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tr *rsday, January 11, 1923. * * happenings in our * 2 NEIGHBORING VILLAGES * * ‘ * *************** 10 OUR CORRESPONDENTS .wv furnish stamped and self-nd envelopes free to "all our regn j'ir , When yon need a . r l'.ly. let us know and we will send them or once. Give name and address. ROBERTA. school is progressing nicely «f --i, t'hristnias. with the teachers as ; Mr. M. 1.. Dortoh, principal: v t la Williams, Daisjv Searboro, i (Mrdcll Herring, and'Mr. Ralph inger.' assistants. W.‘ had services as follows on Sun ,.,v: Preachimr ar 11 n. m. and 7 p. m., .. ;t;d;.y school at 10 a. m. The con ifion was small on account of the , . ..rreeahi/ 4 weather. !iss Halley Ballard spent the woek v.ltii her sister and brother, Mr. Mrs. Jacob Furr. ,o. and Mrs. K. .7. Linker spent Sun ,-j. N ; .f Mr. and Mrs. L. .1. Solomon’s, in charlotfs. yiivses F.thel and Mae Blackwelder ; :i ,i Gortruje. Furr have gone back to ~4 at Mt. Pleasant. Messrs. Fred l.i.M and Fr**d Furr have returned to Rmixrfonl (’ollege. All .these stu spend the holidays with home \ onus. Mrs. E. .7. Linker has a pair ~i iioads made of eherry and plum M They were made hy her father ;; iss If you <*itii Iw-at that for |iis. trot them out. ' Mr. Hoke Linker and Miss Essie Lin ]s,t s.pept Sunday evening with Misses jPitli and. Heal l ive Blackwelder. „ Mi. Ed. Alexander has moved his la mil v to Roberta and will begin work the mill. LOVE. GIBSON MILL. Mrs. Bcuford Cranfill and Messrs. V Elmer Cranlill and W. 11. Walker wore called to High Point Sunday by* the death of Mr. Clias. Jarrell. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freeze. Mrs. W M/.Freeze. Grace. Lena and Master Paul Freeze spent the week-end in Sal ih.my visiting Mr. and Mrs. Travis Eh.lv. Mr. I. L. Fry is expected to return ‘koine this week from the:Concord. llos piial. where lie underwent an opera tion several weeks ago. lie is con-, vah‘Scing nicely. Mrs. Walter Slough is confined to her- home with an attack of fin. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Misen hoinicr January 3rd, a daughter. The infant lived only about 3d hours, and interment was made Friday at Oak wood cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Walker have moved to* their new home near Pop lar Tent. Mr. .1.1,. Towell has moved his family into the house which was vacated by them. ' Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Fry and chil dren and Mr. Henderson Overcasli. of Charlotte, spent Sunday afternoon here visiting at the home of Mr. J. L. • Fry. Mil' G. F. Calloway is real sick at her home on Gibson street. Mrs. Until Julian returned "Monday to her home in Brookford. after a vis it of several weeks here to relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Eudy and children spent Sunday in Gastonia, vis iting Mrs. Endy’s sister, MrS. Henry Tyson-. ___ Mr. S. S. Goodson, of Maiden. X. C., is spending some-time here visiting his nephews, Messrs. Will and Earl Hel (lentian. .Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Allen motored to Statesville Sunday. Misses Bennie and Delphia Fincher an* confined to their home with flu. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Crowell and children spent Sunday -afternoon in Salisbury visiting their daughter, Mrs. Mike Talley. Mr. and Mrs. George Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Small, of High Point, spent several days of last week lure, having been called here by the death of Master John Wallace Cook. Messrs?. Fred Jordan and James Gor don and Miss Gertie I>ees» of Char lotte. spent Sunday here with relatives and friends. A Ford runabout itelonging J. T Coggins, was stolen on last Sun day night. The ear was left in front of McGill Street Baptist Church and was taken during the evening service. Wln-it Mr. Coggins missed his ear. he notified the police department. They soon got on the track of it. and over took the thief with it a few miles out on tin- Charlotte road. The ear was brought back to town by the police, hut the thief made his escape through sonic woods near the roadside. The car was not damaged. FAITH. I T. Wyatt has just received an "idcr for a pair of millstones to grind coni. A chock came with the order to l>a.