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We repre-j ■-• sent onfe of the best engravers m j If the United States. ts. j ■| Wedding Invitations and Announce- Kit ments printed on panneilel paper, in Itj the latest style type. Invitation IP Text, at folk wing prices: 50 for B' $«.50; ioo for $10.50; S4OO for leach additional 50. Prices include II invitations, With inside and outside 1 1 envelopes. Printed on a few heurs’ lit notice. Tribune-Times Office, ts. K Paint Your Car. Get the Best Paint ■ for the outside and also inside of IK your house, from Jno. R. Query. IE; Get my estimate before you paint. IP All work guaranteed. 25-12 t-p. ■ PROHIBITION RRFKRENDU M pTURNED DOWN BY COMMITTEE I- Short Shrift Made of Move For fc JH'jdiflcatjon..— Committee Strictly I Dr> K, Washington, .Juno 3. —Short eshrift j K-.was made today by the senate prohi- j Hpition committee of the proposals for | ■ a national referendum on the wet j Rand dry issue and for modification of j eighteenth amendment ami the j ■ Volstead act. Br Three of the five members of the B| committee, which recently held Hp&Rgthly public hearings on the moas- quickly adopted a report by its K chairman Senator Means of Colorado HjgeGomme tiding that the bills be in- Hpefinitely postponed. This action ■Btfil must be approved by (he [ H judiciary committee. BI) Senators Means. Goff. West Yir ■ jlgirnia. and Tlarreld. Oklahoma. re ■ Ppublican*;, signed the report, which Hpalaa has the ai>proval of Senator democrat. Montana- Senator H'-Reed, democrat. Missouri, (he other B member. and the wet on the com- Hpiittee. said* lie would tilt* a minority R report later. |k With respect to Hir proposal of MpSenator Edge, republican. New Jer- Rpsey, for a national referendum of the. Mjwooooooooooaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 11 Second Presbyterian Church Cor. Franklin Ave. and Kerr Street. 2' I | EVANGELISTIC SERVICES CONDUCTED BY REV. Wm. BLACK, D. D. Evangelist 8 of the Synod of North Carolina 5s I 8 MR. ANDREW BURR. Singer and Director a ■ g* , OF MUSIC 5 ■ v Brgiuuing SUNDAY. JUNE Gtli. 11:00 A. M., ami 7:50 P. M.. X K'g and continued each night thereafter throughout the week. Gospel Breaching Gospel Singing g • A HEABTY WELCOME TO ALL COME AND BRING ANOTHER 5 ■ SgOOOOGOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOO&OOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOO I OM THE <3-0 I FROM MORN TO NIGrHT ||*ECAUSE FOLKS KNOW WORK HiT . IKlsn’t there senne plumbing Hteb around your home that Kcftpds attention? We'll wager there’s some particular of - plumbing that your Hptfe «x*td suggest. Why not Bp a few conveniences to her ■fetchen? She would be pleas -8 Ik, CONCORD PLUMBING I COMPANY Wsooe m COLUMN iWS HAVE OVER 300 FRIERS WEIGHING FROM 1 TO 3 LBS. EACH. EET US HAVE YOUR ! ORDER EARLY. SANITARY GROCERY CO. 4-lt-p. j Who Satd Esta Mes? Carrot*, Bads, i Beans, English peak, oucupibers, ; sqjiash. cabbage, ajifiag ,oni*»s. cel- I ery, lettuce, JM.t&.ts<&. fsc. Lippard I & Barrier, 4-lt-p. Several Nice Freeh IWRk Celts For sale, or will trade for beef cattle, j Phone 183. C. H. Graeber. | 3-et-p. Wcuam—Ban Big Money Making bungalow aprons at home during spare time. Enclose addressed -stamped envelope for particulars. Rosemary Apron Co.. Asbury Park, j iff J. June 4-18-p. Furnished Rooms For Rent in Splen did residential section on Soath Union. Phone 501. 22- ts. For Rent—Two Betfe-ooms Convenient ly furnished. 60 North Church street. Mrs. A. W. Perkins. 81-ts-x. High School Graduates—After grad | uating what? You must till some I position in life; and the printing I industry offers both opportunity ! and remuneration. Why not take; I training in one of the several branches of the printing trade?