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COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS.
Compired In the Gfficeof County Superintend-
ent. .
i
The editors of the local papers
have kindly given us on column
each Friday to keep in touch
with each other whicn is greatly j
appreciated. !
Last vear there was a request
from many of the county schools
for a school news column, but on
account of universal conditions
and irregularity of the school
affairs caused by influenza, it
was thought best not to attempt
it. This fall in planning the
work for the.year it. vas included
in the general program for the
schools.
As outlined at the conference
tho items will be published in
Groap Q nter Groups and each
group b ii'g responsible for the
colu nn three times during the
six months' school term. That
mean? every school in ihe group
should feel responsible for the
success or-failure of the column
on its' Friday 'and be sure, that
they have atttempted -to contri
bate to it. As requested please
try to have your work letter com
position, or general items which
ever ihe case may be into Miss
Eborn on Tuesday beiore Jhe
Friday your grou : is responsi
ble fos the column hot forget
ting to .have the name of the
wri'.er on thv back of the envel
opo. it will be ;ibso!utely imps
sibl.i to include every item at
ear:h time .o if yours does not
get in o i'y wor k the harder for
the nesi time as only the "best
materia1 vi-l ob included, and re
member we a' re not paly work-
the best- i uteres o and develop
ment of .education in Rowan
county.
Tbe following are the- Group
Centers and the dates when
their groups will be responsible
for ti.-- column:
Rookweii Nov 7, Jan 9, Feb.
27.
China Grove
-Nov 14, Jan 16,
March 5.
Wood leaf Nov
21, Jan 23,
March 12. ,
Prosperity Nov 28, Jan
30,
March 19.
Mt Ulia Dec 5, Feb 6, March
26.
Central H S Dec 12, Feb 13
April 2.
Enoehvi'lle Dec 19. Feb 20,
Aprils
The schools in each group are
as follows.
Rockwell jGroup Rockwell,
Kluttz, Fisber. Lower Stone,
Gold Hill, Hethany Academy.
Biltmore, Crescent, Faith, Gold
Knob, Christiana, Yadkin, Smith,
Park.
China Grove group China
Grove, Harris Chapel, U&ndi?,
Bostian, Fink & Yost, KluttZy &
Menius, Sloop. Deaton, Sulmner,
Yost and Sloop,
Wood leaf Group Woodleaf,
Barber, Morrison, Harts, South
River, Fisher, Ellis, Zeb Hall,
Enon, Kepley, Gheen, South
River, Teague, Mt Vernon.
Prosperity Groupe Prosperi
ty, Liberty, Pond,. Hamilton,
Union, toole, Dunn's Mountain,
Trading Ford. Kesler, Flint
Hill, Jackson College. Parker's
Friendship, Rowan Academy.
Mt Ulla Group Mt Ulla, Cen
tenary Pine Grove Knox Brown
Miranda, Bear, Poplar, Green
wood, Piney Grove, Cleveland.
Central High School Central
H S, Cress Salem, Mill Bridge,
.Dent, Mt Ebenezer, Patterson,
Mulbe-ry. .
Enoch ville Groupe Enoch
ville Concordia, Comber Saw
.Fleming, Lipe.
The board of education is offer
4n this year four prizes $5 each
JOSE GREER GOT TWENTY-FIVE 1EARS.
Superior Court Sends New Soldier Who
Shot and Killed Cell Brown to Pen.
The November term of Rowan
Superior court opened here
j Monday morning with Judge W
J Adams oi uarmage, on toe
bencn ana solicitor tiayaen
Clement conducting the prose-
the
cu turns for the state The term
is for two weeks. This will be
devoted to the criminal docket
and next week the civil cases
will he heard. There are quite
a number of ccses on the crimi
nal docket, but none of any gen
eral interest.
The first session convened Mon
day morning and immediately
after the grand jury- delivered
his charge and the court then
got down to business trying cri
minal cases.
