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r 1 1 W I ivLJi v O DISPATCHES a 00000003 C TC::AY. o CO-,, c; O VOLUME XXII. CONCORLX N. C, tHURSDAY, MAY 25, 19" NO. 00. Supreme Court of State ' Rules With This County In Case Brought by Cannon -Manufacturing Company HehUve to the Tax Assess ment of 1920. " : Y COMPANY MUST PAY $2243.17 Court Rules That Corpora w tion Commission Had No Right to Reduce Assess ment of Company's Mills. . - - t- ..The State Supreme Court baa ruled :wrth the. county In tbe case of count vs. the Caunon Manufacturing Com pan yrelatlve to HOt taxes. . The de cision was handed down yesterday, and the Xm mill Oliserver of today car ried the following story -concerning tbe rase: v -:. -: . - Dissolving aa injunction Issued by V .1 X .. . . t , 11 .. . n , dHiiKi jut.r,iroy, uir. fMipmne a ofin yesterday held that 'the Cannon Man ..' nfauturing Company of Calm mm must pay to the county of Cabarrus 22, S42.1T of taxes for the year 102ff pro tented by the company on tbe ground, that the State , Tax Commission- had allowed a redaction In the a (weaned valuation of the, property amounting to $4.W4,UO-, on an appeal which was pending' when special session of the Genera T Assembly In 1020 accepted by enactment the final report " of assess ments In Cabarrus In which the value of the. Cannon mills property was vi ed at $13,001,808. " - v U ' " "There I; In .thla statute no'excep .tlon or anthorlty by reason of any al leged pending appeals or otherwise for the State Tnx ' Commission to chnnge Its final awesments so approved by. the.. General Assembly .T said the court, in an opinion written by Chief Justice Walter Clark. J 'The , case of the Cannon Mills Co. 'et.als, la an appeal by the defendants from an. Injunction allowed .the ' four Camion mills by Judge McElroy , in Cabarrus in Angfist, 1021. against the defendants enjoluing them against the i collection of taxes levied by. the board of commissioners at Its meeting Sep temliw 8. 1020, as certified to the Sher iff and tbe tflx collector October I, . 1020. - - ' ' i.V-'-...-. : Allege l onmuiision uroer,. ,. ,:H, .i.-...Tbs'H'i',rtfe'it "ea iff)wt ;nthe'r grounds or an aJicged onier or. the Corporation OonunlKRlon sitting ss s - State. Tax Commission on January 4, 1!21, redwing the, valuation ns fixed by the Commissioners', of Cabarrus In September, 1020. Tbe defease set up by ;the commls , sloners the, sheylff and tax collector was that the amount assessed n gainst the four mills was $10,480,3Qft ; that the plaintiff appealed from this ' and the State Tax CominissloB Instructed tbe local authorities to reduce tbe val uation to $10,901,308: that subsequently- the State Tax Commbwlon called the county ' supervisor and county i hoard of appraisers and review to Ral ' elgh for further consultation and as a final concession ordered the county npervisor ' to "allow ft further reduc tion of $3,000,000 to cover auy Varia tions that might arise,' thus reducing the valuation to $13.01.3(; -- Tbe plaintiffs maintained that on - January 4,1021, after the General As ,semhl.v in 1920 hnd acrepted the val uation in the county of Cabarrus, In cluding tbe assessment cf tbe Cannon Mijnnfncturing Company property at $13,001,308, Ihe State Tax Commission, oasHinS on the bhiintilra aooeal nend Ing IieforV. It, further reduced the , as sessment by $4,014,010, leaving the valuation at $0,300,08. . , ; Denies Aufhorrty. ' (t The defendants flletKnn answer de- ' nvlng that In fact the State Tax Com mission on January 3, 1921, had made. The defendant also excepted that II , ' was lawfuRif it hnd been made. The defendant i :' also ; : accepted ;.; to' the evidence In that there; wa no state ment certlfled down by. tbe State Tax - Commission of snch alleged ireluctlon by ' the signature of either the Tax CommissJoners nor under the seal of : the Tax Commission and they object : ed to the intaedmiilon. cif evidence upon those grounds and also because . there was no evldeuce of the .slgun- - hire even of the clerk who had written the, letter making such statement, and they ako Introduced the Affidavit of a former clerk of the 8tate Tax Com . mission In , whose , bands all appeal v that there tas no appeal pending In which said