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TIMES. H J. B.'Stierrill, Editor and Publisher. PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK. ,-. Duo lr AMvnno r0L. XXXVI. CONCORD N. C. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 191!. NO. 70 I THE BOYS CORN CLUB. L fir: t & x: li 1L :m -Harry Wins First Prize on Id and Leroy Blackwelder Wins ;t Prize on Report. contestants- in the Boys Corn Contest met Saturday afternoon court house and theprizes were d to the various winners. Prof, 'chaub, of the Department of Iture, was present and delivered interesting and instructive ad n corn culture. The following varded prizes: am Harry; firs tj prize on yield, hels, Chattanooga plow; given 1 lie Hardware Co. : y Blackwelder, 28 1-2 bushels, ; ' 3 on report, saddle by Yorke orth Hardware Co. 'Ritchie. 48 bushels, second $5.00 by J. F. Day vault, n Holland, 47.4 bushels, third $.3.00 in goods by . White--Flowe Co. White, 41.0 bushels, fourth hat, H. L. Parks & Co. Scott, 28 bushels, second on air of shoes by The Concord dlovving were the contestants: Ritchie, William Harry, Robert Millie White, William Holland, Blackwelder, Crtfig and Pratt NJoe Slfinn. Jam s Menius, Les- 2r and Caleb and John Barn- ter hardt Tl.o following is the report of Le Roy 1 ! .ckwelder, t lie 14-year-old son of Mr. Asa Blackwelder, of No. -11 which was awarded first ; 1 12 j : I gi corn f. ye.r . ! exec i Lanl : en-cy :, with i in v. u 'ni:. : oc : April nint!; Apr;: lit i-you a record of my acre in v last year. I was fourteen 1. age. Did all the work myself, ' :lp in breaking an dgathering.. 3 been under cultivation sev irs. It ds a sandy loam soil i, d cday subsoil. This land was t in 1909 and made about four to the acre. Was broken the March 'five inches deep. Soil lition. Harrowed seventh of ail dry. Bedded with disc April, soil dry. Eleventh of awed furrows in the middle wo horse center shovel, soil o hauled manure, three and a Js of 30 bushels to the load j ewed in middle. Plowed two ;rrows in on manure and plant- cn those furrows. Planted fifteentht of April sixteen dnches in drill. Rows 41-2 feec apart. Soil good condition. I ! ntc 1 with Marlboro Prolific and ') pounds' 8-3-'l guano at r. Had a medium stand. Re " " : . fourteenth of May, soil good " n. Cultivated twenty-sixth of . lay, nl dry. Cultivated second of n tiry. uMnrn or. June run and put in 40 pounds of mu potash and 160 pounds of ?phale and broke middle, soil lition. Tenth of June hauled Is, of 30 bushels to the load, , e and 'strewed in the middle, i w;hen corn was about knee iltivated twenty-first of June, ! condition. Windstorm thir July, which hlew down about 1 of it. Cut at ground and fourteenth of iSeptember. le of planting until time of ad twenty rains, four short . which fired it nearly to the me places. It was plowed harrowed one time, cultivat- les, used 40 pounds Muriate , 56 pounds 8-3-3 and 160 xieen per cent. Acid Phos- tal number of pounds 256, :t $3.20. Manure cost $6.00 ting my time at 10 cents per 15 cents per hour for the lime would make the total .67, Yield 28 1-2 bushels, r crop at a dollar per bushel Cost per bushel 79 1-2 cents. ' LEROY BLACKWELDER. SERVICE AT COUNTY HOME. Rev. W. L. Hutchins Preached There Yesterday First Service in Three Years. Rev. W. L. Hutchins, pastor of For est Hill Methodist church, conducted religious sendees at the County Home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. We are informed that this is the first time service has been conducted at the Home in three years. If this is true, it is a regrettable fact. A few 'of the inmates are able to walk to Olivet church nearby, but the majority of them are afflicced and are unable to attend services except when conducted at the Home.. Mr. Hutchins makle a most appro priate talk on the words, "For we know that all things work together for good to them that 'love God ' It was a message of comfort to the un fortunate ones, and was given to them in a plain,, forceful and direct way that that touched their hearts and the hearts of the other hearers present. Mr. Hutchins spoke of the great trials and misfortunes of Paul, his being shipwrecked, ibeaten