y ort day, .'tlarch 5, 1923. * '• I HAPPENINGS IS’ OUR *j „ NEIGHBORING VILLAGES * . WHITE HALL. _ .ung son of Rev. Mr. Gibson^ ' h -■< bool teacher ol‘ White Hall, „ i; iii but is improving at th s 1 .> ..I appreciate the two daysn Training School office, force, ii,, .Mi' Guy Ilutison entertained a j.iimi,<‘C of friends Thursday evening, 1 1 jirtta ry 2s. Refreshments were serv- 1 ~f\ consisting of punch, cake, mints an. Goodman. Song. h -ading -Mrs. C. W. Best. Address and Plans of the "Better Kitchen Campaign"—Miss Wilson, leading—Miss Lillie McCurdy. Address— J. F. Newell, of Charlotte. i!usj|,ss. ' i">iiig Song. , COMMITTEE. Eire in Salisbury. Salisbury, March 3—Fire of umle t< :! iiin<• l «d the city stables here, located 11 k east of the passenger station. V - "die r with a large quantity of ! "i tuffs and eight.head of mules, all t by the city, three of which had "‘ 1 purchased". within the past few 11 St. Paul-Cleveland-Pittsburg eonicml battle for the Western d - i- i,ii hockey championship has been ' " Hugest card of the hockey season. K'-w York leads all the states in the Production of paper and pulp. I \ _• ■ . v- . i.: ; ; ' i. --. w . —...-- . • .• ! LOCAL MENTION Cotton on the local market rodty is quoted at. 30 cents per pound; cotton seed at 72Krents 1 per busllel. Mr. Sam Howell, of the Fnited States Army, is spending some timt* with, relatives and friends near Bust Mill. & The Kings’ Daughters will meet to night at 7:30 with Miss May White at her home on Franklin avenue. All members are asked to attend. | Dr. 11. It. Foster, conducting the school dental clinic, will he at the • Sossamon, llofhel and Midland schools ( this week. He will be at each school two days. I # 1 Fire Saturday morning destroyed tlhe born of Mr. Fred Reck at his home on East Depot street. No livestock was lost in the blaze though some feedstuff was burned. Nine now eases of s whoping cough and orio new ease of measles have been, reported to the county health depart ment since Friday night, it was an nounced at the department today. Nine cases were on docket in re corder's court this mornihg. Most of the defendants were charged with misdemeanors,, police officers stated, and the eases were, of little import ance. ; The work of repairing the upper road from Concord to Charlotte is progressing favorably. The work was started Friday, and a good part of the road has been torn up and reworked Ainee then, and later it will be resur faced and put in excellent condition. 1 Miss Lizzie Goodman, aged SO, died ' Saturday night at 7 o'clock at her home in Xo. it township. Funeral So viet's were held yesterday at Organ Church, and interment was made in the cemetery there*. Sgl. Hawley McAnulty. of the i’nlt ed States Army, is spending a fur lough at the home # of his father, Mr. Dan McAnulty. in No. "» tov.nshin. Mr. McAnnltv is now first/ sergeant of an outfit in the regular armv. ! The condition of Mr. J. Harvey Dor ' ton. who is undergoing treatment in n Charlotte hospital, continues to im prove. Mr. James Dorton, his son. of this city, spent Sunday will) him, and (hiring the afternoon took him for an automobile ride. Mr. Dewev Snppenfield lias accepted a position with the county health do pa it meat. Mr. Sappcn field is assist . ing I>r. S. E. Rm banan- with tiis quar .•nitinipe work, and will <-ontiiuie in his present position at least until another county health nurse is secured. | The county commissioners are hold ing their March meeting at the court house today. During the morning ses sion no matters of unusual importance were brought before the board, and it was expected that nothing of unusual importance would l>e presented during ; the afternon session. I Funeral services for Mr. G. W. Host, ; who died here early Satur’ , ny mcin- I ing, were held yesterday afternon at his late home on Loan street at two I o'clock. Services were conducted by | Rev. \Y. A. Jenkins and Rev. T. \Y. Smith. Interment was made in the !cemetery at Center t’hureh. i The regular March meeting of the Fred V. McConnell Post of the Am erican Legion will be held in the club rums tomorrow (Tuesday) night at s o'clock. Important business will come before the meeting. The Legion will put on a big boxing bout Thursday I night in its club routs, and will star such fighters as Lnkic Tenner. A Caharrus-Rownn co-operative pruning demonstration will Ik* held tomorrow. March <>th, at 3:30 o'clock at the orchard of Mr. Charles Beaver. 