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PAGE TWO SCOTIA SEMINARY FINALS BE GIVEN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 Fifty-Seventh Annual Com mefncement of Colored Presbyterian Seminary to BejUeld Morning June 1. | : The jjs7th annual commencement exercises of Scotia Seminary will be i held ,Tsne Ist at the Westminster t - Presbyterian church. West Depot • street, beginning at 10 a. in. A splen did program lias been arranged for the grafluation service. The program. in full, follows: f 1 Processioual. ? . Invocation. I Chorus': Roses Everywhere. Penza. Essay: Education in the 20th Cen tury. laptie Meachem. Essay : The Old North .State. Inez De Vanes* Chords : The Call of Summer. For h man. , Esvsay: Training For Citizenship. | Bentric# Click Railroads in America’s Pe r vglopmeut, Alice Johnson. Chords*: Pale Moon. Logan. " EssavT: The Individual in Race Progrtsi. Lossie 1 *e\ a lie. Essa*: The Value of an Education, Mabel ftelton. Chorls: Merry June. Vincent. Presentation of Diplomas Benediction. Piamf Duett: March Hougroise. | - Friedham Foster. Lillian i Ancrunf SPECIAL TERM OF CIVIL COURT WILL \ BE HELD IN JUNE List of Jurors Who Will Be Suflnmoned For Duty. — j Juqge Clayton Moore to Preside at Term. I, A special term of civil court will be heldfin Cabarrus county beginning June 20th. it was announced today. „ Jud> r «> Clayton Moore will preside at the tpeeial term and the following men wpl be summoned as I jurors:, I C. D| Mekhor. W. L. Barrage. Eu-1 gene Morgan. John A. Suther. W. C. | ititchie.iW. C. Kaymer. Coy M. Dry. It. D. jjfoyner. W. I>. Ritchie, S. C. | Shinn. fV. Walter. W. C. Flowers.; i Guy C. S. Sides. N. J. Ov- j h L. Alexander. 11. C. Crooks.: and C. *O. Earnhardt. f The fcivil, dqcket for Cabarrus is said ‘tb'bej V«*yt. Congested and it is thought-*the special term will clear it to a grfat extent. Ov*rton-Lutz Announcement. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Henry Lutz announce the piarriage of their daughter *. Fay * > to Air* Henry Overton on Byqday, the fifteenth of May nineteen hundred aud twenty-seven Shelby, North Carolina The qjiove announcement is of much interest jn Concord, Mrs. Overton hav ing visited in Concord on numerous t occasion. She u* a niece of Dr. J. A. and Dr. R. Matt I Patterson. * The Condition of Oswald Phillips, vrho uiplerwent an operation at the Concord. Hospital Monday evening for j appendiritis. is improving rapidly. MaafeaMHaHHaHMHaaHaßßnaßMßßamßHamaMaai Efird’s Week End Specials p * FRIDAY and SATURDAY | NEW SPRING DRESSES sig lot Rayon and Silk Dresses in plain <tJO QC ahd Combination styles at Heal Silk Crepe de Chine Dresses in a big range of it£*v shades and models A fi Cl SS.9o value at I v (Jne lot High Grade Dresses in all <t 1 O r 7tZ tbe new Spring Materials, at m.£* • 4 Special Purchase regular $9.50 Satin, Canton Crepes, ajtd Crepes de Chine. Extra QC special at J * # One lot extra fine Dresses, made of exceptionally fine materials; thev sell the country over 1 £* CA at-$25.00. Our special *J> lO.OU Why Trade Elsewhere, When You Can Buy It F or Less at EFIRD’S |" LOCALMENTION Miss Black in the office of the Ca barrus county health department states one ease of measles was reported Wednesday. R. D. Goodman, farm agent of Ca barrus county, has gone to Raleigh, to attend special meetings there when an expert English agriculture agent will speak. In the decisions handed down by the Supreme Court of the State yes terday was one affirming the decision reached in Cabarrus Superior court in the case of Ross vs. Brenizer. Commencement exercises will be held at Central and No. 2 Grammar School tonight at 8 o'clock. Certifi cates of graduation will be presented and short literary addresses will be delivered. The public is invited. Those who have not secured their ; season tickets to the Redpath Ghaut- ) auqua which opens here tomorrow I afternoon ape asked to get them at once. The tickets may be secured from a member of the woman’s club. Charlotte won from Spartanburg in the South Atlantic while Asheville ! and Greenville were both winning. In the National League Pittsburgh won j again while the Yankees and Athletics j were idle in the American League. Considerable improvements are be- | j ing made at the Pearl Drug Company, j j including installation of new