North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE FOUR fftagatetato ■»«*«« «*» w ra—rved, •V- - i •'Wptjtm?' ~* < FROST. LANDIS ft KOHN Candler Building', AtlwUi\ 2er the Act of Uorcb A 187*. U ' gnBHCRIFTIUN KATES la the City of Concord by Carrier:^ ftoe* - -‘~~ ■ llfio ©utstdv'of the'B* eteT the Subscription, , ' Ta the Sane as Id the City SFttal ** the city and by mall la North Faroltoa the following prices will pre- Sis*Than a All SBbscrlptloMMty Be Paid to ■f AdVanch RAILROAD SCHEDULE In Effect April 26. 1625. '■ 't\ Northbound. j ■ No. 40 To New York »:28 F.,M No. 138 To Woahtogton s:o© At M >£ 36 To New York 10:25 A. M. No. 34 To New York 4:43 P. M. No. 48 To Danville 3:15 P. M. No. 12 To Richmond 7 :10 P. M. No. 32 To New York 8:36 P. M. No. 38 To New York 8 :56 P. M. No. 30 To New York 2 :00 A.M. No. 45 To Charlotte 3:55_P._M. No. 35 To New Orleans 10:12 P.M. No. 26 To Birmingham 2:35 A. M. No. 31 To Augusta 6:07 A. M. No. 33 To New Orleans 8:25 A. M. No. 11 To Charlotte 8 :05 A. M. No. 135 To Atlanta 8:35 P. M. No. 37 To New York 10:45 A. M. No. 39 To New Orleans 9:55 P. M. Train No. 34 vitt. stop in Concord to take on passengers going beyond Wash-, ington. Train No. 37 will stop here to discharge passengers coining from beyond 'Wash ington. No. 45 makes regular stop;. Not 33 makes regular stop. f i B IBLE THOUGHTI VW —for TODAY— . 11l Bible, Thooztte memorised wfll prase •|B jjT prferiee* heritage in ester yeem lg| PRAYER FOR WISDOM:— So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.— Psalm 90:12. • • " ~r: ANOTHER STATE ROAD FOR THE COUNTY. Definite announcement by W. C. Wil kinson, State Highway Commissioner for the district embracing Cabarrus County, that the State will take over for main tenance the Concord-Monroe road, should be of unusual interest to every ejtizeu of the county. The announcement means that Cabarrus is to have another State highway and that one of the most vital roads iji the county is to be maintained by the State. The County Highway Commission con structed the road to the Union County line along State highway specifications where it was possible to do so. and that this was a wise move Is shown by the fact that the State, is now willing to ac cept the highway as a standard day road. In an address here some time ago Mr. Wilkinson intimated that the State would make a few changes in the road, it it were taken over, but he stated then that in the main, the road was acceptable as a State highway. The road connects Concord with one of the most prosperous and most import ant parts of-the county, to be sure, and it is of great'value for that reason local ly. but that is just the beginning of the story of the road's real worth. R leads from Concord to Monroe, is fifteen miles shorter than the route through Charlotte, and makes it possible for persons desir ing to reach certain parts of Souii Caro lina to use a shorter route, for from Mon roe there arc several excellent roads to the South Carolina line. The road also means a shorter route from Piedmont North Carolina to 'that section of the State lying to the east and south of Monroe. Several years ago Commissioner Wil kinson told the people of Cabnrrus that he would take over for the State any suitable road that was built from Con cord to the Union county line. He has kept his promise and he was able to do so because the county highway board adopted the best route regardless of pe titions and entreaties and the like. That is the only way to build * road. Put an cx]>ert engineer' oa the job and then fW , law his directions. If you try to please everyone, there is always a mess and us ually the road takes the most round about - route. HONOR FOR CHITTED MT 8K IAN. At the next convention of the Federa tion of Women's Clubs of North Cnroli : ii*. Mrs. Charles B. Wagoner, of this city will be awarded two cups, one for the best piuno composition and the other ...... ...i ...,, '( fX i - 4 f 9 Amm , A r1 b ! WT.A IHINOT ON-fi Is likes- living to . Axaagic*. At least, so he MV* He’a ao extremely unortho dox u* tee Halted States, tame time* to eo much