Aijnday- July 2. 1923.
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N ... iiavc fallen and have
s,l "' v ; . I( , nr i.b. Were it not for
( ' r ,( i( . weevil farmers
'jj * (l ,ml. Hut with the ap*
wonW b< ‘ ",. t ... early in the sea
,n. :l ‘j ’' in illustrious colored
jjlo«»ni June.3oth.'
:1 ;s a bD to be about as-
K ' ~v ill hu' two weeks.
0 b*‘ :, *e porton. who underwent
Mi'- • ni ‘| n a riiarlotre hospital for
p ol«*raP"° _ ’ ajjo. is - expected
. : l-i.i of this week.
’ Hartsell. who has been tak-
M'"- t,,r foreign mission work at
jgj jraiiut'r | returned home for
i/'\' - ,,f ', Hartsell is one of No.
linimer xreihiit \oung women, and
W"f," .~r lirilliiim .-jim-f in lhc‘
jn-sp-ah n r
quarterly r,inference for
T i! ! .*! I eve's drove charge will be
July Hth.
and Klowe's Store teams
‘ i hart last Saturday afternoon on
diamond. The A-ore was 12
if m Z .. .he Flowed Store team.
>'•*£& exercises were held at
* ;i ,t Sundiiv. In immense crowd
attendant- The elmr.-h was paek
rt ,-erfl.avitUC at both morning and
sessions. The program was
ls !" I arranged and was well ren
f , by the Clear Creek and
4rf . H ', ,-hoi," featured throughout the
ArilD ;' n,|,-j was imtfh enjoyedJby every
V It wa- a treat to all. H.
PROF lewis h. rothrook
PIES AT DAH.HTKR’S HOME
H ,l Henn Prominent in the Teaching
p plf e,>i,m in Rowan County AH His
Sltbury, June‘2S.-Prof Lewis H
—finthroek one of the oldest and best
? ivn citizens of Rowan county, died
afternoon at the home of a daugh
v Mrs H. E. Rusty. in this city. The
fuiiertil takes plaee Friday afternoon at
• 'iVl'eck from the Rusty home and in
ternmnt will be at Chestnut Hill.
\1! .it his life since young manhood
p-ofi-iir Rothrock lias been engaged in
the Teaching profession. He taught in
Rowan for years and was for a while
pmmty superintendent of schools. He
also president of Mount Pleasant
Seminary and had'been connected with
other sections of the state.
Professor Rothrock was So years old
inti i- survived by the widow and five
ehildren. the children being Mrs. Carrie
Mach. Mrs. H. E. Rusty. and Mrs. Fred
ft. Piero, all of Salisbury. Samuel Roth
rtN-k. who has been in the west for some
years.
Professor...Rothrock was one of the
first men from Rowan to volunteer in
the war between the states and joined
th# sixth North Carolina regiment. Col.
Chirks F. Fisher's outfit. He was with
folonel Fisher when the latter was killed
!n Manassas and helped to carry him off
fa Ml. Comrades of Professor Roth
wi proclaim his oiie of the finest of
soldiers, being noted for coolness and
bravery.
T. P. (Y 1. HOLDS FINE
MEETING SIN DAY NIGHT
J. M. Sellers. State President of Organ
ization. Principal Speaker at Meet
in?.
ilt-mbci's of tlie Young People** Chris
fiaii I niou of the Associate Reformed
Pri-sbyterian Church, held- an inte.rest
it? meeting in tlie Church last night.
TL' meeting took the place of the regu
i:lr night service and despite the heavy
ten. a large congregation was present.
A talk by Mr. J. M. Sellers, of Ohar
lnrt*- State President of the Y, P. C. IT,
v.i-. the ehief feature of the service. Mr.
S ,i*-rs devoted much of his speech to an
or fine tis the work the organization has
eB doing, and suggestions as to the
lie thinks should be done in the fu
ture. _ '
Members of the local organization had
cuge of the service, and in addition to
•f- Si-l!ers talk they offered ail iuter
,>t,nß program.
hreeiislmro Woman Deserts Baby in
Thomasville Hotel.
hreensboro News.
A woman deserving 1 herself as Mrs.
