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f J iV'.'.-y'. . . . ' ;THE ROVERS COLLECTION TTTTT Tottnn 'cswurr txrcr'tfT V .-V PROTECTION". AND. PROSERItyiir Moto. ' is; $1.00 a Year. Dn Wvatt ; 11.23 3 VOLUME IX. CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA,. THURSDAYMARC?! 91916 f NO- 51 . . h w . mm . m m mm.-:.' m - m . -. . a r . ? . r- m m 'i m i' i a m m . ,. m m - .- m m : - mm mm . . x . 2s. ' Ill: I n i- ... : i ,rr - -?i . t- t i m m is V- fi .' ' . . .' L' iS&MiW coBot:?chool -'NEWS For : The County . Commence ' ' - went, by Superintendent. '. D. ll - ' As previously announced, ' the ex amination for " the County Certificate rwiltbe held at one school in each town ' hi oit the;23: and 24th of March, r Examinations will begin promptly at .:3() each morning. Applicante for the examination will take the examina ; tion'in thestownship in which they re- ;, side. ; Papers will be handed in at a - .certain time limit No student will 'be given' the question for two -sub- ject;at tne same time, stuaents muox f; have' the . hegular size examination paper for this work. Pin the pages t of, each : subject - toeether. Teachers in charge, will be expected to bring the. papers to the office not later than , Saturday noon, March the 25. Messrs "Cathey .and Ridenhour will examine - thev papers and place the names of sunihation, in the county papers on the"10th of ApriL . . , ; i Tie county commencement will be ' ; held in Concord, on April the 14th, . 191. . The number of contests will be inbre than last year. A student enter- ing' any of the contests must show an attendance of at least ASsnt, as towing . a rural school studen contests. -jpTWl; y. fide V lim , No en ;;?v:tfroinT ie:a L2nd former 4 ,7:vtest'fti 1:;:.:--'"-.V.9:30li E4ie:?Stc grades, ... . W i,s contest of this kind at , conunencements,'-"and anv not understandmsr the hatni., . ijrxSii,. hi 1 11 11 I'll 'i 1 1 mi n 11 liitliQBWoriWeH quit k umber pi : the schools will enter this . 'eojBUst:Eacli'' school will be allowed f:v: 1 - twtf numberBi Sweetness of tone, ex lei -- pression, and enunciation will be con ;i-6. Sewing and Display Work. White plain dresses were worn by large nu mber of the graduates last year. " A ' prizes will be given the Seventh grade ' girls , who makes the neatest white dress -for herself; neatness, of work, Ruitabilitv. machine and hand work will' be points considered. Quality of goods 'will "not necessarily be consid--ewidV Each girl wishing to enter this contest must meet the display com mittee at the court house, April the 14th at 10 a. m. A bow of red and white ribbon worn on the waist of the dress will indicate that the girl made her' dress. The Committee" on display work will announce, at an early date, ia tegard to the article wanted for the Display Contest. .7. Athletic Contest will be similar to -the one held last year. , The Athle tic Committee will meet at an early date an announce the different con tests and prizes for the same. Scores will be kept of all athletic events to find out which school leads in athle tics. These points added to the scores made on literary work, will show the scool that ranks first, as "All Around School'!. - The Township Contests will be held Saturday, April 1st to decide who is to be the representatives at the county commencement.; I shall be glad for the teachers b each township to have ' a meeting, elect a chairman for the v township contest. Then inform the - chairman of your township commit tee, just what ..contests your school - will enter. The chairman of the town ship, or township committee will make all necessary arrangements for local contests. Select judges for the several 'contests from outside the township. -The chairman of each township is re quested to report, April the 8th, tne 'names, of all who are entitled to en ter at the county commencement. . : v :The contest, for the Certificate of Merit for Perfect Attendance and the Certificate of Merit for Perfect Spell ing, "will . close 'Friday, April the 7th, 1916. Any teacher having " students entitled to either of both of these cer tificates will; send their names to the ofikoOn Saturday. April the 8th. A , list of . the successful contestants will be published . by townships, in the Masquerade skating r': PARTY MONDAY