\ for them. Mr. Waiter Rodger, who lots lieen farming on John Iloloughby’s farm for the past two or three years, has just • •ought a nice house and lot in Faith "ii Main street from Mrs. John 17. A. Fisher-aml has moved in it. We wel joonie him and his family to our little ’own. Electric lights tire now being I'Eccd in his resodeuee. born to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sliivo, a d . igliter. January Bth, 1023. I I." "lectric light and* power com ! •!.. .if Rockwell, has a force of men ; ! work in our town wiring up every "■ clcifcc and church on main street, ■ and MWo-ral other residences out on "i.i streets. In a short time our lit - - town wlil fie lighted with electric ■'gin* Who savs Faith is not coming? tj . ‘ LOWER STONE. **\ving to-the sudden ehange in the W‘-ather there is ti lot of sickness in! Ihi* community. ir. P. R. Foutz bans been sick for !i: “ past week with flu. 'E. Charley Bonds, of M. I*. C. 1., ' at Saturday night and Sunday with - home fojks. Os ha Miller spent the week-end ( v -i ; ii home folks. •Messrs. Charley Foutz and Archie •'< "tt spent Sunday evening at Mr. T. Barkley's. • Mr. Lee Host, of Concord, was in ' lumuuity last week trading •Mr. A. L. Kluttz moved his family t" .Salisbury last, week, where he has* a tuition with lite Goodman Lumber t company. i M:ss Nellie Earnhardt has recently ; returned home, after spendihg the 5 ( hristnias holidays with her cousin, ■ Miss Dora Lee of Richfield. i : Mr. Henry Barger spent Saturday) night and Sunday with Mr. FI. B.' Foutz. Mr. L. M. frolshonser, of Rockwell. ! our rural mail carrier, has been sick i for the past week, bur now is able to be out. j Mr. George Foutz is sick with flu. ■ | Mr. John Best made a business trip .to Salisbury last Wednesday. I Mr. and Mrs. John A.: Si. Brown i has been sie.lc for the past weelCAvith ' j flu. Iho school at Fisher is progressing nicely with Mr. Isenhour as principal ; and Mi>s Juanita Morrison as assist-i I ant. | Master Leo Earnhardt is on the ' 1 j Sick list. ( Mr. Henry G. Rost and family spent Sunday -at Mr. Reid Honeycutt's in No. 7. TULIP. STANFIELD ROUTE TWO. j Air. John E. Turner and daughter, j 'j Vtegie, spent last week in the home of I ) Mrs. John Kluttz, by the bedside of J l liis father. John S. Turner, who has ! been very sick. 1 .Miss Estelle Furs gave her brother, Alopza, a birthday party Saturday 1 night. Many of liis friends were present: After many interesting games were played, the guests were in vited into the dining room, where cake, fruits and candies were serves!. His friends left, wishing him many more happy birthdays. Mr. Bill Turner was called home to the bedside of liis grandfather last wt'ek'.-Mr. John S. Turner. Little Annie Leugnia Little has re- I turned to her home at GedVgeville, as ; ter spending the holidays with _ her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. j Turner, WILD ROSE. KNOCHVILLE. Mr. E. R. Plaster returned Thursday after a visit of a few weeks with liis daughter in Wilmington. Mr. Floyd Goodnight's family have the flu. Mr. Claude Smith's have all been confined to their home with flu. "Messrs. W_ F., M. W„ Allman, C. C. Cpright and 7.. 11. Overcash bored a well Tuesday for Mr. Whitley at Midway. Friends and relatives of Mr. and ■ Mrs Joiurh Honeycutt were shocked to learn of their death this week, which was duo to pneumonia follow ing flu. Two little children were left orphans, one seven years old and the ' other only fifteen months old. There wans a similar occurrence in the Unity neighborhood a few years ago when Mr. and Mrs. John Archer both di edonlv a few hours apart, leaving sev eral small children. Little Elsie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Upright, has been right sick. Miss Elsie Bost and brother, Hu bert, tire improved since having an attack of flu. Mr. C. C. Upright’s! baby is improv ing a little. Mrs. I). P. Winecoff is on the sick , list this week. Mrs. G. T. Upright and little Miss Flora May Upright spent Tuesday evening with Mrs. C. <’. Cpright. Mrs. Dora Cpright and daughter spent Saturday night in Concord with her si-.ter. Mrs. Mattie Overcash. BUSY BEE. MIFFIN HOLTON RETURNS MYSTERIOUSLY