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The Concord Times
Published Mondays and Thursdays ,
Entered as second class mail mat
ter at the postoffice at Concord. X. C.,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
R- J. B. SHERRILL,
Editor and Publisher
\V. M. SHERRILL, Associate Editor
Special Representative
FROST. LANDIS & KOHN
225 Fiftli Avenue. New York
Peoples' Gas Building, Chicago
1004 Candler Building, Atlanta
RAH ROAI) SCHEDULE
In Effect June 28, 1925
Northbound
I No. 40 To New York 0:28 F. M.
No. 13(1 To Washington s:op A. M.
I - No. 30 To New York 10 :2o A. M.
No. 34 To New York 4 :4_3 P. M.
No. 4(1 To Danville 3 :lo 1. M.
No. 12 To Richmond i :10 P. M.
No. 32 To New Y’ork 0:03 P. M.
I No. 30 To New York 1:55 A. M.
Southbound
No. 45 To Charlotte 3:55 P. M.
No. 33 To New Orleans 0 :56 P. M.
No. 20 To Birmingham 2:33 A. M.
\ No. 31 To Augusta 3:31 A. M.
No. 33 To New Orleans 8:25 A. M.
No. 11 To Charlotte 8:05 A.M.
1 5 No. 133 To Atlanta 8:33 P. M.
No. 37 To New Orleans 10:45 A. M.
No. 30 To New Orleans 0:55 A. M.
Train No. 34 wjll stop in Concord
j. to take on passengers going to Wash
l . ington and beyond.
Train No. 37 will stop here to dis
charge passengers coming from be
| yond Washington.
Bible Thought for the Day.
Withhold Not Good—Withhold not
[ good from them to whom it is due.
when it is in the power of thine hand
I to do it. —Proverbs 3:27.
OUR TIME WILL COME.
i . Europe has made greater .strides
! Xyith commercial aviation than the
i United States but indications point to
increasing interest in the matter in
this country. In both France and Ger
-1 many aerial transportation is on a
fixed basis, and in England too, air
passenger service is receiving much
attention. In the United States we
have used the planes only as mail car
riers with the exception of a few
planes made recently by the Ford in
terests, these planes having establish
ed regular service.
J A recent French report tells of the
work of the government in stimulating
and encouraging air travel and states
that at the beginning of the present
year there were no less than 37 ae
rial lines running on regular sched
ules. In 1024 the aerial lines made a
total of 11,536 trips, covering a dis
tance of 3.647 826 kilometers, and
carried 16,0127 gnsasrepseooO etaoin
carried 16.720 passengers. 877.501
kilograms of freight and 532,777 kil
ograms of mail.
We have not needed tlq? airplane
as badly for commercial purposes as
have the European nations. We have
the best and most modern railroads
- in the world and they have been able
to meet our needs pretty well. It is
i true that Americans have the reputa
tion of moving very rapidly in all
things, but in this matter at lease we
- have not yet demanded such speed as
can be offered by airplanes over rail
< roads. Too, our roads offer fine op
portunity for the auto to act as a
means of transportation and in recent
years we have greatly increased the
■ use of, the auto as a conveyor of pas
sengers and freight.
„ However, we are showing more in
i terest in aviation from a commercial
standpoint. One company has already
asked permission to use the Los An
geles for commercial purposes and the
-- plan is said to have received much
' consideration from President Coolidge
• and other government officials. This
dirigible was built with the under
standing that it was to be used for
commercial purposes and it is only
reasonable to presume that in the
future it will start a regular schedule
•of work. Other dirigibles will be
- built and additional companies will be
• organized for commercial aviation pur
poses, When we get started on the
matter in a serious and determined
manner we will soon catch the Eu
ropean nations.
MAKING A PLAYGROUND OF A
CEMETERY.
Why is it that people will congre
gate in a cemetery? ’Tis a fact that
i.. in most cities in this part of the
country at least, cemeteries are used
as loafing places, and it is not unus
ual to find graves used as locations for
gambling games of all kinds.
Cemeteries arc usually public and
" for that reason it is practically im
possible to keep people from congre
gating in them. The fact that they
| . congregate is not so bad, but it is a
serious matter when graves are molest
ed and monuments are used for aero
batics stunts.
