ic'V- November 2Q, 1922
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discover tiny babe
DESERTED AND DYING,
IS WOODS NEAR CITY
Child, Not More Than Two
Pays Old, Found in Basket
in \Voods About 100 Yards
prom Keller Church,
think NOW THE
CHILD WILL LIVE
Had Been Exposed to Rain
and Cold Many Hours and
Was Nearly Frozen —At
Home of Policeman Now.
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\ viary stiikingly similar to that of
•h, infant Moses was told here Satuv-
V. n \,y police officers who tell of find
!.• a tiny baby boy iu a patch of woods
township this morning. The
hiding pu«-e of this modern child was not
' d7tT.-i-.-nt from that of the ancient
f :l r aithough the deserters of the
f.aitid this morning had used broom
7;.iu and weeds to hide his resting place
instead of’bull rushes, they had wrapped
him iu sv,adling clothes anil had given
jjin, ;1 basket for a crib.
Tii*- titiding of the babe was reported
Iv members of the family of Mr. Ed
mUl j,l ('ouk. who lives about six miles
from (’uncord. in Xo. township, on the
old Salisbury Road. As soon as the
child was found the police officers were
notified anil they secured the boy and
broitg:.t him -to Concord.
The kind Providence that guarded the
do-tiin of this babe was surely the
siuie that watched over Moses, for the
f a ,-t ihat the child was alive when found
is nothing h-ss than a miracle. Every
fact established so far in the case proves
j,rov.-' almost conclusively that the child
ad been deserted a few hours after his
birth and had lain for hours iu the
steady, hard rain that fell Friday and
Friday night. Although half frozen from
his horrible exposure, the child was still
living witm found and so far as can be
determined now. he will continue to live.
Friday afternoon, according to infor
tjnatioti secured by police officers, some
■member of Mr. Cook's family saw a bas
ket in a patch of woods near his home.
Little was thought of it at the time, but
when the basket was seen again this
morning in the same position, an inves
tigation was made. Cuddled in the bot
tom of the basket, with only a small
amount of clothing and nothing to pro
tect it from the weather, lay the babe,
too cold to move and too nejar dead to
make complaint even in baby language.
A hurried examination showed that
the chilil was still alive, so it was car
ried to Mr. Cook's' honiP" and protected
anti] the officers arrived.
'TI:-* fur that the bat-feet was in the
woods Friday proves Without doubt that
the child was there* all night and was
subjected t.i the heavy rains that fell
shortly after dusk. Its clothing, cheap
in texture and apparently handed down
from some other babe, was soaking wet
and the little body was as wet as if it
had just been bathed.
The hiding place of the baby was about
100 yards from Keller Church. The spot
is not a secluded one by any means, and
would hardly have been selected as a day
light hiding place. For that reason it
is believed by police officers that the
child was deserted Thursday night and
that it remained in the woods all of
I Thursday bight, Friday and Friday
j night. It is also isiinted out that per
w»ns placing the child in the woods in
daylight would . have been easily seea
from the home of Mr. Cook i and other
h'-i'Miis living in the neigh bo rhoojd. As
was >seen near the hiding place
Friday. it is practically- certain that the
heartless parents deserted their child
Thursday night.
A' soon as the officers returned to Con
'"l'l with the child they had it examined
'°y n physician of the city, who express
"l flu* opinion that the child was not
" VPr two days old and would live. In
t* l * l opinion of the physician the baby
' Vils k"' fatally exposed and with proper
l “ dr, ‘ he expects it to rally a
Urinal child The fact that the little one
iV not more than two days old indicates
R‘ at it probably was born Thursday
Korning and was carried that night to
1(1 woods t„ ,}!,) or bo picked up by
Hiuic.peiso,, 1 with more pity than its par
. Hits.
Apm- having the child examined and
"‘ !lik told that it should bej taken in
1 by so mi' woman, Assistant Chief
1 I"i:ce Wjdenhnuse carried it to his
ji' 1 'I** 1 ** :il| d left it with Mrs. Widenhouse.
.''''-tiling in abundance was furnished
1H iidant. who showed signs of vigor
',v Dfe aftcj- being warmed and foil,
*- a vhi> soon slept in peace on the lap
, ls adopted mother.
t ij 1 lar Police officers are without clues
"'"‘id assist in the hunt for the
sito" mS --" 1 , ‘’ N * ybild. but everything pos
r hiit deserted the babe.
ikF.SlitKvr POLISHING
SPEECH FOR CONGRESS
Main p a 7Tof Work on Doc
-Hint Friday and Is Fixing Details
•>o\v.
