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time of closing mails
The time of the closing of mails ai
the Concord Postoffice is as follows:
Northbound.
136—11:00 P. M.
36—10:00 A. M.
34 4:10 P. M.
3&— 8:30 P. M.
30—11:00 I’. M.
Southbound '
39—9 :25 A. it.
45—3 :20 P. M.
135 8 :00 P. M. *
29—11:00 P. M.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
In Effect Jure 19, 1927.
Northbound
No. 40 to New York 9:21 P. M.
No. 130 To Washington 5:05 A. M.
No. 36 To New York 10.23 A. M.
No. 34 To New York 4.33 P. M.
No. 46 To Danville 3:15 P. M.
No. 12 To Richmond 7.09 P. M.
No. 32 To New York P. M.
No, 30 To New York 212 A. M.
So 'Jhbound.
No. 45 Tc Charlotte Z :36 P. M.
No. 35 To New Orleans 9.50 i. M
No. 29 Tc* Birmingham 2:15 A. M.
No. 31 To Augusta 5:51 A. M.
No. 33 Tc New Orleans 8:15 A. M.
No. 11 Tt Charlotte 8:00 A. M.
No. 135 To Atlanta 8:37 P. M.
No. 39 To Atlanta 9.45 A. M.
No. 37 to New Orleans 11:2V 4. M.
Train No. 34 will stop in Concord
to take on passengers going to Wash
ington and beyond.
Train No. 37 will stop here to dis
charge passengers coming from Wash
ington and beyond.
All trains stop in Concord except-
No. 38 northbound.
Bible Thought for the Day
The Fool: —Tin? fool hath said in
his heart, There is no God. Corrupt
are they, and Lave done abominable
iniquity : God looked down from heav
en to see if there were any that did
understand. Psalm 53:1, 2.
Prayer:—Lord keep up from such
folly.
j LOCAL MENTION |
One case of scarlet fever was re
ported Wednesday to the office of the
county health unit.
“The Millionaires” is the came of
the motion picture which will be
shown Friday night at the Concord
Y. M. C. A.
There will be preaching at Kellar
Reformed Church Sunday afternoon
at 3 o’clock by Rev. L. A. Peeler, of
Kannapolis.
P. a citizen of Lan
dis. was operated on for appendicitis
Tuesday at the Concord Hospital, and
is resting nicely today. -
Rev. Franklin Helms will preach at
Howell Baptist Church next Sunday
evening at 8 o’clock. The public is
cordially invited.
Cotton picking is going on this week
at several farms, and within a few
days from now that particular har
vest will be in full swing.
S. C. Bost and Ola Ledbetter have
sold property in No. 4 township to
Leroy Weaver for $1275, according
to a deed filed at the court house here
yesterday.
The weekly meeting of the Concord
Kiwanis Club will he held at Hotel
Concord tomorrow, Friday at 12:30
o’clock. An interesting program is be
ing arranged for the meeting.
Members of the Fred Y. McConnell
Post of the American Legion will
meet tomorrow, Friday night, at 7 :45
in regular session. All nteThbers of
the post are urged to be present.
L. H. Crow, of Kannapolis, under
went a successful operation at the
Concord Hospital Tuesday. His
scores of friends will be g ad to learn
that he will soon be able to be out
again.
The Fred Y. McConnell Post of
the American Legion will hold a
regular meeting Friday night at the
club room on Barbriok street. The
meeting will begin at 7:40 and all
members are urged to attend.
Double windows will be installed
at once in,the office of S. Glenn Haw
field, county superintendent of schools.
There is but a single window in the
office at present and this is insuf
ficient to properly light the room.
Tuesday was another hot day in
Concord without signs of rain. The
sun was out in full glory throughout
the day, carrying the mercury again
to about 86 during the hottest part
of tie afternoon. Temperatures fell
again at night.
Chief L. A. Talbirt, of the local
police department, stated this morning
that he had nothing new to report.
Busines- with the officers was quiet
yesterday and no session of the
recorder’s court was held as all cases
were continued until Friday or a
later date.
Wednesday was another exceedingly
hot day, with above 90
degrees during pan of the afternoon.
There was but little change in the
A Step Ahead In
NEW FALL FOOTWEAR
The new styles are out on display
iyN l&m t 0 y° u with their beauty,
? quality and low prices. See this
sowing of twenty new styles and
Z/M y° u ’B profit.
