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PAGE SIX DEER !N CABARRUS! 118-POUND Til < K IS KILLED ON T UESDAY Cracked lee. But Skeptical Nimrods Have Something to Talk About Now. pound in No. 1 iownship. Shades <,f I blllicl Ilo»llie ! Deer, n>;tl genuine wild deer. in Cabarrus nullify ! 1 1 may i-nailid like M fairy tale i<- iJic skeptieal Nimiauls.* i.m it's so. To di~c.»vei- l his* amazing la<t. it took n bright De.emhe.* iao.»:i. li' silvery g'ovv revealed a 118 pound ioi<k in the companionship «>i young bovine.-? on the larrn of Boyd Mills jii No. 1 township Tuesday night. Kiiaighta&ay Mr. Mil’s and iw«» ! i | i<»i-uit | d s’loignn- ami end ~| the i art-er «>!' the deer whieh had 'ii i*i*«‘ | *it ion.'ly Imiinl tin* grazing in Mr. -Mill's pasture. I leer m» ai. nothing bettor. when properly rooked. and Mr. .Mills is counting tin* days until Christmas when this rare “eateh wi.l he the cith'f dish mi the menu. The finding of this d<er lends U i SCHOOL ■ jjK / / Umbrellas WM Raincoats ■ 'll /jit * Misses, Ladies and Boys SPH Cl AL VMBRKI.LAS 95c $1.95 RAIX COATS $3.50 10 $4.95 .S P F. C T AI, Bovs’ Army Rain Coat with $5.50 FISHER’S The Smartest Always !!•'illtVlHt9Ht'S’.lC|! , • |.Q « 0‘T;B :,Q i;g {'■ t ft® ipci.o | B ■ -t® |>® • . ■ ■ B'll® 11® *'■ •> HI 1 Cl • f® "'*® > • 0"I >l’® *'tv® ■ ' tl® ® <ll® • I'®* it*i. iiii iiiiiMitmiiifiuiiiiH.ii.i.iiwti.,..a, ®, i>®i ■.«. •,* • .».®>..®,.M®.tiin»®mi®,.»-®...i <iii.e® -n® wi.w.uH'aawaaiiM. Goodyear Tires! We used to sell another line of TIRES. And we believe they were good ones. But we were asked many times, “Do you think that Tire is as good as the Goouyear? r ’ So we figured if our custom ers made Goodyear their stan dard of value —why try to sell them any other kind. And for that reason, we are now selling Goodyears exclusively. YORKE & WADSWORTH CO. •.lontj »>f room for a st rot Hi of the imagination, hut mill this dors noi furni-h a remote idea as to how the auimai got into Cabarrus eounty. Bone. gum* mo ihe days when deer reamed this sort ion. The pioneer sett ers appeased their appetites with deer meat, unmindful of thits genera tion whose desire for a hunk of deei meal is greater than tin* \\ ar debt. ■ MIDI AND SCHOOL NEWS The box and pie supper given at Midland school last Saturday night was a decided success. A large crowd was present and responded nicely. The people were entertained during the sales by good music from Albe marle and Charlotte'. The net sum of SIIO.So was realized, this being ihe most ever made at Midland 1 school. The ytudentu and faculty ap j preciate very much'the fine spirit of j the people, the nice sum of money and other things that helped to.make the supper a success, ’the proceeds will be used t<> make, a payment <>n the piano which was purchased by 1 lie M'hoid last year. 1.. E. Mabry, Principal. More books have been written about chess than on all o.Ticr games com bined. CLOSING OF MAIL Time of closing outgoing mail dai ly at the Concord postoffice: N’oHhbe.nnd Closing Hour Train So. SO 11 :00 P. M. Train No. 136 11 tOO P. M. Train N'o. 36 9:40 A. M. Train No. 40 3:00 P. M. Train No. .44 4 :1a P. M. Train No. 12 0:00 P. M. Train No. 38 (Ist disp.)_ 0:00 P. M. Train No. 38 (2nd dipt.) S:2O P. M. Southbound Train No. 29 11.00 P. M. Train No. 39 8:20 A. M. Train No. 37 10:50 A. M. Train No. 4.7 3:00 P. M. Train No. 135 8:00 P. M. RAILROAD "SCHEDULE Tn Effect December 20, 1927 Northbound No. 40 to New York 0 :21 P. M. No. 136 To Washington 4:44 A'. M. No. 30 To New Yoifc 10:13 A. M. No. 34 To New York 4.33 P. M. No. 40 To Danville 3:15 P. M. No. 12 To Richmond 0 :14 P. M. No. 32 To New York 9:03 P. M. No. 30 To New York 212 A. M. So'ithbound. No. 43 Tc Chartotte i -36 P. M. No. 35 To New Orleans 9.50 i. M No. 29 To Birmingham 2 :15 A. M. No. 31 To Augusta 5:51 A. M No. 33 Tc New Orleans 8:15 A. M. No. 11 Tc Charlotte 8:00 A. M. No. 135 To Atlanta 8:37 P. M. No. 3tl To Atlanta 8:55 A. M. No. 37 to New Orleans 11 :2V 1. 