NIGHT Prizes Won By Miss Nannie. Lee' Pat S, v' terson And Garah Propst.i-420.00 1 Realized: ; . ' . "' An inspiration of the Mardi Gras season was the masquerade, 'skating party at the armory Monday night, skating began at 7:30 o'clock, and con tinued until"l0;30 o'clock. The hall presented an air of patrioism in its decorations national Hags . with "Old Glory" towering above all. The costumes - of the Gold Dust Twins, Red Riding Hood,5 flowers,. In dians, clowns, and Charlie. Chaplin, the movie actor, vied; with each other in " the contest for the prizes. . The judges, Messrs. E. C. Earnhardt, . W. B. ' Long and Jay Cannon', how ever were captivated,, with ; the cos tumes of ."Folly" and "Fun" and ." as a consequence tne prizes .were awarded to Miss N,ahcy Lee Patter son and Garah Caldwell . Propst, "re spectively. The prizes, two soda wa ter . tickets, generpusly e,warded . by the ' Marsh and Davis Drug stores, were presented by Mr.- B. E. Harris. At 9 o'clock , the , coronation was an attracnve ieature. rne regai chairs had been arranged, and Mr. Robert Ridenhour, the km A and Miss Elizabeth 'Harris, the queen, ' whose . names had. been withheld uri- r til the hour, revealed themselves in fall their SDlendor. The attendants - ' were Miss- Mary MacLaughlin and Mr. James Dorton. The committee I in charge appreciate the 'full attend 1 ee of both skaters- and , spectators. enty dollars were realized. . X ITEMS FROM NO. 5 4 Lit. Wade Cook "of No. 5. has moved his-family to' Concord -we regret very iuuui tu see pem leave. . 1 1 llrand Mrs. John E... Misenheimer spent Sunday in Concord with their daughter Mr: and Mrs. S. 6. Eddie- mattI.s;?:V- : : . ;. ' ;i 1. Master George Barringer of Concord spent Saturday night nd Sunday with his' cousin Master: Fred Barnn ger. - -: Miss VirgietooisjedinffZ week wither aister Mrs."G.!WEarr- .hardtfcwi tx :KrrnTLS!e.?CoTjefri iMnuajr iutiit wiuu xiitt. cousin, mi:, rdreyvMurph.; : ; ? Re Ferrell joif Concord, spent Sun day night at the home -of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Shinn. - : " . Mr. and MrsJ Gip 1 spent Sunday with the litters brother Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Walter. Mrs. Wm. Winecoff, ha3 been real sick we are sorry to note. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Barnhardt and children of No. 11 spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Long. N . CONCORD MARKET. Cotton .-.v --!-- 11 1-2 Cotton Seed ..i. ...60 Corrected by M. L. Widenhouse. Chickens 25c and 40c Eggs L-il L-..'. ; 18c Butter i... 20 to 25c S. Potatoes 1 .. C5c I. Potatoes 80c Onions j:..- $1.00 Corn e-1 90- Oats .-LJli....ii.. 60c Flour (reUil) $3.00 to $3.35; Meal, per bushel 95c- Bran (....:I.... $1.45 Sugar, 25-pun'd sack $1.75 Country Hams...... 16 to 19c Shoulders and sides . 13 to 15c county papers on Monday the lot of April. :. v ' . The following persona have been appointed for committee work: ; Music, Misses Mary Gaither, 'Mary Gourley, Sarah Harry, Mary Heilig, Margaret Smith and Wt F. McCanless. Decoration, Misses Frances Atkins, Carrie Harrelson,' Eva dglesby, Helen Patterson and Messrs J A; ,S. Webb. Chas Murph and O. A. Swaringen. , 'Display Work, Misses Mary Lewis Harris, Mary King, Constance Cline, Lena Barringer, Lillian . ' Cline, Sue Covington, Carrie Emerson, '.Mrs. E. S. Ervin and Messrs. J. B. Long and J. A. Suther. .. - opening, ut. L. .A. Uikle,'W. M. Crook, D. P. Grant, T. H. Ridenhour, and Misses Fannie Bost, Iva Townsendr and Minnie Smith. - .: " J . .v, .. u. ..uvUUUUI, . GriflBn. C. R Andrews H. C TT1tv - W. Griffin, C. R. Andrews H. C. Helper C. H. Ritchie and Misses Dora Flowe, Ella Rumple and Anna Grier , Athletics, ; Messrs Ji,;B. Cathey, " D. L. .Ridenhour, W.4 J. Weddington, H. L. Scott- A. HJ iPenninger, - D. A. Thorpe and .Mrs. G.H. Barnnardt.' ;' With the hearty co-operation 'of every teacher, in, the county, I see no reason why April the 14th should hot be the greatest day in the history of the schools of this county, - ' I V TIT?1A 1)'. . "'!L'-"".'.:!- - - K v, . -iJfcvrv a, . -;tiitt i .r - ' - - - m-f m mm h W K 1 I II - K M IX . 1 m. m-C 1 K . i. I ... ?-Sh. ' Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Joyner- hav re turned from a visit to I. Henderson. They report, a pleasant trip. ; ; ' There; will be preaching at Rocky Ridge Sunday a' 3 o'clock.