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". TliQ.cbtton iriUl i8; ruuuiDg'
Ooly "foar dayapr wealf now."
plopfbg. down afuoon ; Tours ?'
' day forhbe wt-ck;
- vMlaMary Re, whn 6a?
' im ' recovered f rein a n at-
tack of Intlueoza, fa epandioK
ft ftfwdayeiu Charlotte. -.
. Anuie. Cooper, .wbo
int receutly Kr completed. -a
pourssH traiuwd unroevand
who bas lmtn Vpebdiug eev:
f ml moat tii here with her
parents, ' Mr and Mrs J F
Coorer.Las retarded to Phila
llelphia to take v. position iu
ix boepital asasp -clai nawe.
Mis; Myrtlrt Cooper pejit
.1 neiiday vUil iii'Jier filstyr ia
the Kancapolip school.
Prof H J .PeeJer of Kan
napolis; U dpjnding.tbe after
noon iu Salisbury. .
Mr.. Fautiie -Uaweir of
Charlotte is vi&itfug 51 . E
dioe. ' : ,.-'
Rev VV S Hale 'i on fh
elcl lit thia ?cpek,:biit hopes'
to be able to filr.b.U Appoiur
ment 8 Sunday. ;k . - ,
Mrs Jaa. IV ; Day vault la
VisitiDger; Pinter, Mra AN
-twrt err ill, of .iummerfield
Mr? M J Graham. arill. vjgq I
to Birber td -morrow to Bpend j
Gn.Amr9 TTVl l.tll- lift h t ul
Mifs Larline Rankin. '
B S Shuford, who has betu
serving ou the jnry of tLt
Haperior Court in balisbnry,
Is again at Irs place of budi-
WC Deal,, who has been
with the Chiua Grove Ro!ir
mill for several year has re
eigned and is nowuffaged in
tu'llinc? m-HitinH4 in (nhrr-
k t i n 1
me connty. Carl Basiupr
haF taken tbe poitiou vacat
ed by Mr Deal.
Rev C A Brown wp. iu .Sal
lebury last Monday on buei
xie&J. RevC A Brown i? in JSalis
bary today attending a meet
ing of the JSxt'cu live Com
mittee of th North Carolina
Synod. 6ome important
business ia beiug traueacted
Cartia Fitzgerald of Thorn
aaville, N C, spent yesterday
at Rev C P Fisher's.- Mr
Fitzgerald aw active service
inliJgiam, was badly wound
ed and'fs just beginning to
walk without crutches.
There will be a combined
meeting - of Woman'd and
Children's yisaionary Socie
ties Sunday afternoon - at 3
qicl Dck, in the Sunday School
room of St Mark'e church; :
Mxa M-J Graham baB ;re
ttirnd from a month's ' visit
to &T8 C'J Kimball, of Colum
Wa, S C, Mrs V W Riser,
Lexington; S CJand Mr? J A
.Oraham, App!eton S C
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-Master- Beecher Furr is
much improved from an at
tack of bronchial pneumoi
Mi3 Annie LeePlee of
Crepcrfiit; whoiaB,betrf v!pitJ.
triK bt bih! er;. Mrs r";;P;;F:?-i
er rcariiea-acaie I utBda;. .
the.Un
of tb'e number about 115 have de-
termrncr,to ral$e leu tntilion doh
I as f. f ora ) reconstrtict ton work
of. J. Earopev ' The - ; - Luthen
c h n rc h t&af 'j t be . Uo f tea 8 1 a t
anrt.Canida ba.vasunifd their
part wb ich fis I ;000,I)QO "to . be
raised by itwohundrea thousand;
municants,C-Each denominalitAi
is assuming its part and ' wiprk'
ing-'out its on plan of tdvance
work aloag' tbe line education
etc.'- '- - ' "
Tbe Lutheran Council . of the
American Lutheran church is
sending men into all parts of, the
United, States and Canada to ex-J
plain to the peopfe the- wbtk rfaod
the need of this great tinder-!
taking. Hence, Tuesday, Febr
ruary I8th, at ID p mV. Revs Drs "J
L B Wolf of Baltimore and D H
"Paunroke of s NeW York city,
two very eloquent speakers will
be here and at the mass meeting
to'give firgt-hand information to
of the great work of reconstruc
tion along religious protestant
lines in Europe. r
. Mjss t'iorence Steward will
conduct a musical cborous at the
opening of the meeting. Every
Uody is idviled tor attend. No
vh a rges for ad mission'.
