PAGE SIX LOCAL MILL SEEKS REFUND OF TAXES; SUED f , . - ~ . • Bibm Manufacturing Co. Sues For Money Paid in 1918.—Alleges Total Paid Was Too Much. *fhe Brown Manufacturing Co., of ! Concord Friday started suit in United States court for the middle district of North Carolina in Greensboro to re coVet $86,30505 from the United States government, alleging this amount was paid in excess of what should have been paid in 1918. The plaintiff alleges that the gov ernment collected in war and excess taxes in that year 74.6 per cent* of its net taxable income while tho- average for the same purposes : charged similar concerns and corpora tion* was but 56 per cent. Prior to 1018, according to me complaint filed at the office of R. L. Blaylock, district clerk, the company did business on a calendar year basis. \ p or that year a total of $261,848.(10 waa- paid in federal taxes, and it is stated that in-August, 1910, the fifth collection district was consolidated with the fourth collection district with Josiah W. Bailey as collector. The Brown Manufacturing com pany was organized in 1005 with a capital paid in of $107,000, having j 970 shares of common stock and 100 shares of preferred stock, all having a par or nominal value of slo'-* earn. In 191 S, the year involved in tie litigation, the gross sales of the com pany amounted to $1,210,588.69, and the net income was $850,979.23 on an invested capital of $304,068.16. The total mxe» pai*. 5261.548.66. it is contended, were protested, and on November 26. 1023. a petition was filed asking for a refund- Offi cials of the revenue department heard petition and on September 11, J 925. a decision was announced, this refusing the refund sought. The plaintiff company contends that during the year of 1018 manu facturing conditions were unusual and to help the company along, but two 'of it* officers receive! salaries, c, W. Johnson. the president, draw ing down $3,000 for the 12 months and F. J. Haywood, secretary-treas urer. receiving a like amount. Immediately after the suit was in stituted in Greensboro Friday Deputy United States Marshal I’a Johnson left for Boone, Watauga county, to get service on District Attorney Frank A. I.inney. A certified jcopy wan also forwarded by registered mail to the attorney general of the United States at Washington. The two year period for starting such suits would have expired as of September 11. for it was on September 11, 1025, that the decision refusing the refund was handed down. Attorneys representing the Con cord concern are A. L. Brooks, E. S. Parker. Jr., Julius C- Smith and R. H. Wharton,’who are associated to-, gether in the practice of law in Greensboro. CELEBRATION FOR ROAD COMPLETION ON SEPTEMBER 15th Rowan and Stanly Plan Cel ebration Upon Completion of Route 80 Between the Two Counties. The program for the big inter-coun ty picnic in celebration of the com pletion of Route No. 80 between Albe marle and Salisbury has been com pleted. The picnic will be held at Ritchie’s Lake, near Richfield! on Thursday, September 15th and all in terested persons are urged to- attend. Tile program will start at 11 o’clock xyith General Chairman C. W. Gaddy , presiding. Specially invited guests Include Senator Lee S . Overman, Frank Page, chairman of the State Highway commission, Commissioners W. ,C. Wilkinson and J. Elwood Cox, District Engineer J. B. Pridgen, and fj. A- Copp, of Badin. .The address of welcome will be delivered by J. F. Hurley, of Salis bury, with the response by Rev. F. A. Bower, of Albemarle. The address will be delivered by Commissioner Wilkinson. The following from the various com mittees along the route will be asked to represent their localities and will he called by the Chairman at a fitting time: Charlie Brown Granite Quarry Rev. C. P. Fisher Rockwell Carl Agner Gold Hill C. D. Plyler Misenheimer Qtis Ritchie Richfield W- H. Culp New London S. B: Thompson Porter J. F. Shinn Norwood H. E. Rusty, Chairman County Commissioners Rowan County. Q. E. S. Coble Chairman County Commissioners Stanly County. T. S. Parker, Chairman Stanly I County Road Commision. / The general committee makes the fallowing announcement regarding glans for the day: ; A Basket Dinner will be served. People from the two counties invited gird asked to bring baskets of dinner. Music by the Wiscasset-Efird band in charge of Prof. S. L. Ludwig. Ritchie's Lake is close by the town of Richfield. Watch for the Markers which will indicate "the road Follow Highway No. 80 to Richfield an then follow the arrow to the grove and take, # i The Big Idea in this get-to-gether is to cultivate Good Will and Neigh borliness among the people. Come apd bring a big basket. Help make the event a success. Two Charlotte Men Injured in Wreck Near Columbia. Charlotte, Sept. 8. —Two weil known Charlotte business men were painfully injured in an automobile Wreck, near Columbia, S. C., accord ing td reports reaching here late to night.' were T. A. Jamison, 69, vice president of the Hardaway construc tion company, and Sam