W March 28, 1927
rs VTJ K GROVE.
- nm l Miss Helen
n Concord visit
1 Friday night with
V mother.
, ( V ; nil Mrs. Herman
; ' ; , u i»H* last Thurs
! ' ',, r ,.M'iit enjoyed a good
dinner aad lots
v n accompanied
• • ' / < >. Holland on a trip
’ , v iH-re they visited Mr.
"( .Mann and attended
When they re
-1!;J' M. ; . Kddiemau spent
. ! ' in the home of
; ill Salisbury.
/ '■...... note the serious
1 -a- oldest ladies, Mrs.
w'iafoff. 'awl ' vish a
..,» r ioi!s illness to re-
U “ are glad to say.
.Fiona and children,
. ' r , Kv,. are risiting at the
j F j*a' > parents. Mr. and
Y I'astor, of Hileman’s
t M r . \V. F. Eddleman en-
Sunday School ‘classes
'and .1. A. Winecoff
Tl'uirsdav evening. Many
‘ and lots of real
jj 'several comical readings
j p, ( .ide- music and sing
». invited to the dining room
t „ t . , and cake was
\isv:re;;tiice. All departed
i tbeia-elves a- having a real '
Th i>re<ent from .T. A.
’ ,j. lSs were: I.eon and Aub
ifotT. Hess Castor, W.
lie Kitej'.ie. Lewis Eddle
'r.U' Lrvia. Howard Hile
;from Mrs. Kddleman’s class
pa an i Vertie Castor, Pau-
Kathryle Chambers, Mary
Ciaitr-i-atv. Pearl Ervin,
pieman and Marjirie .lack
er sts present were Mr.
j Winecoff. li. L. Ervin
s ('allie Winfcnff Bertie Ed
jij,. Harris and Ruth Brant
fedleman visited at the home
| Mr;. Gideon Kirk Wednos-
I Mr.-. F. M. Cook and two
ipcut Saadaj visiting Mrs.
iVr. Mr . W. S. Allison, of
ill be ;ui Easter program at
[ovr this year, so plan to
[he date will be announced
f<*rge Patterson ' is confined
[by illness. We hope she
Be well. ~-j
| Mrs. L. Wcddington.
foiis. visited ;it the home of
lirs. X S. Caldwell last
Mr.-. J. L. Eddleman aud
IVar. Earnhardt. Mr. and
Y. IMdlenum aud children,
. Eddleman and Miss Bertie
attended the big birthday ■
Mtn L. A. Eddleman at his '
[hina Grove Sunday.
Mis. Henry H'leman and
Iron and Mr. and Mrs, C
[ spent last Sunday after- ,
; Mr. and Mrs. W. "s. Alii- j
Huntersville. - <
pra Barbee j s visiting her
f. •! H. Earnhardt, who is i
DS from her recent illness,
ids of peop e come to our
r to see-the impending dam
Concord. The lake is full :
Very pretty to see. ;
[as a box supper at Patter-
I house Friday night.
It not least in importance :
Mrh announcement. "We
(ay School at 10 o'clock and i
at 11 o'clo' k every first and !
lays and Sunday School at
preaching at 3 o'clock on
and fourth Sundays. Floyd
L Sunday School superm
ini a good one. Rev. E. F.
I paster. Mr. Hoof is a line
and if you haven’t heard
pave missed a treat, duct
see fn;- yourself. F.very
«a<'. REPORTER.*
1XC0RI) ROUTE ."».
fi'in is le.iking line in this
Barnliarilt underwent an
f*' r appendicitis at the Con
pita! last Thursday. His
much improved.
I Mrs. J. ilulFs and son.
/ ur i ;i -r Sunday in Stanly
■ Osborne.
d Mis.. .loliu Canupp. of
;l si 'ort while Sundav
J ,h '' 11 -me of j. r Mnllis.
u Mrs. Arthur Baugh and
// Saturday night in No.
h 'y tl . S. p, i.-.t and families
,YY !lt Badin fishing.
L‘ Hl '' ! :i!K I family spent
.""Mr. and Mrs. Martin
/ l.tnv, n-lr't, .
1 ' t dulius Furr is uu
ilVl v : hr - i° cougratulate
|./ ," n the two sermons
1 •' in flic Times. May
em) iil!n :ilw ays even
j 1 “ d " f th" world.
itt u* " ; . ls l''‘' n s ,r <‘Sßing
, -*a rv n A Stttrnes
L l* i: l l<* Bnrnhardt as
tat>* *’°inf schools
(oi.- ri,iav ttf'ternoon. The
'' J dUa i;: 111 favor of Fink.
'-hIZA JANE.
l 0 10 V. \SIIIP.
IV E‘‘: g regardless
fun,',' n ,i:ul >hui, lias
"I’i" .'! unity to do
tv,-, , , 11 S:n vii’g wood,
a £; '' rinrN and many
1 tint ' , v, ull farming.
; r,t ~ >llU!,r| spring p10w
p,r;,,,,, ' i'-voi-yone has
!W idowecl the
'h" ;m b '-' in K made
' a " 1 "' ,lir of cotton
■ C,:;-;- ”-<«mker, of
a, -!'acl..M, H( " t; ; k '! 11 « lrcat ’
‘ ouital m muc h
J. R. McAnulty, of Flowe’s store,
: who has been confined to his home by
illness for a wepk or so, is able to
j walk about the yard.