2 miles west of Landis and one mile north of the Cabarrus County line. The farmers of Cabarrus are invited to joint with the Rowan farmers at the demonstration, which will be in charge of Farm Agents Yeager and Goodma n. Now is a. line time to file your in come tax returns. Mr. Rosenian, rep resenting the State revenue depart ment, and two men representing the federal revenue department, are here now and they will be glad to help everyone with the returns. The tax experts are at the court house and they will be- here several days. Tni's is the last, visit they will make io ( uncord this year. Income tax returns are being filed in rapid order at the court house for tbe first four days of this week. Messrs. R. H. Wallace and T. P. Zim Brunneji are at the court house to re ceive Federal returns, while Mr. E. J. Rosenian, from the state revenue com missioner's office, is receiving the state returns. Mr. Brunnen, who is assisting on corporation returns, will be here for Monday and Tuesday on ly ; while Mr. Wallace, receiving indi vidual Federal returns will be here until Thursday night. Mr. Roseman. who is receiving the state income tax. will be. here Monday and Tuesday on ly. . Shore Elected Treasurer Tobacco Company. Winston-Salem, March 2.—At a meeting of the directors, R. D. Shore was elected treasurer of the K. J. Reynolds Tobacco company, effective March 15. He-will succeed D. Rich, who resigned last week on account of ill health, now being under treatment by a specialist in Philadelphia. Mr. Shore has been with the company for 18 year ss and for several yearjfwas as sistant treasurer. The directors also e ected J. Porter Steadman ano G. Ellis Asihburn 'assistant Mr. Rich was with this concern 38 years. Thirty Wounded in Clash in Bavaria. Berlin. March 3 (By the Associat ed Press). —Thirty persons have been wounded in a clash between Bavarian national socialists and communists at Ansburg. in Bavaria, 35 miles north west of Munich, says the Central News. Army Appropriation Bill Signed. Washington, March 2.—The army appropriation bill which carries an | appropriation of $56,580,000 for rivers andj harbors projects was signed to day by President Harding. NATIONAL CONFERENCE i OF SOLXAL WORK! ( Five Thousand Delegates Expected to! I Attend Meeting in Washington. I ■ Washington, Mar. s.—Five thousand] j delegates from public and private so-, eial welfare agencies throughout the j T’nited Slates and Canada are expect- j ed at the golden jubilee session of the, National Conference- of Social .Work, j which is to he held. in this city in j May. European countries also will send delegates and speakers. The conference is regarded as the most important organization of its kind in the world, and ils annual ineet ’ ings provide a great nnlionnl forum for the discussion of religion, relief, j public health, correction, immigration, ! recreation, courts, Labor problems and kindred subject. The conference con sistently has maintained its original; policy of serving only as a forum for i discussion. It: does not adopt pro grams or attempt, direct, influence on legislation or administrative proced ure. A notable program, centering around the general subject of “Social Life in the Work of Today,” is'being prepared by a committee of which Homer Folks, of Now York, president of the con ifer cnee, is chairman. Invitations to j speak will bo extended to a number I of European authorities who have done original thinking anil made important contributions in Iheir special fields. The American speakers will be men and women of outstanding ability. The conference was known up to liH7 as the National (’onferenee of Charities and Correction. It was founded in 1574, when members of the State Board of Charities and Correc tion of four States met in New York to discuss their common problems. Twenty officials were present at tlic first meeting. Now thousands of mem bers of the conference include not only •public officials, but health, charitable, relief, and welfare workers in many and varied fields in the United States and Canada, and some even in Cuba. Hawaii and the'Philippines. Twenty-five governors and ex-gover nors of the States have boon memljers of the conference, and twice a governor lias been president—Gov ernor Bagley, of Michigan, in 1875. and Governor Tilden, of New York, in ]S76. During the half century of its history the conference has had forty six presidents, of whom twenty-four are living. The oldest of these $n point of conference service is Dr. Has tings W. Hart, of New York, who pre sided at the World's Fair conference in Chicago in 1803. The oldest living lex-president in point of age is Tim othy Nicholson, of ’Richmond, Tnd.. who was president in 1002 when the conference