PAGE TWO B. MISS COrTKEU SHRWdLL Club and Society Items Are Solicited. Telephone 78, Tribune Office. Parent-Teachers’ Association Was Or ganized Yesterday. % At a meeting yesterday afternoon} at No. 2 Graded School a Parent- j Teachers' Association for the school was organized. The organization was made by the Welfare Department of the Woman's Clubr- and was under the. direct supervision of Mrs. S. W. Rankin, chairman of the Educational Department of the dub. . A large number of women were present for the meeting and keen in- ! terest was manifested in the propo- j sitiop. Thirty-nine members were enrol Ml. The following officers were elected: Mrs. P. H. Scarboro. president: ] Mrs. John Mrlnhis. vice, president: j Mrs. B. I>. Howard, secretary; and i Mrs. S. L. Host, treasurer. The next meeting will he held on March 21st. After the organization was perfect ed and all business was transacted; coffee and ohee.se wafers were servedl by the teachers of the school. I.egion Auxiliary Meeting. On account of the boxing program i to he offered this evening in the Amer- 1 i'caii Legion club r corns, the meeting of the American I.cgion Aux iliary will be hold at the home of Mrs. Victor -A. Means, on North Spring street. The meeting will be gin at 7:30 o'clock. - m • • Moving to Winston-Salem. Mr. J. LaiayPtte-P.rown am? family, who have made their home in Con cord for many years, today are moving to Winston-Salem, where they will live in the future. Mr. IJrown lias a cee.pt ed a position with the It. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. • t » Miss Mund Still in Raleigh. Miss Rosa Mund. engrossing clerk in the House of Representatives at the 11*23 session of the State Legis lature. is expected to return to her home here either Saturday or Monday. The Legislature adjourned Tuesday. Tmt Mi ss Muinl has been detained in Raleigh winding up the affairs of her Yfftee. Miss Mund is the first woman in the history of North Carolina to hold the position of engrossing clerk in either branch of the Legislature, and she has received mam just com -3 pliuieuts on the efficient manner in which she conducted the business of her office. • * m* With Our Sick. The condition of Xlr.. K". A. Arclrt hald, who was confined to his home for several days,on account of illness, continues to improve slowly. He is able to lie. at his office on Church ■Str;‘“t agabi now. The condition of Miss Cottrell Sher rill, who lias been ill the past several days, is reported today ;1s -improved. Mr. John K.Cruse has entered the Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte Tor treatment. No change was reported this morn ) ing in tile condition of Mr. John It. j Patterson, who has been critically ill j for several days at bis home on East , Corbin street. 1. D.iC. Meeting Tomorrow. The Daughters of the Confederacy I v will meet Friday afternoon at 3:30) o’clock with Xlesdames G. XI. I.oro. l Nell Edison and Parks Lafferty at the home of Mrs. laiffe.rty on North 1 nion street. The members are re minded that the annual dues are now due. A full attendance is desired. Club Meeting. 1 he. Thursday Afternoon Sewing { lub is meeting this afternoon with j XX. I>. Pemberton, at her home I op North ( nion street. i ~ O , * “ Mr. and Mrs. Stringfcllow to Sail. Charlotte < Miserver. Mr. and Mrs. W. W, Stringfcllow, of Anniston. Ala., and Blowing Rock. ex pect to sail in April on the Majestic lor Europe, where they will spend the sumnny on lhe continent. Mr. 1 Slringfellow will send his ear to Eu ,lope and they will spend the ti-me mo toring through the various countries. 1 9 m % aijiii Mrs. Linker Entertain. Mr. \ and 1 Mrs. Howard Linker de lightfully entertained at their lovely country home Saturday night in honor of Mrs. Linker's sisters. Misses Fi delia and Virginia Viola, and Miss Ed na Jackson, of Concord. The living room, where the guests assembled, was - beautifully decorated in Jonquils and ferns. Many interest ing games were played, and music was tarnished by Messrs. Carlin and Ansil { hrist.v, and Hobby White, after which Mrs. Linker, assisted by Mrs. Foy Fisher, of Kannapolis, and Mrs. Oii- Lelt Linker, served delicious cake, candy and fruits to her guests. The following were present : Misses Edna .Jackson. Fidelia and Virginia Viola, Marie Furr, Ella Host. Annie Mae Ritchie and Beulah Lifaker; Messrs. John Fisher. James Royakin. Weir Tarlton. James McKay. Robert. Fisher. Jay Tarlton. Lock and Wade Linker, .James Kidenliour, Roby White, Carlin and Ansil