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LOCAL MEWS
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ALU. OF.' OUR READERS.
Ttie SaUsbary Chamber of
Commerce la getting in eome
nitrate of soda for Rdwau
farmers. If you need a ny pee
T D Brown at tht old court
v Mike. Winecoff, who has
bert witli the Ho wan Hard
ware atid Machinery Co for
nearly eight- year as tale
man and managar of the
machinery aud inptement line
as resigned and accepted a
position with the Farm Power
Co. which i goiuR t put in
a full line of John Deer
machinery and implements
Hh will be RlacVfor hi f riendp
Vi cjII to pee. him acroa the
Btreet from The Watchman
office 1 -
A daughter wa? born Tu-f
day morning to Vr and
Mie Albert Miller who reside
near China Grove.
At a meeting held in the
o'd court houee last night it
wa.x decided that a big fourth
of July celebration would be
h-ll iu SalUburv tbi yrar.
Get read? to do your part.
A strong county organiza
tion is being formed to carry
the War Savings Stamps
Campaign next week to a
success fnl couclus ion. It
will succeed of course and
oM Kowan will go over the
top again.
ruRepoHrromltTts-oft
the county indicate that the
wneat crop will be much
shorter than was anticipated
fevral moi.ths ago.
Mr-P A
Earnhardt spent
Tneyday in Salisl ury vitit-1
ii g sirs J Ragland.
S G Setx-rand J A.Brnton
who have heen clerking at
(!orriher-Ca punter Co's
hav resigned and accepted
oth.-r positions. ir Hetr-r
bis taken a ryvitiou In tne
ynrd at
B uton as
pHllcer
ann j a.
T A
fireman on the
Southern.
R-v R L Brown and wife
of Grani'e Quarry are visit
ing their son. John R Brown j
also a sisier, Mrs P A Peeler
of Faith.
Arthur Hnlabouser of Sails
burv, visited his parents here
Sunday.
Re?erved seat tickets fir
the orphau's concer.t Thurs
day night, June ,27th, will
be on sale at Jno. R BrownV
jewelry store. The orphan
mint becard for and fTi is
bltfh, o come out ard help
whire help is needed and
will bo appreciated.
Pmf. J K Redfernxwho
wa principal cf the China
Gfve schools during the
ter n of 1916-17, has just
be ii re-elected superintend
eot of the public schools of
Sp -MCr. He is given credit
for haviug conducted a
spl 'tidid school there duriug
tht past yer.
m' s Mary Ramsaur who
hat been in tbe hospital in
Sa!:sbury for three weeks
for treatment for appsndi
cltiJ returned home todav,
ba. g been, greatly improv
ed.
r Rbv VV H Kieer, - former
pastor o f St 'MarfcV E L
Chnrch, China Grove, was jsl
Saliebnry visitor Tuesday,.
The government 'suggests
that nOj.wheat be threshed
befoie July 15th if there is (t
way to care for i.
Miss Maude Finch of Albe
maVIe ha been the -geust of
Miss Mary Bostian a few
days this week.
m w Tempietou ts epena
lug the day in.Statville.Whurch Monday :attim6ffl:m? iaiier v--
Jonn wooaman ana defter
Fisher
who had left for Camp
i were discharged for
JacKson
disabilities.
nampiOn OlirHWaU al
r . os li a.
.uuu u ulu u
anu uuu ib p.rar-eu wuu
WOfk.
pleased
Grip Boger now
n e c t e d with
army is asistiug in the
service between New
con
the tank
York
aiioL France, is at home ou a
phort furlough.
Mia Viro-inia Rnlrft is nJcU
ing relatives in Liucoltou.
ti i : tr::
.ni r, tha r. J
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ih) rcuuui ruuiu ui iuo i-.uui
eran cnurcn aaunay aiier-
niK)u at fonr o'clock.
Mi, Annie Lee Plpsa of
Crescent tpent several days
with her sister, Mrs C P
Fisher.
rhe program of the orphan
siuing class ia
calcu'ated to
of loyal cith
make the hearts
country.
Miss Fannie Efird went to
St it-ville this morning to
accomnauy h"er sister, Mies
Lnura home Hiss Laura
jia:4 bemi iQ the Long saua-
torium for treatment aud has
bren much improved.
Meiame? ii L McCrary of
L-xinglou. C Kimball of
Columbia. J S Sutton of Bir-
miugham, Miss Florence
Kddleraau of Albemarle, G
M Mieeuhinmer and wife at
tended the funeral of Mr C
V Raukiu, Aloud ly.