Schwartz, dealer in machinery. • The car in which they were riding f Hided with another car, the report id t and was overturned. iMr. Swartz was thrown through e windshield and painfully cyt on e hand and left leg. ? Mr. Jamison was pinned under the car and was taken to the operating room of the Baptist hospital where an examination was made to deter mine if he had received internal in. jprios. The word miniature, which has come to mean something small is real ly derived from minium (red lead), used by the monks in the captions for their missals. v — * i COLORED PEOPLE HAVE COMMUNITY i f AIR OCTOBER 7 , Negroes of Rock Hill School i Community Plan For the Sixth Annual Fair Early Next Month. Plans for the sixth annual com munity fair of colored people in the 1 Rock ; Hill school section are rapidly going forward. The one-day Autumn festival will bo held Friday, October 7th, on the Rock Hill school campus and will be featured by a variety of amusement. Following a parade of the colored fair patrons, led by a brass band, from the Cabarrus District Fair grounds to Rock -Hill school at noon time, a number of white person* will deliver timely addresses. Among those on the program are Miss Ophelia Barker, county home demonstration agent; R- D. Goodman, county farm agent; Prof. I. D. L. Torrenoe farm agent of Mecklenberg, and others. During the morning the visitors, after viewing the exhibits, will find amusement in sack races, potato races, horses.hoe tournament, and various other games. In the afternoon at 4 o’clock a red-hot baseball game is Scheduled between the Landis Red Socks and the Rock Hill Giants. All exhibits must be entered in the afternoon before the fair, except the livestock and poultry, which must be on the grounds by 9 :30 a. m. Friday. The, school building will be open for entries until 11 o’clock Thursday night. A hundred or more dollars will be paid out in premiums. The officials of the community fair association re; J. T. Mobley, presi dent ; D. M. Bost, vice president; Alice Weaks, secretary; and J. H. Harris, treasurer. TO DEMONSTRATE REFINISHING OF FURNITURE HERE Miss Helen N. Estabrook,- State Specialist, to Hold Demonstration at the “Y” Next Tuesday. Miss He'en N, Estabrook, state clothing and house furnishing special ist, will conduct a meeting for the leaders of home demonstration clubs in Cabarrus county Tuesday, Septem ber 13th. at the Concord Y. M. C. A. between- the hours of 10 :30 a. m. and 3 p. m. Mies Estabrook will not only deliv er an instructive lecture as to cloth ing and house furnishing but will demonstrate to the leaders the art of refinishing furniture. Mies Ophelia Barker said this raorm ing: “-Each home demonstration club is requested to send its full quota of representatives at this meeting. We will be glad to have other club mem bers to visit the demonstration.” Miss Barker, Cabarrus home demonstration agent, has been conducting lately work in clothing and house furnish ing among the clubs in the county. HARRIET MILLS NOW HAS FULL DAY FORCE Strikers All Back at Work Except Few Bitter-Enders and Those Who Have Moved Away. Henderson, Sept. o.—With the ex ception of a very few bitter enders. and a few others who have moved away and will not return, the 800 striking operatives at the Harriet cotton mills at South Henderson were reported practically 100 per cent back on their jobs today. A number of additional workers went back into the mills today,, and this practically made the return unanimous, with the exceptions named, an‘official of the mills stated. Sheriff D. L. Kearney last night had a force of special deputies on duty in the mill village again, and re ported everything quiet and with no disturbances whatever of any kind during the night. About the only discrepancy in the ranks of those who have been out and returned to work is said to be on the night side, with the day shift at work and with all departments of the mills running full time with practically all the help needed. HUNDREDS ATTEND FUNERAL SERVICE OF MRS. HENDRIX Impressive Rites Held at the Home on West Corbin Street. Impressive funeral services for Mrs. Emma Cook Hendrix, beloved and re spected wife of John M. Hendrix, were held at 10 o’clock Saturday the home on West Corbin street after which (he body was laid to rest at Oak wood cemetery. Rev. L. A. Thomas, pastor of St. James Lutheran Church, of which the deceased was a devoted member, conducted the last rites. A large concourse of relatives and friends from all sections of Cabarrus, and adjoining states, assembled at the home to render a final tribute of re spect to the esteemed woman. Mrs. Hendrix had made Concord her home for the last 31 years, coming to this city from Mt. Pleasant where she was born March 16, 1860. Tfye deceased is survived by her husband, several children, a brother and a sister. Employed Y. M. C. A. Officers lo Meet at University. Chapel Hill, N. C., Sept. 10.