$2.95 UPTO $7.00
Better Wearing Shoes at these prices are not offered
anywhere Built for Extra Service , yet they possess
Style and Good appearance .
G. A. MOSER SHOE STORE
mercury’s standing at night, people
making complaint for the first time
iu several weeks of inability to sleep
well due to the heat.
Another divorce suit was filed in
Cabarrus Superior Court here Tues
day, bringing the total for the month
•to four. It is probable that at least
two more notices wifi be filed during
the month, bringing the total to six,
the average so far for the year.
The Yankees won two games Tues
day and clinched the American League
pennant. In the National the Pirates
won two from Boston while New
York and St. Louis were dividing a
double header. In the South Atlantic
the Hornets and Spinners won.
Babe Ruth got two more homers
Tuesday and is now but 7 behind his
record year. He has more than a
dozen games to play yet and has
an excellent chance to break his
record of 59 for a season. He is now
seven ahead of Gehrig, the Yankee
first baseman.
H. C. Williams, whose home is in
Charlotte, but who is more recently
of Greensboro, has accepted a posi
tion with Cline’s Pharmacy as phar
macist, beginning his duties today.
Mr. Williams is experienced in this
vocation, and is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina.
Harry M. Daugherty, who played
third base for the Weavers during
most of the season, has been sold to
Charlotte by the Rocky Mount team.
Daugherty was farmed out to Con
cord by the Rocky Mount owners, and
lie will report to Charlotte at the
opening of the 1928 season.
The South Atlantic League closed
vesterdav with Greenville in first place
and Spartanburg in second. The
Greenville team will begin a post
season series with the Portsmouth
team tomorrow, playing the first three
games in Greenville and the next two,
if both are necessary, in Charlotte.
Quite a number of persons are se
curing hunting licenses now, reports
C. R. Honeycutt, Cabarrus game war
den. Mr. Honeycutt received his li
cense blanks and buttons several weeks
ago and has them ready for local per
sons who wish to secure now their
licenses for the hunting season which
opens soon.
L. M. Williams has sold to S. J.
Sherrill for SIOO and other valuable
considerations property in Ward 2,
to a deed filed here Tues
day. Another deed filed during the
day records the sale of land in No.
4 township by Sallie Goodman to
W. C. Barger for $lO and other
valuable considerations.
FUNERAL IS HpLD
TODAY AT MONROE
FOR H. R. GORDON
Mr. Gordon Died Wednesday
Morning After Brief Ill
ness. —Was a Native of
Union County.
Suffering a stroke of paralysis
some two weeks ago, Harvey R. Gov
don, 75 years of age, died at 9 :25
o’clock Wednesday morning at hi*
home near Brown Mill- He was a na
tive of Union county, but for rue past
several years had made his home in
Cabarrus county.
Mr. Gordon was a farmer, beine
very successful in this trade. His
friends in this and surrounding coun
ties number many, and they will
learn of his passage with deep sorro-v.
The deceased leaves the followin'
children: W. L. f Ed, M. L., and
Thomas Gordon, of Monroe; J. M.
Gordon, of Concord; Mrs. Maggie
Talbirt, Mrs. W. R. Jennings and
Mrs. L. Helms, all of Monroe.
Final rites will be held at 3 o’clock
this afternoon from the Methodist
church in Monroe, of which Mr. Gor
don was a member.
COLLEGE PALS SEE
EACH OTHER AGAIN
AFTER MANY YEARS
Professor Emeritus Everett
Brady and Dr. W. D. Pem
berton Greet Again After
46 Years.
When collage pals get back to
gether, after 46 years have gone
marching down the pathway of time,
there is always much happiness; much
to tell each other, and to be sure these
pals recount gleefully those good old
times when college was really col
lege.
When Professor Emeritus Everett
Brady, of Soth Hamp
ton, Mass., paid Dr. W. D. Pember
ton, prominent Concord physician, a
surprise visit Tuesday, college pals
were re-united after 46 years. Prof
Brady and Dr. Pemberton were stu
dents at the University of North Car
olina, rooming together, and each
graduating the same year.
Miss Mary Fisher epent the week
end in High Point with her sister,
Mrs. Archie Allred..
PERSONAL.
Miss Ila Boat spent Saturday in
Charlotte attending a teachers’ meet
ing.