fixtures and rearrangement of the fountain, candy and cigar cases. Only recent i ly improvements were made on the ifront of the drug store. The Supreme Court of the State i handed down another batch of deoi -1 sions on appeals yesterday but the | Pentuff appeal was not among them. This case was tried in Cabarrus and | was argued before the court four , weeks ago. j The Redpath Chautauqua tent is be ins; erected now on the Central sehool campus. The opening number of the 1927 program will be presented to morrow afternoon, Chautauqua offi cials here declaring that everything will be in readiness for the opening I tomorrow. j Capt. Quint E. Smith, city engineer, j I who has received orders to report for 1 duty in the flood area of the Missis- j sippi River Valley, has received orders I to go to New Orleans. La., instead of ; Memphis, Teun.. as his first orders I were. Captain Smith will leave dur- I ing the afternoon. Temperatures dropped some in Con cord yesterday afternoon, following a light shower shortly after noon. Heavy i black clouds hung over the city for i about an hour and there was some i lightning atid high winds but little ’ rain. • In some other sections of the) j county refreshing rains fell. j Webb field will be tho sccue of a - amateur baseball game this afternoon when the lawyer-doctor {team will find opposition in the Con • cord insurance, agents. The game ' begins (at 4 o'clock, and admission of 2.” cents wiTI be charged of each cus tomer for the benefit of the Missis sippi flood relief fund. I The Redpath Chautauqua will open i in Concord Friday afternoon at the ; tent on the grounds of the Central ! Grammar School. The afternoon num ber will consist of a popular concert , by the Arcadia Novelty Company, and s the evening performance will be a • short concert by the Company and a lecture by Charles H. Plattenburg. MEMBERS OF CAST SCORE SUCCESS IN CLASS PLAY GIVEN “The Charm School” Is Very Entertaining Play and Ev ery Member of Cast Acted His or Her Part Well. Members of the graduating class of the Concord High School who were in the cast of the senior play given last evening scored a great success and presented a play that did not have a dull moment in it and which was greatly enjoyed by a large number of persons. Members of tlio cast were good and went through their parts like veteran performers. The audience, which com fortably filled the auditorium, loudly applauded the characters for the man ner in which they i (resented their parts. Following the performance of J the play, members of the cast were | loud in their praise of Miss Margaret Virginia Ervin, who had directed them and had given considerable time to coaching the cast. With all the students acting their parts in a very able manner it was hard for the audience to pick those outstanding. Miss Mary Cannon, as I Miss Curtis, the secretary of a girls’ j school, was unusually good in her part j and responded to a curtain call. Archie j Cannon, as Austin Bevans, who had i inherited the girls’ school and had his owu very unique ideas of how it should be operated, was also unusually good. Miss Julia Rowan, taking the part of Elisa Benedotti, president of the seni or class of the school, acted her part unusually well in playing opposite to Archie Cannon. The play was a well written one with lines which often threw the au dieuce into laughter. Billy Mabrey aud Jack White, in the parts of Jim aud Tim Simpkins, twins, had some very clever lines aud put them over in a fine manner. In addition to those mentioned above the following students were in the east: Chalmers White. Fred Hunter. Hiram Caton. Jr., Miss Nett Fleming Harris. Misses Askins Ivey, Mary Orchard Roger, Millieent Ward. Alary Lee Peek , Carrie Mae Griffin and Margaret Corzine. I The following committees were of 1 assistance in staging the play: stage committee. Misses Elizabeth Smith and Rebecca Day vault, of the school fac ulty. and Misees Virginia Reed and Frances Howard and John Brown: advertising committee. Eugeue Hoover and finance committee Miss Helen Dayvault and Eugene Hoover. Approximately SIBO was taken in as admissions at the doors. The { money will be used to purchase a back j drop for the school stage which will | be presented to the (school us a gift | of the graduating class. ROTARIANS HEAR MILLER AT MEET HELD AT