North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE FOUR I The Concord Dafly Tribune MEMBER Or THE i ASSOCIATED PRESS ■Q news eredited to It or sot otherwise credited in tbis paper and also the lo cal news published herein. AH rights of republics ti«n of spec ial dispatches herein are also reserved. Special Representative FROST, LANDIS A KOHN • 225 Fifth Avenue, New York Peoples’ Oas Building, Chicago 1001 Candler Bnilding, Atlanta Entered as second class mail matter at the postoffice at Concord, N. C., un der the Act of March 3, 1879. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES In the City of Concord by Carrier: One Year i $6.00 Six Months 3.00 Three Months 1.50 One Month .50 Outride of the State the Subscription Is the Same as in the City Out of the city and by mail in North Carolina the following prices will pre vail: Ope Year $5.00 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 Less Than Three Months, 50 Cents a Month All Subscriptions Must Be Paid in Advance RAILROAD SCHEDULE - .... In Effect Nov. 29, 1925. Northbound No. 40 To New York 9 :28 P. M. No. 136 To Washington 5:05 A. M. No. 36 To New York 10:25 A. M. No. 34 To New York 4:43 P. M. No. 46 To Danville 3:15 P. M. No. 12 To Richmond 7 :10 P. M. No. 32 To New York 9 :03 P. M. No. 30 Tc New York 1:55 A. M. Southbound No. 45 To Chhrlotte 3:55 P. M. - No. 35 To New Orleans 9:56 P. M. No. 29 To Birmingham 2 :35 A. M. No. 31 To Augusta 5:51 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. 39 To Atlanta 9:50 A. M. No. 37 To New Orleans 10:15 A. M. TAin 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 be yond Washington. All trains stop in Concord except No. 38 northbound. I^l.bibiJthoughtl I M —FOR TODAY—I Hj Bible , Ttyrag'uta memorized, will prove « ||| Iff priceless heritage in after year* AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY:—If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, audit shall be done unto you.—John 15:7. HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THE NEGROES. In her progress forward along the educational path. North Carolina has not forgotten the negro children. AVe have builded generously and expens ively so that the white children could keep step with the rest of the world in educational matters and we have not been unmindful of the negro young sters. Two examples of this can be found in this county for instance a handsome building having been erect ed in Concord ami another at Kannap olis within the past several years. The plants are constructed much the same as the schools for the white children and an able corps of teachers has been employed in them. It is a fact that in urban North Carolina negroes are responding in splendid fashion to the facilities pro vided for them in most instances. Os course the law compels the colored children to go to school, just as it does the white children, but we find the black children as anxious to attend school as the whites. Statistics recently made public show that there were 240,951 pupils enrolled in the colored schools of the state iu 19-4-1925. Os this number. 190/.KSN. or 75.4 per cent., were en rolled in the rural systems, and 55,- 985. or 25.9 per cent., were enrolled in the city systems. Halifax county had the largest col ored enrollment. 9,977. Wake. Edge combe. Pitt, Nash and Itobesou each had ofer 5,000 pupils enrolled in their schools. In Winston-Salem there were 5,005 * colored pupils enrolled, the largest number in any city system. Charlotte had the second largest number. 4,908. Out of every 100 colored pupils en - rolled in the State an average of only 07 attended school every day. In the rural systems an average of 65 out of every 100 attended school daily, and in the city systems an average of 74 out of every 100 attended school daily. Attendance was best in the eight large city systems. In this group 80.4 per cent, of the enrollment were in average daily attendance. 