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LOCAL NEWS
z of interest to
ALL OF OUR READERS.
Rev, C. A. Brown attend
ed the Township Sunday
School Convention at Center
Church Thursday.
Misses Evelyn and Grace
Shepherd, of Statesville, are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred
R. Shepherd.
Miss Florence Eddleman,
of Albemarle, is visitirg her
parents, Mr. and' Mrs. J. M.
Eddleman. v
Rev. T. C. Parker, of
Trout man,' preached at S t .
Mark's J& . L. Ch urch last
Sunday night, j
Rev. J. P. Milter, of Char.
lotte, was a visitor here Sun
day evening.
Rev. and Mrs, W. H, Rier
and visitors, Rev. and Mrs.
C. Ridenhour. and Mrs.
R D. Layton, were Salifc
bury vifcitors Wednesday.
Frank Eddleman was in
Salisbury Monday.
Wy G. Patterson, was a
Salisbury visitor Tuesday.
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James E. Correll spent yes-
terday at Crescent attending
the Orphan's anniversary.
T . m.
Mrs. J. A. Thorn, Miss
Evelyn Thorn and W. Thorn
Lasley, left yesterday tavisit
W. B. Lasley at Creed more,
N Qt '
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pany the Concord fire laddies
Wiiminafnn lftavincr here
inditv niffht
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The China Grove High!
School and public school will
open Monday, September 1st
T, ' W11 ,
JohnW Felker, who has
oeen nere ior m,vea u,uU
v siting his cousin, n. w.
Felker, returned to Cypress,
111., Wednesday morning.
Miss Caster, ot uaoarruSj
..! i- i
mtt"crUA'
yesiemay.
Rev. R. A. Goodman and
Prof . G. F. McAllister, of Kt.
Pleasant, were guests at M.
A. Stirewalt's Monday night.
Mrs. A. H. Wertz and lit J
tie daughter of Salisbury,
are visiting Mrs. Wertz's
father, J. L. Holshouser.
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W. J. Swink spent a few
hours in Salisbury yesterday
evening on business.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Snider, of
m: a ta i :n!4.s.
winsron-oaiem, arc vibiuu
at xi. V. Miner s.
Mrs. Ivey Seamoan, of
Woodleaf, Is visiting her
parents here, Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Felker.
Miss Annie Cartner, of
Kannapolis, was here y ester
day visiting her aunt. Mrs.
H. Wr Felker.
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Obiaiah Eller, of Organ
unurcn, is om
comrade, P. A. bloop, iieq.
These gentlemen were mem-
. Miss.es Lala, Edna and
Ruth Brown went down to
Glass on No. 7 Wednesday,
to spend a few days with
their friend, Miss Lura Scott,
of near Concord.
Mrs. F. E. Corriher left
yesterday afternoon for Char
lotte where she will visit at
J. "P. Miller's.
Whit. L. Wilhelm, one of
our leading farmers, was in
town yesterday with a load
of fine water melons.
Mrs. L. V. Dunlap, of
Albemarle, spent Tuesday
night here with her sister.
Mrs. John R. Brown.
Mrs, J. L. Holshousef visit
ed her sister, Mrs. Jerry
Powlas, near Organ A Church,
Wednesday and spent yester
day at Crescent
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Sechler,
J. L. Sechler left yesterday
morning for Buchanan, Clif
tonJ?orge and Roanoke, Ya.,
wherethey spend eeyeral
weeks visiting relatives. v " v
John T. Deal and Rev. J.
H. Keller went down to Cress
cent yesterday to attend the
seventh anniversary eaters
cises at the Nazareth Orphans
Home.
The Litaker Township
Sunday School Convention
will be held at Phanuel's
Ch h Tuesdav August
h A .
been arranged.
Prof. F. B. Brown, of
Enochville, was here on busi
ness yesterday
The chain
gang is now
located at St. Mary's Church,
near Sumner Siding and is
,.aTi
china Qrove Sallabnry
Whitsom Beaver and R. M.
