North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE TWO Club and Society Ite ms Are Solicited. Telephone 78. Tribute Office. Misses Coltrane and Brown Honored at Reception. The reception given Wednesday af ternoon b.v Mrs. V. A. Means at her home on Spring Streets honoring Miss i Elizabeth Coltrane. whose wedding to i yir. Robert Jones will take place June sth, and Mr. Alice Brown, whose wed ding to Mr. Burks Withers will also j take place June 5. was one of the prettiest and most Aavming affairs that has been given this season. Mrs. J. L. Hartsell received guests on arrival and Mesdmnes I. I. Davis. Jr., and J. A. Hartsell and Miss Jenn Contrane welcomed the guests in the front hall and directed them to the re ceiving line in the living room. Mrs. Means received her guests in a frock of pink georgette. Miss Col trane was gowned in ecru lace over orchid satin and Miss Brown wore a j gown of Lavin green georgette. The living room was beautifully dec orated with peonies, pink roses and pink ami white sweet peas. Mesdames E. C. Barnhardt. Jr.. M. L. Brown and j <\ A. Cannon directed the guests into | the dining room. f ! A bowl of gorgeous-pink and white, peonies formed the centerpiece of the! dining room table. Crystal candle-j sticks at each end of the table burned , unshaded pink tapers, and the color j scheme of pink and white was fur- i iher carried out in the refreshments, j Assisting in the dining room were Mrs. William Sherrill. Mrs. Leslie Bell and ! Mrs. W. J. Hill. From the dining room the guests were directed into the drawing room, which was njost attractively decorated with vases of sweet peas and pink ros es. by Mrs. C. J. Harris and Mrs. A. G. .Odell. Here Coffee and cheese straws were served by Mesdames G. 1.. Pat terson. Cameron Macßae. E. H. Brown and R. P. Gibson. About seventy-five guests called dur ing the afternoon. Joues-Coltrane. Invitations reading as follows have been issued : Mr. Daniel Branson Coltrane Requests the pleasure of your company at the marriage of his daughter ! Elizabeth ' ' to Mr. Robert Eldredge Jones on Tuesday, the fifth of June at half after six o'clock at the Central Methodist Church Concord. North Carolina Accompany itig card : Mr. Daniel Branson Coltrane requests the pleasure of your company oil Tuesday, the fifth of June at seven o'clock at eiglity-four North Union street Mrs. Bost to Entertain. Mrs. I). L. Best will entertain Fri day afternoon at her home on South Union street from four-thjrty to six in honor of Misses Elizalieth Coltrane and Alice Brown. K. K. Bridge Club to Meet. * Miss Miriam Morris will entertain the K. K. Bridge Club this evening at, eight o'clock with Mrs. William”-Colb Morris, her attractive house guest, of El Paso. Texas, as honor guest. Concord Kotarians to Entertain Salis bury Bunch. Salisbury Post. 4 The Salisbury Rotary Club was challenged by the Concord Club for a two months' contest on attendance. The challenge was accepted' and .Sal isbury won by a nose. The c.lub los ing was to entertain the other club at a So it is up to the Con cord Club to mflke good its boasts and it is going to do so v An the evening of the 29th. The Salisbury club has been nidified that the Concord club will be ready to make good its losses, pay up and give the visitors an opportunity to revel at their expense. Birthday Dinner at Kannapolis. Kannapolis. May 19. —Mrs. Margar et Lipe ai d daughter, Miss Elsie Lipe. attended a birthday dinner Sunday, given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Pcthel out two or three miles from Kannapolis. Mrs. -Bethel was tin* honor guest and the occasion was in celebration of her 4Sth anniversary. Quite a large crowd, including oth ers from this city, were in attendance*. Pictures- of the table, family ai d some of tin* guests were* made. All enjoy ed the elaborate dinner, and whiled away the afternoon in friendly con versation. Mrs. Pet hoi's friends wish heivnany more birthdays as pleasant as this one. The-revival being conducted by Mr. Boyd Zimmerman is progressing line. At times it is necessary lor a number to remain on the outside of the tent on account of lack of room. Mrs. M. L. Iseuhour is slowly im proving after an illness of several days. Practically all the churches of the city observed "Mother’s Day” Sunday. The services were very impressive. In teresting programs were in order, and special music of a high order was lunch enjoyed. Old Folks Concert to Be Repeated. The Ladies' Aid* Society of Forest Hill Methodist Church will repeat, by request, the Old Folks Concert on Fri day evening at No. 2 graded school at JS o'clock. Admission will be 1.1 and 25 