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Local Mention in Concord, April 14, 1925

Local Mention

The weekly meeting of the Concord Rotary Club will be held at the Y.M.C.A. tomorrow at 12:30 p.m.

P.M. Lafferty continues to show improvement following an operation for the removal of his tonsils several days ago.

Miss Carrie Garmon is confined to her home on East Depot street on account of illness.

The condition of Wallace Moore, who was taken to Concord Hospital Monday, is much improved.

Marriage license was issued Monday by Register of Deeds Elliot to James L. Alexander of Charlotte and Miss Lela Howell of this city.

Improvement is reported today in the condition of Mrs. L.D. Coltrane Jr., who underwent treatment for some time in a Charlotte hospital. She returned to her home here last Friday.

Improvement is reported today in the condition of Mrs. W.H. Wadsworth who has been ill at her home on North Church street for several days following an attack of appendicitis.

The condition of Mrs. W.H. Wadsworth, who has been confined to her home on Church street as a result of an attack of appendicitis Saturday, is very much improved.

We have received from Lewis Crisco, of this county, an invitation to the commencement exercises of Boiling Springs High School April 19-22. Prof. T.W. Andrews of High Point will deliver the literary address on the 22nd.

R.C. Litaker and Dr. Robert Fisher left this afternoon for Wilmington to attend the State Head Camp meeting of the Woodmen of the World. They are delegated from local camp No. 16 and expect to return home Friday.

The trustees of Smith Chapel, a Methodist Church in No. 4 township, have sold for the Church a tract of land in No. 4 township to C.D. Alexander for $160, according to a deed filed at the court house Monday.

Local busses will be discontinued between Concord and Kannapolis beginning Wednesday, it was announced today. The reason for this action is that the Greensboro-Charlotte busses which are to run every half hour will pick up the Concord, Kannapolis passengers.

A mail collection box has been placed at the intersection of Tribune and Union streets for the convenience of the persons living in that section of the city. Several of the collection boxes have been placed at various points in the city in recent weeks.

The regular meeting of the Cabarrus Black Boys chapter D.A.R. will meet at the home of Mrs. Chas. A. Cannon, North Union street, Wednesday afternoon at 3:30, with Mrs. W.M. Sherrill and Mrs. R.K. Black hostesses with Mrs. Cannon.

Elm Camp Woodmen of the World will hold an old-time spelling match tonight at their regular meeting. Webster’s blue back speller will be used to give the old-timers a chance to show what they know about English. All members are urged to be present to get in on the match.

Regular work was resumed in the public schools of the city this morning following a one-day recess for Easter. The schools of the city closed Friday afternoon, Easter Monday being given as the holiday. The holiday Monday was the last scheduled one during the present term of school.

Some of the public schools of the county will close their work this week, according to reports reaching Concord, while others will wind up their affairs next week. County Commencement will be held this year on the 25th of this month, and many of the schools will have completed their work by that date.

Burks Withers and Amos Davis, of Norfolk, Va., and Winnsboro, S.C., respectively, returned Monday to their homes after being called here by the illness and death of their mother-in-law, Mrs. M.L. Brown. Mrs. Withers and Mrs. Davis will remain in Concord several days longer.

The Baptists took another step toward the State baseball title Monday when they defeated the State players 5 to 4 in 12 innings. At the same time the Carolina team was winning rather easily from Davidson by an 8 to 3 score. The Wake Forest team now has defeated State, Guilford and Trinity.

Police officers of the city again today reported little activity. No session of the city court was held Monday afternoon and Chief Talbirt this morning stated that members of his department had little to do Monday and Monday night. “Easter was quietly observed here so far as we have been able to learn,” chief Talbirt stated.

“Play ball,” will sound in the major leagues this afternoon as the 16 teams line up for the 1925 season. Managers of all the teams expect a better brand this year than was offered last year, and the race for the pennant in the two leagues is expected to be close throughout the season. Many radio fans here plan to get the scores of the opening games early this evening.

From page 8 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, April 14, 1925

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