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vol xx; Price 40 Cents a month, f CONCORD, N. G FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1910. Single Copy 5 Cents. NO. 59. ' PIjEASAWT EVEiniKJ WITH - THE ODD FELLOWS. Public Sleeting Laet Night ui Many . Visitors Out With the District Vis- . Iton-r-Grand Master Makes an Ad '" dreu on Odd Fellowship That Was ' Both Plwudng and Instructive - ' sions Continue Through Today. There was publlc session of the - DiHtrirt meeting of Odd Fellows last "night in. Pythiaa haH and room full of visitors took advantage of the opportunity t6 fraterniae with the :. visitorsnd listen to-the addresses arranged for the evening, 'Mr. S, Durham, of Bessemer, -who is the pres- ; uleot o the district could not be prea- -nt. Tire Grand Master was the guest . of the district meeting last night and his address mg a most excellent. one. The inemlbers of Cold Water Lodge had' made ample preparations for the eotertimnent of their guests' and the .. session last night was in a measure on to give formal expression of wel ... come to the visitors. The address of welcome was made by Roy. 'Plato T Durham. In his usual happy manned . Mr. Durham spoke a eordial and fra 'ternal welcome to the -visitors and v along , with a most appropriate wel ' coming address gave same substantial Odd Fellow facts and references to : the spirit of fraternity. Rev. H. K. Boyer, who was to have spoken in re ponse to this address was not pres ent. Following Mr. Durham the Grand Master, Mr. P. H. Williams, of : Elizapeth City, made an address". His , most excellent talk was on the fra ternity in a general way, with much reference to its work, (both in the State and at large. Beginning with some of the history of Odd Fellowship - he spoke of its growth, and worth ""His talk showed. the worth and re sponsibility of the great order and V much, of the good . work it is doing, its large distribution of money for the , aid and relief of those dopendant.up ' von the order and mankind. The spe cial work of earing (for the widows and orphans was covered. , Nearly fifty orphan homes are now "being maintained in America by the Odd -. Fellows. With the exception of . rery few in course of erection these j are all open and caring for the boy; . and girls left fatherless by Odd Fel lows.- Mr. Williams is a splendid speaker. lie knows his subject fully and evidently delights to talk on a subject in which his heart rests. Hi address was not only enjoyable, but v jt "was an inspiration to Odd Fellows and portrayed the benefits of the or- ' der to those not so clnoy identified ; with its splendid work. After tho address the Grand Master, . li. T.-Qartsell spoke for the city in . the place of Mayor Wagoner who was on the program for an address. Mr. Uartaell gave the visitors a eordial welcome on behalf of the city, placing all "things nt their disposal. After ' Mr. Hartsetl bad extended his welcome Mr. JJM. Burrnge asked the audience -. to remain seated notil lie returned to the room. Accompanied by a number . of young ladies Mc-Barrage gave the . visitors another view of Odd Fellow- . ship, serving refreshments to all who were so fortunate as tojbe the guest of Cold Water Lodge. ;'yt ; ""The session of this morning andjhit. afternoon are 'largely of a business nature, when matters of interest to The order are dismissed. - "J i V"8AMB OLD STOET-IN f -- .THE SAMS JLD WAT' ..-:: x-. -..-.' -t. 1 .- : : i c r "Work wll .egin on Ihe street ' car line Monday." Tho above, is tak ; n from The Tribune of recent dates, " but there now seems' to be en offlcial , order'to the effect that " work -will be- gin rn thenar line Monday." Mr.' W. A Foil jeoeivedword fro mthe track layer that he will be here and ready ' for work on Monday and he has been ordered, to 'get as' large a force as possible and commence to throw dirt on Monday. - It seems -that the track layer is the man who has beed delay- ing the -work and as hey have his as surance of being Sere it it thought that the work wHB go along nicely from this on. ''You -ean say that I said that ibe work will begin Mon day," was the way Contractor Foil put st. - " ; ' " THE VIRGINIA DARE. Charming Entertainment of tht Vir ginia Dan Book OlnbMrs. pern ' berton Hostess on Tuesday Even- fag. . The Virginia Dare Book Club and a few other invited friends were de lightfully entertained on Tuesday ev ening by Mrs. W. D. Pemberton, at iier home on North Union street. The occasion was one of rare pleas ure and most thoroughly enjoyable. For the past year this club has been studying. America and a delight Bui feature of the evening's enter tainment was a talk by Miss Amy J. Stevens of the Central Graded school,- on her travels in the West Miss Stevens is a most entertaining talker' ami claimed "the rapt at ten tion of those fortunate enough to liave heard her in her description of the chief places oT. interest in Colors Jo and California. At the vofce of her talk 'Mrs. R. A. Brown, in a most .lajupy manner, expressed the apprecia tion of the club and thanked Miss Stevens most beautiful for her inter esting and instructive address. During the evening beautiful music al selections were rendered by Mi set Nita Gressitt, Marv Hartspll and Laura 'Rid en hour. At rbe close of the evening tea and sandwiches