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TEi n Tribune., il Julie, hJ4 VOL XIV. S3 Cents Kssth, Ca!a CONCORD. N. C MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1908 Single Copy 8 cents No. 137. EAST CABARETJS FA&MEKS CLUB FIRST OUT IS WAGES. Will Hold . Institute Hints ' from Prevailing Trade Condition Necessi tates the Cannon ISlUs to Rsduce Wages or Ban on Short Time Cut Mad From the President Down of IS Per Cent Except Spinners, Which Will Not be So Much. rj"?; Owing to the prevailing trade' eon - Postmaster Moose -Tuscarora Mill Banning Full Time. " '. ,'. ; Mt., Pleasant, Feb..lO. One of the . ,.; liveliest farmers organizations to be - found in the eountry is the East Ca v - barru? Fanners Club vita headqnar-' " ten at 8t.JohnVOur"t townsman, ditions "in yarn 'i and manufactured Mr. W. H. Fisher, is president and the goods and the high price pair for eot . ; club numbers among its ' members ton, the management of the Csnnoii . many of the most successful farmers Manufacturing Company Saturday of the section and is making earnest cut , the wages of the, mill men and effort! to get every farmer within, its employees from 'the president down. fold who presides in $he territory; of Kumor of the cut in wages at the - the club. The officials have completed local mills was current early Satur. arrangements, for ft great day next day morning, and Mr. J, W. Cannon, ', ' Saturday, 15th. Dr.Tait Butler,' State president of the Cannon mills of this Vetemarian and 'General Manager' of city, was seen by" the Tribune man Farmers Institutes has consented to eoneerning the matter Mr. Cannon be present and make an address af stated concisely that there was prae that time. Ex-State Senator, E. C tieally no demand for the cotton goods McAllister and T. A. MoserEsq., will at the present time, and trade. eondi . 'i also have interesting talks as well as tions .were, in such shape that the : ... a number of others. The day prom? warehouses' were becoming overstock ises to be a profitable and pleasant bne ed with goods. '; This, condition neees--and a large crowd -should Tie present., sit a ted curtailment. Friday he called &... The hour for meeting is 30 o'clock. ; up all (be men in the various depart !. In this connection we will also Say, monts of bfr manufacturing plants ( upon the authority of the president, I and stated the situation, telling his that Pr. Butjer has granted- thif club employees that he regretted very much an institute to be held next summer, to . do so, but that the plants would and doubtless at the mooting Saturday have to run on - short time, or there ; many' important details of this insti-1 would ; have to . be redietion in . -i tute will bo discussed.-. . ' ; - ' . . ' wages, and even with a reduction' of It will be a bit of welcome news t.) wages he would "not state- that the the patrons of rural route No. 2, Mr. mills would be able to run on without - W.J. Moose earner, that orders have further curtailment ; They may have been received here to the effect that I to lessen (he .output at any time and the route will be carried daily begin-1 shut (town for several daya each week ning March 1st. ' The amount of mail I The employees preferred, to accept" -matter on this route haa neairy.doub- reduction in wages, rather than, run led since last July. - . - " '. v on short time. The sa'aries f of the i Postmaster Moose desires To-, call president and all subordinates, includ- attention to the practice, of patrons ling every employe such as superin- of rural delivery of placing loose coins I tendeflts, office I help, : room ; bosses, in their boxes each time they desire t I clerks, weavers and finishers, were re- dispatch, letters instead of supplying duced 15 per cent. Spinners not be? themselves with postage in advance' of ing paid quite so well as those em - their needs. -'6 ployed in the other departments the This practice imposes 'undue hard- cut in their wages will not be so great, ships on the earners in removing loose but wiB be adjusted on a pro rata t coins from boxes and delays them in I basis. "'o'.'