reduction could have, been - allowed and tbatj tlie cbalrnuin of . the State Tax Commission had admit ted that there had been no such, order , of reduction attempted by the State Tax Commission as alleged by the ' plaintiffs. ' '"'. ' , - "In view of the Issue of fact raked on the evidence and by the pleadings.' i snld Chief Justice Clark in his opln lim, 'it was error In any view for the Judge to grant a permanent Injunction ngnlhft the collection by the sheriff of $22,343.17 which bad been duly as swsed by , the tax list against the projierty Of the plnlntltTs for tho issue of fact could only oe determined Dy a Jury. '. ' '':.; J "However, It Is not nez-cssnry to 'grant a new .trlnl upon this ground, for iijMtn conlclerntlon of the report Of the Tax Commission made to the , Uovei-fir and tninmnllted by him to the G. isl As'. .uiily as (he dual ns si'sxmei t. of the property in the hnn (In il 'itles of the t'-'nte,' and of the ' entii-tv t by the l- : ur on the. v. ' 1 ri 1 f '''.) ALDERMEN ORDER A - SCHOOL BOND ISSUE July 5th Date Set For. the Election to Be Held., At Its meeting last night, ,the board of aldermen called a apeilal election to lie held Jnly Sth. to rote on hool bond in ttie anm of fC2."..0ls1. Tbl titu wns asked for by tbe n-honl board, member of which met with the alder men. - t i .. , A new registration for tbe election waj ordered by the board. Books for nch registration will re main open from 0 a. ni. until 0 p. m. on each day,except Sundays and boll davs, from Monday morning. June, fi, lf.22. until Saturday night, June 24. 1022. On each Saturday dnring said registration period aald books will re- main open at tbe several polling p' ar ea.. No one may rule unless register ed nndcf such new registration. The polling place and filenames of election officers are as follows: ' ; Wanl 1. box 1, at comer of North t'uion and West Depot street ; Reglr trar W. U Bell: judges W. H. Ollwon and F. C. Nlblock. -. Wanl 1. box 2, at Kerr Street Fire Station; Registrar W. B. pulton; Judges Mls May Bhlnn and . Robert Parnell. ' ' " Ward 2. at corner North Union and fcast Depot streets; Registrar C A. Isenhonr; judgea.W. A.-Foil and T. J. Hmltb. - ' Ward S, at Court House; Registrar M1E5B Constance Cllne; Judges' l, a. Blkle and C. P. Cline.N. , , Ward4, at City Hall: Registrar (V A. Rnblnson ; judges G. T. Crowell and John Porter. -f '. ; Ward fl, at Rapp'a Stable; Registrar J G. Comay; Judges J. I. Sapp and F. W. Propst. - V . : The, bond's will bear ii per cent. In terest, and money to pay them will lie raised by a tax on all property, should the election 'carry. :' . . . i Sveral weeks ago'- the school board asked for nn election . for $800,000 worth of school bonds. After the elec tion bad bcn called the registration Imoks had been Opened, 'the school )lmr1 memlrs sked that the eieis tion lie called off and a new one order ed. The: school board knocked off $75,. 000 in the amount asked for and 5 per cent. bonds were substituted for, tbe 0 pear cent, bonds the Brst election ar. . , . ', - k . . . -. -.!-.;.. .'". f v i , GRADY FERGUSON, TODAY Held Up Peoples Bank at Randteman Yesterday and Escaped With $400 ' By tbe Aaaoelated rnul High Point, May 25. Police in High Point and other nearby cities today continued the-Search for Grady Fer guson. wanted in connection with a daylight holdup of tbe,Peopleg Bank at Randleman ear!y yesterday after noon. Ferguson, who is a resident of Randleman, was known to the bank officials and had an accout with the Institution. He ' is ; alleged to have taken $400 from the counters after pointing a pistol at the teller and de manding the money. He fled from the building and had-not been appre hended early thU afternoon. Fergu son's wife la In a High Point hospital undergoing treatment. Officials of the hospital , say he had been paying his bin regmariy. Ferguson was considered a good citizen and the police are un able to account for hla act. , Bland Interests Lease Robert E. Lee Hold. ' -' (Dy the Aaaoclatesl Press.) 1 Rocky Mount, May 25. T. Ij. Bland today announced that be and hi 8 as soclates had leased the hotel Robert fc. Ijee at Winston-Salem, and that the , new. management 1 would . assume rMn4-nl A : tll.