cents. Adv. Mrs. Seagle Honored. Mrs. fW. C. Houston is entertaining at a tea this afternoon in eorhpliiueut to Mrs. J. L. Seagle. of Lenoir, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. L. White. Meeting Parent Teachers’ Association. The last meeting of the Primary- School Parent-Teachers' Association, was held in the auditorium Tuesday evening, and though other social func tions reduced the number attending, those present formed an interested •and appreciative andi^pce. The program opened with a duet. s “Sparkling Waltz, frpm Faust, played by Misses Nell Herring and Margaret Hartsell, with the life and spirit the selection demanded. The next number included two songs beautifully sung b.v Miss Mary Mac- La ughlin, "Jlie Banjo Song.” a typi cal southern dialect love song, and “The Bayou Song,” which, with its ( touches of French pathos, pictured to j us most graphically the far southern boatman on the Louisiana bayou, sing ing his boat song. . Mrs. Wagoner followed this week a dainty and charming Vendition of Arditi's "Kiss Waltz.” which was pe culiarly suited to her clear, sweet voice. After this delightful program, the business session was held. Mrs. (’. A. Gannon presiding. Miss King gave a most enthusiastic account of the activ ities of thl* milk pommittee, reporting splendid gains both in weight and vi tality among the under-nourished chil dren who have been taking the milk regularly, and great improvement in i their class standing, j The Treasurer reported a total of $298.13 received liy dues and dorni- I tions during the year, with thevfallow ing disbursements: $195.87 pind out for milk and lunches; $45.00 to dental ! clinic: $11.50 for duos, making a, total iof $222.37 disbursed and leaving a j balance jn bank of $73.9(5. for play -1 ground equipment, etc., next fall. I The president spoke with much fer vor and enthusiasm of what had been accomplished and what is hoped to do in the future. She was given a rising vote of thanks for the splendid way in which she has directed the work during the past two years and all ex pressed the desire that she carry on the work next year. Miss Spurgeon's report on the hot lunches followed and made a most re markable showing. 2.400 lunches were served during the year at 5c each and the sum of $49.31 was cleared, after all expenses were paid: this amount to be used for equipment for the do mestic science department. After some discussion, it was sug gested that the officers of the associa tion appear before the school board to ask that some equipment be kept at Central School for preparing the lunch es next year, and it was decided that this would be the right course to pur ( sue. Delicious he cream and cake were then served and all enjoyed the hit of social intercourse this promoted. After this the teachers graciously gave the mothers a rising vote of thanks for their evening entertain meiu and the meeting was adjourned till next fall. Still Shipping clothing For Near East Relief. Mrs. Ernest Hicks, chairman of the (Campaign to raise clothes for the. Near East, is still shipping clothing which continues to come in from various parts of the county. About 400 pounds was collected hi Alt. Pleasant, and l!ds is being shipped off this week. Sever al communities have not yet sent in their contributions hiul the total of clothes collected in this county will not he known until all re ports are received by Mrs. Hicks, Prixes Awarded. The Educational* Thrift Service has awarded two prizes to Concord schools, twenty-six dollars to the colored grad ed school and nine dollars to Central Primary School. These prizes were given 4»>r the best record of school sav ing from the middle of November tp the end of March. Reid Craven Seriously Injured. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Craven will learn with regret that their sou. Reid, while playing Tues day, was hit in the eye with an arrow from a bow in the hands,of a nlayinate. He was taken immediately to Char lotte and examined by a, specialist, but it is not yet known whether or not he will lose the sight of the eye. “Ladies Night" at M. and Vt. Club. Several hundred persons were pres ent at x the Merchants and Manufac turers' Club Tuesday night for the entertainment given by Jhe club when "Ladies Night” was observed. This was the first event of its kind held by tin* club and if proved so successful that others of a similar nature are planned for the future. Dancing, card playing and several musical n limiters of unusual interest were offered to the guests of tire club. Setback, bridge and other card games claimed the attention of some, while others spent* the greater part of the