L * Concord persons who vis
;; -~ited Oak wood Cemetery last Sunday
were^ rightly displeased when they saw
urchins climbing over a magnificent
monument, each boy, leaving marks
from his dirty feet on the white mar
ble of the monument. Time and time
again these youngsters climbed to the
«* top of the monument and slid down
its smooth stone. And each time they
left foot and hand prints on the
stone.
These same people noticed that vis
itors in the cemetery apparently had
.no Regard for :flowcrs,{fiouei _pots. and
bottles' that had i been placed 1 on
graces. It was reported that on sev
eral instances persons ; were seen to
take a flower pot or vase from a
grate, carry it for some distance ami
place it on another grave, where it
; wac filled with flowers. Other per-
1 sons were seen to take flowers, vase
and all.
' It is practically impossible to po
lice the whole of the cemetery and it
should not be necessary to (fcf so, but
j it seems that something will have to
:be done to keep under control the
J Sunday crowds at Oakwood. The
keeper is on the job six days in tht
week and undoubtedly it is know*
j that he is not . likely to be present on
! Sunday. Persons are wont to take
advantage of his absence to abuse
property and make nuisances of them
selves. The suggestion has been made
and we think it is a good one, that po
lice officers drive through the ceme
tery several times each Sunday and
keep watch for those persons who dese
crate holy ground by thievery and
abuse. '
OUR BUILDING RECORD.
Six States in the South had more
i building work during the first six
; months oT 1025 than did North Caro
lina. according to Walter J. Matherly,
lof the University of North Carolina)
School of Commerce in the August is-!
' sue of North Carolina Commerce and
Industry. According to figures made
i public the total volume of new build
ings amounted to $19,233,275.
"During the first six months of
1025,'’ writes Mr, Matherly, “North
Carolina continued to make great
progress in building operations. The
total volume of new construction for
the first six months of 1025 as report
ed by twelve eiites in the State was
$19,322,275. As compared with the
first six months of 1024, there is an
increase of more than 10 per cent, in
dicating greater expansion in the first
half of 1025 than in the first half of
1925. Assuming that the same rate
of expansion for the first half eon
titnues through the second half of
1025, building operations for 1025
will show a decided increase over 1024.
j “Among the . sixteen Souther|n
States. North Carolina ranks seventh.
Heading the list is Florida with a to
tal volume of now buildings amount
ing-to $72,341,000. Following in or
der of importance are Missouri with
Texas with $47,535,000,
Maryland with $40,406,000, Kentucky
with $22.593j000, and Tennessee with
$20,247,000.”
Quoting the Semr-Antiual Survey,
containing statistics for 130 cities in
the South. Mr. Matherly pointed out
that Charlotte led the State with a
total of $4,450.00. followed in succes
sion by Asheville with $3,158,000,
Winston-Salem with $2,717,000, Ral
eigh with $2,438,000 and Greensboro
with $2,015,000.
One of the significant things includ
ed-in the Survey is the reference to
continued progress in the textile indus
try. —“Two of the outstanding reas
ons,” says the report, “for continued
textile expansion are the trend of
northern manufacturers towards the
southern plants and the determination
of the southern mill men to obtain
their share of the fine cloth business
of the country.”
TIME TO GET PLAYGROUND IS
\J HAND.
We hope the committee appointed
by the aldermen to inquire into a play
ground for Concord will be able to
make a favorable report. The matter
has been under advisement for some
time and it is probable that the com
mittee will be ready to report early
in September.
Gastonia people want more parks
and playgrounds there. The Gazette
of that city pointing out that “the.
oppressive. weather of the past few
days served to emphasize the need of
more parks and playgrounds in Gas
tonia.” The Gazette also issues a
yearning against delay because “the
day is soon coining when this city will
not have the Wide open spaces and
vacant lots now enjoyed and utilized
for play spots.”
Concord people should remember
this. Children are able to find a few
vacant lots in >tho city now but Con
cord is growing and these lots are
going to be utilized as sites for build
ings. The longer we delay the higher
prices we must pay for available sites.
Land is higher in cost each year than
it was the year before.
Os course the cost of such a proj
ect must be considered and the aider
men are - not expected to go into the
thing with their eyes shut; but at the
same time they are not to be expected
to allow the matter of money to solely
control their decision for the children
need a place-to play and if a play
ground can be secured at reasonable
cost to the city we hope the aider
men will see^ fit to establish one with
out delay.