-'Cvyp'A . the service of their route, v.;,; x I This action on the part of Mr. Can The postmaster, therefore, urgently I non was received with the unanimous requests that patrons of rural . delivr I consent of all , his employees. The ery provide themselves , an'dk ieepon I mill people all know of the immense hand-a-ewpply or straps consistent stools oTgooa 'that areoisUantIy ' with and in advance of their needs It piling' up in the warehouses," and are . is also yry desirablevthat' rural pat- well awari of the situation, and ratb- . . rons place in Jheir'mail boxes small er ' than loaf several day a week the Oetactiable cups or . wood . or tin in men preferred the eut in wages.. , which to place eoins, when necessary, ; Since the first of January there vin purchasing supplies of stamps.; v have been standing idle 17,000 spin "Ba$' the colored ire delivery dies at the Cannon mills, while other . for Mr. C. G. Ueilig, has been behind departmenta have been threatened by : , tne counter lor several oays.' -tseuing the prevailing conditions. . goods f Oh, no, not - Bus. ' He isn't E The Salisbury, Vance anoV Kealer , built for a salesman, and besides be f mills, located at Salisbury, of which , says bis highest ambition toward a Mr. Cannon i president, are now run salesmanship k fully gratified When sing only, four days each weefc ;The he is running the peanut roaster,' But mill at Landis haa been idle for sev for some' days Bus has been forced to era! weeks, and the Kindley mill at , adopt defensive tactics, uiing -count- Mt. Pleasant has been idle aince, the ers, show eases, soap boxes, ..broom first .of last December. ; . ' , .. stands, eetera,, raai impromptu I 4 The affairs at the Cabarrus mill will . breastworks agiflnst bis. mortal ene- be adjusted this week, and from aa in my, Wade Reed, Mr, D, D. Barrier's I timation by Mr. Cannon this mill will colored attache, Wbat.it - was that I probably be run-on short timcv brought about such an unprecedented I ' .' ' One MQI 8huts Down. state of war between these two color- No. 3 mill, of the Cannon Manufas - ed supplemcbts of tbsir respective Jms- turing, closed down today at noon for iness houses, cannot be ascertained, 1n the remainder of the week. This step -. bnt they are determined tofght it put wai .taken on aceoupt of the eonges- ' to their own satisfaction if it iakes tion of the market in towels and tow- . all summer. iTesterday, Bus, who is I eling. No. 3 is where all the toweling the smaller of the two, was on. the I of thie immense manufactory ia wov- street under a flag of truce plying his n, an4 the stopping of the , .looms accustomed Sunday vocation -,- of r means great loss to the weavers as "Shine, Mistert' whila Wade, with well as to the mill proper. '.' ' . v' bis eyes rouing use me wmce crested w bile there is nothing certain as waves upon the bosom of the billowy yet as to the fate of these and other . deep, was saying to himself "Oh, yes, I mills in this vicinity, but in eonversa- . dog gon yer jes wait till termorrer, tion with a well-informed cotton mill I git yer." But Bus knows Wade man last Saturday afternoon, the Tri- bune learns that there is a condition of unrest that is rather more alarm ing than encouraging at present." It is rumored that one of the largest mills inJhis section of the State is This can't make good, for the white folks protect him when on duty and .the counters offer save retreats while waiting for the next trip. Question: Is there a limit to the encouragement that should be given small boys, white I soon to close down for 00 days. or colored, to scrap? V ' ; : ? rumor is not verified, however. ' Mr. Paul Dry, who recently com pleted a textile course at Kaleigb, has Julia Martin Pays a Fine. accepted a position with the Eflrdl Julia Martin, the negro woman on Manufacturing Co., at Albemarle, en- j whose person waa found a number of tenng upon the duties of the position I bottles of liquor brought in from Sal- today. . isbury' several weeks sgo beneath her The panie is beinnif 'tj let go" clothing, was again bailed bffore the to the joy of the Tusfarora mill oper-1 police justice this morning for the stives. The mill is how running full ame offense, the ease having been dis- .time again and has large orders missed from the Superior court and taken np again in th police court. Julia submitted to retailing and w". fined t-0, including the "costs. John L'edlin, not a stranger to the police circles, was before the justice this r oniii 2 on a arrant ehardrijt "liin with an as-a M on his wife. Med lin was din.iAd a'ier psving a Bnc f i inclutlirg the co-its. Tlere were severfl oilier unimpor tant eHsa before the justice, all be lt drni.1,4 and profa.-ii'y. ahead. The Parker minstrel band enlivened a dull Siitunhiv afternoon by givii, -s f.Te miJ-winter concert. Tarker and his associates are not close fitted i.h t! 1 'r niu-'c they roll it out by t' e larrrl. ITh- Ann Fi V,e Earrier csrna in 1.