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27,1927 ■^sdepartment ■Vfj.OIF-S I.- MOORE) ' J afternoon they will take the field again. It was announced that Hickory would afford the morning opposition and Concord in the afternoon. But since Concord is only a stone's throw from the towel metropolis, which means the outpouring of the neighbor ing fans, the locals made arrangements for the Weavers to come here for both occasions. The Sardine Brothers have been requested to come here to pack the fhns inside the fence or else send down a consignment of their devices to do the work. As previously announced a mam moth celebration will be staged here ;on Independence Day through the j support of E. J. Sharpe, “Y” vicor, and the merchants of Kannapolis, j Athletic events of all kinds, parades, t fireworks, speeches and thelike are ! on the program. KANNAPOLIS SOCIAL ITEMS. Officers Social Hour Club Selected. Kannapolis. June 25.—0 n Wednes day afternoon of the past week Airs, j Sam Kelley was hostess to the Social Hour Club at her attractive home in Midway. Being the final meeting of i the season for this club it is cus i tomary to elect new officers and the (following were selected: Mrs. Ilerley Beaver, president; Mrs. I Walter X. Yost, vice president, and ATrs. Eugene Wrenn, seeretary-treas- I urer. The going out officers include: I Airs. W. J. Cline, president; Airs. I H. 1,. Lipe, vice president, and Mrs. I At. L. Troutman, secretary-treasurer. | After the business program and { card playing a delectable frozen salad ! course was served. Additional guests j included: Airs. Ray M. Housel. of 'Concord; Mrs. E. Kennedy, of Char lotte. and Mesdames Edward E. Lady. Brice J. Willeford and George G. Allen, of the city. i , _ CHILDREN DAY SERVICE. A feature religious event of the week was the children day service giv en Sunday evening at St. Johns Re formed Church. The following pro gram was rendered: Selection: “Rejoice Yc Pure in Heart" —St. John ChoiT. “Call to Worship”—Kyle Rickard, J. C. Thornburg. Grace Uyrick. Recitation —Hazcllliue Correll. Scripture Reading. Invocation. Selection: “I Think When I Read” —Congregation. Recitation—Hoyle Mason McCombs/ Recitation —Alnrgaret Overcash, i Exercise: “Jesus Loves Me”—Her- I man Taylor. Glenn LoAvder and Alta I Linn. Selection : “Jesus Loves Ale” —Pri- mary Children. Recitations: “I Should Have Liked to Have Been in the Crowd”—Bernice Cook. Others. Recitation : “What Can Little Hands Do?”—Beatrice' Cook.' Recitation : “God's Loving Care”— Selma Perry. Exercise : “Each Little Flower That Opens”—Billy Pee er, Hazeline Ket ner and Evelyn Sills. Exercise: “Father Lead Ale by Day"—Clifford Walker, Hubert Peth el. Robert Linn.»Charles Perry. Selection: “O God Our Help”— Entire Congregation. . Recitation: “The Right Kind of American Boy”—Dale Pethel. Recitation: “Somebody’s Mother” i—Alargaret Blackwolder. i Reading: “The Nazareth Shop”— i Helen-Snipes. Recitation: “The Land of Sunny | Smiles” —Dorothy Jackson. Selection : “Jesus Calls lia” —St. John Juniors. Reading: “The Glory of the Lord” | —Lenna McCombs. Prayer—Alice Dayvault. | Selection :"I Would Be True”—St. John Choir. Reading : “O Happy Home”—Airs. I' Kii: » v HH ■ 1 ' |IB bh.:. mm MM mm ' - mm ■ r\ g®"r . |IH• • pM-. ||H.' .. : ; 1,1 mm, IW ~ IS - H: ; v - Wm K> Mi l iflii i \ \ n->! a |H ir M: Wm. v~ :' v m r:;i. SB I’.n ' "I- j SB, . . SB : . ||H. . :,,| ' r > H"" ,hm *I §»: ' --r’ 1 ‘ l!