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PENN Y COLUMN
pfoseotits: Prices Are]
Mftemories. Costs for-j
f gotten. Everything go-i
pfng. : Pat Covington.
29-2 t-p.
8~-j ; !
OrtJHi qpl Grapefruit—We Have
j some fancy fruit very cheap, peck,
dozen Or box. I ’hone 566. Ed. M.'
i| l C6ok Company. 30-2 t-p.
Fresh Shipment Fat Salt Mackerel.
. Dove-Boat Co. 30-lt-p.
Eggs, Eggs, Eggs, Eadiev WBI Be
k here soon and we have the fresh,
g country fig* for you. Phone 563. Ed.!
M. Cook Company. 30-2 t-p.
Cabarrus War Mothers Cake. Candy, j
apron «nil egg sale in the Yorke &
Wadsworth Store Saturday, April j
23rd. Phone orders for cakes, etc. j
Mrs. R. E. Ridenhour. Phone No. I
414. 30-lt-p. |
Good Fresh Country Eggs for Easter.
Dove-Bost Co. 30-lt-p.
Fresh Shipment Roysters Fine Candy
for Easter. Dove-Bost' Co.
30-lt-p.
For Sale—Your Pick of Five 11-J2OO
- mules seven years o!d for
S2OO. Several older for less. F.
A. Rankin, Concord, X. C., Route
2. 29-3 t-p. j
MAY NOT REACH THE
CRANFORD’S CASE
Develops That Chain-gang Boss is
Still on Stanly Pay-roll.
Albemarle, March 20.—The case
against X. C. Cranford, chain gang
bos*. for murder and other crimes
alleged to have been committed by
him when superintendent of a Stan'y
county toad camp was not reached
in Stanly Court today and there is
no\j~«ome suggestion that the case
will not be retached for trial at this
ternir *
Cranford is out on bond and the
so! hi tor i« anxious to try all cases
wh re the defendants are in jail be
for ?this important case is taken up.
Crt nford has a large array of attor
ney? and there are a large number
of jSitnesses. The State Welfare De
partment is behind the prosecution.
After the grand jury had returned
trim bill against Cranford at the
term. 1925, Staniy county
llig tpv;! y commissioners abolished its
ehs fcgang, but the chairman, A. F.
Bilgi. immediately employed t.'ran
foi; , to have charge of road construe
tio, , by means of hired labor, since
thqf time Cranford has been on the
pajjoll of the county at the same
salM-y he received while acting as
ehiyjigang boss.
■SjviUiuient, is divided as to the
merits of the charges brougat against
Cranford, but the opinion is general
t hat. Jjje matter should have a
thorough investigation in order that
any- reproach which may have been
brought upon the fair name of the
county may be removed.
Superior court for the trial of
criminal cases convened this niorn
'"9l"ith Judge Michael Schenck pre
«i<fg and Solicitor Phillips prose
euSig tlie docket. There are a large
number of minor cases on the docket
an® niany of these have been dis
pciwl of during the day.
ipdge Schenck briefly and con-
| EFIRD’S
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New Easter Dresses in the
New Bright Colors
$2.95 to $4.95
| New Easter Dresses in the
Newest Styles in Silks
$7.95 to $9.50
Big Assortment of Dresses
$12.75 to $16.50
$
Beautiful Easter Coats
f $7.95 to $14.50
! EFIRD’S
j^OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOeOOOOOOOOOOOOOC^^QOTq
OPPOSITE NEW HOTEL
I FOR SALE—ONE ACRE LAND
| NEAR UNDERPASS, 1.65 ACRE
| LAND AN® SEVERAL LOT&-ON
| KANNAPOLIS ROAD. TWO
HOUSES ON JCERR STREET,
TWO HOUSES ON CHURCH ST.,
SEVERAL LOTS ON GLEN.V ST.
AND THREE LOTS ON CEDAR
ST. D. A. McLAUBIN. PHONE
FAT FRYERS AND HENS. CALL
US. DOVE-BOST CO. 30-lt-p.