-011 Cr v-"ent Fn 'V evening . to p-i.,l a f. !.!vs sith her parent., i. P. A. r -.rrier. . r u ..; st tier Dr. a DISASTROUS HIGH POINT FIRE. The Works of the Southern Oar Com pany, the Only Concern. In the South Building Electric Cars, De stroyed by Fire, the Lots Beaching Nearly f 100,000. Bigh Point, Feb. '9. The biggest lire in the history of the city in dol lars and cents ' occurred '.' here last night when the main plant of the Southern Car Company was destroyed By fire, together with all machinery. The loss is between $80,000 ' and 9100,000 and covered by : only one third insurance. , There were twenty- three ears worth severs thousand' dol lars each, almost ready to go out; and these were also destroyed The origin of the Are is now unknown, but it is believed to have started 3n the cabi net room, f The plant is located al mort a mile from the business section of tha city, and by the time the fire companies ."arrived the ' .mammoth building was on fire all ' over and there was no chance to save it. ' ' . Work was -then directed in saving the new addition to the main plant, where a number of 'cars were' also in course of completion, . which is used as a finishing room and for other pur poses.,; This and; other buildings and a string of box ears standing on the ride tracks were saved by th ftren.en or the loss would have been at least double What it is.' '-The cars caught twice, but were promptly, put out A large black horse belonging to the company was driven from the stsbles only to return at once and drop dead from.th beat;tyi-A - & ; The Southern Car Company waa es tablished in 1003 and the buildings were of brick. It was capitalized at $250,000 and was the only company making electric cant of its kind south of Wilmington, Del.. The officers of the 'company are: President, J. El wood Cox i vice' president, E. A. Snow Secretary and treasurer, E. R; Briggs. The loss is a heavy one to the stock holders and High Point also, in that it waa the only factory of its kind here. " But out of the ashes will rise a better and larger plant, this being given your correspondent by Mr. Bricee todav. ';' ; Notwithstanding the lateness' of the hour, the whole city seemed to' be out to witness the big fire, which burned for several hours. ?v " HAZING AT THE A. ft 1L Fresh Outbreak at the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of Interest to Many Concord People. The .reeent outbreak of hating at the A. A M. College is of interest to many Concord people. Tt wait, last week that upper classmen broke loose from restraint and opened war on the Freshmen, Several Concord boys, if not all of the Freshmen class, were subjected to indignities at the hands of higher classmen.. . One father' de clares that he i fired of it. That ho could, not object to a little fun at the expense of bis boy, but the matter haa grown to the, point where fun ends. He passed a pretty severe judg ment on the authorities and said Pres ident ' Winston could stop hacing if he desired, that other schools controll ed the boys and the A. & M. could if the desire to do so were accompanied by a determined ' effort. Letters re cently received tell' of the treatment handed, out. td Fferhmen from this city, one of whom it is declared was choked and had nitrate of silver pour ed on bis face. ' Hazing has gone largely out of vogue and the institu tion that, permits the severe forms of hazing to be indulged in is going to get severe criticism. It seems tbat there lias been quite a good deal of it at the A. . A M. f The tush of the Freshmen before:; the3. Christmas' l.oli'-. days, followed' by -a fist fight was a matter of i(Je inteyst oVfr the State. Now that there has been a renewal of hazing the A. & Mlfwill come in for further criticism. iTfcere se .1 nnmlier of boys from Cabarrus at this insti tution, the most of whom are Fresh men. . N BILL'S ALLEY BLOCKED. Drayman Meet la the Narrow; Lane Between Esquire Jim Hfll'a Store and the Cabarrus Savings Bank, and Trouble Ensued. Policeman. Ban-, field Opeae the .WayVv .- .f -' The straight and narrow way, lean ing from Union street to the ware bouses in the rear of Esquire Hill's storehouse, waa blocked for' fifteen or twenty minutes Saturday evening about 5 o'clock, when the boy who drives a delivery wagon for the D. J. Boat Cbihpany waa on his way out of the alley and met face to face anoth er negro who waa driving a dray wa gon loaded with hardware. Behind the load of hardware was a second wagon,- ladened with plows and other farming implements. .The grade is down hill from the Union street en trance, and "when the delivery wagon and the dray wagon met the first mentioned came to a standstill and the driver refused to back out It was hardly possible for the loaded wagons to back up bill and make way for the out-coming wagon, hence - block. 