North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE SIX SOCIAL & PERSONAL MARRIAGE IN NEW YORK OF notable social interest >liss Emma Ross Leslie Becomes Bride tit' Mr. John Bynum Merritt, of North Carolina. Char cute Observer. A wedding claiming much prominence and distinction was that of Miss Emma Leslie and Mr. John Mer ritt which was celebrated last Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Leslie hom*. f) East 80th Street. New York City, X. Y.. Rev. Dr. John Kelman. pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, of ficiating. The ceremony was performed in the music room, the walls of which were en tirely concealed with southern smilax and mauve and white chrysanthemums, pain s were in every available space and tho chandeliers were rung with smilax. Owing to a recent bereavement in the bridt’s family the wedding was a quiet affai-. being attended only by relatives and a few close friends. Ti e bride is the only child of the late John Clarence Leslie, of Concord and X«-w York. Her mother, prior to her marriage, was Miss Bessie Harty. one of Charlotte’s most prominent and most popular women. Mrs. Merritt has had ev en advantage of study and travel and is an exceptionally brilliant young woman. 1 She is a handsome brunette wit h/r bar tiling, winning manners. Af terC her graduation and post graduate coftrse she came to Charlotte to visit her cunts and uneles_aiid was given a brilliant dehut dance. She has a wide circle of friends in New York and has been one of the most popular members 1 of Iter -it. She did a amount of Red Cross work during tiie World War and has also been active in social service Work in New York. Mr. Merritt i-, a native of <Jreensboro but has resided in New York for a num ber of years past where lie j- successfully engaged in . business. He is a man of keen intellect and strong personality. M'-s Adelaide Caldwell. Society Editor, Resigns. < 'harlofte (Observer. Lheetive yesterday. Miss Adelaide Pear-on Caldwell has resigned the post i t society editor of The Charlotte Ob server. after a service of nearly eight months, during which her work has been eminently satisfactory to the management of the pa per and to its patron?. Meeting cf Woman’s Club. Mrs. Gorman, president of the Con r-ord Woman's Club, has called a special im.“ring of the Club for Tuesday after noon at four o’clock at the Central Grad 'd School. It is hoped that every mem net of the Club Will **« present. Plans for putting on the Red (Voss Roll Call are to be considered. The Chairman of the Red ( ross Roll Call will certainly appreciate it if our good women will at tend this call meeting. Witt. A. JENKINS. Chairman. Auxiliary* To Meet. '1 he American Legion Auxiliary will meet this evening at 7 :30 o’clock with Misses Lou and Addie White at their hmne on Franklin Avenue. A Delightful Family Reunion. The home of Mr. and Mrsl K. L. Cra ven was a place of unusual happiness yesterday when their children and grand children assembled to celebrate with him in honor of his 79th birthday. About twenty guests were seated around the family table laden with good things, in the center of which rested a lovely decorated cake bearing lighted can dles indicating the age of the guest of honor. Alter dinner the grandchildren con tributed their share of pleasure to the occasion in music, recitation and leger demain. Those present were: Mr. W. L. Craven and family. ;unl Mr. Henry E. Craven, of Raleigh. Mr. R. U. Craven and family. Mr. ].. A. Weddington and family and Miss Adah Craven, of this city. The Concert Friday Evening. The concert given in Concord Friday evening under the auspices of the Wo man's Club was an event in the, life of the city. The program was exceptionally fine and the execution of all the artists prov ed their ability. rin* beautiful voices of the operatic singers gave us an idea what Grand Opera is. Mine. De Sayn as a violinist, rnnks wit^i-the leading virtuoso’s in in terpretation and execution. Mine. Gen ovese breathes the spirit of grand opera. She has been called the Carmen of Italy, ami it is to be regretted that we eouid not hear her in that role. Mme. Evers man charmed the listeners with the pur ity and youth