When the criminal docket was
taken up several youthful defend
ants who had " previously been
placed on probation and showed
good behavior and their cases
were continued under the form
er order
Mose Greer a negro soldier
who several months : go shot and
killed Cell Brown, whilts the at
u r was going down East Ku-her
street one night with several no
gro women, plead guilty thrrough
his a ttorneys to murder in ihe
second degree and the Solicitor
accepted this pi a After hear
ing evidence Jufge Adams sen
tenced the negro, who is now 23
years old, to a, term of 25 years
in the peninteniiarj'. Greer was
inSahsbury on a furlough an .!
immediately after the killing'
tied and returned to his camp at
Rerftd'Illhere lie was ar
rested on orders from theRow
an officers and was b rough'
back to Salisbury without a pr..
test, Deputy Sheriff Rankin ro
ing after him. He asserted
that Brown threw his hands in
lis hip pocket on the nght of
the killing and be was in danger
of being shot and drew his pis -
tol and fired, killing Brown
A number of cases were con
in ued to the next term of court
and in other cases of a minor
nature coming up on' appeal
from the county court the judge
memts of the Jlower court were
affirmed while several defend
ants were called. and capsiase
were issued against them.
The following compose" the
grand jury, C S Morrison, fore
man. Ray Koontz, Chas McCan
less, A W Harry, S L Canup, D
E Beaver. J Robert Freeze M
L Early, C E Fesperman, C H
Gray, C E Hall W A BlackweH
J A Misenheimer W F Glover
S F Baker J P Carvin S J Flo we
H S Daggett.
to the one, two; three, four and
more teacher schools for the one
in its respective group which
raises the most money for equip
ment. In order to, get credit
for the amounts raised it will be
necessary to report same to office
of county superintendent
with a list of things purchased.
A list of schools competing
with each other was given out at
the conference, if you did not
get yours call at the office for it.
But the important thing is to
get busy and don't let the others
get ahead of you. If the schools
show an interest who can tell
what the board might do another
year?
Habitual Constspaf ion Cured
in 14 to 21 Da s
"LAX-FOS WITH PEPS" h a fj - il.
CciAtipation. It relieve- p.oa.-: buv
should be taken reiularlv foi t4 ro ,L 6? ;f
to induce regular action It Stlmaltes aud
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take., 60c
bottle.
0. C SEAKONE KILLED BY UNKNOWN PERSON
Found Sitting up inCar With three Bullet
Wounds iyiead and Neck.
er of this city was found
deadleve of a
T h u r sd'ay n l g h t on tbe,reaty, President Wilson gave
Charlotte-Concord road about j' he senate to jinderstartd today
three miles from this city. ' . V f
Mr Seamone was first discover
ed by a party of people on their.
way to Charlotte, who noticed
his car standing in the middle of
the road of the Charlotte road
about 15 steps ; from the spring
on the Brown .farrrf", The party
of people met Messrs Fred Shep-
hard, Charlie Fields and Carl
Spears who had been 'opossum
hunting just , after they passed
Mr Seamone !s car, and they noti
fied the men to s.top and see what
was wrong with' the Ford. The
men stopped, and they found Mr
Seamone siting straight up in his
car under the steering wheel,
with three bulletN holes in his
body. One bullet pierced the
right cheek bone, another enter
ed the right side of the neck just
at the bottom of the man's collar!
and the third entered the right
side of the neck about an inch be
i i j rs d the second wound The man
was de d when found.
Mr Spears, who is county coro
eor. immediately came to" town
..inCgot Sheriff Howard Caldwell
md Va. "olmen Fisher and Cocb-
ran and ihey returned to the
scene of the shooting.
r Seamone's hit was under
his car and his flash light was ly
ing-on the right hand side of the
c.-r. ihe ear being headed toward
U : d-y. His hinds were folded
m his o and he was . sitting
r iafwiivriri g'h rr kirad er t he
- er eg wheel Blood' was(
f url on the right running board
d'Ki his clothing was very bloody
Thc Ford was standing right in
the middle of the road, the
o-akes on and the ignition had
h o i turned off.-
'j he dead man was found at
ieU'e o'clock and it is not
known how long he had been
dead A colored man who lives
within fitty yards of the spring
s.id that he heard the three
shots, the police say, but did not
think about it at the time. Mr
Seamone was last seen at the
Southern depot at 10 10 p m
Tuurshay and it is not known
what pas-engers he had in the
car alter that time. . It is known
vthat the deceased usually carried
a pistol in his car but no weapon
of any kind was discovered and
there was no evidence of a scuffle
in or around where the car was
standing.
No real motive is given for the
murdcr of the man. One purse
containing $19 was found on his
body together with his watch
and other valuables, and while
one pocket book is gone it is not
thought that the man was rob
bed. Two young white men of the
Brown mill section were arrested
Friday in connection with the
myerious shooting of O C Sea
mone a "jitney'' driver Thursday
nigirt on the Charlotte-Concord
road about three miles from the
city.
