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PAGE TWO 20 Cent Cut In Tax Rate Os City Ordered By Board Cut is Said To Be Greates t Made By Any City In State So Far. —City Lived On Its Income During L The Past Year. <U J Tax payers of Concord will enjoy a 20 cent cut in the tax rate as the agsult of action taken Thursday' night By the board of aldermen who ordered t)ie rate cut from $1.62 cents a hun dred to $1.42 cents. The cut is said to be the largest made in any city in the State this year. The 20 cent cut represente a reduc tion for all city departments except those whose appropriations are set by law. The cut was made possible, of ficials say, by an increase in taxable property and reductions in appropria tions. The rate will be divided as follows: > General Fund 43 cents against 50 cente the year before. •o' School Fun 33 cents against 38 cents. Interest Fund 28 cents against 3b cents. Sinking Fund refnains at 36 cents. Library Fund remains at 1 cent. Cemetery Fund remains at 1 cent. The budget, adopted by the board* after separate budgets had been pre pared for each city department, calls for an expenditure of $213,000. Tax able property in the city, according to the report of John L. Miller, county tax supervisor, is now $14,603,000, irot including excess corporate taxes and delinquent taxes. These are ex pected to carry the total to $15,000 and the tax rate is based on a total of this amount. However, it is ex plained, that should the excess and delinquent tax not carry the total to the $15,000,000 mark, the tax rate on d total of $14,603,000 will be suffici ent to raise the budget of $213,000. [ While the school fund rate was Reduced it is explained that the schools will get more in reality than they / | LOCAL MENTION | Jack Wadsworth, of Gibson’s, is en joying a vacation this week. : Frank Troutman has resumed his •work at Gibson's, after a week’s vaca ition. The Concord Gun Club will hold H regietred shoot at the Country Club Thursday, August 25th., beginning at (12:30 o’clock. * Thirteen cases are to be tried in court this afternoon, Chief of Police Talbirt stated this morning. ; Eight of the defendant were arrested i over the week end. None of the charges is of serious nature, it is said by police officers. Babe Ruth got his 39th homer of | the year Saturday and is again tied , with Lon Gehrig for home run honors. Hie Babe got tree homers last week but has little ehance of beating his j record of 69, made several years ago. Judge T. B. Finley spent the week end at his home in Wilkes county and ' Solicitor Zeb V. Long spent the week end at his Sthtesville .home. They re ;'turned to Concord this morning for the trial of more criminal cases during the day. The Hickory Rebels are here today for a bame with the Weavers. This is the first time these teams have met in ; several weeks, and as each claims i (State honors the game here today and ; In Hickory later in the week are of much importance. The trial of criminal cases was not Completed in Cabarrus Superior Court last week. Due to the time needed for the Leonard trial several cases had to t>e put over until this morning. It is probable that the criminal docket will be cleared up entirely during the day. Four marriage licenses were issued > Saturday by Register of Deeds L. V. Elliott, but three of them were to ; colored couples. The white persons se curing the license were George L. | Vernon, of Wentworth, N. C.,. and . Miss Minnie Davis, of Pores Knob, 'n. c. The Associated Hotel Company EFIRD’S fe* 1 Men’s Dress Shirts in wide range of colon 70 attached Collars, SI.OO value for I «/G *>tl i f a Boys’ Dress Shirts 70 attached collars | «/C it Men’s and Youths’ Pin Check and OC Khaki Work Pants QuC Men’s and Young Men’s Athletic OC Union Suits CtJ C Men’s Athletic Broadcloth Union A H Suits, 75c value TpJjC Big Yank Union Suits, SI.OO 7C Men’s and Young Men’s Fall Hats Aj* c * new styles and colors Big Shipment of Young to ' 3 g. Men’B Caps for Fall jjC v Py Clearance Prices on Mohairs, Seersucker, Gabar dine and Palm Beach OC to OC Suits at J , Clearance Price on Straw OC Hats __ 5/DC EFIRD’S *i- * . • " . +‘- ■ , ‘ ' ■ received this year, due to the increase in property valuations. The schools last year received $49,397 and the in creased valuation and reduced rate this year