* * •
Mrs. W. E. Porter, who bias been
yisiting in Concord for several days,
left last Friday for Charlotte, where
she will visit before returning to her
home in Columbia.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blume and
daughter, Christine, returned Monday
night from a trip to Lake Lure and
Asheville.
• * *
Mrs. Alice Isenhour returned Mon
day evening from Detroit, Mich.,
where she had been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Roy Tlott. ,
* * *
•
Miss Frances Akerstrom and her
mother arrived in the city Monday
from New York City. Miss Aker
strom is a member of the Harrisburg
High School faculty.
« * *
Miss Anne Dayvault was the week
end guest of Miss Louise McCuen in
High Point.
• » •
Rev. and Mrs. R. S. Arrowood have
gone to Greensboro to visit relatives
for several days.
♦ * •
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Brower return
ed Monday from Raleigh, where they
spent several days.
• * *
Mrs. W. S. Bingham went to Char
lotte Tuesday to spend several days
with Mrs. Thomas Hawthorne.
• * •
George Kluttz spent Monday in
Greensboro on business.
• * *
Rev. T. F. Higins left Tuesday for
Burnsville. Mrs. Higgins and baby,
who have been visiting there, will re
turn home with him.
* * * %
Mrs. J. F. Goodman and Misses
Kate Means, Catharine Goodman and
Blanche Bell, of San Antonio, Texas,
Spent Sunday at Lake Lure.
* * *
Mrs. D. L. Bost and Joe Bost at
tended their family reunion Sunday at
Mt. Gilead. The occasion celebrated
the 87th birthday anniversary of Mrs.
Dr. J. W. Ewing.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Edwards
and son, Ryland, have returned to
their home ?n Rocky Mount, after a
visit to Mrs. Edwards’ mother, Mrs.
John K. Patterson.
* * *
Mrs. J. W. Cannon returned Sun
day from New' York, where she spent
some time.
• * •
Misses Margaret and Pauline Stall
ings have left for Lenoir, where they
will attend school at Davenport Col
lege.
* • •
Miss Frances Jarratt has left for
Winston-Salem. She will be au in
structor of music at Salem College
this year.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Over-cash and
daughter, and W. B. Ritchie are
spending several at Wrightsvil.e
Beach.
• • *
Suffering with an acute attack of
appendicitis, Ernest Gross, employee
of the Porter Drug Co., was rushed
to the Concord Hospital for a suc
cessful operation Monday night. The
young man wras reported resting very
nicely today. »
* * *
Miss Julia Reid Rosborough* of
Jacksonville, Fla., Miss Mary Earle,
of Greenville, S. C., and Miss Ida
Clifton Galloway, who have been the
attractive guests of Miss Alice Yorke,
left Tuesday for their respective
homes.
* • *
Wallace Moore, who has been visit
ing in Concord left Tuesday for Salis
bury.
• * •
Rev. C. W. Lafferty, of Rome, Ga..
arrived in the city Tuesday to attend
the funeral of his brother, Dr. J. S
Lafferty.
• * •
Friends of Miss Nannie Alexander
will be interested to learn that she
has moved into her home on North
Union street.
» •. *
Miss Rose Williams, of Lancaster,
S. C., was the guest Monday night
of Miss Louise Morris. She came to
attend the Weidemeyer dance.
* * *
Mrs. E. W. Freeze and daughter,
Miss Alice Elizabeth Freeze, of High
Point, are the guests of Mrs. M. F.
Ritchie.
• * *
Misses Win’fred Pegram and Mary
Bagley Ross, of Charlotte, who came
over to attend the Weidemeyer dance
Monday night, were’guests of Miss
Catharine Goodman.
* * •
Miss Anne Dayvault and Miss
Sarah Crowell -entered Salem Col
lege, Wineton-Salem, yesterday, where
they will be students.
* *
Among the students leaving here
for school is Miss Emily Pounds, who
will continue her studies at Salem
Academy, Winston-Salem.
t * *
Mrs. W. A. Foil, Mrs. W. D. Pem
berton, Mrs. Ben White and Mrs R.
E. Ridenbour, Sr., spent yesterday
afternoon in Gastonia. They went
over to attend the meeting of the Gas
ton County Chapter of War Mothers.
* * *
Misses Laura White Boer and Ruth
Elder left Tuesday for N. C. C. W.,
Greensboro, <_ where they will attend
school this year.
