%la October 25, 1626
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KaiinapriiH, (jet. 25.—The Concord
V volleyball sextette, for several years
4 caustic euclny, of the to wrier outfit,
will hook u|> with t)ie loeal elan on
Thursday night, in the first game of an
extended series.
Raie'gh y took the count, four out
if five in the opening fracas with Kan
napolis several waejjs ago and the to
tal** have a sense of feeling that if they
show the same attack the Concord
vassal* will be another flash in the
pan-
Haael Allred, last year with the 10-'
!gl outfit, is captain and manager of
:Ue Concord team,
PLAY GASTONIA.
The Gastonia high school basketball
eant, always a runner up in .state
hainpionship eseries, has been con- i
/acted io play the Kannapolis highs
two-game series early :n January. |
I has been announced by the manager j
f the loenl team- The two teams will i
lay the first game in Kannapolis on | 1
anuary Bth and the fiiml contest will. l
e staged in Gastonia around January 1
4th. i
Rockingham and Badin are other
atasi engaged for a brace of games
inffig ,ll< ‘ season, while Welcome, -
llr«bury und other quints of strong
libre will do battle in singular af
irs. *
JOINS VARSITY SQL AD.
Henry Hargar. of Hendersonville, a
puted tower of strength to uny ath
tie team, joined the loeal Y. M. C. A.
ICC it y squad Friday night in a strea
ms gymimsium workout. He will
’.v for a forward liosition on the 101 l
ll team and from all appearances In
te manner he deposits the old sphere
nd runs the floor, he will experience
ttLe difficulty ip sewing up the jolt.
Coach Bill Mauldin is blessed this
oar with ripe material and he ex
pects to have t|ie inanHe of suprfinary
draped around liis proteges when the
PU tain descends in February. In ud
litioii to tile regular schedule of state
cams, a number of barnstorming quip
efs will invadta tjie loeal den. This
rill give bandoin an idea of how the
’owelers stack up against out-of-state
utln national teams.
The lettered men returning foi* a
rial this season are: Gilliam. Ftowe.
pd Lapsley. forwards; ami jlejnis
ltd Boberts. guards.
WOMEN MANAGER OF GIItLV
TEAM.
M ! ss Betty iTopsl. liiinor studont,
HIS fcsene selected manager of the
[iris' hasbtWmi team/at Ivanuapolis
for the ensuing season.
Jflws I'ropsl was recently chosen
111 the senior class election as the
most popular girl student attending
PKannapolis Hi. Ollis Davis is cap
tain of the feminine team.
I ANOTHER FOR SHERLOCK
CHATMAN
Stored away in ivhat was termed a
“double floored” din dig tabic. 'Deputy
Sheriff I. T. Chatman and Officer Hoh
teycutt. of Concord, discovered another
unique' hiding 'place Saturday for the
safe keeping of native whiskey. Four
teen iiints kere collected hut the
owner made his escape.
\ Judging front the record of these
two officers it will soon bo unsafe' to
deposit tlie fluid in the bottom*of n
well. They have been known to bring
In earth uimntiCes of liquor that ev
en Ihe more exjiorieneeil prohiliit ion
'sleuths lmd faileil to discover. I
GENERAL FKHGFNON SNIPES
Funeral services for (renet-al Fergu
s' 11 Snipes, wlio died Fjdda.v in the
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Sunday afttvnoon. from tiff fgtnHy
reatdeuce on Popigr Street, No. m\
Interment'war, made at the Kannapo
lis cemetery. ,
Death wa» caused by up attack of
the ltea rd after 25 yehrs of perfect
health.
The deceased was a member of th«
First Baptist Church und is survived
by. aeveral children.
PERSONAL MEWS,
hjdward Hanes Kelly, a student ai
the T'niversrty of North Carolina,
spent the week-end with his parents.
W. F, Holt, Wake Forest student.
stopped ovtjr to visit friends here 01
Friday, en route to the Wake Forest-
Davidson football game.
‘ James Walton entertained the high,
'school senior class at a party Friday
evening.
CERTAIN MERCHANTS
' OPERATING LOTTERIES
Stale Attorney General's Office Holds
That They Are Liable to indict
ment. v
Statenville, Oct. 23.—TJertam mer
elwnts in the stnte who aae conduct
-1 ing gift schemes in connection with
: the imle of merchandise and the, col-’
; lection of accounts are doing an in
j violation of the state lottery laws
and making themaelven liable tb in
| dictment under Section 4428 of the
Consolidated Statutes of North Caro,
Una. according to a rolling received
by Secretary J. Pt»ul Leonard of the
North Carolina Merchants nssoeia
tiion from the office of the attorney
general at Raleigh, to wliom ad
vert i>dug matter lined ip the promo
tion of the schemes wan submitted.