evening dancing. Several vocal solos by Miss Maee.v. member of the public school faculty, and Mr. Sam Goodman, were added features that everyone present en joyed. Among those present were many who are not members of the club, more than 200 invitations having been issued by tin* committee in charge of the event. The cnnmiittttt* vytis composed of C. \V. Byrd. Gray Bost and \V. A. Foil! County Christian Endeavor Conven tion. The Cabarrus County Christian En deavor Convention will bo held .at Bethpage Church on Sunday, May 20. This will be the auual county conven tion. Opening session at 11 a.in. Theme. ' Loyalty.” The following will be the program: \ * Song. Devotional, Air. Dan McLaurin. Welcome Address. Response. Miss Bonie Savage. Song. Address. “Loyalty to Self;’ Mr. W. Ernest Milton, Davidson College. Address, “Loyalty to Home,” Mr. Linton L. Deck. Announcement of Committees. Report from Societies. Song. Mizpah. 4 12:30 Lunch. Afternoon session at 2 o'clock. Song Service. Devotional, Mr. J. C. Query. Address, “Loyalty to .Church,” Mr. ! Bop TJ. Batch ford, Davidson College. Address, “Loyalty to Country,” Mr. ] Joe M. Garrison, Davidson College. Special Music. 1 Report of Cimmittees. 1 Offering. 1 Song. Installation of Officers. < Mizpah. Picnic and Welnie Roast. The following young people out to St. John’s School Tuesday eve-, ning and enjoyed a picnic and “weinie” roast: * ‘ Misses Vancie Barnhardt. Milb.v Craver, Kathleen aiid Mamie Sappen field, Dorothy Fisher,. Margie Trout man, Lillian Magalley, Sudie and Fay Moore, Dorothy Hartsell, Beulah Ptnether, Mary Ridenhour, Grace PropstJ Anna Margaret Cross, and Lucy Burrage, and Messrs. Harold Dry, Charlie Griffin,'Thomas Harris, Hoyt Par tee, Ermin Long, White and Broad us Talblrt, -Raymond Kluttz. Fred Is enliour and Archie Ridenhour. Mrs. Bessie Long Hartsell acted as chaperone. Miss Wolff to Graduate. The following invitations have been issued: „ Graduating Recital _ Piano \ Dorothea Wolff’ Voice , Annie Slgmoml Lenoir College, Auditorium , Friday evening. May eighteenth Eight-thirty Miss Wolff is. one of Concord's most talented musicians, adn her many friends hero and .elsewhere will Ik* interested in knowing of her recital. Woman’s Auxiliary of Secotid iPTesby terian Church to Me CL Tlie Circle of the Woman’s Auxil iary ,of the Second Presbyterian Church will meet Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the following homes: Circle N<>. l—Mrs. Caldwell Query. Circle No. 2—Mrs. A. O. Clifie. Circle No. 3 —Mrs. N. It. Throadgili. These Circles will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock : Circle No. s—Mrs. j. C. Qnefy. Circle No. 9—Miss Mar,tint Barrin ger. Sunday School Picnic. About four months ago the Men’s Bible Class of Harmony Methodist Church entered into a contest which ended April 29th. As a result of this contest the attendance at Sunday Sell(M>l has almost doubled. And on last Saturday afternoon at “Sims' Woods" the whole Sunday School ga-' fhered with the ladies bringing bas kets filled with many good things to eat. and the Men's Class furnishing a nice barliecuo. and a cold drink com pany of Concord donating forty orates of cold drinks. We appreciate the fim\ spirit find eo-oporafion of the Sunday Schdbl and the generous spirit of the cold drink company. There wen* between two and three, hundred people present, and all enjoy ed the occasion. We mist that this gathering will mean much to the Sun day School in the future. T. E. SIDES. Supt. “Rain-Making” All Talk. Rain-making is a fqtile undertaking. , according tome United States ment of Agriculture. It is true that ii# the laboratory a small amount of moisture eari be precipitated by the use of special equipment. However, to produce one inch of rain over one acre, approximately 143 tons of mois ture would have to Ik* drawn up into the air and . then precipitated. The cloud that spreads over the house-tops represents billions of horsepower: and even if some artificial means were found to cause rain, only a sluall amount of precipitation could result. The various schemes to make rain and control atmospheric conditions are use less according to the Weather Bureau. Program for Bible ( lasses. The following is the program for Mrs. Russell's Bible Classes which be gan ,-it tin* First Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon : | Afternoon classes 3:30 to 4:30; gen eral theme, "Steps in tlu* Christian Jjife.” L The Birth of si Soul. 2. The Walk of the Christian. 3. Christian Growth (Prayer.) 4. Christian Growth (Bible Study.) 5. Christian Growth (Personal Work.) Evening classes J :30 to 8:30. 1. The* Place of Blessing. 