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600 Escape Ohio Mine Blast
'lhv mam shaft of the Cleveland & Western Coal Company’s Mine at
Powhatan. 0., was wrecked, one man was killed and twenty-two were in
jured by a coal dust explosion—but (!00 men in the mine escaped unhurt
because rock dust had been sprinkled on the floor and walls. Photo shows
wrecked mine tipple at the top of the shaft.
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the strange, vivid, startling experi- j
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STARTS MONDAY
DAILY THEREAFTER
ARABIAN DESIGN
Adds Beauty, Comfort and Refinement to your home.
Protects your home and your health. Keeps sun and rain
I out of your windows and off your porches. Make your
home more comfortable and adds real beauty to the sur
| roundings.
1 We are now booking orders for spring delivery, at last
5 year's prices. Place your order now, get your awnings
jj when you need them and enjoy them while paying.
jj. Will gladly arrange terms to suit your convenience.
I Phone 347 for Samples and Prices. Will not obligate
| you in any way. We are the awning people.
Concord Furniture Co.
THE RELIABLE FURNITURE STORE
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SOMETHING TO REMEMBER I
No Dealer in Concord Sells Coal for Less than I do. '
Best Furnace Coal SB.OO to $ll.OO.
I Best Grate and Stove Coal SB.OO to $9.00. |
Best Steam Coal $4.00 to $7.50.
] Best Gas House Coke—Made in Concordsß.so.
Start the New Year Right by Purchasing Your Coal '
i where you can get QUALITY and SERVICE.
| A. B. POUNDS
NEW
• For tomorrow and next week several new early Spring Models. Among
X the lot is the above style in the popular Santerne Kid, a new spring
8 color. This pump is exnctly like cut and is an unusually pretty stylo. !
9 This and lota of other new ones on sale now An ah to /v 1
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Concord Daily Tribune
TIME OF CLOSING MAILS
The time of the closing of mails at
the Concord postoffice is aa follows:
Northbound
136—41:00 P. M.
A. M.
34 4:10 P. M.
38— 8:30 P. M.
80—11 :00 P. M.
Southbound
39 9:30 A. M.
45 3:30 P. M.
135 8:00 P. M. I
23—11:00 I*. M. r
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|| LOCAL MENTION [
Miss Irene Long is able to be out
after a severe attack of appendicitis.
J. W. Denny, physical director of
the Y. M. C. A., is confined to his
home on Georgia Avenue by illness.
Improvement is reported today iu
the condition of Mrs. A. W. Smith,
who has been confined to her home on
East Depot street by illness for sev
eral days.
D. R. McKachern, formerly with
the Fisher-Armour Co., at Kannapo
lis, began his duties with Fisher’s
bore this morning. Mr. McEacheru
was with the local concern before go
ing to Kannapolis.
Mrs. Eliza Goodnight is confined to
her home by illness, her condition be
ing reported as very unfavorable.
Mrs. Goodnight lives at the home of
her nephew, Arthur Fink, on Crowell
street.
The first of the series of lenteu ser
vices to be held at St. James Luth
eran Church during the next forty
days, was held last night. Services
will be held during Lent each Wednes
day night and each Friday afternoon.
Miss Grace Gladstone, of the Rowan
Fa*in Life School at China Grove,
will speak to the primary teachers of
the county at their meeting here Sat
urday. The meeting will begin at
10:3ft Saturday morning at the court
house.
‘ The Lucille Shop" in Washington,
owned by Mrs. Theo. W. Pickens, was
destroyed by fire on January 30th,
relatives here of Mrs. Pichens have
been advised. Before marriage Mi's.
Pichens was Miss Lucy Belle Litaker,
<>f Concord.
Norman Black, district agent for
the Co-operative Cotton Growers As-j
I sociation, with headquarters in Mon
roe. spent last night and part of to
day with his family. Mr. Black plans
to move his family to Monroe iu the
spring.
Moresville Enterprise: “Mr. Eugene
Fink spent last Sunday at Concord
with his mother. Mrs. J. C. Fink. Mrs.
Fink had been in a hospital for six j
weeks and is very much improved, I
having been removed to her home last
Saturday.”
No session of the recorder’s court
; was held yesterday afternoon. Police I
officers rei>ort very little business dur- *
f ing the week, the few cases reported
being of minor importance. Several
oases are scheduled for tr : al tomor-.
row afternoon.
I
Prof. A. S. Webb, superintendent of
the public schools of the city, was in
charge of the prayer meeting service
at Central Methodist Church last
night. The pastor, Rev. R. M. Court
ney, was away attending a laymen’s
district meeting.