of her voice. Beautifully she rendered each number. The pianist has been for many years an accompanist for famous violinists—Kreisler, Heifetz, Elman —and contributed to the harmony of the perfect ensemble Friday evening. W e thank Mrs. Womble. chairman of the Music Department, for bringing to Concord this wonderful array of talent. THE WOMAN'S CLI’B Woman’s Club Meeting. An enthusiastic meeting of the Art and Department of the Woman’s Club was held with Mrs. Hin ton McLeod, on Loan Street, Thursday largely attended of the present club year, and the following interesting pro program was given: Short story form compared to the movie—Mrs. Paris Kidd. Sketch of Irving, Hawthorne, a com parison—Miss Constance (’line. Reading and criticism of short story— Miss Addie White. r Miss Helen Patterson rendered some r’arolina folk songs to the delight of all iresent. At the .conclusion of the program Mrs. McLeod served delicious refreshments. The next meeting will be held in rember with Misses Addie and May White, and Elizabeth Black as joint lostosses. Miller-Cooke. The following announcements will be •ead with interest here: Mr. and Mrs. Baxter H. Cooke Announce the marriage of their daughter Flora Dixie to Mr. Charles Leßoy Miller on .Friday, November Sixteenth Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-three Kannapolis, North Carolina Mr. and Mrs. Miller left immediately after the ceremony for a wedding trip. Later they will be at home in Concord. Both are popular with a wide circle of * friends and the announcement of their J marriage will be off interest in social • circles throughout, [the county. The 1 groom is a eon of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Miller, of Concord. Party for Mrs. Cannon-. Mrs. M. L. Cannon who will soon leave Concord for her new home in Char lotte, was honoree at a bridge party given Friday-afternoon at 3 o’clock by Mrs. A. R. Howard and Mrs. Zeb Moore at the home of Mrs. Howard on North Union Street. The party was one of the largest and most elaborate of the Fall season. The home of Mrs. Howard was | decorated with a profusion of beautiful flowers, which gave the hone an added beauty, and about sixty guests were entertained. Mrs. Cannon wore an exquisite gown of orchid georgette over flesh and a hand some hat of blue. Mrs. Howard nhd Mrs. Moore pre sented the honor guest with a bottle of costiy perfune and a gold wishbone. The top score prize was won by and pre sented to Miss Kate Means. Following play refreshments were served. Officers for I T . D. C. 1 At the regular meeting members of Ihe Dodson-Ramseur ehupted United Daughters of the Confederacy, elected the following officers to serve this year : President —Miss Ma*y White. Vice President —Mrs. D. B. Morrison. Second Vice President —Mrs. W. S. Bingham. Secretary—Mrs. P. R. MncFayden, Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. R. E. •Tones. , Treasurer —Mrs. G. M. l^tre. Historian —Mrs. D. G. Caldwell. Registrar—Mrs. George H. Richmond. Delegates to national convention which will meet this month in Washing ton —Mrs. R. S. Young. Mrs. R. E. Jones and Mrs. .T. L. Hartsell. War Mothers Elect Officers. At a meeting held last week, the Ca barrus chapter American War Mothers, elected officers for the coming year. All of the old officers were re-elected as fol lows : President —Mrs. John K. Patterson. Vice President—Mrs. .T. C. Fink. Secretary—Mrs. G. T. Crowell. Treasurer—Mrs. Watt Barringer. Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. A. S. Wolff. Custodian of Records —Mrs. G. W. Means. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Barringer Entertain. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Barringer enter tained twenty-four of the youngA* set at their home Thursday evening. Numerous games and contests were en joyed and punch, nuts and mints were served during the evening. _ To the Members of the Woman’s Club. • The roll call of the Red (’ross is bo being railed around world this week and who is there not ready to answer? Thaeker.v, in writing of the death of Colonel Xewcome says: *‘At the usual evening hour the Chapel bell began to toll and Thomas Newcome’s hand out side the bed feebly beat a time, and just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little and quickly said, ‘Adsum,’ and fell hack. It was the word we used at school when names were call ed. and 10, he. whose heart was as that of a, little child, had answered to his name and stood in the presence of the Master.'