PAGE EIGHT LOCAL AND OTHERWISE. Born to Mr. and Mr-. It. I>. MoCmdy. (). tober 7th. a daughter. Xuney Ellen. All of your friend.-' will ho here ne\i week for the Comity Fair. Be horo with thorn. Make plans to lx- in Concord »J >'*• w.ok for tuo Cabarrus Comity Fair. The lair wiP bo olio of the best ovoj hold in Xorth Carolin.:. Tho condition of Mrs. L>. A. Mi'- I.aurin. who is in tho t mrord Ho-pi.til. L reported as being improved today. T. 15. Phillips, of Charlotte, will Proach at Oak Bulge Baptist Chur.-h i.f-xt Sunday at 11 a m. and 7 p m. Tho condition of Mrs. A. d. Day vault. !ki uiidorwoiii an operminu last week in tho Con old Hospital, is reported tn d..y as unchanged. Marriage license was sutied ' Tuesday !lV Hogistor of Deeds Flliotl to Alonzo (Pioff. of charlotte, and Miss Maude E. Shankle. of Charlotte The condition of Miss Gertrude Shaw, who underwent an operation last we *k in a Charlo'te Hospital, is reported todav a- improving satisfactorily. Rf-v. W. C. Wauchope. who was oper- a *e one of the largest in the county and a large enrollment is expected this year. < ifficial- of the water and light de partment had some trouble with electric current in this city Tuesday. The cur rent several times during the day became weak and it was reported that the trou ble was with the power station of the Southern Power Company, as the city was unable to get much current as us ual. The work of preparing tax receipts for the city is underway now. The receipts will probably be completed within anoth er week and then it will probably' re quire another week or ten days to get them placed on the books. City Tax Collector Fields will begin the collection of the taxes as soon as the receipts are completed. The cond' t: on of Clarence Ridenhour. quarterback or the Concord High School football team, who was injured last F ri day in .i game with Charlotte, is report ed today a*- satisfactory. R: leaker w/il he ]<>sr to bis team for seven! weeks, atyl his loss will be a severe blow to the V al team, as he has been first string quarsei back since hist year. The biggest football game of the week in Xorth Carolina will be the Carolina- Trinity game which will be played Fri day at Durham. The two teams - are said to be in excellent condition for the game, which will be the first important one played between State teams this year. The game may have an important bearing on the State championship. Frost was reported by a number of Concord people this morning. One lady who lives in Xo. 4 township and who was in the city early this - morning stat ed that she did not see any frost at her home or on the way to town, but sev eral residents of this city stated that they saw frost in low places on their property. So far as reported this is the first frost detected this Fall. The Xorth Carolina Synod of the Southern Presbyterian Church is in ses sion now in Burlington anti Graham, the twin cities to entertain the synod joint ly. At the first sessions of the synod held Tuesday Dr. J. H. Henderlite, of (iastonia. was elected moderator by a de cisive majority. Tire annual meeting of the synod is always an event of great in terest to members of the Presbyterian church. The new schnolhouse for colored peo ple. of. Kannapolis, is well underway and the building v.iP be completed within - v eral days. The colored school childrer of Kannapolis havg been attending school? conducted in Churches of the town bul they will soo.i have Mieir own home vhicl will contain five class rooms, ofluv am auditorium. The school is situated on i pi eminent elevation in the eastern pavl -of the city. Mr. J. T. W. Broome, district manage] of the Cotton Growers Co-operative Mar ketiug Association with headquarters a' Monroe, will make an address in Con cord Saturday afternoon at the cour house. The meeting will begin at tw< o'clock, and all members of the co-opera live association and all others intereste< are invited to hear Mr. Broome. Othei State officials of the association probab ly will be present also. One new case of diphtheria was report ed to the county health department Mon day. according to a department report. "If parents would give their children the diphtheria serum there would be no cas-' es of the disease IpMc." we believe.” one member of the department stated. “So far we have heard of no case where the child has been given the treatment.” The serum is given free of charge by the de partment. * - The city traffic laws forbid persons driving faster than ten miles an hour through the business section of the city, a member of the police department stat ed this morning, in issuing a warning that violators of this law are to be ar rested. Several persons have been ar rested for violating this law. it was stat ed. and others will be arrested unless they drive slower in the business district, which is always congested. Jailer McClure and Deputy Medlin made a raid in Xo. 10 township Monday afternoon and succeeded in destroying about 240 gallons of beer. A resident of Xo. 10 advised Sheriff Mabrey that lie thought the beer had been concealed in an old house and the