Be sure to hear the patrio
tic program of the orphan's
class trora Oxford orphauage.
it is inspiring
Mesdames II T Graerer, VV
DTalbertandA V VViues
coff sp-nt Wednesday in Kan
uapoli8 with U H Graeber
and wife.
Miss Nannette Ramsaur
of Philadelphia, js visiting
her parents L)r aud Mrs G A
Ramsaur. . x
The Corriher-Carpenter Co
have a new advertisement in
this paper aud are making
some very reasonable' prices
ou most lines of goods.
Yt n g-t your money's worth
when you trade with this
euterprising firm.
The 14 girls and boys in
the Oxford sirgiug class are
representing about 375 child
ren in that splendid institu
tion. Hear thqm sing and
Fee hew you like them.
If you want to spend a eve
niug of pleasure, aud at the
-ame time help a most worthy
rau.-e, do not fail to attend
the concert given by the Ox
ford Singing Class.
-Prof Chas W Rankin; J)f
Graham N. C; aged 32, did
i XT Asheville, last Friday
where he had gone f or. teafc;
menti They remains w'e
tkken to China Grove Sun-1
dV mnrninV and the f unerat
- j - .was he'd from St' Marks ifi
A"cclA"4l""V-
tor of that chnrch, officiating;
and Rev C P Fisher, preseM
pastor, assisting. The intefj-
ment was in Green Lawn
I nmOT.r Ho Iadvab n wiffl
and two small' boys; also CM
fathert. mother, two brotherWrelatives after which his body
I 3 tt JH woo ' fonrlorJir laifl In ' rP.5ft in
OUU UUD DlBlor. JJ.O WttD a Ut'l
five nf thin nnnntv ind hfa
parents live near Barber. - MthQ resurrection of the just.
nr an tnrmftr natrons anni
...M . MSB.
tHbra nf ftrnh&m aiifl Rnmeler Evelyn Lorene. of Mr and
from Concord and Salisbury
were present at the funeradied Wed nesdry morning June
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WU1CU Wflg ODB OI IUB gtW
ever neia ircra 01 MarKs
Mr Rankin was a splendtdK
v t i . J . XTl
ana was neiu in tue uiKuest
eeieem Dy an wuo kubw uiiu.
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THE FUNERAL.
h.
At 3:30 Monday afternoon the
nerai services over ineremains
I - t Trf Pharloo Waolnn Ponln'n
r I T- - -
T'T:::;;;
xan church by. Rev W H Ritfer ot
Fisher, pastbr. The pall bearera!
Lexington, b U, and Rev C tf
were; active, W B Green, T 0 C R Wat kins of China, Grove,
Moore of Grahkm, ,N C, Supijit'the home of.her danght-
H9" Wetter J-B Roiymsorrr
Fisher and Uhas Jai iJoger, Uon-
cord, N C; honorary, J H White,
C A Thompson, R L Holmes, W
E Thompson, W P Smith, E P
McClure, A Williams, J Boggs of
Graham. WJ Swink and G G
Blackwelder of China Grove.
Twelve flower girls took charge
of the many beautiful floral offer
ings. Prof Rankin was 32 years
of age. He was born near Salis
bury in 1886 and was married to
Miss Lurline Graham of China
Grove in 1912. He was a man
of excellent character, high in
telleotual traits and abilities, one
of tbe leading educators of the
State. Teaching at Salisbury,
Jackson Training School, and for
the past five years at Graham.
Several days pr.or to his death
he resigned the position of su
perintendent of the Burlington
schools. Surviving Prof Rankin
are his wife and two children,
his father, mother, one sister
and two brothers, besides a host
of devoted friends and relatives.
Attending the services were
many friends and relatives from
Salisbury, Graham, Concord,
Lexington, Albemarle.Columbia,
S C, and Birmingham, Ala.
William Key Ramsaur Fesper
man, son of Mr and Mrs Wm J
Fesperman, near Grace church,
died at the home of his parents
Saturday morning, June 15, af
ter an illness of a little more than
a week, at tbe age of 12 years, 9
months and 3 days. On October
14, 1917, he was confirmed a
member of Lutheran Chapel
church, and has ever been faith
f ul in his attendance of the ser
vices of the church and Sunday
school. As an .evidence of the
very high esteem in which he
was held by his Sunday school
class, the teacher, Mrs. Angie
Kimball, and the other members
of the clas's sat with the mourn
ers during the services. He was
also a member of the Children's
Missionary Society and was one
of twelve who volunteered to
I sappbrt aJapati papihint the
XUtiberanschoql in Kumoindtoi
Japan, forgone :y ear. ?A1L Iwho
knew hirfi bear testiorony; JtSiatr
he ' wasp a good bpyjv titd-,; and
obedient.' .i;He leaves tpirmoutn
his:d tti a d evo ted ?f a t h e r ;a.nd
other; bne brother, rFIeydj o
Lfiiddeoite, If Cf and fivV sisters,
Mesdam os a) ter Overca$h ; 6f
near Chinarbye, T vhke Winer
pofE'oi'.Salisjiiify Sarger
of Bostiaha Oross Roads, and
ses Angioiahd Estelle Fesper
-i?--w tt
number of .relatives and friends,
Tbe funerai. services were held
Q Lutheran Chapei Church' the
;i6liowfi.tisdeath)nUuc
ed -by his pastor, Rev. C. A.