The two men who are still in
jail are Walter Gray and George
Hunsucker, both of the Brown
mill section. They were subjected
to a gruelling examination and
are being held in Ijail at the re
quest of the coroner who has not
held an inquest into to the kill
ing. The evidence
against the two
me., is' purely circumstantial, but
i is of each a nature as to make
; 1 :" au- -oruics br-iv
' know -no re aoout tut
that 1 'iiey
aildir tuan
'. t-l(lV r,3.Tfa-
tuev revealed.
Hunsucker, one of 'the men ar-
PRESIDENT THREATENS TO CALL TREATY.
Democrats Say President Need Not Act,
i they Will Defeat Reservations.
Washington Nov. 17. On the
final vote on tbe peace
n
ihat'unless it modified the reser
vations already adopted, he
.Would take the treaty back to
jthe White House and lock it up
his desk.
The first eifect of the warning
s?as to stiffen the lines on both
slides of the treaty fight. Then
elbtn promise proposals of many
i$tods were thrown out by the
emocrats ip final effort to break
the majority program.
3Jiey found the treaty's republi
can friends, ail of whom had vot
ed for the reservations, disposed
t listen, but to promise nothing
afad tonight the life of the treaty
seemed to hang upon a slender
thread.
JjL decision one way or the
aher is planned for Wednesdayj
and under the cloture rule the
leaders say it cannot be delayed
beyond Thursday or Friday. To
morrow the senate will remain
in.session until it has cleared
away all proposed reservations,
leaving nothing to do but to act
ufon the ratification resolution
itself. Four reservations two of
thm proposed by the foreign re
lations committee, were voted
down today and none was adopt
ed.
The President's determination
was made 'known at the White
Flouse conference with Democrat
ic leader ; Hitchcock, who after-
t wards declared that Mr Wilson
vrotftd nevei have the opportuni
ty to Ipocket the treaty because
his supporters in the senate
would vote down any ratification
resolution that contained the un
acceptable reservations The
senate leader reiterated his be
belief that once such a resolution
is defeated there will be a com
promise that will keep ihe treaty
alive.
A Good Cough Medicine For Children.
Mrs J W Phillips, Redon. Ga,
phoned to J M Floyd, the mer
chant there, for a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and said she had bought a bottle
of it at his store recently and
that it was doing her children
so much good that she wanted
to keep up the treatment. You
will find nothing better for
coughs and colds in children and
for yourself. It keeps tbe
cough loose, expectoration easy
and soon frees the system from
the cold.
Ginner's Report for Rowan Couoty.
The ginners report for Rowan
county shows that November 1st
4,086 bales had been gined in the
county.
rested, is the last man seen with
Seamone before he was found
dead. He testifies that he hired
Seamone to take him to his home
at the Brown mill, and when he
reached the Brown mill, he got
out of the car and saw Seamone.
start back to Concord. Concord
Times. .
This Means You.
When you get up with a bad
iaste in your mouth, a dull tired
feel ing, no relish for food and
are constipated, you may know
that jyou need a dose of Chamber
lain' Tab ets. They not only
c.iusfen agreeable movement of
Trie towels, out cleanse and in
vigorate the stomach and im
provathe digestion.
NAMING A FEW REASONS FOR DELAY.
And Captain Bailey Moved Wtih Compassion
Will not Press Claim For Money Due.
Captain fJaraes T Bailey,
the well known Chesapeake
and Ohio cbuduclcr recently
wrote to a man who owed him
money requesting prompt
settlemeni, and following it-
the reply he received.
"Ifor the following reasons
I am unable to send yon the
check asked for: I have beerj
held up, held down, sand
bagged, walked on, sat on,
flattened out and squeezed
out.
"First by the United States
government for federal in
come tax, the excess profit
tax, the Liberty J oan Bonds,
tor thrift stamps, for State
city and county tax and ever
Known tax such as tax o
merchant, auto tax?iud ever
known society and organiza
tion that iuventive mind cai
devise, .to extract what J
may cr may not poss-ss from
the Society of St John th
Baptist, the G A R, the Won.
an's Relief, the Navy League,
the Red Croes, Thn Black
Cross, the Double Cross, the
Red Circle, the K of C, the B
C Game, the Children's Home
Society, the Dorcas Society,
the Jewish Relief, the Arneri
can Relief and every hospital
in town.
