North Carolina Newspapers

THE CONCORD TIMES. 7 B SHERRILL* Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. ‘I ' I Are Indications, He: Says in an Interview, Thai We “Are Entering Into a Period of Expansion ” 1 PCI THE UTMOST fUTIOX, HOWEVER says Caution Must Be Exer-| vised, However, to Prevent! This From Developing In to a Second Inflation. ■ ■— xf> •. April 10. (H tl!f As: ucint-j v \i, woman prisoner in the *' (jj'uu a*' Raleigh has been i ~ j lU nu ilit- pre.s*-nt mlmiiiisira- I Dr. j. \l. Norman, chief payr.i- 1 < (An «ti" s required to a? p re.vent * -.‘■rtu-ver i imi-'hiitmi is iuflicreti ;.t i ,i •<, mil'll, declared tot lav. in re j ] , v>"fK. K. Duddijlg. Icysi- ;• !,,t oi tiro Pi i' mers Relief Society, Washington, to th“ effec* that “women J • A beinA flogged by guards as bad y j in slavery tunes.” at the nenitenti- j ( li.th'T th chief physician or his as-I ~ jilts whenever whip pings are he- ' j administered at the are present, j jv xortman asserted, adding that ' (jiiriiii; this time lie has “never wit j. J jk-J inlmniiin treatment oi prison-! er ..' a lea.tlier strap about 2 feet 1 1 litis used lie said. j* Budding's allegations of improper i J (undition- at the prson.v.«r« enaruc- 1 i. : /,.,i by the physician as being false I ‘ A their entirety. ( j. fU-AHS GUILTY TO j 1 MIKDEK’OF THREE PERSONS Henry (X Brock Killed Hie People With | ( His Automobile March 2. | < Phil:;dH|dii;i. Pa.. April It*. — Henry j f;, Km-k. banker and Club man. today j’ jdeinled guilty rn rhe general charge of j 1 murder for the killing of three persons j ' with his automohile on March 2nd. j ■ Brirk litst pleaded guilty of murder 1 hi-lie sc. and degree hut court refused • t.i a.-cepf it, stating that the defend- ' :m( ,'tiuld not li\ tin* d»*rreo. Counsel ‘ turn changed the plea t«» guilty of ‘ umrdcr. and the court nrocoeded to ■ lie;:r testimony to determine the de fine. later—tiets tl to 10 Years in Prison, ; 'Philadelphia. April 16. —Henry G. Brock, banker and clubman, was today Tinnctrl to from 6 to 10 years n . the !i;,ston stale prison fori killing i di persons with his automobile. ; hope to make a new Si STAINED FLItiHT RECORD , Lieuts. MrKeady anil Kelley Took the Air at Dayton This Morning. . Dayton. ■Ohio. April 10. —Lieuts. , him A. Mclleady and Oakley G. Kel ■" t»>ok the air in the monoplane T-2 < -3i T4O o'clock this morning with '-pit. Kelly at the wheel in what they M**d would he a new record for sus- < ’ inol flight. Lieuts. Mcßeady and < KWiy now hold the unotlicial reconl t Histaiia*:i flight, ttr* hours and IS ; *-• utt*v ;i ! S;iti Diego. cal , last Odo-! 1 APPEAL DISMISSED I" Have Conviction I’nder N. ('. Pro- | hihitioti Laws Set Aside. Washington. April lb.—The appeal I. A. Campbell to have bis convie '!‘ in North Carolina for violating , bo- siat«* prohibit ion laws, set aside on . | l:t ‘ ground that it had l*een rtqiealed ! tin* national prohibition act. and :i; *' !f 'have the highest court pass up 'tlte constitutionality t*f his arrest f ’!i the ground that proper search war "UUs have dot been served, was dis tnisseil today by the Supreme Court in H 'iuiain opinion through which it • uiineit the decision of the lower m\m THK COTTON M ARKET. Anitas and Unsettled Following i Sharp Break in LiverpooL Ai*\v York. April If,.—The coiton 1 •t l>t was nervous and unsettled flowing the sharp break of Saturday, -■errpoo] was lower than due, weather ,|'l' orts ii'om the South were more •thlo, while over Sunday reports () H||i! 21c goods trade seemed -rather ' yh raging and the opening here was j at < ( decline of 12 to 28 points I I"' 1 ' I 'rontiued liquidation. The near -ontlw were relatively (*asy. "Mon luttires opened irregular: July 27..10; October 24.05; ' u ‘ !l1 l( “ r -’4.50: Jtmuary 24.10. KX-KOYKRNOR. roes to jail ih J,;"' n . re *’• Hilho Sentenced to Serve i iivr . for (ontem Pt of Court. , xr " ni - April 10.