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MISKMIEIMER.
-ind colder today (Thurs
bv the weather man.
:. r ‘ : 7 | ;••:> i> opening up a store
*,i r ., ;i i’.uilding on the public
V , ; and his wife and Mr*.
,>f Hadin, were in our
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P* 8 V'“.[! w shooting qual. Alvin
mj*i >n. He killed fclar-
L Kl ;■ s ; : while- one <lay recently.
; : J \\ Pooler is still in feeble
i Uii.vHolds and wife were
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’..or invalid-father for a
\|, ~:•(! Mrs. John Are.v. of Sal
' f(i Mrs. Arey's father.
' yy ]► ;• for some days
. Mr- C. M. Peeler, of High
-few davs last we-dt.
BILL ARP Jl XIOK.
\\ INEC OFF.
. V . Scott. K. W. Litaker,
. „7 . , ' >1 Mack McLellan spent
»Iwivia ol holidays with home folks.
t ,f the girls basketball
_ to give a tacky party
, building December lltli.
. .. tacky and come.
•. \I - Man Whittington, of the
r -,tr*'-"!ii!!!iiiiity. v -ho has been ill
weeks, died on last Friday.
[Ve a pupil of the fourth grade
'; ‘Viiy missed by her teacher and
class mates.'. N. R.
VVt»p a.at is made to exclude the
;llW j v isitors are admitted free
w t!,e bodies— Scientists have
: in air analysis and other
h - no satisfactory explanation of
-i.enoii - uc»u i> forthcoming. It is
in vault contains some prop
r which is destructive to the germs
: si what that property is re-*
-e r i. possible lot introdnee such
, . i> proved by the fact that a bunch
, j.wers. placed by a visitor on one
coffin.', resulted in the decay of
j, «i., •• cuiitained.
ii.NOt'li VILIJS.
\ vtinboer .‘Kird. to Mr. ami Mrs.
tab ravin, a son. ' M
I Mrs. E. L. Deal sjient Thanks-'
: S: lisiiury witlt Mr. Deal’s sis
>fa Mlinatt spent last Sunday
- Mr. .Die 'b Sloop, near Kannapolis. 1
i! -I.orhcv Hatley and family, of
. . were visitors last Sunday at
. his brother-in-law, Mr. John
week, to Mr. and Mrs. G. !
"eight, of Kannapolis, a daughter, j
j High Victor Overcash is at home]
H kory College, to spend Thanks
te folks.
; :.ia abet- «if visitors from Kaunap
- euti itaiued ‘Tuesday night at
. f Mr. ('. C. Upright by some
music made on stringed in
!N .la; Mhercash was buried at Old
c■: i t Wednesday about 2p. in.
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\\ 0 came to Concord months ajjo and opened a branch furniture store.
| since that time we have enjoyed good business, in fact more than we had expect- |
| ed. Now we are going into our new quarters next door to Joe Gaskel, where we |
| "ill be in shape to serve you better. We'have bought our complete stock for the |
1 new store. Therefore we can’t afford to move the stock we now have on hand. |
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Come early and get the furniture you need at One-third Off for Cash.
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► Mrs. Overcash died suddenly while srt
: ting on a chair last Monday evening, her
; death coming unawares, due to an effec
: tion of the heart. She leaves to mourn
• theii loss a husband, one daughter and
• two grand-children and other relatives.
One child preceded her to the grave in
infancy. Mrs. Overcash was about 60
years of age and was a consistent mem
ber of Old Bethpage Church. We extend
‘ our sympathies to the bereaved ones.
1 i Little William, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Weddington, is- confined to his
home with measles.
! Margie Xolan, baby of Mr. C. C. Up
right. is right ill with bronchitis,
i Mr. Isaac Smith moved his family to
the old parsonage house in Enoehville.
j It is reported that Mr. E. L. Deal has
purchased a rarm near Statesville.
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Landis Loses Sunday Closing Case Be
\ fore State Supreme Court.
Salisbury Post,
The town of Landis lost its Sunday
closing case before the State supreme
court thi*; week, as % i« shown in deci
sions just handed down. The case was
that of State vs. Blackwelder and Deal,
and the high court upheld the decision
of the superior court of Rowan, which
had previously sustained a decision of
the . Rowan county court.
‘The case grew out of the serving of
a “meal of veal steak, vegetables and
one coca cola” to a customer. Paul Bea
ver. at the restaurant operated by L.
A. Blackwelder aikl Roy Deal, in Lan
dis. contrary, it was contended by ‘the
prosecution, to an ordinance of the town,
The case attracted considerable interest
when it was heard in the county court
here aud still greater interest was mani
fested when, it went to the. superior
court, both of which returned verdicts
in favor of the defendant owners of the 1
restaurant or case.