TO HOME Left Suddenly More Than Six Months Ago and Came Back Same Way. New Bern, Jan. 10. —Mifflin Holton. Olympia white man. who dropped our of sight mysteriously last summer, has la-turned to his wife and family there, according to a report reaching here today, and as mysteriously as he de parted. Holton himself refuses to discuss his sojourn, and members of his family, if they know anything, arc keeping it under cover. Holton, who owned liis farm wear Olympia, five miles north of here, worked in a local barber shop on Sat urday. One Saturday afternoon last summer lie left liis work, presumably to do some shopping, and never came back. When last seen he was on a Norfolk Southern train on route to Goldsboro. For weeks afterward Mrs. Holton sought in vain for her liusbamkJhrough correspondence with police in this and I adjoining states, and newspapers car- • ried notices, but not one word was heard from the missing man. A night or so ago lie appeared at liis home, apparently none, the worse for his six months of self-imposed exile, but as silent as the proverbial clam. 1922 Ended With 12,357,376 Automo biles and Trucks. New York, Jan. 10.—The y&ir 1922 ended with 12,307,370 automobiles and motor trucks on the- roads of the United States —a gain of 3,851,710, or 17.0 per cent, over registration figures, for 11)21 —-said a report made public tonigiit by automotive industries. The. figures mean a car of some sort for every 8.7 persons in the country^ New York was the first state to pass the 1.000,000 mark. It led with 1,000,732 and also had the largest) numerical gain over the previous year 1 with 188.701. The percentage gain i over 3921 was largest in the District, of Columbia and in the stale of Wash- 1 ingfon, the increases being 38.4 per. cent and 31.1 per cent respectively ! Fees collected by the various states from motor taxes totaled'more than) .$150,000,000 exceeding the. 1921 figure, by some .$30,000,000. Kverv state hail more cars and trucks I in use on December 31, 1922, than on) the same date in 1921. This is in j contrast to the situation a year ago j when four states showed lowe.r figures than in 1920. The delinquents last j year were Georgia, South Carolina, Montana and South Dakota. These four states together showed a decrease in 1921. of 17,734 as compared with 13920. This year they show a total gain of 27,539 over 1921, a net increase iof 8,985 over the previous high point lof 1920. . • The greatest numerical gains were made in the high registration states as usual, New York, California, Penn sylvania, Illinois, Michigan, and Mass achusetts leading the list of actual gains in the order named. ” . _ China has magazines for women, but they are all edited by men. KANNAPOLIS ® j® DEPARTMENT & ;© . ® ! Kannapolis, N. C, .Tan. 10.—The Y. M. C. A. has resumed the showing of tiie series of Bible pictures which was discontinued on the approach of I warm weather-. Sunday a nutn j her of interesting pictures in eonnee .tion with Abraham were shown in the new auditorium. The. large crowd present was free to manifest its en thusiasm. The Y. M. C. A. (juartet, also pleased the audience with an old (time song very impressively rendered. Pictures will lie shown every Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock without charge. The public is cordially invited. It is said we remember seventy per cent, of what we see, and ten per cent, of what we hear. Presenting these Iti | ble pictures to the eye moans more j than a sermon, especially to children. A sad occurrence of the past week I was the mysterious disappearance of Troy Thompson, seventeen or eighteen years of age. and son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Thompson who live on Mr. I Henry Archer's farm, .about one and a half miles from Kannapolis. The boy lias not been seen since Friday and no trace of him has yet been found. A largo number of men from this town Sunday joined in a fruit- I loss search. The parents of tlie boy are much disturbed over tlie incident. Master L.vddell Ketchie, little son of Mrs. P. L. Ketch ie., mot with a se rious accident Friday when, not look ing where he was going, he ran into a truck which was hacking. Master Lyddell is able to be up now. though