-.l 'L.t.1 .1... vuuuiu-. u.y i . iuu. owim mill lease which was consummated yester- The Bland interests are now opernt lng hotels at Raleigh,. Rocky Mount, and New Bern. ' ' . , ... i ii. r i i ' i it 'A. '". Koore Comity Peach Crop ' Worth V , l,000v00 TbU Year. ' Carthage. May 24. J. W. Self, held In Jail here for a shooting affair, has been given a hearing and his bond fixed at $1,0000, but as yet none has provided ball for him. Tha peach season Is now ' on in Moore county and a big crop is being harvested. . Last year the crop mark eted was sold for $715,000. It is es timated this year's crop will reach 11,000.000 - : . ' . Jury in (imall Case Threatona to Strike. Waukegan, III., 'May 24. The trial of Gov. Len Small waa baited a few moments' this afternoon when - the Jury threatened to go on strike unless allowed to stay out late at night. The jurors Complained i'that their bailiffs, bothvelderly men, put them to bed at 9 p. m: and demanded ' that vounger bailiffs be appointed, to take the jurors out evenings. .. . , v - German Representative Pleased." ' Paris, May 25.(By the Associated Press). -Optimism over the progress being made by the international bank ers' - conference considering the Ger man financial situation was voiced to day by Karl Bergmann, tb German representative. . , - , ' "It Is turning out Just as I expect ed," he said In expressing pleasure over the outlook. The Royal National1 Lifeboat Insti tution of tireut Brltnn Is building a motor lifeboat to hold 150 peop'e. It will curry searchlights, a line throwing s'iin, ii-i a net into w'-lch wrwhed J l- --I j r p to i.' . sk:g mm According to Reports on Em ployment From, AH Parts of Country to Department of Labor. IrflVniTinVQ IK ' i,, VVZ. ,TIIIS STATE GOOD Report Shows There Is Prac tically No Unemployment Here The Entire Country Shows Improvement , (r tb AkMM4at Fthm.1 Washington, May 25. A oJcture cf steady reviving busineaa activity throughout the country la drawn by Secretary Davis in a statement today based on reports of employment con ditions to the. Department of Labor. The reports Indicate that unemnloy ment has been "practically eliminat ed" In New York state, the secretary said; that It ha been reduced more than 60 per cent in the last three months In Pennsylvania; while ' tho 'swan song of business depression has given way to a cheerful note on improved Industrial activity" in Mtn- nesotta, Wisconsin. Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, ICansas and Mliwlouri. There is "unmistakable evidence" of tmproyed Industrial conditions pre vailing In tbe Pacific coast. Mr. Davis said, whil in' the South the reports show steady Improvement in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama, and that practically no unemployment now ex ists in North 'Carolina. ,. r NORTHERN PRESBYTERIAN '' ASEMBLY ADJOURNS Renort.Says Catholics Are Waging a war on Protestantism in South Am erica. ;;.'.-. . (By the Aaaweiateil Press.)' Des Moines, la t May 2ft (By the As sociated ( Press). Interference wlth Protestants, : especially Presbyterian evangelization in South America, was ehareed today in a report to the board of foreign missions of the Presbyter ian Church In the United" States of America, submitted to the 124th Gen eral Assembly on the last day of Its session.-: t ' The reported quoted, frera the mln- : lM.iAJtvtt of -"lie 'BrlHnn mission "that. 'Tthw Roman -CarhoU -jCUiinh hi the Roman CarnoU -jChitrvh ha offl- olally . declared),' 'guerra ,-. aem , treguus' (war without' quarter) against Prot-, c.stnntlsin In Brazil "Archbishops, bishops and. inspired Journalists, the report said,' ''have launched inhammatory appeals to nat ional sentiment - against . protectant missionaries." ;, The report, cited alleg ed lnsta nces s where ' the' mlsslona rle.i were referrd toby priests, as "spies" of the United 'tares. Shooting up a Presbyterian church .mission- by a nmb of 5M) men and threat of lynching the pastor, tne. kcv. Anure Jensen, was also charged. - - ., SIIRINERS OF OASIS TEMPLE CELEBRATING High Point Host to Members in Their Spring leremontal. - Br tho Aaaoelatea PreK. High Point, May 25. Thl sclty was host today to the Spring Ceremonial of Oasts Temple of 'the Ancient Arabic Nobles 'of the