1 The attendance in counties was on ' r the whole poor. Even in some > of the cities, in the two last groups, attendance was found to be very ppor. The average number of pupils en rolled per teacher was 47 in all the y schools of the State. In fact, this *> was about the average in the rural and city systems. Os the three city groups. City Group I had the least [ number ff pupils enrolled per teacher, 44 and City Group II had the largest number per teacher, 49. r/ On the attendance basis, the city | schools had an average erf 55 pupils » per, teacher,, aud the rural schools had ! an /average *of jBO pupils per teacher.. Among the several county systems ♦he mmnber Os pupil* enrolled per teacher rangpd ajU the way from 74.7 in Edgecombe ttfJO.O in Mitchell. In Mitchell thia fact is evidently due to L’ sparse colored population, and in i|JMgecoiube to poort attendance. ,* nflrr are for it. A poll h&8 been taken by the Amer ican Foundation of the newspapers of ■ the United States as to their attitude Steward the World Court, to ascertain, if, insofar as the newspapers repre sent the mind of the country, the peo ! pie are ready for their Government to i become a signatory to this great tri bunal. The result is an eye-opener. Fully 90 per cent, of the newspa pers, we should imagine from a glance at the lineup furnished, are outright in favor of going into the Court, while a very small minority are non-com mittal and another inconsiderable num ber. largely augmented by the Hearst interests, are strongly opposed. Newspapers mdy not at all times fully and fairly reflect the temper of the people, but in a case of this kind, where their sympathy and favor are so strongly expressed by such a great number, it is inconceivable that they do not actually and fairly portray the sentiment of the people, as a whole. And the present Congress would do well to keep this refreshing fact in mind, when it comes to deal with this issue.—The Charlotte News. We are convinced that the majority of the people in the United States want to see this nation take an active part in the leadership of the move ment looking to world peace. Presi dent Coolidge and many other promi nent Republicans are actively work ing for American participation in the work of the court. They see in it a solution of the war problem and natur ally they feekthat ds the leading na tion of the world the United States should lend its influence in a deter mined manner to any feasible plan that will end war. CUTEST THINGS. A few days ago, I saw my son Wil lie putting cotton in one ear. and ask ed him. "Why are you putting cotton in one ear?*’ ‘Well.” he replied, "the teacher says that whenever she tells me something, it goes in one ear and out of the oth er, so I am trying to keep it from go ing out.” Passing some cows grazing near a. windmill, on the way to the farm house last summer, four-year-old Alice cried. “Oil, daddy, look at the fan fan ning the cows." This Ford Cranked Itself. Stanly NCws-Herald. Os course everybody knows that it's Tom BumgardnerV business to talk Fords and their merits, but he told ,cne yesterday, and proved it by Wal ter Milton, which established the fact that Fords not only run on their repu tation. but that they can crank them selves and make it. on three wheels. Mr. Bumgar(flier saw a wreck at Red Cross Tuesday afternoon. A Ford came from towards. Milliugpnrt filled with folks. N*A big Dodge sedan was moving towards Charlotte cu the Vlbemarle-Charlotte highway. As the big sedan approached the "Red Cross" (the point where the Millingport- Oakboro road crosses tile Albemarle- Charlotte roadl the Ford smashed right into it. The Fold stood on its head, then spun around once and toppled over spilling the passengers. Some of them were slightly bruised and everybody was interested in look ing after them, paying little atten tion to the Fold which lay there by the side of the road with the oil and water and gas leaking out. After the people had been looked after, sev eral men got hold of the Ford (one wheel was smashed entirely) amd tilted it back on its belly. "As it came to its feet,” "said Bumgardner. "it eranked itself and hit (he ground running." "And despite the fact that it only had three wheels tire blooming thing came very nearly getting away from all of us,” he continued. Some one has suggested that if Venus can beat that, that he trot out his automobile. Winning By Degrees. In 1921 David "Slim” Goldstein, a senior at Columbia university, made a wager with a Cornell university .student that he would remain at Columbia until his football t .ll ni de feated Cornell. But in 1922 Colum bia was defeated and Goldstein took the A. 11. degree. Another year rolled around a ini Goldtein, still a student at Columbia, again saw his team lose—ami Goldstein came in for an A. M. degree. In 1924 this Columbia student once more saw his team lose