— band composition, proofreading. liu- I otype and monotype composition, j and automatic presswork. Investi gate. Competent young men and young women trained in from zve to eight months for positions. Write ; today for cata.ogue, terms of tui tion and full particulars. Address Southeastern School of Printing, 508 Union Street, Nashville, Tenn. 31-ts. . ‘ Porto Rico Potato Plants. We Can furnish fifty thousand daily. Crow | ell’s Plant Farm. 31-6 t-p. prohibition question, the majority 1 report said such a referendum was ; not. provided for in the constitution •'and that it was the belief of the ' senators "that- it was not the 5 nfou- I tion of the framers of the const itu itkm that national referendum would . I ever be atenpted.” The proposal of Senator Bruce. | democrat. Maryland, for faodifieation j of the eighteenth amendment so as to [return control of the liquor question Ito the states was dismissed with the observation that “we believe this amendment to be morally right and economically wise.” The report added that so long as the prohibition amendment is a part of the fundamental law "it is the duty of all officers, legislative, exe cutive and judicial. to aid in its eu | forcemeat. ’’ Power Company Pays Extra Divi dend. New Y'orfc. June 3.— UP) —An ini tial quarterly dividend of $1 a share was declared today on Hie partici pating preferred stock of the South eastern Power & Light Company, and the regular quarterly dividend of $1.75 more a share on preferred. Both are payable July Ist to stock as of record June l!)th. Just Received Fresh Shipment of Finest Imported Nuts Mediterranean Salted Almonds , Large Selected Salted Pecans Filberts Persian Pistachios (Love Nuts) PEARL DRUG i CO. Fbooet 22 —72? j f 1 ■ y■, 1 'T"" - 1 ■- IN AND ABOUT TOE CITY LITTLE BUSINESS BEFORE ALDERMEN AT JUNE MEET Property on Which City Ttaxes Have Not Been Paid Witt Be Adver tised in Near Future.—Otlier Mat ters. White no mattery of outstanding significance were presented, the mem bers of t'lie board of Vldermeu were kept busy several hours Thursday night at their regular monthly meet ing in the city hall with the dis cussion of routine business. Albert Johnson appeared before the T)oard and asked that a pipe line for drainage purposes—a storm sewer — be laid from Church Street to Vance Street. Repeating the story he told the aldermen at the meeting on May 6th, Mr. Johnson said that due to the lay of the land water stands in the streets almost continually. After some discussion, the petition was tabled until "it could be further looked into. The board empowered the street committee to boy flags to be used for street decorations on the various occasions they are necessary. In the past these rt<igs have been rented. The May report of Quint E. Smitfi, erty engineer, was read to and ac cepted by the board. John It. Query, local contractor, was awarded the contract to pave the ! west side of Cedar Street. I The aldermen re-elected A. F. Good- 1 | man and J. O. Moose to serve on the water and light board for a period of two years. The lot belonging to Mr. Barbee in Ward 5 was condemned by the board for the purposes of constructing u storm sewer there. E. C. Barn'llardt. W. B. Bruton and C. S. Smart were named as » jury to assess the dam ages. C. X. Fields, city tax collector, was authorized to advertise for sale all property on which the taxes for 1025 have not yet been paid. He wn? also authorized to advertise for sale all property on which the s(reet as sessment. the last payment of which was due this year, has not been paid. The members of the board granted Mayor C. H. Barrier a ten days leave of absence. beginning June 4th. Mayor Barrier will attend the Inter national Kiwanis Convention at Mon-1 treat, Canada. y . ROTAKItNS INSPECT THE NEW HOTEL BUILDING Devoted Business Hour to Tour Over Hostelry Whieh Wilt Open Next Week. Concord Itotarians paid a visit to the new Hotel Concord this week, and declared the building perfect. When members of the club met at the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday in regu lar session Hie}' Were advised that instead of the usual program they would be given a trip over the hotel, tile program committee planning the trip us a means of informing the club members of the many fine points of the hotel and its equipment. The dub members visited the hos telry in a body'and were shown over it by (i. L. Patterson, president of the hotel company and a member of the Rotary Club. Every fl«s>r in Che building was visited and every mod ern feature explained by Mr. Patter son. A “Peep Johnnie” Loses His Slwc. Mooresville Enterprise. Last Friday night about 11 o'clock ■while a young gentleman was call ing Oil one of our fair damsels, some one was heard to step upon the lioceh. The attention of the young couple was attracted by the- unusual caller. After waiting a short while for some oiie to ring the door bell or to give some signal of their presence, the