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fhursday, February 8, 1923. HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS We furnish stamped and self-ad* dressed envelopes free to all our regu ],ir correspondents. When you nee<l a supply, let us know and we will send j(:cin at once. Give name and address. CABARRUS ROUTE ONE. _ l iit- ground hog didn’t iiis slmd , fur nothing. It trieans more shoes , 7 1( | better clothes if it continues this for six weeks. \[, W. F. Black is on the sick list • S week. Mr. George Black. of Tennessee, lias returned home after visiting his par ent'-. Mr. and Mrs. W. Ik Black, of » :ib:irrus. Mr. .1, 11. Carriker is buying cedar p o i(s for Andrews & Lloyd. They are Ir ,m the eastern part of the state. M'r Andrews was jn Cabarrus last U'<A and was very much pleased to bud about two thousand poles on the \ ud. He made a hasty retreat to the .•ast to ship his boiler at once. lie ex r,ccts to arrive here about the 1 first of uc week. His new cedar mill is al j-endy "it tin* ground. He says he will US( . si\ nr oi:;ht men when he re imns. Get ready, boys and catch a Things seem to be stirring around t.'abarms now. There has been plen ty of work to do. The new brick church has used many hands for sev eral int »nths. l! nsi'il to be the same crowd when we went to Cabarrus, but now we see strangers almost every time and we are glad to meet them. Mr. JolTn Hatley and grand-son. of t'encord. Route T. were in Calmrrtis Saturday. Mr. Baxter Hardwick, of Flowe’s, was in Catiarrus last week on busi n*-ss. Mr. Daniel Horton and sister, of Bust Mill, were here on business last week. . ~~ Mr. Franklin Wallace left here on the two o'clock train Monday for Charlotte on business. Mrs. C. L. Carriker, of South Caro lina. was visiting Mr. and Mrs. .1. \V. Carriker last week. We haven’t learned when she will return to her home, j _l Mr, M. .T. Baker and Tom Ready, made a business trip to Concord last week. Mr. ,F. ‘S. Gray, and family spent Saturday in Concord. Rev. Mr. Hunt, rlie jkistor at Beth el, believes in preaching on the hour set. and if .you ’are not there he ' preaches just the same. Don't know what you think aboutfit but we think lie has tie* right ideju. We think it is a preacher’s or teacher's place to have ;p rule like this and the people should chey. Looks like anybody could stop dragging and get up Ford sjteed and he on time. Mr. 11. D. Ernly has purchased a new auto. Mr. Jess Ilartsell returned to Char lotte Monday, after visiting bis par ents. Mr. and Mrs. .John L. Ilartsell. REX. MISSION Miss Fannie Morgan spent Satur (hv night with Miss Pearl Lambert. Mr. Roy Almond spent Sunday af ternoon at Mr. W. F. Maunev's. "lie people of this community will real with interest'--of the marriage of Mss Flora Mauney and Mr. Ellis Iler rii. which took place last Saturday. Tier are Hot It members of the Bap tit-Church here and are both faith fit workers. They will make their hnie nt Mr. Herrin’s for the present. Tieir many friends* extend eongratu lit ions. There will be preaching at the Mis *i Baptist Church Sunday after >n at 2 o'clock. We hope to have a , 1 ge crowd present, - We have some d singers at Mission and we be ! ' ' e you will enjoy the music. Ir. Fred Herrin, of Concord, spent unlay" night with home folks. Misses Zulu Mauney and Essie Al >nd and Mr. James Furr spent a die Sunday with Miss Martha Lou } irr. ROCKWELL. Mrs. John L. Fisher spent Tlmrsday evening with Mrs. I). 11. Long. Mr. Burl Castors have the Hit. Mrs. Myrtie Goodman and little son. Lee. are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. It. Long. Misses Lula and Margaret Long spent- Thursday with their sister, MrsT Myrtie Goodman. .Miss Bernice Long is spending the week-with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wade l eng. i ’ i Mr. Frank Moose has moved to, Mr. H it Long’s farm, near Ebenez.er < ‘imrch. Messrs. D. 11. Long and Wade Long :ittd Mack Goodman are over on his farm cutting wood. Mr. Luther Long is working in Kan napolis. Mr. Walter Miller-has purchased a Peril m>‘ til! look forward to the arrival el Ihe Concord Times and read the coins with much interest. 