Mystic. Shrine, fully 3.000 members' and , their ladles regis tering before noon. - The principal fea tures of the program, Included a street parade at 2 oe:ock today, drills bv Oasis patroU and the ceremonial which was held in a large i .pavilion. , Local hotels are crowded and hundreds of guests arrived earlv this morning iu automobiles from distant parts of the state." Charlotte sent a delegation of 400 on a special train." . , Street enragayly decorated in Shrine colors, and 'paradewas the greatest ever witnessed here. The ceremonial will come to a close tonight with dances and other social gatherings. Bold Robber Holds Up a Bank at Randleman. High Point. May 24. Grady Fergu son, well known Randleman white man. today entered the People's- bank of that place, and aiming a revolver at the head of the teller, told him to keep quiet while he picked from the counter $400 in cash and dropped through the- rear, acsrwdlng to a story told High v Point officers, by Claude Newlin, teller of the bank. Ferguson, according to rfport, toH Newlin that his wife was in 111 .health and that he needed the money. Immediately after the holdup au thorities were, notified and a search was instituted for Ferguson, but he had not been apprehended tonight. 'Ferguson' wife la a patient in a High Point hospital, but attaches said the alleged bandit had paid her entire hospital bill. Bank officials assigned that as one of the reasons for the robbery. r ' ( ; Two Killed In Auto AictdenL V, ' . (By- the Assoeletnl Prj.l v Jacksonville. May 27.-:Cbrlrles Har vey Kersey and Edford McKeel, both of Atlanta, were killed ami eight other men Iniured In an automobile collision shortly before dawn today on the hlghwav between Jacksonville and Pablo Beach. HSU Provides for Army Jfen. 111 nIA i Washington. May 24. Provision for a regular army of 133,000 men and 'rested its -case this morning to " the V" "I 'went home and tore Timij ors 12E00 ollkers was made todiy by the.trla lof Wm. Blizzard on, charge of course tnt0 ten thousand Oltrereni ... .... ' ..i ...in. w.!.,l.,n -i. nn,il lllg f Al rtfRlVCR CASE Osiulna That Etrh Bill Was lav valid Gvt I aantunau Optnitfa al the fV-prrm f sMrt. i (Br tka immMH r-ri Balelga, Vty 23 Tbe )w passed by the litt seawlog of the North Car olina General Assembly to allow state banka to 'charge exchange for back clearance was heid Invalid tv the pre Cnnrt late yerttriy. la a nuaiilmotta opinion written hy the Cblef Jnsilce, wba snyys the state law Is in conflict with tbe Federal statute, and .therefore ntH-oaMtlfnt tonal. The suit was brought by the Merchants A Farmers' -Itsnk of Monroe. In tbe form of an Injnm tl'n rn require tbe Federal Reserve Itsnk of RUlimond te honor rberks drawn in this and other state banks in North' Carolina. , Says Law Waa "Pernicious". -" Richmond. Ms y 8S Gov. (ienrge J Seay. of the Ri-huiond Federal Re serve Bank, rommeatlng today on tbel decision of the Supreme Court of North Carolina In Hie par clearance case, dels red one, feature of the North Carolina law was "psnilclons." r "It was possible, ftnder that law," shid Mr. Seay. "for i North Carolina hank to Issue. checks on any bank It chose in payWnt of snms due the Federal Reserve. Tlien. in lurn. tbe hank upon which tbe checks were Is sued could do tbe saane thing. - That system could go op indefinitely, to the detriment of hankina; generally." r CHICAGO XA GIT FX , 20 YEARS IX PRIS0 . , 4. ... . On Charge of Inciting Recent Dis. turbances ia FrenyU Territcry I j (By the ABMHaHed Prew.) ' Chicago, May : 25.Sent'ence of 20 years in prison on cbarges of inciting recent dlsturlwnees lp. French mandate i, territory in Syria baa lsen meted' out to Chas. R.- Crane, of Chicago by a French, military conrt In' Damascus, i according to a copyrighted dispatch 1 from Cairo, Rgypt, published today iu the Chicago Dally News. ' The dis patch Is liasced on repnrfs' published In Arabic newspapers, , received In Cairo. ' I. -. , :' 'v.v: - . i . These reports according to the Dally News dispatch says the military conrt passed the sentence' "-alter ,'a bearing by default (this Is In, the absence of the accused)." ;; -; ' "A notice, in .the newspapers," v the discontinued, - piloting the ofll-. cla communique ' adds i hat the Araesi-' can government bad been notified of the verdict." i .