'The negroes wrangled for probably twenty minutes, over the question as-to who was entitled to the right of way, and ell refused to move until Policeman Benfleld came upon the scene. He ordered the negro with the delivery wagon to back outf-and he backed. It looked for aTittle while as If greater trouble would ensue. Several hundred people had gathered about the entrance of the alky, until tha string of curious men had lined up across the street .'' . ! ; Marriage at Court SouaeJ At high noon today in the office of the register of deeds for Cabarrus county, Mr. Jess C Fair, me rah ant and fanner of No. 9, township, and Mrs. Elisabeth Harding, of No. 11 township, were united in marriage, Rev. T. W. Smith officiating, j The crroom is 40 years of ags, and is the father of seven sons,' while the bride aged 30, snd is the mother of two sons. After the ceremony the Couple left for the groom's horns in the' low er end of the county. f 4 Miss Shirley Montgomery will leave this afternoon for ValJosta, Cs- here she will spend sometime at th oms of Mr. Ge niihmon.i. Af r Concord Boy Stands Pat A letter received, tbis morning fresh from the college campus, states that while six young sophomores were at tempting to base Robert Graeber about 2 o'clock Saturday morning, the young Cabarrus boy stood pat, and as fast as he could 'weild a chair just so fast did he put .the-young students out of commission.' He defended him self admirably, although the soph got a little of tha, Slackened .mixture 3n his face. Hr state that the mix ture put on Jus face was not the- ni trate of ailver, but that six of his classmates were daubed with the stuff and will have to await time for it to wear off. ' . J. W. Moye, the room-mate of Rob ert Graeber, submitted quietly to the hair-cutting stunt, but when Graeber broke into their plana the assailant? dropped a pair of. shears which are now in the Cabarrus boy's possession, j 'Warm tunes are ahead for the ob streperous freshmen,' it is ' said, but the young man who hails from Ca barrus haa sustained a well-earned reputation of being able to cope with any. reasonable number at a time. FERTILIZER SALES LIGHT. BetaH Merchants and Wholesale Deal er! Not Handling the Usual Quaati- tteev; "'' ; ;--' ' r. ' There is a great falling off in the sales of guano and other manufac tured fertilisers this year. It is learn ed from very good authority that the retail dealers have " not bought heavily aa in years gone by, as there is less demand for the 'goods among the farmers. : yv: . .A. ear load of fertiliser, shipped to merchants of this city on consignment, will be sold at public auction tomor row morning at 10 .o'clock , at the Cotton Seed Oil Mill, haying been left on the hands of the'" Southern Railway- ; v' ,J A Raleigh correspondent sends out the following from the State capital in regard to the sales of fsrtilixers: The sal of t fertiliser ; continues quite light all over thii State .This waa expected in view of the panie. It seems that the Utter ia not yet over. prominent, man -who same in to day says that merchants are buying very little and that factories of all kinds are having a hard time in gen eral One factory' which employs 200 people shut down, but notified the employe that its commissary was open and that while they wers out of work they would be amply sup plied with food. ;-'- SnuS Cabin Boned Yesterday. A cabin on the plantation of Mr. W. F. Morrisoa was destroyed by fir yesterday morning, the origin . of hich, it . ia thought, was due to aa anusuaity big are. lae nous wss occupied by some 'jsoes, -who lost everything they pos ed. NEGRO IS SLAIN WITH AXE. ' As cold-blooded a murder as could easily be imagined i-aiue to light yes terday morning shortly after the vic tim, David Lewis, an old eolored man, died at his homo six miles north of the citv, in tho vicinity of Newells With three axe wounds in his head and an equal number in the. pit of his stomach- he lived from 6 'o'clock Saturday evening hntil f . yesterday morning. 