RWnnrn. in l,A.nconr.a nf a rorv
large concourse of friends and
" wmv. j
Green Lawn Cemetery to await
i na sixteen monins oia auuiruo
1 -. 11. 1 J 1 1
f Mrs Horace B Shoe of Landis,
19th. about five o'clock, after a
- . . o rtrt
Tha fnnorul earirlpoc xv a ro nnn
. D o a
Brown, at L,u tneran unapei at
a
, , . 7 i:.i-kjw
xi.ou a lu, imc uav luuuniug uoi
was tenderly laid to rest in Green
wn Cemetery to await the re-
Sarrection-morn. She leaves to
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mourn her death a devoted tatuer
and Sothornd alarge,circleof
relatives an d. friends.
Mrs Maggie Watkina, mother
lotte yesterday. Mrs Watkins
was about 80 years old and leaves
several grown children. Her re
mains were brought here this
afternoon on No 46 and taken to
Lutheran Chapel church where
ihe funeral service was conduct -ed
by Rev W S' Hales of the
Methodist church The inter
:
ment was in Green Lawn ceme
tery.
Wbooplnz Coasb.
In this disease it is important
that the cough be kept loose and
expectoration easy, which can be
done by giving- Chamberlains
Cough Remedy. Mrs P H Mar
tin, Peru. Ind., writes, -'My two
daughters had whooping cough."
I gave them . Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and it worked
like a charm."
Card of Thanh.
We desire to than", public
ly, our friends and most
esoecially the many friends
of our dear -son and brother
Kay for the kinduess showu
us in our recent bereave j
ment We assure syou they
will nevef be forgotten.
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Mr and Mrs VV J Fesperman
Mrs T W Overcash,
Mrs T M WinecofE,
Mrs Floyd Barger,
k Miss Angie Fesberman,'
J Floyd Fesperman
-Miss EsteUe Fesperman.
Soar Stomach.
This is a mild form of indiges
tion. It is usually brought on
by eating- to rapidly or too much,
or food not suited to your diges
tive organs. If you will ; eat
slowly, masticate your jfood
thoroughly, eat but little meat
and none at all for supper,; you
will more thaa likely 'avoid the
sour stomach without ' taking
any medicine whatever. , When
you have a sour stomach," - take
one of Uhamberiain s Tablets
aid digestion.
io
Mrs M J, Graham, Jxas f e
turned t roni ? a J iri eit to her,
si st er, -M f :s 1) L S Graeber-j i
Y?izoi city; M 18 ;
The many friends .ot A
Va n Pel t w i 1 1 regret "tp jlearn
that he is kept at home with
ilJnres. - y ; - ' ; r;
Ca rl Correll. recei ved aiJbg
by expres4 this morning from'
LeejSbvirg, Va. . ' i ; .
?ReyJH Keller; left I this
morni n g- for Char I p tte. -
j D tieuig, jssq. pt vanf
A Brown last. Tuesday
eve
ning on business relative to
the work of the North Cafo-
Una Synod. - r
u i i-JorreJi w mo nas het
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on tne sick list lor .seveaii
days is improving. I
Mrs W E peai aud childreu
are spending the week a !
Caldwell Deals' near Enoch-
ville.
The Orjta are Coming. '
The singing cln.s of Oxford
Orphanage will give a con
cert in China Grove at h 30
" uiuca. v ui luumiajf rfUue
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thing aa to the gdod that has
heretofore resulted to the
various places these children
have vis itsd , and we are cons
fident that the effort to make
their forthcoming visis a sue
e&B ag Wt3ll as a blessing to
; nr cdm
0Qr hear
nmnityv will enlist
heartv co-operation.,
uiee looKing
after the the work here
IS
composed of M a s tire wait, 1
H S Bostian, T S Beaver
The concert is to be given
in China Grove by a blasts of
children from the Oxfod
Orphauage should enlist in
sympathetic interest aud
"".L!.1 Z??