In this decision the supreme court
held the law' to be “unreasonable, op
pressive anti in disregard of common
rights.”
On legal row here this case had been
much dismissed and the decision of the
State high court had been awainted anx- j
iously and when it was made known.
there was still much comment among the
legal fraternity along “lawyers row'.”
j Collegiate Institute Basketball Team.
Mt. Pleasant, X. C., Dec. 10. —The
basketball team of the Collegiate Insti
tute will open its season. Wednesday
when they play the fast Edwards Busi
ness Cbllege team from High Point on
the home grounds. Although four of
last year’s varsity, including the famous
Ray Roberts, were lost to the team
through graduation, it is expected that
the team this year will be one which will
give any opponent in the same class a
good deal of trouble.
1 This year’s schedule will include games
. with the Y. M. C. A. teams of Con
cord and Charlotte. A number of the
stronger high school teams of the state
will be played also. Everything points
■ towards a successful season for basket
ball with more iutere'st being shown
than ever before.
Mrs. I. I. Davis. Jr., is able to be
out again after being confined to her
! home for several days on account of ill
ness.
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fil^-iP r i. ining antl s P ra ying demon
stiation will be held at the orchard of
\v Q ‘i ’ i ß ' 1 ey ’ Harrisburg Route 1, on
. ®dnesday morning, December 12. at 10
o clock, to which the farmers of Meck
lenburg as well as Cabarrus are invited.
3 his orchard has 1,800 two and three
year old trees and is well located and in
a good condition.
The worming and pruning of young
trees so as to properly balance as well as
head back will be shown, as well as
pruning equipment, and spray pumps
and nozzles will be demonstrated. /This
is the largest orchard in the county to,
date and should be made to pav well in
a few years.
A good many farmers contend that it
is cheaper for them to buy their fruit
than to raise it. which is true if you
don t take care of your trees and produce
number one fruit and they should be in
terested enough to attend the demonstra
tion and see what it costs to produce first
class fruit and be willing to pay for the
same.
Hoping to meet you at Mr. Iley’s on
M ednesday of this week and make this
one of the best meetings of the year.
Improved Cotton Seed.
A great many farmers have spoken to
me at different times in regard to get
ting cotton seed for. their 1924 crop and
as w'c failed to get all we ordered last
year by being rather late ordering will
ask you to see me and attend to this
matter in the next ten days so we will
be sure to get the best seed grown direct
from the seed breeders, of the following
varieties, Mexican, Cook’s. Cleveland or
Lightning Express.
The Edgeeonvoe Seed Breeders Asso
ciation consists of a group of farmers that
in 1914 became interested in higher
yields to the extent that they were will
ing to test out the different varieties of
cotton generally grown on their farms
against the more improved varieties out
yielded their supposed to be good native
strains as much as 111 pounds of lint
per acre and the staple was much loug
eer as well as of a better quality; and
brought a higher price. « The awoke them
to the fact that farming was like any
other business that “you got returns in
proportion to what you put in to it.” so
they hired a plant breeder and were al
so under the supervision of the State
Plant Breeding Department and began to
improve the best seed they could get to
start with, growing only one variety to
the farm, owning and operating their
own gins, grading the seed and testing
them for germination and in this way
putting out the best seed possible for
planting. ->
There are plenty or cotton seed in the
county but those of the above quality are
scarce and we will have to get our or
der in at once if we want it tilled.
Poultry.
There will be a culling demonstration
of poultry and arranging a scratch shed
and feed hoppers 'at Mrs. IV. G. Rum
pie's. Bethpage Community. Thursday.
December 13. at 10 a. m., to which the
people in this section are invited.
THE CONCORD TIMES
THE ANNUAL FATHER
AND SON BANQUET
To Be Held at the Y. M. C. A. Thurs
day, December 13th, 7 p. in.
An unusual program will feature the
I exercises at the Father and Son .Get-to
'gether Thursday night. The Davidson
S College Orchestra will discourse sweet
music, Mr. Price Doyle will lead the old
songs that herald peace and good will.
Rev. C. C. Myers will toast fathers and
sons present. Mr. C’-F. Ritchie will send
greetings to the sons. Bub Sullivan will
reply what a “Son Thinks of Dad.”