—'Theodore G. Bil ,|., x . kiifayette county jail to-j M ‘ ,-V e. a sentence of 30 da vs for I Wi. 1 J’ 1 ' <’.iurt. ’ I era] <■' Ci.bo apjH*art*d in Fcd -1 ll,<k lo ‘l;iy to stnswer a 'ire p, ", < " ll,onl l't because of his fail of \t;J' Pl^ ar as a witness in the suit Riven,!,. , rauoos H irk head ttgainst Ulra.iHP Jn!' M - last fall, he the -i.r,-,". ' •'■. Holmes fixed jail i ‘"‘ 01 '^ lu o and 30 days in Itii v? W , n^ 0n * ias rn °ved his store ami u i Ke ‘ ,lhoi,se Bros., old stand, u<ty. ' “‘ len for business Wennes- PEI IST SPATENTF.D TO LIFE lAIPRISONAIFNT Falhf-t- Dillon T.reied :t Pier, of Guilty of .Murder, j Kilamazuo, Mich., April 16. —The [Rev] .Father Chas. Dillon, confessed ; slayer of his superior, the Rev. Father ler Henry O'Neill, of St. Augustine 'Catholic Church las Thursday, was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard , labor by Judge Weimer in circuit ' court today. Enters Plea of Gbiilty. j Kalamazoo, Midi.. April 10. —The i Rev. Father Clias. Dillon entered :i idea of untily when arraigned in eir (<oit court this morning on a charge of killing his -superior, lie* Rev. Father [Henry o Neill, pastor of St. Augus tine's Catholic Church, hast Thursday. 'Judge Weimer withheld action on the ipb a pending- personal questioning of the prisoner. LINERS CM GH AS M \ \ DROPS DEAD IN CAFE .Mentreat' ( cal Agent Overtaxes Heart Dancing in Cabaret. New Yn.k. April 13. -Diners and dancers in the Club Montmarie, a Broadway cabaret, laughed as they saw Alexander Dick, rent" sentative of the Dominion Coal Company, of Montreal, slip from his chair w trio floor early today. They thought lie was intoxicated. A few moments utter they found lie had died <d' heart d.sease. M dual examiners said lie* exer tion of dancing had bon too much for him Dick cam** bc.ro Thursday on 'business. His body was started for Montreal tonight. SPECULATION RILE Over the Results of (he Visit Here Saturday of Chairman Page ami the -Railroad Officlils. Speculation is still rift* in Concord today over the results of the visit here Saturday of Chairman Page of rhe State Highway Commission, in company with a number of high olli cials of rhe Southern Railway Com pany. Chairman J. F. Dayvault, of the Board of County Commissioners, stat ed this morning that In* had been un able to learn anything of the decision that had hoeii_reached J»y the visitors, who (•aim* to Concord stud visited the proposed routes for the highway, with out saying anything to any.of the local count v er city officials.. Mayor J. 15. Wonible. when asked what he had learned about the mat ter. declared that be is entirely in the dark. If was the purpose of the Mayor to have a talk with tin* rail road officials relative to paving the stretch of street at the Southern Railway station here, but be was mi abb* to get an opportunity for Ibis conference. NINE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH In a Fire Which Destroyed a Japanese School at Aicrameuto. Sacramento. Cal.. April Iff. —Nine .Japanese children ranging in age from 5 to 17 years, were burned to de.-iff in a tire which destroyed, a Japanese mis sion school early today. There were 24 children in the building, but most of them eseaped before the flames were underway. Six bodies were found in a room on the top floor when firemen fought their wjiv through rlie flames. ! * | Grand Opening Sale at the Parks-Belk Company’s. On Thursday morning. April 10th, at 8:30 o'clock the Parks-Belk Co. will celebrate the occupation of their big new store of three stories by'inaugur ating a Grand Opening Sale*. This will be the biggest sale they have had in \ ears, and they take four whole'pages ‘of this paper today to tell v©u about it. They miry nearly everything in their big store, and their selection this year surpasses anything they have heretofore carried. The store will la* closed all day Wed nesday getting ready for the Grand < q)eiiing Sale. <hi Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock a reception will be given. A music programme will he rendered and cigars itml flowers will be distributed. Goodnight-Johnson. A marriage solemnized by Rev. J. Frank Armstrong at the Forest Ilill parsonage Saturday night, linked two well known ’families that have for many years been prominent in the in dustrial and religious life of Cabar- Irns county. The contracting parties | were .Air. William <>. Goodnight and [Miss Ala hie Irene Johnson. The groom lis a son of Air. W. B. Goodnight, of | Gil wood, a prosperous farmer and the bride is the very attractive daughter of Mr. and Airs. il. M. Johnson, a large planter of the Coddle Creek section. Air. Goodnight is building one of tbe best homes in his part ol the eount\ ami expects to move into it within the ! next few weeks. Von Rosenberg on the Ruhr Situation. Berlin, April 