• Xov. li4.—President Cool
hh j ~ ' v the final polishing of
message to Congress
Ill:i!l J observers believe has an
f r mn i-i a ring on his future political
of j • ''' *Te completed tlie main part
ta w ,j : " ll flic document yesterday
Hi, ~ 11 1 ;i " that remains to be done
''ktitV ! ' s !nt *° the printer is the
ti (% ' ‘ h f language of several sec
briof 11 J, -ssage is expected to be
buown of the details of the
Priti,; ',, " r j' ** generally thought its
l i°®. air • "'''" ns deal with taxa
itnral relief, and transporta
fe*Hy T~ ,7 -—
Kisi , " (r ' n Public Institutions.
N ' ov - 24.- —Nearly 840.000
Mmt s .j ''! ’ Cuited States—o6,B3o
■ -••"-; ( ,,s O children —were being
I 4.41 1 public- institution* or
li ml’ 1 } 1 1, according to a
k of q e public today by the Depart
* KANNAPOLIS »
« DEPARTMENT &
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Kannapolis, N]nv. 22.—A call meeting
of the Parent-Teachers' Association was
held at the South School building Tues
day afternoon at 4 :I.T o’clock, the ob
ject of tliis meeting being to elect grade
mother;, a most important phase of a
Parent-Teachers’ orgazination. The work
of grade mothers is to visir the homes
of the grades they represent, and se
j cure co-operation and a better under-
I standing between paretns and teachers.
The paid'membership of the South School
organization now numbers one hundred
and ten. This figure and the good at-
I tendance at the meetings are a source
jof encouragement and gratification to
- those interested. Following is a list of
the organization not including the cot
tages and the PeelCr house. The va
cancies noted below will bo filled at a
■later date.
I Grade One—Miss Katie Lou Steele,
| Mrs. G. G. Allen. Mrs. H. A. Seott.
j Grade One—Miss Mary Duncan, Mrs.
;l'has. Seehler. Mis. H. M. Shepherd.
Grade One —Mrs. Earnhardt, Mrs. H.
'.7. Wampler. Mrs. 1,. Willett, Airs. L.
iM. Gillon.
j Grade Two —Miss Mellon. Mrs. G. A.
Ij Bryant. Mrs. Sides.
( Grade. Tw> —Miss Stough, Airs. Leon
ard Castor, Air.;. Pcteat.
I Grade Two —Aliss Alary Duncan, Airs.
Lale Mas. Oates.
Grade Three —Miss Pearl Schaeffer,
Mrs. H. A. Allred. Mrs. Yarborough.
Grade Three —Aliscj M. Johnson, Airs,
'j. A. Aloser. Mrs. M. J. Peeler,
i Grade Three —Miss Alberta Parks —
Mis. Sloan. Mrs. Bryant.
I Grade Five —Aliss Askins, Airs. M. L.
Troutman. Airs. John H. Rutledge.
Grade Five —Alins Lewis. Alii;. H. L.
Lip*. Mrs. C. A. Fisher.
Grade Six—Aliss Bailes. Mrs. .7. AV.
■ Cline. Airs. B. AV. Durham.
Grade Seven —Aliss Graham. Airs. Ale
i Guilt. Mrs. .7. Funderburk.
Grade Seven —Miss Caudle. Mrs. W.
!C. Jamison. Airs. J. R, AleKuight.
Grade Seven —Aliss Wood, Airs. .7. E.
Halstead.
Grade Eight—Aliss Peeler.
Grade Nine —-Airs. Jordan, Airs. Hill,
lAlrs. Parks.
j Grade Ten —Miss iTorene Brown. Airs.
Rodgers.
Grade Eleven —Aliss Alary E. Carnes,
Mrs. Graeber. Airs. C. A. Turner.
Mrs. Graham, welfare worker.
Tuesday afternoon, while the lot was
being cleaned off and the trash being
burned, the seven-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Airs. Burt Bass received in
juries from burns which resulted fa
tally. death coming at 4 o'clock Wed
nesday morning in the Concord Hospital.
