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CABARRUS COUNTY FAIR
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October 16 to 20
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Carolina Bottling Company
& ELECTRIK MAID
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“The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” Let us prove our Statements.
Owned and Operated by Concord Citizens.
i : Home of Everything Good That's Baked
‘TASTE THE DIFFERENCE”
ELECTRIK MAID BAKE SHOP
12 W. - Depot Street
, no no no
CONCORD FOUNDRY
C. A. BL/LCKWELDER, Owner t
All Kinds of Light and HeavyvCastings Made to Order. Repairs to Machin
ery and Machine Work A Specialty
Concord, N. C.
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'Peerless Brick
Is Large Concern
tytrr a life time Kpent in the manu
facture and distribution of bricks, J.
Leonard Brown is "today secretary>treo»-
urfr and general manager of one of the
Didst successful building supply enter
pases in the county—the Peerless Brick
Company. —•
Mr. Brown, who was born and edu
cated in Concord, entered busineds- with
his father, the late R. A. Brown, on I
leaving school and for 16 years was as
sociated tvith him Itr brick-making and
contracting. In 1910, some time after
his father’s death he formed the Peer
less Brick Company. The chief product
is common building brick, the plant hav
ing a daily output of 35,000 but of such
excellent quality is Peerless brick thpt
it is often used for face brick, and it lias
entered ittto the construction of moat of
the leading buildings in Concord, Kan
impolis. Mount Pleasant and also Char
lotte in all of which centres the Peerless
Brick Company is well and favorably
kown owing to the high standards set
and adhered to rigidly by the company.
Mr. Brown has been identified, with
the building trade all his life, and has
the reputation of being thoroughly reli
able. He attends the Presbyter iau
church and. is a member of the Manu
facturers Club qnd is popular iu a wide
circle of ,friends.
v Negro Wisdom.
“Some ob de gloomy talk yo’’hear,”
Observed Uncle Ezra, “am caused by
de fact dat it’s. easier to talk hard
times dan It Is to do hard work.” —
Boston Evening Transcript. , f
Where Tima Haa No Value.
Among many African races, there
are no word* to Indicate time of day,
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(THE CONCORD' DAIDYi* [TRIBUNE—FAIR AND INDUSTRIAL EDITION
. cw.-.r!;ju by Dream.
Some years ago 1 was engaged iu
aloe mine prospecting with headquar
ters at Joplin. One night 1 dream.»d
so vividly of seeing my father killed
by a fulling tree that Instead of going
on to work I went buck to Joplin for
my mall. There I found a telegram
telling me of my father’s Had
it not been for my dream 1 should not
have received the word, as my address
was “here” to day, ’ “there" tomorrow.
—Chicago ioljriial. ; l " 11 ,
Success In Concentration.
I never could have done what I
have done, without the habits of
punctuality, s order and diligence, with
out the determination to concentrate
myaelf on one object at a tlmeA-
Oharles Dickens. *
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■•■■■■•••umimiiimnimiiilllinii;
Too Fickle a Lover.
When 1 was In the second grade I
considered myself quite a lady. Ohe
<ta y, after school, while 1 was passing
out of the cloakroom, he leaned over
and kissed me and then whispered,
“Will you be my girl ” That night 1
was talking to my best friend, when
suddenly she blushed and said, “If
you never tell tills to anyone I’ll tell
you something.” I consented. She
then confided to me thathe had asked
her to be his glrj.—Extbinke. ’■
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The Work of the Bower.
A great wide world, and here la a
tiny speck lp the midst of it, a sower.
Little showers of grain flung out fan
wise from his.hand; a kindly cloudy
sky, with a promise of the faintest lit
tle misty ralhl — Knut Hamsun In “The
Growth of the Soil,”
R. M. McKIMMIE
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Supt. of Poultry
THE CONCORD RETAIL
mcni«Tsraco
(By A. H. JARRATT, President)
In every town of any size there is a
need, and in most towns a demand for
some organization of the business inter
ests of the town to insure proper co-op
eration among the various interests. An
other need for such an organization is
the development of the town in every
way and the promotion of the work of
advertising the town and securing new
businesses and new professional men and
new institutions which will bo- advant
ageous to the town.
Usually this work is done chiefly by
a Chamber of Commerce, but where there
is no chamber of commerce there is fre
quently a Merchants Association: and
there are often both of these organiza
tions in the same town and this is real
ly the best arrangement of all.
In Concord at the present time we
have no Chamber of Commerce, but We
do have a Merchants Association which
is as far as its limited means allow,
functioning in both capacities. We hope
in the near future to have a Chamber
of Commerce which may absorb the Mer
chants Association or co-operate with it
in the work of developing our city.