Mr. Mac Beall, of Davidson College,
will spiell on “What a Son Writes Dad
From College.” Mr. Blanks will relate
a boyhood story, brimful of excitement,
pathos and tell how it feels to be blown
several hundred feet into the air from
the decks of a,big Mississippi cotton boat,
while racing down the river. Mr. Fuller
and Mr. Webb have interesting boyhood
stories that every boy will thrill with ex
citement when they are related. One of
the-main attractions will be the special
musical program and the address of the
evening by Dr. H. I>. Arbuckle.
Every father and son in Concord is
invited to be present at this occasion and
will miss an evening of fun. mirth and
laughter if you fail to send in your res
ervations.
Flees. Leaving New Ford and Booze
With Officer.
Charlotte Observer.
The county is a brand new Ford
touring car better otr as the result of a
chase late Thursday night by Rural
Officer Johnston and D. P. Edwards just
this side of the new York bridge. In
addition, there are five more gallons of
‘ red eye” to go seaward byway of the
gutters.
The purchasers took up the base as
the touring car dashed down -the road
and were hot on the trail when the
driver sprang from the machine, which
he left with the motor rynniug, and dis
appeared in the woods about two miles
of the bridge. No license or other identi
fication marks was observe#
Waiving examination before ’Bquire
Cobh Friday -morning. James Whitaker,
of Concord, was bound over to the
Januar" term of superior court on the
chargi qf transporting whiskey. He was
jailed in default of a 8760 bound.
Whitaker was taken the night before
in Mallard Creek by City Detectives
Johnston* Ed Pittman and Donald
Blake. ? car containing 31 gallons of
booze beinz seized. An agent for the
U-Drive-Bm company at Concord laimed
the machine, saying that it was rented
to a customer who failed to return. It
was not released, however.
Beckie Mellin and Bert Kerns,
negroes, wore bound over to superior
court- by ’Squire Cobb on charges of
carrying a oucea’ed pistol, the former
putting up a $75 bond and the latter a
SIOO bond. They were arrested near
Newell by Rural Officers Hand and,
Dodgen and City Detectives Blackman
and Porter-
At the Theatres.
Jack Hoxie is being shown today at
the Pastime in “The Red Warning.” A
Century comedy is also on the program.
“The Santa Fe Trail,” and “Fighting
Blood,” two big serials, are being shown
today at the Piedmont.
| LOCAL MENTION ~1 i
Mr. P. G. Cook has been confined to Ji
his bed for some time on account of ills- ij
ness. His condition today is reported ji
as practically unchanged.
The condition of Willie Marion Pres? i 1
lar. who was severely burned several i
days ago, continues to show improve- Ji
ment. ( ]
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hedrick M. J
braggart. 710 Kingston avenue, Dilworth; ij
Charlotte, 'a daughter, Frances Miller, Ji
December Bth. I j
Miss Ethel Blaekwelder, daughter of < (
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Blaekwelder, of Con- !i
coMkhas returned to her work at West- <J
erjfiMaryland College, after supmitting jj
tor an operation in a Baltimore hospital, ! I
Mrs. Lucy Coley, aged 77. died yes- j j
terday at her home in No. 11 township. J |
Funeral services were held this after- , l
noon at Freedam Church, in Stanly ■.<
county.
Master Raiford Miller returned yes- |i[
terday from a Charlotte hospital where ijji
he had been undergoing treatment on an j|J
eye that was injured about teri days j•(
ago. His condition is reported as im-j i|[
proved. I
No new cases of any kind were re-; jlj
ported to the county health department! |[|
this morning, according ito a department V
report. Several cases are usually re- ( [|
ported on Monday, as no reports are re- <[»
ceived on Saturday afternoon and Sun- j?
day. g
Mr. Hugh Cline is today moving his ~
family from the home of Mr. Sam Ed- Jjgj
dleman, where they have been living, to j&
the Moorhead house on Vance street, |
where they will make their home in the 5
future. Mr. Cline is connected with "
the shoe department at Efird's.
A quantity of tar. placed in the rear
of the new Cabarrus Savings Bank
building, caught afire this morning and
caused some excitement. The fire cre
ated a dense, black smoke, but it was
quickly extinguisheod and none of the ad- j;
joiuing buildings were damaged.
The football players of the Charlotte ij
High School are high school 'champions ii
of the State this year. TheOharlotte |
team won (the honors Saturday by de- ,
fearing Sanford 20 to 7 before about j:
5.000 persons at Chapel Hill. Statistics
of the game show that Charlotte had
the better., team.
The Fred Y. McConuel post of the j!
American Legion will have a meeting at j;
its club rooms tomorrow—Tuesday—night ji
at 7 :30 o’clock. All members and espe- jj
cially all new officers are urged to be ii
present, as plans for a membership cam- ||
paign are to be outlined and adopted at g
teh meeting.
