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She will return on j Thursday or Friday. * * » j Mrs. Lily F. Blanks, mother of H. W. Blanks, secretary of the local Y. IM. C. A., will arrive in Concord next Sunday for a visit. Mrs. Blanks lives in Columbia, La., in the Mississippi flood area. * * » Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lee, Miss May Shinn and Miss Margaret Russell spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Laura Barrier in Georgeville. » * * After a visit to their sister, Mrs. M. B. Sherrin. Miss Bess Bogan, of Washington, D. C\, and Mrs. W. T. Cutchin, Jr., of Tuscaloosa, Ala., have returned to their home. ... j Friends will be interested to learn that Mrs. Luther Biles, of Albemarle, who has been very ill, is improving somewhat. - Mrs. Biles is a sister of Mrs. A. B. Pounds. * * * Bill Cline, popular manager of, Long's Filling Station, left the Con cord Hospital Sunday, and is recup erating at his home in Kannapolis from a recent operation. w m m Mrs. W. H. Gorman and Miss Peg gy Simpson have returned from a ten days’ trip Washington, Annapolis and Baltimore. * * * Miss Agnes Query, formerly of Con cord. who has been spending 6ome time in Cornwall, Va., has gone to Banner Elk for the summer months. m W m Miss Willie White and Jack White returned Sunday evening from Ral eigh. where they were the guests of friends. They attended the "finals” at State College. * * * Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ridderwold and children, of Richmond, Va., left to day for Balmorhea, Texas, after vis iting Mrs. RiderwoldX parents, Mr. and Mrs. Watt Barringer. Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Wads worth. of Atlanta, Ga. were the guests of relatives here Saturday. They are visiting in Charlotte. Dr. Wadsworth has recently graduated from the Atlanta Dental College. • * * Mrs. B. F. Rogers has returned ■ from Charlotte, where she visited her (laughter, Mrs. John F. Yorke. * * * Joe Barrier has returned from the University of North Carolina, where he was a student during the past yjear. > * * * Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Howard left this morning for Greensboro to at tend the commencement exercises at X. C. C. W. Their daughter. Miss Modena Howard, is a member of the graduating class. * * * (y Mrs. W. A. Foil, Miss Rosa Mund, Buford Blackwelder and Hon. Sam Black motored to Raleigh Saturday, where they will spend several days. W * * Rev. and Mrs. Felix Peck and son, Wayne, returned to their home at Clear Springs, Md.. after visiting rel atives in the county. * * * Air. and Airs. H. O. Stirewalt, of Charlotte, and Airs. C. I*. Cline are visiting Air. and Airs. Dan AicCurdy, at Wilmington. * * * Alisses Ruby and Lillian Varner left today for Reidsville, whefe they will spend the summer with their sisters, Airs. R. G. Fairdoth and Airs. M. F. Cranford. 'm m m Airs. S. L. Verble, Alisses Mary Hall and Juanita Sweate spent several hours in Charlotte Sunday with rela tives. * * * Superintendent and Mrs. Charles H. Warren, of the I. O. O. F. Orphan age. Goldsboro, and Aliss .Jocelyn Cox. of Hendersonville, were the guests of Air. and Aire. J. M. Culcleasure dur ing the week-end. * * * Airs. J. A. Harwood and Alisses Elizabeth and Louise Harwood visited relatives in Albemarle Sunday. • * » * Aliss Alary Austin, of Charlotte, was the week-end guest of Misses Alil dred and Virginia Bailey. * * * Air. and Airs. D. D. Harwood and Air. and Aire. Lewis Stirewalt, of Salisbury, visited relatives in the city Sunday. * * Aliss Inez and J. T. Coggins, Jr., are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Ai. J. Alor«can, at Richfield. * * * Air. and Mrs. G. W. Petrea spent Sunday in Charlotte with Mr. and Airs. j. F. Bo’st. * * * A. N. Lentz, Jr., is visiting his grandmother, Airs. W. D. Lyerly, at China Grove. • * * Mre S. W. Preslar was the guest of Airs. J. AI. Furr, Jr., at Albemarle Sunday. m + W Air. and Airs. D. W. Fisher, of Salisbury, were the guests of Air. and Airs. J. T. Fisher Sunday. • • • Air. and Mrs. W. H. Shelton and daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith and children spent the week end at Wrightsville Bthfch. / T ' .