Preparations are being made at
both the State University and State
College for the entrance of more than
600 Freshmen. __ More than 600 new
men have already signed up at the
l Diversity and the total there may
reach 800. At State the number of
new students is certain to be in ex
cess of 600. Duke, Davidson, Wake
Forest and other colleges are prepar
ing to take care of the greatest* enroll
ments in their, histories. With the
regard to the women colleges the sit
uation is much the same. Hundreds
of students are already enrolled aud
many others have been denied admis
sion. AH available dormitory space
1 has been takdSi and the .work so map
ped out that ~the \
j einuot 'take'’ey're of more' students.''
j Tax reduction plans are taking mqre
J definite shape now and President
Coolidge plans to have another reduc
tion in. effect by March 31st, when the
taxes are next due. The sooner the
reductions come the better, and the
| more people they benefit tfie better.
There is certain to be no opposition
I from the tax-paying public on this
1 matter, although the nature of the
1 reductions is certain to bring out a de
-1 termined fight in Congress.
LEAVING IT TO THE LAW.
Calling attention to the four or five
assaults by negroes on white women
within the State in recent weeks, and
the faet that no attempt was made by
mobs to “get” the negroes, The Char
lotte Observer says the patience of
the State has been put to the test, and
the State has so far proved “mob
proof. ”
After pointing out that in each
case the negro suspected of the as
sault has been turned over to the
State for safe-keeping and trial, The
Observer says “a situation of this kind
could exist in no State except one in
which respect for the law is estab
lished to a point even beyond that of
extreme provocation. We will hear
nothing of these assault cases in the
Northern papers, while, on the other
hand, if a single lynching had develop
ed out of them, the big headlines
would hflve been brought into play the
country over. Isn’t it so? The as
sault on a woman is not news; the
lynching that might follow is. The
patience of the State has been put
to the test, and the State has so far
proved mob-proof.”
In a majority of the cases of this
kind, at least, the law has moved
swiftly in North Carolina. Special
terms of court have been called where
the regular session was some weeks
off; long, drawn-out trials have been
avoided and justice has been true.
These are the reasons the people of
the State are leaving these cases to
the law. We have made our officers
and courts function properly in re
gard to these eases at least, and when
such a efise is reported the public con
fidently a\vaits the justice of the
court.
WHAT WILL THE CROPS BE
LIKE.
There seems to be some uncertain
ty in this county now as to the out
come of the cotton ami other crops. In
some sections, where the drought has
been more pronounced cotton and corn
have made no headway, but it is re
ported that in sandy and “black jack”
lands the crops will be good.
The drought has been very severe
in some sections and not only are the
crops dried up, but trees are dying
from lack of moisture. Red lands,
retain moisture like the
sandy and “black jack” lands, have
not been sufficiently wet to produce
good crops and this means some farm
ers will produce lirtle cotton while his
neighbor maybe, will have a fair crop.
Final statistics probably will show
that more cotton was planter in Ca
barrus this year’4ban last year, and
last year's acreage was about 20 per
cent, over that of the year before.
The increased acreage in this county
is not expected by some persons to
bring a bigger yield by reason of the
poor condition of the crop in some lo
calities.
The boll weevil has done practically
no damage to the crop in\his county
so far. One of the largest farmers in
the county who reported weevils on
his cotton last year and the year be
fore, lias found none of the insects
this year. Another farmer whose cot
ton is in good condition, has been
heard to remark thivi daily inspections
have failed to locate any weevils in
his cotton fields.
A price of about 22 1-2 cents and a
crop of about 14,000 bales seem likely
now for this county, according to
many cotton men.
THE NEW FURNITURE FAC
TORY.
Business circles of the city show
much interest in the announcement
that Concord again is to have a fur
niture factory.. .Such a business en
terprise was conducted here a num
ber of years ago but since that com
pany ceased operations no one else
could be found to enter that particu
lar field in this city until Mr. W. M.
Linker definitely decided that Con
cord needed a furniture factory and
that such a business project will be a
paying proposition in Concord as it is
in other cities in this State.
