PAGE FOUR W. M. SHERRILL, Aaaodat* Editor Tbe Associated Press is exclusively %' entitled to the use for republication of f all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also tbe lo ad news published herein. PI All rights of republication of spee k fad dispatches herein are alsn reserved. - Special Representative L FROST, LANDIS & KOHN t 225 Fifth Avenue, New York Peonies’ Gas Building, Chicago 1004 Candler Building, Atlanta | Entered as second class mail matter Bt the postoffice at Concord, N. C., un fe der the Act of March 3, 1879. / SUBSCRIPTION RATES In the City of Concord by Carrier: (hie Year $6.00 p? Six Months 3.00 ST Three Months 1.50 One Month .50 I Outside 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 : One Year $5.00 Six Months ■ 2.50 Three Mouths 1.25 Less Than Three Months, 50 Cents a Month All Subscriptions Must Be Paid in Advance RAILROAD SCHEDULE fe In Effect Nov. 20, 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. fe No. 30 To New York 1:55 A. M. Southbound No. 45 To Charlotte 3:55 P. M. No. 85 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 Orieans 10:45 A. M. Train No. 34 wilr-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. j* All trains stop in Concord except No. 38 northbound. A,BIBLE THOUGHT X—FOR TODAY— Bible Thongi.ta memorised, will prove * nri cel tag* in alter yean HOW TO WlN:—Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou ■ dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. •A. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him : and he s'lall bring it to pass—Psalm 37: 3. 5. THE DEATH AND THE AU TOMOBILE. f The national death rate in the United States has been placed by the commerce department at 11.9 per 100.- 000 population, on the basis of figures for 1924. as compared with 12.3 in 1923, 1.8 in 1922 and 11.6 in 1921. The figures covered the entire death f- registration area of the country, which 1 accounts for about 88 per cent, of the population. The number of deaths registered in this territory during 1924 was 1,173,990 out of 99,030,494 popu lation. js In another statistical study made public also the department noted a further increase in the number of deaths due to automobile accidents in the. principal cities of the United States. The total for the four weeks ending December 5 was 624. compared witli 612 the preceding four weeks. ■ 524 in the period ending October 10 i and 521 in the one ending September 12. while in the period ending May 23. ® the total was only 421. £ So far this year, the daily average of automobile fatalities was 14.7. while last year for the same period it was 14.5. but for the four weeks ending j December 5, this year it jumped to 16.8. !. Heart •disease way' found to have been the chief cause of death in the I general registration area in 1924, accounting for 176.671 fatalities, a “ alight increase over the comparative figure for the preceding year. Cari ?■> eer. likewise, took a heavier toll in 1924 than in 1923. 91.941 deaths be cf ing attributed to this cause. Tnbereu losis deaths, on the'other hand, show ► ed a decline, numbering 890.724 in 1924 as compared with 900.732 in i 1923. Cerebral hemorrhage, pneti l monia and nephritis were other large factors in the mortality figures while | of 75,745 accidental deaths, automo !• biles alone caused 15,528. compared fc .with 14,411 in 1923. EK Bqjh suicides and murders inereas- K er. Suicides totalling 12.061 in 1024 I; against 11,287 in 1923. and 8,420 f against 7,878. L ' Among cities, I’nterson. N. .T.. was & given the highest motor accident death |, rate, 34.8 per 100,000 population, y wM 49 deaths reported. Pittsburgh, £ Pa.. cam% second with a rate of 29.7. p Ttlcsc figures could be greatly re duced if the automobile drivers were |fc Careful. The death rate from aoci jk: dents is higher than the rate for di sease and ofher causes and a vast fcv majority of the accidents Wore due to Oareftwiicss. When he Morris to be jf% careful of the lives of our fellowmen, S then we will eliminate most of the PA«teNTN m ;AT GIVE TIME TO :*'■; THtIK CHILDREN. Judge Join r. Norris ha* presided |r for Mx years in New York courts and |i .