—The employed officers of the Young Men’s Christian Association of North Caro lina will hold their annual meeting at the University of North Carolina Tuesday and Wednesday, September 13 and 14, under the auspices of the University Extension Division in eooperation with the University Y. M-, C. A. “Revitalizing our Move ment” w’ill be the conference theme. Robert B. House, Executive Secre tary of the University, will formally open the convention Tuesday morn .ing, and the remainder of the morn ing will be taken up with a business meeting. « The program for the afternoon’s in cludes * a report of the employed of ficers’ meeting held at Chicago in May, by Frank Warner, of Durham; a review of the r°ports of the year’ activities by E. J. Sharp. D. mj. Probert, of Charlotte, and Harry Long, of W/HSton-Salem; an address on the need for a state chapter of A. .H. S. in North Carolina by Mr. Hoyle, of Charlotte. W. A. Carnes, of Greensboro, will be in charge of the social program for the dinner to be held that night. Cotton is quoted on the local mar ket at 23 cents. .. J- - ■' ‘ \ * •, 1 . | LOCAL MENTION, j J. C. Burris has sold to Will May nard for $l4O, property in No. 4 township, according to a deed filed here Friday. Two cases of measles and one case of scarlet fever were reported Friday at the offices of the Cabarruß County Health Department. Friday was a day of mixed weather. There was some rain during the day and some sunshine, with temperatures about normal for the season. At night the moon was bright and then covered by clouds and rain foil late in the night. Some cotton picking Is being done in Cabarrus now, although it is not expected that more than 25 or 30 bales of the staple will have been picked within the next few days. The first bale of the 1927 crop whs sold here during the week by P. M. Stal lings. The Pirates and Giants won in the National League Friday as did the St. Louis Cardinals. In the American League the Yankees strengthened their hold on first place with another vic tory. The South Atlantic race is over with the Spinners from Greenville the winners. Persons charged with operating cars in violation of the State law covering buss operations were not tried in re corder’s court Friday. The cases were continued until September 10th, Chief L. A. Talbirt stated this morning. It is charged that they carried pas sengers without a State franchise. Six colored persons, charged with violating the law requiring them to connect their homes with sew'er lines, were tried- in recorder's court Friday and given 00 days to make the con nections. One man charged with operating a car while intoxicated was given until Monday to raise a S2OO fine. LIQUOR FOUND IN INNERTUBE Constable Jones Makes Two Big Hauls At Walkertown Thursday. Winston-Salem Journal. Everybody knows that an automo bile tire innertubes are necessary in operating a car and aid a lot in keep ing people who can’t swim afloat, btlt it took Constable R. E. Jones, of Walkertown, to find a new use for tubes yesterday morning. While he was searching a roadster driver by David Wright, negro, of Winston- Salem, he gave the inntertube in the spare tire on the back rack a gentle tap and whidky shot several feet in the air. Wright was arrested and brought to Winston-Salem charged with transporting liquor. A few moments later Officer Jones nabbed two men in another roadster with sixteen pints and a half-gallon jug to make it a grand haul for the morning. When Officer Jcnes flagged Wright, the driver of the car gladly offered aid in searching the machine for whisky. After a close investigation nothing was found, but an idea struck vhe officer to investigate the back tire. He unscrewed the cap where air is injected in the tube and a small gey ser of corn whisky greeted him. The men arrested in the second car were John Flowers and Clarence Sears, who gave their address as North Liberty Street, Winston-Salem. The pint bottles were found in a suit case. The two hauls made it six cars in three weeks that Officer Jones has cap tured at Wdlkertown. He stated that he kenw the source of most of the liquor, but that it was in a nearby county and out of his jurisdiction. The cars were brought to Winston- Salem and the men charged with viola ting the prohibition laws. Magistrate Oliver bound over Flowers and Sears to Superior Court under bond of SSOO each. BAXTER DURHAM HEADS NATIONAL AUDITORS BODY Has Been One of Active Figures of the Association For a Number of Years. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. 