The maximum capacity of the plant
at first will be such that between 40
and 50 expert furniture men will be
needed to man the machinery. These
experts will demaud a rather large
payroll and their families will mean
several hundred additional persons in
Concord.
Mr. Linker has been eommended for
his decision to erect the mill in Con
cord, where he has other successful
business interests, for every new bus
iness enterprise which comes to the
city adds business for other business
concerns.
Rimer Community Meeting.
Rimer community meeting will be
held Friday night, August 21st. The
following will be the program :
Scripture and prayer.
Recitation by Daisy Stallings.
Recitation by Inez Safrit.
Music.
A short play : Love’s Portion.
, Music. -
■ Kepitsflion by Leonard. Bost.
Dialogue.
Music.
Reading by W. A. Sifford.
Music.
The Furr string baud of Albemarle,
will be with us. Everybody welcome
to come.
THE CONCORD TIMES r "
MOUNT PLEASANT NEWS
! Community Sing.—Personal and So
cial Items.
j Mt. Pleasant, Aug. 18.-—The week
ly community sing will be held Wed
’ neßday evening at 7:30 on the Col
legiate Institute campus,
j Miss Laura Heilig was hostess to
i a house party last week, having as
I her guests Miss Lorene Brown, of
I Mooresville ; Miss Yera Campbell and
[ Leonard Campbell, of Jefferson,* S.
IC., and Lapsley White, of Mcßee,
S. C.
| Complimenting her house guests,
• M iss Heilig entertained Thursday as
-1 ternoon from 4to 6. Delightful
fruit punch was served throughout the
afternoon. Progressive hearts dice
was played, Miss Mary Margaret Bar
rier winning the highest score, an
exquisite box of powder. The honor
! guests were presented with dainty
i handkerchiefs. Following the games
| an ice course was served.
] Friday afternoon Miss Heilig en-
I tertained again at a swimming party
at Ritchie’s Lake. Mr. and Mrs.
1 John McDow chaperoned the party of
! thirty young people.
Miss Ada Stirewaltj, ;of J China
; Grove, and Mrs. I. INI. Haliburton,
iof La Grange, Ga., were the guests
; of last Wednesday of Mrs. John C.
McDow.
Miss Cora Lee Buchanan, .of Con
cord. spent the past week-end here
I at the home of her aunt, Mrs. A. N.
| James.
j Rev. 'J. P. Miller, of Richmond,
Indiana, visited friends here Sunday
and Monday. Mr. Miller was for
merly pastor of the Lutheran Church
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Foil and
family returned last Saturday from a
two weeks' sojurn in the mountains
of western Carolina.
Last Saturday evening Miss Mary
Margaret Barrier entertained about
thirty of her friends in honor of Miss
Laura Heilig’s house guests. Music,
games and delightful refreshments
[ made up a happy evening. *
j Rev. W. It. Rrow'n find his two
j daughters, Miss Josephine Brown and
i Mrs. David Hornshell, of Rural Re
treat, Ya., visited friends here Mon
day.
Misses Alma and Wilma Tucker
were the guests in Richfield last week
of Mr. and Mrs. A. I). Miller.
Miss Janie Alice Hartsell, of Un
ionville. has for the past two weeks
been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. W.
S. Hartsell.
John H. McDaniel was called Mon
day to his home near Gooleemee by
I the desperate illness of his father.
Mr. and Mrs. C: L. Bright and
| daughters returned Monday from
1 Tennessee) where they had spent six
j weeks in Liberty ami Nashville. ,
Mrs. M. E. Welsh had as her guest
! last week Miss Maggie Mayer, of
| Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Hartsell, of
Salisbury, spent the past week-end
1 here with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hart
! sell.
j Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Fisher, of
; Kannapolis, spent the week-end with
, home folks here.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. McDow gave
, an elaborate course dinner last Sun
' day, having as their guests: Miss Lo-
I rene Brown. Yera Campbell. Laura
and Lillian Heilig anil Lapsley White,
j Leonard Campbell and Paul Foil,
i Miss Mildred Blomgren returned
last Saturday from Salem. Ya., where
she had visited friends for a week.
WOMAN SHOT IN EAR
WHEN AUTO IS FIRED UPON
Car Runet-Riddled in Virgin;* by Men
Who Are Said to Have Been Of
ficers.