Christy, Mrs. Farida Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Coy Fisher stud I /Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Linker. Auxiliary Meeting. The regular March meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will he held this evening at 7:30 o'clock. On account of the boxing match to he held in the Legion club rooms this evening, the meeliug wil be held! with Mrs. V. A. Means at her home on 1 North Spring street. " • ‘ * T. E. L. Class of the First Baptist | Church. An important and interesting meet-1 iitg of the T. E. L. class of the.H’iist; Baptist Church was at the pas- \ tor’s home Tuesday evening. After j the class song and scripture reading! Mrs. L. I. Beasley led in prayer, Mrs., T. D. Maness. first vice president gave j some, valuable suggestions on class | building and management. Hiss * ■ Mary Spurgeon, second vice president, I reported that the class roll had been , | revised and several new pupils had . been added. Mrs. E. F. Shepherd.- i third vice president, gave a report of • personal service work done by the. • class. She reported $20.00 in the . treasury with a gratifying amount of work done. Mrs. Beasley gave a fine I report of the cradle roll department. A delightful social hour closed the . program. Marshal! MabryAlujured. ’ ; The friends here of Mr. J. Marshall Mabry, of Richmond, Va., formerly of this city, will be sorry to learn tftat ; he had the misfortune to break his ] right hand in January and has been : unable to work since. But when last •heard from the hand was improving nicely pud Mr. Mabry expected to re -1 turn to work March otli. Flora McDonald Alumnae.# The Alumnae Ciub of Flora McDon ald College, met Friday evening at N | o'clock with Mrs. Charles Boger at 'her home at the Jackson Training '■ School. 1 ; Mr. R. H. Rice, dean of the Public ity Department of Flora McDonald, kjnet with the class and gave an in ; revesting address, setting forth the. ad vantages of the* church college. 1 . Following Mr. Rice's address de ' licious refreshments were served by. Mrs. Huger and the meeting Mas ClOs'" i*d by the* singing of college songs. Acncs S. Rimer. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Rimer iu»- : iii unce the birth of a son, Jones S. [ Rimer. March 3rd. • * * With Our Sid;. Mrs. J.- P. Allison is confined to her home on Non Fnion M.retxt by illhes. The condition of Mrs. S:im Eud.v. who underwent an operation at the Concord Hospital Saturday, is re ported as slightly improved todax PERSONALS. • Rev. XX'. C. Lyerly lias returned 1 from Hickory, where lit* was called by the' serious illness of Mrs. Lyerly**# 1 sister. ’ Miss Salome Xhirey. of Mt. Pleas : ant. is spending tin* day here with her ■ aunt. Xlrs. John M. Cook. Miss ola Yerton, of Newell, is [ spending a week here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Zeh Yertom of East Depot street. Mr. Ramsay, of the Kirkpatriek- Belk Company. of York. S. spent yesterday here with friends. ■ Mrs. John McGreaery, of Philadel , pliia. is spending several weeks in ; this city with friends and relatives. Mr. Ed. Tucker, of the Rlek store In Spartanburg, spent Wednesday in Concord with friends. Mrs. Ib rberf liidcnhour reiurued yesterday from Graham. where she ■ spent several days with her daughter, ■ Mrs. John Ilornhuckle. Xlr."Eugene Caldwell was a business (visitor iti Charlotte Wednesday. I Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rimer and | daughter, who have been living on , Ann street, are now living on East j Depot street. Xlr. Frank Armfield, rcpi^*sentativc , from Cabarrus county in the State j Senate, returned to his home here yes i j terday afternoon. I Xlr. and Xlrs. J. XX'. Cannon have re turned from Florida, where they spent several weeks. Mr. R. I*. Benson returned yes terday from a visit with Mrs. Ben son in eastern North Carolina. Mis. D. M. Long returned Tuesday to her home in Cabarrus, after spend ing several days in Concord with rel atives and friends. | Mr. M. L. Cannon has returned from j a business trip to Texas. Mr. C. M. Sappenfield. Jr., returned Tuesday to his. home in Shelby,' after spending several days here with home folks. Mr. J. It. Sherrill, Cabarrus* rep re-, sonlalive in (In* lower house of the State Legislature, returned home Tues day night. ' Mrs. E. T. Barrier and son have re lumed to their home in No. (! town ship. after spending several days here* with Mrs. Barrier’s mother, .Xlrs. W. M. Cline. Miss Alice Slater Cannon, who was; the guest here