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EeT piform “Black jwork* is more la specialty of I news. But I that she was jcure so much pope she will I is very inter png some more jis place soon. II get behind. I of the illness p, Miss Mary L\ C. Upright [Salisbury Fri [ to Statesville [in Mooresville [ness. Bs been rigrt [ and children p Grove with Mrs. Jno. Cor pchler, of Kan ’ at A. D. Cor the misfortune 'riday night, and children of Charlotte, ury with Mrs. id Susie,” with you and know •y interesting id as her guest r, Miss Louise iss Faye Black, n Green and id De Marquis J in Charlotte, n has returned lead, after vis . C. Sossamon. Ind son. Hugh Mrs. Tucker's Pounds, in |jun spent the [in Georgeville. [Greenland lit [Xeael, visited V week. [spent Tuesday f Monroe< spent pister, Mrs. C. pliinn was the * r - Mrs. M. M. It. »t the week-end (WK. has been arlotte. WRITER. VTE TWO. [Upright were pie’s last Sun- day. Mesdames F. B. and W. B. Brown are recovering from a severe attack of “flu.” „ .Tno. Poole moved his engine and saw mill outfit last week.' R. O. Upright injured his back one night last week, in the mill. Mrs. L. D. Upright has tomato plants up. Who can beat" that? Miss Addie Overeash is teaching school in the absence of Miss Mary Sechler. Mrs. A. D. Corroll and children were visitors Thursday Mrs. C. C. Upright. BROWX-EYED BETTY. • . HARRISBURG. We think almost everybody en joyed the beautiful spring weather for the past few days. Rev. .T. F. Alexander does not im prove rapidly as we would like for him to. Miss Maggie Lou Taylor was host ess to the Christian Endeavor mem bers Saturday night. All reported a nice time. §■ Mrs. H. D. Huffstickler. of Phila delphia. Pa., has gone to Kings Moun tain for a few weeks visit with friends, after spending some time with her aunt, Mrs. Mary Barbee. Little Emily Marie Stallings has been right sick, but is improving, we are glad to report. Frank Quay had the misfortune of getting his leg broken about a week ago, but he is doing fine now. Miss Mabel Young, of Greensboro, has returned home after spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Ernest Stallings. Miss Emily Quay, who has been sick for .the past month, does not im prove much. ECRUVIAX. GEORGEVILLE. M ss Elma Eudy has returned to her home here after visiting her broth er, Floyd Eudy, of near Denton, X. C., for a She was accompanied home by and Mrs. Eudy and daughter, who will spend <some time here with relatives. Misses Fay Black, Laura Mae Shinn, and T. Litaker, of Midland, spent a few hours here Saturday af ternoon with Miss Shinn’s parents, Mr. aud Mrs. L. T. Shinn. The many friends of Miss Alma Shinn will regret t<r learn that she is confined to her home on account of sickness. • W. W. Harrington spent last Sat urday in Concord. Miss Carrie Barrier and Harry Bar rier spent Saturday afternoon in Con cord. Misses Daisy and Bess Furr, of No. 10 township, were guests of their sister, Mrs. L. T. Shinn, on last Sun day. The Georgeville Community Club will hold its regular meeting on Fri day evening. February 26th. The public is invited to Attend. Miss Blackwelder spent the week end with her parents near' Concord. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. -Eudy and daughter. Mary Louise, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. Eudy. TULIP. i ROCKY RIVER. "We are having some nice weather now. The ground is dry enough to plow and farmers are sowing oats and gardening, pruning and spraying fruit trees, etc. The singing association met with E. A. Morrison last Friday night. A very good crowd was present. The next meeting will be at the home of Jno. Plott, the third Friday night of March. The high school basketball team played the outsiders last Friday eve ning defeating them by a few points. It was nip and tuck most of the time. The Highs went to Bethel Monday and played but were dtfeated. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harden recently visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Abernetby. Mr. and Mrs. Sim Hagler are cer tainly having their share of trouble. Mr. Hagler just recently returned from a hospital for an operation," and had about recovered when his wife had to be taken there. She is said to be doing well. It was only last sum mer that she had a similar experience. They have our full sympathy in their troubles. If you want to see hen eggs that look like goose eggs in size call on Mrs. Ed Carriker. The frogs have begun their nightly concerts, the robins are chirping and hopping around, the hens are cackling, etc., which are signs of coming spring and should make us feel happy. Miss Flora McEaehern is reported to be right sick at her home. Mrs. Coy Reid and little son, of Knoxville, Tenn., are visititfg her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Spence. Honor Roll for Georgeville School. The following is. the honor roll for Georgeville school for the fourth month: First grade—Edith Furr. Second grade—Dorothy Linker. Third grade—Clyde Coley, Margaret A Shinn, 'Clyde Eudy, George Shinn, and Albert Linker. Fourth grade—Ralph