to Cor nell and so he got the B. S. degree. Recently the 1925 game the two teams which would iteeide whether Goldstein would remain a student at Columbia with another .degree af fixed to his name was played with tlie same result as in the three pre ceding years—and Goldstein got the M. H. degree. If this thing goes on another year with Columbia hating, Goldstein will get a K. 1,, degree. Who says football does not instill education? Mail Hurt in Train WreA. Little Bock. Ark., Dee. Vi^—UP) — One man was seridusly injured and scores were burned and otherwise in jured when-dive cars on Rock Island fast passenger train No. 42 eastbonnd from California and New Mexico 1 am*ts. were derailed near Roland, seventeen miles northwest of here to day. according to long distance advices from Roland. The telegraph operator at Roland sa : d that reports received there from the scene of the wreck were that five of the six cars of the train left the trucks and overturned, but that the locomotive remained on tire rails. The ■ wreck occurred on a sharp curve. At the time the train was 30 minutes be hind schedule and was ,-aid to have i been running at a high speed. 1' Relief trains were sent from Little Rock to the'scene, i ‘ . V- 1 '' —~ ; Lumping the Bad Luck. ' f “You say it was just hard link i that brought you to- prison?" asked 1 ,tbe well-meaning visitor. ’ I "Yen,” answered fib* sonvk-t sad 1, ly. "I made a counterfeit two-dollar bin oa Friday the thirteenth.” [BIGGEST TURTLE BYKB CAUGHT f Horae Required to Fun Hhn Out of Ditch—Shell Hell lft Bauds of Wheat and Was Used Afterward For a Caws a,. Webb Clouti, in Monroe Journal ( Half a century ago, there lived in the whereabouts of the headwaters of Crooked Oeek, a great and mighty uqiu. far-famed and widely renowned in the great state of [ Vance, and his name was Armand. I To few men was ever bequeathed J any more abundantly the good for tune of great, rare and valuable ex periences. So it 'happened one .somber sum mer day, while he was humbly occu pied cutting a drainway from n swampy p’.at in his lowland to the creek, that he came upon what first appeared to be a brown-black flint stone, covered deep in the blue, mucky soil, on which his xpade be gan to grind and squeak. At length he decided to extricate the big bulk, since it lay imbedded exactly in the middle of the drainway. But upon clearing away the mass of turf and mud he discovered that it did not so exactly resemble an underground flint stone. And it was such a tremendous bulk! Presidently he .taps sharply on its top with his spade, when all at once he feOTs a quivering sensation, not unlike that of a ghostly shudder, but —"alive!” he shouted; "something 1 alive”! And, brushing back cleanly [ the remaining particles of dirt which | obscured the surface of the under- ! ground ghost from his 'eyes, he dis coverer! it was the shell of what proved to be the largest specimen Os the species of the turtle, or common 1 "footer.” Drawing a half breath at every nine quick-pnt short steps, he made .his way post-haste to the barn lot. where he harnessed and hitched his young steed. Molly. to the <>M wagon: and, assembling a miniature rigging outfit, consisting of a num ber of blocks and a pole to pry it out; chains and books: and various cither apparatim and paraphernalia galore he loader! the outfit amt away he sped to extricate the monstrous "corner.” First upon reaching the scene of the find again he pried and pried and after many strenuous passes, -blub’ ! and out came the monster. Fastening the hooks and chains he hitched Molly in ami gave the word in a tone which seemed to convey to the prized steed- "Do your best. Molly”! One prancing pass, a strong forward lunge, a broken draw chain; after carefully plugging the broken chain, lie gave the word to go in a sterner command. "Out of here, Molly"! And with a frenzied and wild forward rush the trusted horse lunged against the collar again and the ilia in way gave up its burden. On they drew the captive to the backyard of the captor's home. He "shelled" ir, ami cleaned the meat and salted away enough to supply the faintly for tWo years. Ts, ere was the top she'l, so laiYfe 1 and rare. It immediately occurred to his thoughtful mind that this should hi- made into a wheat garner. So he removed it to the.granary and began pouring it full of wheat from the new harvest, until it had taken the twentieth