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 elm ge passcnge.s coming from Wash ington and beyond. All trains stop in Concord except No. 38 northbound. — ~— ——— ■■■■■■■■■■■ LOCAL MENTION No marriage licenses were issued Monday from l lie office of the regis ter of deeds in the county court house. Routine business was discussed at a meeting Monday of the county commissioners, no outstanding mat ters being brought up. A. M. Proctor, who is making a survey of the county schools in this section of the State for possible con solidation purposes, is spending sev eral days in Concord and Cabarrus. A marriage license was issued to Maurice J. Wilson, of Bartow, Fla., and Miss Martha Ruth Cannon, of Concord. Tuesday by Register of Deeds Elliott. Christmas trees are springing up in front of many of the main street shops. They will be decorated with in tin* next few days and the down town section will present a pleasing Yuletide appearance. Fruit will be sent to the county home by the Fred Y. McConnell Post of the American I.egiop for Christ mas. A box of apples and a box of oranges will be sent there for the pleasure of the men and women who live there. Former service men in We Are Offering the Fol lowing USED CARS At Attractive Prices: One Buick Four Touring, 1923 Model One Buick Four Touring, 1924 Model. One Buick Six Touring 1925 Model. One Buick Six 4 Passen ger Coupe 1923 Model. One Studebaker Six Tour ing, 1923 Model. One Durant Four Sedan, 1923 Model. One Durant Four Touring, 1923 Model One Dodge Touring, 1922 Model. One Chevrolet Cabrolet, 1927 Model. Standard Buick Co. Fresh Nuts from the Nut House Almonds \ Pecans Pistachio 9 Mixed Nuts Phones 22 and 72.2 Let Us Serve You Pearl Drug Company THE COMCOED Yt!#S Ihe county jail and on the chningnng on Christinas also will be remember* j cd b.V the Legion. ] The December term of Cabarrus I Superior court is expected to come to a close with adjournment Thurs day. Practically all of the npnnin i ing cases on the civil docket will he ' disposed of today and tomorrow. I Mrs. W. ]j. Pierce, of Charlotte, golf yhainpion of the Carol inns, is en tered in the seventh Carolina tourna ment that began Monday at Pine lmrst. Mrs. Pieree is one of the fav orites to reach the final rounds in this event. * A1 Barnes, of Roanoke, star half back of the Flying Squadron for the : pnst two years, has been elected cap l tain of the V. M. I. football team for ! the season of 1928. He was the una ! nimous choice of the eighteen nu*m j hers of the varsity. The Huntersville high school bas ketball team defeated the Kannapolis ; highs, 15 to 12, in a hotly contested game at Huntersville Tuesday night. 1 n a contest between the girls’ teams of the two towns the Huntersville i lassies came out .victorious by 24-10 count. Christmas shopping in the city has gotten it's second wind now that crisp, bright sunshine has taken the place of sleet and snow. The shop ping center was crowded at an early hour this morning and hustling crowds continued moving about until well after noon. Henry Ford's newest automobile will muke its local debut tomorrow when it will be displayed at the Reid Motor Company, Ford dealers for this section. Provisions are bring made by the officials of the company to ac } commodate interested spectators from i dawn until dusk. The Stale Corporation commission Tuesday dismissed application of .1. Marion Wusham to operate a bus l>e tvveen Kannapolis aiul Concord, con sidering the route adequately served by other operatives. Mr. Washam several weeks ago asked for permis sion to operate the bus. N. C. State College authorities are planning to build a horseshoe stadi um to house its future football games, according to rumors from "Raleigh. If this proposed new monument to athletics is erected within the near future it is profile that it will be placed at the present Riddick Field site. City street workers, it is said, will lie put to work at once repairing Spring street between Depot and Barbrick streets. 'Phis section of the street was badly washed and cut up during the rains of the past several days and must repair work will be necessary to get ii in good condition again. - Quite a number of hunters have en gaged in their- sjMirt in Cabarrus since the first of December, it is said. On that date the quail season opened and as this is the most pop ular game in the county the number of hui’Ters has increased almost* daily since the rain of last week was fol lowed by sunshine. Walsh, said tp‘ be one of the best catchers in tbe International League lasi year, lias been purchased by the Charlotte Hornets from the Rochest er team. The deal was made at the meeting of baseball men in Dallas. Texas, Monday, Manager Heinie Oroh of the Hornets negotiating the deal. The