9. —Baxter Durham, state auditor of North Carolina, was elected president of the National As sociation of State Auditors and Con trollers, now in session in Boston, it was learned here today. Mr. Durham for a number of years has been one of the most active figures in the association, and a year ago Was chairman of the association’s com mittee which made an exhaustive in vestigation loking toward the develop ment of a uniform system.of. state auditing in the United States. Ah exhaustive report was submitted by the committee, embracing a Uniform auditing system applicable to all the various states. This report" attracted wide-spread attention aiid mtany of its recommendations have since beeh adopted in many of the states- The North Carolina auditing sys tem has also attracted attention ih other states, as have the new County government acts, especially the fiscal control act, Ulrich net dp uni form accounting machinery 4h the var ious counties. It is believed that the preeminence which North Carolina hAs attained for its modern accounting system, and the active interest Vhiqh Mr. Durham has taken lh assisting other states to modernize their ac counting machinery, have been factors in influencing the members of the national association to elevate him to its presidency. ' > / Battle of Bentonville Celebration. Smithfield, Sept. 9.—(INS)— Flans were well advanced here today for the September 15th celebration 'vof the Battle of Bentonville. The unveiling of a memorial marker to. be placed on the old battlefield will take place during the celebration. The battleground is located fifteen miles south of Smithfield. Huge crowds were expected to attend the exercises, and an array of notable speakers, in cluding the two governors of the Car olinas were expected to be present. Two airplanes'for the Occasion have been obtained , from the government. A sham battle by the North Carolina national guard also has been arranged as a part of the commemorative pro gram. Old trenches used.by the Con federate troops sixty yeAgs ago wilt protect the sham warriors? - Women Move to Erect Lindbergh Memorial. St. Louis. Sept. 7.—Organization of a women’s committee “to erect a fitting memorial to Colonel Charlea A. Lindbergh, and the ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ ” was announced today. A fund of SIOO,OOO to be raised by sub scriptions of $1 or more was suggest ed- * / tot concord times PLAN EXCELLENT WINTER PROGRAM . .. FOR CONCORD “Y” Secretary H. W. Blanks Give* Inkling of Seriei .of. Events . Planned at “V” During Winter Season. • “Big dbittgt at 'T during the coming winter months,” declared Secretary H. W. Blanks this morning. “We will have a variety of amusement.for the public, and an unexcelled assort ment of games for the children.” Especially in athletics will .Y. M. C. A. teem ih activity. The bhysicAl director Will seek to mould thq, beat basketball team at the “,Y” in years, also develop a clever team of gym nasts,' n» well aa a winfling volley ball crew. Swimming and tennia, too, will remain popular siW>(t«. Events that will draw unusual, in terest from throughout the city will be arranged by Secretary Blanks. One of these affairs will be known aa “The Educational Round-Up,” at which all teachers in the white public sdhoots here will be invited to participAtq. The sohool children will find this probably the most amusing event in a long timfe. Details of the winter program at the present are more' or less In the indef inite form, but Mr. Blanks promised to announce the program in full with in' a short time. * Review of Summer Activity. Swimming held the lead in popular ity at the Y. M. C. A. during the summer which is drawing to a close swiftly. Statistics show that since late last May more than 11,000 in dividuals have enjoyed refreshing swims in the pool. This is somewhat m a record. The “Y” pool rates one hundred per cent, in sanitation, the pool being drained and refilled with fresh wffter three times a week, in addition to a cleansing method used in the water every day. Aside from swimming, motion pic tures prove popular with the Y. M. C. A. patrons. Each Friday night since early summer, motion pictures have , been shown on the lawn. In case of inclement weather, however, the pictures were shown in the gym nasium. A crowd of several hundred children and adults Friday witness ed the showing of “Across the Paci fic.” j “The Millionaires," and “When Lon don Sleeps,” respectively are the titles of the motion pictures which will be shown at the Y. M. C. A. Friday night, Sept. 16th., and Friday night, Sept. 23rd. Until the weather becomes to cool the pictures will be shown on the lawn. Fun for Children. More than 150 small boys and girls participated in a foreign coin treasure hunt Friday afternoon, while Harry Arrowood, pupil at Central Grammar school, won the race from the school to the Y. M. C. A. and received as a prize a hand-made silver ring, a souvenir which Mr. Blanks brought back from Austria. BRILLIANT DANCE Miss York* Honors Her Guests, Miss es Roabonwgh, Earle and Gallo way at Hotel Concord. Miss Julia Reifi Rosborough, of Jacksonville, Fta., Mary Earle, of Greenville, S. C., and Ida Clifton Gal loway, of Winston-Salem, were the at tractive honorees at the brilliant dance given Friday evening at Hotel Con cord by Miss Alice Yorke. The dance was a delightful one, many out-of-town guests being includ ed among those present. The receiving line was as follows: Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Howard, Miss Yorke, Cannon, Mias Ros borough, Archibald Cannon, Miss Gal loway, William Morris, Miss Earle, Joe Bost, Miss Bell, of San Antonio, Texas, Ray Morris, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Jones Yorke. During the evening refreshing punch, sandwiches and nuts were served. » The ball room was beautifully dec orated for the ‘ occasion with many lovely flowers. . ' . , . An orchestra furnished peppy dance music for the entire evening. Triple' Wedding In Baltlpiore. Baltimore, Sept. 8.