* ' * • Aliss Alargaret Ford, of Unionville, S. C.. was the week-end guest of Airis. A. W. Folks. • • * Friends of John Sides will regret I to learn that he had a stroke of apo ' plexy Saturday night at his home on : Harris street and that his condition ’ is very serious. I* * * Mrs. C. L. Smithy Mrs. A. E. Lentz, Cannor Smith, and Billy Aloore have gone to Morganton for the day. * * • Mr. and . Airs. H. S. Williams, W. t B. W ard and Sinclair Williams spent , Sunday at Guilford College. IN * m m Carr Long left Friday for Salisbury, where he has accepted a position with the Southern Power Company, con structing the new power plant on the Yadkin River. • * * Aire. James E. Furr and son, of Forest City, are spending several weeks with the latter’s sister, Airs. Smoot Lyles. * * * Mre. J. C. Blume and son, James, spent Sunday in Lincolnton, the guests of Rev. V. C. Ridenhour, a brother of Mrs. Blume. % r. Miss Louise Black, of Bryson City, arrived today to visit Miss Marian Coltrane. She will attend the Wiede meyer, dance Tuesday evening. Aliss Edna Corsan, of Charlotte, is the guest of Aliss Penelope Cannon, < coming over for the Weidemeyer i dance. j• * • Hamilton Cox, of Hendersonville, < was the guest of friends here Sunday. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Rogers, and Airs. Fab Brown returned to Raleigh Sunday, after a visit to Airs. Brown’s 1 sister, Airs. A. C. Cline, and Mr. . Cline. i ■ * m Mrs. Stella Alenzies, of Hickory, : was the guest Sunday of Miss Alar garet Barrier. ’ 9 m m Airs. R. A. Brown had a fairly good night last night, and is resting more 1 comforably today, her many friends will be interested to know. • • « ( Elmo Curris has gone to New York * to join his ship, the Prenton. * • • 1 Bentz Howard has arrived home * from State College, Raleigh. ** * f Dr. W. H. Wadsworth left Sunday night for New York, where he will * spend several days. m m m Aliss Anne Cannon, and Aliss Nancy j Lee Cannon, students at Salem Col lege, have returned to Concord for j! the summer. <j Among the out-of-town girls -who arrive Tuesday to attend the Weide- j meyer dance are: Miss Rosalie Hooks, of Charlotte, who will be the guest of t Miss Louise Alorris; Aliss Ernestine j Hayes, of High Point, who will be { with Aliss Willie White: Aliss Jessie Gamble, and Aliss Mary Spencer Lore, j of Lincolnton, who will visit Aliss Alariam Coltrane. * * * i Airs. J. T. AlcConnell and Alisses . Irene AlcConnell, Julia AlcConnell and j Fannie Alorrison left this morning by , automobile for Aloritgomery, Ala., j where they will visit Mrs. AlcCon nell’s son, Ross McConnell. j *** * f Aliss Alildred Alorrison left Sunday s for Hickory, where she will enter the , ■summer school of Lenoir-Rhyne Col- ) lege. < • * ■ Mr. and Airs. S. V. Hagler and < children have returned from Green- \ ville. S. C\. where they attended the , graduating exercise of the Greenville < High School from which their son , graduated. They were accompanied | home'by Miss Lazinnia 'Saunders and j Talmadge Hagler, who will spend sev- . eral weeks here. j Arey-Aloose. < Air. and Airs. Geo. H. Aloose I announce the marriage of their I daughter < Dera Elizabeth to Air. Bruce Deal Are.v Wednesday evening June the first one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven i f Gold Hill, North Carolina i At Home ] atter the sixth of June 400 S. Salisbury Avenue \ Lexington, N. C. On Wednesday evening, June Ist, at 1:30 o’clock Bruce Arey and Aliss 1 Dera Moose were united in the bonds 1 of matrimony at the home of the ' bride’s parents. Air. and Aire. George ' H. Aloose, in No. 7 township. The Rev. Felix Peck, of Clear Spring, Md.. a brother of the bride, officiated, assisted by Rev. C. W. AV ar lick. of Alt. Pleasant, pastor of the bride. The beautiful ring ceremony of the Reformed church was used. Airs. Arey is one of the charming young ladies of the Bear Creek con gregation. She received her college training at Catawba College and has engaged in teaching for the past few years. Air. Arey is a young man of sterl