For Easter— See Us For Candies,
cards, baskets and novelties. Cline’s
Pharmacy. 30-3 t-p.
Square Dance Saturday Night at Pop
lar Lake, on East Depot street. Mu
sic furnished by Frank Williams'
Stringed Band. 30-st-p.
Tomatoc , Tomatoes. We Have Truck
1 »ad fancy tomatoes. Phone 565.
Ed. M. Cook Company. 30-2 t-p
Wanted—Several Families For Farm.
Will give half and furnish every
thing except half fertilizer. F. A.
Bankin, Concord, N. C. Route 2.
29-3 t-p.
Apples, Apples—We Have a Fresh
shipment of those fancy Winesnps
by the peek or box. Phone 565. Ed.
M. Cook Company. 30-2 t-p.
Kingan, Wilson, Ferris and Country
hams for Easter. Dove-Best Co.
30-lt-p.
cisely, but forcefully charged grand
1 jury setting forth their duties. The
judge made the statement that all of
i the just criticisms of me courts
arose from the fact that juries failed
, to function properly and that the
. failure of the jury system, when it
\ failed, was largely due to the fact
• i that many good citizens shirked jury
[duty.
! He impressed upon the drawn jury
and the audience the great import
ance of good men acting as jurors
when calied upon to do so. He made
the statement that in his opinion, it
was just as much a man's patriotic
duty to serve as juror when so
drawn, as it was for a man to fight
for his country iu wartime.
After the judge's lecture several
I men who had contemplated asking to
be excused went ahead and served
cheerfully as jurors for the term-
A true bill for murder has been
returned against Walter Tatum,
negro, by the grand jury and bis
I case will likely be tried after the
i minor cases are disposed of. Tatum
jis accused of committing murder at
i Kingsville sometime ago.
! True bills have not yet been re
turned against .folin Gray, Carl
I Sweat, Mack Lawrence and Thco
(Gray iu the case of the murder of
old "Dad” Watkins. The grand jury
is expected to get to these cases cer
tainly by tomorrow.
The trophy annually awarded to
the winner of the high school foot
ball championship of California is a
model of the Stanford University
stgriinih.' (lode in silver and beauti
fully mounted.
Los Angeles, fight fans expect to
see a live setto ou the night of March
31st, when Fidel La Barba, the fly
weight champion, and Senico Moidez
are to mix it for ten rounds before
one of the local clubs.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT IN
EFFORT TO FREE MEDIAN
Concord Police Officer Probably Will
Go Before Superior Court Judge at
Albemarle.
Having failed to secure freedom on
bond at a preliminary bearing in Mon
roe Monday, it is said that A. B. Med
lin plans to seeks freedom on a habeas
corpus writ
Medlin is charged with the killing
of Mark Simpson. Union county farm
er, last week. He was given a prelim
inary hearing before Judge Lemmond
in Monroe Monday, the court ruling
that he did not have final jurisdiction
so would not fix bond.
Monroe attorneys retained by Med
lin told Concord persons at the hear
ing that they would go to Albemarle
either today or tomorrow and seek
freedom for their client on a habeas
corpus writ. Superior court is iu
session in Albemarle now and the
writ will be presented to the presid
ing judge.
Judge I.cnmi'ii'd, according to re
ports from Monroe, said the charge
against Medelm Was bailable but as
he did not have jurisdiction he de
clined to fix bond.
Simpson was killed, it is said, after
he and Medlin engaged in a hand to
hand fight. The fight occurred on
Medlin’s farm in Union county.
Medlin is a deputy sheriff of Cabar
rus county and serves as police officer
for tlie Hartsell Mill.
The following is a report of the
preliminary hearing in Monroe Mon
day as carried in morning papers un
der a Monroe date line:
A. Brady Medlin, deputy riieriff of
Cabarrus county and policeman of
Concrrd, who shot and killed Mark
Simpson on Medlin’s farm in Goose
Creek township on the morning of the
27th of this month, was given a pre
liminary hearing before Judge YV. O.