of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. j Cannon, returned Tuesday to her home in Salisbury. Mr. Ed. Patterson, of Salisbury, spent Tuesdaj 1 here with his brother, Mr. John R. Patterson, who has been ill for several days. Rev. XV. C. Lyerly* left yesterday for Newton, having been called there on account of the serious illness of Mrs. Lyeriy’s sister. • ~ Mrs. XV. 11. Hiller and Mr. Ray Patterson, of Jacksonville, Fla., ar rived Tuesday to he at the bedside of their father, Mr. John R. Patterson, who has been 1 critically 111 for several days. Mr. Robert Linker spent Tuesday in Albemarle on business. Miss Jennie Brown left Tuesday for Marion, wliere'slie will make her home in the. future with her sister, Mrs. Ed. Castor. Mrs. 11. G. DesPortes and little J (laughter, Mary, of Winnsboro, S. C„ [arrived Monday night to spend sev jcral days here with Mrs. DesPortes’" fnWther, Mrs. T. XX'. Smith. Mr. John Hatchett returned Mon day night to his home in Atlanta af tor spending the weyk-end here with Mrs. Hatchett. | Miss Josic Taylor, of Greensboro, j is a guest of Mrs. Ben Craven at her) home on White street. Misses Mabel Gaither and Gertrude Fraley have returned to their homes in Statesvills, after a visit to Mrs. L. L. Mauldin. There are concerns ip New York which make a business of supplying “original sermons’’ to preachers at a < fixed price per year. *• Britain’s annual taxation jier head of the population now amounts to more than one hundred dollars. MT. PLEASANT NEWS. Mt. Pleasant, March 7.—Rev. and Mrs. Task, from Pennsylvania, the latter having been Miss Stella Foil, are visitifig relatives in tu.tr town.. Mrs. Eloise Bernheim, of Wilming ton, paid a visit this last week to her sister.*Mrs. Lisette 8..H00d. of the faculty of Xlont Amoena Seminary. Both ladies are the daughters of the late Rev. Dr. C. D. Bernheim, who was for some years and at different times president of both institutions in Mt. Pleasant. A competitive basketball game was played Friday afternoon, lietween the Ohureliland team and that of the M. P. C. I. on the latter’s field, the re sult being a victory for the home team, by a score of 2<» to 30. 1 The ladies of the Methodist Church gave a silver tea in the hall over Lentz's case, last Saturday night, while the ladies of the Lutheran Aid Society will give a supper this Satur day evening in the same’place. A most delightful reception was ten dered one evening this week by the faculty of the XL P. C. L. to the fnc ulty and students of the Seminary, thus affording the members of the two institutions ample opportunity for that agreeable social commingling and “communion of spirits" so heartily en joyed by both Parties. Splendid re freshments were served. i A most enjoyable Students' Recital i took place in the Assembly Room of ! the Seminary last Friday evening. The j liaJl was crowded to overflowing by |an appreciative audience. The pro j gram was admirably rendered, slimv ; ing great improvement since the lasi recital last Dtvemhtu*. and reflecting j great credit upon the pupils themselves i ami their efficient instructors. Xliss ! Mae E. Smith, directress, and her able assistant. Mrs. 11. A. Fisher. ! THREE DEAD AND ONE DYING AFTER A SNOW | New York in Grip of Terrible Storm That Takes Lives anil Causes Dam ' use. New York, March 7. —Three persons j dead, one dying and several injured ! is part of the toll exacted here by a | snowstorm which lasted from vester ' day forenoon until this morning. I -Two of the victims were found dead tin snow hanks. 'The third slipped ! from an iev platform, and was killed jby a train " ~ Fix and a half males of snow fell. j and traffic was greatly impeded. A 'force of nearly 10,000 men worked all ' day to clear the main arteries, while. : iio attempt was made to attack the j drifts in side streets. Elevated trains, running all night. ! kept tracks open. Subways in Man hattan were not affected, but In sec tions of Brooklyn, whore, underground lines traverse many open cuts, drift ing snow hampered service. Marine traffic was seriously dis rupted, captains of incoming liners preferring to remain at quarantin<* until the storm abated. Yesterday's and today's snowfall brought the, season’s total in this city ro 54 and ojje-tenth inches. The win ter of 1802-3 holds the record for snowfall, 70 inches. WANTS BOARD TO EXAMINE EDITORS A .YD REPORTERS Oklahoma Newspaper Mon May'Ylave to Pass Examination. Oklahoma City, Okla., March v.