met in Detroit. Three women have been presidents of the conference. Miss Jane Addams, of Chi cago; Mrs. John M. Glenn, of New York, and Miss Julia C. La thr op, of Rockford, 111. Each day of the coming conference ;will be devoted to a single topic. The subjects are: “The Home.” “The School.” “The Church.” “Health.” “In dustry.” “Public Opinion,” “Law," and "Government.” There will be a gen eral meeting* of the entire conference each evening. The day meetings wilt be divided into broups for the con sideration of various phases of the -day's topic. Since the war, social work general ly throughout the United States has been going through a period of de pressions and lack of interest. The fiftieth anniversary conference will de vote itself to preparations for a great revival of public interest in social wel fare and planning for sound programs, based on experience and the best scientific thought available after fifty years, such as developed five years af ter Iho end of the Civil War and which led to the establishment of the con ference fifty years ago. ifcrvert C. Hoover, secretary of commerce, “a social worker whom the whole* world knows,” is chairman of tli6 local committee on arrangments. TWO KILLINGS TAKE PLACE AT BEAUFORT In Free For AH Fight Edmund ('amp bell and Mary Cradle Are Shot to Death. Beaufort, March 4.—For the second time in about two years two killings took place last night at the plant of the Cartert Lumber Company, just east of Beaufort. On Christmas day two years ago a white man killed two negroes there, and last night in what/seems to have been a free for all fight a negro man named Edmund Campbell and a wo man by the name of Mary Cradle were shot and killed. Two other men were shot, one in the leg and one in the chin but. none of these appear to be dangerously hunt. The Cradle woman was from New Bern and was a visitor on this occa sion. Campbell was from Dunn, but had worked for the lumber company for some months. Corone.r H. D. Norcom started an inquest of the af fair this morning at K) o’clock, but was not able to get all the witnesses and will finish the investigation tomor row. The witnesses seemed to be reluctant to tell much about the. trou ble and it seems that it wilCbe diffi cult to sift the affair to the bottom. KING RESOLUTION IS i DEFEATED IN SENATE 1 \ Called for Senate Action Now on Re quest for American Representatives at International Court. Washington, March 3.—The admin istration plan for American participa tion in the international court organ ized by the league of nations was fin ally put on the shelf for this session of Congress by the Senate today when it voted, 40 to 24, agninst proceeding with consideration of the resolution of ,Senator King, democrat, of Utah, proposing to grant the President the necessary authority. The vote presented an almost straight party lineup, all of the repub licans except Senator Norbeek, of South Dakota, voting against consid ering the King resolution. Three democrats, Senator Shields, of Ten nessee; Walsh, of Massachusetts, and Walsb. on Montana, voted with the republicans in opposition. Too Severe. “Doesu’J your choir givo, concerts at the mil any more?” “No. Several of the prisoners ob-! jected on the ground that is wasn’t! 'included in their sentences.” 1 . * '• % THE COkCOftD TJMES [BUYING POWER VASTLY GREATER OVER NATION i Federal Reserve Beard Views Condi -1 lions With Extreme Optimism* Washington, March 4. —Current in creases in the activity of commerce l and industry appear devoid of spe.c- I ulativo tendencies and so far as pres ent indications go a generally healthy j and prosperous condition exists, ac ] cording to n statement issued tonight by the Federal Reserve board, embrac ing the results of a comprehensive study of the economic situation. In support of the assertion that the pres ent credit expansion is due mainly to the larger financial requirements, the board said i( had found little evidence of accumulated stocks and tbefore no proof of speculative holdings. * It has been found certain, the board , went on, that while there has been i some sjK'Culaf ion as is always true in it period of advancing prices, there 5s every evidence that the great vol ume. of production in recent months Inis been moving through regular chan nels and is being absorbed in con sumers’ buying. The larger market ing- .of manufactured products is shown, the hoard declared, through the records of rail transportation tak en in conjunction with the fact that first-of-the.-year inventories of retail forks disclosed only moderate stocks on hand. 