ing character, a son of'Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Arey. of No. 7 township, and at present has a position with the Pendry Mercantile Co., of Lexington. The immediate families of both of the young people, together with a few invited friends and relatives, witness ed the marriage vows. Immediately after the ceremony all present were invited to the dining , room to partake of Bountiful refresh ■ ments. / The bride was gowned in blue georg ette with accessories to match. The many friends of Air. and \ Arey wish for them a long and happy life. They will make their home at No. 400 South Salisbury St., Lexing f ton, and will be at home there to their l many friends. At Hotel Concord. 1 Gueste registered at Hotel Concord during the week-end included E.-W. i - "Waterbanv Ga.; J. H. Deb-| bV, North ‘TMroliim ; H. <P. New. York City; and' Mrs? S! ‘ R. , Lemmond, Wilmington; L. R. John !, stone, Old Point, Va.; H. A. Sides, Nashville, Tefin.; Air. and Mrs. H. C. Johanson, Aliami,’.Fla.; H. V. Long, t Lima. Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. i— McGee, Cincinnati, Ohio; and R. Die ti ham, Statesville. THE CONCORD TIMES JUNIOR ORDER ORPHANS’ HOME IS DEDICATED Several Thousand Persons Witness Ceremony at New Lexington Or phanage. Lexington, June 4. —Several thou sand members of the Junior Order, their families and friends from North Carolina, South Carolina and Pennsylvania and scattering dele gations from several other states, came here today to take part in the solemn dedication of the building of the North Carolina branch of the Junior Order (National Orphans’ Home. A steady drizzle during the forenoon was not enough to deter enthusia-tic members from coming from as fas east as Elizabeth City and Wilmington and Asheville. South Carolina sent 366 on a special train, while others from down State made the trip by automobiles. Ken tucky, Virginia, Tennessee, District of Columbia, Alaryland, New York. Ohio and several other states ' had members present. The threatening weather probably kept other thousands at home, nut the absence of sunshine really added to the comfort of the large crowd on hand. In the main dedicatory exercises of the morning, Joe W f . Stout, the contractor, formally passed over a great bunch of keys to Thomas H. Walters, National Councilor, who gracefully passed the honor of re ceiving them to Joseph D. Tunisons, of New York, Councilor when the building program started, and chair man of the building committee. Air. Tunison in accepting declared that there was no need for keys to any of these buildings, that they belong to the children in every detail, and whose doors will always remain open for the good of humanity. MONTGOMERY, ALA. IS VISITED BY BIG FORE Business District oC Alabama City Suffers $3,000,000 Damage. Alontgomery, Ala., June 4. — With eleven injured, none seriously and an estimated property damage of from $2,500,000 to $3,000,000, a fire which raged unchecked in Alont gomery’s wholesale district from 1 until 5 o’clock this afternoon still smouldered tonight. Firemen were on duty at various places pouring water into dying embers and toppling cracked and shaky walls. Falling walls caused most of the injuries. Business men placed the estimated loss of real estate and merchandise at $3,000,000 while Fire Chief Nixon said the loss would run well over $2,500,000. A total of fifty-eight buildings were destroyed or suffered damage, from smoke, and water- The 167th infantry. Alabama Na tional Guardsmen were called out tonight for duty in the devastated area. Ex-Soldiers Alay Purchase Uniforms From Government. AVashington-, June 6. —Ex-service men living in North Carolina will be able to purchase army uniforms, as provided 'by Congress last session, about July 1, it was announced today by the war department. » ti j The privilege of purchasing uni forms was extended by act of Con gress to all honorably discharged soldiers of all former wars, and men who have been honorably discharged from the regular army. It is estimat ed that there are over 5.000,000 per sons in the United States who are eligible to