? There is a portion for everyone to give at this time and we all want to answer “Ailsum.” Every good deed is rewarded by the presence of The Master. I ask that every member of the Woman's Club be present at a call meeting Tuesday af ternoon at 4 o’clock, Central Graded School, in the interest of the Red Cross. Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the Red Cross campaign, will make an address to in crease the interest and stimulate every person in personal effort in seeing that no one is forgotten and everyone asked to contribute SI.OO, all that fc asked for one year. Think of Japan. MRS. W. H. GORMAN, President. Colonial Dames Hear Miss Coltrane on Sulgrave Manor. Charlotte Observer. The first meeting of the Colonial Dames yesterday afternoon with Mrs. It. A. Dunn at her beautiful home on North Tryon street, was especially interesting, being the first meeting of the fall, and the Dames having as honor guest Miss Jenn Coltrane, of Concord, who gave a wonderfully interesting talk on Sulgrave Manor. Miss Coltrane is an officer in the Am erican branch of the Sulgrave Manor in stitution. She gave many interesting facts which will quicken the ardor of Charlotte’s Dames toward a livelier in terest in the cause. Very interesting things were also told by Mrs. J. L. Chambers, who also read interesting exercises from Washington Irving on the old manor house. Mrs. Dunn is chairman of the commit tee. After the literary program, delicious refreshments were served. Study Club Meets With Mrs. Cannon. Mrs. C. A. Cannon was hostess at an interesting meeting of the Study Club Thursday afternoon at her home on North Spring Street. The meeting was the first of the season. “Architecture” was the subject of the meeting and the discussion of this in teresting subject was led by Mrs. Can non. Following the business session Airs. Cannon served delectable refreshments. PERSONAL. Miss Jenn Winslow Coltrane spent Thursday in Charlotte, attending a meet ing of the Charlotte D. A. R. chapter. i* • • Mr. J. A. Cannon, who has been un dergoing treatment in a Baltimore hos pital, is expected to return home this'. 1 week. m m m Mrs. G. W. Brown and Miss Mollie I Brown 1 were called to Salisbury Thurs -1 day by the illness of Airs. Sallie Price, who is in the Salisbury Hospital. Aliss Alice Sinter Cannon, who was the guest here this week of Airs. J. A. Cannon, has returned to her home in Salisbury. • * Albemarle Press: Mr. and Airs. Ed. Widenhousc and daughter, Alias Edith, spent Sunday in Concord. * * » Air. Del Petrea and family, of Lexing ton, spent a short while here Friday. They visited relatives in the county also. I• * • | Mi ss Margaret Yorke has returned to her home in Charlotte, after spending several days here with her aunt. Airs. Ada Rogers Gorman. • • m c, Mrs. .T. A. Praether has returned to j her home here after spending a week with relatives and friends in No. 7 township. | u • • Airs. Mary Foushee. of Camden, S. C., arrived in Concord today, being called here by the serious illness of Mrs. Laura | Graham. « • I Aliss Cafh’een Sappenfield, teacher in the Georgeville school, is spending the week end in Concord with home folks. • * • Alessrs. Joe Foil and George Praether. students at M. P. C. 1., are spending the week end here with home folks. * * * Air. J. I. Taylor, of Washington. D. C., has been spending about a week with relatives and friends in Concord and Dor it a. • • m Airs. F. W. Ahrens, of Charlotte, is the guest of Air. and Airs. A. W. Per kins. • • •• Airs. R. L. Doughton, of Laurel Springs, i,< visiting her sifter. Mrs. J. Ed. Cline. •• ’ • Rev. It. (>. T.ucke, of Alooresville, spent Friday in Concord with friends. • • • Airs. J. AI. Allen, of Raleigh, spent the week-end in Concord at the home of Air. and Airs. K. L. Craven. Air. Ben Craven and family and Air. Lois Craven and daughter. Aliss Alary Craven, of Raleigh, spent the week-end in Concord at the home of Air. and Airs K. ].. Craven. » a Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Jones. Aliss Jenn Coltrane and Air. D. B. Coltrane spent Sunday afternoon in Gastonia with Dr. and Airs. D. A. Garrison. mm* Mr. J. I. Taylor, of Washington. D. C., is visiting relatives here for several days. -a a Master Lewis Carpenter, of Greenville. S. C.. is spending a week here with his grandparents. Dr. and Mrs. W. I). Pem berton. a a a Air. and Airs. Swindell Kluttz. of Charlotte, spent Sunday afternoon here with Mr. Kluttz’s mother. ATrs. S. L. Kluttz. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Crooks and chil dren spent the-week-end in High Point with Air. aud Airs. Al. F. Crooks. m € Mrs. E. (’. Register, of Charlotte, spent several hours here yesterday after noon with her sister. Airs. J. B. Sherrill. • • •• Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Sherrill and daugh ter. and Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Sherrill motored to Hickory yesterday and spent the day with relatives. * • • All's. R. B. Mcßride | and daughter, Nancy, of Cherryville, are spending a j week here with relatives.’ Air. Alcßride I spent Sunday here, returning in the af ternoon to his home. • m Airs. A. E. Harris has returned to her home here from Anson county, where she spent two weeks with her father. Air. J. jE. Efird. • ■ * Messrs. Heath Pemberton and Farrell ! White, of Albemarle, spent the week-end here with home folks. M ss Jenn Winslow Coltrane will leave tonight for a stay of several days in New York City and Philadelphia. Airs. Alargaret Caldwell, of South ’Orange, N. J., is visiting at the home of her sister-in-law, Airs. Elizabeth Kluttz. Air. A. C. Cline is spending the day in Greensboro on business. AI ss Nannie Alexander, of Charlotte, spent Sunday here at the home of Air. and Airs. John K. Patterson. • • • AlVs. C. D. AlcDonald has returned from a visit to her sisirer at Daytona, Florida. Old Battery Park in Asheville Wiped Out By Fire. Asheville, Nov, 17.—The old Battery Park hotel is no more. Fire early this evening completed the work of the wrecking crews and tonight the only remainders of the glories of a day that is gone are burning embers and gaunt chimneys. While much of the lumber and other timbers that went into the construction of the great four-story building 40 years ago had been removed, there remained sufficient dry lumber and pine rafters to make a spectacular blaze and to ful fil an oft-repeated prophecy of a quarter of a century that some day the Bat tery Park would burn down. The passing of the remnant of the Battery Park was witnessed this even ing and tonight b.t thousands of people who . thronged the famous bill and gathered in groups of hundreds along other streets surrounding the hill. With a stiff north wind fanning the tire mil lions of sparks Hike tiny stars floated over the south brow of the hill where for months steam shovels have eaten in to the vitals of the little mountain, and settled in showers along Patton avenue and intersecting streets. Dies From Effects of Pistol Shot Wounds Greensdoro, Nov. 17. —Mrs. Charles C. Patterson, aged 30. died in a local hos pital this morning at 11 o’clock from the of pistol shot wound inflicted last night about 9:30 o’clock when she sent a stell jacketed bullet from a .45 caliber revolver through the region of the heart. She was a wife of the sec retary to A. D. Shelton, general super intendent of the northern division of the Southern Railway Company. Death was directly due to internal hemmorhage. r THE CONCORD TIMES f —mm iii—i T g", „ Hr -ifln ■ Hi MMrn&M ■ 111 jpgii 1 ■ Hfl » ft. ||ri| n BBSS HR ft : < 1 k HIRAM W. JOHNSON Who on Thursday Announced His Can didacy for Presidential Nomination. PKESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DENOUNCED AS GRAFTER “Detroit Manufacturer” Handled With out. Mercy by North Carolina Banker * fDuring Discussion of the Federal Re serve System Before Congressional Committee in Session at Greensboro. Special to-Charlotte Observer. Greensboro, Nov. 17.