! The child’s clothing was set on fire by
getting in close contact with the burn
ing rubbish. Interment took place this
afternoon in the cemetery here.
Mrs. Charles Davall will entertain the
Social Hour Club Tuesday at her home
jin Concord.
Miss Robbins, of Charlotte, who is at
! tending school at Winecoff. spent the
'week-end with her sister, Aliss Elizabeth
Robbins.
Alims Bennett, of the Trotter staff of
workers, gave a soul-stirring address
Sunday afternoon at the Baptist Church
to the ladies of the town. Mrs. R. T.
Frye was in charge of the music. Both
the address and the music was much en
joyed. During the same hour Mr.
Trotter spoke, very interestingly at the
Y. M. C. A. auditorium filled xvith men.
The afternoon' meetings will close to
morrow. These meetings which have
been growing in interest, are much en
joyed. Mr. Trotter lias been lecturing
from Romans, and those who have been
hearing Air. Trotter have been much
edified. Aliss Bennet continues to teach
the various grades at different hours.
The High School meets with her this
week at the A. It. P. Church. She
meet:; with the children at the. North
/School this weeu, having met the past
week with the South School. The even
ing services, also continue with unabat
ed interest. The singing in charge of
Air. Hammoutree. with Mr. Hermansen
as pianist, is much enjoyed, and adds
much to the services.
All’s. E. F. Carter, who was recently
taken violently ill at a Rutherfordton
hotel, is slightly improved.
Out of 480 or 485 votes cast here on
the county-wide school tax, only about
one-tenth were opposed to the tax.
The chicken supper given Saturday
night by the Alethoilists in the base
ment of the church was quite a success.
The culinary skill of the ladies who pre
pared the supper was exhibited in a
high degree, the supper being so much
enjoyed that about half a hundred had
to be turned away. Nearly S7O was
realized.
Friday night' at the Winecoff school
house the Alissiouary Society of Alt.
Olivet Church will have an apron social
and measuring party. Noodles will be
served free.
9000 INVITATIONS ISSUED
FOR WEDDING OF NEGRESS
Bride’s Graiwlmoher Started Life as
Laundress and Died Ijeaving a Million.
Special to Philadelphia Record.
New York. Nov. 22. —Nine thousand
invitations are out for the marriage Sat
urday of Aliss Alae Walker Robinson,
granddaughter of the late Aladame C.
.T. AValkcr. Aladame Walker was the
negress who started life as a laundress
and died leaving a fortune of $1,000.-
000, aeeumulatpd through the sale of a
hair preparation to negroes-
Miss Robinson marries Dr. Henry
Gordon Jackson, of Chicago, at St.
Philip’s Episcopal Church. An an
nouncement from the family gives a,
bit of advance information concerning
the ceremony, which promises to be one
of the most gorgeous weddings celebrat
ed in New York in years.
Invitations have been sent to 0000. of
whom IPO are the personal of
Aladame A. Delia Walker, the bride’s
mother, “in every State in the Union,
British Guiana. British West Indies,
Canada, England. France. Haiti.
Liberia. Nigeria. Panama anil the
Philippines.” */
There will be a matron of honor, maid
of honor, bevy l of -bridesmaids, three
flower girls, a ring bearer, a half
dozen ushers, and the bride will be given
away by F. B- Ransom, manager of the
Mme. C. J. Walker Manufacturing
Company, of Indianapolis.
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CONCORD HIGHS FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONS OF THE COUNTY
Won Title by Winning From Mt. Pleas
ant Cadets Here Friday Afternoon by
7 to 0 Score.
The Concord High School football team
is champion of Cabarrus County for the
11)23 season. The championship was
clinched by the local high school team on
Friday afternoon when the team from
Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute was de
feated 7 to 0.
The game was the third for the local
team in ten days and all of them have
been placed on the win column Albe
marle was defeated last Tuesday 34 to (I;
last Friday Mooresville was defeated 0
to 0 and the ten days period was brought
to a close with the well earned victory
Friday.
The score is a fair indication of the
strength of the two teams Friday. There
was little to choose between them, but
the locals had that little anil as a result
they are champions of the county.
The game was one of the best of the
year. Playing on a muddy field the play
ers put up a fine exhibition of football
and the spectators were thrilled time and
time again by some spectacular plays
grst by a Concord player and again by a
THE CONCQRjD TRIByNE
; cadet. Outweighed greatly, the locals
j overcame this advantage by a bettpj* sys
tem of play and a better coached machine.