- v "Diamonds and Hearts" a play will be. given Friday night at White Hall School for the beneft of the school. A. small-admission of .15 cents will be charged. Everybody, come, y a, . The' Sides-Little Poultry farm have now graded their chickens into seper a'te pens, preparatory to selling hatch ing eggs. .Watch' for their ad which will appear in this paper shortly. They breed the Brpwn Leghorn and Rhode Island Reds chickens. Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Willeford of Concord spent Sunday in our" neigh' borhood, we were glad to see them. Master Hoke Linker iad . the mis fortune of painfully burning his ankle a few days ago. He is some better, now. ' i Come on with your Items Violet don't leave us yet. ; I V . Sunflower has a one cent piece made in 1829. ; t , ' Mr. W. U. Dejarnette is placing a fence around his beautiful homestead. STJNFtOWER ATLANTA WOMAN S v KILLS HUSBAND As He Was About to Beat Her With , -H v a Leather Strap. Atlanta, Ga., March 8. Mrs. E. L. Pannel - shot and killed her husband at, their home here today as he was advancing oh her with a Strap and had ' .said het "intended to. beat ;her, according- to her "statement in jail, where she is held for murder. Chief of Police Mayo stated today -that Mrs: Pannell came to him sev- eral days ago and said her husband !ha(i been abusing her and their three children and reauested that he takd ateps to see that he was returned to North Carolina," where there waa a ,warreni ior nim ana wwrgw , ' U-. . xj ViaT ! go back home andawait develop- I mehts. Police i records do not show thk.t anv action was " taken - againsv, that- any action was " taken against Pannell. He was 33 years of age. Mrs. Grover- C. Love is visiting her father Mr. J. B. Green at Midland. : ! Mrs. G. A. Carver and Miss Shirley Montgomery spent yesterday in Char lotte. ' i " j :"v' . Electric D, ,h anct er.' ' - Toledo, Ohfi . vAwhile Mrs. Josephine" Bellbl 22Tas sitting -in a bathtub in her apartment and read ing a magazine as the tub was filling an electric lamp toppled into the tub, broke and ' charged the water with electricity killing her instantly. " Neighbors heard her scream but found the apartment locked. , They notified her. father, who found - his daughter dead. The husbandj Bertram B. Bellows, to whom she was mar ried 10 months ago, was on a train en route home from a business trip. Mrs. fiellows was Miss ; Josephine Clapp, daughter of a - retired mer chant, and was popular socially. - Alleged Kidnappers Will Be Hearing Monday. Given '.Salisbury, March ; 7. Wade and Thad Childress, the Kannapolis men who were arrested here yesterday af ternoon for kidnapping little Maggie Pethel - and attempting rto take her to her, fathet, despite orders of the court, appealed to -the father, Sloan Pethel, and he came to town to help them out. When he arrived he was- arrested on the" same charge as the other men were being held On, kid- napping,, ana tne tnree . , spent . . me night with Sheriff , Krider. .Today, however, all three arranged bond and the preliminary hearing was. "set for next Monday at 9 o'clock, before Es quire Ray. ' " ; Burblars Enter Cafe ; " Monday night burglars entered , the Dixiee Xafe on .West r Depot- St;: just above Barrier andt Widenhouse Store. The slot machine was ' carried, out a cross the "slxeet bhmd i a; large- bill board where-the back was' broken off. Something, must have, frightened -the unknown . burelar or burelars awav hAfnrfi thev had crotten into the inonev box. This is the "second oxlthlrd thne that there has been an attempt made to roo tnese macnme xnese macnmes. j- vu 4. ty-f ive dollars or more., There is .no dueas to the guilty, party or parties. The machine waa onened "and there was found fifteen- oy twenty counter- f eit nickles which are a very, good im itation, it would-be Tjard. to distinguish the difference unless examined very closely. . March came in like a, German of fensive. , - -- :t.SS ...v -.v5i v r S j 11 7o Head good sbundl '- well broken and MULES on and after Sat- urday MARCH 4th, 1916. CARL .WADSWORTH CO. Opposite Conrt House. ".' The Eleventh Commandment Thou Faithless and perverse genera tion. . Don't you never read the Bible anyway here you go with tlie Elevei ith Commandment .Tend to your own business and let the other Man's 3be.M arid if "you do that you are following the BibbV V s SWFTHEAR, T PLACED IN; JAIL ON KIDNAPPING CHARGE Thad and Wade Childress of Kannap- olis Undertook to Carry. Salisbury ." . Child to Father. V - ' . ' ' Salisbury, .March, ; 6.