The Ladie'e.Aid Society of
the Metbodifct -cbarch ;be)d
at; interesting meeting with
X. E Gray. 1 v
The fc?l nclai r 8itters,V Jfoor
U... mu-:iAJteftpklf
'Lyceum deli.rtfl a large
J? . il.. 1. 1 li
toriuo: Monday evening.
- Becb'-r Furr is quite ill
I w'th brOnchinl pDeuraonia.
R L McCrary of Lexing
ton, was in Chiua Grove
Wed need ay. "
P'of F B Brow u of Enochs
i lie, was n visit jr here
j yt terday. Pnu" Brown is
t-pt-cting to leave in the.
morning
for Greennboro to
attend the Republican State
convention. t
' Mr and Mrs J-V J Swinkjbeed the call is contained in the
pave a. delightful turkey I questionnaire which he brazenly
supper to a few friends last
uisht. The fortunate ones
present were: Prof ZV 'I'rexb
ler aud wife and sister, Miss
Dorothy Trexier, P A Earn
hardt ai,d wife and B SShu
frd,
Mrs W T Hurley of Bisco. j
N C. is visitiug her son, may
or A A Hurley. '
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Mrs Lou Linn x of Landis
ppent the week end with her
sister, Mrs A Van Pelt.
.Mrs P E Kimball is visiting
hiT daughter, A'rs J A Them
and her son, Will Kimball.
Mrs. U N Mathewpon, form
erly Mies Ruth Cline, has re
turned to Atlanta, after
spending two weeks with her
parents, being called home
on account' of the sickness
and deatbof her sister.
Partus .Qildreo.' : :-
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Poomuch care cannot be exer
cised in selecting a cough medi
cine for children. It should be
pleasant to take, contain no barm
fiil drug , and - most effectual in
curing? their, coughs -and colds.
Long-experience has shown that
Cuamberlaln's ' Utiugir. -Remedy
iartt tbese" .cohJit-ous; ;lt
iciiious. ...it is a
f avore wiihi many toothers.
Congressmen who appeajj
tnt uponthe halting'
to be bent
"coming; ta this couutry-of alfc aln
lens mrgn,t wuu luciMvaf'cvia.y
mdrevbelpjtothe:xoatrVitak
upland pusbithe matter'of . forcinj
many 'of the aliens ' already bere
to:g6t.out at the earliest:momenf
possible v x
rit-bas been disclosed that ltt.,'
Pennsylvaota 25. per cenliojtb
men registered under the draft
law. males between the, ages vof
lS and 45years. are aliens, this
maioritv r.of r whom ' protested
against; every effort to ;tnduc4
"them to join Our army and ttavjjM
andthelp oilr boys in the7 great
strugfgle ended by the armistice
on .November-1 Hast. ,
In the state.of - WashingtQa a
m - . f v - , . t
number ofi the members of 'the-
draft boards' bave' adopted a res?
olution" to initiate - a flationwide
movement having for , its purpoS"
the deportation of -all aliens"
both declarants and non declare
ants, ,wbp claimed, exemption';
from military service lupon mere
grounds of 'non-citizen-ship. Ij5(
the resolutions favoring such
action they sayV - - .
