Howard Shinn is seriously ill at his home in No. 5 township with pneumonia. Miss Agnes Lippard is able to be out again, after being confined to her home by an attack of influenza.
J. ed Cline is able to be out again after being confined to his home for three weeks with lagrippe.
The condition of Mrs. Flynn Johnson, who has been ill for several days, has improved.
The condition of Harry Lee Johnson, who is ill at his home on East Depot Street, is very much improved.
Stancill Page of Charlotte is in Concord for several weeks, begin employed in the Hartsell Mill doing some construction work.
Katherine Carroll, Mrs. Blanche Cook and Grace McDonald were reported Saturday morning to be suffering with mumps at their respective homes in the city.
Mrs. Charles A. Ritchie is vising in Spray, N.C., at the bedside of her brother, M.L. Coggins, who is seriously ill. Mr. Coggins is well known in this city.
According to a deed filed with the register of deeds Friday, W.L. Aycock has sold to Joe Y. Morrison property in this county, the purchase price being given in the deed as $1,500.
The condition of Mrs. Victor Holdbrooks, who is undergoing treatment at the Concord Hospital, is reported today as improved. Mrs. Holdbrooks underwent an operation in the hospital early in the week.
D.J., L.A. and Lillie Ludwig and Louise A. Ramsay have sold to Martin C. Barringer property in Mt. Pleasant for $1,500, according to a deed filed Thursday. The property is located on the west side of Main street in Mt. Pleasant.
The bottom part of the electric traffic sign at the square fell off Saturday. The part of the sign that fell acts as a shield for the mechanism of the sign and it was put in place again by Patrolman Holdbrooks, who finished the job without difficulty in a few minutes.
Relatives of Mrs. W.B. Kimmons in Concord received a telegram Friday stating that she had died at her home in High Point Thursday. Funeral services were held at 1:30 Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Kimmons was formerly a resident of this county, having been reared here.
The St. Cloud Barber Shop was moved Thursday from the hotel building on North Union street to the Corl building on West Depot street. The move was necessitated by plans for the new hotel building, as the former home of the shop is to be torn down when work on the new hostelry is started.
Have you secured your ticket for the Frieda Hempel concert? The tickets have been on sale for several days and although many of the tickets have been sold, many good ones are still available. Mme. Hempel will sing in Concord, at the high school building, on the night of January 30th.
The chain gang camp has been moved from the Concord-Monroe road, several miles south of Concord, to the county home property. Part of the equipment was moved Friday but as the ages were not ready for the prisoners, they were kept in the jail during the night. There are now 23 prisoners at the camp.
A.C. Cline and John M. Hendrix left Friday night for Woodstock, Va., to attend the funeral of Rev. W.G. Campbell, former pastor of St. James Lutheran Church of this city. Mr. Cline and Mr. Hendrix went as representatives from Stokes Lodge No. 32, A.F. & A.M. The funeral of Mr. Campbell was held Saturday morning.
Miss Annie Strider returned Thursday from Elmwood, where she had been to spend several days with her mother, Mrs. J.W. Strider. Mrs. Strider has been suffering with an infected finger, caused by a small scratch about 10 days ago. On Wednesday the finger was amputated at the Statesville hospital. It was the fore finger of the left hand.
Thursday was a very quiet day in the office of Register of Deeds Elliott, as only two papers were entered in the office for file. From 12 to 15 papers usually are recorded daily in Mr. Elliott’s office, but business has been quiet during the past several days, with the lowest record of the year reached Thursday.
The recent rains have made golf playing rather uncertain at the Cabarrus Country Club so Al Johnson, professional at the club, has started an indoor class. Johnson has secured one of the sample rooms of the hotel and each afternoon and night now golfers are enjoying playing at his school. Johnson intends to keep the school open for the next several months.
The condition of Major W.A. Foil, who has been ill for several weeks, is reported today as not so favorable. Major Foil suffered a hard chill Thursday, it was reported from his home this morning, and his condition during the week has not been as favorable as it was several weeks ago. It is not known when he will be able to return to Raleigh for the sessions of the State Legislature.
A report from Raleigh as carried in the morning papers Friday declared the Essex sedan of Major W.A. Foil was one of the cars destroyed in the garage fire Thursday. This report was not true as Major and Mrs. Foil brought their car home with them last week when they returned from Raleigh. While in Raleigh they kept the car in the garage destroyed, and this fact is believed to have led to the report that their car was burned.
A man, his wife and two children were stranded in Concord Friday and later were sent to their home in Chester, S.C., by J.H. Brown, county welfare officer. The man stated that he was called to High Point to see his father, who was reported ill. His father was not ill, he said, but took all of his money but $5 and this was used in getting to Concord. Mr. Brown sent the family on rather than have them become a burden on the county.
T.D. Maness of the local law firm of Manness and Sherrin, left on Sunday night for Washington to argue before the Supreme Court the case of Sigmon vs. the Southern and Yadkin Railway. When the case was tried here in the fall of 1923 Mrs. C.A. Sigmon, the plaintiff, was awarded a verdict of $10,000. The case was appealed to the State Supreme Court which affirmed the decision. The defendant appealed to the United States Supreme Court and Mr. Maness will argue the case before that court next week for the plaintiff.
From page 6 of the Concord Times, January 19, 1925
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