All business houses of the city will be closed on Christmas day. The library also will be closed.
On account of the fact that it is Christmas day, there will be no issue of The Times next Thursday.
Mrs. I.I. Davis Jr. is able to sit up again after being confined to her home for more than a week by illness.
C.B. Suther of Stanfield has entered the National Sanitorium in Johnson City, Tenn., where he will undergo treatment.
A report from his bedside this morning states that the condition of William Glass, who has been seriously ill for several days, is slightly improved.
The condition of Mrs. C.W. Kesler, who underwent an operation in the Concord Hospital several weeks ago, continues to improve.
Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Hartsell have moved into their handsome new home on Spring Street. Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Hartsell Jr. are making their home with them for the present.
Mrs. R.F. Widenhouse, wife of Sergeant Widenhouse of the Concord police department, is confined to her home by illness. Her condition today is reported as slightly improved.
The many friends of Mrs. M.M. Gillon will regret to learn that she is confined to her home on Bell avenue by illness. She has been ill for the past several days.
Mary Cottrell Archibald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N.A. Archibald, is confined to her home on Marsh Street with mumps. Her condition today is reported as favorable.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Correll of Greensboro spent Sunday here with home folks. They were accompanied to Concord by Miss Mary Lentz, who will spend the holidays here with her sisters, Misses Lucy Richmond and Nancy Lentz.
Miss Pearl Williams, member of the faculty of North Carolina College for women, returned to Concord Saturday evening to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Williams.
Members of the business men’s volleyball team are asked to take note of the fact that they will have a practice Monday afternoon at 5:15 o’clock. There will also be practice on several other days during the week, announcement to be made later.
Christmas exercises will be held and a Christmas tree given at the Methodist Protestant Church next Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock, the program to be rendered by members of the Sunday School. After the exercises gifts will be distributed to the members of the Sunday School.
The board of education of Cabarrus county went to Kannapolis this afternoon to inspect the new high school building which was recently completed in that city. Equipment is being installed in the building now and it will be ready for occupancy when school work is resumed after the Christmas holidays.
According to a deed filed Saturday, Wyatt H. Moose has sold to L.R. Yow property on Cedar Street for $1,700. Another deed records the sale by Mr. Yow of property on Sedar Street to H.D. Black for $825. According to another deed, W.H. Gibson and G.S. Kluttz have sold to Mrs. Lillie McNeely Umberger several lots in Brookwood.
Police officers this morning stated that 16 cases were docketed for trial in recorder’s court this afternoon. Several of the defendants are charged with being intoxicated, others are charged with having liquor and others are charged with affrays, carrying concealed weapons, larceny and operating an automobile with one headlight.
Train crews on the Southern are already feeling the effect of the Christmas traffic. During the past several days a number of trains have been late in reaching Concord, and the delays in almost every instance were due to the large volume of business being done by the trains. It is probably that the schedule of the trains will be interrupted daily until after Christmas.
Campaign literature in the form of a bronze shield used by Major General Harrison in his campaign for the presidency was found recently by W.G. Allison at his home near Poplar Tent. The shield, small and round, was found in the Allison yard. On one side is a log cabin and the slogan “The People’s Choice,” and on the other side is a picture of General Harrison and the date “March, 1841.” Mr. Allison believes the shield was the property of his grandfather.
From page 3 of The Concord Times, Monday, Dec. 22, 1924
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