with stripes, thrown into prison and of his- ill treatment in many ways. In spite of all ihe&e he was able to exclaim: "For we know that all things work to gether for good to them that love God." The lesson was thus forcibly brought home to his hearers, and the message was listended to with close attention'. At the close of the short sermon Mr. Jesse Earnhardt led in an earnest prayer, and after a song was sung the service was concluded. ' Mr. Ira Winecoff, the new keeper of the county home and his good wife have improved things wonderfully there, and they would do still greater things if the county authorities would place the means at thier command. The buildings need whitewashing, and this would not only add immensely to their appearance 'but would do much toward cleanliness and the promotion of better health for the inmates. Howells Young-Harteell Mill Fio-k " Rimer St. Johns Rocky River Annex Patterson Mill Barrier, No. 9 Litaker, No. 11 Winecoff Kannapolis Mt. Pleasant White Hall Rocky River Hisrh School Gilwood Pitts Fisher Cold Water Harrisbunr Cruse Bethpage Gilead Coddle Creek Pine Bluff Plunkett 1 Georgeville Barrier, No. 5 Petrea Patterson, No. 4 Hahn Peck Poplar Tent Eastfield Total aronr I riate Acid I good 2 1-2 of I TI:: hi . :i tec::.:; onc-t! : shoe'.: Frc-.i r " ; dr-. ear : on 3 t ed T. , of I r I --. and c : hour . horso' cots Vak $r- r 1 Southern Cotton Mill Man Looks for : Better Times. Sunday's New York Sun contained the following: - -.-. '"" Ij. W. Brander, who is a manufact urer of table damask and mercerized bods at Concord, N. C, said yesterday at the Waldorf that while the cotton mills of the South had been suffering from poor business, he thought there were evidences of a coming revival, though it hadn't got to the point where the mills had begun to benefit. "There are twelve cotton mills in Concord." said Mr. Brander. "and one of them is the largest towel manu facturing plant in the world. No col ored labor is employed, for the reason that experiments in that direction proved unsatisfactory. We get our best labor from the mountain districts of North Carolina. . "The iSonth is .supplanting New England in the manufacture of coarse cotton goods, and it is not because Northern capital has come in and ta ken' hold for local people have taken up the industry. The farmers of the State have made a great deal of money in the last few years, but what they have acquired has not begun to seek the usual channels of business as yet; since it is being used to pay off mort gages and to Ibuy more. land. "The 'Southern farmer is now employing more scientific methods than ever he fore, and now practices rotation of crops. I think that the increased pro duction of cotton that is bound to come in the South will he from raising more cotton to the acre rather than from increased acreage. ' ' r,. sh:r. 1 1 has ' lie-1 lie CC- ir er liv tlicr : " dir.: With the Sick. . M. Boger, of No. 10 town ritically ill with pneumonia. :2r of Deeds J. B. McAllister j to see his 'brother, Mr. Robt. ier, who is seriously ill at his i Mt. Pleasant, ssage was received this morn ji 'Statesville saying that the n of Mrs. Guffy is considerably 3d. It was stated that an op would not de performed unless dif ion gets worse, egret to note that Mr. John Su 1 quite sick at his home on t-street. ' ' Birthday Surprise Party.' 'Ir. C. A. Cook was delightfully sur prised ;by a numlber of friends Friday night, who called at his home en masse to greet him on his 51st birthdav. The party -brought refreshments and sev eral delightful hours were spent. Mr. Cook's unexpected guests were: Mr. and Mrs. C P. MacLaughlm, Mr. and Mrs. Wolff, Misses Eleanor Norman Laura Ridenhour, Pearl Barrier, Irene Krider, Lola Sappenfield, iSallie Cas tor, Maude Virginia Brown and Ver- nie Blume; Messrs. W. C. Correll, V; L. Norman and Kay Patterson. nty Teachers' Association, Count v Teachers' Association he! J i ; regular monthly meting at the Centr 1 graded school Saturday. Prof. J, A. Bivins, of the Department of F lucation, was present and deliv ered an excellent address. As usual tL-? : seting was attended by a large t of the 'teachers of the