RUchie went 8quirrel hmU
Guegs what
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J. of ticK8and ent6r.
prising chigoes.
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A pocket-book was left at
A. T. Bost's store yesterday
Unrninc nrmfrjaliif no a email
Can get same by calling on
Mr. BoBt.
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Te unioI picaic for the
nd& Schools of China
Township took place
at Rices grove, Landis, to
day. A large crowd was
present and an enjoyable
Ume was had
,
t h Luth;erail Reunion
which met at Lutheran
Chapel church last Tuesday;
Several most excellent ad n
dresses were delivered by the
visitincr ministers which were
enjoyed by all present.
The Thursday Afternoon
Club met with Mrs. A. M.
Hanna yesterday afternoon
and were, as usual, royally
entertained. Mrs, Hanna is
alwaya glad to the club
meet with her and sees that
very one is made to feel at
home and enjoy the after-
REV. E. C. COOPER TO WED.
WiDS I ClanaiBE Yam Lift If
USBItlil. insiitnte, woman's institute and
Bev. Edgar O. Cooper, son of amusements iven bV the
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cooper, of the town for the enjoyment arid
China Grove, now the pastor of entertainment of oar quests. The
Holy Trinity Lutheran Ohurob, itrwU. ttoret and Jott.wer full
of Lynohburg, Va., ia to wed I of people, and the mora one look
oharming young lady , of Kings ed-at the crowd th greater n
Mountain. A telegraphic dispatch teemed to be.It estimated
from that place dated Saturday tn 8000 an 6000 people
iayg. N were present and all the mer-
"Mrs. Jacob S. Mauney enter- chants and number of othr
tained at a beautiful tea at h ipmted citiaens contnbut
borne Thursday afternoon, at ed thair t.mend means tothe
which time she announced the cni enterprise, but especial credit is
gagement of her daughter Miss due tbi .cpmmUt p? arrange.
Vera Lavene Mauney, to Rev, Ed
ar Claudius Cooper of . Lynch
burg, VaM the wedding to take
place September 11. ,
"Those receiving with Mrt.
Mauney in the drawing rooms
were Mrs. J. D, Mauney, of Hick-
ory,and Miss Rosalyn Summer,
xt-u-. a n .i. Knn..
guests. The guests were invited
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men inn niniiiir ruuiu. ot uiuu wbb
ko.ntirni it ohaiBfi ofl
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H.iabW. Aaelieiflustalad course,
followed'bricielrf
each place waa a miniature can-
dlestiok containing a pink candle,
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whioh served to throw light on the seconu, ot.ov. won oy "mu
tiny envelopes, whioh, when op$a? drix.
ed, revealed two hand-painted
hearts bearing the names of Miss
Manuev and Mr. Cooper, with the
date of the wedding.
Tha fiontraotins! nsities are
both members of prominent North
Carolina families.
"Miss Mauney is the only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
8. Mauney. She is an honor
graduate of Elisabeth College and
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ii a very asiensea. ihtmiitb
.nmm .hn nnmlxin her
juuug wwhim .
friends by the soore. Rev. Cooper,
originally from China Grove, is
n..tor of Holv Trinitv Lutheran
Church, Lynchburg, Va. He is a I
graduate of Roanoke College, has
the degree oi an. a, ixom rimw
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ton, and is a graduate of Mount
Airy Theological Seminary, rhil-
adelphia." ,
Dr. RJZZlHl ttSllillari.
n j w Rn.ll. who has
ut. n. tt?1""7" .
neen practicing men T"!
Orove for some
to move to oausoury ana wiii
have his offioe m the Grubb
Building. Dr. Rosselle is a
splendid young man and a capa
ble pbysioian .
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isvdiaa lvmhmi
Q.il la Ana PatltiM
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Wellington, Mo., 'August 6.
Thomas tr. Liocxnart. alter spena-
. "5 . ml
ingSTyearsin bed, virtually in
one position, today met the death
he A years had prayed for Mr.