HOTEL A Very Interesting Talk Is Made to Members of Club by Cabarrus County Ac countant. John L. Miller, Cabarrus county ac countant and tax supervisor, made a very interesting aud instructive ad ress to members of the Concord Ro tary Club at the regular weekly luncheon meeting of the club held Wednesday at Hotel Concord. Air. Miller spoke of the work of the list takers aud assessors who will place a valuation upon property in the county. He urged members of and other citizens of the coun ty to co-operate with the men as they seek a proper valuation of property for taxation, “The law requires that assessors value property as of May Ist and the list taker and assessor is required to j get. an actual value of property aud list it at such a value for taxation," 1 Mr. Miller said. In speaking of the work to be done Mr. Miller said: ‘‘The intent and pur pose of the tax law of the state is to have all property and subjects of taxation assessed at a true and actual value in money in such manner as such property and subjects are usually j sold, but not by forced sale thereof, I and the words “market value or true j value’ wherever in the tax laws shall j be held and deemed to mean what ! the property and subjects would bring at cash sale when sold as such proper ty and subjects are usually sold.” "Work is now in progress,” Air. Miller said, “and, when completed, will enable us to show actual frontage of property on both sides of North and South Union street. We will also be able to show the number of houses aud the total number of rooms in each house.” Practically every cent of the money that is paid in as county taxes is used in the county, he said. ‘“The money goes back to the citizen** of the county, and none of it goes to the State. There is a tax of sl.lO on every SIOO and the money is used as follows: 55 cents goes to schools, 25 cent*; to roads, 15 cents to interest and sinking fund, and 15 ceute for all county purposes. The last named 15 cents is used as follows: for the Avelfare department, for the farm agent, the home demonstration agent, the upkeep of the county home with 60 inmates, the taking care of poor and indigent persons not in the coun ty home, repairs on all county prop erty and grounds, and the salary of the slieriff, treasurer and accountant of the county. "The value placed on the county property as of Alay Ist this year will stand for four years unless improve ments of over the value of $11)0 are made or there is a loss from fire, wind, etc., of more than SIOO value,” he said. We are never a great way from hating thofee we envy. Let us there fore guard against the danger aud greed of an envious mind. Cheerfulness is an amulet bringing happiness and contentment to its wearer. fMB CONCORDTIMBS LIST OF PRIZES IN ESSAY EVENT IS GIVEN TODAY Several Cash Prizes As We , i ] as Valuable Gifts W ill Be Awarded Winners in li - ter Homes Essay Contest. The list of prizes which will be awarded winners in the essay contest in connection with the observance of Better Homes Week in Concord, was given out for publication today by Miss Ophelia Barker, Cabarrus home demonstration agent. The prizes include: A set of books, donated by l£idd-Frix & Co., for the best essay on ‘‘The Influence of Good ! Books and Good Music in the Home;” Cash prize of $3.00 by Citizens Bank & Trust Co., for best essay on “The Necessity of a Household Budget and How to Plan It.” In group one or the individuals un der twenty years of age submitting essays on the subjects suggested, the following awards will be made: First prize. $3; second prize. $2; third prize sl. The Cabarrus Savings Bank and the Concord National Bank contribut ed these / cash prizes. In group two or the individuals over twenty years og age submittiag essays, prizes, as given below, will be awarded to winners: First prize, bed spread; donated by Hartsell Mills; second prize, a dozen towels; donated by Luther Brown of the Cannon Alills, Kannapolis; third prize, pair of silk hose; given by Hoover Hosiery Co. The prizes are on display at Cline's Pharmacy. “Any resident of Cabarrus county is eligible to enter the essay contest, and choose any one of the fifteen topics uiggested,” states .Miss Barker. ‘‘One :erson may write on as many topics as they care to,” she added. The contest closes about June 10 when all papers must