> | |B ' i ■H;! gB |H v, t-.r --■: Mr- bl“ §& : \v. S. White. H Mi*' Hm in. **f IB ..f H .1: as * I*' 1. Bu: ] Hl> \' I.KI\ ■til'- lv;;i:i.-t!"’lis S'atfsvillp |H)' <>f IB tlit' H :'!irrs. H' . will i §■ < - r:i idaide H], . Bv jH. -. - lia \ j;f the |H ’ jh/. ion i ■ .iii'i I'oille- ! -a twiri tV.r t lie j ■ Wil:i. Aik in the ■< ,'a'i Whitley. d with the. to date. The ■j. very weak but Hbi Irhy who is the stat(>'s best - average for . Fielding has ■ abou; late but ■ >aign the Hd Hios.v brand of ■notal. Hi taketi on Hr ch'tttkbig corps. H :.!>•;ia that some- H his exportation H the squad is not j H ever twelve, and I H list 11<I\K. I WEAVERS Bh to make ■RF (iLORIOI.TI Hrth of .Inly more | M ■ Towpl-rs have [ Hi leavers for a Ithat day. At ten | Bint the two clans Bmir "‘clock in the j IE TOILER HE KNOWS HIS ONIONS—MAYBE Mr’vm'op) p .-t-mc is>VsvV '7T6 < u-i ' r V -ruAfr 'l CAM~*’l f ALI. RTt) rTHE.E WmLS 0 come out to MR 4 g 1 s°*^■ r fe£ PIMISHED BEFORE if&ppQ VT CAM - p\ ’ ov/P VnT.T , BUT IT'S Pive O'CLOCK f) I ToMirHT come out) S4— |\ X E V ?^ leadv • \ajili- VOU OESERvfrioMsJiW-Z 3? * n-QMV6HT To My HOJ&wL/y L VOU k\ A. oEJ s~. ■ I 'MI MIGHT NOT THINK If- 7 PEANUT "MARTINS’ 'oUctt" | R\X ' . / ”” "|| —_ . i > T TO look. AT MB x / EZRA IS A PICKLE BOTTLER ' V. I " ' • • >' 1 ®“ T THEBE'S SOMPIN’ %sS / AN' WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS HOW \ .V J ( p u ? v.\“ '- . V* DON'T KNOW? |SvJ HE GETfe THE PICKLES IN \ ‘-'vV. ) l —r J pi cltU £. c 3 t■/ V. ' \>>«‘Sr AfecPo ». •. /mkwths t~, • 7 j. ncaard. j Pageant: “Hail the Happy Chil dren’s Day.” Address—Rev. L. A. Peeler. Selection—Bonnie Lee Rickard and Others. Lord’s Prayer and Benediction. PERSONAL MENTION. Airs. Eugene Wrenn delightfully en tertained her bridge club Tuesday af ternoon at her apartments on Alain Street, South. A'goodjy number of persons heard Rev. C. K. Gentry, of the city, Thurs day evening at Charlotte Avhen he addressed the congregation of the First Nazzerine Church on the theme “Why lAm a Christian.” On Sunday af ternoon the popular devine -appeared before the young people of the Pil grim Holiness Church at Salisbury, preaching on the sermon subject “The World’s Bid For a Man.” , Attending the district Presbyteria? Conference of the A. R. P. Church in Mooresville last week were: Rev. | and Airs. M. G. Grier, Mrs. Sam Bost, I Mrs. Annie Rogers and Airs. Charles j Litaker. Those representing the First Bap tist Church at the State B. Y. P. U. convention at Raleigh last week in clude: Rev. H. G. Bryant, Grace Aloore, Hattie Corn, Notie AYood, Annie Belle Humphrey, Beulah Corn, Lillie Belle Turner, Allie Alae Smith, Alinnie Wilson, Blanche Funderburke, Down Brinkley, Colon Thrift, Walter Smith and Anderson Slaughter. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. R. R. Allison entertained at her home in honor of the concert class of the Oxford Orphanage. Members of the local chapter of the O. E. S. supple mented the sixteen orphans as guests. IN AND OUT OF TOWN. Aliases Ruth Smith of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Ethel Gallimore, of Lex ington. are here on a visit to Airs. Baxter Yarborough at her home, 36 South Alain street. Airs. A. H. Askins, prominent citi zen of Himmonsville, and Aliss Emily Askins, of Lake City, South Carolina, are passing a few days with Air. and Airs. Sam Query. Dr. and Airs. Ai. L. Troutman have returned from a brief stay at their mountain home near Hendersonville. Mrs. D. A. Jolley and children hnye been the guests of friends and rela tives at Raleigh during the