2. The Place of Power. 3. Tin* Place of Rest. 4. The Place of Manifestation. $. The Place of Victory. Mrs. RusselL is a sound, high guide for all who desire to study the Bible and all such are cordially invited to attend these* classes.. The* audience is requested to lie in their seats a few minutes before the opening hour. Miss Smart to Graduate. Mr, and Mrs. C. A. Smart left Tues day for Charlotte, where they will at tend graduating, exercises at Queens College. Their daughter.* Miss Pearl Smart, is a member of. the graduating class. Laura Harris Circle Meets. An interesting meeting of the Laura Harris Circle of Central Methodist Church was held Monday evening with Misses .Jessie and Bertie J.ouise Wille ford at tljeir home on South Union Str(*et. Stiort readings by several •of the giombers and a solo by Miss Cottrell Sherrill were features of the prograiii , and at the conclusion of the business session Mrs. W. I). Pemberton, of the Murium Coltrane Circle, told most in ' ten sjtingly of tlu* Woman’s Missionary Conference recently held in Monroe. The hostesses, assisted by Miss An nis Smoot, served tea and sandwiches. Mrk Means to Honor Brides-elert. The fallowing invitations havejbeen issued: Mrs. Victor A. Means - At Home Wednesday afternoon, the sixteenth of May From four to six o’clock Mis- Elizalteth Coltrane Miss Alice Brown Attending Meeting at Dayton, Ohio. Miss Mildred Sutlier. of ConcOrd, Mrs. L. A. Peeler, of Kannapolis, and Mrs. C. C. Bost. of Hickory, are in THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE f t Dayton Ohio,, attending the Triennial &os*sions of thy* General Synod of tfce f Woman’s Missionary Society of the Reformed Church in the United States. s The sessions began Monday night and v will closb Thursday night. There \vHl be several hundred delegates. Sec re- 1 taries, and visitors in attendance. Mrs.. , Peeler is President of the North Car-,' olina Classical Society. Mrs. Bost is the Recording Secretary. Miss Suther ~ was sent in recognition of her work in organizing eleven new Mission fiamls during the past year. With Our Sick. ' The condition of Margaret, the lit-, tie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph j < Boyd, who has l>een undergoing treat- ■ ment at a Charlotte Hospital for sev-1 . oral weeks, continues to improve and ( she is expected to return home in a | few days?. * i, Irene Long, the daughter of Mr. apd ,; Mrs. Reece Long, is confined to the) ( home of her parents on East Depot ] street by an attack of measles. With~Our”Sick. Miss Carrie Garmon is confined to her homo on account of illness. Mr. “Bill” Carpenter has returned from St. Peter’s Hospital at Charlotte, where last week he submitted, to an operation for appendicitis. He is im proving rapidly and will soon resume his position as agent for the Gulf Re fining Company. Little Lights to Meet. The Little Lights of St. James Lutheran Church will meet Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock with Master George Kluftz, at his home on Frank lin Avenue. PERSONALS. i - w Mr. Marvin Long left Wednesday night for Richmond, where lie will spend several months. $ * * Mrs. Florence Barrier lias returned) from Durham, where she spent a month with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Clink sea le. * * * Mr. D. Baxter Crowell, of Attica. Kansas, is visiting in tlu* home of Mr. J. F. Honeycutt. * * * Mr. Beverly Lake. of Charlotte, manager of the Metropolitan Life In suranee Company, spent Wednesday in Concord on business. Mr. I. F. Mabry, of Lowell, spent Wednesdav here with his brother. Sheriff W. P. Mabry. ft ft • Mrs. J. L. Seagle. of Lenoir, is visit ing her sister. Mrs. C. L. White. * a V a Miss Cora Davis has returned to her home in Raleigh after a month's visit r<> her sister. Mrs. I). O. Pridgen, at lief Rome on Harris Street. Miss Clolinda Junker, who has been nursing Mrs, King for tlu* past two months, lifts returned to her home in Mint Hill. * * * Miss Sarah Jxmjs Cline, who lias] Ik*ou a student at Queen’s College fori the past year, lias arrived to spend the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cline. * ft * Dr. H. C. Herring will leave Friday for the eastern pari of the State where he will spend several weeks. * * * 0 Rev. and Mrs. Roy T. Troutman and Rev. L. A. Thomas returned last night from Coiumlda, S. (\, where they had been attending tin* Theological Semi na ivy commencement. Rev. M. L. Kes ter will return tonight. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Cannon have returned from a tt ip to New York. x ! * * Dr. and Mrs, J. A. Bangle spent Wednesday in Charlotte. • ft ft Mr. I. I. Davis. Jr., returned Tues day morning from Morganton. where he spent the week-end with home folks. • • • }lr. and Mrs. John M. Young are spending several da.vs in High Point with their daughter. *Mrs. W. G. Foy. ft * • Mrs. P. B. Means, of Oxford, and Mrs. Galloway, of Elkin, spent the week-end as guests of Mrs. Lindsay Ross. * ft ¥ Mrs. Sibley and her daughter, Miss Geneva Sibley and Miss Dora Callo way, of Albemarle, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Calloway. . * # * Mr. and Mrs. -Marshall* Mabrey and Mr. Frank Mabrey. of Richmond, ar rived today to visit Mrs. W. C. J. Ca ton, Mrs. Mabry’s mother. * * * Mrs. Paul Means and children, of Trenton. N. J.. are visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Means. * * * Mrs. Margaret Russell, of Richmond. Ya., who is to conduct a series of Bibb* classes at the First Presbyterian Church through next Tuesday, arrived in Concord this morning, and is the guest at the home of Mrs. Joseph F. Ca unon. * « • Miss Margaret Ritchie returned on Tuesday afteriKsm from Queen's Col lege. Charlotte, where she had been! • ‘ * * a student for the past year. _ Messrs. Karl Broome, of Hickory, and Vernon Brum ley. pf Newton, were • * * business visitors in Concord Tuesday,. Misses Pearl and Elizabeth Smalt, who were students at Queen's College for the past year, arrived Tuesday to spend the summer; holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Smart. * * * Mrs. T. H. -Webb and Mrs. Morri- ( son King and child rest, Margaret and Morrison. Jr., left Tuesday for Mon- , treat, where they will attend the Gen- , oral Assembly. ■ • ] » % * ■ i Mrs. A. B. Camp and little soil, La- ' mar, left today to visit relatives iu Shelby. * * • Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bost. of Kannap olis. ami Mr. Everett Cook left Tuesday for Goldsboro, where they will spend ( several days." ; , ; Mrs. C. W. Cox. and little sou. Earl, j» returned Tuesday to their home inj« Honea Path. S. C.. after a short visit • to Mra. X’ox’b parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Li taker. ■ • * \ Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Desportes and s three children returned Tuesday to r their home in WTuusboro. S. C., after a'c i v Mr. C. A. Meis returned Monday from a business trip to New York. 4 • • short visit to Mrs. DesPortes’ par ents, Rev. and Mrs. T. W. Smith. *** * ( Mrs. Grace Brown Saunders left Tuesday for a vigit to Durham and Greensboro. Baby Died from Mother’s Neglect,. Salisbury Post. Doll Senior, young unmarried negro woman, was yesterday afternoon ad judged by a coroner's jury as being responsible for the death of her ten day old baby girl, the jury rendering a verdict that the child came to its death as a result of neglect, on the part of the mother, the evidence tend ing to show that the child starved to death from lack of nursing.# The woman had given the baby away according to the testimony, but the woman to whom she had given it de cided that the child should, not be taken from its mother so young and returned it, and it was only a few days afterward that it died. The woman, who has not been seen rtere since the night liefore the dead body of the baby was found in her home on South Shaver street, near the Concord read, is still unlocated, although officers have been endeavor ing to learn of her whereabouts. She will face a charge of infanticide*—child' murder—if apprehended, and the case will come up at the next term of Rowan superior court, should she l>e taken before that time. BASEBALL TOMORROW. Higli School Team Will Play So-Called Y. M. C. A. Team. Strike two! Ball three! Fans will get all of the thrills of baseball if they journey to the Gilinon Mill Park Friday afternoon at 8:30 and witness the game between the Con- I cord High School and the Concord Y. M. C. A. teams. All local talent and a good game guaranteed. This will be the High School team's last game and they are determined to wind up victoriously their already suc cessful season. They will put forth their strongest effort and offer the best possible team in an effort to bring home the bacon. Sullivan and Good man Will be the High School battery. The so-called Y. M. C. A. team is composed of the has-beens around town and some of last year's city league ma terial. And despite their lack of prac tice they are confident of giving the High /School lads the licking of their lives. Bell and Hod son will dottlie slab and backstop stuff, respectively. Forget your worries and lets go. Tickets on sale at Musette. Inc., and Gibson Drug Co. Old Testament Takes 18 Years For Weekly Paper to Print. Eighteen years ago this summer Charles F. Hackett, editor or the New Era. a weekly newspaper at | Parker, S. D.. began printing the J Bible, one chapter a week, in his pub- I lication. Commencing with Genesis, Ihe has adhered t(N his purpose 62 weeks each and for 932 consecutive issues the feature was maintained. , The Old Testament is now complete ly published and he has set out to fol'ovv the same policy with the New Testament which will require five years and 20 w.eeks, for publishing the 280 chapters, end in September. 