--.'" tf.' .'- - .,: Mr. Crnne Is former! American min ister to China njid an authority on far Eastern affairs, - , Now in Paris. Paris, May 25 By. the Associated Pre). ChSJi. & Croe .who. is -. re ported to have been-condemned by a (French military court to 20 years' Im- prisonm.nty l8 now stopping at a Paris hotel. He was seen at his hotel this afternoon 3 and asked concerning tbe reported condemnation, nut refused to say anything in regard to the Syrian situation, iftldlng that he was "making an effort to do soniethlng regarding it." , Mr. -Crane has not lie.en under arreH or. surveillance. liWhen he goes out from the hotel he moved about en tirely, unobserved by the civil or mili tary .authorities. ' .;, v CONTRACT INVALID This Is Opinion of Attorney General RelaUve to Steam Power Plant at Gorgas, Aba. , . Washington, May 25. (By. the Asso ciated Press.) An opinion , by Attor ney . General : Datigherty, submitted to Secretary - Weeks, mid forwarded -today to the House military committee, holds that the , contract executed by the government with the Alabama Power Co. Is .'invalid" with respect to the-provision which the' Power Com pany officials contend gives them" the right of .exclusive purchase of the gov ernment's Interest In the steam power plant at Gorgas, Ala. 'v : The, contract, negotiated by the war Dennrtment.- ,' with -the - Air Nitrates a subsidv of American Cvnamid Co.. under which nitrate plant No. 2 was constructed at Muscle Shoals, Ala,, al so- is held "invalid" by. the Attorney General with regard to the option of exclusive purchase claimed, by the cor poration in -the event the plnn is ever disposed of . by the government to pri vate enterprise. .t s , ; t THIRTY-TWO PERSONS ' , I HURT IN ACCIDENT j Freight Engine Crashes Into Inter-Crledlctlon ban Car Near Birmingham. D;r the Asserlate Press. Birmingham, A'.. Moy 25. Thirty two persons, were Injured, a number seriously, when a Tidewater Car, on the lines of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Co. was struck by a fast freight today on the Alnbama Great Southern Railroad at Woodlnwn, a suburb,' y'r?.'!: ' Confusion In following stenab) of s crossing flagman was said , to , have caused. the accident. . . : The trollev car. of heaw Inter-urban tvne. was broken iu two when It was aimoir Ti,o mi no iimnrinir 4S nnt enra. wan iWniini iiv the tmnnci- snil ran on the ties, nearly 300 feet before eominir in .ton . , - . .-. if, " ' ' s W1,1 f1,.nn ITn1l.nlt.jt rtttl.c'l. Ri.T. iimu .'n.,v V i i ".. ."tui. auy, imr tag Associswa. itc. ; Washington,' May 23.'--A movement said to hnve tha hnckinir of a lnrm. humlier of Senators, to change, the an cjent Senate rule permitting unlimited debate, was initiated today by a' con ference of republican senators. Defense Rests In Blissard Can. V ' fSt Aanvtatra PnuI . . n .- Charlestown, W. va.. May 25. (By;nn mo pui .m i the Associated Press). The' defense i .. . i.Uo,. lAstilUvl . Iirleflv. - Rehtlttnl'V was be HEIS SEHSATIOHALiST Claims It Is His Natural and Best Way of Preachinir, t and Tells of His Early Trials as Preacher. DELIVERED TALK IN CHARLOTTE Says Manx Instances in Bi ble Show That Some Peo ple Have to Be Sensational to Be Effective, - In speaking to a1 Charlotte audi ence Wednesday at noon. "Cyclone Muck" told, why he la a sensational--1st . The address the evauuulst delivered at that time follows: - ' When I first started out in tbe ministry I made np 'my mind that I was going to be original or be noth ing, and in a few weeks I found )i:t tk.it I was going to be both. ( hnd been in a preacher .factory for one year, and when 1 returned home a Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian pastor from a little town above my uuiii guv 4 me a can tor a certain Sunday night I think now the oretnren, - instead or . calling me, short-circuited me, but, however. they notified me (hat their people were going to have a union service on' this Sunday night and, they all leu disposed 10 stirrer my presence 'or an hour or so. ' - , They gave. me several weeks - In which to load my gospel gun,- snd 1 certainly loaded it to the muzzle. I visited every preacher library in the