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LOCAL MILL SEEKS
REFUND OF TAXES;
SUED
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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.
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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.
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| 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
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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
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•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. ,
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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.
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Geraldine Farrkr Laughlin, the
little daughter of Mr*. Herman lAugh
lin, has entered the “Sacred Heart
’ Academy*’ at Belmont.'
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Mrs. J. W. B. Jjdflg and Mrs. J.
M. Archey spent Friday in Charlotte.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Miss Evelyn Snyder has returned
to her home in Monroe after spending
a week here with Miss Letha Snyder.
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Robert Love is speeding several
days with his uncle, Grovkhr C. Love,
before returning to the School of
Dentistry in Atlanta, Ga., Monday.
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Mrs. L. H. Lentz has returned from
Albemarle and Millingport, where she
visited relatives.
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Flonnie Lipe, little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Lipe; is confined to
her home on North Church street by
illness. *
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Walter Furr, of Lake Waccamaw,
is spending the week-end with Mrs.
Furr and children.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Bollinger are
spending the week-end in Statesville
with relatives.
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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.
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Misses Delphia Propst, Vera Barn
hardt and Frances Tarlton, of the
Farm Life School, China Grove, are
spend the week-end with home folks.
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Chas. M. Word has returned to his
home in Harrisburg after spending
several weeks at Augusta, Ky.
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Henry McEachern has returned to
Washington, D. C., after visiting for
a week at the home of his siter, Mrs.
Marvin Petrea*
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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.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Williams
and Miss Odelia Williams, of Dur
ham, are spending the week-end with
their daughter, Mrs. Roy Isenhour.
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Ernest Query, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
arrived in the city Friday to visit
home folks. -
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Miss Flora Lee Deaton is spending
the week-end in Greensboro with
friends. * ,
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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. • * '*
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Mrs. E. L. Brady and Mrs. J.
Lind, of Miami, Fla., are visiting Mrs.
J. C. Rowan on North Spring street.
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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. ,
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Mrs.,W. C. Lyerly returned to her
home Saturday from the Concord Hos
pital where she had been a patient
for a week.
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C. H. Peck has returned from the
Charlotte Sanatorium, where he was
a patient for several weeks.
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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. . . ..
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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.
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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.
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Miss Helen Myefs hae begun her
work as teacher ip the Oak Hill
State high school near Lenoir.
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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
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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.
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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. McCampbell, evan
gelist. _ J
Monday Sept,12
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1 Miss Mary F. (J
That New VtJj
Is Starting M
Manner. I
Praise for the qiqml
- Pay McEachern. rnml
ficer for Cabarrus, 1
• work was uttered hen «
1 Mary F.-Camp, fcJJ
; Organization for tit J
• Department. I
Miss Camp spent n|
i during the week, mid
■ Eachern’s program uifl
• outlining bis futnnptU
. well pleased with then®
gauized his work,’’ sdfl
“and feel that he is oB
i gram that will be tfaafl
i Miss Camp statedtkM
various phases of weiinil
1 Mr. McEachern and foil
■ pathetic with views
1 ous State departnetW*
: has his work planstiail
’ five basis,” she M tal
certain he will ptittsi
1 find, too, that htlHOjl
i operation of varioffl
organizations and
. doubt will be of mwiilß
: his important duties' 1
Miss Camp left Ham
: This was her first
‘ rince the appoints*!! A
: Eachern in July totkw
ty welfare officer. I
CABARRUS COL(i
FAIR OFFER? I
IN PREMIUM!
Annual Colored f!
the County Fair!
From October!
tober 29. I
Around - SBOO in Hi
will be given at theCJB
Colored Fair here
October -J, accord**!
list which is
tensive preparations
ment of patrons w* ■
officiate believe th» JW
at the fifth annual**!
pass all other* of
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include: M.
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McElrath. W.
secretary.
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