1928. Shoots His Wife and Then Kills Him- N self. Raleigh, May 16. —Raymond F. iMor ris, 38. ice wagon driver, shot his wife following a quarrel in the presence of his four children at his home nere this afternoon and immediately turn* ed the weapon on himself. Morris died instantly. His wife was curried to a local hospital, -wjiere it was stated she will recover. The immediate cause of the shooting was said by the old est child to have been due to the fact that their mother left her home this afternoon. Tuberculosis Falling Off. According to records o£»one large in surance company just issued, the tu bereulrjsls death rate in this country in AHm-li was only 124.2 i>er 100,000 persons as compared with 132.5 for March of last year. “In January ami February of tills year higher death rates for this, dis ease were observed thah for the first two months of last year,” “and it was feared that continuous decline in the death rate that lias been observed in recent years might be destined for a check in 1023. It now appears that this unsatisfactory situation was only temporary and that the relative high tuberculosis mortality of the first two months was probably only incidental to the 1923 influenza epidemic, as in fluenza generally operates to hasten the deaths of tuberculous persons. The indications are, therefore, good that 1923 will show a continued drop in the mortality from tuberculosis.” Appalachian Water Power Conference. The recent statement of .1. B. Duke' that the cost of development of water powers had risen to such an extent as to prohibit the Southern Power Com pany from pushing on new develop ments a<lds greatly to popular interest in the meeting of the second Southern Appalachian Water Power Conference, which will be held ip. Asheville June 25-27. The extremely" large capital in vestments required for hydro-electric plants is a feature lfot generally un derstood, and ignorance of the truth is responsible for many bLundefs and losses, yne of Jffie chief efforts of the Conference will be the study of these developments and education of the public a lid governmental authorities to the necessity of an equitable sys tem of taxation and supervision calcu lated to secure proper tribute for the State and at the same time develop, rather than to discourage, an even ' more essential demand of iudustry. ; Another Cold Snap is Headed East- ( ward. ] Washington. May 15. —Another ] told snap Is headed eastward, the : weather bureau reported tonight, and is due to overspread the territory 1 east of the Mississippi by tomorrow night. The cold wave <wi.l follow a storm reported central over Illinois tonight , which the weather bureau says will swesp east during the night auu to-' morrow. Cleir skies but '‘considerably «. colder weather’’ will then prevail. t ■-* ■ ... ■■ ■ " LOCAL HBImON , tiotton on the local market today is quoted at 25 1-2 cents per pound; cot- j ■ton seed at 45 cents per bushel. } Rev. J. Frank Armstrong will preach at Center Methodist Church, South of Concord, Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. Ten new cases of measles were re ported at the office of the county health department yesterday after- ‘ noon and last night, according to a report from the department this, morning. A special communication Stokes j iLodge No 32 A. It & A. <M. will be’ held tonight at 8 o'clock. All (Master Masons are requested to De present. Work on the third degree will be a feature of the meeting. We have received from Mr. Thomas Strieker Eddleman an invitation to the commencement exercises of the Gazoo, Miss., High School, which takes place May 25th. Mr. Eddleman is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Eddlennyi. Six defendants in recorder’s court yesterday paid fines totaling S6O, having been charged with violating city ordinances, intoxication and ' other minor offenses, One defendant charged with larceny, asked ioi a jury trial and his ease was continued until Monday. May 21st. Despite the heavy rains of Tuesday afternoon and night and Wednesday morning, the road to Charlotte yes terday was in good shape and there was no mud except for a short dis tance on the detour. The rohd was