purchase uniforms under this law, including former army, nurses, who, if they wish, may pro cure a nurse's uniform and overseas cap. It is anticipated, however, that the larger number of calls for uni forms will ; be from veterans of the world war. Former soldiers and nurses living in North Carolina who wish to se cure uniforms should make applica tion to the quartermaster supply of ficer, New York general intermediate depot, First avenue and 59th street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Harper-Goodman Marriage Solemn ized. Aliss Avis Dean Goodman, daugh ter of Air. and Airs. John A. Good man, of Concord, and Jack V. Har per, prominent business man of Gas tonia. were married at the home of the bride's parents Saturday, June 4th, at 8 n. m. Aliss Goodman is an accomplished and beautiful young woman. She was educated at Alars Hill College, and re cently was graduated as a nurse at the Charlotte- Sanatorium. Air. and Airs. Harper left Saturday night by automobile for Alorchead City, where they will be guests at a house party. After June 10th. they will be at home at Lexington, N. C. Air. Harper has been" engaged in business in Gastonia for a number of years but will move his office to Lex ington ou June 10th. Two Accused in Slaying Flee. Smithfield, June s.—Robert Se park and Robert Stephenson, await ing trial for the slaying of "Mighty" Forsythe, Raleigh rum runner, _es caped from the Johnston county jail here late tonight. Adams charged with assault with intent to kill and Roseie Park er, alleged automobile thief, escaped with the indicted slayers. The escape was made through a' hole in the cell floor and ceiling of the court room, th6 men lowering' themselves to the court room by sheets. They were in their cells at 9:45, but were missed when the jailer made final rounds at 10 o’clock. Boy Strangled While Drinking From Hydrant. Jacksonville, Fla., June s.—While drinking water from a hydrant on the lawn of his mother’s home here today. Steve Fagankrautz, two, was strangled to death. The body was found with the teeth of the child still clamped on the v spigot of the hydrant. j Kings I>aughiers' to v Afori Tonight. The 7 Kmgs* will Aeet to night at 8 o’clock at Hotel Concord. The members are urged to attends According to a real estate auth ority, during the past thirty years ■ ( the individual private dwelling has [rapidly disappeared from New York i City. i SPRINGTIME SEA. 1 The spring time sea’s an opal, . Set in a lady’s ring; A thousand colors touch ,it, A -thousand voices sing Across its vague enchantment — * It reaches toward a sky ( As tender as the whisper Os first love stealing by. ' A I like to walk in wonder, Along the springtime sands, And sometimes, half unconscious, I bend, and dip my hands In the amazing water, That whispers all the way From France and ice-touched Norway, J From Spain and far Cathay. t The springtime sea’s an opal J Upon a hand so dear That one slim, graceful gesture, f Will bring all romance near K I feel that it could tell me ] Life’s secrets if I dared ] Ask of it age old questions, That other worlds have shared. —MARGARET SANGSTER. , - - ■ . ■ KANNAPOLIS SOCIAL ITEMS i , £ Halstead-Akeroyd Nuptials. 1 Kaunapols, June 4.—On .Tuesday £ morning at 11 o’clock in the rectory 1 of All Saints Church at Concord, Miss * Phylliss Halstead, only daughter of J Air. and Airs. J. E. Halstead of this city, became the bride of Arthur E. \ Akeroyd, of Charlotte, ‘ formerly of ( Lacrosse, Wisconsin] The ceremony, at which Rev. Har ris B. Thomas, rector of the church, , officiated, was one of much beauty and , simplicity. Only members of the im- ; mediate family of the bride were pres- , ent. , Following the ceremony a buffet | luncheon was served at the home of i the bride. After a motor trip through the ( mountains of western North Carolina, \ Air. and Airs. Akeroyd will leave for i Chicago, 111., where they make their i home. v • 1 MISS GOLDSTEIN HOSTESS AT c PARTY. e Aliss Flora Mae Goldstein enter tained a number of her friends at . her home on Ridge Avenue Wednes day evening in celebration of her ’ birthday