is expected to raise $49,500, to which will be added SI2OO from polls, the school fund receiving 75 cente from each poll. An audit of the city books recently prepared by J. W. Hendrix, was ac cepted by the board before the budget was formally adopted., This report, in fact, played an important part if the deliberations, showing that the city lived within its income last year despite the fact that several depart ments had less money than the year before. The report shows that $65,000 worth of bonds were retired during the year and that also, a floating debt of $5,000, incurred when the city purchased aditional land for the hotel, was paid. The report shows a decrease of , $11,684.63 in government costs here in the fiscal year 1926-27 against the year 1925-26. Since the city officials found it pos sible to live within their income last year, despite a reduction from the preceding year, they deemed it wise and just to pass on to the tax payers the savings, and the 20 cent cut is their answer. Tax payers residing in Concord have received a 35 cent cut within the past two days, the commissioners of Cabarrus having cut the county rate 15 cents at a meeting on Wed nesday. These cuts, so far as can be learned here, are the largest made in the State, regardless of whether property has been revalued. which has charge of Hotel Concord, managed by A. L. Baker, will have charge of a new hotel being erected in New Haven, Conn. This hostelry will cost $2,100,000 and will have 350 rooms. It will be modern in every re spect. The northwestern part of the county was visited by a hard rain Sunday afternoon and showers fell in other sections of the county. There was a little lightning and thunder. In Con cord proper there was little rain but a hard shower fell between this city and Kannapolis. Commissioners have lopped 15 centß Charlotte News: Cabarrus County off the tax rate of that county and all over the State, under the new bud getory plan of operating government, the counties are going *to find that they can get along on far less than has been indiscriminately expended. The Yankees lost Saturday and Sunday to the Cleveland Indians and Detroit, with 11 straight games is now in second place. In the National League the Pirates won Saturday and Sunday as did the Giants, who won a double bill Sunday from Cincinnati. The Greenville Spinners defeated Asheville m two games Saturday. Highway Cotnmissitm Now Keeping Tap on Traffic Offenders. Raleigh News and Observer. Under an act of the 1927 Gen eral Assembly, the Highway De partment is now engaged in issuing and keeping tally of cards for the, purpose of keeping track of the num ber and circumstances of all viola tions of the traffic laws on North Carolina Highways. The cards, which are sent to all court clerks for recording and filing back with the commission, give the defendant's name, address, age sex, color, judgment, date of trial,, and other information concerning the of fence. Every Justice of the Peace, Judge, or any other officer trying traffic law violator* must keep a record of the cases and file them back with the commission.' The purpose of this is to keep a record so that second and third violators of the same traf fic laws may be given added punish ment. . WEAVERS CONQUER KANNAPOLIS, 7-5, IN TENSE BATTLE Sally Barnes Driven From Mound. —Chink O u t e n Stars —Lewellyn and Mc- Allister Banished. By RADIO KING. Waging a consistent and vigorous attack with their bludgeons, and rally ing from erratic stages of fielding to spurts of smart play in the more crucibal intervals, the Concord Weav ers conquered, 7 to 5, the Kannapolis Towelers in a stirring battle Saturday afternoon before a record audience at Webb field. The colorful Weaver victory was snatched from the fire in the dying innings when Murray Greason, Chink Outen, Herman Watts and Pitcher Howard Lawson delivered timely blows. Through the aid of costly errors the Towelers had slowly over come the four-run lead of the home team, and struggled desperately to develop serious threats in the eighty and ninth frames into victory. But Concord, clinging to a scant lead, re fused to yield to the enemy attack. Beacons in the Concord success were Howard Lawson and Chink Outen, catching thunderous applause from the stands as they fought re lentlessly and