—’ Newspaper editors, reporters ana ail persons engaged in handling “copy” for publication would be required to jiass an examination before a state itourd‘of newspaper examiners and pay $lO for a license under a bill in troduced in the upper hi use or the state legislature late today. The measure, according to its author, seeks to lower the libel average ny raising the standard of personnel, on Oklahomo newspapers, and making the newspaper business a profession. J se ( hinese Doctrine on Sweet Pota toes. Raleigh, March B.—Black rot, scurf and other diseases of tlie sweet potato may be prevented by dipping the roots in a solution of corrosive sub limate before bedding, says „0. YV'. Fant, entension worker in plant diseases for the State College and Department of Agriculture. Mr. Fanl shows that this preventative measure is of great value *in ifie quality of potatoes produced and should be to lowed as faithfully as the Celestials of China practice their j doctrine of preventative medicine. Seed sweet potatoes can be steriliz ed by using four ounces’of the soe j lunate to~3o gallons of water and Tile U’oots allowed to stand in the solution from eight to 10 minutes. They .io then allowed to dry. Clean sand, never used before for bedding and coma til ing no refuse from previous crops. i> recommended ,by 'Mr. Fant for use *is bidding. He staieji that potatoes -o treated are fit for bedding only as the poison is absorbed by the skin’ of the root, and therefore cannot he used for food. (Care must be taken with the cor rosivc sub imate as it is \a violent ; poison both'''to animals and hitmans. The solution in which it is used also grows weaker as the potatoes are dipped arid must be renewed for large amounts. The quantity of seed to treat will determine the amount needed to he made up and tin* Seed should be treated immediately before bedding. The poison corrodes metal and so weeden barrels should be used for holding the solution. These recom mendations are made by Mr. Fant to help the Tarheel farmer make mom money in his sweet potato crop this year. - ' i To- The Sunday Schools of Mt. Pleas- ; ant Circuit. Please let me urge every Sunday i school superintendent, teacher and j < worker, as well as all others in our i Sunday schools who believe "in prog ress.’to attend she institute for Sun- J. day schools of No. !> Township ipf St. ii Paul's Church next Sunday. March j 11, at 2 o’clock. Prof.. Robertson will < have some line speakers on hand and ! 1 it will pay you to he there to get the ! < benefit of these addresses by special- j c ists. i • j* 1 This is an urgent personal reqliest; t from your pastor, i X XV. T. ALBRIGHT. U Mt. Pleasant. March 6. 1923. t THE CONCORD TIMES- £ W *£* *a* «*► 5 I KANNAPOLIS i . department Y * Kannapolis. Xlaich 8. —A marriage upon which confers much interest anti which was a surprise to the friends ol the contracting parties was solemn ized in Concord Saturday evening when Xlrs. I*. T. Lockmnn became the bride of Xlr. C. P. XlcGee, both of this city. Rev. Frank Armstrong per formed the Ceremony. Mrs. McGet was attractive-in a lovely gown oJ (lark blue, a combination of cantor crepe and Spanish lace, with acces sories to match. The couple spell I several days in Charlotte and Monroe returning here yesterday to Mr. Xlc Gee's home on Walnut street. Xlrs XlcGee is a woman of intelligence and refined tastes. Mr. McGee possesses those tine characteristics which g( far in making up the ideal man. Botl: are prominent members of tlie_ Firs! Baptist Church of Kannapolis, Xlr XlcGee being a member of the hoard of deacons, a member ol the choir. Mrs. McGee has been milk ing her home at the Gilliam Hotel, and both she ami Xlr. XlcGee are wol known here and elsewhere. A larg( circle of friends wish the bride ant groom much happiness.. Xlrs. J. W. fan then, who lias bcei spending some time in Concord will I her sister, Mrs. Z. B. Thornburg, re | turned home Tuesday afternoon. Xlr. XV. 1,. Spry and family spool Sunday in High Point wftli relatives. Xlr. Ciias. Xldvinley , spent lasi week in XlorgniUo.ii. | Mi osl and Mis* Ann’e Honeycutt sport Sonfhiy xn it I Xiiss Alberta Parks. Mbs Thelma F irm!, who h i-'bem ’’l for unite awlr’’;. is improti; -g Louis. Jr., little child of Xlr. and Xlrs. Louis Cole, is improving after r sevi*re illnrss. Xlrs. Irvin Graham is indisposed al her apartments at Xlrs. J. XV. Fiowe’s Xfr. Ed. I’roWn and family spoil! Sunday in Cauiu'*a with Xlrs. Brown'* fa t her. Xliss Harriett Glass, of Glass, speni yesterday nfti rijooji in the <-it >■ shop ping. A