1(5 <By the Associated Press). —Foreign Minister von Rosen berg addressing the reichstag this af ternoon declared the battle now in progress on the banks of the Rhine and in the Ruhr was not one for coal or wood, but a tight which would _ de termine whether the ideas of right and peace would progress or lose ground. Killed, Sweetheart; Commits Suicide, New York, April lf>. —Harold van Alstein, an acrobat who last January shot and killed bis sweetheart, Miss Marian Mac Baron, of Philadelphia committed suicide in the Tombs tliis morning by strangling himself with his belt. Recounting Greensboro's Population. Greensboro, April Id. —Thirtv-tw< I enumerators today began taking th< ! Federal census of Greensboro undei I the direction Samuel D. Rhoads j supervisor of census. The count is be jing made to ascertain the official pop ul at ion of the city, which extended it: [limits on March lGth lust. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ROME COW Piinresr* EE«e, of Charlotte, Jersey State Champion. ' Raleigh, April 14. — Princess Flise. of Charlotte, not only is ‘‘some cow" but also is new Jersey State Champion four years jjld, according to J. A. Aroy, of the Agricultural Extension Service. And her honors do not stop there. She has qualiled as a gold and silver medal cow, under the regulations of ■ tin* American Jersey Cattle Club. ! She produced 12,451 pounds of milk and 73P.P0 pounds of butter fat in ore* year. • according to statistics of the service. “Princess Elmo.” said Mr. Arcy, “lakes away tin state championship from Pender Eminent Igiss E. 2UD040, i who held this honor previously with a record of S<!3.PP of butter fat. The i new champion, property of It. E. Me ! Dowell. Charlotte, complies with all pin* requirements demanded. She i calved within sixteen months of her Mast freshening prior to the lost and jem-ied calf .23b days during her lae ; tation period. El iso’s average test I for thirteen inspections was 5.! 14 per ! cent, of butt ter fat. “Princes Eli so domes from nohli* blood. Her sire is .Jap's Interested Dwl 13414 b. a son of Karnak’s Jap si3i>3. and her dam is Noble Princess K. 2N4K(‘»4. These names are familiar to the breeders of blooded Jersey etf- He.” Sime 1 b2O, there have been nine .Jersey cows with average official re cords of 12.PN.N pounds of milk and V 17.51 pounds of hull ter fat each in North Carolina, ho -aid. "The official listing work fostered by the State College and Department of Agriculture is proving that there are con’s in North Carolina which are equal in production to those of most any well developed dairy sections,” he ! continued. “For this reason. I can sec no necessity for “dairymen to go' out of the state in order to secure a gooff hull of register of merit hack ing.’’ . ” r A Double Surprise Party. Interest ran high at Sunderland all the week, but seemed near the breaking point as the evening of Fri day approached. All went!. lmerrUy. however, and at eight o'clock the Principal escorted the two young ladies across to the auditorium, rac ing assured that they had had no inkling cfjthe surprise awaiting them, in an evening of wholesome jokes planned especially for tliem. Their ready acceptance of the novel lea-, tures in which they were the chief actors, was the more enjoyed by ail because of their happy participation in the fake entertainment. Suddenly a new tone was given by the twirling into v'ew a handsome wardrobe trunk. Only one stood amazed, as we i she. iibglil shme the “joke”, of the evening was turned on her—Miss Montgomery—who found that, the earlier part of the evening's program was largely a screen- a v<*ry pleasant, preliminary—to the presentation of the trunk to (lie only person in me house who didn't know of its presence in the school, where it had been un well night a week. The beautiful, un selfish gift was from the teachers and] students to the retiring principal. The serving of ice cream and de ieious, home-made cake completed a delightful evening. Bell-Kestler. A marriage of much interest to friends throughout the state was sol emnized Sunday morning at 10 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ed. Kestler, on South Spring street, when their daughter, .Tainie. became the bride of I)r. Victor E. Bell, ol' Italoigh. Rev, Win. A. Jenkins, pastor of Central Methodist Church, performed the cere