community. I borrowed histories, com mental res, encyclopedias,, I : se cured a -Bet of BUI Shakespeare's works, I also secured Alfred Tenny son to smooth, off nil rough spots. and then, to make' sure that sermon was up to the standard, I gave, it a good strong dash of Emerson. I worked It up into' thj i most beautiful splurges and spasms,' I be decked it with metaphors and sema phores, I filled it with climaxes, 'both wet and dry, I stood before the. glass several days memorzlng it, I got It so that it would go without hesita tion, even if I had been asleep. I put gestures hijo this 1 sermon that's' things- that you d6 ,lth your hands'. I stood before rthe glass . so long, working on it .tnauu wamirjst iik- -breaking homeUes .to leave . the looking-glass. ;-, iThe day was fast ap pYoaching when I was to deliver mf. maiden' sermon,, so I borrowed me a long black shad-bellied coat, ; and a beaver hat, I purchased me a' whits vest, and went forth to battle. That night- the church was .crowd ed and packed, all space was taken, and I Just knew : that sermtin was going off according to the blue print. One of the pastors after ahout an hours preliminary work, -arose, and In very dignified way, introduced the grand doctor," and ; n I .v, walked out threw my shoulders back! placed my right foot before my left, and In a deep philosophical voice, : I began to oozing-tsms and idouoie cube roots, controversies, I breathed an air of htroglyphics swathed in papyrus, and reeled out ; lavender-scented, ,- rose- water, -rhetorical bouquets. . and in less than 10 minutes I was walking the milky way, cutting a somersault In the big dipoer, and staking out claims on Jupiter, and using words that would make a Greek professor's jaws squeak for a week, and In, the midst of my orutorlcal night. "I remembered that I -had left out one of my wet climaxes, and I re turned to bring it up,, and it didn't fit in, and rigni mere, i ,iook singe- 'fright and began to splutter like an ; arc-light In trouble or a broken tec ord on a second-hand Vlctrola, and In less than two minutos everybody that was in 10 feet of me, needed raincoat and an umbrella. . J was anlutterlna- so. , Finally my jaws became lockad. ; my tongue was tied, my brain stagnated on me and my mouth closed up like a bank vault, and I- tried to think ' of something snd I did not know anything, then though I would pronounce the ben- ana I 'could not rememoer It. . I stood for a, moment gazing out Into illimitable space, trying to wins of one of ihe preachers name and I could not remember a one of them. 1 looked at ' the congregation . and they gazed at me. - - "1 reached "over; grabbed mv Bible and mnde mv exit out at a aide door, Tbe folks left 'by the front.;' I crawled in my buggy and down the road on high gear I , went, I. can see me oiu i moon ; swinging out yonder now m IsDace. I looked uo at the blue can- r-- of the sky. Studded wttn me stars of ' heaven, and I dropped on my kneea in tnai ouggy. ana i Bum: ' " 'Oh.1 God. I have made a miser- awe tanure ana i mu m the biggest fool In South Carolina tonight,' I don't think I missed 'milch.. I Bald: ' - :" - . - . , , ., j. . "uoa, ,i na,ve uim iuiu uucu 1 wrong. I have tried td he - a. big preacher tonights Instead . of , heing - 1 myself. Then I gave the Lard some 'roal Information I saliH OtA. the neonle Tiave got tne devil in thrm, and shBd-bellied eoats and beaver hnts and Bill Shakespeare and Alfred Tennyon dashed with Emerson hung on to a text noes not r.; .... -.j t.A i m ioraive me i wm uer u . - niwM ana loauea my o a gospei sun - with brick bata, rock salt,' baroM Last Exercispc'l. Pleasant'slwo Schools HIGH SCHOOL FINALS BEGIN FRLQAY NIGHT Declamation and Recitation Congest First Features The first exercW of cocuniencetnent at the Concord High Hchnol will be held tomorrow, Fridav algha, when the members of the class mutest for the declination and recitation prises. Tlie exercise will he held at Central School, as will all the exercise. , Tbe program tomorrow night will be: The Class Song. " -1. Woman. A Xew Factor In Politics Fvln D. Troutiuan. 