Shinn, Avin Linker, Oscar Petrea. _ Fifth grade—William Shinn, Hugh Coley, Minnie Belle Mauney and Puie Honeycutt. Sixth Furr, Ramell Shinn and Ruth Eudy. Seventh grade—Clarence Linker. Eighth grade—Boyd L. Barrier and Curtis Little. . W. W. HARRINGTON, Principal. North Carolina Women Honored. Charlotte Observer. Three prominent North Carolina women will have chairs in the new au ditorium to be built by the National Society of the Daughters of the Am erican Revolution, Mrs. Charles W. Tillefct, of Charlotte, having been hon ored by the Liberty Hall chapter and the Signers chapter; Mrs. Edwin Clark Gregory, of Salisbury, who has been honored by the Elizabeth Maxwell Steel Chapter; Miss Jenn Coltrane. of i Concord, who has been honored by the Cabarrus Black Boys’ chapter. The three women are widely known in national D. A. R. circles and are much beloved in North Carolina. LOCAL MENTION | J. L. v Barnhardt has qualified as administrator of the estate of the late J. It. Barnhardt. The County Council will meet here Saturday afternoon in the office of Miss Cooley, county home demonstra tion agent. The Rooky River Community Club will meet Thursday night at 7 :30 at the school house. All members are urged to attend. Two new eases of whooping cough, two new oases of scarlet fever and one new case of diphtheria have been reported to the county health de partment. Mrs. A. W. resumed her work with the county, health de partment after being confined to her home on East Depot street for a week by illness. According to a deed filed Saturday at the court house. Francis Roger has sold to Lewis Hawkins for SIOO and other valuable considerations, property in Xo. 1 township. A sewer line is being laid on Odell street now by the city street forces: This line was authorized recently by the aldermen and it is planned to rush the work to completion. The Concord Theatre will give a Charleston contest soon. Three prizes will be offered. The first prize will be sls ! n gold, the second $lO and the "Watch for further announcements. Members of Company E will receive their State pay at the armory tonight at 8 o’clock. The money reached Concord this morning and Captain Alston will pay off at the drill session tonight. The Star Theatrp today and Tues day will show one of Thomas Meigh an’s greatest pictures. In the ad. in Saturday’s paper prices were quoted as 20c and 25c. This should have read 10c and'2sc. "Washington’s birthday is being] quietly observed in . Concord. Xo J formal celebration of an kind \vaS| staged in the city, but the post offiee. the banks and the library observed the day as a legal holiday. Marriage licenses were issued Sat urday by Register of Deeds Elliott to the following couples; Carl Myers and Miss Thelma Blake, both of Con cord ; and Roy B. Dennard and Miss Bertie Smith, both •> f Kannapolis. Rev. M. R. Gibson and Dave C. Caldwell, of Coneord. and Major W. W. Boyce, of Pineville, went to Salis bury yesterday to assist with organi zation of an Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in that city. A long hike is being piauned for next Saturday morning for the mem bers of “Our Sunday Gang.” Full particulars will be mapped out at a meeting of the gang council at the Y. M. C. A. this afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. A representative of''the IT.' S. in-, ternal revenue department will be in Concord February 25th and 26th and March 4th. stfi and 6th to assist tax payers in filling out income tax re turns. He will be at Kannapolis March 3rd. A dozen defendants are to be tried in recorder's court this afternoon, po lice officers stated. Three are charged with gambling, six with being intoxi cated. one with resisting arrest, one with having liquor and one with abandonment and non-support. Fair and warm weather prevailed here over the week-end. The high ways in and around Concord were filled with motorists yesterday after noon, the weather being ideal for mo toring. High winds lashed the city last night but they did not bring lower temperatures. Miss Cooley, county home demon stration agent, is still receiving re ports from the Home Garden contest held in the county duting last year. "Winners in The contest will be an nounced when reports from all com mittees have been received. About 100 Cabarrus people entered the con test. PROFITABLE MEETING OF TEACHERS HERE SATURDAY Primary Teachers of County Directed by* Miss Gladstone.—Schedule of Meetings Announced. What was described by them as one of the most profitable meetings of the year was held here Saturday by pri mary teachers of the rural schools of the county. The meeting was held at the court house beginning at 10:30 a. m. 1 Miss Grace Gladstone, of the nor mal department of the Farm Life School at China Grove, directed the discussions at the meeting. This group of teachers will hold its next regular meeting at the court house here on the morning of March 13th. Miss Gladstone has consented to di rect these meetings for thfe remainder of the year. Prof. J. B. Robertson, superintend ent of the county schools, announces the following meeting dates for other teachers: Next Saturday, February 27th, at 10:30 —High school teachers. Next Saturday, February 27th, at 2 p. m.