the other wag [ teat ft Meow as If he Wouldn’t I enjoy himaelf here. But, taDtatg i with me at hto home down to .TtatHmora recently, “I'd be Story unhappy," he I a community course this ob- I fltjA V« nervation lays : OjlEsL <Lk H. him open to the come bach. ! UmT “American j didn’t mean It | my real kick j i out of life.” ! Re mntttraed. “to this land of con ventions, by defying them all.” Tbta to the right way to look at it, no doubt. Forced to dwell here, ae be i* tar business reasons, the Irrepressible Mr. Mencken shows j sound sense to taetottog on seeing 1 the bright aide of conditions be , has to put up with anyway. , Nevertheless, it has to be admitted that existence in thto country to ! Pretty drab today, compered with j what It was up to a dozen or 15 years ago. Before then, I myself liked It here as well aa l liked any other place and' even better then I liked some. But hot bow. At present I can't think of a single spot I ever visited on ■ the whole globe where I wouldn’t rather live than here In the United States. •••". ■ TIE real reason P live here to the same real reason that BE. L. Mencken has for doing so. too. I don't believe thrt story about hto unhapplncns among pec pto more or less like hi. rseU. I notice he trains around with ! own kind— that is, the nr. r.ni bt • Can come to his own 1.-;. tt'.s j real reason Is, "This is -J ■>. v r 1- it j country In the world to s.ke a I living hi.” In a theu'-ht: mo ment he let this bit : * ' > cause the surprise it would have had she not already established such an envia- i ; ble reputation for herself. A number of Mrs. Wagoner's com-1 positions, notably “The Mecklenburg l March.,” have won national recognition ! and it is reasonable to bel'eve that her I prize winning numbers of this year also I will find great favor with musicians of j prominence throughout the country. WHY IS HER CASE DIFFERENT? Miss Mary fclcSwiney, sister of the Irishman who went on a hunger strike .when put in prison, admits that she has no passport, but she threatens to start a hunger strike here if arrested. The State Department began un investigation of her case at the request of the Irish Free State anti almost the first inquiry brought the information that the woman is here without a passport and that she refuses to leave the country unless forced to. And if she is forced to she will begin a hun ger strike. Aside from any of her opinions as to how Ireland should be run, why docs Miss MeSwiney have privileges that are not given othef foreigners? She came here as a visitor, or at least she was supposed to have come that way. but; it appears now that she slipped in. At j lease she has no passport, and therefore EVERETT TRUST BY CONDO Afce voo' you — ’s-t-ar-illa ifh ' - ~ 7 -m y y j~ ’X"' —— r^i v V .-Cay . . 'L tarn oot.f* Itto * good raaaoti, too. A country tt*» pleasant to Uve to. novel 1 thetota tent very plea rant If you*vr nothin* to Uv* op. \yTENTION tee tact that yon i lfl don’t like tee present-day | United States and everybody aasuntos it’s prohibition you don’t | like. Prolhlbltion to one of the ' symptoms, true enough, but it ; isn’t the disease. The disease to standardisation—by law. The en tire world to Mdfering from It but the United States has by tar the worst cane. Standardization by moral suasion to legitimate but |g ggt tag too tar. • •- e ■fTIOR Instance, aoae at the neighbors* children aren’t at- ' lowed tt> play -with my Uttle girl because, preferring to teash hea re 11 g1 on according to £ certain Idea# m H of my own, I ■b W won’t send her ■ to Sun da y VKa jgfT school. That’s ~ST 3m moral suasibn - jjm and quite all right. But if the neighbors had their way, JH Hhk they’d have a ta Hi 1a w passed \SH putting me in K If jail. They may ©-’"L- do it yet. awwitOT And my sys- ' jon » «««» tem te likely to be 1 right as the neighbors’ system, : even though they’re in a majority, j The question whether men de scended from monkeys or not 1 can't be settled by a popular vote, i If they did they did, no matter what the electorate thinks about it. If they didn’t they didn't, re- j gardless of any decision at the ! polls. • • • T>EING on American myself by ] I? ■> a good many generations’ d?