ibi* is not yet out of danger from the wounds which were made on his face. Mrs. S. C. Simmons and children and Mrs. Irvin Graham arrived homo the latter part of the pass week from West Point, Gn., where Mrs. Simmons was detained on account of the illness of Master Walton. He is now aide to be out. The friends.of Mr. A. C. T,oekmaii will l»e pleased to know that lie is now improving, -after having undergone an operation in the Presbyterian Hospital al Charlotte a week ago. Mr. Lock man was. for several days, very ill. Mrs. Reek, of Fairview, N. C., has accepted a position as stenographer at the Cabarrus mill office. Mrs. Beck is making her homo at the Mary Ella Hall. Miss Ellen Jamison, of Charlotte, is making her home at the Mary Ella spending some time with Mrs. W. C. Jamison. a Miss Winona Chaney left today for Durham, where she has accepted a unanimous call as home mision work er for Temple Baptist Church of that city, having resigned her work here. Miss Chaney has served the First Baptist Church of Kannapolis in the capacity of home mission worker be tween two and three years, and has demonstrated unusual ability in her calling. As a pastor’s aid, she is veY.v valuable indeed. Among other things, she organized the Missionary Society into Circles, reorganized the R. Y. P. Ci, has been an active mem ber of the Federated Missionary Socie ty of Kannapolis, a member of the Woman’s Club, she ministered to the sii k and suffering, scattering sunshine and cheer. Her sunny disposition dis pels the gloom in many a dark corner. She leaves many warm friends in Kannapolis. Temple Baptist Church is to bo congratulated on securing her services.. ■Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sliinn now occu py the pretty brick cotta age near Judge .Trammell’s store. Mr. John Willett, who has. not been so well the past week, is improving. The friends of Mrs. J. H. Broom will he glad to know that she is much im proved after having been ill thexpast week. The Kannapolis schools opened Mon day after having been discontinued the past week on account of the flu situation. Mrs. C. Townsend is improving after having boon indisposed the past several days. Miss I„ois Howie returned Sunday alter spending the past week in Albe marle. The Missionary Society of the Infili leran Church will hold its regular monthly meeting at the church Sun day at 3 p. m. Little Esther Brown and little Bet tie Gay and Master Durette Coltrane, of Concord, were guests of Mrs. John Rutledge Saturday. Miss Pauline Walter has been home since Christmas on account of two in fected fingers. Mrs. Burley Beaver was hostess to the 500 Club Thursday afternoon. Messrs. Zeb Bradford, of Concord, and Joe Gudger, of Albemarle, spent Sunday in the city. Mrs. J. W. .loimson delightfully -en tertained Monday evening at a fare well shower given in honor of Miss Chaney. Quite a number gathered at the church and went in a body to the home of Mrs. Johnson, where Miss Chaney was spending the night. Ev erything had been so tactfully ar- i ranged that the occasion was n com plete surprise to Miss Chaney. She, received many pretty and useful gifts. I Mrs. Sam Kelly will entertain the! Social Hour Club Thursday afternoon. ; Miss Lillie Willett spent Monday i night in Charlotte with her sister. : Miss Mary Willett. The Woman's Club held its regular ! monthly meeting Monday night. Miss Stockton outlined some of the county health work and discussed other phas es of the work. Miss Wilson gave a helpful talk on balanced diet and the) making up of a menu. Reports from j some of the committees on Christmas Seals were given. Beginning today, and continuing two weeks, Dr. Foster will hold a dental el into for school children between the ages of six and twelve years of age, the clinic to be held at the south school. The Worn na’s Club urges that any of the ladies of the town who are able to assist Dr. Foster in the clerical work in connec tion with the clinic. Little Annie Hall Flowe is able to lie out again after an illness of some duration. . Latest reports from the bedside of Mrs. E. E. Lady, who is in a Balti- THE CONCORD TIMES moie' hospital, state that her condi tion is improving, though it will be necessary for her to