debate will he glv.s. at the A. It P. Church of Kannapolis on Ku;ula> night, Match 11 rlt. at 7:30 o'clock. Tin query is Resolved; That Joseph was n greater man than Daniel. Those in the affirmative are Elsie Rest. XX'. II Lass, and Clara Host: negative. Aidy mot Litaker. Bertie Bosjt and T. I Graham. The public is cordially in vitetl. The uiitiiy friends of Mr. IJoyd E Dennis and Xliss Daisy Iloneyciitl were greatly surprista-l to learn <»1 their marriage which occurred at tlif hoiue/ff Rev. T. N. Luwrenct*. of Con cord. on Monday evcniijg. March sth XGss Honeycutt is a brunette of pret ty coloring, is bright and vivacious and is loved by everyone who know.' her. She spent her childhood days ii Xlooresville, but made her home ii Kannapolis for the past few years Sin* has been an active and valued member of the First Baptist < -limct of Kannapolis for a number of years Xlr. Denis is a young man of sterling worth whose home has been in Kan napolis for a nmnbei,' of years, lit: holds the responsible position of as sistant manager of- Parks Belk A Co. which position speaks well for one si young. lie is . cultured, polite, and coiu teoiLs in business as xveil as in so ciety. and numbers his friends by his aeipiaintaiues. He is to be congratu lated on winning so charming a young woman for his bride. Their many friends aTe delighted to know that this#young'couple are to make their home ’in Kannapolis for the present. They are at the home,of she bride’s mother. Xlrs. XX'. A. Honeycutt at Xlid way. a suburb of Kannapolis. On last Sunday evening at 7:30 the members of the .Methodist Cliureli choir gave a splendid sacred concert in llie church. This concert was given under the direction of Xlr. Fred Kn theii. who is himself a real violinist. Xliss Eva Socliler presided at iiu* pi ano. A very large crowd xvys present to enjoy tin* program, which wiist as follows: Opening. Humoresque,, piano solo by Xliss Scohles. .Make a Joyful Noise, anthem by the choir. Prayer by Rev. R. A. Sv,aringen. Close to Time, sold by Mr. Jlyrace JRobertson. ijle Lifted Xle, male uuajrtette b\- XXessrs. XVile.x. Tolbh't, Kuthen and Swaringen. Lining. Loving,* Lifting. Reading by Xliss lliillh* KineniiL Triiumeri. violin and piano, by Xlr. Kill lien and Xliss Seoliler. Perfect I >ay, solo by Xliss Lula Sides. Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet, quartette by Xlesdames \\'idenhmise. Ketehie, Golil stone. and XYampler. ’J’rovatore, \io lin and piano by Mr. and XLiss Della Xlae Peeler. , The Radiant Xlorn Hath Passed Away, anthem by' choir. The XX’bman’s Wesley Bible Society of the Methodist Church will give a box supper on the night _of Xlareh 20. It is hoped every woman will take a box, uiat every man his pocket book. A short program wifi be rendered, and there will be fiyi for all. . Little Xliss Evelyn Coggin. da, tighter of Xlr. and Xlrs. N. 11. Coggin, is'vej-y ill, having developed a severe ease of, flu. Guests-Sumlay of Xlrs. P. L. Ketehie were: Xlr. and Xlrs. Charlie Stevens, Misses Annie Sliulenberger and Willie Kilpatrick, all of Xlooresville. They were accompanied by Xlaster Lyddell Ketcliie. Xliss Fannie (’orriher, of Landis, spent Ibe w eek-end with Mrs. XX’. L. Sechler. George Athanuelos. proprietor of the’ Pa luce of Sweets, who has b£on iLI at | he Xlary Ella Hall, is now able to be ( jut again. Xlr. G. C. Ritchie and family, of Übemarle. were guests Sunday of,Mr. | mil Xlrs. N. 11. Coggin. The XVoman’s Club w ill meet Mon- ■ lay night at tlfe Y. XI. <\ A. Mrs. j lenry A. White, chairman of the Edu •ation of the N. C. Fed ‘ration of Woman’s Clubs, will be the 1 leaker. This w ill lie a meeting of nu lsuul Besides Airs. X'dite’S address, the annual election of j ifficers and the business meeting will j it held, and after the regular meet ing, « social liour of unusual pleasure and profit awaits every member of the club. Mr. Allred ami Mr. Parks, of Con cord are in the north in the Interest of I’a rks-Belk & Co. Mr. W. K. Bailey, of Charlotte, was a week-end visitor in the city. , The Social Hour Club meets Tliurs j day in Concord with Mrs. Guy Bea 'W- v Miss Motn Kevhler. of Lenoir Col lege, spent/the week-end at home with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. C. G. Sech ler. Mrs. J. E. Halstead entertained the I ,"00 club Thursday afternoon, j Mr. H. L. Liffe. Master Edwin, and little Miss Louise spent Saturday and Sunday in King's Mountain and at Charlotte. Mrs. Llpe, who is in the Charlotte Sanatorium, is improving. I