were served by Misses Mary 'Hartsell, Laura Ridenhonr. Isabel Harris, Adele and Mary Phifei Pemberton. Those invited were: Mesdames R. A, ftrower, D. L. Boat, R. A. Brown, J. VI. Couk, W. it. Harris, J. L. Hart iell,' H. M. Props t, R. E. Ridenhonr, 1. H. Rntledjre, J. B. Sherrill, J. E. 3mdot, L. P.' .Stephens, M. B. Stickley, 3. W. Williaois, Misses Joseph int iuit'li, .loie Hill, Elir.abeth Propst, Maude Bro'Wiif'iNita Gressitt, Amj 3tev(is, Mjiv 'HartsellLaura "Riden iur, fsnliol Harris. Adele and Mary Peurtierton... ' LEGALITY OF THE CORPORATION TAX Washington, D. CT, March 17. For four hours today, the Supreme Court f the United States listened to con- aictiif arguments on the constitu ionalityof the corporation tax pro- vision or the 'ravne-Alnnch tanfl let. After another dav's argument he court will take the statute nndei its" consideration with a view to ar- iving at a docision. insiHiirionai lawyers trorn van- us sections-of the country tok part inthe argument today. There were onnected wiA. the foreign cases in ih ihe validity of the tax is at tacked, and whieh has been consoli lated into one cause for the purpose jf the hearine. In each of these raits stockholders or poKoy holders had brought action to. prevent cor porations from paying the . tax. Witn- nt exception, tho lower courts held the tax constitutional and dismissed the suits The Home Life Iiismance Com pany and the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company- had iounsel present to "insist that these aorporations themselves be required to pay the tax. . ' , t . Maxwell . Ewarts, ; of . New York, pened the argument. He declared the tax uncongtitutional, because,-as is arged, it interfered with the pow ers of the State by fixing a franchise; 1 jras jrrbitrry and oppressive, and because; it's publicity clause took oiivate property for public use 'with out eompensattoni." He was followed V Cbarles -H. Williams and Richard S. Rogers, f New York, and E. 0. Brown, of Chicago who argtied the anconstitntionality of the law as ap plied to. various individual' eases. Former Senator J. B. Foraker,7f of Ohio, and Riobard Vv iLindabury, of New , York, addressed the court on reneral featujes of the- law, holding t invalid. : ' ..- - . ' " ' "fioliojtor General : Bowers, .shortly before the court adjourned began his argument for the government in de fense of the law. V How can a , woman be xpeeted to have any regard for the troth when she k obliged to promise to obey in the marriage ceremony J , ' - -'. . A HORRIBLE STORY, Marion; Reports Donbls Tragedy Charlie. Morris Kills Motber-In-Law, Child and Self. An Observer special from . Marion of the 17th gives this story of tragedy: N- At the home -of his motber-in-lw, Mrs. Luey Bird, six miles south of iiere, today, Charlie Morris shot and instantly killed Mrs. Bird and his two year old cuijd and then walked about half a mile and shot himself, dying in about thirty miputes. The Mirrises have been married about three years, separating sev eral months ago, but had been living together again for four -weeks.' Yester day Mrs. Morris wanted to go and tpend the night with her mother, who was M-k and lived about hi mile from her borate. Her husband ob jected at first, then said she could go. Mrs. Morris finally persuaded bian to let her take the child and left her husband in aparently good humor This morning Moms appeared at the Bird home and seeing his -wife iirst, without saying a word, knocked ler down and 'fired two or three shots Prom his pistol at her. Leaving ber he Miposed dead, he went into his uother-in-lflw's room, fired five shots nio her body, killing her instantly, to n picKcci up tlit rlukl, who was Ihe only one in the room with its grandmother, carried it into an ad joining room, laid it on the floor and ired three shots, each bullet going jntirely through the child's body and into the floor. Morris then, after loading his pis tol, walked down the public road in the direction of his own home. When le hsd gone about half the distance between the Bird home and his own, iie met two men in a buggy, sHe said to the 'mcitihat everything he owned low belonged to h is . uncle, stepped 3 few feet away, took the pistol out f his pocket and before the men realized his intentions, shot himself ine time through the head, dying in thirty minutes -without regaining con sciousness. When Morris knocked his wife down and shot at her, he, of course, thought she was dead, but none of the shots, took effect. Mrs. Morris, 'lowevcr, was stunned by the bjow on the head. As son as she recovered she ran for assistance, realizing at once chat her husband intended to kill her not her ami child, but before she oukl find any one he had finished his work and gone arniay. Mr. 'Bird was tot at home at the time. -AH parties are prominent and well 'o-do, Morris 'being a nephew of Clerk f the Superior Court Thomas Mor is of thisplace. No cause other than jealousy of his wife's people is known for the act. Mrs, Morris k prostrated. JHE BORROWED HAM. Police Officer Wanted to Borrow a Ham to Display at His Home Could Not Boy, Would Borrow. A Concord police officer "who thought be could not buy a ham at 20 cents per asked the groeeryman to lend bkn one to bang at his borne for a few days. The officer said be could not pur- obese at the price, bat be iwouid like the loan of the ham for a few days as in object lesson to bis children. The deal was called off at once. V Gets Back After 43 Years. 