- oeent —I could be a Son of i t':o American Revolution if I vv.nted to. I’m eligible—l can say I please, that I don’t like this " ’ -ntry the way it Is now. I dp i 1 : .-ire -.r.d I do say so. If I'could, ! > d live eomswherd else. And 1 if ; >t. I-. Mencken would own up, ' 1 ii 1 at Ua’d have to cay the same no permission to remain. { have little sympathy with these j hunger strikers. If this woman Ims vio j labs] the law we say treat her as any I other foreigner or law violator. Her j threats of a hunger strike Shoud have |no influence whatever on the govern ; ment's action in the case. . f east-to-Fosst Mafl. ' In ISSO it took 24 days for a letter to go from New York to San Francisco —three days by rail and 21 days by stage coach. Ten years later this time had been cut to ten and one-half days—two and a half by rail and eight by pony express. In 1870 transcontinental delivery was made in 100 hours, but only by special train. (The trainmen refused to run at night). - Two years ago tne time required was still between 95 aud 120 hours by ordi nary mail train, depending on connec tions. Last year the debut of the trans-con tiaental air mail gave a 33-hoitr service As far as mail communication goes. San Francisco is now no further from New York than Philadelphia was a century ago. The Piedmont Baseball League will Ibe an all-North Carolina organization ; tEis season, Salsbury having taken the place of the Virginia member, Danville. camfr I V^ )R BUg I INES , May Mbs! Upon Decision as to ■fcftw Atw Commoß Carriers. Sleigh, Jfou 30—The question as to whether co>qjne:ci«! motor bus lines Shall carry negro ns well as white pas sengers, brought to a bead here today, has thrust * knotty problem upon the corporatioa' commission, and may neces sitate court action to determine. Beiry O'Kelly, negro resident of Method, wesjt of the city, secured a ticket fi-om the ktoal office of a bus line. He got into the bus, whereupon the driver notified him that the bus enrried white people only. O’Kelly presented his ticket nnd insisted- that he had a right to ride to Method.' The driver finally gave in nnd the negro was carried as a pas senger. R. O. Self,; bus commissioner, when asked for ah opinion as to the duty of busses to- carry negro passengers ruled that they are not common carriers. “That’s up to the bus people,” he said. "We can-’t say what service they shall offer; **re only regulate that which they do offer.” Legn! opinion was to the effort, how ever, that the mere fact that the bus lines are regulated makes them a com mon carrier. The attorney general may be called upon to determine whether it is within tie providence of the corpora tion commission to handle tile issue. In some of the eastern section of the istate special bus lines are run for the exclusive accommodation of negroes. There has- been talk of the operation of extra cars on other routes, or the set ting apart of one or more scats in the , white busses for their accomodation, just as the street care have. Unless the question is determined, it • is considered likely that the courts will ; be resorted to. FATAL FRIGID FREAK FOLLOWS WEST'S WARM WEATHER WAVE Tornadoes- Sriow. Hall, Sleet and Rato Cause Real Menace After Heat Com plaints. Chicago, April 29—Last week's hot weather throughout the Middle West; with temperatures ranging from 89 to 90, was followed today by hail, snow, sleet, rain and a small tornado in the territory that a few days ago complain ed of the boat. Snow flurries, followed by a cold rain with a possibility of frost, were report ed tonight from parts of Indiana, where the temperature dropped to 35. while a sleet and wind storm in Minnesota did heavy damage last night to wire facili ties. St Cloud had an inch and a half of snow, and killing frost were reported in several sections of the State, with the fruit crop menaced unless warm weather appears. One section of Texas was swept by a tornado, while another was under a blanket of snow. San Angelo, Tex., re ported