brilliantly in wrecking the efforts of Rube Wilson’s Towel ers. Lawson, who came to the Con cord camp early in the week from Tuskegee, Ala., and who is a cele brated hurler of the Oglethorpe Pet rels, turned in his second victory for the Weavers. The Towelers were able to connect with only six of his right-handed shoots. It was Lawson who pitched the locals to a victory over the strong Kendall Mills team last Tuesday. Chink Outen, the all-time star of Manager Lindy Lou’s team, stepped off his usual hard-hitting and brilliant fielding pace with positive destruction to the Towelers’ hopes. In four so journs at the plate the congenial rightfielder drove out three doubles, accounting for two local tallies, and scoring once himself. Outen moved gracefully under five high fliers hit into hie territory, catching them to the further disgust of the visitors. Outen is as light as a feather on his feet, and this along with his weight will bring news of his success in football at State College during the 1927 gridiron campaign. Sally Barnes tried out his south paw flings unsuccessfully against Con cord. - Kannapolis advertised thrqugh press reports prior to the Saturday exhibition that it would have a “dark horse” in the game. Sally was the dark horse. But he must haVe lost all four shoes, and his pathway was n't pregnant in four leaf clovers. The Weaver batsman rode his curves in Paul Revere style, and in the seventh Barnes took to cover under a shower of-hits. Shuler Antley replaced him, and the Weavers collected one score .at his expense. Barnes yielded eight hits in his six and one-third innings stay on the mound. The eight hits were sufficient to give Lindy Lou’s outfit a half dozen scores. One of the dominating thrills of the afternoon came in the first Jnning when Outen and Calvin Barbour exe cuted a double steal, Outen scoring on the play. The hard-hitting Outen, 'ocated on the third sack, came home while the Towelers vainly sought to •ht Barbour off at second. How It Happened. First Inning— Kannapolis: Mottsinger struckout. Lewellyn took Haynes’ easy grounder. Lee walked, stole second and advanc ed to third when Watts threw wild to catch the runner at the keystone bag. McClain was out at first on his easy roller. No runs, no hits, one error. Concord: Hord struckout. Barnes tossed him surves, Greason singled and scored when Outen doubled to rightfield. Outen advanced to third on a passed ball, and scored when Barbour, who was given a free pass to first, stole second. It was a clever double steal.’ Hatley rapped out a single to right, Barbour trotting across the plate. Hatley went to third while "(forts were made to catch Barbour at the plate. McAllister errored Lewellyn’s grounder. Hatley scoring on the play. Mut Miller went out at first on a grounder. Watts gtruck out. Four runs, three hits, one er ror. ' • Second Inning— Kannapolis: Donaldson walked, and stole second. Barbour hobbled Orvin’s dribbled swat, Donaldson pull ing up at third. McAllister came to bat. Manager Lewellyn came down from first to protest a decision of the umpire, claiming that he had called a ball which should have been a strike on McAllister. An argument followed between Lewellyn and McAllister, but they were separated before any harm was done. Umpire Miller banished them from the game. Chic Miller re placed Lou at first, and- Rube Wilson substituted himself for McAllister at first. Wilson up. He struckout. Flowe’s long sacrifice fly to center scored Donaldson. Hord errored Barnes’ roller, but Orvin was trapped between second and third, going out Hord to Greason to Barbour. One run, no hits, two errors. Concord: Lawson struckout. Hord popped up to short. Greason went out to first. «No runs, no hits, -no errors. * Third Inning— Kannapolis: Mottsinger singled to ’eftfield, but was forced at second by Lee. Haynes walked. McClain doubled to leftfleld, mott scoring and Haynes going to third. Donaldson popped up to Barbour, Orvin flew out to Outen. One run, one hit, no er rors. Concord: Outen hit his second double to centerfield Barbour hit a high fly to rightfield for the first, out. Hatley was out third tojirst, Outen advancing to third on the play. Chic Miller sruckout. No runs, one hit, no errors. Fourth Inning— Kannapolis: Wilson’s fly was ait easy catch for Outen. Flowe popped