measure or ten whole bushels of wheat. The seasons passed and another summer had come. The sons of Mr. Armand carried the large shell to the swimming hole for a canoe and. boy like. left it unchained and a big freshet came and washed ir away. And to this da(y no one knows where lies the "eooter” shell canoe! Advertising Cuts Prices. Chairtown News. Persons who have not given the sub ject of advertising serious thought may be inclined to believe that saml urd products con-id be sold cheaper if tlie manufacturers did not spend so much money in advertising them. The the truth. Every concern which seeks a gen eral market for its goods finds it necessary to set aside a certain cum each year for advertising, and this is charged as a part of the ojierating expenses, the same as rent, fuel or in siintm-e. The aim of the advertis ing manager is to buy the largest liiwsihle ri reels tics among persons Who would be interested in his prod uct. Eves-y manufacturer has certain fixed charges which must be paid out of the receipts from the business, and the larger the volume of business that can bi\ created tke less per art ice is charged for the paymeht of overhead ensts. This vohrme of business is obtained only by creating a demand for the goods, and it is moef quickly and cheaply done by direct appeal Through the newspapers. The same principle which obtains in the case general advertiser could he applied in the business of the smallest merchant. The quicker the turnover which a dealer is able to make the sooner his profit is ob for new purchases. Advertising of tained and the rush is put in I'ae till the practical kind will help to make quicker salt's and more frequent prof its. The result is that the retailer, with tlie aid of the general adver tiser, is able to maintain standard prices and qualify in the widely ad vertised articles. Ytu Don’t Have to Believe This. Failure Magazine. A minister in a certain town in Alabama took permanent leave of his congregation in the following man ner : “Brothers and sisters, I come to say good-by. I don’t think God loves this church, because none of you ever die. I don’t think yon love each other, because I never marry aay of i you. I don’t think yon love me. because yon have not paid my salary. You! donations are moldy fruit and . wormy apples, ami by their fruits ye shall know them.’ i "Brethren. I am going awav to a better place. I have been called.to be chaplain of a penitentiary. Where I goi ye cannot come, but I go to pre-J : pare a place for you,’ and may the | Lord have mercy on your souls. Good-by.” r Maine produces 25 per cent, of aU the feldspar in America. j 7 f • tHE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE “BOBBED'hAIR* witlT Marte^JUerest°t" stonr by Warner Bros. Pictures,’ lac. STNOPSIS i Connemara Moore, finding herself on a yacht in Long Island Sound after midnight, threatens to leaf into the water to escape the menaces of one Pooch, who'has rowed her out to the craft from-the shore. Meanwhile. David Lacy, young New Yorker, is rowing in the company of "Doc ” and. "Sweetie,“ both strangers to him. Connemara was expected to announce her engagement tonight but, instead. Stole out of Aunt Celimena’s Connecti tut home and disappeared. It's a slight of adventures CHAPTER Vlll—Contained “Different here!” said Mr. Pooch laconically. “And I’ll tell the cock eyed world I ain’t gonna take no lessons to-night! Hop down off that rail and we’ll talk matters over. , I’m gettin’. sick of this clownin’l I Who in blazes are you, anyways?” “Will you put me ashore?” par tied Connemara, still poised on the | rail. | “Oh, be yourself!” grunted Mr. i Pooch disgustedly. “Every copper In the wide, wide world is lookin’ lor us now, and it’s a cinch you don’t wanna meet no John Laws tny more than I do! Who’s that cake eater which was with you on the ferry?” “Who are you?” queried Conne mara in turn. -, “Me?” grinned Mr. Pooch. “Why. I’m the fifth horseman of the yoo tal-iptis. Never mind who I am! Why don’t you get sensible and hand over that fifty thousand bucks tnd be done with it? You don’t look like no Dumb Dora, why act like one? Your boy friend has left you iflat'on yeur ear and Swede’s gang’ll 4e along any minute, so ” “And that’s that!" remarked Mc rish lightly, tossing his weapon sside. A faint hail over the water abrupt ly cut off Mr. Pooch’s summing up. He stepped quickly to the rail beside