• Rocky Mount. Aug. 17. —Mrs. W. I.
Perkins was wounded and the auto
mobile of Matthew M. Riggsby. in
which she was riding, bullet-riddled
when men garbed in civilian clothes,
but said to be officers of the law,
oj>ened fire on the machine as if was
returning from Petersburg, Ya., and
at a point between Emporia and
Lawreneeville, according to the story
told here by the occupanbrof the car.
Mrs. Perkins’ left ear was shot al
most completely off. the windshield of
the car was broken and bullet marks
were to be found in many places on
the back of the car. The tires were
unharmed, and this led to the conten
tion that the wielders of the guns
were attempting to shoot the driver
of the car in their effort to stop him.
The story told is that as the car
was en route from* Emporie armed
men appeared in the highway, and
Mr. Riggsby speeded up the vehicle.
The men opened fire but Mr. Riggsby
sped onward despite-the fact that a
Ford automobile had been parked
across the highway in the effort to
prevent passage by another car. How
ever, other armed men came from the
brush along the road and in front of
the car and began firing as the Itissby
automobile approached, it is stated,
and this firing continued even after
the car had passed.
Mi*. Riggsby rush'd to Roanoke
Rapids, where officers of that city
stopped the car, having been advised
in the interim by Emporia authorities
to be on the lookout for the car which
apparently was suspected of being en
gaged rn liquor running. Search of
the ear revealed no liquor, it was
stated. Mrs. Perkins, with whom
Mr. Riggsby boards here, was given
medical attention at Roanoke Rapids
hospital and the wound was later
dressed by a local physician.
Institution of legal action looking
to redress in the matter is proposed
by Mr. Riggsby, it is stated, and he
was reported to be in Roanoke Rapids
this afternoon in conference with at
torneys looking toward the institu
tion of action to this end.
Railway Underpass at Gastonia.
Gastonia, Aug. 19 ( A 3 ) —A railway
underpass will be constructed on Ches
ter street here within the next nine
months, at a cost of approximately
$58,000. This announcement was
made here following a conference be
tween city officials and representa
tive*; of the Southern Railway.
The new uitd^rpass,‘-it isianiiquflqed,
will solye one- ofcf the wi>f«i -traffic
problems now facing this* city.
Fairs are held' to show improve
met made during the year in the
community and its products- There
fore the be«t should be selected for
• exhibition say extension workers at
: State College.
DINNER STORIES
Said With a Sneeze.
The old lady came out of a half
doze as the train approached a sta
tion. “Where are Bobby?” she
asked. . , „
-I don’t know', grandma.
“But didn’t the conductor call out
something just now?”
"No grandma; he just stuck his
head inside the door and sneezed.”
"Bobby,” she exclaimed, “quick,
help me with these things. This is
Osh-kosh.”
She Found Out.
Two women, previously unac
quainted, were conversing at a re
ception.
After a few conventional remarks
the younger exclaimed: “I can’t
think what has upset that tall .man
over there. He was most attentive to
me just now, and now he won’t even
glance at me.”
“Perhaps he saw me come in,”
said the other. “He’s my husband.”
Unknown to Him.
At an evening school in the north,
a new pupil presented hinlself, a
lad evidently of uncultivated charac
ter.
"We are studying some selections
from Tennyson’s works,” said the
teacher.
“Yes, sir” replied the pupil, per
fectly willing to accept the state
ment on trust.
"I suppose,” continued the teach
er. “you don’t know much of Tenny
son’s works?”
“No. sir, I can’t say as I do,
though I do know most of the fac
tories in the fcown. Be they steel
smelting works, sir?”
One Way to Uoine Out.
"I told the old lady what was what
last night.”
"And how did you come out?”
“On a stretcher.”
Had the Mind of a Millioiwirc.
"I give you just three days to
pay your rent.”
“All right, I’ll take the Fourth of
July, Christmas and Easter.”
Willie’s Last Question.
Willie—“Mamma, will you answer
just one more question!? Then I
won’t bother you any more.”
Mother —“All right, what is it?”
Willie—“ Why is it that the little
fishes don’t drown before they learn
to swim?”
“What do you mean, Smith,” a
friend inquired, “by pawning all
your inightshirty?”
“Haven’t you heard?" said Smith
“I’ve got a job as night watchman.”.