up to Hord. and Barnes went out Barbour to Miller. No runs, no hits, no errors. , Concord: Mutt Miller grounded out to first. Watts was out Barnes to Wilson. Lawson slammed a liner into : the hand of Flowe in centerfield. No runs, no hits, no errors. Fifth Inning— Kannapolis: Mottsinger went out, Greason to C. Mi ler. Haynes’ sting- Greason to C. Miller. Donaldson hit a bounder into the hands of Lawson who threw the runner out at first. Orvin filed out to Outen. No runs, i ’ i 't CRIMINAL DOCKET NOT FINISHED IN SUPERIOR COURT Several Cases Had to Be Con tinued Until Today Due to Time Required For the E. B. Leonard Case. Criminal cases were taken up in i Cabarrus Superior court again this morning despite the fact that it was i originally planned to begin the trial of i civil cases this morning. Due to the time required for the E. i B. Leonard murder trial and the heavy docket, Solicitor Zeb V. Long was not able to clear his docket last week, and several cases were put on the calen , dar for today. It is believed all of the criminal actions will be disposed of during the day. The sentence of C. B. Furr, of Kannapolis, charged with stealing automobiles, has been changed by Judge T. B. Finley, presiding. Furr was originally given 18 months on the chain gang but when advised that he is suffering with heart trouble, Judge Finley changed the sentence. On one count he sentenced Furr to serve 60 days in the jail and in anoth er he sentenced him to serve 6 months, to do such work as the commissioners thfnk he is physically able to do. Chanie House pleaded guilty to the larceny of goods valued at less than S2O and was sentenced to serve four months on the chain gang. Mason Hinson, charged with tem porary theft of an automobile, was sentenced to serve 6 months, the com missioners being authorized to hire him out to his father provided he can furnish an appearance bond to show at the August and January terms of court for two years that he has been of good behavior. Jo* Cox, neighbor of the Hinsons, was a*ked by the court to aid the father in looking after young Hinson. Fred Widenhouse was tried on sev eral charges Saturday. He plead guilty to qutting Carl Robinson with a knife but pleaa not guilty to an as sault with a pistol. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve 6 months on the cfyain gang in each case. More than 5.000 proposals to amend the Federal Constitution have been introduced in the United States Con gress since the establishment of the Union in 1789. no hits, no errors. Concord: Hatley hit a double to leftfield. Lee made a hard effort to catch it after a long spurt. He man aged to touch it, but it was ruled a hit. C. Miller sacrified Hatley to second. ‘Miller popped up to Don aldson, and Watts drove a skyrocket out, Barnes nabbing it. No runs, one . hit, no errors. Kannapolis: McClain went out led to left aud Lawson scored. Outen doubled, scoring Greason. Ant*ey re placed Barnes on the mound. Bar bour walked. Hatley flew out t 4 center. C. Miller went out short to first. Two runs, three hits, no er rors. Concord: Hord hit a long fly to left. Greason was safe at first on Orvin’s error. Outen was out second to first. Barbour popped up to short. No runs, no hits, one error. Sixth Inning— Seventh Inning— Kannapolis: Wilson singled and , went to second on a wild pitch. Flowe singled. Wilson scored when effort was made to catch Flowe at second. Barnes sacrified Flowe to third. Flowe scored when Mottsinger was forced at second by Lee. Haynes, who took his turn at bat before Lee, popped up to Barbour. Two runs, two hits, one error. i Concord : Lawson singled to right." Hord was out at first, Lawson going to second on the play. Greason doub ing grounder was nabbed by Hord, i the runner being tossed out a first [ Lee’s long fly fell into the glove of > Hatley in center. No runs, no hits, ! no errors. Eighth Inning: 1 Kannapolis: McClain flied out to “ center. Donaldson collected a base 1 hit to center. Orvin flied out to een -1 ter. Mutt Miller ropped Wilson's fly ' ball to left. Donaldson going to third. Donaldson was safe at the p ate when l Watt’s .drooped the ball Flowe hit 1 a high fly to Greason. One run, one hit, two errors. Concord : Mutt Miller was hit by a pitched ball. Watts singled. Miller going to third. Lawson struckout. Hord hit a sacrifided fly to center. . Miller scoring. Greason was out 1 pitcher to first. One run, one hit, no errors. 