Lemmonds of the recorder's court this
morning and was remanded to jail
without bond. Judge Lemmonds stat
ed that the offense was a bailable one.
but not in the jurisdiction of his
court.
Defending Officer Medlin are John
C. Sikes and Vann A Milliken. W. B.
Love has been employed to assist
Prosecuting Attorney Julian C.
Brooks.
Britton Helms and wife, brother
in-law and sister of the deceased, J.
C. Simpson, his father, and Henry
Helms, his nephew, all eye-witnesses
to the shooting, and Dr. James Rich
ardson. went on the stand and tes
tified in detail of the affair. Med
lin did not take the stand.
On motion of the defense, the wit
nesses were sent out of the court
room so that neither heard the other's
testimony prior to going on the stand.
All four witnesses told virtually the
same story, which was not shaken
by severe cross-examination.
Briefly, the testimony was as fol
lows: Officer Medlin was in the
onion path on tiis farm, which is rent
ed to Britton Helms, in company
with Britton and Mrs. Helms. A few
yards away were J. C. Simpson and
Henry Helms, with a team.
Mark Simpson, in a Ford with his
wife, omne down the road and stopped
quickly about twenty steps from
where the onion patch occupants were
standing. He alighted from the ear.
removed his coat, laid it in Hie car
and walked up and said "Good morn
ing." He next said: "Mr. Medlin,
what have you been talking about me
for?" Medlin answered that he had
not talked about him. and Simpson
replied that he had for a good man
had told him the day before that he
heard it.
Medlin then drew his blackjack
and Simpson reached for it. Medlin
.then shot him twice, one bullet tak
ing effect through his left arm and
through his stomach, the other enter
ing the back above the left kidney and
coming out above the navel. Simp
son died instantly.
The story of the State witness is
identical to the confession made by
Medlin to I nion county officers, with
the exception as to the manner of ap
proach made by Simpson and the
blackjack scuffle.
Medlin said that Simpson ap
proached in an angry manner and
cursing, and that he grabbed the
blackjack and was holding on to it
when he fired his pistol. The State
witnesses said that he did not appear
mad on approach and that he reached
i for the blackjack only.
Dr. Richardson was called to the
stand and corroborated the testimony
of the witnesses as to the effect of
the bullets. The State witnesses
were again called to the stand and
questioned as to the knife under
Simpson when his body was being re
moved. None of them knew about
the knife except Simpson's father,
who said that he saw the knife and
that it was the property of the dead
man. The presence of the knife was
corroborated by Dr. Richardson.
Both the State and the defense rested.
Medlin will be tried at the next
criminal term of court here, which
will convene July 20th. A great num
ber of prominent people of Concord
including Cries of Police W. L. Tal
bert and Sheriff Caldwell were pres
ent today and gave Officer Medlin a
good character.
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of Easter, fold in pictures. Twenty
six beautiful pictures illustrative of
the life of Christ, so arranged as to
Tlie outstanding events in the life of
our Saviour, rejn-oduced from famous
be folded into permanent book form,
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Netfr Maid —I don’t call myself that
nowt, ma'am; but I was a lady’s maid
before I got this job.
Mistress (angrily)—l never heard
suck impudence in all my life. You
had a. lot of nerve to call yourself
a lady's maid.
THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
WILL ROGERS TO BE
IN CHARLOTTE APRIL Oth
Will Be at Auditorium Next Tuesday
Night, April nth
"Will Rogers, who will speak at
Charlotte Auditorium Tuesday night,
April Oth, at 8:30 p. m., has three
hobbies, chile, hot tamales and taxis.
YY'bile Mr. Rogers is perhaps the
most "dined" man in the country, he
is constantly sought after to speak at
all the big banquets, yet he prefers
little restaurants that he finds in out
of the way places. In New York :'or
instance, he dicovered a two by four
chop house where he could get chili'.