mony. Only a few friends and rela tives were present. The bride wore a handsome spring suit with accesories to match. Immediately after the ceremony Hr. and Mrs. Hell left for a bridal trip to Richmond. Washington, and other northern points. Mrs. Bell is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ed. Kestler, ?md is one of the most attractive young wom en in the city. She received her edu cation tit Salem College, Winston-Sal em. and for the past six months has held a responsible position in the Fed eral Collector's office Mn Raleigh. Dr. Hell is a graduate of Wake For est. and the Virginia Medical College, and has practiced dentistry in Raleigh for four years, where he enjoys a lu crative practice. lie is a son of the late Dr. Hell, of near Raleigh. ! Another New Industry in Concord Another new industry in Concord opened this morning at the corner of Buffalo and Ann Streets, near the No. - Graded School, it was announced < today by Mr. li. L. Roberts, of Con- ; cord, formerly with the Searboro- j Roberts Ice Cream Company, who is , owner of the new plant. Mr. Roberts lias installed new ( equipment in bis plant, and will man-,, ufaeturo the “Roberts’ Rich and Ripe”;, creams. The equipment for the new j plant is modern in every way. and lias!, ‘a capacity which will care for the I needs of Concord and vicinity. ; The plant will nande wholesale and j ■ retail orders, and will run a delivery; business to cover Concord and this. ■ whole section. The manager of the! ' new concern has been in the ice cream j i business for more than live years, and ■ •is experienced in this line of work. City Schools to Close June Ist. ■ ! The city schools will dose Friday, ! , j.iune the lirst. Tim annual sermon will : , preached Sunday, June 3rd, by Rev. • ij W. C. Lyerly, pastor of Trinity Re- I formed Church. j The graduating exercises will he held Monday evening, June 4th. The; ) Literary Address will be delivered by ‘ Rev. William H. Frazier, D. I).. Presi ' dent of Queens College, Charlotte. Jonas C. Query, county welfare as - fleer, spent one day last week in Mor >! ganton, where he entered a man from this county in. the State Hospital. CONCORD, N. C., MOND AY, APRIL 16, 1923. The Christian Endeavorers Hold a Great Meeting The Annual Convention of the Southern District North Carolina Christian Endeavor Union was opened in the First Presbyterian Church here Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock by the President, Mr. John C. Boyd, of Char lotte, tlm devotional service being con ducted by the pastor. Rev. Jesae ( . Rowan, who also extended a hearty welcome from the church and city. Reports of the various officers of the convention were heard with pleasure, as each department was shown to h<* in a prosperous condition in every wa v. A splendid talk was made by Mr. Frank P. Wilson, on the Monthly Ser vice program, and stressed the fact that this was one of the most import ont of all the. necessary work of tin* societies. He al-o toid how to hse the charts in the various departments to obtain the highest efficiency. The speaker then entered .into detail in re gard to the work of the officers and rite various committees. After mak ing the announcements for the services of the evening and Sunday morning the convention adjourned, and upon an invitation from Mr. Rowan to meet at the Y. M. C. A. for supper, the del egates went in a body to the Y. where an elaborate supper was served—by Mosdames L. T. iiarlsell, Eugene Can non. E. 11. Broom and R. s. Young, assisted by a number of young ladies of the church. The supper consisted of chicken salad, ham sandwiches, pickles, olives, ice tea, ice cream and cake. .Mrs. liarlsell and her commit tee are to he oongraulnted on the sup per and excellent manner in which the 100 delegates sere served, as every de tail bad been thoroughly worked out. At 7 :30 the convention again assem bled. and after the devotional exercises Mr. Frank Wilson opened the pro gram by making a few femarksj on the first business of the Convention for the evening, that of "Preparation for Progress.’ He made a tine .nppenl for financial support which met a liberal response. A message from headquarters was next Jieard. the speaker urged the of ficers and committees and others hav ing business with tne office at head quarters- to make prompt response to all “correspondence thereby making the work in their departments ns easy as possible and also to facilitate the handling of the large volume of busi ness that is necessary. ;V ‘ Rev. J. G. Garth, of Charlotte, ad dressed the convent iorp oh the subject "The Strength of Youth.” Jt was a fine address and hrqWtfWptn the young people of the Chr'JJlfHßPWlfle'ivor So cieties many ways in which they could take up the work of the church and help carry it forward. At tin* close of the session the dele gates were assigned homes. Miss Sa rah Rarnhardt was in charge of the registration of the delegates and this part of the work was quickly over, as Miss Barnhardt had so well and ably managed this part of the work that it only required a few minutes to make the assignments. Sunday morning ;it 11 o’clock the sermon to the young people was preach ed by Rev. M. F. Daniels, superintend ent of the Home Mission Department of Mecklenburg Presbytery. Dr. Dan iels’ subject was “Loyalty,” using ns a text the words spoken by Joshua, “As for me and my house, we will serve rhe Lord.” Mr. Daniels made a strong appeal to the young people to become leaders, as the church mid world to day are needing strong Christian lead ership. At the opening of the afternoon ses sion at 3 o’clock, Rev. J. C. Rowan gave an address on the “Importance of Decision. ’’ using the words of Christ taken from a part of tin* sermon on tin* Mount. He emphasized especially tin* importance of prayer life, giving as a definition for prayer making one's life harmonize with tin* plan of God. If nothing else had been said during the convention Ibis impressive talk would have made* the convention worth while. Mr. Frank P. Wilson again spoke on “The Four-Square Objectives.” Mr. Wilson is familiar with all depart ments of the work juul is authority on anything pertaining to Christian En deavor work. He was heard with in tense interest and pleasure on the im portant subject. Negro Boy Flashes a Forged $lO Check. Salisbury, Apr.l 15.—Tom’s drug | store fe 1 victim 'to a check-flashing j artist several days ago but the du- j pliqity was not discovered until the; gentleman whose name had been | used on the check had been communi cated with by the hank the check was drawn on and iir which bank the citizens had no funds. A negro «boy presented a check to (Mr. Tom for $lO. It was apparently drawn by L. S. Bradshaw, payable to Dr. R. T. Ellington, and indorsed by the latter. The check was accom panied by a note signed by Dr. El lington and asking that the check be cashed as he was going to Charlotte on a night train and needed a little cash. The boy was given the money as there was no question about the check being good, and Mr. Tom thought no more about the matter un -1 til it developed that the signatures of Mr. Bradshaw and Dr. Ellington 1 were-forgeries. Women Fail to Endorse League. Des Moines, April 14 <By the Asso ciated Press 1. —Efforts to insert en dorsement of the ‘league of nations in the w'ar prevention resolution of the National League of Women Voters at the fourth annual convention failed to day for lack of a second to the motion made by Mrs. Blanche McKelky, of 1 Omaha. I Airs. D. W. AloFarlnnd, of High Point, State Superintendent of Inter mediate Work, was present and gave an interesting account of the work of this department at this time. < tne of the most beneficial and up lifting services of the whole conven tion was the program by the Junior Christian Endeavor Society of the Sec ond Pfosb.vteri:m Chmvli of this eitf. under the direction of Miss Nannie Query, who has charge of this depart ment in this church. Tbe little folks rendered a program and gave to the audience an insight of the manner in which this society n.vikes out and put on its program, consisting of songs, recitations and scripture verses and the ten commandments. An intermediate Christian Endea vor bomonsiration was given next by representatives of the Tenth Avenue Society of Charlotte. This program was opened by a quartette of young men who sang a number, .after which tin* president of tin* Society too!: charge of and gave the audience a demonstration of how meetings should begin. The first demonstration was the opening of a meeting witTi no one present by tin* president, all the others coming late, thus showing how the work suffered from officers who were lardy and not interested in