The chief aims of our Association at
present are several.
First: We have for some time been
engaged in the effort to secure a fid I and
approximately correct estimate of the
credit standing of all the citizens of Con
cord and the County of Cabarrus-. We
have at last done this in what we feel is
a satisfactory manner. We have in our
offices a book covering a vast majority
of the people residing in Concord and
•Cabarrus County and also of many of
the nearby counties. In a Short time
we will have two more books which will
give us a fairly accurate rating on a
majority of the people of North Caro
lina and a section of South Carolina.
These records are. of course, primarily
for the use of our own members, but.
we have never refused to give information
to any legitimate merchant of Concord
and will be glad if any of our friends in
business in the county will call on us for
information whenever they wish. These
records are not only a help to the mer
chant but to all honest men and women
in our section, because they protect the
honest and prompt person and assure
them a reasonable credit when needed by
letting the merchant know whom to
count on for prompt payment of obliga
tions. No person who intends to pay his
debts has any objection to having his
credit investigated.
Another tiling we try to do is to stim
ulate trade in a proper and fair ,; %ay
and to see that all trade events are fair
ly conducted and that when a member
advertises a bargain sale, the prospect
ive customer is going to get his money’s
worth and that all prizes given away are
x-eally worth working for by the public.
When a new man or woman comes to
our town we arc glad to see him or her
and we always write to his former town
and get all the dope, good and bad that
there is obtainable and file same in our
records.
We answer many letters of inquiry
about our town and its advantages and
if the party asking information seems de
sirable we do all we can to help him lo
cate. On the other hand if we feeel
that he will not help the town we do all
can to deter him from coming among ns.
We have a secretary in our office all
the time who will be glad to give cour
teous and prompt attention whenever
you ask information or wish to give us
information. Our phone number is 444.
The merchants and public in general of
the town of ,Concord and the entire
county can be' of considerable benefit to
us, their fellow merchants and the whole
section by co-operating with us in car
rying out our work for the public bene
fit. We wish to be the friends und help
ers of all who are worthy of help and
to hinder no one in an honest effort ,to
make good.
Hethcock’s Shop
Prosperoul Place
After 22 years’ residence in Concord
W. J. Hetheox is owner aud manager of
a prosperous electrical contracting busi
ness aud in addition has a retail stock of
electrical supplies, equipments and fix
tures aud also does a general electrical
repair business.
For 17 years he was with the Con
cord Telephone Company, beginning as
night operator and working through all
the mechanical departments to be trou
ble man, the position which he held
when ,he, left ,to be foreman of outside
construction work fop Tucker and Lax
ton, then'one of ,the largest firms-of elec
trical jVohtraotOTs \|n>' the state,{ c Desir
ing {o'leave'the .'road Mr. Heflfcox estab
lished his present' business in -1020 and
has done well, 4 having . executedsuch
important electrical i contracts as> the
Parks-Belk building, work on, the .Jack
son Training School and many other
emailed contracts. He attend# the As
sociate Reformed Presbyterian Church
and is a member of the Moose club.
Facts About Early Concord
The story has often been told of how
Stephen Cabarrus persuaded our hard
headed Scotch-Irish people and the stur
dy Germans of Eastern 'Cabarrus to
agree upon a town site, and how the
county seat was named Concord in cel
ebration of the harmonious adjustment
of the difficulty. But no one has told
the story of the laying out of the town
site.
The General Assembly of 1795 author
ized John Means, James Scott and Leon
ard Barbrick to act as Commissioners of
Public Buildings for the new county. On
February 4, 1700, they purchased 26
acres from Samuel Iluie, and on April
IS. 1790, we find these Commissioners
conveying certain lots in the town of
Concord to a number of citizens. The
20 acres platted and laid off into lots
was about 800 feet wide exclusive of Un
ion street and about 1320 feet long exclus
ive of Corbin street. The Court House
was built in the middle of the. inter
section of Union and Corbin streets, aud
was, built of logs and upon stilts or log
supports high enough for people to* ride
underneath the building. We find that
taking Union street and Corbin street
as they now run, the town was laid off
into what they called the North East
Square, tlie South East Square, the
North West Square and the South West
Square, although so-called squares were
in fact parallellogrums 400 feet by 600
feet. The North East Square included
the part of present city now running up
North Union street 660 feet from. Corbin
street at Allison’s corner, and running
out East Corbin street 400 feet, 'With
out attempting accurate measurement we
may say that:, the North East Equare
stopped at the town line somewhere be
tween the l old I’rifer building and the
Dove and Host store and cornered on
Church street jiear the marble yard, and
thence with the town line down Church
street to Corbin street. This square was
laid off in 11 lots, every one of which
was sold on April 18, 1790. Lots 1,2, 3,
4,5, 6, and 7 fronted on Union street;
Lot 7 ran through 392 feet and then ex
tended back down in rear of Lot 5 and 0.