/' 1,1 oleman. of- Greensboro, deserted
"o-weeks-idd baby in a hotel at
iiiitaMille yesterday afternoon, accord
» 11 a telephone message received here
Pda? (' at hcadipiarters. Airs.
deui‘'e a ''' county superinten
" Public welfare, when notified of
ran» m , <Um ’ lln ’ s:li<l sl "‘ wnuld make ar
fa- 'll' "• f "'' in
--ojj("p f * * ,d,,|nail < according to the
living.'i ° r,np, ' ly roo| aed with a family
a mo-thhI V “I 1 1 Iliull Stm>t - «he took
it \vj s *' i ' | l |"' out »f Thomasville,
P^at^^ihure,,
there W ii| S,l '" l ay i„ July (loth)
-Martin. F ", ‘"V 1 ~ lay i,uSt -
Sunday Host Mill.
l at l ll the ser-
K K.« 'nm ’ r l '''; 1 I,y - th “ Hev.
sittuavv s„ ; n 1 lie afternoon the mis
in?. The , Wl !,old its '-vgular meet
h-A. Thoni-i ' 111 '' I .‘ ( and Rev.
na!l ( liun-ii S V* 1 >T " r " f St. James Luth
s"rv,l«i on -Mword. Dinner will be
cordiaii,-' U ? <1 * The l )u bHc is
JU ' llV| t<*d to attend.
r, x*We\ v V ~pf<a ts Cooleemee.~
r,lv Y iv, vs ,v ,h t t o:lt< ‘ (l by the Cabttr
"f'-rnoon he ,i" Ul vanna Polis here this
a«SL?: :, 1 '; i . td,, ' r ' s battle be
n" r having ; 1,1 Mll '.‘ y - with tlie for
*ul>|H>rr'fr )osf of it. due to better
in I, ' ' T, ‘ am mates.- Errors
Hobinson • nnis worwl.
-• ( "W 010 axwsf 5 2
. dries’;' \' n ,r ,M, ° ,M)1 °OO-l 4 5
' ai id Smith tlM ' n aud Meehan; Mil
(. Matthew f p| , * H |'' HlarkweJder.
l,'" rd «y mornh,*: ;I^°d 68 - died
i ’ riUm - lip hV H Charlotte San
r«uobi;, >o hm
rt i of) D. Uob,rt;i Mill Saturday af
t UDer*,i . • ’
Z[ T a t e pai ! rview ¥ rk hel . d yesterday
" 4s made in ti ( luro * l au d inter-
Wi!! r Bl *ekwelder Cemetery there.
aad a s 3sas by his
LOCAL MENTION
Hester Watson is the administrator of
the estate of the late W. Lee Watson.
The new season in the South Atlantic
League begins today. Charlotte opens
the season at home with Colombia. Char
lotte won the pennant in the first half.
Two eases of measles were the only
new diseases of any kind reported to the
county- health department for over the
week-end.
Marriage license was issued Saturday
by Register of Deeds Elliott to George
A. Wearu, of Charlotte, and Miss Elaine
Moose, of Mt. Pleasant.
The Concord Public Library will be
closed Wednesday. July fourth,- Mrs.
Richmond Reed the librarian, aunonne
eed today.
Mrs. Joel Honeycutt is able to be at
her work at Efird's again after being con
fined to her home on East Depot street
for the past week on account of illness.
The annual picnic will be held July
4th at Garmon mill on Rocky River.
There will be a ball game in the after
noon and also an aeroplane is expected.
Everybody- is invited.
_ Deputy Sheriff Caldwell and Prohibi
tion Agent Widenhouse made another
raid Saturday. They visited the Poplar
Tent neighborhood and found and de
stroyed a still.
Mr. A. E. Harris, manager of the
local Efird’s store, is spending the day
in Charlotte. Mr. Harris went to Char
lotte fd attend a meeting of the mana
gers of the 33 Efird stores.
The Cabarrus County- Commissioners
are holding their regular monthly meet
ing at the court', house today. During
the morning session no business of un
usual importance was presented to the
hoard.
Fifteen cases were on docket for trial
in recorder's court this morning. Several
of the cases had been continued but
most of them developed over -the week
end. The cases ranged from intoxica
tion and speeding to having liquor.
The Fourth of July will be appropri
ately- celebrated at the Cabarrus Mill
Park in this city on Wednesday. There
will be different contests, a baseball
game and a big barbecue. A big time Is
promised all who attend.
Mr. J. A. Cannon, who was recently
chosen a deacon of the First Presbyter
ian Church, was installed at the morning
service of the Church' yesterday. Mr.
Cannon was absent from tlie city when
tlie other new deacons recently were in
stalled.
The county board of education is
meeting this -afternoon in the court
house. This is the first meeting of the
new scholastic year which begins July 1.
Several important matters were
scheduled to come before the board
during the afternoon.
All persons having friends or relatives
buried in St. Martin’s Lutheran ceme
tery are requested to meet at the church
on Thursday morning. July 12, for the
purpose of cleaning off the cemetery.
Should it be raining Thursday, it is re
guested that all come Friday the 13th.