Hidden away in a side street, unpre
tentious in appearance, it is one of
the few places that makes a specialty
of Mexican dishes. There are no ta
bles, but ten white stools in front of
a wooden bar and all around in she
shelves and in cupboards are bottles
and jars filled with mixtures that
make the tongue smart.
"Always loved chile," Mr. Rogers
admitted the other afternoon. “Uve 41-
ways said nobody could make a de
cent banquet speech, unless he has a
good dish of chile, the real Mexican
kind."
Another hobby of Mr. Rogers is
taxis. He has a ear of his own and
a chauffeur for Ms family, but up to
the present he prefers a taxi. Likes
to pick one up himself too. he sel
dom telephones for one, but chooses
his own from the middle of the road.
He also likes taxi drivers and most
of them recognize him. Personal ex
perience, the close expcrenc of one
who has been in constant and active
contact with people, has given him a
knowledge of human nature not to be
found in the most profound books.
YVill Rogers has developed into an in
ternational celebrity, yet he is still
the YY’ill Rogers of years ago. Fame
has come to him but it is as though
he was completely unconsc'ous of it.
His platform presence is no pose. Off
the platform he is just the same un
grammatical child-like entertainer,
hesitating in his speech, grinning at
his own words and utterly straightfor
ward. Rogers stays what he al
ways was—a prairie-born sage brush
refusing to change under the artificial
heat of the larger cities.
THIRTY-EIGHT SIGN FOR
MOTOR TRIP TO EAST
Only Twelve Yacancjes Remain for
Attractive Motor Trip to Be Staged
in June.
Plans for the Y. M. C. A. motor
trip to tile east, to be staged in June,
are fast taking definite shape.
It is reported that already 38 per
sons have made reservations for the
trip, leaving only 12 vacancies. The
trip will be made in de luxe motor
busses, with experienced drivers who
also are familiar with historic and in
teresting sites in the various cities
to be visited.
Arrangements have been made
through the Gettysburg, Pa., Cham
ber of Commerce, to eutertain the
party in that city, it being planned
now to have the party spend one
night in that city.
It is reported further, that plans
have been made for the party to have
breakfast at the Endless Caverns, one
of the most interesting sights in the
eastern part of the country.
The Shenandoah Y'allcy of Y'ir
ginia, the Delaware YY'ater Gap. the
exposition at Iffliladelphia, YY’ashing
ton. New York and other cities are
points of interest to be visited by the
party.
Central School PupH Has Story Ac
cepted by Magazine.
A measure of success that is grati
fying and certainly rather unusual for
one so young has come to little Miss
Christine Freeze, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. I. Freeze, of 220 YY’cst Cor
bin Street. She has just sold a short
story entitled "The Two Fairies," to
the Standard Publishing Co., of Cin
cinnati, Ohio, and it will appear in an
early issue of one of their juvenile
publications. The story in question
was the winner of the first, prize at
the Cabarrus County Fair last Octo
ber. Little Miss Freeze is a pupil of
the Seventh B. Grade at Central
Grammar School, and is only twelve
years old. At the time tlie story was
written she was in the sixth A grade,
:n Miss Ina Butler’s room. YVe con
gratulate this young writer and hope
that this early success wilt inspire her
to still more ambitious and successful
attempts.
Baseball at Mt. Pleasant Tomorrow.
The baseball team of the Collegiate
Institute of Mt. Pleasant will meet the
Catawba College team YY’edpesday af
ternoon at 3:30 on Cook Field, Mt.
Pleasant.
The cadets, who were victorious at
Salisbury Saturday, have decided to
close the series with another win.
They are all primed for action.
Klutz, the big first baseman, is look
ing forward to adding a few more hits
to his collection, while the YY'atts
brothers and Allman, "re determined
to raise their batting averages also.