1. VEXES. - FAITH. Mamie Rinfees, of Barber, N. C., i; . ,s «') .table with 1(500 pieces in it and ''> 'lilterent kinds of wood. She says 1 anyone can heat that trot out vour table. Me notij.® a beautiful write up of r *■ | itizens Bank and Trust Company •’ °J H ;ord. They baVe just, gone in " a hamlsonie new building. That’s '•H* ua\ t(1 write it up. >e < aha rrus correspondent of The "min.i limes has found a mule 32 '•.m ohl and calls on Venus to l>eat ■ ' '■ Us ’ ' vn * r until we can hear from ■ n ul ftnr loaders. and we will beat Lorn to Mr. and Mrs. Willie j ue. a daughter. February Ist. Earnhardt has just built an Kni f * n t 0 P° rt ‘h around 11. O. *' r( ‘ si,,o »<-e. He did a fine lcth. I .ti ,J | Dnn ' v the Rockwell bas- The u ! U ‘ am was defeated by Faith. Phved" le 'l as ““ t 0 3 - game was P Hed on the Faith court not ),„-!!!'? d° w u at Mt. Pleasant do mailed h U * nns - The -v have just him a copy of their little pa- I per “The Institute News." It is a line little paper. We got a letter from some people who said they like to read the Faith items in The Concord Times. John Josey, one of the big farmers of Rowan county, motored up to Faith this week and brought Venus a curios ity sweet gum sprout that grown so crooked that- it can’t lie still. It was in the shape of a figure .**B" and n ’’ naught," making the figures “80." He has a hornet nest and a humming bird's nest also for our collection. He is going to give them to us. That is the way to do, remember Venus. .Muriel Daugherty, ol’ China Grove Route 1, rends the Faith items and is well pleasml with them. - Mrs? 11. G. Cranford has sugar pea blossoms February Ist and wants to know if anyone can beat it. Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Myrcks, a daughter, December .‘list. VENUS. CABARRUS. Look out for rough weather, for Friday was ground hog day au\l Mr. Ground Hog saw his shadow, or at least h«* ought to have, for it was a very pleasant day. Prof. Hollingsworth, of Bethel high school, was on tin* sick list Friday. Mr. Tom Reeder made a business trip to Concord Friday. Quite a number of the Cabarrus peo ple witnessed a very interesting game of basketball Friday, Winecoff win ning the victory over Midland by :i score of 2(5-25. Both teams did some snappy playing.' Little Elizabeth and J. B. Jr., al ii active children of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Roberts, of near Flowe’s Store, tire confined to their home on account of illness. M«*ssrs. Henry Presson and Clar ence Kiser spent last Sunday after noon near Stanfield. I)r. L. X. Burlevson is fixing for rough weather. He is having* his house covered. The people of this • community sire cutting and hauling cedar ' logs and cord wood. Mr. O. L. Black, a prominent Ford son farmer of near Cabarrus, is saw ing wood ftp* the public. Mr. Hoyle I’igg is improving very nicely after a long illness. Mrs. B. T. Barrett spent a few days with her daughter. Mrs. J. B. Rob erts, last week. Mrs. M. J. Baker is on the sick list at this writing. GRASSHOPPER. WATTS C ROSS ROADS. We are having some bad weather along now. Mrs. D. J. Hopkins is sick. There will be a box supper at the | Cruse school house February 17tli. Kvervbodv is invited. BLUE EYES. RIMER. Misses Ruth Ritcnie and Annabel Kiser spent the week-end with Miss Ritchie's home folks tit St. John's. Rimer school has recently purchas ed si basketball court. Miss Nora Safrit has an attack of flu. Miss Cora Penninger. of Concord, spent last Saturday night with her parents in Rimer. Mr. C. C. Cook spent last Saturday in Concord. The Rimer hoys crossed bats with the Barrier boys Asst Friday evening. The score was 20 to 0 in favor of Ri mer. J The Rimer Community Club will hold its regular meeting Friday night, February Kith. An interesting pro gram is being planned. Mr. Luther Penninger. of Mecklen burg. spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. J. Best. Mr. and Mrs.. Roy of Kan napolis. spent the week-end