young man pulled back the shade or curtain and there stood a man staring in at the window. The young j man who found a pistol lying near | picked up the artillery and fired | Point blank at he “peep Johnnie" through the windojv, breaking to , pieces a large plate glass window. '(Following the first shot the young j man left the house and gave chase to i the eaves-drojmer, firing pistol at in i tervals. Finally both the intruder [ and the pursuer fell down. Tin l John i ilie struggled to his feet and as he I made a desperate plunge for liberty, | the young man caught him by the ! arm and secured ope of the man's I shoes, having them under his arm- JjThe fellow finally eseapi-d. but the I I shoe is on exhibition at Kelly's l, clothing store where the one losing | j same can secure it by calling, and i making claim. 1 Eflrd Chain Sale Off to Fine Start Here. The Efird chain sale in Concord got off to a fine start this morning. When the store was opened at an early liour this morning scores of shoppers were on hand and the num ber increased during the morning so that by the noon hour the store had been visited by hundreds of shoppers. A. K, Harris, manager of the store, this morning stated that he was very much gratified with Hie excellent bus iness enjoyed by his store during the day. "We have made unusual plans for this sale,” he said, “and natural ly I am pleased that the public has responded in such generous fashion.” The door of the hardware shop in Bloody Gulch swung open and Wild Joe, the worst muu in town, entered ill a state of indignation. "I'm bringin’ this guu back," he roared. “It ain't what you said it was. You told roe it was a six-shoot er.” "Why, it is a six-shooter," protest ed the dealer. “It ain't, I been shooting’ aU aft ernoon with U an’ only killed five men!” The large hairy spiders known as tarantulas are bred in Australia for the sate of their webs, the filaments sos which are made into threads for , balloons. Each tarantula yields from piO to 40 yards of filament, of which (eight pieces twisted together form a (single thread us .sufficient stoutness (for strength and durability, and it is THE CONCOkb &AILY ffcIBUNE STOLEN CHEVROLET IS ROI’ND BY OFFICERS Negr—o Arrtoiod YVhwi Found in Cw Wh** Was Located Near Mooresville. Mann Sanders and Plato Weeks, ; negroes, are being held in the county jail here charged with the theft of a Chevrolet ear belonging to Hubert Propst, of this city. The negroes were arrested about 1 o'lock this morning near Mooresville by local Patrolman Baxter Robinson, ■ Sam Hopkins and C. C. Sloop, who had a tip that negroes driving a (Chevrolet had been seen near the city • during the night. I When arrested the negroes were in the car, it is said, and they offered » no resistance. They told officers they i had taken the car from a street here • and sometime in the night when their ; supply of gasoline had become ex • lmusted tiiey traded the car’s spare tire and cover, motormeter and front [ bumper for five gallons of gasoline l and .‘k> cents in cash. { They made the deal with the man > ager of a filling station near Moores ville. they said, but could not give the , name of the station or the man. Mr. Propst drove his ear to the business section of the city Thursday . morning and at noon discovered that ■, it had been stolen. Officers started a : search at once and a clue received j (luring tile night led to the recovery of the ear and the arrest of the ue gixies. WHAT YOl R ALTO TAG WILL COST THIS YEAR Amount Depends Oon Horsepower of , Motor You Drive—Licenses on Sale Here. Concord and Cabarrus county peo - pie seem in no hurry to get their I new State auto license tags. The j tags have been on sale at flic Reid . Motor Company here for several days , but only a few have been purchased. Officials in cimrge of the license i bureau here hope to avoid a last minute •rush by selling as many tags before July Ist as possible. Mr. Mcßride is in charge of the bureau aad lie is in position now to dis tribute many tags each days. . j The tags this year are being dis- I* tributed according to the horsepower !of the machine. Prices range from I $12.50 for 24 horseimwer vehicle to \; 'fid for cars of 35 horsepower. Prices for the trucks and passenger . car tags are as follows: Automobiles—Class A. 35 'uorse i power. S4O: class B. 30 horsepower, i S3O: class ('. 