-While. she is a striking example of the progress made by woman suffrage, she is still old-fashioned enough to con tend that “respect for law and order begin in the home.” J American fathers are giving too I much time to business and not enough Ito their children, in, the opinion of Judge Norris. f What is true of the fathers also is true the mothers, except business is not taking most of the, women’s time, she said, adding that this situation is largely responsible for the increase in crime. “Our mothers and fathers should stress respect of parental authority.” she asserted. “If/ children are not taught to obey their parents, certain ly it is not surprising for them to re fuse to obey the law.” A search of the records will show the wisdom of Judge Norris' declara- j tion that children who do not obey their parents do not obey the law. j Look in the court room in most any 1 town and you will see young white) men being tried for various law vio lations and questioning will develop the fact that in nine cases out of ten the defendants wandered into trouble after refusing to obey their parents. They paid no attention to their par ents and apparently suffered no ill effects. So they just went on and on until they started breaking laws. The mother or who is too busy with other interests to look af ter his children is making a very se rious mistake and in many instances is turning loose on the world criminals in the making. WOULD CHANGE WOMEN’S HABITS AND ATTIRE. Society leaders in the national cap ital have begun a campaign against some of the present tendencies in flic dress habits of American women. Mrs. John B. Henderson, long an' influential figure in the exclusive cir cles of diplomatic and official Wash ington. has made public a set of reso lutions to which she and other social leaders here have subscribed, calling on society women everywhere “to abandon cigarettes and immodest at tire.” Officers of the Daughters of the American Revolution. the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, and the j National Congress of Parents and Teachers, Mrs. Henderson said, had ; assured her they are ready to combat j , as far as possible habits which threat- : , en the perpetuity of the American na-j tion. • i TODAY’S EVENTS j , Wednesday. December 30. 1925 Centenary of the deatli of Jacob j Cist, eminent American geologist. This is RV.a 1 Day. the principal 1 national holiday of the Filipinos. Today ends the fourth month of, the great strike of the anthracite coal j miners. Rudyard Kipling, the famous Eng lish author, who has been critically j ill, is 60 years old today. Alexander P. Moore, the retiring! United States ambassador to Spain,j is scheduled to sail for home today. | Memorial exercises will be held in I Chicago today on the t wenty-second j anniversary of the Iroquois Theater fire, in which nearly 600 persons per-! ished. Seeking to solve the modern day j problems that confront Christian youth. 5,000 Methodist young people from all over the South will gather in Memphis today for a four-day con ference. Post and Flagg’s Cotton Liter. j New York. Dec. 29.—Although the j extent and duration of advances is still largely contingent on covering I by shorts and there is as yet nothing j in the situation sufficiently serious j to create genuine alarm among those j committed to that side of the market, j the feeling is gradually developing that the size of the.crop has rnonopo- j lized the limelight to an undue ex tent and that perhaps things are not exactly as they may have seemed to the average man on the street There is no disposition to crowd on advances and those who give the market support in easy periods are inclined still to accept moderate pro fits when in sight and there are some hardboiled bears who are not as yet willing to admit that their premises contained a flaw. Selling from those sources with some hedging takes the ; edge off the rallies but the number of these who feel that every recovery of a few imints should be utilized to sell as much as the market will take is steadily diminishing- The peak of hedge selling looks to have passed arid the liquidation of the embryo long interest which forms at t invr- provided thirty shorts with nothing more than an ap petizer. The market looks on its way back to a price that will more near ly correspond to the cost of pro bation plus day wages perhaps to the producer, but progress may well be irregularaud even faltering at times. Unless early new crop advices provide some choice reading. May or October, bought on easy spots around this level, should prove a good in vestment. „ “Barbaric Bob” Rivals the Shingle in London. London. Dec. 30.—The “barbaric 1 bob" has been imported from Paris by hairdressers who are trying to knock out the shingle. This is the fuzziest effect intro duced since women began to boh their j hair. And it requires a skilful pro- I fessiunal manipulator to produce it; I , it is far beyond the ordinary barber j who has reaped a out of the j bbyitdi effects. The “barbaric Bob" carries with it i i n parting of the hair on the right aide, j | TwbS4k I of them so loflg etirfy faefes eiiWr'cfe j tbe ear and bang well forward under neath it. The huir still has a shingled line at the back to give it a smart and modem tout*. SoJlsJqw> Hubby’ Does the Waltz till-----' t* '$ • » K i±\Mrs. Wilhelmina Fagnani, ::::: Ks fX : of San Franc'~co, couldn't £--±- dance the Charleston. And when her husband got