North Carolina Newspapers

Monday, November 26, 1923 **«****■*«*♦ $ aAprKNINGS IN OUR J villages * * # *** * ******* ♦ # , \LLEN. j Mi-. Morrison Barr, of Oon- M l ' - ' < rolav at the home of Mr, ’ . i '' v W Allen.U :iE'i v , Robinson is visiting her Jib* ‘ ' j.,, Honeycutt, of Kannapo ii- j )_ Rogers and little son. M l * ~f Charlotte. spent the N>‘” ’ , Mrs. Rodgers’ father, J. 1’ >!■.- Fred M. Youngblood and 111 m Ralph T. Holmes, of J1 ; '“ rt j, u ,>sts -us Mr. and Mrs. *7 Hi! «*u Sunday. 1 ' V K Messiek. of Charlotte, vis- H r \ i ; e during the past week. vil ' 1; M '; je Flowe. of Charlotte, and . Klowe. of Concord, spent J' 7’ 'tin home of their parents, ■V Mi- ,1. I.ester Flowe. •' JII .M -. Cleveland L. Smith and • lr \ii- Harrell Hitch, of Charlotte, JM li “ , of Mr. and Mrs. F. -pjy m - • 51 li! I if it Hough, of Rocky Mount. ' 1: ", | |. Mabry, of Norwood, , \v. ek-eiid with their sister. Mrs. .' iTVir--. -Martin Phillips and Mr. Hilbert Flowe. of Charlotte vis ?U.Lives here Sunday. 'x K itl rine Hinson Robertson, of ' was ii recent visitor at the i parents. Mr. and Mr 3 fM Hiiisou- _ 17)( l st._ ■|.|. b\ Harrsell has returned lie,d-d. where sjhe spent several 7m A. Osborne, who 1 vjth her - A. Helms, in Concord. 7it'rti light sick. . - ' \\ .1 Russell will begin bis pas -11 ;;! Smyrna on the first Stin :i - :MO. He will also pi thiil Sunday at the same : ‘v .la.k-aii llatheock. whose home 'i.iui-'-fiy ill this section, (lied Friday df his daughter. Mrs. Jno. j'. 'r I*; ief. where lie had beeu for V,vetal yea is. His wife pre - 71 ; lim ju-r tit tee years ago. Mr, *.’k tv'as past his three score and “"I V.j u „: far from the century line. In -lilt,' lmd been very industrious and 1 vii He is served by two sons. l’\l VI l>. M. llatlicock. and three v Mrs. llettie Little. Mrs. M. 1 Herrin and Mrs. John Little. Burial ViVt.i-.v pine* Saturday morning it -llwitnv t reek church cemetery. [, t ii,. death last Monday of Mr. Jas. ji -[y;?!- the community lost one of its ,/ x*ti- and the Baptist Church one mot loyal members. He always ~,,, : . tn,e Christian spirit.living ;"ij.iiiv. He. was a little past 04 years d ..a* aud is survived by liis wife, two festers. «iie brother and three sisters., F 'Tvices were conducted Tues ll; n. "ii from the Baptist Church 1 ,V>. W. .1. Russell ami C. C. Hon» i ,• The Horai offerings attested the ns i„ wltieii he was held, the mound king scfceritl by lovely designs. I • WINECOFF Mr. Frank Seott spent the week-end Mb h'line folks. The pupils of the High School depart i-*ui are I'lijoiing test week. Tlie C.iainpion Literary Society is ; aiming t. give the play. “Lauding of .epi-gr a.!- and tlie First Thanksgiving.” Using fifteen characters, on Friday af t-ri:.en. Other Thanksgiving exercises. mv.i-;..ms and readings, with the tell er "f tlie story of the first year in An , a . The character dressed as an hi-i: will constitute the evening's pro- Pi" bu the fourth, fifth, sixth and wmli grades of Winecoff school. .NEWS REPORTERS. * ROST MILL L" 'fin,.J itj, progressing nicely with Jlb **> -f- hitsw Mast and Laura Mae Fhina a> teachers. Mi\ and Mi-. R. T. Cook and cliil t'!; sji.-tit Sunday at Mr. T. U. Big flTs. Jir - il! »! Mrs. Kenneth 1 Faggart, of "ticord. spent Sunday at Mr. T. D. .and Mi s. Pearlie Hargett, of aukr-,', spent the week-end here with Hargett s jrarents. Mr. and Airs, h Riggers. l -"> Riggm-s. of m. 1\ C. 1., 7. 'ii** week-end wfijh his parents, Air. Vs-,"' ni «-s --jL„; u " l,, ‘ rt Ru-t. of Statesville, spent ,G 'iay here i His,i. , l, "i"'i i and Gladys Riggers, of v"h! Sunday with their par ll'fVo V, 1 ■ Vlr<- '*■ Riggers. V. i ,v ; l '. "f Concord, spent j U, l here at home. LITTLE GIRL. T ROBERTA. A J l '' 1 ;'' 11 ' I VM |,> ' V ' M held Sunday. Ij. - iUl ' tine. ! A I''‘tree 1 ' '‘tree and daughter, Nora, nf days with Air. and Airs. HtSf. V . 11 -d Mr. Lituker are going I Xlw. ." u, " uli|v Friday. Mr.' and Airs. Jacob T|,„ ,111 Si ' h this writing. "• v - Furr kfiiei i' ' ' ;,l 'l M’illiams have re u URllio .if* • • . U r ''t' visiting Chimney Rock 1 mills iiarents at Caroleen. OCR PET. - •'Tlicr',"" 11 " 1 :U Lilaker School. I>".n supper at the Lita- V'i'Kk 7" ! i ‘* aj evening at sev- Proceeds to b(> used for [k \ V_ !l '‘hool.—Advertisement. l£ lamW R> Gov. Alorriuvn. S' H-ecial says that W. H. ,f tt and 1 . liovv:,lJ - who has served a hi t j J(i Uu '* illoJ iths of a five-year • M<l '■ ,!i ' sou for larceny uud Wlridf f, .7' |s Iruled during good Prison term. Gover 2°s tie “ u ’ li » this action large- S am] |p J ';; lu " | Mation of M. L ; J* B xhoim. i Grissuin of Spencer, 1 r "Ws l fr v ' rrs st^len - Mr ,• Jt H ‘ Relieves Huckett, ISM* r!' 1 , 800,1 f a mily, was more than a de- S( 'hmd together. W Svh. U i!’ Hfit ' b - v side, ■.7® her M-'K U ' n ' ae love d her ■L nch uacle died. WHAT PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC WILL MEAN TO CONCORD. (FRANCES JARRATT, ’23.) Gold and Black. Throughout all ages men have worship ped at the shrine of Orpheus. Countless sacrifices have been offered upon al tar of music and innumerable live£ have been dedicated and consecrated to its cause. “God is its author, and not man; He laid the keynote of all harmonies; He planned all perfect combinations, and He made us so that we could hear and un derstand.” We need only go to Alother Nature to assure ourselves of the sublime truth of these lines. When AEolus sends forth the blustering winds from their mountain prison, does not sweet music reach our ears as they rush past us, now whistling a frolicsome, flutelike melody: again sighing, with a low, sad, wistfui, moan that might he mistaken for the strain of a violin; then gradually reaching a loud crescendo which ascends to the heavens, only to return again, gently, soothingly, like the chords of a harp floating down from some lonely tower and finally to die away? The songs of the birds in the trees, accompanied by the sparkling brooks, ever rippling over the pebbles beneath; the mighty thunder which, re sounds from cloud to cloud with a roar that increases as it progresses—if these be uot music, by what names can we call them? The entire universe operates ac cording to the rules of harmony and rhythm. How else have the planets, throughout all eternity, revolved in their accustomed orbits? ‘•There's music in all things, if men had ears; * Their earth is but the echo of tlie spheres.” (Tod’s purpose. in putting music into the world is very readily understood. It was to satisfy a longing inherent in the hurngi) heart. God put this longing for beautiful sounds into Tlie hearts of men. and He fashioned the world in such a way as to facilitate ajut encourage the development of this, the' noblest of all arts. . Alttsie has another great purpose to accomplish—that of leading the world onward from gloom to gladness. Some one has said : “Alusic washes away front the soul the dust of everyday life.” Indeed, how dull - and sordid life would be without music. One could almost call music a necessary element in life. It is certainly a necessity if our lives are to be joyful, enuobled, and beautiful. The world's great musicians are those who have felt this need so intensely that they have been willing to give up their whole lives to the study of music. Their efforts have not been in vain—their names and works have lived for centuries and shall endure forever. Until comparatively recent years. Eu rope and Asia have been fortunate enough to have claimed as their sous the great est composers the world lias produced. Indeed, although we are justly proud of men like our own Edward McDowell, no American has ever reached the heights attained unto by the wonderful masters of the Old World. Yet. the remarkable progress made in America in the last century is sufficient to inspire us with the hope that in the generations to come, music will more nearly approach its right ful place in the hearts and lives of our people. A very encouraging sign is the growing interest in music clubs, music festivals, and concerts, manifested in va rious parts of the United States. But that which promises to yield the most fruitful results is the establishment of music departments-in so many of the public schools of our country. Several weeks ago it became known that Concord was to be so fortunate Its to have a music department in her public schools next year on condition that the services of a good supervisor of music cpuld be secured. While this good news was heartily welcomed by the musicians and music lovers of our city, it naturally did not crease great surprise. For Uon jjjrd. living up to the high standards set by other cities of this glorious “Land of rthe liOitg Leaf Pine,” is making incredi ble progress in all branches of endeavor. Especially is she contributing to the cause of education. As lajer bj ln\i r the brick is placed in the construction of that noble edifice—the new Concord High Sehool —it is fitting and proper that the minds and hearts, of the citizens of Con cord should be occupied with plans worthy an addition to our educational system as public school music will be. It is impossible for any of us to realize fully wliat music in Jthe schools will mean to the town of Concord. Home may consider it a waste of time and money, but as the days conic and go. these same peoeple will begin to think of it as one of the best investments the citizens of Con cord have t*ver made. Concord is privileged to claim as one of her most treasured possessions an abundance of musical talent. Site is much more blessed in this respect than