24 to 30 horsepower, j S2O: class 1). dealer tags obtained j in Raleigh, and class E, 24 horse ! power, $12.50. i Trucks—Class A. four tons and > over, $300; class B. three tons and ' under four, $200: class C, two tons and under three. $75: class E, one ‘ ton and under two, $25: class F, t SI,OOO and under one ton, sls. BASEBALL HERE AT THE BIGNON PARK TOMORROW . I Manager Lowe Will Bring His Bel . I roont Team to Concord far Weekly Contest. With the defeat at the hands of ■ th<‘ Fort Mill team an incentive to greater things, members of the (Jib son baseball team have been working . hard this week for tomorrow’s game. Manager Lowe will bring his Bol : mont team tiere for the weekly game - which will begin at 3:30 at the Gib -1 son Park. The Belmont team has • | been a consistent winner for several : years and is certain to furnish strong 1 opposition to the locals. The management of th* local team r states that several news faces will be • in the line-up tomorrow. Richards, who played stellar ball last Saturday. 1 | will play again, and it is planned now ; ! to use Simmons on the mound. The J. star liurler was unable to get here last week but *ne promises to be ready for ditty tomorrow. ) Manager Basinger now plans to use a Wake Forest catcher behind 1 the plate. The name of the receiver was not given. The Gibson team has been provid ing fust, clean baseball for local fans p a,ui another big crowd is expected to set* the game tomorrow. ' j -Mare Than Hundred Dogs Killed This Month. Concord jiolice officers report that s j *i»ee May 10th they have killed more K Ilian 100 dogs in the county. They are continuing the campaign which is directed against every homeless and wandering dog in Concard. t The officers were instructed in a city ordinance, to kill all dogs which i ! xv,Tr found running at large unless j the dogs carried tags showing they , had been vaccina let! recently against f rabies. The drive against the dogs . wap started May 10th and daily since > officers have complied with file ] law. • **We do not want to kill valuable , <!ogs. or dogs who have homos and rc r t ‘*‘ ivp <*«*. but wo aro after the cur ■ that runs at large,” one officer stat . ed. All of the dogs in Concord are 5 not worth the life of one child, and . our campaign is aimed primarily to < protect the children.” , Well Known Colored Couple Has i 1 “House Warming.” I Rev. IV. H. Utaker and wife, L. | A. Litakcr, a well known colored couple of the city, entertained Thurs > day evening at their home !>2 Broad I street at a "house warming." - j The couple entertained their white friends from 7 to 8 ocloek with • friends o# their own rare calling from Bto 11 o’clock. Much interest, was - shown by those present in the new e heme of the couple. | The host is jaiutor at the Mer chants and > Manufacturers Club and s presented with a'gift by the club r and many of the persona who called, s He expressed deep appreciation for r these gifts aud the interest of his » friends. * h i ' k The telephone wires In London s alone, if joined together, would etretoh round tie orw fifty tun* w 1 " 11 CONFEDERATE VETERANS DINNER GUESTS OF U. D. C. Twenty-Four Gather xt Y. M. C. A. and Renew Associations of the Past—Mr. Coltrane Makes Talk. Twenty-four Confederate veterans were Hie dinner guests of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Thurs tday at noon in the auditorium of the Y. M. C A. The veterans marched into the din ing room to the strains of "Dixie”, , plpyed by Mrs. C. H. Wagoner. Dur ing dinner Mrs. Wagoner rendered a number of patriotic airs. ' D. !>■ Coltrane made a short in- ( formal after-dinner talk in which hei .floritioil the important part that 'Shrill Carolina soldiers played in the. Civi' War. ! Following is a list of Hie veterans that were present: Yh\ S. A. Grier,ll Hlarrisburg : N. M. Barnhanli. Rock well; A. M. Brown, Goncord: \V. G. H. Barringer. Mount Pleasant; A. A. Harvel. Mount Pleasant: D. B. ColtraiM'. Foncord: J. S. Harris, Con cord Route 2: F. J. Shinn, George ,vilk»: G. <L Richmond. Concord: G. '‘He. Loro. Coheord : A. M. Furr, Host Mjll: F. Cook, Concord: C. Plott. Qpnconl: J. S. Hudson, Concord Auto 6: I‘. J. Pleas, Concord Route 2.; G. Henry Boat, Rockwell: M. M. Safrit. Concord Route 4; W. J. Black, ’Concord Route 6; J. S. Rusell. Ca bafrus; .1. P. Culp. Concord