county, is phases of educational work discussed and many profitable interesting points relating to I work were brought out in the si on. . s Esther Parker, who has been ig her sister, Mrs. T. D. Maness, aturn this afternoon to her home jemarle. Death of Little Ruth Williams. Jesse Ruth, the two and a half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. S Williams, died this morning at 3 o'clock at their home on Franklin avenue, after an illness of only a few days of laryngitis. The remains were taken on No. 36 to East Bend, ladkin county, where the interment will tbe made. Mr. and Mrs, Williams have the sincere sympathy of all our people in this sad bereavement. The remains were accompanied by Rev. S. N. Wat son and Mrs. W. L. Hutchins. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Stone has re turned from Tillman, S. ., where he has been for two weeks on a hunting expedition. ' - Mr. W. A. Kluttz is spending the day m Charlotte. SCHOOLS CONTRIBUTE TO BILL NYE FUND. The Public Schools Outside of Con cord Contribute $55.25. Prof. Chas. E. Boger, county super ntident of schools, hands us a re port of the amounts contributed by je public schools of the eountv on ebruarv- 22 to so to the building of the Bill Nye Memorial building at the Jackson Training School. The report akes a tine showinsr and not onlv the eity pf Concord but the county of Cabarrus hold the banner for the high est contribution sofar made for this purpose. The following is tbe report rom the various eountrv sehools : Elementary School, Rocky River $2.00 1.4 D 1.00 1.04 2.66 1.90 .78 3.79 .79 .75 1.53 7.50 6.18 2.00 2.50 1.00 1.35 1.51 .69 1.51 2.G4 1.05 .80 1.10 0 .25 1.00 .70 .75 .80 .65 .60 2.00 .19 MILLIONS WANT BREAD. THE BILL NYE FUND. $55.25 Cabarrus' Teachers and Her Able Su perintendent One of the very hest informed teach ers in the county and a" maii that has been attending teachers' meetings in the county for fifteen years said that he meeting here Saturday was the very best Teachers' Meeting that he ever attended. Professor Bivens complimented the eachers on their splendid showing and asked how Mr. Boger was able to get his teachers out and he was told that the teachers of the county didn't have a bit 'better sense than to do just what Charley Boger asked them to do. Mr. Bivens replied : "That explains it, for Cabarrus county has one of the very best superintendents in the State and I -do not face a finer body of teachers anywhere than I meet in Concord.' ' Your correspondent rememfbers that a man Who knows every county superin tendent in the '.State personally, told him less than thirty days ago that our county superintendent is not surpassed in the State. W. Mr. Shepard to Go to Lexington. Mr. James Shepard has returned from a short business trip to Levxing ton. Mr. Shepard went to Lexington with a view of locating there and after looking over the field carefully he de cided to open a ladies ha'berdashery in that city. Mr. Shepard and his mo ther, Mrs. M. M. Shepard, together with Mr. R. K. Black, organized the firm of Black & Shepard, the original ladies store of the city, and were asso ciated with this firm until the first of the year, when Mr. Shepard disposed of his interest to Mr. Black. Mrs. Shepard and her son have made many strong friends during their residence in! Concord and their going away is a matter of general regret there. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard will engage in a similar business and the town of Lexington is to be congratulated on their acquisition. Bingham Deas Residence Destroyed , by Fire. The residence of Mr. Bingham Deas, in Dublin, just outside the city limits, was destroyed by fire last night a'bout 10 o'clock. The rfie originated in the kitchen and at the time all of the family were sleepinsr. They were awakened in time to get out safely, but all of the household effects, with the exception of one feed, were, con sumed by the fixe. The fire alarm was -turned in and the department re sponded but the house was several hundred yards, from any water con nection and the blaze had gained such headway that the firemen were help less. The loss is about $300 with a small