snow with the sixth day of rain, which broke a drought of three months. A week ago the temperature there was ' 102, the highest ever recorded in April. Kyle, Tex., and vicinity were struck by a tornado whirh kil'od two persons and injured more tkau a score, somc ’possibly fatally. . * Other partoof the Middle West were visited by cow rain or by temperatures only a few atogrccs above the freezing point. . iD Mysterious Walt fit Texas. The town of Roekwall. Tesw*. which is the vs-at of Rockwall county, got -its name from the great rock wall discovered at that place in 1852. This wall is said to be one of nature's most magnificent freaks and was probably thrown up in antediluvian times when our earth was ; taking its present form. Some, however, contend that the wall is a silent testi mony of a civilization which existed there thousands of years ago. Geologists who have examined the wall do not agree in ! their verdicts. Count de Prorok. who is ncted for his excavations in Africa, says the wall ns similar to those he urn earthed at Carthage. Geologists and archeologist?* at the University of Texas have decided to dig to the bottom of this famous wall and if possible solve the mystery of its origin. Countless efforts have been made to reprodube the steel blue or grey-blue of old Irish glass, but none has been suc cessful. Mrs. Georg.- Howard, mayor of Mar ble Falls. Texas, is one of the few wo men municipal executives of the South West. eat mgrc’-ice cre3m To Sen * Ice Cream Hie Seal right Way of serving 1 ice cream lor attractive, appetix • ing round slices has become r immensely popular in the ;- modern, up-to-date home. It is convenient, easy, dainty and tasteful. Oof rich, velvety ice j cream is packed in 100% leak i proof Sealright Liquid-Tight Paper Containers, ready for in stant servings Order it today - or carry it.fiome with yoq, so remove ice cream, hold container under spU Wjtar apiqpt a, ccy>nd,» i two:; reinove WH/tt kna thaS* Vreaefoo bottom with thumbftknfd ootefttfrifito attractive '■ « * ’ f PARARkIK CREAMERY CO Phone 28* ./ ttftlffftiHSt ' I 1 1 —„ M m Good. “Why don’t you have » mirror h yonr vmnfty cese, dearie?” “Don’t need one. I carry one of mj ‘ | photographs in it” / Worse Than the Colt Sir Willoughby Dickinson, Secretary of the World Alliance Jot the Promotion of International Friendship, said on hit recent arrival in New York: “I am not one of those who believe, that international friendship is beat pro-f moted and peace maintained by com petition in armaments. Many people be lieve that. These people remind me of the sorrel eoR. “A farmer had a sorrel ealt that he kept in a box stall and watered at a trough in the farmyard. Then, when the animal was six or seven months old. the farmer put it out to pasture bn the other side ofthe river. “And that sorrel colt—every time it igot thirsty—what do you think it dtdl It swam the wide river and trotted up to the trough in the farmyard for a drink.” Right on Time. A traveling Charlestonian paused one night at a small up-State town, one a! those places where trains don’t really stop —they merely hesitate. Its loro ' hotel, opposite the railway .station, w* ] was kept by an aged darky, who w«f proprietor, clerk, cook, waiter, bellhop and everything, “Call me for tire three-fifteen train, T \ ordered the guest retiring early—l< : sleep soundly until awakened by a loud j hammering on hi* door. ! “Hey, boNs," came a voice outside, ' “didn’t you-all a call foh de three-fifteea [< ,train?” j- H “Sure,’’ gasped the roomer s’cepily. “Well, sub,” was the response, “she’s j at dc stashun now.” , i He Found Out. The Prohibition officer had eyes like ; • a lynx. Little escaped hie notice. And 1 he had seen the bottle. ■ ' “What have you got there?” be de- . ' maned, sternly. “Qnly ammonia.” quavered the trav- j eler. 1 t’Only ammonia, is it?” thundered tilt • ' official, once but the bottle to his J 1 lips and took a long pull. | : It was. j Generous Help. A Scotch lad, having taken a prise in a ■ difficult examination, was confronted by 1 his touch, r who asked doubtfully “ “Who 1 helped you Vith your question paper. | James?" i "Xhbody. sir.” “Come, now, my boy. I know all abiu' your capacity and abilities, aud I know ! •you never answered these questions a’one . Tell me honestly, now, didn't your b-other j do part of the work?” James, after some deliberation: “No sir, he did it all.”