--Thad 1. and Wade Childress, white ' men Tof Kan napolis iwere" placed in'jail here this afternoon charged with kidnapping . Maggie Pethel, "an." eightjyear-olif : i j scholar ;of the East Inness ; - Street . School, who ran away from" school at -v recess to meet them according to a W prearranged plan. , - - ' Several - years ago Maggie ...Pethel's;.- : father' Sloan Pethel, of, Kannapolis,- who had been left a widower with . several children on his .hands, gave : Maggie to Mr. and Mrs. D. W.' Snider,' , who lives just to the East'of Salisbury; ' No papers were signed and it is said at tiie time to 'have been a case of c abandonment of the chjld. However, the Snider" kept, the little girl and bV. " came very'much attached to her.- As -time went cm Mr. -' Pethel married .' again and- then he wanted his - little Maggie back, ' but the Sniders 6aid no. - Then the father appeared to the courts and the'Sase came up m Ca- ; barrus County. It was moved - to Rowan and several weeks ago' Judge ' " Ferguson was called on to pass on the' issues. " It was a pecular case ani the judge postponed judgement until next term of court. He did dule,Tiowever,' that the "girl sh6uld be sent to Kan-v :napolis every two weeks to spend Sun- L - day with her father. - ' Yesterday afternodn she returned rr from her; second : visit to ' her f ather ..v since.eourt and told the Sniders of a plan her father had - arranged where ; " by she was to Come back and live with . him all" the time. This plan waa for her to run away from school at recess - . today and " go to . the - depot ' where" . . man would, get a ticket for her and-' bring her 'to Kannapolis. ' -) . Sheriff Krider rwas informed of the,'-.-plans and this - afternoon he was at the station. He waited until the tffC Childress men had- purchased ticket I . . and. sawi them place the gir on the, rear 'of the train just bef0re4it start ed off Boarding the front end of : the cir ,tesherifi met the'jnen inthe; iiisie' .'Ste?thVtraio''l"a&Ted't H; a a frestf-d Ihem, pulled the bellcord and A shopped the-fU. had , HzrTxf Cauble. : who - Bad UT7 "iiSSBlQywJ . Lyf W Ir,;rSniietoTielp' tft be,case, go'ta." C" ' j She "rear pi the car and get the -gin wiio had - been ' seated there ariA'the.V party got off and went to the sheriflfr' ' "omce. - ' : Maggie was turned over to her fos-; .ter jiarents and the two men rwere locked up on the charge of kidnapping: . No dale has been arranged' f Of- ft, - bearing. - : Mrs. J. S. Lafferty has gone to Black mountain on a visit. " : Mrs. W. G. Caswell and Mrs. a W.; winkiiere.Charlotte visitors yester layy. 1 SEED CORN DAY ; Uaery. farmer in the county is in vited -and urged to attend one of the S'eed'iCorn Days to be held as follows 1 - dakicro, Friday March 17th at 1 o' doek, J. M. ' t Albemarle, Saturday,- March 18th,; at 1 o'clock; P. M. - . ; Uvery farmer is requested to bbring Every farmer is requested to bring '('All the Corn Club Boys are invited to come. v.-; ' - . ' I v.; .' Mr. JE3.S. Hilsaps, District Agent, will speak at both'places. - r " - Don't forget the ates. Let all the r Fanners come and bring their families. :'' S.J. Lenti Countyagent And some men never . realize how mean -they have-been until they rim for office. , , -" ' 4 I Sympathy may be "all right in cite place, but if s a poor substitute for beefsteak if a man is hungry. It doesn't take a newly married couple long to discover , that there i fA lot of snoring in love's .young dream. TLOUR and FEED ' . See me when in need of Flour v and feed, ' and by : so doing sars money on' every purchase. Have , following brands of Flower Por ; cerlain, Sunrise, Bon Ton (same -' . 3kur aa Melrose) : Snow Flak Avalanche, , and r Va. Straight Tfeeds: Shorts, Millfeed, v Bran, ' Dandy Cow Feed, Cotton Seed ' Ideal and Hulls, Crems Dairy feed Horse & Mule feed, Chicken v feed, Corn and Oats. .Also Seed : ; Potatoes. - M. ! Widenhouse - Opposite Court Houses . m r
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