an :::::::::::::: j: other woman to teach him ::::::::+: how, she took poison. She : :::::::: r:: Mj| --- : ? : recovered, however, and :::i: hubby promised to confine himself to the waltz and : :: a foxtrot hereafter Embarrassing moments New York Mirror. I reported to the office very late the other morning, and told my boms that I had forgotten my glasses and was forced to return Jiojne for them, 'That's all right,'* he replied. *#ake some dictation." Imagine my embar rassment when I opened my bag and found that my glasses were not there. Coming home in the subway a few everting* ago I sat in a crowded car reading my paper. Having a severe cold in my head. I carried several handkerchiefs* in the outside pocket of my coat where I could get at them more easily. Suddenly the man seat* ed beside me arose and handed me a handkerchief, saying: “You can have it. Miss; you've been using it for last half hour. You need it more than L ” f It was the custom in the office for the girls to take turns to go for cof fee each morning about 10:30. The boss said in no gentle tones that the practice must stop. So as not to be outdone we hit on the plan of phoning downstairs to the shipping room to ask one of the boys to go for it. It was my turn to ring, so 1 said, "Now is your chance to tiring the coffee up; the otd grouch has gone opt for his." On putting the received down I turn ed to meet my boss face to face. Just imagine my embarrassment. My employer had told me t.-rtTflic all messages and see all callers, as he was very busy. At 4 p. m.. just as he was leaving for the day, a lady came In to see him. I told her my boss was out. “Why, isji't thgt him over there reading the paper?” she ask ed. And sure enough it was. I told her he must have just c .mr In. Just then my boss came over to where she was standing, saying: "Why, Miss H—.l ’ve been waiting for you ever since 2 o'clock, and was just übout to give you up.” The most embarrassing moment of my life Happened at a recent dance. I was waltzing with a very poot danc er and felt very much disappointed. When the dance was over I saw a girl whom I knew slightly and rttshed over to greet her. thankful for the opportunity of getting away from my dance partner. Soon we were chatting amicably, and I ventured to remark. "I was never so pleased to see yon enter the hall when yon d : d. as I was desperately bored with that very plain young lady." To my embarrass ment she answered. "Tlfnt is my sis ter." I have npt met her since. The other morning while riding down town in the subway I saw a newspaper on the seat beside me. Thinking the owner had left it there and got off, I picked it up arnLwas settling down to rend it. when. I ffenrd a gruff vifice beside me should, “If you wish to rend the newspapers, why don't you buy your own?" I got off at the next station. , \ I made a long distance call to my j sweetheart. After I was through titlk ing the operator informed me there was an overcharge of $2. This I dis puted. refusing to pay. Then I heard my sweetheart’s voice at the other end tell tbe operator, "Never mind, 111 p*y.” My boss on his return from Europe presented me with a penyl necklace. Furiosity drove me to a jeweler’s shop to have It appraised. Imagine rrjy embarrassment to find my boss stand ing at the Counter. Washington, Dec. 29—American biridnesa - conditions, as President (Widge Views them, are generally sound and prospect* are good for the immediate future. tHfi CaNfiOfeß liAtLY TRtfttJNfi HOW TO USE THE BIBLE. When in sorrow, read John 14. When men fail you. read Psalm 27. When you have sinned, read Psalm 51. When you worry, read Matthew 6 :-9-34. Before Church service, rend “'-aim j 84. % When you are in danger, read Psalm 91. When you have the blues, read Psalm 34. When God seems tar away, read ! I’saini 139. When you are diseouragisi, read , Isaiah. 40. If y/>n want to be fruitful, read John la. When doubts come upon you, try John 7:17. When you are lonely or fearful, read Psalm 23. When you forget your blessings, read Psalm 103. For Jesus' idea of a Christian, read Matthew 5. For James’ idea of religion, read games 1:19-27. Wh en your faith needs stirring, read Hebrews 11. When you feci down and ont, read Romans 8 :31-89. When you want courage for your task, read Joshua 1. When the world seems b’gger than God. read Psalm 90. When you want vest and peace, read Matthew 11 :25-30. When you want Christian assurance read Romans S:l-50. For Paulfs secret of happiness, read Col. 3:12-17. When you leave heme for labor or travel, read Psalm 121. When you grow hitter and critical,; read I Corinthians 13. When your'TVrayers grow narrow or- Selfish, read Psalm 67. For Paul's idea of Christianity, read II Cor. 5 :15-19. For Paul's rules on how to get along with men. read Romans 12. When you