scraped early yesterday morning and by 11 o’clock it was in excellent shape. The board of aldermen will ho d its second meeting of the month ai the city hall tonight at 8 o’clock. While discussion of paving petitions is ex pected to be the most important mat ter to be taken up by tire board mem bers, it is probable that several other questions will be brought up while the meeting is in progress. The Gibson Mill baseball team will play a team from Salisbury nere Saturday afternoon at the GiDson Park. The game will begin at 3:30 o’clock and the locals have secured a good line-up for the contest, bev eral stars will play with the Salis bury aggregation and the game i promises to be an interesting one. Junior Order Councils Nos, 25 and 49 will on Sunday afternoon, May 20. at 3 o'clock, present a Bible and flag to Grammar school No. 2> State Coun . sellor P. S. Carlton, of Salisbury, will deliver the oration and other interest ing exercises will be held. The pub lic is invited to attend the exercises, which will he held in the auditorium at No. 2 school. Members of the County Colton Marketing Association will hold an important meeting at the court house Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. liM addition to transaction or some regular business ’th«* members att, the meeting Saturday wi'l choose a dele gate to represent them at the aw trict meeting to be held in Charlotte next Tuesday. May 22nd. Several of the rax listers of the county declare there is a mistaken impression abroad in the country as to the time limit for making tax re turns. The returns have to be made in May, these listers point out. and they cannot be made to the listers during June, though the impression seems to be general that the limit has extended through June. * The work on the addition being erected to the White-Parks Mi l is exacted to be rushed now. The work Vas started several weeks ago but had been, halted until yesterday on account pf shortage of material. The plant of the mill will be doubled wnen the addition is completed, and the management has purchased sufficient machinery to double the mill’s out put. The contempt of court proceedings against Mutt Lawing were r-enenuied to be heard in Rowan Superior Court today, and a number of Concord people, including attorney ii. ». Wil liams, iwent to Salisbury for the faring. The case grew out of an al- ( leged .threat Lawing made against' one of the defense's witneses m the • O. G. Thomas case, which was tried in Salisbury in February. (Members of the county health de partment will continue the typhoid fever clinic at Kannapolis tonight, rne meeting tonight to be the second of the year in Kannapolis. Dr. Buchanan, head of the health depart ment, plans to start % the county typhoid fever clinic about the last of June, or .the first of July,; after the farm p?op e have calight up with their work. Julia Ann Bost, colored, widow of the late Frank >Bost. died last Tues day at her home in No. O township. She was a good old colored woman, of the true ante-bellum type. At the tinio ol' her death she was living at the home of Mr. J. L. Barnhardt. but for 27 years she was a faithfiTT ein- j ployee at the home of Mr. D. G. Bost. She was honest and true, and all the white iieople in the neighborhood were her friends. Two of her daughters have been servants in the home of Dr. J. W. Pike, of Concord. Until recently thf Codex Vai'canus. so call>d because it is kept in me library of the Vatican in Rome, was the oldest Bible manuscript. Now, ' however, is found in Egypt an older Bible manuscript*., thte , apostolic epistles, the prophecies of !, Jonah, and the fifth book of 'Moses, t The manuscript is written in thej' Coptic tongue and consists of 199'j papyrus' rolls. It is the oldest Bible manuscript in existence, dating from ‘ * 360 B C. It is in the library of thej 1 British Museum, for which it as 1 bought at a high price. WEATHER FORECAST. i 1 Fair tonight and Friday; little s change in tempera jure. p Bav 4? a man and yon save a digit, a stjvfe a boy and you save a multipli- t cation table. t Thursday, May 17 WOMAN IS KILLED m I , WOLUMJK KFs I I Racing After Abductors offi I 3L * Mil " «"* fleers who were slumr'i,,,. !T‘" 1 1 , who had abducted he,-7 h , Uv ° * according to . Sheriff P( ] ' lilv ni tt ,‘ ■ county. ♦ * **'" f J're* B Mr. and Mrs. Snow | ... I do by automobile to ' . ' El, l"n 1 Snow’s home in (’i,i ( . i „,, i;i ' ,1, ) 11 to automobile was stalled ji."' T H| ; bottoms, near Eldorado J!'?' bar | men came up in their ed that they take Mr* s .l 1 ron and send hack a >,'..