Mt. Pleasant’s line-up will probab
ly be: Duke, ss; Allman, cf: YY’atts,
H., c; YY r atts. M., If; Klutz lb; Hipp
2b; Stoner 3b; McAllister rs: ??
pitcher. fj
Appreciation of Rev. Henry Black
welder’s Services.
YVe want to take this method of
expressing our appreciation of Rev.
Henry Blackwelder'* services at the
Cabarrus county chain gang. Every
one of the prisoners like* to hear him
preach and sing and feel like he does
a lot of good among us and any cure
contributing to the support of this
man we feel is doing God’s will and
service. THE PRISONERS.
Has Many Aged Relatives Still Living.
Louise Lowder. two year old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Maylou Lowder,
of Concord, has many aged relatives
still living.
These include two grand-mothers,
two great-gramlmotfiers, two step
great-grandmothers, two grandfathers
and two great-grandfathers. |
DRAMATIC HEARING
IN RBCEIYEIfSHIP
CAS* AT RALEIGH
(Continued from Page One) I
ville, Va., an attorney and clerk of
the Federal Court there, which tended
to show that Attorney Glideweil had
long intended to end the growers as
sociation by one means or another;
that Glideweil had asked him to help
secure plaintiffs for the present suit
and that he had suggested J. H. YVil
son. He also said that Mr. Love
less, one of the plaintiffs, had told
him that he had signed the bill with- j
ont knowing what it contained. i
Attorney Joyner followed that with j
another affidavit from A. E. Garrett, I
of Pennsylvania county, Y’irginia, re- '
lating that J. B. Farmer had told‘
him of signing a petition upon the j
request of Attorney Glideweil, upbn j
Glidewe’l’s representation that volun- j
tary bankruptcy proceedings soon were !
to be instituted, under which the.
growers would lose all unless they i
could . forestall it. Glideweil, he
quoted Farmer as saying, told him
that Snpiro and others then were in
confer?.tee in Kentucky on the bank
ruptcy proposal.
This Kentucky conference had been
mentioned several times and its origin
was explained by Attorney Horton.
He had called Attorney Joyner, Sapi
ro’s associated, and had been told that
Sapiro was in Kentucky, probably dis
cussing bankruptcy matter.s he Raid.
Sapiro denied that voluntary bank
ruptcy had ever been talked and
obliged further with the information
that the law does not permit co-opera
tive associations to go into voluntary 1
bankruptcy.
The next inning was the plaintiff's,
with Attorney Horton first at bat.
Nothing more could bo expected of a
man who, according to evidence, has
misappropriated millions of dollars of
farmers’ money, was his contribution
to the collection of investive against
Sapiro.
Attorney Glideweil was next, but
he was halted by Judge Meekins af
ter he l ad expressed his supreme con
tempt for his accuser and accused
him of being the author of the suffer
ings of the farmers who had been vic
timized by the mismanagement of
their association.
The judge suggested that the sali
ent points in the refutation of the
charges in the plea be covered by ad
ditional affiravits and recessed to this
morning.
TELLS HOW TO
PREY ENT RABIES
Shooting Stray Dogs on Sight is One
Remedy Proposed.
New- York, March 2!).—ln a talk
ou rabies. Dr. Anna YY’. YY’illiams,
assistant director of the Bureau of
Laboratories of the New Y’ork City
Health Department, said: "No stray
dogs—no rabies.”
"Every dog that does not present
evidence of having an owner should
be shot on sight unless it can be
taken care of immediately by a So-!
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals.
"Ilabink, or hydrophobia, is a rare
disease," stated Dr. YY’illiams. "For
tills reason some foolish ]H*ople still
say there is no such disease, but the
facts arc as follows: First, rabies is
an infectious disease due to a specific
virus; second, this virus is conveyed
chiefly through the saliva of the
rabid animal; third, tlie animal most
often affected is the dog, and, fourth,
the disease, once tlie symptoms be
gin. invariably leads to death—
usually a terrible death. To (hose
who are interested —and all lovers
of dogs should be interested —1
recommend the vivid description of
the famous Pasteur's first researches
bn this dread disease given in a book
railed 'Microbe Hunters.'