remain in the hospital for some time. Mrs. E. M. Bain and little daughter, Sara Margaret,, left yesterday for Greensboro, where they spent last night with Mrs. Bain's brother, leav ing today for their home in Lillington. Mrs. Bain has been spending the holi days with her sister, Mrs. E. P. Reel. Mrs. L. J. Brown and little daugh ter, Nellie, who have been ill of flu, are recuperating.. Mr. fund Mrs. Hoyle Ilollyfield and Misses Mary and Ruth Condi attend ed the funeral yesterday of Mr. John Rodgers, of China Grove. Interment was made near Faith. The Y. M. C. A. secretary of Con cord will occupy the pulpit of the Re formed church Sunday at the eleven o’clock service. Miss Esther Harlis spent Saturday in Charlotte. The conditioin of Mrs. Charles Wal ker is improving after suffering an attack of tin. Miss Rubye Nance returned home Friday from King’s Business College, Charlotte, on account of illnses. Mrs. J. W. Bounds left yesterday for Charlotte, where’she will spend a few days with her daughter. Mrs. John Nash. The Mission Study class of the Presbyterian met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. K. O. Roger. The rlnss commencedt the study Thursday of the Aztecs of Mexico. A long distance ’phone message yes terday stated that the condition of Miss Mary Bradley Thompson, who has been indisposed in the infirmary of the Greensboro College for Women since she returned after tlie Christ mas holidays, is improved. The Home Economies Department of tlx* Woman’s Club will hold its next meeting nr the new V. M. C. A. on the night of Thursday, January 18th. Miss Wilson will demonstrate the mak ing of home made dress forms. BRITISH DEBT MISSION LAYS CARDS ON TABLE Details Withheld But England Cannot Accept Terms Laid Down by Con gress. Washington, Jan. 10.—Great Brit ain's financial mission laid its cards on the table today before the Ameri can debt commission at an executive cession, at the treasury. Details were withheld, hut there were renewed ex pressions of hope that out of the negotiations would come at least a tentative agreement for the refund ing of the British debt of more then four billions of dollars, perhaps with in a week. While the official spokesman for the negotiators reiterated that there had .been no concrete proposals as a basis of settlement, it was apparent that the American commission had before it in formation upon which to base the con clusion that the London government could not consent to terms within the limitations laid down *l>y Congress as to the time of payment and the rate of interest to be charged. Before the commissions assembled for their second formal session, Sena tor Smoot, republican, Utah, a member of the American delegation, informed the senate finance committee at an executive session that Congress would he asked to broaden the. powers of Un- American commission in dealing not only with the British debt, but with those of the other allied countries. CRIMINAL CASES HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED Jury Discharged Yesterday Afternoon. —Docket YVas One of Lightest in Recent Y’ears. The last, ease on the criminal docket in Cabarrus Superior Court was tried yesterday afternoon and the jury was discharged. With the completion of the. Thomas hearing today the crim inal docket was completed. In the case of Dewit Cotlien prayer for judgment was continued upon pay ment of cost. • t In the case of Jim Eddings, charged "with bigamy, prayer for judgment was eontiued until the April term of court upon payment of cost. The defendant was also required.to give a .SIOO bond for his appearance at the April term of court. Hie Captain Wasn’t Lost; He YY T as Merely Taking a Yacation. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 10 —The mystery of the schooner Mazie Peabody has been solved. Reported about three weeks ago as probably lost in a storm in Chesapeake Bay because no advices had been received as to her where abouts for the previous two weeks, the little vessel came into Norfolk today and anchored off Hospital Point. Tiie. captain walked calmly into a shipping official’s office, and reported his arrival. “M.v goodness, captain, we had giv en you up for lost. Where have you been?” the official exclaimed. “Why mart. I live on one of the creeks on tlx*, bay.” the captain an swered, “and. I just dropped in at home to spend the holidays on the Way doyvn.” Ku Klux Left Note in the Courtroom? Charles City, lowa, Jan 30.