Quite a number of cases of German
measles have been developed iu Con
cord within the past ten days, it is
said. One school teacher reports six
cases in her room, and it is said that
other students also are coufined to j
their home wit the malady.
I
Rain fell slowly and steadily ini'
Concord for several hours today. Be-1:
ginning about 5 o’clock this morning, j
the rain came without interruption for j
some time, never assuming the pro
portions of a downpour but keeping ■
steadily at it for several hours.
About 20 plasterers are at work now
on the new hotel building, several
additional ones reporting for work
yesterday. Under present plans the!
hotel building will be completed about)
April 15th or May first, and it is hop
ed that the formal opening can be
held about June first.
A. N. Boger, run down anfl fatally
hurt in Charlotte Saturday night by
a traveling man from Greensboro, is
a son-in-law of John Laughlin, of
Concord. Mr. Boger underwent treat
ment in a Charlotte hospital but died
this morning. Mrs. Boger before her
marriage was Miss Carrie Laughlin,
of Concord.
Football fans !n Concord will be
interested in the announcement that
James Baldwin, former Duke and Le
high coach, has been signed as ath
letic director of Wake Forest College.
He will succeed Hank Garrity, who
resigned several weeks ago. Baldwin
has been successful as a football
coach in the South and east.
Meeting last night after the prayer
meeting service, members of the ex
ecutive committee of the Woman’s
Missionary Society of Central Meth
odist Church, discussed several mat
ters of peculiar importance to them.
The discussions centered in New
) work to be taken up by the society
members in the near future.
Epidemic of Influenza In Statesville.
Statesville Daily.
There is a more or less epidemic of
influenza in Statesville and surround
ings. There are many cases but it
seems to be in a mild form, the vic
tim* being incapacitated for about a
week. It is taking a large number
from the city schools, as well as the
county schools. It is understood that
the Graycrest school has suspended for
a week on account of the situation
1 there. Fifty-three are reported out
| of the Statesville high school today.
The stingiest person I know is my I
boss who goes to the public library l
j to read his newspaper.
THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
Never Cowon This railway,SaysDusty joe
It Passes Over Ocean
By DUSTY JOE.
LONG KEY Ha. (Special)—
There's only one railroad in the
world that newer had a cow* on the
track. It is the Overseas Exten
sion of the Florida East Cca=t
Railway. It leaps across 122 mile?
>f Ocean from the Southern t:o of
Florida to Key West. It cost fifty
million dollars to ’ build. It start
id in 1905 and finishe lin 1907 It’s
he Eighth Wonder of the World.
There is nothing like i* on earth.
Mothlng more beautiful, more
itj.rtling.
Sneaking of cows on the track
•ecalls what happened when roll
tie along or the :iew highway be
ween Fort Pierce and Okeechobee
he other dr. 1 saw a cow critter
n the middle jt the road. Made
nc think of the old davs on the
Jnion Pacific when there were nc
fences. Seems like a road anneals
o a cow With a million sminre
niles of pasture she likes to
irewse ofFn the asphalt l out the
liren in high while breezing slop?
it the legal forty-five miles an
lour. The cow stayed right on the
oad and I reckoned she was trv
ne to star in a melodrama.
There was no time tc stop. And
'OOF." that was all she said.
You’ll never see a cow on the
Overseas Railway. Yon oass across
lozens of loveiv islets where all
orte of real tropical fruits like
irettv Hula Hula girl: eat in Ti
nt! Lots vegetables, too. ire
rrown. You pass across bread
tretches of ocean where the water
? sometimes thirty feet deep
Tirst island vou strike from the
nainlsnd is Kev Largo, where bie
nonev is being spent tc make a
’aradise of resorts They’re build
hff Lev l,argc citv down there
Inc all the wa- down >*• the line
i o the grand citv of Kev West, von
*ass through positively the ereat
st fishing grounds in the world,
'hev call it “Kev West’s back
ountrv."
Everybody frerc Zane Grey to
’aul Berler.bach. who are cham
pions in literature and the prize
ing. eo down to Long Key. It's
| DR. BROOKS ALSO
RECEIVES OFFER
i Wanted By New Jersey to Head
Educational System. K
j Raleigh, Feb- 17.—Intercut in Ore
, gou university's offer of its presi- ,
dency to President H. W. Chase, of I
the University of North Carolina, \
led to the disclosure of a piece of j
j news which Dr. E. C. Brooks, pres-|
i ident of State college, has kept in I
hiding for some months,
Educational authorities of New |
Jersey came to Dr. Brooks, it was
learned, with the offer of the su- j
perintendency of public instruction I
in that state, at a salary of $15,000.
a year.
j Dr- Brooks turned the offer down !
without letting the State college I
board of trustees know anything,
about it, preferring his present podt,!
although the salary it pays is scarce-1
ly half that of the New Jersey posi-j
1 tion.