in Rimer. Messrs. Frank Moose and Brown Boat, of M. P. C. L, spent the week end with home folks. There is quite a lot of sickness in the community at this writing. Misses Shirley Safrit and Inez Pen ninger, spefnt last Thursday night with Miss Safrit's sister. Mrs. F. M. Klutfz. On last Saturday night Miss Ruth Ritchie entertained in honor of her guest. Miss Kiser, a number of friends at a candy stew given in her home near St. John’s. There was a large crowd present and all seemed to en joy themselves. There will be divine service at Pros perity E. L. Church February 11, at 11 n. m. On February 22, there will be giv en nt the sclioolhouse a Washington Program find a ball game. Dinner will bo served on the ground. The public is cordially invited. TOOTS. LOWER STONE Misses Katie and Maude Fisher, of Charlotte, spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. Rev. C. W. Warliok spent Saturday niirht with Geo. T. Brown. The officers of Lower Stone went to Faith Sunday evening to attend the annual meeting of the joint consistory of the Faith charge. Rev. C. W. Warliok, of Mt. Pleas ant. preached a most excellent "ser mon at Lower Stone last Sunday from I Samuel 17:45; “Then said David to the Philistine, Thou eomest to me with a sword; and with a spear, and with a shield ; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.” - Rev. It. F. Crooks, of Concord, will preach at Lower Stone on the third Sunday, February 18th at 11 a. m. It will be remembered that Mr. Crooks was nastor at Lower Stone from 1877 to 1881, and his many friends around here will be glad of the opportunity to hear again. TULIP. LOCUST. A oar wreck occurred here Sunday when one of the axles broke and the wheel ran off. The car was occupied by three men on route to Monroe. No one was hurt. Sickness from colds and pneumonia continues, which doubtless is partly due to the extreme changes of the weather. Donnie, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Barbee, fell from the back door steps, striking her head on an implement which made an ugly gash in her forehead. Owing to so much sickness the Stanly Hall pupils lost Friday in the ; spelling contest and not able to go. Others had been forced to be out of school. Mr. G. 11. Tucker and family have moved into the public schoolhonse while remodeling their dwelling. He has moved his house back several feet and is making some decided changes. Our family enjoyed and appreciat ed the serial story “The Skyline ol' Spruce," which The Times has been running lor some time. P. NO. 1 TOWNSHIP. Mrs. Ethel Morrison lias returned from the (’harlotto hospital and is do ing tine. 1 Mr. Albert Maxwell has been build ing on to his new barn. Mrs. Albert Maxwell and daughter spent last Saturday and Sunday in Concord. _ Miss Mary Hooks spent last Friday night with Miss Essie Mauney. Mrs. A. A. Mauney spent Saturday in; Concord. : Mr. Henry Smalles’ little daughter have whooping cough. ■* There has been a lot of chigkenpox and fin in our community. Mrs.,Will Barr has been right sick, but is somewhat improved now. Mr. Will Taylor is on the sick list at this writing. We are having some rough weather along now. Mr. Will Planner’s father and moth er are spending the week with him. Mr. John Plummer had the misfor tune to sprain his ankle recently. BLUE EYES. WINECOFF. Thursday, February l. tlie girl's basket ha 11 team defeated the Harris burg team 2(5-2. Friday afternoon the hoys pldyed a very interesting game with Midland, the score being 21-20 in favor of Wine coff. Friday morning a photographer from Kannapolis, took pictures of the wine coff students and faculty. Mrs. J. X. Winecoff, who lias lieen ill for some time, is slowly improving. Mr. Wade Patterson visited home folks last Sunday. The City Union League met at Mt. olivet Church February 2. The next regular * meeting will he held at Har mony the first Friday night in March, i! t 7:4f». Sunday night Mr. Harold Furr en tertained the members of Mi. Olivet church with a radio concert from 'Pittsburgh and Charlotte. The honor roll for Winecoff school* for