past wek. Leon Smith has returned from Greensboro, where he attended the vention. North Carolina Pharmaceutic Conven tion. Alart Sloop has.arrived from a short visitation to friends at Wrightsville ■ Beach. Air. Sloop plans to open a drug concern at China Grove on or around July 6th. Among the Kannapolians attending the June German dance at Salisbury last Thursday evening were: Armond, Parker, “Rudy” AlcLeod and Ralph Punch. Airs. Walter -Yost, and Aliss Wil- Lene Y'ost spent Thursday visiting in Hickory. r • ! *■ ' ■ ■ i La? , KENDALL’S STRING of Eleven straights STOPPED BY TOWELERS Kirhe’s Kannapolis Klan Play Heads up Ball to Win Over Fast Visiting Clan. 4 to 2.—Russell Lee and Fritz ' Belk Touch Off Belt Blows.—Flake Laird Leaves for Mother’s Bedside. Kannapolis, .Tune 27. —Kendall Alills’ string of eleven consecutive victories was stopped here Saturday as the Towelers annexed their ninth win of the season, 4to 2. Both clubs played smart baseball and exhibited classy hurlers in Smith, of the South eastern League, who slabbed for the aliens, and Jerry Jackson, local box artist. Smith allowed seven bingles from his delivery while the latter was so tightfisted as to permit only four, thred being scratchy. Two belt blows were shelled, one by each outfit. Russell ‘Lee slammed the Toweler homer with one man aboard while Fritz Belk - J ■■■ - 1 ■' ■■■ ■' f THE CONCORD TIMES parked the pellet for the Kendall boys with the bases clear. Irby, with two out of four, topped the day in batting while in fielding several fly robberies were perpetrated. HOW THEY SCORED. The home team scored one run in the second. Aliller started the action by erupting a single. Kirke sacri ficed him to second and McClain’s sizzling eingle advanced him to the ( third corner of t the lot. He scored on Donaldson’s double. Another home tally came in the third j when Lee walked after Haynes had' struck out. Irby’s triple . delivered the goods. The other lune registered by the homelings came 1 in the fifth canto, Lee scoring himself and Alott singer with his mighty wall smash. } The secured their markers in the fourth and sixth stanzas. The first, tally was the result of a booted ball, Williams rolling to Kirke, who waited on the ball rather than to play l in. Fritz Belk, the next man to con | front Pitcher Jackson, was struck out i by three balls right down the pro verbial alley. Werner drew a passi and Bowen bore down on a hot liner to score the Williams youngster. In the sixth frame Fritz BelS, after striking out twice previously, came to bat and registered one of the longest homers seen here in quite awhile. That ended' the scoring for the day, the re mainder of the gapie being along the three up- three down type. FLjAKE LAIRD LEAVES. Immediately after the tilt Pitcher Flake Laird left for Atlanta, to go to the bedside of his mother, who is said to be very ill. If her condition , permits, he will return here Tuesday, he announced. Score by innings : R. . Kendall Alills 001 10 1000—2 Kannapolis 011 020 OOx —4 Two base hits: Donaldson. Three base hits: Irby. Home runs: Lee and Belk. Sacrifice hits: Honeycutt, Kirke and Haynes. Struck out: by Jackson, 0; by Smith, 9. Left on base: Kan napolis, 5 ; Kendall 6. Passed balls : Jackson. 2: Smith 3. Umpires: Alil ler and Wood. Attendance, 1,200. CHILDREN DAY OBSERVED SUNDAY AT KANNAPOLIS Kannapolis, June 27.