anniversary. Different fames and other amuse ments featured the evening, after r which delicious refreshments were served. Those present were: Alisses Nan Hinson, Beatrice Sides, Zetta Black- t welder, Alarie Rhyne, Effie Dry, £ Ovella Overcash. Alary Catherine 1 Sechler, Beryl Ford. Eloise Goldstein, 1 Pari Alaulden, Kathleen Correll, 1 Alyrtle Daves, Rachael Ketner. Lou 1 Ella and Connie Harmon and Hay wood Sullivan, Lurie Fowler, Roy * Swing, Ralph Swing. Ralph punch, - Boh Hinson, Robert Lomax, Bob Ale- s Kay and William Riddle. AIRS. TOWNSEND HONORS HER 1 HUSBAND. Airs. H. P. Townsend was hostess at < ,a delightful party at her home in , North Kannapolis Friday evening, en tertaining as a surprise to her hus- , band in celebration of his birthday an- j niversary. The guests included Air. and Airs, j Frank Brumley, Air. and Airs. S] L. j Smith. Air. and Airs. J. H. Benson ] and Aliss Nevada Benson. WILHELM-HILTON WEDDING. , The wedding of Aliss Alaggie Wil- < helm and Season Hilton, both of the j city, was solemnized with impressive 1 simplicity at the Pilgrim Holiness I Churchy Saturday, Rev. W. Way, of « Greensljoro, performing the ceremony. 1 Immediately after the service the ( young couple was entertained at a 1 delightful wedding dinner after which ( they left by motor for a brief trip to 1 western Nor2th Carolina. On return, 1 they will make their home in Kan napolis. ‘* r PERSONAL MENTION. Air. and Airs. Ross Dellinger will ( leave sometime this week for Bristol- : Tenn., where they spend several days j with relatives and friends. j Robert Da.vvault has returned home from a brief visit to Richmond, Ya., j and Wilmington, N. C. < Air. and Airs. Watson Bounds, of . Greenville, have been the guests of s friends and relatives here. Air. and Airs. S. L. Smith and Air. and Mrs. H. P. Towsend were visitors < in Charlotte Thursday. Among the students returning home the past week from Christ School were Joe Johnson, Jack Troutman, Johnnie Orr, James and Frank Walk er. Only Five In Death. Row Cells Nou r . Raleigh, N. C., June 6. — (INS) — The population of State Prison’s Death Row has dwindled to five. The removal of Mose Greeu to Wilson for a new trial granted him recently by the'Supreme Court left the lowest number of inmates along death's row in many months. One of the inmates, a white man, W. I>. Ross, convicted Warren County slayer of two, is under the observa tion of experts who will decide his sanity. He collapsed when he was taken to Warrenton for his second trial recently. Ross is the only white inmate of Death’s Row. The other four are negroes. Two of the negrdes have their doom (l&t6S set. Pearl Mitchell, Chatham County 1 slayer, is under sentence of death ou , June 10. , Joe Anderson, Franklin County, is 1 under sentence to die in the electric ; chair on July 1. Alitcbell has lost an appeal to the . Supreme Court, but Anderson still , has time in which to perfect an ap peal-: t ; * i - '/ l —r—? .. . Senator » Simmons Visits ! W ©stern . ■ ’.< • . % New Bern, June 3. (INS)— I Sen. F. M. Simmons N. C. has left his home here for, an. extended visit among - friends in Western North Carolina, sHe expects-.to be gone for about two s or three weeks. He will make no i public engagements during the visit, it was understood. EASTERN STAR TO MEET IN SALISBURY Twenty-Second Annual Session Will ► Convene on June 13. The twenty-second annual session of the Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, of North Carolina, will meet in Salisbury, June 13, 14 and 15. Representativves from the various chapters throughout the State will be represented. Many notable Stans will be in at tendance on the session, including the grand chapter officers. The program calls for rehearsal of grand officers Monday afternoon, June 13, at 2 o’clock, with creden tials. charters, dispensations, re turns and jurisprudence committees organizing and registration of offi cers and representatives. Tuesday, June 14, atv 9:30. the grand chapter will open with a wel come on behalf of Salisbury chapter by Miss Ella Pinkston. worthy matron, and response by Mrs. Alice H. Parker, associate