. , “Saw His Duty aud Done It.” The Pathfiender. An Ohio man and his wife decided tc ; leave home for a’ few, days and take a ; short vacation. In order that their house 1] might be safe in their absence they asked i h neighbor to “keep an eye” on the place. [ The Very first night the neighbor’s trust j i was to begin fie saw a light in one oi ' ’the be<lrooms, which, ns lie watdied, was ij suddenly extinguished. Thinking the - j time had come for action, he summoned j a policeman and the two forced their way J through a window and stealthily crept j •upstairs to the bedroom. ' Tlie policeman (lashed his pocket light J ‘about the room until the rays revealed ;| ifhe head of a man in bed. The officer \ klrew out his stick, tile man hastily i out of bed and a desperate - Struggle ensued. At about the same in stant a woman dashed shrieking across :the room, threw up the window and ih her nightdress elambered ottt cm the roof . : A passing policeman noting the a«- ition of the woman and believing her ttj be insanWy bent on suicide; rushed into |the garden and held himself in readinept to eateh her when she jumped. Tim constable inside hud by this time sub dued his prisoner avid together they dragged the woman inside. Then » strange light dawned on cap tors and captives alike. The owner (if [the house and his wife had not gone -away and they had failed to notify theft: obliging neighbor. But no harm wa*t . done; • in fact r * i • Everybody laughed. Jj ' Janitor Aroused of Attempted Assault. Charlotte, April 3tf.—E, ft. Hinson, panitor at the_ North Cfiarlotfe graded .school, arraigned before Judge Wade Williams Wednesday on a charge of at tempted assault with criminal intent op ,’an eleven-year-old girl, pleaded not guil ,fy and was held to answer in Superior [Court. Hinson is white, sixty years old, and has been a Charlotte resident 'for the past thirty years. * The crime is alleged to have been committeed' after school hours. —■———— Sewing at an old hmed machine is nothin) m more or less than a tta LB '(■ dltion today in the mod BS K 3 cm home where wiw k|B I BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO* | I I I People Who Are Particular About the ! Selection of Bedroom Furnitinr^Al k - 7 J* ** / V <« & ways Cofne pere ,]1 ! 1 * v , » £ ’ ! 1— .n -V || * T - ¥f- x ; just Received Solid Car Loacfcfionti- g nental Bed Room Suites I You will wish your bedroom to be practical. You will' ' X wish it to be beautiful, too. ■ ! . P?|l ro r dresser, triplicate mirrorer dressing table, | i large chiffonier and dust proof constructed bed means 1 , much to the seeker of good furniture. Let us show vou 8 | tlhs .wonderful hne of Furniture manufactured in our home fi ; i state. Come in and look it over. , t 5 BELL-HARRIS FIIRNITIIRE CO. 9OOOOQCIOOOUII.Tnr4CrcJ,rc.tmnrM^ 9 JA INDSOK CHAnSS—These chairs or# in good tnxfo for every ' ! fi room rn the home. They well represent Hey wood Wakehcld’s 89 years i i X of chair building ability and our reputation for merchandise of Super- 11 8 ITJi QU v y - ad ,° Wltl > exceeding care yet surprisingly reasonable in/ * [ fi price. You will be gratified in seeing them. | ! I H. B. Wilkinson | Concord Kannapolis Mooresvffle China Grove TRANSFORMING A BATH ROOM itito a luxurious lavatory is not as expensive as you' may believe if you have us do the work. And the benefits and increased enjoy- : ment and ctunforts are of untold value. Let us give you the fig ures for converting your old style bath root? into one of beauty and health. 1 E. B. GRADY CwLin Street m 39 Office Phone 334 W Saturday, May 2, 1925 SPECIAL I See our Special Window. Ev ery article a bargain. Diamonds, Watches and Silverware. Wc do not Meet Prices We Make Them. the Window. We will put in new Articles every day. W. C. Correll Jewelry