' Tbe exemption of aliens was
the most exasperating experience
of the; draft boards. The action
of-suph aliens was cowardly , dis
graceful ah jun patriotic. Every
such person immediately branded,
himself as a dangerous and under
sirable residents., Thecputltryi
nurtured and nrotir.tfd fhp t'twi
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Some
jyii6HHiimiiiiHM iiuirn . k i, i iiijj,m,.ijv(lwf.t.j.'i..a'M.T-Kt.
these men were not willing to
bear any burdens. For , every
alien so exempted, a good Ameri
Can boy had to go to the frpnt
These aliens remained at home
in ease and safety. They still
retain good jobs to the exclusion
of our returning soldiers.
There were 92,645 such aliens
in the city of Philadelphia alone,
and 441.013 .in tbe State of Penn
syJvania1. S(.mo to their cred
it did not claim exemption and
entered the service of the country
in which they were free as our
own citizens. The record of
every alien who refuse to serve
is available. His refusal to
denied the right of .the country
in which he lives, and. in which
he makes his living, to ask him
jto.take any part in the war.
Congressmen' may not have
their ears to the ground,
but they ought to be made to
hear theilfcinands of the people
to take immediate action through
bich all of the -outgoing ships
carry from our shores every
alien here who refused to enter
fu BprViVp nf iT.r
it was at war with Gjsrmanyand
its allies. The Washington ad
vocates of this character advise
citizens' to make their.- wishes
known to their Congressmen by
writing to $hem. The idea is
splendid. Philadelphia Record.
Constipation. '
Tbera are people who neve'r
have a movement of the bowels
without.it is produced by a ear
th ar tic. Most " of them s have
brought that condition on them
selves t$y the use of mineral wat
ers and strong' cathartics that
take too much water out of the
system - and j agjErravate the dis
ease they are meant to relieve. A
mild laxati vetpnic like Chamber
1 ain's Tablets affords - a gen tie
movement of the bowels that you
hardly realize has been 'produced
by a. Medicine;: and" -their , use is
not so likel yfto be followed by
constipation. ' , ;; :"
wassolemnized Wedn4sday - evV itjnocnt VusementeVen ; h
jiingiat a pclock, February; P0 apeife be -eperlsjve;j
ChitjGrOveVwben Missate
4;towUshiPr, Caharrus county;
RpjC A Rrnw7Tina4tnr of the
'r-and Mrl,Willia5n 1A 'Snther . art l A to baoVc. whrji
of CocorCbeVame-tbe bride of liJe,without;sttnifitW?t i J ;
KmiiPr KVIlpWr nrlnckPrV of No? eifi-Iiit aUlT inprng
'.,' ' -.. i --: ii..laad snow ana, Droceeds-tto ro!l
:dnly;afew; invited quests,'
Ibfidels ayouug womari. of sweet
stprliriior rtimlltipo-nf rharar.tpr and i
and a prosperous farmering 4
Township. -.The :young";"coaple
are topular with wide, circle of
friends aUof whom Wish' them,a
long;baPPy and prosperous life.' 4
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.A pretty .borne, wenaing
characterized by qmetand Sim
plicity, was solemniaed TuedaT
at the borne of Mr and 'Mrs A. J
Propst of near Kannajpblis, when
they gave their eldest daughter,
Ruth, -in .marriage to . Parks
f vtted guesti Immediatelylafter
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disposition and. quiebcharm- bf anur
manner. The?ffrQom is a wdrthy congeaJeoVfiuid bevook;ra-
and-estlmable ybung Wan with jat h ftf'
Cline, Rev C A Brown, pastor of Past?r Mrita Vnurct 4t member till Iferatl.;;
the bride, rendering very-impres wj" Pacft ihe Opd TVKfSHiiVs; Mtfl l". hVlwas c
sively the. beautiful marriage emng $eryico. 7 ac ....