the fifth months follows: Second grade—Elizabeth Ervin. Third grade—Kathleen Stewart. Pearl Fink. Fourth grade—Until Umberger, Alice Ervin. Sixth grade—Hazel Goodman, Ruble I.itaker, Elizabeth Winecoff. Archie Miller. Seventh grade—Vertie Cline. Eighth grade—Grace Litaker, Sara Warren. Ninth grade—Albert Barnhardt, Frank Litaker, Clarence Stewart. Edith Fink. Gladys Goodman. Tenth grade—Edna Phillips. Eleventh grade—Annie Cline Barn ha rdt. Rebecca Castor. NO. 7 TOWNSHIP. Mr. Ground Hog's shadow must have appeared two or three times larger to him than it really was, but we have been having plenty of rain ami sleet since February the Ist. Messrs. Britt Bangle and Jim Hon eycutt. of Salisbury, spent Sunday at Mr. J. G. Honeycutt’s. Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Eudy spent Sat urday night with Mrs. Eudy's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Ilarkey. Mr. Earnest Barringer spent a while Sunday e.vening, visiting nt Mr. Wil liam Arey's. Messrs. Ben Honeycutt and Wade Dry arc working at Salisbury. Mr. and Mrs. Grady and daughter spent the week-end visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dry. Mrs. Jane Dry, wife of Mr. George Dry, died at the home of her son. Mr. F. O. Dry, Sunday morning. Mrs. Dry’s health was very gikxl and her death came as a shock to her relatives and many friends. She was a faith ful member of St. Stephens Evangel ical Lutheran Church, and is survived by her husband, one son, one daughter, ten grand children and one great-grand child.. Her relatives have the sym pathy of the entire community. OISEAN ROUGE. SLOOPE SCHOOL. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Troutman and two children. Lee and Maud, of Kan napolis, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Troutman’s sister, Mrs. .T. E. Carter, of Rowan. Mrs. L. A. Wensil is on the sick list. Mr. Albert Carter, of Rowan, spent Sunday night with his cousin, Mr. Jus tin Troutman, of Kannapolis. Mrs. G. H. Troutman’s family have the flu. x Mrs. J. E. Carter and three sons, Albert, P. W. and Hayden, of Rowan, s/pent Friday night in Rockingham. Mr. Ilollie Ritchie, of China Grove, spent the week-end with home folks. Misses Sudie and Mazie Jacobs, of Rockingham, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. J. E. Carter. GIRL. MIDLAND. Mrs. O. B. Furr is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Julius i Yow spent Wednesday and Thursday in Albe m« rte. The families of Messrs. Frank Mc- Manus and John Clontz have measles. Miss Elizabeth Hamilton, of Queen’s College, in Charlotte, spent the week end with home folks. Mr. P. H. Blggers is improving nt this, writing. Miss Veda Yow, of near Albemarle, spent the week-end with her parents. Everyone present enjoyed the bas ketball game between Midland High School and the Winecoff boys last Friday evening on Midland’s court. Excellent was done by both, sides, which proved that the Midland team was not dead. j A reception in honor of the basket ball team of the school, was given by Miss Annie S. Yow at her home here, last Friday evening front 7:30 to 11 o’clock. After several hours of en joyable games and contests the hostess, assisted by her sister and brother. Miss Veda and Mr. R. L. Yow. served sandwiches, pickles, coffee and whip ped cream, followed by aipbrosia and cake. A large number was present j f Hfc CONCOR6 TIMfiS and all enjoyed the occasion very much. The guests were Misses Ida Mae Wklenhouse, Alice Tucker, Cenie Alexander, Fannie Penile Widen house. Bodie and Pauline Furr. Lola Bur nette, Bertha and Mary Lee Wallace, 'Billie and Addie Yow;. Messrs. Brice Riggers, Hubert and Howard Hartnell, Will and Roy Misenheimer, Hubert Ooldston. Lloyd and Fred Ilartsell, Mulder Polk, Fred and Hugh Tucker, Marvin Wklenhouse, Leonard Ilartsell, Clyde Barbee and Prof, and Mrs. I>. H. Lashley. MESSENGER. CONCORD ROUTE THREE. Messrs. G. G. Ellis. G. 11. Sides, W. 11. Haynes, P. D. Blackwelder and A. S. Cooke are putting up a telephone line and expect to have telephones iu stnlled in their homes soon. . Mr. L. C. -Walter's line horse died last Saturday. Mrs. J. M. Dowuum is on the sick list. t ( ' Barrier anil Rimer crossed bats on the former's diamond hist Friday. The score was 18 to 0 in favor of Ri mer. 