* * «•
Miss Ethel Eudy has left for N.
C. C. W., Greensboro, where she will
be a senior this year.
* * *
Miss Betsy Davis has left for
Winston-Sa’em, where she will be a
student at Salem Academy.
* * *
Mias Shirley Moose, of Mt. Pleas
ant, has gone to Salisbury, where she
will b<j a student at Catawba College.
* * *
Cline Mabery has gone to Mt. Pleas
ant to attend school at M. P. C. I.
this school term.
w m m
Misses Edna Brown, Bernice Miller
and Era Linker left Wednesday for
Greensboro, where they will be stu
dents at N. C. C. W. the coming
year.
* * *
MisS Millicent Ward has left for
Winston-Salem, where she will attend
school at Salem College.
* • *
Miss Evelyn Rumple left Tuesday
for Greensboro, where she will resume
her studies at North Carolina College
For Women.
fHE CONCORD TIMES
DRV s GIVEN LIBERTY
BY CORONER’S JURY
- FOLLOWING INQUEST
Jury Found That Mable Hin
son Ran From Behind a
Truck Into Path of Char
les Dry’s Car.
A coroner's jury last night freed
Charles Dry of responsibility for the
death of Mabel Hinson, seven* who
died in the Concord Hospital yester
day morning of injuries received Mon
day when struck by Dry’s car.
Dry was called to the stand after
being advised that he did not have to
testify unless he wanted to.
“I want to tell the truth, God knows
I do,” the man sobbed as he took the
stand. “I would not have done it
for all the world if it could have been
helped.”
Five witnesses in addition to Dry
were called before the jury, the evi
dence of the eye witnesses indicating
the child ran from behind a truck di
rectly into the path of Dry’s car.
Ernest Shaw, the first witness, said
he saw the Dry car coming, running
about 15 miles an 4iour, saw the child
run out of the store and tried to stop
her.
“I was standing beside a truck
parked in front of the store,” Shaw
said. “The girl came running out
of the store, with her little brother
walking. I saw the car and darted
around the truck to try to hold the
girl back. Just as I got around the
truck, Dry’s car struck her. If the
boy had been running like the girl
was, he would have been killed too.’
; Reece Hatley said he was driving
east and Dry west and their cars met
near the store. He said lie saw the
girl step from behind the truck into
the path of Dry’s car.
C. C. Sloop and C. G. Ridfnhour,
patrolmen, and G. H. Humphreys said
they measured the Dry car’s tracks to
see how far the car moved after strik
ing the girl. In all the car moved
about 30 feet, they said. It did not
move that far, Shaw and Hatley said,
after the child dropped from the
bumper. Shaw said Dry did not
wait to stop the car before jumping
out and rushing to the injured chi d.
Dry was crying when he was called
to the stand and he testified between
sobs. “God knows I wouldn’t have
hurt that child for anything.” he said.
“She was over at my house every day.
and I don’t think I’ll ever get over
this. If her little brother had been
running I would hav& hit him too.
I couldn’t help it. She ran right
into my car as I got to the truck. I
couldn’t see her for the truck.”
Dry said he worked in the store
from which the child ran out, and in
tended to stop just beyond the truck.
He Raid he thought he was travelling
10 or 15 miles an hour.
“I haven’t eaten or slept since the
accident,” Dry said as sobs shook his
body. “The little girl’s left hand
caught on the bumper of the car and
as soon as I saw it I put on all my
brakes. She was carried with the
car a few feet and then fell off.
“After I pulled on the brakes I
lumped from the car,before it stopped
and ran to her. The car ran off to
the side of the road. I thing I got
out about the time she fell from
the bumper, and I have done every
thing I could for her.”
The accident occurred on the Sun
derland Hall road Monday morning.
The child had been to the store to
get some beans, and these were scat
tered about the road after she was
struck. She never regained conscious
ness.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ollie Hinßon. The Drys and Hin
sons are next-door neighbors and the
tragic ending of the accident has cast
a pall of g’oom over the entire com
munity.
Funeral services were held this af
ternoon at 2 :30 at the home and inter
ment made in Union cemetery.
MAN ARRESTED IN
CHARLOTTE IS NOW
IN CABARRUS JAIL
— /
J. R. Tisdale Arrested at Re
quest of Local Officers. —Is
Charged With Seduction
in Cabarrus.
