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News from No. 10 Township in the Concord Tribune, March 18, 1924

Country Correspondence: No. 10 Township

Last week when the mournful sound of the turtle dove was heard, the farmers began planning to plant Irish potatoes and other garden seed, but the cold weather of Monday and Tuesday put them to sawing wood and making fires.

The Flowes Community club will meet Friday evening of this week.

Revival services are being held at Bethel this week. Rev. Mr. Moser of Kannapolis and Mr. Short of Calvary Church, Charlotte, are assisting the pastor in the services.

A wedding of much interest to the people of the township and elsewhere was solemnized last Sunday afternoon at the Bethel parsonage when Mr. Norman Black and Miss Mary Bost were married. The ceremony was performed by the pastor, Rev. Robert E. Hunt. Only a few intimate friends of the contracting parties witnessed the ceremony. Mr. Black is field agent for the Cotton Growers Cooperative Marketing Association and is an excellent young man. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Black of No. 10 Township. Mrs. Black is the pretty and attractive daughter of Mr. L.T. Bost, also of No. 10. After visiting points of interest in the state, they will make their home in Concord. We wish for them a long and happy life.

The following resolution of sympathy was adopted by the quarterly conference which was held at Bethel Church Saturday, March 1st:

Whereas God has called Katherine Covington, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J.B. Craven of Charlotte, from this life to the higher life, be it resolved,

First, That we extend to them our heartfelt sympathy in their sore affliction.

Second, That we do pray our God to give them grace to keep and sustain them through this sad period of their lives, and that they may ever have the assurance of meeting her in the better world.

Third. That a copy of these resolutions be put on the quarterly conference record, a copy sent to Rev. and Mrs. Craven, a copy sent to The Advocate and one sent to The Concord Times and Tribune.

From page 6 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, March 18, 1924

Concord Daily Tribune, Page 6, March 18, 1924

Concord Furniture Company—Best for rest—Kingsdown mattresses and springs, Mebane Bedding Company, Mebane, N.C.

Ford Cars, Trucks, Tractors—An all-purpose truck at a remarkable price—Steel Body truck, $490.

Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound—Detroit woman recovers

Bollinger Service Station, generator service, all kinds of generator repairs.

C.H. Barrier & Co., wall clock, quaint, attractive, reliable, $1.59.

Cash Feed Store—Purina Chick Startena and raise 95 out of every 100 chicks.

Advertisements on page 6 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, March 18, 1924.

Jack Miner, Who Began Banding Birds in 1909 and Continued Until His Death in 1944

JACK MINER

To learn more about Jack Miner’s pioneering work in banding birds, you might enjoy "The Legend of Jack Miner. . . The life and story of conservation icon and bird banding pioneer" from Wildfowl Magazine at www.wildfowlmag.com/editorial/legend-jack-miner/460089. Miner banded birds from 1909 to 1944. The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Kingsville, Ontario, still continues his work today.

Photo from the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary.

Jack Miner's Gospel-Carrying Ducks Shot in Eastern Carolina Sounds, March 18, 1924

Mr. Miner’s Gospel-Carrying Ducks Are Shot by Hunters

Kinston, March 17—Not less than three of Jack Miner’s gospel-carrying ducks have been shot in this state in the past two hunting seasons, and possibly more. Two were brought down in this section, one in the northeastern part of the state. But the great majority of Miner’s feathered evangelists have winged their way back to his private game preserve in Ontario, where they spend the summers.

Miner is a resident of Kingsville, Ontario. Some years ago he set apart a considerable area of land as a retreat for wildfowl. The birds breed and rear their young there. When food is scarce, Minor provides grain for them. They have come to know him as a friend. He has tagged thousands of ducks. less than 50 have been shot so far as he has positive knowledge.

The Canadian bands the ducks’ legs with inscriptions bearing his name and address and brief scriptural quotations.

Approximately 45 of the inscriptions have been returned to him by hunters who regretted that they had shot those particular birds. They were killed in spots all the way from Jones county, N.C., to the northernmost outpost of civilization, but the most of Miner’s pets are believed to winter in the eastern Carolina sounds. Only one or two per cent of the tagged birds are shot in a season, it is understood, though their contact with persons at Miner’s place may have made then less wary than the general run of wildfowl.

From page 5 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, March 18, 1924.

Mrs. Morrison, 88, Died in Brunswick, Canada, March 18, 1924

Death of Mother of Mrs. R.W. Fleming

Mrs. R.W. Fleming received a message from New Brunswick, Canada, last Saturday morning announcing the death of her mother, Mrs. Andrew Morrison, in that place Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Morrison was 88 years of age, and leaves four children. No particulars were given in the message as to the cause of the death of Mrs. Morrison. Mrs. Fleming did not attend the funeral as the distance made it impossible to reach there in time. Nothing definite has been received since the telegram, and it is supposed that she died from heart disease, on account of her advanced years.

From page 5 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, March 18, 1924.

Concord Daily Tribune, Page 5, March 18, 1924

“To the Last Man,” Star Theatre, Wednesday and Thursday. A Zane Grey story.

Vicks VapoRub

Bell & Harris Funeral Parlors, tactful deportment

Piggly Wiggly—We handle country produce of all kinds and pay the best prices

Browns-Cannon—Where you get your money’s worth. Suits, Hats, Shirts

Standard Buick Company, opposite City Fire Dept.

Sunrise Dairy, L.O. Cline, proprietor. All deliveries made before 9:30 a.m.

Concord & Kannapolis Gas Co., Chats with your gas man.