I No improvement is noted in the
conditions of J. B. Green and J. C.
MeETachern. Both have been sick for
1 a long time, and are substantial men
ofr the township.
The second quarterly conference for
this year for Bethel was held last
Friday afternoon with Dr. Z. Paris,
presiding elder of the Salisbury dis
trict, in the chair. G. M. Gray, Ken
j dall Eaves, A. O. Carriker and J. M.
t Hartsell were elected delegates to the
district conference which meets some
time next month with the Methodist
congregation at Spencer..
It is not thought that the cold
weather of last week did serious dam
age to the fruit crop.
FAITH.
Mr. Monroe Peeler came in one of
getting killed this morning while he
and others were loading granite on
his motor truck. The derrick broke
and fell striking Mr. Peeler on the
head. He was rushed to the Salis
bury Hospital in an unconscious con
dition.
We had a big white frost last night
and today is a clear beautiful day.
Here is a card we received. 'A Mr.
Brown told you he had a Dutch book
dated 1791. I have one dated 1530.
Julian M. Sifford, Route 2, box 57,
Rockwell, N. C. Mr. Brown w’ill
have to trot out another book.
We met Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Flem
ing and little Buster, of Greensboro,
taking lunch-at the Salisbury Case
today.
Here is a letter w r e just received:
Concord, N. C., Route G. .
March 23, 1927.
/ Mr. J. T. Wyatt, Dear SirWe
will write you a few lines and am
glad to tell you that my foot cs better
with eczema siuee using your salve.
Respectfully, Mrs. J. J. Padgett. Con- -
cord, N. C., Route «, Noreott Mill.
A large number of motor trucks are
now hauling granite to the railroad
from the quarries.
Pretty Little Girl, the writer of the
Poplar Tent Items, says J. W. Barber
set 119 eggs and hatched 97 and calls
on I enus to beat it. We give it up.
1 enus and Ause Redwine, Sr., of
Faith, two of the old Civil War vet
erans, expect to go to the oM sol
diers’ reunion at Tampa, Fla., in
April if they keep well and are able
to go.
Bill Way, of Charlotte, sends Ve
nus a post cards “The Darkey Preach
er,” and says can you pray like this
brother? Bill Way, but it is copy
righted and we cannot put it in our
iieuns.
Elmer Yates was a welcome visitor
at W. A. Stirewalt’s Sunday March
20th.
Myron Bruce was a welcome visitor ;
at J. R. Ludwig's Sundav, March 20. i
VENUS.
ROBERTA. !
The weather has turned quite cool .
agaiu. i
A revival meeting is .in progress !
now, with Rev. C. H. Hill, from 1
Friendship Church, doing the preach- >
ing. He sure* is a fine man. There ■
will be all day services Sunday, March
27th and dinner on the ground. Now 1
all the good women are invited to at- (
tend andbring well filled baskets.
Everybody is cordially invited to at- 1
tend these services. There wil be
services in the afternoon at 2 o’clock,
also at night beginning strictly at 7
o’clock.
There will be preaching at Allison
Grove Methodist Church Sunday,
April 3rd. Everybody come and bear
Rev. Robert Short.
Mrs. Mack Cauup is real sick at
this t ; me. Hope she will will soon be
able to be out again.
Howard Short fell out of a barn-loft
Sunday and hurt his nose. We hope
it is not broken.
Mrs. Garner Verble has returned
home, after spending a week in Char
lotte with her sister.
HAPPY FARM GIRL.
EASTERN NO. 11.
We are listening for the chimes of
the wedding bells from several direc
tions. !
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Plott will soon
move into the.'r new house they are
having erected on the Bost Mill road '
near his father’s, E. A. Plott.
Mr. Hubert Faggurt bought a lot
from Mr. Horace Faggart, near the
Cross roads filling station and is hav
ing a nice bungalow» built. He ex
pects to have thc_ house finished this
week. ’
L. A. Plott spent Tuesday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Plott.
Little Louise Faggart is better, af
ter be : ng «o sick with torisilitis.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Wensil and
children, of Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Bost, of No. 7. and Miss Lueile
Bost, of Concord, visited I). G. Boe>t
Sunday.
Mrs. E. F. Whitley returned to her
home Saturday, after spending a week
with her daughter, Mrs. W. D. Hart
sell, of Kannapolis.
In the passiug of Mrs. Low Russel!
we feel we have lest one of our best
lifelong friends. But we feel that our
loss is her eternal gain. We offer
our deepest sympathy to the bereaved
ones. X.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. HOUSTON
f WHO DIED FRIDAY!
Services Held at Harrisburg
Church of Which She Was
a Member. —Was 111 On
ly Short Time.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam
Houston, well known woman of Hai
risburg were hold Saturday at 11
o’clock at the Harrisburg Church. In
terment was made in the cemetery of
the Church.
Mrs. Houston died Friday morning
at 7 o’clock at her home, following
au illness of two days. She was sud
denly striken Wednesday afternoon
and remained unconscious until the
end.
The deceased was 69 years of age
and is survived by her husband and
two children, Mrs. W. H. Oglesby, of
Concord, aud Mark Houston, of Har
risburg.