J. R. Tisdale, charged with seduc
tion tinder promise of marriage was
lodged in the Cabarrus county jail
here late Monday after being arrested
by Charlotte police officers.
The warrant for Tisdale’s arrest
was sworn out here several days ago
by the woman he is alleged to have
seduced. The act is said to have
been committed last November.
Tisdale is a tinner by trade, county
officers here declare, and was working
on a construction job in Charlotte
when arrested. He will be given a
hearing here sometime this week.
Funeral Services at Fairview For J.
A. Aldridge.
Following funeral services from
Farview Methodist Protestant Church
at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, John
Adam Aldridge, 73, who died early
Monday morning at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Frances Huff, in No.
4 township, was laid to rest in the
church cemetery.
Although a native of Stanly coun
ty, Mr. Aldridge had pursued the oc
cupation of farming in Cabarrus for
the past 23 years. His death is de
plored widely in Cabarrus where he
was well add favorably known.
He is survived by his widow and
the following children: Mrs. Frances
Huff, Mrs. Sarah Anna Easley, Mrs.
Mary Smith, and Alexander, Sid, Wil
lie, Crofford and Charlie Aldridge.
Store Breakers Bound Over To Court.
Mooresville Enterprise.
Calvin and Brady Clontz, brothers,
young white men of Cabarrus county,
were arraigned before Recorder George
A. Morrow Wednesday morning charg
ed with entering the store of P. A.
Shinn -and the larceny of an adding
machine. After the evidence had been
submitted, the Recorder adjudged that
there was probable cause, and there
fore bound the young men over to
Superior court in the sum of SSOO
each. Relatives of the men were here N
and said that bond would be arranged
for them. In the meantime they were
remanded to jail to Statesville.
Mr?. W. L. Hogan, grand district
deputy, of Charlotte, and Mrs. Alice
Parker, grand matron, of Farmvillc,
are expected in Concord today to be
present this evening at the meeting of
the W. G. Campbell Chapter of the
Eastern Star.
SMITH’S PLATFORM
IS WET; BAPTISTS
DO NOT FAVOR HIM
v
Mecklenburg-Cabarrus Bap
tists Discuss Matter Pertly
at Close of Convention on
Wednesday.
A1 Smith ta not the man for presi
dent . This is the opinion of mem
bers of the Mecklenburg-Cabarrus
Baptist Association which closed its
42nd annual convention at Pritchard
Memorial Church in Charlotte Wed
nesday. Disfavor for the New Yotk
governor arises because of his anti
temperance proclivities.
Politics, and A1 Smith drew the at
tention of the association shortly be
fore adjournment. “We should never
vote for a man who wants liquor
back,” said C. E. Mason, aged lay
man, in the course of a talk follow
ing the report on temperance by Rev.
S. F. Conrad. A chorus of “amens”
echoed the auditorium.
“If you e.ect a man who wants
liquor,” said Mr. Mason, “you will
see him appointing some week-kneed
fellow as secretary of the treasury
who will not have the 18th amend
ment enforced.”
Mr. Conrad in commenting upon his
report on temperance stated:
“There is to be a meeting here
starting an A1 Smith-for-presidcnt
movement. I want to tell you now
that the people of Cabarrus and Meck
lenburg Association are not going to
support a man who votes for liquor.”
Another chorus of “Amens” 6wept
over the convention floor.
Elect Officers.
D. W. Fink, of Charlotte, was re
e’ected as moderator at the closing
hour of the meeting. Rev. W. L.
Griggs was made vice moderator and
Luther Earnhardt, of Concord, was
reelected clerk and treasurer. The
43rd annual meeting of the organiza
tion will be held next year at Ar
lington Church in Clear Creek town
ship, Mecklenburg.
The high spot of the association
meeting came in Mr. Conrad s report.
In part, it was as follows:
“The question of alcohol and what
to do with it has been one of many
years of agitation and discussion.
Many expedients have been resorted
to and tried. Licensed saloons wer*
tried and failed. Local option was
tried and failed, and now the devil
is raising a great howl in the news
papers in seeking to make the con
stitutional amendment a failure.
“There can be no question at all
that its abolishment is an article of
merchandise and restricting it to its
proper and necessary uses, is the on
ly proper method with which to deal
with it.