be in the hands of Aliss Barker, and for the benefit of those who are interested to enter the event at the date the list of topics are again published, as follows: What Alakes a Home; The Parent's Duty and the Chilli's Rights; The ln tiuence of Good Music and Books in a Home; The Effect of Religious and Educational Institutions on the Home: Interior Decorations and Furnishings; A Model Kitchen : Hygiene and Saua tation in the Home : How to Beautify the Grounds; The Value of a Well Balanced Diet to Health ; Select a Person, then plan his or her Ward robe for a year not using more than 15 per cent of income: The Necessity of a Household Budget and I low to Plan It: How to Choose a Vocation; Mow a Country Boy* or Girl Can Go l’o College; Recreation for the Fam ily, and the Value of an Avocation. SWIMMING SEASON at “Y” UNDERW AY; W ATER KEPT CLEAN Few Pools in State Equal to Y. M. C. A. Pool.—Each Day Scores Enjoy a Cool Swim in Pure Water. The swimming season at the Con cord Y. M. C. A. is well under way, and each morning, afternoon and even ing finds the *‘Y” pool the scene of much happy activity. A schedule of hours for swimming has been formu lated by Secretary H. W. Blanks and eonspieiously located for observation by visitors at the “Y" building. “Perhaps no other pool in North Carolina,” Air. Blanks said today, “is as clean as our pool. Fresh water is placed in the pool- twice weekly, and each individual going into the water is given a medical examination before allowed to go in, and if this individual is found not to be free from communi cable or contagious diseases is forbid den to swim.” “We are very strict about these im portant things,” continued Mr. Blanks, “and for that reason parents : need have no fear about their children. We are conducting swimming classes daily, and the closest of attention is given to the beginners.” Private swimming parties may be I arranged at the Y. Al. C. A. by local people during the morning, according to Mr. Blanks. Beginning June Ist, 1 private swimming lessons will also be given. It was announced this morn ing that between the hours of 8:30 and 9:30 o’clock on Alonday and Wed nesday evenings that the pool will be open to married couples. FUNERAL SERVICES EOR MRS. R. F. MILLS HELD THIS MORNING Services Conducted at Home By Rev. T. F. Higgins, As sisted by Drr J. C. Rowan. —lnterment at Oakwood. Funeral services for Airs. R. Frank Alills were held this morning at 9:30 o’clock at the residence on North Spring street. A large concourse of relatives aud friends were present for the service, which was conducted by Rev. T. F. Higgins. pastor of Forest Hill Methodist Church, of which the deceased had been a member for mauy years. Mr. Higgins was assisted by Dr. J. C. Rowan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Alusic appro priate to the occasion was rendered by the choir of-Forest Hill Church. Following the service at the home, Interment was made in Oakwood Cemetery. The War Mothers, of which Airs. Mills was a loyal member, attended the service in a body and at the cem etery, each member dropped a white carnation on the casket, a silent tok en of love and esteem for the departed member. The grave was entirely covered by many beautiful floralx designs, sent by relatives and friends as tokens of love and respect for this beloved wo man. Active pall bearers were: A. G. Odell, S. J. Sherrill, Jason H. Fishel*, James Yates. J. T. Howell and Wil burn Bingham; while honorary pall bearers were L. T. Hartsel, Sr., E. Suuvain. W. G. Caswell, J. A. CanJ ,11011, J. L. Johnson and R. C. Crooks.} CABARRUS FARMER HURT AS TWISTER HITS IN COUNTY Thomas Smith Suffers Break in Each Leg as Result of a Windstorm in No. 9 Town ship* A twister struck in No. 9 township, this county, yesterday shortly after noon, injuring one man, damaging sev eral small buildings and uprooting and twisting off a number of trees. The' twister struck near tbe old Barrier Mill, three miles from Mt. Pleasant, sending a nearby granary acres* the road and against a Ford jcgr in which Thomaa and Luther Smith, fanners of No. 9, had been riding. Just before the wind came rain began falling and the brothers stepped from the car to put on the curtains just a second before the twister hit. Timbers from the granary were hurled with such force across the road aud