are many other towns. Indeed, in a cer tain sense. Concord is a musical to\vn. Our music teachers are earnestly striv ing to prepare the future generation to fill the vacancies which must be left, and to carry on the work with ever greater success than their forerunners have en joved Our various music clubs, togeth er with the Fine Arts Department of the Woman's Club, are doing much to create and maintain a real interest in music. And a goodly portion of our peo ple have responded whole-heartedly to their-efforts by manifesting a willingness; to cooperate with them and to help them wave on high the banner of music. But if we consider a musical town one in which the large majority of people are so deeply interested in music that tiny , place its advancement on an equal foot-1 ing with other forms of educational prog ress, we arc forced to admit that in be past Concord has fallen short of the ideal. , , But now the i-louds are slowly passing, and an observant eye may catch a glimpse us the proverbial silver lining which id doing all in its power to burst out into a sudden bluze oi ± brilliance and to usher iu a new day. By introducing music in to the public schools Concord is taking a most important step toward insuring the future of music in this community. Some thing has already been accomplished in the schools, especially at the High School. A Boys’ Glee Club and a Girls Glee Club were organised there at the begin- ( ning of this yeur. .Directed by severul teachers they huve done very good work aud the singing at the High School has improved considerably'. Besides this, the High School orchestra, though compar atively small, has several times assisted in the chapel exercises, aud has played at other ichools of the city. Thffce things are only the slightest suggestion of what will be accomplished under the direction of a musical supervisor. Under his leadership many children whose talents have been neglected heretofore will re spond to the efforts of musical instruc tion. Chorus work will, of course, be emphasized, but best of all an orchestra will be developed of which Concord will be exceedingly proud. The people of Concord, having a warm place in their hearts for the public scirttel and all its institutions, will naturally take greater interest in music “after its establishment in the schools. In this way the whole town will become more musical. But the greatest good wjll re sult from the fact that musical instruc tion, and at least the foundation of the musical education, will be talented enough, and industrious enough, aud no ble enough to “carry on” in years to come. One of the distinct obligations of the public school is to lay the foundation of j morals. Leading educators, realizing the deed of something which would assist them in performing this sacred duty, have solved or at least have partlaliy solved the problem by introducing music into the public schools. As a usual thing we do not think of music as a great moral power. Nevertheless, sociologists recognize it as such. The effect music has on character shows itself so natur ally and unobstrusively that ordinarily something else receives credit for it. It seems rather absurd to say that public { school music will make better citizens of the boys and girls. Yet this is undoubt edly true. Alusic is something the chil dren will enjoy. It will relieve the mo notony of everyday school work, for it will be more like a diversion to them than a study. It will rest them, make them more attentive, aud by doing so will make discipline in the school room a much simpler matter. The children spend three-fourths of every year in school. Dur ing this time, if submission to authority becomes a matter of course to them, it is more than probable that in later years, as citizens of the town of Concord, of the State of North Carolina, and of these United States of America, they will feel themselves under obligations to respect and obey the laws of the land.. And then the children will appreciate‘public school music more than almost auythiug else the town could give them. It will make them realize that education is a privilege and not a burden. It will iu stil in their hearts a love for their town and will create iu t lip in a desire to serve •' the town that is rendering so great a service to them. Concord's development into a musical town is much to be desired; we admire ’ men who possess the qualities of good citizenship; but opr hearts are stirred much more deeply by the presence of those whose lives and characters are so noble and so beautiful that contact with them lifts us above the things of this world to realms of joy and peace. The effect public school music will have ou the lives of the children will mean more to the town of Concord than one can dream of. j