VU iUILliCl IliecO I'll 1 1(1
r,n i,n hnrn thmattio
to be well behaved aud well
trained and the concert, is al-
ways worthy of patronage,
American TfODDS StOtffl German TrenClieS.l
.. . .
With
Frace, June 20, At dawn this
morning, American troops
stormed theGeiman trenches and
macnine gun nests m tront ot
uantingy, m tne Montdidior sec-
A 'I ' 1 C4-l L 1 I
T' iBBOl,ine ..ir
nauu wuu icmmucu iu ii ii a l ana
carrv f nut tnir rrrl ore tr VtA
nc;t;nn , ,ef . . .
f-r
vw rifliA ma ir, arv,
?
and bayonet
The Americans also took
pris
oners.
rue American artillery put
down a heavy box barrage on the
rear of the enemy positions. A
few minutes iater the infantry
swarmed over tbe too and rushed
the trenches. Some of the Ger
mans had tried to escape through
the barrage, crashing- to their
rear, but few of them got
through for numerous German
dead were found later.
Prisoners captured declare
that they - had orders to hold on
at all costs, and this was appar
ent by the desparate manner in
which they fought. The battle
was short, but deadly, for the
enemy . positions ' were swept
clean of Germans. The official
report says that a : great many
Germans were killed. f
One machine gun nest contain
ing- eight men, which had beed
sprinkling Cantigny for some
days, was blown, up by a direct
hitfrota a trench -mortar booiV
READf FOR KEIT jjRJTE.
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A mum to Sen Tlrift a J 17ir Sirfc3
Stamps CamesHaxt; v v '! : ' ' v
, l nere. was ; a meeting one. : -
jiight this week of the com-. ;
mittee con Thrift and War, ;
Saving? Stamps appointed by :
the .county chairman, W B
Strachan of SaliPbiiryf fbr ! t (
tiepurpoeeLof laying plans ;tv '
to Cconduct the, town shiD
campaign in the drive to take
place next week June 2428th
P ?f ;;awara8 fOiijanaiB,';
committee a ppihtedr leaders
tor the Fiqk and YbBt' school.
Ha Oresft
school, Upper Kannapolis
.schooh and all otner Schools
' ,1n thtt tnwnflhlri nrfiA' tirlll aa
, f
lect the! r assistants to carry
on the work. ArrangemBnts
vere made to have speaker
he various schooip and at big'
n ion service w'li te n61d in
hftiM 'Grove Sunday; iaf ter-
loon in; St M irk's E L church
fl'he township committee
compose of B O Edwards,
rhairmau, J Pr Linn, F E
vright, A m Hannar H R
ouuciu, t n ftarauarai.
w.-o P a nA
i..i. - . jaiuuaiuv auu. aid
r u. 1.
The China Grove commit
tee consists of Rev J- H KeK -
Jerman chairman, A if Hanna
A A Burlef' ' and ire F R
Shepherd. ;: :
The Landis committee con-
sibte of CJ Deal, 1 chairman,
F E Wright J P. Linn,i Mee
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T&9 Ladies Still at Work.
Friday afternoon the Red
wTOSS
fx
workroom was filled
with and earoest enthusias
tic, workers. E v e r y
one was busy the entire time,
from little Miss Ethel Fisher
, , j xl ,
who cheered the soldiers as
they passed on troop trains to
the industrious ladies who
came miles from their home
n the country to fyelp. Some
were there for the first time.
ah i0i u a
and teel sure they caught
the true spirit Of the place
and will come regularly.
Those present were: - Mes-
dame8 B S Shdford. David
Lyerlyl) C Swaringen, F
r c i . r .
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it if rr-i.
neury mcoorKie joun nois
houser. A D Sechler, llinton
tsi, r a r ts a ii7
xvi i iv. j xx uiuwu, o xx ? car
er, J L Bostian, A W Wine-
coff, G G Blackwelder, CP
Fisher. T S Wilkie. W S
Hales,. S P McLester. A M
Hanua, Misses Annie Lee
"less, Evelyn Thorn, Mary
Bostian, Helen Lyrely and
Quelle fewarmgen.
An Ufl!p& Manto.
An uoiqae marriage was
solemnized last Tuesday,
June 18, 1918, when Mies
Annie icoire. Phillipps and
Lee Osear OJine were made
one. The contracting parties
were attired in plain ' neat
working clothes, the grdom
wearing overalls and the
bride wearing a plain light
blue gingham dress, the
vows were made on the large
flat rock in front of the old
historic "Brick House," near
Ebenezer church, Litaker
township Rev C A 8f own
performed the ceremouy v
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