—Colored teachers of the coun ty. Saturday, March 6th, at 10:30 a. m, —Grammar grade teachers of the county. Local Dry Agents Still Have Jobs. So far as is known now, local dry agents have not been affected by the recent orders directing the dismissal of a number of prohibition agents fn this district. About two weeks ago Director Ben Sharpe was told to cut his force of men to 65 and on Saturday he was ordered to make another reduction of seven. D. F. Widenhouse, of Cabarrus, and W. B. Demarcus, J. L. Moore and L. G. Trexler, of Rowan, were not affected by the first order and it was stated fiy friends this morning that go far as waa known they were not affected by Saturday’s order. • THE CONCORD TIMES CLINIC CHANGES FROWNS TO | SMILES ON BABY FACES j Forty Babies and Ten Adults Find Happiness in Orthopaedic Clinic Here. * BY W. M. SHERRILL Have you ever seen the expression on a mother’s face when an exi>ert' tells her that, something can be done for her crippled babe? Have you enjoyed the heart-swell iDg sensation of seeing a father, anxious and worn, almost break into tears when the expert tells him that a cast, a brace and a simple opera tion can make a healthy child of his hobbling offspring? Have you ever seen, a deformed babe, maybe with twisted baek, or par alyzed leg or withered arm, look plead ingly into the eyes of the expert and ask, “is it any better, doctor?” If everybody in Cabarrus county would take time to attend one of the orthopaedic clinics at the offices of the county health department, money would flow in a steady stream into the coffers of the department. Fo? the almost negligible sum of $25 a month, scares of crippled chil dren in Cabarrus county are now see ing the light of freedom after years of agony and misery caused by shapeless bodies and twisted bones. The $25 is given by the county, at the request of the county health officer, and the clin ics are being conducted by Dr. Alonzo Myers, of Charlotte,, who comes here once a month for actual expenses and love for his work. - • Forty crippled children and ten crippled young women and young men attended the clinic at the county health offices on Saturday, filling throe offices and overflowing into the hall of the county building. Some of them are on the road to recovery after years of uncertainty and deformity, as a result of visits to former clinics; others were being examined for' the first time. Regardless of the progress of their treatment there was an ex pression of optimism on the faces of all of them. They were taking this chance for freedom. The first patient I saw was a young negro boy with a withered left ieg and a knee that protruded several inches over the place where the leg should have been. He had been hurt years ago, the leg was not reset and tqday he walks with a crutch. He seemed unable to realize that a brace, later a cast and then an operation can give him a log sound enough to enable him to walk without a crutch. The leg has not grown from the knee down and seemed to be held in its awkward place only by skin. Next I saw a youngster with a badly deformed foot. Once upon a time when the leg was straightened out this boy found it impossible to raise his toes perpendicularly. He can raise them part of the way and before long, the doctor told him, he will have as good use of that foot as he has with the other one now. A baby girl aroused my keenest in terest. Pink of cheek she was, with blue eyes and such a smile as only a babe can know. JJu,t there was a cast on ,her body, from her neck to her waist, and her little body was bent backward as though a great weight made it impossible for her to lean forward. She is greatly improved, I was told, for- when she first saw the doctor there was a deep curve in her body and she walked always as though off balance. She can move about now without pain and without apparent effort to keep herself on balance. There were others, all with some deformity that marked them from oth er children, but all with possibilities of permanent cures now. Twenty of those examined Saturday were given casts, five were given braces and the others were given pre liminary treatment, the casts and braces to come later. Not once did I hear the word “oper ation.” That word is not allow r ed when children gather at these clinics. Sometimes the parents are told that the surgeon must get in his work later, but never is the child given an inclin ation that the operation table must be used as a means to an end. I have been told that the commis sioners have not been asked for a sum greater than that now given. I have also been warned that any greater amount might lead to criticism from taxpayers. Let the criticism come when the demand calls for a larger; appropriation, and then let the miser who would complain rest his eyes on baby-faces of those who seek this means of making their bodies normal and healthy; “RUBE” WILSON NOT READY TO SIGN WITH HORNETS Cabarrus Southpaw Is One of Two