think of investments and .returns, read Mark 10:17-31. For a great invitation and a great opportunity, read Isaiah 55. For Jesus' idea of prayer, read I,uke 11:1-73. Matthew 5:5-15. For the prophet's picture of wor ship that counts, rend Isaiah 58:1-12. For the prophet's idea of religion read Isaiah 1:10-18. Micah 6;6-8. —PERFUME— The Perfect Gift D'Orsay. present* their perfumes to the increasing demand of the Ameri can woman. Who always knows, seeks the bent, who loves the beautiful and insists on quality. ODE U K S Chevalier, Tojours. Fidele, Charms, Mimosa, Chypre, Rose Jaquiminot, Myguct, Jasmine SWd Exclusively By Gibson Drug Store The P.exall Store We tl|ank you. for the liberal patronage given U 8 during 1925 and wish for you A HAPPY NEW YEAR t Cabarrus Cash . Grocery Co. Copyright 1921-26, p. F. CollW'ftSon Ca and O. P. Putnam's Sons “BOBBED BAnt” witt Marls Prsvost it a pletartsattos st this story I Warner Bros. Pietarss, Ine. SYNOPSIS Connemara Moore, dfter hours of excising adventures aboard mysterious vessels in tong Island Sound, has plunged overboard from the last of them and is swimming toward shore. It is pitch dark but in the water she comes in contact with a creature whom she instinctively believes to be a friend. It is Bugle, a dog. Connemara was to have announced her. engagement to night, but, instead, stole away from her Aunt Celimena’s home. Later she found herself in the company of rum runnert—or revenue officers. CHAPTER . Xlll—Continued The dog swam along beside her. “Nice boy, good boy!” she mur mured at intervals, and always in return there was the friendly little “Woof! Woof!”—if only the warp t«ip were as well intentioned and kindly, thought Connemara, who, though never ostentatious in her display of wisdom or erudition, was acquainted with mottoes and classic quotations, however slightly. - On they swaiA. “Home, Bugle, home, please!” pleaded ConnemaTa. She slackened her stroke, and the dog' stopped too. He began nosing about her shoulders, and she real ized that he was seeking a tooth hold, whereby he might take her in his mouth and carry her home. “Oh, Bugle, if you were a man, I d marry you, dear, however you felt about it!” Bugle, unacquainted with the plot, seemed to appreciate the compliment. For, though the gossamer chemise du jour which clugg lankly to her shoulder blades offered no hospitality to his gallant teeth, when her arm was about his neck he started to swim again, and and was making fair headway with GFDGDSH Bugle was covering her up. his lovely burden, of whose bodily beauty he was unaware, though her "sweetness of heart must have spok en to his nobility through her gen tle voice and touch. “No, ho, Bugle, deaf,” she ad dressed his wholly ear, “I cannot let you suppor t me. I'm tired, but I can still paddle along.” So she took her arm from his neck, and started once more to swim by his side. But not for long. Bugle, like most suc cessful heroes, had not undertaken his fescue till safety was in sight* For soon, on a downward stroke, her arm was entangled in seaweed. "Land,” she exclaimed, like Co lumbus and Cortez, “is near.” And, like Columbus and Cortez, she was right. She felt for bottom and touched it. It was a rough bottom, and a rocky one. How fortunate that she had been unable to shed the slippers which now pro tected her delicate feet.' “We never know, or at least not always, do we, Bugle, when our misfortunes are blessings!” Bugle, Still swimming beside her, did not answer, but she feh that somewhere under the dark water he had wag- Gets his prankish tail, i The water was only to, her hip bones. It seemed quieter here and calmer. Bugle must have led her to a cove—one he knew, probably, and therefore a safe haven, for no' •uch dog as this could have been de veloped in any but refined and re spectable surroundings. Which shows how well Connemara knew the world. i There was a sputtering and shak ing at her side. Bugle had stopped swimming and come to his feet. What a tall dog he was! His head was level with her waist. Even as she walked uncomfortably over the stones, Connemara speculated oh the breed of this noble animal, for she was ever interested in the sci ences, natural or applied, and in his tory, natural, personal or private. TW© CHARLOTTE MEN HELD FOR CAR THEFT Burnett Cnrvn Claim* He Heugtrt ffeilwi Ft* sl7S—Clave Frank Lip fcrrf a “Ltfr to Richmond, j KHunqml, V*. fthsc. 