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Repair work on the electric lines of the
city necessitated tlie cutting off of the
power here for several hours this morn
ing. Power was off in the business sec
tion of the city until about 0 o’clock,
ami it was some time after that before
the entire system was put back in oper
ation.
This county was visited by- a fine rain
y-esterday, afternoon and last night. The
rain that fell here was the first in sev
eral weeks aud it was badly needed. All
of the upper and western parts of the
county were visited by the- rain, though
some sections of the county did not bene
fit from the rain.
The Luther League of St. Andrews
Lutheran Church will hold a social
meeting this evening at 7:30 o'clock at
the home of Mr. S. M. Suther. on Grove
street. Flection of (officers will be the
only business transacted at this session.
All members and young people of the
church are expected to attend.
The new state law requiring all autos
to stop before crossing tlie tracks of any
railroad, went into effect yesterday. The
law requires that a full stop be made be
fore any tracks are crossed. Several
Concord people who drove across the
tracks of the Southern in and near Con
cord yesterday were warned by persons
appointed to keep tab on the violators of
the new law."
Chief L. A. Tatbirt of the Concord
police force has just made his semi
annual report to the board of education
for the six mouths ending June 30th.
The amount of money- turned over to
the schools during that period was
$4.(K»2.4G, which is a new record. Dur
ing the last six months 11)22 the police
deiwrtment turned over approximately
$3,000 to the schools.
Members of Company E, Concord’s
military Cojnjiany, will put in a slreu
uous three weeks beginning today. Dur
ing this week the company will be pre
paring for tlie annual encampment which
begins next Sunday, aud once camp is
reached a full program will be carried
out each day. Special drills will be
held this week and special instructions
will be given so that the company will
be in fine shape for encampment. The
company leaves Concord next Sunday
morning to be gone t\yo weeks.
Fire at National Soldiers’ Home.
Hampton, A T a., June 20.—A call for
assistance in extinguishing a fire at the
National Soldier’s Home near here was
sent to nearby towns this afternoon when j
a blaze that started in the mess hal got
beyond control of the men and equipment 1
on the reservation. Fire fighting appa- 1
ratus from three cities now are battling
the flames which are spreading fast.
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The wheat growers are inclined to be
lieve/that something is wrong with the
economic system when they cannot ideal
ize as much money from an acre of wheat
as an average brick-layer is paid for two
days’ work. j
No man can tell what the future may ,
bring forth, and small unities are of
ten the- beginning of great enterprises.
WEATHER REPORT.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday,
probably local showers.
C. B. WEBB DIES SUDDENLY
IX ALTO IX WASHINGTON
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Known All Over N. C. Because of
Fraternal Connection and Devotion
to Democracy-.
Washington .Tun-' 2S.—Cicero B.
Webb formerly of Statesville. but
recently- of Washington, is dead. He
died suddenly here' today, while trymg
to make n real estate sale.
Mr. Webb is known from one end of
Xortli Carolina to the other because of
his connection with various frhternnl
orders, and his everlasting devotion to
the democratic party. For years ,he
was in the granite and marble business
in Statesville, but when tlie democrats
were in control here, during the Wil
son regime, he came to Washington and
accepted a position with tlie senate
finance committee.
Working for the democratic ticket, or
cause was a real joy to Mr. Webb, his
enthusiasm' for his party or his candi
date was contagions. Always affable and
energetic, he made friends and votes
whoreever he went. For many years ho
was a trusted Simmons lieutenant.
Mr. Webb was 03 years old. He died
shortly before noon todav whi.e look
ing over some propert he was trying to
sell. He was in his automobile with
John L. Gibson, another real estate
man with whome lie was associated. He
was carritsl to Casualty hospital. but
every spark of life was gone when the
ambulance arrived. For six years tie had
lived here near liis son. Dr. T. I).
Webb, one of the leading dentists of
Washington. He was prominent in Ma
sonic. Junior Order T’nited American
Mechanics. Knights of Pythias. Odd
Fellows, and Woodmen of the World
circles.
HOLD I P JEWELER.
GET $60,000 GEMS
Two Armed Men Bind and Gag Three
Proprietor and His Daugh
ter.
New York Times.
Two armed men entered the whole
sale" "jewelry establishment of Louis Edi
son. at oS Ludlow Street, yesterday af
ternoon. and, after binding And gagging
tlie proprietor, his daughter, and three
salesmen, made off with SOO,OOO worth
of jewelry and diamonds.
The door opened, two men with guns
entered and ordered," “hands up.” While
one of the hold-up men covered the group,
the other bound them with rope and
neckties which they took from their vic
tims. Fannie Edison, the proprietor’s
daughter, who entered the room at this
stage of the hold-up, was told to sit
down. She also was bound and gagged.