—Views of the fifth federal reserve bankers as to lim ited membership in the federal reserve systems, plans f>r making the system more attractive to bankers and frank and free discussion of flic whole system was the result of the hearing conducted here today by a joint congressional com mittee. The meeting lasted practically all day with morning and afternoon sessions, broken by a luncheon at which there was informal discussion (if the wofkings of the system. Such questions arose as eligibility, par collection, discount rates, reserves, de posits, city"’''correspondents of country banks and the various ramified and in terrelated repayments of banking. AH was said and done in the closest and frankest spirit of co-operation and har ' mony. The sessions were characterized by a desire to clear up misunderstand ings and to get the viewpoint of all upon any of the phases of the federal reserve system. One lively period was occasioned by an attack by P. H. Gwynn. Leaksville banker, upon a Detroit automobile manu facturers, not named by Mr. Gwynn, but declared a "candidate for the presidency.” and if~ was perfectly plain who lie meant) lie called him a grafter and profiteer, the greatest in the country, and said that lie draws drafts with ex change added and the drafts are cashed by the banks at par. Prefacing his denunciation of the De troit manufacturer with the statement that "this gentleman was going to run j AA’all Street out of business” and his many agents throughout the nation are now demanding that his drafts be cashed at par. when the drafts, President Gwynn asserted, include the exchange. BALDWIN TO ISSI’E MANIFESTO TONIGHT Proposal to Put 10 Per Cent. Duty on All Imported Manufactures. London. Nov. 12 (By the Associated Press).—Prime Alinister Baldwin to night will issue a manifesto to the coun try in which it is expected lie will put the electorate in possession of tin* main features of his tariff proposals, show ing at the same time how he means to fill in the blank -check which .in the words of his opponents, lie is demanding from the country. Olio of the credits Mr. Baldwin is projecting, according to present specula tions, is an all round 10 per cent, duty on imported manufactures, which is figured to yield a revenue of 23,000,000 pounds, i New Orleans Cotton Review. New Orleans. Nov. 18.—New high records for the season were made in the cotton market last week, the mid-winter ' positions in the contract market being' sent well above 34 cents a pound. December traded at 34 for the first time this season. Alareh traded as high as 34.45. In the spot department mid dling touched 34 cents. At the highest tin* trading months were 145 to 102 points over the close of the preceding week and the close was at net gains of : to 115 points. December closed at; 3.1.08. In the spot department middling closed 75 points, net higher at 33 75. The main reasons for the advance were to be found in the constant com ment on the poor showing ginning was making, some sections of the niidd’e belt claiming that they finished the sea son s work during the first week in No vember. A private bureau report count ed ginning prior to November 1 I at olily 8.2(50.000 bales and estimated the tedal crop at only 0,320.000 bales, the small- i est crop estimate yet made this season. ; Bullish sentiment was increased by the heavy exports, the movement for the week amounting to 282.540 bales ! against 383.558 this week Inst year and ; 18(5. K 53 this week two years ago. The large mill takings were also a buying in- i fluence, the mills of the wo' l I taking 12S 000 hales of American cotton against 443.000 this week rast year and 402.0H0 this ,veck two vpars ago Bulges in the Liverpool market had uot a little to do with the strength on this side although the effort of such j features was somewhat imp-red la to j,, 1 ’1 c week by growing tension in inter national affairs. Some traders and j brokers considered that European poll- I tics are likely to be a dominating in- | fuence during the week to corner in j spite of the keen interest that will be j taken in the census bureau report on 1 ginnng to be made on the opening of 1 the market Thursday. This report, in - some quarters, is thought likely to prove the most important statistical argument thus far this season because of its use as a basis for crop calcula tions. t is generally considered that wide , fluctuations cannot be avoided around bureau day. | North Carolina Press Association to Meet January 8-4. Morganton, Nov. 16.