amount of insurance. Mrs. P. T. Durham will return this afternoon from a visit to Charlotte Mr. Durham, who preached in Charles ton yesterday, will return home tomorrow. Miss Bonnie Misenheimer returned to Mt. Pleasant yesterday after spend ing several days here with relatives. Advices from China Indicate Great Need American Red Cross Anx ious to Aid in Halting Grim De stroyer. - Recent advice from China indicate that f-oaiiitionji in the famine districts ate a ba,l as have be?n rumored and are growing worse as davs go bv. Two and a half million Chinese will die for the want of bread if assistance is not rendered immediately. 1 This num ber comprises nearly the entire popu lation of the eorthern part of the provinces of Kiang-Su and Anhui. The famine in China is the direct result of the great floods which inun datea the provinces mentioned last summer, ruining the crops. Conse quently there was no harvest and the supply of food on braid was not suffi cient to sustain the people of these sections until the next harvest. In fact,. unless prompt aid is rendered there twill not be a next harvest, as the Chinese will ezt the seed instead of planting it. . During the first days of the famine mothers endeavored to sell their babies to provide food for themselves and save the children from .starvation. Now they are try ing to give the children awav in th hope that those to whom the babies are given will be able to feed them. Along the banks of the Grand Canal the victims of this terrible calamitv are living in mud and w iter, with onfv shacks of matting over their heads. hoping against hope that thev mav exist nntil boats bearing the staff of life come up the canal to relieve them. V nhng from Hwai Yuan, via Nan king, E. . Lobenstine, of the Ameri can Presbyterian Mission, describing the conditions that exist in the coun try immediately about Hwai Yuan, savs: "The.magistry of Hwai Yuan has an estimated population of 300,000 persons. The number of famine suf ferers -those who must be relieved or die in this mao'istrv alnnp amounts to, approximately, 200,000 v pei veui. oi me enure population. Last year the flood was the worst here in many years, and the crops were pow.3jj.33ie. beat. suffered ;f rain drbugfltiind onlv one-third was" saved. This year about half of the wheat was harvested, but in the region north of Hwai two tornadoes and then the flood carried away practically even-thing. "The need here is great, and the condition of the poor is as serious as that in other parts. Reports come in daily of, people . dying of starvation. The poor who have children are trying to sell them, but even they will not sell for a pittance. Help is needed at once. As soon as the real cold and wet weather sets in the death rate will increase greatly. "One million people are dependent on ontsidejrelief, and these will die of starvation if relief is not given and they are kept in this region. Five months must be counted on, and a family cannot exist on less than one cent per head per dayr if for that. "We are eagerly hoping for help from the Red Cross Society." This statement only gives an idea of the conditions in one portion of the great famine district. COMMITTEES APPOINTED. Further Steps Taken for Better Sani tary Conditions Here. At a meetinsr of the committee on public health, which was appointed pursuant to a resolution of theyfiti- zens who attended Dr. McLormack'.? lecture at the court house, it was de cided that from this committee three sub-committees he appointed,' one on corniuiiiees we appoint, eu, uu uu streets, one on education on sanitary subjects and one on policing premises. Mayor Wagoner has appointed the fol lowing committees and the cnairman of each has been requested to call his commktee together so that they may be ready to report to the general com mittee, which "will be asked to meet sometime the coming week. The sub committees are as follows : Committee on Streets. Mr. H fi. Williams. Chairman; Mrs. R. A. Brown, Mrs. J. P. Cook, Mrs. R. S. Young and Mrs. J. L. Erwin. Committee on Education on Sanitary Subjects. Mr. Plato T. Durham. Chairman; Mrs. J. P. Cook, Mrs. R. A. Brown, Dr. J- E. Smoot. Committee on Policing Premises. Dr. J. E. Smoot, Chairman; Mr. II. S. Williams, Mr. J. F. Hurley, Mr. Jno. M. Oglesby. 