2. Au Angel : In a Saloon Xola Helms. . ... ' , , S ' Tlie Soldiers' Bonus Clarence Propst. ; . , 4 Utile. War Horse Katherine Wolff. ' - 5. Llneolu's Gettysburg Address Press M. Faggart. a Tbe Cabin is F-inpty Again Sarah Frances Parne'l. v ,-, -. Instrnmentsf Musk' 1 7. Irejmlice. The Ogre of the Ages JobnM. Cook.' , , 8. RolHjrt of Sicily May Elizabeth Klutts. . a, Is Education Worth Whlle Tonard Brevard Suther. -10. The Glacier ; Bed Blanche Lorena Alisher.' 11, The Need of Heroes of Pence ! Harry Gllltert Watson.' Selection The. Senior Class Quartett. The decision of the Judges. . "1 On . Sunday morning at 11 o'clock Rev. ,W. A. Jenkins, pastor of Cen tral Methodist Church, wHHleliver the liacca'.nnreate sermon, and all Churches of the city will be closed. On Monday evening the llterarv ad dress will be delivered by Hon. W. JJ. Webb former Senator from Tennessee and the guiding spirit of Webb's School, s at.' Bellbuekle, , Tenn. - Mr. Webb has no anperior in the South as handler of boys. He knows youth, every thought and action, and he will unquestionably bring a great message to tbe members of the senior eass, and their friends, 'Monday, night, ' bishop Kir,Gr is now s V , s RESTTOG MORE EASILI Phvslclans Sv He Has Chance to Recover, Though His Condition Is Critical. v.. ;..rv,-.,;,- ... ' Bv the As rt4 rii.l 1 : "Meniphls. "TentLl May Kshopn jonn v. Jviigo, oi me mtnnooni apis-' copal , Church, South,1 who is ill at a local hospital here, rallied strongly after a relapse early today,, and his physicians say he is now resting more comfortably, although his condi tion still is described by them a-3 "critical." Rishon TCIIfo Rnent ft falrlv com- tibrtable nlpht. Bishon Klleo was taken III Monday nlght'.while returning to his home at Charlotte, N. C, from the Methodist General Conference at Hot Springs, Arkansas. , ' ' THE COtTOJT MARKET Eisy Liverpool Cables Led to Seat iciiug ijiijiuiuiuivu 2u ii:rUUK . tnr the Associate Frttmi New York, May 25.r-RsIatlvely easy Liverpool cables and reports of bet ter Weather in the South led to scat tering liquidation on an opening de cilne of 11 to. 14 points with juiv selling off to 20:13 . and October to 19:91. There was some covaring- by near months ehorts,' however, while New ' Orleans was a buyer of new cron ooslttons and about half the inl tlal losses: were recovered shortly after the call. . Cotton futures oofineff steady. July 20:15: OcUrortr ir:93: Del 19:85: January 19:86; March 19:54. ' ; ( With Our Advertisersn Phone to Wm. N. Orpin for your ap- nniiitinenr to iret vour hahv In the Pas time Baby Omtest. Jtcad ad today for particulars. . - . r There are two sides, to .every ques tion the Concord and Kannnpolls Gas Company points out in a new nd. Hear the company's side , aboht ser vice. .' W ..:.',''"."'".'-.;-.' '?'.--' l. The Gibson Drag Store, will offer another big week end special ! this week.; New ad elves particulars. The Bell & Harris' Furniture Co., is offering many fine SJnmmer Specials New ad today gives a list of some of them. -y ;.St. ;-.".' V-'--'.!1' i':'--i-'i.-".".-'.,'-'j -'- '... , . fr'.t.-. All 'persons who are to take pirt In the pageant. "The Light of the Candle." to be given Sunday, night at the First Presbyterian Church, are asked :; to meet at the Church this afternoon at 5:30 for rehearsal.. ' - ?"'" 1 - "The Pines" Swim ming Pool Will Open Sunday,; on its second year for Ladies and Gen tlemen..';' . :.'.;.!"". -.-;'" ' y "The Pines Swimming Pool" is rtt- nafed 'one' miles from toWn, Just offi the Kannapolis road, across the. over-t head bridge on the Southern Railroad.! Pool Is safe for, children and ladles, who can't - swim and plenty of deep water for gentlemen. ; , ' II. L. FURR, Manager Members of Graduating Class of Seminary and Institute Given Diplomas at Wed nesday's Exercise. AWARDS FOR YEAR . ALSO ANNOUNCED Miss Miriam Shirey Gets the ; Seminary Scholarship and Claude Morton Gets Insti- ' tute Scholarship. : 'By Editorial Correspondent., Mt. Pleasant. May 24. Final exer- ' rises of commencement at Mont Amoe na Seminary and Mt. Pleasant Col-' legiate institute were held here thla morning when certificates of gradua tion were presented to the members of tlie senior clad-a. ' There were l.t members, of the graduating class at : tbe Seiniuiiryand 24 at the Institute. ' In addition to the awarding of cer tificates of