—Children day was fittingly observed here Sunday with special services at the churches. Last evening at the St. Johns Re formed Chnrch a program ranging from a pageant to several recitationns, readings and the like was rendered. An address was made by the pastor 'of the cliqrch, Rev. Lee A. Peeler. t RAMS ARM THROUGH A WINDOW PANE SEVERING BIG ARTERY IN ARM Kannapolis. June 27.—Vick Chis holm. popular citizen of Kannapolis, , had the misfortune Saturday after- * nooa to sever the large artery in his \ left arpi as he attempted to raise a 1 swollen window at his hpme. His oil the sill failed to hold, result ing in his arm being rammed through the pane. Aluch blood was lost from the cut before he was carried to the Concord Hospital. Although weakened to some extent he seems to be recovering rap idly. OFFICERS FRO.M THREE COUNTIES ARREST COUPLE AT KANNAPOLIS Settlemeyer, Wanted at Concord, and Harrington, Sought by Kannapolis Authorities, Captured After Chase. Kannapolis. June 27.—C, X£. Settle meyer, of West Hickory, wanted at Concord in connection with running over a child there several months ago. was captured here Saturday afternoon after a wild automobile chase in which Kannapolis officers. Concord officers and Sheriff Krider and his Rowan dep uties figured. Settlemeyer was caught in company with Theodore Harrington, who is I.- ....Mi wanted here on g, charge of etealing a Ford automobile from the Kannapo lis Motor Company. The two men were captured at the intersection of Main and Eighth streets after showing their heels to the officers for thirty minutes or more. Two cars of officers pursued them around Seventh street while Sheriff Krider and Officer Chapman headed them off at the Alain street entrance. , Unable to furnish bond they were . comraitteed to the Cabarrus county j jail at Concord. CLUB STANDINGS. J ; American. W\ L. Pet. New York 45 20,* .692 [Philadelphia ..37 28 .569 “Chicago 36 30 .545 Washington .... 33 29 .532 Detroit 29 30 .492 Cleveland 29 34 .460 St. Louis 27 33 .450 Boston 15 47 .242 National. W. L. Pet. Pittsburgh 38 22 .633 St. Louis 37 24 .607 Chicago 37 26 .587 New York 32 30 .516 Brooklyn 32 38 .492 Boston 22 33 .400 Philadelphia 23 46 .390 Chincinnati 24 41 .369 South Atlantic League. W. L. Pet. Greenville 40 25 .615 Charlotte 36 31 .537 Knoxville 33 30 .524 Spartanburg 33 32 .508 Asheville 32 33 .402 Alacon 32 33 .492 Columbia 27 37 .492 ' Augusta 27 39 _ .409 • —————— Piedmont. W. L. Pet. Raleigh 41 27 .603 Rocky Alount 35 81 .530 High Point 31 33 .484 Winston-Salem 31 34 .477 Durham 30 43 469 Salisbury .28 37 .431 Virginia. W. L. Pet. j Portsmouth 36 25 .590 [Wilson 85 29 .547 Petersburg .......... 30 33 .476 Ri< mnond 29 33 .468 Norfolk 28 .32 .467 Kinston 27 84 .443 I Southern League. W .L .Pet. Birmingham, ... i... 48 24 .667 New Orleans .. i. .. 41 32 .562 Nashville 39 3$ .542 Atlanta 39 33 .542 . Alobile 36 25 .507 Alemphis .34 . 39 .466 Little Rock 28 44 .389 Chattanooga 26 51 .338 Prize Ring to MiUHnery. ! June 27.’--W*) —tq two yearsiGeqrge Alulholland, Butler foot ball star, has gone from gridiron to prize ring and finally to the manager ship'»bf a women’s hat store. Alul hollaqd'-*" 1 became an overnight sensa tion jn light heavyweight boxing cir- ( oles when he finished school. He j looked like a coming, champ. But he faded as rapidly as he came for- : ward; A too ambitious program’ by his handlers brought him early defeat, and now he has quit the ring to enter business. Hub—“W ere you ivi«o. dear, in giving our guests rooms so near to the nuraery?” Wife— ! ‘lt,’is the only way we can get them up in time for breakfast.” YESTERDAY’S RESULTS j AMERICAN. Washington 8; Boston 7. Detroit 1 ; Chicago 9. Cleveland, 2-3; St. Louis 0-7. New York 2-7; Philadelphia -*-3. NATIONAL. Chicago 5 ; Cincinnati 8. _ St. Louis 3; Pittsburgh 9. New York 1; Brooklyn 7. Only three scheduled. * SOUTHERN. Atlanta 6; Chattanooga 10. Birmingham 5; Nashville 4. Memphis 3; New Orleans 4. Little Rock 2; Mobile 3. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Columbus 2-4; Indiapolis 13-U. Louisville 3-1; Toledo 4-4. Kansas City 4-2; St. Paul 5-0. Milwaukee 8-4; Alinneapolis 1-2. INTERNATIONAL- Toronto 4-5; Buffalo 8-3. Baltimore 7-2; Jersey City 6-3. 'Newark 8; Reading 7. Rochester 1-6: Syracuse 8-5. SOUTHEASTERN. Columbus 3; Pensacola 2. St. Augustine 4; Savannah 1. Montgomery-Selma rain. Only three scheduled. THREE-EYE LEAGUE. Decatur 3; Quincy 5. Danville 4-2; Peoria 5-16. Terre Haute 2; Springfield 5. , Evansville 5-3; Bloomington 44-1. / WESTERN LEAGUE. ‘ Wichita 3-5; Des Moines 4-1- Tulsa 2; Denver 9. Oklahoma City 5-3; Omaha 3-5. Amarillo 5-10; Lincoln 7-9. WESTERN ASSOCIATION. Fort Smith 1-4; St. Joseph 0-1. Okmulgee 2; Springfield 8. Muskogee 0; Topeka 5. COTTON STATE LEAGUE. Alexandria 4; Vicksburg 0. Monroe 0 ; Gu’fport 0. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Sacramento 3-3; Seattle 12-17. Holly wood 2; T.o« Angeles 1(5. Minions 2-1 ; San Francisco 5-8. Oakland 4-1 ; Portland 1-3. Frankie Frisch is Now Leading Bat ter. New York. June 26. —Frankie Frisch of the Cardinals, the leading ba J stealer ip the , major leagues with 21 to his credit to date, jump ed into first place on the “big eight” baseball march during the week with a batting average of .385. Hornsby -trailed with .379 while Ty Cobb was on the RnjahVi heels with .366. Cobb was not the only player of the reputed ’’high salary” men of the big time circuits to be sidetrack ed. Eddie Collins, his teammate on the Athletics, was used sparingly by Connie. Mflek. Bnbe Ruth also weak ened; over the week-end from a knee injury! Long George Kelly of the Reds dias been out of the game since his appendicitis operation several weeks ago. ANSWERS 1— Bipgraph and Cinematograph ; the latter now in world-wide use. 2 Millapd Fillmore. 3 The National-American or Know I Nothing party. 4 Don Quixote; so called by San ! cho Panza. 5 William McKinley; 1897-1901. \ 6—Major. 7 Captain .Tames Lawrence, when ; mortally wounded in the battle be* j tween the Chesapeake and the British frigrate Shannon. 8 — Evidence which is sufficient if not contradicted. 9 “The Chevalier without fear and without reproach.” _ 10— Goeffrey Chaucer. j Have Yon Heard S j -This One? | She Found Out. Inquistive Old Lady—Do boats like this sink often? Gob —Only once. * Twins. Mr. Newlywed—P.ease doctor tell uie at once—is it a .“him” or a “her”? ‘ ' Doctor —It’s a “them.” Not Yet. “Doesn’t thjit muie ever kick you ?” "No, suh, he ain’t yit, but he fre queutly kicks re place where Ah re cently was.” Impudent Youngster. Stout Lady (to small boy)—“Can I get through this gate to, the park?” Boy-—“I guess 6o; a load of bay just went through.” Holr to Big Estate Killed in Clash. Pottesville, l’a., June 224. —James Theodore Walker, of St. Louis, heir to a $5,000,000 eetate, was killed and his cousin, G. L. Lambert, son of the owner of the Lambert Phar maceutical Company, St. Louis, was injured in an airplane crash iffar here today. Both were graduated from Prince ton University this week and were on their way home when the acci dent occurred ■ C|ming across the mountainous region