; Friends who heard of the offer re- j
gariled it as a tribute to the State !
! college head's reputation and ability j
|as an educator. I
Important Price Policy for
HUOSON-ESSEX
We Discontinue F. O. B. Factory Prices
and Announce >( At-Your*Door M Prices
Effective February 15, These Cars Will Be Priced to Include
Freight', War Tax and Equipment. No Charge Will Be
Added for Handling. There Will Be Nothing Else to Pay.
Remember these are NOT F. O. B. Factory Prices, but
the DELIVERED Prices at Your DOOR
The Price You Pay to Drive Away
All Cars Are Complete with the Following Equipment:
Bumper Front and Rear .. . Electric Windshield r.l»»nw .. . Rear
View Mirror ... Transmission Lock (Built In) ... Radiator Shutters
Moto-Meter ... Combination Stop and Tail Light
Hudson Super-Six
COACH - - - *1370
Brougham - - 1630
Sedan - - - . 18ZS
Essex Six Coach *920
Convenient and Easy Purchase Terms For Thome Who Desire
Concord Motor Co.
I Hudson is World’s Largest Builder of “Sixes” and Third Largest Builder of Motor Cars
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THCE£ HOWS At rai LAOSO city I > < - - l
the grandest fishing :anre in the '
world.
If you hove seen Florida and hays
r.ot seen Key West you haven’t
seen Florida if vou know what 1
mean. Key West is the only frost- ■
free city in the whole wide United
States. Looking down any street i
you see the vater. and the ocean <
and the shoals -re all colors of the :
rainbow. The Florida East Coast i
Rail-ray which brought its exten- i
sion oyer the ocean and into Key i
West is a Florida concern. Under i
Henry M. Flagler it opened the i
East Coast tc the world. It is in- *
vesting millions in improvements I
When the developments are com- 1
Dieted the railroad will have made i
a cash outlay for construction and i
improvement work of approximate- 1
ly 95 million dollars, as contrasted i
with a total outstanding funded
debt ot only about 49 million dol- i
lars. j
It is one of the best eouipped i
railroads mile set mile' in the I
world. Its managers are wide <
awake. They have been advertis- I
inv Florida for thirty-five years, i
Reads Her Bible and Newspapers at 87
Without Glasses.
Mooresville Enterprise.
Mrs. Espy Beufield and son. Espy.
Jr., have returned from a week's visit
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. T .R.
! Hess, at Faith, and her grandmother,
J Mrs. Pinkney Ludwiek. Mrs. Lur
j CONCORD PRODUCE MARKET
I (Corrected Weekly by Cline & Moose)
Figure* named represent prio*
] paid for produce od the market:
; Eggs .30
j Corn sl.lO
■ Sweet potatoes $1.50
| Turkeys . .25
I Onions $1.75
I Peas .... $2.00
| Butter .35
j Country Ham .30
I Country Shoulder .20
Country Sides I .20
: Young Chickens .20
j Hens .18
j Irish Potatoes 2.00 j
V ; V ■ "* -■ 7
■UYA.HA LCX6 KEV
and have done more to develop and
exploit the state thcr any other
single corporation. Now they art
double- tracking the line tram Jack/
sonville to Miami In St. Angus*
tine they have an agricultural de*
oartment in charge of craekerlack
men. At Chuluota they are da>
veloping ten thousand acres to es
tablish real dirt farmer, in Florida,
It’s between Orlando and the coast
and not far from where the news)
paper men will have their National
home, a wonderful garden and or*
chard section. The people who know
Florida realize it’s the brightest
spot in the whole U. S. today. Money
is gregarious. Dollars like com*
pany. And there’s a lot more dol*
lars coming down to join the hun
dreds of millions that are earning
their big per cent in every sort of I
industry in Florida.
1 wick is S7 years of are and st ; 11 reads
newspapers and her Ifible daily with
out the assistance of ({lasses ; her hear
ing is as good as most any one's, and
; she makes herself quite useful about
the house, Mrs. Benfield say“.
- Par Rent—ft-Room House on Marsh
street, next to N. A. ArehlbaVl.
‘ See J. B. Sherrill. 29-tt-o.
| Young Wife Afraid
to Eat Anything
>
1 “I was afraid to eat because I al
• I ways had stomach trouble afterwards,
i Since taking Adlerika I can eat and j
i feel fine." (Signed) Mrs. A. Howard, j
1 ONE spoonful Adlerikn removes HAS
i and often brings surprising relief to
1 the stomach. Stops that full, bloat
-1 ed feeling. Removes old waste mat
-1 ter from intestines and makes you
I feel happy and hungry. Excellent
II for obstinate constipation. Pearl
11 Drug Co.
| | This Is Sort of Two >
i Trouser Suits Hoover’s - ?
