of disease and that they are the
birthplace of mesquitoes, which are
the base of malaria.
Alderman Brown said it was im
possible to keep down stench from
them, as it had been tried around
the mills when various disinfectants
were used. ' -
The matter was put to a vote and
all the aldermen voted in the affirm
ative except Alderman Barrier, who
voted against it. The ordinance will
bo into effect May 15. '
- The board not only passed the or-
. . dinanoe but asrreed to stick to it,
The matter "of having a meat and
' dairv inspector was brought to the
' attention of .the board by . Mayor
' '. Waeoner. who requested the city en
' irineer to outline some plan for this
V. .work to be. presented at the next
meeting of the board.
- The Cannonville Fire Department
requested the board to- put electric
' lights in the fire headquarters. The
matter was referred to the committee
with power to net.
In the discussion of matters per
taining to the pnblie health of the
i community the question of .training
the creek Just beyond tbe depot was
brought up. The sentiment express
ed the board was that they would be
only too glad to eo-operate with the
movement that is now underway to
drain the creek. Dr. King stated that
it was his opinion that $500 a year
wnuld be saved in doctors' bills alone.
Alderman Bruton stated that the bull
rushes in the swamps were nothing
but a vast collection of mosquito
roosts. The board instructed the eity
attorney to take the matter up with
those who are working on the drain
age movement and see if there was
not some plan whereby the eity eould
eo-operate with them.
City Engineer Smith requested the
board to advise him as whether they
would accept the street ear eom
nanv's nrooosition to put down as
phalt in the business section of the
city. Mr. Bnutn saia mv u i
work was going to be done there
would be a considerable amount of
se"wer work to be done before the
pavement eould be put down. The
matter was referred to the sewer
committee.
The street committee was instruct
ed to report at the next meeting and
suggest some plan and estimates of
the cost of putting down the propos
ed asphalt.
Alderman Barrier requested that
tbe board put a light on Kerr street
between Depot street and Guy street.
He was instructed to have a peti
tion presented to the water and light
board, which has control of all the
city lights. 'He also requested that
a crossing be put down on depot
street at St. Andrews Lutheran
church and at Pine street. The mat
ter was referred to the street com
mittee. Chief of Police Boger reported that
$52.70 and four loads of wood had
been contributed by citizens for char
ity during the recent cold weather.
He presented an itemized report
showing the amount and to whom the
money was expended.
Iitvin mn wwnnw
OF TOTTB STATEMENTS.
Official rifures Shonld Be Snhmltted
la Order to Avoid All Chance of
Argument.
How many times have you been
sure you were right in an argument,
but had no way of proving you con
tention t One man claimed that tbe
battleship Maine was blown up in
Havana harbor in the year 1898. An
other man disputed this and said he
knew it was in 1899 because that was
the year of the Spanish-American
war. The first man was correct as
he could easily proved by the Stand
ard Atlas. Both of these events oc
curred in the year 1898.
The Tribune's Atlas sets forth all
of this information in such a way
that one may get it at a glance. As
is shown by these tables and charts
of universal history, many import
ant events occurred in the year 1898.
It was the year of the great victo
ries in Manila Bay and Santiago;
the Dreyfus affair, that that agitat
ed official circles in France, came out
in that year; it was the year of the
annexation of Hawaii; other events
of world interest are all shown in
the Standard Atlas, not only the
recent years such as are given in al
manacs, but of all time so far as it
is recorded, somewhere upwards of
ten thousand years.
Is not this a book that will prove
your statements T It ends all chances
of argument. It is complete in every
detail.
For a short time only you can get
this wonderful book through The
Tribune. Turn to the display an
nouncement on another page of this
issue and find it explained therein.
Pittman Believed Mrs. Surratt Inno-
. . . cent. - - -
Cincinnati, O., Feb. lSjkAImost
fifty years after the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln, the pea of Ben
Pittman, pioneer stenographer, who
acted as official stenographer at the
trial of the conspirators, has reveal
ed facts supporting his belief that
Mrs. Mary Surratt, the woman hung
with three other conspirators, was
innocent of the crime for which she
was executed. The statement was
written by Pittman just before his
death here a year ago, and appears
in the March issue of the Cincinnati
magazine. A portion oi rinman s
statement is:
That Mrs. Surratt, who was hang
ed with three male conspirators con
cerned in a plot to assassinate Presi
dent Lincoln and other government
officials, was entirely innocent of any
prior knowledge of or participation
in those enmes is, to my mind, be
yond question. My conviction is bas
ed on the following facts: - That as
official recorder of the trial; as hav
ing heard every word of the testi
mony; as compiler of the published
volume 'Lincoln Assassination Trial ;
more than all, as having previous to
the trial written down from the lips
of the principal witnesses their sto
nes or what tney knew or about
which, in their employment of spries,
they bad learned, I have had the best
opportunity of forming a true opin
ion as to the emit or innocence of
Mrs. Surratt."