Charlotte Hornets have signed another player, Lester Shatzer. south paw twirier from the Chambcrsburg team of the Blue Edge League, for the 1928 season, according to word received from the meeting of -the min or leagues at Dallas, Texas. Shat zer comes highly recommended and is expected tto he a tower of strength on Ileinie Droll’s outlit. Rejsirts of punch boards for gamb ling purposes in some of the filling stations and stores in and arPund the city have been received by Sheriff Caldwell. The owners are warned to dispose of them at once, the use of Such games of chance being against the State and city law. Persistent violators will be prosecuted, accord ing to the sheriff. ) Vaudry “Rabbit" Baxter, colored, was sentenced to four months on the roads when convicted in recorder's court Monday on a charge of having mercilessly beat his wife with a chair. Will Mobley, also colored, was fined SSO and costs for carrying a con cealed weapon. Those two were the only ones tried, the three others scheduled having been continued to another term of court. AUDITORIUM TO BE BUILT IN AYCOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ______ County-Board of Education Votes For Its Erection at Meeting Monday in the Court House. An uuditoriuni will be built for the Ayeock elementary school build ing in South Kannapolis in the near future, according to a decision reach ed Monday by the members of the county board of education at their December meeting in the court house. This proposed auditorium will, when completed, fill a long-felt need to that community. Also of importance was the adop tion by tin* board members of the final ami revised November school budget to replace the one made last May before the needs for the winter months of this session were fully known. This revised 'budget, Sub mitted by superintendent of County Schools Hawfield. will continue through the balance of the 1027-28 school term. His Occupation. What kind of a chap is your son in law? asked Farmer Fumblegate just to make conversation. Oh he’s one of them busy fellows replied Farmer Bentover, that owes for a limousine he bought on pay ments, and is an industrious pool player, j’ines all the lodges he. can squeeze into, is quite a singer, and has forty creditor he’s got to dodge- PERSONALS. J Inuni me Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shropshire. was taken to the Charlotte Ear. Nose and Thorat Hospital Tuesday evening. A re port from there states that ho is rest ing comfortably, hut still remains crit ically ill. * * * Mrs. I. Harding Hughes, who has recently moved to Concord, is con lined to the Episcopal rectory by ill ness. * * * Miss Susan Fnlgham, of Raleigh, was the guest at dinner of Mrs. 0. G. Allen at her home in Kannapolis Tuesday. Miss Fulgham left that night for Asheville. * * * Fripnds of W. F. Hall, lUiffalo street, will regret to learn that no improvement, is shown in his condi tion. Mr. Hall has been seriously ill for several weeks with pneumonia. * * * James Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Haskel Baker, who is a patient at the hospital, is improving nicely. * * * Henry Smith Barrier, son of Mr. ami Mrs. Smith Barrier, is confined to his home on South Spring street by measles. * $ * Mrs. Jennie Yachelson returned to her home in Brooklyn, X. Y., Tues day evening after spending several weeks with her son, M. S. Ynekleson and Mrs. Ynekleson. * * * Friends of Mrs. E. S. Towery will regret to learn that she is ill at her home on North Church street. * * * Bayless Ridenhour. of Charleston, S. C\. arrived in the city yester day to spend several days with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. Cl. Riden hour. * * * Spurgeon and Mildred Helms, children of Mr. and Mrs. 11. T. Helms, are ill at their home on Cedar street with measles. * * • Mr. and Mrs. George S. Ritchie have returned from Havana, Cuba, where they spent several weeks. * * • Mrs. Albert Johnson returned to the city yesterday from Balti more, Md., where she had been un deroging treatment at the St. Agnes hospital for a month. Mrs., Johnson is at the home of her mother, Mrs. Sallie Sapp, on Meadow street. v • • Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Mc- Donald. Eranklia avenue, a son, De cember 7th. * * * Charlotte News: The friends of Mrs. Lola Crawford will be glad to learn that she is getting along nicely following