Mrs. W. E. Bailey, of Charlotte, spent the past week with her sister. Mrs. V. W. Wilmott. | Born to Rev. and Mrs. G. 11. C. ! Park, of Gastonia, February loth, a pon, Robert George. This is the third con. the other_two are Conrad and Harold. The-above will be* read with | interest by many Kannapolis people, j Misses Lois Howie and Lucy Stough 'spent the week-end in Charlotte. * j The friends of Mrs. 8. C. Simmons I will learn with regret of her illness. Rev. Mr. Bryson, teacher of the ! I,and is. school, was heard with inter est .and profit Sunday and Sunday jiiignt at the Baptist church. Mr. Bry ! son m*-kes his points very clear, and tlio people here very much enjoy liis I sermons. I • The friends of Mr. Herman Slppp | #ill lie pleased to know In* is recov ering lolloping an attack of tonsilitis. Mrs. Norman Galloway is convalesc j ingv after''suffering with an attack of ! i!u. ■ j Mr. .1. V. Smith aTTd mother. Miss ; Fannie, and Master Ralph, of Mill I Bridge' spent Sunday at tin* home of j Mrs, ,J, L. Smith on Mttple street. ! Mrs. Hinson is* ill at her home on Maple street. Rev. Melvin Trotter, a prominent .evangelist, will give a lecture tonight at rhe Y. C. A. The friends of Mr. .1. C. Funder burk will he glad to know that he has returned improved, after undergoing an operation at the Charlotte Sana torium. Miss Martha Rowe has as her week end guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ('lias. Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rowe ami daughter, Carolyn, of Spray: Miss Beatrice Rowe, of Raleigh, and Mr. Henry Rowe, of Mass, the latter leaving Sunday night for Toledo. Ohio. Misses Sadie and Geneva * Morgan visited Mr* .!. L. Smith and family a few days ago. Tlio Home Economics Department of the Woman's Club' will meet on the night of Tuesday the loth, at the Y. ( M. C. A. Miss 'Wilson will bo present, and will demonstrate millinery and ‘ Better Kitchen Week.” Mr. F. ,T. Wilmott is slowly improv ing following an illness oT tin and pleurisy. Mr.*Harris, of Albemarle, brother of Mrs. Burley Beaver, and Miss Bessie Harris. Mrs. Beaver's sister, of Nor wood, wore wyek-end visitors at Jror home. k M isfi Mary Bradley. .'f-hompson arriv ed home Monday to spend a few days on account of the illness of her grand mother. Mrs. Bradley, of Charlotte. Tlie young seven or eight months old narrot at the office of the Wilkinson rndcrtalting parlor attracts much at tention. especially on Saturdays when largo crowds are assexubhsl about the stores. The parrot is just beginning to learn to talk. • ■ Mr. Tpin Oakley died on Friday, March l!nd, following a lingering ill-£ ness. Interment was made in Green lawn cemetery; Mr. Oakley has been here for a number of \mars. and was known by many of our people. Mjfs Pauline Tesh spent Wednesday with Miss Host. She spent Thursday at Furr's school, where Miss Mabel Reel is teaching. The Baptist congregation extended a unanimous call last Sunday to Itev! C. A. Turner, of Statesville. It wilP be known in the near future whether Mr. Turner will accept the field. Mis. E. I’. Reel, of Oak street, is now able to be out again after an ill ness of a few weeks. Little Miss. Ola Bell Olariis is suf ('tuing from an attack of measles. Mr. Djfve Cook, of Ridge a venue, is seriously ill. 1 The infant "of Major Aohuson, of East avenue, is critically ill. ■ l)is. M. L. Troutman and G. (’. Bernard attended the second district Dental Society of North Carolina at Winston-Salem recently. Dr. G. C. Bernard was chosen to serve as vice president of this society during the en suing term. According to some material recent ly contributed into a state contest, our Kannapolis school is not short of tal ent and original Work. The observance of Better Speech Meek has grown to be quite an event in our country and this year the week 1 February 18-21 inclusive, was striking- j ly celebrated here. Through a public- i spirited citizen of Burlington. _N. i some attractive cash prizes were offer- j ed as follows for best contributions i from the children of the state: For posters .suggestive of ‘•Better j Speech," for school children over IT j years of age, first prize $3; second 1 prize 8:2..10. For school children un- ! dor twelve years two prizes of $2.10 i each. i For ‘essays, subject: “Why We | Should l se Better English,” first prize I $1; second prize $2.10 for children ov- ' er ( 12. For clpldren nuiltr 12 two J prizes of $2.10 each. i The North Carolina Federation of ( Women s (Tubs has put ou this cam- i paigw for “Better Speech Week" in t our State. As a result of the cam paign in our town, aided by the teach- ! ers forty essays and nineteen posters were submitted to the committee from j the dub of Kannapolis. The list print- j ed below contains the necessary infer- j zhation.about the best papers and post-' j ers- which were immediately, forward- I ed to the state chairman of this work. | Mrs. (’. (:. Haworth, of Burlington, j The local committee was Mesdames G. J G. Allen, XL and R. T. | Frye. t Under 12 years. North School: J Lillian Ovveusby, fifth grade. Ruby Minton, sixth grade. Helen E. Helms, sixth grade. 