1 The murderer, Henry Me- Ilweny, up to last night had eluded capture but Harrison Brown, a yel low negro who says he cmne from Wyoming, and Joe Hayes, another negro, are locked up charged with being accessories after the fact 1 The first news of the killing, which occurred on the' Douglas Orr place, came in a telephone message to the eity yesterday morning shout 10 o'cloek.' At once Sheriff N. W. Wal lace, Chief of Police T. M. Christen bury and Officers Mosteller and J. D. Johnson set out for the scene. As a result of the investigation the facts were brought to light clearly and ap parent ly there should be little diffi eulty in convicting tba man if he U captured. Uld man Uave tiewis, it seems, drove up .to his home on a load of wood Saturday afternoon. Mcllwaiiy walked out to meet him, picked up a 5-pound axo and struck him on the head. The injured man tumbled over on the woodpile in a heap. The wielder of the axe continued to rain blows upon him Until satisfied that he bad made a complete' job. In the meantime ' Laura 'Lewis, the wife of the man attacked, came running out Mellw.my asked her if she nevdod any wood. Then with consummate, and inhuman nerve, while his victim 's life blood ebbed away, he proceeded to cut her enough wood to hist awhile and walked off, as if he had discharg ed his own obligations. ' The other witnesses of the killing were Rossie Cure ton, of colored boy, and Thomas Lewis. Charlotte Observer. "NIGHT EIDERS" AGAIN. They Invade Kentucky Town, Intind date Citizens and Destroy Great Quantities of Tobacco. Louisville, Ky, Feb. 9. "Night riders" to the number of 150 mask d, heavily armer and wearing the insignia of a secret clan, last night in vaded Fredonia, Crittendon county raptured James Senrbiry, operator of the Cum -erlaid Telephone ' Com pany, and eut out all telephonic eom- munio ttions. Thnv then oreed D.ivi- Potter, a drug cleik to oouii his tr'.re. iu which they imprisoned severnl cit mens. Leaving a large guard in the town, the others galloped to View, five mile sway,; and blew up Alfred carom's tobacco factory, containing 35,000 pounds of tobacco and destroyed with Are Cardir's barn, containing 10,000 pounds of tobacco. The damage ag gregates $10,000 with half as much insurance. Cardin is bnyer . for Bnckner k Dunkerson, of Louisville. Neither he nor his family were at home. Firing volleys of shots into the air, tba ."night riders I' returned through FroJonia and released their prison- ere PBTTT. TB2EVERT ABOUT. Wood Pflea aad Chicken Coops Baiag Vlaited These NifhU-Many Com plaints Baiag Heard. Lt these piping days of bad weather and alack work the night are bringing forth frequent raids on wood piles and chicken coops." Not a night of last week but brought a petty theft and with bad weather at hand and work short these visits are not likely to be discontinued. The newsman hears of many eases where wood piles and chicken ' bouses havs been gently touched during the hours of night Ia some instances the friendly wood pile is visited, in others it is the hennery that ia sought by the unwelcome visi tor. Many a hooaewife is taking extra precaution to guard her favorites and I the wood piles ar watched with equal 1 interest . ' N . Left for Montana. Mr. John A. Blsckwelder, th young eon of Mr. James W. Black- welder, left this morning on his re turn to bis bom st Billingv Montana Mr. Blaekwelder had been on a visit in this county for several weeks, the time; being spent with the eeenes of is earlier Ufa. His present home is in the great wheat-growing snd cattle raising section of the western front iers, and the ll.'e out t!.at way hs- r 1 Bttte Library A Pointer on Shoes It is important to every man and woman who is particular about their shoes to know this 1; store. The ; character of our , " shoes i lift 2un far above the common place they are plainly " different. The graceful models, the noticeable fine leathers and ' smooth shapely fit We know so well how to give odd distinc tion to the man who wears them Our t Liitt fl$3jp0J TlnY line includes every good leather and every smart style. They have all the earmarks of higher priced shoes. Our Lin These shoes contain . ill the ex cellences that is possible to put in a shoe at or near this price , Our Line at $5.00 to $5.00 : These two lines comprise shoes that are both dressy and durable. Shaped right, made right and fit right.7 : P.S. Just received a big lot of Ladies' Tan Oxfords, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00. H. L. Parte Co. .. . Department Store. , . SIjiu ' Slips throngli your fingers before you know it, and nothing to show for it That $1. a week will put a Victtoi? tnryonr home right away. Good music and hearty; fnn. Why not surprise your family with a Victor? - Why wait! " 6 97- . " None Snappier , ' for men. - - . - 04.00 andCCOO A Shoe' that fits the Eye, the foot end Messrs iJlH re' II M. B.:-ro iTxed to C " 1 !' ': t 1 and C L. , ,tte ttxlay, t '. 1 .' e a. - ' . . 1 ; i " - r t ' ter a visit there si.e mill go to per-i&l attraenot-.f for this yourg S-n L. T. . 1 P '1 U in I 1 to vi t tt t' s r -; cf ?"r. a- ' C' rrva, T7 ar gxl a i c.a.i ---7.