1 Ninth Inning— Kannapolis: Irby, pinch-hitting for Ant’ey. flied out to center. Mottsing- I er beat out an inflield hit. Haynes ' forced Mott at second, and Outen took Lee’s fly ball for the final out. No : runs, one hit. no errors. Final score: Kannapolis 5, Concord 1 7., The Box Score: Kannapolis AB R H PO A E Mottsinger, ss. _ T _ 5 0 2 2 2 0 Haynes, 3b. 5 10 0 10 ’ Lee. If. 3 0 0 1 0 0 I McClain, rs. 4 0 110 0 * Donaldson, c. 3 2 16 10 Orvin, 2b. 4 0 0 0 11 > McAllister, lb, 0 0 0 1 0 0 Wilson, lb. 4 119 0 1 I Flowe, es. 3 113 0 0 Barnes, p. 2 0 0 11 0 » Antley, p. 0 0 0 0 1 0 xlrby -L 1 0 0 0 0 0 » Totals 34 5 6 24 7 2 ’ Concord. AB R H PO A E i Hord. sa. 3 0 0 1 4 1 I Greason, 2b. 5 2 2 4 3 0 i Outen, rs. 4 1 3 5 0 0 Barbour, 3b. 2 1 0 3 11 . Hatley, cf. 4 1 2 4 0 0 Lewellyn, lb. 1 0 0 2 0 0 | C. Miller, lb. 2 0 o*o 0 0 M. Miller, If. 3 1 0 0 0 1 Watts, c. 4 0 1 2 0 3 : Lawson, p. 4 110 10 Totals 32 7 9 27 9 6 xßatted for Antley in ninth. Score by innings: l Kannapolis 011 000 210—5 Concord 400 00 21x—7 Summary: Two base hits, McClain, Outen (3), Hatley, Greason; sacrifice hits, Barnes, Flowe, Hord (2), C. Mil ler ; stolen bases, Lee. Donaldson. Outen and Barbour; bases on balls [ off:-Barnes 1, Antley 1, Lawson 2; hits off: Barnes, eight in 6 and 1-3 in nings ; Antley, one in one and 2-3 innings. Lawson, six in nine innings; winning pitcher, Lawson ; losing pitch -1 er. Barnes; struckout by: Barnes 4, Antley 1, Lawson 2; passed ball. Don aldson ; hit by pitched ball, M. Miller i (by Antley) time of game: one hour and 55 minutes; umpires, Miller and Brown. * ' * THE CONCORD TIMES HICKARY REBELS TO PLA YWEAVERS THIS AFTERNOONO AT 3:30 Calvin Barbour and Murray Greason to Leave This Week. —Outen Boosts Bat ting Avefage to .394. Twice beaten by the Wearers early in the current season, each time by an overwhelming score, the Hickory Rebels will seek revenge when they clash with Concord at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon over at Webb field. The locals trounced Hickory 19 to- 1, and 11 to 5, in their engagements in June. Henry Newbury will receive the assignment to pitch for Concord, Man ager Lindy Lewellyn indicated this morning. Concord will journey to Hickory for a return match Wednesday, and Thursday the Legion club will find competition with the Kendall Mills outfit here. Th£.*ame will begin at 3:30 o’clock. ‘’The lpcals will rest Friday, and invade Kannapolis for a tilt next Saturday afternoon. Two Weavers To Leave. After today the Weavers will be without the services of Murray Grea son and Calvin Barbour. Greason, who is coaching at Lexington high school, will leave to attend the coach ing school at Carolina, while Barbour, also a coach, will return to his school in Mississippi. The lose of these two infielders will virtually wreck the Concord infield until Manager Lewel lyn can secure others. The Weaver manager will make efforts to get Harry Daugbtery back from the Rocky Mount club to play at third base. There is no prospect for Greason’s position. Christenbury who held down second while Greason was out of the game has returned to Birmingham, Ala . and there is little likelihood of his returning. How the Weavers Weave. Collecting three doubles in the game with Kannapolis Saturday, Chink Outen, slugging Concord outfie.der, boosted his batting average from .382 to .394 in 30 games. The State Col lege captain-elect has been to bat 114 official times. He has driven out seven homeruns, seven doubles, and six triples since he blew into Concord. The individual batting averages of the Weaver club, through Saturday’s game, is given below: Player G. AB \ H Pet. Hord 35 147 47 .347 Greason 20 110 31 .282 Daughtery 28 107 39 .364 Outen 30 114 45 .394 M. Miller ' 32 120 35 .292 Lewellyn 23 72 21 • .291 H. Watts 28 88 31 .348 Morris 28 192 38 .373 M. Watts 14 41 10 .244 Newbury 12 43 8 .188 C. Miller 18 55 20 .363 Rawson 5 19 10 .526 Barbour 15 51 18 .353 Christenbury 4 16 6 .375 Hatley 5 16 6 .375 Lawson .2 8 2 .250 James 1 5 5 1.000 Elliott 2 7 0 .000 ‘MURDER MYSTERY” -AT TOWEL CITY IS ON SUNDAY Mysterious Trouble at Kan napolis Saturday Night Turns Out to Be Drunken Brawl, Officers Find. A drunken brawl rather