Connemara, peering eagerly into the gloom with her. The hail was not repeated and, determined to guide any possible assistance to her, Connemara, gathered her breath together and released a sudden piercing, “H-e-l-p!” With a startled oath, Mr. Pooch clamped his hands firmly over her lips and tore her from the rail. Con nemara desperately sought to free herself from his nauseating em brace, but this time Pooch held Mttr tightly gripped in the one arm,' while his free hand began an exploration of her garments in search of the packet of bank notes. Crimson with rage and embarrass ment, Connemara fought wildly, en couraged by a louder repetition of the hail from the surrounding murk. It seemed closer this time, and Con nemara, squirming frantically away from Pooch, prayed that it was. The thatch of red hair surmount ed by the yfhite cap of McTish slow ly rose over the hatchway. In one u hand the Kttle man held an iron bar and he hefted it speculatively as he surveyed the struggling pair, before stepping into the cockpit. His movements were deliberate and un hurried—he might have been com pletely detached from the picture. Part way over he even stopped to arrange neatly a protruding coil of rope. Mr. Pooch appeared not to see McTish, doubtless believing him safely accounted for by the hatch' padlock, for at \ Connemara's hope fully eager glance at the' little Scotchman over Pooch’s shoulder* Pooch only laughed aloud, wrench ing her wrist cruelly to restrain her struggles. McTish advanced, still slowly, but strangely sobered, until within a few inches of Pooch’S straining back. Then McTish coughed,' rather apologetically. * Foreign Epigrams. Equality of the sexes has arrived; and. as Euclid says, when two things are equal they are equal to anything. —I Hint Justice Darling. Violence, is moral when it is; time «■’ If. v surga-til Vand cbtvidrous.—Bddito Mti>eollni.'i’ j f '■ f ■f All Over-expression is bid for the 1 language and for the mind.—John . Galsworthy. I I await a frqph crown of thorns on liny still bleeding forehead.—Joseph I Uuifla.ux. ( My contention is that the influence , - --V Jttfi . ■ ij “Eh—that’ll be all o’ that; stand f away from the girl,” requested Mc - Tish evenly. r “Take the air, you little rat—l’ll ’ slap yon for a mock orange!" ■ growled Mr. Pooch, too busy with , Connemara to look around. He should have done sol For I without another word and as calmly . as driving a naff- with a hammer, • McTish raised his arm and the iron . bar clunked on Mr. Pooch's head. Silently that gentleman sank to the 1 deck at Connemara’s feet. "And that’s that!” remarked Mc- Tish lightly, tossing his weapon aside. Amazement—and snspiqi^n—-mo mentarily overcame Connemara’s gratitude. She stared at McTish almost accusingly. “Then you— you are not intoxicated you weren’t when we came on board?!’ she murmured. “You were sham- S ming! Why " “What—me drunk?” broke in Mc ; Tish, with a curl of his lip, “I never touch the stuff—eh—that is, I don’t drink it!” He touched Mr. Pooch’s inert body with a contemptuous toe. “And now, my girl, who’s this swab and where’s the chief?” v "Chief?” repeated Connemara vaguely. “What chief?” “Don’t stall, my girl; I heard his voice a bit ago, as I was kicking my way out of the after hatch. Where is her” demanded McTish sternly. Connemara suddenly recalled the familiar voice that had called from the blackness over the rail of the yacht. She began to explain, but j it that moment there was a chorus I of yells from seemingly underneath I 'he bows, a rending crash and then —silcence! “We’ve run some damned fool down—look over the side and see what you can see, while I stop the engines 1” yelled McTish and dashed away. 4 Feeling certain she was just a fig ure in somebody’s mightmare, Con nemara leaned far over the rail, straining her eyes at the sullen black waters. The throbbing of the yacht's engine had ceased, and the boat now rolled aimlessly on the waves as McTish ran past her With a lighted flare in one hand and a life preserver in the other. Determined not to be left alone, Connemara ' summoned her nerve and cautiously moved forward. She reached the bow just as a drenched and bedrafj- ; glcd figure threw one leg over the ’ yacht’s side. At her involuntary ex clamation the visitor from the sea halted in the process of boarding the yacht and stared at her, displaying a beautiful set of molars. “Well, well, well—what