Locxhart's joint, were os.ineo .o theM were interesting exercise, ny agu -that
the onlv movements of the thm onihans. There was vocal w, . . . mL
body he could make were a shrug-
ging of the nght shoniaer ana toe
middle joints of two fingers on
the riffht hand. With this thoul-
der and finger movement, Mr.
Lockhart had written an autobio
grapnicai hook wuwu vtuugui
funds aufneiept to purensse tne
home here in which he died and
to pay for a nurse to care for
him constantly
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tlB MB UUUI11UOU Ull
writings, mUly oa biographical
, .. . r
nature ana empna.iaing proep
of oatienoe. ' ' '
r.uk. Av hu WotiI Y!ht4a.
mas night, 1886, following a long
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imi ii. . nu a viiri uiu.
Th bigMi crowd inHhe history
of China Grove - gathered hew
8ainrday to attend tha farmers
9n"; 0n7 1
?vwl,J.Wu - aT,w"
h m??5?,?iJI '
Gray. Frof, R D . Jenkins and F.
R- 4kln, Vr"?
committee, J. E. liue P.. h,
Ketohie and Col. Luteky Freese. ;
Thercises,we ou
band concer on thftisouarerihen
followed the farmmeethig in
lah ahnol ha.ll whica w&i better I
attended than usua.7raisuwas:a
-. . . . ia
Ivirv interMtkie - oestine. The I
bflanoe of the prograa fund pm t
j?iWV
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by G. H. Honbarger.and
oaca: race, nr. pni i'.w, wuii
by Marry Same.
anon too race, nrsi prize, z,
won b Bittle Kimball, and sec-
ond $1.00, 4y 0. F. Rink.
Foot race, long, first priza $8.00
won by John- Boatian ; second
$1 .00, by J. F. Uress. ana tnutt
by Worth Miller.
Anotner session oi toe lniiiiute,
then followed a tug of war be
a ... liu.1. tha Ft a Witt
iwwh imwui ...
Patterson Union winning, "rise
fo.UU.
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Shoe raoe by boys, prise 2 .00, 1
won by Sumner Boatian .
A game of ball was played be-
tween the Uhina wove ana itim-
i..mi nvif a In III ann nv
mwwu oiu, j
China Grove. Soore 6 to 8.
The prise for a sofa pillow was I
won by Mrs. G . W. Kimball and
the seoond prize went -to Miss
Mary 8ifferd.
W. P. Peacock got the $15.00
nrite for the largest load of peo-
Ll.. hs harinK 164 on on. wagon
:d r . n. Correll got the second
1ftn
nrize. The latter naa
180, but
came in too late.
Nizintk Orphais Host Auivtfsirf .
. iL XT A mtt
'ine sevenwi otuivwiotsj u
reih Ornhans Home, urescsnt, jm .
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o., was held at the nome yesaer-
I dav and quite a crowd was pres-
tD .
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The anniversary address was de-
liyered by Rev . James B. Stone.
iifer,, Crawford. Va.nd
maii0t and instrumental muaio by.
i band. Dinner and reiresments
wero q be had on the grounds,
Rav. J, W. Bell is . snperin-
endent, and the orphanage is do-
inff . ffreat work.
ninUter Praises this Laxative..
t W Stnhanvnll nf Allison.
AMi.;no Dp. Kin'. New Life
tni- nntiriOTtion writes:
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-Dr. King'. New Life ; Pills are
I . n. t i i j
i suou pw-H
be without tnem." no newer reg-
ni.tnf at thA liver and bowels.
Every pill guaranteed. Try them .
n.. or. .i OTmaftOT
irilUB otw OT. wototkm. ; .
i raruiiDiuiniuu. awinuwu
LUTHERU BE-UHIQJI.
Aloat 800 PeopH AtlsBi Stulcts iftl
; Ch!a6riH.