graduation, the exercises this morning were featured by tbe or ator's contest and announcement ' of prizes won at the two institutions dur ing the. year. - , C. M. Ritchie, of Churchland. Va.. won the orator's medal, tha decision of , the Judges lieing tinanimous.. Tbe de-' haters medal was presented to M. C Davis,' 'of Savannah, Ga.; the l.udwlg ' scholarship and Latin medal was won hy Claude Morton, of Alliemarle: fhe, . declaimer's medal was won by JV R. -. Quartermnra; .the French medih was won by R. L. Grandy, of Columbus, Ga. : the military medal .was won by. It. C. Harris, of Davidson, and the Loving Cup for the best company was . awarded to Company B, C. D. Moretss, -y Charlotte, Captain. , ' .; " - ' - Memlier8 of the eoilor class, wln- ning first distinction were : C. B. Mor ton, E. C. Thomas, R. C. Harris, J. A. Kern, and F. R. McEachern. 1 Memliers of the senior' class receiv 'ing distinction for not missing a class , during the year were: R. C. Harris,: ' C. G. Heilig Jr., J. M. Holmes, P. E. Moose, M. L. Pdinlnger, W. C. Thom as apd J. W, McKinley. . ' , r - All medals except the military lued- . al and living Cnp were presented -by ' Pror. j. R, -Moose, instructor of His- , tory and Jreek. - -..The iblomas'wereresenrel (a the fliirteen memliers of the ernduatinz clnss -of the Seminary hy Prof.. J. H. ... C.i- Fisher. He , also announced the prize winners and awarded, the prizes. ' To Miss Miriam Shirey, of Mount -. ' Pleasant, went the. honor of receiving , the scholarship, for the best average. . Miss Ethel Eudy, of Cabarrus, won the English prize, with the highest aver age for two years, and Miss Eulnbell Farmer, of Faith, won the essay uied- -, The Alpha Literary Society won, the scholarship cup given each year to : the society with the highest year's : average. Miss Alnin Furr, of this county, won !; swond honors in scholarship. ' First distinction 4n scholarship Was given to Misses Alma Furr, Miriam Shirey, Kate Klutts, Thelma Walker and" Mary Zimmerman, Those win-. ning, Second distinction were: Missed Julia English, Ethel Ejudy, Etilnliell ; - f armer, Mary Virginia : Fisher, Mary " Fray,, Kate Harmil, Mnyone. Harkeyj ' Lena i Kellar, Daisy! Kluttz, - Ruby ! Intz, Mary McEachern, Vii-ginla Iie Patterson, Ruth Ritchie, Pearl Ross, Thelma Seaford, Ruth Shirey, Salome .' Shirey,' : Mary Ste.warv Mary Trexler : and Bejrry Williams. The list includes n all class) memliers in the Seminary. . ..' First distinction in miisic was won by Misses - Venia May V Hahn, Ruth. , Ritchie and i Wilma Stlrewalt. ec- ' ond distinction was won by Misses Estelle Efjrd, Ethel Eudy, Violet Hon eycutt, Mary McEachern, Helen Hoyla, . Ruby. Lents ond Salome Shlre.y. At the alumnae meeting Tuesday at the Seminary plans were taken up'for ( securing funds to cover, the note' as- . suraed Inst summer when the building -was repainted. 5 - ' J The, following officers of the Alum- ' nae Association were elected : ' Mtss Ada Stirewalt. China Grove. . President; Mrs. J. Y. McEachern, Mt., Plensant, Vice-President; Miss.. Bess Heilig, Mt Pleasant, secretary , aud . ' 'Treasurer, :,,, .; . ' '-'-. " . A feature of the alumnae luncheon : was nn address by Mrs. Robert L, Pat- tcrson of the class of '88. . t Again today the exercises were at tended . by . hundreds - of , Interested v friends and relatives of tbe member of .the, two senior classes. ' The attend- ' - ance throughout commencement was the best in history. . . - ; . . . . - Finals of Grammar Sdiool Commence ment. . The final exercise of commencement at Central ' Grammar School will be held this evening at 8 oeloek ' when the graduating exercises will be held. The following will Jie the program: America Audience standing and Joining in the son. . ; ' Prayer. -.. '- '. Address Mrs. H. S. Willliimw, '. . ' Address-r-Mrs. S. A Wo'.ff1 . ! Song, Jaiikeedoodle The elnsa Addi-ess Rev.' W. C. Wauchope. ' Address Mr. W. 4-Foil . Class, Bong, uoncera Meats Them ah 'rue Thl American PwlTlie rin Roll call by Miss Constance ('line. Principal. Presenting Certificates and Address Hon. L. T. HartseU. - . - Vacation Bong. , Ion bill. gun Immediately by the defense. (Concluded on page -four.) .
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