;!; They are the usual qual
|i ity of the usual suit that mnbft Jjjwßm
j you can usually buy at JBRftflß
And the extra legs give S 3 ]
j this value a leg to stand u| wBF MXf
on and brag about. H
One pair always pressed /
i —doubles the life of the
| |* suit—and does the *sante '
| | ' for your dollar. ij
ii In a host of 1926 patterns and fabrics ready to make ►
, | friends with men who come to us as strangers
| ; MADE BY SCHLOSS BROS. & C.' \
Spring Soft Hats and New Caps
| HOOVER’S,Inc. J
“THE YOUNG MAN’S STORE” !
jj aida-iIUiIJJ:-lAii.l«i..lli'l ll l i iiu.i )i a l .#,( ... ■ ra-rT-rw-.-i^-r-i
this Coupon Is Worth 25c {
i Take tkis Coupon nnd 78c and get a SI.OO Bottle of SMI-LAX (5
the New and Wonderful TONIC and LAXATIVE COMPOUND We I
have only a few bottle# to sell at this price as an introductory offer fc
After this is gone it will cost you SI.OO a bottle wnich is the regular *-
< price. I*
This medicine is carefully and properly made from the preparations e
! and compounds of Root#, Barks and Minerals that have been used for P
l generations as a TONIC and LAXATIVE.
; Recommended as an aid in the treatment of the following com- F
I pMlnts: Less of appetite. Weak and Run-Down Condition of (he S*-«. P
tern. Indigestion. Constipation, Stomach and Liver. * !“
» FOB SALE BY LEADING DRUG STORES P
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ODD FELLOWS NOTICE.
Meets every Thursday evening at 8
o’clock.
Work in second degree. •
M. L. ROSS. N. G.
C. H. RITCHIE. Sec.
TiiiAiM Tiinirc
By TeTzcp &. Yorke
iuiiii iupilj
i| The deed to the prop- *
I erty and a fire insurance ii
I E policy belong in the same :
i jj safety first deposit vault. •
I We Will furnish you with \
i both the home and the j
protection.
CABAPRU 5
wines bahk bloc.
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The best
sympathy
rr ia only human for a fu
neral director to feel sym
pathetic in the presence of
bereaved patrons. But it ia
real aympathy when he recog
nixes an obligation to ace to it
that the highmt chyacger at
burial equipment ia furnished
at honest prices. Sueh a policy
has been reaponaibie for the
t ancon# of (V K concern.
Typical of the burial equip
ment furnished tjy ua ia the
Clark Grave Vault,recognized
as a leader In the vault Indus
try, because it gives positive
sod permanent protection.
WILKINSON’S FUN.
KRAL HOME
Can s—Day or Night
Thursday, Feb. 18, 192$
Just Received
Two Big Shipments of Mel
rose Flour and Liberty Self-
Rising Flour
Melrose Flour leads all.
I his big lot was bought
cheaper, therefore we sell cheap
■ new. Use Melrose. Buy it
before it goes higher.
Liberty Self-Rising is “Mel
rose” in high grade quality.
Buy your flour from
Cline & Moose* ”
P. S. —Clever
go quickly everywhere.
OUARAN O TKEE
\ I SKIN DISEASE REMEDIES
/NTf fyj (Hunt** Salve an* Soap), fall it
( II f i the treatment of Itch, Bcsenja
7/1 Rfn#arorm, Tetter or other itch
■ * * ins ekin diseases. Try thh
trcaUpeot at our riik*
ECZENAP
Money b.ckwithout queatlon A"AA
if HUNT'S DU AR ANTEKP
SKIM. DISEASE REMEDIES J|
(Hunt'. SuWeandSoap),fall inf
the treatment ofltch, Kceecne, » J
Rinawonn.Tetteroratheritoh- flf / /
inc Ain dieeaeee. Try thie 1 * ■
treatment at our ritk.
PEARL ORUr C-.
CONCORD COTTON MARKET
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18. I#2B
Cotton .19
Cotton seed -52 1-2
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I Coming Home j
From School
Teach the children at- |||
tending school to keep |
their fqet dry and warm. |
February is a hard month { |
on child health. Clothe |j|
! them ( warmly and send 1 1 1
! coats, wraps, scarfs and |j|
i little suits and dresses for ]j I
| Dry Cleaning once a ! \
month—germ-free and !
I clean.
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“MASTER” v
Cleaners and Dyers /
Office SS-87 W. Depot St