Men Who Have Not Returned Con tracts For Year. ’’Rube” Wilson, Cabarrus south paw, is one Charlotte player who has not returned his 1926 contract. It is generally presumed that the elon gated port-side is after more cash for his services. Felix Hayman and “Bud” Moore, owners of tfie Charlotte players, gave out Saturday the list of players who have signed for the budding season. Only two players, both pitchers and both southpaws, are out of the field. The other twirler who wants more cash is “Lefty” Sweetland. He and Wilson did most of the soutTpawing last season and both were effective. Included in the thirty-one signed to date are twelve pitchers, four catch ers, nine infielders and six outfielders. It harly is probable that additional men will be signed, the owners said. In speaking of Wilson and Sweet land, the Charlotte News of Sunday said: Only two of last year’s veterans have failed to turn in their contracts. They are “Letfy” Sweetland and “Rube ’ Wilson. Realizing tSiat a southpaw slabber has certain eccen tricities, Messrs. Hayman and Moore are not worrying over the failure of the two slabmen to come to terms. They believe that Sweetland and Wil son will come across later. 0 “Robinson Crusoe,” the famous classic for boys, was translated into ; Latin nearly one hundred years ago ‘by a French professor. ! BUSINESS “LIKE OLD . TIMES” HERE SATURDAY Merchants Find Improvement in Bus- ; iness New That Mills Are Running Full Time. Business here Saturday was “like old times,” one Concord merchant j stated this when asked about i t’iie volume of business done in bis store on the last day of the week. i “During the afternoon.” he con-1 firmed, “we found it difficult to wait . on the trade, despite the fact that we i had the usual extra Saturday clerks.” { Another store manager made no at tempt to conceal his opitimism when asked about Saturday’s business. “It was excellent,” tie said, “and our store was crowded during the day.” The manager of another store, one of the largest in the city, said his clerks were busy during the entire day and that shoppers ' apparently had plenty of money for necessities. Other business men were inter viewed ami in every case they report ed good business for the week-end. The full time operations of the cot ton mills in the city and county is the cause given by the merchants for the improvement in business. “Ap parently the textile workers have caught up with debts necessitated dur ing the curtailed period of the sum mer and fall,” one merchant explain ed. “and they have cash now for seas onable goods as 1 well as for groceries and other necessities. While there were many farm people in our store Saturday, the bulk of the shoppers was made up of mill operatives, who bought generously of seasonable goods.” ALLEGE NOAH FORD USED WASH BOARD AS WEAPON Negro Held in Jail Pending Outcome of Injuries He Is Alleged to Have Inflicted on Wife. I Noah Ford, negro, is being held in the county jail here pending the out come of injuries he is alleged to have inflicted on his wife, Ella, last Thurs day when he struck her across the head with a wash board. County officers heard nothing of the family row until Saturday night when the woman’s condition became criti cal. Fearing that Ford might take French leave, they lodged him in the jail here. Ford says it was all a joke, but officers are not inclined to put too much faith in his story. He told the officers lie and his wife were having a friendly little scuffle last Thursday aud that tfie board fell in some manner on his wile's head. It was an accident, he said, and he did not think his wife was hurt. There are marks on the woman’s neck, however, the officers report, that look much like finger prints, and they may contend that Ford choked his w’ife besides striking her with the board. The, domestic scifffle took place at the ho*nP of the couple on the R'. V. Caldwfll farm. Physicians ''attending the woman report! ifier condition as critical. J It 1 was 1 reported yesterday afternodh thfft' she had little chance to recover. The] woman has been too ill to tell the officers anything about the affair. t SUPERIOR COURT IN , SESSION DURING WEEK Entires Week Will Be Devoted to the Trial of Civil Cases.—Judge Bryson Presiding. Cabarrus Cfounty Superior Court opened for a week’s session this morn ing wjth Judge Tliad D. Brykon, of Brysofi City, presiding. Only civil cases are to be tried during the week, and the calendar as prepared by the local bar association contains many cases that were orig inally docketed many months ago. It iS the intention of the lawyers, it is said, to dispose of as many of these qld cases as possible. Xo cases of uuhsual importance are included among those docketed, it is also re ported. Birthday Party. Mrs.