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New Orleans Mobile Pensacola ||
Feb. 8-13, 1923 Feb. 11-13, 1923 Feb. 10-13, 1923 {j
Southern Railway System |
! Announces {::]
Very Low Round Trip Fares
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New Orleans—'Pickets on Sale Feb. 0-13 inclusive jj
! Mobile — -'Pickets on sale Feb. 0-13, inclusive
Pensacola —'Pickets on sale Feb. 8-13, inclusive
’ Final limit of all tickets, Feb. 20th, 1023. |,
If presented prior to Feb. 20th, tickets may be extend- j;;
ed until March 1, 1923, by paying fee of SI.OO.
Five Fast Through Trains Daily
Pullman sleeping cars, observation cars, club cars, din- jji
ing cars and coaches. ji!
For further information and details call on nearest j|
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R. H. GRAHAM, -
Division Passenger Agent,
Charlotte, N. C.
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LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.
•I > Reaver is administrator
' * I ‘ , ‘ estate of the late John W. Bea
■ license has been issued to
F. Collett and Miss Mollie E.
■ V. lioUi of Concord.
* ‘ on the local market today is
1 i! ' ! ai 28 cents per pound; cotton
ay 72 bushel, i
(> F ,infant sou of Mr. and Mrs.
, *' 1 * ' 'I Furr was buried yesterday af
'"""a at Otikwood cemetery at 4
15 J. B. McAllister, clerk of su
-1 l " 1 «ourt, is able to l>e at his of-
J' 1 . :, -ain today, after being confined
' ‘s home in Mt. Pleasant for several
‘S on account of illness.
T S V nie , one ' e htered the plant of the
ii, Xii . s f om Pany here last night. They
( 1 “'“d the building by a rear windoiv,’
UfT( ‘ unable to secure anything of
■ ll!, ‘ alter entering the office. Police
believe it was the work of hoys, as the
entire job smacked of amateurism, and
tracks found on the outside of the
building were very small. j
Rev. W. O. Wauohope, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church is con
fined to his home on account of illness.
His condition today is reported as im
proved.
There will be services at Howell's
Church next Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock, conducted by the pastor. Rev.
Baxter Craig, of Monroe. The public
is invited to the services.
The Southern Railway is offering
reduced rates to Mobile, New Orleans
and Pensacola. ~ The rates are for
round trip, and will go on sale Feb
ruary (>th. A new ad. in this paper
today gives full particulars.
Johnnie, 25-days-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley Davis, died last night at
the home of his parents on Mulberry
street. Funeral services were held
this afternoon at 3 o’clock and inter-
ment was made in Oak wood cemetery.
: Nine new cases of whooping cough
; two new cases of measles and one new
j case of chicken pox were reported to
| tiie county health department Satur
; day and this morning, it was reported
| at the office of Dr. Buchanan this
| morning. ?
; The Spring term opened this morn
| iug in the public schools of the city,
j During the day a number of students
I in various grades were advanced to
| Grade A, while students who did not
I make sufficient work were kept iu
; grade B. A number of new students
| entered the schools too, these students
| being children who were not eligible to
; enter school in September.
| Saturday night was basketball night
|at the Y. Three games were played
! during the night, Concord teams win
| ning two of them. The Y team ckv
; seated the Greensboro Y team 47 to
33; the Concord highs defeated Landis
22 to 10, and the girls team lost to
I the Winecoff girls team. The three
i games were witnessed by crowds that,
j packed the Y.
The white teachers of the county J
held a very interesting meeting at the
court house Saturday. Prof. J. H.
Cook was unable to be present at the
meeting and the teachers heard a very
able and instructive, address bv Prof.
Miller, of N. C. C. W. Most of the
teachers of the county were present
for the meeting. The white teachers
will nie.et again at the court house on
the fourth Saturday in February.
j Everything is in readiness for the
I big barbecue to he held tomorrow
| night by the. Fred Y. McConnell post
of the American Legion. Several high
State officers of the Legion have been
invited to address the meeting, and
j the.y have stated they will be present.)
t Every ex-service man in the county!
whether or not a member of the Legion, j
is invited to he present and enjoy the
fine, things planned.
Examinations are being held at Dav
idson College now, and a number of
Concord students at the college have
been spending the examination period
here with home folks. One Concord
hoy did not have to stand any of his
exams, it was said, owing to the high
daily average ho made during the
year, and several other students from
this city were excused from some of
their exams because of tlieir daily
grade.
For the sum of $5,985 a real e»iate
and building company of Culver City,
California, advertisers to sell bunga
low homes, completely furnished, even
to a “flivver” in the garage and five
gallons of gasoline thrown it*.
THE concord times
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GEORGEVILLE.
t Prof. J. B. Robertson spent Inst!
Friday afternoon visiting our school. |
i We were glad to see him. and hope he
; 1 \ai 11 visit us ofttner.'
i Misses Vayne Earnhardt and Marv |
•Bello Cannon speni the week-end with'
borne folks.
li Misses Inez and Laura Mayo Shinn,
I [of Mont Anioenn Seminary. Mt. Pleas
[ant. spent the week-end with their pat
ients, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Shinn,
j The health conditions in this com
munity seem to be very good, we are
Igind to say.
i Mr. Sam Stewart is improving af
ter having had influenza.