Mr. I ,ee O. Ciinc recently purchased I ji|
the T. .T. Smith farm just above the icty ji
and will open an up-to-date dairy De- |
cember 15th. He will be prepaml to 1
furnish milk and cream on short notice. |
and expects to; give the very best service, f
All his cows will be tubercular tested f
and mostly Jersey stock.
Spratt Bros., who came to Concord “
eight mouths ago and opened a branch ;jj
store at Buffalo and McGill streets. For- -j
est Hill, are going to move soon into their -p
uiee new store next door to Joe Gaskets
store. They don’t want to move their |;;j
stock and are now offering all goods at
one-third off for cash.
Every man in Conccjrd is invited to |j||
attend the Father and Hoh banquet at |i|jj
the Y. M. C. A. on Thursday night of f|
this week- Fathers who have sons are |jl
asked to take them. Fathers who have v|u
no sons are asked to invite some one j§
else’s son. An interesting program lias |
been arranged for the event.
Two cars were badly wrecked near K
Silver Hill, the negro neighborhood, Sat- j;;
urday night, police officers state. The j"
wreck was reported, but when police of
ficery arrived the occui>antß of the cars |j|
were gone. The officers so far have ||
not learned who owned the cars or who |p
were operating them when ithe accident |»
occurred.
Thirteen defendants were docketed for fjj
trial in recorder’s court this morning, p
Two were charged with assault with a |"
deadly weapon, one was charged with jjj
violating a city ordinance, three more jy
were charged with carrying a concealed
weapon, four were charged with intoxica- gj
tion and three with gambling . Court jp
was in session for several hours.
The Concord Y basketball team lost its |
game with the Charlotte Y team Satur- §jj
dav night 02 to 17. The locals played |
good ball at times, but the Charlotte flj
team lrad better team t\;ork and by this |;
method ran up the big score. The f!
teams played iu Charlotte and later in p
the season probably will play here and jy
in Charlotte again. |
Three Gypsies, two women and a man, tj
j have been arrested and placed in jail .
!by Sheriff Caldwell. Farm people of
i the county, it is reported, identified the
j Gypsies as- persons who had been steal
i ing from them and they signed the war
| rants. The Gypsies could n<#t give bond
■ in the sum of $750 and were placed in
1 jail. They will be given a preliminary j
: heaving this afternoon.
; According to reports reaching Concord j
■ Evelyn, daughter of Mr. Tom Litaker, 5
E of this county, wan seriously hurt iu an j
■ auto accident Saturday night. lit is \
Z reported that Mr. Litaker collided with
: a buggy which he did not see, the child ’
E being hurt in the accident and the buggy
Z and car being badly damaged. The
2 child was brought to the Concord hos-
E pital, where her condition today is re
; ported as improved^
Junior Girls Enjoy Hike.
E About sixteen of the Junior Y girls en-
E joyed a very delightful stroll -to the
= woods last Saturday. The girls left the
E Y. M. C. A. in the morning, and it was
E late in the. afternoon when the weary
p hikers reached their starting place again.
E As this was the second trip of the year,
£ and the girls not being used to hiking,
■j they naturally became a little tired, but
Z, as hikes are planned for every‘Saturday
= it won’t be long until they will have
5 “Uncle Dudley” Denny begging to “let’s
jE Vest.” j The hikers went out the old Sal-
E isbury road, finding a very beautiful
EE place about four miles out. After play
g ing stunts for an hour or so. a camp fire
£ was built and dinner cooked and served.
£ Accompanying the hikers were J. W.
S Denny and H. L. Jofonston.
5! The management of the Y plans to
? have a hike every Saturday either for
g tie boys or tntetiato both.
Time Should Make the Home More j
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Attractive to You. This is Gained by
Proper Home Furnishings
Young people about to establish a home, we earnestly j
ask you to compare the Quality, Beauty and Price of our
Furniture with what is offered elsewhere and we are sure
that your selections will be no other than Bell & Harris
Furniture. * •** j
It will be an investment that will carry itself proudly :
through the years, yielding to time nothing of its excel- /
lence and charm. Come in any time. We’d like for you i
to .see the many new designs and have you compare them
with others. ■!
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P. S.—Don’t forget to see our line of stoves and ranges.
“THE STORE THAT SATISFIES
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Boys and Girls, you will find a POPE Bicycle just your
size at YOUR HARDWARE STORE. ..
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Christmfc> Presents of Real Value for everybody at* jj
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Our Show Windows are full of Christmas Gifts of
Real Value.
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Buy Now and We Will Send Out Christmas Eve.
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