The stnte organization of mer
chants. under Mr. Leonard's leader
ship, lias been waging a campaign
against gift scheme* _for several
years, resolutions having been adopt
ed in conventions and much .-''space
being devoted to tlie campaign iq
the association's - officials publication,
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The Carolina Betaijer- Fewer' such
schemes have been promoted during
the past two yen rs, according to the
Mate secretary has tx-fti able to as
“g dangerous, contagion* taade dis
ease.’' None of the grartnt offending
merchants 'arc mcrabtm of any Mer
chants orgmiiaation, ingofar as the
staate secretary has hgen able to as
certain, but he-is endeavoring'to sup
tirrss the seliemcf for the benefit pf
all merchant*, and in the interest it
improved liipiiiuw* infithods. '
Tite opinion rendered by the at-,
torney general's office just received
•by Mr. Leonard was w/itteu lyy
Frank N,isb, htiWatapt nttyrnqy gen
eral, who goes into soroe '(lafail in
<Ji teuiuutig' the gases submitted, and
says that every attorney general
from Mr. Gilmer to Mr. Brummitt,
inclusive, have held aueh-igfehemeß to
be lottery. • “Soipe potion steins,to*
exist.” says the assistant attorney
general, “that because a meaehaot
under this scheme does not chargq
any more for his goods for giving the
chance to win the prize, no con
sideration or thing of value ban
paused from the purchaser' to the
merchant for the ticket. This aspect
of the ease has, however, been held
by ail the courts in dehllng with it is
not affecting the erimh»n! character
of the transaction. They that,
the transactions were ia. fact sales of
_ merchants and lottery tickets for ah
aggregate price, so that the ar
rangement certainly constitute* a
lottery.”
Queen Marie was born ans chris
tened in the Church of Englaud dn l
going to Ron mania she remained a
communicant of ' that church. The
established church of Boumaula is
Eastern Catholie. The King is a
member of this national church, but
Queeu Marie has remainedioutsido of
it. : v
The extent to which English woct
»n have gone in for bobbed hair j«
indicated by the 'news that an order
fSr 25,000 women's haircutting ma
chines has been placed by an Eng
’i«h importer with a German cutlery
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TH£ CoNcoßb DAILY TRIBUNE
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"Give yo’ a brush, sab?" asked the
porter as the train pulled into the »ta
tiob.
"Give nie a brush if you want to,
but I’m opposed to tipping,” said the
mattpr-of.fact traveler.
”Fel|, salt,” said Hie porter, "yo’.
clothes areh’t nearly as dusty as Ah
thought they waa.”
"Black and his divorced wife tire
going to* remarry, I undeiutupd.”
* ">'<* ; I wonder if they’ll have the
chock to expect another set of wed
ding presents?”
( Judge—What is: the verdict of the.
jury#; • / ...
Fhfhmqn of Jury—We find that ttie
cujprit 'is not guilty, sir, but we rec
ommend that he beyvarned not to do it
again. ' •
“When did the robbery occur?” asked
the cross-examining lawyer. '
“I think —” began the-witness.
“We don’t care what you think—
we want to know what you know,”
said the .lawyer.
“Well, I may as well get out of
the box, then,” said tlie witness. "I
can't talk without thinking. I'm
not a lawyer.”
City mail'—So you raise ail these
chickens yourself?
Countryman—Well, I furnish the
fowl, but the heiiß tuke charge of
their education.
First Driver—l met my wife in a
peculiar way—ran over her with my
car, and later I married her.
Second Driver—ls everybody had to !
do that, thepe wouldn't be so much
reckless driving. 1
Harry—Do you think you can learn
to love me? .
Sue—No, I have as much ns I can
do to learn tennis and bridge!
WORK OF CONFERENCE
BMC* Mouzon Heard Sunday by a
Vast Throng—Three Ministers Died
Daring the Year.
Gastonia. Oct. 22.—Findjp* itself
pressed for time-and that much busi
nees was yet to be transacted the
wrotern North Caroling conference, in
'session here, hold twp business ses
sions and praetjeany finished all
minute work and muni’ of the boards
made their reports.
Eighteen young men were admitted
into full i-ouuectioii, two of the older
ministers were given the superannuate
yeiatihn and Bishop Mouzon delivered
his last morning address. Basing
his remnrkk on the first nineteen
verses of the fifth chapter of second
Corinthians, the bishop conducting the
devotional services at the opening of
today's session, a' practical and very
impressive address on. “The Minister's
Three Supreme Motives.” Thead he
listed as the hope of heaven, the fear
of the Lord and the Lbve'of Christ.
Several conference boards suomitted
their annual reports at the morning
session. None of these provided any
discussion, in each ease the report be
ing adopted without any dissention.