“The thing now to be done is to
enforce the laws. The Christian
world and the people who stand for
good morals and good citizenship
should stand as a unit against all
who are clamoring for its return to
public and unrestricted use. If the
moral and religious forces will stand
together and vote for men who are
for the constitution and enforcemerjl
of the laws, putting it under tHe
ban, it will never return again to
public and unrestricted use.”
Later, Mr. Conrad declared that a
ehunch member who would deal with
a “blind tiger” should be turned out
of the church.
Mr. Mason declared that, although
be had read of the large number of
liquor dealers on Tryon street, he
'hnd never been able to find any of
them.
Other reports during the day in
cluded : a report of the executive com
mittee by Rev. J. A. Gaines, a report,
of the orphanage by Rev. R. D Car
roll, % report on women’s work by
Mrs. Rose B'anton. a report of
stewardship by J. P. Hackney, a re
port on ministerial relief and annu
ities by H. G. Bryant, a report on
Sunday schools by Rev. Zeb Caudle
and a report on Baptist Young Peo
ple’s Union by J. E. Bruch.
Mr. Gaines said: “We cannot clo#»e
this report without stressing the need
which constantly becoming more
and more evident for a heaven-sent
revival of old fashioned religion among
us all.”
Rev. C. H. Trueblood. Rev. Zeb
Caudle and Rev. T. C. Jones were
named delegates to the State conven
tion. Rev. W. L. Griggs was named
delegate to the Southern Baptist
convention with Rev. J. A. Gainee as
alternate. •
The stewardship committee was
named to consist, of J. P Hackney,
H. G. Ashcraft and Rev. R. D. Car
roll. Standing committees were ap
pointed as follows:
Co-operative program, Rev. W. L.
Griggs; state missione, Rev. T. W.
Fogleman; home missions, Dr. Luth
er Little; foreign missions. Rev. J. A.
Gaines; education, Rev. L. R. Pru
ette; orphanages. Rev. C. H. Tme
boold ; hospitals, Rev. R. D. Carroll;
Sunday schools. Rev. R D. Carrol!;
women’s work, Mrs. Rose Blanton;
stewardship, Rev. Zeb Caudle; min
isterial relief, Rev. J. D. Moose; peri
odicals, Rev. W. O. Rivenbark; tem
perance, Rev. C. D. Barton.
TORRID WEATHER
SWEEPS CONCORD;
POPULACE SWEATS
A Severe Unseasonal Heat
Wave Bolsters Soda Foun
tain Business as People
Seek Relief.
Concord people sweltered beneath
the sizzling rays of a relentless Sep
tember sun Wednesday, unquestion
ably the hottest day in thi« city since
early July.
Scarcely a breath of air stirred
throughout the afternoon and eve
ning, automobile riding growing de
cidedly popular in the later afternoon
and evening as persons sought relief
from the torrid air. Local soda foun
tains reported an unusually large
business during the early hours of
Wednesday night.
It seems that this section is draw
ing some of the heat from the middle
west where a severe heat wave, driv
ing the mercury to unseasonal and
record heights, is causing much suf
fering, prostrations and deaths.
Concord has little relief today from
the excessive heat.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dayvault, Mr.
and Mrs, A. S. Dayvjtult, Dr. and
Mrs. J. E. Smoot, F. C. Niblock, and
J. F. Dayvault attended the Neely
family reunion At South River Church
yesterday.
ILL MANY MONTHS,
MRS. WIDENHOUSE
SUCCUMBS TODAY
Aged Resident of Number 9
Township Died at 4:45
O’clock After Long Per
iod of Illness.
Mrs. Josephine W. Widenhouse,
aged 79, died at 4:45 o’clock this
morning a% her home in Number 9
township. Mrs. Widenhouse had been
suffering with heart trouble since
early last spring. The passage of
this venerable woman is deplored
throughout the community in j-hich
she had lived so nqany years.
The deceased was a native of Cabar
rus county, and belonged to Friendship
Methodist church.
She is survived by her husband, J.
W. Widenhouse, and the following
children: Webster and M. L. Widen
house; Mrs. Marshall Herring, of
Charlotte; J. A. Widenhouse, Mrs.
Dolph Plott, Mrs. Vic Plott, Clarence
and Gilbert Widenhouse; and Rpv.
E. C. Widenhouse of West Virginia.
Two brothers and one sister also sur
vive. They are: G. R. P. Cress, of
this county; William Cress of Wash
ington state; and Mrs. W. N. Cline,
of Concord.