Route 6; B. A. Miller, Rockwell; A. G. Rost. Concord; J. C. Honeycutt, Con ord. and Henry J. Blue. Concord Route 3. Cotton Co-ops Choosing Director. Local members of the North Caro lina Cotton Growers’ Co-openitive Association are expected to signify by ballot not later than Jun*» fcth their choice of a director from this district. At a district convention held here ‘recenth the names of T. J. W. Broome, L. I). Robinson and H. A. .Scott were presented, with the lat ter dropping out. Several days af ter tin* convention Mr. Broome let it be known that he was not a can didate. leaving t'lie field to Mr. Rob inson who has declared he has not the time to give to the work now. Despite this utterance members of the association have been urged to vote for him so that lie may recog nixe in their ballots the appreciation of the members for the excellent ser vicc he ’ms rendered the association. Mr. Robinson lias been one of the leaders of the association and friends here give to him much of the credit for tin* success of the organization. The ballots are to be in not later than June Nth. In this district are th“ counties of Cabarrus, Rowan. An sou. Inion. Stanly, Mecklenburg, Davie and Davidson. Philadelphia fight promoters cx l»ect a record crowd to witness tin* 10-round contest between George Cnrpentier and Tommy Loughfan, which is hilled for the Hesquicenten nial Stadium on the night of Jun* 17. Action! in a Jantzen WING-LIKE through the air! Now down thft fooling rush of water. Thrfihi Fun in the bubbling | blue. Jantzen made all this « reality. For in the world-fa mous Jantzen swimming suit, you’re free—yet togged with j the tnmnesa beacn fashion demands! 478 out of 517 leading phys iol instructors said the suit originated by Jantaen is ideal far swimming. The world’s most widely sold suit! See our stock of smart new Jantjens for men, | women and children. Your weight is your size. v i Count in and get a free diving girl 1 •riricar and diving girl transfer, for tM oa era. rain alickcia. etc. ; . I ( M The suit that changed QQthinq to swtommg j RITCHIE, HARDWARE CD. I i GROCERIES If You Need Grocer to call 138 as we have them. Pay cash and get them for B BB less. Also delivered at your Jj \lf Specials For Friday and Saturday In Our Grocery Department Sour Pickles, quarts, special 4 for sl-0° No. 2 Tomatoes, special 3 for---- 25c No. 3 Tomatoes, special 2 for 25c Campbell’s Pork and Beans, special 3 for 25c No. 2 Com, good quality, special 2 for 25c No. 2 1-2 Can Roman Gold Syrup Peaches 29c can No. 3 String Beans, special 5 for J — SI.OO Monarch and Old Reliable Peanut Butter, i lb. bucket, 24c Red and Blue Label Karo ,also Mary Jane Syrup ii ± . 1-2 gallon 32c gallon 62c 1 1-2 lb. Blue and Red Label Karo, special 12c New Irish Potatoes, special per peck _E 90c New Texas Onions, special 3 pounds for __-S_ —25 c Good Lemons, special per dozen* 25c Arm & Hammer Soda, special : 4c Jello Ice Cream Powder, special, package 10c Fresh Crackers, Premium Sodas, special pound 16c Libby’s Loose Sweet Mixed Pickles, pint T 25c Lusco Pesemes Assorted Flavors, 2 lbs. 11 qzs. 45c Calumet Baking Powders, 1-2 lb. 13c; 1 lb. 29c 5-pound Pail Peanut Butter, special ’ SI.OO Kisses, big quart 10c Pinto Great Northern and Michigan Pea Beans quart 12 l-2c Parks-Belk Special Brand Coffe, special 3 pounds SI.OO Caraja Coffee 1 lb. 43c; 3 lbs. $1.23 Snow Drift Lard 4 lbs. 81 c; 8 lbs. $1.59 Flake White Lard 4 lbs. 72c; 8 lbs. $1.39 Arbuckle’s Coffee, ground 40c Vingear, good and sour: j Pints ’ 12c Quarts 22c One-half gallon 38c Gallon 65c Salmon, good quality 15c Fresh Com Meal, 3 pks. for SI.OO P. & G. Soap, and Star Soap, 3 for 10c Red Devil Lye, 2 for 25c Wesson Oil •_— pints 27c; quarts 49c Sunflour Sausage, *3 cans for SI.OO Post Brand l 3c; 2 for 25c Post Toasties and Corn Flakes 9c Wheatena, special 22c Duke’s and Carolina Mayonnaise and Relish: ; Pints 48c Medium size 28c Small size __ ; 10c . - HEADQUARTERS FOR TEA i Lipton’s Tea, 1-4 lb 24c Lipton’s Tea, 1 lb. i- 85c Tetley’s Tea, 11-2 oz. v 10c' Tetley’s Tea, 1-2 lb. 48c Maxwell House Tea, 4 qzs. J "" 24c Maxwell House Tea, 1-2 lb. J 45c Dixie Crystal Powder Sugar, 1 lb. pkg. 10c Grape Juice (Welch’s): 4 ounces 12c Pints —3B c Quarts 6g c PARKS - BELK CO. _ SELL rr FOR LESS Friday, jtme 4, 1926
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