—8.A triple wed-" ding ceremony .was performed Wed nesday with each participant appar ently being related. , * Two of the brides were sisters while the third was a sister of one of the bridegrooms. Brother ■ and sister, are cousins of a second bridegroom while another brother performed all three* ceremonies... Still another brother of this same brother and sister was mas ter>of ceremonies.' l r * Miss Elizabeth M. Trabert and Miss Irene M. Tyabert Ar«* the ; sisters. Johh George Gunflmer and; Peter M:.Rosel, Are their 'bridegrooms.' Margaret M. Gummer, who was'tnarriad to-William Vincent Price, is sister of Elizabeth’s husband and Rose 1 is counsin ot Hum mer's. • • f * <■. i 1.l I ■— < . •Honoring Miss Bamhardt. Charlotte Observer. * s • Miss hinrjr. Gywn Barqhardt was honor guest-yisterday.-at. a. lurtchebn tendered j\er by Miss" Alice Woodase at • her home on East Seventh. street. -The . prettily;,appointed table car ried out a pleasing color note of pink and Afhite. CoVers were laid for. Miss Woousifle, M-iss Bernhardt, Misses Isabel Pharr, Florabel Harrill.i Char lotte Giiy, Dorothy Lechler, Elizabeth Myers alid' guest, • Edria Myers, of Danville,- VA., Mary Query, Katherinp Ward and Misses Martha antHltuth Hobbs And 1 Martha Robinson, of Gas tonia; Miss Mariam Coltrane, of Con cord ; Misses Jessie Gamble'and Mary 8. Love, of-Lincolaton and Mesdatpes T. M. Bamhardt and Warwick Payne, Fountain In Raoe to End. , ■ Raleigh, Sept. : B.—speaker R. .T. Fountain, of Edgecombe (bounty, who rln for the lower- house for was in Raleigh more than ever determined to finiah the race for Lieutenant Gov ernor. . , • * ' , Mr. Fountain’s valedictory to the house made no promise to come back to the assembly through another door. He announced that he would not re turn to the lower hdufie. r . .The* lieutenant, Gpvemor 'presides over the Senate during the first days of Governor -GardriAt-’s .terni of of fice. The honor of Such a presidency is highly, sought. The candidates are all for Gardner. AHA he is observiug a benevolent neutrality. , * ' * „ A v Laura Harris Circle to Meet. " T^e-Laura Harris Circle of Central Methodist Church will meet Monday evening at 7:30 with Mrp. Ernekt Hieks, Mrs. A. G. Smith, and Miss Helen Suther at the home of' Mrs. Hicks. , ; " * ' . C. M. Sappenfield is able to be out ! again, after 'an illness of several I weeks. . PERSONAL.’’ * .T. H. Walker, of Oaatonia, spent Friday in Uomiord on business. m * v -:l \ Geraldine Farrkr Laughlin, the little daughter of Mr*. Herman lAugh lin, has entered the “Sacred Heart ’ Academy*’ at Belmont.' m • Mrs. J. W. B. Jjdflg and Mrs. J. M. Archey spent Friday in Charlotte. .. ; . , ~» ; i « ■' Mrs. W. J. McLendon, of Wades boro, is visiting’ her 7 daughter, • Mrs. William A. Ritchie on South Union street. Mr«. Ritchie,'and datfchtec,, Marion Patterson, left. the hospital the middle of the week. ♦••.A Henry Whitley, Urho resides on North Spring street, whs taken to the Concord Hospital Friday night and underwent a seFous ’ operation. Re ports this mornitig stated that he was geting on nicely. * * * Mrs. Hafcel Witherspoon, of Greens boro, and Miss Lucy Richmond Lentz spent Friday night in Concord en rotite to Chimney Rock for the week end. * * * Miss Evelyn Snyder has returned to her home in Monroe after spending a week here with Miss Letha Snyder. mmm s * Robert Love is speeding several days with his uncle, Grovkhr C. Love, before returning to the School of Dentistry in Atlanta, Ga., Monday. * * * Mrs. L. H. Lentz has returned from Albemarle and Millingport, where she visited relatives. • * .* ’* Flonnie Lipe, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lipe; is confined to her home on North Church street by illness. * m m m Walter Furr, of Lake Waccamaw, is spending the week-end with Mrs. Furr and children. * * * Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Bollinger are spending the week-end in Statesville with relatives. *• v m Robert Isenhour, of the J. C. Pen ney Company, is in Albemarle manag ing the store there in the absence of the manager, Mr. Strate, who is in New York attending the J. C. Penney Company convention. * * * Misses Delphia Propst, Vera Barn hardt and Frances Tarlton, of the Farm Life School, China Grove, are spend the week-end with home folks. ■* * • Chas. M. Word has returned to his home in Harrisburg after spending several weeks at Augusta, Ky. • ♦ • Henry McEachern has returned to Washington, D. C., after visiting for a week at the home of his siter, Mrs. Marvin Petrea* w m m Mrs. Earl Blackwelder and chil dren, of Blue Field, W. Va., arrived Friday night to visit Mrs. Black -we'.der’s mother, Mrs. C. B. Dry, on East Depot street. • • * Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Williams and Miss Odelia Williams, of Dur ham, are spending the week-end with their daughter, Mrs. Roy Isenhour. • * • Ernest Query, of Philadelphia, Pa., arrived in the city Friday to visit home folks. - • • • Miss Flora Lee Deaton is spending the week-end in Greensboro with friends. * , • * * j Mr.