of the anthracite coal fields, (the motor of the plane began to give trouble and owner and pilot of the machine, decided to land. He had been Hying low. As he banked the plane preparatory to landing the motor failed to respond and the ship went into a tail spin. It fell , about 200 feet, according to witnesses, plowed a grain field for about 40 feet and drove its nose nearly four feet into the ground. A phone call to the Pottisville hos pital, ten miles away, brought an ambulance and a physician. Walker still was unconscious when the ooe tor reached him (pit wae pronounced dead when the ambulance reached here. He suffered a fractured skull and one arm was virtually torn from its socket. \ - SLEEP *■ ' r -' * ,-« * > • '• i ■*• ’ • t|| that knows no . 1 DREAMING SLEEP —that brings forgetfulness from cares and anxieties, that refreshes and calms—that gives peace of < mind to all mankind. *•* ’ * SLEEP —that brings rest after toil, balm to wearied minds and tired bodies, rehabilitation for the work, of the morrow. That is the sleep that goes with every RED CROSS MATTRESS. - The mattress that contains only the cleanest and best felt, live, springy and long-fibred, is used in filling Red Cross Mattress. It is handled by special sanitary meth ods that keep it free from dust and germs. Can you be sure of this when getting some unknown mattress? *. BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO. The Store That Satisfies and the Home of Beautiful Furniture AND 1 - • We Are Making It Possiblte For Every Boy to Have an IVER JOHNSON A small payment down and a small payment each 1 week gets an Iver Johnson, See the New Iver Johnson and let us explain how easy I I you can get one. i] Ritchie Hardware Co.t i PAGE SEVEN IDID YOU EVER ' STOP TO THINK 1._.«. ... . , T , That if rightly used, advertising the power that is the real factor in making better business. That it costs a whole lot of money to lose old customers and ‘is costs money to get new customers. Why not keep the old ones and get the new ones by quality, service and truthful advertising? That good advertising catches the eye. 1 That it commands attention. > f That it is read in every home- That it brings the customers ‘(to [the stores. j That modern business methods build: i a business. | That modern business methods meet ' ,:i j ‘ That modern business methods em* j brace truthful advertising. That modern business methods keep ! the old as well as attract new busi* j ness to a store. j Truthful advertising is not bait; it i tells you of articles of real value for your money. Girl of 14 Victim of Heart Attack. Asheville, June 26.—Alice Myers.' 14. of Wilmington, N. C., died of heart attack while standing in Khalr j low water at the girl reserve en j campment of the national Y. W. C. !A. near Brevard this morning. The. girl had not been swimming but was) | standing with several others taking i shallow water exerciser- Investiga [ tion is said to have shown that th<V child’s bead was at no time sub-, merged. Three hours work by ex- I jiertii and physicians failed to re ! store heart action, although respira-' l tion Was set up. “ ' ' \ Aeooni|wtnied by members of 1 ! encampment the girl’s body was moved to Asheville today and wfjll be taken to the home of her parente' in Wilmiiigton. o ' 1 Cnn|dn’t. Fool Dad. j j Father —“Who, came here to seel j you last night?” j J>au.ghter—“Only my girl friendi fiom the office.”,, - ■ ..j J Father—‘‘Well, you might tell her* she left her pipe on the piano!” *