He—Do you like candy, young
lady?
She (eaggerly)—Oh, yes sir.
lie (calmly) —Thanks. I’m gath
ering statistics for a candy com
pany.
Store Clerk —Pardon me, sir, but
our rules forbid us to recieve bent or
battered coins from customers.”
Customer —But I recived that very
coin as change.
Store Clerk—Very likely, sir. We,
hav no rule against giving bent coins
to customers.
First Flapper—Say, what is an oc
togenarian. anyway ?
Next Flapper—Aw, I (luuno.
Why?
First Flapper— Well, they must
be an awwfully sickly lot, because
whenever I hear of one of them
they’re always dying.
Mrs Elephant—Gracious, that wag
a close shave.
Mr. Elephant—Yes, it would have
served the fool right if he had hit
us.
News Editor—Did you interview
the celebrity?
Reporter—Yes.
Editor —What did he say?
Rej>orter—Nothing.
Editor—l know that. But how
ninny columns of it?
A man of the world had slipped
and fallen on the icy sidewalk. A
deacon of the church come along
and remarked quite solemnly “The
wicked standeth in a slippery place.”
“I see they do. but I can’t,” replied
the fallen man, trying to arise.
BRYAN’S SON TO CONTINUE
ANTI-EVOLUTION FIGHT
Will Carry on Father’s Work to For
bid Theory in Schools.
Miami, Fla.. Aug. 10. —Colors un
der which William Jennings Bryan
waged his fight against the teaching
'of evolution in the schools of Amer
ica will not be furled.
Ilis only son, William Jennings
Bryan. Jr., said in an interview with
the Miami Daily News today that he
will carry on the work in which his
father was engaged at the time of
his death and will continue to engage
in legal fights to take the teaching of
evolution out of the schools.
Woman Senator Charges Fraud.
“I warn you that if a widow, 00
years old, who has been buncoed out
of her money, cannot he heard by the
legislature, I will publish it from the
Great Likes to the Gulf.” Mrs. W. H
Felton, the first of her sex to hold
a sea* in the United Slates Senate,
told an investigating committee of the
Georgia legislature. Tears streamed
down her wrinkled checks as the
Georgia woman claimed she was vie
.timized in a bank stock deal and de
manded “justice.”
Mrs. Felton opposed an amendment
to t’.ie state banking law which would
give more power to the state banking
commissioner. A Donaldsonville in
stitution in which she was interested
failed, she asserted, after the com
missioner had assured her that it was
in sound condition. , The legis’ative
committey t6 (p. K. a bill that
would have relieved; Mrs. Felton of
paying a $1,500' assessment as sfcoek
j holder in the bank.
Practically all of the Latin-Ameri
can countries will have- display** at
the International Trade Exposition
which will be held in New Orleans
in September.
Furniture Factory Will Be
Built In This City Soon
W. M. Linker Will Erect Factory at Site of the Old
Yorke Furniture Factory—Work to Begin on Struc
ture in the Near Future.
! A modern furitnure factory is to
be erected in Concord at once, the
site of the old Yorke Furniture Fac
tory having been secured for the pro
ject.
Announcement of a decision to
build the factory was made this morn
ing by W. M. Linker, one of. Con
cord's most successful business men.
who hopes to have Vile plant in op
eration by January Ist. Mr. Linker
has been at work on plans for the
factory for some time and he has
made such progress on them that he
is now' in position to make them pub
lic.
Porch chairs, kitchen tables, library
tables and plain chairs will be manu
factured at the factory, Mr. Linker
announced, the output to increase as
business increases. The maximum
weekly capacity -of the plant at first
will be 1.800 chairs, 500 porch chairs,
250 kitchen tables and 200 library
tables.
Mr. Linker purchased the property
for his factory from W. W. Flo we
and associates and the site includes
between 10 aud 32 acres. A num
ber of years ago the Yorke Furniture
Factory was operated on the same
site, but buildings used by that com
pany have been torn down and an en
tirely new plant will be erected by
Mr. Linker.
Sidetracks connect the site with 'the
main line of the Southern Railway
Co., and this fact will facilitate the
securing of materials for the factory
and will eliminate the necessity for
building a connecting link from the
CATAWBA OLD PEOPLE
PREDICT HARD WINTER
They Believe Conditions Existing
From 1880 to 1882 Are Repeating
Themselves.