See Fisher’s – It Pays. Unsurpassing value in silk jersey underwear.

Starnes-Miller-Parker Co.—Elgin, Correct time all the time.

Cline & Moose, plant potatoes, sow seeds.

Pastime Theater—Judgment of the Storm, Mrs. Ethel Styles Middleton’s power story of love, redemption and sacrifice.

Concord Steam Bakery for Milk Maid Bread

M.R. Pound, custom tailoring, altering and cleaning also done.

Ivey’s—the home of good shoes.

Advertisements on page 5 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, March 18, 1924.

John Elkins Praising Winters in St. Petersburg, the Sunshine City, March 18, 1924

John R. Elkins Writes Letter from St. Petersburg, Fla., “Sunshine City”

By John R. Elkins

St. Petersburg, Fla.—Perhaps an article in your publication descriptive of the Sunshine City would be of interest to many of your readers.

I have been hibernating here through the winter with my son, Clyde, and his family, and, of course, it has been a season of pleasure to me, not only from the association with my people, but also from the many attractions in and around this beautiful city on the Tampa Bay. There is so much going on here, so many enterprises are continually being launched, that the ready writer could always find themes on which to dilate, and there need not be a dull hour for anyone.

Four years ago I spent the fall and w inter here and was delighted, almost swept off of my feet at the salubrious climate, the wide paved streets, the beautiful palms, the lovely green lawns, the orange and grapefruit groves and the myriads of beautiful flowers, all basking in the glorious sunshine. As the winters at home gave me ice and snow, mud and slush, and freezing blasts of cold, the transformation was a revelation to me. To one who has never visited Florida, especially middle or southern Florida, it is hard to believe that these things in reality exist, but they are here to see.

Phenomenal Growth

But my! the change that has taken place in four years, and what will St. Petersburg look like in four more years? I will undertake to say that perhaps there is not another city on the American continent of equal population that is making more rapid strides in growth than the Sunshine City, and I will risk my reputation as seer, in saying that within 10 or 15 years hence the population will reach 100,000 souls. And why not? Fully 15,000 tourists have arrived here this season and they have been delighted with the climate and the citizens.

They are great boosters too, and they thoroughly advertise the city. Again, the Chamber of Commerce spends yearly thousands on thousands of dollars by means of booklets and newspaper advertising, which is scattered far and wide, proclaiming the beauties and advantages of this section. the climate of course is the dominant feature, but the water fronts, the wide, clean, brick-paved streets, the fishing, the foliage, the citrus fruits, the pretty lawns and the elegant hotels, a number of which could do credit to New York, all conspire to make St. Petersburg a city beautiful.

Money in the banks and with the business men, seems to be plentiful, as any enterprise that is started, and there are many of them, finds ready backing and they are rushed to completion. Millions have been spent to make St. Petersburg a leading winter resort, and millions more are in reserve to reach the climax. Most of Florida as to climatic conditions is fine, but St. Petersburg puts one over all the other cities because of its location, Pinellas county, in which the city is situated, is bound on one side by Tampa Bay and on the other side by Boca Ceiga Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Because of this the temperature in cold weather is modified, softened by warm breezes from these bodies of water which makes the weather more equable and pleasant than elsewhere.

New Developments

Port Tampa is nine miles from St. Petersburg on the bay. About half way between the two cities named, a highway concrete bridge is being built across little Tampa Bay, which is 6 ½ miles long, the longest bridge of its kind in the world, and it is to be completed by June 1st. This bridge will cost about $2 million when it is ready for travel.

New developments are numerous, and I can mention but a few of them. However, there is Pasadena, Shore Acres, Euclid Boulevard, Rig Bayon, etc. At Pasadena, which is probably the leading one, many new houses, some of which are palatial in design, have been erected, and many others are now under contract. Here also is a hotel, a tea room, club house, stores, a church, school building, a nursery, long rows of royal palms, and a wealth of lovely flowers. In a very few years this development will be a beauty spot in the beautiful Sunshine City. In St. Petersburg where there are 76 hotels, there are three hotels which for design and general equipment, would do credit to any city, and these were only completed last year—the Soreno, the Mason and the Suwannee. The Soreno cost over a million dollars, and the other two nearly as much. The main tourist season lasts about four months, and the “pocket change” left in the city during this term by the visitors is amazing, and makes business good along all lines. Real estate has long since gone skyward in price, but it is being voraciously picked up all the same. Florida in general has a wonderful prospect in coming years—its unequalled climate, the great coast line, its citrus fruits and winter vegetables, its fishing possibilities and its water ways, will ever keep it prominently on the map. In this article, of course, I am portraying the beauties and advantages of Florida, but I only wish to relate things that are attractive and uplifting in their character. All sections of our country have their marks of depreciations, and these features too often get too much publicity. build up and not destroy should be the slogan, and to all things detrimental to the public good, I say, “Shoo fly, don’t bother me.”

I could write and write, for subjects here are practically inexhaustible, but fond as I am of this delightful land, I do not forget the red hills, the fertile valleys and the rippling streams of good old North Carolina, the land of my nativity. There was I born, there I gave the best years of my life, there live the most of my kindred and friends, and there, when it is all over with me in this life, may my bones find their long resting place ‘neath her sod. All things being favorable, I may return to Winston-Salem about May 1st. May address here is 567, 11th Ave., South, St. Petersburg, Fla.

From the editorial page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, March 18, 1924. J.B. Sherrill, editor and publisher; W.M. Sherrill, Associate Editor.