EATING PLACES IN
CITY GIVEN HIGHER
RATING AT PRESENT
State, County and City Offic
ials Inspect Cases and
Other Eating Places and
Rate Them.
The City of Concord has cases which
command as high a rating, when in
spected by representatives of the State
Santiary Department of the State
Board of Health, as any other city
oj? town in the State, it was said here
today following the completion of a
two days inspection of the cases of the
City by J. A. McLeod, Chife State
Santiary Inspector.
The inspection which resulted in the
cases of Concord commanding such
high 7-atings were made in Concord
Thusday and Friday. The inspections
were made by Mr. McLeod, Captain
Quint E. Smith, city engineer, and
Dr. D. G. Caldwell, County Health
officer.
In making a report of the findings
of the inspection that was made, it
was said that the cases of this City
had on an average as high a rating as
in the other cities of the State.
Announcement was made that the
cases were able to command a higher
rating following the last inspection
than ever before on account of having
installed new’ and modern equipment
since the last inspection was made.
Appreciation was expressed here to the
proprietors of the cases for cooperating
in every way that w r as possible with
the City, County aud State Health
Departments in bettering the sanitary
conditions of their places, and thus
commanding better, ratings.
The scores, or ratings, of the cases
of the City w’ero announced today by.
Captain Quint E. Smith. The Hotel
Concord led the cases of the City with
a score of 97.5. This was due to a
-large extend, it was said, by the Hotel
having the latest modern equipment.
Following the Hotel in rating came
three cases with the score of 95.5.
They were: New York Case, 12 West
Depot Street; Richie Case, 1 North
Union Street; and Carolina Case, 76
South Union {Street.
The following cases were handicap
ped by lack of modern equipment but
nevertheless they were found to be in
as good condition as the more modern
cases were, so far as sanitary cpndi
tions . were concerned, the report of
the insection states.
Other cases inspected scored the
following:
Morris Case, West Street. 59.5;
Furr’s Case, 251 McGill Street, H 7.5;
Sanitary Lunch, 25 West Depot
Street, 87.5; Kerr Street Case, 176
Kerr Street, 8G.5; Smith's Case, 272
McGill Street, SG; Big Bakers Little
Place, 214 West Dei>ot Street, 55.5;
Ferris Case, 24 South Union Street,
84.5; Forest Hill Case, 31G North
Church Street, 82.5 ; Cabarrus Lunch
Room, 28G West Borbin Street', 81.5;
Milton’s Case, 237 West Depot Street,
84.5; Dutch Lunch, 1 South Church
Street, 80.5; Rogers’ Case, 48 Buffalo
Street, 78.5; Cline and Mabry, 51
South Union Street, 78: Lauglilin’s
Case. 24G West Corbin Street, 72.5;
and City Case, 31 South Church
Street, 57/
The colored cases of the City com
manded ratings as follows: Jones'
Case, 200' Tournament Street, 90.5;
Boger’s Case, 91 Chestnut Street, 87;
and Shinn’s Case, 178 Tournament
Street, Gl.
GIRLS OF LOCAL
ASSEMBLY ATTEND
CHARLOTTE MEET
Members of Newly Organiz
ed Rainbow Assembly Vis
it Chapter in the Queen
City.
Twenty-five girls, members of the
Rainbow Assembly, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Towery, Miss
Mary McKinley, Mrs. P. M. Lafferty
and Mrs. J. W. Pike, spent part of
Thursady evening in Charlotte visit
ing the Charlotte Chapter of the As
sembly.
The Concord girls derived much
knowledge and pleasure in the initia
tions that were put on by the Charlotte
girls. In addition to learning what
proceedure was followed at a meeting
of the Assembly, the girls learned
something of the work done by a
Chapter of the Assembly.
It is believed that Mrs. Donnie Rich
Patton, State Deputy of the General
Assembly, from Elon College, will be
present at the meeting of the Concord
Chapter to be held Friday, April 1.
Although recently organized, the
Concord Assembly is manifesting a
great deal of interest in the work and
is making good progress in perfecting
the organization of the Assembly
| here. m
The Study Club.
The members of the Study Club
were delightfully entertained Thurs
day afternoon by Miss Jcnn Winslow
Coltrane at her home on North Union
street.
The music room, where the meeting
was held, was lovely with quantities
of purple and white iries, breath of
spring, pink hyacinths and violet 6.
The program was in charge of Mrs.
W. M. Sherrill. Mrs. E. Sauvain read
San article on the actors and stage in
| China. It i« interesting to note that
j the Chinese use no scenery. Each ac
j tor has to know from 20 to 200 parts.
| Mrs. Sherrill read the “Romance of
the Chinese Rug,” which told how the
rugs are made, and of what materials.
It was a pleasure to have Mrs.
Burks Withers, of Norfolk, Va., and
Mrs. E. C. Barnhardt, Jr., present.
They joined the club members for
lunch, which was served in the dining
room. Daffodils, and purple lilacs
artistically arranged in a low silver
bowl formed the center of the table,
and yellow candles in silver holders
were used. / A delicious lunch was
; served.
; The members pra*fn£ were:
I Mesdamet? D. L. Bost, I/I. Davis,
i ; E. Sauvain, R. E. Jones. C. B. Wag
‘ oner. W. M. Sherrill and Miss Mary
King.