Long Island, Aug. 16.—Father
Gabriel, of France, is not the only
one who has been predicting a long
and hal'd winter for 1925-26, accord
ing to Fred H. Lytton, of this place.
He bases his predictions cn tfie
lunar solar cycle of 744 years,- while
aged observers of the eastern part of
Catawba county base theirs on the
conditions existing from 1880 to 1882
which they believe are repeating them
selves.
They say the summer of 1881 was
as dry and hot, if not more so, than
has been the present summer, and
the winter following was the severest
known to aged people of that date.
Snow fell almost every week-end fpr
six or seven weeks and would begin
to melt and then freeze over. More
snow would fall on top of this and
by the same melting and freezing
i process formed into a compact snow
which lay on the ground for weeks
and weeks. This was so rough and
hard that people had to wrap the
legs of beasa-st of burden to protect
them from injuries when taking grain
to the mills or in using them in any
other way.
The corn mills were able to run
only when the weather moderated
enough' to thaw the streams so as to
furnish water for power. Some of
the old timers express the conditions
of 1881 with a shaking of the head
and the words, “That time was
rough.”
After talking of the severe part of
it for awhile they will then turn to
the amusing one and interest you with
their fun at hunting. From what
one hears he learns the fact that
dogs were not essential in the chase
of rabbits. * Jason Eads told of a
large 'rail pile that became the ren_
dezvous of the rabbits and says that
he with a crowd of comrades tore
the pile down. “Cotton tails” were
many, and very few, if any, escaped.
_AU these aged citizens are antici
pating a severe winter but not so bad
as the one of 1881.
KANSAS MAN RECEIVES
SEVEN-YEAR SENTENCE
Judge Lane Imposes Heavy Punish
ment for Stealing Auto —Liquor
Cases Get Road Sentences.
David Willbanks. said to be a na
tive of Kansas, drew the heaviest
penalty at the seosion of Superior
Court iuesday when he was sentenced
by Judge Lane to serve seven years
in t'he State prison and wear a felon’s
stripes.
Willbanks, alias .T. A. - Cullens and
Johnson, plead guilty to a charge of
larceny in the theft of an automobile
from a Mr. Pate, of Kannapolis.
When apprehended, he was in South
Carolina, where he had tried to sell
the car..
Liquor cases took the next heaviest
penalties. C. G. Sides, charged with
having and transporting liquor, plead
guilty and was sentenced to serve six
months on the county roads, not to
wear stripes. Jesse Woodall received
the same sentence on a charge of re
ceiving and possessing liquor.
The case of B. E. Davis, charged
with operating a car while intoxi
cated, was continued till next term of
court.
Dan Linker, charged with having
liquor for sale, plead guilty and was
sentenced to two years on the roads.
,R. E. Jones, w'lio plead guilty to
giving a worthless check, was fined
$25 and was required to pay Walter
Furr the sum of sll7 80 which was
due him.
Two juries were chosen. The first
included M. F. Crayton, C. M. Rus
sell, W. L. H. Barber. W. D. Arm
strong, F. M. Trull, C. L. Ketcltie,
Ralph HartseH, W. L. Naice, John
Query. Charles Cress, J. C. Setzer
.and W. E. Litaker. The second
was: J. B. Cannon, Charlie Miller,
A.-.M.i Haytsell v ßen B.. J.
Hartnell. ?>E. H. Vhii-Pelt, A. fjie Oa?-
riker,. Hhakespear RhadMA. L.* Black*,
I'. G. Pope. Anderson Cruse and IV.
J. Glass.
In normal times the great Krupp
steel works at Eeeen employs 60,-
000 mem I
factor to the Southern's line**. The
track was laid a number of years ago
and is in excellent condition.
Mr. Linker declined to state the
amount of money to be involved in the
purchase of the property and erection
of the building, but the • project is
known to be of the largest undertaken
here in several years.
In order to have his machinery
ready for installation as soon as the
building is completed Mr. Linker in
tends to purchase it within the next
week. Only modern machinery will
be purchased.
“I am planning a modern factory."