The eooDd ra-abioi of the La
fenerAiH of North Curolin wai
held at Lather in Chapel Chnroh,
near China Grovei Tdeiday. .The
lexvioea contifted in the . morning
ot short addreflies by; Rev. j Bi
Moose, Rev. R. A. Goodixian and
Rev. R. R. , Soweri, intergperaed
with initable aooge . '
' ' Rev. . C. P. MaoLanghlin pre
ided ove'r'he, services, and at a
batiueis session.at the noon hour,
was re-elected 'president. Rev
fa. A.' Brown was chosen vice pres
ident, Rev, W. H, Riaer secretary
and W. C. Sifferd, treasnrer."
i The afternoon services consisted
of an address by Rev. R. L. Pat
terson, ot .Charlotte, which was
delivered in his usual., foioefol
manner. .
About 800 persons attended this
service. It was decided to con
tinue the re-uoion each year aix'
the first Tuesday after the seconr
Sunday in August was Sxed as tli
time.
Aiother"Brlck Boildiog.
" Another new two-story brick
building is to be built in the buf
iness section of China Grove at
aji early day.- The enterprising
Und popular young men, doinK
business under the firm nameiof
BUckWelder & Ritchie have pur-
chaied the lot now, occupied by an
ofd blacksmith shop, corner of
v6rih Maln&bd Eddleman streets,
TlliineVbuildi0K is to be of
t. tX; t .;h ka
rgyjiblv forcarrying on
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nMAVinSai xnv'':hAi- nwnoira.. -KfMkra 1
marflinuni nnuneiiiua. wiu un i
irvw
otenAfo
WBfldnia'j Picaic Nur Ulll Brligi.
The Mill Bridge Camp Wood,
men of the World will hold their
annual picnic in Morgans grove
Thnrsdav. Ausruat 14th. A nam-1
ber ot gooa speakers win ne Pr-
ii (Kara will tta m &TB. 19 A fit I
ent and there will be a ffame of
ball and other amusements. Ev
erybody is invited to oome
and
bring well filled baskets.
RiUiioi at Sttzir School
Thia annnal avent will take
plaoeat the Milo Klutts school
house on Friday, August 15tK
in l. i.... .i.i.JttJrteknn1
nil WI1U 11a V O itKUUDU awuwa I
jMol) g8tser school house
A -rneativ reanasted to be
pMBeilt. Come and bring well
flUad baskets of good things to
v. " i " I
e-, jh n expectea so nave some i
good speakers present and it is
hoped to make of this gathering
one of the most pleasant events
0f the year in Rowan.
There are three or jnore who
attended this school prior to 1861,
two of these are W. L. Klatts and
Ron. Theo-.P. Kluttz. of Balis -
burv. the latter is expected to be
present and make an address,
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The general public is also invited
to be present, bring baskets and
enjoy the oocasion. The old
school building still stands and is
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l oecupieu.
Tbi ChTOIIcIi.
Rev. J. M. L. Lyerly, editor of
I rr.t a. l J a.
"B ua OI? Mr
! t L t1
paper lB .w ,
The company
rfloantlv nlaced an order for a
linotype machine, and pending
the arrival of the machine the pa
per will be issued only once a
week, itjtaing the par pose of the
oompany to issue semi-weekly
when the machine comes. Mr.
Lyerly was editor of The Chroni
cle for several years at Albemarle
came here when the plant wee
moved from that town. W. B.
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Moose is bme.s manager and
I (nrnm of nrintATS. lnolnainff the
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1 Cross, has been secured. The
Chronicle office is on nnion Street
I nnxt to tha Mmrahmll hotel. Gon
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
THE ROWANS COIJNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL
. ASSOCIATION WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL
CONVENTION IN MT. ZION REFORMED ' :
CHURCH THURSDAY AND FRI
DAY, AUGUST 21 AND 22. v
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Tbe f ortv-fiftb 'ahnuar coriven
Church, near China Grove, Rev
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J. H. Keller, pastor, Thursday
and Friday, August 21st and 22nd.
The officers of the association
are as follows: E. W. Tatum,
LreBidentf SalisburyV Rev, 0. B.
tt-h a..n.n.. w t.
Klutl treasurer. Salisbury ; Hon.
m -v a n s
John 8. Henderson, A. B. Saleeby,
P. S. Carlton. Thos.- P. Johnston,
Prof. R. G. Kism and Dr. O. M.