.Mr. L. T. Shinn spent Saturday in
Concord on business.
Mr. L. E. Mabry attended the teach
ers meeting Saturday.
Mrs. A. Eud.v spent last week in
Concord with her daughter. Mrs. A.
M. Shinn. TULIP.
NO. 10 TOWNSHIP.
The freeze did considerable damage
to fruit trees, breaking branches and
pulling some of the trees out of the
ground.
• Mass Kate Sossamon died at her
home at Sherrill Springs .fanua r> 20.
of pneumonia.- She was (ip years of
age and was a member of Rocky Riv
er Church. Miss Sossamon was of a
good disposition, being all her life as
modest and, bashful as a girl in her
early teens. One thing that makes her
death more said is the fact that her
brother, the late .J. (\ Sossamon, pre
ceded her to the just six days.
Funeral services were conducted by
her pastor, Rev. T. if. Spence, and in-
I ferment was mmie in tin* Rocky River
cemetery. Her bereaved relatives have
the sympathy of the Out ire community.
Mrs. (Tara Aycock was born in IK4T
and died on .January 2atli 102. T.. Her
husband. .John H. Aycock, and three
sons and one daughter survive. They
are: Rev. A. L., Samuel (L. Lonnie
and Miss Lillie- Aycock. The deceas
ed was stricken with paralysis a year
[i ago and was an invalid until her
death. She was a woman of deep
I Christian piety and was esteemed by
! all who knew her. Her greatest joy
through her declining years was the
I knowledge that she had a, son who is
a minister in the Methodist Church,
who lias an enviable record; that of j
completing bis quadreunium on (‘Very
charge to which he has been sent dur
ing his ministry of twenty years or |
more. Funeral Services were conduct- j
ed by her pastor, liev. R. E. Huns, i
and the remains were interred in the,
cemetery at Bethel.
Mr. .1. 11. Carriker. of Cabarrus, and
Mrs. ,1. S. Russell, also of Cabarrus, j
who have been sick with la grippe, are i
improving.
Mrs. M. W. Dorton. of Flowe’s Store,
has l»een very sick, but is now improv- 1
ed.
Mr. ,T. R. McAnulty and son, of
Flowe's Store, will at an early date op
en a garage ut that place. They will
keep in stock gasoline and all auto
repairs.
iiev. W. A. Newell, of MJhiston-Sal- j
cm. visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs. j
W. G. Newell, for a day or so last ;
week.
The schools of the township are pro-j
% The Sale of Sales
#|&|~ SUITS AND OVERCOATS
mm i-4 off
Here’s a Sale that will rank as the most
MgSrapF f/f> 1 unexpected event of years. It’s not because
m2BgEkh\ I ' K °f the number of Suits and Overcoats we offer ;
Jfiggflff - l V S —but because of the High Quality involved, :
1 jLf* together with radically Reduced Prices.
JKggragE fi ‘f'jjflffl This announcement should carry much i
Vjr y r weight in view of the rising woolen market j
A /jjr!j and resultant increase of all clothing for |
■mJ I | SUITS AND OVERCOATS j
ill | S2O Cut to $15.00
il\ I $25 Cut to. $18.75
11 / ji S3O Cut to $22.50 ,
11 jl] $35 Cut to . $25.25
11 1 I I s4oCutto-.. $30.00
W) I !j $45 Cut to $33.75
JHT J U SSO Cut to $37.50
}L, Browns - Cannon Co.
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[ pressing nicely. From all reports:
i there will lie a lot of promotions flits!
! year.
'Fhe farmers are about through kill- j
j ing pork ‘and are busy sawing an,cl I
I chopping wood. ‘ H. j
GEORGEVILLE
Our public roads have been in good j
j traveling condition for the past few |
| weeks, and Mr. Auto driver has cer
tain ;y made use of them.
! Mr. C. B. Smith, of Stanly county,
i near Coley's store, has moved to Mr.
I 'l'. F.. Shinn’s place.
I Mrs. .1. M. Kluttz and Elizabeth,
i .lack and James Kluttz .-pent Sunday
in ihe home of Mr. A. J.. Little.
Mr. L. E. Mahry, Miss Mary Belle
Cannon and Miss Yaine Earnhardt
spent Monday night with Mrs. H. L.
l.ittle.
Mr. T. L. Coley and family, of
Locust, spent Sunday with Mr. Coley’s
brother. Mr. X. B. Coley.
While working at a saw mill last
Wednesday Mr. Lee Shinn was knocked
unconscious by a piece of timber hurled
by the saw.
Mr. \V. V C. Furr "spent the week-end
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F.
Furr, at Mt Holly.
Mr. Jack Kluttz has been seriously I
ill with pneumonia, but is able to be
out again, after about two weeks’ con
finement.
Mr. Jno. S. Turner was able to re
turn to his home last week. His many
friends will be guld to hear of ills re
covery.