officers found it under the porch of the house. It was buried in four barrels each of GO gal lons capacity. The owner of the beer is r.ot known. Everything is all set for the convening of Cabarrus County Superior Court next Monday morning. October loth.. Judge Bell F. Long, rtf Statesville, will preside, and Solicitor Zeb Long will request tlie State in the prosecution of criminal cas es. The first week of court will be de voted to trial of criminal cases. The first week of court will be devoted to trial of criminal eases and the second week to the trial of civil cases. The Concord High School football team is practicing hard now for a game here Friday with the Davidson High School team, ijimrterback Rideuhour will not be in the*Concord line-up Friday as lie was injured last Friday in Charlotte, but the rest of the first string men will be in shape for the game. The game prob ably will be played at the fair grounds, although the place has not been definitely decided ujsm so far. This will be the hist time these two teams have met this year. GREEK CATHOLIC PRIEST WANTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT Rev. Nicholas Strhtynsky Will Be Ar rested as Scon as He Reaches Chi cago. Where His \\ ife is Held. Chicago, Oct. !>. — Detectives with war rants charging embezzlement waited to day for Rev. Nicholas Strutynsky. Greek Catholiet priest of Ramey. l*a.. en route here to assist his wife, held for grand jury action in connection with the death of Basil Stetsuk. who was shot and killed Sunday in flu* presence of the congregation of the Greek Catholic Church of Michael the Archangel. LLOYD GEORGE PLAYS ROUND OF GOLF Leaves Montreal This Afternoon With Party for Trip to Ottawa. Montreal. Oct. 0 (By the Associated Press*. —Mr. Lloyd George this morning enjoyed a round of golf at the Royal Montreal course at Dixie. The weather was ideal for the sport. This afternoon the ex-British premier will leave for Ottawa with his parry. The Forest Hill Revival. The revival services in progress at the Forest Hill Methodist Church * continue into the second week with increasing in terest. Dr. Rowe preached to the Sun day Sohod on Sunday morning, to a large congregation of men in the after noon and nt the regular services both looming and evuyng. There' were :e --sj-onses to the appeal to enter upon the Christian life at every service, and thir teen joined, the church by vow an 1 sev eral by certificate Sunday morning. The text of the sermon on Monday eve ning was taken from the 25 th chapter of Matthew and the 10th verse. "And the door was shut.” The preacher empha-iz c I llie fact that every person is contin ually passing open doors of privilege and opportunity that soon go shut. People are moving along and moving past, and what is to be done must be done at the opportune time. Finally, the door lead ing from time to eternity will go shut, and the wheat and the ta*es will be sep arated b»i ever. Services will be held Tuesday and V- ednesday evening at f :30 and Wed nesday morning at J) o'clock, the revival closing with the service Wednesday eve ning. The singing has been an inspiring feature of every service. People of fill denominations are -attending, and the gen eral in.pl ession is that the meeting is do ing f. v< at good in the community. Rowan Man Succeeds the Late Dr. Lyerly. Rev. A. C. Peeler, a native of Rowan county, who lias for some time been pastor of the .Reformed church at Staunton, Va., has taken the pastorate of the Waughtown Reformed church, near Winston-Salem. succeeding tho late Rev. Dr. .T. M. L. Lyerly. who was a’so a Rowan man. and who died whill? serving the Forsyth church. “THESE RATS WOULDN’T EAT MY BEST GRAIN,. SAYS FRED LAMB. “It’s hard to keep rats out of a feed store. Tried for years. A neighboring store sold me some RAT-SNAP. It worked wonders. Gathered up dead rats every morning. Bought # more RAT SNAP. Haven't a rat now. They wouldn't eat my best grain when I threw RAT-SNAP around.” Three sizes. 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Ritchie Hardware Co., and Cline's Pharmacy.—Advertisement. Will Charge Murder Only. White Plains, X. Y., Oct. !). —District Attorney Rowland, who continued today to present to the grand jury evidence bearing on the mysterious death of Mrs. Clias. Webb at the Westchester Bilt more Country Club two weeks ago, de clared that if any prosecution is insti tuted it would bo for murder only. This statement was made after rejiorts had become current that lie planned to prefer charges of perjury in connection with stories told concerning events prior to the death of the New York and Phila delphia society woman. Fair Weather For World Series. New York. Oct. !).