Popular Prices at Concord Opera
House All Next Week.
The Carleton Sisters and their own
company of players will begin a
week's engagement at the Concord
opera house Monday, February 19.
This attraction is said to be one of
the best of its kind now on tour and
the newspapera,of the adjacent towns
have given them very flattering no
tices. The supporting company is an
unusually strong one. The opening
play Monday night will be "The
Whirlpool," a Western comedy dra
ma in four acts by John C. Kaiser.
Four big vaudeville features will be
introduced between the acts. As is
customary with attractions of this
class, ladies will be admitted free
Monday night with first one hun
dred seats sold. Tickets will be on
sale Satuiday morning at Gibson
Drug Store.
MR Hi S250
imma
OOLOBED DRUG 8TOBE PBO
F RECTOR POUND GUILTY
, THIS MORNING.
Will Help Salisbury Mill
The Interstate Commerce : Commis
sion Tuesday allowed the petition of
the Southern Railway to establish
new class rates on textile supplies,
eotton-seed oil and other cotton pro
ducts from Salisbury to Baltimore,
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News,
Philadelphia and New York.
The new rate will be proportionate
ly lower' than the concurrent inter
mediate rates in effect between way-
stations. The desire of the complain
ant was to be of assistance to a cot
tonseed mill recently erected at Salis
bury in order that it ean better com
pete with older rivals at Charlotte
and Concord. It will allow other
Salisbury shippers equal advantages
with' their Conoord and - Charlotte
neighbors so far as they are concern
ed with reference to the northbound
shipments of tbe articles . mentioned.
Will Probably Give Answer Within
!-. Week. ..
New Tork, Feb. 13, Theodore
Roosevelt baa received a letter from
eight governors asking him . if ' he
would accept a presidential nomina
tion. He is giving the letter careful
consideration. He added: ",
'I shall reply within a short time,
probably within a week. Until then
I ean say nothing on the jubjeokifS
A New Store For Salisbury to Open
March 15th.
The well known clothing firm of
J. Feldman & Sons, are branching
out and will occupy the entire build
ing will be devoted exclusively, to
the showing of the newest creations
in ladies', misses and' children's
ready-to-wear garments.
This store will be a fashion centre
and will carry a complete line of New
York and Paris styles, therefore,
making it easy for you to do your
shopping at home, instead of order
ing from mail-order houses and pay
ing enormous prices.
This store will in no way interfere
with the clothing store for men, now
being carried on successfully, two
doors below the new store.
Watch for their ad. which will
appear in this paper soon. It.
To View Panama Construction.
New York, Feb. 14. Distinguished
public officials of both the United
States and Canada were included
among the passengers who sailed for
Panama today to view the progress
of construction on the isthimian ca
nal. Two members of President
Taft's cabinet, Secretary of the In
terior Fisher and Postmaster Gener
al Hitchcock, were among those in
the party. Canada was represented
by Hon. Clifford Sifton, former Min
ister of tbe Interior . and for many
years a leading, figure in public life
in the Dominion.
Will Pearson Also Convicted And
rinad $50.00. Attorney Hartsell
Says He Will Insist on Road Sent
ences Hereafter, And Recorder
Puryear Will Uphold Him to the
Court's Fullest Powers.
Two whiskey cases were tried be
fore Recorder Puryear this morning,
one against Will Pearson, negro
boy better known as "Doodle," and
one -against 'the Eureka Drug Co.,
the colored "drjig store. Both defend
ants were fot$id guilty. Pearson was
fined $50 and the drug store $250.
The case against Pearson was tried
first. He was charged with selling
liquor to two white men, named
O 'Kelly and Hurley. CKelly testi
fied that he and Hurley made a
"pot," each contributing a certain
amount and bought two half pints of
liquor from. Pearson last Saturday
night a week ago. Hurley corrobor
ated the testimony of O 'Kelly. At
the time of tbe sale both of the men
were in the lockup for being drunk.
The transaction took place about 11
o'clock. Thte city lockup is directly
beneath the court room and it was a
case of Pearson going right into the
shadow of the bar of justice and
vending his goods to men who were
already behind the bars awaiting
trial for violating the laws of the
municipality. Ed Hendrick, an aged
negro, was also in the lock up at the
timeHe also gave Pearson sixty
cents- and sent him for a pint, but
Will failed to return. He testified
that he was later refunded his money.
Al the men testified that they were
pretty "dry" and when Will called
to act the good Samaritan they were
only too glad to welcome him.