1 .aifcr-Two vxril* nivirtr tto ; t*n&« of Burnett L. Craven ami Frank Up ford were held today on suspicion Os having spden a rfmtaoh sedan Id Chariot re. N. C„ which was found in their •p'Msmmhml. Charlotte .Was hofi- Setl.and a mentag* cante thi* evening from the chief o<„ police of that gitjt Shallower and shallower grew the water, nearer and nearer ths shore and peace, at least until day broke all over anything. But until thdn she would sleep tranquilly on this strand of sandy beach, secur* in the protection of a strong and chivalrous friend. But it wasn’t a sandy slyore; if was one of those interesting ar rangements of slime, refcds, seaweed and small stonhs cleverly sharpened on three sides with which the north shore of Long Island is irrevoca bly bound. Plowing through tRe slime of mud and clams, active and extinct, her and chemise of apricot siffle bound with tourquoise, hei silken silver stockings rolled just be low her rosy dimpled knees, wafer dripping from her glorious cuproffl tresses on her v creamy marble back, Connmara must have presented a picture of appealing beauty had there been light and an eye to be hold her. But. alas, there was neither. OAly the soughing of sum mer winds, the lap of little black waves as the tide raced out to sea and the stout heart beating, beating berieath the shaggy coat which pressed her thigh, guiding her gent ly. Safely ashore, they shook them selves, as it were, by mutual con sent. Then Bugle’s sweet cold nose in her palm dnd his gentle “R-r-r" said as plainly as words of one syl lable, “Come with me!” Slcwly he guided her a little way up the shore, slightly inland Connemara walked / carefully ovet the stones fearing a little to turi her ankle which, without costume or chaperone, might be awkvtrard. ' Bugle stopped and Connemara knew they had reached a destina tion. “Here! Bugle?” inquired Con nemara affectionately. “R-r-r,” replied Bugle distinctly and lay down. Sand! Soft and warm sand. Tht intelligent and thoughtful beast ha 4 surmised {Jiat she was in need o' rest, and led her to what was prob ably the most comfortable place set miles around. Connemara lay down beside hire and snuggled close to his hide. B-> this time h(? was almost dry and though still a little damp, wit warmer than the girl he had decide! to befriend. In a few minutes Bugle wa! asleep. » Propped gracefully against him Connemara would have slept too byt for the questions which racet inanely through her mind, just ai though there were answers foi them. Why had McTish left her or had he? Who was Lacy? Wha happened after she left fl-e ship, ant why should any of if hive happen ed? And oh. why, why had Aun Celimcna made such ridiculous con ditions? It was all her fault, really This thought was rather comfort ing, and, snuggling a little closer ti Bugle, she fell asleep. She was awakened by a gentlt, touch. Opening her eyes, she saw that it was nearly dawn. A gray ish light, faintly suffused with pink made -visible the green bushes ir whose shelter she had slept in a patch of sahd. Then she saw Buglt and knew what had waked her. Bugle was covering her up. Hi had realized that sheNsras cold, thi; kindly and intelligent beast. . Beast?- ■ No, liever —hero was a bet ter " word. Connemara Was too young and too cold to reflect how often they are interchangeable. “Angel!” She thus addressed Bugle, and he wagged his tail appre ciatively in acknowledgment of her .praise. But in a monient he was of? again, having covered her carefully with something big and heavy, which felt very good. Connemara huddled beneath it for a moment, *nd then sat up to see what it was. An oilskin coat, and a very nice one. Not an old flung-away on, which Bugle might have found in the bushes, but a clean, quite new one, which he had either dragged from * closet or someone had lent him, at his request, to cover hei- up. Connemara stood up to examine it. A good otte indeed 1 Except, as she noticed a minute later, for a square patch which had been toad jaggedly out of one of the fronts. Who was he? She wondered as she slipped the thing on. Tall, she knew that, for his coat flapped around her feet. Nice? Shq thrust her hand in His pocket. A clean handkerchief, large and pure linen. No' monogram, no perfume, not even a laundry rrfark. (To ho continued) Haying that/they were wanted there and tbnt rn officer would be sent for them. Craven claimed that he bought the car in Ohaflotte for $175, not know ing that it had been stolen. Ligford Wa* quoted a* saying that Craven gdve hlin a lift to Richmond and tbaf he had tuo;- idea 'he wax riding in ' a stolen car until he wa* arrwted. The North Carolina license had been removed from the car and » Virginia ftcen»e alleged no have been “folen from a 4litick car at-South-1 fctil, Va., was substituted for it- 1 ‘ . » * i e. ' l «■ , ' ' e • • \ % ' ' . V: As the year i# drawing to a / close, we want to thank you, . one and all for the splendid trade given us during the * ♦ year and hope that ydU have had as prosperous a year as . have had, 'As the New Year dawns, we send you these greetings, wishing the new Year brings you Health, Wealth and Prosperity* ~ / . 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