—The world series fandom is assured of agreeable weather ■ conditions for the first two games of the 1 Yaukee-Giants clash, in a bulletin issued by the Jocal weather bureau. v THE CONCORD TIMES—FAIR AND INDUSTRIAL EDITION Decorators Are at Work on One of the Buildings Now, and Others Will Be Deco rated During This Week. ENTIRE CITY TO BE “DRESSED UP” Fair Grounds Getting Final Grooming Now. —Several Race Horses Are Going * Through Races Each Day. Decorators today began their work on the exhibit buildings at the Cabarrus County Fair grounds. The Manufac turer's hall is being decorated today and as soon as the decorations have been completed some of the exhibits will be placed in the building. The" manufac turers have an exhibit hall 10 feet wide and 100 feet long. Tomorrow the rejweseutatives of the decorating company which will place ban ners. Hags, hunting and other decora tions at the fair grounds and in this city will begin their work. The en tire city as well as the fair grounds will he in gala attire by tin* end of the week. The decorators will work on the grand stand and other buildings at the fair grounds. Committees which have in charge the placing of farm exhibits at the fair will begin their work this week. The build ing for the farm products are in readi ness now. and spaces have been al’.oted to the several communities which plan •to enter farm goods. In addition to the space already allot ted to communities which have decided to enter exhibits there are spaces for individual evhibits. and these spaces are all ready now. The barns for the live stock have been completed for some time, and cages to house poultry have already been placed iu readiness for the grst exhibits. The race track is as smooth as a floor, and trarii and rocks which fall on va rious parts of the grounds are carried off daily. The entire grounds today are as clean as any yard in the city. a,, d "®' rials of the fair p an to keep them this i way until the fair begins. Trainers who have already arrived in Concord with their horses are putting them through light workouts each day now. Several Concord people went Monday and today to watch and take part in the races and again tomorrow morning at 10:50 o’clock races wisl "he held. The houses already here are in excellent shape, and their owners have expressed delight with the condition of the track and quarters offered for the horses. 'While no serious disorder is expected j to occur at the fair grounds county offi- | cers are planning to have a large num- ( her of deputies on hand at all times. Superior Court will be in session next week, necessitating the presence of Sheriff Mabery at the court house most i of the time, but he has assured officials of the fair that the grounds will be well | policed at all times. In addition to the large number of regular jitneys which operate here at sill times, a large number of special “cars ' for hire” will he operated next week to handle the crowd to and from the fair grounds. Fair officials are of the opin ion that there will be no difficulty in per sons finding means of transportation to ami from the grounds at all hours. Officials of the fair are making plans now for handling the autos which will | be driven to the fair grounds. Parking space is being reserved for the cars, and a man will be placed in charge of the parking space to watch the cars and prevent thefts. "Whether or not cars will be allowed to park within the cen ter of the race track has not been de cided, one officials of the fair stated this morning. , O. Max Gardner. Clyde Koey and oth- ! er prominent men of the State will be J here for the opening day, having ao- I cepted invitations from the fair officials I to take part in the opening. Mr. Gard ener will officially accept the fair for the farm people, his address to be made as soon as the parade reaches the fair grounds on the opening day. Major W. A. Foil, chief marshal, is delighted with the manner in which the public has shown interest in the mam- ' moth parade, which will officially open! the fair. The parade will form on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, and its ' destination will be the fair grounds. At-' tractive prizes have been offered for the I best decorated fleats, and other prizes ' also will be available for those prsons j who enter the parade. . The weather is the only uncertain thing about the fair. Weather fore casts for next week indicate that favor able weather will prevail, and if this prediction is fulfilled, thousands of per-! sons are certain to be here. Anniversary of the Chicago Fire. j Raleigh. Oct. 0. —Today is the 52nd j 'anniversary of the disastrous Chicago fire, in which 200 persons lost their lives I and 17.000 buildings were burned at a ! loss of approximately $100.000.000. 1 North Carolina iu 1015 was one of the ; first states in the Union to legislatively j declare October Oth as Fire Prevention j Day. according to officials of the State Department of Insurance. Since 1015 many other states have legally set aside October Oth as Fire | Prevention Day. and in 1020 President; "Woodrow "Wilson gave the date national I significance by issuing the first Presiden-1 tial proclamation calling upon the peo- 1 pie of the nation to make it a special j day for the study and practice of fire prevention anr fire protection methods and systems. I According to an official of the State Department of Insurance the purpose of j Fire Prevention Day is to bring tile peo ple to a relazilation that a fire loss is ev-1 erybody s loss and that it is everybody's | responsibility to guard against fires. I In Xorth Carolina not only a day is 1 set aside for fire prevention campaign, but a whole week, the week of October Bth to 13th, inclusive^ The Governor has issued a proclama tion calling on the citizens of the State to observe both by increasing their efforts towards -the eliminatio nos unnecessary fire- losses. Exhibit Building Being Decorated For Fair Now MEMBERS OF COMPANY E RETURNED TUESDAY NIGHT Had Been on Duty at Spruce Pine For a Week.