service ornne iutneranj rri XevUA.Urovnomitatirt.'Tfc: -
church, in the. oresencr oL the-'6 charcb;vqntX ; ;
fo;i o Hnmw fi' deliver tha'barsre to btthJ uaaL ir-:.- 1 '
the cergmony a- elieftus twosecYaucaarca oonleoiea husband, tbgetber with
. I 'j nA vear arid: i'vdrv -nnnular wtt.h 1 -1 . f ...-. t
thniirca enflrwf nroc coi'ro1
is position and nuiet charm ofl
. . -At: u mv j iim - . ' mill in i ,j
manner. The groom is a son of nKiueu m wus cnurcu at a cast
Mr and Mrs W N Cline, of near of. $700,- has been thoroughly'
Kannapolis, and is a worthy and tested and proved very satisfac
estimable young man with sterlin t017- This about completes the
qualities of character. The equipment of this church, ex-
voune-couple are popular with a
wide circle of friends all of whom
wish them a long and prosperous
lite. . I
Heetiag of Sons and Dangte of.Liborty.
The Sens and Daughters of
Liberty, Success Council, No. 47.
will meet in their hall to-morrow
evening at 7:30 o'clock, when
there will be an installation t of
officers and other matters to be
given attention.
Poblic Meeting of Jiinfors. -
Hero Council No 65, Jr. O, U.
A. M., will hold apublic -meeting
in their hall on Saturday;
Pebrurary 22nd. at 3 o'clock
An appropriate program will" v be
arranged, especially n memory
of Geo. Washington's birthday.
A nu mber of prominent speak,
ers will enHven the occasion
with interesting talks. : Every
body is invited.
German Cannon- as Liberty Loan Trophies.
Why not one for Rowan County?
If a resofuation now before
tCongress is adopted, two : hun
dred and fifty captured German
cannon will be - distributed as
permrnent prizes to cities makr
ing the best showing in the Vic
tory Loan campaign.
A request has been , made by
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
that Congress make this distri
bution possible, a n d Liberty
Loan workers are hoping, to get
it through to givte the campaign
an added impetus, ,
Officprs for tte Ladies' iyd Social. .r
Th Ladies Aid 'Society; of: -tVie"
Lutheran church eleccedi at lie
last meeting,- the following offi
cers for another y eat:: vi
President, .Mrs P R Shep'sgrd,
. v. v ice , rres., srs s vy uravj
If- i Secretary, ' Mrs;; ABro wjufJ
Treasurer. M r a AM- Hanna
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when the beaatilul was descend-
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floor and bursting atbeyirnck
aecoumr inenoor f ana-inrni
tujeand perfum- - the Vv
Of coursenoUnny of a faf- to
e&9m lth& wav bu. TJnclr
J mvBbBtfan win have, his in,
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As.annanced btsi the
installation of Rev CWm
pepfeRev ; Fisher fias
served tliftnhn rehvahnn ft; rinA
?8 re9Pi? genrwy,-,,vt .i
.nil i jur. iut.u.k'.. m.uf.lJt-LJK:j.n:i.-gs
AUC uc,mSTwb juit
U?H1' wwiuuows.
UliSS StlrflWalt'slllBSiC CI3SS.
. A vrarvr Holiorht-.fnl faatiifa n-rA
one that should interestlthe en-
tire community; of miss Ada
ptirewalt's music clas tliis year
is the. Friday afternotm pupil
recital. iour-bave been: givenn
by Gladys Pou ncy, Helen Lyj el ,
Maratha Shuford and Kathryn
Brown. The pupil is permitted.
to invite a limited number of
guests besides" tihe class mem
bers. The program .takes the
form of a regular lesson . which
is of great benefit to the listener
as .well as the pupil. The first
part of the program consists of
selections dealing with the tech
nique of playing. Second, play
ing in all keys or ' transposing.