- and Mrs. Jack McEachern and children and Mrs. W. W. Gibson are spending the week-end in High Point. Mrs. J. P. Cook and -Mrs. Eb. White returned Friday from Wilming ton where < they weflt on an official business trip ■ for the Kihg ; s Daugh ters. • * '* • * ** * . . . Mrs. E. L. Brady and Mrs. J. Lind, of Miami, Fla., are visiting Mrs. J. C. Rowan on North Spring street. k , • • • Mr.’ and Mrs. Gharles Nolls re turned to their, home in. Boston, Mass., Friday night after spending- a week with .their daughter, Mrs. - James .T. Cline. , . * * «. Mrs.,W. C. Lyerly returned to her home Saturday from the Concord Hos pital where she had been a patient for a week. v. « * C. H. Peck has returned from the Charlotte Sanatorium, where he was a patient for several weeks. ,* * * Mrs. James Rimer and son left Sat urday ..for . Lincolnton and Cherry ville, where they will visit friends and be >with Mrs. Ritder’s brother, John Brewer, who. is in the Lincolnton Hos pital. . . .. . _* * . * . Miss Mary Myers has returned from Rock Brook Camp, near Brevard, for a short stay with; her parents, Rev. and Mrs. E. Myfers, of Concord.- She will soon enter Scartet College for training for the foreign migton field. t • » Mrs. C. D. Jones, of Lancaster, S. C.; and'Mrs; Vffner'Nisbet; of”SwaTth more, Pa., spent Friday with Mrs. L. T. Harteell, Jr. Miss Rebecca Jones, who accompanied them to Cohcord, remained for Miss • Alice - Yorkejs dance. • .♦ • Miss Helen Myefs hae begun her work as teacher ip the Oak Hill State high school near Lenoir. f"* * • Mrs. Charles Wadsworth returned Friday from Charlotte where she spent several days with relatives. ; “S. O.S .” Up to Date. New York, Sept. §.—A new device calculated to ensure the pbompt pick ing up of all wireless signals of idis trese has just passed its tests satisfac torily. ’ In the past it has been necessary for a wireless operator to be on duty all the time on the larger vessels so that no “S". O. S.” should be missed. Oh the smaller ship* this has been impossible, so- that there have been cases where - these calls have gone un answered. ' All this is altered •by the new an parStus, which has been perfected by the Marconi Company. The special signal Which is used as forerunner of the distress call sets in motion an automatic alarm. If the operator is off duty, he is recalled to his instru ment by the ringing of a-bell. - - Another argument that has lauen by the wayside is the’one that bobbed hair represents a sating of time.— Waterloo Tribune. t .'' ’ ■ SEPTEMBER* IST COTTON report for the state L 801 l Weevil Has Caused Considerable Damage to State’s Cotton Crop. . Raleigh,. N. C., Sept. 9.—A promi ; nent farmer in Wayne County a few - weeks ago yelled out, “The boll wee ' vil has ruined us.” He immediately set out to dusting his cotton, so that on the last of August when Goveru ’ ment officials visited his fields, they ‘ found fair prospects of a bumper yield. There were -abundant squares, ' blooms and bolls. While many live weevils were found, many . dead one 1 were also gitbefed. Very few punctur > ed squares or bolls were found alter l close examination. | This is in answer to the statement of paany farmers that poisoning was no good . for 1 fighting the boll weevil. Surrounding s farms showed very serious damage, 1 as was also true through most of - the eastern and southern counties ■ Really, very serious damage has re sulted from the weevil, as is evi denced by the decline in the condition • from 78- per cent for August Ist to i 64 per cent September Ist, 1927. This l decline is due almost solely to boll ■ weevil infestation. While the condition reported may appear to be high to many farmers, • due discount was made for unprec ! edented weevil damages and other . factors affecting the probable out turn of the crop. Taking influences I into consideration, the forecast is for , 911,000 bales of cotton in North Car s ollna this year which is only 75.1 per cent of the 1,212,819 bales made last year. A similar situation over the , National cotton belt shows 56.1 per , cent condition of a full crop and 12,- 692,000 bales forecasted for Septem ber Ist. While the prospective production , is greatly reduced as compared with r last year, we must remember that from 10 to 15 percent decrease in acreage occurred in North Carolina, with a similar trend for the entire ’ cotton belt. The important factor, however, is that the present market price shows a better profit per acre s than was gained from last year’s crop. The crop will have the effect of re ' ducing surplus stocks, thereby guaranteeing or stabilizing the high er price level. Thus, the boll weevil damage may prove to be a blessing in J disguise. Itains have been ideal for a maximum weevil propagation and in -1 festation. Red spider has been serious in many localities, while the crop is generally late or at least full of green bolls and leaves, which may re sult In much rotting. i The Crop Reporting officials are i taking every precaution to insure the most reliable facts that will lead to the probable outturn of the crop. The farmers’ viewpoints are absolutely ; essential toward this end. SOUTH ATLANTIC HAS SOLD MANY PLAYERS Crop From the 1927 Season Has Been Unusually Large One. Asheville. Sept. 9.