—A note nurporting to he form tlx* Ku Kltix Ivlan was picked up in the courthouse here toda/ where the trial of B. F. Kneeskerh,7 accused of killing Irene van Brocklin, *s-being tried. it read: “We solemnly swear to come and get B. F. Kne.eskern, if lie is found guilty. Sixty-two is a plenty. If it isn’t there is plenty more.” The note was turned over to the judge by the sheriff. Irene van Brocklin and her husband were slain in a cabin on Kne.eskern’s firm near Castalia on December 31. 1921. i " ' ' Transport St. Millie! is to Bring Back American Troops. New York. Jan. 10.—The transport St. Mihiel will sail for Europe at noon Friday to bring back tiie American troops on the Rhine whose recall was ordered today by President Harding, it was announced late this afternoon. Colonel Louis H. Bash, at the army transport base in Brooklyn, said the vessel had been ordered to sail for a German port, not yet designated. j Working of stocking the St. Mihiel iffimedmtely was begun. A few years ago Pola Negri, the fam ous film actress, was earning a mod est four dollars a week as a shop-girl in Berlin. LOCAL MENTION Hood middling cotton today on the loci! market is quoted at !i<> 1-2 cent* per pound: cotton s.. d at 72 c nts per liushol. tits. .Tohn W. Cline and Mrs. Ernest Hicks are confined io their home on account of iiiness. The former’s con dition is reported today as unchanged. The family of Mr. T. B. Barnhardi, who have all been confined to their homo with the flu, are again aide to he out. Miss Hattie'Alexander has been con fined to her bed with fin since Satur day. at the home of her sister. Mrs. W. C. Taylor at Rocky River. new eases of whooping cough and two cases of measles were re pined this morning to the county health department. Mrs. Rachael Beaty died this morn ing at 10 :-4"» o'clock at 1 11 East Cor bin street. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, -find interment will be. made in tin* cemeterv there. Solicitor Zen Long, who held his first court as solicitor for this district, returned to his home in Statesville this afternoon. The session of Cabar rus Court was short, the jury having been dismissed yesterday afternoon The Young Ladies Auxiliary of Trin ity Reformed l Church will meet this evening at 7:80 o'clock with Mrs. Eu gene (I. .Martin at her home on Geor gia Avenue. The leader for the meet ing will he Miss Margaret Winders. ♦ The Flowe's Store Community Clul will meet in the school house on Fri day night of this week at. 7:80 o'clock An interesting program hasa been ar ranged for the meeting, and all mem hors and others interested an* urged to attend. The Holy Communion will be given in-tin* New Gilead Reformed Church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The Preparatory service will be hold Saturday afternoon at 2:80 o’clock. Tin* quarterly meeting of the Consis tory will follow the Saturday service. Hr. 11. B. Foster opened tin* dental elinie in Kar.anapolis yesterday, and during the day he examined a number of students. He will be in Kannapo lis li>r two weeks, and then will be gin his work with the students in the rural schools. Mr. Lee Ilooks died yesterday after noon at 2 o’clock at his home at the Franklin Mill. He was 22 years old and had neen ill for some time. Fun eral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Doolan’s Grove, in Mecklenburg County. Mr. W. W. Watts is confined at his home on South Valley street on ac count of injuries which he received when two automobiles collided on Kerr street. The accident occurred Sunday morning when Mr. Watts was on his way to Sunday school at Kerr Street Baptist Church. meeting of’the American Legion Auxiliary of the Eighth District, scheduled to bo held in Salisbury to day. has been postponed indefinitely, local Auxiliary members have been ad vised. The large number of la grippe ami flu cases in the district is given as the cause for the postponement. R. D. Goodman, county farm agent, states that he is making plans now to purchase some