1 Danville, Ind,. March 17. Just 43 years ago today MichealjHuff's step mother sent him to the pasture to bring -up the cows. ' Tht was the last jeen. of him by the family until to lay. When. he stepped in at the door if the old hometad, -nere bis brother, Elmer Huff, now lives, he re narked : "If , you will set me the bucket I will milk those cows." It took some time to explain matters, bnt finally was made plain that it real ly -was "Miks' re turned as from dead, and the reuion is still in pro gress. ,.- 1. '-' r.VW-'" Huff had become ired of the life of the farni-4uid jrorked bk way- to Missouri' While there he managed to acquire a fair education -and then went to Kansas, where be became a man of affairs. He now Is the super intendent of the State Reform. School - f WILL MEET TONIGHT. Board of Water and Light Will Havs Meeting Tonight and Talk Over Water Matters. . A meeting of the board of light, and water is fixed tor tonight at the office of the clerk at which meeting the wa ter problem will be discussed. - The board has invited a oomber of the citisena of tbe leky to meet them this evening 'iJ informally discuss the water eituatiot). It is a fact that the eity must have more water, the supply being inadequate and with summer coming and the use of water will be much heavier and the supply likely 3ssened,the water board is up against the problem of making provision for furnishing an adequate water supply to the city. This matter gave the board much concern test year and the situation has not unproved by any means,, hence this conference with a view of hitting on a plan to supply the immediate and growing demand. Rockefeller Pays $40,000 for Birds. New York," March 17. 'Fire raged for seven days in the hold of the phoenix- line freighter -Marina, which sailed from Antweip, February 28, and threatened to send the ship to the bottom. So serious was the situation that Cspt. Taylor ordered the life boats held in readiness for Inunchin It was not until the -Marina was near port that the crew got control nf the Maze. The decks were still hot today when the freighter docked in Hojhdken Spontaneous combustion is believed to have Started thefire. The freighter had a cargo of animals valued at $340,000. There was on board a fWk otf pheasants consigned to John D. Rockefeller, which were valued at almost fiO.000. Twelve 'This Association was organized by representative business men of this town in April 1898. We have been doing business in Concord for 12 years ami have al ways treated our members and friends cordially. If you are not a member otf this Association 'you have missed the t safe and profitable investment furnished by onr stock. A Systematic Home Saving In stitution. Assets $90,000,00. bos ran e, l und sakscs Assocumoi ; Office k Concord Natioul Bank taking jtorjCE-n . UKt TAKING MEDI CINE. autnrArs TO COHXECT THt TIIOV BU. IN TIME. iFroim BUSINESS IS J Lirk ONE AND STEAill T . dOITING, MAP ovr PLANS FO 1HB HJ. . TCKE. TO HOLD AND ' ENLARGE IT-OPEN roil BANK ACCOUNT WITH US NOW At THE flltST IJHPOTANT s t ep we crs - EVEB T pACILITT FOK PROMOTION Of rOUK BUSINESS. CONSISTENT WIT SOUND tAHKINt. y 4 par on. kitricstM C0NC0ED KATIQNAL BANK Capital flOO.000 - Surplus Sji7 VI Citizens Bank and Trust Comply state Library Notes Receivable . $186 076 79 Real Estate 9)708 77 Furniture and Fixtures ; 4.568 51 (Jaah on hand and due from other banks 42,787.12 $243,141.19" Liabilities Capital stock $ 30,000.00 Surplus nd undivided profits 6,126 38 ' Bills payable 10,000 f 0 Notes ;je-discounted 10,500.00 Deposits --c 186,514 81- $243,14119 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Geo. L. Patterson W. A. Bost M. L. Marsh ' B- L.Umbeisw . J. Frank Goodman Chas. B. Wagoner. Chas McDonald A. N James Dr. D. G. Caldwell Dr. W. D. Pemberton N. F Yorke A. Jones Yorke Paul F. Stalling OFFICERS A. Jones Yorke, President M. L. Marsh, Vice-President Chaa, B. Wagoner, Cashier John Fox, Assistant Cashier Upon the basis of good we respectfully solicit H. L. Parte $ Go's, Department Store. . Easter Footwear ! We desire to call your attention to our choice and exclusive Footwear for Easter. A choice gathering of Pumps, Ox fords, Ribbon Ties and Slippers. Suede Pomps . . . S3.SO to 54. OO Patent Pomps . . . $2.50 to Q4.00 Gun Metal Pomps . . $2.50 to $3.50 Oxfords and Ties in til leathers from 32.00 to 53.50 Will you favor us with a call? We will endeavor to make-your visit a pleasant one. HI. Parte Co. The Home of Cooi Merchandise. Prompt' Service, Reliable Security, Quick Collections, Bank Accommodation and ; Advice upon all matters pertaining to buinessxhave your Bank Account with this Bank established it 1897. , Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent Interest taid on Time Deposits." ; . The Accounts of Farmers, Merchants , ';' " . - and Individuals solicited. i flhe Cabarrus Savings Bank snvl I service and absolute security, your bankinir business. Every lady will want to wear handsome and stylish Footwear for Eas ter Sunday. We offer our trade everything that's new and desirable. -1 1
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