—(lNS) —Many players have been sold to the major leagues, this season from the South Atlantic League outfits. Fullis, center fielder of the Macon Peaches. brought the largest price when John McGraw paid $15,000 for delivery next spring. McGraw also paid $7,500 for Jack Leroy, Char lotte pitcher, and it cost him $7,000 to get Pat Crawford, Greenville third sacker. Tom Farrell. Asheville pitcher, was sold to Detroit for at least $5,000, while the Nashville Vols. of the South ern League, paid $2,000 for Stanley Keves. local right fielder. The Chicago Cubs prehased “Dutch” Legett, Greenvi'le catcher, for $6,000. Legett belonged to the Atlanta Crack ers. and was sent to the Spinners on option. Atlanta bought Cardner, pitcher, from Augusta, for. SI,BOO. Green ville disnoped of Fitzberger, left field er, to Kansas City of the American Association, for $2,500, and has vir tually sold Billv Payne, pitcher, to Toronto, for $4,000. Pittsburgh has notified the Columbia Comers that Tauscher, star right hand er, will he recalled, while Louisville, of,the American Association, plans to recall -Johnny Cross, Knoxville first baseman, and Wicker, Asheville pitch er. Mt. Pleasant Alumni Hold Annual . Banquet. Charlotte Observer. Members here of the alumni of the Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute held their, annual banquet last night in the dining room of the Addison apartment, . and elected officers. J. O. Moose, of the College apart ments, was chosen president, and H. M.. Faggart, of 803 Kingston Avenue, vice president. H. H. Shaefer, pf the General Mo tors Acceptance Corporation, was named secretary and H. A. Alexander, of .the American Trust Company, treasurer. \ The alumni were addressed by Col. O F. McAllister, head of Mt. Pleas ant Collegiate Institute, wh opaid a tribute to -.the achievements of grad uates of thee institution. Methodist Get Togegther Meeting Big - Success. One of the most delightful affairs .ever...given., at ..Central Methodist Church was the get-together meeting held there Friday evening. A splen did program composed of music, vocal, instrumental and- violin, was enjoyed. | Short talks were made by Rev. R. M. Courtney and others. The guests were gathered in the assembly room, roof garden and pray er meeting room wh«jre a splendid so cial hour .was enjoyed. The rooms were decorated with many bowls and baskets of summer flowers. * Delicious' ice cream, and cake was served. Several of the new teachers who are Methodists were among the guests who numbered several hundred. • Silver Cress Circle .Meeting. At the meeting of the Silver Cross Circle of Junior King’s Daughters Friday afternoon, Margaret King, Caroline Rowan and Virginia Smart were elected as delegatee to the State convention which meets in Henderson the 4th of. October. The following officers were elected for the year beginning in October: Margaret King, president; Virginia < Smart, vice president; Carolina Row an, secretary.; Lillian Batte, treasur- 1 er. v i The nett«meeting will be with Margaret King the first Friday in October. - • I— 1 There will be .a home coming at i Line’s Chapel in Montgomery county : on the second Sunday in October. Ev- i body is cordially invited to attend. All ( are asked to take well filled baskets, i as.a. picnic. dinner will be spread. j B NAMES COMMITTEE TO HELP BRIDGES IN THIS COUNTY r C. W. Byrd, President of the Concord Rotary Club. Acts on Suggestion of the Pardon Commissioner. Acting on the suggestion of Edwin ’ B. Bridges, pardon commissioner of ’ the State, C. W. Byrd, president of ; the Concord Rotary Club, has named . a committee to co-operate with Mr. . Bridges in aiding paroled prisoners >r } prisoners who have finished their pris ron sentences. The committee ap ; pointed by Mr. Byrd consists of \V. , G. Brown, chairman, A. F. Hartseli E and C. F. Ritchie. The letter from Mr. Bridges to the ■ Rotary Club says in part: Will you be kind enough to bring 1 this letter to the attention of your ’ board of directors, governing body, or * club, at the earliest possible time in order that I may find out whether or not your club will co-operate with me r in the work hereinafter stated. > Brifly: I am anxious to secure a committee from one of the civic clubs in each county of the state, such com mittee to compose of a chairman and [ two members. The purpose of