1 ‘ Raechel Ketner, fifth grade. \ Over 12 years; South school.: t 'b ( Allie Mae Smith, seventh grade. Roby Eloise Kefchie, seventh grade. Sadie Clawson, seventh grade. Louise Lennnyhs, seventh grade. TBettie Propst. seventh grade. -j James W<ou, seventh grade. Posters, South School: / Sadie Clawton, 12. Ralph Kimball, 12: Ruth Owensby 13: Connie Har mon 13; I)elma Lee 13; John Halstead 13; Blanche Cox 14. The entire lot of posters was on ex hibition in the window space of Pa rks- Belk Co. last Thursday and Friday, and attracted much attention and fav orable comment for originality and neatness. The committee woul«Hwke to here thank all who aided in any way in the contest,, especially for the window display, through the courtesy of the Pa rks-Belk Co. At an early date it is hoped that at least some of the local contestants will be notified of their success in a siilh stantial way. Quite a stimulus in tlie way of cor recting careless enunciation, ungram matical construction, use of slang, and mis-pronuneiatlon. was noticed at a re sult of the efforts of the Kannapolis children to profit by the “Better Speech Week.” The children deserve to be com mended for their hearty response in in writing the essays and the good works they did on tlm posters. PRESIDENT WRITES TO OFFICIALS OF SHOPMEN Sees No Reason Why the Shopmen’s Strike Everywhere Cannot lie Set tled. \yfisliington, ’ March C. —President Harding informed officials of the. rail way shop crafts that lie can see no “adequate question of principle” which warrants further dVlay in set tlement in all districts of last sum mer's shopmen's strike. In'- a letter written just before, he left Washington fur Florida and made public today at the White House', jthe President declared that “a minor ity of the interests involved” by their refusal to settle were "largely respon sible for the interrupted coal deliver ies' and other unsatisfactory railway, conditions in certain parts of the country.” - - ■ * Bean Beetle in State Now. Raleigh, X. ('./March I.—A new do- j structive insect —the Mexican Bean; Beetle' —lias invaded North Carolina | and now is in eight mountain coun ties, aJccoi'dinj# to Franklin Sherman, chief of the Division of Entomology, Experiment Station. 4 j “About 1010. there was an out- j break of a new bean pest around Bir mingham. Alabama, which soon was to }>e determined to be the Mexican Bean Beetle, long present in southwestern states., but not before known east ward.” l\e said Tonight. “During the next several years, it spread around Birmingham, but itsl progress was most rapid to the north-^ west. As it van both crawl and ilyjno 1 quarantine measures hn«l any effect and soon were withdrawn. The bee- j tie now is in a large part of eastern Tennessee and parts of Kentucky. In j 1021, it invaded Cherokee and Clay j counties <4 this slats'. During R>22. ; it spread nearly to Waynes vide ami Hendersonville, and will likely reach Asheville in 1023." Letters to the expert, he said, from farmers in tin* affected territory in this state indicate that the beetle is the most destructive insect of their | experience, and seriously reduces the crop of table beans and other varie ties. A Lane to the Gravel I*it. Charlotte Observer. Every once in a while the highway ( construction forces have a fine gravel |ed by the wayside from which a con venient supply of surfacing material is in sight, but not within reach. The man who owns the land between the bed and the road refuses to give per- j mission to make a rojidway over which the needed gravel could be transport ed. They are'not all like J. P. Cook, who ruralize-; between Concord and Mt. Pleasant, and who not only gives his gravel and bis land away to the road-working forces, but prepares a chicken dumpling dinner for them on 'occasion. So, the State Highway Commission had to do something, and | to this something a friend in tlio j