In the case against the Eureka
Drug Companyi Pearson was $he prin
cipal witness for the State. He tes
tified that he purchased the liquor
he sold O 'Kelly and Hurley from the
drug store and that on Saturday
night, February 10, he purchased a
half pint of gin. The bottle of gin,
with one good slug missing, was pro
duced in court. It was of the "Red
Rooster" variety and attracted con
siderable attention sitting on the bar
of justice. Officers Sloop and Simp
son testified that they watched Pear
son go in the drug store Saturday
night and that they saw him come out
in a slightly intoxicated condition. He
was searched and the half-empty bot
tle taken from him and he was ad
vised by them to go home or he
would be locked up, and he did so.
City Attorney Hartsell, who repre
sented the State rested his case here,
and Mr. T. D. Maness, representing
the defendant, also rested.
Mr. Sloop was later called upon
to testify as to what' he found at
the drug store this morning. Mr.
Sloop stated that he and Officer Ben
field went to the store armed with
a search warrant. On going through
they looked into several lockers be
neath the prescription counter and
discovered about two hundred half-
pint bottles of booze. When the se
cret confines of the alcoholic empor
ium were exposed to view he
moved to the exclamation of Archi
mides of old upon discovering a
method of determining the purity of
the gold in King Hiero's crown,
"Eureka!" I have found it!
Attorney Hartsell said that during
his four years' experience as city
prosecuting attorney he had nev
er made it a custom to ask for a road
sentence on the first conviction of
selling liquor but that he had insist
ed that every druggist convicted of
retailing be made to pay a fine of
$250 and that be would insist upon
this amount in the case against the
colored drug store. Continuing Mr.
Hartsell said, "I want to say right
now that hereafter, from this dav,
February 12 Valentine day, 1912
that when a any man, high or low,
rich or poor, black or white, in con
victed of selling liquor here I am go
ing to insist that he be Kent to the
road without any equivocation. They
are not going to be caught by chance
but a strenuous effort is going to be
made on the part of the police to
enforce this law. I have reason to
believe that liquor has been shipped
into this town to druggists and the
railroad books can be brought here
and the Fact shown. Our officers
have been criticised about this law
and now I am going to insist that
every man convicted shall he sent to
the roads."
Recorder Purvear stated nt the
conclusion of Mr. Hartsell 's talk
that the prosecuting attorney would
be upheld in such a course to the full
est extent of the powers of the court.
Bud Miller and Adam Holbrooks,
colored, were sent to jail under a
$25 bond for stealing a hide. Mr. O.
R. Blackwelder hauled the hide here
from Mount Pleasant and left it at
A. F. Hartsell 's store. Miller and
Holbrooks came along and appro
priated it. They later sold it to J.
F. Dayvault & Co.
MARRIAGE TOMORROW.
Single Copy, Five Cents.,
fKtaU library-1
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Mr. Varner Won't Run.
Lexington, Feb. 13. Col. H. B.
Varner will announce in the Dis
patch tomorrow his withdrawal from
the senatorial race in this district.
He taikes this step on account of
private business and other duties
which need 'his attention. He is
planing to do a great deal of work
for Hon. Oscar W. Underwood, can
didate for the nomination for
the presidency, and will have his
hands full for the next five months.
Tbe senatorial tight would have been
too heavy a load to carry and he
was forced to give up the Underwood
campaign or the senatorial fight, and
chose to give up the latter. This
leaves the fold to Cant. Wade H.
Phillips, though it is not at all cer
tain that he will take the nomina
tion without opposition. Outside of
the fight for the senatorsbip from
this district there has not been even
a ripple on the political sea in this
county, and nobody seems to be tak
ing any interest in anything political.
Miss Sue Nicholson Will Become the
Bride of Mr. M. Cameron of Albemarle.
A marriage that will be of interest
to tbe people of Concord and this sec
tion will be solemnized tomorrow af
ternoon at 7:15 o'clock at the bride's
home on Franklin avenue, when Miss
Sue Nicholson will become tbe bride
of Mr. M. Cameron, of AlKemarU
Owing to a recent bereavement in tbe
bride's family the marriage will be
a quiet one, only the relatives and
friends and the contracting parties
being present. The ceremony will be
performed by Rev. Dr. J. M. drier.
Miss Nicholson is a young lady of
many noble qualities and by ber gen
tleness and kindly nature has endear
ed lierselt to many friends. Much
interest is attached to her marriage
from this ollicc, where she was book
keeper and stenographer for the past
year. During that time she won a
warm place in the esteem of the en
tire force, all of whom sincerelv re
gretted to see her leave. Mr. Cameron
is a native of Laurinburg but is now
a resident of Alhernarle, where be
holds a position ns secretary and
treasurer of the Albemarle Mantle
Co. He is a young man of ability
and worth and the only thing we
hold against him is that lie took Miss
Nicholson away from this office.