"Pasteur, after studying for many
years and fully proving the nature
of the disease, devised - special
method whereby he bbtatned a vac
cine that prevents hydrophobia
YY'bile this vaccine is tlie only treat
ment to use in cases of uncared-for
bites by a rabid animal, we should
not need to reach the stage wnere
it must be used. For rabies can be
prevented by a much simpler meas
ure. In our city streets, in some
neighborhoods at least, one can see
many apparently stray animals.
Such stray animnls are a menace to
every one, especially to Tittle chil
dren.
"The ou’y place where dogs should
be allowed to run free is in the
yards of those dog owners who have
homes in plots of ground surrounded
with suitable enclosing hedges. If
dogs are allowed at large they should
have on a license tag and should be
either properly muzzled or should be
vaccinated against rabies. For there
is a vaccine prepared now that may
be given to dogs. Such a vaccination
seem to protect them for at least a
year.”
•Joseph A. Hester Dies in Office Os
Physician.
Salisbury, March 27.—Joseph A.
Kester, aged 76, whose home is near
Rockwell, this county, died suddenly
in a physician’s office here this after
noon. Mr. Kester. who was in town
on business, was stricken while in
u bank and was carried to a physi
cians office, where he expired before
the physician arrived. The wife and
several children survive. The funeral
tukes place Huuday afternoon at 3
I Five Gals. Paint
Free
I A large paint concern, in fur
i therancc of an advertising and
| introductory campaign now in
G progress, offers to give, free of
F charge, five gallons of its best
I house paint, any color, to one
G property owner at each post
I office or an each rural route in
H this county. This concern
M wants its paint on a house In
■ each locality thin season which
■ is the purpose of this remark
■ lkle offer. It afho wants a lo
rn rai salesman in each county,
gj Persons interested art requested
H to write the Central O'l Co.,
I J>e|it. No. 2o*a Loulsv'lle, Ky.
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PARKS-BELK CO.
SPECIAL NOTICE
EASTER SHOPPERS
. * v
Only Foui* More Days Os Our
Big EASTER SALE Left For
You To Do Your Blaster Buying
And Save Money.
New Goods Coming In Every 7
Day.
PARKS - BELK CO.
CALLS SANATORIA SAFER
THAN RAILROAD STATIONS
More Apt to Contract Tuberculosis
In Latter Than Former.
Raleigh News and Observer.
“A sanatorium for tuberculous ja
tients is a healthier place to be in
hail a railroad station," said Dr.
Layer*son Brown, of Trudeau Sana
toriiim, Saranac Lake, N. Y, in a
statement regarding a study made by
Tvieof
Auu uyxw\€S-'
Arc bathroom FIX
TURES THAT Will Please
Good, dependable, attractive
bathroom fixtures bring more
comfort and joy to the homi*
than all of the gilded Wrappings
ever set up in a drawing roortl.
For the sake of your own fam
ily and guests see that yous
bathroom is one to be proud of.
YoU wifi be if we do tn'e work.
CONCORD PLUMBING
COMPANY
,174 Kerr. St Phone 8# j
hint to determine the extent to which
danger of infection is present in -i
sanatorium where the disease is
treated.
The investigations revealed that
there are millions more tuberculosis
germs in a railroad station or simi
lar loitering place where idlers con
gregate for hours than in a well-
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regulated institution. The pfctients in
a sanatorium are trained t>y their
physicians to protect others against
infection and never to expectorate
carelessly
Cioseß Initialised to « Points Higher.
New York. March 27.—UP)—Cot
ton futures closed net unchanged to 6
points up.. May 18.71-72; July 18.26 ;
October 17.<Hf; December 17.30-38;
January 17.27.
Grgnny—M’hat will iiifie Robert W
do when grandma is very old and is T
taken away by the angels?
' Robert—l won't let t'ae angels take
you granny. I’ll tell daddy to have
you stuffed.
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