against the car that they broke both legs of Thomas Smith, who was on the side of the car uext to the demolished building. The brother, on the opposite side of the car, was not injured. The Ford was literally knocked from the road by the the wind and timbers. , Air. Smith was brought to the Con cord Hospital where his broken bones were set. The wind followed a narrow path, so far as can be learned here, hut be fore blowing itself out uprooted a number of trees, tore huge limbs from others and destroyed parts of Several baniH and other outhouses. High winds swept Concord during the early afternoou but caused no dam age here so far as can be learned. When seen in the Concord Hospital last night Air. Smith was renting very comfortably. He said so far as he knew the wind caused no serious property damage in No. 9. “The twister just jeame like this,” Air. Smith said, snapping bis fingers to indicate the suddeuuetss of the wind. “I Jiappeued to be on the side of the car next to the granary,” Air. Smith said, “and 1 received the full force of the flying timbers. Planks, boards and other timbers from the building were swept under our car and some of these struck me. If I had stayed in the car 1 would not have been hurt for although the car was hurled from the road by the force of the wind and timbers, it was not- bad ly damaged.” Air. Smith said lie suffered very mtich with liis legs before reaching the hospital, explaining that he tried to walk after being struck. “I did not know wliother more tim bers were coming or not,” he said, "and after being hit I tried to walk off. This caused me great, pniu. The wind passed on as rapidly as it came, hopever, and everything was normal in a second or two.” Black clouds hovered over Concord several hours early yesterday uf ternoon but there was no damage here either from wind or lightning. Air. Smith said ran fell near his home only a short time and reports from other sections of the county fail to tell of needed rains anywhere. WILKESBORO MAN IS HELD IN JAIL 7 ON FOUR CHARGES Will Be Given Hearing Be fore Judge A. B. Palmer in Recorder’s Court Fri day Afternoon. Spurgeon Johnson, who gave his address as Wilkesboro. was arested early this morning by city police and placed in jail, as a result of an auto mobile accident in which two boys received painful but not serious in juries. Johnson has the following charges against him: operating a car while intoxicated, carrying n concealed weapon, a pistol, possessing liquor, and assault with a deadly weapon, an auto mobile. He will be given a hearing Friday at Recorder's Court before Judge A. B. Palmer. The accident occurred early this morning when the Chevrolet roadster said to have been driven by Johnson, ran into a milk delivery truck of B. Y. Goodman. The accident occur red at tbe intersection of Depot and Church Streets. Vadre Sears, young boy who was on the !: ek, kustaiued two broken ribs and bruises on his arm, and James Sc.as also on the truck re ceived a large lump on his head and on his ankle and arms. The two boys were taken to the Concord Hospital where they were given treat ment. and later were removed to their homes. The milk truck had a wheel and fender knocked off and the Chevrolet roadster had its radiator broken in by the force of the impact when it lii the truck. Efforts were being made at noon today by the attorneys of Johnston to have him released on bond. Carolina Motor Club Brandi at Kan napolis. A. A. Armstrong, district represen tative for the Carolina Alotor Club, states that a branch of the club will be opened in Kannapolis in the near future. W. E. Shoemaker, also an official of the club, will be in Kannapolis the latter part of the week and with Air. -Armstrong will seek to interest at least fifty new members for the club. The Fixall Alotor Co., Air. Arm strong «aid, will be the official service station for the club in Kannapolis, and will offer the same efficient and courteous service as it offered in other service stations selected by the club. If-you want' to jbe jgloomy, there’s gloom enough to keep you glum; if you want to be glad, there’s gleam enough to keep you glad. In wliuteverwe undertake earnest ness is one of the keys that unlock Jthe duurs of success. final exercises FOR HIGH SCHOOL BE HELD TOMORROW Class Day Program To Be Given in Morning and