'Hie hoard viewed the general con dition with extreme optimism, and declared that it represented if vastly increased or. rather, restored buying power In every section. Increased buying, it was explained, resulted from fuller employment and larger “and from some increases in the ne.t proceeds to the farmer in the sale of his products.” Further, the hoard said, it is known that in years when production is large, Dotli consumption and saving are also greatu|t and. from available treasury records, it was shown that aside from the increase in saving de posits resulting from a re-depositing of funds derived from .the retirement of war saving certificates and victory notes there had been a pronounced increase in general savings. This, the hoard said, can indicate only one thing: tbat'the current money income of the average citizen has not only been sufficient to purchase a large volume of goods hut also to contribute funds now being invested in houses and other “capital goods.” The. board believed that the general commercial expansion will soon bring heavier demands for credit tluu) have been expWit need for some time and predicted that the reserve, banks will he brought into closer relationship with production, trade find prices than they have sustained for many months. The contact will bo made, it was pointed out, through the re discounting operations and the. board appeared hopeful that tin closer alignment would be helpful both to the country and the banks, EFIRDS LOtS-S TOTALS MORE THAN $30,000 Company Has Hade no Statement as to the Exact Amount of Damage. Charlotte, 'March 3.—Peter W. D. Jones, states agent of the Aetna In surance company, of Harford. Conn., who has been a resident of Charlotte since 192 ff, has been promoted to the general agency of the home office, m ,Hartford, and will have general super vision over the southern district. Mr. Jones and family came to Charlotte 13 years ago." Eflrd's loss by Are last night has not ben determined. The statement has been made officially that the is covered by insurance. The damage is estimated by a prominent insurance man to be between $30,000 and $40,0.00. The warehouse' in which the nre originated was destroyed, with, its contents. The buFding was owned by the Merchant and Farmers bank. WEATHER FORECAST. Local rains tonight and Tuesday; cooler in east and central portions to night. Weather Outlook for Week. Washington, March 3.—The weather outlook for the week beginning Mon day : South Atlantic States: Considerable cloudiness ami-occasional rains except in Southern Florida; temperature above normal at the beginning of the week and about normal thereafter. NOTICE. _J will sell at my home in No, ti township on the 16th day of March. 1023, at lo a. m. all of my farming tools, two mules, one cow and all my household and kitchen furniture and other articles too numerous to men tion. 5-12-10-p. IL IT. SAPP. 90000000000000000CXXXXXX3CXKXXXXXXXXXXXXX>OOOOOCX»O0e>O Quality and Prices That Win Yeur Approval \ The type of Furniture we. know that appeals to you is that kind which combines “Quality” with dignified appearance. Os course, in addition to right prices. What the Right Prices may be can be easily gained from looking at our display. A most interesting Dining Room value is this one. which offers a suite in period design so popular with discriminating furnishers of today. Set is finished in dull mahogany and walnut. \ \ sar.r t?... rrr~ .m. . m • ' ■■■■■ . BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO “THE STORE THAT SATISFIES" THORNBERG BURIED ! and mates tat fine Liberation of Hess tytd Todd Leaves Tlicrnsturg’s Deatli a Mystery. Salisbury, March 2. —Another chap ter was written Thursday and prob ably the final chapter, in the wi'.ri drinking party that began in the Vance mill neighborhood Tuesday night when three men got g half gal lon of whisky and proceeded to make a night of it. One of the members of the party, Robert L. Thornberg. was buried this morning, and at the time of bin funeral the other two .were being heard in county court. One f them, Ed Todd, well Ifnown carpeuTcr, was [fined $135 in three includ ing drunk, attempt to break and enter the home of John Howard, and assault witlj a knife on Henry Hess. The third member of the party. Ed Hess, was fined $lO for being drunk. (Since Todd and Hess were Mbcr ated by the action of the coroijer’s jury which failed to put fhe> Diame for Thornberg’s death- on any ceitain person, there has been no further de velopment in the way of clearing up the mystery of Thornberg’s injury. PRESENT SUGAR PRICES MAY INVESTIGATED Proposal