a sinus operation at the Charlotte .Sanatorium the first of the week. ** * \ Mrs. J. S. Walker, who has been a patient at the Charlotte Sanatori um for several weeks, has gone to Sanford to visit relatives for some tune. Sim was accompanied to San ford by Mrs. C. P. Rogers. Friends of Mrs. Walker will be glad to know that her condition is much improved. * '* * Mrs. W. X. I’attersou returned this i morning from Stuart. Ya.. where she had been v ; siting for some time. * * * Rev. R. S. Arrowood has returned i from Greensboro where lie spent sov- j oral days. ** * ; Miss Julia Hood Roseborough ha* roturnod so hor homo in Jacksonville. Fla., after a visit to Miss Alice Yorke. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brady. of Now York, are spending several days in ('onoord. * * * Ray Roll roturnod yesterday to New York, after spending several days here. * * * Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cannon, of Mor ganton, arrived Tuesday to be present Wednesday at the Wilson-Cannon wedding. * * * M iss Ala Gmpvick, of Winston- Salem. arrived Tuesday. She was a bridesmaid in the Wilson-Cannon wedding. * * * Col. G. W. Archer, of Indiana, is a visitor here today. * * * M iss Mary King and Miss Ruth Dry were in Charlotte Tuesday at tending the elementary school prin cipals’ group meeting of the KaUth Piedmont distre.t. Miss Dry is a member of the program committee. * * * Mrs! R. P. Lentz is confined to her home on East Depot street by illness. * * * Mr. and Mrs. James Pharr were called to Charlotte Tuesday by the serious illness of her sister, Miss Essie Grier, who has been a patient at the Charlotte Sanatorium for a week. •>, * * * Mrs. D. D. Harwood, of Salisbury, is -visiting her mother. Mrs. R. P. Lentz. * * * James H. Taylor, of Harrisburg, is again in school at Davidson college after an operation on his face. * * * Mrs. H. Li. Troutman returned home Monday from the Charlotte Sanatorium, where she had been a patient for two weeks. * * * The condition of Mrs. J. A. Mc- Eachern, who is in the Charlotte Sanatorium, is reported as improving. m « * Ray Bell, of New York, is spending several days in Concord with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bell. * * * Charlotte Observer: Dr. Robert H. Lafferty has returned home from New Orleans, where he attended the an nual meeting of the Radiological So ciety of America. This is the larg est radiological society in the United Siaets and Dr. Laffert.v has been on the executive committee for three years and was chairman of the com mittee this past year. 1 * * * Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Conrad, of Lexington, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Roberts. TRUCK PLOTfGHS INTO FILLING STATION ON KANNAPOLIS HIGHWAY Giant Monster Breaks Off Pumps Even With Sur faee of Conerete Floor Like Mere Toothpicks. Damage of SI,OOO, more of less, was done to the Rainbow Filling Sta tion on the Kannapolis highway about 10:30 o’clock Tuesday morn ing when a giant truck of the Sun shine Biscuit Company crashed into the station in lien of wrecking a Ohev rnlet coupe. The truck, a White model, smear ed the entire front of the station, and then turned over, tin* driver, whose name was not ascertained, escaping with only slight cuts. It is mira culous that ho was not killed. Two gasoline pumps were broken off even with the concrete floor sur face. and the brick support of the roof were shattered. the roof col lapsing. The truck, apparently, was intact after its wild adventure. Tin* huge bumper protected the truck, on rely bending under the terrific im i pact against the pumps and brick I supports. | The accident occurred when a j small automobile, leaving the sta | lion, rolled into the pathway of the | truck, and the driver of the latter 1 elected the filling station as a target j rather than the coupe. It is explain j ed that the huge Whitt? truck would I have squashed the Chevrolet. \V. G. Brown, county engineer, and | Oapt. Quint E. Smith, city engineer. ; were present at the final tests which i were made last Monday at Swil't Is ; land bridge, near Albemarle." Mr. I Brown said that the bridge was sub | jected to a test of 345 tons, remain | ing intact. Friend of the family—l’ll give you a penny for a kiss Mujorie. Bright child —No. thank you. I can earn more taking cod-liver oil. j PENNY COLUMN CHICKEN SUPPER Winecoff High School Thursday December loth at 6 to 9 P. M. 25c and 50c plate Trappers bring me mink, o’possum, muskrat, weasel, all others —furs. Will pay full market price for all Come on Saturday if possible, also rabbit skins' and live o’possums. Joseph McClainrock. 