Truly is musjc the speech of the angels, i Each ringing note is a message sent | straight from heaven to the hearts of men.. The message is. “Let your lives ring true —as true as the vibration that is ringing in your ears. Aud somewhere, j from the inmost recesses of the h^art, Great Sale of Thanksgiving Linen Beginning Today and lasts Through Wednesday We guarantee that the Prices we ask for SPECIAL Linens .to be the lowest that can be found anywhere, so buy now when the prices are One Lot of Damask Table Napkins, value reduced. $1.50. Special, per dozen SI.OO % \ . THANKSGIVING SALE ON TABLE LINENS - $3.50 value 72-inch All Linen Damask, Thanksgiving i\ 72-lncli All Linen Damask. Special Hale Pricc____ $2.2!) S ' TIV 72-Inch Extra Heavy All Linen Damask, Special _SLB9 | \ TV r" ' ' *"N Napkins to Alatch most of the Table Linen $4.98 to $7.95 ; | * 72-Inch Fine Mercerized Table Damask, special 69c ,fc. y i S SS-Inch Alercerizod Damask. Sale Price 48c " "» X 00-luch Heavy Linen Sheeting for Sheets, for Pillow dvr ll iftl Cases or Scarfs, special $2.48 $3.50 value 00-inch Liueu Sheeting Sale Price __ $2.79 Many Other Wonderful Values for Our Thanksgiving j, Sale All Over the Store. , _ House Furnishing Specials For the Thanksgiving Sale Fit the Home Up Complete and Convenient for Thanks giving. A Few Specials !"'l'°rted Blue tVillow fi-i-piere , 01-piece Blue Bird aud Pink Floral De sigu China Ware, set $15.95 - • \ ——!==' 1 ' "l—. ' ■■■ ' ■ ,l== PARKS -BELK CO. - PHONgS 136 AND 008 LpLVATOJI SERVICE THE CONCORD TIMES the answer comes, “I will, I will!” Chil dren without music are like rosebuds shielded from the light of the sun. But when the sunshine of music comes into their lives they blossom as the rose. So we see that public school music is not a thing that will loom up big for a while and then fade away into nothingness. Its charities are numberless aud will extend even into eternity. For “Who Alusic as a friend has won, Has a heavenly work begun For mufcic was not born on earth— To Heav’n itself she thanks her birth There are angels bright and fair, Each and all musicians are. —Martin, Luther. Eskimos Find Joy in Jazz. Anchorage, Alaska. Nov. 20.—A mis sionary has organized among the Eski mos at Point Barrow, in the Arctic Cir cle, what projfably is the fart lies north brass band in the world. These Eski mos take kindly to jazz>exfllaining that it harmonizes closely with their style of dancing. God has mixed a reeling of content with everything finished. / Go right ahead and pluck the turkey but don’t let the turkey pluck you. * The man who is going to buy new clothes this week has, we believe, style in his eye—quality in his heart —and value in his head. He wants to pluck a wonderful suit or coat but he doesn’t want to be phuejeod, for a wonderful profit. V Not that we infer he would be unsafe anywhere else — go elsewhere when ho is sure of finding exactly what he wants ere BROWNS Suits and Ocoats for Thanksgiving— Bright Winter Neckwear - Wool Hose from 75c up. Browns - Cannon Co. WAVE OF FUR THIEFTS SWEEPS OVER GOTHAM Thieves Gets Fur Coats anil Other Wraps Valued At More Titan $150,- 000. New ork. Nov- 25-—Fur robbers con tinued their depredations in the Fifth avenue district last night, smashing a rear window of the importing establish ment of Leopold ,Haas, Inc., on 48th street and escaping with coats valued at $50,000, it was~learned today. It was the second robbery of the firm within a few weeks, thieves recently escaping J with goods worth SIO,OOO. Three days ago the firm of William j Jackman and, sons was robbed of furs ( worth $40,000. and about 10 days ago i burglars got $50,000 worth of furs from j the Fifth avenue shops of Hickson. The wave of fur thefts, which has i caused losses of $150,000 to Fifth j avenue shops alone in the past few | weeks has driven up the burglary in- j suranee rates on furs and silks 25 per ( cent. ( - - | Sweden was the first country to j recognize by statute that a wife’s ser- i vice in the home had a legal value. A Newer Living Room Furniture Beautifully Upholstered Overstuffed Suites in beautiful Valour. You could j not find a more comfortable Suite for the Living Room than |i| i this one. It has broad, restful arms and loose cushions | built over a spring foundation. The back is deep and soft. | Upholstered in Velour. Many other Suites to select from. j'[ P* S. —Don t forget to see our line of sfoves and ranges. ! BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO ijj | “THE STORE THAT SATISFIES jij 1 Nothing Like Home Talent in Dressing a Doll. X Let Us Solve This Christmas Problem For You Busy 9 Mothers' O | . SPECIALTY HAT SHOP f tooooooooQocooooooooooooooooooooooGOQOQooGo&Gooocdooo \ Sportsmen's. 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