I Charlie Paddock is one of the few
f star sprinters who are knock-kneed,
- which accounts for his being slow off
dhc mark.
THE CONCORD TIMES
BURLINGTON WILL
ENTERTAIN STATE
’ S. S. DELEGATES
)
■ Annual State Sunday School
l Convention Will Be Held
1 In Burlington Beginning
March 26th.
i On April 26, 27 and 28, Burlington j
is to be host to a large number of;
Sunday School workers from all parts
of the state who will be in attendance
at the annual convention of the North ;
Carolina Sunday School Association.
These workers will represent all evan
gelical denominations. The commit
tees in charge o farrangements for the
convention are of the opinion that his
will be the best and most representa
tive Sunday School convention held
in the state' in recent years. Through
the local committee on arrangements
in Burlington, it has been announced
that the church people of the city
will furnish free lodging and break
fast for all delegates to the conven
tion.
Burlington’s part in arranging for
the convention is in the hands of the
committee on arrangements, which was
appointed some time ago at a meet
ing of pastors, superintendents and
other Sunday School leaders in that
city.
The committee in charge of the pro
gram for the convention announces
that the program hss been so arranged
that officers aud teachers in all de
partments of tfye Sunday School can
get definite help for their work. There
will be general sessions each morn
ing aud evening, when topics of in- ,
terest to all Sunday School workers
will be discussed, The afternoons will ,
be given over to departmental confer
ences which will deal with the specific
work of each department of the Sun
day School.
The program committee further an
nounces that the following four Sun
day School specialists of continent
wide reputation have already been se
cured to speak in the convention, and
hat other prominent speakers will be
added to he list: Dr. Norman E.
Richardson, Evanston, 111., professor
of Religious Education, Northwestern
University; Mrs. Maud Junkin Bald
win, Philadelphia, Pa., supervisor of
•hildren’s work.for the United Luth
eran Church’; Dr. Percy R. Hayward,
Chicago, 111., superintendent of young
people’s work for the International
Council of Religious Education; Dr.
Selon L. Roberts. Philadelphia, l’a.,
director of leadership training for the
Northern Baptist Church.
• \ ■ •• 1, •
J. C. GARMON IS
DEAD AT HOME IN
CABARRUS COUNTY
i
Had Been 111 For Several
Years Following Stroke of
, Apoplexy, Funeral Ser
vices on Sunday.
John C. Gannon, one of the best
known farmers of Cabarrus county,
died at his home in N'o. 4 township
Friday night at 11 :05 o’clock. He
had been in ill health for several
years following a stroke of apoplexy, I
and his condition throughout the week
had been critical. i
Funeral services were held Sim- i
day afternoon at 3 o’clock ut the
Roberta Methodist Protestant Church, :
conducted by Rev. A. C. Bindley, of ;
Liberty, N. C., assisted by the pastor,
Rev. Mr. Short. Interment was
made in the cemetery of the Church. (
Mr. Garmon was. 70 years of age, (
having been born at Midland January
18, 1857, a son of the late Mr. and ]
Mrs. Michael Garmon. He was born ■
and reared in No. 1 township and ‘
spent his entire life there, being suc
cessful as a farmer.
Mr. Garmon was twice maried, his 1
first wife, Miss Sally Carriker having
died in 1914. His second wife, who
survives, was Mrs. Fannie L. Long.
He was a member of the Roberta Me
thodist Protestant Church. %
Surviving in addition to his second ;
wife, are the following children: 1
Calvin and Mike Garmon, Mrs. 11. F. 1
Plott and Mrs. W. L. Black welder,
all of Concord ; Miss Carrie Garmon,
of Charlotte; Mrs. tV. P. Ritchie, of
Raleigh ; J. B. Garmon, of Steadman,
and (). B. Gannon, of Reidsville.
NO SNOW AND ICE
IN CABARRUS BUT
PLENTY OF FROST
Snow Fell in Charlotte and
Nearby Cities Thursday
Afternoon. Low Tem
peratures in County.
That King Winter is still hanging
around was evidenced iu this section
Thursday aud Friday when snow
aud frosts were reported iu various
parts of the Piedmont section.
There was no snow in Cabarrus so
far as can be learned here but there,
was a heavy frost which it is feared
caused heavy damage to fruit and
flowers.
Snow fell in Charlotte Thursday af
ternoon but melted as rapidly as it
fell. From Lancaster, Rock Hill
and other points in South Carolina
come reports of light snows aud heavy
frosts.
No ice was reported in Concord
despite the fact that the mercury tum
bled below the freezing point. One
thermometer in the city registered 30
degrees at 7:15 Friday morning. This
• is two points below freezing but there
| was no evidence of ice.
Blick Alexander Sells Broilers.
( Mooresvflle Eutcmrisc.
i Bliek Alexander, who farms, runs
a tilling station and raises, .chickeus
at his home east of Mooresyrile three
, miles out ■on the v Salisbury-Prospeet
-'road, Tuesday delivered to a Salis
rl bury merchant 200 broilers, for which
he received 45 cents per pound. These
are milk-fed' chicks and averaged two
' pounds each. His returns on the
, load approximated SIBO. The chicks,
f Mr. Alexander said, were eight weeks
old. ‘ - '
PLANNING NEW PLANT
AT FIRST METHODIST
PROTESTANT CHURCH
Congregational Meeting to
( Be Held Third Sunday in
April to Discuss Building
of New Plant.