1 Messrs. R. A. Brown's Sons have Kn awards thft contract to put in a new front to the building now oc ..eA ii v,o r'nnr.ird Bakerv. The .n1an -fYir ihft TIP.W front call for a com plete change in appearance of the vnA -mill modern in all re- spects. The interior of the VuUding twill also oe renovated uu of changes made. Mr. Olin Hoover was a Concord visitor yesterday. Returns from tht SUte Schools Slow Comic In. TL amount m far rHrted to tbe Charlotte OWner from the rhooU of the State for the Bill Mcmon! but M ins at the JarL.n Training seuooj, ! ur.i. This doc not in clude the rejorted froaa the Ca barrus pubhc siclnHd outide of Coa- cord. Only one ciKinty superinten dent has reported. It U expected when the returns all come in tbat the fund. will be considerable. The Wind ehildren of the State institution at ICaleigh eontnbuteil fli.Gl. The Salis bury graded M-hools gave 4440 and the Mooresville school $1133. We thank the Observer for the following kind reference: In addition to the above word was received yesterday from Editor J. B. Sherrill of The Concord Time?, who started out to raise $100, that his fund had now reached the sum of $209.18, and was still growing. If the other newspaiers of the State wouUi P"t forth the same effort, ihe amount a ruined at So. 000 would wtou be forthcoming. Editor Sher- rill is doing & noble work, not only on his own fund, but his missionary efforts are evidenced in the contri bution of the Concord si'hoo!?:, which todate, held the banner for the high est amount - OUR BILL NYE FUND GETS $25.00 MORE. Messrs. Louis and Leonard Brown Swell It This Amount. Our Bill Nye fund for the erection of the cottage at the Jackson Training School has now passed the $200.00 mark, and we are going right on for the $T00.00 we intend to raise. The latest contributors are Messrs. Louis and Leonard Brown, who comprise the firm of R. A, Brown's Sons, and who give $25.00 to the fund. This contribution, like all the rest, is highly appreciated. Who will be nextf The fund now stands: Mrs. J. W. Cannon. 1"..$ 25.00 J.W.Cannon ... 25.0C J. Locke Erwin ... 25.00 Cash "25.00 II. A. Brown's Sons 25.00 Frank L. Smith 15.00 Arthur B. Pounds 10.00 Cash 10.00 C. F. Ritchie . 10.00 P. B. Fetzer 10.00 Boys at Training School 9.18 Times 5.00 Tribune ... :. 5.00 C. W. Swink ......... 5.00 J. F. Honey cutt . 5.00 Total .$209.18 OUR CHINA FAMINE FUND. Contributions Will be Received and Forwarded to the Suffering Millions in China. The Red Cross -Society is engaged in the humanitarian work of raising funds for the relief of the famine suf ferers in China, and The Tribune and The Times will aid in this work by receiving and forwarding all funds of fered f:or this purpose. There is no object to which people could contrib ute that is more worthy tnan tnis the relief of actual starvation of hu man beings. In this land of plenty we cannot even conceive of the awful conditions in China. It is said that one cent a day will keep one of these starving people alive. We have so far received the following contribu tions: Rev. J. J. Eads -$ 1-00 Cash - 6.00 Total ... ........... .. 6.00 Debate on Tithing at Forest Hill Church. A oublic meeting of the women mis sionary societies was held at Forest Hill Methodist church last night. Tbe treasurer of each of the societies made Vir annual financial report, after which a debate on the following ques tion was held: "Resolved that we give tithes now." The following took part in the debate and a number of most interesting points were set forth by them: Misses Cooper and Leaha dul ler Bertha Linker, Minnie Utley ami Mesdames Ida Hodgson and J. C. Fink. Mrs. W. L. Hutchins is presi dent of tbe Woman's ForeignMiadon- ary Society; Mrs. Gordon Johnson, of he Light Bearers, and -Mrs. J. C 'ink, of the Golden Links. No Vote on Mileage BilL Special to The Times. Raleigh, February 27. Senate ad journed without vote on mileage book bilL LLEWXAM. Messrs. D. B. Morrison and - Sam Query have gone to New York to buy goods for the dry goods departments of White-Morrison Flowe Co. Mr. J. M. Davis, of Statesville, dep uty collector of internal revenue, is here today on official business. DEATH Or MR. TRUMAN CHAPMAN. Well Kncnra Cittrtn Died Tniiy Mo mi at it 6 O'clock. Mr. Trnajr,. 