the work. Tin* second part of this program was begun with .a meeting, all tin* officers on time, all the committees making re ports, and everything being done in a businesslike manner, and giving im petus to the great work of the young people who are interested in the great work of tlu* Christian Endeavor Socie ties. These demonstrations by the jun . iors and intermediates were very pleas ing and elicited much favorable com ment from tbe audience. Short talks were also made at the afternoon session by Messrs. T. A. Guiton and A. Y. Bowie, of Davidson College. Air. Guiton -spoke on “The Quiet Hour and Mr. Bowie had for his subject “Stewardship." Reports were made from a number of societies of outside work being done at tbe county .piils. chain gangs and county homes by the various societies. Prominent among these reports wen* those made by representatives of two wide-awake societies of Concord. Mc- Kinnon Presbyterian and the Method ist Protestant Churches. West Avenue, Gastonia and Sunderland Hall. The last session of convention was held last night and Air. Daniels preach ed a very inspiring sermon on "Mak ing.' a Success.” liis earnest manner and splendid effort on behalf of the young people of the-churches to put forth their best effort contained much valuable information and no part of the convention was moye enjoyable and uplifting than tin* sermons by Air. Daniels and Mr. Garth. The following report was offered by the nominating committees and adopt ed : President —Air. Carey P. Low ranee, of Mooresvillc. First Vice President —M. C. L. Silen cer. of Gastonia. Second Vico President —Mr. W. G. Sugg, of Carthage. Secretary—Aliss Hester Steele, of Mooresville. Treasurer—Air. John C. Boyd, of Charlotte. Intermediate Superintendent Aliss Clara Belle Wiley, off Gastonia. Junior Superintendent —Aliss Hattie May Covington, of Wadeshoro. Tenth Legion and .Missions —Miss Alinnie Hopkins, <*t‘ Concord. Quiet Hour—Mr. T. A. Guiton, of Davidson. After the installation of officers the convention adjourned subject to the <:ill of the executive committee who will name the time and place of the next meeting. The music rendered during the ses sions by the splendid choir of the First Church added very materially to the pleasure of tlu* meeting. The t "Gloria" from Alozart s lwellth ! Alass” was superbly rendered Sunday ! morning, also a solo by Airs. J. B. , Wonible, was a very pleasing part ol j the musical program. To Airs. Hinton McLeod and Aliss ! Sarah Earnhardt should be given ered j it for the magnificent manner in which i the entertainment and arrangements of the convention were made such a com plete success. Five Youthful Bandits Held 30 Men at Bay and Rob Money Box. Pittsburgh, Pa.. , April 15—Five youthful baud its. armed with sawed off shotguns and p.stols early today hold at bay 30 employes of the Pitts burgh Rahway company while they j rifled a money box of nearly $4,000 j jin cash and street car checks. As. j the bandits fled in an automobile they i fired into the crowd of employes. None I were struck. The holdup apparently had neen carefully planned. As four men carry ing the money box left a street car ai the east end car barns the bandits I drew up in their automobiles, leve ted ! their weapons at the men carrying the j box and a group of oilier employes 'nearby, commanding ••hands up. the ' gunmen then forced one of cm- I ployes to open the money box. They ! dumped the contents into then utito j mobile and fled. | Another box containing more than I $7.01 H), left in the street car, »vas j overlooked. ! Weather Man Says It’s Gonna Be Fall’. Washington, April 14. —Wpather outlook for the week beginning Mon -1 day: South Atlantic States, and Ohio Valley and Tennessee: Generally fair with temperature below normal . before first part of week and normal 1 thereafter. personals. Miss Alice Anthony and Miss Es telle White. of Philadelphia and visit-1 ins Miss Mar.v Chapman. Miss Louise Gilbert, of Charlotte, is tin* finest of Miss Jessie Deutun at lier home on East Depot street. ft ft ft Miss Margairet White, of - spent the week-end wif Howard Caldwell. ft • Mr. W. T. Miller, of Columbia, S. C , spent Friday in Concord witii friends. Miss Edith Sumner, of Charlotte, 'P hi the week-end with Miss .lean Maxwell at her homo on Grove street. • r • Mr. < . M. Sappenfield, .Tr„ of Sliel-1 by. spent .Sunday here with his par ents, Mr. and .Mrs. C. M. Sappenfi dd. | ■ * * Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Little returned Sunday night from a short trip to Washington, I). C. Miss Heat rite Xewm.'in. of Shelby, spent Sunday here with Miss Kathleen Sappenfield, at her liome on East Cor bin st reet. 9 » « Miss Beulah liidenhour. of Alho- < marie, spent the week-end here with home folks. ft ft « Mrs. M. F. Barrier and Mr. Harry Barrier, of (Jeorgeville, spent Sunday afternoon with her son. Mr. C. H. Bar rier, ft » * Mr. and Mrs. - .1. F. Love and Chil dron and their guest. Mrs. I*. L>. Ber lin. and lijiby spent Sunday in Albe marle with Mr. and Mrs. S. Wolf. » * y Saturday’s Salisbury Post : Miss Hel en Misenheimer. of Winston-Salem, and Miss Bonnie Misenheimer, of Mount Pleasant, will arrive tonight, and will be the guests of Mrs. Thomas Van Poole at her home on South Fulton street. * ft « Mrs. B. E. Harris. Sr., and Miss Elizabeth Harris spent Saturday in Charlotte. ft ft ft Miss Ruby Stillman, private secre tary of Mr. J. 11. Mays, of ?,00 Amer ican Trust building.; Charlotte, spent the week-end here with her undo and aunt. ft ft a Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Parnell and Miss Sarah Parnell, of Charlotte, spent the week-end here with their mother .Mrs. \V. C. Parnell. ft ft ft Mrs. Grace Brown Saunders and Mr. J. Leonard Brown are spending today in Charlotte on business. ft . ft * Mrs. C. A. Mies and children. Charles Jr. and Mary Lee. are visiting rela tives in Cleveland. N. 0. • « ft Mies Mtmdo Brown and-Mrs. Grace Brown Saunders spent Sunday in Pinehurst with friends. * »» » Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Boyett, of Char lotte, spent Sunday here as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Shaw, at their ft ft * home on Bell Avenue. Miss Dixie Cook, of Charlotte, was end guest of friends in Con cord. 5 ft ft Mrs. D. I. Reavis, of Greensboro, is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. B. Davis. ft * • Mrs. G. T. Crowell returned today from Charlotte. where she was the week end guest of her son. Mr. An drew Crowell. ft ft ft Mr. Kay Patterson, Rev. L. A. Thomas, and Dr. C. P. Mac Laugh in are spending the day at Whitney. ft ft ft Mr. Richard Porter spent the week end here with his mother Mrs. D. B. Porter. He had as guest Mr. William A. S. Shaw, of Charlotte. ft * • Mr. IT. B. Varner, publisher of the Lexington Dispatch is spending the day in the city. Union (Amity Fanners Make Big Preparations. Monroe, April• 14. —Interviews with a number of fertilizer dealers «? the county reveals the fact that Union counity farmers are buying heavily this season and the indications are that a large acreage will b? planted to cotton. This is the third season the boll weevil has operated in the county, and there is quite a bit of specula tion as to the damage he* will do to the' Union county cotton crop next summer. Livestock dealers also states that their business is unusually good, and it is a certainty that great prepara tions are being made for farming op erations. whether for cotton growing or for tin* growing of other cm pa. The corn, hay. ixrtatoes and other food and the feed crop acreage is ex pected to very large. Forest Hill Congregation Worships With That of Calvary. The Forest Hill Church could not he heated yesterday and the congregation worshipped with the Calvary Lutheran congregation. For the night service, the pastor, Rev. M. L. Kester. and the officials very kindly tendered their Church to Mr. Armstrong and his flock. |An extraordinarily large congregation icomposed of Lutherans and Methodists greeted the minister when ho arose to preach. The Methodists are keenly appreciative of this courtesy. Plott-Isenhour. Mr. Lynn Plott and Miss Tessie Is enhour were married in Gaffney, S. C„ Sunday, the 7tli. Mrs. Plott is the | only daughter of Mrs. W. N. Isenhonr. jof Academy street. Concord, She was educated at the Laura Sunderland , School. Mr. Plott is the youngest son of Mr. G. F. Plott, of Bost Mill, and is a splendid young farmer. The young couple visited several points in South Carolina before re turning to Mr. Plott’s home at Bost Mill. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. . . . . . —■ xrrr: NO 111 IN THE SHIES POISON - J FLOGGED During the Present Adminis tration, Says Dr. Norman, Chief Physician, Who Must Be at Punishments. FLATLY DENIES DUDBENG CHARGES Dr. Norman Says During His Term of Office He “Has Never Witnessed Inhuman Treatment of Prisoners.” Xew York. April HI. —Indications arc ilmt “we are entering into ;i period ol’ business expansion and utmost cau tion must he 'exercises to prevent this from developing into a secondary infla tion which would he disastrous.’ ('has. M. Schwab, chairman of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation declared today in a statement. Business is plentiful ami industry is active, throughout- the country, he added“ and we have every reason to (Vel happy over the situation. ‘■Our lot) right, now is to keep an even keel, and to steer a straight course. Business is on a firm Inunda tion but it must be kept there. Econ omic conditions abroad are not as promising as I would have them, hut I am not at all discouraged over the outlook and I think progress is being made and will he made foF the re mainder of the year. “I have always found the steel in dustry is a pietty accurate indicator of conditions. Bethlehem plants are all working almost to capacity, and 1 am sure the same conditions apply to most other steel mills." MRS. ( LARA PHILLIPS IS LOCATED IN SAN SALVADOR Escaped From Los Angeles County Jail December sth Last. Los Angeles. April Hi —‘Mrs. Clara Phillips, convicted “hammer mur deress," who escaped from the Los An geles county jail December Hth, has been Ideated” in San Salvador, accord ing to a coyprighted story in the Los Angeles Examiner today. Her appre hension is momentarily expected. Mrs. Phillips was under a sentence of 10 years for beating to death with a hammer Mrs. Alberta Tremaine Meadows. She has been reported several times to be in Mexio. Mrs. Phillips was slid to have killed Mrs. Meadows? be cause she believed the young woman had been associating with Phillips. QI KSTION OF REMOVAL OF THE JAC KSON STATUE Has Been Taken to President Harding by Senator Kellar. Washington, April Id.—Suggestions from unofficial sources that the statue of Andrew Jackson, opposite the White House in Lafayette Square should be removed on the ground that it is not artistic, have been taken up by Senator MeKellar, of Tennessee, in o letter to President Harding, urg ing that the Executive not give his aie proval to such a proposal. ‘ The sentiment of American people is overwhelming against the desecra tion of any of the monuments to any of its heroes,” Senator MeKellar said in his letter. Veterans Express Thanks by Letter. New Orleans Picayune. A score of Confederate veterans from Salisbury. N. who are attend ing tin* reunion, are happy over their visit to New Orleans. They appointed J. T. Wyatt, one of their number, to write their thanks t the city, and here is what he wrote: New Orleans, La., April 13. To the Editor of The Times-Picaj uae: We are writing to thank all of the good citizens of New Orleans for treat ing us old soldiers so fine. We never had finer treatment anywhere. We were in the parade and were shot by the movie camera two or ■ three times. We shook hands with hun dreds of the prettiest girls we have ev er seen, from the side of the automo biles in which we were riding. The cars had to travel slow. because the crowd was jammed up against, them and we took advantage of the shake hands with the beloved beauties of New Orleans. The young ladies and young men who drove us took us to many places of interest about the city and we had a wonderful time. We wouldn't take $5,000 apiece for the trip, and we hare two notebooks full of items relating to our trip here. The liest people of the world live right here in New Orleans and we would like to stay here all the time. There were twenty of us old sol jfliers here from Salisbury and we shout: “Hurrah for New Orleans.’ I Route Sandhill Peaches by Way of Salisbury. Salisbury, April I*».—The Yadkin railway office here is making prepa rations to handle about half of the eastern North Carolina peach crop this season, according to an an i nouneement yesterday. The crop this year, it is estimated will require about 1,000 ears. Here tofore the entire crop has been shipped through Richmond. The Salisbury route is being selected this year in order that the cars can be diverted to the west as well as the east where the total crop has been ' consumed in the past. NO. 81.