After a number of preliminary
1 meetings the official board of the First
Methodist Protestant Church unan
imously has voted to recommend to the
j Church a building program that woujd
give the church and Sunday School
Departments a modern building.
If the propsed building program is
carried out it would mean that the
parsonage would be removed and the
present Church building would be sal
vaged and thus clear the large lot of
all buildings.
It is planned to build in the center
of the lot a modern ar
ranged Church and Sunday School
Building in the shape of the letter
T. The Church auditorium will face
on Ann Street and the Sunday School
Building wil face on Moore Street.
It is propsed that the new- buildings
be constructed of tapestry brick of
scratched joints. The propsed plans
will call for the Auditorium and the
Sunday School Building to be of about
the same dimensions over all, each to
be sufficiently large to accomodate
500 persons. The proposed plans call
for the Sunday School building to
have a finished basementt with two
stories above. It is to be steam heated
and have plumbing of modern char
acter. It is estimated that the cost
will be about $30,000.
The crowded condition in both the
Church and Sunday School of the
present buildings is so intense that
some move as the propsed new plant
is imperative, it was said today.
Rev. G. H. Hendry, the pastor of
the Church, aud the official board are
very optimistic over the outlook for
the new Church which will fill a long
. felt need.
CONCORD NINE
DEFEATS TEAM
OF DAVIDSON
Local High School Team
Wins Opening Game of
the Season From David
son High by Score IB to 6.
Concord High baseball defeated the
Davidson High in the opening game
of the season on the home lot by the
score of ten to six Friday afternoon.
Although twenty errors showed the
lack of practice by both teaiAs, the
game was hotly contested and filled
with many thrills.
The invaders took an early lead,
but the High’s settled down and after
the fourth inning the locals were
never in doubt of victory. The thing
looked upon most by the spectators
was the pitching staff. Although with
little p'tching material, the locals feel
sure that Coach Ricnard* has. built
up a very strong and substantial staff.
This was proven when Williams, a
young right hander, stepped in the
box and called himself papa for he
was never in a close place. Black
welder, a new comer in high school
baseball, showed that the right stuff
was in him and many eyes will rest
upop him behind the plate during the
remainder of the season. Melchor also
played an unusually good game, field
ing a very difficult chance and .getting
two of the locals five hits.
Wilson, a port sider, was very ef
fective and was the outstanding star
of the visitors, sealing two doubles off
of Williams’ delivery and sending
eighteen of Concord’s batters back
to the bench by the strike out route.
Mooney also played a fine game for
the visitors.
Through the return of seven letter
men and many newcomers of prac
tically equal strength, it look as
though the locals should scud out a
team that should set the state afire.
Luck to you; we’re all behind you.
Summary: Two base hits, Wilson
2. Struck out, by Wilson, 18; Wil
liam, 13. Hit by pitcher, by Wilson,
Cochrane 8. Stolen bases. Concord
14; Davidson 5. Hits off Wilson, 5
in 8 1-2 innings. Hits off Williams,
7in 9 innings. Winning pitcher,
Williams. Losing pitcher, Wilson.
Time of game: 2:10. Umpires, Hitt
and McCauley.
Scbre by illings: It H E
Davidson ....101 020 011 —G 7 12
£oneord 010 132 03x —10 5 8
Batteris: Wilson and McClemore,
Williams and Blackwelder.
FORMAL OPENING OF
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
At Mt. Pleasant to Take Place Next
Tuesday Nisht.
There will be a formal opening of
the new High School building at Mt.
Pleasant next Tuesday night, to
which exercise the patrons and par
ents of the high school district are
cordially invited.
This high school, the largest high
school uniC of the county school, in- j
eludes in its area townships No. 6,7 i
and 8, also parts of townships 9 and
H.
The following invitation is being
sent out to patrons of the high school.
The County Board of Education
and
the Ttachers
of
Mount Pleasant High School*
request your presence at the
formal opening of the
High Sehool Building
Tuesday N:ght,
March twenty-ninth
7:30-9 :00.
High officials of the regular army
from Washington and Atlanta, lead
ers in National Guard activities
from a number of towns in North
Carolina,; Governor A. W. McLean,
of lfiis State, and numerous -others
iu civil life will be distinguished
guests of thp Charlotte militiamen,
it was learned.
The custom of exchanging colored
eggs with friends during the eastern
1 season is said to have originated in
Russia, from which country it was
introduced into other parts.of Europe.
I
PLANNING FOR 200
WOMEN AND GIRLS
[ TO ATTEND DINNER
► Entertaining Programs Be
i ing Prepared For Mother
; and Daughter Meeting to
Be Held Tuesday.
Arrangements are being made to
care for approximately 200 women
and girls at th!e Mother and Daughter
Pow Wow which will be held at Ho
tel Concord Tuesday evening at 7
o’clock.
Announcement was made today that
the meeting of the women and girls
will be a very entertaining one %ith
a variety of forme of entertainment
being given during the evening. It
was said that there would be several
short addresses but that none of the
talke would last over five minutes.
The musical part of the program
will be featured, it was said. The
Davidson College orchestra will be
present and play during the dinner
and for the reception which follows.