"The government has so
governed my business that I
don't know who I;am . where
I am, or why I am anywhere.
All I know is that my work
gets harder all the time and
that I am supposed lo be an
inexhaustible supply of mon
ey for every human need, de
sire or hope of the human
nice, and because I will not
sell all I have and go out and
beg, borrow, or steal money
to give away, I am cussed and
discussed, boycotted, talked
to, talked about, lied to, lied
about, held up, huug up, rob
bed and nearly ruined, and
the only reason I am clinging
to life is to see what the hell,
is coming off next."
Captain Bailey says the
man's experiences are eo near
ly like his own that he was
moved with compassion and
will not press his claim until
fhs campaign pressure eases
up. Copied from Rishmond
paper.
People Paying Taxes to Keep up a Foot Ba!
School.
Chapel Hill, N C. Nov. 18
preparations are being made at
Chapel Hill to handle for the
Carolina Virginia game Thanks
giving day the largest crowd tha
ever saw a foot ball game in this
State. Bleacher seats to hold
2,500 persons in addition to the
regular seating space in the
concrete stands have arrived and
are being put up, and Graduate
Manager Charles T Woolen has
sent to the alumini this week ap
plication forms for seats. Other
arrangements are begining to
asume definite form and from the
point of view of numbers and gen
eral interest, as well as in the
play itself, tho- game is fexpected
to .be the greatest foot ball game
ever staged in Nort Carolina,
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund ir.onev if PaZO OINTMENT tail"
to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, end you can get
estful sleep after the first application. Price 60c.
Buy War Stamps.
TEN RESERVATIONS AOOPrED WITH EASE.
In Every Case Except one the Republicans
Voted Solidly for Committee Proposals.
Washington, Nov 15 - At
last clamping down the lid on
its peace treaty debate, the
senate substituted action for
discussion today with a vigor
'hat quickly advanced the
ratification fight into its final
stages.
Working under cloture for
thefirst time in history, the
senate adopted in five hours,
10 more of the . Preservations
written by tbe foreign relai
tions committee and with
only two committee proposals
remaining, set the fparliamen
tary'stage for a decision of a
deadlock on the treaty early
hext weeek.
Republican and Democrats
leaders worked together to in
oke cloture, piling up a ma
j rity which far exceeded the
vo thirds necessary for adop
iou. Iu the count of 76 to 16
wo parties contributed about
-ivnnly.
The roll call over, however
ind cloture) a fact, the Repub
lican managers took complete
cuarge ana sweat Hvervtnmc
' r U
before thnm. Reservation
after reser7atiou went
through just as it came from
the committees until the Dam
ocats abandoned hoDes of
making modification and re
signei themselves to a pas'
sive resistance.
JVlaj britiesjjuging from -1 1
to 23 marked adoption of the
ten reservations. They re
lated to domestic questions,
the Monroe doctriqe, man
dates, Shantung, internation
al commissions, expenses of
the league of nations, arma
ments, j,rje economic boycott
and alien property rights.
lu every case except one
the Republicans voted solid
ly for the cemmitte proposals.
They were j Dined on every
roil call by from four to nine
Democrats. In all, an even
dozen senators of the admini
stration party bioke away
during the day to vote for
reservations. The sole de -fection
from the Republican
ranks was on ttfe Shantung
reservations. Senator McCum
ber of North Dakota, swing
ing over to the opposition.
The Thirtieth Did it.
There has hardly been a single
person in the South who doubted
as to what division really broke
the Hindenburg line on the 29th
of September 1918, but in tbe
North the newspaper writers
and magazine writers have been
inclined to give the praise to the
27th Division, who were fighting
on the left side of the 30. h Divis
ion in that battle. The matter
has been - definitely established
however, it seems, with the an
nouncement by the war depart
ment that the 30th Division real
ly broke the German line first.
In seeking to establish this
real line breakers on the out
skirts of Bellicourt Southerners
have not attempted to take any
credit from the 27thth Division,
but at the same time they have
endeavored to give their own sol
diers their just dues, and it is
right and fair that the T-Var De
partment should make a public
statement giving the facts and
giving to the members of both
the 27th and 30th Division their
just dues. Concord Times,