The cadets presented one of the heaviest
teams ever in Concord, with one man
weighing about 300 pounds and with sev-1
eral other men weighing close to 200,
pounds.
But during the game this weight could
not be used to the best advantage. Be
fore Beaver, the ‘7OO-pound back, who lias
played such fine ball this season, could
get started some Concord player would j
throw him. If the cadet heavyweight
could have gotten up momentum he j
would have been practically irresistible,
but he was always stopped too son.
Smith and AlacLaughlin brothers
played good ball. Smith, the ace of the
cadet eleven, was forced from the game
following a savage tackle by Sullivan.
He was not badly hurt, however, and
soon recovered.
The game was cleanly played and was
featured by tlie Concord passes. Twice;
Concord threatened to score by this moth
eil and the touchdown that was recorded
followed several pretty passes.
The entire Concord team played as a
unit, but Sullivan, the versatile quarter- ;
back, was probably the best nkan on the j
i field and he carried the brunt of the;
Concord attack, Sullivan has played
stellar ball in each game of the season,
but he was never belter than on Friday
and he surely is one of the best backs
1 in the State today.
[ Riderthour, regular quarterback of the
! Concord teiam who was hurt in the Char
-1 lotte game early in the season, got in
the game for a short time Friday. He
completed a 30-yard pass for one of the
features of the game.
The Concord team plays Gastonia
i here Tuesday and the game should be
’ one of the most interesting of the year.
; The locals are out get revenge for the
defeat they suffered recently in Gas- <
tonia.
The lineup was as follows :
Concord Position M. P. C. I.
Krider LE. Stroup
Hoover (c) L/F. Shaw
Benfield LG. , Beaver
, Brown C Watson
Alelnnis RG Littles
Kirk RT. . Thomas
Smart RE Amiek
Sullivan QB. C McLaughlin(c)
j Litaker LHB Bucc-annon
Simpson RHB A. McLaughlin
Cleaver FB Smith ■
j Referee, Meehan. Umpire, Hendrick. 1
t Quarters 12:30.
“HI-Y” CLUB.
Gold and Black.
The “Hi-Y” Club was reorganized Oc
tober 27 at the Y. M. C. A. The “Hi-Y”
Club is sponsored by the local organiza
tion of the Y. M. C. A. and plays a large
and' influential part in the club activities
of Concord High School.
Joe McCaskill organized the first club
two years ago, and through bis untiring
efforts last year the “Come Clean Cam
paign” and the “Win My Chum Cam
paign” were accomplished in fine style.
e AVallace Moore, the Science teacher,
tnd football coach of Concord High
School, is the leader this year.
Walter Sullivan, president of the Jun
ior Class, quarterback of the football
team, and president of tbe Monogram
Club, was made president of the club.
“Bub” is capable of maintaining and
adding to the dignity of this important
office. Other officers elected were:
Clarence Ridenhour, vice-president.
Waller Brown, secretary.
Fred Helms, treasurer.
The “Hi-Y” Club meets every Tues
day night. It is hoped that every boy iu
high school will support this worthwhile
5 organization, and -in lending hia sup
port increase the influence of the ckib.
PAGE THREE
GERMAN SURGEON CLAIMS
SYSTEM LENGTHENS LIFE
Announce* Blood Tran fusion Method to
Rejuvenate Both Sexes.
London. Nov. 24- —Discovery of a
method of blood-transfusion which not
only rejuvenates aged patients sumit
ting themselves to it, but prolongs life,
is claimed by Dr. Frederick Heyman, a
German consulting, surgeon.
The method adopted, Th*. Heyman
told an interviewer, revitalizes the blood
of the patient and can be practiced on
both sexes. In cases where a direct
transfusion is not desired, a serum may
be injected.
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non Co.’s, $25.00 to $50.00. Wool hose,
75 cents up. ,
Handkerchiefs, all kinds, style and col
ors. at the Specialty Hat Shop.
They are having a wonderful sale of
coats and dresses at Parks-Belk Cos.
The prices run from $3.08 to
Read the new ad. on page two.
Mr. D. L. Mauney, of Jackson Springs,
spent the week-end in the city with rel
atives and friends.