than a “mystery murder.” as current rumors heralded, occurred at Kannapolis early Saturday night. Excitement grew tense in the Towel City as reports that murder had been committed circulated about the town, but wained even more rapidly when of ficers reported that Fred Hampton, al leged to have been either murdered or seriously wounded, had been found to day, and that'Jack Gibbons and anoth er man by the name of Elliott were being held in the Rowan county jail on charges of drunkenness and driving a car while under the influence of whiskey. Hampton, according to Mrs. Chan Fink, was fired upon with a pistol at the home of John Benfield in North Kannapolis, about 7:30 o’clock Sat urday night. Sheriff Crider, of Rowan, found upon- investigation, however, that Hampton. Gibbons and Elliott were alleged to have been drinking, and that Hampton was handled rather roughly by Gibbons and Elliott, being carried away in a Chevrolet car to sober up. It was said that Mrs. Fink not only contended that Hampton had been shot but there was a possibility that his body had been thrown into Lake Concord. There was talk in Kannapolis Sunday morn ng of drag ging the lake in effort to recover the body. Scores of Kannapolis folks vis ited the lake Sunday, talked excitedly of the mystery murder caee, and still many more people gathered at the Benfield home, with a feeling of awe plainly visible on their faces. FIREMEN OFF FOR GREENSBORO FOR ANNUAL MEETING * Seven Members From Cen tral Department Left Sun day.—Others Going Dur ing the Week. Seven members of the central fire department here left yesterday for Greensboro to attend the State conven tion. Others from this and the Can nonville department plgn to go to Greensboro later in the week. John L. Miller, secretary of the State association, left with the Con cord party Sunday. He expected to remain for all session of the week. Other going up Sunday for the open ing today were: J. E. Lineberger, A. M. Faggart, Zeb Cruse, Sam Foil, Dewitt Hopkins and C. L. Miller. Some of these firemen will return Wednesday and Carrol Stinson and Jakie Talbirt will go up that dAy. The raceh start Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. ' Several members of the Cannonvllle department left today for the meeting, it is said, and others plan to go later in the week. It is expected that at least 25 fire fighters from Concord will attend the meeting sometiibe dur ing the week. The swiftest tidal current in the word is that between the islands of Jura and Scad a, off the Scotch coast. According to official charts, the speed of the current here is near ly eleven mile* an hour. PENTUFF SUIT TO COME UP SOON IN SUPERIOR COURT It Is Probable That Trial of the Case Will Begin Late Tomorrow or Wednesday Morning. , Trial of the euit of Dr. J. R. Pen tuff against the Raleigh Times, John A. Park and Oscar Coffin will be start ed in Cabarrus Superior court about the middle of the week, it was learned here today. The suit was calendared for trial today due to the fact that several criminal cases had to be carried over this week, it is probable that the case will not be brought up before late Tuesday or Wednesday mornihg. Dr. Pentuff is asking damages in the sum of $25,000 as the result of an editorial carried in The Times soon after he had made a speech in Wake? County. In the editorial, it is al leged, Dr. Pentuff was referred to as an “immigrant ignoramus.” and it is also charged that the editorial was libel for declaring he was discourteous before a committee of the State legis lature. The case was started in Cabarrus Superior court several months ago but a judgment as of mon-euit was directed by Judge A. M. Stack, presiding. The plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court which granted him a new trial. While the case wae pending coun sel for Dr. Pentuff gave notice of another suit, based on another editorial appearing in The Times. It was at first stated that the two cases would be consolidated, but it is learned now that this will not be done and that the case to be tried thia week ie the original one. Dr. Pentuff will be represented by Zeb V. Turiingon, of Mooresville, and Caldwell & Caldwell, of Concord. The defendants will be represented by Hartsell & Hartsell, of Concord, and Col. Albert Cox of Raleigh. SEARCH