calcium arsenate which will bo used by the farmers of the county in their tight against the, boll Weevil. Mr. Goodman stated that he is investigating the market now. and will purchase flic arsenate for the low est possible figure. The aldermen will hold a special meeting at the city hall tonight at. 8 o’clock. The meeting has been caned for the purpose oJL-discussing the wid ening of'Means street, though other matters also are expected to he pre sented during the meeting. It is prob able that an important ordinance will he presented relative to cutting the streets, and perhaps covering other subjects. A venereal clinic will be conducted in this county beginning January 15th and continuing at intervals■ through February 29t h. The clinic will be held in this county on the following dates: January 15. 1(5, 22. 23, 20 and 3d and February 5. (5. 12. 13, 10 and 20. The clinics will be conducted from 10 a. m. to 4 p. in. on the dates given above, and will be held in the offices of the county health department. The grand jury for the January term of court, which submitted its re port yesterday afternoon, recommend ed that a bridge be erected from the second story of the jail to the second story of the court house. Tlie recom mendation has met with general ap proval, judging from comment heard on the streets, and it is probable that the matter will be given serious and immediate attention by the county commissioners. You can help the scliodl children of the Concord schools by subscribing to the campaign now being raised to con tinue tlie dental clinic in this city. It. will cost S3OO to continue the clinic another month, so that hundreds of children who need the dental exami nation and work can get them. Notify some memlier of the public welfare de partment of the 'Women’s Club or Miss May Stockton, county nurse, if you want to make contribution. Report of Concord Library For De cember. Borrowers 4985. New Borrowers 15. Visitors to reading room: Adults 247; children 257; total 504. Books taken out: Adults 2524; chill dren 750; total 3280. Books bought, adults 25. Books given, adults 24. Books withdrawn: Adults 18; chil dren 0. Total nunmber volumes 5345. MRS. RICHMOND REED. Librarian. The two most famous actresses of modern times, Mile. Rachel and Mine. Bernhardt, were Jewesses by birth and origin. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Friday; warmer tonight. Your Will The importance of making a Will and se lecting a suitable Executor cannot be overesti mated. The appointment of this institution as Eexecutor insures the administration of m your estate according to your instruc tM tions and desires. fife CITIZENS BANK & TRUST | III! I COMPANY ii!p|§||j|!t CONCORD ""our NEW BUILDING e.'iSw NEARING COMPLETION - 1 - •■■■ ■ A little comparison is good for the soul! And the sole purpose of us asking you to compare is to prove to you that we deserve your business this month as we have never deserved it before. i • ■ p|pi| Frqm the standpoint of wealth % and warmth—woolens and weaves —and from what you want to pay —there is not.one other store in Concord that is delivering more’music and less vamping than this very store this month! ‘ Browns - Cannon Co. THE RELIABLE STORE Car Load of Pigs and Hogs For Sale at the Laughlin Barn Across the Tracks at Southern Depot in Most Any Kind and Size You Want. These Hogs are all healthy as they have been inoculated with an immuning dose of Anti-HOg Cholera Serum, according to the re quirements of the C. S. Government. If you want hogs, come to see me. I will make the prices right. Will be here all this week, and until the middle of next week. * A. J. WHITEHURST. \ ~ A Well Designed Overstuffed Suite —Spring Construction! From all outer appearances your own judgment would quickly tell you that the Overstuffed Suite at these prices illustrated above is one acclaimed by all ”to lie the thing.” Yet to determine its true worth a knowledge of inner construction is necessary. We know, and therefore offer this Suite as on<? fitting as belonging to the well furnished home. One of ottr many attractive Living Room Suite Values. ' . - BFXL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO. -THE STORE THAT SATISFIES” PAGE THREE