In addition to the orchestra music
will be furnished by a novelty quar
tette, a violin soloist, and a trio of
singers. Two young women of Queens
College, Charlotte, will also put on
a short program of entertainment.
The tables for the dinner will be
placed in the ball room of the hotel
and girls from Scotia Seminary will
act as waitresses, it was said today.
H. W. Blanks, secretary of the Y.
M. C. A., said today that every woman
and girl in this community was invit
ed to attend the dinner. Tickets to
the dinner may bo secured from any
member of the Hi-G Club or from the
offices of the “Y”.
Funeral Services for MJrs. W. M.
Dorton.
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
W. M. Dorton, who died Thursday
evening at her home near Flowe’s
Store, were held Friday afternoon at
3 :30 at Roger’s Chapel. The services
were conducted by Rev. A. G. Loftin,
her pastor, assisted by Rev. W. A.
Newell, of Mt. Airy, a nephew of the
deceased, and Rev. Mr. Avery, of
Moeksville.
The Dorton home being very near
the church, the casket was carried by
alternate sets of pall-bearers, nephews
of Mrs. Dorton, as follows: Clifford
Newell, of Charlotte, Ralph Horton,
of Salisbury, J. S. Dorton, of Shelby.
Jas. E. Dorton, E. "W. Riggers and
G. M. Hudson, of Concord, Grady,
Marshall and M. L. Brown, Richard
Newell, Harry and Richard Joyner,
of the county.
Unique and beautiful ,w£*s this furi :
era! procession, led by the pastors,
followed by about twenty flower girls,
nieces of the deceased and a large
concourse of sorrowing relatives and
friends from various parts of the coun
ty and other places including Sal
isbury. Charlotte, Shelby, Albemarle,
Gold Hill, Kannapolis, Moeksville,
Rockingham, Concord, Winston-Sal
em. and Mt. Airy. During the fun
eral service the choir composed of the
flower girls, sang “Abide With Me,”
“Nearer My God, to Thee,” “Asleep in
Jesus,” and “How Firm a Founda
tion.” '
Scripture lessons were read by Rev.
Mr. Loftrn and Rev. W. A. Newell,
each making beautiful and appropri
ate remarks bearing record of her
impeachable Christian character and
example.
Especially touching were the words
of Mr, Newell as he spoke with great
emotion of “Aunt Annie.” Recount
ing how from his earliest recollec
tions he had known her, how her
Christian influence had affected the
lives of all who knew her, always
quiet, unassuming, she went about do
ing go&d and walking in the Master’s
steps. Her Bible was a constant
companion and guide and she truly
accepted it in the faith of a little
child. With this same faith she took
all her jdys and sorrows to Him in
prayer. Do we wonder that her hus
band and children and all who knew
her have “risen up to call her bless- 1
ed?”
Many beautiful floral designs were
silent testimonials to the love and es
teem of her host of friends. X.
SHEEP HUSBANDRY
TO BE DISCUSSED
AT IREDELL MEET
Many Farmers of Cabarrus
County Are Expected to
Go With County Agent to
Meeting at Statesville.
A large number of farmers of Ca
barrus County are expected to go
with R. D. Goodman, county agent,
to a meeting to be held at Statesvijle,
Wednesday, April 6, for farmers who
raise sheen.
The meeting, according to an an
nouncement by R. D. Goodman, will
be held at the Piedmont Branch Ex
periment Station,. The morning of
the day of ths meeting will be devoted
to practical talks on sheep husbandry
and the afternoon will be given to
demonstrations.
The object of the meeting will be
to show the farmers that sheep always
pay under proper management as they
return two profits, one for lambs and
one for wool.
The following is a teuative program
for the meeting: At the morning
session: ‘
Sheep on the Branch Farm, F. T.
Meacham; Sheep for Piedmont Farm
ers, E. S. Milsaps; Winter Care of
Ewes, R. S. Curtis; Attention Needed
During Lambing Period, George R.
Evans; Best Pastures for Sheep, A.
R. Morrow; Marketing Lambs for
Wool, V. W. Levis. ,
The afternoon session will include
the following: Sheep Shearing and
Wool Tying Demonstration ;. Drench
ing Demonstrations for the prevention
of stomach worms; Docking and
Castrating Demonstration.
Where Tennvson Wrote “Maud.” $
I London, March 26.—Harrington
Hall, in Lincolnshire, where Tenny-j
I son Js supposed to have been inspired
i i to write “Maud ” is to be demolished,
i The mansion, which is only a short
i distance from the poet’s old v home,
was built iu the time of Henry VTI,
MRS. DORTON DIES
I AT COUNTRY HOME
l t AT FLOWE’S STORE
■ Had Been 111 For Several
• j Days at Her Home.—Fun
> eral Services Held at Bog
er’s Chapel Church.
> Mrs. Sophia Dorton, well known
i woman of the Flowe’s Store commun
ity, died at her home Thursday night
at 7:30 from pneumonia with which
she had been ill for a week. Her
condition had been critical for several
days.
Funeral services were held Friday
at three o’clock at Boger’s Chapel,
of which she had been an active mem
ber for many years. Interment was
made in the cemetery of the church.