Lots 8 and 9 were on this rear st ret.’t
unnamed, but later called Church street
when the first Methodist Church was
built thereon near the present cotton
platform lot.
Lot 10 was on the corner of Church
and Corbin. Lot 11 in the middle of
block on Corbin, with Lot. 1 extending
133 feet on Corbin and 165 feet on Un
ion. This lot No. 1 was bought by Sam
uel Huie.
The first owners of these lots may be
of some historical interest, hence I shall
give them:
Lot. No. 2, beginning 165 feet from Al
lison’s corner and runs North 82 1-2 feet,
thence 264 feet deep, was purchased by
Henry Furrer (doubtless an ancestor of
the numerous Furr family of our day).
Lot No. 3, 247 feet from Allison's
corner, and running thence wifth Union
street 82 1-2 feet, being a part of the
Court House lot next Means street, was
purchased by James Scott.
Lot No. 4 was bought by Philip Kress
(Cress).
Lot No. 5 was bought by Frederick
Miller.
Lot No. 6 was bought by Samuel Fer
guson.
Lot No. 7 was purchased by George
Harris.
Lots Nos. 8 and 9 were bought by Ityn
hold Abenshine.
Lot No. 10 was bought by Geo. Mas
ters.
The South East Square extended down
South Union street 660 feet and out East
Corbin 400 feet. A visit to this part
of the town will cause you to doubt the
wisdom of the Commissioners in laying
off into lots laud so hilly as to be still
unavailable. Doubtless you will be
amazed to learn that in spite of the un
favorable topography, all of these lots
were sold the very first day they were
open to sale, except Lots 2 and 3 on Un
ion street which commenced 165 feet
south of Corbin, and Lots 6 and 7 ex
treme lower end of town down South'
Union, that is to say about 500 to 660
feet from Corbin street. Lot 8 which
lay in the deep ravine in rear of Lots 5
and 6, was also unsold. The other lots
in Souih East Square were Lot No. 1,
fronting 138 feet on Corbin aud running
dow r n South Union 165 feet sold to Rob-
ln a Changing World the
Negligee Alone is Constant
ILmmh e vmm—m—mmmmmm
i Fashions for deshabille are the least L;;E# JiilM
i"temperamental of all the modes. The "*■ A (SKETCH I'
; lovely gracious lines are very apt to 9 y
flow in the same direction for several I § 1
years. Therefore according to the A i I f I
best rules of feminine logic and ge- / KV \J
ometry it has been proved that at least r — '/V m
i one silk negligee is a great economy. IM //' Pm
The place of the tea gowr seems RUI X
tpermanent. Pyjamas, once se highly xS * / i M
favored have fallen from grace. All /jo / §
that remains of the trousered style is /a. , J 1 j\)\ i
a few tea gowns which still show /Jl J ft H\ATyjftn
a tendency towards wide and puffy /jP' /1 ftfl Mis N,
half pants and half skirts inspired ftjj' fill f: JjM®.
Jxy oriental models. Wings and trains uqjf tjlj VVj
and delicious swirling draperies are J/Jj* II \ $ wjSv/ir
i now seen most frequently in Paris. jAjXXq, [ 1111 /n 7j ojjO
'according to a letter from Henri I ; j SKfiJrr
Creange, the fashion authority, who fl/jjKii - J hj d -vjv/
is now abroad. 111 S' HunP//
Silk dyers have rivaled the rose in /Ijw ] 1 // i i 1
. getting the shade of the pink Mir- I J 11 11 J jfflWjjjr 5
rokrepe negligee here illustrated. hi I /I ' l/Sfll r
The material falls in an unbroken [v f 1 111 II !
sweep from the drooping neck line, C ' I /i /1 J i m|m|
held only by the sort of silver buckle ts ’ I jl ICJ
that is concealed in almost everyone’s f *'l / jLffl aW/ *
jewel box. Silver tissue lines the It I rs, | '
skirt for about eight inches from the y 1\ Jjf_j| {vUV
bottom, and silver slippers carry out JH? ■
the fbrjghti scheme. jl V MC“T \ \|f{ V
! ,The huge sleeves are of white silk Jfffl JVA VAX
lace, held to a puff just above the fair ( .