—Two Members Remained for Special Police Work. Members of Company E. Concord s military unit of the Xorth Carolina Na tional Guard .returned to their home has.- Tuesday night after spending a week at Cpruce Pine, where disorders were re ported week before last when negro workers in the town were ordered to leave following an alleged attack on a white woman by a negro. Capt. Kenneth E. Caldwell and Lieut. Norman Alston, who commanded the Concord troops while at Spruce Pine, re turned with the company. All metp bers of the company but two returned home. Harry Joyner and William Hershman remained at Spruce Pine and have been sworn in as officers. They will assist the police of Spruce Pine and the sheriff of Mitehell county iu preserving order now that all the troops have been with drawn. The Asheville troop of cavalry and *he Morganton engineers also returned to l heir respective bases Tuesday. They were at Spruce Pine longer than the Concord company, having been called to the Mitehell county town several days prior to the issuance of the order which carried the Concord company there. Members of the Concord company fared well in Spruce Pine, judging from statements made by several members of the company. Everything was quiet while the men were on duty there, and as no disorders occurred there was no occasion for the men to do work other than guard duity. The call to Spruce Pine was the fourth Company E has received to do special duty since its organization several years ago. The men of the company were first on special duty here. Later they were sent to Rockingham and Aberdeen dur ing the strike of the railway workers, and after returning from those cities were later sent to Spencer. Company E arrived in Concord about 0:30 o'clock Tuesday night and the men were in the armory again by 10 o'clock. All equipment was carried to the armory immediately jfnd the men discharged. STRIKE OF MINERS IS BEING INVESTIGATED Federal Government Sends Representa tive tc Scranton to Handle the Strike Situation. (Tallinn, Pa.. Oct. !>.—A representa tive from the Federal Department of ! Labor is expected from Washington to day to investigate the situation at the Hudson Coal Company mines, where more than 10,000 men are on strike. The men walked out yesterday because of the j failure of the company to adjust a num- I her of alleged grievances. Approximate j ly 3.000 workers remained at work. The i production loss is estimated at 30.000 rons daily. g At a meeting of the general grievance committee today demands will he fonnii | latetl for presentation to the company, , and a request will he made for'immediate | adjustment- It is understood the offi cials of the company will insist that the ! men return to work before they will con | sider their grievances. ESCAPED PRISONER IS KILLED BY OFFICER Was One of Four Men Who Escaped From Forsyth County Jail Last Week. "Winston-Salem. X. C\. Oct. o.—Ed ward Rice, negro, one of the four men who escaped from the county jail last week, was shot and instantly killed in the eastern part of this city last night by Policeman B. T. Phelps, while officers were attempting to arrest him. An in quest was held this morning, and the coroner’s jury returned a verdict to the effect that the negro came to his death from a shot fired from a pistol iu the hands of B. T. Phelps, and that the act I was justifiable as an officer of the law. j During the investigation it was shown j that* Rice resisted arrest and drew a ; knife on the officers, cutting the clothes lof Policeman Phelps in several places. WILL YOU SPEND 65c ON RAT SNAP TO SAVE $100? One 65e pkg. can kill 50 rats. The average rat will rob you of $lO a year in feed, chicks and property destruction. RAT-SNAP is deadly to rats. Cremates after killing. Rats will pass up meat, grain, cheese to feast on RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, 35c. 65c. $1.25. Gold and guaranteed by Ritchie Hardware Co. and | Cline’s Pharmacy.—Advertisement. Death of Miss Glover. ! News lias come that Miss Clara F. i Glover, who taught iu and near Concord some years ago. died in a hospital in her home town, Camden. Maine, on Friday, October sth, and was buried on Sunday. October 7th.” 1 Many of her former pupils will learn j of this with sorrow, as she was a much j beloved teacher. She taught for several I years at White Hall and also at Locust, | and at Scotia Seminary in Concord. AID THE KIDNEYS. 