Mrs. Dorton was 73 years of age,
having been born in Cabarrus county
on December 25, 1853. She was a
daughter of the late Rush and Betsy
Boger Hudson and spent her entire
life in this county.
The deceased was married fifty years
ago to M. W. Dorton, who purvives.
Also surviving are one sister, Mrs.
W. G. Newell, of this county, and
the following children: Walter 8.,
James R., M. Lawrence and Jarrell
Dorton, all of this county, and Misses
Margaret'. Josephine and Mamie Dor
ton, all of this county.
CABARRUS COTTON
CROP TOTAL MUCH
LARGER THAN 1925
So Far 19,012 ’•Bales Have
Been Ginned in Cabar
rus From the 1926 Crop.
—Fjhal Report Made.
The 1926 cotton crop in Cabarrus
was approximately one-third greater
than the 1925 crop.
This fact is established in figure**
carried- in the final ginners’ report
for the Census Bureau. From the
1925 crop 13.449 bale*; were ginned in
Cabarrus while from the 1926 crop
19.012 bales were ginned. ,
There was aq iimrekse ,i$ the- state
also,, theyl926 loth l 'being* 1,238,180
bales against 1.147,840 bales in 1925.
Totals in adjoining counties, with
the 1920 total being first, are:
Davidson 2.943 against 2,330; Gas
ton 13.489. against 8,856; Iredell 23,-
352 against 16,766; Lincoln 16,555
against 12,053; Mecklenburg 31.557
against 21,984; Montgomery 9.194
against 6,145; Rowan 18,191 against
15*706; Stanly 15,072 against 9.&75;
and Union 36,957 against 24,447.
Informal Dance Given Friday Eve
ning.
Miss Betsy Davis was hostess Fri
day evening at an informal dance at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
I. I. Davi-.
Apple blossoms and other spring
flowers added their beauty to the low
er floor of the Davis home, which was
thrown en suite for dancing.
Delightful refreshment# were serv
ed during the evening.
The guests present were: Misses
Adelaide Foil, A skins Ivey,. Frances
Boger, Mary Orchard Boger, Julia
Rowan, Mary Cannon, Billy Sapp,
Laura Mac Sapp, Annie Louise Hoo
ver, Mary Lore Flowe, Minnie Hill
Davis, and Ruth Dayvault and George
Patterson, Burnett Lewis, E. F. Cor
rell, Eugene Hoover, "Charles Kestler,
Fred Howard, Mumpford Ritchie,
Frances Pickard, Alex MacFadyen,
John Brown, Rufus Brown, Alex 1
Brown and Clarkson Brown, of Gas
tonia, Jim Willeford, Sinclair Wil
liams, Cbal White, Jack Whitefi Dav-Ji
id Crowell, Livingstone Easley, Jos
eph Canon and Reid Craven.
I
Surprise Birthday party.
Mrs. R. C. Brown delightfully en- <
tained her son, Craig, at a surprise i
birthday party Friday night at her
home on Kerr street. i
. After many interesting games were -
played the guests were invited into 1
the dining room. In tho center of the 1
table the birthday cake with its sis- 1
teen pink candles set in pink rosebud
holders and surrounded by ferns and
apple blossoms made a very pretty
table decoration. The guests were ser
ved ice cream, cake, pickles and fruit.
Those enjoying Mrs. Brown’s hos
pitality were; Daisy Furr, Margaret
Brown. Ethel Howard, Mobe Jenkins,
Ruby Furr, Helen Hinson, Kathleen
Teeter, Lilian Eu<jy, Louise Brown,
Rose Hagler, Willie Nash, Eugene-
McLaurin, Spencer Barnhardt, Leroy
Lowder, Qscar Mann, James Black
welder, Carl Furr, Charles Surner,
Derwood Cline,' Thayer Brown and
Craig Brown.
Mrs. Brown was assisted in serv
ing by Mrs. L. E. Beaver.
Celebrates Birthday Anniversary. |
Miss Nancy Dayvault, attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Day
vault, entertfined nine friends Fri
day evening at a dinner party at her
home on South Union street, The oc
casion celebrated the twelfth birth
day. anniversary of the hostess.
The lovely color scheme .of yellow
and white was carried otit in every
detail of the beautifully appointed
course dinner. Th/ birthday cake,
holding twelve candfes, was one of the
features of the evening.
Miss Dayvault’# guests included
Misses Mary McKay, Lorraine Blanks,
Elizabeth Parks, Louise Parks, Ida
Patterson, Helen Grady, Lilian
Smith, Caroline Ivey and Nancy Hay
wood.
Small Quantity of Liquor Found.
Cdunty officers found a small quan
tity of liquor in No. 1 township Fri
day and, poured it iuto the sewer Sat
urday. There was 1 little less
than half a gallon, the liquor having
been found imder some cotton seed
iu a fionsc.
The officers -did - pot .
the - dame of the man operating the
farm on which the contraband was
j found. ' ? f ' . v
J Mr! and Mrs. E. H.
1 led j Friday |o • their home *in
Dillon, 8. C., after a visit of several
days with Mrs. J. W. Cannon, Jr.
PAGE FIVE
McLEOD SPEAKS AT
KIWANIS LUNCHEON
HELD HERE FRIDAY I
I Dr. D. G. Caldwell Welcom
ed as New Member of the |
Club.—Miss Helen Pat- |
terson Sings.