Funeral services will be conducted
by Rev. W. L. Scott of Mt Pleasant
at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon from
Friendship cjiurch. Interment follows
in the church cemetery.
LUTHERAN PICNIC
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AT FAIR GROUNDS
Brotherhood Class Sponsors
Festival. —All Reminded
to Bring Well-Filled Bas
kets.
The Brotherhood class of St. James
Lutheran Church will entertain at an
old-fashioned picnic the Sunda> school
and congregation, including several
hundred persons, at 5 o’clock Friday
afternoon at the Cabarrus fair
grounds.
A splendid program has been for
mulated to amuse the merry-makers
immediately before and after the pic
nic dinner has been spread. The
program is in charge of Mr. Black
welder, who reminds all to bring well
filled baskets, and to be on time.
TWO MILLS PRESENT
400 YARDS MATERIAL
FOR DRESS CONTEST
County Farm Council Meets
Saturday to Determine the
Best Method to Distribute
Goods to the Participants.
Miss Ophelia Barker, Cabarrus
home demonstration agent, announces
the gifts of 400 yards of material from
Locke and Gibson mills to be distri
buted among women and girls who
participate in the Dress Design Con
test at the forthcoming Cabarrus Dis
trict Fair.
A meeting of the County Farm
Council has been, cabled by Miss Bark
er for 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon
at her office in the county building a;
which time plans will be agreed upon
as to the best method by which to
distribute the material to participants.
School Opening Delayed.
Because of the incomplete condi
tion of the building, the Hartse’.l Mil
school will not open for the 1927-2 o
session Monday, September 19th, as
previously announced, but will begin
the following week, Monday, Septem
ber ,26th.
This announcement was made to
day from the office of S. G. Hawfield.
superintendent of the Cabarrus rural
schools. Work will be rushed on the
building during the ensuing week in
readiness for the opening on Septem
ber 26th.
C/l VINGTON’S
1 HMMENTARY ,
N. C.
Ford Parts. Wrecked a Ford.
Will sell the pieces cheap. Men’s
Caps 75c; lanterns $1.00; Tin
ware for a song; overalls $1.00;
hats $1.00; cups 10c: saucers sc;
bowls 25c; shovels 15c to $1.00;
Buckets 20c to $1.00; Benches. I
am closing out three . stocks of
goods for other people. The stuff
you generiuly find in community
stores. Everything priced to sell,
and I am going to sell it. Re
member vi v cheat you right.
C. COVINGTON
WE HAVE THE FOLLOW
ING
\
USED CARS
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
One Chevrolet Coach, late
model.
One Chevrolet Touring, late
model.
One Hupp Coupe
One Buick Touring
One Ford Touring
One Ford Roadster
Tickets For Charlotte Races
Now on Sale Here
Standard Buick
Co.
PHONE 363
TAX DATA IS MADE
PUBLIC BY MILLER
AFTER HIS SURVEY
Abstract of Listed Taxable?
For Cabarrus Made Public
by the County Tax Super
visor.
An abstract of listed taxable nron
erty for the year 1927 in Cabarrus
county, prepared by John L. Miller
county tax supervisor, shows 221,0uS
acres of land listed in the county with
the total valuation, less the constitu
tional exemption amounting to sr.n
917, of $8,147,122. r
Mr. Miller explained in making the
abstract public that he will issue an
other statement later, showing the
amount of delinquent taxes added to
the total.
The total valuation of personal
property listed, the abstract shows, is
$7,679,169 and the total of real nnd
personal property listed it $42,194405.
Thie total, Mr. Miiler explains, does
not include the property of certain
corporations, including railroads, sinro
they are assessed by the State qua.i
zation board. When the property
of these corporations is listed the to
tal for the county will pass the $45,-
000,000 mark.
The abstract shows more mules than
horses listed in the county, rrv-re hogs
than cows and a scarcity of sheep. It
also shows that many dog owners
place a high value on their canine
pets.
Listed with the supervisor are 6,-
959 town lots valued at $9,696,094.
this total allowing $3,987 for the con
stitutional exemption. It is inter
esting to note that the approximately
7.000 town lots are listed for more
than the 221,058 acres of farm land.
Manufacturing property adds much
to the total, this property, outside
and inside incorporated towns, being
listed at a value of $16,969,094.
Other items in the abstract follow:
No. polls, 5,693.