Chicago's Oldest Citizen.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 14. Mrs. Elea
nor Hamilton Keenon, who succeeded
to the title of Chicago's Oldest Set
tler upon the death of Fernando
Jones some months ago, celebrated
her eightieth birthday anniversary
today. Mrs. Keenon was born inside
old Fort Dearborn and has resided
in Chicago all her life except for
short periods when she was with her
husband at the front during the Civil
War.
A Strong Plot.
In "The Third Degree," Mr. Klien
lias centered a play of absorbing in
terest around the tortuous methods
employed by police officials to force
a person to confess to crime of which
he is absolutely innocent. Mr. Klein
lias also given an encomiastic treat
ment ot the faithfulness of women.
"The Third Deirree" nlnvs hpra sin
Thursday, February 15th.
A Meeting Out of the Ordinary.
Every male mennber of St. James'
Lutheran church is called to a special
meeting in the church Fridav night at
7:30.
Such a meeting i - unusual for tbe
Lutheran folks and a large attend
ance is, therefore, looked for.
.aaaoNAL MENTION.
Some ef tha Peoria Here And
whrrt Who Coma And. Qe.
Mr. Oarar SanDenfleld ia nonn
osy in inarioiie.
Mr. C. W. Brady is spending the
da yin Cbaroltte.
iMiss Johnsie Sim Kaa mna tn
lunston to visit Her sister, Mrs. J.
H. Mewborne.
Mrs. W. H. Harding, of Salisbury,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. G.
Dally.
Miss Lizzie Young, who has been
viaitim? Mrs. J. P. Allison. haa
turned to her home in Davidson.
'Mesdames J. B. Womble and J. C.
Fink left last night for Mobile and
New Orleans to attend the Mardi
Gras.
Mr. Winder Russell Harris, hews
editor of the Charlotte Observer, is
a visitor in the city today, the guest
of Mr. John M. Oglesby.
Mrs. H. B. Mack, who has been vis.
iting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. N.
R. Richardson, of Mount Pleasant,
returned this morning to her home in
Mebane. She was accompanied by
her sister, Miss Merrie Richardson,
who win visit her for several weeks.
An Interesting Romance.
If a Woman's devotion in man
in desnerate straita. malrino. a mim
love story of unusual heart interest,
as snown in Lharles lUein's latest
IllflV. "Tim Third TWraa " inlmita
playgoers, then the forthcoming pro-
J 1 1 II TT .
uucnon oy me uniiea nay company
of this drama, should be heralded as
the dramatic event of the season.
The love story is only one phase of
the play, which is really an excerpt
f ! ft A , ,
irom uie in some or its most inter
esting phases, dealing with police
methods and also Fifth Avenue so
ciety. Mrs. R. E. Reynolds, enroute from
Washington, N. C, spent Tuesday in
tbe city with his friend, Mr. P. B.
Raeford, Sr. Mr. Reynolds has an im
portant position with the Baptist
Home Mission Board in Evangelistic
work.
Mrs. C. W. Trice, of Lexington,
spent yesterday here with her fa
ther, ex-Sheriff Propst.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
1100,000
33,000
New Accounts
Large or Small
Welcomed at
This Bank.
Concord
National
Bank.
FOUR PER CENT. Interest
Paid on Time Deposits.
iw Art lakoiif
Gotti.
If you can't call, use
Phone No. 116
and call for notion lady.
Other New Goods
IN
Notion
Depaiimeni..
Norwegian Lutherans to Unite.
Madison. Wis.. Feb. 14. Follow-
ins negotiations that have been in
progress for several years, a general
committee representing tbe Norweg
ian Lutheran Synod and the United
Norwegian - Lutheran Church of
America -met in this city today to
arrange the final details' of a plan for
Uniting the two branches into one
organization. The union will affect
nearly half a million Norwegian Luth
erans, tbe. most of them living in
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North and South Dakota .and Ne
braska. - ' .
Charlotte News: Mr. George H.
Rutledee,; formerly of Charlotte, but
who for years habeen living in Con
cord, has returned to unariotte to
live. - He: will travel from .here for
the Pittsburg Water Meter Co. .
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ByjCHARLES KLEIN
Author of
The Music Master and
The Lion and the Mouse
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OFiuvA MOUST0M0fi0v NIGHT, FEBRUARY 16TH.
HAIR BRAIDS,
PIN SETS,
CUFF LINKS,
HOSIERY,
ELASTICS,
BARRETTES, ETC.
COLLAR PINS. :
CROCHET BUTTONS BLACK, WHITE,
LIGHTE BLUE, PINK, ETC. '. ,
ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW.'
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