1 80 Not Endanger Life When a Concord Citizen Show's You tho Way to J Avoid It. j Why will people continue to suffer the agonies of kidney complaint, backache, | urinary disorders, lameness, headaches, languor, why allow themselves to become j chronic invalids, when a tested remedy is j offered them? Doan’s Kidney Pills have been used in j kidney trouble over 50 years, have been 'tested in thousands of cases. | If you have any, even one, of the symptoms of kidney diseases, act now. Dropsy or Bright’s Disease may set in Hind .make neglect dangerous. Read this Concord testimony: j Joel Honeycutt.'shoe repairer, 110 E. j Depot St., says: “My kidneys were out I of order and my back was weak and lame. I I had sharp, quick catches over my kid j neys when I stooped and my kidneys ' acted irregularly. I used Doan’s Kidney Pills, from the Pearl Drug Co., and they strengthened my back and kidneys and also regulated my kidneys.” Price 60c. at all dealers. Don’t sim ply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills, the same that Mr. Honey cutt had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., i Buffalo, N. Y. KENNETH PADGETT IS RELEASED FROM JAIL Davidson County Lad Held on Charg? oi Killing His Father is Given Liberty. Ovt. 8. —KenuPth Padgett. IS, of Arcadia township, who has been held in jail here since the tinding of the dead body of his father. William D. Pad gett, in the home on the morning of Sep tember 28th, was released late today. This action came after the coronero jury, at an adjourned session today at the scene of the mysterious murder, or dered his release. Solicitor ,T. F. Spruill wha also present and talked to all the witnesses and found nothing pointing to the guilt of the eldest son of the de ceased. who had been held for investiga tion since the meeting of the coroners' jury on the morning of the killing. While county officers are convinced that Padgett was murdered, they fell that the son is innocent either of gui’t or knowledge of how the crime was com mitted. Sheriff Talbert has spent much time investigating the matter and has run "Mown every rumor or supposed clue, only to find nothing upon which to build up evidence that might lead to tlio ap prehension of the guilty person. EARTH IS STILL NERVOUS Heavy Tremor Indicated 5.000 Miles West of Washington. Washington. Oct. 7. —Tremors, indi cating a severe earthquake approximate ly 5.000 miles from Washington, were recorded last night and early today at the Georgetown University Observa tory. I k Father Tondorf. director of the ob servatory. was uifable to give even the approximate locality of the disturbance, but indicated it \ias somewhere in the Pacific. The tremors continued two hours, be ginning at 10.5 M p. d. and ending at 12.55 a. m. WHERE THERE’S A BABY ON THE FARM KEEP RAT-SNAP. Rats are on most farms. Once they get inside, the house —look out. Rats kill infant^—biting them is not unusual. Nursing battles attract rats. Break a cake of RAT-SNAP and throw it around. It will surely rid you of rats and mice. Three sizes. 35c. (55c. $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Ritchie Hardware Com pany and Cline's Pharmacy.—Advertise ment. Half of German Gold Reserve Lost in * Vain Effort t-o Aid Mark. Berlin. Oct. o.—r Half of Germany’s gold reserve lias disappeared in the last >ix months. There were nearly 0M0.0U0.000 gold marks at the end of MarcJi: but now there are only 450.000. If the financial policy of the present continues, it will Jje gone by the end of the year. Within six months the 220.000.000 gold marks deposited in London and oth er foreign banks diminished to 11,000.- 000. About 250,000 gold marks were thrown on the Berlin bourse by the reiehs bank within the gist six months in an effort to keep the rate here lower than the world rate. Last week the bank squandered 20.000.000 gold marks. Speculators and individual industrial ists arc getting this money which belongs s o the German people. JAMES STI CKY SAYS. “RAT COST ME $125 FOR PLUMBING BILLS.” “We couldn't* tell what was dogging uj) our tailet, pipes, etc. found a rat's nest in basement. They had choked the pipes with refuse. The plumber's bill was $25. RAT-SNAP cleaned the rod ent out.” Three sizes. 35c. 05c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Ritchie Hard ware Co. and Cline's Pharmacy.—Adver tisement. i Feeling I Fine!” | i* pale and thin, hardly go," says Mrs. Bessie ok i, of Central, S. C. "I suffer, when 1 stood on (p t, with bearing-down my sides and the lower jr ny body. I did not rest i didn’t want anything My color was bad and liserable. A friend of (ip id me of uni Woman’s Tonic § then remembered my © used to take it. . After 05 lina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and other state--. - ; i ments at very lowest prices for the ca-h. and i this saving in the price. Melrose Flour stands first and best. F- ' | 25 years on this market, and it is more and i each day. i *v \ Cream of the Lake Flour is made from 1 sylvania wheat. Guaranteed absolutely. ► cheap. * - t . G ; -. | Now Ready Self-Rising Flour, lo'tho^ [ rising flour, this will please.' We ll save y< u n may be higher. i Cline & Moose a P. 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