grand matron Welcome by Wiley M. Pickens, grand patron, and responses by .Mrs. Sallie M. Boettcher, past grand matron, and Dr. W. C. Wicker, past grand patron. Welcome by Mrs. Belle Ashe Peck, past grand matron, and responses by M r s. Estella F. Lewis, worthy matron, Craven Chap ter, and Richard R. Saunders, past patron, Reidsville Chapter No. 172. The afternoon session will be devot ed largely to reports of officers. Tuesday evening, grand master of the grand lodge, John H." Anderson, will deliver an address. Wednesday morning the chapter will convene at 9 o’clock, when a welcome will be extended by Wiley M. Pickens, grand patron, and a response by Mrs. C. O. Wagoner, worthy matron,‘ of Newton Chapter, followed by election of officers and reports of the various committees. Wednesday afternoon. Superinten dent R. L. Brown will talk on Ox ford Orphanage; address. “Rain bow,” by Mrs. Dannie Dieh-Patton; report of the grand historian. Miss Blanche Johnston; selection of next place of meeting and appointment of appointive .officers to serve the ensuing term. Wednesday, evening J. W. Hall, THREE WOMEN HELD FOR THREE KILLINGS They Are in .Asheville Jail For Fatal Assaults Upon Members Os Their Own Sex. Asheville, June 3. —Occupants of three steel studded cells in the wom an's department of the county jail here are charged with murder of mem bers of their own sex, a situation un paralleled in the history of the coun t.v. Mrs. Annie B. Campbell is held for an alleged murderous assault upon Mrs. O. P v Cooper, of 106 'Haywood street, the victim being in what is regarded ns a dying condition at a local hospital; Mrs. Mildred Mitchell is held for slaying Mrs. Sue E. Clay, and Mrs. Anna K. Montague is charg ed with the murder of Mrs. A. S. Cooper, wealthy Montford avenue resident. Mrs. -Campbell, the latest to join the ranks of those who may tried for murder, was arrested recently in Johnson City, Tenu., by members of Sheriff Laurence E. Brown’s depart- 1 ment after she had fled this city and been trailed half across the state of Tennessee. Mrs. Cooper was injured as a re sult of a fight between the two wom en, both of whom weigh near 200 pounds. She was dragged down a flight of steps to the street by the hair, according to witnesses, and otherwise handled roughtly so that she went nearly a week without regaining consciousness. Her condition is re garded as extremely critical and Mrs. Campbell is being allowed no bond pending the outcome of her victim’s injuries. Lindbergh Invited To Fly To Scene Os The First Flight. Elizabeth City, June 3. —In behalf of North Carolina, Elizabeth City, to day invited Captain Charles Lind bergh to make his first American flight to the spot, where the world's first plane first flew. The invitation was conveyed to Captain Lindbergh in cables adressed in care of the Am erican ambassador in Paris. C1,,, SPECTACLES 8 OnUF-On EYEGLASSES! r~ •pec taclea are the natural ehoice ior eporte wear. Shur-on spectacles and eye-glaspes assist in your good appearance Spectacles anA^ye-gUstet play.a large parHn clean-cut appearance and charm or per sonality. They sl*o>ld agree with features and complexion, should catch the spirit of dress end the occasion. And in Shur-ons you get no! only, style correctness, bat the quality and scientific exactrtese that result from more than e half century of optical manufac turing experience. Let us fit you with spectacles and eye-glasses fee work dress and play* Starnes - Miller- Parker Co. grand patron, Grand Chapter of Alabama, will deliver an address and the chapter will come to a close with the installing of the new . offi-. cers, by Mrs- Elizabeth G. Bergman; junior past grand matron. ' The chapter will ©pen Monday with a reception at the St. John’s Lutheran Church, ,with an invoca tion by Rev.. Edgar A. Wood; wel come on behalf of the churches, by i Rev. v Edwin Fullenwider; response by W. P, Henly, grand chaplain; welcome on behalf of the city by J. L. Fisher; response by F. William E. Cullingford, past grand patron; welcome on behalf of the Masonic fraternity by H. P. Brandeis; re-; spouse by Mrs. Elsepeth