1,868 horses valued at $77,753.
3.096 mules valued at $183,303.
Three jacks and jennets valued at
$290.
1,679 cattle (other than milk)
valued at $21,926
2,544 milk cattle valued at $131,-
810.
4.963 hogs valued at $52,163.
393 sheep valued at $Ol3.
110 goats valued at $lB3.
135 dogs valued at $2,647.
301 male dogs no value and 1,165
female dogs no value.
Stocks of merchandise nr fixtures
were listed at $1,172,621 an I material
: n process of manufacture and ma
chinery not affixed to realty were
valued at $3,249,775.
The net value, above exemption, of
personal property from which exemp
tion of S3OO is allowed, $269,454.
Net solvent credits $1,332,102.
Actual vaiue of all other tangible
and intangible property owned by tax
payers not otherwise specified $162,-
127.
Mr. Miller stated that the total polls
reported was far below the actual
number, and he is now trying to get
an accurate check on the total. Ln
Ward 1, he said as an illustration,
here are only 27 persons tel for
-tolls between the age#? of 21 and 2<.
He believes similar conditions exist
bn other wards and throughout the
county.
DOUGHTON ON WAY
TO CAPITOL, STOPS
SHORT TIME HERE
Expects Tax Reduction and
Flood Relief to Be Import
ant Questions Before the
Next Congress.
Tax reductions and flood relief
probably will be two of the most im
portant questions presented to Con
gress at the approaeiiing session, de
clared Congressman R. L. Doughton,
while in Concord yesterday.
Mr. Doughton spent several hours
here with friends, - and went to
Albemarle from this city. He \ land to
go to Washington the latter part ot
he week to look after details incident
to the opening of Congress. He will
return home before going to the capi
tal for the regular session.
As a member of the ways and
means committee, one of the most im
portant in Congress, Mr. uougnton
feels that he will be of more benefit
to his party than ever before. “My
appointment to the committee I ac
cept as a tribute to my district,” Mr.
Doughton said. In hits committee will
ogirinate many of the important ques
tions Congress must decide.
Mr. Doughton said it was probaole
that tax reductions would be affected
by flood relief legislation- It wi 1
take millions to make the Mississippi
safe, in his opinion, and the amount
appropriated for this work may de
termine the extent of the tax reduc
tions.
In his opinion corporation taxes
will get first consideration, since
theee "have been increased ’n some
instances. It Is also possible, he said,
that the tax on automobile will be en
tirely abolished .since the automobile
is now a necessity almost.
The ways and means committee has
been called to meet October 31st, uno
Mr. Doughton will be in Washington
permanently after that date. He ex
pects the approaching meeting of h’ s
committee to be an unusually im
portant one.
FALLS IN DITCH
AND BREAKS LEG
TUESDAY EVENING
Employee of Landis Mills
Fell Into Newly-Opened
Ditch As He Walked From
f the Mill.
William Bradley, of Landis, was
rushed io the Concord hospital Tues
day night for treatment after he had
fallen into a newly-opened ditch and
broke his right leg below the knee,
it was said.
Mr. Bradley, employee of the Lan
dis Mills, suffered the misfortune
about 9 o’clock in the evening, when
in search of- another employee, he
walked from the mill, stepping into a
ditch which had been opened during
the day and in which pipes were to be
placed, it was reported.
CONCORD COTTON MARKET
Cotton
Cotton Seed
Thursday September
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ters, Mrs. J. x juJ
cord, and Misses
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children: Dr. UaM
Charlotte: andMaJ
J- C. Wadsworth, pgl
and James B. LifJj
CARS COLLIJ
OCCUPImJ
TOHOCIi
Pat Ritchie's Ct|
in Wreck on Mil
Road.—One k
in Cabarrus M
Five men eg-grig
night when two cu*
Mt. Pleasant road ai
' dswaged.
Toll Bigger? uiftri
i in the latter's end ltd
i was one of tnettmiMi
car. He wa: itntii
accident, charged Tic i
The ether men in tit *
officers of the count; w
ing foi them. Robin*
was not driving tsstw
| to have operated a at.
The accident <*Wk
Blackwelder farm b
when the Chevrolet ktl
son was riding, ml
across the mad. Bip
cut out of the way ill
but could not do
Chevrolet, which rtt«
bank.
Rev. R. M. Court*
day in Chanel Hiilrtjj
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One nine-room
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