4!)ti Allison Street, Concord, X. C. D-30 Hog killing weather is here. We have the casings to stuff your sausage in. Also have hundred lard cans at 20c each. ('has. C. Graeber. D-13 For Sale or Exchange—Several mules and horses. Also wanted a small cream separator. 1). C. Linker. Phifer place, Kannapolis road. D-20 t Give Sometiiing For Christmas That will be remembered for all time. We have just the tiling in the form of nice building lots in Lauringood Park, make the first payment now and the balance throughout the year of 102 K. your wife and chil dren will appreciate it more than you know. This is a real nice prop erty just out of city limits with city water and electric light, and no city taxes. Will be glad to show you this property if you will call 43") and make an engagement. 1). A. McEaurin. 232 Kerr Sa. J-l MILLINERY Latest Styles Lowest Prices Patterns From New York and Chicago New Models Every Week MISS BRACHEN BONNET,SHOP ___ Furniture & Jut Furnishings Tff The Most Wonderful Line of Living A Room Suites We Have Ever Shown $87.50 and up Three Solid Car Loads Just In FALL TIME IS HOME-FURNISHING TIME. f rreat imp When Fall actually arrives the question of refurnishi»r >* °|> nrn i.hed ance to every family. Home must be quickly redecorated and r* the most attractive new things available. The time for >oin ! |, r ()n1 decorating is now, during our Wonder-ful showing of j - Come in and let us show you. Three Solid Car Loads u-t t:, ‘ Bell - Harris Furniture o The Store Thdt Satisfies and the Home of COFFEE rice suq We buy all our coffee. n<-. , first hands for cash and tliiu price to give our customers ' ; <1 Just ni, 2 .500 pounds.' a Rice. It contains a verv m ! :i ; which does not injure ii and cheap. Sell it at a bi- bur r, 1 ' ; 1. . RICE, per pound. 6c; 91.1*. f„, Buy tour •ii|. ( ,| s \„d Coflee. 1 adt) pounds. ••( ~. ( High Grade Rio Coffee. j roasted fresh and ground jno • pl at 35 cents. 1 ■{ j. Our Sale Price _ *■![,, Domino Fine Granufated Sw-ar • o reduced the price for this sale. - \,' .. \Jr buy. In fact we want v«.u to !, m CLINE & ios sgogoocooooogooogcoocoo c x-o ocvv-7 • ■ dr, r New Atwater k RADIO:-; jr 5 Operated Direct from your Light Socket. \ 0 5 ies at all. Easy to operate as falling off a log > careful what you buy before seeing the new At 3 Kent, or you might he sorry. The price is lon | Yorke and Wadsworll THE OLD RELIABLE * _ iXAAAn/WAnirVAAA.M MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED TO 377 IN LAST TWELVE MONTHS Cupid’s Activities Show In crease of 6.0 Per Cent. Over the 1923-26 Nuptial Record. Cabarrun County's cupid bad his eye wch trained for the twelve-month nuptial season between December Ist. 11)20 and a corresponding date this year. The bow and arrowed desci ple of that elusive target called love came through with ISI more bails eyes than during 'the previous year to materially raise his rating with the register of deeds and other inter ested parties. Two hundred and seventy-two mar riage licenses were issued to white couples and 105 to colored <}oup!es. making a total of 377 for the mar riage year that ended last Thursday. This represents a gain of more than sixty per cent, over the 21H». for both white" and colored, registered oyer a similar period from December Ist. 11)25 to December Ist,-11)20. As far as is known, none of.the marriages here were of companion ate variety, the familiar oid "love, honor and obey” having been incor porated in the ceremonies after the standardized manner. With conditions good, business in general on the increase and the man 1 !]• • 4 .. i’l 1 lie lll'xiii WfirkiliJ uVfll s;ti l l ilia; tin aitli idle 'inn- . si (hiring thf t.dv.-m*mtk | entered iiihhi. 666 is a I’rf sriptw* ( I .old-. (iri|»|n J . Hu. Hilioii' Fc\cr and 11 kills the pm . . . CONCORD PROhICE 3 (Corrected Weekly by r i.iiui'd reprecen for pr >duce ».i. the “V keL Kgg ('<>rii - - - Sueci -l’l'taa'ic Tlltkexs Onions " I lens Irish T'-tnt-ee - ' Tens .. ' '^ r. litter ('.or.trv Han! - Country ' ' Ci ;intry Sides ~ V ling <'tliekHis -
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