-, F. M. Youngblood enter tained at a Saturday after noon for her daughter, Betty, who that day celebrated her fourth birth day anniversary. Frances Robertson, of Charlotte, also was an honor guest. She will be remembered for | her pleasing solo numbers before the meeting of the Friday afternoon Book Club. A feature of the party was a rendition of . the Charleston by Frances and Lornine Blanks. Var ious games were played during the afternoon and at the conclusion of play refreshments were served. Twenty-five guests were present. Will Observe Week of Prayer. The members of the missionary so ciety of St. Andrews Lutheran Church will observe, the “Week of Prayer” be- today, at the following places: Monday—With Mrs. O. B. Walter, with Mrs. M. L. Kester leader. Tuesday—With Mrs. P. O. G. Bar ringer with Miss Lucy Hovis leader. Wednesday—With Mrs. H. C. Park, with Mrs. Park leader. Friday—With Mrs. Zeb Thornburg with Mrs. O. B. Walter leader. Guests of Mrs. Harry. . Mrs- J. W Hodges, of Davidson and Mrs. C. W. Cumming, of Toyohashi, Japan are visiting their sister, Mrs. W. D. Harry at her home in the country. Mrs. Cumming is home on a fur lough and this is her first visit here since she reached the States. Dr ! and Mrs. Cumming are making Davidson their., home while they are in North Carolina. Little Molly had been to church for the first time. v Father: What did you think of it, Molly? Molly: Very nice. But I think it was very unfair. . Father: What was unfair about it? Molly; One man did the work, while another man came around and got all the money. ) The national forests of Montana furnish range for nearly a million j head of cattle and sheep. WELFARE DEPARTMENT MET ON SATURDAY Reports of Work of Department For Past Month Sltow Activities of Va ried Kind. The Welfare Department of the Worrtan’s Club held a most interest ing meeting Saturday afternoon at the Merchants and Manufacturers dub., The chairman. Mrs. J. P. Cook, presided. Reports of the work of the past month were given and showed much had been accomplished.''*At the January meeting the | Welfare De partment asked the Parent Teachers Association of Central Schools to co operate with them in supplementing with something hot thje cold lunches of. the children of the Schools. For the j>ast months! hot cocoa has been served three days and hot soup two days each week. The number of children served the past month was 873. Os this number 584 were un der-nourished children and thesewere served free; 289 children were served for 54 each. The amount spent for the month for these hot drinks was $14.75. To this had to be added the wages of a cook who prepares the soup and cocoa. This splendid work is* being done by free will contribu tions on the part of the good people of Concord and the aid of Central Parent-Teachers Association. • Mrs. P. B. Fetzer is a monthly con tributor to this worthy cause, and the following donations were received this past month: 1 dozen cups from Mrs. Julius Fisher. 1 soup kettle from Mr. A. S. Webb. 1 dozen spoons from Mrs. AV. D. Pemberton. “LADIES NIGHT” WILL BE STAGED BY ROTARIANS Program Committee Announces That Every thing Is In Readiness For the Event This Evening. Local Rotarians will observe their annual “Ladies Night” meeting at the Y. M. C. A. this evening at 6:30. The program committee composed of | C. AA\ Byrd, Edward Sauvain and J. A, Cannon announced this morning that everything was in readiness for the meeting, their program being one of variety and interest. Prof. Steckle, of Gastonia, will be the speaker, and there will be a lunch eon, stunts and plenty of music. A. G. Odell, president of the clnb, 'Will preside at the beginning and later he'will turn the meeting over to mem bers of the committees apppinted to map out and perfect details. In addition to the club members and their wives and sweethearts, a numbers of other guests have been in vited. County Council to Meet Saturday. A meeting of the County Council will be held here Saturday afternoon at o’clock at the offices of Miss Cooley, couuty home demonstration agent. In announcing the date for the meeting Miss Cooley stated that all jqembers should be present as the session ..will be an important one. Parents of Son. Born to Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Dry, February 22nd, a son. Mrs. Lafferty Enters Hospital. Mrs. P. M. Lafferty Sunday en tered the Charlotte Sanatorium for treatment. It is probable that she will undergo an operation at a later date. His Habit of Saving An | Example To Every American In the days of Washington, saving money was much more dif ficult than in the present day. Yet Washington did save under conditions that would be considered impossible nowadays. Let j us help you to save so that later you too may be able to enjoy the \ good things of life. * Why not open a Savings Account now? > K"'i * - f i Citizens Bank and Trust Company Concord, N. C. "ET jTi \'/t (wriOK-wrot jT% S ffl l U . /NSTrrunoN* S JUfnneyLo. DEPARTMENT STORES «V 54 South Union Street. Concord. N. C. “Kyber” Broadcloth Shirts “Vat” Dyed—Absolutely Fast Color “Kyber” stands for Quality and Integrity. It is our own copyrighted name. It means Fast Color to Sun, Tub and Perspiration. Real values at In Tan, Grey and *-■ Hi Blue. It costs more . iVsi 1 la. means better values Fast Color. Cut i u 11. workmanship \nd fit superior. 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