‘l to %H , while Snow re]>aired hi* jto Warren but could not «' , [of the others. " 1 " 1 ; "b K Late Saturday night ft.,. , § with Mrs. Snow presunn I«! • "**■ I the automobile, stopped i n B to buy gasoline. Tliev 1 ■ for it and Marshals Hap.,,, were called. The men s„,,i ; ‘ n<l ’“ B officers firing one slmt T| * | - tomoliile. This shot, it w-,* i a "-■ covered, killed one of , Im 4. ■ name is-not known. *' ■ The officers took up ,j H . . | ' overtook the automobile I from Monticello. 111 ita ■ Mrs, Sno\v, it is said , | the officers and when the ‘allelTtl duct or attempted to es«,, lH . t i» 1 I . tiled and the woman, aim.,;, in | - crumbled and foil f,-„ m „ ’ 6fteiN the escaping mam si u . m ■ . most instantly. "N ai-■ ' EXPLOSION IN MUAiTki I : Tiyo Negroes Are Believed u I 1 Bed. Killed.-TuoWhlTM ously Injured. : I Greenwood. S. ('.. m., v ij-_ T ,. I ; roes are believed to have U,,,, ’Tu | ; white men are sorinnjliy inim-' I i 5111,1 51 number sufloml minor it, „ r Ti | . in a boiler explosion whirl, | . the I Killer and engine room 0 f (; n , n |„| I . mill, number one, here tonight rJ I . Riley, negro fireman, and ;tn uiVkmTtl I i negro stoker, are the two njo„.l (Hi to have been killed. Join, [\ p ;tlllk I ner, night engiiu'er. and <Uiarloy sto- I l ey, master mechanic and nigiit i chinist, are both in a local imsnitd I 1 with their legs broken and sufferin’.' I ) from cuts on their heads and Iwlii* # i Their injuries are not Mjevod t„ C I - fa tab The explosion occurred’ he,win, \ I ? and 9 o’clock. Master Mechanic I ley was .able to talk after being car- I lied to the hospital and asserted tim: I 1 the boilers were being overhauled awl ■ . new walls built around them, but In I ? could not tell w liaf was the cause «f I • the explosion. The entire plant I 1 Gremlel mills, mmiher one. was pit#-. I • ed in darkness when the explosinul - curred. Practically every window i„ 1 • the mill was broken and nearly even I 1 electric light globe Was smashed k I the concussion. The foree of the ex- I plosion was felt throughout' tin- dty I 1 anfFmany believed that an earthquake I 1 liml occqrred. I . The extent of the damage ceiiln iw’ I ascertained late tonight. Fireun I ' were working in llie darkness try in; I 5 to find bodies in the demolished Imilt'r I room. Seven Imilers were situated in I the boiWv tooiu, but only live were in ■ ! operation tonight, mechanics said. I llow many exploded is not known T I , W. Bearden, an employe in the ww I | room of the mill, was badly cut whtu I . a window was blown out. striking ljia I ' on the arm. , Grendell mill, munber one. is oneef I [ the largest mills here. J. I’. Abney is I . president I I ; TOTAL SUBSCRIPTIONS OVER *l,llXUH(lyM I ! Treasury Makes Annouacement in lb 1 gard to Offering of Kontk Washington, May 15. —Total M-b --' scriptions to the recent, offerings •< , treasury four and three-quarters p ,r cent bonds gone well over ? , 100,000.0(10, and at. the treasury * was said today that less than half" the combined cash exchangee scrlptions would he accepted, b l ' treasury expends to continue acre, 1 ing offers of Victory notes -1 ,v change for the new bond mature March 15. 1927, for a '* days. The exchange offerings ' slightly more than sjoo.uiei.o ' , all of these, it is understood vil.' ri " accepted. The casli siiO’S ■ however, ir w closely appi |ia(lin y $900,000,000, likely will I* : ’ only to the maximum oT “ for which the treasury ask i m original announcement. Southern Baptist (omciitUn. Kansas. Mo.. (May 16. i of delegates and visitor- an in sas City for the annual ni<-« tin- r ' Southern Baptist Con vent ion. sloiis of which began n-d.i; n C(*ntinu«» thr-ougli the eo: - Many important • the future police and wo'-i denomination arc seliedu <•'( ’ 7, liefore the convention the delegates will b*- ' engage in the transact in: amount of routine bu in< - , " . to the educational, mis' .cation and other activi'i* churclj. New Orleans Galves Hot Springs aro in ;!«<■ h 1924 convention. President Harding to U«iv .May (•• ! Harding has deeide<l detii ! 1 his eonteinplated trip t" (be to Alaska*, leaving Wii.-hio- June 20 and being abscu! capital alHiut sixty days. - nounced toilay al the \\ liii<‘ ! 1 No further details v'i< hut it was indicated final nrr:o - - [were nearing completion. L .dent is having prepared a :l ' , • problems confronting tiff’ - /; with resjKK't to Alaska. serve as a liasis for tin ipade liy the President - members aec?mip<inying bin Officials Go as Hostart' Peking. May 1H < B. v ’ llf Press I.—With the goverum' ■’ ' u sent. Minister of <'omni'iim Yu Lin. and Gen. Yen Itch ceeded to the stronghold ‘ . amis as liosttiges in ordt 1 ~v the release of the foreigner tix e.