'i Mr. Amos Penninger spent Monday night with Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Cooke and family. DIXIE. ROBERTA. Mr. Frank McLaughlin has accept ed a position with Mr. Z. I). Cochran in the store formerly occupied by Far rar irui! Burra ge Co., when- he will begin working Wednesday. Mr. Fred Furr, who is at Ruther ford College, has recovered after a long spell of sickness. Mr. Fred Smith and brother Lot, motored over to Charlotte Saturday night on a very important trip. Misses Mae and Ethel Blackwelder spent the week-end with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Blackwelder. Messrs. Finley and*.foe Uoble have accepted positions with the Roberta Manufacturing Company. Miss Essie Linker spent Sunday with Miss Leona Hudson. Miss Etfie and Mr. James Kiser, Mr. E. J. Linker and son. Lee, Paul and Willene Hudson, children of Mr. and Mrs. Will Hudson, Mrs. Swindell Mas on and (laughter. Miss Margie Vor ble. are all on the sick list. Mr. Charlie Verble, of the Roberta Store, has gone to California. We hope he will have a successful trip and enjoy the travel. We regret to see him leave our village. Messrs. Dick Brown. Garner Ver ble and Cleve Starnes motored to Concord Sunday afternoon, a distance of six miles in n “tin Lizzie” in eight minutes. Venus, if you can beat that, crank up your Ford. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve land Gray was Imried at Roberta Church Monday morning.-* Mr. James Hudson spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. Will Hudson. The big meeting will start at Rob erta nevt Sunday,-* February lltli. The pastor will he assisted by Rev. A. Ridge, of the Stanly circuit. Rev. A. D. Shelton, of Concord, and Rev. J. T. Sisk motored to Greensboro Monday on a business trip. LOVE. HEFTY YOUNGSTER North Carolina Cotton Growers’ Co- Operative Association One Year Old. Raleigh, Feb. 7. —Its first-birthday on Thursday of this week finds the North Carolina Cottoh Growers’ Co- Operative Association one of the most hefty youngsters in the state. The youngster was born on February the Bth of last year when President W. H. Austin and the other members of the present board of directors met in Raleigh and secured articles of incor poration from the secretary of the state. Its membership then was 20.000 and today it Is 32,000 while in Raleigh lias been s°t up headquarters with account ing, classing and selling departments and 130.000 bales of cotton have been delivered by members to the eighty odd warehouses with which the asso ciation has contracts. Its volume of business this season will run up close to twenty million dollars. . The co-operative ente.rprxie was launched without a dollar of capital, hut today it enjoys the complete confi dence of the hanks of the state as well as the business interests, according to statements from leading bankers of the past week. While the achievement of actually setting up an organization of such a large scale aqiil putting it to work is considered remarkable, the educational work in proper marketing methods is believed by agricultural leaders to have an even greater feat. Never before has it been possible to center at tention on agricultural marketing ns has been done the past six months, it is declared. The stabilizing of cotton prices has benefitted the co-operatives and non co-opera-tives alike. This has been one of the definite results from or ganized marketing facilities though the shortage in the cotton crop jins been the big agency that has kept prices advancing. BERGDOLL CANNOT RECOVER UNDER TERMS OF NEW BILL Government Will Retain His Property if Alien Return Measure is Enacted Into Law. Washington, D. C., F*eb. 7.