Then duet or ensemble, playing
accompany ing, .playing of hymn
tunes and solo selections. Cu i f
rent events are given also and
afterward s,- the re is general dis
cussion, anyone being permitted'
to ask questions; , "
R is u privilege to be present
at one of these recitals vand
we feel' it is becoming one of
the uieaus of ;edu eating ou r
town musically., Another meads
is the Cummunity 'Sing" "which
Miss Stir e wait is; planning for
'theVear future; ifiyery person
in China Grove should be pres
ent at.this "Singand enter into
the whole hearted joy it will most
assuredly prod uce ' k ; V; '
'i 'Music is the best natural ek
pressidn of joy arid happiness. w
Billions Attack;
Persons T5ubjec to a v periodic
billious "attacks will observe that
-their appetite f ailsHhem jpst be-
i ore an a t tacfc . :i'hat is,; they do
nbt crave foo(i but eatibecause it
is mea I t i me '.th ey wil 1 eat
PyvaCHght ''MHdi.nojntU t ;
thenrtke twb. of ; Chamberlain's
bieis theNM
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T usiall Xcl'r'ip p6werj in'" ili V ,
(oitotMilf be'6ij I9c.;die'l In '.r -ar5pitJ3altim'ore,
Jannary'.) . : vv
flewaa a native of pas m a pontiff : - .
Vnin. tma'-fnnWttnflrtn'
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seetnd to 'be 1 io ; j CaVjbanal - irootl .
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Mfunerahwlll br held-WttorrOw', - : '
niornhi ten.aloQkfrorn j&o J fc
thWeaidettcerKeCrA- Orowa ""! . .
fecial 1 5;ana tlio - in f er nfan't
vbr be la Qreao tawn iionetery.1-' ' ' .
; -4 parouifi riave ne.sy mpamy.'
artita(HH; ;,C, 7 diexTat her
tae.ftiiftt. lingering Elites Jof
j VeUl tmm b s , ' Febtua rY 7t h fat .
3eaeebf.40 vears lOtaODths
. niember oV' Lutheran' Chart I i
?. jcK and was later tranferrcl
stUrk' p t:hUrCloChtna '
f ff. f which-cnurcli' ihi wVs
rewmpntbs ioldbaud'a
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friends, h leaves to mourn iher
,it their anfriendvi'-;
v Mr PanaieiGvenne" ouvmi " ' ' '
deam. rne l flaer a I scrvtcci"
were :tteld in ; Lutberao ph a pel
burclvodnctbif;; RevC A
Brown; who w asjassfted ! by Revs
Q P Kosher, her pastor ancrVH
Park, pastoc oT Kimbafl Memo
rial E L church kannapoljs, NO
a fter wh icb her body was tender
ly laid to rest in Green Lawn
cemetery to await the resprrec
tion mor n . May ttie ; Lprd bless
arid care for the bereaved ones. V.
Floor Taxes on Tttecct . ; v
XJollector Watts has mailed to
all dealers in rtobaccp snuff.
.Lcigara and cigarettes, whose.
names and addresses. h has,
blanks for inventories Tori' the
amount of stock in thee articles
they will have. . on hand . on the'
day after . the new Revenue' Act
becomes law, which: of course
will not be until the Act is sign-?
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w ' J- , 1 r- . jl ' . . .-"a j ' - t . . .--t. . tt-i
pd by: the President. It is the 'r-v
duty Of tJisse dealers to ascer - r; ' ' . .
tain thp day ; the AW ;ialiftttiyfi
in all the. papers and doubtless ,
telegraphed to important points"
in jne-aisricii. , a 7
'j Blanks for the sworn return
will bjg sent as soon as the-'AcV;
beCemes law. 'feS'''
. It may be thiV the C1 lector, v
KajS failed i to secu re the' ' names i
and postoflices of all dealers ls 'V
tl&! arfccles. ; , If anj such deal.
er vhas not and does not receive :
withfn the next few dafe: tbesif
uiautts i . buouiq immediately - -write
to A D' ; Waits; V Col f edtbK f
8tatesviile,N. C;fwbiisname ?
will be placed otiv the-Hsti; and V -
buinkfihwilt bvpromptly j sent ' , i
;ir'ay;rsonvfirnbr jcor'poij-PT, VX
action ,:bba)ea;not
ar ticlesy bad. received blanks j be v-" -': '
Collector ;ill very g -A
preciateVjetoracar
effectwheolhe namewill bo ; ' ' ; J
stricken from the list, ' ? -v
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