—January 3 and 4 have been definitely decided upon as dates for the mid-winter meeting of the North Carolina Press association to be held at Pine hurst, it was announced to day by Mies Beatrice Cobb, secretary. | Grand Opening^ i of i TOYLAND I Wednesday Morning 9 O'clock With the Greatest Line • | and Variety of Christmas ! | Toys Ever Shown Before in Concord 1 | Every Kind of Toy Imaginable f | All Kinds of Wheel Toys f | Mechanical Toys Electrical Toys I ' | Dolls Dodd Furniture 1 1 Coaster Wagons Tin Wagons Pianos 1 1- Toys For All the Kids | | See the Big Electrical Trains and Electrical I 1 , _ Dancing Coons I | in Our Big Show Windows I | .V TOYLAND IN BASEMENT j | Take the Elevator | We Have Bought Toys by the Carload and We I Guarantee That Prices We Are Asking Are the | Lowest That Can Be Found Anywhere | Parks - Belk Co. I CONCORD’S TOY STORE \ ■ ! ' ■ ~~ T Wrist Strap Gauntlet A Week IN SALES Chamosetts - $1.60 Ol CHAPPIE COATS & Specials . They are Beauties in Flat and Brush Wool, with ami v - ’ ■ out Roll Collars, in all the season’s predominating Shade". Sale Prices $3.45, $3.95, $4.95, $5.95 and including $1195/ Values to $17.50 OUR HOSIERY DEPARTMENT—USUSUAL AT TRACTIVE Here are two wonderful. Numbers, both in Lull i v ioned. Respective Values $2.50 and $3.00. Season ■- Sale Price $1.39 and $1.69 Pair It Pays to Trade at K ISHER’S ) Concord’s Foremost Specialists , * J LOWLY JOBS WORKED BY | GERMANS TO INCREASE INCOMES i Professional Men Doinf Something as Big Professions to Make Living. Leipzig. Nov. 1G —This is a time of ! by-professions in Germany. Doctors, j lawyers, teachers, professors, scientists, ! dentists, preachers, government employes and actors who still clong to their old calling are. for most art, doing something else in their free time to piece out their incomes.. Stock brokerage and money changing are popular sidelines for professional folk. All sorts of securities are in great demand among persons who wish to get rid of their marks as soon as possible, with the result that there is flourishing business for bond and securities agents, who conduct their business in a more or less secret way. Everybody is taxes, conse quently there is a great desire among persons with funds to conceal their wealth. . , Many professional men have also be- come agents for coal dealers. There are many restriction on the sale of fuel. Consequently it *is bootlegged, much as foreign money is. Manual labor is much better paid than many professions, with the result that men of excellent education are accept ing positions an janitors ami street cleaners. One Berlin lawyer who had a lucrative practice before the war is now running a dustcart, and iH much happier than many of his associates in the practice of the law who are waiting in idleness for clients to visit them in unheated offices. Waiters are hard-pressed in their work by students and unemployed men of excellent education who are willing to accept any sort of work which will supply them with nourishing food and a warm place to sleep. Hotel prices have soared so high that most o_£ the larger hotels have been emptied and their patrons have sought private lodgings to the great delight of women who have large apartments and are glad to get roomers who will pay M@niav, NoyemW.. . - rnm !x * ! v, higher prices than f’*' : . ' rooms assigned to tin-.: housing committees. INJUNCTION HEARING uKM' POSTPONED ONE ' Illness of Judge F. V '! rhlr '.' > Ilt j| y* Postponement of Hearing. vember 24tli. Asheville, Nov. 17. P*. v " !l . P. A. MeElroy, who has cl here on account of his iili"-~ a . rary restraining order ■ printers from interfering " . , .!• tion of the Times and im "jv has been postponed one ‘ . , ri ; < hearing will be in ( ham •<- , . November 24th to determine not the injunction '-hail sta b nently. ' One of the most prosper**...' , Dt , r ican labor organization' i' t „ ra l national Union of Bridge an ■ Iron Workers, though its total ship is less than 15,000.