the committee will . be primarily to assist paroled pris . oners, and those prisoners from the [ State penitentiary who have served . their time, in obtaining employment. Secondarily: That the committee . may contact with these men with the view of encouraging them in their , endeavors to regain their place in so i ciety. An ex-prisoner who can have the , advantage of a civic club man’s advice and thus obtain the right slant on j citizenship will indeed be fortunate. , A number of years’ experience in ; a civic organization has. convinced me s that the basic principle upon which . all civic clubs are founded is the idea ■ of promoting good citizenship. Sta ’ tistics show that a criminal is a great expense to the State in which he re sides. A good citizen is an asset 1 to his state. If, therefore, you can change an ex-prisoner from a life of ‘ crime into a citizen of usefulness you | have benefitted the entire state from | a financial standpoint as well as the ex-prisoner and his family. After I receive the name of the chairman of each committee chosen by the one county club the name of such chairman, together with his address, will be printed in a small pamphlet. . Such pamphlet will be turned over by the prison authorities to the pris oner when he is released. In the pamphlet the prisoner will be told that if he has trouble obtaining- employ ment if he will get in touch with the chairman whose name and address is contained in the pamphlet such chair man through the members of his com mittee will endeavor to assist him in obtaining employment. The ex-prisoner will be warned that he shall not under any circumstances either solicit or accept money from the members of the committee. This organized effort will affect the prisoners going out of the State pris on. However, should a committee desire to become more active along these lines they could very easily get in touch with the supervisors of the county convict camps and render valuable assistance to those prisoners discharged from the county camps. It is further suggested that when a civic club appoints a committee that the same chairman remain as chair man the entire year due to the fact that his name and address will be printed in the pamphlet and cannot be changed for twelve months. There will be a careful check made through the State prison authorities and through other sources as to what assistance the committee in various counties are rendering to the ex-pris oners and to the club whose commit tee performs the most meritorious wmrk during the year to the ex-pris oners I will present a silver loving cup. The judges in deciding upon the club will take into consideration not only the fact that prisoners have obtained employment through the as sistance of the committee of the win ning club, but also the advice and encouragement rendered the prisoner in changing his view* of life and as sisting him to become a social asset instead of a State liability. Dun’s Trade Review. New York, Sept. 9. —Dun’s tomor row will say: “More definite evidence of improve ment in sentiment and of increase in actual commercial operations has ap peared. The turn for the better is seasonal, business usually taking on renewed vigor in September, and it apparently has been a factor in the maintenance of a decidedly buoyant tone in securities markets. Thus far, trade gains have come gradually and irregularly, but no rapid expansion was anticipated, nor was it expected that all lines would go forward simul taneously. With so many diversified branches of enterprise, each having various ramifications, it would be sur prising if contrasting conditions did not prevail. Such unsatisfactory phases exist now by no means obscure the favorable aspects, and the latter may conceivably become more prom , inent with the close approach of i autumn. “Weekly bank clearings, $7,961.- 536,000, an increase of 19 per cent over last year.” _ Student Flyers* Spring Stick to In crease Safety. When amateur flyers are up with an instructor, they sometimes be come “frozen” with fright and clutch the control stick rigidly so that the teacher has difficulty in getting the management of the plane, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. so eliminate this hazard, a spring stick has been introduced by a western air craft company. Its chief feature is a flexible joint, so arranged that the i instructor can easily maneuver his own stick even though the 6tudent is ! “glued” to his, thus taking control of the plane away from the pupil. A black cat stopped an elopement j in a Yorkshire town recently. The | couple were actually entering the j church when a black cat ran before j the bride. She turned deadly pale and refused to be married. Gospel Meeting on Church Street, j Gospel meeting auspices Church of Chriet under tent on North Church street, near Elizaeth Temple, begin ning Sunday evening at 7:30. Sep tember 11th. Everybody welcome, come and hear some old-time gospel preaching by C. C. 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