Legislature helped it to. The law now is that the contractor may con demn a lane of land from the high way to a gravel bod. no matter how much sand the owner may kick up about it. The obstructive disposition in small matters sometimes works much annoyance., and highway senti ment in North Carolina will, be found 1 in fulfil sympathy with this amend- 1 ment to the road law. < Trespass Notices, 10 Cents for Six at ] Tribune and Times Office. MARCH WINDS BRING Home "Furnishing f ' . Opportunity' bl evenil ?g« are uncertain—and you are for. , > S OOl S bet * ause °f sudden changes in the weatb.cn ! beeVh*, . :iJV many homo .fmnisliing items to iuteb > ? ****** wimuml l l *l»ments ujtTiyed portray opportunities for ;i* I. ii (i J turmslHngs—offered utmost moderate prices as we d<>. r BELL HARRIS FURNITURE CO l “TUS STORE THAT SATISFIES” \ Thursday, March 8. iqv v •»\X INGRAM CASE IS K Fo * -Hrv I Children of Defendant u, •j Establish an Yiibi f< !; - rs p\i) w l " ! Florence, s. j r. xj a , ! ‘di, r eminent late today iv-Pr'd ■, *''• the trial of Mrs. ’Eugene 'f* k of Columbia, charged 'win, , proper fetters to pers.,- ili ' i with the marriage list (i, . ] Margaret McGregor, of. (Thomas Boyle, of Spinier A' 1,1, sense witnesses, cliildivjt' 1 ' ; "- fondant, were ln ard !k fn- I,l ‘ journed for the nigln. -j*-,' I ' r il! expected to goto the iu. . ' 1 , tomorrow. . i # B. C. Farrar, chief i the postoffice division ~f ; ■ i States treasury .d-p.-mm, l ; writing expert, and R. > ! 1:1! , .partment chemist, were \\u>- t' nesses for the gov('rniipq J{ '' Francis Ingram, aged n. . ... en Ingram, is. son aad , 'the defendant, testifying y,,'. j defense, said that tlieir%,.! ! j l „ 'J* ' mained at their heme \ vv ,\\ ion the evening of October jtlie day of the McGregor-!;. i '*•* (ling, when she went for a their father. Later the j conference at the office, of |v , j Inspector Arthur J. Kwgii- . 11 j Mrs. Ingram was confr.--,:. \ letter sbe . liad writb-n f. | spouse to one written t., ' u ’ ! she was in TTcndprsniivillt. \. p j Post office inspector Kai-iu i ing today, said (har to ■ ; . ten by Boyle was for t],.> t „ = ~',.l v v threat, contained, in one p,., Iters, to shoot the Rev - If,- j ( i Phillips, rector of T'irini:-. | Church. who performed . *p! iim ny. He said linn j:V , iib-,! j Ingram and ;lier husband : » tt K . | office building and coiiir. iho) , | with the anonymnuy letter'. i,ut ... j denied writing them. j NEGRO ARMY OFFICEK CONVICTED ol l ' Asn.U !j I Instructor in A. and T. (o!!<>u e ! Sentenced to Serve Stvrn n,' T,. ;1 ; Years in Penitentiary. | Lexington, March 7. \Vi : v J Green, negro army officer, and t r j:,, past four years military i-Jsityrs, j tlh' A. and T. College. Give ns In-..,, i found guilty ]>y -a jury fn 5,;;.. ; . t Court here this afterim e-,- i ,f : J with intent to commit rape. j - !,. , ; laged victim was a bi-yenr-■ . ■i Stick fixed appearance ‘bead in j sum of SI.OfJO, whicli it-was < i ed, Green would prompvß*, ar s u Gi-een testified fie lia fln jn ~ I regular army for 23 yean an,j -i j actively in Cuba. Philip||iiies. ! v j and France. He was dec far n.: ■ ’ ! ment on pay within a few y< ..r-. .Il ls -14. years old and lias y, >v North Carolin aStill Lea:L in Pr.i: Washington. Mttrch s ii: i! ,\- Ciated Press). —The fid re- ing otlivi : nnpounceaeiits from CniJed Si-u payments are of inter; ; <, \e (Vtroliiiaians: The Flitted States Rureia ■ Census figures showing Nnti'.i v, - linft still in the lead in birth- cr first nine months of 1022. wid: • of 30 pur .1.000 popnlafion. as pared with 34.3 sor the same ' / 1021 also disclose, that 0.437 Kirtli- - ctrrred in the stare in July, i'.gi compared with 7.220 July. P. 21 : ' - August. 1022 and 7.4 M. Auga-t. I'- jb.4SX in September. 1022. and 7>lC September, 1021. North Carolina's death rat" i r : first nine momlis of 1022 v I ' V compared with 11.1 for ;!■ ' reriod in 1021. The stat •-nc ' th? year of 1021 was !I 3 ], population. The state h'i !■ tion in births in* 1021 and hi- a 1 cided lead for 1022. arrnp - figures ahnounced to date. Ministers Buy Lars tor f! D A gen Is. Philadelplvbt, tMandi ; 1. i - >'- ! odist ministers of Phß.ulvlb' today to buy two' autmepfi A. Hazeltine, newly .-ipp;. • • 1 ' of prohibition ageiiT-; in P» • ' 11 so that lie and his men b i - ■ to “depend on either tie > trpiley car to catch hootle- " ' •Mr. Hazeltine bad told tfi • tors in an address that h • 1 been handicapped by !,u\- .. ' : ■ transportation facilities.