Graduation Exercises to j Be Given at Night. The closing exercises for the pres-, ent session of the High School will be held tomorrow and will bring the-- school to the end of a very sucessful term. , The program for tomorrow will oe , in two parts, the first one being the ; claws day exercises at 10 o'clock in the morning, and the graduation ex ercises at 8 o’clock in the evening. The program for the class day ex ercises is as follows: Welcome Address-—Archie Cannon, president of the class. Prologue. The Spirit of the Class of 1927 — Helen Dayvault. Guardians of the Alotto, Frances Tarlton and Frances Howard. Class Flower —Lois Helms. The Past. Alusic: “Long, Long Ago.” Class History—Hubert Turner. Class 1 nventory—-Vera Barnhardt. The Present. Alusic: “Class Song." Class Superlatives—Alary Wallace. Class Poem —Hubert Turner. Last Will and Testament —Net Har ris. The Future. Alusic: “How Can I Leave Thee?’ Class Prophecy—Julia Rowan. Farwell Song—Class. The graduation evercisee will be featured by an address by Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, a former member of Congress from the ninth district. . J. A.- Cannon, chairman of the school board, will present the diplomas of graduation to approximately sixty graduates. A full announcement of the program will be made Friday. GIVE PRIZES TO POSTER WINNERS OF SCHOOLS HERE Two First Prizes and One Second Prize Won by a Class of No. 2 Grammar School on Poppy Posters. Classes of Number Two grammar School won three out of four prizes offered for the best poppy poster by tbe Concord Auxiliary of the Ameri can Legion to stimulate interest in the observance of National Poppy Day here Saturday. The posters, 16 of which were sub mitted in the contest, are on display at Efird's Department Store, ami at Robinson's Store. The judges Wed nesday selected the. winning posters after a very careful scrutiny of the types of posters ntered. It was a dif ficult matter to determine pinners be cause of the excellency of each. The yujjgps include: Airs. W. L. Burns, Mrs*. L t. Davis and Airs. T. L. Ross. Classes of Alisses AVilma Correll Lctha Snyder, and Airs. Keneth Cald well were winners at Number Two grammar school. Airs. Caldwell’s and Aliss Correll’« each won first prizes, amounting to $2.50 each. A prize of $2.00 was given to Aliss Snyder’s class,' as second money. A second prize of $2.00 was also won by Aliss Virginia Smoot’s class 'at Central grammar school. The winnifig classes may use the prize money any way they see fit. The Legion Auxiliary furnished the funds for the first prizes, while the judges contributed the money for the second prizes.. Remember, tliat Saturday is Nat ional Poppy Day! Wear a poppy and honor the fallen heroes in Flanders’ Fields. SUMMER STOCK AT CONCORD THEATRE TO OPEN fONIGHT The Management States That High Class Stock Will Be Played This Summer.— Two Different Companies. The first performance of a stock ■ company which will be at the Con cord Theatre on Thursday and Friday nights of each week during the sum mer months will be held tonight. The performance, which will be given by the Downard and Earle Stock Company, will be “Tropical Nights.” It is said to be a clean high eluss comedy drama appropriately costumed and lavishly mounted. The management of the theatre an nounced today that in an effort to make the residents of Concord fam iliar with the brand of stock company that is to be given here during the summer that lie has given out. 1.000 free tickets which are good for admis sion if accompanied by one paid admis sion. I here will be two different com panies to play here. One of them is a dramatic and tlio other a musical | stock company. Each company will have an orchestra of four pieces which will add to the enjoyment of those I attending the shows. < MOST COMFORTABLE -i and ! ECONOMICAL WAY TO I TRAVEL Is Via SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM * f I ij Greatly Reduced Round Trip \ Fares For Short Trips t j Ask The Ticket Agent < BELK’S Department St^ Headquarters f or s me? Merchant^ MEN'S FURNISHINGS FOR [jiji,, Si. j Big Counter Men’s Dress . Shirts with Collars.— /\0 White, Fancy and Stripes ? Special 75 c and SI.OO ( Values on this tabic up to $1.98. v SOCKS Big Counter Men’s Work or Dress Socks. 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