HOUSE FOR INTRUDER BUT MAN HAD MADE ESCAPE A. B. Medlin Called to Home of Section Master After Several Persons Saw Negro Enter the Home. Some little excitement was caused in the southwest section of Concord yesterday afternoon when a negro was seen to enter the home of Section Master Miller, of the Southern Rail way, while the Millers were absent. Officer A. B. Medlin was notified and immediately went to the Miller house where a search failed to locate the negro. develop the fact that the house had been ransacked. When Deputy Medlin reached the house, he reported, he found it sur rounded by section hands armed with pistols and shotguns. They had seen the negro man enter the house but had not seen him leave and they were guarding the place until the officer ar rived. Deputy Medlin searched each room in the house but could not find the in truder. He expressed the belief that the negro left by a side door, and that the negro carried a skeleton key. A small safe in the home had been opened, clothes closets had been ran sacked and bureau drawers in all parts of the house pulled out and the con tents dumped on the floor, Mr. Medlin reported. The Millers did not return home un- Jil late at night. It is said their loss was light. MRS. WALLACE IS CHOSEN TO FILL UNEXPIRED TERM Local Woman Chosen as Suc cessor to Late John K. Pat terson in Cabarrus Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Mrs. Troy Wallace was elected to fill the unexpired term of the late John K. Patterson as secretary and treasurer of the Cabarrus Mutual Fire Insurance Co., at a called meeting of the directors and agents Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Wallace, who acted as assistant under Mr. Patterson for a period of eight years, is well fitted to fill eflicientiy the position. , iMr. Patterson, who had been an official jn the company for a number of years, was fatally injured about two weeks 'ago when he was struck down, accidentally, by an automoln.e as he wte crossing South Union street in the downtown section. Mrs." Wallace assumes her duths as eecretary and treasurer immediate ly. FIVE REAL ESTATE _ DEEDS ARE FILED AT COURT HOUSE Property in Various Parts of County Changes Hands Under Terms of Deeds Filed Saturday. Property in various sections of the county changed hands Under the terms of deeds filed at the court house Sat urday. The transfers recorded that day were: J. P. Cook to G. W. Heltonfer SIOO and other valuable considerations property in No. 11 township. J. A. Winecoff to J. D. Fisher for $275 property in No. 4 township. J. P. Little to Lawrenctf C. Little for $lO and other valuable considera-' tiione property on Odell street, Ward 1. J. L. Crowell, trustees, to W. M. Bradford, for $750 property in No. 3 township. *J. A. Morrison, commissioner, to W. T. Morrison for $892.50, property in Nq, 10 township. State College Gives Free Building Plans to Farmers. Raleigh, N. C., A new branch of service to North Carolina—blue prints of fifrm building, ranging from colonial residences to lowly chicken coops—is proving a success. The designs are furnished free by the extension division of the State college and records show that last year farmers availed themselves • of more than 3.000 building plans. In addition, an engineer fo’lows the prints to the country to see that the buildings are constructed prop erly and economically. Getting a child to bed is hardest when she is nineteen years of age. J— E partm Buy Your J Fall GooJ Early | Get the Pick of the J Our new fall Hats, J Dresses and Shoe j . coming every dj Trade at Belk’s J wear the best I r DEPARTMENT STORE North Carolina Goes Higher! In Payment of Fedenfl * ■ The Manufacturers Record of Balti more, in its last issue points out some very pertinent facts about the amount of Federal taxes, paid by North Caro lin and other Southern, states as com pared to payments by other sections, in the following article: “Since 1924 the income of the United States Government has been steadily mounting and the Internal Revenue Department figures for the fiscal year just closed show that the collections in the South .were greatly in excess of 1926 receipts, while the rest of the country outside of the South paid less into the Treasury. For the' fiscal year 1927, Federal tax collections, including income tax, tobacco