The hold-up men then searched their
victims and got about $18,600 worth of
jewelry. Stern managed to slip $”>00
in cash down his collar. Going to the
safe the robbers took all the diamonds,
which Edison .estimates to be wortli
$40,000. The men gave their usual
warning. “Make no noise or we'll shoot.”
and walked out.
Edison, after working ten minutes,
finally loosened the rope and. grasping
a chair, crashed it through a window.
Bystanders thought there was a fire and
turned in an alarm.
SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF
TEACHERS ANNOUNCED
According to Jule B. Warren, Secretary
of Educational Association.
Raleigh, N. C.. June 28.—A serious
shortage of teachers exists in Xortli Car
olina. according to Jule B. Warren, sec
retary of the North Carolina Education
Association, and Miss Edith F. Gilbert,
his placement secretary.
Despite the fact that many additional
registrations have corue to tlie office of
th<‘ bureau during the past few days, a
large number of teachers still can be
placed, said Miss Gilbert. Mr. Warren,
who has just returned from a visit to
summer schools in the western part of
the State, -reported that practically all
of tlie better trained and qualified teach
ers have secured positions already and
that only a small number is now availa
ble in these schools.
“Any teacher in the state who lias not
obtained a jiositiop, for the year is invit
ed to use the services of the placement
bureau.” said Mr. Warren. “This ser
vice. is rendered members of the asso
ciation at cost. A slightly larger fee
is charged noiv members. While place
ments cannot be guaranteed, registrants
wijl lie notified of positions.
“About the only class of teachers in
which flierc is an apparent surplus is
the high school principals, but. this ex
cess will be eliminated gradually during
tlie next few \Neeks. as school boards
and committees meet to select their men
for the coming year.”
Thank God For Jim Krider.
Salisbury Post.
The High Point Enterprise says that
the Rowan sheriff deserves a big re
ward for the arrest of Baxter Sliemwell,
also high praise from the citizens of the
commonwealth.
The Raleigh Times feels constrained to
“felicitate Davidson comity—such part
of it as believes in the enforcement of
law —oil having a neighbor sheriff who
is willing to help.” The Times closes by
saying that the Davidson sheriff whose
name'it does not recall, doubtless a good
tax collector, should have been removed
from office long since for his failure to
make a real effort to put Baxter Sliem
well at work on the roads.”
AVe have often felt disposer! to say.
and in fact have said, thank God for Jim
Krider, one officer who knows nothing
else but to do his duty—his plan, simple
duty, without question, without reward,
hope of reward, votes, prospective vote*
or any consideration of saving his hide
or his political record. If we ever saw
or heard of a man who without thought
or calculation went in the simple fashion
of men to his duty in more deliberate
way than Jim Krider we have no recol
lection of the man. Readers of this pa
per know what it thinks of Jim Krider.
And when we think of the number of
soft peddling, politically guided officers
who look for excuses rather than doing |
a plain, unadorned duty, we feel like ,
saying again. Thank God for Jim Krider. I
AA’e were that Shemwell himself said J
that surely the Davidson officers did not j
want him, for they could have gotten him I
any time they chose. And yet these men j
swore to support the constitution as eu- |
foreement officers.
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The proposed establishment of a home
for aged members will be one of the
subjects to come before the annual con- :
vention of the International Stereotyp- i
ers and Electrotypes Union at Omaha J
next month.
THE CONCQR& TIMES i
CONDITION OF BANKS IN
NORTH CAROLINA GOOD
Survey Made After Failure <?f Two Nat
ional Banks.
Raleigh, Sf C.. June 2!) (By the Asso
ciated Dress). —“The condition of state
hanks in North Carolina is much better
than usual.” the State Ranking Depart
ment announced today, following a sur
vey conducted after the failure of two
national banking institutions.
“After the failure of the Commercial
National Bank, at \\ iLmington. and the
People's National Bank, at Salisbury,
both of which are not under the jurisdic
tion of the State Banking Department.”
said Judge George I’. I\>H, ( >f rh«> cor
poration commission, “we made a survey
of tlie state banking field aud decided
that after tlie failure of several small
banks, whose weakness is attributed to
these national banks and to the shortcom
ings of the old banking laws, the days
of state bank failures will be over."
The State Banking Department is one
of the branches of tju* Corporation Com
inissison and Judge Bell is most direct
ly interested in the supervision of the
work.
The Commercial National Bank was
closed several months ago. Thomas E.
Cooper was head of the institution and
W. B. Cooper, lieutenant governor of
North Carolina, a stockholder. J. P.