Mr. Linker stated, “and for that rea
son I will purchase only modern ma
chinery. My equipment will include
machinery not found in all furniture
factories of this state for I intend
to take rough logs and carry them
through to finished products. Manu
factories purchase their lumber and
only finish it. I feel that better re
sults can be obtained and better serv
ice offered if we buy our logs and
treat them to suit our needs.’!’
Between forty and fifty employees
will be needed to operate the faetory
wlien it is first started Mr. Linker
stated, and already he has secured
a number of experts who will have
direct charge of the actual work in
the factory. Experts are needed for
furniture work, Mr. Linker pointed
out, and employees in his factory will
of necessity be paid high wages.
Mr. Linker stated that he will be
sole owner of the factory, he having
made no effort to interest other cap
ital in die project.
ROSY FOOTBALL PROSPECTS
AT DAVIDSON THIS YEAR
Twelve Letter Men Will Be Back to
Start Practice.—Concord Will Have
Two Men on Team.
Davidson Colleg'e has every pros
pect for a good football team tins
year. With eleven and probably
twelve letter men back to start on.
there is little doubt that the Wildcats
will have another of those scrappy
aggregations for which the Presbyte
rian institution is justly famous.
Concord is expected to figure prom
inently in the personnel of this year’s
line-hp. Nick Sappeitfield, star quar
terback and one of the brainiest boys
in the game, will again assume his
position as leader of the team. Not
only has'he a berth assured, but he
has been prominently mentioned along
with Tom Baker as a possibility for
captain in place of Captain-elect
Boggs, who is not returning.
Charlie Ritchie is the other man
who seems to have picked out a spot
Ijc* wants on the team. As a fresh
man last year, he played brilliant
ball and Coach Younger has been re
ported as having declared that he had
more promise than any other man on
the team. Ritchie played four years
on the Concord High and was always
an outstanding man. It is almost
certain that he will hold down one of
the tackles.
Davidson, from the looks of things,
will boa trifle stronger than she was
last year. The school will hardly be
able to conquer either Carolina or
"Wake Forest but will probably be
better than State and Duke, unless
the unexpected happens in the two
latter schools.
Last year saw Davidson with one
of the scrappiest elevens in the state,
and one which was almost built up
from the ground, so to speak. It was
a team of which nothing was expected
before season and turned out to be a
team of astonishing agility and re
markable aptitude in not fumbling. It
was a little light but made up for this
in swiftness.
Carolina was the only school in the
State able to win and Carolina's vic
tory was by a 0-0 margin, two drop
kicks. Wake Forest did not play the
Presbyterians, State College tied them
at 10-10, Duke fell by a score of 21-1”
and Lenoir-Rhyne was snowed under
to the tune of 45-0.
Hendrix, Covington and Hunt, from
the baekfield, will be missed and Cap
tain Davis, Summers and Boggs in the
line will have to be replaced.
Baekfield letter inen who return are
Black, fullback; Wells and Legette.
halfbacks ; Sappenfield, quarter; and
probably McCombs, halfback. The
baekfield is well balanced with these
five. Black can do the line plunging.
Wells and Legette are good on either
plunges or runs and Sappenfield does
the passing together with some end
work. Legette was last year’s punt
er-
In the line, two men from last year
stand out prominently—Toni Baker
and Vance. Both men were mention
ed on practically all the all-state lists.
Baker was a tackle and Vance a (
guard. It is possible that Baker may
be shifted to an end which is his reg
ular place. There are plenty of oth
er tackles, namely, Laird, Anderson
and Charlie Ritchie, the latter from
the freshmen team.
Two ends will return. They are
Bohannon and Pinkney. Both of
these players will be forced to extend
themselves if they keep their places if
Tom Baker takes an end and if Aro
rowsmkb, from the freshmen class,
does all lie gives promise of doing.
McConnell, a most accurate center,
will be back for the middle position.
In addition to Ritchie and Arro
sinith from the fresh, Gray, a back
field man capable of filling any i>osi
tion, comes up and will make a sub
stitute for any of the men who rnu.v
be incapacitated.
Drug store gossip is at present giv
ing Davidson third position in The
pre-season s mythical placing of the
Plant! for a country-wide organi
zation campaign will be formulated
°y Bie Cigar Makers ’ Internationa!
In ion of America at its annual con
vention. W'hieh is to begin in Boston
on August 10.
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