4"hijnr. 4xxJ FrvUy roormns at C'oVtrk at fci Vt Corbin trct. Mr. Chapxan h4 bn in ill health for cjeral mmli, but hi condition a tHt Cua4dert4 critical, ar.d he up ail day jUr day aj)d in the early -hoar of t't nibt. Thi morntn; a boat 6 o'clock hi dausrhtcr. Mi Mary CbapajLS, waj rviniasone! to. hi room and found him ia a dying: condition, death r suiting before a f4i)ican arrired. Mr. Chapman a. a native of Ntw York and came South in 1875, and inirchased a fruit orchard in Waxra county. He movtvl to Concord Li and engaged in bii trade, tbat of a mechanic. He secured tbe coo tract and c"ntrocted tbe flnt water works aytctem for tbi cily. Mr, Chap man was an enertretic nrkir ownel considerable property at the time of hL death. He u a nmlMr of the Presbyterian church and an el der in the church at Warreaton. Ha is survived bv one daughter. MU Mary Chapman. Tbe funeral wa JId at tb home Siindav morning at 10 o'clock and the interment Oakwid remeterv. i made at Death of Miss Maggie Weddington. The death. of Mi Maggie Weddtnjr ton will 1m frad new to many of her friend, while her death wa mt ' surprix! u 1hoe who visit eii her in her last icknes. She ha cu a uf- ferer for several yen an a victim of consumption. Mim cddingtou died at the home of her brother, Mr. Char les Weddington, of ncur Knoch villa. She waM a Chrintian young lady, al ways modest and kind to all ihe metr She connected herf with New Beth- page' Presbyterian church at about the age of thirteen year, ht learrf four bndhers and one sifter a fol lows: Messrs. John Weddington, of Mooresville; Oha. Weddington, Sunuvside; Sam Weddington, of Coo- cord, and Mia Bet tie Weddington, of Glass. "Mifcr Weddington twa born Norcxa- bcr 4th, 1882, and die,! February 18, 1911, being 28 year", 3 months and 14 daj-s. The funeral vru conducted by Rev. Mr. Culberson, of Moorea ville, who took hi subject from th 14th chapter of John. A FKI KND. How North Carolina Land Is A&sessed for Taxation. The Haleigh Newt ami Ob.erver publishes rlie amount at which tb land of eaHh county in the State is asssel for taxation. This shows that the average valuation ig $o.30 per acre. It also shown that wme of th so-called 'pauper' conntie lit their land as high a Hme of the surplus counties, (jaston -ounty ha th highest average assewment which ia $26.11' per acre. Some of the aft- ments in other counties are: Cabarrus ..$9.72 Mecklenburg , 9.83 Anson - 4.Co Iredell 7.12 Montgomery .: . . 435 Rowan 8J2D Stanly . ....... 7.11; Union . - 6.43 The aefsment in Dare county ia the lowest, $1.45. ' Mr. Shepard Cannot Get Building. Mr. Jarue-i Shepard ha returned from a sliort busines trip to- Lexing ton. Before going to Laurens about two week ago Mr. Shepard rented the storeroom formerly occupied by J. L. Miller, but on account of th fact that tbe goods belonging to Mr. Miller are in charge of the referee in bankruptcy they cannot be removed. Mr. Shepard intended opening a 1a dies' ready to weartore in the build ing in March, but on account of his failure to get the tore be has not decided definitely what he will do. Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Odeil, of Greensboro, spent yesterday here with Mr W. R. Odell. Aprir4 is paid ia be the date select ed by the President in case be calla an extra session of Congress. Boy Hurt at Locke MilL John Kirk, 15 year of are was in- . jured at the Locke mill Friday if- ternoon by falling from an elevator he wa riding on. The boy was de scending on the elevator and as he passed one of the floors be caught th edge of tbe floor and let the eletator go on down. After holding to othav floor for an instant he attempted to drop and catch the elevator but miss- ed his balance and fell to, the floor be neath, a distance of about 10 feet. Ha sustained a broken wrist and several bruises. It is said .that the accident was due to the boy ' own carelessness, as he had been warned about attempt ing such a hazardous practice while oa the elevator. A-