a delight ful evening!” smilingly greeted Mr. David Lacy, of hither' and yon. “Fajacy meeting you here!” A helpless gurgle was the only witty retort Connemara could-think of. , Lacy vaulted lightly to the deck, shedding water like a spaniel. -"Where's McTish?” he demanded. Connemara nodded speechlessly to the rail. McTish, fishing dili gently with his life preserver, had evidently got a bite and was now hauling in with a will. Drawing near Connemara, Lacy observed her torn garments with a puzzled frown —then his eyes wandered to the prostrate Mr. Pooch, who was be ginning to show signs of awakening. Shaking his head quizzically,' Lacy knelt down and removed Pooch’s coat, and, arising, tendered the gar ment to Connemara with a bow. Connemara hastily buttoned it around her bared shoulders, while Mr. Lacy began to twist the water out of his own soaked clothing. “Well, what do'yon k'now—eh— Sister?” he inquired, with his win ning smile. “First, get some rope or some thing and tie that—that beast ,up!” commanded Connemara, finding her voice at last and gesturing to the recumbent Pooch. “He \tricd to— Oh, don’t stand there looking at me. Tie him up or I’ll do it myself!” Lacy disappeared down a hatch way, returning a moment later with a coil of stout rope. Meanwhile , McTish had assisted ’aboard from : the sea a burly gentleman and a , lady. The lady collapsed gracefully [ to the deck and as Connemara ran [ to her with quick sympathy, the big , man turned on 1 Me , Tish. , “You rich boloneys think you own • the ocean, don’t you?” he bellowed, r shaking a huge wet fist under the I little Scotchman’s placid • nose. “I 1 got a good mind to knock you silly, i you red-headed boob!” > (To be continued) of a lifwHimiwr dPTreaxes a» ifw clr euhition grown*.— Bl. John Ervin.', t H**nmub«*r rli. Roinnn vtrtuvs: obodiiiuM'. tAiui-lty.—ltvui to Muwsolini. t *' , ir good ami hg.lt by. It a mitfon ou an v»vn IteoL— JoW (iaUwway. 1 \ A Ktß. p**p. iu a newapaimr h< a very «optl thing, My a faate. of m««- tard on a slice of beef; bnt if yon habitually «it yoor beefsteak <-<nr ered with mustard, yod ruin .your di gtfetiou.—Kir Ettnta Howard. f it ■■■ y { DINNER STORIES j ,1 | Not'ling worries a girl more than Ito discover that *the man her own heart'isn't after it at all. Counsel: “The cross-examination didn't seem to worry you. Have you had day experience in that line ?” Client: “Married three times.” Mary: “I wouldn’t marry the best man living.” May :. "Os course you wouldn’t. You couldn't.” Mary: “And why couldn't I?” Mag: “Because I’m .going to.” Irate Teacher: “Why. when I was your age I eouTd name the presidents from memory.” Bright IYipil: “Aw—when you were my age there were only a few of therfi." “Yasslr," said Erastu Pingiey. “When I made my appearance in dat convention, I was de object of me’ attention dan anybody else in de place. De jes’ rix in dar seats when dey saw me cornin' down de aisle.” “Did yon make a speech?” “No, 'ndeed: I had a bucket of ie* water and a glass.” A lady who had given a dinner par ity met her doctor in'the street the fellowin{4 day, and stopped to speak to him. “I am so sorry, doctor,” sW said, “that you were not able to come to my dinner party last night; it would have done you good to be there.” “It has already done me good." he replied tersely. “I have jnst pre scribed for three of the guests.” Perils of Prohibition. The dry chief was approached by his secretary. “Sir, yon remember the new man you sent out With instructions to jot down the name of every agent Ijy found to be corrupt.” “Yes. what about him?” “He's dead, sir."' “By violence?" “No; writer's eramp.” «_ The lecturer of the evening before qras holding a is»st mortem on his speech with one of his auditors. “And did the audience think that my talk was convincing?” he asked. “Sure did." replied the other. “They all said it was one o’ the most con cinvin' talks they'd ever heard in their lives, it Was too bad there I wasn't a word of truth to it.” Stanly Indignation; Charlotte Observer. * Some of the citizenship of Albe marle is not reconciled to the situa tion ill the Cranford affair and are protesting against the injustice done Stanly County by reason of current newspaper reports. Sentiment in that town and,in Stanly County, they say, is that the r.ounty has been “grossly misrepresented in the var ious reports sent out from Albemarle aittT through