•lbow by narrow silver ribbon. V
METIS MO TRIBUNE PENNY COLIjt
PAGE THIRTEEN
I ert Smith. Lot 11, fronting 133 feet on
Corbin aud 165 feet deep was sold to
Joshua Bradley. The corner Lot • 10,
fronting 133 feet on Corbin and 165
feet deep was bought by Charles Harris.
The strangest fact of all is that Lot No.
9, lying 165 feet south of Corbin-mnd 247
feet East of Union was purchased by Da
vid Carlock on April 18, 1796. Lot 4on
South Union 330 feet from Corbin was
sold to John Shaver and the lot next be
low to Richard Fonable. s
The North West Square extended up
North Union street 660 feet and then
ran at right angles 400 feet to a store
in Huie’s line North of a Rocky Spring,
thence with Huie’s line a line parallel
with Union street down to Corbin street
and then up Corbin to the corner. Here
again we are unable to understand why
some of tlie purchasers chose such unde
sirable lots. For example, who can sur
mise what was in the miniT of John
Means, one of the commissioners, when
the only lot he bought in the entire town
was Lot No. 9. which was 165 feet from
Corbin and 246 feet from Union street.
All the lots in this square were sold on
April 18, 1796, except Lots 4 and 7
fronting on Union street, although Lot 7
ran down into tlie hollow near the rocky
spring. This spring was in the line of
the present storm sewer of the city iu
rear of tire First Presbyterian Church.
Lot No. 4 was not sold.
Samuel Huie not content with owning
all of the Allison property, also purchas
ed the property opposite, Lot, No. 1, ex
tending 132 feet on Corbin and 165 feet
on Union street. Hector McCaehrun
bought Lot 2 on Union now owned by
Morris Realty Company* Lot 3 on Un
ion street beginning 247 feet from Cor
bin was bought by John Barringer.
Lot 5 was bought by Henry Plott.
Lot 6 was bought by Geo, Masters.
Lot 9 was bought by Francis Ross.
Lot 10 on Corbin by Thos. Maxwell
and John. Simianer, first Register of
Deeds, bought Lot No. 11, now owned by
Mrs. jno. SI. Cook.
The South West Square covered tlie
property within tlie following lines. Run
ning down West Corbin 400 feet thence
across to South Union street 400 feet.
Strange to say, that Lot 1, where the
Lutheran Church stands, was not sold,
and it was, doubtless, reserved for sale
by the commissioners as the site for a
prospective court house. This must be
true although the Court House was later
located on the Samuel Huie Lot No. 1,
across the street. There are no records
to show whether Samuel Huie exchanged
lots with the county or sold to,(fthei-s.
Leonard Barbrick, one -of tlie Commis
sioners after whom Barbrick street was
named, bought tlie middle lot on Corbin
street, which is now owned by Mr. Thos.
11. Webb. Silas Shinn bought the cor
ner lot below, near present corner of
Corbin and Spring. Lot No. 2 was sold
to John Furrer, lait 3 to Adam Cauble,
Lot 4 to Wallace Spears, Ixit 5 unsold,
Lot 6 sold to Win. McKnight and I_jit 7
which was last lot next to town boundar
ies and had 50 feet on Union au(P ex
tended back to .Iluie liue aud also*lay
iug rear of Lots 5 and 6, was bought cby
Michael WinekauT. Stephen Hadley
bought Lot 9 which law 165 feet from
Corbin and 247 from Union street This
is tlie chronicle of the first and most suc
cessful lot sale ever pulled off in Concord.
It is interesting to note the number of
Scotch-Irish names as compared with the
German purchasers. Among the list of
Scotch-Irish purchasers we find Huie,
Smith, Scott, Ferguson, Harris, Masters,
Bradley, McKnight, Spears. Hadley Max
well. Ross. Means, McCaehran, Carlock.
Among tlie German purchasers werer Bar
ringer. Kress, Winekauf, Goodman, Fur
rer. Abenshine, Miller, Cauble, Shinu,
Plott, Shaver. y
Such was the beginning of what is
now tlie City of Concord with it’s magnif
icent buildings, with its corporate limits
extending more than 12.0<X> feet in length,
Where formerly it was only 1320 feet in
length and only 800 feet wide. Lo, the
26 acres has increased to 1920 acres. But
with all this progress and material growth
let us not despise these men of the pio
neer days. They wrought worthily aud
well deserve our praise and emulation.
MORRISON H. CALDWELL.
Concord, N. C., Sept. 15, 1923.