SNOWDROP.
(\IJVRRIS~
AYc tire having some fine weather af
ter a few days of sleet and ice.
Mr. J. IL Carriker. prominent mer
chant of Cabarrus, is sick with flu.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Foster
January 23, a son.
All regret to note the death of Mrs.
J. 11. Avcock, who died Thursday morn
j ing. She was 75 years old, and was
laid to rest in Bethel cemetery. She
(leaves to mourn her death four eliil
jdren, three boys and one girl.
Miss Yiolan Mann was called home
on account of illness of her grandfather.
All regret to note that Mrs. B. B.
Presson is still confined to her bed.
Bethel high school boys played White
Hall a game of basket ball last Friday,
the score ending Its to 1 in favor of
White Hall.
Miss Myrtle and May Litters, of
Concord,• are. spending a while with
home folks near here.
Mr. J. W. King and Boyce Kiser, of
Cabarrus, L. L. Kiser, of Stanfield, vis
ited relatives in Lee county several
weeks. All report a nice time.
| The condition of Master Ho.Vle Pigg
I is unchanged.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Almond, of Con
cord, are visiting Mr. J. S. Howell.
Mr. Edmond Baker is back home
again from West Virginia.
Mr. George Black is home from Ten
| lies see,
j We are glad to note that Mr. H. M.
| Black, who underwent an operation
i several weeks- ago. has greatly im
! proved. GRASSHOPPER.
HARRISBURG ROUTE THREE.
We are having some cold weather at
4 his tlpie-
Miss Margaret Barbee is ill at this
i writing.
! Mr. G. D. Hudspeth purchased a new
| buggy last Tuesday.
Airs. W< C. Yates was called to the
bedside of her son,/Mr. Amos Yates,
who was ill with pneumonia. Ho lives
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jm Asheboro. Mrs. W’. C. Yates was:
J taken ill with flu when she arrived in j
t Asheboro. She returned home otf Sat-
J unlay. January 20th.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Yates spent Sat-j
i mdav and Sunday with Mr. Yates’
J parents, Mr. and Mrs. \v. C. Yates I
; BLUE EYES, j
i BAPTISTS TO PUT ON
EDUCATIONAL DRIVE j
Will Acquaint Entire South With Oh- i
jeets of $75,000,000 Campaign.
Naslifille. Tenn , Jan. 25.—Plans for '
Getting up in every local church with- j
"in tlu* territory of the Southern Rap-'
list Convention an educational program !
that will acquaint J tlie membership of.
the churches with the entire mission- j
ary, educational and benevolent enter
prises fostered by Southern Baptists j
were inaugurated yesterday by tlu* con
servation committee of the $75,000,000
campaign as one of the plans for com
pleting the campaign, which will be
concluded in December, 1024.
A speaking campaign of one hundred
denominational leaders that will touch
every seetiton of the various stattes
during March and April, was also pro
vided for: Cash collections on the
i campaign to date were reported as
$38494,008.
Dr. L- R. Scarborough, of Fort
Worth/ general director of the cam
paign, and Frank E. Rprkhnlter, of
Nashville, publicity director, wore
ejected to represent Southern Baptists
at the Baptist World Alliance that
meets at Stockholm,. Sweden, the-last
week in July. •
President Meets With Cabinet.
Washington, Jan. 20.—President
Harding held the usual Friday cabinet
meeting today, the first since a week
ago last Tuesday, when he was taken
ill with grippe.
Mr. J. R. Hinson, who had been in
a Charlotte Hospital l’or an operation,
returned Monday night to his home on
Vance street and is now desperately
ill, his many friends will regret to
know.
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Wholesale and Retail
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{■ High Grade Oats. Car arriving every week. All, kinds
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. Exports of Leaf Tobacco.
! Washington, Jan. 20.—Exports of
(leaf tobacco from the United States
'during 1922 were 401.907.578 pounds. ~
! valued at $145,98-1.890. a decrease of
.83.445.489 pounds *as compared with 'M
1 1921.
! The 1922 total is less than for any •
jyoar since 1918, according to com- -J
I merce department records;
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j Fcther Time will have to be reckon
ed with by Johnny Buff in his at
| tempt to come back and regain either
! the bantam or flyweight Titles.
Sowing of a 27 fi-aere field to grain %
by airplane was accomplished in a 4
I few days recently near Tracy, Calif.
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I I H VINGTON’S
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Friend Customer;
j There is 43.500 square feet
In one acre of land
At $43.00 an ttcre
«>0 square feet is 5 cents
i SIO.OO an acre
jo cents worth
J Is 200 sepia re feet
98 out of 100 of you
won’t believe it
If takes a smart man
To count small change
An intelligent man
To appreciate 4. 0 and 7 per cent.
Small pirns .small
Profits ynd Big Business
are fortune family
: ; triplets.
j Common sense and
Economy are fortune twins.
Now for the Moral:
Come to Covingtons
Prices are a memory,
Cost forgotten
Look us over
Now, Today, At Once.
I’ll save you money.
C. COVINGTON
P- B.—l’m Going to Sell Out and Quit.