channels at Kaleigh." To believe the charges 'made ngainst the convict camp boss wdpld be “to refute the integrity of witnesses whose character in unavailable and who are men' of standing and honor.” The reiwrts of the matter in The Albemarle Press are indorsed as "the only correct version of the trial and the charges, and the only article going out yvhich has sought to show the real sentiment of tjie leading thought of the county.” The Press editorially declares that "Cranford is not guilty of the things charged.” It (mints out. as substan tiation. the fact, that Judge McElroy "released Cranford under nominal bonds of. .51.000 in each case of al leged murder, and S3OO in the oil! tase of criminal assault." This, says The Press, is “news to the world that he is not guilty of the things charged against him.” We believe The Observer lias giveir" fair pre sentation of the cnee. It has told what the convict witnesses had to say and of what the witness for the defense had comtehded. At the out set it had suggested that the convict boss-lias not yet been convicted, and that the trial might develop another and a better angle from whooh the situation of Cranford could be jiidgtsl. To The Observer's mind that i« a good stopping place. If the case for Cranford is ns strong ns the defense witnesses say it is, the Stanly peo ple who are chafing under thought of the wrong done the reputation of their county might well afford to await the vindication that is coming for them and for the county* D’ORSAY TOILET WATER An exquisite nicety in the toilet of women. Used to per fume the bath, the hand basin, the shampoo, cooling and re freshing in case of fatigue or headache. May be had in all ojlors. Tojours, Fidele, Chevalier, Charm, Chypre, and Fleurs De France Gibson Drug Store v , * The Resell Store Juct Received Another car of that Good Spartan Feed, Dairy Feed, Laying Mash.and Scratch Feed You can buy higher priced feeds, but you can’t buy better than Spartan. 0 » Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. PHONE 571 W j BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO. f . HOLIDAY GIFT NUMBERS Here are gifts for home adorn- |: ment, intimate, thoughtful, useful | > I and above all, wanted. For no mat ter how particular the person you | are giving to may be, or how well | j furnished his home, there is always i| 1 . ]i. Some niche he would like filled— | j | with lamps, chairs, hook table or \}. i | screen. Come, search through the holi- j !; day display in our store for your gift | -man gifts and woman gifts are j1 | here, likewise gifts for all ages and j [ | purses. P. S.-Beginning Monday the 14th |; ; we will be open evenings until 9:00 ; ! o’clock. BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO.. O _ Ci fWWwvvvvwvvwyywvvvvyvyyicinMvvvvvvvyvvwvinflQOOOC 3/f/r/i-adood A „, i ijHUifch Pi If you Inivc been plan- MM iiing to make your home vj mole attractive Ip 1 the Id aid of decorative lighting H fixtures, we suggest that U you grasp tiie opportun- SI P ity, (ireSWjted by the ur ■|M rival of new stock here R | J to make , our selections. • L|B “Fixtures of Character” A ■w is * U \V. J. HETHCOX IV. Depot St. I’hone GB9 jv Good Advice Now, Reuben, you go over to the Pearl Drug Store . I just know they have medi cine that’ll cure Hanner, She’s nervous, can’t sleep—but tonight she’ll snore, And, Reuben, they can cure your “janders” in like manner. Sakes alive! man, their medi cine is the 1 best out, It’s good—don’t take a thou sand bottles to cure! They cure ev’ry ailment, '\even the gout, And when you get well, you stay well to be sure. That store’s not just for the • rich, but also the poor So what’s the use for sick folks to set and holler? Git the Pearl Drug Store Rem edies, tp be sure, Everyiime—for* they’ll give you the worth of your . dollar. v •', "Mon Hay, Dec. 14, 1925 OOOQCOOOOOOOOOOOCXXKXIWOC We carry at all times a complete f line of genuine Buick parts, will be glad to supply you. ¥ STANDARD BUICK CO. Opposite City Fire* Department ( J cLL COM! NG!7 4, YOU WANT TO WARM YOURHOME A OIT JIWRWKtVI6CAN AND *it . . . What sort of fixing and what kind of fitting do you need done in your home befar*-the cold weather gets here Plow’s a pretty good time to think about it. Do you need some new kitchen conveniences, bathroom accessories or a new heating apparatus? » CONCORD PLUMBING COMPANY , 174 Kerr St. Cohford, N. C,