—Return of the property of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft evader, seized by the government after his escape to Ger many, would be prohibited under pro vision of an alien property return bill approved today by the House inter state commerce committee. Bergdoll is not named specifically in the bill, the provision being / general, affecting the seized property of any person a fugitive from justice. Rep resentative Graham, republican, Illi nois, author of the proposal, declared he would make a determined fight for it on the floor of the House. Graham said about $1,250,000 of Bergdoll's property now is held by the government; that he had made demand for its return, and that restoration would have to be made unless the pres ent law were changed by some such provision as that inserted into the alien property return measure. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and warmer tonight and Fri day. Cannibal Prince (rushing in) —Am I too late for dinner? Cannibal King—Yep, everybody’s eaten. f— — 11 j LOCAL MENTION The Study Club is mooting this af ternoon with Mrs. C. A. Cannon at her hom« on North Spring street. (’otton on the local market today is quoted at 28 cents-per pound; cot ton seed at 72 cents per bushel. An important meeting of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary will he held in the Legion club rooms tins evening at 7 :80 o’clock. All members are urged to lie present. An important meeting of the Con cord Lodge It. P. O. E. will be held in the eltih rooms this evening at 7:20 o'clock. In addition to the regular business the district deputy will he present and deliver .a short address. Mr. Robert Phifer has made a con tribution of $25 to the Concord Public Library. The library association is going to conduct a financial campaign in the near future and Mr. Phifer's cheek was the first received of the campaign. Mi\ J. Harvey Dor ton is reported as seriously ill ip a Charlotte hospital. He has been ill for several months and entered the hospital last Friday. Lit tle hope for his recovery was enter tained by his family last night hnd this .morning. Charlotte Observer: Morrison Brown is in Cabarrus County today, organiz ing ti chapter of the X. C. (Janie and Fish Development, League for that county'. The calls for officials to or ganize the several counties has kept all those available busy l'or the past couple of weeks. Cleveland will or ganize in Kings Mountain this after noon, also. The foundation for the new High School building is about completed, and the work of pouring the. concrete foundation is expected to begin soon. The first foundation site had to be changed a little, so the work has been delayed. The building will be placed so that persons looking down Marsh Street from Tnion and Spring streets can see the entrance. Thomas Meighan is being shown at the Star today and tomorrow in “Back Home and Broke.” The New Orleans convention pictures of the Legion and Auxiliary also are being offered and the Auxiliary gets part of the money taken in at the theatre during the two days. By attending you will help the Auxiliary in its work with the sick nurses and soldiers at Oteeu. The Concord Highs have their work cut out for them tonight, when they meet the basketball team from the Davidson High School. The game will he pin yeti at the V starting at S o’clock. The locals have practiced hard for the game, and will give the visitors all they are looking for. Several stars are on the Davidson team this year, and the team has had a very success ful season. The aldermen have had so much im portant business presented to them re cently that special meetings are neces sary if attention is given all matters, and one of the. special meeings will be held at the city hall tonight at 8 o’clock. The matter of widening West Depot Street is expected to come up at the meeting tonight, together with several other matters of special im portance. Rev. L. A. Thomas, pastor of St. James Lutheran Church, will be in stalled Sunday, February 11th. The installation service will he conducted by Rev. ,T. L. Morgan, D. P., of Salis bury, president of the Fnited Lutheran Church of North Carolina. Dr. Mor gan will deliver the charge both to the. pastor and congregation;. Immediate