C. H. Ireland, of Greensboro, pre
sented the report of the board of lay
activities. The report stressed the
necessity of enlarging the membership
of the conference brotherhood and
provided for the appointment at the
first quarterly conference of a layman
in each charge to look after the se
curing of lay members to this organi
zation. At present, it clerical
members who are beneficiary. This
amount paid on the death of a mem
ber is now *1.850.
L. W. Colson submitted the report
of the conference committee on hos
pitals. It included a recommendation
that steps be taken to secure official
standing for all chaplains who are
now unofficially representing Pliotest
ant churches at Oteen hospital.' It
recommended the appointment of a
special committee composed of W. H.
Webster. T. A. Hatcoek anil H. K.
Boyer to handle tit is'proposition. IV.
H. Willis, presented the report of the
pastors' scbotf! belt! e*sb summer. at
Dllke University It igfchided numer
ous interesting 4a tis ties us to at
tendance and ci-edfej, ** ■■- 1
Alia. AV. A. Newell submitted (he
report for ilic board of temperance
and social service, whiterlitcljjded sev
fral recominendfttibns as to possible
legislation to be- secured" from the
next general assembly, tie most im
portant of which vyua the enactment
of a law rcij Hiring t’je publication
two weeks prior to a the
intention of the eontraz-ting jiarties
to wed. C, A., Wood submitrort the
reiiort of the Children’ll at
Winston-Salem. The mini her of in
mates of tills institvjtion'Ws been in
creaapf during the year ftpm ISO 4o
200 and there is a large number clam
oring for admission.
Tlie report gave-fti detail the prog
ress made by the home during the
year in various plines. A
- .T, A. Bell, ,<ft 'Charlotte, .submitted
the .report of the trustees of the eon
fereUce superannuate endowment fund.
With his report he turned into the
treasury of the conference a eheck
for- $6,887.09, ‘represent! linjerest
on investments. This-mini is to be
"distributed before the eldae of eon
ferenee to the superannuates.
Bishop Is Heard by. inige Throng.
Gastonia, Oet 24.-—Cpnfereuee Sab
bath in Gastonia dawned with" over
shadowing clouds', and "by the time ap
pointed for the which is
held at each recurring conference ses
sion as the first service of the day
had arrived rain had begun to fall,
and by 11 o'clock there was down
pour, but this 'did not cheek the
throng that wanted to hear 1* 1C sermon
of Bishop Alomson.
M hen he arose to announce the
opening hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy,”
he faced what was possibly the hug
est congregation that ever gathered
to hear a bishop 011 the occasion of
an annual conference infXortti Caro
lina.
Suspecting that the congregation'
could not be accommodated in tlie
Main Street Church, tile services
were moved to the Central High
School building, which will seut'2,ooo
or more, and thgt was crowded to
standing room.
Love Feast Conducted
•.The love feast, which is a festival
peculiar to the 'Methodist Church,
when ,the brethren take a sip of water
and morsel of bread together in token
of their love one for another, and
Christian experiences are exchanged,
was conducted by Revs. Dan Atkins
and W. It. Ware, and attended by a
large number of ministers and dele-,,
gates. It was a season of spiritual
fervor and enthusiasm, ami many tes
tified to their faith in God and love
for all mankind.
I
At 11 o'clock Bishop Mouzon took
charge of the services and preached
an inspiring sermon from three pas
sages of Scripture, John 5:24, first
epistle of John 15 and 4-8, 'HjSod is
spirit, God ia light and Gqd 4s love.",
From these passages the bishop de
livered a thoughtful, and highly spir
itual discourse. This afternoon at
3 o'clock a special session of the^tSm
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PAGE SEVEN
ferenee waa held in memory of piiu
isters and wives of ministers who have
died Ciiis year. Rev. J. F. Kirk,
chairman of the committee on mem
oirs. presided, DP, F. J. Frettyman
leading the devotions. Three minis-” 1
tees answered to the final roil caH ,
during the year and the wive# of threo
and the widows of two went away to
rest from their tabors. These were
Ilev. J. B. Carpenter. Rev. N. If.
Richardson and Rev. P. 1,. Terrell,-”
ami Air*. L. B. Hayes, Mrs. A. 8. ’
Raper. Airs. J. H. Buruhardt and Airs.
W. W. Bays.
[ Rev. J. B. Craven announced that •
Mrs. Frank H. Wood, the widow of
the late Dr. Frank H. A\ r oo»j, u*d died
during the year and he -fas directed
to prepare a suitable paper in her ■
memory and hand to the secretary for
publication in tlie journal of the con
ference. \ ,
Alaskan farmers grow wheat, oats,
barley and rye.