and other miscellaneous taxes, amounted to $2,865,695,000, compared with $2,835,999,000 in 1926 and $2,584,140,000 in 1925. Income tax collections for the fiscal year just closed amounted to $2,219,- 831,000, compared with $1,974,104,000 in 1926 and $1,7«1,659,000 in 1925. While jthis was an increase in income tax receipts compared with 1926 of the total Federal tax receipts increased by only $29,695,000. From the Southern States alone the Federal Government collected during the fiscal year 1927, $638,284,000, of which $340,852,000 was from income taxes. This was an increase compared with 1926 of $51,928,000 in total Fed eral tax receipts, $45,168,000 of which was from income tax collections in ! the South. Os striking significance is the fact that while the South paid nearly $52,000,000 more into the Fed real Treasury in total taxes in 1927 . than in 1926. Federal tax collections in the rest of the country outside of the South during this period were ap proximately $22,000,000 less. North Carolina led the South, with a total payment to the Federal Gov ernment of $205,648,000, as compared with a combined total for all of the New England States of $181,346,000 and a combined total for the Pacific Cost States of $160,231,000. Ohio, with its vast wealth, paid into the Federal Government $147,428,000. or less than North Carolina by $58,000.- 000. The v North Carolina payments to the Federal Government exceeded those of New Jersey by $92,000,000. Michigan, with its enormous automo bile business, paid $197,993,000, but i even that was less by $8,000,000 than North Carolina’s contribution to the Federal Treasury. Virginia cafne second on the South ern list with $79,160,000, which was $38,000,000 more than Wisconsin paid in Federal taxes and $43,000,000 more than Indiana. lowa paid only $12,666,000, or less than one-sixth of what Virginia paid. ' Massachusetts paid in $114,751,000, rtr but little more than one-half of North Carolina s payments. Florida, despite all the criticisms that have been made against that “TENDER HOUR” IS MAKING REAL HIT George Fltzmaurice Surpasses Him self in Production of Colorful Ro mance of Russia. “The Tender Hour,” George Fitz maurice's initial production for First National, showing today and tomor- i row at the Concord Theatre, is one of the most popular screen offerings shown in this city in months. With Billie Dove and Ben Lyon heading a cast of prominent players. “The Tender Hour” is one of the di rector's most spectacular efforts The story ,is laid in Paris and Russia be fere the war, and the picture is rich in coforful scenes. Monday 'S| State, paid !c s44.4*tflot $8.000,000 mor? ttali 000,000 mors than I« more than Kansas 1111 than Minnesota, wtiji as Nebraska, mortar as much as New Ein than three times as snail and nearly $4,000,(W« con sin. Missouri paid TOM $4,000,000 in excess ofi payment of. Conaway Hampshire, Rhode Ida tnont. Georgia paid lowa and $7.500,000■* gon. Texas paid tiWB. Wisconsin and SIB.3OM* Minnesota and SB.SOMH Indiana. KentuckyJoH as much as lowaaadfp than Kansas. Mi# Connecticut and over $4,000,000. These compar>y Rj in any disparagenmtn or. in any vain for the South, but # what this section—at credited and for cUJ, less cooperation fma** eminent than it d* 8 ‘-r the way of matarii* • expressed th rough ® Federal taxes. ! less extent could be I Such comparison!®* remarkable stand:n|«» the payment of Government as to . , many other State, Os course. Pennsylvania d*® 4 * j for the heavy to the Government.- | ways he home » large percentage paid by V* V -sfi ings of properties and dollar is made a the properties but having York end. n-edited 0 <JJf ||l< business, which ' . inromo of v * y<4 '*%£;**, matter of P r ' -jy n* | it is produced. | of the big ' \>w York. *re and the ***.^* portion °t cent stores atjons through .*» in which the * prf* rather than iters being ! would show UP ; rpr extent fi ,V T ork '“ 1 qui*' be cut totber^J 1 - lohn * roa5 t i National- h^ b> j er> thing P o ®. iiPpj costumes. at* f« r m I has surpas y in -The fertuv r I.von. tfc. f(, Krain'i' !n „„ ! eorrHP t,on | which ® eaUS chic/-
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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Aug. 22, 1927, edition 1
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