J. A. McLeod, inspector or the State *
board of health with headquarters at r-
Raleigh, was the principal speaker at fl
the luncheon meeting of the Concord
Kiwanis Ciub held Friday at Hotel !
Concord.
Mr. McLeod, who spent two day*
in Concord making inspections of the
eating places of the city and Kaunap- s
lis, told something of what the inspec- 45
tion had shown. “The condition of 1
the eating places of Concord and Kan- I
napolm show a great improvement fj
over what they were a few years ago.
The proprietors of the places are co- f
operating in every way that they can
with the city health official# to better
the conditions in their places and as
a result will command a much better
grade than they did a few years ago.”,
he said.
In speaking of the improvement in
the water and sewer connections made
in Concord and other towns and cities
of North Carolina, Mr.._McLeod said;
“A few years ago on one street in
Concord there were only two house#
that had sewer connections and to
day there are only 25 or 30 houses or
buildings in the entire city limits
that do not have sewer connections.”
The improvements in tho sewers ]
and city water supply of the cities, '
with other improvements for the health
of the community, have done much to
make the death rate of the last few
year# considerable lower than it was
ten years ago. “The Bureau of Vital
Statistics shows that the death rate
has dropped in the last few years from
24.2 per hundred thousand to 9.8 per
hundred thousand,” Mr. McLeod, said.
One hundred towns,find citiWin the
state have recently put in water and
sewer eysein, Mr. McLeod said.
Dr. D. G. Caldwell, county health
officer, said that in* making an in-
in ‘Concord and Kannapolis
during th£ last two -days with Mr.
McLeod that he noticed the recent
improvements that r have been made.
The program of the meeting Fri
day was in charge of Ebb White and
C. H. Barrier* Mr. Barrier intro>
duced Miss Helen Patterson., who, ac
companied on the piano by Mrs. Leslie
Correll, sang two solo*! Miss Pat
terson sang “Going Moine’’ as her first
number and thpji rendered “I Love a
Lassie,” Ifc Scotch dumber by Sir
Harry Lauder,-the noted Scotch sing
er aud entertainer. Both the num
bers were enjoyed with the number of
Lauder's receiving the greatest ap
plause.
Mr. Plyler Writes of His Visit to
Concord.
Rev. A. W. Plyler, editor of the
North Carolina Christian’Advocate of
Greensboro, was an honored visitor to
Concord last week and writes as fol
lows about his vi«it in his paper:
Upon invitation of the Wesley
Brotherhood of Central Church, Con
cord, it was my delightful privilege
Tuesday evening ok this week to at
tend a meeting of that choice group
of Methodist laymen. Some of the
ladies of the church—their names I
did not learn, but these name# should
be engraven in letters of gold—served
a shad supper. And what a supper it
was! Great plates of fried shad, pip
ing hot, corn bread of like quality,
delicious cold slaw and coffee with
the aroma of that famous bean when
in the hands of our expert coffee
makers, combined to make such a #up
per as John Wesley never tasted even
in his eventful sojourn at Savannah,
Georgia.
That Wesley Brotherhood composed
of lawyers, doctors, editors, bankers,
merchants, manufacturers and men of
sundry other occupations has Lee’
Crowell, Jr., a young lawyer, for its
.president and he is strictly on his job.
John B. Sherrill, conspicuous and hon
ored among the editors nnd publishers
of North Carolina, shows hi# apprecia
tion of his church paper, the pastor
told me, by sending it to all mem
bers of the church who are not able
to pay. Brother D. B. Coltrane is
the dean of those laymen, who talk#
of 50 and 60 years of his experience
as if all these years were fiat a hand’s
breadth.
• Rev. R. M. Courtney, the pastor, is
doing the same high grade work at
Concord that has characterized his en
tire ministerial career, which has been
one of unbroken success. He has se
cured SI,OOO as bis mission special,
will hold revival services just before
Easter, with M. F. Miles, of Enfield,
as the leader of the music, and the
pastor will preach.
The people "have only words of
for their pastor whom they lov#
and delight to follow In every good
wdrk. It was a real pleasure to
spend an hour with this choice spirit.
Lutheran Conference at West Hick
ory.
The Western Conference of tho
Lutheran Synod of North Carolina
will be held Tuesday and .Wednesday,
March 29th and 80th. in West Hick
ory Lutheran Church, Rev. R. M.
Carpenter, pastor.
Many phases of the church work
will come up for consideration at this
meeting, the conference embracing all
the churches in the ■western part of
the state.
J. A. B. Goodman, ot Mooresville,
is booked for a talk Wednesday morn
ing, bjs subject being: “What can and
may the Lutheran Church do to reach
more of the unchurched?”
Cabarrus churches are not in the
western conference but the work of
the conference will be of interest here
just the same, the Lutheran deuonii
natiou being one of the strongest in
Cabarrus couuty.'! t ! . i
?vy* /. , __ t ~ t* *
D. M. Wolff, secretary of the Can
ton Lumber Company. Baltimore, Md.,
spent Friday with bis brother, S. A.
Wolff, on Tribune street.
Dr. J. Si, Dorton. of Shelby was in
Concord Friday to attend the funeral
of h* aunt, Mrs. Sophia Dorton.