C. Fetzer; welcome on behalf of Chamber of. Commerce by Dr. A. O. Moore; re-! sponse by Dr. W. C. Wicker, past I grand patron. Welcome from Wom an’s Club by Mrs. R. Kyle Smith, response by Mrs. Moffitee Hender son. Headquarters will be at the Empire Hotel. The following are the graml chap ter officers and pages of the order: Mrs. Maude E. Hester, grand ma tron ; Wiley M. Pickens, grand pa tron ; • Mrs. Alice H. Parker, asso ciate grand patron; Mrs. Mary C. Weatherly, grand secretary; Mrs. Emma B. Siler, grand ; treasurer: Mrs. Grace K. Edwards, grand conductress: Mrs. Moffitte Hender son, associated grand conductress; W. P. Henly. grand chaplain: Mr«. Sallie E. Goodsou, grand, marsuail; Mrs. Joyce Fiulator, grand organ ist ; Mrs. Daisy Mae Davis, grand Adah; Mis. Ruth C. Saunders, graml Ruth; Mrs. Eliza Fulwood, grand Esther; Mrs. Clyde Fitz gerald, grand Martha; Mrs. Augusta i Ward, grand Electa; Mrs. Mary F. Cowan, grand warder; Marshall Dilling, grand sentinel. Pages: Mrs. Ailene Russell, Mrs. Ella Mawesy, Mrs. Grace Croat, Mrs. Effie Sloop, Mrs. Mary Mon roe, Mrs. Miriam James, ’ Mrs. Mat tie Smith. Mrs. Mary E. Webber: Mrs. Willie Mae Ludwick, Mrs. Margaret Grimes, Miss Julia Brad shaw, Miss Margaret Linkes, i Miss T W ' I JCPenneyCo “where savings are greatest" 50-54 S. Union Street. Pppcord, N, ./ ( ~ 1 25& Anniversary j ! Os Silk-Smart-Cool Summertime Frocks Are Appealingly; ~f Priced, Too A Come in—any day now—for tfce frocks you need before vaca- k. dkvfesk Refreshing Colors 1 1 ij I Pastels in two or three shades are (A JjMj favored—-also contrasting trim and VV * *«|y /JvgßaigjL/ medium shades, ideal for traveling Ty and general wear. SggP?T Frocks For Women, . I| /jT Misses and Juniors j _ fTjl ||| j j $7.90 J§|| CONCORD’S LEADING WOMEN’S SHOP. 22 South Union St. ~ Concord, N. C. . . I Smart BATHING SUITS ! $3,50 and up t ( On Special Sale ! SCARFS s1 q j WONDERFUL VALUES IN A T B • %*%* WIDE VARIETY OF THE „ GAYEST PATTERNS OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOQQOOOOOOOOQr I New Summer Patterns |ji ■ ARRIVING ALMOST DAILY iji Cool, Airy, Dainty Cutout®. Just a little differeut from the Shoes ]i| you meet so generally on the street. !|! THE SAME QUALITY FOR A LITTLE LESS " | $6.95 f,mvN "’52.95 ij: G. A. Moser Shoe Store G> PAGE FIVE Annie Bostian, Miss Ella .Pinkston, Miss Inez Wiuecoff, Miss Ruth Heilig, Miss Sarah V. Heilig and Miss Johnnie Heilig. j - , Ift Cloudburst Damage $25,000,000. Louisville. Ky., June 4.—-OP) Lewis H. Kilpatrick, national Red Cross disaster director in charge of relief and rehabilitation worffTn east ern Kentucky today estimated the property damage done by the Sunday night cloudburst as high a6 000. . In an official message to~the Na tional Red Cross headquarters today, he placed the figure at that amount, and rejtorted 89 knonn deaths, with 20,000 thrown out of employment in i the affected area, due to damage done j to mining and lumber camps. -[ Johnson Jury Unable to Agree. Dandridge. Tenu., June 4.-‘-OP) The jury in the case of W. B,* John son, charged with murder in connec tion with killing of Mrs. Ida Howard, reported at 8:10 this morning that it was unable to agree. A mistral Mas entered. Johnson killed Mrs. Ifoward and another woman, and then' barri caded himself in his home, and latei* killed a student Mho Mas in & f croM’d attempting to dislodge him. Charlotte, June 4.—Chief of>Police Alex West, sounded the death knell for poolroom sqierators who desire to operate on Charlotte's main throbough fare. Licenses for suen establishments; must be renewed prior to July 1, and Chief West will issue no license for a pool room whose owner intehds to| aerate in the immediate vicipity ofi Independence Square, he said. > Less than five years ago Mrs. Nellie! Trego arrived in Kansas City practi cally without funds And with ap aged; mother and an infant daughter t*o sup-; port. Since then, laijgely through her! own efforts, she has built up m ardio' manufacturing company nhich is said! to do an annual business of approxi-' niately $1,000,009. . t
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