Van Poole are the executive com
mittee. Prof. L. H. Rothrock,
superintendent of teacher trail
ing ; A. B. Saleeby, superintend-
ent of organised olase work; Miss
Daisy Fisher, superintendent of
tha intaTfn.ArliA.te and GTadle'roll
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work; Prof . K. G. Kixsr, super-
intendent of home and visitation.
The looal committee consists of
Dr. u A; namsaur ana j. a.
ll,inl I nf Ilhini l-t-pfiwa -
The program as arranged is as
follows:
Thursday Uornirq, 21bt, .
10:80 8ong 8erce.y
10:45 DevotionairEev. J. H.
Keller.
11:00 "Why are we Here?"
1 Rev, B . S. Brown.
11 :15 Roll call of townshipa
appointment of enrollment oom-
I mittee.
11:25 Remarks by the presi
dent, E. W. Tatum. f '
11:80 "Principles and Methods
of Organized Sunday School
Work," Rev. Lewi7 Collins.
12:00 Offering, announcements.
Thursday Aftkbnoov.
2:00 Song Servioer
2:15 Devotional. V
2:80 Treasurer's Report, secre
tary's report. ,
2 :45 Report of township; secre
taries. v ;
8:06 Song.
8:10 "A Reaaonable 'Sunday
School Standard," Rev. Lewis
Collins. ' ' '
8:40 "The Boy Problem and
How to Solve it,' Rev. P. J.
Mallet, D. D. -
410 Appointment of -commit
tees. - ;., .
Announcements.
Friday Mobwiho, 22d.
9:80 tiong service.
9 .50 Devotional.
10 00 "Personal Work, Soul
r v.w . y v -
winning," ttev. bl. m . n.uitu,
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10j25 "Organised Class Work,"
(Baraca, eta.) . Prof. L. H. Roth -
rocki A'-; B-Baleeby, A j
li:00 Round : Table
e ana tne ,r-v 5,.vv
ajauaay oonooi, - yft9Y.viB vox-; m-w
l2l60TEIebl:offficerti
butive committee.selection of place ; ' .
of next meeting. J.-
, 12 :1& Election of delegates to .
state convention. Offering and
announcements. ; ; ' f -
Fbiday ArntBNOON. -
2:00 Song service. -
2:15 DevotionaK ;
2:80 All the Church in the S.
S, and all the S . S. in the Ghur ch,
Rev. Lewis Collins. - i.
2:50 Report of intermediate
and cradle roll superintendent,
Miss Daisy'Fisher,
8 :80 Miscellaneous and new
business. - . S; .
8:45 Report of committees.
4 :00 Installation of officers,
. Closing remarks by delegates .
Closing exercises,- song, prayer,
doxology,' benediction .
Every Sunday School worker in
the dounty is ivited to be present ,
and take part in (he convention
Be there for the opening session, .
and stay till the close. Many of
the subjects are intended for open
discussion in which all 'are at
liberty to take part. :
Every Sunday School .is entit
led to as many delegates as will go.
Mt. Zion folks are expecting y.
crowd, do not let ;: them be disap- -pointed.
v '
. Every township secretary is
Urged to send reports as early aa
possible. Please- see that your
township has va complete report
and then hurry it in to the secre
tary. AH delegates, ministers . and
visitors who will come by rail to
China Grove, or who expect to re
main over night, will please notify
J. E. Correll, secretary of the
entertainment committee, China
Grove, N. Cm as early as possible.
Notice toS. S. Aissclitloi Dele&ttei
All delegates, ministers and vis
itors who expect to Attend the
Rowan County Sunday School As
sociation at Mt. : Zion Reformed
ohurch, China Grove, N. C Au
gust 21-22, and desire entertain
ment should notify one of the un
dersigned by August 16th.
G. A. Rams AUB, -: '
. J. E. Cobsbix,
- committee.
I Go to the Mocksville picnic on
next Thursday, August Utb.
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bers ot uo. i, siui regimenu (noon.
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