ly following the services the installa tion will take place. Princess Mary' Has a Son. LoLndon. Feb. 7. —Princess Mary, wife of Viscount Lascelles, give birth to a son tonight. The physicians’ bulletin announces that Princess Mary’s son was horn at 11.15 p. m. The princess and infant are reported to be in excellent con dition. The marriage of Princess Mary, daughter of the king and queen, of England to Viscount Lascelles took place at Westminister Abbey on February 28, last year. The wedding was made the occasion of a wgal ceremony, In which al! the world was interested. Pr neess Mary was the first of the children of King George and yueen Mary to marry and this is the nrst grandchild of the British royal house. Report of Library For January, 1923. Borrowers 5043. New borrowers 58. Visitors to Reading room: Adults 480; children 370. Books borrowed: Adults 3014: chil dren 872; total 3886; average 140. Books bought: Adults 16; children’s 15. Books given: Adults 12, children 1. Books withdrawn: Adults 16; chil dren 10. Number" volumes 5180. MRS. RICHMOND REED, Librarian. Deputy Collector to Be Here. Benjamin H. Wallace, Federal Dep uty Collector, will lie at the follow ing towns on dates listed below to as sist taxpayers in the preparation of their income tax returns for the year 1022 : Concord, N. C., February 15, 16, 3023; March 5 and 6, 1923, at the Court House. Kannapolis, N. 0., February 10; and March 3. Badin, N. C.. February 17 and 24. Albemarle, N. C.. February 20, 21, 22; March 10 and 12. --L New Company Chartered. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 7.—The secre tary of State has issued a charter of incorporation to the James-Conrad company, of "Winston-Salem, capital ized at $125,000, of which SIO,OOO is paid in. , The company will conduct a general real estate and insurance business. Emory James, Fuller Con rad and Verna Transou are the incor porators. _ With Our Advertisers. When the Citizens Bank ami Trust; Company is named as executor, an impartial and economical administra-, tion of the trust is assured. Combination Mahogany Bed Room Suite •You can furnish your bedroom complete and in a most satisfactory -manner by inspecting the choice and well fashioned set shown above and offered at a very reasonable figure. Made of combination mahogany casework, is ex cellently finished, interiors and hack of all pieces finished. Actually seeing it will convince you of its worth. BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO. “THE STORE THAT SATISFIES” IF IT’S A HAT Be sure to visit us as we are getting New Ones ev ery few days. % SPECIALTY HAT SHOP tRAIN! RAIN! RAIN! Umbrellas! Umbrellas! School and Otherwise Children’s Misses’ Ladies 95c $1.50 $2.00 up * i Misses’, Children’s and Ladies Warm Coats at LESS THAN A SALE PRICE $1.95 , UPWARD ,TS“ FISHER’S It Pays Vixon Found Dead in Woods at Abbeville. Abbeville, S. C., Feb. 7.—J. M. Vixon, a man between 50 and \ 60 pears old, was found dead in the patch >f woods just beyond the baseball park at the cotton mill this afternoon ifter 4 o’clock. He had been missing ?7nce Sunday. An inquest was held in lie courthouse this evening and the iury found he had been paralyzed on me side and that he died a natural ieath. \sfr. Nixon came to Abbeville several years ago from the Lowndes ville section, and has been working it the cotton mill as a watchman. He When This Institution is named as Executor, an im partial and economical ad ministration of the trust is i J assured. Consult with us regarding our service. Citizens Bank & Trust Co. r~ Invented in Australia, a tap whie ran be screwed into any woollen hev 'erage barrel registers the number i drinks withdrawn. Kind Old Lady (in railroad station —What are you crying about, uij dear? Flapper—l was driven from nom^ Kind ad Lady— Oh, how terrible!; Flapper—And —and —tire taxi mai charged me %2 too much. Wearing flimsy running togs, th Boston college track team has bee defying cold winds and snow by trait ing outdoors. PAGE THREE 101
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