for Inquiry Made in Resolu tion Presented to the Senate. -Washington, March 2. —Investiga- tion by the Senate. Manufacturers C«m niMlee headed by Senator LaFollotte. republican, of Wisconsin, of the re cent advances in the price of sugar, was proposed in a resolution intro ductal today h.v Senator Brookliart, re publican. of lowa. Kannapolis. O. V. Woosley in X. Christian Ad vocate. Sunday. February 18th, was the cold est day of the year, hut not too cold to keep over TOO Sunday school pupils from coming to Kannapolis Methodist Sunday school; and they, for tin* most part, were there, on time too. Arriv ing early I found the janitor busy with his tires, saying as he threw in coal, that he had been firing that way since ( IMur o’clock thitt morning. A good janitor is a great promoter of right eousness. _ Supt. A. H. Sides and Pastor It. A. Swaringen were on hand before start ing time and soon Sunday school was under way. After-speaking briefly to thp Sunday school and four classes Brother tjwaringen gave me right of way at the eleven o'clock hour before a large, congregation. In the .after noon we held a Workers' (’ouneil tor an hour just prior to the coming of Dr. Majr for the quarterly conference. Re ports-made showed a healthy condi tion of affairs til Kannapolis. Swar rtngen is stirring things in his charac ' teristic way. Soon quite a building I enteyprso will be undertaken and the ' good work now going on can be ac celerated. Brother Swaringen has a great help in his good wife. They have six hoys, two of whom are work ; ing their wfiy through Trinity College, I one preparing himself for the minis j try. 1 like to come in contact with a ! family like that. - , Com H’s Jewelry Shop Opens In Orlando. i The following from Saturday’s Re i porter-Star, published at Orlando, ; Fla., will be read with interest here, where Mr. Correll has many relatives and friends: •The Correll Jewelry Shop, in the Xe.w Sail Juan, opened this morning. The establishment is located on (be south side of the entrance to the ho tel, commanding a window view from the entrance. J>. C. Correll, the proprietor of the new establishment, came here from Mobile. Ala., in December, and opened temporary headquarters in W ilson s old shoe store building, taking a lease meantime mi the San Juan site. The new store, is entirely modern and very attractive and is a decided help in adding tone to the new hotel entrance. Eleven Soldiers Were Executed in France. Washington, March 2.—Senator Sim mons. at the instance of James W. Melntire, of Wilmington, requested of the adjutant general the niimber of American soldiers hanged in France. The response was "Altogether eleven capital sentences adjudged by general court martial against members of the American expeditionary forces in Eu rope were carried into execution in France. All of the mem referred to were executed by being hanged.” Colonies of Chinese on the western coast of Mexico have built up a nour ishing business of catching large sea turtles and drying (he meat for ship ment to China. Krvice 4 IffqjJki 31 m hLi ■ la. 1 M m J, t B » k Every day we are receiving at i tractive Hats in Newest Shapes and | ! Colors. Come see, try them. jj | SPECIALTY HAT SHOP jj JOOOOOQOOOOOCOOQOGOOOOOQOOOOQOOOOOQOOOOOQOQQOQOOOOOOta ■ u L.!_J=.- * ■ . It Pays to Trade at - ’ #! J I ISHER’S Concord’s Foremost Specialists - / 1 :9I NOW SELLING < I-.; > m Beautiful Hand Drawn Bloused . They are Smart, Well Made, and Good Looking— -7 $1.95 11 !11-, . _ - , Fresh from the faucet! —the filtered styles in n Men’s Spring Hats! Every season there are 2 kinds of '• Spring Hats offered—one the sort v made in a hurry—to buy in a hurry and wear with regret in Jeisure. Ours—well here’s how we feel I i about it: Instead of figuring “A Hat’s a Hat” we look ahead—at where it is going —on your head—we side-step what is left and buy * what is right—we never let the dust of a last season’s product at a low price get into our buying eyes. You can see the difference here today— / Knox Hats $7.00 * Caps for the Country—and Caps for the Car SI.OO to $3.00 Browns - Cannon Co. \ WJiere You Get Your Money’s Worth Has Married 10,443 Couples. t George E. Law. a justice of the f pea.ce at Brazil, Ind., has performed' 1 i 10,443 maVriage ceremonies. rlis i {record is not equaled by any other'' man in the State. Mr, Law contends, i The magistrate estimates that the i PAGE THREE men and women Me has married, to gether with their children, would make up a city of more than 5tT,000 inhabitants. The city of Copenhagen is experi menting with rubber street paying.