Norwood, chairman of the state demo
cratic executive committee, was head of
the Peoples' National Bank when it also
was closed recently by the federal bank
ing department.
Numerous civil suits have been filed
against Thomas E. Cooper in connection
with the failure and the tiling of crim
inal proceedings in Wake county result
ed in a settlement of this particular
case.
EUROPEAN CONDITIONS
HURT TOBACCO INDUSTRY
Situation Very' Satisfactory Now. But
Would Be Better if Europe Were
Straight, dw* Out.
Ashevi!! \ • Jnn-» 2!).- The tohnee > sit
uation i:i ihe producing states is satis
factory. hut could be much improved
through increased exports if chaotic
txniditions in Europe could be settled. T,
.M Carrington, president of Tobacco
Association of the United States, der hir
ed in ’is annul address to the 22 r i ii
ven;iuii here.this morning.
To improve business conditions gener
a’ly and tobacco in particular. Mr. Car
rington pointed out, that an international
understanding as embodied in the world
court or league of nations should be
urged upon‘the government of the United
States. He expressed the hope that
President Harding might he successful in
having the nation enter the world court.
Mr. Carrington reviewed tobacco con
ditions both from producers-and manu
facturers standpoint in practically all
the producing stales, and predicted one
of the best years for trade during 11)23-
24.
R. T. Corbell. seeretary-rreasursr, said
that membership Ims increased from 136
to 18;-*, with 2(5 of these included among
banks of the tobacco producing states.
Other officers and committees submitted
reports*.
DO YOU KNOW
Stocks and Bonds
A LADY who had been saving mtfney at this
bank for some time recently came to with
draw her savings. As she was leaving, she volun
teered the information that she intended to invest
them in certain stocks that had been recommended^ -
to her.
Through our knowledge of these stocks, we were
able to save her from an investment which would
have proved disastrous. We shall be happy to ad*
vise with you on investment matters at any time,
TRUST Company
CONCORD,’NORTH CAROLINA
Are you entirely satisfied with the furnishings
of your home? Do you feel comfortable and
rested when spending some time in it, or do you
feel discontented or dissastihed with the furnish
ings?
„ If you are not satisfied, we offer you our services
in planning or re-arranging all rooms in your home.
As experts along this line it will not take us any
time to offer you what suggestions you might need.
BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO.
“T3E STORE THAT SATISFIES”
Buzzard Guard of Still Is Captured.
Nashville, Term.. June 2S. —Federal
prohibition officers conducting n hunt
for a moonshine still in a \vooo'.and
near Nashville returned today telling of
a turkey buzzard they found standing
guard over the still.
A negro man charged with implica
tion in the operation of the still was
arrested and brought to Nashville along
with the buzzard, which was given to
women in the clerical department of
the Federal building with the label of
eagle.
WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA
“The Land of the Sky”
MICHIGAN,
WISCONSIN,
MINNESOTA,
COLORADO,
UTAH,
CALIFORNIA
CANADA,
NEW ENGLAND
AND
Seashore Resorts
GREATLY REDUCED
SUMMER FARES
Now in Effect
/ via
Southern Railway
System
From CONCORD
SEND FOR FREE BOOK
LET
Convenient Schedules
Attractive Service
Inquire
M. E. Woody,
Ticket Agent
Concord, N. C.
GRIN
BUT DON’T BEAR IT!
If the newspapers and magazines have
been flashing SSO to S7O suit prices
on you and you have been wondering if
you could stretch your limit to $35
DO THIS:
Don’t let it get your goat come in
and take off your coat.
Put it up to us to please you at
a reasonable price that allows a man
enough left over to see if there are
any fish in the lake left over.
We can do it-r— that’s our business—
to keep you cool, right and satisfied
at sane, affordable prices.
Tropical weight Suits $25 to S3O
Palm Beach Suits sls to S2O
Mohair Suits S2O to $25
Why burn down?
We put out cool wearables.
Browns - Cannon Co.
Where You Get Your Money’s Worth
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Ribbons in attractive styles and all different
widths for trimming the light dresses as well as
making the much talked of hat.
SPECIALTY HAT SHOP
— l_- _ This Store
t
/ Will Be Closed Wednesday
July 4th
Phone 525
Your ! Telephone Orders
Today and Tuesday.
That We May Fill
Same Promptly
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Thanks
FISHER’S
LADIES
Do you like to keep your lawn
beautiful?
We have everything needed to
keep it beautiful.
Lawn Sprinklers
Lawn Hose
Lawn Mowers 1
Ritchie Hardware C«
“Your Hardware Store "
PHONE 117
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